Lovely, warming, be proactive, be positive, Voltairean exhortation to look after the garden. What more can one ask for?
Peter T

Comment is about The spears of spring (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I recognise much of this in myself.

Comment is about Voice (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

I’m afraid we aren’t a very resilient generation, Julie.

Comment is about Covidcoaster (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thank you for the likes JD Stephen and for the comment Keith.
Note this was written before the lockdown announcement.... and before the rollercoaster skidded off the track!

Comment is about Covidcoaster (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Beautiful❤

Comment is about A Cautionary Tale (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

Mirrors sometimes show a different someone
to the someone that all others see.

Comment is about My life in mirrors (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

I really like the first stanza and the first line of the second stanza.
I suppose that is the generalised segment.

After that it gets very specific and contains a lot I don't relate to.
Doesn't mean it doesn't remain a great poem in entirety.
In full, it is your life in mirrors.
In just the generalised segment it is my life in mirrors.

I know I'm not gonna be able to explain this part well but it is kind of amusing that the title 'my life in mirrors' means 'poet's life in mirrors' aka 'your life in mirrors', whereas if the title said 'your life in mirrors' it would be 'the reader's life in mirrors' which would be 'my life in mirrors'

Comment is about My life in mirrors (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Of course, psychiatrists can really blow your mind!
I'd never thought of that before, wish I still hadn't thought of it ?

Comment is about I like her (I hope I don`t blow it) (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Additional thanks for everyone else who has clicked Like.
Much appreciated.

Comment is about A Way Of Living (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

I enjoyed this but a better title might have been tales from the couch.
A humorous poem. " Which one is today, that he is trying to be?" My favourite line. The word capricious is very apt.

Thank you for this JD

Keith

Comment is about I like her (I hope I don`t blow it) (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Julie you speak for the nation in this poem
Thank you
Keith

Comment is about Covidcoaster (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

A poem filled with wisdom and a road travelled by many. It comes as a salutary warning.

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Voice (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Is your 'little fella' a euphemism?

Comment is about Pushing Through (blog)

Original item by David R Mellor

Good stuff Stephen. People can become negative as the years go on, becoming bitter and uncompromising. I think the ability to see yourself as others see you helps, easier said than done.

Comment is about Voice (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Lovely!

Comment is about Moonglade (blog)

Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth

These are powerful words:

"Though we are attracted to the physical nature
I find the soul strongly appealing,
Reveal to me what you wear under your skin.
You are beautiful
Yet more to me than flesh and bone.
Sing to with me in conversation
Let's exchange our opinions before pleasure,
Only then may our bodies do all that our minds fantasize about"

When one experiences another's soul/spirit, "then may the body do all that our minds fantasize about."

Good writing!
CM

Comment is about Lost in Thought (blog)

Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth

Very stark.
Now that you've written of the malady you must write of the cure, please!

Comment is about Voice (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

A cautionary tale, of some sort......

Comment is about Voice (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Many thanks to Tony, Stephen and Aviva for the likes. This is based (very loosely) on something I once saw in the Galeries St Hubert in Brussels.

Comment is about Inadequate Translation (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Clicking on the like seems an inadequate response. So sad but a lovely poem. My condolences. From personal experience, the last three lines are so true.

Comment is about To Rach (blog)

Original item by Emma-Jane Stradling

A poem that feeds the soul. So pure, so poignant, so immersive. Thank you for this gem of a poem! You're a true poet. Blessed be.

"Suddenly, quietly, you realize that - from this moment forth - you will no longer walk through this life alone. Like a new sun this awareness arises within you, freeing you from fear, opening your life. It is the beginning of love, and the end of all that came before."
-Robert Frost

Comment is about An Irish love poem (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thank you Hugh and Aviva for hitting a like!

Comment is about Within These Walls (blog)

Original item by Shifa Maqba

I love walking poems, Peter, and they are particularly important now ... but there is so much more here than that. So much material for thought. Thanks for sharing.

Comment is about INTO THEIR HANDS (blog)

Original item by Peter Taylor

Shifa, I wish it were often so, but it is really quite rare considering the number of words I get through so I'm glad if some of them seem amazing. I'm happy that you appreciated and liked this poem, thanks sincerely for taking time to comment.

Vautaw thanks also for your like of this and the other phoenix poem, I am glad you like them, there's one more coming soon.

Comment is about A Way Of Living (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

You have an amazing way with words!

Comment is about A Way Of Living (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thanks Brian, & I don't mind at all!
The animal analogy wasn't even in my thoughts when I started writing it, they just sort of turned up unannounced! Something to do with we all struggle no matter who ( or what we are). But I know what you mean. And why a deer, fox & birds?

Comment is about A New Breath (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

It's incredibly easy to write about negativity, yet there is no end of positive things out there. I can think of a couple off the top of my head, but I won't let on as I don't want to deprive the doom-mongers of their fun.

Comment is about Monday in Tier 4, New Year Jan 4 (blog)

Original item by Emma-Jane Stradling

Powerfully expressed. I enjoyed reading this. Tony

Comment is about Monday in Tier 4, New Year Jan 4 (blog)

Original item by Emma-Jane Stradling

Refreshingly forthright EJS.

An enjoyable well put together read.

P

Comment is about Monday in Tier 4, New Year Jan 4 (blog)

Original item by Emma-Jane Stradling

My love has gone quiet. He drinks until hes sober. Irish roots too. I convince myself I don't miss him. Only I loved him when sober and that I guess is the test. Do you still love them in the morning. I wish you love and happiness my friend and your dreams to come true.

Comment is about An Irish love poem (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Stephen, this is a great poem, the story, the sentiment, the structure. The only bit that doesn't work for me is the verse with deer, fox and birds. Hope you don't mind me mentioning it...just my opinion.

Comment is about A New Breath (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Never heard of Miss Mary's walk, although I have walked to Hesleden via the cycle track.
And, like you, when I was a lad, any sign of a derelict building & I was in! At least we lived to tell the tale!

Comment is about Tony Hill (poet profile)

Original item by Tony Hill

Thank you Stephen, & one of my favourite films!
And thanks for the Like Holden, much appreciated.

Comment is about A New Breath (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

What do you mean your head is reeling from ti? Do you mean your head is reeling from it? What is it? Why is your head reeling. Have you been drinking too much wine or looking at naughty magazines again? Be good go to church and stop being silly. ? ?

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

Original item by d.knape

great stuff - great to see your work here, Rosie. You may want to consider putting some of your pieces in the blogs too for possible comments / feedback etc

Comment is about Rosie Lawson (poet profile)

Original item by Rosie Lawson

Thanks for your kind comments, Gents.
Penning this one was, for me a sort of cathartic way in handling my grief by providing a brief distraction whilst allowing me to try and focus on moving forward through it all.
I posted it on here in case anyone else could possibly gain some comfort from it.

As you may have noticed, most of my other offerings are fun-based and that's where I gain most creative pleasure. ?

Comment is about 'Passing' Thoughts. (blog)

Original item by John Andrew Nield

Good to know we are sharing the weather with you soft Southerners, Brian and MC. Plenty of room on the beach up here.
And thanks for the Like, Julie.

Comment is about TALE FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

And I hear that it's on the "tops" over Dartmoor too. It would take a
brave man to wield the yellow stream up there right now.

Comment is about TALE FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Bound to resonate with anyone in a similar situation (like me!) or those who dread it happening. Life goes on in thought and deed.
The duality of this message is a nice touch for a delicate subject.

Comment is about 'Passing' Thoughts. (blog)

Original item by John Andrew Nield

Someone's made a giant cockup John because we've got your northern snow in Worcs, generally known for its tropical sub-climate.

Comment is about TALE FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Jeans with holes
leave girls disposed
to show more leg
which men extol
at least that is
what I've been told
the more the leg
the merrier our souls.
?

Comment is about Trevor Alexander (poet profile)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

KJ, TD, KYW and JAN - many thanks for taking the trouble to comment. And thanks also to those leaving the "likes" for this bit
of personal positivity. As an old saying reminds me :Hope springs eternal.

Comment is about JANUARY THE FIRST (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thanks Dean Stephen A and Stephen G for the likes and kind comment.

Comment is about Christmas Seems So Long Ago (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

would that be "stuck in Transit", Graham?
Thanks for the Likes, Stephen A, Stephen G and Aviva.

Comment is about TALE FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks, Stephen, new meanings is certainly something I wanted the poem to convey but the poem needs to retain the duality of realising that the original meaning might not be properly uncovered, and of the creation of meaning by what we choose to understand and what we choose to do as a wide choice of many possibilities. But the poem as it is does feel unsettled and on edge as I reach the end of it and it could well be the fault of the last line. Here's a few other possible endings (putting the intention into words helps a lot).

And only if only
From knowing this much
Can we start to seek
Or hope to find
What is meant.

And only if only
From knowing this much
Can we start to seek
Or hope to find
The real meaning.

I'm really glad you opened the conversation for this.
I'm thinking maybe 'the real meaning' works best, but I'll have to let it brew a while first.

Comment is about Lost In Translation (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

If you want to show off
and make men want to troll
then wear those hot pants
with the raggedy holes,
the more woman's flesh
the more enticing to see
so show men some leg
and they'll hover like bees!
?

Comment is about Aviva Rifka Bhandari (poet profile)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Stephen
This is a really inspiring poem for our times. It made me think of "It's a Wonderful Life", which I saw again at Christmas.

Comment is about A New Breath (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Same comment as Keith. I feel as though I am back there! What a place! (First visit 1981).

Comment is about little NYC hotel on 23rd street (1980s) (blog)

Original item by Clyde McCulley

I love the first (and last) verse, Julie. A poignant poem.

Comment is about Christmas Seems So Long Ago (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Aviva

Perhaps "New meanings" rather than "Possible meanings"? Just an idea.

I think this poems conveys the universal message of "lost in translation" superbly.

Comment is about Lost In Translation (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari