Thanks for sharing his bold humour to make us laugh Ruth 😎
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As I keep on telling you JC, Be careful what you wish for!!
I'm beginning to think we might need a separate category for your erudite creations!
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exactly who I am. thanks
Comment is about Getting in the Right Frame of Mind (blog)
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Precise and concise! A lovely sentiment in so few words!
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"We can and must resolve our hearts
to beat against their fade,
tis not for us to choose our part
in which the game is played."
Would any one of us not be remiss to claim foreknowledge of the reverberations of our actions, no matter how carefully planned they may be? Like whispers of butterfly wings...
..just doing a little reading here, nothing going into great detail regarding the specifics of that very momentous time in Romanian history when their King Michael announced that his nation would be switching to the side of the Allies in WWII..
Did he know what would come next?
If he did know, what else could he have done?
Was the nation merely victim to the currents of time and the overwhelming dynamics of a world in turmoil?
The path may not be straight but it is always forward...
PS
Really, I hesitate to comment at all on such heavy matters--so much damage done and I suspect words may only hurt.
Anyhow, I picked up a book I've been reading after coming across your post and the idea left me in a bit of a daze for a few moments. It's by no means a new idea, but it leaves me in awe whenever the connection becomes so clear.
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Thanks! I wanna be cool, create a nice experience. 😃 It's definitely a challenge in this modern world. But hey, why not. 😃
Good luck!
Comment is about The Magic in Mundane (blog)
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Thankyou for the Likes, Stephen, Aisha, Leon, Holden and Larisa.
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Thank you, Auracle. That is kind. What a cool profile picture you have!
Comment is about The Magic in Mundane (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
Love the repetitive 'my'.
Comment is about In praise of Milton Keynes: Graham Sherwood wins poetry competition in home city (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
With dreams as guides
we play we try
to bend the time
we have left
like children we cry
for our desires
for anything
more than ourselves
Really enjoyed this poem, Robert.
Thank you
Comment is about Like Children (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Aisha,
Thank you so much for liking one of my poems. I'm very excited to read your work.
Thank you
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Hi Nigel!
I Hope you're keeping well.
Thanks so much for listening to our show yesterday, I'm glad that you enjoyed it and delighted that you got to hear your mate Andy it was a lot of fun for sure, glad that came across 😄
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Coffee is my preferred drink in the morning. The first sip is heavenly-- warm, rich, soothing. Due to insomnia, I switched to decaf when I worked at my desk job. When I retired and focused on all-day-long domestic chores (messy extended family!), I can happily drink the real thing in the morning. Thanks for the fun coffee bean poem, Rich Brew, even though you no longer brew! (lol) I always enjoy reading your comments to poems, Keith. Enjoy today's tea time, guys (I drink tea or soda (the latter very unhealthy!) in the afternoon).
Comment is about Coffee the face (blog)
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<Deleted User> (35860)
Mon 22nd Apr 2024 15:17
I'm hoping that the news item I came across about the U.S. ( in their wakings up ) are apparently, threatening to apply some kind of sanction against Israel, for human rights abuses, isn't fake ?
Surely, the poor innocents of the Holocaust must be rolling in their graves seeing the same kind of treatment, that the Nazis handed out to them, now being used by their fellow countrymen, and women! God help Ghaza. God bless Ghaza.
Bethany
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Original item by John E Marks
Hi Keith,
Thanks for your comment, always means a little more than a like to me so I appreciate it.
I used to live on coffee 3 a day in my teenage years but switched off it in early 20s and am now a herbal tea/water fan. Every one has something they rely on to stimulate them whether healthy or not, it's just a case of moderation and context I suppose. I'll stick to music, TV and films for my sedentary stimulation and don't think I'll return to coffee anytime soon lol.
Thanks,
Rich.
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<Deleted User> (35860)
Mon 22nd Apr 2024 14:56
😂 Been there Mike, read the highway code book, worn the earholed cotton wool, seen the perfect dashcam film and so has Mum-but no change with the huff and the puff and I'll blow the house of your driving skills down 😂
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Thanks for the link up plenty of podcasts to select.
Listened to your show yesterday Ruth it sounded like Grant, Andy N and yourself had a great time doing it.
😂😅😁😃😄
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Thanks for all your likes
Manish
Hugh
Holden
Stephen G
Aisha
and
Auracle.
Comment is about Getting in the Right Frame of Mind (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
It's a very nice post Rasa! Lovely audio 🌷
Greetings back from the Netherlands!
Comment is about The Magic in Mundane (blog)
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that's certainly a beautiful description
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Original item by Hélène
Thanks for likes Graham & Aisha 👍
Comment is about Pain Is Pleasure (blog)
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leon stolgard
Mon 22nd Apr 2024 10:43
leon stolgard
Mon 22nd Apr 2024 10:30
Thanks Tom ( Classical water music )
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Hello Rich,
Coffee has always intrigued me, especially those who find it an essential morning drink. Many claim it to be a stimulant, but I am unimpressed and find that this beverage has little effect on me. I drink tea in the morning and during the day but would often prefer water, a glass of wine or a fruit juice. I would be interested to know the effect of coffee on you personally. A thought provoking poem.
Thanks,
Keith
Comment is about Coffee the face (blog)
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An event which is physically manifest in our bodies, marking those born before and after its occurance. In reality it was the test dates in the desert which are detectable in the bodies of those living at the time and thereafter.
Thank fuck all those thousands died that we might live in peace eh, because that worked.
David
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Thanks for the overnight oats to those who sent them.
Just to expand a little on your comment Landi (or my response to it) carlin later distanced himself from his own offerings of solutions by saying in later life that he regarded himself as an observer and recorder of humanity, tbh I think this was a strategic (if honest) attempt on his part to maintain the validity his earlier work. I understand his action and he was a huge voice.
The truth is any artist who truly believes they can impact directly on atrocity might be a little off kilter. What is said may well influence people's positions and their thinking but it won't do much with immediate impact on those suffering violence or abuse or even damage to the planet. That said the slow shift is vital. I am a cynic but do acknowledge cynicism can be a very negative force which on occasion stifles action which could be beneficial to situations requiring more than a shrug of the shoulders.
Balance in everything I guess.
David
PS...Some comics deliver/delivered their comedy poetically, Lenny Bruce, Carlin (a student of Bruce) I would even venture to say Stewart Lee who is probably unknown in the US...and definitely Alexei Sayle.
Comment is about De-Compose (blog)
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Extremely relatable on many levels, it also made me chuckle. I really enjoyed this. Thank you Mike
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Thank you for liking my work Holden, I really appreciate it.
Thank you
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Lol landi,
I wouldn't argue with George Carlin, the man was a genius.
Thanks for popping by.
David.
Comment is about De-Compose (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Thank you so much Helene. I agree, writing is a therapy for me as well. It has been helping me with quite a bit. I appreciate the kind words, and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you
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"..a lot of comedians I hear, when they complain about stuff they seem to imply that everything could be alright if we just do this or just do that. I don't care. It's never gonna work--if you think there's a solution, then you're part of the problem. That's what I believe..."
--George Carlin, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Airdate March 20, 1996
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Thanks a lot Tim and Stephen for your most generous comments, it means a lot to me.😊
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Keep writing Evan! I am 69 years old and writing has been a life-long therapy for me. Getting thoughts, emotions, and observations on the page somehow lifts me up and helps me transcend all the trials and tribulations we face. Love the lines "Talk to the loner. The one that speaks the least has likely observed the most. Eat at that dirty restaurant, the one that has old rings from past patrons resting their drinks on the splashed, soapy, unclean tabletop." Puts the reader right at the scene. Awesome writing!
Comment is about Just Go (blog)
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Thanks for the comments, Graham, and Leon, and for the Likes, Steve, Stephen, Tom, Hugh, Manish, and Holden. It means something special to me, to be part of a community arts project in Northumberland!
Comment is about Puffins at Coquet Island (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Hi Stephen - Thanks for positive feedback 👍
Thanks for likes - Stephen & Holden 👍
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rob1967able
Sun 21st Apr 2024 10:32
Thank you Stephen en offcourse Holden. Love.
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leon stolgard
Sun 21st Apr 2024 10:26
Reminds me
of my visits to Penmon point Anglesey ( boat trips to Puffin Island )
Comment is about Puffins at Coquet Island (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
People could be forgiven for tiring of angry poetry, I believe they should be. I used to enjoy my angry writing, these days I do not harvest much enjoyment from it because it is as tiring to write as it possibly is to read.
Also angry poetry does not do much by way of bridge building, it serves to voice an opinion and probably reinforces division more than narrowing the gulf. That said it can consolidate solidarity among the like minded.
Bitterness is another perception that anger might portray, this is unfortunate because it is not always the case. I have repeated often John Lydon's chant "anger is an energy" of course it is true, and anger can be harvested for good if manipulated very carefully. Mostly anger is an individual vent utilised to disipate something often damaging to the person venting.
Anger in poetry is a little like using shock tactics for attention, both can become tedious and will turn some readers off...quite often it leaves the author preaching to the choir, what's the point of that?
The alternative to shock and anger can be honesty delivered in a calm mediating manner. The down side of honesty and calm reasoning is that it can lose peoples attention very quickly, it is also in most cases a more convoluted process which many people are unwilling to give their time to. It is not as comedically maliable as anger or shock as a delivery system. I often think the stand up comedian has the best of both worlds in this regard, in one moment he/she can shock and rant in the next he can explain his rationale...short poetic verse is a difficult process by which to convey those emotions simultaneously, leaving the author exposed to accusations of irrational/misplaced anger or purile shock tactics. Of course there are those accomplished writers who have achieved such heights in ability, very few though and certainly none who are new to the art form that I know of.
My apologies for this extended comment, I thought it might be useful to share my own awareness of the limitations (on occasion) of some of the forms/vehicles of expression I use. Also that it doesn't exclusively please me or fill me with feelings of satisfaction.
David.
Comment is about De-Compose (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Interesting to note that ten years they've called you back Greg.
Looking forward to many more coastal poems perhaps?
Comment is about Puffins at Coquet Island (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
There's real feeling and meaning here, Tim. Excellent poem.
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Original item by Tim Higbee
Excellent, Tom. The audio is really well done.
Comment is about Pain Is Pleasure (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Many thanks to Allan Sutherland of Amble Writers for including this poem in his imaginative and collaborative arts project 36 Views of Coquet Island. I wrote it more than 10 years ago, after a family holiday in Northumberland, when I never dreamed that I would eventually live up here
https://allansutherland.substack.com/p/7-to-12-36-views-of-coquet-island
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Thanks, Stephen & Tom for the encouragement & support. Glad you liked it! 😊
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Robert C Gaulke
Tue 23rd Apr 2024 15:36
Cheers, Evan. Nice work, B
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