I've been guilty of the 2nd stanza more times than I care to admit. However, every day is a new day to try a new leaf on the Tree of Life eh?

Lovely poem Taylor.❤

Comment is about A Kindness (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

I can relate so much to this.

Thank you, Jon

Comment is about A Kindness (blog)

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Thanks, Rose ?

Comment is about A lazy Sunday (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Wow very sensual poem just lovely ?

Comment is about Yield (blog)

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Thanks for that Don but I'm allergic...not really but after that it is a strong possibility..?

Comment is about Brian Jets Off To Tomatina (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thank you Becky for all your comments. It was a little bit of a departure for me.
The adorable pooch is Noodles my three year old cockapoo..?

Comment is about A Kindness (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Thanks to Jon and Anya for liking and to Sal, Peter, Taylor, Becky and Darren for commenting.

I have to confess that this piece is some part about older guys wistfully thinking about what if they had moved away and found work somewhere else. Also easy to look back and think that the earlier years were either worse or better according to your point of view.

But there is also another part to this based on the closures of certain industries in the U.K. which has and a detrimental effect on particular regions of the country that were heavily reliant on those localised industries for employment. This has meant they have struggled to recover. Sorry to rant a little.


Hey Becky
I had not considered it as live piece but I think I will give it a go. Cheers


But thanks once again one and all for reading


Martin

Comment is about Golden days (blog)

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Hi Taylor (I see you've changed your profile picture! Who is the lovely doggie?)

This poem sent me to check my understanding of free verse once again, and I just found this quote on Wikipedia which speaks of your text for me:

"The American critic John Livingston Lowes in 1916 observed 'Free verse may be written as very beautiful prose; prose may be written as very beautiful free verse. Which is which?'"

I love the way the line lengths and pauses are varied, held together with linking images, and then the last four lines make 2 very powerful rhyming couplets.

Comment is about A Kindness (blog)

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The last stanza says it all..?

Comment is about Bodily Notions (blog)

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Liked this thank you ?

Comment is about BENT OVER GEOGRAPHY (blog)

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Kinks, eat your heart out! ? good stuff Mr S.








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Comment is about A lazy Sunday (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

A first piece in a newspaper, well technically at least...

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/picket-lines-aug-16-fair-game#sidr-0

Comment is about Fair Game (blog)

Original item by Mark Mr T Thompson

This is great Joe. I do enjoy folk who can look death (and all of the fuss surrounding it) in the eye and blow it a big raspberry!!!

Cheers

DJB

Comment is about Aggie's Legacy (blog)

Original item by Joe Williams

Thank you so much, Anya, Jane, and Darren.

Your kind words keep me going. ?

Jon

Comment is about A lazy Sunday (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Lovely Jon - I don't want to go to work now!!!!


Cheers

DjB

Comment is about A lazy Sunday (blog)

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Hi Mac

just a quick line to say thanks for reading and commenting so positively on my poems.

Most appreciated!

Cheers

Darren

Comment is about Mac (poet profile)

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Beautiful Peter..?

Comment is about RAINDROPS ON A SKYLIGHT (blog)

Original item by Peter Taylor

Beautiful words Yajaira.?

Comment is about Potato (blog)

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Congrats again on getting Poem of the Week, and thank you for the kind comments. Although I've yet to perform open mic, I am planning on getting back into the scene of music again. Always something happening to be writing about there and in poetry.

Here's hoping it lasts for as long as possible. Thanks again Lynn.

Take care.?

Comment is about lynn hahn (poet profile)

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My I likes this ?

Comment is about If I Weren't Me (blog)

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I am so pleased to see you back Larisa and writing better than ever!

Well done girl!



Rose ?

Comment is about I am the one ... (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

though I'm not in a position to 'judge' Adam, I am in a position to say how much I enjoyed this piece.





Rose ?

Comment is about For You To Judge (blog)

Original item by Adam Whitworth

I absolutely love this Jon! You captured the joy of meditation from the first to the last line.?

Comment is about A lazy Sunday (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

My feet went missing on the bus,
Didn't report it and cause a fuss.
My dog was lying on them down there,
Showing his love and how much he did care.

Comment is about My Feet Have Gone Missing (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Thank you everyone for your kind comments! Means a lot to me!

Comment is about Get out (blog)

Original item by Mac

Well done Peter..very well deserved acknowledgement of a beautiful poem..?

Comment is about ‘Just before sleep’ by Peter Taylor is Write Out Loud’s Poem of the Week (article)

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Thanks MC, glad you liked it ?

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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So beautiful!

Comment is about hiding places (discernment) (blog)

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That first stanza, I often ask myself the very same question when confronted with it on the page or in person. Great, concise piece reverberating with emotional output.?

Comment is about temporary insanity (blog)

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Beautiful piece.?

Comment is about I Love Thee (blog)

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Thank you for reading My Feet Have Gone Missing..Jon although you will be pleased to know that thanks to M.C.Newberry I have managed to locate them. ?

Comment is about Jon Stainsby (poet profile)

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Thank you Don a bit of lighthearted humour is always a breath of fresh air...?

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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Thank you for your repost M.C. yep you were right if I lean over and look right down my nose..I can actually see my toes..?

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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I..agree?

Comment is about If I Weren't Me (blog)

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Congratulations Peter!

An eloquent tale brimming with emotion. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Well deserved! ?Jane

Comment is about ‘Just before sleep’ by Peter Taylor is Write Out Loud’s Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

The moon is not dangerous. That's what I say. )))))

Comment is about I am the one ... (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

What a tribute! This Susan sounds quite a girl!!

Comment is about BIRTHDAY WISHES - TO A NEWFOUND FRIEND (blog)

Original item by Phillip Kelly

From my point of view when all's done and said,
I would've happily sat and listened to Fred!
A winning piece of whimsy - thank you.

Comment is about Fred (blog)

Original item by Ged Thompson

I have no truck with "religious law" - recalling the term
"ecclesiastical law" protecting clergy of the established
church. Henry V111 was an astonishing monarch for
daring to take on the power of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church and winning here in this country in an age
when savage retribution was the norm when vying for
dominance in the name of "religious belief". Superstition
still holds sway in the form of religion even today and it is
essential that the law for all should take precedence over
these self-chosen types of mental conviction. The bottom
line - if you purport to be a "believer" - has to be whether
Christ or the Prophet would condone abuse. Surely not!

Comment is about Church Law vs Government Law (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

A journey well worth taking. The literary style adopted is
perfect for the content. And "happly" so!

Comment is about The Invitation (blog)

Original item by Chris Armstrong

I can NOT believe this is autobiographical! That said...
And if your feet were bare
Would still see them there
By leaning over your toes
And peering down your nose?

Comment is about My Feet Have Gone Missing (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

More welcome droll humour on WOL. Good one!
I can just see Aunt Aggie
Still clutching her baggie!

Comment is about Aggie's Legacy (blog)

Original item by Joe Williams

Absolutely! Neatly done.
Where I go, it's MY go!

Comment is about If I Weren't Me (blog)

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Thanks Taylor, glad you liked it ?

Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Dangerous? The moon?

Comment is about I am the one ... (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

This is fab Martin - really well written and reads beautifully.

Some great words and lines - I really like

And the way it was

Watching rings of trickled froth

Coagulate in spiralled signals of no more


Great stuff

Cheers

DJB

Comment is about Golden days (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Thanks for your like on He Never Returned

Comment is about Melissa Wiens (poet profile)

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Thanks for your comment on He Never Returned

Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)

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Good one Joe thoroughly enjoyable..

Comment is about Aggie's Legacy (blog)

Original item by Joe Williams

Killer hat. .

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