As sensible as some of the other precautions we've been taking - or not taking!

Comment is about STAY SAFE (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thank you to everyone who clicked 'Like' for this ordinary song ?

Comment is about The Only Words I Know (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Been loving your poetry over this year Nick! So sorry to hear of your bereavement. Poetry is cathartic isn’t it?

Comment is about Nick Toczek reaches his poetry milestone – a year of daily poems about the Covid-19 pandemic (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you, Moon.girl,? for checking in and your thoughtful comment.

Comment is about Lifeboat (blog)

Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.

There's so much to absorb from this piece. Thank you?

Comment is about Lifeboat (blog)

Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.

There's so much maturity behind these words which only wisdom through experiences can teach. Indeed a wise man who grows through difficult times rises above others with enriching experiences to share with others. Thanks to all the bad people, Experiences and storms that helped you understand the good ones and differentiate between the two and choosing the good and helping bad ones zo grow and improve.

Everything happens for a reason and for a season. What's pre ordained shall come to pass.?

Comment is about Lifeboat (blog)

Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.

There’s always a way out, right.

Comment is about Evolution In Action (blog)

Original item by branwell kent

You go girl! Go and get them!

Comment is about The Storm Before the Calm (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

Thanks for likes - Julie & Greg. Slainte ?☘?

Comment is about St Patrick's Day - Shanty (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Hi M.C. - Its nice to reminisce of times gone by. The drink, the music and the craic. Slainte ?☘?

Comment is about St Patrick's Day - Shanty (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

This is one that I extremely enjoyed crafting

Comment is about It Prowls Around (blog)

Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.

Many thanks, Keith, and thanks to everyone for the likes .

Comment is about Sounds of the Seventies (or 'Those weren't the days') (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

"To Bloom" is great

Comment is about Stephen W Atkinson (poet profile)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Thanks for the likes Holden and Tom

Comment is about Lockdown St Patrick's Day (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

I recall enjoyable St Patrick's Day evenings at my local - run by a couple of brothers with
origins in Galway. The shamrock skilfully "painted" into the foam of a pint of Guinness is a lasting memory. Sadly, the pub is gone and the brothers too. But the good times stay in the mind.

Comment is about St Patrick's Day - Shanty (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

LK - have done so, thanks. Mr Atkins had a noteworthy career of his own.
SG - Absolutely. He was always worth watching and listening to - as well as reading! A polymath like Stephen Fry.

Comment is about THE FIRE OF JOY (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Martin, Stephen A., and MC., thankyou for your comments. Graham, Branwell, Julie, Holden and A Girl, thank you for your likes.

Keith

Comment is about A Changing Landscape (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thank you Stephen, Holden and A girl for the likes.

Thanks to Stephen and Keith for the comments. I based this on a recent radio four item RE a woman who went to visit her mother in a home within the last week or so following restrictions being lifted. The name has been changed and there is some artistic licence in some of this story, but it struck a chord with me
Thanks again for reading

M

Comment is about The door is shut (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

It's unbelievable what he managed to write in just 26 years.

The name "Fanny Brawn" for a muse I find very entertaining for some reason ?

Comment is about Keats in Rome (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you for the kind comments and likes Stephen G and AG. Thank you also for the likes Holden, Aviva, Stephen A and Branwell.

Comment is about Poet Tree (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Makes me want to swim and snorkel. Thank you

Comment is about The Magical Forest (blog)

Original item by Annie Josephine

Thank you so much, Aviva ? I love the dominoes idea!

And thank you Martin, I really appreciate it!

Comment is about Playtime (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Thank you for your comment.
“I am what I am.” The great philosopher Popye.?

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Original item by old shoes

“A hit from the bong moves me along”! Love it!

Comment is about A Part Of You (blog)

Original item by old shoes

Thank you all so much. I specifically didn't mention it, but our friend was a, "She," and not a, "He," and she was a ray of Sunlight in all our lives. We all know someone like this, if we're really lucky, and whether they're male or female, it doesn't matter, they're all precious to us all. She was a close family friend. Thank you all and be sure to cherish them. ❤❤

J. x

Comment is about Goodbye Old Friend (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Nice work, Chris. Good line - "Focus on the flag - not sleeping bags".

Comment is about Pub / Life (blog)

Original item by cbyrne

Full length recording can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/kimray_poet/drowning-in-poetry

Comment is about drowning in poetry (blog)

Original item by kimberly

I often reminisce about those so called halcyon days only to realise, that although chaotic, they were somehow necessary as a catalyst for much needed change. The war years had left us exhausted and drab when suddenly there was this explosion of bizarre behaviour, dress and attitude. Those years have paved the way to a more free society, one which is more inventive and ready to embrace the new and shed the old.

A good poem indeed.
Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Sounds of the Seventies (or 'Those weren't the days') (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

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

Comment is about I, The Universe (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Many thanks for your kind words, Stephen G and Martin. As I mentioned in my earlier comment to Aviva, the title is a poach from the BBC web page.
We certainly hope so, MC and thanks for the Like, Stephen A.

Comment is about SUMMERTIME AND THE LOCKDOWN IS EASING (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

May it be fruitful Julie. Cheers!

Comment is about Poet Tree (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Wow .A very powerful piece Keith. You don't pull any punches here and rightly so. We live in interesting times . it will be even more interesting to see how as society comes to terms with another change of circumstances when the ability to do all the things that we previously took for granted are available once again.

A superb poem Keith

Comment is about A Changing Landscape (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Magnificently said Jason such wonderful words underscored with the repetition of Goodbye old friend in all the right places. A hearfelt tribute indeed.

Comment is about Goodbye Old Friend (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Yes, sorry I was a bit quick off the mark! the fact that I say I am sad is referring to my age, although today I am grateful to be as old as I am as I now have my vaccine to look forward to. Every cloud.?

Comment is about Sounds of the Seventies (or 'Those weren't the days') (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

I am sure you will keep it going for many years, Julie. Power to your pen.

Comment is about Poet Tree (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

But thanks for the comment!?

Comment is about Sounds of the Seventies (or 'Those weren't the days') (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Sorry, Julie. I meant to get my comment in first. I wasn't replying to yours.

Comment is about Sounds of the Seventies (or 'Those weren't the days') (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

As you may have guessed, I am not one of those who thinks everything was better when I was young. I remember a time when racism, homophobia, misogyny and class prejudice ran rampant. Not to mention the terrible food.
Of course, there were many good, nice people around and we all tend to look back through rose-tinted spectacles. And yes, many aspects of modern life are annoying. But I have little nostalgia for my younger days.

Comment is about Sounds of the Seventies (or 'Those weren't the days') (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Sad to say it, but I do remember some of those days. Thank you

Comment is about Sounds of the Seventies (or 'Those weren't the days') (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

This poem has a great rhythm and flow to it with so few words.
Love it

Comment is about Playtime (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Thank you for the likes, Stephen G, Hugh, Aviva, Holden, Nigel and MC. I promise I will be brave.

Comment is about My Vaccination (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

This is the poet putting himself in the place of one who is disorientated and filled with anguish. A clever piece of writing which fills the reader with a certain dread of old age and the last days and hours of life. It conjures up many images and thoughts.
Martin, this is poetry of a high standard where empathy is evoked and sympathy drawn out.
I salute this poem

Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about The door is shut (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

On the other hand, I don't think the government would be too keen
to hurry into endorsement of a drug that would place it in an even
worse light. The figures for the alleged blood clots are very low,
not least compared with clots caused by other means per annum.
As for yours truly, I too had this injection but I also take a medication
prescribed to prevent clotting anyway so I think I'm about as
covered as I can be, with probably more chance of being hit by a
low-flying seagull from the Thames!

Comment is about SUMMERTIME AND THE LOCKDOWN IS EASING (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Glad to see this. Clive James was an underrated poet and also a very funny man.

Comment is about THE FIRE OF JOY (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

A stunning poem.

Comment is about The door is shut (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

That's exactly how my days go. I especially like that the poem seems dark without the title, but with the title in consideration it lightens and uplifts it, and provides the solution to the problem.

Although the poem does not need it and is perfect as it is, the analogy could extend to dominoes too.

Comment is about Playtime (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Very good one, John.

Comment is about SUMMERTIME AND THE LOCKDOWN IS EASING (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Go onto youtube. Worth a listen.

Comment is about THE FIRE OF JOY (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

LK - thanks for the question. Only insofar that he has been mentioned with reference to the author's songwriting interest.

Comment is about THE FIRE OF JOY (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Another great write. I love the way you write?

Comment is about She was a Phoenix and He was a Vampire (blog)

Original item by David Lindsay