This is an updated version of a poem of Romance.. There is another verse and some alterations.

Comment is about Romance and Me (blog)

Original item by Stuart Vanner

Very relevant in this day and age! Jennifer

Comment is about Sewing Needles (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Hi Ray! Have to catch up on your writing, as it is always well worth it, and I have missed a lot. Been in the throes of trying to manage Zoom for teaching, -webinars, courses and tutorials on Utube. Some of those spoke such weird English I needed the text!!!! One girl kept on talking bout the Zoom 'porrl', and being notoriously thick, it took me a few minutes to realise she meant the Zoom Portal!!!!! The tragic thing is that I am supposed to be teaching English! Hope you haven't been Copvided even in a minor fashion. Am getting really bored with not being able to go anywhere much, although one shouldn't complain, when one thinks what the hospital staff are coping with. Here more than 700, doctors, nurses and paramedics died in the spring go.

All the best, Jennifer

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

Original item by ray pool

Nice irony, Ray as always. Think we have a right ot 'sit on our bums' now, as we have'worked our balls off', metaphorically for me, in the past. Don't know why we should feel depressed at being 'non-essential 'according to some. In some ways I can't wait to die, as my family would then realise how essential for their general and financial wellbeing I was!!!!! Not really worth it though!

Jennifer

Comment is about NON ESSENTIAL (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks MC and Tom for the likes. They are fantastic trees, and have that lovely scent in early summer.

Jennifer

Comment is about Lime Trees in Autumn (blog)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Thank you very much Greg & M.C. for the comments.
And M.C. I'll be thinking of your uncle and all the lives lost at my local cenotaph today.

Comment is about The Old Garden Gate (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Ghazala, I too share this relationship with the Divine. It is the gift of faith, precious indeed. My anchor through the storms of life. Thank you for articulating this in such meaningful poem. Keith

Comment is about The prayer mat (blog)

Original item by Ghazala lari

A stitch in time saves many ahead. Lovely patriotic write?

Comment is about Sewing Needles (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

A highly representative CV...

Comment is about Michael Lavers wins £5,000 Bridport poetry prize (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I think us lightworkers around the world are already beginning to challenge the rules. Like Gandalf said its the small acts of kindness amongst the little folks who challenge great evil. It was Sam who encoraged
Frodo to throw the ring into the fire , not the great wizards or the strong tall soldiers or the Hardy Dwarves or the magical elves but Sam, small miracles happen every day, this world is a beautiful place its the little things that matter start from the little things, everything will grow from there, its already happening in the USA, the times are shifting the earth's vibrations are moving at speed xx ,

Comment is about My Prayer for Peace, (and its answer) (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Titles are so important for poems. And this is a great one.

Comment is about The Old Garden Gate (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Great mid-60s John Lennon song, in what he imagined to be the style of Bob Dylan.

Comment is about I'M A LOSER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

To Rose, Paul and Rudyard,

Thank you so much for taking the time to support my work. You help me to keep going with our incredibly rewarding art form.

Chris

Comment is about The Listener (blog)

Original item by Chris Hubbard

A powerful poignant reminder of the hopes of a young soldier and the horror of industrialised warfare. My maternal uncle died in the Somme campaign, aged 24. One of the legions of bright young
lives snuffed out in the mud and blood.

Comment is about The Old Garden Gate (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Divided States of America, I fear, MC.

Comment is about I'M A LOSER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Very topical and entertaining - as expected from this source.
So the not so United States of America has a Post-it president-elect.
Hail to the Chief. Or, as Trump supporters might be inclined to call it: Hail to the Thief ! ? One for the courts on what is emerging, it seems.

Comment is about I'M A LOSER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for the comments Paul and likes Patricia, Steven and Chris

Comment is about The Brink Of A PandeMINK (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Self-belief and self-love are an unbeatable combination in facing the
world.

Comment is about Rainbow Stripes (blog)

Original item by Jacqueline L Elias

We love the way this piece dwindles down to a most important want

-freedom
but is it truly achievable?
we suppose that depends on which version is sought after

thanks Chris


P&S

Comment is about I Want You (blog)

Original item by Chris Bunton

Thank you sir...what different you feel??

Comment is about Melody of life (blog)

Original item by Ghazala lari

Good poem Charlie


P&S

Comment is about Icarus (blog)

Original item by Charlie White

Keep the faith in yourself Damon and you will get through this bad patch. A poem that a lot of people can relate to

P&S

Comment is about You Can Blame It All On Me (blog)

Original item by Mikey V Kinsey

We are with you all the way on this very sad piece of news and hope we can at least draw some consolation that these poor beautiful animals might not have to suffer their being used in the future just to please the thoughtless fashion addicts. Good point you make about cats.

P&S xx

Comment is about The Brink Of A PandeMINK (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

I thought I was hearing things, the more I heard the more dreadful the story became. On another note looks like you borrowed your mask the Penny For They Guy photo?

Comment is about The Brink Of A PandeMINK (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Aw we all feel like this, both men and women. What other women took my place? Its that fine line between jealousy and possession and letting someone have their freedom. I believe if you love someone enough you let them go if they want to go, because love is free. But it's easier said than done. Then there's in love and just love, unrequited love, all sorts of love, with all this love around why is there so much hate in the world? Xx

Comment is about Left Luggage (blog)

Original item by simon lucan

Beautiful words indeed?

Comment is about LOVE (blog)

Original item by Ujjal Mandal

Realistically sad for some indeed, hopelessly true .... hope is washed away in the sea of fire? well written ?

Comment is about Unbuckled By Angels (blog)

Original item by simon lucan

Another heart capturing read..?...10 for the poem.?

Comment is about Oneness (blog)

Original item by Dean Fraser

Yes indeed J.D. this IS another way of looking at our present situation






Rose ?

Comment is about Giving "Thanks" (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

A wonderfully written and smoothly read poem.

I really enjoyed this.


Thank you, Dean.




Rose ?

Comment is about Oneness (blog)

Original item by Dean Fraser

Thank you so much. Gratitude and love ?

Comment is about Where It All Began (blog)

Original item by Dean Fraser

Thank-you everyone for likes and comments, I am flattered.
I am happy thinking about what you are thinking, about "thinking".

Comment is about Thinking (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Aisha,

An excellent poem; an exhortation to spur us forward during these difficult of times. I was particularly drawn to the third stanza which is sound advice for all of us. Television and other forms of light entertainment have occupied us for far too long. We need to turn our attention to acquiring new skills and now is the time.

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Lockdown Blues (blog)

Original item by Aisha Suleman

As each of us get told the part of how and what it all means, the zombies get pissed and we have yet another shut down.

The Manchester Monster dressed in black joins his friend and both have a zombie party by the canal.

Comment is about Consequences IX and X (blog)

Original item by Andy N

There isn't a single thing wrong with any religion, as long as it is not abused by those who use it for their own misguided purposes

ie-The Arena bomber and Co.

Another gem from the KJ poetry treasure chest!



Rose ?

Comment is about The Divide of Prejudice (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thank you Nicola!

Comment is about I ain't!! (blog)

Original item by Ghazala lari

Ah...tricky. A multiple of ten taken from a hundred could be the wording of the question.that gets the answer we might be tempted to supply.?

Comment is about No longer a dunce. Well done !! (blog)

Original item by hugh

I think religion creates divides and humankind not God. Church yards seem to be the favourite places for kids to hang out even now. They smoke cannabis and hang around, but rolling around behind the gravestones sounds fun, might do that on my next date. However it's dark and cold and muddy. Maybe not. X

Comment is about The Divide of Prejudice (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

An alternative title might be guessed as "Circumspect about circumcision". ?

Comment is about The Divide of Prejudice (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

My daughters in a gay relationship, she's been out with boys too, love is love like you say it's 2020 not 1970 xx

Comment is about Truth (blog)

Original item by Jacqueline L Elias

And so it's and so it will be, you'll return to mother earth and father sky. I think of death sometimes in these covid times xx I try to think of life, you'll live a long life I can tell these things, you've a while to go yet......

Comment is about Thinking (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Another good poem and so well rhymed.
Keith

Comment is about Memories (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Another poem of self exploration well penned and thought provoking.
Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Thinking (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Thank you Rose & Stephen for the appreciated Likes.

Comment is about The Old Garden Gate (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Thankyou to everyone for your comments and likes. It is so encouraging to know that other poets appreciate one's work. The interesting thing about this offering is that the title, which I thought up when looking at the trees silhouetted in the (not quite) night sky, inspired the poem. Sometimes it is the other way round.

Comment is about The shape of the trees (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thanks for the lovely comment Nicola, sounds like you had a great time. X

Comment is about Penny For The Guy (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thanks for the comment and like MC and to John for the like.

Comment is about Penny For The Guy (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Lovely poem.
We did sparklers
Had toffee apples
And treacle toffee.
And watched all the fireworks going off in the sky.
. We couldn't go to the organised display like we normally do and all the fairground rides but we made the most of it

Find a positive.
In every darkness
Reach for the light
And pray that tomorrow brings
A brighter day


Xx blessings Julie

Comment is about Penny For The Guy (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

I tend to think that the real fear lies in the manner of dying. .

Comment is about Death is coming (blog)

Original item by DarkerDaniKing

Thank you Paul, Julie, Philipos for the comments & Tony for the Like. And, yes, we should all remember the many heroes who helped shape our countries & gave us freedom to live

Comment is about The Old Garden Gate (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson