Don't worry, John, I was just checking the blogs before settling down to watch the match.

Comment is about MY GOD HOW THE MONEY ROLLS IN! (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A succinct poem which embodies my personal approach to poetry and writing. Well said.
Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about Cogitare (blog)

Original item by Your Royal Poetess

Thank you for your comment Nigel ?

And eventually they are both reborn.

Comment is about Metamorphosis (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thank you for your comment Keith, I am indeed comforted by it.
It even made me laugh, so thanks for that too, ?

Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?

Comment is about Metal - Mania (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thankyou, Stephen.

Comment is about MY GOD HOW THE MONEY ROLLS IN! (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Artwork by: Carlton Murrell ?

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/thinking-carlton-murrell.html

Comment is about Cogitare (blog)

Original item by Your Royal Poetess

Good one, Ray. But do they drive a Renault?

Comment is about NEIGHBOURS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I love this. It takes you straight into the writer's life and hopes. Thank you, Rasa.

Comment is about Shifting lenses (blog)

Original item by Rasa Kabaila

A great piece. Thanks.

Comment is about Flo's Domain (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

A profound poem, Keith. A really good read.

Comment is about A Mask (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Great fun, John. Right on the mark. There's so much mileage to make out of this, admittedly serious, topic. Nice 'n sleazy, sleazy does it etc.

Comment is about MY GOD HOW THE MONEY ROLLS IN! (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

To be honest I don’t think this is a very good effort from SA
But who would want to be handed the job. I think he was frightened of it. Goodness knows what will happen if HRH herself goes too during SA’s tenure. He’ll need a powder!

Comment is about Poet laureate's elegy to Duke of Edinburgh on day of funeral (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I recall that the poster boy of Brylcreem adverts was England Test
Match cricketer and Arsenal player Denis Compton. No girly gel in
his day!! ? I still buy it for its occasionally used reliable means
of keeping my remaining locks in place after a wash. .That dates me but I can live with it.

Comment is about The Night Out (blog)

Original item by David Cooke

Hello there Brian - good to hear from your neck of the woods.
I also recall that you are due another birthday about now - so have a great day. Will there be a big bowl of "Gumbo"?!! ?

Comment is about RACIST? (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thank you for the comments. But are we all "English" because
we happen to be here within England's borders...personal
perspective aside? The term "English" is an official ethnicity and
as such points to shared origins, similarities and characteristics.
It is these I rejoice in and celebrate.

Comment is about RACIST? (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Amen! Despite all the ongoing cancel culture, I am proud of my family history and values - both Southern American and English - and will not bow to re-interpretation of past events. Everyone should celebrate who they are without concerns or expectations of others, and history should be left to history. Keep up the good work Mark!

Comment is about RACIST? (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Aviva,
Please take some comfort in the knowledge that you are not alone. Your symptoms mirror my own with the exception of a suction pad, otherwise I creak and stumble along with the rest of aged humanity.

An enjoyable and humorous poem.
Thank you
Keith

Comment is about Metal - Mania (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

I like your point about airplanes only touching the ground twice.
Smart observation!

Comment is about Aviva Rifka Bhandari (poet profile)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

over 6 feet? wow.
no wonder airplanes are bad for you.
and yes, the bathroom situation is not ideal on an airplane.
and where does it go?
Is that where rain comes from?

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

Original item by keith jeffries

Jimmy Savile was almost revered as a saint in this country. Right up to and after his death not many of us knew, or suspected what he had been up to (with the exception of Jonny Rotten). He was virtually given a state funeral, which was televised, and we all felt a great loss when he went.

He was the exception, in that it was after his death that bad things were said. May he rot in hell.

Comment is about LINE OF DUTY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Ah, shaddappa ya face!
I quite agree with you, Joe. Grandmothers are a hugely under-rated pillar of society.

Comment is about WHATS THE MATTER YOU (blog)

Original item by Joe Marcello

Thanks for the comments and likes Keith, MC, Aviva and Aisha

Comment is about Colin vs Cuthbert (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

I'm English and proud of it (well second to being a proud Yorkshireman), but I regard everybody residing in this country as fellow Englishmen.
To me it doesn't matter what the colour of their skin, what is their first language, or even their place of birth. If they have chosen to make this their home, then like me they are English.

"Roots of centuries in the blood" I can trace my lineage back to the sixteen hundreds, and accepting tentative links back to the Norman conquest. But I don't think that that makes me any more English than a third, second or even first generation immigrant.

Like you. I'm not a racist.

Comment is about RACIST? (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Wow, can certainly relate to this type of scenario from my past, albeit perhaps as a guardian, in the aftermath of it. P

Comment is about Pseudologia Fantastica (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Alas David, none of us look like that glossy haired Lad in your piccy. Lockdown of a year's duration has well seen to that.

Enjoyed the read.

P

Comment is about The Night Out (blog)

Original item by David Cooke

Child ghost dancing
dark dead daisies
see
mad screaming woman
running far away.

Comment is about Metamorphosis (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thank you very much for your kind and thoughtful comments.

Comment is about The Other Victims / 2 People (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

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

Comment is about Metamorphosis (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

It’s the one sure-Fire way to garner popularity, Kev. This is what The Guardian had to say about a well-known charity fundraiser in 2011.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/29/sir-jimmy-savile

Comment is about LINE OF DUTY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Succinct but says it all. MC., I am with you all the way.
Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about RACIST? (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thanks for your thoughts, Greg and MC. What are you doing on here at this time of night, Greg? I thought you’d be watching your boys.
The tune, MC, is of course “My Bonny Lies Over the Ocean” but I’ve always preferred the rugby song version with the marvellously balanced lyric and circular imagery of
“My father sells cheap prophylactics
He punctures the teats with a pin;
My mother grows rich from abortions
My God how the money rolls in”.
And thanks for the Likes, Aisha and Aviva, Holden and Jordyn.

Comment is about MY GOD HOW THE MONEY ROLLS IN! (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Throughout life we present different faces to the world, according to
circumstance or necessity. Why wave a red flag at a bull if you seek
to evade or avoid its animosity?

Comment is about A Mask (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

So much fun, I forgot the original lyric !
Face masks have their uses!

Comment is about MY GOD HOW THE MONEY ROLLS IN! (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Indeed, John. No wonder Hancock felt it was worth hanging on in there.

Comment is about MY GOD HOW THE MONEY ROLLS IN! (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Speak to me
For words are important to hear
Unsaid stories aren't moving easily
Creates ambiguity and confusions
Connections getting weak
Speak, speak, speak.

Just added a few lines, inspired reading your work. Good one.

Comment is about Unspoken (blog)

Original item by Alita Moore

Thank-you to all reading, Thanks for the likes, And I am happy that my poem stirred enough interest for comments. M.C., Keith, and Julie, thank-you. J.D. (a special thanks too you Julie, It is good to be back). J.D.

Comment is about LIFES END (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Keith, I am happy that you wrote, and posted this poem. I have always felt the same way. I certainly can identify with these thoughts!!

Thank-you, J.D. (love it)

Comment is about A Mask (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Kevin,
another gem.
Thanks

Keith

Comment is about Flo's Domain (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

I don't know that every weed is an Herb.
But...certainly they play a part in the
grand scheme of things.

One man's weed
is another man's flower!
?

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

funny how no-one has a bad word for him now.
maybe Andrew will be the next one to do us all a favour.
that'd mek interesting watching

Comment is about LINE OF DUTY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you for your comment Nigel ?
Yes, the future was brighter than I imagined.

I stayed still,
But the whole world moved
And soon I was in a different place.


Thanks also to all those who have clicked 'Like' ?

Comment is about One With Nothing (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Inside your heart
poetry lives on
future writes only
away from darkness.

Comment is about One With Nothing (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

I suspect that I know too, but who knows for sure. Thanks for the read and response Keith.

Comment is about old men and the bamboo house (blog)

Original item by Clyde McCulley

A brief and unexpected encounter so perfectly described as to enable the reader to imagine the scene but also to ponder why these two old men lived together in isolation. I think I know why.

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about old men and the bamboo house (blog)

Original item by Clyde McCulley

After competitive cooking came sewing, needlework and pottery. How long before there’s doing the dishes and scrubbing the floor. And why on earth do women not find these programmes offensive?

Comment is about LINE OF DUTY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

yes, I agree. Thanks for liking and critiquing it.

Comment is about black clouds a'comin (blog)

Original item by Clyde McCulley

Sleep can be a mixed blessing. We all have our experiences of
its effects through the extraordinary ongoing activity of the brain conjuring up various images, some often pretty frightening, that
accompany our night hours and can remain vivid even after we
wake up. The reassuring part is that at least it provides us with
physical rejuvenation to get us by day by day. Much study has been applied to dreams. A notable case I read about concerned
a famous British classical music composer who lost his brother in
WW1, a conflict in which he himself had participated. For years
he suffered horrible dreams and eventually found that by diverting
his mind into music as a memento of his dead brother, he was
"freed" from the anguish of his nighttime torments. Almost as if
the brain had accepted his activity as a cure for what it had been
suffering for so long. No wonder the brain remains a fascinating
subject for medical science and that we still know so little of how
and why it works. Peace of mind: now THAT is something you
can't put a price on!

Comment is about COUNTING SHEEP (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

The Age of Mediocrity has been with us for a while now, with its
army of easy-life disciples who resent being deprived of their
daily bowl of media pap. How was this multitude of moans anything
but an indication of the non-industrious in non-productive action?

Comment is about LINE OF DUTY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A vivid vignette of facing nature's threat in a land that sees its share
of such things, especially across those vast open spaces between
the mountains where distance sees land and sky appear to
conflict and do battle with each other.

Comment is about black clouds a'comin (blog)

Original item by Clyde McCulley

It appears that M&S believe that Aldi want to have their cake and
sell it too! ?

Comment is about Colin vs Cuthbert (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan