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Big Sal

Wed 17th Oct 2018 12:36

Yup.

Comment is about At The Poetry Factory (blog)

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Big Sal

Wed 17th Oct 2018 12:34

Great piece Avishek.?

Comment is about Wither (blog)

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Big Sal

Wed 17th Oct 2018 12:33

Second to last stanza sticks out like a sore thumb.

Well done on this one too.?

Comment is about Going, going but not gone (blog)

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Big Sal

Wed 17th Oct 2018 12:30

If I were you Jon, I would've just continued to walk with bloody fur on my shoes.

?

Comment is about The Rat (blog)

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Taylor Crowshaw

Wed 17th Oct 2018 12:17

Thank you Jon, I am not sure many think animals worthy of poems especially the humble donkey..I do..but then I am biased as I have five miniature donkeys. They are extremely gentle intelligent creatures..?

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Wed 17th Oct 2018 12:07

Just brilliant, Don. Oh, I laughed! Made my day. And today is my birthday! A great gift indeed.

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<Deleted User> (18980)

Wed 17th Oct 2018 11:15

Fine, all three. Did her technique work...who knows?

Comment is about Cultivating Life (blog)

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Don Matthews

Wed 17th Oct 2018 11:03

Now Chris and Kate you've me confused
'Bout which frequencies I have seen
Are they blue or they green or they reddish ?
Now so mixed up is my colour scene ?

Comment is about Colour 309 U (blog)

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Jon Stainsby

Wed 17th Oct 2018 11:03

Thanks, Wendy and Hugh.

I saw a rat this morning on my way to work. Along with the news I heard about Mr. Trump and his tweets on the radio I had to meld the two together.

Funny that??!!

??

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Jon Stainsby

Wed 17th Oct 2018 11:00

Love this, Taylor.

xx

Comment is about The King of Inishturk (blog)

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Chris Armstrong

Wed 17th Oct 2018 10:51

It's not so much about 309 U
As about perception
Do the same neurons fire for you
Or are you an exception!
We both call grass green and sky blue
- that's what we learned to do
But perhaps your brain sees green
And Kate G sees what I mean
As something I would call red
Instead!

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Jon Stainsby

Wed 17th Oct 2018 09:22

Luxury!!?? Ridiculous that they are taxed.

I personally believe they these products should be, if not, free then, subsidised on the health service.

Nice one, Don.

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Hugh

Wed 17th Oct 2018 08:44

You are an inspiration ,could be subject of the week.

Comment is about The Rat (blog)

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Wendy

Wed 17th Oct 2018 08:36

Hi Jon at least Donald is not Pied Piper in Reverse Wendy x

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Don Matthews

Wed 17th Oct 2018 08:16

Brian

It takes a mass movement of people
To sort out the problems we face
If left to politicians it's hopeless
They only want to win their electoral race

I can scream, I can shout all I want to
Wax lyrical on double-u-o-ell
But I'm just a poor lowly little poet
Who's saying what I want, want to tell

No dear reader, it takes more than one
To change things to how they should be
It takes a mass movement of people
It takes a lot more than just me ?



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Randy Horton

Wed 17th Oct 2018 08:06

And how are the kids? ?

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Jon Stainsby

Wed 17th Oct 2018 07:50

Thank you, Taylor and Brian.

Brian, I try to feel a tinge of empathy for the man, but his antagonistic attitude towards things and people really goades me.

Oh well, life goes on. ?

Thanks, again.

Jon

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Taylor Crowshaw

Wed 17th Oct 2018 07:50

Lovely poem Chris...and an interesting subject..?

Comment is about Colour 309 U (blog)

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<Deleted User> (18980)

Wed 17th Oct 2018 07:36

Don you should run for office and sort out all these injustices.

Comment is about A Bloody Disgrace (blog)

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<Deleted User> (18980)

Wed 17th Oct 2018 07:33

Poor old Donald. He's much maligned and misunderstood.

Comment is about The Rat (blog)

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Taylor Crowshaw

Wed 17th Oct 2018 07:32

Clever idea...like the poem..?

Comment is about At The Poetry Factory (blog)

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Taylor Crowshaw

Wed 17th Oct 2018 07:31

Sad poem...❤

Comment is about Wither (blog)

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Taylor Crowshaw

Wed 17th Oct 2018 07:30

Crazy, like it Don

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Taylor Crowshaw

Wed 17th Oct 2018 07:28

Still laughing Jon...?

Comment is about The Rat (blog)

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<Deleted User> (19836)

Wed 17th Oct 2018 07:16

Heartfelt, romantic and full of emotion! Lovely!?

Comment is about The End (blog)

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<Deleted User> (19836)

Wed 17th Oct 2018 07:14

Keith, I always find your writing profound but this piece is extraordinary. You bring to light the unfairness which is that one man's life has more value than another because of rank. Sad but truthful! Well done. ? Jane

Comment is about The Damned - 1916 (blog)

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<Deleted User> (19836)

Wed 17th Oct 2018 07:00

A wonderful take on long distance love!?

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Don Matthews

Wed 17th Oct 2018 04:13

Your poem Chris has got me hooked
An explanation I might have for you
About this strange blue/greenish mix
Which you call Mermaid Blue

Your title holds the key to this
Uranium 309
Recognised by scientists for
It's green and bluish shine ?

Comment is about Colour 309 U (blog)

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Don Matthews

Wed 17th Oct 2018 03:53

An interesting idea you've explored here ?

Comment is about At The Poetry Factory (blog)

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Trevor Alexander

Wed 17th Oct 2018 01:59

Bah humbug Brian - I have a CD entitled that, with tracks like "Santa Bloody Claus", and "He's The Man Who Slits The Turkey's Throats At Christmas"

Yes, MC, the spam Christmas emails have started. I have a special folder for them, called "Deleted Items"!

Thanks Taylor.

And Rose - love the chorus! ?

Comment is about Bloody Christmas (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

d.knape

Wed 17th Oct 2018 00:31


lots of protein
in insects.

Snack on! ?





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d.knape

Wed 17th Oct 2018 00:29


do they eat Sardines
in Sardinia?

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Don Matthews

Wed 17th Oct 2018 00:10

I like it Ariana ?

Comment is about The Two sides of Me (blog)

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<Deleted User> (19913)

Tue 16th Oct 2018 23:55

I always wondered if others see colours differently to me. Lovely piece.

Comment is about Colour 309 U (blog)

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<Deleted User> (19913)

Tue 16th Oct 2018 23:44

Absolutely beautiful. Well done. ?

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<Deleted User> (9882)

Tue 16th Oct 2018 23:03

if I don't see you before 'then' Trev, all the best!

shall we round the good news of Christmas drawing near off with a hearty metaphorical fireside renditioning of;

# we two nutters of write out loud are
bored to fuck in having to follow that star
over field and mountain
to escape xmas costs that are mounting
blahblah blah blah fucking BLAH! ?




Rose ?

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Taylor Crowshaw

Tue 16th Oct 2018 21:34

Like it Trevor..the poem that is..?

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Taylor Crowshaw

Tue 16th Oct 2018 21:32

Very moving Keith thank you..?

Comment is about The Damned - 1916 (blog)

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Taylor Crowshaw

Tue 16th Oct 2018 21:29

Lovely flow...?

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Taylor Crowshaw

Tue 16th Oct 2018 21:27

True Don we are all guilty of this at times..excellent poem..?

Comment is about A Trap of Life (blog)

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Taylor Crowshaw

Tue 16th Oct 2018 21:26

Large glass please..?

Comment is about The worm experiment (blog)

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Taylor Crowshaw

Tue 16th Oct 2018 21:19

Just love this little snack sized verse..delicious..?

Comment is about Requiem For Moth (blog)

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Ariana Leon

Tue 16th Oct 2018 20:21

Well I am definitely caught in the web - I really like what you have written!

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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Ariana Leon

Tue 16th Oct 2018 20:18

Thankyou :) I wrote it after almost giving up writing

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<Deleted User> (18980)

Tue 16th Oct 2018 19:00

My wife, desperate to conceive, used to put her legs in the air after sex to maximise the flow of sperm to her ovaries.

Comment is about Cultivating Life (blog)

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jennifer Malden

Tue 16th Oct 2018 18:02

Nice poem - very nostalgic- agree with Keith that a ruined or demolished house has something sad about it.

Jennifer

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John F Keane

Tue 16th Oct 2018 16:16

Very well-styled and expressed existential piece.

I note that 8 of the last 9 POTW winners have been female. Going from strength to strength in poetry, as in most other fields.

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Don Matthews

Tue 16th Oct 2018 15:30

You've taught me something Keith
Specific, not overall
That moths they do indeed have
Little moth-like balls

Which leads me to believe that
When you say mothballed
The little helpless moth
(Gets kicked where it does hurt ...)

Sorry dk sidetracking
From your moth-like verse
I'm just elaborating Keith-like
Stepped on, mothballed, what's worse ?

Comment is about Requiem For Moth (blog)

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Big Sal

Tue 16th Oct 2018 15:11

What is it with you and these poor insects? First the flies and now the moths?

Go easy killer.?

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keith jeffries

Tue 16th Oct 2018 14:49

Hallo Tom,

Ich verstehe nur ein bisschen. Ich mag verstehen alles. Schriebst du en Englisch?
Vielen danke

Keith

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