Good joke.)))

Comment is about Prices continue to rise !!! (blog)

Original item by hugh

Yes I fear this is an all too common story. Thanks for the comments Uilleam. There will be a part two
Thanks to all the likes
Cheers
Martin

Comment is about The tree part 1 (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

"using children as target practice;"
it's been going on for years, but this government of a Christian nation says we're standing four square behind them, aren't we, Mr. Prime Minister?

Comment is about Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice * (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thanks for the likes:
Red Brick Keshner
Tom Doolan
hugh
Aisha Suleman
Steve White
Auracle

Comment is about Wokeness (blog)

Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Wow Rolph!
What more can one add to that which you've so eloquently expressed.
The message is is loud and clear; we allow apathy and fear to rule at our peril. The world is on a razor's edge. Speak up for those who cannot.

Comment is about Democracy's Last Stand! (blog)

Original item by Rolph David

Thanks for the recent flowers.

David

Comment is about Holy triptych (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

I’ve always thought of wokeness as a Venn diagram of two overlapping circles; one of laudable conscience and the other downright silliness. The bit in the middle being Woke.

Comment is about WOKENESS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

@Tom Doolan let's go 🚀🙂

Comment is about The Moonlight in a Peaceful Corner (blog)

Original item by Yanma Hidayah

Kevin Walker - your comment brought to mind the court room exchange between barrister F.E. Smith and the trial judge who,
having heard Smith's submission, declared himself to be none
the wise, eliciting the dry response "None the wiser perhaps,
but better informed".
P.S. If you put an apostrophe in the middle of the word "were", it
is a short version of "we are"..." as in "We're going to the cinema".

Comment is about WOKENESS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Fly me to the moon. 🙂

Comment is about The Moonlight in a Peaceful Corner (blog)

Original item by Yanma Hidayah

Thank you very much Tim, Graham and Uilleam for your comments.
I feel that as we choose to be poets, we choose to be brave and communicative through the help of impactful words, and freedom of thought is one such thing that's an integral part of it, but adding freedom of expression to your art let's that weight from your chest be put out for others to resonate with, or sometimes, oppose, which, like Uilleam has said -"is scary!"
And, thank you for all those who liked this, it means a lot to me.😊

Comment is about Mutation (blog)

Original item by Manish

Bloody Norah, John, you had me good n proper there..."brain in gear" and all that! Still, no harm done😉

Comment is about THREADS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

They’ve been trying to keep it from us for years, but the truth’s out now.
I’ve been talking to that bloke down the pub; he says men of fighting-age, who arrive here in small boats, are being sent on a three-day course of "wokenomics" by Starmer’s far-left commie government. Yer just couldn’t make it up could yer!

That’s how those guys can afford to drive round in Ferraris, open barber shops all over the place, and stay in ten-star hotels all at the taxpayer’s expense! Innuff's in-off, I say!
Your's Truly,
Disgrrrruntled (even) of Tunbridge Wells.

Comment is about WOKENESS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I’m afraid I’m of a generation for whom “woke” was what you did 5 minutes before the school bus came.

Comment is about WOKENESS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thanks for your likes :
Stephen Gospage
Edbreathe

Comment is about Just Say No! (blog)

Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thanks Uilleam,

And thanks for the likes thus far.

I don't subscribe to the word holy other than in its mythical geographic term "Holy Land" so I didn't use the term unholy.

I absolutely see your reasoning though Uilleam.

Thanks again.

Panelled triptych works of art fold in on themselves, I imagine the land doing the same over millenia, as described in the three stanzas until they become no more than empty wasteland.

David RL Moore

Comment is about Holy triptych (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Hmm. I recall one of these contributors once making an online comment about being unsure what woke was all about. No names...no pack drill. Perhaps that was just a disguised rebuttal of its existence? As my late mother used to say - the proof of
the pudding is in the eating.

Comment is about WOKENESS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thanks David.
Unholy, I would argue, doing the work of the devil incarnate.

Comment is about Holy triptych (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Thanks Tom.
One in four is what they say, and still, they're cutting mental health and NHS down to the bone..."but at least we've got rid of the Tories"...yeaah right!

Comment is about Mad Mad World (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Reminds me of a chap I'm aquainted with whose been fleeced for many £ thousands in that way...he still maintains he loves her, he's had his electricity cut off, spends all he has left on vodka for breakfast, on the girls and a line of coke. So sad.

Comment is about The tree part 1 (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

You need to get down to some of our local hostelries, Hugh...you can get good stuff for next to nothing...allegedly!

Comment is about Prices continue to rise !!! (blog)

Original item by hugh

Ah, I see. That Milton. Not Milton Jones. And thanks for the Likes, Redbrick, Greg, Larisa, Stephen, Tom, Tim, Aisha and David.

Comment is about THREADS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for your gracious words. You are much appreciated. 😊🌷🌷🙌 RBK

Comment is about David RL Moore (poet profile)

Original item by David RL Moore

Not one of his better jokes, Uilleam.

Comment is about THREADS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for your gracious words on A Rare Edition. You may be right about that emerging republicanism there. You are much appreciated. 😊🌷🌷🙌 RBK

Comment is about Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh (poet profile)

Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thanks to Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh and David RL Moore for your gracious words. You are much appreciated. 😊🌷🌷🙌

Comment is about A Rare Edition (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Many thanks Stephen for your comments. I think I am a punk at heart lol 🙂
Thanks for likes: Red Brick Keshner, Larisa, Tobani / Nataiella, Tim & Auracle. 👍

Comment is about Caught in A Dream (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

I may as well make a clean breast of it...I've made a complete tit of myself!

Comment is about Mad Mabel busts out (blog)

Original item by Kevin Vose

Thanks RBK.
My liking for Burns' poetry goes back to my teenage years. His work displays an affectionate human touch..." To a Mouse", etc.
I suspect he had "republican" instincts...for which I hold him in high regard.💗

Comment is about A Rare Edition (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Thanks John.
A most timely and appropriate refence to Milton.

...in Wordsworths words:
"Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour:
England hath need of thee: she is a fen
Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen,..."

Comment is about THREADS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

As a Son of Ayr I recognise the importance of Burns and how much he is loved.

That said he is not my favourite Scottish poet.

Your poem is testament to his enduring influence worldwide.

David

Comment is about A Rare Edition (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

It’s tough Tom, but is part of the acceptance process!! ❤️

Comment is about When you lose somebody (blog)

Original item by Dilsonn A. Mejía

Uilleam thanks for reading.

As you have said, certainly not putting "pen" to paper has aided in sleep! Just as well or we may be awake forever.

Or are we not anyway.

🙏

Comment is about If only I had a pen (blog)

Original item by Luke

My kingdom....oh my kingdom for a pen.

I've had many a moment like that Luke. Sometimes, in order to get myself to sleep, I've often resorted to going over and over words in my head, rather like counting sheep-it works a treat!

Comment is about If only I had a pen (blog)

Original item by Luke

No-one's doing any "ganging-up" Telboy.
One is merely expressing honestly held opinions, just like you and MC are.

Comment is about WOKENESS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I suspect that when MC wrote this piece he anticipated being ganged up on.

MC I agree with your sentiments.

Comment is about WOKENESS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

The poet didn’t spare the time
To construct his straw man in rhyme
Opinion expressed as fact
Remains just that

Comment is about WOKENESS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Very emotive Dilsonn - I am learning to live with grief.

Comment is about When you lose somebody (blog)

Original item by Dilsonn A. Mejía

"Entertain, educate and inform" which we're you going for with this one because I'm sorry I seem to have missed the point somewhere.

Comment is about WOKENESS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Well done, Tom. Great entertainment and a fine poem! Had a bit of a punk feel at certain times.....

Comment is about Caught in A Dream (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

"Writeoutloud" has always struck me as an invitation to employ
writing per se to entertain, educate and inform with poetry at
the forefront. The latter word can seem absent in many modern contributions if one resorts to its old meaning and popular
acceptance as an art form worthy of our time. But the bonus
of discussion is an important function in the creative life and
information towards understanding is surely vital in that regard.

Comment is about WOKENESS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thanks for the likes to Reggie, Tim and Telboy.

David.

Comment is about The Shallow Sunbathers (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Well narrated, Eduardo; a gothically gripping tale. Interesting that it should centre around Thornfield.
My research tells me that the mysterious Mr. Karl of whom you write, was none other than a descendant of one Edward Fairfax Rochester, a central character in Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre”, the occupant of Thornfield Hall, the exact location of which is disputed by local historians.
Rochester suffered badly from depression: and apparently, he and Jane did not live “happily ever after” as is commonly thought.

Comment is about Whispers of Thornfield (blog)

Original item by Eduardo

Good morning Uilleam,

You are right, the politicians of our world also behave extremely deviantly, but this poem is about the now frighteningly high number of cowardly, seemingly anonymously acting people who proclaim disaster behind their computers at home, plan and carry out evil and plunge innocent people into their misfortune. Corrupt and insane, autocratic (but also other!) politicians are more likely to do this openly than anonymously behind a screen. That is the difference. The anonymous, hidden behavior is the vile and mean thing about it.

Comment is about Silhouettes of Malice (blog)

Original item by Rolph David

I hate to be critical, MC, but that's not much of a poem. You'd be hard-pushed to receive any applause down at yer local open-mic for that.

Comment is about WOKENESS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

The state of being awake, MC...or of not being asleep!

Comment is about WOKENESS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Logical, MC?

Supporting the oil industry by buying a can of oil....yep, makes sense to me!

Now if they’d used sunflower oil...or would that be being woke!
💐

Comment is about Poetry student jailed for throwing soup over Van Gogh painting (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Perhaps these "protesters" might have used a can of oil instead
to make their point in some logical sort of context? 😏

Comment is about Poetry student jailed for throwing soup over Van Gogh painting (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks, Manish, for the comment.
Thanks for the likes, you know who you are.💖

Comment is about In the Moment (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

Thanks for likes: kimberley, Aisha, Keletso & Holden. 👍

Comment is about Memories Of You (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan