She will someday be grown to find you have dedicated part of your heart in words of her. Lovely, Mike.

Comment is about Alba's Graduation Day (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Sweeping up the remnants of a life fully lived
And learning that there is sadness in a finished Masterpiece.

Love this line, Sherri. I celebrate that sadness that lets me know my life truly was fully lived.

Comment is about Unpacking the Life of a Poet (blog)

Original item by Sherri

“Act in haste; repent at leisure” The siren song of youth and of course those who are trapped there for life.
Thanks, John!

Comment is about I FOUGHT THE LAW (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

It is one of life's joys to get to have our parents age with us but at the same time it is a terrible cruelty to witness the transformations of the aging process.
Very nicely done, Max

Comment is about Wrung Out (blog)

Original item by Max Sullivan

Thanks, Tom and Hélène for your lovely comments.

Thanks to John C., Tom, Trevor, Uilleam, Stephen G., Holden, Hélène, Jenny, and Toks for the likes, much appreciated.

Comment is about Bits and Pieces (blog)

Original item by kimberly

Thank you for reading and the lovely comment!

Comment is about Alba's Graduation Day (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Thanks Stephen and Manish for your lovely comments and everyone else for their likes. Thanks Clare for your typically kind and heartwarming email,
As a teacher, I NEVER used the line,'could do better.'

As a member of WOL, though, I will try to do better! Haha

Much love. John

Comment is about To a Mother, from her Son. (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

I don’t like to get too type-cast, Kevin. And thanks for the Likes, Aisha, Stephen, Tim, David and Holden.

Comment is about THE VERGER AND THE MAGISTRATE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you, Graham and Uilleam. I think there’s a few counter-demonstration arrests too. Uilleam.
and thanks for the Likes, Kevin, Aisha, Trevor, Stephen, Steve, Larisa and Holden.

Comment is about I FOUGHT THE LAW (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for the comment Uilleam, glad you liked it.. Good to see you back.

David

Comment is about A Child's Sight (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

"short-lived their out-of-soil bloom,"
And yet, the thoughts and actions of that artist live on and grow in our minds and words.

Comment is about Window in the Morning (blog)

Original item by Hélène

You've done it again Mike-another Aw Bless! moment.💓

Comment is about Alba's Graduation Day (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Thanks Sherri-I lke the line:
"And what I could carry was always enough."

Aspiring to live that simply must surely be a good thing.

Comment is about Unpacking the Life of a Poet (blog)

Original item by Sherri

Yeah but, no but, that's two tier policing -😥it's not fair!

Comment is about I FOUGHT THE LAW (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

We were in Selby only this week.
Whenever I see the abbey I think of you. Given the content of some of your songs I find it hard to imagine you as the verger there.

But don't ever change, we love your naughty songs and poetry.

Comment is about THE VERGER AND THE MAGISTRATE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks all!

And yes Greg, I did have Making Plans for Nigel in the back of my mind when I wrote this.

Comment is about Doing Time For Nigel (blog)

Original item by Steve White

I'm so grateful to all who've read my poems. My thanks to you.

Comment is about I CAN'T PUT MY FINGER ON IT, BUT... (blog)

Original item by Martin Peacock

Some as young as 12 years old! They should prosecute the parents too! Clever Coopey work as usual JC!

Comment is about I FOUGHT THE LAW (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

You do right to call the irony, Stephen.

Comment is about Kursk (A provocation!) (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

You've beaten me to the punch, Steve. I've just done one piggy-backing The Clash/The Crickets "I fought the law and the law won".
Excellent stuff.

Comment is about Doing Time For Nigel (blog)

Original item by Steve White

Lovely allegory, Helene,

Comment is about Window in the Morning (blog)

Original item by Hélène

Nice work, Steve. Nigel was a teenager in 1979 when this was a hit for XTC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXNhL4J_S00

Comment is about Doing Time For Nigel (blog)

Original item by Steve White

Kursk in the second world war in 1943 was the scene of the biggest land battle in the history of warfare, according to Wikipedia, and is regarded, along with Stalingrad, as one of the turning points of the conflict. So, an interesting place for Ukraine to invade, and interesting that you write about it, Steve.

Comment is about Kursk (A provocation!) (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Lovely that, Dave.

Comment is about A Child's Sight (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Thanks for the recent additional likes.

David

Comment is about A Child's Sight (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Gorgeous poem Kimberly! A love song to poets.

Comment is about Bits and Pieces (blog)

Original item by kimberly

I love your writing Kim and the audio is fantastic.

Comment is about Bits and Pieces (blog)

Original item by kimberly

I hope he visits them in prison, Steve, but somehow I doubt it.
Good poem, flows really well.

Comment is about Doing Time For Nigel (blog)

Original item by Steve White

A lovely, compassionate poem, John, on such a sad subject.
Good to hear from you, John.

Comment is about To a Mother, from her Son. (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Tears welled up in my eyes as I read this excellent poem.
It's good to see you again after a long long time, my friend!

Comment is about To a Mother, from her Son. (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Great poem, great picture and great everything!✨
I could connect with the line, "My work ethic was strong but my play ethic stronger."

Comment is about Mid-day Blues (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

Thank you so much, Graham, for your very kind comment, I truly appreciate it! 😊

Comment is about Orphaned. (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

I am not 'people.'

I am Leviathan Space Warrior from constellation N07853ASDFLKJHG round the corner from constellation N6236ZXCV which is next door to N44BNM where a fine restaurant selling fish and chips I frequent, near Pluto.

Happy to make your acquaintance Earthling. Let me know if it is perhaps Salt and Vinegar you may want to experience one weekend soon once I leave constellation NQWERTY666 where I am currently shopping, for flip flops, grollies, sunglasses and what have you.

And wotnot, which is nothing to do with winnetts, which you can gain treatment for on constellation NUIOP666AGAIN.

Let me know if you need assistance!

Muchado Earthling and, see you soon.

X

Comment is about Muse (blog)

Original item by Clare

Great memories Tim, we were all young and free once!

‘ Rinsing the fog’ great words! G

Comment is about Mid-day Blues (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

I enjoyed this piece Holden, its brevity with so much content, the last three lines very clever.
Thank you also for being so supportive of my poetry, I’m very thankful. G

Comment is about Orphaned. (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Your poem revives some beautiful memories of Spain. In many ways it's a fascinating and living embodyment of what one might imagine to be disparate cultures.

Comment is about Spectacular Spain (blog)

Original item by Aisha Suleman

An Englishman, a Welshman and two Irishmen in a riot.....
"Multiculturalism" eh... that famously failed "Lefty Project"😏

Comment is about Doing Time For Nigel (blog)

Original item by Steve White

Had a bit of fun with the audio on this one but the audio cuts out before the last line. The full-length version will be on my blog, coffee-shop-sessions.com.

Comment is about Bits and Pieces (blog)

Original item by kimberly

Yes Reggie,

Of course I can claim no such gracious demeanor...it's a wish list at best for me. I am grateful to believe I have some level of self awareness though.

Thanks for your visit and comments.

David.

Comment is about A Child's Sight (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Yes wouldn't it be great to look at things without cynicism, jealousy, hate, suspicion etc

Comment is about A Child's Sight (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

ZTK Space - Thank you for such an in depth critique. I am always intriqued to know how my work sits with people. Much appreciated. 🤗

Comment is about Muse (blog)

Original item by Clare

Thank you Graham and David. This poem is an attempt at satire, which came to me when I saw an absurdly indignant-looking Putin expressing horror at the fact that Ukraine had the temerity to cross his border and calling it 'a provocation'. The problem is that such people are beyond satire and irony, so it may not have worked so well.

I am fully aware of awfulness and futility of war and have no wish to call for revenge. Ukraine's incursion has led to the loss of innocent lives. But the idea that someone can't understand that his decision to illegally invade another country in February 2022 might not be 'a provocation' was too good to miss, I'm afraid.

And my thanks to Nigel, Greg, Tom, Tom D, Tim, Steve, Stephen W, Aisha, Holden, K Lynn, Manish and Rob for liking this poem.

Comment is about Kursk (A provocation!) (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Howdy Ray - it's physically impossible to breathe in and out at the same time 😉 Or did you mean something else?

Anyway, good to hear from you. I'm grand thanks and hope you are too.

Comment is about In Gratitude (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

The tit for tat of war,

Excercised by stuffed suits in Ministry's of waste.

I have experienced the desire to kill as a man in uniform..the desire to inflict harm and slit throats. A desire which has nothing to do with the purposeful objectives of Campaign's and War but one which is exploited by "The Masters of War"

Those who sit at a distance calling for cold revenge and more blood having never existed under the gun or bomb, they have me wanting to rip my own teeth out.

Precision and calculated strike is the art of war...what we see here is attrition and waste. Kill the beast, severe its head...if it wants war take it to the bed chamber of those who sleep in crisp white sheets...it will soon be over.

David

Comment is about Kursk (A provocation!) (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thanks to Tom, Aisha and Holden for the likes on this one.

David

Comment is about A Child's Sight (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

I like this poem Clare.

The opening references rhyming couplets perhaps, yet you give only a scant reference to the technique as the poem reads on.

The content is wonderful. You're looking for reasons to critique a particular person yet find yourself still within the realms of an adoring love.

You wait for those words but that wait is both a frustration and a 'turn on.'

It is quite a piece of prose whereby I hope the man one day regrets his ignorance and tells you........

........ I love you.

He'd be a fool not to but, would he then bore you???

You're Fine Clare..........Fine.

Nice one

X

Comment is about Muse (blog)

Original item by Clare

The original triumphancy is a metaphor for two people and love and using that metaphor for the collapse of romance

Comment is about Triarchy (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

"Gaslight" is strikingly contemporary, very compelling

veni, vidi, vici!

Comment is about Triarchy (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

Thank you Tim for your kind comments. 🙂
Thanks for likes: Hélène & Manish 👍

Comment is about Grief Is Alive (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Time marches relentlessly on. We are living a dream.

Comment is about Vortex of Change (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee