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Rich

Sat 21st Dec 2019 09:19

I couldn't agree more.

Shame nothing really changes, despite best efforts.

It seems to me it was ever thus.

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Rich

Sat 21st Dec 2019 09:14

Lovely poem.

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Don Matthews

Sat 21st Dec 2019 09:05

Gosh Eth, Po's a good rhymer!.......Go. Do. Po.....but yes doesn't quite fit in for me...or does it?

I know you only went to kindy luv but let's see what you can do.....

I got to wake up first Eth......yawn

Fully awake sunshine?

Sorta pet.....here I sorta go.....(stifled yawn - scriptwriter insert)

My name is Ethel's Bertie
I am a pensioner
I suffer with my vertigo
I want to rollercoaster

clap...clap...clap....

Thankyou Eth......

That's Po luv......

And hear all that clapping in the distance?.....

Hang on. Where are my 'earing aids?.....

They're on you luv.....

Oh so they are......

That distant clapping is the Like-Minder Associates. They like you.....

Miss Bethel also likes me Eth......

I liked your rhyme also luv.......clap.....clap


(Thalia and Lucy here Po/Do. We think the scriptwriter might have got a bit carried away here. We apologise. His application to write for the Goons got rejected and he was turned down by Monty Python -couldn't do silly walks - pelvis fracture from ladda fall- Brits don't know talent when they see it. Anyhow thankyou for clapping Bert. He is happily back napping again. Dreaming of Miss Bethel no doubt....)

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Don Matthews

Sat 21st Dec 2019 08:22

I never make silly comments about serious comments and serious poems Po. If I feel the tension needs breaking with some humour I might do so if you understand what I mean....

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Don Matthews

Sat 21st Dec 2019 08:07

While you're in snow and winter freeze
Watching sleds sleigh by
I'm just melting in the heat
I ask myself, now why?

Cos you chose to live on the wrong side of the planet.....

Oh?....Is that why?

You enjoy your Christmas amid falling snowflakes and a nice log fire and I'll enjoy mine in cool air-conditioned comfort amid kangaroos jumping by......

Happy Christmas

We still have a windup gramaphone complete with steel needles MC. Makes a good night's entertainment listening to music hall greats. Grandson asks can you still get replacement amplifier valves?.....

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Don Matthews

Sat 21st Dec 2019 07:55

Humour pushes 'way the gloom
Into its own dark dark-lit room
Hey? you've left me out cries doom
I want to join my room-mate gloom

I'm pleased with this arrangement......

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Don Matthews

Sat 21st Dec 2019 07:20

Pity you can't claim it on medical benefits.....

Oh?...you need to be in a private health scheme?

Good to know......

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Do.RoThy

Sat 21st Dec 2019 06:37

Extremely meaningful!! Life is but a drop in the ocean of souls existence. Sip in and renew the energies n fulfill wishes, dreams and desires serene.

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kimberly

Sat 21st Dec 2019 05:16

I like the double meaning of the title.

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Don Matthews

Sat 21st Dec 2019 02:44

Thankyou Lucy

You down double whiskeys like they're going out of style but you do a good job.

She says thankyou for selecting her from the huge number of applicants

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Don Matthews

Sat 21st Dec 2019 02:39

Ah yes Fish, the plot is thickening......as are the rollercoaster poetry stops in the LMS Theme Park fairground. Ethel and Bert are looking on with interest

Come and join us....

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Don Matthews

Sat 21st Dec 2019 02:16

Do

Your ask to enter LMS
Came to our office Do
Was stamped, duly accepted
Many moons ago

We know you like our roller
Rides around the Park
We're only open in the day
And close it down when dark

I can't see to drive at night and Thalia tends to get her cocktails mixed up without some light.

Yes, I see you behind me,(next to Ruth). You seem to be enjoying yourself. Thanks to Po for taking the picture.

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victoriavautaw@gmail.com

Sat 21st Dec 2019 01:57

Makes perfect sense to me, this mysterious energy that we can feel, but not see❣️

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Don Matthews

Sat 21st Dec 2019 00:59

I enjoyed playing drums to Mazzy......

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victoriavautaw@gmail.com

Fri 20th Dec 2019 23:19

Wow! Another masterpiece maestro. ?

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John Coopey

Fri 20th Dec 2019 22:46

Quite, Don.

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Don Matthews

Fri 20th Dec 2019 21:44

John/Po

My bit's shrunk over time.....

Eth says it's happened to her Bert too.....

Yes John, I'm only 4ft 6 now. Life wears you down....


These two have a habit of butting in. They're pensioners so we must be a bit gentle on them. We'll be like them one day John/Po.....


Before being butted in by Ethel and Bert I was about to say

My bit has shrunk, it's short
No longer can it rort
It's feeling so deflated
But life it that has tort

You too Don?.....

Careful what you say to your scriptwriter luv?

Who's he Eth?...

Go back to sleep.....

zzzzzzzz......

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Comment is about LE PERE FOUETTARD (blog)

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fitzroy herbert

Fri 20th Dec 2019 20:00

You have a powerful message.. but your English undermines it.. with a few changes, this could be very good..

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 20th Dec 2019 19:56

Thanks for the comments/likes - one and all. This HAS a tune but I seem unable to load it on this particular site.
If anyone is interested, send me your email address to my profile
page OR email me at markone05@live.com and i will try to send it on that way. it has been managed
previously elsewhere. There is a catch between jpeg (etc) files
and wma (etc) files on what I see available on my PC that I have yet to overcome. But then I was brought up in an age that had wind-up
gramophones, steel needles and bakelite discs as state of the art home entertainment!! ?

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John Coopey

Fri 20th Dec 2019 19:27

Nice work, MC. Lovely sentiment and tight structure.
And a very merry a Christmas to you too.

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John Coopey

Fri 20th Dec 2019 18:20

Don - is it a tort to rort?

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Jason Bayliss

Fri 20th Dec 2019 18:17

Thanks Po, thanks Don, high praise indeed. So glad you liked it.

J. x

Comment is about House Of Glass (blog)

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Patsy Harris

Fri 20th Dec 2019 18:04

This mask upon your Profile
gives nightmares dont' ya know
who is the face, behind the mask
WHO IS THIS PERSON......PO?????????????????????

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Patsy Harris

Fri 20th Dec 2019 18:00

Thank you for your comments, i really am quite proud
to be accepted in your group as known as WRITE OUT LOUD
I hope that in the future, my words will bring some joy
To everyone who reads em and hopefully enjoy

Patsy x

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afishamongmany

Fri 20th Dec 2019 17:38

Ah Don, may your roller coast you through the thickening plot to the fairest of grounds.
A peaceful Christmas to you cobber, ><>

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afishamongmany

Fri 20th Dec 2019 17:30

An interesting read Robert W - some of it made me smile, some of it made me scratch my head.
Thanks, happy Christmas, ><>

Comment is about The Things I have noticed (blog)

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afishamongmany

Fri 20th Dec 2019 17:26

Good one Hazel - happy Christmas to you, ><>

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afishamongmany

Fri 20th Dec 2019 17:18

Yea! Amen! Shake those those tamborines!
Thanks MC, joy to you! ><>

Comment is about WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES AROUND (blog)

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Do.RoThy

Fri 20th Dec 2019 17:15

You too!!!

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afishamongmany

Fri 20th Dec 2019 17:05

To all who may pass this way, these days, may Christ the Saviour, Light of the world, guide you in his way.
***************************************
A JOYFUL CHRISTMAS TO YOU! ---------YES YOU!
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><>

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keith jeffries

Fri 20th Dec 2019 16:17

Well said
Thanks Keith

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keith jeffries

Fri 20th Dec 2019 16:15

Beautifully composed, but politicially incorrect. Surely you are referring to the Winter Festival.

Only joking MC
Thank you for this
Keith

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Do.RoThy

Fri 20th Dec 2019 15:08

Kindly consider my application....will you?

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Do.RoThy

Fri 20th Dec 2019 15:02

Good one!! ?

Comment is about Supertramp. Ahead of Their Time (1974) (blog)

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Do.RoThy

Fri 20th Dec 2019 15:01

This is shitty hilarious write.....hehehe!!

Those who had the shitty shower must have smelled of it days.....eeeeeks!!!

Such a terrible shitty tragedy!!!

Shit straight......?

Comment is about Meeting Turns to Crap (blog)

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Do.RoThy

Fri 20th Dec 2019 14:37

Beautifully written!!! ?

Comment is about Let me in (blog)

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Tom

Fri 20th Dec 2019 13:58

Hi Mika, if you want the full experience (not truncated by the WoL player) you can find it and all my other readings here:

https://soundcloud.com/user-166657353/get-a-room

In this poem I flirted with the idea of rhyming... amongst other things.

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Don Matthews

Fri 20th Dec 2019 11:14

I did a bit of rorting
(Sharp practice) when was young
When used on youngish ladies
All I got was stung

I'd advise against rorting (sharp practice type) at our age John. Waste of time. Ladies just not interested.

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John Coopey

Fri 20th Dec 2019 10:03

A “rort”, Don? You’ve taught me a word I didn’t know. Google also says it means to engage in sharp practice in Strine.

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Shaakiera Schroeder

Fri 20th Dec 2019 09:47

@BINTE jazakallah for your kind words..may Allah grant you the best of this world and after.

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Don Matthews

Fri 20th Dec 2019 07:19

To join The Like-Minders Society and experience the thrill of rollercoasting around our Theme Park to stops of various offbeat poetical interest contact our Leader (you may even get to wave to Bert unless his scriptwriter has cured his vertigo)

We are on a recruitment drive so don't be shy. However we don't accept riff-raff or doomy gloomers. We run a tight ship. If, however, you are willing to undergo a 'transformation' our Leader might consider you

Lucy L (Head of Publicity)

Oh.....and it's all free

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d.knape

Fri 20th Dec 2019 05:12

thank you Tom with wet shoes
for reading "Men In Homes".
It might be depressing
but we will all be there
sooner or later.

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kimberly

Fri 20th Dec 2019 03:16

So sad the audio gets cut off right before the ending. ??

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Don Matthews

Fri 20th Dec 2019 01:10

Thankyou for liking the poem Po. And the roller rides around the Park.....

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Don Matthews

Fri 20th Dec 2019 01:06

Wise words again Jason.....

Comment is about House Of Glass (blog)

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Hugh

Fri 20th Dec 2019 01:04

Wasn't banking on that happening.

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Don Matthews

Fri 20th Dec 2019 01:02

I look at presents under tree
Piles of them, and all for me
Why can't they give just one to treasure
Instead of muck to fill my leisure

When I was young I got one present. It was special to me and I treasured it. Today, kids get 20 presents. Plastic, discarded, or broken the next day.

Santa needs re-programming......

Comment is about Christmassy (blog)

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Don Matthews

Fri 20th Dec 2019 00:40

Eth?.....wot's 'hell for leather'?

They do bondage down there luv.....

Gosh Eth...you're a walking cyclopedia...

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Don Matthews

Fri 20th Dec 2019 00:35

A hanky is for blowing nose
Or so I thought was taught
While panky brings its problems
At wild parties (a rort)

Stick to the hanky at our age John. It's safer...

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John Marks

Fri 20th Dec 2019 00:00

Thank you Tom and Don. Hope you aint frying out in Oz Don. I think I'd melt. 50 degrees C ?

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