Huge power in such a simple form, Stephen.
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“Till Death Us Do Part” is an interesting one , Greg. Can’t see it getting made today.
I have enormous respect for GL but I can’t help feeling the Beeb are damned if they do etc…. If they pull him they’re open to allegation of rightist bias; if they don’t, then leftist bias.
Comment is about No, Minister! or Whatever happened to the BBC? (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Enjoyed this, Rasa. I suppose all of us are an amalgam of qualities in different quantities of our families. Then throw in a bit of “nurture” to stir it up and you get who we are.
Keep posting the audios too.
Comment is about These Jeans Do Well (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
V3 is inspired Stephen. Well done!
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Original item by Stephen Gospage
Sunday Chats 969 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4sxrQ6Qnt4a6ncB1DqFx8G Listen to John's 1st interview here
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Write out loud 's very own John Botterill made his radio debut on my show a whole year ago this month before he became an author-He now has not one but two books under his belt so we're having him back to celebrate his latest book tomorrow Sunday March 12th from 3pm
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Write out loud member Andy Millican popped into the studio last Sunday! Listen back to our show here Sunday Chats 969 https://open.spotify.com/episode/2djxrC01RO8DiTUikz4dLt
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Sat 11th Mar 2023 00:56
Scrolling down on WOL, I saw the title before the author's ID appeared but was immediately prepared. The wolf was loudly
howling !. In the metaphorical sense, I certainly fell into the pit.
Comment is about THE FANNY PIT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
May I add "Tales of the River bank" with Roderick and Hammy? Greg thank you for this, however, do be careful as the Thought Police may be active in your neck of the woods.
Keith
Comment is about No, Minister! or Whatever happened to the BBC? (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Add your own favourite BBC programmes to the above. But not The Apprentice, please!
Comment is about No, Minister! or Whatever happened to the BBC? (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I like this wide concept of faith, Hélène. 'Belief in the best'. We should look for the best in people and in life. That's the spirit.
Comment is about Faith (blog)
Original item by Hélène
A clarion call for respect, Clare. You make the point with real clarity. Yes, these principles should run 365 days per year (and 366 in leap years).
Comment is about Stick it where the sun don’t Shine!😂 (blog)
Original item by Clare
Thank you to all who have taken the time to read this poem and express their views and appreciation. The poem is not political in nature but was written for those who risk life and limb to reach our shores in a very troubled and dangerous world. I do not support illegal immigration and approve only of those who try to follow correct procedures to enter the UK. Those who intimidate immigrants in hotels and blame immigration on the immigrants themselves would do well to turn their attention on the Government, who thus far have not solved the problem but used it as an electioneering ploy. Channel crossings are highly risky as we know and the traffickers are those who need to be hunted down and prosecuted not the immigrants themselves.
The government is impotent. If we could stop Adolf Hitler what is so difficult about a small group of people hanging on for dear life in a dinghy. If it is blame we are looking for then I think we should look at those in power not those in small boats.
May I draw attention to a Sudanese man, Nasir Elsafi, an artist at present in Ireland as an example from which I drew inspiration to write this poem
Thank you again for your interest.
Keith
Comment is about Not all are the same (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Well said Kieth
My favourite line is
we should honour them as they have chosen us.
Comment is about Not all are the same (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Your poem is inspirational, Keith, because it invites us to consider migrants as individuals with hopes, skills and dreams.
Yes, there are problems and not everyone is deserving, but people fleeing persecution should never be turned away.
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Original item by keith jeffries
Patrick,
For some inexplicable reason this morning is the first time I have encountered your poetry. It both fascinates and overwhelms me. I have a read a good selection and looked at your photos. I see Salalah is amongst them, a place familiar to me.
Would I be right in describing your poetry as impressionist? This is a genre which has great appeal to me at present.
I shall continue to follow your work with interest. I could comment on all the poems I have read but thought I would write an overall comment here. Thank you for some fabulous imagery. Your poems bring a new reality which will have a lasting impression me.
Thank you again.
Keith
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😎💗 Thank you all for the uplifting comments. I appreciate it!
Comment is about All I Needed (blog)
Original item by Lucas Chihinga
Thank you Keith.
And bravo Gary Lineker!
Not for the first time, a footballer strikes terror and shame into the hearts of the most powerful and bigotted people in the UK.
His weapon? The truth.
They're terrified of the truth.
They've screwed up the country in every respect; now they're desperate to distract from that...Oh look-a dead cat!
Comment is about Not all are the same (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Leads you on
towards the door
A little bark
In dog talk
Means it's time
For a walk.😀
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Original item by Thunderous Moon
I agree with Telboy that the Tories see this as their only chance of winning the next election. They actually don't believe it will work, but just want to keep the issue at the forefront of their voters' minds. They are advised by Australian opinion pollsters such as Lynton Crosby. It used to be called 'dog-whistle' politics, but the slogans are out in the open now. Have you noticed that all their slogans have only three words? That's why because they don't believe their voters are capable of understanding more than three words at a time. I would hate to think they are right about that.
Comment is about Not all are the same (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thank you dear Keith. And, also, Lorca actively engaged in resistance to Franco's Fascists and his Moroccan allies.
“If you had asked me why I had joined the militia I should have answered: 'To fight against Fascism,' and if you had asked me what I was fighting for, I should have answered: 'Common decency.”
― George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
Comment is about Generation 27 (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
It's a lovely thought Keith and if only the numbers were more acceptable I am sure the the majority of Brits - by nature a welcoming people - would welcome incomers to enhance our society with their many skills. But people get scared by numbers, particularly when we are told the boat immigrants total has gone from 300 to 45,000 in five years. If it continues to rise exponentially how long will it take to get to 1 million? And then 2 million? etc.
The Tories approach is not ideal, but if it works it is probably their only chance of wresting the next general election away from Labour, and this I believe is their prime motivation. For their part Labour have criticised but offered no viable alternative.
Comment is about Not all are the same (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
They will see a continuation of humanity as it struggles to make sense of itself. We never learn, we repeat past follies. The comparisons between Hitler and Putin lay bare the repetitious cycle of human self destruction. Followed by those too ignorant to realise they are being duped.
Thank you for this and especially the photo of Lorca who was murdered by Franco's cohorts. His crimes were those of being gay and one of Spain's best poets.
Keith
Comment is about Generation 27 (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thanks for your comments 😃.
Comment is about Prove you're not a robot (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
agree Uilleam, thank you for the read and the comment😎👍
Comment is about Does anyone care? (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
You took me back to my school days with this poem Hélène. Being an introvert, books were my every day friends back then. Thank you for this.
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Original item by Hélène
Thanks for the likes and for your comment Stephen.
I walk past that spot several times a week.
The thought has crossed my mind whether those poppies were designed and produced on the same budget as the similarly stupid Covid rainbow signs, and the patronising "Thank you NHS" and "Stay safe" claptrap that still litter my town's highways.
Comment is about Insult to Injury (blog)
Thu 9th Mar 2023 15:49
Thank you so much, Keith and Uilleam, for your truly thoughtful comments, they are greatly appreciated! 😊
Comment is about Pantheon (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
"Follow the money" seems to be an explanation of many of today's ills-especially those adversely affecting Women.
Sod the body fascists!💗
Comment is about On Reflection (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Spot on Russell.
I've often heard it said that "we get the government we deserve".
Unfortunately, having heard over the last decade the lies and hatemongering (https://youtu.be/XmRTViarauc) coming from the politicians and their client so-called "journalists", and now seeing the results of Joe Public having swallowed hook line and sinker, those same lies, I now believe that saying to be true.
Comment is about Does anyone care? (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
a veces las palabras me fallan
Yo también, Jason.
Comment is about Mi Amor (blog)
Original item by Jason Phillips
Well said Clare.
Comment is about Stick it where the sun don’t Shine!😂 (blog)
Original item by Clare
Ah yes, the Scribes and Pharisees.
"For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers."
Matthew 23:4
New King James Version.
Comment is about Pantheon (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Hello Lucas.
I'd say: don't conform unthinkingly.
Always question. Always dissent.
Comment is about All I Needed (blog)
Original item by Lucas Chihinga
Lucas, another excellent poem in which you delve into yourself to find answers. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What one man considers to be ugly another is attracted to. Listen to the wise for good counsel but tell yourself that you a fine upright man and never let the opinions of others have an adverse on you. This poem is about outward appearances which many people are tormented by. It is the inner person where the real person lies.
Your poem is an outpouring of the self and very well written
Keith
Comment is about All I Needed (blog)
Original item by Lucas Chihinga
Well said John.
But the question now, more than ever needs to be asked:
How can a government (of any complexion) say it's a "defender of Women's Rights",
if it is afraid to even define a woman as:
"Adult Human Female" - in a court of law?
Comment is about INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Really really good. Loved this poem, Lucas. Wise & inspiring, a journey of self-awareness.
Comment is about All I Needed (blog)
Original item by Lucas Chihinga
Thank you Helene for your kind comments. The poem is borne out of some experience of living both at the seaside and in an area of deprivation in past years.
Comment is about This Silent Landscape (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
A poem which conjures up some powerful images. I was particularly drawn to " where all impulses Pharisaic and prosaic always reign" and "that of a serpent's soliloquy". "A Pantheon of hypocrisy, aroused images of that ancient temple now absurdly a Christian church which is so full of contradictions. This poem is very well written but having visited the pantheon on several occasions it makes that venue a very appropriate place for what the poem describes.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Pantheon (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Indeed, MC. And you can add to your two-part list of Margaret Thatcher and the Queen the impenetrable Mrs C.
Comment is about INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Sat 11th Mar 2023 12:05
Got me too!
There's a pub near us nicknamed Fanny's.
So named after the proprietor, a common name a hundred? or so years ago.
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