I like the physicality of this piece, Keith. It highlights the contribution of body and mind to what is finally produced on paper. Thanks.
Comment is about The Writer writes on (blog)
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Thankyou, Graham and Stephen. Another one of his famous misses was when he lobbed the Czechoslovak (I think) goalie from the half way line. He looked like man chased by a ghost.
Comment is about No. 10 - A Villanelle for Pele (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A great tribute, John. His greatest moment that I remember was one when he FAILED to score - selling the Uruguayan goalkeeper an outrageous dummy in Mexico '70 and just missing in the side netting. I'll look for it on you tube. Happy New Year, in spite of the sad day.
Comment is about No. 10 - A Villanelle for Pele (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Indeed, John. A blast from the past which hasn't aged at all.
Comment is about CANTO CORTADO (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Martin,
this really is a work of art as you have turned the festive into a lament. Perhaps this was not your intention. As Christmas approaches I find myself wishing it was already over and done with. The same goes for the New Year. Surely all this frenetic energy and spending does not constitute joy. When it is all over we are financially worse off, suffering with hangovers and with the winter left to face and deal with. I somehow feel that we have forgotten or lost the reason for this festive celebration.
Thanks for a well thought out and truthful poem.
Keith
Comment is about Queues, queues, queues (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Botticelli and Pele...........perfect
Have a good New Year John!
G
Comment is about No. 10 - A Villanelle for Pele (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for all the likes and thanks to Stephen Leon Rose M.C and Ullieam for your comments, much appreciated.
Blessings to all and a happy new year
Comment is about Queues, queues, queues (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
This has to be the most haunting poem that I have ever read - we all have those 'empty spaces' inside us - I wonder what your mood was when you wrote it.
Comment is about Empty (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Graham,
Thank you for this comment. We share a common experience of having that sudden inspiring thought which prompts the need to write. Yesterday morning I wrote three letters by long hand to elderly friends who don't have computers. I wrote for three hours to find that I was spent. I could not write another word. As you will gather I use pen and ink and this gives me greater freedom in the way I express myself, free of typographical errors and a steady flow of thoughts which are easily transferred into words. If I were denied the ability to write, which I do every day, I would wilt and be left utterly bereft. Like you I am always impelled to write, to express on paper what ferments in the mind. It has a cathartic quality which motivates the soul. Inspiration invariably arrives unannounced.
Keith
Comment is about The Writer writes on (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Too true Ullieam. I love your approach, and it's the one I try to adopt. Wishing you a lovely new year.
Best wishes,
RaRa
Comment is about If You'd Known (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
When we trust Allah/God.....all goes well, even if, we don't understand.
Comment is about Always (blog)
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Fri 30th Dec 2022 02:05
I would describe this poem if you will pardon my profanity as being not just brilliant poetry but as-
poetry with bollocks, poetry that bites one in the arse
Thank you so much John
Rose 💋
Comment is about Empty (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Keith, I don't think writers have any choice, they HAVE to write!
I woke at 4am yesterday sat up and wrote my latest piece 'The lost and found' straight off the bat and although I've trimmed it up since writing it the body was mainly done.
I don't understand it, perhaps I'm glad I don't. As you so eloquently say 'the writer writes on'.
Comment is about The Writer writes on (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
A poem from a place where much is demanded and needed and the consequences thereof. A poem well crafted yet succinctly woven together. It merits several readings and a sense of gratitude for those who are on the front line almost every day.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about A day on the frontline (blog)
Original item by Keith Byrne
A highly descriptive poem which allows the imagination to wander and absorb a deeper content. My mind was drawn to the words "Empty waiting rooms in empty railway stations no more smoky-smell of coal and steam". I remember well those days of such travel and the loneliness of those deserted waiting rooms in which all time was lost.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Empty (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
We are only our thoughts. And more often than not, the true measure of our happiness is how well we manage to hide from them. We try not to think. But some of us are just too sane. So we envy the insane, and drink.
Keep writing.
Comment is about to be so lonely (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth
The art of rip-off down to purr-fection 😝
Which reminds me -have they started paying tax yet?
Comment is about Kopi Luwak (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Hey diddle diddle......Those cows that jumped over the moon...they'll account for the story about the moon being made of green cheese...they were dairy cows!
Comment is about Moon Walk (blog)
Original item by Mike McPeek
Thanks Stephen
And thank you all for liking , it’s appreciated
Comment is about January (blog)
Original item by Edbreathe
The best reason for not using Starbucks, Stephen.
https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=22753
Comment is about CANTO CORTADO (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The eternal thing in man,
That heeds no call to die
Thomas Hardy
Comment is about The family face (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thanks, Uilleam. Yes, indeed it is.
And my thanks to Frederick, John, Hugh, Rudyard and Holden for liking this poem.
Comment is about Plea to the Warriors (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Good one, John. Another reason not to go to Starbucks.
Comment is about CANTO CORTADO (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I think a universal misapprehension is that tea is made with water which is merely hot and not boiling, Uilleam. Evidently the Empire did not last long enough nor stretch far enough.
And thanks for the Likes, Hiugh and Holden,
Comment is about CANTO CORTADO (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The French were notoriously rubbish at making tea-now they actually have "tea-shops" in France-with real tea pots!
Comment is about CANTO CORTADO (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you for your efforts Stephen.
I believe it's a truly insane world in which major arms companies are sponsoring events such as Remembrance Sunday and other related events.
Comment is about Plea to the Warriors (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
I'd support a street market if we had one.
But Das Kapital has put paid to that idea.
The plan works every time:
1. Demolish homes with an open market at their centre,
2. Buy the land-and the Councillors.
3. Sit on the land for several years til the time is ripe.
4. Then build a supermarket where we have no choice but to buy imported crap instead of what our farmers produce.
Comment is about Queues, queues, queues (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Where have all the people gone?
Tucked in tighter to their circle
Under the guise of staying healthy,
Yep they've been well and truly brainwashed- still mask-wearing, hand-wringing gel-sniffing obedient zombies walking round town with their noses to the screen looking for the next big thing the politicos and their pals want us to be scared of.
Here in body, not in spirit-that's where they've gone!
Comment is about Where Have All The People Gone? (blog)
Original item by kimberly
We awaken
Seeds of Peace
If only that could be our goal in life!
💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐
Comment is about A Bucket and a Mop (blog)
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My Boxing Day morning was the best ever...the sound of our little ones' giddy laughter still ringing in my ears from Christmas Day.
Comment is about Boxing Day Morning (blog)
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This is our town...everyone's.💓
Comment is about Never Say It's.......... (blog)
Original item by ZTK Space
I used to get angry at the sight of the homeless on our streets.
But now they're such a common sight, and to my shame I've become hardened, and avoid eye contact.
Comment is about Help !!!! Urgently needed for the homeless (blog)
Original item by hugh
I look at old photos of our parents, and wonder if our children will have the same feelings about us, with all this "digital" technology in a few decades time?
Comment is about Scrapbooks (blog)
Original item by Mike McPeek
The turkey got totally legless!🎉
Comment is about Merry Christmas! (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
I remember something called the "Ideal Homes Exhibition"-in the 60's?
Comment is about An Ideal Home (blog)
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There are those who would have us live in a permanent state of fear and anxiety....the greater the fear the more the control.
I refuse to live like that.💐
Comment is about If You'd Known (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
Strictly.
Compulsory torture at our house.
Comment is about LOST AND GONE FOREVER (blog)
Original item by ray pool
We seem to be getting back into the harness here Kimberly. True there is the odd missing chair but by and large we're back to worrying more about the price of fish and not dying!
Been taking a look at you poetry pages. Good to see you mention WOL in tour intro. We value that and you of course!
Graham
Comment is about Where Have All The People Gone? (blog)
Original item by kimberly
Thanks to Frederick, M.C., Tom, Hugh Stephen, and Hélène for reading and liking. 🙏🏻
Comment is about Where Have All The People Gone? (blog)
Original item by kimberly
Thanks for that M.C. There are similar lines in other songs, “Where have all of my friends gone, and where did all my friends go?” It’s a bit about Covid but also how people have quietly drifted away for various reasons. Makes you wonder why.
Comment is about Where Have All The People Gone? (blog)
Original item by kimberly
Thanks, MC. And Frederick for the Like.
Comment is about CANTO CORTADO (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Connecting with the homeless can be a difficult task,
"I don't have any change,how else can I help?" ask
It's good to hear kindness says a homeless guy,
Acknowledge the person in some way ,say "hello" or "hi."
Look them in the eye and smile as by them you walk,
"How are you doing ?Would you like to talk "?
I sometimes hand out a yogurt drink,
A kind gift of calcium can build a link.
Offering a wish of good will could be a powerful thing,
And a much needed comfort into that person's day could bring.
Be kind !! 😉
Comment is about Help !!!! Urgently needed for the homeless (blog)
Original item by hugh
Thanks Helene. The words actually came to mind with an ease
that surprised me - as if they were "sent" for the purpose....and
the tune followed close behind, as if keeping up.
"As One they stand before His Hand
When Christmas comes around."
Comment is about WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES AROUND - an Xmas carol (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
There's something of the "Gilbert-ian" style (W.S. Gilbert) in
these lines. How about a tune to go with them, JC? 😏
Comment is about CANTO CORTADO (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
keith jeffries
Fri 30th Dec 2022 18:42
Stephen,
Well rhymed and well written. This does not come as a surprise as the Ukrainians are endeavouring to establish their national identity, their language and culture without the influences and memories of the past. They are also inspired by anger for what they have suffered.
A topical poem with a good sense of awareness.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Odesa (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage