Thanks Uilleam,
I too remember smoke filled buses and how the top deck was the best place to be, especially right at the front.
Thanks for your reading and commenting.
David RL Moore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoeXmaSE7Lo
London
By William Blake
I wander thro' each charter'd street,
Near where the charter'd Thames does flow.
And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe.
In every cry of every Man,
In every Infants cry of fear,
In every voice: in every ban,
The mind-forg'd manacles I hear
How the Chimney-sweepers cry
Every blackning Church appalls,
And the hapless Soldiers sigh
Runs in blood down Palace walls
But most thro' midnight streets I hear
How the youthful Harlots curse
Blasts the new-born Infants tear
And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIqr1Ge8Z5w
Comment is about Tragic Bus (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Tue 17th Sep 2024 15:08
Too true, Tim and Tom. Thank you for your beautiful comments.
Comment is about It Takes One (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
The power of creation and destruction always begins with one. There is always a choice.
Comment is about It Takes One (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
A powerful poem, Stephen
I like the structure of your wording as well.
Comment is about The Hanging Tree (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
It's not just about the real comfort of knowing you can keep
up with heating cost, it's also about having that financial back-up
that can pay for ancillary items in pursuit of the same reassuring
aim - like a vital woolly or other object that can contribute to the
well-being of body and mind at an adverse unpredictable time of each year. It is this wider consideration that has also been
dismissed by this cruel decision. Shame and acrimony on those responsible under Starmer the Harmer! 😠
Comment is about VILLANELLE: LET JUSTICE BE DONE (blog)
Original item by Martin Peacock
This political decision exemplifies the word "callous" as no other
has in domestic politics in recent times. That it should be made
when so much of our tax is frittered away by these self-same politicos is beyond basic credulity and fully deserving of the contempt it has obtained across the country.
Comment is about The Cheer (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
I'm not sure whether this is a more general 'requiem' or a memorial to past Write Out Loud luminaries (both equally valid).
I recently posted a Discussion topic asking the 'where are they now' question. Of course WOL cannot compel its contributors to keep using the site, some seem to 'grow out' of its use/facility.
We can only hope that somewhere their poetry is still being heard.
Comment is about Requiem (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
I care, as do those who know we are all vulnerable to being disappeared at the behest of those who do not value the freedom of all to speak.
Even the freedom of those they do not agree with or casually dislike.
Your poem is a lesson that we should not ever lose sight of
David RL Moore
Comment is about Requiem (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
I'd very much like to agree with Stephen, disappearance of an artist is unbearable sometimes, especially the ones whom you really liked.
Comment is about Requiem (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
I could very much relate with the lines,
"Blended grains of process
Fermenting in the quiet dark
Until the time is right to be released"
Very well written, my friend.
Comment is about Hogshead (blog)
Original item by Tim Higbee
Tue 17th Sep 2024 09:13
Thanks David.
As a child I remember going on the top deck of our local service bus; could hardly breathe for the pipe and ciggy smoke. Thank goodness those days are gone. Children getting on the bus invariably make for the stairs...I suppose it's a bit of an adventure for them, with the view from up there.
Comment is about Tragic Bus (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
I'd like to think I do, Uilleam. The notion of 'disappeared' always sends a chill down the spine and being 'disapproved of' shouldn't be an impediment to doing anything. Keep the poets going!
Comment is about Requiem (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Thanks for all the recent likes and to Tim and Martin for their comments.
I rarely take the tube or bus these days and am grateful for it.
London is electrifying when you're young and there is so much to do. When you've been there a while and seen its underbelly you get a little jaded. It is a great city but like all cities it can suck the joy out of you.
David RL Moore
Comment is about Tragic Bus (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.
John F. Kennedy
Comment is about It Takes One (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
Thank you very much, Tim. I'm glad that you liked it.😊
Comment is about Rage (blog)
Original item by Manish
Again, a very well controlled, and touching, narrative.
“He was a very arrogant young man, so full of himself.”
― Irvine Welsh, Filth
Comment is about Doe (blog)
Original item by Catherine Burnes
Swings along: with a telling use of rhythm and rhyme. Well done! John
Comment is about Dear Mom and Dad, (blog)
Original item by Catherine Burnes
They remind me of white horses crossing the sky, this time of year.
Comment is about Calming Mellowness (blog)
Original item by J F Keane
Thank you all so much for reading my poems.
Comment is about VILLANELLE: LET JUSTICE BE DONE (blog)
Original item by Martin Peacock
This feels like it should be a song. It certainly has a steady and accessible rhythm
Comment is about Movements made by many (blog)
Original item by Luke
This is a very relatable poem. Love it
Comment is about Feels like home (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
You caught me with the opening line.
Nice one
Comment is about Tragic Bus (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Some beautiful lines here John as always.
I think
The gallop of muscular cumulous is probably my favourite
Love it
Comment is about Calming Mellowness (blog)
Original item by J F Keane
The line that stands out for me is
The rain was so sad and didn't want to talk.
Love it
Comment is about The Autumn And The Rain (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
I think this is definitely one to be read aloud. Good stuff
Comment is about Ode to a Toad (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
There are no mere coincidences,
There are only draped deliberations.
A superb poem my friend. These two lines stood out for me.
Comment is about Rage (blog)
Original item by Manish
I see the penned in office slaves
computer screens, like headstoned graves...
My favorite line. Great imagery, David
Comment is about Tragic Bus (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Mon 16th Sep 2024 13:03
Good try MC.
But so-called "Labour" abandoned all "pretence" long ago.
Comment is about Old (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Beautiful!! Just beautiful, Larisa.
Comment is about The Autumn And The Rain (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Each drop
Raining friendship
Carefree moments
Soaked forever.😎
Comment is about Timeless melody (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
UOC - not sure of your comment. The word "purports" could be
replaced by "pretends" in this context. Isn't that a legitimate
observation on this Labour administration?
Comment is about Old (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
The Magnficent Seven zoom
Autumn screens switched-on
Upon this Collage trail
As Art Gallery reawakens.
Comment is about September 2024 Collage Poem: Calming Mellowness (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Many thanks for the early likes on this.
David.
Comment is about Tragic Bus (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
It's like i always say, Uilleam: if you ever need to know what's going on, ask a poet! We're perceptive so-and-sos.
Comment is about VILLANELLE: LET JUSTICE BE DONE (blog)
Original item by Martin Peacock
Thank you Trevor, and Uilleam, perhaps your right but it certainly changed the dynamic in people's minds, regarding the middle east etc & terrorism. It created a lot of hate & fear that sill reverberates. Thanks, & for the additional likes 🌷
Comment is about The Unquenchable Fire (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Many thanks for your comments: M C. Newberry, Stephen G & Uilleam. I dread to think what the budget on October 30th will bring. 🙂
Thanks for likes: hugh, Larisa, Holden, Steve, Manish, Auracle & Shirley. 👍
Comment is about Old (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Sun 15th Sep 2024 17:35
It's also strange that no-one's seen the consonance between Reeves/reave (or 'reive') - 'to go on a plundering raid',
I did!😇
Comment is about VILLANELLE: LET JUSTICE BE DONE (blog)
Original item by Martin Peacock
Sun 15th Sep 2024 17:32
Great audio Tom, the poignancy of your words seems all the greater with that.
Comment is about Old (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Ha! Nicely, M.C. A very apposite epithet.
And yes, Uilleam, good call. Won't be long now.
Me, i'm seething at the injustice of it. Not just the deed but the timing too. Had they held off telling us until Wintertime, my boiling blood might've kept me a little warmer when i needed it most! (Hm, warmer/Starmer - i feel another poem bubbling up.)
It's also strange that no-one's seen the consonance between Reeves/reave (or 'reive') - 'to go on a plundering raid', according to Collins' English dictionary; or, in the Cambridge version, 'to get back money that you have lost or spent'; and according to dictozo.com, a reaver is 'a person who takes or seizes something by force, especially a pirate or robber."
Well, we can't say we weren't forewarned.
Comment is about VILLANELLE: LET JUSTICE BE DONE (blog)
Original item by Martin Peacock
Thank you both so much for your feedback and support.
Comment is about Ebb and Flow (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
Sun 15th Sep 2024 16:46
"...the socialism it purports to represent". That's totally untrue, MC.
Any genuine socialists in New Labour were years ago evicted / purged / smeared / libelled / slandered.
Comment is about Old (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Sun 15th Sep 2024 16:32
The latest whizzo scheme to be dreamed up by Starver's lot is a company called Soylent Enterprises...apparently, it's run on a strict code of green ethics.
Comment is about VILLANELLE: LET JUSTICE BE DONE (blog)
Original item by Martin Peacock
Sun 15th Sep 2024 16:23
"...political progress"? = TORIES+RED TIES, TORIES+BLUE TIES Yer 'avin a larf MC😮
Comment is about Them uz ‘ave, will ‘ave (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Sun 15th Sep 2024 16:13
....or did it, Stephen....change, I mean?
Equal horrors have long been, and curently are being perpetrated around the world....some in the name of those who consider themselves to be the world's policemen/bouncers/thugs.
Comment is about The Unquenchable Fire (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Even in the harsh days of Victorian and Edwardian England, there
were philanthropists who made it their business to improve the
lives of the less fortunate and are justly remembered for their
deeds. Their kind should have died out with the political progress
in the last century but it seems they are still needed when so
many modern politicos appear to be self-serving party animals
intent on following the party and ideological lines before the care of the country and its people, even busy extending their influence
into matters of wider social concerns, including the countryside
and our personal lives within its invaluable but very vulnerable estate.
Comment is about Them uz ‘ave, will ‘ave (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
A fitting response to an ideology that's cruelly selective in the
social aspect of the socialism it purports to represent This is
so blatant it almost defies belief. But you'd better believe it - and
be prepared for more selective policies according to its political
preference in intent and aim. Looks like a painful period to be
endured in UK life.
Comment is about Old (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Martin Peacock
Tue 17th Sep 2024 15:32
He's certainly no charmer, M.C! And don't even get me started on his £76k freebies, the bog-blasted hypocrite...
Comment is about VILLANELLE: LET JUSTICE BE DONE (blog)
Original item by Martin Peacock