To start with, origami isn't a bad idea....hehehe

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follow your wife's advice-
you can't go wrong!

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Hi David
Very very funny. Great last line too. Haha
Jon

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Hi Lily
So descriptive. This says a lot in few words and is very effective
Jon

Comment is about the things you left (blog)

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Hi Lily
A great Poem about self realisation and it's importance in our lives.
Very well expressed
Jon

Comment is about I am hope. (blog)

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Hi Don
Humorous and very true!
Made me laugh. Great stuff
Jon

Comment is about Checking Into Rehab (blog)

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John - the classic Mrs Merton line...

Debbie McGee - what first attracted you to millionaire Paul Daniels?

Comment is about THE LOVERS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Beautiful hope that sustains!! Well written piece.

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Original item by Lily Petkova

Tagore received the Nobel prize for literature and is read all across the world by many millions in many languages. Same for Eliot, Yeats, Baudelaire, Goethe, Plath, Healey et al. None of them wrote simple straightforward poetry but they did write poetry. Modern dumbed down culture demands instant gratification, immediate understanding of what? The blindingly obvious. TS Eliot, that marvellously complex Anglo-Anerican defender of difficulty wrote that: "Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being, to which we rarely penetrate; for our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves." That, for me, is a goal worth striving for.

Comment is about After reading the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Melancholic me is all you see
Behind those smiles are hiding
A whole new world of unexplored mystery

Well expressed!!!

Comment is about Alone again (blog)

Original item by Aimee

Nice place but I can't see any tinnies - I bet Dundee doesn't use it much or Thalia. ?

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Search a never ending way, exploring n discovering only to find there are many things yet unexplored and undiscovered. So true....thanks for the analysis....much appreciated Po!!

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I lived in England for a few years and it was the 'crookedness' of everything that I got to love. In my hometown in Australia everything is 'straight' and clinical. However I came across Hillbillys, a 'crooked' cafe like yours, Bohemian sort of feel. A good place for inspiration....

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Comment is about Crooked Café (blog)

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The men in the white coats are waiting to escort you to your notepadded cell now! ?

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Beautiful

Comment is about Signs that Light up the Star Lit Sky (blog)

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And that point she serves your dinner in a dog bowl on the floor! ?

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I was going to make a comment about seeing our friends the Aliens but Thalia said it was a serious poem and would be inappropriate.....

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Comment is about Signs that Light up the Star Lit Sky (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Indeed, Po. Perhaps horror is the thing we fear most and keep on repeating it. That seems bizarre I know but we kill what we fear don't we? At the present time people are afraid of being overwhelmed by the unknown and social instability. The politicians will sort it out no doubt.

Ray

Comment is about NEEDING MAYBE A TITLE IN LATIN (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Sad but beautiful.

Hannah

Comment is about Melody of pain!! (blog)

Your energy shines through.

Hannah

Comment is about Nobody (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

It is great that you can write and express your feelings in that way.
And of course, share with us.

Hannah

Comment is about Checking Into Rehab (blog)

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Hi Tom
I loved this. I think it's amazing when you can find a place that there's not loads of in every high street too.

Plus the kind of friendly customer service reflected in this Poem always makes me want to revisit a place like this and spend time there

Rare places nowadays, but they're still in existence. Just.

Great Poem
Jon

Comment is about Crooked Café (blog)

Original item by Tom

Thanks for your like Kimberly Ray the night sky has been so good all this week

Comment is about Signs that Light up the Star Lit Sky (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

This is an interesting take down memory lane - loved that prog and that main guy with a Yorkshire accent once heard with a Cockney one. Well done U. Philipos.

Comment is about GOODBYE TO MARINA AND PEARL (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I wonder if you run the risk of being a self-deceiver?
Remember, there's no eager thief without an eager receiver.
So, let your mind keep active - taking what it needs
To keep us receivers busy - so our mutual profit succeeds! ?

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Adaptability is the secret of success - no truer words ever devised - and their truth here for us in pleasing fashion.

Comment is about Crooked Café (blog)

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Really a feel good poem - the sort of open sharing quality that personifies your work, and hits the spot for me. Thanks for sharing Cynthia.

Ray

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Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I think you exemplify the spirit of discovery both external and internal John. Of course I am in agreement but I would say that wouldn't I, considering my vocal involvement on earlier occasions. Brian has a point , but sadly a wider audience is already well served. while some attempt at least could be made to empathize with the deeper layers of meaning in the lives we live.
I like your phrase weaponize mediocrity, like a suit of armour perhaps.

Ray

Comment is about After reading the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

The spirit is willing but the flesh.... A great study in character that leaves us wanting more of him (imo).

Ray

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On the horns of a dilemma D. My wife is ruthlessly objective, but usually right to be honest.

Ray

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Loved this poem. You can really paint a picture of your childhood that a lot of people can relate to.
Especially liked your Dad calling you and embarrassing you in front of your peers.
An excellent piece.

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Original item by Jon Darby

Thanks Po.....but are the sorrows really sweet? Do the pain have sweet melodies or bitter ones....separation isn't fun...phew!!

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It enters deep inside the soul.....but somehow i researched long back, so i hv the answer to why D.....but not to what that Po got before us brilliantly....i need to introspect and explore the newer realms within myself....thanks for this great piece!! Brilliant n introspective write!!

Comment is about Who am I (blog)

Original item by Dewald

Hey there,
I wish to dedicate a video in memory of your dad. I can feel your pain. I can cry your tears.

In loving memory of your dad
https://youtu.be/4N-POQr-DQQ

Comment is about The Place in my Soul (blog)

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Behind every successful man is a lady.....and that lady is your lovely wife.....trust me...u r extremely blessed....praise the God almighty...
Beautifully n truthfully expressed!!!

Comment is about Fan Club (blog)

Original item by d.knape

He is a poet.
That's what I heard.

Comment is about Fan Club (blog)

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Thank you Tom , a pleasure, and Jennifer too.

Tom , Brian, Lisa and Kate, obliged for your likes.

Ray

Comment is about SMALL WORLD (blog)

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I enjoyed that clip Vautaw, thank you. I've played that tune many times a la Glenn Miller, but the recording was a fine piece. By the way I wrote a poem called Moonlight Serenade. I'll send it to you, but it is not a pretty piece!

Thanks for dropping by, Tom and Po.

Ray

Comment is about ON THE QE2 1977 (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Jennifer, you are right to honour those who died for whatever reason was valid at the time and that is indeed what most of us feel compelled to do. In a sense it is all we can do. However in the poem I wanted to bring out the sense of futility of the wasting of life and how a yearly observance of it just becomes ultimately an institutionalized response. I think anger would be more effective, instead of the subduing of emotion which often happens at crowd gatherings and indeed at church services. I may be wrong, but these are simply my feelings. I intended no disrespect.

Hi Jon, I'm glad my effort was worthwhile; it's not a subject to be taken lightly, so I gave it my best shot. Thanks.

Po, I have stuck my neck out here I know, but it is after all a site for discussion, and I have subverted that last line to introduce an element of national sensibility into it. We probably unconsciously are drawn to a sense of loss more focussed where our own kind are killed. Perhaps we are closer to understanding other cultures nowadays, and how precious is life globally. I believe there is a sort of tribal element to conceptions of The Empire which were greatly influential at the time. Are we to learn or just repeat our ghastly misconceptions of supremacy and marginalizations which result in ethnic cleansing and the like?

Thanks for your like, Jon.

I'll get my coat.

Comment is about NEEDING MAYBE A TITLE IN LATIN (blog)

Original item by ray pool

This is really enjoyable Cynthia, I know those magic moments of solitude well. And heard "Needing rocks and waves for sanity" very loudly. Loved the ending too.

Comment is about Bermuda Islands' Visitor (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Much enjoyed this, Raj. However positive insight strikes, I think it is the most valuable gift of 'being human'.

I think 'civilization' has always had contradictions, in any part of human society from the very beginnings of 'collecting together', anywhere on the planet. Somehow, leaders and followers do emerge, leaders mostly as problem solvers, observers, thinkers and doers. And then, those who can see 'That way is better.' and willingly follow, often with much respect.

And then, the thinking, the psychic energy, the communal bonding - inter-reliance of body and mind for physical survival and acceptable societal mores. The universal need for Divinity. Our human conviction that it is there because we are unique. And the purely physical acceptance: 'Mother Earth' is not really a 'joke'.

I'll shut up!

Comment is about My Communal Dance (blog)

Original item by Chakraj

I can feel the strength and the persistence. Inspiring!!!

Comment is about Fear (blog)

Original item by DIYwrites

Once you have lived on a small island in a vast ocean for years, you never escape the clear understanding of the insignificant at the mercy of the mighty, in whatever context.

Comment is about Bermuda Islands' Visitor (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Six years like the passing of a breath.

Comment is about Eli Anderson (poet profile)

Original item by Eli Anderson

Enjoyed reading this,emphasises the complexity of our existence.

Comment is about Who am I (blog)

Original item by Dewald

Oh my goodness Aimee I can feel the trauma of your words pouring out of this poem.A literary gem.

Comment is about Change (blog)

Original item by Aimee

Sad but beautifully written....?

Comment is about Grief (blog)

Original item by Aimee

Wonderful piece!!! Loved it a lot.

Comment is about If I wrote you a song (blog)

Original item by Aimee

True love never ends, n cn never be exchanged!!! Healing is only in union....give it a go....well expressed!!

Comment is about Change (blog)

Original item by Aimee

Great poet in the making!!
Your drawers seem so full, much creative work still unexplored.....u hv a huge compilation to do!!
Nice write!!

Comment is about Checking Into Rehab (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews