<Deleted User> (33540)
Sat 30th Apr 2022 15:23
when I check my euromillions lottery ticket later John and find out that I have won the jackpot ( £10-&? millions you're on a fiver!
but invest it wisely!
but seriously John the lives that gambling has ruined and also caused untold numbers of suicides does and doesnt bear thinking about if you get my meaning
Comment is about "GAMBLE RESPONSIBLY" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you Julie, Stephen, Bethany & Ursula. Written for my Daughter, even though she wont read it because she 'doesn't do poetry' 🤣
And thanks for the likes everyone. Always appreciated 🌷
Comment is about Oh Sweet Bird Of Youth (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Jennifer,
Thank you for your recent comments. I have recently moved back to live in Spain, my spiritual home. I intend to stay here until called to glory. Hope all is well in Tuscany.
Keith
Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Thankyou Kevin and MC. I totally agree with you about self-control and personal responsibility, MC. I blame no-one for the size of my belly but me. But I think you miss the point; which is about the hypocrisy of the companies involved who purport to encourage punters to take control while actually doing the opposite. Do you really think their massive advertising campaign is about encouraging responsibility in their punters or about money, that is, more money.
Comment is about "GAMBLE RESPONSIBLY" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you for the comment on my profile, Clare. It has also led me to your profile, I must say I have been enjoying reading your poems❣️
Comment is about Clare (poet profile)
Original item by Clare
Gambling has just become too easy these days. When you can throw your money away from the comfort of your own home. Little thought involved, just a few clicks.
This poem makes the point well.
And yes it is an addiction.
Comment is about "GAMBLE RESPONSIBLY" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Sat 30th Apr 2022 02:07
Another amazing poem, Stephen, and the last line perfectly encapsulates a very sad but salient truth!
Comment is about Red Sky at Night (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
<Deleted User> (32907)
Sat 30th Apr 2022 00:51
Very sweet poem, lovely imagery. Just fab! Well done.👍
Comment is about Oh Sweet Bird Of Youth (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Greg, more likely he wanted to get something ON his chest, I would have thought. Really funny and clever Ray, you never disappoint.
Comment is about WHILST IN PUTNEY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Agree with Graham absolutely, Ray. The last four lines are decidedly grim, but poetically so! Liked also 'came alive at night'
and 'music bled from every pore'. Keep up the good work.
Jennifer
Comment is about THE ONE WHOM TIME FORGOT (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Really beautiful, as always. Needs to be read several times to thoroughly enjoy it.
Jennifer
Comment is about The Hidden Lake (blog)
Original item by Tom
Hello Keith, what happened to the Poetry Plus editor, by the way? 'Unforeseen circumstances' comprises a great deal!
Jennifer
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
So well written, and basically couldn't agree more, although I have reservations about some of our past. You are right about the deterioration in values and behaviour.
Jennifer
Comment is about An Elegy for England (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Fashion is a cruel master! Fab poem, Sarah 😀
Comment is about VOGUE (blog)
Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee
Thanks so much, Angel, that means so much too! 😀
Comment is about Hand in hand (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Thanks so much everyone xxx
I love seeing notifications telling me people have responded to my poems
Thankyou for the feedback x
Also Bethany thankyou for bringing awareness to the heartbreaking truth about Gary Newlove
Sending healing and strength to his family and all families destroyed because of violence and murder
Blessings to you too xxx
Comment is about 40 (blog)
Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee
<Deleted User> (33540)
Fri 29th Apr 2022 18:07
a very cleverly written and enjoyable read Stephen
Comment is about Oh Sweet Bird Of Youth (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
<Deleted User> (33540)
Fri 29th Apr 2022 18:03
the wonderful title and even more wonderful poem go so well together Sarah
Comment is about VOGUE (blog)
Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee
Quite right, Hugh. The same thing happened here in Belgium. Many people were thrown to the wolves early in Covid.
Comment is about 20,000 care-home residents thrown to the wolves during the first covid wave (blog)
Original item by hugh
'You're the grain in the woodwork'. Yes, I love this, Stephen.
Comment is about Oh Sweet Bird Of Youth (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Enjoyed this very much, Ray. Music is a noble art, as you say. The last four lines are moving, if not chillling.
Comment is about THE ONE WHOM TIME FORGOT (blog)
Original item by ray pool
We’ll for me V1 is one of the best stanzas of poetry I’ve read on here for quite a while. Bravo Ray
Comment is about THE ONE WHOM TIME FORGOT (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thanks so much Mark, Holden, New Shoes, Stephen and Stephen for appreciating this poem. Sorry for the delay!
Ray
Comment is about AWAKENING (blog)
Original item by ray pool
JC - what happened to those old words "self-control"? We've
arrived at an age in which we have lost sight of them..
The latest example is an MP (should be leading by example)
caught watching porn on his 'phone in the Commons. One
glaring example of the malaise that affects so many aspects of
life today. Over-eating/drinking are merely more readily
visible signs that are arguably more devastating to society than
a few (of many) who like a bet/drink but who can't control their behaviour and are pandered to because it is seen as an
"addiction", that instant qualification for "tea and sympathy" in
today's self-indulgent world. Ever heard of "cruel to be kind"?
Maybe a return to something of that sort would do more
good in the long term. 😏 Yrs etc.,
Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells.
Comment is about "GAMBLE RESPONSIBLY" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Just Beautiful. Should be made into a poster, or bookmark to be read daily?!?
Comment is about Oh Sweet Bird Of Youth (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Fri 29th Apr 2022 04:35
Thank you so much, Stephen, that means a lot! 😊
Comment is about Sound (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Thank ee kindly Bethany.
We look before and after,
And pine for what is not:
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught;
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Percy Shelley, To a skylark.
Comment is about Our sweetest songs are those of saddest thought (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thankyou, Stephen. Surely no-one believes the gaming companies have any interest whatsoever in the financial well-being of their punters. It’s the same sort of hypocrisy we saw during the COP summit when several companies were advertising their green credentials eg Amazon. It was called “greenwash”. This is “betwash”.
Comment is about "GAMBLE RESPONSIBLY" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
What your poem does so well, John, is to illustrate the cyncial, corrosive nature of on-line gambling. You can now bet on anything and it's all pure luck, with the odds stacked against the players. As you say, we're a world away from studying the form and betting on horses or football. I have known people who got into difficulties and they certainly weren't fools, just ordinary types who got lured in by the promise of a quick buck and then another one, which of course, never comes. I think 'muppets' sums up the way this industry regards its customers.
Comment is about "GAMBLE RESPONSIBLY" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
It made me think about sound in a new way. Thanks, Holden.
Comment is about Sound (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
The moon casts a spell on so many of us. Fine poem, Clare.
Comment is about Mother, Father and Me. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Thanks, John, for your kind comment. As Clare said, it is just a shame that the material to create something like this is so readily available.
Comment is about Missile (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thu 28th Apr 2022 16:32
Thank you so much, Bethany, it's very kind of you! 😊
Comment is about Sound (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
<Deleted User> (33540)
Thu 28th Apr 2022 14:25
extremely wonderful poetical and musical package John
Comment is about Our sweetest songs are those of saddest thought (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
<Deleted User> (33540)
Thu 28th Apr 2022 14:22
<Deleted User> (33540)
Thu 28th Apr 2022 14:20
a very very big WOW! for this beautiful poem Frederick
Comment is about morphemic emissaries (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Hey both, thanks so much... I really appreciate the kind comments
Comment is about I Had A Dream (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
Thank you Nigel. 🌷
The world needs more love and peace, always💕
Comment is about Truly yours forever and ever till eternity 💓 ❤ 💖 (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Thank you John. Sending warm wishes your way. 😃 Best wishes, Rasa
Comment is about Thank You India (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
I didn’t see that coming, Stephen. Nice touch.
Comment is about Knock, Knock! (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
John Botterill
Sat 30th Apr 2022 21:06
Super poem, Stephen. Ingenious!
Comment is about Oh Sweet Bird Of Youth (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson