Thanks for all your likes
Manish
Hugh
Holden
Aisha
blackrose
Stephen G
Stephen A
and
Auracle.
Comment is about A Thousand Smiles Magnified (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
The lady's name is Dr. Gladys McGarey. If you google her name, alot of interviews pop up. I listened to an interview on https://youtu.be/FvUral0ehwY?si=IPz3-dRjVShZqZVx (an off-the-wall, "woo-woo" podcast channel, but fun.) Enjoy, Manish!
Comment is about Listening to a Woman of 103 Years of Age (blog)
Original item by Hélène
The scorched earth policy of empire, erase all trace of evidence.
Not necessarily the empire of nations but the empire of self.
That said I also see the destruction of self in this.
Your writing is full of intrigue at the moment.
David
Comment is about beyond the pale (artefacts repurposed) (blog)
Original item by Landi Cruz
<Deleted User> (35860)
Tue 7th May 2024 18:37
Compassion is one of the tools we are born with, some allow it to rust and become unuseable, but there are those who keep it oiled with the decency of their souls, no matter what.
Love this piece, Manish, and I need to thank you for all the support you have given to my poems 💐
Bethany
Comment is about How? (blog)
Original item by Manish
This is so beautiful and wholesome. It'd be great if you could share the link of the podcast here, Hélène!
Thank you.
Comment is about Listening to a Woman of 103 Years of Age (blog)
Original item by Hélène
<Deleted User> (35860)
Tue 7th May 2024 17:26
In all my years of being a wol'er, I have never read a poem as stunningly brilliant as this one John, and I doubt I ever will, unless you raise the stakes-WOW! AND BLOODY NORAH!
Bethany
P.S. think we've caught the comment repetitive bug John, it happened to me earlier today?
Comment is about FORGET-ME-NOT (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Regrettably, the supply of armaments is a global industry and
those set against each other will get their weapons from whatever source appeals the most. The basic problem is more
to do with a state of mind and a failure to behave in a peacable
conciliatory manner. This appears a prominent feature of certain
parts of the world that is busy exporting its failings to other lands.
Comment is about Who Cares (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Thanks Ray,
I must qualify my feelings about the use of the word beauty. There is indeed an element of beauty in such horror, I have not found an adequate way of defining it though...maybe it is the individual elements which make the collective scene appear beautiful (you see my point, it sounds ridiculous)
My point of clarification is that the act itself is in no way beautiful but the resultant scene can be seen as such. It is though still a horror.
The word beauty can be coupled with horrific acts, the fact that few people see such things probably tends to act as a repellent in their minds.
It is difficult to capture and quantify, even harder to relate and explain such emotions. I commend your writing here. I hope that isn't too presumptive of me as I have no more qualification than any other person might have.
David
Comment is about SUICIDE BOMBER (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thank you Mark Tom Blackrose Aisha and Landi and Hugh for liking the poem.
Hi David. First off, i'm very sensible of the fact that you have the inside knowledge of this kind of venture, and that it can't be an easy place to make a comment. Therefore I regard it as of special merit that you have given it your thoughts, and I take from them that I can claim some measure of success in the description. My imagination is all I have, but I feel the presence of colour can heighten awareness on a purely visceral basis. Beauty takes big sweeps under its wing, and although this is hardly the place for it - I included it .
The most fruitful arenas of experience are often the ones that give no answers and perhaps that's how it must be for us to take something from them even if it is only despair. Good thoughts mate.
Comment is about SUICIDE BOMBER (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (35860)
Tue 7th May 2024 11:10
Without any doubt whatsoever, Stephen, Lucifer is here in human form. There again, these are the atrocities, that even the Devil wouldn't be likely to commit.
Payback, has his card stamped for sure-the !!!!! B!
Brill piece!
Bethany
Comment is about The Old Smoothie (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Brilliantly crafted and witty. I liked the title chosen here, Stephen, we can never forget what he has done and is doing, as written in the last stanza, "He preens himself and fancies to impress;
And then he chucks more rubbish on this mess."
Comment is about The Old Smoothie (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
He does have the sort of face you want to slap doesn't he! Let's hope someone does sooner than later!
Comment is about The Old Smoothie (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Exceptional poem, John. Really good.
Comment is about FORGET-ME-NOT (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Good questions, Manish. This poem makes us think.
Comment is about How? (blog)
Original item by Manish
Well, thank you, Rodney! Welcome back after your cruise.
Comment is about Meet me on Jubilee Corner: all right on the night in Rothbury (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
What a good read Greg!
Comment is about Meet me on Jubilee Corner: all right on the night in Rothbury (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks for likes - Hugh, Stephen, blackrose, Aisha, Bethay, Holden & Manish. 👍
Comment is about May (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Well intentioned youth making a fuss?
Nothing new there - it was ever thus! 😋
Comment is about A Moral Hub (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
With the redoubtable George Galloway now in the fray, there
does seem to be a likelihood of a hung Parliament in the coming
election. He has declared war on Starmer and is shrewd enough
to light some unwelcome fireworks in the months to come.
Comment is about UK Local Elections 2024 (blog)
Original item by Steve White
Thanks for the comment, David.
It does feel like I'm starting up my engines.
Again.
Every 4 to 7 years, my lifestyle seems to go through some sort of major overhaul. In ways, it's been good for my personal development; in other ways, very damaging. I've learned to gauge myself and others because I've had to become very observant. But, I've also learned to spare myself the drama of personal relationships.
Unlearning that skill might prove to be impossible...
Frankly, I'm exhausted. But then, I always say that as it becomes apparent that the time has come again to pack it all up--there really is good reason to keep the load light.
Where does it end?
I know the answer 🌷
Comment is about burrow (blog)
Original item by Landi Cruz
Thank you to all who expressed 'likes' and those who commented on this poem. I cannot but be impressed with the up and coming generation who are prepared to stand up for justice and peace in the full knowledge that they could lose their places at university and seriously affect their careers. I salute them for their courage in the face of corrupt governments.
Thank you,
Keith
Comment is about A Moral Hub (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
<Deleted User> (35860)
Mon 6th May 2024 11:45
😈 Aisha! I think that this porno poem will get plenty of VERY STIIFF responses! 😉
Bethany
Comment is about Make Me Sweat (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
<Deleted User> (35860)
Mon 6th May 2024 11:40
rob1967able
Mon 6th May 2024 10:32
Thanks Stephen, and yes you did.
If the Tories' plan is to win Reform UK voters back, it's going to get increasingly grim.
Comment is about UK Local Elections 2024 (blog)
Original item by Steve White
A huge question with a relatively short answer.
Its easier to forget and possibly not know, and some people simply don't care.
David
Comment is about may fourth. (blog)
Original item by RudyardK
Ah people, those things which are not so easily fixed.
Our reliance on things outside of ourselves making us all the more fragile in this world.
David
Comment is about Thoughts on Water Heaters, Cars, and People (blog)
Original item by Hélène
Hello Ray,
Honestly I tried to avoid commenting on this poem. I have read it many times and have been pulled back repeatedly to the second verse. Its description of an aftermath as beauty is spot on and reflects the imbalance of a mind which might consider such a futile wasteful act as worthwhile. Surely only such a mind could see beauty in such horror.
I once saw the obliterated remains of six people in an enclosed space after such an event. The image burns into one's pre-frontals never to fade, unlike the curtain experienced by the bomber. The vivid colours of such a massacre are unforgettable.
My apologies for the personal relating..but I wanted to highlight the accuracy of your remote observation.
David
Comment is about SUICIDE BOMBER (blog)
Original item by ray pool
A kind of blade runneresque beginning which I like, the cockpit checks prior to a journey to obliterate the past.
The final line neatly describes the often futile meaningless nature of things...like digging holes and filling them in endlessly for no apparent reason.
David
Comment is about burrow (blog)
Original item by Landi Cruz
An entertaining summary, Steve. Only half-awake this morning, but I'm sure I heard Sunak rambling on about a hung parliament. You almost have to admire the strength of their delusions.
Comment is about UK Local Elections 2024 (blog)
Original item by Steve White
Mon 6th May 2024 07:33
Thank you so much, Lynn, for your incredibly kind comment, it means a lot! 😊
Comment is about Hark... (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
I think Bethany has got this right, Hélène. This poem shows us how we should be grateful and how we need each other. Beautiful.
Comment is about Thoughts on Water Heaters, Cars, and People (blog)
Original item by Hélène
Thank you, MC. And thanks to Tom, Hugh, Blackrose, Stephen and Aisha for the likes.
Comment is about Ballot Box (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
" I cannot find a place to engage a look of concern,
every turn of my head is a mere distraction," Powerful 🙌
Comment is about The Observations of The Strath and Formant (blog)
Original item by ZTK Space
Sun 5th May 2024 21:48
Those final two stanzas drive it home for me.
I was once told that divine unions were not to be looked upon even by the divine..
Comment is about Esoteric (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Very erotic - Lust and desire will set your body on fire 🔥
Comment is about Make Me Sweat (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
There is a reality here about the quality of those putting themselves forward for public office. There is a definite concern that we are not seeing the best seeking employment in public service.
Comment is about Ballot Box (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
These lines being to mind the heart-breaking image so well captured by Richard Attenborough in the closing shot used in his film 'Oh What A Lovely War' showing virtually endless lines of white crosses across downland England...with the crosses replaced by the poet's wild flowers.
Comment is about A cloudy day in early May in old England (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
You say so much with so few words! Words full of history and meaning. I learn a lot from your posts.
Comment is about Hark... (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Reality:
With convenience comes inconvenience! 😐
Comment is about Thoughts on Water Heaters, Cars, and People (blog)
Original item by Hélène
We are in an age of dire confusion:
A surfeit of information; a scarcity of enlightenment.
Comment is about UK Local Elections 2024 (blog)
Original item by Steve White
Thanks to those who sent recent likes.
David
Comment is about Resting Place (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
I'm not 100% with the lines 'What we do with ourselves/Is nobody's business'. What happened to 'No man is an island...'? Even a suicide involves others (arguably against their will or choice). A good subject for debate though.
Comment is about Esoteric (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
But there is nothing new in nature just the way it gets reported in an age of 24/7 Global news. The past cataclysmic events got no such attention. I cite the example of the mind-numbing volcanic explosion of Krakatoa in the 19th century. There are also reports of storms equal to any today., before folk experimented with effecting rainfall (cloud seeding) and who knows what else? By all means, let us watch what we do that affects the atmosphere but also keep the widest scenario and human/political manipulation in mind.
Comment is about Human intervention in weather conditions of today. (blog)
Original item by Ghazala lari
John Marks
Tue 7th May 2024 23:36
Blinkin eck Bethany I have an all int I? I press delete, a receive a string of gobbeldy-gook code, nothing is deleted, I forget about it and carry on. There's more if the buggers. Could be a metaphor for something or other? I dunno. John
Comment is about FORGET-ME-NOT (blog)
Original item by John E Marks