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
Like riding a bike to a destination - there is the pleasing
aspect that no effort is required freewheeling downhill on the way!
Comment is about THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT BUT THIN TODAY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Big Sal
Fri 19th Oct 2018 20:25
Great one, as always, you know that rhyme is killer!
Comment is about THE GREAT THAW (blog)
Original item by Eric James
Anya thank you and like wise it's always a blessing to meet and converse with like minded people. I can't wait to read your work as well. ???
Comment is about LaTosha Wall Rotramel (poet profile)
Original item by LaTosha Wall Rotramel
elPintor
Fri 19th Oct 2018 19:15
This is one of the most moving pieces I've had the pleasure of reading for quite a while, Ian.
Comment is about Blood Brothers In Arms (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
<Deleted User> (16099)
Fri 19th Oct 2018 19:13
Absolutely a beautiful write read it several times enjoyed it more and more each time
Comment is about Love (blog)
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<Deleted User> (16099)
Fri 19th Oct 2018 19:13
Absolutely a beautiful write read it several times enjoyed it more and more each time
Comment is about Love (blog)
Original item by Chiari Warrior Soldier
Big Sal - I love rap! I think my passion of rhyming started from listening to rap at a young age. It's one of my favourite genre's of music if not my favourite. I will have a listen to this song. Thank you!! Xx
Comment is about Grandparents (blog)
Original item by Caoimhe June Jane Ryan
Thanks, MC. I experimented with this form which, I have to say, I find rather unsatisfying.
I will agree the first line is its best - it goes downhill from there!
Comment is about THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT BUT THIN TODAY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A situation that is not helped by the emerging industrial
intentions of hitherto underperforming economies now
seeking to profit from "progress" - China, India and
others come to mind.
Comment is about Nothing else matters (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Big Sal
Fri 19th Oct 2018 18:17
Sounds like a mythical bazaar. . .Great piece Avishek, the golden cage line was superb.
Comment is about Fading fast... (blog)
Original item by AVISHEK GHOSH
Humour, self-deprecation, and tolerance - acquired over
many centuries of conflict and/or common cause that others
find difficult to comprehend but instinctively admire...topped
up by an unwavering unwillingness to be imposed upon by others.
Each part of the UK has its individual strengths and traits
but insists on maintaining old revered traditions within its
framework. That way we have - and will continue - to make
do and get along.
Comment is about Rule Britannia? (blog)
Original item by mike booth
Brian makes a point about "white" policies of the past.
One wonders whether the use of today's buzz word "community" would pass muster if it had been employed then? It seems to work now.
Comment is about Sexism. Racism. I'm Sick of the these Words (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Big Sal
Fri 19th Oct 2018 17:55
You could turn this into a series.
Comment is about So Says The Wife (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Big Sal
Fri 19th Oct 2018 17:52
The sentiment of this tickles me - but in a good way - ?.
Another great one, Nigel.
Comment is about Getting In Hot Water (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
I like the unusual rhyme pattern employed here. The
subject is approached in a way that adds attractively to
other poems about autumn that have gone before - with
a sense of reality that lingers in the mind with the line
"The sun shines bright but thin today". Inspired!
Comment is about THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT BUT THIN TODAY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Good strong stuff as the November memories loom large.
Togetherness in adversity
Against a common foe,
Taking as you find, old chum,
Is the only way to go.
Every race and every creed
Will find its way to bear
The qualities that the victors need...
And the hardships they must share.
But common cause has many shoots
And peacetime leads to more,
When blood and belief turn to their roots -
And each man to his shore.
Comment is about Blood Brothers In Arms (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
One of your very best, Ian.
It is a matter of some pride to me as a past verger at Selby Abbey that the Remembrance stall of poppies offers emblems of all kinds - Christian crosses, Muslim crescents, Stars of David, Hindu aums, Sikh khandas and non-faith poppies.
Comment is about Blood Brothers In Arms (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 19th Oct 2018 17:16
A Perfect Match
Bread and butter
crackers and cheese
Marsden and music
Village and festival
Drinkers and poets
bitter and mild
Jam and jazz
a perfect match!
Comment is about Marsden Poetry Jam at the Railway Inn (article)
Original item by Mike Took
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 19th Oct 2018 16:25
Good one Ian. You are right...race does not appear to matter in certain situations. But I bet if these two then found themselves back in Britain or India after WW1 it would have been difficult for their friendship to endure. More possible now of course in these enlightened times (!)
Comment is about Blood Brothers In Arms (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Keith - in a general (no pun intended) sense, I can't argue
against your point but hasn't that been a feature of history
since time immemorial? Even today, when aristocracy per
se doesn't call the tune/sound the bugle, its modern
successors, the politicians follow their own agendas with vital powerful influences provided by rich chums when
it suits them - and when they can bamboozle the public
into believing in the cause they seek to espouse. And so
combatants are once again obliged to moil in the mud...
or sand!!
Comment is about The Damned - 1916 (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
On a day of rain rain rain and howling winds!
Everyone having to keep dry in the Railway pub - - - next year the sun will be out to shine on you when joining the Write Out Loud Jam!
P.S hope you are better
Nigel x
Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)
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Big Sal
Fri 19th Oct 2018 15:36
Blown away. Every. Time.
The metaphors and I.
Excellence is underrated and slept on.
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(and I love that music video, that was the first song I heard of his when you suggested his music)
Comment is about Elegy (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Big Sal
Fri 19th Oct 2018 15:14
Beautiful like blooming hollyhocks in war-torn Syria.
I've seen lots of war poetry, and this one so bluntly tackled emotion after emotion well in such blatant terms, and with a rhythm I could feel. You did very well with this Ian, I'd love to hear this in song form.
Maybe it's the visceral reality of war, or the unsung songs still floating in the fight's shadow that ring true to my ears, but one thing is for sure - it is some of the best to read.
?
Comment is about Blood Brothers In Arms (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Big Sal
Fri 19th Oct 2018 14:52
I echo Jon's sentiment. Beautiful piece very worthy of preservation.
Here is a link to a song from one very good rapper about his grandparents - you may fancy a listen even if you don't like rap. The song brought tears to my eyes, much like dedication poetry easily does. .?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2aD5G9B74s
Comment is about Grandparents (blog)
Original item by Caoimhe June Jane Ryan
Fri 19th Oct 2018 14:31
literal imagery in my head while reading. nice and raw.?
Comment is about Open (neglected) (blog)
Original item by Jay
Fri 19th Oct 2018 14:22
Fri 19th Oct 2018 13:26
Thanks Cynthia and Brian. I don’t think it’s a great poem, but it’s what needs saying. The IPCC report recently was quite terrifying, but like everything relating to climate change it got a brief mention in the news and then forgotten about.
Comment is about Nothing else matters (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
<Deleted User> (9882)
Fri 19th Oct 2018 12:25
a great summing up mixture Mike, of national pride and its impending media instigated downfall
# brexitannia
brexitannia no longer rules the waves
are we all going back to caveman days? # ?
Rose ?
Comment is about Rule Britannia? (blog)
Original item by mike booth
<Deleted User> (9882)
Fri 19th Oct 2018 12:15
Fri 19th Oct 2018 12:10
haha. good retort!
we'll prop you up in the corner.
wink.
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
Activity is the secret of staying young....to sleep..to die...?
Comment is about Assisted Sleeping (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Yes Hugh! They were overwhelmed.
My grandparents are my world. And they should know it! ? thank you for your comments x
Comment is about Grandparents (blog)
Original item by Caoimhe June Jane Ryan
Exactly! ??
Comment is about Sexism. Racism. I'm Sick of the these Words (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
A grand poem flowing with love.I would have liked to have been there when they first read this.I bet they were overwhelmed.Well done.
"I hope you are both healthy
And keeping each other strong
Because this is the best family
In which I could belong."
Great lines.
Comment is about Grandparents (blog)
Original item by Caoimhe June Jane Ryan
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 19th Oct 2018 08:39
Hi Don On a serious note, Government or people of USA, UK and Australia have pursued racist policies during our lifetimes. Whilst these were in practise the population either supported the policy or turned a blind eye. But you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who admits to it now. For example, whilst Australia had an all-white policy in the 60's did white British people refuse to emigrate because they were opposed to this policy? No, in fact it actively encouraged many to go.
Comment is about Sexism. Racism. I'm Sick of the these Words (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (19836)
Fri 19th Oct 2018 08:14
Hopelessness is an emotion which most experience at sometime in life! I have been there! I feel your pain!
You must send out to the world around you good energy and positive thoughts and as time passes, when you least expect it, life changes and good things will come your way!
I speak from personal experience!!!??
Comment is about Through Melancholy Eyes (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
Time is not a cure but it does fade. I, like many have felt this absolute hopelessness......all you can do is hang in there.....❤
Comment is about Through Melancholy Eyes (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
<Deleted User> (19836)
Fri 19th Oct 2018 08:07
<Deleted User> (19836)
Fri 19th Oct 2018 08:05
Bravo Don! Well said. We are all just humans wandering this Earth trying to find our way! Those who think otherwise or believe themselves to be superior are shallow! The Universe doesn't care what tone your skin is or what language you speak or how well you performed in school or if you're rich or poor or about sexual preferences. It's all about KARMA...
Love & help people, laugh, cry, hug, dance...before the Universe takes your chance of doing these things away!!!
????
Comment is about Sexism. Racism. I'm Sick of the these Words (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Absolutely Don....?
Comment is about Sexism. Racism. I'm Sick of the these Words (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Greg Freeman
Fri 19th Oct 2018 23:34
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