what a superb piece of poetry
Love it
Comment is about Swamp Child (blog)
Original item by Emma-Jane Stradling
Very clever John. Love it
Comment is about SUMMERTIME AND THE LOCKDOWN IS EASING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Absolutely love this as much for its sparseness of words as well as the words themselves
Wonderful
Comment is about A simple definition of love (blog)
Original item by Mimosa
I think you are on the right track Hugh. However good male role models are needed to teach every boy youth and man that any form of abuse against women is totally unacceptable.
Thanks for posting this Hugh
Comment is about Nip the bud of violence against women at an early age (blog)
Original item by hugh
Indeed,MC. I have been a vociferous supporter of the vaccination programme but it does seem a bit suspicious that the OAZ’s biggest supporter is our own government, which has much to lose in credibility after its well documented poor handling of the crisis prior to the vacant breakthrough if it transpires there are dangerous side effects. I have a dollop running around inside me so Fingers crossed.
Comment is about SUMMERTIME AND THE LOCKDOWN IS EASING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Fabulous.
Love it
Comment is about She was a Phoenix and He was a Vampire (blog)
Original item by David Lindsay
Testing times
but this
spring clean
must be done.
Comment is about Spring Clean (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
<Deleted User> (29585)
Tue 16th Mar 2021 13:05
True M.C.?
Comment is about Nip the bud of violence against women at an early age (blog)
Original item by hugh
<Deleted User> (29585)
Tue 16th Mar 2021 13:03
I more than agree with this piece?
Comment is about Nip the bud of violence against women at an early age (blog)
Original item by hugh
I started to attempt poetry just after the start of lockdown and I began writing one or two a week. I came across WOL and have been trying to post something every day. I have now posted over 300, I know my writes are not great but the site has been very accepting, welcoming and friendly and given me a new interest. Writing has helped me fill the days in lockdown and provided a great distraction too. I think it will be very interesting to read other peoples poetic diaries and look back on these strange times we have all experienced.
Comment is about 'A poetic Pepysian diary': veteran performer Nick Toczek has written a daily Covid poem during the pandemic (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
There were surely times when children were placed in "the cupboard
beneath the stairs" that used to feature in older buildings. Cruelty
takes many insidious and damaging forms and that against children
is the most pernicious of practices, deserving condign punishment
when discovered.
Comment is about Black Cupboard (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
I always think of the word "ogled" as the vulgar companion to the
word "admired". The overall aim is to be content in one's own skin
and be accepted, but not immune from criticism...that aspect which
can teach us to be aware of our faults and shortcomings.
Comment is about I don't want (blog)
Original item by Ankita Srivastava
A eulogy that could be employed with absolute confidence in any
"service of farewell". Finely wrought, displaying the sort of
caringly considered construction so suited to the subject.
Comment is about Goodbye Old Friend (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
A pleasant change to see some balance brought into the equation
in this "Twits on Twitter" age.
Comment is about 'Bad Apples' (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Let's hope we're not being told any "Porgies" - sorry, porkies - by
George!! ?
Comment is about SUMMERTIME AND THE LOCKDOWN IS EASING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Walking away is the obvious option when males feel provoked - that
being the only reason for reacting in any sense. I guess that married
men might care to discuss this further.
Comment is about Nip the bud of violence against women at an early age (blog)
Original item by hugh
Tue 16th Mar 2021 11:29
even when I'm still
I'm wrong.
?
Comment is about old shoes (poet profile)
Original item by old shoes
Wow
.to use a common word
...ditto
Comment is about Out Of Reach (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth
Hi Aviva, Howdy Hugh
My thanks go to the two of you.
Let’s hope we’re over Covid’s spike
And Thankyou Holden for the Like.
Comment is about SUMMERTIME AND THE LOCKDOWN IS EASING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The vaccine is coming out in a flood,
I hope there's no clotting in my blood!!
Comment is about SUMMERTIME AND THE LOCKDOWN IS EASING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
This is a slightly revised version -- I saw some artifacts I missed from the 2007 version and felt the need to update.
Comment is about Chimera (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
Be still and know that I am Right!
Comment is about The Silent Treatment (blog)
Original item by d.knape
No, every line in it is as good as the first.
Comment is about SUMMERTIME AND THE LOCKDOWN IS EASING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Tue 16th Mar 2021 00:27
Thank you Annie, it means a lot ?
Comment is about What-If Analysis (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
The best line of this is the first line which, I confess, I saw on the BBC website.
Comment is about SUMMERTIME AND THE LOCKDOWN IS EASING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Wow! I can so relate to your poem! I know from past experience how it can take over. “So commences the dissection of thoughts, utterances, deeds, woven into deranged rhapsodies”. ❤
Comment is about What-If Analysis (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
As an amateur ghost hunter your poem delighted me!
Comment is about Evelyn! (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thank you for liking my poem!?
Comment is about branwell kent (poet profile)
Original item by branwell kent
I love the pace of your poem and how it shows that everyone experiences our world differently.
Comment is about The Red Marriage (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you so much for your comment on The Old Dictionary. I am very new to this and you made my day!
Comment is about Stephen Gospage (poet profile)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Full length recording can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/kimray_poet/listen-to-her
Comment is about listen to her (blog)
Original item by kimberly
Thanks for the Likes, Stephen A and Stephen G.
Comment is about LIFE OF PIE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (13740)
Mon 15th Mar 2021 19:43
Self love is hard to find . From one survivor to another . I think we've talked before many times. I too get like this. Its like we are looking for someone to save us through our despair . Wrap yourself up and find the light again x
Comment is about Undercurrent (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
After you gain the solitude you seek
And have a chance to close your eyes
I hope your inner spirit resurfaces
And makes you buoyant again.
Comment is about Undercurrent (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Thank you for your comment and the good wishes Nicola.
I wish you peace of mind and happy times ahead. ?
Thanks also to everyone who clicked 'Like' for this poem. ?
I wish you all peace of mind and happy times ahead too.
Comment is about Spring Clean (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Jason,
The most sincere tribute to a soul loved and cherished. A poem which exudes that sense of loss but also tinged with hope. Also a value placed on his existence and the impression he made on others. It almost brings me to tears to read of such love as one so seldom reads such words which touch the intimacy of the heart and human emotions so perfectly portrayed.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Goodbye Old Friend (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
A Girl
Mon 15th Mar 2021 19:01
A Girl
Mon 15th Mar 2021 19:00
There is sunshine behind those clouds, keep on searching.
AG
Comment is about Cadaver (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Powerful food for thought Keith. And M.C. has said everything else! ?
Comment is about A Changing Landscape (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
And thanks for the ? Nigel, Branwell, Clyde, Holden & Nazia! ?
Comment is about Evelyn! (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
A Girl
Mon 15th Mar 2021 18:30
So beautiful and very moving.
AG
Comment is about Goodbye Old Friend (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
'Fragrant with the spice of time' - beautiful.
Comment is about The Old Dictionary (blog)
Original item by Annie Josephine
Provocative and challenging; much to ponder and, on occasions,
recognise and regret. Not least among those of us who are of a certain vintage and knew a different country to what is seen
today. Odd - how much has improved while so much has been
lost. The balance has not been obtained, and we suffer the
schism of separate social mores and aims - a reality in my adult
lifetime. Politicians are the primary culprits, inflicting their various
degrees of dogma upon the nation when in government...while we
are left to pick up the pieces every time. And it goes from bad to worse. I count myself fortunate indeed to have seen the sunset
that saw the departure of a more valued sort of day. Looking back
I realise that it really was a case of "Goodbye to all that". I'll
remember and be glad to have been around then.
Comment is about A Changing Landscape (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
A quick scout around Twitter will give a more balanced view of this conundrum. It was a shame the BBC couldn't have shown both sides of this sorry mess.
It's a double shame that the 'smack a copper' yobbo brigade hadn't got the sensitivity to give this one a miss!
Comment is about SHEEP ON CLAPHAM COMMON (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I appreciate and respect the points of view expressed. My main
concern is that an illegal event was taking place that was using a
recent tragedy as a vehicle for a "cause" that all right-thinking people. recognise without needing to parade their awareness. NOTE: those
most intimately affected by this personal loss neither attended nor
endorsed this particular collective excuse for emoting. How many
other murders have occurred minus any such activity? I wonder -
and wonder why? Lack of main stream media interest perhaps, that
seizes upon and pursues "the story" according to its own "priorities"
at any given time.
Comment is about SHEEP ON CLAPHAM COMMON (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Let's be thankful that we can retain our memories and indulge our
imagination with its flights of fancy to keep us engaged with life. ?
Comment is about PIPE DREAMS (blog)
Original item by d.knape
<Deleted User> (30611)
Tue 16th Mar 2021 15:04
MC - have you ever come across singer Pete Atkin? Clive James was his lyricist.
Comment is about THE FIRE OF JOY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry