<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 5th Feb 2021 20:27
I like Russets when in season...now.
Years ago we had a Laxton Superb tree in our garden. Huge and tasty.
Comment is about Pink Lady (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 5th Feb 2021 20:23
I like this sort of black humour...I assume it's humour Simon.
I plot all the time about leaving my wife but I know I never will. Still, it's good to have an interest.
Comment is about Spokes (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 5th Feb 2021 20:17
Like it, but if you're still using a metal tennis racket you're seriously out of date Joshi. (It's okay, I know it's poetic licence)
Comment is about The Key to the Lock (blog)
Original item by D Joshi
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 5th Feb 2021 20:13
I'm guessing this is not really about the woods, but describes some sort of dystopia. As a ex-postman myself the 'work in threes' made me smile and is almost true already for parts of our inner cities. Great work Stephen.
Comment is about In the woods (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
My name is Hugh,
I never feel blue.
Comment is about Feeling Blue? (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
"If he's not careful he won't get anywhere near 57!"
But variety he will achieved on his way to heaven.
Comment is about A saucy regret (blog)
Original item by hugh
This has got an enthralling rhythm which fairly pulls you through the poem at a pace. That just makes the kaleidoscope of imagery and association even more impactful. It feels like part of the woods are in the workplace and part of the woods are in the home and part in the wilder side of neither of these (the streets). 'Ambition peels like bark and rots away' is the pinnacle of the piece, not just poetically but also I think as it is the cumulative effect of exposure to the woods.
Oh did I forget to say... I like this poem!
Comment is about In the woods (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
I did over 20 years, Stephen. Not as an ‘orny-‘anded ‘ero, mind. I was a pappy-‘anded office wallah. And thanks for the Like, Kevin.
Comment is about WRONG ROAD ROUND - AN URBAN VILLANELLE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks Stephen for commenting.
Thanks to Stephen, J.D, and Nazia for the 'Likes' ?
I think this poem is pretty basic in how it poetically presents the concepts but meditatively it was just how it needed to be.
I quite like how I made use of the words better and worse in a new way in the final verse that I added today, I think it improves the poem a bit and presents a different perspective too but some might think it makes it worse since it has a different rhythm and flow than the other verses.
Comment is about Perspective (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
My copy has arrived - excellent service - to provide a nice follow-up
to my Covid jab also just received this Friday 5th February.
Comment is about The Call of the Clerihew: ed. George Szirtes and Andy Jackson, Smokestack (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you, Ray. I think my poem is a more Michael Portillo (except for the redundant branch lines) than George Galloway or Nigel Farage. I think both our efforts add to the mystique of the place, in a strange way.
Comment is about Essex (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
A worthy nod to Capt. Sir Tom and the old adage:
"Cometh the hour, cometh the man".
Comment is about Captain Sir Tom Moore (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
If he's not careful he won't get anywhere near 57 ! ?
Comment is about A saucy regret (blog)
Original item by hugh
A nice touch Stephen. The beast from the east has yet to be discovered, best leave well alone. Remember my effort: Essex has Fallen. We can't both be wrong.
Ray
Comment is about Essex (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
A hell of a life, John. Thanks for the poem and the explanations.
Comment is about WRONG ROAD ROUND - AN URBAN VILLANELLE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
This is a beautiful poem, with so many vivid images.
Comment is about Tongue Tied (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
A very interesting poem which makes one think and certainly not rush to judgement.
Comment is about Perspective (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
An impressive poem. Feels uncomfortably close to home.
Comment is about Twister (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
An inspiring poem, Stuart.
Comment is about The State of World (blog)
Original item by Stuart Vanner
Thank you for your lovely comment Tom,
and yes i can add WriteOutLoud to another of my lockdown discoveries ?
Comment is about Tom (poet profile)
Original item by Tom
My pleasure Erika. Poetry has the power to go deep into the soul and heal us from the inside out. Write on!
Comment is about Vautaw (poet profile)
Original item by Vautaw
Well said Joshi. I wholeheartedly agree. ?
And welcome to WriteOutLoud! Hope you're settling in.
Comment is about The Key to the Lock (blog)
Original item by D Joshi
Dear Keith
I don't many pieces by Rachmaninoff but understand that they are quite difficult to play. A lot of Beethovens music is difficult too, but if you wanted Beethoven then I would suggest the Fur Elise, which short and pleasant to play.
However, I would generally recommend Mozart as most of his works are easier to play, such his Sonata in C , also known as his easy sonata. There are many other pieces by Mozart which are very nice and yet not too demanding.
If you need any more help or advice then let me know and I shall try to get back to you.
I hope this helps.
Kind regards from Stuart
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Yes Julie I do know, it has to do with our blood flow. Your face will take on a blueish hue, When your loving, beating heart, no longer has anything to do.
Comment is about Feeling Blue? (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Stuart,
I see from your profile that you play the piano. I am a beginner, presently without my teacher due to Covid. I play scales endlessly. Any suggestions? I like Beethoven but Rachmaninov is my favourite.
Keith
Comment is about Stuart Vanner (poet profile)
Original item by Stuart Vanner
Thanks for the likes, Stephen A, Aviva, Raquel, Nazia, Holden and JD.
Thanks for the lovey comment Nigel.
Comment is about The Lovebirds (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Stuart,
What a good poem as you pose some interesting questions. The need to prove oneself or to be highly competitive might stem from some inadequacy. Stress is certainly a product of this behaviour. The final stanza of your poem suggests that the pandemic might result in a change of attitudes and values. Let's hope so.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about The State of World (blog)
Original item by Stuart Vanner
Julie,
Perhaps it is easier to say blue than melancholy. A little like saying fall instead of autumn, perhaps.
Keith
Comment is about Feeling Blue? (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Andy, a poem which sums up my feelings when it comes to birthdays as it is the only day in the year for the individual. Well said.
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about Birthday Poem (blog)
Original item by andy simons
I have always thought the description of an apple as being a pink lady was quite inappropriate as I always think of apples as being reddish and slightly tart. Certainly not Golden Delicious. Yet there again it also a question of taste. Yes the darker skin has more of an appeal.
Thanks for this
Keith
Comment is about Pink Lady (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
Thank you for the welcome ?
Comment is about Geoffrey Cheddar (poet profile)
Original item by Geoffrey Cheddar
An appropriate response from you Hugh. To get right to the "core" of your humor.
Comment is about Pink Lady (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
Good morning Hugh, Thanks for our daily dose of you. Where does all this great stuff come from?
Comment is about A saucy regret (blog)
Original item by hugh
Fri 5th Feb 2021 04:15
wow. nice reply there Shoes.
Keep walkin'
and writing!
Comment is about old shoes (poet profile)
Original item by old shoes
Thank you Stephen!! She is wonderful indeed!! ???
Comment is about E.D (blog)
Original item by Raquel Lacayo
Thank you JD. Oddly enough it is both new and old. The first two verses are a couple of years old, but I spruced it up a bit for posting so the final verse was added today.
Comment is about Perspective (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Very nice Aviva, New or old? On this poems quality, I am sold.
Comment is about Perspective (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Flapping wings
pecking glass
two lovebirds
tweet please
throw us
scattered crumbs.
Comment is about The Lovebirds (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for your likes
julie
Nazia
Darsha
Jordyn
Stephen G
Stephen A
and Holden.
Comment is about That Certain Twinkle in His Eye (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Captain Tom
gave us hope in new tomorrows
Comment is about That Certain Twinkle in His Eye (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thank you to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about My Other Poem Is Better Than This One (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thank you Keith for your comment.
Thanks to everyone who clicked 'Like' for this poem.
Thanks too to Paul, though his comment is no longer viewable.
Comment is about Grandeur (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thank you Vautaw, I wonder what the birds think of us also. Do they ever wish they were huge, unable to fly, and wearing strange things other than feathers?
Thanks also to everyone who clicked 'Like' for this poem.
Comment is about Oh, Little Bird (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thank you Stephen for your comment. ?
Thank you to everyone who clicked 'Like' for the poem too.
Comment is about Moments Like These (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Brian Hodgkinson
Fri 5th Feb 2021 21:51
Great meditation material. Like it, and style is smooth.?
Comment is about Perspective (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari