Thanks for the comment, MC, and, of course, the winners write the history.

Comment is about A Day for Gratitude (and Greed) (blog)

Original item by Randy Horton

I think I would have guessed that you would only be able to score 2 out of 3, Julie.
And thanks for the Like, Hope.

Comment is about THE NOB NURSE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

ARB - in a sense, you are right, of course. It's me losing patience
with the frequency of those who seem perpetually inward-looking
but not keeping it to themselves. Perhaps believing that misery
loves company.
?

Comment is about GET A LIFE! (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

The old ones are the best?

Comment is about A horrific meal (blog)

Original item by hugh

Well.... I remember the nit nurse and the dotty colours?

Comment is about THE NOB NURSE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for the likes Hugh, Dean, Greg and Paul, Thank you for the comment Paul. I allow myself to plan and prepare for Christmas before December but music, films and decorations are not definitely not allowed until the 1st at the earliest.

Comment is about Christmas Shopping (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

It seems like a very "me-me" poem

Comment is about GET A LIFE! (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

MC and Paul - In truth, the actions of the nob nurse were as unerotic as was possible. So much so that The Little Corporal invariably shrank in fear to the size of an acorn.

Comment is about THE NOB NURSE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

What is the point of this research into "connections" to the slave
trade? Does it cover that egregious era in the widest possible
context that spreads far beyond the trans-Atlantic trade and involves
numerous other nations throughout history? Perhaps the subject for a poem under the circumstances reported above.

Comment is about British Library says sorry to family of Ted Hughes after linking distant ancestor to slave trade (article)

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Much obliged for the comments and the "likes".

Comment is about GET A LIFE! (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

To the victors, the spoils.
An axiom throughout history. The onus is on the victors to make the world a better place: sadly, not always in evidence.

Comment is about A Day for Gratitude (and Greed) (blog)

Original item by Randy Horton

My word - how you johnnie-come-lately types (no reference in the above context inferred!) were spoiled by all that attention. We war
babies never had it so good! All those trips to the village shop with
our ration books during our kid years, with stern parents/step-parents
from an Edwardian era keeping us in check. No ball cupping for us by
matronly strangers. You never had it so good!!!!
Or - as Private Eye misquoted Harold MacMillan: You never had it? So good!

Comment is about THE NOB NURSE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks Keith. I remember your bobbin affair as well! It's so important to get children's skills up and running at an early age. Luckily I had woodwork at a later school and still remember cutting of joints and assembling frames etc. You need hands as Max Bygraves used to say.

Greg, that sounds like it might be in your attic , nothing for it but to let curiosity take over (plus torch). I'm a terrible hoarder of my own history.

Thanks for liking, Trevor, New Shoes and Stephen.

Ray

Comment is about RAFFIA MAT (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thank you very much, John.

Comment is about A Day for Gratitude (and Greed) (blog)

Original item by Randy Horton

Love this. Thanks for sharing ?

Comment is about Broken Hearts Need Glue (blog)

Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth

Amazing, well written

Comment is about You would have found me.... (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Enchanting, David. I like the idea of developing the saying.

Comment is about The Axe (blog)

Original item by David Lindsay

I don’t want it.
Here’s a sobering thought: Research shows a man my age (albeit not a superman like me) is 90 times more likely to die of it than a 30 year-old. My in-laws are 630 times more likely to die.
I don’t want it.

Comment is about We Get It! (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Simply a beautiful piece of poetry ?

Comment is about Acceptance (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thanks for the likes Brian and Stephen.
Thanks for the lovely comment Brian?

Comment is about December Poinsettia (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thank you so much for your kind words on my poem, very much appreciated ?

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

Original item by keith jeffries

Not so, MC! We need much more self-indulgent navel-gazing on this site.

Comment is about GET A LIFE! (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Wonderfully understated, Randy.

Comment is about A Day for Gratitude (and Greed) (blog)

Original item by Randy Horton

The daemons in your head can come out at night. I have a box I try to put them in. But they don’t always stay in there.

Comment is about In the darkness (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Brilliant stuff, Branwell.

Comment is about Self Pity (blog)

Original item by branwell kent

Beautiful

Comment is about In the darkness (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

good point M.C.
good point!

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Bloody cheapskate!

Comment is about December Poinsettia (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Get it?
Got it?
Keep it to yourself

Comment is about We Get It! (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

That Arabella sounds like the sort of posh bird who wouldn't have been impressed with anything less than a Porsche. You're better off out of it Branwell.

Comment is about Self Pity (blog)

Original item by branwell kent

Good point. Good poem.

Comment is about GET A LIFE! (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Brilliant second verse.

Comment is about Self Pity (blog)

Original item by branwell kent

Thanks Paul and Keith. Grateful for your support as always. This piece is the result of me talking to a nasty virus that is trying to attack me. Disease and malignant love has to be determined to stick around writers because we out them every time! Stay well.

Comment is about Malignant Love (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

Yeah, the worst kind of partnership.

Comment is about "Holy Politics" (blog)

Original item by Emeka Collins

My poetry requires
medication
both the writer
composing it
and..the reader
reading it!
?

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I don't usually read poets or poetry.
I'm just different that way.
But I read this and was impressed.

Each time he climbed another mountain peak,
He took a slice home as a souvenir;
Nothing too big, just a vanishing scrape.
One day, on cue, he heard the mountain speak,
And through dawn’s modest light, it shed a tear
At such a violation of its shape.
This act would likely finish his career.

Comment is about Stephen Gospage (poet profile)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thanks Charley Bishop-
are you Catholic?
Do you have a Mitre?
?

Comment is about Stephen Gospage (poet profile)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

JD.,

This poem epitomises the dilema of attributing our misfortune due to our wrongdoings and the judgement of God. Yet it also acknowledges the need of God. Self examination and hope are the themes which the reader will see as evident. A conversation with God, one which we often do in a special intimacy as a means of seeking God out and searching for explanations and reassurance.

a well crafted poem

Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about The Thanksgiving Poem (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Enjoyed this clever write.

Comment is about The Axe (blog)

Original item by David Lindsay

I have nothing but the greatest of respect for those previous generations, MC.
And thanks for the Like, Trevor.

Comment is about THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE BORN (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I get it

Comment is about We Get It! (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Vautaw.

A brilliant diatribe with an unambiguous message. I love every word. Say it loud and clear girl.

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Malignant Love (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

Thanks for the likes MC, JD, Hugh and Stephen. Thanks also for the comment Greg, added a photo, it has been green most of the year but just started to turn red again?

Comment is about December Poinsettia (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Well done for recycling your poinsettia, Julie, something I've never managed. Although in recent years it's become a subject of minor seasonal discord in the Freeman household ... I've gone right off the red ones.

Comment is about December Poinsettia (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Very nicely done, Ian. I think you've caught a mood ... a lot of people seem very apprehensive about Christmas this year.

Comment is about We Get It! (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Jane said

"Not with her you stupid man,
Do it with me if you still can."

Comment is about Too old for passion (blog)

Original item by hugh

To Bloom

Sometimes
Life is like the smallest flower
Stretching for some sun
When all the bigger ones devour
All it could become

I loved this!

Comment is about Stephen W Atkinson (poet profile)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

A clever poetic fable. Superb

Comment is about The Axe (blog)

Original item by David Lindsay

There is a sardonic tone here that would surely have been known
and understood in other days - a way of coping with what they were
experiencing. Is there such a thing as too much freedom? From
some behaviour seen at present it seems a pertinent question!.
Surely, with freedom comes the need for self-discipline...and that's
not a quality we see much of nowadays.

Comment is about THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE BORN (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

How true. I recall it being said that "Experience is the total sum of our mistakes". The pity is that there are always those who do not
learn from that simple truth.

Comment is about MISTAKES (blog)

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