Many thanks Tim - for your kind comment 😊
Thanks for likes - Auracle, Holden & Stephen 👍

Comment is about Photographs and Memories (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Nature's great beauty counters humanities frequent ugliness, this is something I have taken comfort in for a long time now.

I know I am damaged in part, but also in part healed.

The above poem is a moment that I experienced which tore me down to my boot laces...there are frequently such moments of which I am glad.

Thank you for your comment, and for the likes Helene and Tom.

David

Comment is about A thousand faces (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Never looked into the T-shirt business. but hey, maybe I have a nack for it! Bumper stickers too!

Thanks Manish,Tim, M.C., and all the likers out there for help keeping the Spirits up (M.C. inspired)!😁

Comment is about Rockin' on the front porch (blog)

Original item by New Shoes

Thank you so much, Tim, for your thoughtful comment, I really appreciate it! 😊

Comment is about Mellifluous Madmen (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Walk tall and carry a big stick my boy! 👍

Comment is about Club Life (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

You need to find that thinking cap Tim-asap! 👍

Comment is about Little Scraps of Paper (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

Short and sharp...and all the more potent for it. Agree with SG about that last line while wondering if "graphic" might have
effectively replaced "graphite".

Comment is about Uncharted (The Cartographer) (blog)

Original item by Lee Campbell

Thanks Aisha for your like on ' Gatecrashed nigh ' 👍

Comment is about Aisha Suleman (poet profile)

Original item by Aisha Suleman

Thank you for your comments, Manish and David.
Thank you, Leon, Helene and Tom for your likes.

Comment is about Winds of Change (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

It is a sorrowful but honest truth that we try to disguise or simply choose to ignore.
Good message, Holden

Comment is about Mellifluous Madmen (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Such a lovely tribute to love, Tom

Comment is about Photographs and Memories (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Hope is a powerful thing. While we wait for the unknown hour, we must keep it alive.
I like how you keep the lamp burning.

Comment is about Holding On (blog)

Original item by Hélène

I’ve reaped what
I hadn’t voluntarily sown,

For I was once and forever taken,
And shortly disowned.

Very poignant and expressive, Manish

Comment is about Disowned (blog)

Original item by Manish

Isn't it amazing when and how the mind chooses to reveal certain things. Very thought provoking, David

Comment is about A thousand faces (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

This simple life of belonging & beer
Is all but set to disappear…
Good memories brought back to life.
Thanks, Stephan

Comment is about Club Life (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Thanks Leon for the encouraging comment. Yes, writing poetry helps me keep putting one foot in front of the other. So glad to have this community of poets to share with!

Comment is about Holding On (blog)

Original item by Hélène

Thanks so much Kimberly. I'm glad you enjoyed this one.

Thanks also to Graham, Tom, Wonderer, Stephen, Larisa, Holden, Helene, Manish, Tim and Leon for reading and the 'likes' 😃

Comment is about You Are Here (blog)

Original item by Tom

5 Jul,

Thanks for the recent likes Holden & JCR.


Thanks for the likes Tom and Tim,

David

Comment is about St James of Upper Wield (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Some games are better not played
But in youthful days games are a chase
Well played at times, and destroyed at other times
Choices we make, prices we pay
Some games are better never played

Thanks TIM HIGBEE

Comment is about She's so dangerous 🤪 (blog)

Original item by Watts

Hi Manish, Larisa & Leon 😊 - Thank you so much for your feedback & positive comments. It is much appreciated. 👍

Comment is about Photographs and Memories (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

And I am total agreement with Larisa and Manish-bravo Tom!

Comment is about Photographs and Memories (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Whenever I need a ' hope fix ' Helene I always look for your poems=thank you

Comment is about Holding On (blog)

Original item by Hélène

Very much enjoyed Manish-thank you

Comment is about Disowned (blog)

Original item by Manish

Thanks, David!!!

Comment is about In the Sprawl (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

Brilliant! It was pleasant to read and listen to this poem. Thanks for sharing.
With best wishes,
Larisa

Comment is about Photographs and Memories (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Loved this beautiful poem, Tom. Brilliantly crafted!

Comment is about Photographs and Memories (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

If music be the food of love ❤️ - Play on👍

Comment is about Keys for happiness (blog)

Original item by AccidentalFun

To me, this poem is an invitation to feel deeply and live fearlessly. To put the flowers in the vase and smell the fragrance! Good writing, this poem.

Comment is about No Fragrance of flowers (blog)

Original item by pallavitryingthings

Thank you very much Tim and Graham, this keeps me going.😊
And thanks to all those who liked this.

Comment is about Final Slide (blog)

Original item by Manish

Thank you so much, Manish, your kind comment means a lot! 😊

Comment is about Mellifluous Madmen (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Very nice! I like it. I enjoyed reading your poem. I like your style of writing, Thank you so much for sharing.
With best wishes,
Larisa

Comment is about Keys for happiness (blog)

Original item by AccidentalFun

"There were things there in its darkness that made me weep
But still I pursued its golden ring throwing caution to the wind," are the lines that I resonated with, blindly diving into things is something that I often used to do.
Thank you for this, Tim.
Another gem! 💎

Comment is about Winds of Change (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

"and the fairytale
Lives, for a while,
At least, usurper
Of the breaths of truth..."
Very evocative, Holden. Loved the last stanza, too.

Comment is about Mellifluous Madmen (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Thank you all. Yes, one life to live; and hopefully the next poem will be a good one, always. That's the dream. I write because i have to, it's not a choice. These poems are my children, but i am as much a beadle as a parent, and i give them tough love. First drafts are always failures, at best a guide towards that which is yet to come, someday. Ah yes, someday. But will someday ever come? All art is abandoned: there's no such thing as a perfect poem; it is merely the goal towards which i drive them.

Comment is about CALLING #1 (blog)

Original item by Martin Peacock

A fine metaphor, glad you found us!

Comment is about Seeing Red (blog)

Original item by JCRuth

The poem is one long ache! .........Heartache! we feel your pain Manish! A hard write.

Comment is about Final Slide (blog)

Original item by Manish

To some, a Damascene experience is the easiest way to erase one's past indiscretions.

Poachers turned Gamekeepers are many!

Sadly today's cancel culture seeks to erase the uncomfortable actions of our forebears.

We all have but one go at life, make of it what you will and live with the consequences

All this of course opined from a safe distance!

Comment is about CALLING #1 (blog)

Original item by Martin Peacock

I really enjoyed this poem. Gives a peaceful feeling, allowing ourselves to relax and be present in the moment.

Comment is about You Are Here (blog)

Original item by Tom

Trying to defeat Defeat.
A very strong statement and summation.

Comment is about From Surviving To Thriving: Baby Steps (blog)

Original item by Auracle

I think the strength of this one is in its simplicity. It draws out the pain that languishes in understanding the outcome. It draws a comparison to the final walk of death row knowing what the outcome will be.
Excellent!

Comment is about Final Slide (blog)

Original item by Manish

Yes,

we must if we are to be truthful and willing, split ourselves wide open for all to see. We must dissect our wasteful past (if it is so) in order that we do not waste what little time we have left.

No tiptoeing around our own egos...smash ourselves against the rocks and spill into the greater ocean.

You'll find few takers here... but plenty willing to pass judgement from a safe distance.

Great writing.

David

Of course one should never return to a lit fuse..no matter how withering it may seem, limp might be a better definition...yes limp would define it rather better.

Still, a wonderful poem from which nothing should be permitted to detract.

David x 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSxZ1KWFSM4

Screw CanCult, disclose everything.

Stunning though predictable, how an arbiter for the practise of cancel culture can later decry its existance, "none so blind" they say...oh hypocrisy.

Keep writing, no matter the herodic hand washing.

Comment is about CALLING #1 (blog)

Original item by Martin Peacock

Love the imagery you've created in this, Leon. An excellent poem.

Comment is about CALLING #1 (blog)

Original item by Martin Peacock

This sounds like a fine and worthy retreat Tim.

The storm builds to a cressendo after which only the calmness of its eye has a say on where it cast's you.

Either to the wild winds, or as in your case the safety found behind walls which you can choose to build with whatever debris you have retained from the storm that made you.

Great idea and imagery.

David.

Comment is about Winds of Change (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

St James of Upper Wield

Comment is about Waloppe.jpg (photo)

Original item by David RL Moore

A tremendous last line, Lee. Well written.

Comment is about Uncharted (The Cartographer) (blog)

Original item by Lee Campbell

A very fine poem, Daryn. The final couplet is particularly powerful. Good writing!

Comment is about A Soldiers Mind (blog)

Original item by Daryn DeMoss

Now with audio...

Comment is about Where Do You Come From? (blog)

Original item by Tom

Thank you Tim, Aisha & Holden.

“History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.”
― James Joyce, Ulysses

Comment is about THE UNWRITTEN (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thanks, Graham, John and MC. In truth, this has to be a silly, shallow poem because it is about silly, shallow people who are posing as the saviours (in a totally unfunded, bankrupting sort of way) of some cherished style of life which no longer exists and probably never did. They force themselves to smile and look cuddly, but nasty bigotry is only just below the surface.

Graham - Yes, when I was in public service the rule was never to apply for a job unless you were pretty certain to get it. Gambling is always a bad idea unless losing is not going to hurt you. I think Macron, with depressing arrogance, made that mistake.

And thanks to Manish, Aisha, Auracle and Holden for liking this.

Comment is about Premier Tour (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Very funny JM. Sort of Carry On Easter spectacular!

Comment is about A Family Easter (blog)

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