Glad you enjoyed the Poem Stephen and Tony. ? Hope you both have a lovely Monday. Best wishes, Rasa
Comment is about Tinder Tango (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
Thanks SG. Well, you have to find a reason to laugh these days, don't you? I was having fun trying for "nearly" with certain UK
newspapers and magazines and their various editorial "leanings".
Appreciation also for the "likes".
Comment is about NOVEL (def. of new kind...strange) (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Added the link to a fundraising page I found after writing this. Thanks for the like Stephen G.
Comment is about Worldwide Vaccination (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for commenting Adam ?
Since you say that it does make me ponder to think about what might be added and how it might be done, the title certainly allows for quite a few extra threads to be woven in. One of the features of this poem is the sharpness of what is said, another is the smoothness of what is not being said - I am not sure I have the skill to extend the poem well (thank you for having the confidence that I could). Anyway, if I ever do, I shall certainly repost it here.
Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about Cabaret (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
My thanks to everyone who liked this poem. All war is such a waste; your enemy could soon be your friend and, in fact, always was.
Comment is about Enemy Losses (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Very funny. What about "I overslept" - The Idler?
Comment is about NOVEL (def. of new kind...strange) (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I think you made the right choice, Rasa! I enjoyed this - original and funny.
Comment is about Tinder Tango (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
I'm not afraid of my own shadow, but perhaps you should be if you see it creeping up on you. ?
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
I don't know which i like best but maybe this one as i feel im alone in the world. This is something i needed thank u once again
Comment is about You are not alone. (blog)
Original item by Insta: bullthemessenger_94
It feels as if the first four lines here are the start of a much longer poem and an excellent poem I believe it will be.
Comment is about Cabaret (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Wow that's beautiful. Speaks volumes to me and my mental health struggles. Thank u so much for writing and posting and for caring most importantly. God Bless?
Comment is about Wish You Well -Mental Health Awareness (blog)
Original item by Insta: bullthemessenger_94
Thank you all for the likes and the lovely comment Keith.
Comment is about Golden Glow (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about Torch (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Balance? Now that's a word that means much in life yet has somehow been put to the back of many minds in an age in
which egregious extremes obtain too much attention - often of the
less productive positive sort.
Good sense is found in these lines..
Comment is about Teeter Totter (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Good point...good question!
Comment is about SMILING DOWN UPON YOU (blog)
Original item by Joe Marcello
The painting is so appropriate for this lovely poem.
Thank you,
Keith
Comment is about Golden Glow (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
interesting poem. If I may put two and two together, I would say your soul longs to comfort the unrest in others. This can be a hard place to be in.
Peace
Comment is about Stranger in the Crowd. (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth
I think the most powerful line Is "This crystal clear remedy recovers lost innocence" The power of forgiving ourselves and others is key in letting go. Once you let go, you are free, innocence to our heart is returned. This is where you see the miraculous. If you master the art of letting go, you will forever stand in the holiest of places, the now.
Great Poem, as always.
Peace
Comment is about Heart of the Forest (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth
Two of the best times to be present
Comment is about Heavenly atmosphere (blog)
Original item by Ghazala lari
To be the fulcrum is to carry the load of others. That's a lot of weight on a singular point. know doubt that the shifting pressure can bare stressful loads and ware upon the pivotal point. If understanding our position, in the gravity of the situation and remove just that, the gravity, we would be out of this world. That would be totally righteous!!!
Peace!!
Comment is about Teeter Totter (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thank you Keith. I wrote this in 2007
Yes, I noticed that nuance too.
Comment is about Killing Fields (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
I am so glad that you, dear Keith, took strength from this poem about a poet who evaded his essential nature
Comment is about Gérard Manley Hopkins SJ (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I seldom burst out laughing at the end of reading a poem but this one did the trick.
Well said and hilariously funny
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about Nevermind (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
John,
You have excelled yourself with this poem. I am familiar with Gerard Manley Hopkins as I once attended a course on the subject of Spiritual Direction and the Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola. Manley would have been well acquainted with the exercises. Your poem made me smile as you challenge Jesuit theology with the reality of creation and temptation, raising questions as to whether God would be pleased with abstinence and constant repentance in His world where such beauty is naturally alluring and tempting. A poem to challenge orthodoxy but a serious question as to why we should deny God's gifts in order to somehow please him.
I took some strength from this poem and thank you for it
Keith
Comment is about Gérard Manley Hopkins SJ (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
John,
Another poem, the quality of which takes the reader to be alongside the writer, to almost feel and share what is being said and experienced. Your use of the language, the depiction of scenes and such tender moments of intimacy seem to blend into a powerful part of personal history. The poem took me there. It was very cold.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about The Unsaid (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Tom,
Thank you for your comment on my recent poem "An Outlook"; for taking the time to read it and giving it a like.
I am curious about your profile, especially the last paragraph of your biography where you deal with the writing of poetry, the tools used and where the ideas for poems spring from. As someone advanced in age I still write my poems in long hand using a fountain pen. This is not because of some attachment to days past, but I believe that hand writing flows from the mind of the writer along the arm and into the hand. It is as if a connection exists which I do not experience when using a key board. Inspiration for my poetry is drawn from a number of sources often determined by subjects which interest me, such as spiritualty and the realm of the natural world and man's place in it. A spoken word, a piece of music, something I read, a passing thought or an observation triggers a response which ferments in my mind and invariably I am able to form words to express myself on paper.
Poetry is so highly subjective that it is impossible to explain only express what the writer wants to say. This is how I write. Whether I am a good poet must rest with the opinions of those who read my work and then I seek and appreciate their comments.
Hope this throws some light on your questions.
Keith
Comment is about Tom (poet profile)
Original item by Tom
A poem from my new book, Birder in the Bushveld. It’s a collection of nature themed poems inspired by three trips to South Africa I’ve made during my life, displayed over colour photographs my partner Robbie took while we were travelling. I’m running a launch week presently, so it’s available at a £5 discount until Sunday from my website Birdbard.weebly.com or you could buy it on Amazon for a little more. Trust me, it’s good!
Comment is about Kudu kudu (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Thanks, Stephen
And thanks for the Like, Tim.
Comment is about LOVE ME TANDOOR - Elvis Night at the Raj Poot (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you also to Your Royal Poetess for your like
Keith
Comment is about An Outlook (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thank you to Aviva, Luis, JD Bardo, MC., and Tom Harding for their interesting and thought provoking comments. Also thank you to Stephen A and Stephen G for their likes.
I never thought that this poem would initiate such an interesting response as I wrote it in a muse one recent afternoon as I pondered on my significance in relation to the world about me. I would like to clear some misunderstanding which has occurred about God who appears toward the end of the poem in which I quote from the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament of the Bible. The words "only a fool in his heart will say there is no God" is taken from Psalm 53, vs 1 - 3. The author is presumably David who is credited with being the author of the Book of Psalms. In the last two lines I write that I am not God but stand in his shadow. It is in these lines that I acknowledge my personal belief in God.
Thank you again for taking the time to read and comment on this poem.
Keith
Comment is about An Outlook (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Elvis impersonators get everywhere. I was reaching for a glass of water by the end, so it had the desired effect. Hope the Tandoor really was tender.
Comment is about LOVE ME TANDOOR - Elvis Night at the Raj Poot (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you Clyde, Stephen, & Kimberly for the much appreciated & encouraging comments ?and for all the Likes! ?
Comment is about Do We Do Nothing? (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
May I say that your poetry and sketches compliment each other. A
talented combination.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about Tom Harding (poet profile)
Original item by Tom Harding
Beautifully descriptive.
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about Casteraways (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
An intriguing and well crafted poem to keep the reader on his toes. The final stanza is a comforting end to what otherwise would be almost apocalyptic.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Killing Fields (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
I’ve not seen “A Walk in the Woods” but I’ve read it, along with almost everything he’s written. He is an example to any of us who try to write; he can make ANY subject interesting.
If you wanted to pick up on my reference to “Little Dribbling” I would start with “Notes from a Small Island”, his first impressions of coming to Britain many years ago.
And thanks for the Likes, Aviva and Holden.
Comment is about LOVE ME TANDOOR - Elvis Night at the Raj Poot (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Enjoyed this Keith.
I have a different philosphy to you but I enjoy people's takes on the existential questions.
Disbelievers can have similar feelings of powerlessness and humility in the face of the universe equally. Humanity has only be around for a glimpse of time in comparison to the age of the earth and the universe. If we were to disappear tomorrow it would all carry on and the bees and other animals would have a much easier time of it.
Neuroscience has done much to dispel the notion that we have free will in the manner we perceive we do. I think we're powerless in much broader ways than we can ever comprehend or accept.
Thanks for the thought provoking poem though.
Comment is about An Outlook (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
I hope you spend more time in Tip Top condition than in Tip-Toe condition.
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
Be ready to change what you can and accept what you can't.
This applies to the human condition, whether on a personal basis
or in the general sense. We own the vessel and it is down to us
what direction it takes and what variations we can make to its
design and purpose within our power to the achieve the journey.
As for the choice of what constitutes the word "God" - take your pick! It might be said
(hedging one's bets!) that only a fool would accept the existence of "God" - and only a fool would deny the existence of "God". It's such a flexible word.
Comment is about An Outlook (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Hot stuff coming up!!
As a US civil war soldier might not have said about the original original (meant twice): Aura Lee.
Inspiration comes from many sources and the reference to Bill
Bryson and his book was intriguing insofar that I was watching the
film version on Ch. 4 last evening of his "A Walk In The Woods"
and have only just got off Amazon after ordering the print copy for
welcome bedtime reading. Some coincidences deserve commenting on and this is one of them.
Comment is about LOVE ME TANDOOR - Elvis Night at the Raj Poot (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you for your comment Keith. ?
I also know and have used the expression of being (or being at risk of being) up a creek without a paddle. Usually for an unpleasant and risky situation that will be without an easy means to get out of, but I can see how it could be used for isolating and confusing situations too.
Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about Up A Tree (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
John Coopey
Mon 26th Apr 2021 00:01
I enjoyed this, Stephen. Quite the reverse of Alex Glasgow's "As Soon As This Pub Closes".
Comment is about Revolution (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage