Thank you for your comments all! This is something I still think about deeply x

Comment is about Deceit tells us: what they have is better than ours (blog)

Original item by Words of Faith

Thanks for the comments @Tom and @Paul! Really appreciate it ?

Comment is about A New Birth (blog)

Original item by Words of Faith

Thank you!

Comment is about It's Not In The Falling (blog)

Original item by Words of Faith

Very powerful words

Comment is about I've known only war (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

Love this poem. Timely reminder to value every living moment, and I really like the idea of "attendance" - versus participation, I figure. Thanks.

Comment is about The Soup Spoon (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

A pearl to keep.

Comment is about How You Seem Life, the Choice is Yours! (blog)

Original item by Ujjal Mandal

Flame of love and care!!

Comment is about Building a fire (blog)

Original item by AMLC

Thanks for your comments, Stephen, Graham, and Brian. I guess we can all stand down from the culture war on this one. The BBC has said these old battle cries will be played but not sung, owing to Covid restrictions. I see even the so-called Culture Secretary weighed in as well #brexitcantreverseimperialsunset. And thanks for the Likes, Tom and Trevor.

Comment is about The hoary and the gory (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Wonderful poem, I'm childless Tom and we leave our legacy in different ways, I'm sure you have been a father figure to many, her loss if you ask me, your poems are beautifully crafted, I rescue animals, create and have mothered many I'm sure you have been a father in your own way x love and light Nicola

Comment is about The Causeway Between Our Hearts (blog)

Original item by Tom

Eric, wow. I feel you, brother. I don’t know your personal struggles, but it sounds like a road I’ve walked for a long time. I love how you express your emotions so rawly.

Comment is about Pain (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

I still struggle with letting love in. It’s an unfortunate byproduct of living so guarded for so long. I get the pain and the depression. It’s likely that I’ve lived with it as long as you’ve been alive. It’s a hard journey, but when we remain open, we become much stronger creatures.

Comment is about I'm Struggling (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

Miss Joanna I love the writing here. The way we as people feel lost for words to describe the interpersonal indivisible sameness as well as the miracle of our differences. Well done.?

Comment is about "Spaces In Between" (blog)

Original item by psylentskog

Wow! Heartbreakingly beautiful poem. ?

Comment is about The Causeway Between Our Hearts (blog)

Original item by Tom

Hey. I have gone through your poetry and it was so effective. Keep doing.
I am starting a blog on Instagram, I liked your poetry and I wish to share it on my blog

Comment is about Watching Over (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

The Proms, being classical music, appeals to a niche audience. It's only the last night with its stirring jingoistic tunes that draws a wider interest. Lose these tunes, lose the audience, lose the TV slots for The Proms as a whole.

Comment is about The hoary and the gory (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

It's just a tribal thing, much like football crowds or the Women's Institute. I've never really been a mob person. Music, much like beauty, is in the eye/ear of the beholder. The prettiest girls don't go in for the Miss World contest. Am I making any sense here??

Comment is about The hoary and the gory (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

But, like the Last Night if the Proms - a bit of fun. ?

Comment is about WHAT THE BUTLER SAW (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Perhaps predictable from its source.

Comment is about WHAT THE BUTLER SAW (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Perhaps predictable from its source. But then the Proms have
persistently neglected to include any of the major inspirational works
from the late Cornish composer George Lloyd despite nearly thirty years of polite lobbying. Hardly indicative of any real qualification
in the Beeb's idea of what is worth playing and hearing in home-grown music.

Comment is about The hoary and the gory (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Mental health - or rather, its opposite - has varied causes and has
to be treated on a case by case basis. Its effects on sufferers and
others are impossible to define and every care should be taken
to negate them in any way possible. My own observations were
from some years ago and provided a personal experience of what
its existence can mean for those dealing with it. Places like Horton
Hospital, with its endless corridors,and extensive grounds, may
have seemed to some like a throwback to less enlightened days.
For those needing to escape the demands and pressures of life -
often a root cause of illness - they provided a retreat from those
demands and pressures, hopefully enabling staff (no doubt under
their own demands and pressures) to deal with each admission
according to diagnosis and need. They were certainly not ideal,
but at least those admitted had somewhere to go that offered a
reprieve and perhaps eventual relief from their own type of illness
in a 24/7 environment.of examination, assessment and treatment.
Set against the proper concern for individual freedom from
restraint and incarceration, there were always concerns that
eventually took precedence, and it appears that "care in the
community" was the result for better or for worse.

Comment is about Mental health: Myth or reality (blog)

Original item by Wanya Sinha

Thanks Keith, I'm a great believer in Stoicism, it's the one guiding light I've had throughout my life. I can't change the cards life deals me, I can only choose how I play them, and to be fair, I've got a great poker face.❤

J. x

Comment is about Still (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

I know! how lucky am I?

Thanks for the comment and like Stephen

Comment is about The Sunday Afternoon Of A Technophobe (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Terrifying, but unfortunately so true! Naked, old -fashioned myopia. They've been saying this for years, but things didn't seem all that alarming perhaps, but now it is really a brownland, with the sun pelting down molten lead, no-one can now deny that the climate is changing rapidly. Hope the trend is reversible still. Really enjoyable and well expressed.

Jennifer

Comment is about Brownland (blog)

Original item by simon lucan

Thank you, Julie. A new soundbar...I feel your pain.

Comment is about The Sunday Afternoon Of A Technophobe (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Good one, Greg. I am a great supporter of the Proms but the Last Night antics have always made me feel uncomfortable. It's not that the pieces of music in question are themselves without worth; it's just the overall effect of misplaced superiority which is sometimes generated.

Comment is about The hoary and the gory (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks both.

I feel the time is near
The Queen will be on display.
Just need a little more strength
To help me on my way

?

Comment is about Deck of Cards (blog)

Original item by curiousdud3

Welcome to Write Out Loud, Sharron. Loved hearing your poem 'Hair Today' at Woking Stanza last week, and now I see it's in the next Dempsey&Windle anthology. Well done! Hope you'll try out some of your poems here from time to time. Greg

Comment is about Sharron Green @Rhymes_n_Roses (poet profile)

Original item by Sharron Green @Rhymes_n_Roses

Very nice with nice flow to it. Nice rhyming also....

Comment is about In the Dark (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

Thanks for the like poems hub

Comment is about The Sunday Afternoon Of A Technophobe (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thank you for your kind thoughts, Shifa! This is the sort of thing that keeps me going in the poetry game - in which I'm what Clive James once said was "a lifer".

Chris Hubbard
Australia

Comment is about The Orchestra Isn't Here Yet (blog)

Original item by Chris Hubbard

Loved this one.

-J

Comment is about In the Dark (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

The whole piece is beautiful, but that last part;

" My creator, I am ever in your debt
For into me, you have breathed life and love
At least I dream of this fate
Connecting the ground to the clouds above"

We get a glimpse of Heaven reaching down to Earth.


-J

Comment is about Creation (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

Shifa, thank you. You put a smile on my face.

Comment is about Masks Pt. 1 (blog)

Original item by Shehariah

The last seat on the train
it races past my station
but I have no ticket.

Comment is about Underground Part 1 to 6 (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Thank you Shifa! This video inspired the poem. I love when art is posthumously released and the creator walks among us again.

Comment is about Wild (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

Beautifully written.

Comment is about Whispers in the Dark (blog)

Original item by Dewald

Thanks for the like Vautaw

Comment is about The Sunday Afternoon Of A Technophobe (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

A simplistic yet masterful blend of both bleakness and color. Love the contrast!

P.S. I remember listening to this song for the first time on Parks and Recreation (no idea why I hadn't been aware of it before) and was instantly smitten by it. Excellent song choice!

Comment is about Wild (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

Thanks for the interview, Mark - and thanks for the poem, too. It will resonate with a lot of us as we ponder returning to live venues.

Comment is about Poets celebrate return to the pub - but plan to continue on Zoom as well (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Don't know how I missed this one, but you've penned yet another profound piece. Keep writing!

Comment is about Masks Pt. 1 (blog)

Original item by Shehariah

The orchestra may not be here yet, but you've hit all the right notes. Excellent piece! ?

Comment is about The Orchestra Isn't Here Yet (blog)

Original item by Chris Hubbard

Wonderful use of cards as a metaphor for human condition. A tinge of hope resting between cards of emotion and conflict. Simply brilliant!

Comment is about Deck of Cards (blog)

Original item by curiousdud3

I love the vulnerability of emotion behind your words!

Comment is about In the Dark (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

This is the second piece of yours that I’ve read. I really like your style and appreciate the depth and emotion of your words. They have soul and life.

Comment is about Bear the Burden (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

I relate to this poem so much. I really like it.

Comment is about Creation (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

Thanks guys. ?

MCN - I found a way to avoid the pushing up of daisies altogether: cremation is the answer! ?

Yes Brian, I came across 'folderol' recently and was trying to find a usage for it.

V - unfortunate but just about true these days! ?

And Tom, yes I was quite pleased with the last line. ?

Comment is about Tempus Fugit (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Beautifully crafted.

Comment is about Perpetual Freedom (blog)

Original item by DR. MUKUND BHANDARI

Imagination lives within us alive

it is our recreation for us to see

In it we achieve the impossible

and prompt the probable

It is only for us to see

a private viewing

These lines summarizes my thoughts most of the time. But poetic expressions helps liberate the blocked muses.

Comment is about I imagine.... (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thank you Paul. I do indeed share your dream of singing life songs through poetry that lights up the world. ?

Comment is about Beautiful Dreams (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

Thx for constructive comments!
I think that is the objective of WoL !

I will not rush in the future though I'm tied down by a workload.

Comment is about Hell knows no fury (blog)

Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos