This poem pleases and heartens me, John.
Comment is about IT PLEASES ME (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thankyou for the kind compliment, Flyntland, and for your generous comment, Pete. Suburbs can be lonely places and one incident can change your life.
Thanks to Uilleam, Jock and Contemporary Soul for the likes, and to Frederick and Holden.
Comment is about Suburbia (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
To John, Tom and K.Lynn - Jock and Soul thank for reading and for liking.
Comment is about FAITH WITHOUT HOPE - - -OR CHARITY (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
M.C. thank for reading and for your comment.
Comment is about FAITH WITHOUT HOPE - - -OR CHARITY (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
Well said, all of it, John. I know exactly what you mean.
Comment is about IT PLEASES ME (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A topic worth exploring and given a pithy treatment here.
"You can choose what you believe
It can be fun to self-deceive!"
Comment is about FAITH WITHOUT HOPE - - -OR CHARITY (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
Sun 9th Oct 2022 10:55
Your heart is clearly not a stone if you can see the beauty of the autumn.💐
Comment is about September (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth
Sun 9th Oct 2022 10:49
"...lives lived out by the clock of the day"
I like that - sounds like a reference to the natural rhythm of life as opposed to modern clock driven life?
Comment is about STEADFAST (blog)
Original item by Edbreathe
Sun 9th Oct 2022 10:44
What a shame. Such a neglected, yet vital area of healthcare in today's troubled world.
May I inquire what DV stands for?
Comment is about It's Time to Leave (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
Magazines like South deserve support, if you have anything to spare. Call me biased - South was where my first poem was published, and so has a special place in my heart. But I got that chance, I believe, because of its system of choosing poems 'blind' - not knowing who the authors are in advance. It's a lovely mag, too, with its glossy black and white covers. And they don't just publish poets from the southern counties, for the reason outlined above!
Comment is about Long-established poetry magazine in drive for more subscribers (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Love the emotion in this , brought by few words.
Comment is about Suburbia (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
@Stephen 😂 (and thank you for the kind words!)
Comment is about I have a crush on one of the inanimate pirates at Pirate Crazy Golf (blog)
Original item by Bryony Partridge
Thank you Stephen for your kind comment
Comment is about FAITH WITHOUT HOPE - - -OR CHARITY (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
This poem has an Eleanor Rigby feel to it - lonely and anonymous.
Comment is about Suburbia (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
That's so kind of you, Kevin. Keep posting.
Comment is about Stephen Gospage (poet profile)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Fine poem, Flyntland. It's important to question and understand - then you can believe if you want to.
Comment is about FAITH WITHOUT HOPE - - -OR CHARITY (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
Best of luck, Greg. It sounds like a great adventure.
Comment is about The way forward (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
A smashing, inventive poem, Bryony. Be careful though, it may be a slippery slope!
Comment is about I have a crush on one of the inanimate pirates at Pirate Crazy Golf (blog)
Original item by Bryony Partridge
I especially love the concluding lines, David. The poem is superb.
Comment is about Cogs (blog)
Original item by David Cooke
Chilling - menacing - you tell the 'story' well.
Comment is about Predator (blog)
Original item by Jaded_Jas
"I crave memories that do not exist" now there is an intersting and original line - I think that are many people that will identify with that one -
and then "my mind is lost in the then and where" -
Thank you for this one.
Comment is about Past and future (blog)
Original item by Jaded_Jas
Oh dear! who mentioned chocolate? - is there no end to this cruelty?
Comment is about Ode to an M&S toasted teacake (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
I was worried that my poem was going to be too angry for anyone to want to read it.
My 'Faith School' destroyed the greater part of my life having brainwashed me into a 'lowly attitude' and child bearing given as the reason for my excistance.
I see you are just as angry.
I think that, if you want to be a good human being, then go it alone and live by humanitarian values.
Sanctimonious rituals do not make good human beings just 'Holier-Than-Thou' ones
Comment is about FAITH WITHOUT HOPE - - -OR CHARITY (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
Sat 8th Oct 2022 13:34
I was brought up a Christian -"love your neighbour" and all that.
Now I'm totally disgusted at the way Church leaders -Archbishops for example - suck up to the rich and powerful. One of them basically sided on the TV with liars and slanderers of an innocent man on the eve of the last general election.
"...don't look for reasons
to question US,
maintain a lowly attitude.
That's what they MEANT.
Comment is about FAITH WITHOUT HOPE - - -OR CHARITY (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
Sat 8th Oct 2022 13:08
You wouldn't believe the train of thought/s which led to this!
Woking, wokery, croaking.......... good grief!😊
Comment is about Anthony Rowley's Roly Poly (blog)
Sat 8th Oct 2022 12:58
I had a tea cake the other day but it wasn't toasted - it was covered in chocolate, had a biscuit at the botton, and was full of marshmallow; would have made an awful mess of the grill!
We must get this teacake, bap, barm, cob, stotty cake thing sorted out!
Comment is about Ode to an M&S toasted teacake (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Sat 8th Oct 2022 12:51
I seriously didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I got to the end!
I see such poor souls every day where I live - distressing whether through their own fault or not.
Comment is about Homeless and faced with the unexpected (blog)
Original item by hugh
Sat 8th Oct 2022 12:47
I've got a Japanese cherry blossom in a pot in our south facing garden.
Its leaves turned a gorgeous shade of red but the show only lasted a couple of days.
Comment is about Grand Finale (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Sat 8th Oct 2022 10:31
Not to your shame at all, Flyntland.
I had never heard of her until a youtube video caught my attention. To see someone in tears because of what is racial abuse is unpleasant.
Comment is about Bigots (blog)
Sat 8th Oct 2022 10:16
"...Some say acts of kindness and of love
Become rarer day by day..."
Several personal experiences, when I was in mental distress and also physically in need of help tell me they are wrong.
Run of the mill everyday courtesies by people in the shop, the pub, or the street😍 never fail to surprise me.
I've heard it said that if one goes looking for beauty truth and kindness, one will find it.
Comment is about A recreation (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
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Sat 8th Oct 2022 09:54
Yes Ray,
With regard to law enforcement collectively concealing individual identity...acting as a force for the remote instruments of power. It is exactly that which is sinister and regressive. Of course their masters will make mention of collar numbers etc...those people have probably never been exposed to officers in that scenario or know all to well the alternative practices of concealment individual officers can utilise.
Forgive me this comment does not really relate to your poem. I'll stop now.
Comment is about THE BALACLAVA (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Many thanks for your good wishes, Ray, Graham, and Steve. This move seems to be taking forever, and as you can see, I'm getting impatient! Thanks for the Likes, Tom, Nigel, and Jock.
Comment is about The way forward (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I do hope that you are OK. I hate it when poets go missing. It is a dangerous world and I worry about you Shifa. John
Comment is about Shifa Maqba (poet profile)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
Tom Thank you for your very kind respons - and for your very kind remarks.
Comment is about Young Family In The Sunshine (blog)
Original item by Tom
Thanks Tom! 🏴☠️
Comment is about I have a crush on one of the inanimate pirates at Pirate Crazy Golf (blog)
Original item by Bryony Partridge
Good luck my friend! I wish you both well on your next journey .
Comment is about The way forward (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Tasty - thank you! Encouraging pleasing memories of afternoon
teas over the years. 😋
Comment is about Ode to an M&S toasted teacake (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Stimulating stuff. Ironic though how mental stimulation can
lead to physical depletion! 😏
Comment is about Morons (blog)
Original item by N.B
Really enjoyed this Bryony. The title alone is a winner.
Comment is about I have a crush on one of the inanimate pirates at Pirate Crazy Golf (blog)
Original item by Bryony Partridge
😁Enjoy😁
I have this with a cuppa in their Cafe, whilst people watching for inspiration, annoyingly I'm getting more teacakes than inspiration
Comment is about Ode to an M&S toasted teacake (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
A collision of perception and deception seem to be on the agenda with this - in my case a simple one of embarrassment albeit with a good intention. I have found that the balaclava was named after the battle of 1854, so its continuance has a military inspiration. Further than that I suppose one would be in the same territory as masked balls beloved of the upper classes in a less sinister context. Is there a parallel? Perhaps there is also a need for recognition of a massed kind rather than of individuals. What counts of course ultimately is the individual, often thus confined and suppressed in the very act of accomplishing that. Mmmm.....
Tom and Frederick thanks for your additional likes.
Ray
Comment is about THE BALACLAVA (blog)
Original item by ray pool
An awareness of the past colliding with the present and an anticipated future are a heady mix Greg and let's face it- you will!
I've no doubt you'll still be going here there and everywhere so all the very best to you all from Darn Sarf.
Ray
Comment is about The way forward (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I will take you to task over this one - to my great annoyance you have ruined my pleasure in my ' cuppa' an' a scone' that I was looking forward.
My scone is not M&S, it is a slightly dry one from the local farm shop, nor is it smothered in butter but a scrape of margerine - strawberry jam? no! jelly jam.
You should take more care about upsetting other poets😁 😁
I am just going to nip into town to get my M&S teacake.
Comment is about Ode to an M&S toasted teacake (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Bryony, you have my awe and admiration 😃 Thanks for reading.
Thanks John too.
And MC, we should all give thanks and praise to Terry for his services to the dawn. 😃
Thanks for reading all.
Comment is about Morning People (blog)
Original item by Tom
Hi Flyntland, thanks so much for your comment on 'Young Family In The Sunshine'. I think I imagined a certain naivety/rose-tinted outlook to the narrator of that one - the more cynical part of me knows nothing is as perfect as it seems from the outside and that everything moves in cycles and shifts with time. Thanks for reading. P.S. I have been thoroughly enjoying your work!
Comment is about Flyntland (poet profile)
Original item by Flyntland
John Coopey
Sun 9th Oct 2022 22:14
Thankyou, Stephen.
And thanks for the Likes, Holden, Frederick and Stephen A.
Comment is about IT PLEASES ME (blog)
Original item by John Coopey