Thank you Aisha for the like.
Comment is about Tough Decisions to Make (blog)
Original item by Tobani / Nataiella
Thank you Uilleam, Stephen A, Aisha, Tom, RBK, Larissa, Stephen G, Hélène and Yanma.
“If you're in trouble or hurt or need—go to poor people. They're the only ones that'll help—the only ones.” John Steinbeck, 'The Grapes of Wrath'
Comment is about ALONG THE UNHALLOWED WAY (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
The everyday becomes sacred in these twelve lines, John.
Comment is about ALONG THE UNHALLOWED WAY (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Reggie, i'm in total accord with your 1st paragraph: too many people my age & older sought to turn the clock 'back' to a mythical age which never existed except in their heads; but i'm with Uilleam when he says we need to mitigate its toxic affer-effects - it was self-harm on a grand scale, but fortunately something we can, and should, attempt to heal. We can help to anneal the scars. If it's doable, we should do our best.
Comment is about The Choice of Ruin! (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
Red Brick, Uilleam, Stephen, Aisha, David, Tobani & Tom: thank you all for reading my poem. It means a lot to me.
Comment is about INCARNATE (blog)
Original item by Martin Peacock
Fri 8th Nov 2024 12:56
Thanks John.
A touching rendition of what for many of us is a familiar scene.
Comment is about ALONG THE UNHALLOWED WAY (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Fri 8th Nov 2024 11:50
Reggie’s, turnout numbers are irrelevant.
I had intended to qualify my comment with Rolph’s lines:
“When truth is lost and lies take root,
They cheer the harsh, salute the brute.”
My point is, Brexit was an act of economic and social self-harm, from which, only hedge-funders, and other disaster capitalists have benefitted. It was predicated on nothing but a pack of porky pies, washed down with a rancid dose of xenophobia.
So no, for the sake of the UK and our children, let’s not “just get on with it” like alcoholics in denial; let’s attempt to mitigate its toxic consequences as swiftly and as effectively as possible.
Comment is about The Choice of Ruin! (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
Thank you Larisa for the like.
Comment is about Time Again Once More (blog)
Original item by Tobani / Nataiella
Fri 8th Nov 2024 11:18
Thanks all for your likes and comments
Red Brick Keshner
Tom Doolan
Stephen Gospage
Stephen W Atkinson
Aisha Suleman
Auracle
Comment is about A Greeting in Irish (Beannacht i nGaeilge) (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Thanks for the early likes, Stephen, Larisa, Tobani and UoC.
Thanks for the comment Uilleam.
David
Comment is about Trafficked, Gangmasters Vlad & Kim (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Fri 8th Nov 2024 09:40
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Fri 8th Nov 2024 09:19
Thank you, David.
And now we witness Vlad's glee at Trump's rise to power...god help us all!
Comment is about Trafficked, Gangmasters Vlad & Kim (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Fri 8th Nov 2024 09:06
Thanks Larisa, you paint a lovely seasonal picture.
Comment is about The Love Of An Autumn Lady (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
I love this poem. Enjoyed reading it. Nice work of art. Thanks so much for sharing. With best wishes, Larisa
Comment is about That Summer (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Fri 8th Nov 2024 09:02
Thanks all for your likes and comments.
Red Brick Keshner
Greg Freeman
Tom Doolan
Stephen Gospage
John Gilbert Ellis
Cryptid
Tobani / Nataiella
TOM T. E. MERTON
Farrage now seeks to reassure his fans that Trump (who’s now being congratulated by Putin) is ”pro-British”…if only Farage was!
Comment is about Clacton-in-Ditch (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Even in the abstract, it is a fine poem, Martin. But on that day, of all days, it captured something very real and very disturbing.
Comment is about INCARNATE (blog)
Original item by Martin Peacock
The beginnings of innocence, John. What a lovely, carefully written poem.
Comment is about BLANK SLATE (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Understood, John. And it's a good rhyme.
Comment is about MR TANGERINE MAN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for the new likes and to Martin for his comments.
David RL Moore
Comment is about No Accounting (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Thank you for your kind comments Graham, Greg, Steve, Martin and Uilleam, and thanks to everyone who liked this poem.
It's sad that so many Americans saw fit to vote for a convicted criminal who has plumbed the depths of indecency in this campaign. We seem to be entering an age of darkness in so many parts of the world and we need leaders who can push back and articulate hope and fairness in the future. But who will they be?
Comment is about Time of Swine (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Uilleam: never a truer word spoken. And to think he had the gall to put himself forward as a go-between for Labour & Trump! No love lost between me and Labour, but they made the right call saying 'no!'
Comment is about A Nation's Fall - The World On The Brink (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
Uilleam, the reason why Brexit was voted for IMHO is mainly because young people (who stood to lose most from Brexit) couldn't be bothered to go to the polling station. Older people in an effort to 'turn the clock back' got themselves out in numbers and swung the Brexit vote.
But that was eight years ago, and whilst there may be another Brexit vote I can't see the UK re-entering the EU for perhaps a couple of decades. So let's just get on with it.
Comment is about The Choice of Ruin! (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
Thu 7th Nov 2024 13:24
In every smile, our hearts have grown,
A day like this, I’d call my own.
Beautifully said RBK, I'll go with that 100%.
Comment is about one such day (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Thu 7th Nov 2024 12:08
Hello Uilleam,
There are so many bad decisions made by people that have negative consequences for themselves and the world for a very long time. Time shows how blatant their wrong decision was.
Best regards
Rolph
Comment is about The Choice of Ruin! (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
Thu 7th Nov 2024 12:05
Hello to all four of you: Thank you all for your comments! I'm currently reading a psychological treatise on why people, regardless of nationality, keep falling for these psychopaths en masse. It's so inspiring that I'll be writing something about it here soon...See you then...best regards
Comment is about A Nation's Fall - The World On The Brink (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
Thu 7th Nov 2024 11:55
How uplifting it can be to have that treasure chest of memories
to open when the dark clouds come down.
Nice one Red👍
Comment is about one such day (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Thu 7th Nov 2024 11:13
Thanks Rolph. Your title is spot on.
That's how the UK ended up with Brexit.
😐
Comment is about The Choice of Ruin! (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
Thu 7th Nov 2024 11:08
Thanks Stephen, well, I guess it’s pigs in shit-filled blankets for Christmas dinner then...Farage is positively drooling at the prospect!
Comment is about Time of Swine (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thu 7th Nov 2024 10:22
Thank you Rolph. The horror, the horror.
Martin: whatever happens in the US is VERY much the concern of Farage...the would-be UK ambassador to Trump. The UK should be afraid, very afraid.
Comment is about A Nation's Fall - The World On The Brink (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
Expertly wrought, David. It could be written about Trump's new best friend, Musk. And i love the line, "it's freudiently flawed".
Comment is about No Accounting (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
I recently read a comment (on another site) from an American who said that whatever happened in the US, it was not the concern of others and that we should keep our opinions to ourselves. Such shortsightedness goes some way to explaining how Trump and his cohorts have managed to usurp American democracy - whatever Trump does, its effects will reverberate around the world. We're all in the firing line now that this insane fascist has got his tiny hands on the reins of power in a country that still packs such serious economic, political, cultural and military clout on a global scale. The rest of us need to pay close attention to everything that happens across the Atlantic over the coming months, because the shock wave will ripple a long way.
Comment is about A Nation's Fall - The World On The Brink (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
'The time of swine' is a great line, and so apposite, considering the 14yrs we just come through, to say nothing of the crap engulfing Europe. And the least said about the US right now, the better. America chased its hubris through the latter half of the 20thC, to the detriment of us all, and now their nemesis has arrived. We can only hope that, whatever the orange chimpanzee does over the next 4yrs, its impact on the rest of the world will be minimal, though based on past experience that may be a forlorn hope.
Comment is about Time of Swine (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
A passionate, deeply felt poem, Rolph.
Democracy is about the rights of minorities and their freedom to exist and express themselves. Let's hope people remember that.
Comment is about A Nation's Fall - The World On The Brink (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
Thanks for the new likes and to Stephen for the comment.
Gold bathroom fittings are up there with the worst offenders, the go to decor of tyrant dictators.
David
Comment is about No Accounting (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Wed 6th Nov 2024 23:55
Condolences Mike
God bless her and may she rest in peace.
What was her name if you don't mind me asking?
Comment is about 'Enough Is Enough' (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Wed 6th Nov 2024 23:47
It is plain to see that the days of the small voiced little people are over ( not that they were ever really listened to anyway )
Great poem Rolph-cheers!
Comment is about A Nation's Fall - The World On The Brink (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
The power of your anger, Steve. It's not easy to react so quickly and so eloquently to what has just happened. Thank you for voicing the feelings of so many. Just not enough.
Comment is about Time of Swine (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
You're right about Al Gore, Stephen. Also a champion of the issue of global warming.
But I needed the rhyme!
And thanks for the Likes, Tom and Tobani.
Comment is about MR TANGERINE MAN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I wish I could have pressed the like button five times Stephen!
I have a fear we will all be wallowing in their shit for a few years now
Comment is about Time of Swine (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Superbly written, David. I never did get round to ordering that gold-plated toilet.
Comment is about No Accounting (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Thank you Nigel for the Like
Comment is about Fear of Love (blog)
Original item by Tobani / Nataiella
Bless you, Mike, and the memory of your dear mum.
Comment is about 'Enough Is Enough' (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
TOM MERTON
Fri 8th Nov 2024 20:18
I wouldn't for a split second think of you as a loser Rolph in fact just the opposite I for one have a LOT of respect for guys like you
take my advice and give yourself a pat on the back and one from me as well-well done matey!
Comment is about The Biggest Loser Ever! (blog)
Original item by Rolph David