Barbara A Steward
Sat 30th Jan 2021 16:01
An opportune publication containing a variety of pleasurableness, some poems requiring deeper thought, others that skim along, then take you by surprise with a final twist.
A beckoning doorway every month to lead the concerned mind away from daily unhappy bulletins and inspire creative thoughts.
Richard Hartley, the host is a published author with a fascinating poetry book on Amazon, An Early Spring day. Humorous, searingly honest journey through life trials and tribulations. Some with gravitas to cause examination of ones own path.
Comment is about How to combat lockdown: poetry group's online magazine has readers in 20 countries (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I think it is a picture of four rabbits, the rabbit that looks east, the rabbit that looks west, the Great Big Rabbit which is in rabbit mythology as the true nature of planet earth, and the God Rabbit which is invisibly there too encompassing everything.
Although there is a small possibility that it is a three-headed rabbit (one head resting out of view)
Comment is about One Rabbit Or Two (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Many thanks for the comments and the "likes"..
In truth, this is something I had some inspiration for rather than
conviction. A sort of wry nod towards Noel Coward's detached type
of observation about love's foibles - and the effect they can have on us.
Comment is about NEVER AGAIN - a song lyric (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
A mother's story told with love.
Absolutely beautiful ?
Comment is about Empty Nest Again (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
J.D. I wish you peace, strength and happiness wherever you can find it, and if you found some of it in this poem that gives me a little bit of peace, strength and happiness too. Thank you.
Comment is about To Be Decided (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Wowww
???
Its so inspiring I am speechless
Comment is about "Love on Sloppy Grounds" (blog)
Original item by Emeka Collins
I am very grateful to everyone who commented on my poem.
Aviva, your words were like an another poem to this poem. Thank you so much.
Comment is about "Held in Her Palms (blog)
Original item by Emeka Collins
Yes, it is definitely two. It was just for a bit fun and I was short of a topic for a write.
Glad to see you back, thanks for the comment and the like.
Comment is about One Rabbit Or Two (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
As a card reader myself I found this very enjoyable. Bravo ?
It's very seldom to find one's who literally know the words you never spoke.
Accuracy separates those from the ones who predict what they think may happen compared to those who tell you word for word exactly what has already happened. ?
Comment is about Gypsy Rose (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
A house is brick and water but a home is what you make it. What a remarkable feeling when a place gives us the same warm feeling as the place we wore raised.
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Comment is about JEST (blog)
Original item by d.knape
It looks like two to me Julie. I looked at it a long time, nothing changed. I do see two. How about you?
Comment is about One Rabbit Or Two (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
If I could be a bit sentimental for a moment … Thursday night reminded me of that scene in The Railway Children – no, not THAT scene – where proud, stubborn but heart of gold Bernard Cribbins from Oakworth station is reminded by the children on the occasion of his birthday of how much everyone in his village respects and indeed loves him. Forget ‘Daddy, my Daddy’ – the scene with Bernard is the one that makes me well up. There was a flavour of that on Thursday night. Tony’s warm and inspirational words – and all the messages of support we have received from other leading poets, as well as on the Crowdfunder – have reminded us that there is a place for Write Out Loud on the poetry scene, and will continue to be. We feel reinvigorated, and renewed. Onwards, and upwards!
Comment is about 'Write Out Loud was life-changing for me': Tony Walsh on how he became a poet (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Philipos
Sat 30th Jan 2021 12:18
A well constructed and enjoyable read.
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Comment is about Gypsy Rose (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 30th Jan 2021 11:34
I think it was Eric that mystified us Ray. No-one asked who he was, including me.
Comment is about NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR (blog)
Original item by ray pool
My attempt to raise 1984 from the dead has fallen a bit flat obviously! But thanks for reading Lisa and Stephen, much appreciated.
Ray
Comment is about NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Agreed MC, and they have yet to be bettered ?
Comment is about Wainwright - The Shaper of Lives (blog)
Original item by Dean Fraser
Thanks for the additional likes. Good to see you back JD
Comment is about The Visitors (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
My wife made a snowman in our garden last Sunday, and as I watched its gentle decline during the week, I felt the same emotions as when I wrote this poem a number of years ago. Not so the Serco workmen in Woking Park ... one day this week they flattened all the snowmen there, causing at least one child that witnessed it to burst into tears. The explanation was that allowing snowmen to die naturally can damage or even kill the grass underneath. I see no evidence of that in our garden.
Thanks for your comment, Paul, and thanks to Phil, Brian, Vautaw, Lisa, Julie, Stephen A, Stephen G, Aviva and Holden for the Likes.
Comment is about Death of a Snowman (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 30th Jan 2021 08:48
Thanks for the comment Dawn re We Don't Move Very Much.
Comment is about Dawn (poet profile)
Original item by Dawn
Poetry is a pressure valve. Great work. Help is on the way.?
Comment is about "Blue" (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
I for one, will never fall for that Love crap again!! That is what I will say, but it happens again, and again, and again. Love hurts. I have no more use for Love.
I am trying to hold on Po, that is all I know.
Comment is about NEVER AGAIN - a song lyric (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Good timing on posting this Aviva, I really enjoy this poem. and yes, I can use it, I will keep it in my pocket full of pick me up poems. Thank-you, J.D.
Comment is about To Be Decided (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
I like your expressionistic lines.. keep it up. Write a poetic word with them -- that would be cool.
Comment is about 4ED5EB76-53DD-4446-8BCA-EE474E859D9F.jpeg (photo)
Original item by Wendy Higson
Will do Lisa and the same goes for you.❤
J. x
Comment is about Terra Mater (Mother Earth) (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thanks Stephen
Paul and
Your Royal Poetess
for your likes.
Comment is about Playing My Trump Card (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
D.knape
My last profile you wore also distracted by my bunny ears ??
Comment is about Lysa d (poet profile)
Original item by Lysa d
The strongest are always given the hardest battles. How we handle life , says it all.
Keep that head held high and don't stop fighting your fight.
You've got this my friend ?
Comment is about Terra Mater (Mother Earth) (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Sat 30th Jan 2021 00:18
I was going to leave a brilliant comment
but I got distracted by your nose.
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Comment is about Lysa d (poet profile)
Original item by Lysa d
Sat 30th Jan 2021 00:16
why do you have a male profile?
It just Dawned on me.
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Comment is about Dawn (poet profile)
Original item by Dawn
Hello philipos ?
Thank you , it's great to be back.
Awh I appreciate that immensely. Thank you kindly
Comment is about Lysa d (poet profile)
Original item by Lysa d
You never know, MC.
It would be good to hear this sung.
Comment is about NEVER AGAIN - a song lyric (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
You're quite right, Dawn. This is huge generalisation. But often generalisations have a kernel of truth which enables them to stand up. You don't, for instance, hear of the police breaking up Old Age Pensioners' 5 o'clock tea dances for breaking Covid rules.
Comment is about THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks Lisa, I think the Warrior Blood runs in both our veins.
And thank you Jennifer for such high praise, I am genuinely humbled.
J. x
Comment is about Terra Mater (Mother Earth) (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Funny because it's true! Very clever. Thank you?
Comment is about LAYING DOWN THE LAW (blog)
Original item by d.knape
I believe you nailed the tone and sentiment here. Admittedly, I do not share it, but I could see from your minds eye the way you put this together and ... It makes me think...
Thank you
Comment is about THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
There are 10's of millions that completely get this! I love the title. Thank you for sharing it.
Comment is about CON DESCENDING (blog)
Original item by Joe Marcello
Thank you very much Lisa. I wrote the first stanza without knowing where it was going, then, basically, it wrote itself. Sometimes it happens. Bit sad that you can relate to some things in it, but, I guess, we all have our own private heart aches. I wish you well ?
Comment is about A Better Life (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Absolutely fantastic! This is really poetry, and something beautiful written about a very important isue in our times.
Jennifer
Comment is about Terra Mater (Mother Earth) (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Philipos
Fri 29th Jan 2021 19:15
A big welcome back to WOL Lisa - just trawled through a few of your specimens - great stuff.
Keep the momentum going.
P
Comment is about Lysa d (poet profile)
Original item by Lysa d
Thank you Lisa for commenting. I am sure you will understand when I say that for me first best would be that nobody who found this poem would need it, and second best would be that if anybody needed the poem they would find it. ?
Thank you also Paul for your comment. I really intended to make use of the tags just to help people filter my poetry and find subjects they'd be more interested in, but it turns out to be a good way to drop hints about what on earth I think I'm talking about too ?
Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem. ?
(Sadly Paul's comment is no longer viewable since he left the site)
Comment is about To Be Decided (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Yesterday is distant, Tomorrow too
But it is neither of they, it's today and you
Are worrying which day it is needlessly
The days are spaced out and so are we
? ................. ? ................. ?
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks for the likes and the lovely comment Philipos. A friend shared two photos of these beautiful deer on Facebook and I couldn't resist.
Comment is about The Visitors (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Then, from what you say here, and what I've seen in certain other poems you have suffered many sadnesses and found your way through each one of them. I think I understand why you connect with some of my writing. I thank you for the compliment too, I'm not used to being deemed 'talented' at all.
Comment is about Five stages of ask my ballowx (blog)
Original item by Lysa d
Thanks, MC. Not that inventive, though. You’ll recognise The Who classic.
And Aviva, I’m not sure the shops in the mall would welcome my angelic tones gurgling out all day long. Thanks for the Like, Julie.
Comment is about THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Fri 29th Jan 2021 17:43
Is it tomorrow?
or is it yesterday?
Get together with Paul Sayer
to see what he has to say!
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Comment is about Aviva Rifka Bhandari (poet profile)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Fri 29th Jan 2021 17:39
M.C. Newberry
Sat 30th Jan 2021 16:04
A very worthwhile venture that demonstrates how an individual with
conviction of purpose can make a difference to many lives. There
should be more like him in a poetry world that can find substantial
sums for "prizes" in the pursuit of overtly commercial publishing promotions.
Comment is about How to combat lockdown: poetry group's online magazine has readers in 20 countries (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman