<Deleted User> (31922)
Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:39
Thanks for responding. All well here, where I reside. Which moon man are you talking about? A man with tail? Hehehe?
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
Aviva,
I like the choice of the title, it goes along so well with the positive and up-beat message in this poem. Enjoyed. J.D.
Comment is about Genesis (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
I really like this one.
My mother has Alzheimer's, and it could well have been written about her.
Comment is about The Withered Vine (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
I've just woke up to a dawn chorus and then read this.
Beautiful.
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about Morning glory (blog)
Original item by Ghazala lari
You should, or may be you shouldn't?
Comment is about Turning the Tide (blog)
Original item by Ferris Ty Taylor
Broken hearts do mend wIth like that broke it first. The cause is the only medicine for a broken heart. Love and compassion heals everything quickly leaving behind neither scars nor any pain ultimately.
May broken hearts heal with true and honest love from a loyal, trustworthy lover??
Comment is about the red road (blog)
Original item by mona
Good night. Hope you have a sound sleep?
Comment is about Wish me goodnight (blog)
Original item by Nazia Khan
Thank you Moon.girl for commenting ?
Foldable ladders are so convenient and much easier to store and carry about. Or, I could have broken the chairs, and torn the curtains into strips to tie the chair legs together as rungs on a rope ladder and hoped to hook or hoopla the contraption onto or over the window ledge, if only it wasn't for that hungry lion.... ?
Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about Wise Counsel? (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Beautiful Brenda. Is that the Dorset Stour?
Comment is about Boats on the Stour (blog)
Original item by Brenda Wells
We'll have to give it a whirl, Kevin. Sounds OK. I don't want Our Gert getting any ideas about drinking anything other than mild.
Thanks Stephen. They say it is meant to be one of the most stressful things in life alongside weddings, bereavements and following Tottenham Hotspur.
And thanks for the Like, Holden.
Comment is about THIS OL' HOUSE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for likes ? - Greg, Julie, Stephen, Holden & Moon.girl ⚽️?
Comment is about Wembley Heroes (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Good luck with the move, John...if the house ever lets you leave ?
I've seen the films...
Comment is about THIS OL' HOUSE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A poem which is forthright and honest dealing with the complexities of human relationships and sexuality. Now it is a topical subject whereas in the past it lay hidden under the carpet of propriety which bred nothing but frustration, infidelity and disappointment. I enjoyed the quality and style of rhyming but above all I salute the integrity of the author
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about LOVE LOST TO LUST (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
Hi John - I am from Tottenham & am old enough to remember the double of 61. They are so inconsistent. Harry Kane will be off soon ☹. I brought my family up in Morecambe & duly followed the local team. Thanks for your comments. T ?
Comment is about Wembley Heroes (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
I know Crofton well.
The Cock and Crown is a nice cheap pub, if you're not too fussy, and don't mind eating slops
Comment is about THIS OL' HOUSE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Respect for the little teams, Tom. I am a Tottenham fan but it's a pretty good bet the Morecambe will win a trophy before we do.
Comment is about Wembley Heroes (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Thank you Moon.girl for adding your words too.
Comment is about "Multitude of Soles" (blog)
Original item by Emeka Collins
<Deleted User> (31922)
Tue 1st Jun 2021 13:21
<Deleted User> (31922)
Tue 1st Jun 2021 13:20
Green flag marks the beginning. A lighthouse throwing light to the darker corners of the world showing the path to success won.?
Comment is about "Multitude of Soles" (blog)
Original item by Emeka Collins
<Deleted User> (31922)
Tue 1st Jun 2021 13:14
Extremely wise. Only if there's a ladder to success available at hand. Else you shall provide the foldable ladder to success, to be used, folded and reused. Heights of success achieved through hard work is sweet, not scary sour.
Well thought indeed. Even I'm not scared of heights.?
Comment is about Wise Counsel? (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
<Deleted User> (31922)
Tue 1st Jun 2021 13:11
May God keep you all safe and protected always...?
Well penned.
Comment is about The Hesitant Poet (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Crofton near Wakey, Kev. Our Gert is making promises that she’ll give me a pass out so I can keep in touch with my worldwide fan base.
And thanks for the Like, Aviva.
Comment is about THIS OL' HOUSE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Where are you flitting to?
I hope that you can still make it to Donny once a month.
Comment is about THIS OL' HOUSE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks Aviva for sharing such a dramatic time in your life and how from this has inspired you to write an emotional love poem.
Comment is about Where Are You Now? (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Well, it’s actually a metaphor, they think to know me when they really don’t. It’s like they don’t see the real me. Thank you for asking
Comment is about worm (blog)
Original item by mona
The Beastly thing got me on my feet and scalp. I was in an awkward position.
Keith
Comment is about Rather hot today (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Mon 31st May 2021 21:54
Thank you for the thoughtful comment, Aviva ?.
I was referring to the idea that one makes a fear-based decision to avoid something they wish to do but find particularly daunting, hence the shame of not even embarking on the voyage.
But I like your more open-ended version, thank you ??.
Comment is about Fine Print (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Mon 31st May 2021 21:44
Awwww, thanks Aviva!
You're Sumpin too!
Comment is about Aviva Rifka Bhandari (poet profile)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Marsha
Mon 31st May 2021 18:40
For the sake of clarity I'll spell it out, I don't like the poem there is nothing new or anything particularly revelatory or striking about it.
It's an old conversation piece you might hear uninteresting fellows bantering back and forth in Pubs and Golf Clubs. It is also very much a diversionary side show utilised by some to avoid accepting the colonial tactic of exploiting human nature, a standard Colonial SOP I would imagine.
I use the term "permitted to speak" to highlight that there are those believing themselves to be righteous who would not permit the expression of unpalatable (to them) opinions, those types have little understanding of exactly what the greater injustice is or how it would ultimately feed further injustice, also they are rarely the ones who suffer because of their naivety.
It's a shame really because this is supposed to be a poetry site, this particular poem has little merit other than to cause division. Maybe that was the authors intent, and maybe that should be one of the purposes of art and poetry.
Like many things it is individual choice that really matters, especially when someone else might wish to obliterate yours.
Comment is about SLAVERY KNAVERY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Superb stuff Keith. Intelligent, melancholic & beautiful ?
Comment is about In Sharp Contrast (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thanks for the likes Holden, Greg, kJ and Aviva, thank you for the kind comments. I use the term “smile out loud” too.
Comment is about Peony Pom-poms (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
This really made me 'smile out loud'
(That's like a laugh out loud, but with just one moment of noise)
I love the connection of these flowers with pom-poms ?
Comment is about Peony Pom-poms (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
As ever.. beautifully descriptive.
Another masterpiece.
Comment is about In Sharp Contrast (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
I'm just not sure about the 'in shame' part: not sure whether it should be a shameful decision and not sure whether those who take that decision do or don't feel shame at the time of choosing, or even at any later time... some do, some don't?
I like a version of this poem where it leaves it open as to what emotions or consequences are associated.
So you lower the sails,
Before the voyage even gets
Its say.
Either way, it is a great poem. Thank you.
Comment is about Fine Print (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Ghazala, I wrote this in reflection of what my addiction has done with my life. I realized that I had feebly built my life on a very unstable foundation. That foundation and what I had built on that foundation needed to come down. I am learning how to lay and build on a new foundation in my journey toward sobriety.
Comment is about all these broken pieces (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Keith,
Thank-you for another masterpiece. This poem says so much to me I wont be able to express it all. For one, this poem made me happy, thinking that good times will come and go like the changing of the seasons. then I was overwhelmed with sadness, realizing that our mortal lives only get one cycle of seasons. Also I like the connection of nature and our lives, and you covered a wide range of wildlife and nature paralleling our complicated lives. Great poem, thanks. J.D.
Comment is about In Sharp Contrast (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
In the cause of freedom of speech, I regret Phillipos's decision
leave WOL. Not least when that freedom is under pressure as
never before when it sits uncomfortably with present attitudes
and expressions of opinion that shout down anything contrary.
The various comments here are welcome in the cause of "voicing" varied views - thank you, one and all..
I was especially intrigued by a remark from "Marsha" who states:
" I don't appreciate the poem so much but it is a voice that should
none the less be permitted to speak." "Permitted"? Hmm.
I am somewhat confused. Is this about the technical merit or
otherwise I employed - or about the content and its intent.
The former is arguable but the latter can hardly be refuted in
the context of what is witnessed or heard all too often now.
Onwards and upwards!
MC
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Comment is about SLAVERY KNAVERY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I have stated this before and I will (with a heavy heart) say it again. 'Most' of the kerfuffles we experience here on WOL appertain to members comments and NOT the actual poems themselves.
Personally I think the MCN poem is quite a balanced statement of (as Leon says) it takes two to tango!
I don't believe it shows Philipos in a good light to bring any other comments about his issues with 'non-locally born' neighbours into the equation. Sorry P.
If comments stuck to the work and not members proclivities, WOL would be a better place and it would then be up to the moderators to review anything untoward.
Comment is about SLAVERY KNAVERY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
But you're really Sumpin
(even if you don't know that most of your poems are sumpin too)
?
Comment is about Nuttin & Sumpin (blog)
Original item by d.knape
A happy, hopeful poem. And maybe your time is now !!
That is how your poem has me feel, somehow...
J.D.
Comment is about In time (blog)
Original item by Ghazala lari
Thank you for the additional likes and for the kind comment Stephen G
Comment is about Woodland Dell (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Keep trying. May it's the last step to success?
Comment is about all these broken pieces (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
I now feel compelled to stick in my twopenneth.
The poem itself was about slavery, and didn't mention race. It could have been set in any time or place. Historically people of all races have been enslaved.
This poem is anti-slavery, and sets about pointing out that the buyers and sellers are equally at fault, and therefore is not racist in any way.
Some of the comments did have a racist undertone, and while I am a supporter of free speech I believe that Greg was right to call them out.
In my opinion there are three levels of racism
1. The person making the comments
2. The people who support the comments
3. The people who hear the comments, and don't call them out.
I hope that I don't fall into any of these categories, and am glad to see others like Greg, seem of the same opinion.
WOL is a great site. And I enjoy most of the postings on here.
Comment is about SLAVERY KNAVERY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
That took a turn for the unexpected, Aviva!
Comment is about Jumping The Gun (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
M.C. Newberry
Wed 2nd Jun 2021 14:12
The photo looks like the equivalent of some pop star's hideaway.
The abiding lesson is that as we grow older, all property becomes
something of a millstone around our necks...not least towards the
end. Keep things simple and free the mind from stress that age
can bring! Here endeth the lesson. (Good luck and many happy years in your chosen new abode).
Comment is about THIS OL' HOUSE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey