Thanks to Nigel, New Shoes, Keith, Julie, Holden and Your Royal Poetess to the likes. Very much appreciated.
Comment is about These Drawings (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
England have a fine bunch of players and a good manager, as Greg says. It should be a great match. May the best team win.
Comment is about Come On England (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thank you for all the likes folks.
Comment is about Mellow Yellow (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
I have been a football fan for most of my life. A fan of the country I live in? Not so much recently. Of course, I will be cheering England on like everyone else on Sunday, because England have a team and a manager to be proud of.
Comment is about Come On England (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for the likes and comments. No controversy intended, it’s only football ?
Comment is about Come On England (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Oh heaven forbid anyone feeling good about being English!
The hooligan element exists everywhere, sad to say.
Comment is about Come On England (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
And let's just hope not too many foreigners get beaten up afterwards, whether in celebration or mere revenge
Comment is about Come On England (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
In 1966 I was walking down Union Street in Torquay and was
witness to the wild cheer and flying hats (they wore them then!)
at the display window of the Radio Rentals shop that signified
the scoring of the winning England goal on that memorable day.
One of those occasions that linger in the memory. Like Ken
Wolstenholme's commentary:
"They think it's all over. it is now."
Comment is about Come On England (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for the further comments on my profile page.
One point - the book cover you refer to ("Poetry to Please") is,
in fact, a CD cover and uses a photograph taken by me in the
delightful riverside town of Dartmouth in South Devon, UK.
Some of the tracks from the CD can be heard in the audio section
of my profile.
By the way, an Aussie local "country music" radio station in
Victoria has played some of my songs. Hats off to Trudy Burke
in St. Albans!!
Comment is about Rasa Kabaila (poet profile)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
Sat 10th Jul 2021 12:37
A dark poem
black as Buzzards-
Survival
of the fittest.
Comment is about Pecking Order (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Together we stand no matter what.
Comment is about Come On England (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Your poem reminded me of finding the wild strawberries when I was a kid.
Thanks!
Comment is about The Wild Strawberry Plant (blog)
Original item by Brenda Wells
Thanks for stopping by my profile Tony. I'm glad you enjoyed 'Tinder Tango'!
Can you tell me more about the inspiration behind 'Linen'? I love your words—somewhat cryptic and still expressive.
Your doggy is gorgeous. Rescue dog I hear? Aren't you a blessing.
Have a wonderful day.
Best wishes,
Rasa
Comment is about Tony Hill (poet profile)
Original item by Tony Hill
Thank you M.C Newberry for stopping by my profile and for your kind and encouraging words. You also seem like a very gifted, sensitive and generous individual. Keep writing, and diving in to every moment—for whatever it brings.
P.S—I love the cover of your poetry book 'Poetry to Please'. Just divine!
Warm wishes,
Rasa
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
As I recall all numbers resolve to 9. Any mathematical problem's answers resolve to 9. +3 sets of 3 holds a sustainable structure in relationship and form giving it the ability to acknowledge itself by looking in the mirror. at least that's what I remember when I invented it.
Good to meet the acquaintance of a fellow 9er
Peace
Comment is about nine (blog)
Original item by Jacob Germain
Thank you Holden! Your continued support means the world to me.
Non est ad astra mollis e terris via. Seneca
Comment is about passing clouds (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
only when rejoicing birth
your soul will come alive.
Comment is about Shinigami 死神 (blog)
Original item by Your Royal Poetess
Don’t make me laugh, Stephen. I’ve got a cracked lip.
Comment is about TUFFEES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you for your like and comment on my poem, was a pleasure to catch up with yours!
Comment is about Ferris Ty Taylor (poet profile)
Original item by Ferris Ty Taylor
Thanks Ray, for the comment, and thanks to Jordyn, Stephen G,
Abdul, Aisha, Aviva, Holden and Pete for the likes. It still makes me laugh when I remember his delight at the sport.
Comment is about Frogging, a new sport (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
So very apt, and well thought out!
Jennifer
Comment is about GROWING OLD ALONE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks Elizabeth, Abdul, Holden B renda and M.C. for the likes, and MC for the comment. Unfortunately so many young lives are still being lost in conflicts which will be forgotten again.
Jennifer
Comment is about The Allied Forces War Cemetery - Italy - 25th April 2021 (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
We used to have a tuck shop at school, but now it is just a blur of 'orrible kids stuffing their faces with chocolate. Having said that, there was little evidence of obesity, as most of them were sent three miles each day by their parents to pick up a pint of winkles and a few lumps of coal for the bath.
Comment is about TUFFEES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
This poem melts on the tongue, Brenda. Thank you.
Comment is about The Wild Strawberry Plant (blog)
Original item by Brenda Wells
I like this very much. I love the way it tells a story in ten lines.
Comment is about untitled (blog)
Original item by Jacob Germain
I love this. Provocative and cutting to the deeps.
It is good that you are not air - yes!
It's good that i'm a nettle today
in your cruel hands - yes!
Comment is about Nettle (blog)
Original item by Sanja Atanasovska
DK - thanks for the explanation on my profile page. Got it!
Here in the UK, the process would come under the heading "ward of court".
Comment is about Wife Breaks Silence (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Nods to nostalgia.
In the 1950s, when a £1 represented 240 pence, a choc bar cost
6pence - and you could buy penny chews that seemed to last for ever. If you think that decimalisation brought myths about value, just check the price of a choc bar now. 50pence is low average
from what I can see...when a £1 today represents 100 pence.
Forty choc bars for £1 against -2 today. That seems to equate
to a £400+ weekly salary today to keep up if you use the less than £10 a week
wage guide back then when I moved up to London to start a working life.
PS...JC - I think Lovells was based in Wales - not that far away from
the West Country I knew as a boy. Maybe they supplied a catchment area
that didn't reach your own neck of the woods?
Comment is about TUFFEES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
SG raises an interesting point. But it seems that there is a more
general relaxation in terms of what used to be considered "gamesmanship" on the pitch. Hardly excusable now though,
with the all-seeing eye of the video and multi-angle slo-mo
replays.
Comment is about The striker's fear of the penalty (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Just been catching up on my profile page and wish to thank you
for your kind comment about "Thoughts At Christmas".
You seem to be an exceedingly busy and gifted individual...well done..
MC
Comment is about Rasa Kabaila (poet profile)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
Fri 9th Jul 2021 03:14
A Conservatorship is a legal construct designed for people who
are incapable of handling their own affairs.
The court appoints someone else to handle them for the person
incapacitated. Unfortunately, this process is often abused
and the person loses all their civil rights.
(see Brittany Spears).
Her story has been all over the news here lately.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thank you anonymous soldier - your eloquent testimony speaks volumes. People, generally, do not want to know the hell that soldiers go through whilst serving this country of ours. Your testimony teaches those with the guts to truly listen.
Siegfried Sassoon, another soldier and another poet, told it exactly how it was and still is for British soldiers on active service.
SUICIDE IN THE TRENCHES
I knew a simple soldier boy
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.
In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
No one spoke of him again.
Comment is about The bloody poppy (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
When I used to referee football matches, we were very strict on goalkeepers moving before the kick. It seems now rules permit keepers to do disco dad moves along the line and get away with it. The winning Italian penalty taker was very cool when he scored, though.
Comment is about The striker's fear of the penalty (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
It looks great, Julie. Thanks for the poem.
Comment is about The Buffet Is Now Open (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
MC as per usual can’t do right for doing wrong. Let’s hope they take the huff and find another garden to terrorise! I suppose I am also guilty of being sizeist. Maybe I’ll just leave the door open. ?
Comment is about The Buffet Is Now Open (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Not heard of a Milky Lunch,MC. Well, not since I needed burping.
I used to wonder if shrinking sizes was a myth but simply a function of your hands getting bigger as you get older. But when I see the tins of Quality Street and Celebrations at Christmas I now know I was wrong.
Comment is about TUFFEES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Only 7% of the sought-after sum left to achieve, according to
the latest news. Success beckons!.
Comment is about Campaigners reach £134,000 target for sculpture to mark WB Yeats in England with day to spare (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
JC - the player I referred to described a penalty kick as the easiest
in football...with practice breeding confidence and.confidence producing success under pressure. And he proved it by his own
performances.
Comment is about The striker's fear of the penalty (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
"Conservatorship" is not a word that is familiar to me. It gives
the impression of being an upmarket description for a care home.
I'd sue for breach of promise! ?
Comment is about Wife Breaks Silence (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Stephen Gospage
Sat 10th Jul 2021 17:03
A beautiful story, Rasa.
Comment is about My Boy (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila