I think you may have overlooked my concluding succinct masterpiece, Graham.
Comment is about PRISON OVERCROWDING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you Tim for your perceptive comment 😊
Thanks for likes: Manish, Holden & Cryptid 👍
Comment is about Look At Me (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
I seldom see that revealing resemblance,
Not thinking anymore about fleeting.
Nicely written, Manish. There is much to reveal in these neatly packed verses.
Comment is about Evergreen (blog)
Original item by Manish
Thanks, Uilleam, I'm glad it gives that picture!
Thanks to everyone for the likes as well.
Comment is about Sixty-Five Bus Drive (blog)
Original item by John Gilbert Ellis
Short but encapsulates a full scene. Great read.
Comment is about AUTUMN TREES (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I meant the thanks is all yours, great comments, appreciated MCN😃
Comment is about Replacement Therapy (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
Forgive me, I thought this was a poetry website?
Comment is about PRISON OVERCROWDING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
RV - not sure about the "No" opening your reply. No to what? 😏
MC
Comment is about Replacement Therapy (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
JC - On the contrary. I understand what goes on. The need for
incarceration continues from generation to generation That is
painfully clear despite the good intentions of reformers.
As for the recent street violence, the political point scoring is
obvious in its intentions - tough stuff to deter more of the same
whilst basically avoiding the necessity of addressing the root
causes. Tories and Labour are both culpable for this state of affairs with their lofty disregard for the wider ongoing public
concerns about security, and social stability and well-being.
UOC - I read your comment and its readiness to somehow
vilify the analogy. It was merely a truth that cannot be
refuted. You infer that my intention is to "criminalise" the poor.
Nonsense, of course.
Comment is about PRISON OVERCROWDING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Mon 9th Sep 2024 11:21
"...criminals, like "the poor", will emerge with each passing generation".
Since when has it been a crime to be poor MC .....? actually, it is now...but the "Great and the Good" people who buy yachts with my hard-earned money are laughing all the way to the bank.
Comment is about PRISON OVERCROWDING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Mon 9th Sep 2024 11:15
Many of those responsible for inciting the violence are off scot free, members of HM government, and the gutter press.
Comment is about PRISON OVERCROWDING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for the recent likes.
I have added some notes which may be of interest to some.
Thanks again.
David RL Moore
Comment is about Four Stations (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
I am always amazed at the power of love, especially in the sorrow of its loss. That it can continue to guide the soul and heart through the misery and enable the one left behind to write beautifully moving tributes of love. Thank you.
Comment is about Angel (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
The entire "reality" of life is a construct of perspective. Change the narrative, shift the perspective, your life has changed. It is always changing; it does not stay stagnant. Congratulations, you have accepted your current set of perspectives.
Nice poem, thanks.
Comment is about I Accept My Reality (blog)
Original item by Yashvi Shah "Harmony" Author “North Star”
Forgotten jewelry - quantum entanglement - to unravel time knotted with existence - what is truly being revealed
Arrianna, I really liked the complexity within this simple comparison. Thanks!
Comment is about Knotted (blog)
Original item by Arrianna
Thanks for the early likes on this folks
David
Comment is about Four Stations (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
I agree prison should be the punishment of last resort, MC. But I think you miss the point. The sanctions against these demonstrators/ rioters are not punishments, they are deterrents. Once control has been established and these riots become yesterday’s chip papers there will be a steady stream of releases on shortened tariffs.
And thanks for the Like, Edbreathe.
Comment is about PRISON OVERCROWDING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Nice poem Tom. The progression of expectation you constructed is so easily felt and understood. A snapshot of life.
Comment is about Look At Me (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Prison should be the last resort in the list of available punishments (with the exception of crimes of violence). The courts have many alternatives for the genuine cases of
likely rehabilitation. In most cases, those in prison end up
there because they are incorrigible. It is these who deserve
a stop to "repeated chances" in the judicial system and put
out of the way of committing further degradations against
society (the rest of us just trying to do the right thing in life).
Ultimately, we have to face the fact that criminals, like "the poor", will emerge with each passing generation. The reasons and the excuses may change but the problem continues to exist
and no one, however well-intentioned, has come up with a better way -
incarceration for the inveterate offender.
These are a repeat fact of life in every
country, more's the pity. Better out of the way than in the way, I say!!
Comment is about PRISON OVERCROWDING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Good to enjoy the chance of a smile and various degrees of
identification - thanks.
Comment is about Replacement Therapy (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
Many thanks: M.C. Newberry, Stephen G & Kimberly for your kind comments. 🙂
Thanks for likes: Manish & Holden 👍
Comment is about Nobody Loved Me Like You (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Thanks Manish, I appreciate the support.
Holden, K. Lynn, Kimberly and Tom, thank you for taking the time to read and like the poem.
Comment is about It Matters Not (blog)
Original item by Tim Higbee
Sat 7th Sep 2024 12:44
Get a seat in the House of Lords...you can say and do what you like, with no consequences, and get anything you want for your mates.
Comment is about Money (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
"Returning to obscurity without notice
They are not mine to control nor yours
For it matters not to the world what was said
And matters less to the world how it was felt"
Bravo!👏
Comment is about It Matters Not (blog)
Original item by Tim Higbee
Comment is about Je t’adore. (blog)
Original item by Clare
I noticed the abundance of leaf fall this week after the winds we've had.
Comment is about AUTUMN TREES (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I feel your pain Mike - I lost an angel too.
Comment is about Angel (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Thank you. Graham. Time is implacable, but sometimes it helps us, as you say. Think of the boxer saved by the bell.
Comment is about Time (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Agree with M.C. Works as a poem and as lyrics. We'll done, Tom.
Comment is about Nobody Loved Me Like You (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
You are welcome, David. I liked the idea that memory seeks what eyes can't see.
Comment is about Deficit (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Teens have always gone their own way when it comes to moving
through the so-called "difficult years", questioning, rebelling yet
also conforming along the way. Perhaps there is too much
concentration on them these days. adding not only to the
uncertainties but also persuading them that they are special in
a way their predecessors were not. It is interesting that THEIR parents can be said to be the spoilt generation of their own
parents who wanted something more for them than they had
in distant, difficult and deadly dangerous times. Too much of
the "good things" that modern life offers can be damaging in
its own way, not helped by the more lax attitudes that exist
today.
Comment is about British teenagers are unhappy and our girls are getting sadder (blog)
Original item by hugh
Loss is a continual source of pain and time can be uneven as a
healing agent when so much remains to remind us of what
has gone from our lives, not least the things that have been shared along the way.
Comment is about Angel (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
But if you're in the mood for rumpy-pumpy
Then why not sup some tasty scrumpy? 😎
Comment is about Mothers Ruin (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
Many thanks to Arriana/Cryptid/HM/SG/RV and Hugh for taking
the trouble to "like" this seasonal contribution.
Comment is about AUTUMN TREES (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
My sister has had dogs through most of her adult life and knew
the pain of each loss. One was a particularly lovable girl she
named Sue. I wrote some lines for my sister on her passing which may resonate in your own sad situation.
"Sometimes, alone, I see her face,
I hear her on the stair,
I hold my arms out to embrace
My Sue and she'll be there."
Comment is about I Know (blog)
Original item by Mike McPeek
Thanks Stephen,
my expectation for this was nil return so I appreciate your reading and like. Thanks.
David RL Moore
Comment is about Deficit (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
I can hear this as a song lyric in my head. Nice one!
Comment is about Nobody Loved Me Like You (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
A thing of our own creation Stephen. No wonder we both love and hate it
Comment is about Time (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thanks, Uilleam. As I get older, I try to convince myself of this.
And my thanks to Nigel, Hugh, Tom, Pete, Larisa, Holden and K Lynn for liking this poem.
Comment is about Time (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Ah, the long stand! I was sent to fetch one of those - plus a round tuit or two - back when i was a youngster. Them were t'days!
Comment is about GACK IN THE GOX (blog)
Original item by Martin Peacock
Graham Sherwood
Mon 9th Sep 2024 16:49
my apologies JC, I've just found my spectacles 😳
Comment is about PRISON OVERCROWDING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey