Trevor I'm struggling to find
Something of worth here to add
But this sort of poem appeals to me
That Waitrose guy, damn, what a cad
There you were minding your business
Enjoying yourself with your girl
When along came old smart-arse 'big Waitrose'
And said get out, go elsewhere for whirl
Now Trevor I do sympathize with you
But despite being so far away
Our Coles man would be more understanding
And only ban us just for one day
We have nice supermarket people here Trevor...?
Comment is about Banned (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Big Sal
Wed 26th Sep 2018 14:25
The repetition adds to the emotion and keeps it tethered in suspenseful melancholy.
Well done.?
Comment is about When My Love Died Today (blog)
Original item by MsUnLuv
The dolls won 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize. Despite this, racist groups on social media caused the show organisers to remove the dolls. What will happen next year is unsure. What is going on with us ?...?
Comment is about Golliwogs Off Display (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Wed 26th Sep 2018 13:11
Thanks Hugh
or
thank You
either way
you are Hugh.
(wink.)
Comment is about hugh (poet profile)
Original item by hugh
<Deleted User> (19836)
Wed 26th Sep 2018 13:08
People made of bone and flesh. Dolls made of fabric and stuffing! Do I need to say more!
Why is society pushing racism on us! If the media and politicians would leave us ALL alone, I believe we would be just fine. A Planet of PEOPLE AND ANIMALS...nothing more, nothing less, No one inferior and no one superior!
Nice Job Don!?
Comment is about Golliwogs Off Display (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (9882)
Wed 26th Sep 2018 13:04
Lovely piece Keith.
Someone so much loved has to be Dad?
Rose ?
Comment is about If Only.... (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
<Deleted User> (9882)
Wed 26th Sep 2018 12:26
one of your best Des.
Cheers matey.
Rose ?
Comment is about Crows Winter (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
<Deleted User> (9882)
Wed 26th Sep 2018 12:05
So how come white people don't find white dolls offensive?
I respectfully ask.
My mum misses the black and white minstrel show that used to be a regular prog on telly ages ago. And in those days she says there was never any hints whatsoever about racism. I think a lot of racial tensions are inflamed by the media in general who are as per in it for the £ and bugger all else.
Cheer's Don.
Rose ?
Comment is about Golliwogs Off Display (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (9882)
Wed 26th Sep 2018 11:52
blind leading the blinded Wendy, blinded by all the flippin' brexit comings and goings. I hope to god we don't end up having a second referendum...ooer missis!
take care m'dear!
Rose ?
Comment is about Oh dear? Oh dear? (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
Don,
I can remember saving paper gollies which came with every jar and when one had a certain number it qualified you for a real steel badge. I had one. Perhaps I am a white supremacist. I like you poem as it it highlights the ridiculous extent to which we have gone. Teddy bears are usually brown but they seem to be exempt.
Keith
Comment is about Golliwogs Off Display (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
I have found it Brian. I knew there was something in my past about Golliwogs and jam. Robertsons Jam. Yes
Here is link to a guy who worked in the factory
https://youtu.be/VVE1OzdC3nI ?
Comment is about Golliwogs Off Display (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (18980)
Wed 26th Sep 2018 09:34
You Aussies are behind the curve...we banned them here 20 years ago. Robinson' Jam had a major branding crisis!
Comment is about Golliwogs Off Display (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Levy strikes me as a bit too careful with his money to fall for my bait. Now, Mourinho.....
Comment is about MAKING A CRUST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Have you had a call from Levy yet?
Comment is about MAKING A CRUST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (19836)
Wed 26th Sep 2018 07:01
<Deleted User> (19836)
Wed 26th Sep 2018 06:49
It took me a while to get to the bottom but was well worth the effort. You little rhymer you ?
Comment is about "Writing in Rhyme" by Becky Who is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Mike Took
They say that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, Brian. And losing my job after 20 years in coal mining certainly did me a favour.
Comment is about MAKING A CRUST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you Keith. By accident or design if Jack hadnt managed to survive four years in France - which not many infantry did (he was a machine gunner) - I wouldnt be here writing this. Though Jack survived, a whole generation of young men were lost to the gene pool. We are the poorer as a result. John
Comment is about i.m. Pte Jack Prince (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
<Deleted User> (18980)
Tue 25th Sep 2018 22:57
John I love it. Self effacing, not taking yourself seriously etc. If only I'd got onto this bandwagon instead of holding down my job for life.
Comment is about MAKING A CRUST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
John,
This is a first rate poem and appropriate as we move toward the anniversary of the end of that terrible conflict. It is a poem which provokes a great deal of thought.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about i.m. Pte Jack Prince (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Beautiful as usual but sad - as you say progress is often just a vanishing point for some, not what it appears.Perhaps' he stands 'refers to his last stand before final defeat?
Jennifer
Comment is about VANISHING POINT (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Agree with Taylor. Some shades of Orwell?
Jennifer
Comment is about Our Policy (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thank you! I'm glad you like it!
Lovely words, beloved Henley! To put it plainly there's a reason for the cliche: "Live like there's no tomorrow". It's the mortal dread- mortal being the operative word-It's the fear of death that drives us, that makes us appreciate life, that makes us want to add meaning and purpose and make something extarordinary out of our otherwise ordinary and random existence.
Comment is about I can tolerate Death (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
A cogent and creative stance about the irresistible lure of
rhyme and its poetical bedfellow, rhythm. The undeniable
fact is that the most memorable poetry is written in this
style and the best remembered poets in the English language knew it. But as with melody in music, there has
been a jarring move away from the invaluable ability to
create works that earn and are rewarded by affection and recollection in equal measure.
Comment is about "Writing in Rhyme" by Becky Who is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Mike Took
If our hope for humour is an urgency,
We can rely on Hugh in an emergency!
Comment is about Claire's despair (blog)
Original item by hugh
<Deleted User> (19836)
Tue 25th Sep 2018 16:01
Wow Becky! A really impressive piece. Well thought out with great rhythm and rhyme! I enjoyed it.
Congratulations!!!??
Comment is about "Writing in Rhyme" by Becky Who is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Mike Took
<Deleted User> (17799)
Tue 25th Sep 2018 15:29
Big Sal
Tue 25th Sep 2018 13:59
Cool looking cover.
Comment is about Passing Through: Geraldine Green, Indigo Dreams (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (9882)
Tue 25th Sep 2018 12:54
well! what a frosty attitude he had then Trev! ?
for all he knew you could have been trying to find a frozen sausage! and/or a frozen toad in the hole! ?
Rose ?
Comment is about Banned (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
<Deleted User> (9882)
Tue 25th Sep 2018 12:45
Good Morning dear lady. Too many so-called representatives of the people should be renamed in my opinion by the title of ( and I hope you will forgive my french )
the ' arse and elbow brigade ' because not many of them can tell the bloody difference twixt even those two!
keep soap-boxing girl!
Rose ?
Comment is about Excuses (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
<Deleted User> (19913)
Tue 25th Sep 2018 10:34
<Deleted User> (19913)
Tue 25th Sep 2018 10:25
This made me ponder.... Really great.
Comment is about crossing the renovated district (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
<Deleted User> (19913)
Tue 25th Sep 2018 10:22
Oh Elle, you're on the right track...?
Comment is about Corrections have been made (blog)
Original item by Elle Shaine
I just can't understand this
Can't understand it Elle
Why no-one has responded
To tell you you write well
It's obvious to me
You're asking for feedback
Does no-one want to give it?
Why feedback do you lack?
Like you I want to know
On poems how did I go?
For as we both agree
Feedback is how we grow
D ?
Comment is about Tell me what you think (blog)
Original item by Elle Shaine
This is great - can I use it with my English students? Could you write one about the overuse of the phrase "in a nutshell" too please?
Comment is about Hyperbole (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Thanks for like and the thoughts, Hugh.
A sad image.
Jon
Comment is about Dumped on the street (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Hayley Thankyou for your comments you sound very much like me when younger only one parent and ill health most of my life my mum worked all her life full time in the mills and then Altzimers for 25 years . with not much education I had to just get on with things could never spell until iPad now look at me lots more to come well done love wendyx
Comment is about HayzTee (poet profile)
Original item by HayzTee
Thankyou for all your comments much appreciated my mind is a whirle it was a pleasure to see a man with such convictions and being truthful he would have my vote any day it’s a pity they are Ridiculed so much for being honest. I’m sure The truth will out. Kind Regards Wendy x
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Hi Becky, this works great as a performance poem and you give it a nice flowing delivery that makes it come alive. It always amazes me how some people can remember all the words of a poem without looking. Nice one.
Comment is about "Writing in Rhyme" by Becky Who is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Mike Took
Thank you Anya!!!
Thank you Rose, drifting would work too but I guess I went for flying in juxtaposition with the birds requiem who I viewed singing while resting on a branch...
Wow Ray!!! I would have never recognised you by your profile photo!!! Thank you!!! It was a great evening of fantastic poetry by a group of very talented poets!!! Very inspiring!!!
Comment is about Season's Change (blog)
Original item by Xoanxo
Hello Becky and congratulations!!
I loved this phrase in particular: "I was advised not to euphemize", I, at first, misread it as "euthanize"! There's a whole school of Psychology built upon the interpretation of malapropisms and slips of the tongue! I, like you, too, splatter rhyme all over my work and cling-clang along to iambic pentameter. Anyroadup, very well done Becky.
John
Comment is about "Writing in Rhyme" by Becky Who is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Mike Took
Janey Colbourne
Wed 26th Sep 2018 14:47
Beautifully done. I think you’ve managed to take us through every emotion. And you’re right, there’s nothing wrong with using rhyme to express anything. (I find myself using internal rhymes a lot.) If that’s your style, go with it. You’re in good company. Plenty of awesome poets do. You’ve done a great job of using it meaningfully.
Comment is about "Writing in Rhyme" by Becky Who is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Mike Took