A great tale,
Prefer a dog that wags its tail.

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Love it Don! I have 4 dogs and a cat...if you're not into animals don't come to my house!!!?

Comment is about Is That The Problem? (blog)

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If only Leave was as simple as they told you it would be.
So what’s the plan, MC?

Comment is about "BREXIT MEANS BREXIT" (blog)

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Hi Becky. I was a postman for five years so your poem resonates well with me.

Comment is about Dog Lane (blog)

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Thanks M.C. enjoyed this. ?

Comment is about THE GAY DOG (blog)

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Excellent

Comment is about NOTHING MUCH FOR MINORS BY SAHAJ SABHARWAL (blog)

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Hi Wendy I echo Rose's comments lovely. ?

Comment is about Before A Storm (blog)

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Lovely Don enjoyed it and with four dogs I can relate..xx

Comment is about Is That The Problem? (blog)

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Hi Hugh, Gave me a great laugh thank you..?

Comment is about Dead (blog)

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Excellent Becky a great rhyming tale..?

Comment is about Dog Lane (blog)

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Hi Keith, I know it may seem like wishing my life away but I can't wait to retire. Mowing the lawn, washing the car, and watching crap on the telly. It sounds like bliss to me.
Bring on those slippers, I can't wait.

Cheers Kevin

Comment is about The Mundane Challenged (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Priorities Don, priorities.

Short and to the point...very un-Don like.

Comment is about Is That The Problem? (blog)

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Thank you Hannah!

Lovely profile photo.

❤ Tapashree

Comment is about Reflections (blog)

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"NOTHING MUCH FOR MINORS"

Minors are those less than eighteen,
As they don't have knowledge in keen.

They don't have a driving licence,
As don't have driving sense.

Minors are given just pen and page,
Their life is not more than a cage.

Holiday is not given even on sundays,
As their age is negligible for fundays.

Parents are worried not to get blame,
From minors they just want their fame.

Circumstances are same for every minor,
Parents are just their life designer.

-Sahaj Sabharwal.
-Chowk Chabutra,
-Jammu.
-11th Class.
©sahajsabharwal
Delhi Public School, Jammu #India #Poem #Jammu #sahajsabharwal12345 #DelhiPublicSchool #DpsJammu
#copyright #INDIA #TALENTPOET

Comment is about NOTHING MUCH FOR MINORS BY SAHAJ SABHARWAL (blog)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_force

..having a laugh, because goodness knows a lot of us need it--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTaylAABdZk

--thank heavens for Patton Oswalt.

Comment is about upon pondering some of the various conditions which might be judged as normal (blog)

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Thanks, all, for your kind comments and to everyone who read--and, I'm extra glad if it sparked a thought or two.

Really, I didn't intend this to be a jab at people as individuals, but rather as a means of clarifying my philosophy on certain conditions to which we are subject and "the powers that be", if that makes sense.

Kate, that's not creepy at all--it seems rather kind, to me. Thanks for the link, I'll be taking a look as soon as I can shake off the day.

I get your drift, Hazel. In fact, we often meet such encounters with hostility.

Hi Darren--you got it, man--what better endorsement could a writer get from another writer? Thank you.

To each, I hope you are able to enjoy the rest of the day, in whichever timezone you happen to be.

Rachel

Comment is about upon pondering some of the various conditions which might be judged as normal (blog)

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The First World War was the first truly industrialised
conflict - and on a hitherto unimaginable scale. Britain
was no stranger to warfare but to lose virtually a whole
generation and see that change the country in so many
ways served as a warning. Yet those same Britons were
ready to face the horrors again with the advent of Nazism,
despite knowing what had gone before, often on a very
personal basis. The price paid in both world wars was
enormous yet it brought about freedom for so many who
were otherwise destined for death or the slave labour camps.
My favourite WW1 poem is "The General" by Sassoon,
primarily because it combines the qualities of brevity,
humour and a readily believable evocation of the
ambivalent attitudes of the ordinary long-suffering soldier
towards those red-tabs who were ordering them on to what was certain death for so many. Its final sardonic
line lingers in the mind - a timeless reminder of what was
expected and endured when, to borrow from LP Hartley's
novel The Go-Between: the past really was a different country.
In August 2016 I was at the Tower of London when a
list of names was read out in the (absolutely fitting)
pouring rain. Among them was that of my uncle 2nd
Lieut. Ernest Valentine Venner - The Rifle Brigade - killed
in action at Delville Wood on 18th August, 1916.
I was far from alone that evening.

Comment is about Poetry & The Great War, a Series: 1 (article)

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Hear hear for Return my Cheer Mike. He was a jewel in Blackpool's crown, and we could never replace him. A master craftsman of his trade. Politicians may come and go but Doddy should go on for ever.

Ray

Comment is about Return My Cheer (blog)

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Not the version the manufacturers would admit to, but it serves a good purpose, to amuse and reconsider a daily routine !

Ray

Comment is about Ode to Coffee (blog)

Original item by Isabel Hope

You can't win a battle when the leader is sympathetic to
the other side. Or - to adapt an old adage -
Faint heart never won fair trade deal!
"Grocer" Heath was told by minister Geoffrey Rippon that
if the British public knew the path being taken by the
European project they would never agree to it. Heath replied that it was why it wouldn't be told - and the deceit,
want of truth and self-delusion (let alone the betrayal of
the Commonwealth in favour of our erstwhile enemies)continued apace to ensure its success, whatever it took.
Conservative and Unionist Party members who always saw themselves as the Middle Englander's political voice
were driven apart by what was increasingly evident to
those who looked beneath the surface of the promises and
the rhetoric to witness the burgeoning political entity
that saw itself with a non-accountable police force and
its own army - hardly the concept that was mentioned
when we joined the original distant "Common Market".
A European political "elite" - a bit like the Empire in the
Star Wars franchise - saw themselves on the lofty platform
of continent-wide power and the word "democracy" took
a nosedive when it suited the plans of the project. Vote
against? No - you must go away and vote again until you
get it right. Nationhood became a thing of the past.
Going very wrong is not a new estimation in this area
of political posturing. It has been going very wrong
from the outset, and we shall suffer before our return to our own resources of parliamentary and legal rule is done and dusted. But we have suffered before - and far worse!
So - let us brace ourselves to our duty and let history be
our judge. (Here, I raise two-fingers in a certain well-known salute). ?

Comment is about "BREXIT MEANS BREXIT" (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks to David Anya and Darren for liking and Ray Kate Colin and Rose for commenting.


This is one of those poems that I woke up a couple of mornings ago remembering a holiday that my wife and I had taken on Anglesey a couple of years ago so I kind of understand the love lost angle Ray because it is forever seen as a wonderful place for me where we can forget everything and everybody..


Kate I am totally with you with the ridges, some are hard and dried others are just soft and wet letting your toes slide into them.


Colin I just love almost every kind of beach The shingle ones have there own kind of beauty as well, even the ones in Sussex. Though it should be said that my favourite was always camber sands which I remember as a kid. Though the Welsh ones are truly beautiful

Rose I know exactly what you mean about Newborough we have spent many a happy day there. It is also a great place for flying kites. Enjoy


love to all and thanks again for reading and commenting

Comment is about out there (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

The mismatched socks line killed.?

Comment is about September is for lovers (blog)

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I do not understand what the two of you mean seeing as this is easy for me to read. I will continue with the way I write tho -shrug-

Comment is about Sweet sorrowful sparrow (blog)

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Enjoyed this poem Keith..

Comment is about The Mundane Challenged (blog)

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Sad poem..?

Comment is about Tonight (blog)

Original item by Brent

Deeply touching poem...thank you. ?

Comment is about The Stake To The Sunflower (blog)

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I am in total agreement with the last four lines..?

Comment is about Outside The Box (blog)

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A poem descending into darkness, then light.
Inspiring writing.

Hannah

Comment is about Reality (blog)

Original item by Ebonie Camp

Gave me childhood memories. Love this poem. I can relate I have my own bubble that people always wanna pop.?

Comment is about Outside The Box (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Excellent poem.

Hannah

Comment is about Reflections (blog)

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You're welcome Kate. I appreciate your comments.

Comment is about The Stake To The Sunflower (blog)

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Thanks Kate! ?

Comment is about Reflections (blog)

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Very insightful and beautiful work.

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Thanks for your nice comment on my pic Taylor, and for always being so encouraging of my work and that of others.

Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)

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I felt like I was intruding into a secret moment in reading this Adam. Beautiful.

Comment is about The Stake To The Sunflower (blog)

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Amen to that.

Comment is about Ode to Coffee (blog)

Original item by Isabel Hope

Well said. ?

Comment is about Outside The Box (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Love the sample. Excellent example.?

Comment is about Isabel Hope (poet profile)

Original item by Isabel Hope

So sweet and moving.

Comment is about Old Man (blog)

Original item by Mikey V Kinsey

Ray as with Keith's comment I appreciate your thinking about the verse "Persephone".
Tommy

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Keith, ta. As with Ray's comment I appreciate your thinking about the verse "Persephone"
Tommy

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

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Keith, ta. As with Ray's comment I appreciate your thinking about the verse.
Tommy

Comment is about The Astronomer's gaze (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Thanks for your comment Ray.
I'm abaht 3 or 4 times a week reading post.
Tommy

Comment is about The Astronomer's gaze (blog)

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thanks for reading, thanks for the kind comments, the cheque's in the post

Comment is about Through The Willow Curtain (blog)

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Cheers Darren for your classy comment re "Me" ta Tommy

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Top work Keith,

I am sure that you are not that bad...

My top tip, don't hand any nets...


Cheers

DJB

Comment is about The Mundane Challenged (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

BTW - if anyone from WOL is reading, this must be on POTW shortlist???

Comment is about upon pondering some of the various conditions which might be judged as normal (blog)

Original item by nunya

Spot on!

A great way to describe some of the shit that goes on around us and how many folk are either nose blind or are content to just pinch the end of their nose until the problem goes away. Also a sad nod towards the meat industry (thanks for reminding me why I don't eat meat).

Cheers

DJB

Comment is about upon pondering some of the various conditions which might be judged as normal (blog)

Original item by nunya

Oh wow - I love this..

Very moving,

I really like the second stanza, very powerful, very lovely and very well written.

Nice one

Cheers

DJB

Comment is about Old Man (blog)

Original item by Mikey V Kinsey

Rachel, my god how right you are. We humans are almost unrecognizable as beings belonging to this planet. We wouldn't know normal/natural if it came over and shook our hand.

Comment is about upon pondering some of the various conditions which might be judged as normal (blog)

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