Maybe misspent youth catching up? ?
(I'm reminded of a song from way back - was it "Shaking All Over"?).

Comment is about Aching All Over (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Stimulating stuff! The reality/imagination scenario has relevance.
Without the reality of existence there would be no existence of an
imagination.

Comment is about I Can Only Imagine (blog)

Original item by d.knape

The use of words is something of an art, written or spoken. The
pleasure is two-fold: giving and receiving. But as for friendship and
sharing - I recall some lines put in my childhood autograph book
(source long forgotten) -
Never let your friends your secrets know;
For if your friend becomes your foe...
Around the world your secrets go!

Comment is about You’ll always Be My Friend (You Know Too Much!) (blog)

Original item by Nicola Hulme

Beautifully expressed. "The sound of silence/ Is echoing" my favourite line!!

Comment is about Silenced (Set Him Free) (blog)

Original item by curiousdud3

Thank goodness it was a happy ending ?

Comment is about A loss of sleep (blog)

Original item by hugh

Thank you to Neressa and Flavia for your recent comments! So pleased you found and enjoyed this one ?

Comment is about Jetty Song (blog)

Original item by Tom

d.k.,

Thank you for this interesting poem. Do you really believe that all imagination has to have a basis in reality? I think I would question that.

Keith

Comment is about I Can Only Imagine (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Patrick,

This poem has an appeal for me which I find quite inexplicable. It conjures up some interesting images. I like the line, "Dr. Night cried under the clouds."

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Mo (blog)

Original item by Patrick Kennon

"Looked destined to sweep roads,
And now he's worth loads !"

An enjoyable read with a happy ending.Ambition wins.Well done .

Comment is about Big Lad (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

A great Liverotic poem.A brilliant poetic tickle of the past.Well done.

Comment is about I'm A Scouser (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Short,sensuous and effective.Well done !

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He looks adorable and his work too
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Nicely written
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Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Brilliant
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Comment is about Upside down, or the right way up? Brian Patten's new poetry collection (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Silence definitely gives you time to think, even if the words don't come.

Comment is about Silenced (Set Him Free) (blog)

Original item by curiousdud3

I have revealed my dearth of anatomical knowledge. The cushion aims to keep your femurs parallel; your tub and fib are always parallel (to each other!).

Comment is about THE CONTOUR LEGACY LEG PILLOW (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Rage soon calms, I have friends who are Painters and musicians, sometimrs they put my words to songs, I'm very passionate and I make no excuses for being me or the way I am, some may love me sole may hate or criticise but I look for the love and the light now always....... Blessings

Comment is about Rage (blog)

Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth

thanks for dipping in.
Are you kin to
Bob Hope?

Comment is about Rich (poet profile)

Original item by Rich

I know the feeling x try cbd oil Ian works wonders x Nic

Comment is about Aching All Over (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Also features poets Steve Pottinger, Heather Wastie, and the late Dave Reeves. Cheery and charming presentation by Emma includes her poem 'Flamingos in Dudley Zoo'. Well worth a listen.

Comment is about Emma Purshouse gets the lockdown lowdown on Black Country dialect poetry on BBC Radio 4 (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks Stephen, I should be used to them by now, sadly a regular occurrence. Just not used to having the mask to hide behind! Coming in very handy?

Comment is about Every Cloud (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Hugh, your usual comedy but with a cutting edge.

Comment is about Revenge (blog)

Original item by hugh

Revenge indeed. You cross pensioners at your peril.

Comment is about Revenge (blog)

Original item by hugh

Good one, Julie. Sorry about the cold sore though!

Comment is about Every Cloud (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Ain't it the truth!

Comment is about Aching All Over (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

thanx for the 'likes' I appreciate it ?

Comment is about The Mound (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

And no one could ever call him a liar...?
I enjoy your rhymes.

Comment is about A good catch (blog)

Original item by hugh

Funny, because I often think about that, and a young friend asked that very question this morning, before I wrote the poem. I would stay, that is the honest truth. There are some beautiful and very expensive properties in the likes of Childwall, Allerton and Woolton, so I would move there and lower the tone in the process obviously!

Comment is about I'm A Scouser (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

That means a lot coming from the Poetry King formerly known as Poemagraphic! Thanks Paul. You are a blessing. ?

Comment is about The Poetry King (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

The acid test is always the question 'if you won £10 million on the lottery would you move out of Liverpool?" If not then you speak the truth. But others before you moved well away...Beatles, Cilla, Tarbuck, O'Grady etc.

Comment is about I'm A Scouser (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Paul - well, you have to keep smiling, don't you?
Hugh - thanks, but you're well ahead of me in that respect.

Comment is about WHEN YOU'RE OVER SEVENTY...WHO CARES? (2) (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

An intriguing reversal of the usual view of teacher/pupil relationships
beyond the classroom whereby it is assumed that the word "victim"
is an essential and reprehensible part of the older/younger process.

Comment is about Ode To A Naughty Teacher (blog)

Original item by Neilkanth

You have my gratitude Paul.
Thanking the universe for allowing our souls to cross paths.x

Comment is about Imposter Begets Imposter? (blog)

Original item by Flavia Gordon

Thanks for the likes and nice comment, I took early retirement at 60 , there are days I miss work, but I keep myself busy, too busy at times being everybody's taxi! Hence the Lazy Day!

My main focal point now is writing a new tribute book dedicated to Sir Ken Dodd, this will be my 2nd book in the great mans honour!

I will check that song out, most things are on YouTube these days!

Comment is about Lazy Day (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Well done,keep writing funny.

Comment is about WHEN YOU'RE OVER SEVENTY...WHO CARES? (2) (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thanks to Flavia, Paul, Abdul, Julie and Brian for the likes and kind comments.

Mike Ashley? My nephew worked for his firm some years ago, so who knows.

Comment is about Big Lad (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thanks so much for your kind words, Isobel, which I have shared among the hard-working competition team. They mean a lot.

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

Original item by Greg Freeman

Keith thank you for your remarks. Your input is always encouraging and appreciated. Ta for the like, too.

Comment is about Floral dance (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

'Whatever we may think of him we can't argue with democracy' ... I fear Trump plans to, if the result goes against him.

Comment is about Ode To Trump-Land (blog)

Original item by Stephen Bewick

I believe that oppositions to Trump tried to play him far to quick. There was a rush to get him investigated and/or impeached prior to the election as they fear he might just win again. Which he may well do as he builds up a frightening picture to the electorate of life under his opponents. The evidence against him in both these instances was more perceived than real I think. Poetically I was trying to portray these attempts to undermine Trump and the shambolic outcomes of both.
The starting point for his critics and I would include myself as one of those. Is that it starts from the premise of guilty as charged and unravels from there as the evidence is never found to support it. Good luck, or innocent to the charge I'm not sure. As you have said, the jury will be the final arbiter in due course. For better, or for worse.

Comment is about Ode To Trump-Land (blog)

Original item by Stephen Bewick

Thanks for the like Hugh

Comment is about Turn Back The Clocks (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

No worries, it's a great poem.
I've been on WoL for a few years now, but I don't post that many comments or likes. I dip in and out a bit, too. I love this forum, though, loads of great poems.

Comment is about Fork In The Road (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Welcome Dan! Thanks for sharing your gift with us. You are among friends. Write on!

Comment is about Dan Holtan (poet profile)

Original item by Dan Holtan

For Dylan, I would change the second stanza to “His heart is full of Diamonds and Rust”... He is for sure a Poetry King, but I would rather Leonard Cohen won the Pulitzer.

Thanks for stopping by! Welcome to WOL. ?

Comment is about The Poetry King (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

One of my favourites so far. Thoroughly enjoyed reading.
Thank you so much for sharing. I feel enriched by it.

Comment is about Rose Condo (poet profile)

Original item by Rose Condo

Thanks for your perception and kindness.
I am not obsessed with this topic, but rather interested. As you say, we are all subject to the realities of aging. What we think about it matters.

Comment is about Exit Stage Life (blog)

Original item by Dan Holtan

Well I got my books today and I must say that I'm stunned by the quality of the poetry. So many could have easily made it through to the shortlisted poems - it must've been a very tough call.

Hats off the Writeoutloud team. Organising this competition and producing this book has been an amazing accomplishment! Thank you to every one of you!

Amongst my poetry books this is certainly one that I'll treasure and re-read because it contains so much shared history and emotions that I can truly empathise with.

It also warms my heart to think that a very deserving charity will benefit from this.

Let's all look forward now to a time when this will all just seem like a bad dream, with the occasional moments of warmth and camaraderie engendered by projects such as this.

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

Original item by Greg Freeman

Abdul,

Another poem which takes the reader straight to the flower. A poem which automatically triggers the imagination.

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Floral dance (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

How richly blessed you are.

Keith

Comment is about GIVING (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Every once in a while
I get a note from Keith,
and every once in a while
I get something right.
?

Comment is about GIVING (blog)

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