Good writing, John.
Strangely, I was thinking about this subject yesterday, although I'd forgotten the exact dates. Maybe something within us just jogs the memory.
Comment is about 6 and 9 August, 1945 (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thank you, Tom! A beautiful piece
Comment is about Endigo Michaels (poet profile)
Original item by Endigo Michaels
A part in which we all play but each of us with so many different endings😎
Comment is about A tapestry of time (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Hello, readers!
Thank you for clicking on my post; I really appreciate it! This poem is near and dear to my heart as this piece - and a lot of my recent writing not shared here - is about daring to be the woman in the red dress.
Thanks again!
Comment is about RED (blog)
Original item by Endigo Michaels
Just go to the old adage: A friend in need is a friend indeed.
That's enough for anyone in this transient life that contains so
much presumption and draining dependency.
Comment is about Needship (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
My thanks go to Manish, Helene, HM, JE, Hugh, Tom and NA
for "liking" this contribution.
Comment is about THE GOOD SHIP (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks for the additional likes folks
David
Comment is about Thin (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
A true friend like you, stays always... Thanks Nigel🌷
Comment is about Needship (blog)
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Hi Endigo, thanks so much for your comment on The Dark At The End of The Street. Really pleased you got it and enjoyed. 😃
Comment is about Endigo Michaels (poet profile)
Original item by Endigo Michaels
I've seen this played out many times. An astute and well written observation of the way some people operate... nice work!
Comment is about Needship (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Plus- to HM, AS, SG and Hugh...thank you for taking the trouble
to like this contribution. Appreciated.
Comment is about THE SIMPLE LIFE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Sun 28th Jul 2024 16:02
Thanks a lot for the support, Tim, Manish and Hélène. heaven and hell might actually be just states of the mind.
Comment is about Loneliness (blog)
Original item by Oscar Fadlala
Thank you, Helene for your gracious comment. I feel equally honored being called Tom, a slip that I honestly don't mind. 😃
Comment is about Colors (blog)
Original item by Tim Higbee
I join the kudos of Manish & Oscar. Powerful line: "I will not join your crusade to paint the universe simply black or white." Offering a prism with rainbow reflected light to all...I will join a crusade of colors. Thanks for this superb poem, Tom!
Comment is about Colors (blog)
Original item by Tim Higbee
Manish and Oscar, thank so much for your kind words.
Also, a big thank you to those who liked this poem. I appreciate it.
Comment is about Colors (blog)
Original item by Tim Higbee
Awesome writing, Oscar. Poignant exploration of the psyche.
Comment is about Loneliness (blog)
Original item by Oscar Fadlala
Couldn't agree more, Oscar. Well done!
Comment is about Loneliness (blog)
Original item by Oscar Fadlala
Thank you Stephen, your encouragement is much appreciated.
Comment is about The Wobbly Wobbly Table (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Thanks for likes: Hugh, Hélène, Oscar & Endigo 👍
Comment is about Yesterday Forever (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
This is very powerful John. The poem gives a voice to your younger self that is honest, charged with emotion and helps explain why you are now a poet.
Comment is about STUTTERER (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Sun 28th Jul 2024 04:53
Sun 28th Jul 2024 04:45
Thanks a lot Manish 🙏🏻
Doing my best.
Comment is about Spaceminded (blog)
Original item by Oscar Fadlala
Thanks very much Ray. I struggle with my identity as a poet, and often find it difficult to take credit for poems, moreso when they're products of that 'flow state' we enter into when we touch the divine. I'm a fully paid-up member of the Imposter Syndrome gang and this was my way of acknowledging that.
Comment is about CALLING #2 (blog)
Original item by Martin Peacock
A colossal summation of a great divide perfectly and searingly described John. What a last line ....
Ray
Comment is about STUTTERER (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
A very imaginative expression of loss of personal control as I see it Martin. Ideas can and do come out of nowhere for me and can be quite perverse when voiced to others, but then this is a creative melting pot so I don't worry too much!
Ray
Comment is about CALLING #2 (blog)
Original item by Martin Peacock
Thank you very much, Tim, Tom and Oscar for your most generous and overwhelming comments, it means a lot to me.
Somehow, music has often made a place in my poems and I'm glad that you all liked it.
And thanks to, Hugh, Stephen G, Holden, Endigo, Steve, Larisa and Lynn for the likes.😊
Comment is about Three Strings Detached (blog)
Original item by Manish
This is a powerful poem, Tim. I like the adamant nature here and the strong statement that you pass to the ones who come up with different opinions or a twisted perspective.
"I will not stop the colors from flowing freely over your fears
For I do not share your prejudice, your blindness or your hate."
Excellent!! Also, this reminded me of a Hindi song that used to be my favourite, makes me want to revisit the album and listen to the song now, thanks to you.😊
Comment is about Colors (blog)
Original item by Tim Higbee
Thanks Stephen, you’re very kind - my friend is an Easyjet pilot & it definitely resonated with his experience. In the olden days when people employed me I used to fly to Brussels for client meetings - the “Smoking Room” there was fully glazed, in a departures concourse. The inmates looked like they were drowning as they puffed, a harrowing and apocalyptic scene!
Comment is about Going Nowhere (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
Thank you for all the likes to Hugh, Aisha Lorisa Holden K.Lynn Helene and Endigo.
I'm having problems still with parting with stuff, and deciding what I can do without and how to profit from some of it if sold Graham. Zen itself brings back a period once treasured !
Nicely put Stephen, and shows an understanding of what I was getting at!
An astute observation Martin - I was aiming at a sort of decreasing cyclical idea of re examination I suppose. I'm afraid a lot of my work is fatalistic. You touched on an aspect I was hoping to come over which is dementia, but I couldn't shape it in directly without breaking the pattern (?) I think it still works with that in mind!
Hi David,
I feel there's a theme developing in your comment of the vulnerability of private dreams and how they can become destroyed by actual experience. Certainly that is a real aspect of life and the curtain separating us from the "invasions" of reality can become threadbare and no longer quite serve. It seems to me that you have a very real grip on the important things now. How we grow can be so painful. We are all teetering on the edge of isolation in various forms!
Thanks too for the compliment.
Ray
Comment is about EMPTY SHELLS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Many thanks Tim & Manish for your kind feedback & comments 😊
Thanks for likes : Larisa, Holden, K Lynn & Auracle 👍
Comment is about Yesterday Forever (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
It's hard to explain stuttering. My elder brother stutters a lot; I do it when I feel unsure such as in a situation with senior people in the organisation. I think it's a lack of self esteem and often stems from the relationship between boys and their father at an early age.
Comment is about STUTTERER (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Congratulations to Graham. This poem is a great read.
Comment is about Harvest time: Graham Sherwood's 'Reap' poem in Lammas anthology (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Fantastic, KJ. Very funny and it reads like a dream.
Comment is about The Wobbly Wobbly Table (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Thank you, Tim. It is strange how lonely one feels once parents have gone, even if they had been very frail and dependent on others for years. A fascinating insight into family and the passing of time.
Comment is about Passing (blog)
Original item by Tim Higbee
Well, that's cheered me up, MC. Have a nice day.
And thanks to Aisha and Steve for your support.
Comment is about Joe (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
I can't praise this too highly, John. It almost moved me to tears.
Comment is about STUTTERER (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
A masterpiece, RA, deep in the bowels of social observation.
Comment is about Going Nowhere (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
Tom, I agree with Tim here. Very beautiful!
Comment is about Yesterday Forever (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
I like the idea of this poem, and particularly the last two lines,
"I long to see the sun once more,
For I am nothing but a mental astronaut."
Keep writing, Oscar Fadlala!💪
Comment is about Spaceminded (blog)
Original item by Oscar Fadlala
Fri 26th Jul 2024 17:02
magnificent work, Manish. I got the feeling that the last string is somehow holding your sanity. but people dont know that music can also be played just with one string. This is ART, keep writing please.
Comment is about Three Strings Detached (blog)
Original item by Manish
Fri 26th Jul 2024 16:41
Thanks Helene - the inspiration came from Robert Service's
book "Why Not Grow Young" (first pub, 1928), which still bears
worthwhile attention nearly a century later.
Comment is about THE SIMPLE LIFE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Believe what suits you. But don't assume the moral high ground
from those you disagree with and use words that are clearly
intended to place them "beyond the pale". That way lies
zealotry.
Comment is about Joe (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Graham Sherwood
Wed 31st Jul 2024 09:31
I have only ever found one way to deal with a bully! And it isn’t to play nice!
Ask them first, tell them second, hit them third!
Comment is about Appeasement (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage