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Comment is about Diffuse Rainbow (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Sorry I missed this John.
I desperately need to make walking an affirmation of my daily life, although it's going to be difficult in the coming dark months.

Comment is about Born for the Morning (blog)

Original item by John Gilbert Ellis

Isn't the Tamsulosin still working JC? I've been doing my own
trials and was fascinated by how it serves to affect the flow, whilst somewhat perturbed by the extensive list of possible side effects....some of which seem positively daunting. But then Big
Pharma always covers its backs, if not its tracks! I treated myself
to appointments with a urology "consultant" here in the heart of
London's medical expertise and it was/is worth the cost of a
holiday anywhere you care to mention.
Hey - you should see the video of the
laser treatment now available to
burn off surplus gland!! Eye-watering
stuff - but fascinating!

Comment is about Toilet Troubles (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

We do beggar belief with some if the things - well no, most - that we do. We prove the impossibility of a kind and wise God, because what kind of incompetent moron would call us fit for purpose? Nobody made us but ourselves. Noster maxima culpa.

Comment is about A POEM FOR THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT (blog)

Original item by Martin Peacock

Enjoyed the poem.
Refereed by consensus. Corners,

free kicks, won by loudest shout.

I play walking football and that's still the rule.

Comment is about Extra Time (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Fine poem, especially the 3rd stanza. I'd maybe have incessantly before unpleasantly. I think I know a friend of yours, Jo Lunn.

Comment is about The River (blog)

Original item by Steve White

Wow the poem is so nice

Comment is about Sairah Denise Fabria (poet profile)

Original item by Sairah Denise Fabria

Thanks Faith .
This above all: to thine ownself be true,

Comment is about "You're Too Much" (blog)

Original item by Faith Greenwood

We knew, indeed Steve.

Wordsworth’s mate, Robert Southey, originally having “radical” leanings, wrote a play called Wat Tyler; he even briefly became a laughing gas sniffing chav. But on being appointed Poet Laureate, it appears he abandonned his “socialist” (is one allowed to use that word now?) principles in favour of money and status. Plus ça change eh!

Comment is about The River (blog)

Original item by Steve White

Thank you, Mike. I remember how sad I felt when my mum no longer knew what year it was.

Comment is about The Jigsaw Puzzle (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Cheers Trevor.
An authentic rendition of the "We used to make our own entertainment in those days" theme.

Comment is about Extra Time (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Nice one Tom, an apt description of one of my pet seasonal hates: "suck-you-down mounds of feet soaking marzipanesque
snowy leftovers"
As for “a so called good read tasteless novel”, one need look no further than mainstream so-called “News” channels, and certain right wing rags.

Comment is about Anticipations of a typical Janu(gh!)ary (blog)

Original item by TOM T. E. MERTON

Good morning Uilleam,
Thank you very much for your compliment. I was a little hesitant about uploading it here, as I don't really agree with the length of some of the verses and the overall metre used. It's not good enough for me yet. Once I have time, I'll revise it and upload it again - the edited version of course. I doubt whether it's good enough to be set to music at the moment. For that it's not good enough and consistent. But thank you for thinking it's possible that it could stand up to being set to music. It certainly has ballad-like traits, but it is certainly not long enough to fulfil the criteria of a ballad.
Have a nice Sunday,
best regards,

Comment is about Elva Zona's Last Act! (blog)

Original item by Rolph David

Don’t worry folks, Clacton-on-Sea’s very own ambassador to the USA, Nigel “Hitler was right, gas them” Farage has got it all in hand; Chaos Theory is about to become Chaos Practice. 😱

Comment is about Allowance or 'Dim Don Junior' (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

2025 will become a pivotal year in many ways I fear

Comment is about Allowance or 'Dim Don Junior' (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

It certainly is, John. In a way, it is worse being outside the US, because none of us even had a say in electing these bozos.
And thanks to everyone who liked this poem.

Comment is about Allowance or 'Dim Don Junior' (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thanks Tom (Merton) 👍🌷

Comment is about Robbie and the Baroque Fiddle (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Oh fiddle sticks! Quite fiddly this fiddling about… Thanks Uilleam. I’m sure that’s just scraped the surface of something deeper and far richer. May the movement be spurred on and keep the heart alive. 🌷👍

Comment is about Robbie and the Baroque Fiddle (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Thankyou for your observations, Uilleam, Trevor and Tom. Answers to your questions are "Yes" Trevor and "Both" Tom.

Comment is about Toilet Troubles (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I know exactly which heartbreaking way you are coming from Helene may god bless them all for the pleasure and loyalty they do and always will provide 💕

Comment is about Thinking of an Old Dog at 2 a.m. (blog)

Original item by Hélène

A great off the beaten track poem Red-cheers!

Comment is about Robbie and the Baroque Fiddle (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

is the viewing difficulty due to belly size
or hampton wick size John? 😁

Comment is about Toilet Troubles (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Best days of our lives ( school ) eh Trevor? and not forgetting the cost of a fag for a quick knicker flash by some of the naughtier girls 😁

brill poem!

Comment is about Extra Time (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

And I'll go with being so grateful that you did Uilleam as I will be of the likings by Red-John-Helene-Manish-Tobani

Comment is about Veritable void (blog)

Original item by TOM T. E. MERTON

Time for seated performances?

Comment is about Toilet Troubles (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

thanks! 💕

Comment is about Love behind a lamp (blog)

Original item by Dizzy Nugget

Homo Completamente Tonto, more like.

Comment is about A POEM FOR THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT (blog)

Original item by Martin Peacock

Thanks, RBK, an interesting and educational piece.

It’s good to see that Scottish and Irish folk musicians, and others across the world are helping their traditions to stay alive and well by proudly holding on to the term “fiddle” as opposed to “violin”.
Although save for minor differences (mainly affecting the bowing action) they’re of the same construction, they are now played very differently.

I’ve enjoyed listening to Baroque Period music played with period instruments; a refreshing change. But it’s only just occurred to me with your help, that there survives such an instrument as a “baroque fiddle” – thanks you Robbie!.

Comment is about Robbie and the Baroque Fiddle (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Cheers Uilleam. More and more, anything worthwhile in this world seems to be shrinking down to a rectangle much like the one i hold in my hand now - this little, one-eyed idiot box through which i/we view life. I wasn't born a cynic, and i don't want to die one, either. But looking at what homo sapiens sapiens - the man who knows he knows - is wreaking, it gets harder to connect. And that's really all i want to do.

Comment is about A POEM FOR THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT (blog)

Original item by Martin Peacock

If only we could spend our collective wealth on curing / preventing such distressing conditions, instead of killing and destroying lives.
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Comment is about The Jigsaw Puzzle (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

What a tragic tale Rolph! and well written.
You have the makings of a ballad perhaps (to set to music?)

Comment is about Elva Zona's Last Act! (blog)

Original item by Rolph David

Thank you for the comment Uilleam, sadly we are probably all guilty of it at sometime.

Comment is about Hanging On By My Fingertips. (blog)

Original item by Tobani / Nataiella

Thanks, JC.

Comment is about HERE'S TO THE GREENERY (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Feels all right to me!😏

Comment is about Toilet Troubles (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Tom M,
if they weren’t tooled up before they arrived, they certainly were, after; they were filmed picking up planks of wood, and metal poles, and throwing fireworks by a brave young journalist, who defied warnings by the thugs to stop filming.

Re the mocking sign placed on Jesus’ cross. The version I remember most, carried the initials “INRI” meaning “Jesus the Nazarine, King of the Jews”.

Comment is about Remembrance? Forget It! (blog)

Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

We sneer at our peril, David....the "managed decline" of Liverpool and the UK's public services during the Thatcher years on behalf of disaster capitalists is now a feature of national life which threatens all but the most wealthy of us.

As for the Tories v Labour debate...the increasingly frequent howls of rage that "Labour are "far-left Socialists" is hilarious to say the least: they were all purged (mainly by means of lies and smears in the mainstream media) many years ago!

Comment is about Epitaph For The Waste Land (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Thanks Dizzy N.
The simplest of gifts are frequently the most appreciated.

Comment is about Love behind a lamp (blog)

Original item by Dizzy Nugget

Thanks RBK.
There's much to learn from his words:
"Kindness in another's trouble / Courage in your own".

Comment is about A Flash of Gordon (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Thank goodness for listeners. Aisha.

Comment is about What’s Up? (blog)

Original item by Aisha Suleman

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Comment is about Through The Storm (blog)

Original item by Merlicka

I'll go with those first three lines, Tom.

Comment is about Veritable void (blog)

Original item by TOM T. E. MERTON

Thanks Martin.
in a world bankrupt of
morality, compassion,
solidarity.

Comment is about A POEM FOR THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT (blog)

Original item by Martin Peacock

Cheers Rick, how about banned bands!😐

Comment is about Music Lovers (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Thanks Hélene, peace, the ultimate gift?

Comment is about Thinking of an Old Dog at 2 a.m. (blog)

Original item by Hélène

I know the feeling of hanging on by my fingertips.

Comment is about Hanging On By My Fingertips. (blog)

Original item by Tobani / Nataiella

Thanks Larisa.
Having just listened to Rêverie and Clair de Lune by Debussy, played on the harp, I can only describe my feelings as…overcome by beauty?

Comment is about Feelings (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Thank you Auracle for the like

Comment is about Chains (blog)

Original item by Tobani / Nataiella

Interesting to read about him, and that according to Wikpedia, both the Queen and Princess Diana had quoted him. I must confess that I had never come across him before.

Comment is about A Flash of Gordon (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

This is how dominoes topple.

Comment is about Allowance or 'Dim Don Junior' (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Lovely, Lee.

Comment is about Jock the Cock (blog)

Original item by Lee Campbell