Short and snappy! My Male Inadequacy has a diff point of view! As Big Sal says one could do a Bible series!
Jennifer
Comment is about So Says The Wife (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Great writing yet again. Really envy those of you who can produce good work so regularly, and about such
ordinary everyday happenings.
We rarely used to see homeless people on the street here, but now there are so many. It's easy to fall through the welfare net if you lose your home/job, or get divorced and have to reduce a low salary when paying alimony for kids or wife. In the winter it's really awful to have nowhere to sleep under cover.
Jennifer
Comment is about Shopping Cart (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Hello DK! Love your profile!!! Feel like that myself. About your query - they do eat sardines, but being a pastoral people love mutton!!!!!!!
Also loved Breaking the chain. mixed up the torturers a bit though! Gestapo OK, but waterboarding I think is US technology, and as for tarring and feathering!!!!!! Loved it.
You will be glad to hear I am not competing for POTW at the moment, (Why they awarded it to me stll astonishes me) as I have broken my wrist!!!!!
Keep up the go0d work! Surprised Wolfgar Meire didn't get at you for the anachronisms!!!! Jennifer
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks for reading my Saturday contribution Don..?
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thank you for reading my Rhymers Club contribution, and commenting on same..always appreciated M.C.?
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Big Sal
Sat 20th Oct 2018 15:30
"Age becomes a caricature." - excellent quote.
Comment is about The Face (blog)
Original item by d.knape
elPintor
Sat 20th Oct 2018 15:00
Thanks for speaking up with your thoughts, Sal. I realize it's not always easy--I can be incorrigibly stubborn when it comes to letting go of mine.
Comment is about ghost (life on the outside) (blog)
Original item by nunya
A succinct summation of today's daily existence set against
the "wider picture".
The marketing manifestation
Of contemporary consolation!
Comment is about short-range missive (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
An entertaining tale - and a cautionary one for men who
take to the floor...or not, as the case may be.
Comment is about Do You Want to Dance (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
"Swinging is a Strain". But not when you practice enough!
Comment is about Learning to Jive with Gina (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Big Sal
Sat 20th Oct 2018 13:29
Awesome way to use your proceeds.?
Comment is about Mike Bartram (poet profile)
Original item by Mike Bartram
The style points towards the running commentary that
energises square dancing. No holding back here.
Comment is about The music is calling (blog)
Original item by Becky Who
Big Sal
Sat 20th Oct 2018 13:25
Is this a cautionary tale of why Big Sal wouldn't be caught dead on a dance floor?
?
You did very well conveying a story (as per usual). Excellent visualization you did here. But I would not want to lose my wife on the floor by dancing like Geoff. Because that's what I do - I don't dance. ?
Comment is about Do You Want to Dance (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Big Sal
Sat 20th Oct 2018 13:18
Damn!
You must be taking your own class, Becky, because this came out fucking amazing.
Excellent improvement.?
Comment is about The music is calling (blog)
Original item by Becky Who
<Deleted User> (9882)
Sat 20th Oct 2018 12:45
yes Wendy, always look to the future with hearts full of hope
Rose ?
Comment is about Where Is The Help (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
I appreciate that David. Cheers. I am a realist, and have been to that rare place, scaled the heights. I thought you might like this, considering the music of the man.
Ray
Comment is about BENJAMIN BRITTEN (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Brian
As a learner rock and roller I don't cut a very attractive on the dance floor yet. (I think Gina was not a good choice teacher choice). I keep fearing I'll spin my partner off the dance floor. Keep at it Don they say. As you say "look at the smiles and laughter as they throw themselves around" motivates me on ?
Comment is about Do You Want to Dance (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
I wanna say Brian that Jane's gotta pack her bags cos she's flyin' off to a Manhatten adventure.
And yes, music and the beat gets into me and I can't stay in my seat. Gotta get up and groove on the dance floor. Self-consciousness flew away years ago.
Why aren't I rhyming
This thing they call jive ?
I'm losing my touch here
Come rhyme, please arrive
On you I can depend
You never let me down
You've come to my rescue
When dance came to town ?
Comment is about The music is calling (blog)
Original item by Becky Who
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 20th Oct 2018 09:38
Hi Mark - taken at face value this is about dancing, but things could very easily be read into it...particularly as it includes the euphemism 'face the music'.
Comment is about DANCING IN TIME - A Saturday theme (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 20th Oct 2018 09:30
Everyone looks more attractive when they dance and let themselves go, and it makes them happier too...look at the smiles and laughter as they throw themselves around.
Comment is about Do You Want to Dance (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 20th Oct 2018 09:26
You're the oldest swinger in town Don!
Comment is about Learning to Jive with Gina (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 20th Oct 2018 09:20
Music has that effect...you've just got to move even if it's just tapping your fingers?
By the way, could you lend poor Jane some of your words as she could only manage a couple of handfuls!
Comment is about The music is calling (blog)
Original item by Becky Who
Made me chuckle Don. Thank you ?
Comment is about Learning to Jive with Gina (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (19836)
Sat 20th Oct 2018 08:20
A beautifully told tale! Enjoyed it!?
Comment is about Do You Want to Dance (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
<Deleted User> (19836)
Sat 20th Oct 2018 08:15
Fantastic! Rhythm, rhyme and humor! Love it!?
Comment is about Learning to Jive with Gina (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (19836)
Sat 20th Oct 2018 08:12
WOW! Awesome, full of energy!?
Comment is about The music is calling (blog)
Original item by Becky Who
Thank you all so much! I really appreciate the comments and the compliments mean a lot to me, especially since I'm so new at this.
Comment is about The Plague Doctor (blog)
Original item by Heart of Lead
<Deleted User> (19708)
Sat 20th Oct 2018 06:47
Big Sal nailed it. I love how it flows. Good Job!
Comment is about The Plague Doctor (blog)
Original item by Heart of Lead
Lovely M.C. last line transported me into an old movie..?
Comment is about DANCING IN TIME - A Saturday theme (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
So eloquently expressed. Thank you for sharing. ❤
Comment is about For Jordan (blog)
Original item by Tom
elPintor
Sat 20th Oct 2018 05:17
It's always welcome to see you post, Louis--a little spice in the mix is definitely a good thing.
Rachel
Comment is about Please you (blog)
Original item by Louis Audet
My retorts are lighthearted, which you will be aware of by now ?
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
elPintor
Sat 20th Oct 2018 03:37
as we speak, my Batman fingerless gloves are on the way...
Comment is about short-range missive (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Big Sal
Sat 20th Oct 2018 03:20
Painfully close to home for many, myself included. If I read into this correctly - and I think I did- it's a new favorite. First two lines set the scene for something great, something classic.
?
Comment is about ghost (life on the outside) (blog)
Original item by nunya
elPintor
Sat 20th Oct 2018 03:10
Hello, Mae. It seems like you have quite much to say.
I've enjoyed watching, in silence, your participation here on WoL--from what I've seen, I've no doubt that you have much more to offer.
Rachel
Comment is about Mae Foreman (poet profile)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Big Sal
Sat 20th Oct 2018 02:03
Poetry - The Great Communicator.
and outspoken critic to the masses.
?
Comment is about Elegy (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Big Sal
Sat 20th Oct 2018 01:16
I'm glad you like the piece John, not many people did. As for all the great work you've been posting up, I can only hope you preserve them in some additional way as they are something special and deserve recognition.
Keep on writing my friend, and good health and wishes to you and yours. ?
Be well.?
Comment is about John E Marks (poet profile)
Original item by John E Marks
Didn't know where it was going.....?
Comment is about Getting In Hot Water (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Well done. Excellent rhythm, rhyming and flow. Agree with Sal - great title ?
Comment is about The Plague Doctor (blog)
Original item by Heart of Lead
Scream like a bat shrieks and feast on the rat’s meat when knowing autumn is a djinn, Meet on the back street with trees in the black sleet and throwing caution to the wind, An unholy botchling without skin in an oak-free coffin for its sin as its mother weeps in stones,
Jack'd be proud! Poetry.
Comment is about Elegy (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Big Sal
Sat 20th Oct 2018 00:47
The juxtaposition of the descriptions in the lines made for excellent flow and a rhythm to keep.
Well done on this, and the title is great too.?
Comment is about The Plague Doctor (blog)
Original item by Heart of Lead
Big Sal
Sat 20th Oct 2018 00:43
Your skill transcends style, and your style knows no bounds.?
Comment is about Offensive verse (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Sounds as great as ever, Jude, with the usual, wonderful wealth of poetry. Sorry I had to miss it, but thanks for a report that perfectly captures what makes it so special.
Comment is about Marsden Poetry Jam at the Railway Inn (article)
Original item by Mike Took
Thanks Cynthia, much appreciated.
I'm grateful for all your likes folks. !!
Ray
Comment is about BENJAMIN BRITTEN (blog)
Original item by ray pool
I suppose so, MC.
Comment is about THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT BUT THIN TODAY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
My mum had T.B. in the late sixties she was in her late twenties. I remember the nurse came to give us all the six needle jab at home...Smiths crisps so nostalgic and many will relate. Lovely Fred..?
Comment is about The Waiting Room (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
A leisurely lope through life - with a certain resonance for
this "war baby" whose own father died of TB in 1949 - aged 50, having survived both world wars and the Irish "Troubles"
in the service of his country. Life fair?...ask me about it!
Comment is about The Waiting Room (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
jennifer Malden
Sat 20th Oct 2018 16:40
Did you hear Trump? 'I don't want to turn my back on Saudi arabia'!!!!!! I bet he doesn't with that weapons contract they placed!!
Really disgusting that petrol dollars can get away withmurder.
Jennifer
Comment is about BLACK SHROUD (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry