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

We can always think of this "suspended" Guy Fawkes night as an
allegory of the man himself being caught in the act and suspended
from carrying out his planned attack. We are merely on the rack of disappointment, unlike the man himself. ?

Comment is about Penny For The Guy (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thanks, Guys. When you work and live in the US, the humo(u)r's endless...Bob

Comment is about half-fascists (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

thanks for the likes

I really appreciate your comments Paul and MC - it is very good of you to take the time to do so - really pleased you liked this offering
Ian

Comment is about Spirits (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Shades of champagne socialists...talk red, live blue.

Comment is about half-fascists (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

This is my kind of humour. More please. It really made me smile but there again I'm a little odd when it comes to humour. The bloke in North Korea has a really 'in' haircut which I have often thought of emulating.

Thanks
keith

Comment is about half-fascists (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

I love the way you narrate....sounds so dreamily beautiful ? lost in your poem?

Comment is about Where It All Began (blog)

Original item by Dean Fraser

Exquisitely written ?

Comment is about My Cheery Story! (blog)

Original item by Ujjal Mandal

This is such an intense write. Feel like picking up the luggage and carry it close to heart...?

Beautifully written ?

Comment is about Left Luggage (blog)

Original item by simon lucan

Aww, I know Hugh, we used to make our black lab a den under the stairs. I personally think fireworks should be banned apart from professional displays. Let’s hope there’s no more for a while. Lots of fireworks here too. Hope your dog is a lot happier today. Thanks for the like.

Comment is about Penny For The Guy (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Lots of bangs and flashes round here,
My dog was curled up at my feet in fear.

Comment is about Penny For The Guy (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thanks for this Stephen, I am such a coward I can’t watch war films or documentaries, the only one I managed was War Horse and this poem reminded me of that. I read this through tears. I think I will come back and read it again later. Well done.

Comment is about The Old Garden Gate (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Unthinking times - what must it have been like - scrambling over muddy trench tops only to be shot back in again, and the mustard gas.

Indeed wear the poppy with pride for the heroes, walking wounded, and those whose remains still dwell in the many sprawling burial places in France, Belgium, and other parts around the world.

Blessings.

P

Comment is about The Old Garden Gate (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Thank you Paul.
I wrote this back in 2017 after watching a documentary about trench warfare & the young men leaving their ordinary lives not realising the horrors they were about to face.

Comment is about The Old Garden Gate (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Morbid thinking, sometimes the essence of a great poem - certainly a pause for thought.

Enjoyed.

P.

Comment is about Thinking (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Thank you for your interest Jennifer.

Best wishes,

Chris

Comment is about Sweet Loneliness and the Solitary Traveller (blog)

Original item by Chris Hubbard

To Stephen (A) and A.S. , thank you for your interest in my slice of Saharan life. While I've never been there, the very first pencil portrait I made, now many years ago, was of a Tuareg tribesman, taken from a National Geographic magazine photograph,

I've always had a soft spot for the shape and majesty of the great dunes found there, and the courage and power of the people who make their living within it.

Magical!

cheers,

Chris

Comment is about First Light (blog)

Original item by Chris Hubbard

?Wrote this one years ago and brought it out of retirement for yesterday. Thanks Julie and Po for the comments.

Comment is about Every Day A Celebration (even the 5th of November!) (blog)

Original item by Dean Fraser

AAHHH, Great Memories, posting this one, thank-you for the likes,

Comment is about Memories (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Really good - well done.

Most enjoyable read. P ?

Comment is about The shape of the trees (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

The shape of mesmerising poetry.

Comment is about The shape of the trees (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thanks for the Likes & comment Shifa!

Comment is about Nirvana (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Thankyou for the Likes, MC, Stephen G, Stephen A, Kevin and JD.

Comment is about BOOTS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for this, definitely helped to fill in all the blanks in my diary. A little disappointed that my birthday didn't get a mention.

Comment is about Every Day A Celebration (even the 5th of November!) (blog)

Original item by Dean Fraser

Thanks also to Shifa and Rose for the likes

Comment is about Penny For The Guy (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

A concise yet effective poem. Absolutely brilliant!

Comment is about Nirvana (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

The childlike innocence in this poem is something everyone can resonate with. Lovely!

Comment is about I wish (blog)

Original item by Ghazala lari

What a beautiful story you've woven with your words.
The verse, "The backdrop of a war was where I could be found
surrounded by bombed buildings
Food was rationed, so I grew up
feeling punished for no reason" are some of the most evocative lines I've ever read in a poem.
Amazing!

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

Original item by keith jeffries

Beautifully penned!

Comment is about Of Stardust (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

Motivating and true to life. Good job!

Comment is about Keep Trying (blog)

Original item by Aisha Suleman

So evocative and vibrant!

Comment is about The shape of the trees (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

This was the era when people were of an entirely different breed than those of today

' we can take it '

was their motto and by heck, they could thank God!

great piece Keith and that line-

' the German Airforce had re-landscaped the area ' brilliant!

as brilliant as the poem itself.



Rose?

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

Original item by keith jeffries

You word-paint a wonderful picture, Stephen.








Rose ?

Comment is about The shape of the trees (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Love this Lisa and great to see you posting again!







Rose ?

Comment is about Of Stardust (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

Thanks Stephen and Dean for the likes too.

Comment is about Hygge (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thank for the likes and great comments Stephen and Paul from behind the mask.

Thanks also Stephen and Hugh for the likes.

Hope you have fun and keep safe.

Comment is about Penny For The Guy (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Love this xx

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

Original item by Ghazala lari

You're on fire with your poetry this week Julie ?
Another goodun ?

Comment is about Penny For The Guy (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

A dose of realism that is strangely refreshing in its depiction of the
unpredictable and the unwelcome aspects of life (and death). Good one..

Comment is about Not Everyone (blog)

Original item by Brittany Rochelle Genaro

Well-crafted food for thought. I take the view that if you care
for your body in youth, it will return that care in age. There may not
be anything particularly poetical in "damage limitation" but perhaps
there should be in the context of life itself. As a species we have a
very flexible term of existence, unlike most others in nature. For
that let us be truly grateful as the process of shrivelling and shrinkage takes hold.

Comment is about A withering (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Me too! You had to be around then to really know that deprivation
had its upside and being young managed to stimulate all sorts of
wonderful mind games and that great weapon of choice - the
imagination. Bomb sites became battlefields. Streets became
avenues of promise to the world that lay beyond. Home became
the refuge when the light began to fade and a voice would call out
to a child to come home - supper's ready! And bedtime saw a hiding place where a torch would flick on for a bit of pre-sleep reading of treasured comic books. Hitler's war was fading and the world we knew offered little in the way of luxury, but knowing what we knew and having what we had was enough.

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

Original item by keith jeffries

Never mind Ray - keeping active is the secret and carpet laying is
certainly that ! As for being of use today...we need merely recall -
There were those around in another day
Whose sacrifice let others find their way
Via the price they were prepared to pay
So the future would be here to stay ! ?

Comment is about NON ESSENTIAL (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks for the likes Stephen, Patricia and Stefan

Comment is about Hygge (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Brian, maybe I will add another verse to include a lovely long walk in the winter sunshine.... Yes but what a lovely way to go?

Enjoy your cycle ride, I think that is the only one on your list that is allowed for a while.

Comment is about Hygge (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Ray,

The opening stanzas could sound a cord of despair as we grow older and begin to feel valueless. However, we form a resource of experience and knowledge, a source of wisdom which younger generations have yet to acquire. When younger we too saw those on their bums and passed them by not knowing what a treasure house they stored.

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about NON ESSENTIAL (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks Paul, you have it in a nutshell ( or something similar)!

Jennifer, he was a great actor, and made other excellent films as you say. The Offence and The Hill were my favourites, never shown today.

Thank you Brian Stephen Julie and Grant for looking in and liking.

Ray

Comment is about SEAN AT NINETY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Cheers Paul, thanks for your comments on "Lack of Balance"
I have missed a rung on the ladder of love and been subject to the twisted joints of balance loss as most have?
Tommy

Comment is about Lack of Balance (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Julie - I don't mind the occasional hygge, but I want to be out in the fresh air - cycling, playing golf and tennis, and/or in the pub. Too much hygging will kill you.

Comment is about Hygge (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thank you for the additional comments and Likes Paul!
And, Rose I'm always open to any suggestions! I've messaged you regarding what I was trying to convey. Not to say that it makes any sense lol. ?
Thanks again

Comment is about Nirvana (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

A special thanks to Ghazala, Wise as well as kind,
Thank you Hugh, the sun does shine, "occasionally" on JD.
Thank-you dean, love the words of inspiration,

Comment is about Patience (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo