❤ thankyou xxx

Comment is about MASQUERADE (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

Thankyou so much for the lovely comments and tulips xxx

Comment is about MAGIC MOON TREE (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

Well written with a special descriptive quality which speaks of a poet with a rich vocabulary and the ability to use it.
Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about The First Stirrings of Spring (blog)

Original item by Brenda Wells

Thanks Stephen G!
'What else does flesh do?' well mine tends to wobble quite a bit at the moment ☺️

Something wobbles
Wobbles the flesh
Food is its king
Whether rotten, or fresh!

Comment is about Something's Creeping... (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Thank you Nigel for your poetic response ?

Thanks M.C for your comment. Pasta is such a comfort food and so versatile.

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

Comment is about Alphabet Soup (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Artwork by:

https://artofmervin.artstation.com/store/art_posters

Comment is about Absolute Zero (blog)

Original item by Your Royal Poetess

Stephen, thank you for your words. Greatly appreciated.

Comment is about someone's forgotten cottage (blog)

Original item by Clyde McCulley

Keith thank you for a great critique. It is really appreciated. Yes, people do need to reread a poem several times to get the impact of what the poet is want to describe.
Thanks

Comment is about someone's forgotten cottage (blog)

Original item by Clyde McCulley

Very sad to read this. Society has to change.

Comment is about Inauguration poet Amanda Gorman 'followed home and accosted by security guard' (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks Nigel and MC for the kind comments and Rose for the like.

Comment is about Beauty is a fickle beast. (blog)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Very true!

Comment is about Limbo (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Fine,effective poem. Makes the flesh creep (p.s. what else does flesh do?).

Comment is about Something's Creeping... (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Apropos the truth - if you're good at anything, you don't need to boast about it. ?

Comment is about Arrogance (blog)

Original item by Aisha Suleman

I endorse KJ's comment.
"Gather thee rosebuds while ye may..." as the poet wrote many centuries ago. On this subject more specifically, I think of the likes of Sophia Loren and Catherine Deneuve as examples of beauty in later years.

Comment is about Beauty is a fickle beast. (blog)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Spaghetti is a good analogy. Appetising enough to start and suck up
a strand to its end, with each leading the appetite towards more! ?

Comment is about Alphabet Soup (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Pardon my convenient way of commenting hk, but as you can see Keith has said it all which I echo.

Very good poem indeed!

Comment is about Sunday, March 7, 2021 12:33 AM (blog)

Original item by hk

This poem, beautifully crafted is open to interpretation as it could apply to so many aspects of life, yet it is a jacket which has become the symbol. It asks questions about value and worth. It speaks of being discarded when no longer of use or value. This cannot be read as merely a poem about a worn out jacket; it is rich in suggestions and causes the reader to ponder deeply.


Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Sunday, March 7, 2021 12:33 AM (blog)

Original item by hk

You’re right, M.C. But before jet aeroplanes were everywhere the noise was mainly birdsong, rushing waters and the wind, which is a much better sort of noise.

Comment is about My name is Silence (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

thanks for your comments on two of my poems.
I hope I did not put you through too much.

who is that You behind that bush?

Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Youth is fun
when getting older
it means more
that's all.

Comment is about Beauty is a fickle beast. (blog)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Hunger strikes
curling words
twisting round
your mind
poetry simmering.

Comment is about Alphabet Soup (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thanks for your likes
Aviva
Jennifer
Stephen A
Julie
Jordyn
and
Deb.

Comment is about Set Your Sights then go for The Kill (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Thanks Stephen instead of a turn on it becomes a switch off.

Comment is about Set Your Sights then go for The Kill (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Thanks for the likes Keith, Holden and Nazia, and Keith for the comment. Glad you found something in it. Just common sense really! If you've bet a lot on looks you're bound to become a b nuisance apart from being ancient! at least you can avoid the first.

Jennifer

Comment is about Beauty is a fickle beast. (blog)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Dear Keith. Never cynical, my friend, stoic maybe.

Faithful, I hope so; above all the beauty of innocence and the need to protect the innocent.

He who shall teach the child to doubt/ The rotting grave shall ne'er get out.
William Blake

Comment is about The end of me (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

A poem that merits several readings. Do these words indicate a certain futile or incomprehensible reflection on life? Cynicism? If so, then it makes even more sense.
John, thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about The end of me (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Poetic wisdom at its best.
Thank you
Keith

Comment is about Beauty is a fickle beast. (blog)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Thank you Stephen A, Stephen G and Holden for your continued support for the lonesome furrow I plough. I seek to accomplish the rhythmical creation of beauty through words. Often fruitlessly, your support is so very much appreciated.

“It is a test [that] genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.” — T. S. Eliot, from the essay "Dante."

Comment is about Loss has no end (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Don't believe a word of it! If you were unscrewed (carpentry version) you wouldn't be so funny.

Jennifer

Comment is about Of All People (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Lovely! A real twist to this tail! jennifer

Comment is about LOVING PARENTS (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Poetry at its best, sensitively described with an imagination that has nostalgic quality and takes the reader to the cottage with questions which cannot be answered but only pondered over. The illustration is perfect but not essential as the poem itself conjures up such a place without having to actually see it. It merits several readings to absorb its content as it has the ability to trigger other people's imaginations about similar places.

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about someone's forgotten cottage (blog)

Original item by Clyde McCulley

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Comment is about My Arse Poetical (blog)

Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.

I'm not leaving a comment
I'm just typing
pressing keys
don't read anything into it.

Comment is about My Arse Poetical (blog)

Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.

Thanks you for the likes, Hugh, A Girl, Aviva, Dean, Holden and Stephen A, Thank you for your kind comment.

Comment is about Some Days I Have A Tale To Tell (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thanks for the comments Nigel,
A.G. it only knibbled on the fat I've put on since lockdown, so, not too bad.☺️
Thank you Aviva?
And Jennifer, I only know simple language ?
(&, er...it's the mushrooms, as per my earlier poem, Strange Old Day ? say nothing)

And thanks for all the Likes everyone! ??

Comment is about Something's Creeping... (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Lovely stuff Julie. ?

Comment is about Some Days I Have A Tale To Tell (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Triggers the imagination beautifully. Great stuff!

Comment is about someone's forgotten cottage (blog)

Original item by Clyde McCulley

If only the programme was as good as your poem...

Comment is about Set Your Sights then go for The Kill (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Disquieting and intriguing! At least the perpretator felt it was worth it!
Jennifer























At least

Comment is about COMMITTAL (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Decidedly spooky! Very cleverly writtten in simple language with 'creeping, crawling, breathing, touching' used very effectively. (Between you and me, perhaps the stuff you're being sold isn't best Afghan?)
Jennifer

Comment is about Something's Creeping... (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Absolutely! My life has shrunk like an old jersey, and has holes in it too.

Jennifer

Comment is about Limbo (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Hope this isn't autobiographical? Presumably if it was, and you had had an ending amid plastic, you wouldn't have been able to produce this. Would think that unfortunately this is very well described.

Jennifer

Comment is about Prone (blog)

Original item by simon lucan

Lighthearted, but very well written, (in my humble opinion!) Sounds decidedly familiar too! Loved 'scrolled as wayward history, scars and might have beens, in the dank vault lurks fear.' To read several times.

jennifer

Comment is about Switching Off (blog)

Original item by simon lucan

Thanks, MC. I recollect watching an guy at Doncaster Racecourse selling sealed packets. His sales pitch was awesome. He drew in a crowd with seductive Irish brogue “proving” his provenance, supplemented with photos purporting to show him leading out Derby winners, in the company of trainers and stood alongside jockeys.
He did a roaring trade selling these packets which, he said, contained the name of his tip for the next race. His guarantee was that, in the unlikely event it didn’t win, he would give another ticket for free. The punters couldn’t wait to part with their money.
It was all about the telling.
Absolutely brilliant.
Jennifer - as we’re frequently told, if it’s too good to be true, it isn’t!

Comment is about SWEETLY, SWEETLY DONE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Nice stories! The important thing is to be able to laugh about it afterwards. My husband is usually excessively diffident, but once he bought a 'gold' bracelet from a shady character in a motorway carpark. Luckily at a very low cost! Served him right anyway, as it would have been stolen if genuine!!!!

Jennifer

Comment is about SWEETLY, SWEETLY DONE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Liked the soothsayer who never soothes! I live with someone for whom the first could have been written! Unusual. Jennifer

Comment is about Catastrophizing 101 (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Thank you for your comment Nigel ?

Thank you also to all those who have clicked 'Like' for this poem. ?

Comment is about Seasonal (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

A security guard doing security. A "guardian" making news in The Guardian. What next?

Comment is about Inauguration poet Amanda Gorman 'followed home and accosted by security guard' (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

A stimulating theme with a wide range. However, I'm not sure that silence per se has ever existed on this Earth.

Comment is about My name is Silence (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

JC - you can still find Smiths pocket watches sold on Ebay. Actually,
they acquired a certain "name" and were not necessarily the "here
today, gone tomorrow" cheapo that the brand seemed to mean for many folk.
As for your second example, I'm reminded of a certain well-known
racehorse trainer of yesteyear from up north who actually got into
print in a racing 'paper of the day boasting how he used to sell
fruit and mix crab apples with the rest selling eating apples to the
public. It used to be called "sharp practice" in my day and I made
a note of avoiding any possibility of backing any horse in his charge.
But I guess we all get "had over" at various stages of life...commonly placed under the collective heading termed "experience". ?

Comment is about SWEETLY, SWEETLY DONE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey