Dunny? what is a Dunny?
I'm from Texas so you have to explain.
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Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

My sentiments entirely - well done. P ?

Comment is about Be Here (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

Thanks Jennifer, -just crawling back again sorry for the delay. I'm afraid Mum's the word on this lady's demise, but I see you are considering options. It's all a bit Hitchcock ain't it?

Ray

Comment is about SENSIBLE SHOES (blog)

Original item by ray pool

We have the canal quite close to us here. There is an exhale about the place, almost a time warp. I had a friend who wrote canal fiction and visiting him to review his books was a delight. This could be the definition of easing Greg! Another world.

Comment is about Easing (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I remember there was a Rowton House in Vauxhall, and a pub called the Elephant and Castle. I really would be lost doing West End gigs now and am grateful for being absent from all that you describe so well and with such anguish. I advise a viewing of Passport to Pimlico for a good wave of nostalgia and British spirit.

Ray

Comment is about Vauxhall (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

To be close to water is refreshment for the soul Greg. All life can be on a canal! The lungs of town and country . You paint an alluring picture, I'm thinking of a prequel to Three Men in a Canoe.

Ray

Comment is about Easing (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

There've been times, when I was so embarrassed at the bloody thing going off I would happily have dropped it down the dunny.

Comment is about University Of Stupidity (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Jumping with joy
not a care
in the world.

Comment is about Come Dine At Mine (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thank you for the additional likes and for the kind comment Stephen G.

Comment is about Escape Room (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

And rabbits, Stephen. And thanks for the Like, Kevin. Shouldn’t be too long before we’re boring them to death at WellSpoken again.

Comment is about THE GARDEN (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A tragic story and a very brave man. You can kill the poet, but you can't kill his poetry.

Comment is about Myanmar poet dies in detention after interrogation (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks to everyone who liked this poem. It is an abstract work, and probably dishonest, because things do matter, even if we don't want them to. Still, it's nice to suspend belief for a minute or two.

Comment is about What Matters (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Never mind, John. Dandelions and nettles are all the rage among Green party voters

Comment is about THE GARDEN (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Great rhythm, Trevor.

Comment is about Perseverance (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

This is breathtaking - real poetry.

Comment is about The hands of my birches (blog)

Original item by Sanja Atanasovska

This is a brave poem and it's good that you can express this so convincingly. I could not delve deep into such matters.

Comment is about Deadlock (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

I echo Keith's words. I loved this poem.

Comment is about An island of silence (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Yes, I often wonder what goes through the mind of self reflecting recidivists especially those who lack family guidance in choosing a preferred course.

Many are the reasons for frequent transgressions.

Certainly something for us luckier ones to reflect upon.

Thanks for the blog and the prompt.

P

Comment is about Bars (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

I love the title and its link to the last line. And the rest, of course!

Comment is about Escape Room (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Nazia, Aviva, thank you bother very much for your comments, I really enjoyed that one as it combines so many things for me and I never knew Bunyan wrote my school hymn, even if his words were changed later by Dearing. ?

Thank you also to those of you that liked this one.

Comment is about John Bunyan's Shed (blog)

Original item by Graham Parker and his musings

Really like the opening line. Tony

Comment is about The hands of my birches (blog)

Original item by Sanja Atanasovska

I really like how you have combined two beautiful languages and gave it a meaningful feeling to it.

Comment is about Conditional Love (blog)

Original item by Blue Raven

Awash with achievement!

Comment is about University Of Stupidity (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Manana, Trevor. Always Manana.

Comment is about Perseverance (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Thanks for the Likes, Greg, Aviva, Holden, Nazia, Stephanie and Julie.

Comment is about THE GARDEN (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I like the way Deadlock starts to focus away from the one and let them think of those who are left to deal with it.

Comment is about Deadlock (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

A friend of mine has lost two phones down the loo. At least your phone and those of my friend will be washed free of fake news. Cheer up I have spurned technology and returned to pen and ink and books with paper pages.

Good poem
Keith

Comment is about University Of Stupidity (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Martin,
This poem is full of imagery and begs questions of us all. I share your feeling of being detached from the world about us. People seem to have withdrawn into their comfort zones and hide behind their self erected barriers. I share what many experience in that we are lost to the world and each other. What has brought this about I wonder? We seem disconnected in some strange way.

An excellent poem and thank you for it.
Keith

Comment is about An island of silence (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Thanks for the likes, Hugh, Aviva and JD. Thanks also for your generous and kind comments JD, thank you for taking the time to look at some of my early posts on WOL. I had a quick look just now and it seems I posted quite a few on my first visit. Can't believe it is nearly my first anniversary of joining.

Comment is about Escape Room (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

I admit to doing the same course a couple of years ago, so annoying. Hope you get sorted soon.

Comment is about University Of Stupidity (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Very nice Julie, I was overcome with peace and serenity when I let the words carry me away. The pic really set the mood. Thanks again for your contributions, love it. P.S. I read some of your old poems from May of 2020 when looking up the first Bluebell Woods poem. Wow, so many poems since then. Thank-you, J.D.

Comment is about Escape Room (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

I can't speak for Kevin, Emma, but when I initially read his words I assumed he was having a go at others, not you! But no one is obliged to comment on any poems. Some have more time to spend on the site than others, we understand that.

Comment is about Infatuation (blog)

Original item by Emma-Jane Stradling

Thank you Nazia, Stephen A, Holden and John for the likes. I wrote this last year and it was probably one of the first poems I posted. I sat down to try to write a new bluebell poem yesterday but I couldn't get this one out of my head.

Comment is about Bluebell Woods (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

War of nature ?

Comment is about Corona-Regime (blog)

Original item by Binte Afroz

Hi. Somehow I missed all the comments on this! Thanks.

Ferris Ty Taylor from what I remember it wasn't about homophobia but there were elements of getting rid of dead wood men but women too.

Comment is about Dead Wood (blog)

Original item by Emma-Jane Stradling

I don't know if Kevin was referring to me not commenting or other people not commenting on my poem? @GregFreeman do you know?

Comment is about Infatuation (blog)

Original item by Emma-Jane Stradling

Thanks Stephen

Comment is about Collapse (blog)

Original item by Lewis O'Brien

Thank you to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem. ?

Comment is about Taken From Me (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

thanks.

Smiley Face

wink.

Comment is about Ghazala lari (poet profile)

Original item by Ghazala lari

have been gone for a few days.

aren't you tired of balancing on one foot?

Comment is about hugh (poet profile)

Original item by hugh

have been gone for a few days.
so...no poetry.

Comment is about Aviva Rifka Bhandari (poet profile)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

A moving and telling testament to the challenges some people face but which beggar belief for those not cursed with these experiences. Thank you for sharing that with us. Appreciated. P ?

Comment is about Our house (blog)

Original item by Sanja Atanasovska

Thanks for the likes, Nazia, Holden, JD and Stephen G also for the kind comment. It was so nice the sun made an appearance to bring a lovely end to the week. Thanks also to Hugh who liked the duplicate post.

Comment is about Tonight’s Walk (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thanks.

Comment is about I am ... (blog)

Original item by Sanja Atanasovska

Thank you for your comment Tom, and for the title suggestion ?

I can see how 'weathered' could apply to time, nature, wind, rain, storm, and pain - but one of the interpretations of 'weathered' can mean 'got through it' whereas the subject of this poem hasn't 'got through it' at all. I hope you don't mind that I can't use this suggestion, I've had so many ideas about the title that I haven't used too ('Last Request', 'Between Gods', 'A Family Affair', 'For Crying Out Loud' - and those are just the one's that got written down then crossed out or recently thought of and rejected)

The reason why Weeping Wounds might work is because 'the not-blood' is tears, weeping wounds also can mean infected (too gross to explain further), and also there's the interpretation where 'wounds' is the verb - weeping (implied: too long) causes damage.
Still, I'm not absolutely sure yet about this title either or that there might not be some better idea ahead...

Thank you also Nigel for your suggestion ?
Although 'Desperate Cure Wanted' is the crux of the meaning, it would deflate the arrival of the word 'cure' when it appears in the poem. - but 'Desperate' or 'Desperate Prayer' might both work.

Comment is about Desperate Prayer (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thanks for your well appreciation Nazia, today's conditions are really very insipid!

Comment is about GONE ARE THE DAYS... (blog)

Original item by DR. MUKUND BHANDARI

Desperate Cure Wanted.

Comment is about Desperate Prayer (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thanks for all your likes
Stephanie S
Aviva
Holden
Stephen G
and
Stephen A.

Comment is about Held Accountable (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Thank you for the likes Greg, Philipos, Tony, Stephen, J.D, Aviva, Holden, Nazia and Stephanie! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read.

And thanks Philipos, it's absolutely a reminiscence. I have a vague memory of trying to write this poem about ten years ago when the feelings were still raw but I couldn't get it to work.

Comment is about The Window Box (blog)

Original item by Tom

Great work Aviva (as always). I love the passion in your writing. Weathered Wounds?

Comment is about Desperate Prayer (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari