<Deleted User> (32907)
Sat 26th Mar 2022 22:51
Oh well. That should end the war then, Clare!😀😁😍
Comment is about An appeal to Russian mothers on Mothers Day (blog)
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Ursula O'reilly. I think we are meant to flutter our eyelashes and use our feminine wiles!😂
Comment is about An appeal to Russian mothers on Mothers Day (blog)
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<Deleted User> (32907)
Sat 26th Mar 2022 18:03
For God's sake! Is this another attempt to make women responsible for the actions of men? It is NOT the first wish of every woman to be a mother and wife! For fxxx sake, how do you expect them to use their powers to influence their men in a war? Or have you just posted this to inflame an already over focused topic?
READ Claire's response. Brave men and women fighting and surviving this war.. Well said, Clare. I don't intend to waste any more energy on this stupid topic.
Comment is about An appeal to Russian mothers on Mothers Day (blog)
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<Deleted User> (32907)
Sat 26th Mar 2022 17:54
That's so good, Russell. I love the rhythm of the lines, and the words. Just lovely! I really feel hope and lightness in this poem. Beautiful!🎈💗
Comment is about Dance on, little kite, dance on. (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Humour is great and I can state
I'm still laughing at seventy eight! 😄
Comment is about When You're 63! (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Worst dressed poet like, ever.
Comment is about Stephen Sexton, shortlisted, Forward prize for best collection, 2021 (photo)
This is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing such a lovely poem - just what the world needs right now.
Comment is about Dance on, little kite, dance on. (blog)
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You could also ask them to help the 30 000 women on the frontline. 15% of the Ukranian army comprise of women. There are also thousands of women fighting in resisitance groups. Not to mention those who are involved in logistics, and the numerous other roles demanded of them when a country is at war. Well written piece with an interesting thought process. Thanks for sharing.
Comment is about An appeal to Russian mothers on Mothers Day (blog)
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You really must get out of Grimstone once in a while, Kevin.
Comment is about FROM SON TO KANE, FROM KANE TO SON (blog)
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I liked the rhythm of this, though I didn't really understand what it was about.
I'm assuming that they are footballers, or sportsmen of some type.
Comment is about FROM SON TO KANE, FROM KANE TO SON (blog)
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Thank you, Ursula. Your feedback is much appreciated. 😊
Comment is about Six One (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
Sat 26th Mar 2022 02:21
😂
Thank you so much, Pete, I feel unworthy of the praise, but it's truly kind of you! 😊
Comment is about After Eleusis (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
I’ve just read this and really liked it , so came in to post a comment such as ‘ I really like your poetry but I always need a dictionary ‘ but Stephen beat me to it 🤣 I wish I had you vocabulary!
Comment is about After Eleusis (blog)
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Thanks so much John, Rudyard, Aviv, Holden and Russell for your likes.
Greg, agreed!
Thanks a lot Martin.
Haha Stephen, wow.
They do make uneasy bedfellows Stephen A.
Love that John, self evident I know but still made me chortle. I did post this on facebook!
Ray
Comment is about SEWER CONVERSION (blog)
Original item by ray pool
How depressing that history SHOULD keep on repeating itself and that we can't just learn.
Nice article Julian.
Comment is about Remembering Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet and painter, with immersive exhibition (article)
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<Deleted User> (32907)
Fri 25th Mar 2022 18:03
That's lovely, Emer. You painted a vivid picture in words, a moment caught in time. Excellent!👍
Comment is about Six One (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
Ah thanks Stephen, really appreciate that. 😃 This is the trajectory of all poetry reading evenings, right?!
Comment is about One Last Affair (blog)
Original item by Tom
Soon by 63 myself, hoping this is written with humour not truth
Comment is about When You're 63! (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
I’m not looking forwards to being 63, Mike. I’m afraid I’m looking backwards at it!
Comment is about When You're 63! (blog)
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Thanks for your kind thoughts, Stephen and John and for the Like, Pardonable Eternity.
Comment is about FROM SON TO KANE, FROM KANE TO SON (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Top class, John, just like the players you describe! 😀
Comment is about FROM SON TO KANE, FROM KANE TO SON (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A sad, beautiful piece.The loss of a pet and the grief it engenders is so well described here.
Comment is about Gus (blog)
Original item by Kelly Chang
Thank you, John C and John B, and thanks to Nigel, Brenda and Jimakos for the likes.
Comment is about Memories (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
A tour de force, John.
Comment is about FROM SON TO KANE, FROM KANE TO SON (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks, Julie, for your fine poem, although I agree with Greg that Covid may still have a sting in its tail.
Comment is about The Tale Of Covid 19 (repost) (blog)
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I happily take all seats offered these days, Mike.
Comment is about When You're 63! (blog)
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Sissar a suckhole ~
Comment is about Lemn Sissay and Grace Nichols receive royal awards (article)
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Sissar a suckhole ~
Comment is about Lemn Sissay and Grace Nichols receive royal awards (article)
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sissay = traitor
Comment is about Lemn Sissay and Grace Nichols receive royal awards (article)
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<Deleted User> (32907)
Thu 24th Mar 2022 23:44
Well written, Clare. Every single person on this planet is responsible for their own actions, good or bad. However, there are none so blind as those who refuse to see. I don't waste energy on folk who will always blame someone else, regardless of how many people they may hurt or offend.
The truth will catch up with them sometime. Karma is a powerful thing,
Blessings!
Comment is about I Am To Blame (blog)
Original item by Clare
Armatige's first stanza is all about his being a poet.
Comment is about 'False news is news with the pity edited out': Simon Armitage's poem about the war in Ukraine (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Indeed K, unless otherwise stated all images are of my own volition.
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
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Thanks Keith for your comments on 'Wheeled luggage.
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
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cheers Brenda your like that contains "context"😌
Comment is about Brenda Wells (poet profile)
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Must have missed this, Tom. Book me in the next time you go to one of these poetry events! 😄. Superb as always
Comment is about One Last Affair (blog)
Original item by Tom
A nicely constructed, beautifully
written piece. 🌷
Comment is about Gus (blog)
Original item by Kelly Chang
😄 Nice one Mike...if a bit too familiar 😪
Comment is about When You're 63! (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
<Deleted User> (32907)
Thu 24th Mar 2022 19:34
Oh...That's just beautiful, Brenda. Love it. 💗Blessings!
Comment is about The Ferryman (blog)
Original item by Brenda Wells
Motivational and Inspirational...wonderful thoughts :)
Comment is about Be what you are (blog)
Original item by Ghazala lari
I'm grateful for the level-headed responses seen here.
There are historical references; a couple mentioned previously,
plus of course, a certain Imelda Marcos and Marie "Let them
eat cake" Antoinette. It has been held as a truth that women
provide a restraining civilising influence on men and this was in
mind when I began considering the theme of my poem. in the
context of this Russian president's behaviour.
Comment is about PUTIN'S WOMEN (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Ah thank you Nicola! Your comment brightened my morning. And thanks Jordyn for the extra like too 😀
Comment is about One Last Affair (blog)
Original item by Tom
A masterly summary of where we are, Julie, and all those things that happened in between. But I fear that we're not quite at the end yet ... seems to me it's rife out there right now https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/23/nhs-under-pressure-from-new-covid-wave-across-england-says-chris-whitty
Comment is about The Tale Of Covid 19 (repost) (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Good though they are, I think neither is quite as effective without the other, Greg. Although, having said that, we made it to the CL Final a couple of years ago without Kane.
Comment is about FROM SON TO KANE, FROM KANE TO SON (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Great start to yourWOL adventure
Comment is about Karori morning (draft) (blog)
Original item by Kelly Chang
Thanks for your very detailed response to the concerns raised, Jed. You have obviously thought long and hard about all this. I apologise if my own response was intemperate. It's just that when you realise we have another fascist, genocidal dictator on the loose in Europe, it's hard to keep passions in check. Russia's war hero status is well and truly over. For the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45, read Putin's Great Genocidal War of 2022 ...
Comment is about I'd rather it be a hundred times worse than have Russia win than have Russia win (blog)
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As usual, Ghazala, you express a wonderfully positive philosophy! 😊
Comment is about Be what you are (blog)
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Telboy
Sat 26th Mar 2022 23:10
Hugh, if only the women you speak of had the power. Truth is, many women only have power that men allow them and it is taken away when men choose. I realise this may be unpalatable to some, but this is my belief.
Comment is about An appeal to Russian mothers on Mothers Day (blog)
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