When the swing bridge was a toll bridge until a few years ago, MC, many a motorist considered Selby a kind of hell.

Comment is about WEREWOLVES OF SELBY (blog)

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Thank you for the likes, MC, JR and Paul for the kind comment too.

Comment is about I Miss You (blog)

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Thanks for the like JR and Brian.

Comment is about Where, What, Who, When (blog)

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Oh yes Ray, forgot about Bob Monkhouse, he was a bit marmite! nice to hear your memories of time spent with him. Have you ever written about your time with any of them?

Comment is about After Show Party (blog)

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Thank you, Paul.

Comment is about Champagne and Sunflowers (blog)

Original item by Randy Horton

A wonderful summary of these strange days Julie.
There are people who sit in idleness and complain...
and there are those who seek the opportunity to explore new horizons

Comment is about Where, What, Who, When (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

I'm flattered by all of your comments. Many thanks.
It is nice to be back here amongst friends and free of trolls! (Well, I haven't encountered any on here so far!).
My long absence has been due to work, family concerns and illness; but I haven't been idle. I've published 3 books this year (albeit not poetry).
It is wonderful to share, get pleasure and learn from each other here. I have learned much and am inspired by all of you. Thank you.

Comment is about My Un-favourite Things (blog)

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Thanks for the Like Dawn! And thanks for the, always encouraging, and much appreciated comment Mr Po(et)

Comment is about Starlight (blog)

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Love this, despite images now stuck in my mind.?

Comment is about My Un-favourite Things (blog)

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Ow-ooooo -
You could always form a group and call it "The Rolling Bones" (formed in your own 60s )..
If they ask me where hell be,
I'll merely say "Selby"!

Comment is about WEREWOLVES OF SELBY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Great stuff! I thought it was going to go in the same direction as one I commented on some years ago called ' Truly not Julie ' by my buddies Patricia and Stef Wilde.



Rose ?

Comment is about My Un-favourite Things (blog)

Original item by J R Harris

Hear-hear ! In the UK there is an organisation called The Woodland
Trust who do such things and my own late elder sister had trees
planted in her memory in a beautiful South Devon spot. The reward
is two-fold in its benefit - personal and general. What's not to like?

Comment is about LEGACY (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Top marks for the consistency in its imagery of how the mundane
detritus of life can reduce its quality when discarded without thought.
The occasional near-rhyming works in the overall picture on view.
Good one.

Comment is about My Un-favourite Things (blog)

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Thanks very much.

Comment is about Champagne and Sunflowers (blog)

Original item by Randy Horton

Refreshingly different RH, and with a touch of deadpan irony.

Welcome indeed to WOL.

Look forward to reading more of your stuff.

P

Comment is about Champagne and Sunflowers (blog)

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We are thankful for
those who respond
especially those
who are named Dawn
as beautiful as
each breath that comes
each morning gifts
the rising Dawn.

Comment is about Dawn (poet profile)

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what is that paining of?
did you do it?

Comment is about John E Marks (poet profile)

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Thank you Greg for the kind comment and like.

Comment is about I Miss You (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Fine poem, Julie, in which the final stanza and the photo reveal the full story. Written from the heart.

Comment is about I Miss You (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thank you Keith for your lovely comment and like. It is much easier to keep in touch these days, when he is not too busy of course!! and even easier when he wants or needs something, but I suppose that is what mums are for.

Thank you Vautaw and Stephen for the like.

Comment is about I Miss You (blog)

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Compelling words with meaningful depths Zushka

Your venture into poetry writing was too long delayed, but thankfully now you are certainly making up for lost time.

May intriguing echoes issue from your quill on WOL.

P

Comment is about Sister (blog)

Original item by Zushka B

A beautifully crafted poem written from heart to heart. As a young soldier many years ago, I can relate to this. I wrote weekly to my mum. She was my mainstay, especially when overseas.
Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about I Miss You (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

John,

As a veteran of 10 years military service both at home and abroad this is the first poem which recognises that those at the front, those engaged in bitter conflict do so with their minds full of what they carry with them. Love, betrayal, anxieties, memories cherished and others rather forgotten. The act of going into conflict is a culmination of intense fear, fierce resolve and the ever hopefulness of survival. Few will ever know the horror of personal confusion in the minds of those who fought. For the life of me I cannot image the first morning of the Somme. Those lads with all their overt and hidden luggage were brave to death. It brings tears to my eyes to think of their steadfastness in the face of metal and thunder.
This poem brings to mind much. The fourth stanza touches on the mental effect of mortal combat and the knowledge that death is a whisper too close.
Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Squaddie (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thanks for the likes Stephen and Paul and for the comment Paul.

Comment is about Where, What, Who, When (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Brilliant writing John

Comment is about Squaddie (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Your recent writes are inspiring me to visit these stone circles, can't believe I haven't been to see them. I don't suppose it would be classed as essential travel at the moment.

Comment is about Castlerigg Stone Circle (blog)

Original item by Dean Fraser

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Comment is about Druid’s Temple - Inspired by the Birkrigg Stone Circle near Ulverston (blog)

Original item by Dean Fraser

Wow John. Your poetry is otherworldly. Puts us in the middle of the action. “Smoke signals rising from a gun”... Such a heartbreaking tale. My 19 year old grandson wants to sign up for the military to “see the world”, I sent him this video.

Comment is about Squaddie (blog)

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Do your research at https://www.google.com

Comment is about Squaddie (blog)

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Just visit https://www.google.com

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Do your research at https://www.google.com

Comment is about Sympathy (blog)

Original item by Cara Joy Deane

Love it... Universal!! damn things LOL
I wonder if I may not be looking deep enough though on my second reading... Could this be a metaphor in which case - even more profound.

Comment is about INSEX (blog)

Original item by d.knape

dk you are the light at the end of my tunnel..just

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

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This was wonderful. The rhythm and the story telling and the intimacy! I could almost smell it.

Comment is about Primrose Hill (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thank YOU Dawn. Jack and Saskia deserve all the praise for what they did whilst alive. An example to us all.

Comment is about For Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

This is truly beautiful. Sliced right down to it.

Comment is about For Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thank YOU dear Keith.

The girlfriend of London Bridge attack victim Jack Merritt ,Leanne O'Brien said he "opened so many doors for those that society turned their backs on".

She also shared an article written by Jack's father urging people to "extinguish hatred with his kindness".

Comment is about For Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Andy,

This perspective opens up a mode of thought which we often fail to see or don't want to recognise. You and those with you have illuminated this so very well.
Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about Consequences XI (blog)

Original item by Andy N

With you all the way John. Noble heroes from whom we live amongst.
Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about For Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Patricia and Stefan, Nicola, Stephen G., Stephen A and Jemima.

thank you for taking the time to read this poem and for commenting on it. I am grateful to you for your continued encouragement.

Keith

Comment is about Acceptance (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Martin, Stephen A and Aisha,

Thank you for reading and commenting on this poem.
It is very kind of you and an encouragement for me.

Keith

Comment is about After the Cabaret - impending doom (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Rose, Hugh, Paul, Ruth, Bon, Stephen G
Abdul, Stephen A., Aisha Zushka, Summer and MC.

thank you for taking the the time to read this poem and to comment on it. I appreciate this enormously.
Thank you

Keith

Comment is about Lockdown (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

I love the sheer poetry of you work Keith as much as I do your chosen topics. Which may seem a strange reference but sometimes we can get so caught up in what is being said that we lose out on the expression of the words. Your work never disappoints.

Comment is about After the Cabaret - impending doom (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thank you Keith, much appreciate your comments.


All the best des

Comment is about Zippered (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

An intriguing tale, which has a wonderful poetic flow

Comment is about Primrose Hill (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thanks for the Likes & lovely, encouraging comments Patricia & Stefan, Julie, Ruth & Stephen. And for the Likes Jordyn & Emer, always appreciate !

Comment is about Starlight (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

May peace be with you Suzie - and may your quill become the pen of insightfulness among us.

Blessings.

P.

Comment is about Zushka B (poet profile)

Original item by Zushka B

It all happens here, Stephen.
NFN, Paul? Not quite; they weren’t related.
And thanks for the Like, Zushka.

Comment is about WEREWOLVES OF SELBY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Wow! I think I'll stay in my bunker! Selby sounds too racy. As for Norfolk, think Alan Partridge and the farmers.......

Comment is about WEREWOLVES OF SELBY (blog)

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I bet he drinks Carling Black Label - lots of it!

Comment is about Don't drink and drive !! (blog)

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