Thanks for the lovely comments and likes.

Comment is about Woody Woodpecker (blog)

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Thanks for the kind comment Carol send for the likes.

Comment is about Right Here, Right Now (blog)

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Thanks for the likes and comment Stephen G.

Comment is about Imperial Measures (blog)

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Thanks for the likes.

Comment is about Busy Garden (blog)

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Thanks for the comment MC and for the likes.

Comment is about Deal Or No Deal (blog)

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Thanks for the likes

Comment is about Four Little Bunnies (blog)

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A wonderful read! Thanks for sharing, Robert

Comment is about Custard pie throwers, a Laughing Yoga Man, and the Reality Zone: poet Robert Garnham on the bizarre world of Britain's Got Talent (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Frighteningly real yet surreal Robert. None of this surprises me, considering the artificiality of reality as we are expected to consume it. I spent a few years doing talent shows as half of a musical duo and getting a decent shot at Opportunity Knocks (before your time!) but it was very professionally carried out. Like you on that occasion I never got the limelight but also like you I made a good living from the art.....

x Ray

Comment is about Custard pie throwers, a Laughing Yoga Man, and the Reality Zone: poet Robert Garnham on the bizarre world of Britain's Got Talent (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Another great poem, John! Perhaps the willful forgetfulness could be an antidote to rumination? 😉

Comment is about The River of Lethe (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

A genuinely heartfelt poem, Steve! 🌷

Comment is about Make Me A Child Again (blog)

Original item by Steve Higgins

A very profound poem, John. I am reminded of the feeling of relief when I leave a hospital after visiting someone there.

Comment is about The River of Lethe (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Perhaps 'Mild and Matt' could be the new drink of choice, John.

Comment is about F***ING NEAR WATER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you for your comments. Perhaps it is a little dyspeptic, but I couldn't stop myself!

Comment is about 'Incensed' Julian Jordon's video riposte to Dorries and Johnson (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks, Stephen, for your kind comment. Yes, John, there is a link. War is a form of lynching, or perhaps it's the other way round.

And thanks to Tom, Bramwell, Rudyard, Holden, Pete and K Lynn for liking.

Comment is about Strange Feeling (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

The renaissance of the small independents is indeed very welcome, MC. In fact they are even smaller (micro) than those independents which got taken over by the Big 6 in the 80’s and 90’s.
I mourn the loss of draught Mackeson which was withdrawn when I was about 18. What we didn’t want was Watney’s.
Thanks for the Like, Frederick.

Comment is about F***ING NEAR WATER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

May we be truly grateful for CAMRA, not least when we knew
Watney's Red Barrel! Certainly, the resurgence of the smaller
brewery is a source of great comfort. The only discomfort is the
upsurge in prices. I occasionally enjoy a pint of good cider in my
local but the £5.60p charged is a long eye-watering way from
the price of a pint of beer I remember when I first discovered the
pleasures to be found in a pub back in the early 1960s docklands
of East London..

Comment is about F***ING NEAR WATER (blog)

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Dave, it's such interesting additional information! Thank you all for sharing

Comment is about A moorland beacon: animated prose-poem documents the seasons of Winter Hill (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks for sharing!

Comment is about ‘Shaman’ Ted Hughes and the royals: Simon Armitage on a previous laureate’s reverence for the monarchy (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I don't think it will prevent kids from rap. And in my opinion, rap is the one of the safest content on the internet compared to other scary things there...

Comment is about Culture secretary Nadine Dorries turns to rap poetry (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

So beautiful and lifeful...

Comment is about Make Me A Child Again (blog)

Original item by Steve Higgins

A great piece. That said, all politicians are liars so low expectations of the 'political class' (cough) are mandatory.

Comment is about Avoiding the rap – no apologies to Nadine Dorries (blog)

Original item by Julian Jordon

Some effective and witty use of language in that one.

Comment is about 'Incensed' Julian Jordon's video riposte to Dorries and Johnson (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks for your thoughts and recollections, Dave. I’ve been teetotal for over 25 years now but the curious thing is that although “I’ve forgotten half my life I can still remember this” (Leonard Cohen). I can remember the fine differences in taste of these and other beers.

Comment is about F***ING NEAR WATER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Keith, thanks so much for your recent comment on One Last Affair. I'm glad you picked out that line, no one else did but it made me smile when I wrote it. The perfect chat up line 😉 Great to have you back and writing ferociously! Cheers, Tom.

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

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The beauty of that may be lost on many John but not on me. Working as a driver's mate delivering soft drinks right down the Trent Valley I was intrigued at the range of local brews, none of which seemed to travel more than thirty miles from home in those days, which I suppose was what represented a reasonable catchment area for a small brewery. Strange how the brewing world has changed and I can get Cornish,Scottish, Kentish draft beers in my local micro pubs. Of course they're notlike they were. Thasnk God. They're probably better.

Comment is about F***ING NEAR WATER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks Julian. The project was stimulated by last year's Winter Hill 125 event commemorating the Right to Roam marches of 1896. On a fine day in September several thousand re-enacted the mass trespass challenging landowner and industrialist Col. Ainsworth's attempts to fence off Winter Hill to prevent public use. The Winter Hill mast and its eight lights are a familiar beacon to people across south and west Lancashire.

Comment is about A moorland beacon: animated prose-poem documents the seasons of Winter Hill (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Top stuff Julian. Two fingers to them all.

Comment is about 'Incensed' Julian Jordon's video riposte to Dorries and Johnson (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Excellent write, Clare.

Comment is about A Conversation with my Father (blog)

Original item by Clare

What Stephen says.
Reminded me at the end of Billie Holliday's "Strange fruit".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Web007rzSOI

Comment is about Strange Feeling (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

I believe that is called "customised", MC. My smart phone is too smart for me. That's why it's TAKING OVER!!
Thanks for your response!

Comment is about Becoming a Nokia G50 (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

😂
Thank you so much, Pete! 😊

Comment is about Son of the Sun (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Thank you Holden, Tom, Pete, Stephen G, Stephen A and Frederick.

I am terrified by this dark thing
That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.

From the poem "Elm", 19 April 1962

Sylvia Plath, 

Comment is about Black sun on the run (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

I find this moving, Peter. And Shakespearean.

Comment is about DEARLY BELOVED ONE (blog)

Original item by Peter Taylor

Cleverly constructed & hard hitting, Stephen 👏

Comment is about Strange Feeling (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

What is poetry, if not to spill your soul upon the page, Nadia. No more today, but tomorrow's a different day. Teenage life can be hard, but, like life itself, it's fleeting. Keep writing. You have a definite talent. (Former part of the Breakfast Club brigade😉)

Comment is about no place unlike my own world (blog)

Original item by Nadia Coia

Thank you Keith, I just missed out on that one 😄
And Carol, glad it made you laugh. Can't remember my parents laughing that much though 🤣
And Stephen, yes I still remember that hangover!
And thanks for the likes! 🌈🥴

Comment is about Where's Queen? (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Great , thanks again for allowing me access to my dictionary. Good stuff as usual

Comment is about Son of the Sun (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Thanks Keith ,
I’m glad you liked it, I’d like to agree that it took serious thought, but I just wrote it in half a hour without much thought at all. It just came out the end of the pen. It must have been in there for sometime hoping to get written
Perhaps I just need help !

Comment is about hurt and soul (blog)

Original item by Edbreathe

It's true that we never seem to learn from the past, Keith. Perhaps the dark side and the lust for power are just too strong. But, as you say, we must believe and search for peace. Excellent poem.

Comment is about Renewed Hope (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Inspiring and entertaining, Mike.

Comment is about Granny hi tech (new ending) (blog)

Original item by mike booth

Thank you for your kind words, Keith. I hope that people do relate to it.

Clyde

Comment is about The Lonely Old man Sits by the Window (blog)

Original item by Clyde McCulley

You bring it all back, Stephen. Great fun (apart from the hangover).

Comment is about Where's Queen? (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Thanks to Keith, Kealen and MC for these fascinating comments.
For my part, my main objection to the WEF is that it looks so bad and I'm surprised that the (many) decent people who attend can't see it. Speakers fly in by private jet and lecture the world about climate change. Maybe a virtual session would be better.

Very grateful for your kind words.

Comment is about Davos (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

My dumb phone (mobile for old gits) has developed a fault that
rejects incoming calls but permits ongoing texts. I much prefer
it that way. Silent but still able to communicate in my own
chosen time!

Comment is about Becoming a Nokia G50 (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

The theme is sure to be readily recognised and understood. There is a kick to be had in finding an unexpected good buy online! Sadly, my retirement's recall of a bar gain is when I used
to make it to the pub just before it closed after a busy day at work! 😃

Comment is about Deal Or No Deal (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

In one very topical instance I recognise the allusion to the
lottery of life that sees the existence of bad neighbours blighting
the chances of a peaceful fulfilling life. A major example of what
can be met and endured in humdrum daily life.

Comment is about Renewed Hope (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

The style of rhyme and content is spot on for this subject.
Is the title "World Economic Forum" a blind for the old secretive
well-guarded Bilderberger meetings? Or "Bilderbuggers" as I
thought of them since they seemed busy giving the rest of us
a poke up the arse in pursuit of their ideas for world domination
via wealth and influence.

Comment is about Davos (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

The kind words are much appreciated Keith

Comment is about De-Spite (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Thanks for your comments, Dave. You've known Shaun a long time. I just came across this fine poet during lockdown and through Zoom.

Comment is about They Race Me In The Streets: Shaun Fallows, Lulu (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

As one devoted to Christ your words are echoed in my heart.
Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Earning Eternity (blog)

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