another excellent poem Julie, and let me be quite clear
I hope to see plenty more from you, in the coming year.
there is you, and a few others, that I wait for every day.
reading the poetry on WOL, fills my heart in a special way.
Blogging here saved my life......... that is all I want to say.
to everyone reading this
Thank-you, and may 2021 be the best year of your life.
JD. Bardo
Comment is about Cheers To WOL (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for the likes Trevor, JD, Paul and Hugh, also for the entertaining comments.
A day of peeling, chopping and prepping ahead!
Comment is about Cheers To WOL (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
I write my poems to exercise my brain,
I walk through words again and again.
And constantly time after time,
Come across words that help me rhyme.
Comment is about Cheers To WOL (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Man's reply
I'm sorry I haven't got the time,
I'm busy thinking of a rhyme.
Let's wait until the Spring,
Then we can have a fling.
Comment is about Festive Chat-Up Rhyme (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Sláinte mhaith yourself! And here's to a write good New Year!
Comment is about WOL (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Yeah, I think poetry and attendant Zooms kept many of us sane this year!
Merry Christmas, and Hope for the New Year.
Comment is about It's Christmaaaaas! (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thanks for the likes JD and Aviva
Comment is about Santa's Reindeer (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Merry Christmas and all the best to you Hugh
Comment is about Meandering poetic minds (blog)
Original item by hugh
Inspiring write.
Beautiful warm wishes.
Same to you too.?
Comment is about Seasons Greetings 2020 (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
I love your poem M.C. It comes at a good time. I am glad that I have joined you and the others who contribute to sanity with poetry.
Clyde from Portland, Maine
Comment is about WOL (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
My husband was hoping I had wrote this one?
Comment is about Festive Chat-Up Rhyme (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Here, here. I wholeheartedly agree. Hanging out on WOL with our poetic friends from around the world, turns loneliness and misery into a global date with destiny, as we inspire the muse within to fight our battles with the mighty pen! Best wishes for a healthy, happy holiday. ~ V
Comment is about WOL (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
<Deleted User> (18980)
Wed 23rd Dec 2020 21:03
I love it. I bloody love it. Do I love it...yes I bloody do!!! Well...it's alright I suppose.
Comment is about Festive Chat-Up Rhyme (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
A nicely paced poignant tale.
Comment is about the tattered old man on Christmas Eve (blog)
Original item by Clyde McCulley
Thank you all John, Tony, Paul, Stephen, Julie, Stephen and JD Bardo for liking this.
Yes Graham, Just a rehearsal for the big day!
I'm in trouble Brian - and counting.....
Nice idea Martin. Maybe the Temperance Seven to perform it with a megaphone i'm thinking. That dates me!
Happy Xmas everyone!
Ray
Comment is about FOUR STEPS TO HEAVEN (blog)
Original item by ray pool
A strange tale for strange times
Comment is about Strange man (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
A well crafted poignant and emotive tale. T?
Comment is about the tattered old man on Christmas Eve (blog)
Original item by Clyde McCulley
<Deleted User> (18980)
Wed 23rd Dec 2020 19:02
I bet she's dobbed in a few neighbours for Covid crime.
Comment is about Gossip (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Merry Christmas to you and wishing you all the very best.
Comment is about It's Christmaaaaas! (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
A stirring poem of hope, Aviva.
Comment is about Life Comes To This (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thanks for the kind comment, Greg. Like you, I still get through the list of distant relatives and old friends, even if it does sometimes feel like writing into a void. Having said that, I suppose it is all part of life's fabric, difficult to define but regretted when it is gone.
Thanks to all for the likes.
Comment is about Postcodes (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
A wonderful tale. Best wishes to everyone.
Comment is about the tattered old man on Christmas Eve (blog)
Original item by Clyde McCulley
Best wishes in these restricted times, M.C.
Comment is about WOL (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks for the background, Greg. He's someone I will certainly try to read more of. "Soldiering On" is indeed a powerful poem.
Comment is about David Constantine awarded Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you for the likes, Trevor, Aviva and Paul.
Comment is about The Lessons We May Learn (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Paul, I can't remember the exact wording! the second verse has been rewritten and posted on The Life I Took For Granted.
Comment is about The Lessons We May Learn (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
And of course to yourself too MCN. Merry Christmas!
Comment is about WOL (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
It’s rather disappointing to know what a hulat is, MC. It’s a bit like being told how a magician does his trick - the magic is gone. I could tell you but then they might come for you.
And thankyou for the Like, Stephen G.
Comment is about THE THREE HULATS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for the feedback MC ?
I'm saying direct action towards a goal is a commitment, rather than just trying to do something. And carrying on through with that commitment until the desired result is achieved.
Comment is about Beyond Trying (blog)
Original item by Dean Fraser
This brings to mind my late mother's comment about things coming
in threes. I prefer the "two's company...three's a crowd" scene myself.
P.S. What's a "Hulat"? Can't find it in my dictionary of phrase and fable. A Hulda, yes (goddess of marriage and fecundity) - but no
Hulat.
So - it's Hulat...whodat?
Comment is about THE THREE HULATS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A charming story - ideal for the time and the situation we find ourselves in across land and sea.
Comment is about the tattered old man on Christmas Eve (blog)
Original item by Clyde McCulley
The world seen through a martini glass perhaps. I'll drink to that!
Comment is about 'As the world gets ready to start all over again again' (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
And it was said that Scottish king Robert the Bruce watched a
spider continually trying to achieve some ascendancy and was inspired to go out and win a famous victory.
Sure - trying can be trying but not bothering to pursue an aim is
worse!
Comment is about Beyond Trying (blog)
Original item by Dean Fraser
There's always the suspicion that every street has one!
It's no accident that tittle-tattle rhymes with prattle. ?
Comment is about Gossip (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Welcome positivity at a difficult time. Thank you.
Now here's a thought...
Can love be taught
Or is it something inherited
As if it's somehow merited?
Comment is about Drip by Drip (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Dear Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thank you for your interesting and genuine comment.That is why I like WOL that helped me a lot in honing my skills.
What matters is you liked the writing skill.The comment shows your literary competence too.This tip fuels my passion.
As you said I believe on individual differences.
And I often appreciate Art for Art sake.But at times unfolding in life could lead you in a different direction-- Art for life's sake.
I could not sit back with folded hands when over 700 people from one ethnic group in my country were hacked to death by the heinous.(Mai Kadra,Ethiopia as attested by Amnesty International,Human rights Watch)The heinous were supported by historic enemies of the country.
If you dig deep and do research it is not hard to discern the truth and take sides.
I believe no sane person sides those who commit genocide and spill the blood of the innocent(Some journalists in the global media & dignitaries are shamefully doing so). Stabbing people in the back is also a disgusting behavior. Soldiers in the ditch are out with their head in the cross hairs.As such they could expect nothing from the back.
Condoning the impish will be no less crime specially after one realized the fact.
When a poet witnesses such a thing s/he will experience evolution of muse. For example Salomeja Neris from Lithuanian changed her focus from Romantic poems to War (Nazism)condemning poems when her country was invaded by Nazi Germany.You start reading her collection of poems put in chronological order laughing and end up weeping.(MY MA thesis was on Her book,Blue Sister River Vilija.The thesis was Published by Lambart Publisher,Germany).
Enda Saint Vincent Milay from America went through the same experience.Poets during that era experienced evolution of muse.
Of course reaching at the fact takes time.
It did take time to condemn slavery,capitalism,fascism,Nazism ,Apartheid and the like.
Your prudence not to take sides before probing on the matter is good.But calling a spade a spade pays.
Let me wind up with one poem of Salomeja Neris I translated into Amharic
Child of War
( By Salomeja Neris Lithuania Poet/Translation in English Dorian Rottenberg/Translation in Amharic Alem Hailu)
O child of war, preserve your weapon,
For future children let it stay,
For they will come and ask their question
What was the world like in our day?
For them, born under stars more lucky,
It will be hard to understand
How could the sky have been exploded
While battles raged on see and land?
How,flowing black with blood,could rivers
Rock,bridges bombs had battered down
They'll never see it-as you never
Saw sunshine in the world around.
Preserve your weapon,little eagles,
Of many battle it will tell
Of days ferocious and heroic
For grandson to remember well.
ሰባዊ ቀንበጥ አርበኞች
ምስኪን ልጆች
ሰባዊ ቀንበጥ አርበኞች
መሳሪያችሁን በደንብ በቅርስነት አስቀምጡ
ለአምሳያዎቻችሁ በዘመን ሃዲድ ለሚመጡ
ምክንያቱም በኛ ጊዜ
ሉላዊ ገጽታው እንዴት እንደነበረ
መጠየቃቸው ስለማይቀር!
ምክኒያቱም እድለኛ ሆነው ለተወለዱት
ለማስረዳት ስለሚያዳግት እንዴት
ሰማዩ እንደተናጠ በፍንዳታ
በመሬት በባህር ጦርነት
ሲካሄድ ያላፍታ-ማለት ልክ
እናንተ የሰላም ጸሃይ የምትስተዋልበት
ሰማይ እንዳላያችሁት!
ጠይም የደም ጎርፍ እንዴት አድርጎ
የቦንብ ድልድይ ፍርስራሽ
እንደወሰድ ጠራርጎ !
ለልጅ ልጅ ስለሚዘከር ስለበርካታ
የጅግንነት የአይበገሬነት ውሎ
አደራ መሳሪያች ሁን በደንብ አኑሩ ልጆች
ተናንሽ ንስሮች !
በ ሳሎ ሜዳ ነሪስ
ትርጉም አለም ሃይሉ
(ሉትኒያ በናዚ በተወረረችበት ወቅት ገጣሚዋ በግጥም ወታደሮችን ታበረታታ ነበር። አንድ ህጻን ወታደር የስዋን ግጥም ከጋዜጣ ቀዶ የደረት ኪሱ ይዞ በማሺን ጋን ተመቶ እንደሞተ ተገኝትዋል)
Comment is about Clapping Hands to a Heroine (blog)
Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos
Brilliant, hopefully not a true account ?
Comment is about Gossip (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Wed 23rd Dec 2020 12:55
Thank you JD, I have reposted without second verse. Another lesson learned! Stop and read and read again before you press add to blog.
Comment is about The Life I Took For Granted (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Julie, Both versions are fine, I prefer the first, I was not offended, And hope never to offend. It is just poetry. I also in two of my previous poems have have made similar comments, and, right or wrong, it will not be changed. it is just a poem. Please see (the thanksgiving poem). and (The Bug). Sorry if I offend, But if I were to change, Then I am not freely being me. Write out loud for Julie, Julie, And it will be you that we see.
Comment is about The Life I Took For Granted (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks Aviva, I have sent you a message and reposted my poem without the second verse. I posted it in a bit of a rush this morning and take on board your comment.
Comment is about The Life I Took For Granted (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
It was pointed out that some may have taken offence from my previous post. This is never my intention. Please accept my apologies.
Comment is about The Lessons We May Learn (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks JD...great day straight back at you ?
Po - LOL ?
Aviva - love your feedback, as always ?
Comment is about Beyond Trying (blog)
Original item by Dean Fraser
Thanks for commenting on this haiku, Paul. Thanks for the Likes, Stephen G, Stephen A, and Aviva. Not much - but worth saying.
Comment is about Christmas 2020 (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
julie callaghan
Thu 24th Dec 2020 09:23
Thank you JD for your kind comment it actually brought a tear to my eye. Keep your daily blogs coming too. All the best to you and yours.
A Christmas reminder to always be kind
You can never see inside another’s mind
If you cannot think of a kind thing to say
Then please say nothing, it’s best for all this way
Comment is about Cheers To WOL (blog)
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