I remember a hymn we used to sing when I was a lad at the Methodist chapel. It had the line in it, "How little I am in it all".

Comment is about THE MORE THAT IT CHANGES (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I do drink room temperature tea, reminds me of my grandad, he always drank his tea like that. We both struggled with too hot tea. He was a good man and great grandad, quite literally, when my cousin got pregnant.

Comment is about The Dire Consequences of Room-Temperature Tea (blog)

Original item by Randy Horton

The last line is so true

Comment is about HAPPINESS (blog)

Original item by lynn hahn

Ah...the highs and lows of poetical endeavour!

Comment is about What is The Like-Minders Society ? (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

How true. But human nature - especially vanity - being what it is, there will never be a shortage of those seeking their brief spot
under the sun of fame and fortune when the chance arrives.

Comment is about THE MORE THAT IT CHANGES (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

This sort of stuff isn't new to Royalty. Prince Eddy - back in
Victoria's reign - had all sorts of rumours surrounding him, while
the heir to the throne, later King Edward V11 - a much loved monarch confounding his critics and detractors - certainly had
a racy reputation that surely had his mother throwing up her
hands in despair at such goings-on. As for the current saga - a
certain Lady so-and so claims that the parties involved were
ready to benefit from participating in whatever allegedly occurred at
the time so one wonders about the reasons for this kind of
public pursuit of the actions of years ago in private. The likes of
Lily Langtry would no doubt raise a knowing eternally discreet eyebrow.

Comment is about The banned old Duke of York. (blog)

Original item by hugh

Ok Po. Thank you for your encouraging words. ?

Comment is about Life ain't a fairy tale for me!!!! (blog)

"Well"-

"Andy N

Thu 31st Dec 2009 13:58

groove to this m8. good stuff!"

Cheers. Tommy

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

"Well"

Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thu 31st Dec 2009 15:41

Happy New Year, Tommy. I almost detect the glimmer of optimism lately.

Cheers Cyn

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

"Well"
winston plowes

Fri 1st Jan 2010 22:04

Cheers Win.
Tommy

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

At 9 o'clock tonight on Panorama new details will unfurl,
By Virginia Roberts the alleged forced sexual encounter girl

Comment is about The banned old Duke of York. (blog)

Original item by hugh

I like Bells Whiskey maybe a touch of hot water to chase those Winter Blues away.

Comment is about The Bells! (photo)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

I do not "yearn" for the British Empire - but merely sought to put
some recent relevance in context. We tend to treat ourselves like
those old monks who loved to flog themselves into some state of "pardon us for our sins" perdition.
That said, I'm certainly in favour of a category award for sport and the arts - and go along with GS's comment about the groan-worthy
state of awards in general.

Comment is about George the Poet: 'Why I turned down an MBE' (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Life ain't a bed of roses
We need to remind ourselves
Life is struggles and thorns
So prepare oneself strong!!
The end be happy or sad
Ride be scary or bad
This shouldn't break us
We should keep enjoying anyway!!

Thanks Kim for your lovely words!! ?

Comment is about Life ain't a fairy tale for me!!!! (blog)

I ain't a sadist to laugh at the plight of this struggling turkey.....but maintaining the human aspect of non vegetarians, i smile at the concept....a sad cookery show!!
Nice write!!

Comment is about IF THE TURKEY COULD TALK (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Always looking forward to some new rollercoaster ride. The fun begins and thrills keep going. No injuries reported, no sickness prevailed. All safe and happy, ready for the new thrills.
Thank you Donny dear!! I'm one satisfied customer.

Comment is about What is The Like-Minders Society ? (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

You always give us something to think about. This could be a conversation with us the reader or one with yourself. Once feisty, then self-detrimental. You've mentioned some of your insecurities before but you always somehow manage to rationalise them. I'm usually quite sceptical and do not immediately assume poems are autobiographical. If this is, when one views your associated tags, there is much to both be worried about and supportive of.

Whatever, you continue to weave incredible pictures Alexandra.

Comment is about Outside of Herself (blog)

Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

I’m beginning to think you have some sheepdog qualities Don!

Comment is about What is The Like-Minders Society ? (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

This rollercoaster
Needs to be ridden
Don't keep your
Off beats hidden
Master Don here
Takes the lead
In entertaining
He does succeed
A like minded society
Of fun
As an experiment
He's just begun!

Comment is about What is The Like-Minders Society ? (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thank u Don

Comment is about Ant DoRis (blog)

Clever Do. I've said it before and I'll say it again. There's more to you than meets the eye......


I am a little ant
Searching for some food
Hi there passing ant friend
Friend ant says hi there dude

Has Rose morphed into an ant??....

Whatever's he on about Eth?.......

Dunno Bert...he talks in riddles sometimes...

Sorry Do

I nicely say hi back to friend
Continue with my romp
A black shadow comes over me
Bloody hell Do. Stomp

Sorry Do, Not all fairy tales end happily ever after....

?.

Comment is about Ant DoRis (blog)

If you would like to be part of the LMS experiment with a group of us please feel free to contact me

Don M


The photo was taken by Po (which is why you can't see him)

Is that Ruth and Do at the front? Tom at the back?

I'm paying dearly for my 'look-no-hands-mum' moment

Our Like-Minders like their roller ride. Can't wait says Do

Thale and Lucy are hidind somewhere.

Bert and Ethel live next to the park. Bert sees the fun rollers and longs to join. He suffers vertigo though and asks 'Can you get anti-sickness rollercoaster pills fom Tesco Eth?' to which she replies 'Dunno luv....worth a try '

My world of poetry, fun and fantasy

Come and join us

?

PS Photo was taken before we set up the bar.....

Comment is about What is The Like-Minders Society ? (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Hi John
Thanks for reading and commenting. I also remember the days of the coalman among many who delivered services to each house.
Cheers
Martin

Comment is about There's a town (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Thank you Po

Comment is about Ascend (blog)

Original item by Cait Abbott

Thank you Kim!!! ?

Comment is about Pause!!! (blog)

No. The poem is perfect and complete with just your two original verses. Sometimes (most times to me) a short succint is best. Additions can many times detract and mess it up if you know what I mean. It's why I like haiku. Short, sharp, shiny......

Comment is about Hailstones (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Thanks guys. I thought it was quite 'punchy' as-is, and extending it might detract rather than improve. However, I've come up with these verses, although I'm not sure they're needed.

round guttering candles
alight on the sconce
winds rage like vandals
and howl their response

lock down your windows
and close the doors tight
hide ‘neath the bedclothes
through long winter’s night

Comment is about Hailstones (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Thank you R.?

Thank you Poemagraphic.Po ?

Comment is about Love you!! (blog)

Thnx buddy for asking death to hurry. I like your concern to free me of this awful pain.?

Comment is about O darling death!!! (blog)

I know yours is a serious poem Do and I respect it for what it is. You know me, I'm always trying to find humour in things. My comic at play. I couldn't stop the little tyke here.

Oh darling death why are you deaf
Why don't you hear me so?
The batteries in your hearing aids
Have run out? do si do.....

?

Comment is about O darling death!!! (blog)

Thank you Jennifer and Cathy and Randy.

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
― T.S. Eliot

Comment is about Shadows on a broken vessel (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

I like this Trevor. Bounces along nicely.

Perhaps I can satisfy Brian's thirst for two extra verses

I'm a little haildrop
Banging on your roof
What's that that you are yelling?
Stop it! bloody strewth!

I'm 'fraid I cannot help it
My master is the cloud
Shit! he's gone and just yelled out
That thunder's f.....ing loud


I'm sorry I'm not as eloquent as Trev Brian. Best I could do. Aussies are a bit rough around the edges

?

Comment is about Hailstones (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Maybe link honours to the Commonwealth, since that still exists.

Comment is about George the Poet: 'Why I turned down an MBE' (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Good Trev, but I had no sooner got into the rhythm when it ended. I feel like it needs another two verses. Hope you don't mind this observation.

Comment is about Hailstones (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

The poem carries a strong sense of the past. Of times gone sadly forever. Not many milkmen left these days (or coal men). It evokes my childhood. Not a million miles from some of my stuff. Nice one!

Comment is about There's a town (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

I'm not a pet owner myself, but I have cat (and dog)owner friends. In fact, one just put up her Christmas tree, and has found one of her cats in the middle of it!

Comment is about Diary Of A House Cat (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Thanks guys. Jennifer, I don't know if it's a recognised form. It just fell that way in my head.

Comment is about Wintry Skies (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

O Thale, i missed ol this fun
Waz away da whole day bizi as ant ? Helen
Btw, these vengaboys have made me mount the ladda
But what am i suppose to do here now??

Donny Dear i didn't fall
No broken legs or hand
I hv no Caroline waiting
Nor do i want any Chris

Po dear, what about vinegar n paper
What tradition? Elaborating??

Comment is about The ladda tale (blog)

What is billed as 'his last interview' is published in the Observer today. James talks a lot about his love for Larkin https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/dec/01/clive-james-last-interview-philip-larkin-rachel-cooke

Comment is about Clive James, who turned to poetry to 'start saying goodbye', dies aged 80 (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

thanks for reading "A Penny For"....
and thanks
for putting in your two cents.

Comment is about A Penny For... (blog)

Original item by d.knape

"When i write I don't hold back, censor myself, or sugar coat words..I have a low tolerance for bullshit and stupidity, and I shoot straight with truth and I don't look back...life is too short for the nonsense, don't take life too seriously, the people that do are miserable...."

I like this. I like this a lot......

Comment is about WIZARD KILLER (blog)

Original item by Jared Harris

How old you are doesn't bother me Jennifer. It's what's inside and how you are that counts...

Comment is about How Old Are You? (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Lovely! Cats are so funny sometimes. When we were in a rented flat on hol, I always found a wee bird or a dead rat on the doormat in the morning! Luckily I get up before my husband, who would have had a fit. My friend has a white cat, also a cat flap. When she came back from her hol she found many different colours of cat dander, so it had invited friends in! She fixed that by putting a micro-chip on the flap and her pet's collar!!!!

Jennifer

Comment is about Diary Of A House Cat (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Beautiful poem! Agree about the rhyming. What poetic 'form' is it with those final four syllable lines? They give the poem great rythm and hold it together.

Jennifer

Comment is about Wintry Skies (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Very nostalgic and moving. I think we all take our parents/grandparents for granted, but his arms and heart were wrapped round you, so you must have loved each other. It's just the egoism of youth unable to put itself in the place of a parent. Growing up isn't easy, either. Really liked this.

Jennifer

Comment is about The old chair (blog)

Original item by Twilbury Wist

Fantastic!!!! Beautiful photo, a lake presumably, as you say 'fresh' water. the 'ripples of redemption , choke on what I know , feel disturbingly clean shaven'. Know exactly what you mean by that!,
Really exceptional.

Jennifer

Comment is about Shadows on a broken vessel (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Hope this isn't a real problem. Anyway, imagining it is, you are'bigger' than your monster, so just get out and leave it at home!! Great writing.
Jennifer

Comment is about Jess1994 (poet profile)

Original item by Jess1994

Hi Don! Very funny again! The Marx brothers were really fantastic, but one never sees any of their stuff now. Perhaps it has all faded, is not able to be shown? I am quite happy to say how old I am, but I must say I've started to notice that people tend to cross you off if they know you are really ancient. (now I've been and gone and dunnit)! I overheard a friend the other day, saying 'OK, she's .........., but she's very good company!' In fact most of my friends are a lot younger.

Jennifer

Comment is about How Old Are You? (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Nice one. Last two lines finished it off nicely.

Comment is about Proportions (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thank you guys i really appreciate the feedback, I get more feedback and commentary for my poems on here than I do on my facebook, I write for myself, to put my thoughts and experiences into hymns with rhymes and rhythms that tell a story. I hope my poems leave a positive impact and possibly help somebody in someway. When i write I don't hold back, censor myself, or sugar coat words..I have a low tolerance for bullshit and stupidity, and I shoot straight with truth and I don't look back...life is too short for the nonsense, don't take life too seriously, the people that do are miserable....

Once again thank you Don and Po for taking the time to read my poems and the feedback. I really appreciate it and God Bless....

Jared
AKA "Wizard Killer" AKA "Speedbump"

Comment is about WIZARD KILLER (blog)

Original item by Jared Harris