No easy life for Eliot, frozen in isolation, it seems to me, too difficult for him to establish the easy, lazy contacts of human relations, but how the poetry soars.
I was touched to hear Heaney's report of Eliot's acceptance of his first work at Faber - it was like an affirmation from God, God the Father. & he rejected Animal Farm? I wonder what he wrote on the rejection slip, I get the impression he dealt gently with his poets, but Orwell was hardly that.
coincidentally dipping into Eliot's Four Quartets last night I did have to go back here and there with a - how did he do that? And the irrepressible Bard of Barnsley comperes the TS Eliot Prizes? Gee. Maybe I should give him another look.
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Thank you all so much, really glad you liked it. I'm in a real writing mode at the moment so rattling a lot of stuff off, and I never really know if anyone will like it apart from me, and even then, most of the time it's just a relief to get the thing of my chest.?
J. x
Comment is about True Names (blog)
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Do.RoThy
Sun 5th Jan 2020 08:38
Great going.....hv a good day!!
Refreshing write! ♥
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Sat 4th Jan 2020 22:33
One of my favourite films Mike.
Saving Mr. Banks puts a different slant on things, worth watching if you haven't already seen it.
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<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 4th Jan 2020 22:28
John, you touched a nerve here with me...with many I suspect. I envy those like my wife and my mother who fall asleep within a minute or two of going to bed. I have many thoughts swirling around that take me quite a long time to overcome.
Comment is about Insomnia (blog)
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MC
https://youtu.be/mdmuqYCf5Ik
Gosh! I swear that's you cutting the centre-stage dance floor........nice footwork
?
Comment is about Boris's Top Adviser Dominic Called Me (blog)
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Sat 4th Jan 2020 22:18
In the attic of your mind
in dark corners find
a hidden spot,
but be careful with
what is recalled
there's things up there
just as soon forgot!
?
Comment is about Tom (poet profile)
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Thank you for your prayers, time heals all wounds?
Comment is about Torture (blog)
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Your lines flow so effortlessly Jason....... a joy to read.....
Comment is about True Names (blog)
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I like this.....especially the last three lines as John has said......
Comment is about Great Expectations (blog)
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Thanks John and Po for your kind words.
Comment is about Great Expectations (blog)
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Thank you Mark. Aberfan and the Cuba missile crisis.
Comment is about Aberfan: in remembrance (blog)
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I love the ending of your poem Mika: an eternal question, asked by lovers everywhere and throughout history:
If we look hard enough we can we see the stars
Do they shine in you
Like I want them to...
Comment is about Great Expectations (blog)
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Indeed it is. When the excitement and novelty wane, we have to realize we're all just human.
Comment is about Great Expectations (blog)
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Clever poem, Sophie.
I'm afraid I nearly always have the TV on!
Comment is about White noise (blog)
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Brilliant write Jason! This is excellently and beautifully put.
Comment is about True Names (blog)
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Do.RoThy
Sat 4th Jan 2020 17:16
The name is H. The name is G. The name is D. The name is P. The name is XYZEEE.
What is in a name?? Alphabets...hehehe
Loved it!!! True name, worth reading those lines..deep in the eye, eye to eye ?
Comment is about True Names (blog)
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To borrow from the late Dick Emery's memorable comedy character:
"Ooh, you are awful - but I like you."
Comment is about The grief of a newly married husband (blog)
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I know of legal people busy dispensing summary justice.
Is this a form of wintery justice (ouch)?
Comment is about DRESSED TO KILL (blog)
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Those of us who were old enough to understand the tragedy of what had occurred could never forget the images and their awful reality.
Comment is about Aberfan: in remembrance (blog)
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Ha - I hadn't heard of this enterprise but I'm taken back to that old saying: "you don't have to be mad - but it helps". Perhaps Boris and
co. are ready to consider looking outside the political tent to get as
many talents and points of view on board in their interest towards
the widest spread of government - Bojo style!
Love the inclusion of the Little Richard video. He was a favourite
in my 1950s teen years & I still have a 45rpm Speciality label
disc of his recordings. Another favourite in similar vein was Larry
Williams who had a big hit with "Bony Moronie". This disc (played loud) succeeded in getting a neighbour to bang on my wall - first
and only time it ever happened to me! ? AND I still have the
45rpm disc of that recording to return me to those happy carefree days (but played via headphones nowadays ha-ha!).
"I've got a gal named bony Moronie
She's as skinny as a stick of macaroni..." (and so on).
Whoo-hoo!!!!
The lyric writing may not be Lorenz Hart or Cole Porter but it made me happy - then and now.
Comment is about Boris's Top Adviser Dominic Called Me (blog)
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A truth that too many forget...happiness & contentment are carried
within. Travel to distant places is no substitute or remedy for their absence.
Comment is about RAINBOWS (blog)
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We need you more than Dominic does well done Don.
Comment is about Boris's Top Adviser Dominic Called Me (blog)
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Nice one DK. Enjoyed this and reminded me to pop up into the attic and see if there's anything else waiting to be refurbished of my own... ?
Comment is about Refurbished Poem (blog)
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The start of a new relationship is always such an exciting time. So many possibilities and so much to discover and learn. When things could still go anywhere it's hard not to let your imagination run wild. It's an intoxicating feeling. Nicely expressed!
Comment is about Great Expectations (blog)
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Sat 4th Jan 2020 12:20
At rainbows end
the prize you sought
is unfortunately
an empty pot.
Comment is about RAINBOWS (blog)
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Sat 4th Jan 2020 11:15
Bert and Ethel....how many anniversaries they have together seen?
To keep the romance alive, couple try some weird tricks. The only way to keep it going fresh is to keep on reviving the promises, trust,love n faith. Don't need any pills then.
Thank you Don and Mike!!
Comment is about Love birds" (blog)
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Do.RoThy
Sat 4th Jan 2020 09:24
Thank you for staying!! Good decision ?
LMS WOLers need you here.....Bori, dori can go fetch some other guy. We need our boy right here.
Your loyalty speaks volumes about you.....n in all good sense....so proud of you.
Your 'family' wants you near them, because you are extremely dear to them.
Broken hearts seldom survive...it's a terrible disease worst than heartattack. You can check on the web.
https://googleweblight.com/i?u=https://www.insider.com/what-is-broken-heart-syndrome-2018-4&hl=en-IN
Where's the party Don.....am i invited???
Comment is about Boris's Top Adviser Dominic Called Me (blog)
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Very funny.
It's nice to see some humour on here.
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about I Need a Raise (blog)
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Where I am there's plenty of heat. Bushfires razing homes and 40 degree temperatures. A California wildfire scenario. You should know where I'm talking from........
Comment is about Love birds" (blog)
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Seems more than one iceream-eating oddball at the top is needed. Gosh, they must be in dire straights.....
?
Comment is about Boris's Top Adviser Dominic Called Me (blog)
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Only suggestion, Don, is to rise to the occasion and get used to seeing more of this fire burning. We need to do what we can to keep warm while staying indoors. ?
Comment is about Love birds" (blog)
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Good heavens, Mika is right. We're getting some rather hot stuff on WOL at present
I'm going to let my friends Bert and Ethel give their opinion on this Jasmine but I take no responsibility. They have a right to their opinion, as do we all.
Oh.....and they look forward to meeting you up close in LMS where they can speak more freely , if you get my drift......
Eth?.......
Yes luv........
We used to make steam under the blankets. Jasmine just reminded me........Now we're struggling to reach room temperature.......Wot's happened?
You fall asleep before we say goodnight luv........
zzzzzzzzzz
Look at this Jasmine. He's hopeless......asleep on his lounger already and it's only 10am. Maybe I should get some viagra at Tesco?
Suggestions Mika?......
?
Comment is about Love birds" (blog)
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Sat 4th Jan 2020 03:40
Thank you Don. Your rhymes are good. Poems are hilarious still have deep meaning. To know you is difficult through your work. Like an ocean deep, your words have hidden mysteries. Yet, there is a drive to explore and discover those mysterious zones.
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
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Philipos
Fri 3rd Jan 2020 23:13
Don you might have read your version of it somewhere, but I specifically recall having seen the expression phrased as: A Picture Saves a thousand words. In other words, both of us could be right if there are 2 contexts. But thanx. Will check out the phrase elsewhere and if different to what I have just said will return to the arena. P.
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Thanks Po and Jon for reading and liking
Happy new year.
Ray
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Do.RoThy
Fri 3rd Jan 2020 16:40
Thanx Po!! Much solace received through your uplifting, hope providing, kind words!!
Mera saya saath raheyga, tu jahan raheyga!! ?
Your words are always welcome n much desperately looked forward to. Always!!
Comment is about So far, so good!! (blog)
Do.RoThy
Fri 3rd Jan 2020 16:24
If my heart could be seen.....it wud be just crying n lamenting.
Thanks R. ? I'm đeeply touched by your comment.
Comment is about So far, so good!! (blog)
Do.RoThy
Fri 3rd Jan 2020 15:56
The past is lived and done, it can neither be changed no undone.
Those who delve in the past, they do sink into a bottomless ocean, no pearls to find, no great marine life visions.
Past is but a chapter closed and so shall it be left unattended or disturbed.
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Thanks all for the comments and likes. It’s all about getting to know someone, whether a friend or new love, what’s beyond the character and personality you see in front of you and building upon it. Does your/their past even matter?
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Do.RoThy
Fri 3rd Jan 2020 15:22
Is your love this way....in a good or bad way?? Either way your love is yours....so good n bad both belongs to you too...loved this remarkable piece of care n concern.
Comment is about War Stories (blog)
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Do.RoThy
Fri 3rd Jan 2020 15:18
Btw....who is she?? Po referred to??
Comment is about Why are Easter Buns in the Shops the Day After Christmas? (blog)
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Do.RoThy
Fri 3rd Jan 2020 15:17
Don't tell me they are still selling easter buns in December.... Such stale buns on sale.....beware! Beware!!
Don't look at them....u will fall ill....u already sound sick......hehehe!! Take some medz n look at wholesome bread.
Donny dear.....btw... Is it only in a single shop?? Or all the shops?? May be on demand!!
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Thank you KJ, Po, Robert, Mika and Jon for the likes ?
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Do.RoThy
Fri 3rd Jan 2020 14:44
Aussie celebrating eastery Christmasy....eating buns with santa Don.....sounds so much fun.....hehehe!!! ?
Comment is about Eggs before hearts (blog)
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Dominic James
Sun 5th Jan 2020 10:27
Always interesting and John was very generous with access to his own life in the reflections and direction offered. Thank you John and WOL.
Comment is about Write Out Loud says farewell and thank you to John Foggin (article)
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