Such a poignant message told so creatively & succinctly. 👌🏼

Comment is about Omelette (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

A good series on TV about it all at the moment. A lot of the Germans were very young, too. And, I should add, a very well-crafted poem.

Comment is about BEACHHEAD - JUNE 6, 1944 (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I really like My Life, Larisa. You make it look easy (writing, i mean.)

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Nice, Tom. I like it. It scans well.

Comment is about It's June (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Thank you very much for saying so, Greg. It's a format i love playing with so there'll be many more to come.

Comment is about PLAYTIME (blog)

Original item by Martin Peacock

Thanks M.C. I'm glad you enjoyed this poem.😊

Comment is about Slipperstale (blog)

Original item by Sunshine

That's the favourite piece of every dog. Although we need new slippers but this game is hilarious.
Better walk barefoot Nigel 😀

Comment is about Slipperstale (blog)

Original item by Sunshine

Thank you very much, Martin, your kind comment means a lot! 😊

Comment is about moment. (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Thank you so much, Martin, that is an extremely encouraging comment, I truly appreciate it! 😊

Comment is about Hark... (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Thanks for likes - Hélène, Stephen W & Auracle 👍

Comment is about It's June (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

"People are cheaper, things are more expensive" - unfortunately seems to be true.

Comment is about God Didn't Know What to Say (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Thanks for the recent flowers.

David

Comment is about Dens of Iniquity (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

A very fine sonnet, Martin, if I may say so.

Comment is about PLAYTIME (blog)

Original item by Martin Peacock

I am so grateful to dears Patricia Ziel, Manish,
Helene, Stephen W. Atkinson, Stephen Cospage, and Tom Doolan for reading and liking my poem.

Comment is about God Didn't Know What to Say (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

This is the 2nd of your poems that i've really liked, in this, my 1st visit. I'll come back for more.

Comment is about Invocation of the Watcher (blog)

Original item by M Lane

There's some evocative imagery in this. I especially liked 'I dreamt of tents cast in bronze and raw silk'.

Comment is about Tents in the Desert (blog)

Original item by M Lane

I like this. It doesn't feel contrived. And the internal rhyming of 'purple' and 'hurdle' is smooth. Yes.

Comment is about Gemini and Scorpio (blog)

Original item by Manish

The haiku can be a difficult beast to tame, but you manage it. Not many do.

Comment is about Hark... (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Yes, this one works for me. It trips off my tongue.

Comment is about moment. (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

There are some very nice poems here Stephen. I especially liked 'Climate Change'.

Comment is about Stephen Gospage (poet profile)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

"Only the laughter of kids brings us back to life." That line lifted my heart, Larisa. So, so true; so well said in this compelling poem.

Comment is about God Didn't Know What to Say (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Thank you Graham, & Stephen for taking time to comment, much appreciated. And thank you for the likes Trevor, Manish, Holden & Aisha 🌷

Comment is about The Last Train (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Thank for the likes, Tom, Stephen, Telboy and RG.

This is not autobiographic although it is based on a friend of mine from schooldays, alas no longer with us.

David

Comment is about Dens of Iniquity (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Oh my god....💔

Comment is about Glass Shards (blog)

Original item by Souhardya Das

Thanks for likes - Stephen, Holden & Manish 👍

Comment is about It's June (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Great writing, Stephen. Atmospheric and moving.

Comment is about The Last Train (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

A very funny poem, Ruth! Cats often seem to get their way.

Comment is about Jealous Cat (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

A bleak, disturbing poem, Keith, yet containing so much truth.

Comment is about An Arid land (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Comment is about Kevin Vose (poet profile)

Original item by Kevin Vose

Enjoyed this piece Trevor, a nice balance of putting Shakespeare down a few pegs or 2 whilst celebrating him at the same time. 😄 Love the little fun facts about how phrases like the 'green eyed monster ' still remain in our modern language. 👏🏼

Comment is about Bard Work (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Nice one Trevor.

Comment is about Bard Work (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

I really like this piece Stephen. A bunch of my old trainspotting friends recently met on our old bring to re-live old times. Sadly no steam!!

Lovely work

G

Comment is about The Last Train (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Ciaran.....name me a poet who hasn't written about a dream, such a rich source!

'I never understood the rush
in reading a beautiful book'

agreed, good work!

G

Comment is about BROKEN SLEEP (blog)

Original item by CiaranPCunningham

A little bit of nonsense written after a recent visit to Stratford-on-Avon to see the RSC (brilliantly! perform Love's Labour's Lost.

Comment is about Bard Work (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

@davidrlmoore thank you..yeah, this dream has repeated for me over the years in a number of different forms...it's influenced a number of pieces I've written.

Comment is about BROKEN SLEEP (blog)

Original item by CiaranPCunningham

Hi CPC,

It seems there is a poet in our midst...part time poet and photographer you may claim, but you are without doubt an accomplished painter of imaginings.

David

Comment is about CiaranPCunningham (poet profile)

Original item by CiaranPCunningham

A beautiful poem with brush strokes delicately and thoughtfully applied.

Dreams often unveil like journeys. I have one which delivers me to its ending by way of a wave upon a shoreline, I wonder how many people have this similar dream?

Lovely poem CPC,

David

Comment is about BROKEN SLEEP (blog)

Original item by CiaranPCunningham

Thanks for the like Tim,

Thank you Stephen for the like and comment. That you stopped by to read and comment is appreciated.

David

Many thanks for the overnight oats, Holden, Tim and M Lane.
31-05-24

David

Comment is about Literary Lemmings (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Haha! I knew that I was taking a risk by talking about the cautions and preparations, but yeah, I will be aware of who's going off the script. Thank you, Tim.😊

Comment is about Debut (blog)

Original item by Manish

A superb poem that I very much enjoyed reading. I really liked the line, "In silence, I hear the fleeting hours of my day."
Thank you.

Comment is about Dream (blog)

Original item by Luca

Dreams are often, or maybe always strange. I myself had written a poem about dream's enigma just a month ago and this piece is very relatable. Loved it.
Thank you.

Comment is about Red Clay (blog)

Original item by M Lane

Thank you guys for all the likes and the comments Keith Tim and Rose. I seem to go through romantic drama moments at times. I haven't been hiding honestly Rose I have just been very busy with life stuff. Lots to sort out, but haven't stopped writing. Hopefully I will have more time to visit the site more often
Thanks again. Much appreciated
Martin

Comment is about Two into one won't go (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Very wise, philosophical and thoughtful, Steve. Thanks for getting in on the act!

Comment is about Why is the sonnet still popular? (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Having played poetical truancy for some time Mr E I am very pleased to see that you have returned to the class of WOL

( did you bring an excuse you note? and if you did did you write
SWALK on the back? } 😂



Rose 💋

Comment is about Two into one won't go (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Patricia there are times as we all know when we feel as if we can't win-but the trick is-you have to keep trying!






Rose 💋

Comment is about Inner Conflict (blog)

Original item by Patricia Ziel

You'll do for me Tim-even if you do have warts and all! 😁





Rose 💋

Comment is about just a human (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

Manish, a good poem which will have wide appeal as even the best of us tell 'white' lies. I remember my grandmother saying that the be a good liar you had to have a good memory.
Thank you for this,
Keith

Comment is about Keeper of Lies (blog)

Original item by Manish

"i have withdrawn
leave me out of it
i am just a human
nothing more, nothing less," great lines, Tim.
I like this new style, raw and upfront.
Thank you.

Comment is about just a human (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

Good to see you back posting Sarah-Kaye!

Comment is about Question Reflection (blog)

Original item by Sarah-Kaye

GF - thank you. So much to be grateful for and make time for
in our own way as this anniversary approaches. Often so easily
discarded as was the instance I recall with regret when the
council in Torquay, Devon went ahead with the destruction of
the harbour slipways that had seen the US forces set off on the
sea-borne invasion to liberate Europe and the wider world.
How could they not see the importance of preserving them as a
visible reminder of living history? It baffled me and others
who objected to this historical vandalism. It was an attitude of
mind that Sir John Betjeman would have surely taken to task in his inimitable way..

Comment is about BEACH - June 6, 1944 (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry