<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 9th Nov 2019 12:51
Wordplay that obviously took some thought and time. Not my cup of tea I'm afraid.
Comment is about the A, B, C's skip a beat.* (blog)
Original item by Fred Nicholson
Sat 9th Nov 2019 11:52
Photos fade
and so does memory
so sad.
Comment is about Through 7 Year Old Eyes (blog)
Original item by d.knape
very visceral and well put together. I enjoyed
Comment is about Pyrenees 1939 (blog)
Original item by 'Michael Martinez'
thanks guys, forgot most of it. gave myself a good laugh at myself on reading it again.
PEACE
Comment is about Pick a Part (blog)
Original item by New Shoes
My kind of crazy❣️ Love it.
Comment is about Untitled (edge of sanity) (blog)
Original item by Emilia Callahan
Your muse is so close we can feel her! Good capture Tom. ?
Comment is about Born To Muse (blog)
Original item by Tom
Proud of the weight...heartbreakingly beautiful. ?
Comment is about Proud of the Weight (blog)
Original item by Michael Triandam
<Deleted User> (22444)
Sat 9th Nov 2019 02:09
Tom, one of my favourite poems of all time. As if you have captured my own experience.
Comment is about Born To Muse (blog)
Original item by Tom
Thank you Ray and Po. I wish I believed that an ideology could put families into warm homes with plenty to eat and some left over for Christmas, but I don't. It's up to each one of us to share what we can with folk on hard times. If we choose not to, we, and our children, will answer for that decision. Our carelessness for others was caught 'nicely' by Charlie Dickens in 'Bleak House'. After the totally unnecessary and pathetic death of Jo, the boy-crossing sweeper, Dickens writes:“Dead, your Majesty. Dead, my lords and gentlemen. Dead, Right Reverends and Wrong Reverends of every order. Dead, men and women, born with Heavenly compassion in your hearts. And dying thus around us every day.”
― Charles Dickens, Bleak House
Comment is about The rising of the north (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thank you Jennifer❣️ I agee, sometimes my muse surprises me with these riddles!
Comment is about Cactus Kisses (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Oh how I have missed you PO. Our WOL world is starting to spin in the right direction again. Welcome home friend. Dessert is baking now❣️
Comment is about Cactus Kisses (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
YES Dorothy! I love it when one poem inspires another! Thanks for sharing my beautiful poetic friend. ❤️
Comment is about Cactus Kisses (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 8th Nov 2019 20:10
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 8th Nov 2019 19:18
Very moving,
The plight of the homeless must never be forgotten or overlooked.
Thankyou for writing this.
Hannah
Comment is about Sleeping rough in Westminster (blog)
Original item by hugh
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 8th Nov 2019 19:05
Powerful words that ring true.
Hannah
Comment is about What we face (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
I love the compelling romance of this Tommy, a style you do so well. A nice twist of observational science. Is that first line ok or should it read possesses? I hope so.
Ray
Comment is about The Woman at My Table (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
A welcome return to earlier in the year Tom. This almost has a haiku feel to it. Lovely as always.
Ray
Comment is about Now (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
Apparently Corbyn has promised to flood the whole country with much needed funds, presumably building castles in the northern air. We have enough of them down this way, or should I call them mansions? Desperation has many faces or should I say two? A nice exercise in irony John.
Ray
Comment is about The rising of the north (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Sorry Randy to take up so much of your comment potential, I hope you don't mind . We are after all individuals as well as poetry producers, and all have our own sensibilities and expectations. There will never be a one size fits all of course, but I feel there is a lack of objectivity in communication here. We've often felt the chill of criticism and the warm glow of well dones! but it takes a brave soul to strip down a cherished post. I have tried it a few times and been met with either gratitude for time spent, or a resolute silence. I can't see the imposition of any grading or approved source could ever really take place here. Face to face would be a different story of course, and expectations could be raised. There are many chances for poetry discussion groups if you seek them out. Graham, after the points you have made I would say it's a fair cop!
Variety is the spice of life, which is always a good thing.
Do I need to get my coat?
Ray
Comment is about Where Authors Whine About The Poor Quality Of Their Readers (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
Beautiful - really moving! Don't know how old you are, but hope you didn't get pneumonia! (Facetious comment).
Jennifer
Comment is about Innocent Eyes (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thanks Keith and Robert for the likes!
Jennifer
Comment is about Forbidden fruit (for my grandmother) (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Hi Don! Why not?
Jennifer
Comment is about Listen Up There Rhyming Board (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Great piece Don. Never understood why we always have to produce more, more, more and even more. 'Quality of life is to me more im-por-tant.' 'More stuff produced by all , but spread around............?
Well said , Jennifer
Comment is about Space Reversal (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Great writing - and, unfortunately, how true! 'When anger rises leave unsaid, ensuring anger is not spread,' should always be remembered.
Jennifer
Comment is about ANGER (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Who can argue with the logic of this piece. Like the old comment
about motorways needed to help ease traffic flow: build them and they will come. So, no end in sight...except someone's
backside - or the car ahead of you!!
Comment is about Space Reversal (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Get out there into the Outback Don, there's plenty of space for you out there! Precious little else!
Comment is about Space Reversal (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
That last verse is magic,so much meaning in so few words.Well done.
Comment is about Space Reversal (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
And he got paid for doing his 'whatever whatever job'. .....so he was happy...
?
Comment is about The importance of teamwork (blog)
Original item by hugh
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 8th Nov 2019 07:49
There's probably more truth to this than you might think.
This is a true story - around 20 years ago, between Christmas and New Year, a van arrived at the Parcelforce distribution centre where I worked. It was a daily run between Birmingham and Worcester to transfer parcels. When we opened the rear doors we found it was completely empty. "Why did you bother coming?" we asked. "It's my job" the driver replied.
Comment is about The importance of teamwork (blog)
Original item by hugh
"I love my country,sleeping rough I hate,
Why have I been allowed to get into this state?"
Comment is about Sleeping rough in Westminster (blog)
Original item by hugh
'They lack the courage and verve to stand naked (metaphorically) on a public forum and allow unrestricted access'.
True.....
Comment is about Things I Tell Myself (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
A delightful observation of a moment not missed
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about Now (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
cheers all, thanks for the kind comments
Comment is about Bad Influences (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
I'm still looking for a way in, though.
Comment is about Ingress without Invitation (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
Thu 7th Nov 2019 20:25
Dear Do.
thanks for reading "old as rock".
it's a good bet
you laughed and yet
I'm in your debt
though we've never met.
Comment is about Old As Rock (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Liked this one! Very unusual use of words. Jennifer
Comment is about Cactus Kisses (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Thanks for the comments - and the "likes" as yet another November
11 approaches - and somewhere war still ravages the human condition.
Comment is about LIKE A TEAR (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thu 7th Nov 2019 13:49
Brian, thanks for your input. I must admit I'm surprised by the fact that a lot of poets here feel that likes and comments must carry so much weight in the value of their poetry, and that this deflects them from providing anything but "nice" feedback. I've just had such a different experience in my own life so far, I guess. I've sat in many writing circles where there would be good comments - I like such and such about your poem - and then constructive criticism passed back and forth. Then we'd all revise our work and re-share for additional criticism, so on and so forth - but receiving the criticism was never something that we felt was personal toward the quality of our writing. It was just part of the process, to make our poems stronger.
Comment is about Where Authors Whine About The Poor Quality Of Their Readers (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
Hang in there Damon, things will get better mate.
I thought your line "that wouldn't fix it - the pain would just seep into other people" was very astute.
Comment is about Things I Tell Myself (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
Brian
You have made a valid point. We all like to be liked. However, constructive criticism is what we need to improve. BUT it is often taken as a negative and poets always want to defend themselves. Human nature at work..... poet or no poet.
Comment is about Where Authors Whine About The Poor Quality Of Their Readers (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
Well said Graham
Sloppy soppy
I can't read
I'm admonished
Dumb I plead
Randy - I'm sad you felt intimidated by the quality to post
Comment is about Where Authors Whine About The Poor Quality Of Their Readers (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 7th Nov 2019 13:31
Emilia - I'm sure Ray will respond, but my view for what it's worth is that others are loathe to give adverse comments as they are nice people, don't want to cause bad feeling, are afraid that it will stop the flow of good comments on their own work or encourage others to post adverse comments, etc etc. Many on this site measure themselves by the volume of likes and good comments. Who are they kidding? But if it makes them happy...
Now constructive criticism...that's another matter. But this is often regarded as being negative, so we're back to my first point.
Anyway, good luck!
Comment is about Where Authors Whine About The Poor Quality Of Their Readers (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
raypool
Sat 9th Nov 2019 13:08
Thanks Hannah. One of my rare departures from cynicism.
Hope life is ok...
Ray
Comment is about WAITING STILL (blog)
Original item by ray pool