Good one, Hugh.
To adapt one of your previous titles: cat-atrophy!!

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Delicious...thoroughly enjoyed this poem..off to get a bowl of porridge..?

Comment is about Good Old Plain Porridge (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Great writing love it..?

Comment is about Winter is the best time to die (blog)

Original item by Red Button

Life has become a race. a race to grow up, a race to succeed, a race to keep up. Excellent.. I can relate to this..?

Comment is about Out Of Date (blog)

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Really enjoyed this Avishek..?

Comment is about Wounds are sleeping here (blog)

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Excellent poem..?

Comment is about LATE AUGUST IN NOTTING HILL (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

So funny Hugh..thank you..?

Comment is about The three wishes (blog)

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The food was good ,the play was great,
You had a good time with your mate.

Well done

Comment is about Cooking up a Storm (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Thank you all for your ongoing support. It means so much...?

Comment is about Cooking up a Storm (blog)

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Me-n-u the menu love it...?

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

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Thanks for commenting "International Bake-off". It was just a bit of fun but I was pleased with the way it turned out - like the cake!

Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)

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Hi, thanks for your comment on International Bake-off (Brexit? Don't get me started...) It was only for fun, glad you liked the rhymes.

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

Original item by ray pool

Fabulous rhyme and fluent flow,
As collecting rubbish you do go.
Time which you have unpaid spent,
Improving our environment.
Well done.

Comment is about LATE AUGUST IN NOTTING HILL (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

beats in strong rhythm
listening to the whispers
of black shadows
evil spirits from the past
pouring hate into the heart

We are fated to relive the past - through our genes, through memories, through dreams - and we cannot escape our fate.

In our planning for tomorrow,
it has the final word,
which is always beside the point.

Wislawa Szymborska

On Death, without Exaggeration

Comment is about ‘The Black Heart’ by Anya is Write Out Loud’s Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

I had a friend whose mother had this condition, she would spend masses of money then go into a deep depression.
Very distressing.
You are doing good in raising awareness because as you say, this subject isn't often talked about.

Hannah

Comment is about Bipolar Mania : An Example Of (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Powerful piece.
The first two lines are really telling.
I thought of 'it's always the quiet ones'.
It was a life and it did matter.

Hannah

Comment is about AT THE END, OR IS IT THE BEGINNING? (blog)

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Hi Ray
Only just read this but a brilliant piece and well deserved. I can feel and sense the personality of each different element as the Poem progresses.
Fascinating and original.

Comment is about Reconciliation by Ray Pool is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Mike Took

Wistful, beautifully written.

Hannah

Comment is about MEMORIES IN THE MIST (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hi Anya
Beautiful, hypnotic and at once compelling. A well deserved Poem of the week.

Comment is about ‘The Black Heart’ by Anya is Write Out Loud’s Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

Not so plain porridge.
Delicious poem.

Hannah

Comment is about Good Old Plain Porridge (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Carnival time.
Wonderful title and the poem.

Hannah

Comment is about LATE AUGUST IN NOTTING HILL (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Beautiful words.

Hannah

Comment is about Wounds are sleeping here (blog)

Original item by AVISHEK GHOSH

That last stanza is the icing on the cake. Way to go for another one! Gotta keep up so I can keep guessing which ones are going to be published next. . .?

Comment is about Cooking up a Storm (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Tasty. Or as any might like to think:
Me n' u = the menu?

Comment is about Cooking up a Storm (blog)

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With Hugh it's a case of wait and see
As is seen today with wait and wee! ?

Comment is about Alcoholic Aid,but unfortunately a wee rejection (blog)

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A healthy breakfast meal that can be enjoyed at ANY time.
As a child I hated it at my school where it was served with
a milky/salty consistency that repelled me. It was only
later that I re-discovered it by adding Tate & Lyle Golden
Syrup instead - and now enjoy it with honey or fruit.
I read recently that porridge is the Queen's choice - perhaps to do with those times spent at Balmoral!!

Comment is about Good Old Plain Porridge (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

The past showed us the way to the present.
Upon the shoulders of those giants
Stand the short-stops of today. ?

Comment is about Out Of Date (blog)

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Many years ago, I was aware of a bout of depression that
meant I had to struggle to find any reason to get started
each morning. Don's comment about a mixed-up brain
comes into play here because I had the awareness that
I had the means of self-treatment - and kept my brain
active with "positive" messages that things could and would improve. This worked for me...with the "what's the
point" feeling departing for good as a result. My point is
that the brain has its own inbuilt receptors - perhaps compartmentalized (is that the word?) - that can be summoned into operation e.g. brain controlling
brain - so to speak. It was a fascinating insight albeit in a
minor aspect of what is discussed here - but I've never
forgotten how this mental positivity worked for me then.
And I too find that levity is a wonderful tool for maintaining a balanced and beneficial attitude to life
and its conflicts and often cruel absurdities.

Comment is about Bipolar Mania : An Example Of (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

this rocks! and that bit..." seasonal affective disorder" that ace joins the rest and helps make up a brilliant pack.




Rose ?

Comment is about Winter is the best time to die (blog)

Original item by Red Button

That's a great title to an anthology.

Comment is about The Dark Interval: Rainer Maria Rilke, Random House (article)

Original item by Mike Took

I'm having porridge tomorrow now. A yummy poem. Thanks!

Comment is about Good Old Plain Porridge (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

This will teach me to duck back down under the covers on a Sunday morning - sheer nonsense that just bubbled up from nowhere - and I was hooked! Couldn't let it go until it was 'on paper' - you know - birthed! And I thought - might as well see if anyone else thinks it's a bit funny, or not!'

Comment is about Good Old Plain Porridge (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

No-one is a cliche.

Take care,

Jon

Comment is about Existence Under Blood Moons (blog)

Original item by Mikey V Kinsey

I felt the ache in this one Peter. Beautiful.

Comment is about SILHOUETTE (blog)

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Brian - my way of coping is also to make light of the serious. I wondered what you would do here. Well done.

Now you know I don't like you beating me so here goes. No C words. You fill in the blanks

A __ommunity __onsultant psychiatrist
Needs a __ommunity psychiatric nurse
To help with __ognitive behavioural therapy
This bipolar's a bugga, a __urse ?

Comment is about Bipolar Mania : An Example Of (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thank you for sharing Don very informative.??

Comment is about Bipolar Mania : An Example Of (blog)

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Don I know you've got your serious head on now, and perhaps I shouldn't try to lift things...but my way of coping is to try to make light of things, make a joke etc. You may have noticed most of my poems have a sort of punchline.

Anyway here's a little story...my elder brother has low self esteem, lacks confidence, and generally is pessimistic. He's not clinically depressed (I don't believe) but my wife in trying to describe him as a manic depressive got her words mixed up and said he was a depressing maniac. She may have been closer to the truth, who knows?

Don, you can post what you like on WOL's public forum and/or contain them in private messages to those who have befriended you. It's a great release valve.
No c-words though please.

Comment is about Bipolar Mania : An Example Of (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thanks for your comments on my poem.
After reading all of the comments on YOuR poems
I no longer remember
which poem it was you commented on
or what you said.
But I am certain
it was a good comment
or else I would not have felt the need
to comment.

wink&nod

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Original item by Jennifer Malden

I love your reports from Edinburgh, Mike. Keep them coming.
Elvis knows of what he speaks, having been a merchant banker or similar before seeing the performance poetry light and mistaking it for a career opportunity. Long may he speak truth to power: it was an electric light he saw.

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Original item by Mike Took

Thanks for your comment Anya. Much of the problem is general ignorance in the community, or 'don't want to know'. I have written more to post with the purpose of raising awareness.

The ones in most danger are those cycling into depression as this is where suicidal thoughts start. For some unknown reason I don't suffer depression, just mania. If I keep it 'controlled' it is a very powerful tool. When I let it get out of control I'm in trouble, as the guy in the video.

Thanks for your thoughts ?

Comment is about Bipolar Mania : An Example Of (blog)

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Oh, I can so relate to this.....I've been through it all. I could write a book on the roller coaster ride of a bipolar. The rapid speech, racing thoughts...now where was I?...Pre-hospitalisation I was 'off the planet'. I could solve the world's problems. Superhuman. Everyone else's problem, not mine. Took two hospitalisations, thanks to understanding police and law system to realise I needed help. That was 10 years ago. A trainwreck was left behind. With the help of GP, family and friends I now tread that fine line between creativity and 'controlled mania'. They say there's a link between creativity and bipolar disorder.

WOL has opened up an avenue for this creativity for which I am grateful

Don

PS Maybe you'll now understand why I come across a bit 'mad' at times. It's me mixed-up brain... ?

Comment is about Bipolar Mania : An Example Of (blog)

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Thought provoking poem MayahRose..

Comment is about Me? (blog)

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Kept me guessing until the very last line. Great stuff..?

Comment is about Alcoholic Aid,but unfortunately a wee rejection (blog)

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You painted a wonderful picture with this poem Ray. Reminded me of an old black and white movie. Thank you ?

Comment is about MEMORIES IN THE MIST (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks, Ray.

This went well with the sunrise today: quiet contemplation of things long gone; an understanding forms and perhaps a sadness re-settles, just a little bit changed but the you trucks on, your store of words augmented.

Peter T

Comment is about MEMORIES IN THE MIST (blog)

Original item by ray pool

In this poem you have opened a psychological gate for people to walk through and to help them understand the problems of pain and its effects.Well done for writing a poetic healing verse.Keep writing.

Comment is about Have patience with our Pain (blog)

Original item by HayzTee

Another great couple of opening lines that led me to think of Donnie Darko and time travel.

Words and implications--maybe it's just the phrasing, but it seems pretty deep, to me.

Rachel

PS
I realize that I have a tendency to leave open-ended comments, but the pleasure of letting the mind wander after reading a piece like this is such that I would rather not interfere by overly expounding...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rPeGaos7DB4

Comment is about MEMORIES IN THE MIST (blog)

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Thanks for reading and for all of your comments...

Thanks, Sal. It's just an aside, but somewhat related to your comment. I remember being informed in a junior high physical science course of the differences regarding the color of light and the color of solid objects...

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

..I find it interesting and it may hint at my fascination with details that others might neglect.

David, I'm not fully cognizant of how the connection popped up, but your comment reminds me of a quote from the movie, VISIONEERS...

George: [reading note left by his son] "We wish, of course, that our women would die like biting rats in the cellars, our men like wolves on the mountain."

..that left me dazed when I heard it.

I find it sort of funny that you related this to drone strikes because the idea for it began while flying low over the eastern US on a splendidly clear night.

That said, the nature of warfare is changing swiftly. I may have mentioned this before, but during a discussion with my father there came some speculation as to why the art of waging war from a distance hadn't been perfected to a greater degree in order to reduce "collateral damage" (I know--the language we use to sanitize)--simply put, with all of our capabilities, why haven't we developed a precision laser to take out a single target? Without missing a beat, Dad said that maybe we would begin to enjoy using it too much. That got me to thinking about some of what William Sherman, a Union General in the US Civil War, had to say about war...my mind continues to stir on the subject...

https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/09/drones-armed-high-energy-lasers-may-arrive-2017/121583/

Just to close, I love that word, "cynosure", and, the Massive Attack video--I agree. I'm so fascinated I could watch it over and over--it's filled with brilliantly slick references, in my view.

Thank you kindly, Taylor...glad to see you enjoyed.

And Ray, it's always good to get your comments. You have a way of expressing your thoughts that is pretty rare. And, "duality" is a great word, too--I appreciate it, immensely.

Hey Ferris, thanks for reading--much enjoying your posts, too.

Good night, all. Thanks for the feedback and a chance to communicate--it's definitely one of the things that makes life seem like it might actually have a purpose.

Rachel

Comment is about disconnect (regenesis in infrared) (blog)

Original item by nunya

Jane, thanks for picking those lines - a visual anchor in the poem, well spotted. Much appreciated. (I do dismal quite a lot but hopefully with some humour) !

Thanks Rachel. That reference was a like kicking a ball, I didn't know where it would end up; I know what you mean, without that in mind the rest would be unfathomable!


Ray

Comment is about AT THE END, OR IS IT THE BEGINNING? (blog)

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Thank you! This is my first time here ≧﹏≦

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