As i'm a step father I have side stepped most of these issues of course..... ! Very witty offering RA.
Ray
Comment is about Father's Day (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
Sat 15th Jun 2024 18:19
Thank you for all the recent likes today
David
Comment is about The Art of Ages (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
A delightful venture into poetic fantasy, disciplined yet imaginative in its premise. Resonating with many who have
experienced the "loss" of inspired words due to procrastination
or just circumstance writing poetry..
Comment is about My Poetic Soul (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
This is really beautiful, and very sad - thank you
Comment is about End of Summer (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Thank you Tim & MC, glad you enjoyed the wander through an increasingly mature fatherhood
Comment is about Father's Day (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
A charming vignette, easy to imagine the scene described. in a warm drowsy sort of way.
Comment is about Trestle Tables (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Entertaining from a reliable WOL source.
"Dads, just be grateful for your fortunate arrival
At a time of life that's more about survival!" 😊
Comment is about Father's Day (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
Orwell was a visionary wasn’t he? You’ve nailed it Stephen!
Comment is about Nineteen Eighty-Four (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
I like this: its disjointed structure curiously has a narrative which flows in a most pleasing way.
Comment is about June 2024 Collage Poem: Under a Crystal Moon (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Language is a tricky, malleable, treacherous, uncertain, unfaithful weapon. It is also a hopeful, redemptive, complex, truthful, loving gift. I like your poem, Stephen: you've captured the spirit of the novel. Well done.
Comment is about Nineteen Eighty-Four (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Merci mon ami, nous sommes vieux mais vigoureux!
Comment is about Father's Day (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
Better late than never - - - comes to mind Andy😎
Comment is about Andy Acrostic. (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Poetry opens
Your mind
Several paths
Clues set
Deliberately hidden
Inside words
Working out
Pure pleasure
Resulting in
Bizarre possibilities.
Comment is about June 2024 Collage Poem: Under a Crystal Moon (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Thanks for your like Stephen G
and for your comment Martin.
Comment is about There is No Such Thing as Society (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thanks for your like Auracle I must admit I enjoyed reading this poem at our monthly meet.😎
Comment is about Cambridge University Bares All (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thanks Martin for your comment on There is No Such Thing as Society.
Comment is about Martin Peacock (poet profile)
Original item by Martin Peacock
It has been nice to read your entries in a diary format.
Secretly I call myself a Poetry Diarist, using my personal web page as a diary of sorts for my children and more importantly (for me) my grandchildren, to actually get to know me when they are old enough to want to find out more.
It is a wonderful way to clear your plate each day so to speak! Keep going, it is rather habit-forming and you will love it!
G
Comment is about Day 10 (blog)
Original item by SunFlower
Interesting and very thought provoking as usual Stephen,
It is getting increasingly harder to recognise what truth is and what is fake in this 200mph world!
It is often herd said that someone's perception is their reality!
an overall frightening thought in itself.
Good work as always
G
Comment is about Nineteen Eighty-Four (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you for this poem, Aisha. This was a scandal and you describe it concisely and effectively in rhyme.
Comment is about Windrush (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
It's still out there, Stephen! What a fantastic poem.
Comment is about My Poetic Soul (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Beautiful and devastatingly emotional, Evan. Our relationship with dogs, especially as they age, is a wonderful and unexpected thing, in spite of the sadness.
Comment is about Buddy (blog)
Original item by Evan Tyler
Thanks for likes : Stephen, Manish, Aisha, Auracle, Patricia & Larisa. 👍
Comment is about Hugs For Nothing (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
It's so reassuring to hear your thoughts on forgiveness and redemption. It's true that we are all capable of making mistakes and finding our way back to the light. And what a beautiful interpretation of duality as divine manifestation! It's a reminder that even in the midst of struggle, there is a deeper harmony at play.
As for being mindful, I couldn't agree more. It's easy to get caught up in our thoughts and daily routines, forgetting the present moment and the beauty that surrounds us. Taking a step back, focusing on our breath, and simply observing the world around us can help us cultivate a greater sense of peace and clarity. It's like cleaning out the mental clutter that often clouds our judgment and prevents us from truly living in the now.
Perhaps we could practice mindfulness more. Next time you feel overwhelmed or disconnected, just pause and take a few deep breaths, together with nature. Perhaps we could even find a quiet spot in nature, where the sounds of the wind and the rustling leaves can help ground us and remind us of our place in the grand scheme of things.
Thank you Patricia Ziel.
Comment is about Beware!! (blog)
Original item by Watts
Yes, yes, yes and no for God's wrath. I believe in forgiveness and redemption, but if we can forgive ourselves when faced with Truth? I also believe that God, Source, One, is "All That Is", and that means duality is divine manifestation.
Thank you for the reminder to be mindful!
Comment is about Beware!! (blog)
Original item by Watts
Thank you! On June 6th I re-watched 'Saving Private Ryan'. I was totally emotional and horrified at what people in Ukraine, the drafted Russian soldiers, the threatened Israelis and the innocent Palestinians must endure in this so called 'enlightened age'.
You said it so well!
Comment is about Did I? (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
I do not see a problem with rhyme, you really are a great poet! If only I could rhyme like you. Compliments and thank you.
Patricia
Comment is about My Poetic Soul (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Very sweet! Lifts the heart. Thank you.
Patricia
Comment is about I Lived and Believed in a Fairy Tale (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Thank you all so much for so many likes!
Comment is about A tsunami of emotions (blog)
Original item by Patricia Ziel
Thank you Keith for your encouraging words. My struggle is with accepting duality while living a very blessed and wonderful life. Even though I see the Shadow looming, I know there is that corresponding and balancing Light. Like Amanda Gorman says: "For there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it." So I just try 😉
Comment is about A tsunami of emotions (blog)
Original item by Patricia Ziel
Wonderfully romantic. A pleasure to read.
Thank you for this,
Keith
Comment is about I Lived and Believed in a Fairy Tale (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Sadly, I've packed the book away, but this reminds me of some relatively recent reading of a book by Yuval Noah Harari mentioning collective subjectivity where he states that all of our institutions are fictions through which we facilitate cooperation with one another.
Personally, I believe his account to be true. Furthermore, I hope this means we will eventually find an answer to cooperation that surpasses mere bureaucracy.
Comment is about Windrush (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
Dear, Keith! Thank you so much for reading, liking, and commenting on my poem My Only Love. Much appreciated. But!
When I write my poems, it doesn't mean that I write about myself.
With best wishes, Larisa
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thanks to Martin and M.C. for your comments. It is always important to remember nobody ever comes out of war unscathed.
Thanks for the likes guys
Cheers
Martin
Comment is about The smear of days (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Thank you for the reading and comment Martin.
Thanks to those who have liked and taken time to read...
David
Audio and Video link now attached:
https://wolfgarwords.com/2024/06/14/the-art-of-ages/
Comment is about The Art of Ages (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Thank you all for your comments, very kind
Comment is about Did I? (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Thank you Keith, Tim and Martin, for your most valuable insights. And thanks to all those who liked this.
Tim, it's generally the photographs that motivate me to write something, some pictures just stay in your head such as this. I haven't yet incorporated any of my photos into poetry yet, but I do have plans of creating a photography blog, the link of which I'll be sharing here on my profile. Thanks again, my friend.😊
Comment is about Half-Alive Portrait (blog)
Original item by Manish
A thoughtful poem, JD, which anyone would have been proud to write.
It's true that being an armchair participant in war does not really enable us to understand the horrors and privations of the conflict. However, good reporting can still bring home some of the awfulness of war and the pathetic nature of official denials. Think, for instance, of the pictures of the body bags in Bucha and the Russian claim that it was a 'staged event'.
Comment is about Did I? (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
A fine glimpse into the underworld we think beneath us, if ever we think about it at all. We forget that addicts are just people, like us. They went looking for something to fill the hole in their lives and ended up digging that hole even deeper. Nicely written.
Comment is about Half-Alive Portrait (blog)
Original item by Manish
Another fine poem from you David. It flows easily and the rhyming isn't the least contrived. A pleasure to read.
Comment is about The Art of Ages (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
I can identify with this closely. I'm 66yo and going for my 1st of 2 interviews for an assessment of autism next week. I've spent all my life thinking the very thoughts you wrote about above. It's called 'masking', apparently - feeling like you never fit in and trying desperately to do so. I hope you find some resolution to your worries. No-one deserves to feel like that.
Comment is about Hidden (blog)
Original item by Jamie Barton
Her toxic legacy still haunts us, doesn't it? Neoliberalism will be our undoing - we're being suffocated by late-stage, disaster capitalism and it all starts with her and her philosophers. Nicely put.
Comment is about There is No Such Thing as Society (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
A finely constructed poem. The rhyming couplets work well with the rhythm too, making it flow easily.
We should be wary of our too-easy access to 24hr rolling news - it de-sensitises us, turns us into armchair theoreticians, draws a veil over the true horror of war. I like how you end this poem - it's as though a camera were pulling focus at the end of some film - a final reminder that we have no genuine right to imagine the anguish and suffering of people so far away when all we need to do to make it stop is press a button on a remote.
Comment is about Did I? (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Thank you Holden and Tim for the overnight likes.
David
Comment is about The Art of Ages (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
R A Porter
Sun 16th Jun 2024 07:09
Thanks Ray & Greg - & to all the Dads… Happy Father’s Day!
Comment is about Father's Day (blog)
Original item by R A Porter