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)

Original item by d.knape

thanks for your kind words Ray - glad you liked it
and thanks to everyone for the 'likes' ?

Comment is about A November Haunting (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Reveals the heartbreaking truth behind many marriages. ?

Comment is about A Long Walk (blog)

Original item by simon lucan

Thanks big brother Keith for your kind comment.



@Paul Here's the link to my blog: emekaspeaks96@blogspot.com. you will find some works I never posted here there.

Comment is about "Blessing Disguised" (blog)

Original item by Emeka Collins

Thanks for the likes both Stephens and for supporting my campaign Stephen A?

Comment is about Why Has Christmas Come So Early (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Blimey, Greg! I never knew that’s how it was spelled. But I shan’t change it - I rather like the idea of the old boy fighting a war over white goods.

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

Original item by John Coopey

The two trees in the sunset with the song, really makes a magical piece. cherished memories

Comment is about French kissing (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

I have heard others say that taking a break, with some distance can put things in clearer perspective.

Comment is about Moral Collision (blog)

Original item by Melan Drifter

"She's simply the brightest"
I will look for her in the night sky

Comment is about Queen of the Galaxy (blog)

Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth

Swooning. So lovely. The romantic in me hopes she’s alive and follows your writings. ❤️

Comment is about French kissing (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

We have seen lots of our dear friends from sixties end up like this and we escaped from it by the skins of our teeth, but it wasn't on the same scale as it is today.

We now work with a local homeless charity and we can tell you from the experience of seeing this kind of situation getting worse and worse by the day that society is going to require a hell of a lot more of us to stand up and be counted in order to if not totally eradicate the problem, then at least reduce the numbers of these poor unfortunates who have fallen foul of today's madhouse world.

The other day we saw a group of some of the regular clients who attend the centre having to eat their donated midday meal outside because of the covid situation huddled together in a corner trying to keep each other warm in the howling wind.

Of course, we had a chat with them for a few minutes and then let them get on with their meals.

Both of us walked away with tears in our eyes.

Reading this poem is actually having the same effect but we thank you for posting it and hope that if you ARE the person it refers to that you might have the same luck as we did all those years ago

there but for the grace go we. Pat and Stef xx

Comment is about unnamed (blog)

Original item by mentalelf. Philk.

They always made better dishwashers than we did, those bloody Boche ...

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

Original item by John Coopey

I remember mine, Ray. I wonder what happened to it?

Comment is about RAFFIA MAT (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Ray,

What thoughts you retain of something simple, hand made but still apart of you. A poem which takes us back to those days when handicrafts, wood work and metal work were part of the school curriculum. I remember making similar table mats from what was called bobbin knitting. Random pieces of wool launched from a bobbin with four nails hammered in the top and grew by the efforts of one's hands into many a household ornament.

Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about RAFFIA MAT (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Emeka, a poem of rare beauty in which you captivate the readers imagination. The last two lines of the second stanza are remarkable in their significance, not only to this poem to to all life.

Thank you indeed for this

Keith

Comment is about "Blessing Disguised" (blog)

Original item by Emeka Collins

A good piece of observation Mike.

Enjoyed.

P

Comment is about No Shop Tills Ring (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Well written and atmospheric - enjoyed.

P

Comment is about The Lifeblood (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Thank you for your comments Paul very much appreciated. Glad you have enjoyed my poem.


All the best des

Comment is about Effigy (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

Thank you Paul for your generous comments, much appreciated and thank you for reading and commenting.


Thank you vautaw and Stephen for the likes much appreciate.

All the best des

Comment is about Villanelle fin (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

Quite, Stephen. “I’m not wearing a mask because it makes my glasses steam up”. “Try dying, then. See if that’s better”.

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

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks Paul. I feel great to be back again. I write more on my blog though.

Comment is about "Blessing Disguised" (blog)

Original item by Emeka Collins

Thank you for the approving Like Cody!

Comment is about Starlight (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Here, here, Julie ?

Comment is about Why Has Christmas Come So Early (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

? excellent John. And yes, some poor souls through this awful pandemic have complained because they've had to go without haircuts & nights out on the piss. Poor buggers

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

Original item by John Coopey

We should be grateful it was those previous generations who stood up when they did and not today’s, Stephen. They were made of better stuff than us.

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

Original item by John Coopey

Yes. Perfect.

Comment is about Success Rate (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Well put, John. Wars and pandemics have some similarities, except that in the latter case the chosen few don't quite understand that they are involved.

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

Original item by John Coopey

Interesting discussion and comments. Thanks, everyone, and to Stephen for the like.
I am not by nature a conformist but am fascinated by the pressure to conform. I spent some time in Japan, where they say that the nail which sticks up will be hammered down.
There seems to be some inevitability about the process. I recently saw 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning', where the rebellious Arthur Seaton seems at the end to bow to the inevitable and accept marriage and a new-built house. What else could he do?
In the end, perhaps breaking the mould requires you to conform in some way. Even 1960s hippies set up structures and hierarchies.
But let's keep trying to push the boundaries, even if we can't cross them.

Comment is about Foundations (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thanks for the likes JR and Dean

Comment is about Why Has Christmas Come So Early (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Join the club, Paul.
And thanks for the Like, Dean.

Comment is about THE FASTEST STEAM TRAIN IN THE WORLD (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Graham, your point about the identity of certain dwellings is an interesting one and a salient one in this case too. The lanes around me are very random and have grown out of a sort of squatting from people moved off land requisitioned by the army in Victorian times. Many small abodes were cobbled together then - a few remain and do not satisfy modern needs I suppose. The cottage in the poem qualifies. There is definitely as you surmise an element of parochialism around here, a positive and a negative too. My age qualifies me to be old and wise, but not definitly correct!
Thanks as always for contributing...

Thanks Paul, always complimentary and duly noted. It started as a bit of rant, but then became like a diary, a sombre one!

Thanks Stephen A and Stephen G for your approval.

Ray

Comment is about A HUMBLE COTTAGE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Aisha, Stephen A and Trevor,

I value your time in reading and commenting on this poem. It is a constant source of encouragement.

Thank you
Keith

Comment is about Held in Abeyance (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

JD.,

a poem which so many will be able to relate to. I enjoyed the subtle rhyming and the careful choice of words.

Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about What I do not see, cannot hurt me. (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Just be reminded in sober solicitation
There's a right and a wrong kind
Of available medication!
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Comment is about Success Rate (blog)

Original item by d.knape

I always admire the ambition of your poetry Keith. The wordplay, use of metaphor and intention to stretch your creative powers and the readers imagination is always apparent. Cheers Trevor

Comment is about Held in Abeyance (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Hi Oz

Greg has let me know that you need a discount code to order a copy of the Beyond the Storm Anthology. I did send you one in August but it will have expired.

I will send you another one this morning. Please could you check your email and let me know if you receive it. It may have gone into your spam folder.

It will be sent from diane@writeoutloud.net.

Thanks

Diane

Comment is about Oz Hardwick (poet profile)

Original item by Oz Hardwick

This poem made me smile, but I won't be singing along until December is here?

Comment is about The Twelve Days of Christmas (blog)

Original item by Malpoet

Thanks Paul

Quite right. I don't think I've got twelve years, but on the other hand, being retired I don't face the burdens of this mess as younger people will.

Comment is about The Twelve Days of Christmas (blog)

Original item by Malpoet

Hi Vautaw, I much appreciate your comments and this being quite an introverted poem I am glad you find the haunting beauty in it. That is very much appreciate.


Thanks for like stephen.


All the best des

Comment is about Effigy (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

Thanks, Greg. :)

Comment is about Our document of an uncertain, unsettling, painful, frightening, uplifting time (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Brightest Blessings Paul

Comment is about Stoneproof in Avebury (blog)

Original item by Dean Fraser

Preach Sister.

Comment is about Closure (My Dear John Letter) (blog)

Original item by Christine Elizabeth

Powerful first stanza John. ? For the record you are an excellent writer, one of the best in my humble opinion. ❤️

Comment is about My Sweetheart the Drunk (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Haunting beauty in this Effigy Dez. ?

Comment is about Effigy (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

Welcome to WOL Cody! Those are great dream and ambitions you have. I hope you explore them more in your writing and poetry.

Comment is about Cody Roach (poet profile)

Original item by Cody Roach

Good to hear you’ve completed your treatments and in good spirits writing. Cheers.

Comment is about NIGHTLIGHT (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thanks for your likes
Paul
Stephen
Nicola
and Charlotte.

Comment is about Unwrapping Christmas (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

This will be a Christmas when good times are shared and have much more meaning than any of us have shared before.

Thanks Paul

Comment is about Unwrapping Christmas (blog)

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