I've had to come out of hiding to answer this lot - very hush hush, savvy?
Bang on about Hoskins David, compelling stuff! There's a certain odour of romance with the old hard men - polished by verbals in basic boozers. (brown envelopes, I always got cash in them on gigs.
Sorry Col. Wales has always had the hard edge and the strong men, but it doesn't 'old up to wot happened down 'ere, know what i'm saying? I like your linguistic style though!!
Hannah, you do have it right - a very male dominant symbol back in the day. I remember my father's firm of solicitors making a sale of a house, and the buyer (rough and ready type) paying with cash in the fifties. Most irregular, he was told. Thanks for your compliment.
Whatever turns you on, New Shoes, thanks for sharing. Funny how words can mean many things. These old fellas were usually family men, if you get my drift.
Funny thing, Suki. I'm old enough to remember some banks had just counters in the fifties. Then the screens went up, now in my local it's all open plan. (No cash worth nicking). You're right: the government bailing them out - diabolical liberty I call it.
Thanks Mark, what a great word, blaggers. That must have been something. I remember a lady pianist telling me that she often worked for villains; one day she got paid by one in Scottish pound notes. In the news next day, she read there had been a bank raid in Glasgow.
Back to you David. I'd not heard that - but how appropriate! I believe that compensation was paid to slave owners after the abolition, amounting to very large sums, forming the backbone of some early banks.
Thanks for your like, Ruby.
Love all around. Ray
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Thanks for the comments. Yes, it is a blues song...
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Yes lovely, it’s coming right back as a popular thing to do. The famous Polly Tea Rooms in Marlborough is very near to where I have family. Thank you both for reading and commenting.
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Wed 28th Feb 2018 20:12
Hi Jeroth, Thanks for stopping by onto my page. Thanks also for the like. I'm starting to read your poem and I got interested on it. Waiting for more from you... -mgs
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Greg's done a bloody sterling job over the years, tis a shame to see him go, but we all move on. Best of luck for everything to come Greg - all my very best to you ?
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Hi KJ,
Thanks for your very kind review. I don't have 1,000 friends anymore. I am down 3 since I wrote this. On a positive note though, their car wasn't a total write-off and 2 of the tyres will fetch £25 each(ish).
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Took me to days when I spent time on protection work
caretaking a member of a team of blaggers that was big time back in the day - but went to prison for a long time.
Nice touches, Ray.
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Takes me back to a place (long gone) called "Dellers", a
café in the old style near Paignton sea-front in the 1950s
when it was a big treat to be taken there for afternoon
tea and be serenaded by a small group of musicians. I
imagine Monty Python would have been inspired by a
place like that in those days.
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Agree with M.E. - the words have a rhythm and a catchy
intonation suited to a song.
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Very nice
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I can taste all of this Fred.
I must confess we have reinstated the idea of having a couple of friends around for afternoon tea now and again, it’s a very civilised thing to do.
My favourite is Russian Caravan without milk.
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I think Colin’s suggestion is a very valid one, although it would be sensible for each region’s representative to feed into a WOL site-manager as it were.
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A really good enjoyable piece that many of us can relate to. Well done!
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Wed 28th Feb 2018 11:24
Good luck in your retirement Greg.
Cheers
Jonathan : )
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bold sentiment.... either that or replacing the golden gates with something a bit cheaper. ?
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Wed 28th Feb 2018 09:00
or 3 or 4 perhaps - to cover different regions of the UK?
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Wed 28th Feb 2018 08:17
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Wed 28th Feb 2018 08:09
Ruby
Wed 28th Feb 2018 02:47
Thanks Martin for your encouraging words!
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I think the only thing you didn't mention was chips and gravy or curry sauce with mushy peas. What a startlingly refreshing poem. I would love to know where you got that picture from. was it taken from one of the tower blocks at the top of the Chester road near the Mancunian way
Nice one
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This sounds like a song to me, possibly reggae or Rhythm and blues. It certainly got that feel to it for me. Either way a fine poem
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Hi Ken. I really liked this one. And i like the fact that you have 1000 Facebook friends. ( I have about 30).
Keep em coming.
Cheers Kevin
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Charles Bukowski - “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
Shown to have some truth here - Dunning Kruger effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
Thanks for taking the time to read my work and for the comments.
Marcus Aurelius memoirs - good reading...To be so powerful and have so much forethought before he acted. He touches on being careful of expectations, always reminds me of Charles Dickens and Buddhists (Common goal/lessons to finding a more peaceful journey).
Greek Stoics believed Hell was the life you build for yourself by not being virtuous.
Well I'm rambling on.....
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Play the market eventually you'll here "woulda - shoulda - coulda" (Where I got my inspiration). Guess it holds true for people as well as money.
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Big Sal
Tue 27th Feb 2018 18:38
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Tue 27th Feb 2018 18:23
This has to be about you right...
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A very nice poem Ruby. Don't be afraid of your talent. Keep writing. It is refreshing to see new poets emerging from all corners of the globe. We all get uncertain and scared at sharing our writing . First time I turned up to a poetry event I couldn't even find the door and had to wait to the next month.
Nice one
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Ruby
Tue 27th Feb 2018 15:11
Thanks Suki!
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Thanks to Pat Colin Desmond and Hannah for liking and Thanks to Rose Ray and Kevin for commenting
No need to worry Rose I haven't grown boobs
I am glad that you were able to not get to bogged down with this one Ray. I am sometimes write things that make me stop and think.
Kevin you got this completely right. I wrote it in the first place thinking of the recent series around Guy Fawkes which made me reflect how I would have felt bearing in mind I am looking from a 21st century perspective.
Again you are right about the parallels with today upon which I reflect with all the conflicting perspectives we are bombarded with. But what it simply boils down to for me is that we are all human beings trying desperately at times to make our way in this world.
So I guess I come back to Rays philosophical observations which remind me although there is so much that is awful about the world that we live in what we do to each other and the planet at times dreadful ways there are also so many examples of love shown one person to another as well also fabulous examples of artistic endeavour.
I have probably gone off on one again so I shall stop while I am ahead
Thanks once again to everybody
Love and peace
Martin
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Well why bother with robbing banks? If you can't beat 'em..
Bank robbers, unlike banks, are never too big to fail. I'm sure we will be gently reminded of that again before long..
Ray, you have summed it up well (pun intended).
Suki
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Hi Ruby,
Congratulations on Winning PotW!
Some interesting turns of phrase in this poem; nicely expressed.
All the best,
Suki
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Tue 27th Feb 2018 09:52
LOL My friend always complains about the roads and stores being crowded mid day. He's going to put this poem on his grave site. The other was an assignment about money from a book my son gave me for daily poems.
You are just too much fun Colin?
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Thank you Hannah, I think the sea is a constant source of inspiration and we have a very primordial link with it - as if we still feel the pull from when creatures crawled out of the primordial soup...
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You guys are great. Dark and dirty. I wouldn't mind blowing my wad on some slutiness, but I guess these days I may just have to slide it down her crack.
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Ruby
Tue 27th Feb 2018 02:26
Thank you so much Colin, David and Graham. Your comments have encouraged me a lot.
Thanks again!
Ruby
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Yes Patrick is was hard and I made it through it thanks to God and thank you for all your beautiful words on my pieces that means a lot to me ?
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Mon 26th Feb 2018 21:54
Beautiful.
Love the ocean.
Hannah
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Mon 26th Feb 2018 21:51
Very important words.
The right to free speech, to speak our minds.
And the hesitation.
A poem to remember.
Hannah
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Mon 26th Feb 2018 21:46
Really enjoyed this poem.
Someone was saying that in the days before credit cards, a man would carry a thick wad of money in his jacket pocket and take the whole lot out, even for a small purchase, to show he had money, he was working, he had pride.
Now as you say, numbers crunched on screens.
Always enjoy reading your work.
Hannah
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Mon 26th Feb 2018 21:36
Beautiful. Very moving.
One of the most tender poems I have read about loss.
Hannah
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Mon 26th Feb 2018 20:35
the roads are full of couriers delivering Amazon parcels to people who are out shopping down the mall for must have things that can't wait for next day delivery from Amazon. Take a deep breath Lynn and go hug a tree. You don't need any of that s**t bought on credit.
C?L
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Mon 26th Feb 2018 20:17
interesting poem 220 and one that is open to interpretation. We have the right but it often doesn't feel right to use it nowadays. And some days it feels like we're living in one of those nightmares in which you open your mouth to scream but no sound comes out. The world is a terrifying place and retreat into silence often feels the best option. I think I'm past being groovy - the kids just laugh at me when I try. If only they understood irony! All the best. Col.
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Mon 26th Feb 2018 20:14
?! I loved that an a-that Chris!
brillsville city an-a-that.
Rose ?
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Mon 26th Feb 2018 20:07
as David said, so many questions. Just to go off on a different thought tangent for a moment, I'm left pondering on the whole Tron and Time Machine aspect of this, a sense of the science fiction coming true one day. Nothing seems real anymore yet everything seems possible and we're all part of the play for today whether we like it or not.
'Whoo... That's some catch, that Catch-22'
'It's the best there is'
brill poem Suki.
Col.
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Thu 1st Mar 2018 03:56
Hello AMC, you are most welcome. Keep in touch -xx mgs
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