It's those sexy fleabag priests ?

Comment is about Oh Happy Days (blog)

Original item by branwell kent

Well done John m'boy
I can cope with lines
Squashed together stanza-like
3 bags full.....

(Definitely prose, definitely poetry.....) ?

Comment is about POETRY SLAM (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for reading this poem Don and Adam.

Adam, thanks for your comment. I do think this is the only way a writer can develop a thick enough skin to not give up on writing. Obviously you can keep some of your own sentiment for what you're doing in your heart, but it's the price you pay for public exposure. We keep learning though, that is the main thing.

Comment is about Do it anyway (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Indeed it's a lottery Jeannot......

Comment is about 1 in 8 billion (blog)

Original item by Chrystel Roberts

Great little ditty Branners.

Comment is about Oh Happy Days (blog)

Original item by branwell kent

Lovely ?

Comment is about 1 in 8 billion (blog)

Original item by Chrystel Roberts

Yea! Too true Blue. ? Go well, tell, tell.

Comment is about The domestic critique' (blog)

Original item by Phils Words

Strong stuff John, it held me and carried me along but those last two lines killed it for me like tripping over a cardboard box full of manifestos.
Go well
afish

Comment is about Janissary (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

I appreciate your comment, Jeannot...

Comment is about 1 in 8 billion (blog)

Original item by Chrystel Roberts

You can lead a horse to water
But consider this at leisure:
Any betting soul really oughta
Know you pay for racing's pleasure!
………………………………………….

Comment is about The Betting Slip (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Aaaaaahhh … the memory of the smell of bacon sizzling at the back of the tent still lingers.

Comment is about It's goodbye from him ... Julian Jordon hands over baton at Poetry Jam's 10th anniversary (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I like it Chrystel, it captures well for me the idea of the lottery of life

Comment is about 1 in 8 billion (blog)

Original item by Chrystel Roberts

A bit of harmless frivolity...nothing wrong with that Ray.

Comment is about LOOK I'M ONLY HUMAN (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Re. my recent 'Moon Poem'. I hope you're going 'to play with the image'. I'd love to see the result. ( I honestly can't think of the precise title - Good Grief!)

Comment is about Emilia Callahan (poet profile)

Original item by Emilia Callahan

Cheers, Don.

Comment is about get away from the mess (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

Our physical bond is weaker
Electrons are not shared
I'm happy, can put up with this
Our bodies lock, all bared

I know one day we'll drift apart
Cos 'lectrons we don't share
We'll both then go and look around
More body-share. All bare ?

Comment is about This Chemical Romance (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

I always tell my son he will never be able to beat me because of pychology and respect. Hope it works because physically I am no match!

Comment is about Testosterone (blog)

Original item by Peter Ridgway

Nice poem which delivers your accent as I read it. Performance poetry without the appearance. Well done

Comment is about January Blues (blog)

Original item by Hazel Connelly

Very wonderful to read and think about. It makes me feel the writer has been one of those passerbyes and wants to again join in. Thank you for sharing.
Adam

Comment is about Park bench contemplation (blog)

Original item by Jeannot

I like how you captured our need to write to help process our thoughts but the idea that the words once spoken are not ours but the readers. Thanks for sharing.
A

Comment is about Do it anyway (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Thank you, Ray, for reading and commenting. I really appreciate the feedback. Have a great day.

A.

Comment is about The Visit (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

What i write may be absurd
(Thalia says yes Don it is)
Confusing and mixed-up it may seem to you
Doesn't matter, I'll write it, I'll write it....

Comment is about Do it anyway (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Phillip - I have a flippant side but also wear my heart on my sleeve..... keep writing how you feel.....

Comment is about Staying in (blog)

Original item by Phils Words

Well after all my carryon Nige it wasn't meant to be a haiku after all. I should have seen the lack of haik in the title...?

Comment is about The Betting Slip (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Write what you feel Philip. That will always be good enough in my book.

Comment is about Staying in (blog)

Original item by Phils Words

Wonderful imagery. Really enjoyed.

Hannah

Comment is about Hard Saddle, Hard Life (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Clever Robert.....

Comment is about get away from the mess (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

Interesting...though I hope this is not about you....

Comment is about i am nothing (blog)

Original item by yajaira

Thank you Don

Ray, interesting observation, thanks

Comment is about Park bench contemplation (blog)

Original item by Jeannot

I find not only no fault with the poem but that it exactly expresses a state of mind. What more can you do to please some readers who are averse to accepting good poetry at face value when they see it?

Ray

Comment is about Staying in (blog)

Original item by Phils Words

'Personally, it's when I see a trait in my grandchildren and recognise my father, I know where spirit resides'.

An interesting comment Graham.....

Comment is about Conversation in Shades of Blue (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I got really drawn in and convinced by this Philip. It has an authenticity and makes its case we'll.

Ray

Comment is about The Jug (blog)

Original item by Phils Words

I like this Jeannot....

Comment is about Park bench contemplation (blog)

Original item by Jeannot

There is a compulsive sense of drama from the weight of repetition and all the movement is in the writing in contrast to the stillness of the subject. I think it is highly effective and can be open to interpretation.

A fine piece Adam

Ray

Comment is about The Visit (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

I enjoyed what seems to be implied, that the poet is somewhat on the outside looking in but would like to be accepted. On an observational level that can always be a danger.

Ray

Comment is about Park bench contemplation (blog)

Original item by Jeannot

Great story about the dog. My main definition of God is love and since dogs are simply the embodiment of love I have no doubt that they as angels bow their heads.

Cats also are love but a more complicated sort and since I am right now sadly throwing away some of my children's old stuffed animals as the cat decided to pee on them I am a bit filled with grief and non-fondness

Comment is about Conversation in Shades of Blue (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Adam, Cynthia on the topic of other species having ideas I must confess I love watching dogs praying on YouTube ha,ha.

It started because we were having a conversation on praying one day and my dog at the time, lowered his head as if he was having a spiritual moment! After that we would say to him go and say your prayers and he would run off to be quite on his own and do similar stuff. No one told him, or trained him about any of that behavior and I truely believe he was a spiritual dog.He was a Pisces. So then I had to find out if other dogs reacted to the word prayer etc and went on YouTube.

Comment is about Conversation in Shades of Blue (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks Des. Its nice to make a connection , often a forlorn hope with my material. But I'm glad you enjoyed my idea.

Thanks as always for the liking Philip Jon and Jeannot.

Rsy

Comment is about ROUNDELAY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Great meditations, Cynthia. Certainly inspiring of internal conversations. I was thinking about the phrase "human idea" a bit and wondering if other species have ideas or if a God has ideas since omnipotence all knowing hood would preclude novel thinking or perhaps cause an endless stream of it. Then I started thinking about endless streams. Anyway, thank you for sharing. Glad I checked in today. Habe a great one.
A.

Comment is about Conversation in Shades of Blue (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thank you both for reading. It is weird for me because I wrote it but am still so uncertain of its meaning...it has my gray matter bubbling as well.
A.

Comment is about The Visit (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

I left and said nothing. Then came back and said something. Like watching an uncomfortable state of mind. Like an unclothed mind in a shadow world. Certainly got the the old grey matter bubbling.


All the best des

Comment is about The Visit (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

Great contemplative piece Cynthia, I enjoyed this style and topic.

Comment is about Conversation in Shades of Blue (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

very good, mysterious poem

Comment is about The Visit (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

Ah, Graham, how wonderful to see your comment. Not another 'real' person, but the never-ending 'Cynthia Trio': ME, MYSELF and I, who have discussed and argued together since I was a child. And they/we are 'real enough', encouraging me always to 'think things through from different points of view'

I'm not bonkers - it's a conscious exercise, a mind game that has been invaluable to me my whole life. And still is. I must find an old, old OLD poem, somewhere tucked away.

Comment is about Conversation in Shades of Blue (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hello Cynthia, it seems ages since I commented on a CBT work.

I love the conversational element and I think you leave the reader wondering whether the conversation is with yourself or another. This alone is worthy of comment.

I was only thinking about death and the hereafter (that some people espouse) the other day whilst reading another poem. I then thought of soul and spirit which tends to exercise much of the afterlife brigade's thinking. It made me wonder whether one's soul or spirit precede life. A sort of chicken and egg scenario. If not when during life do they appear?

Many religions have a god or gods, different horses for different courses etc.

Personally, it's when I see a trait in my grandchildren and recognise my father, I know where spirit resides.

Comment is about Conversation in Shades of Blue (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

So I can get away with my western 6-10-5. Yay!

I do remember reading a while back about what you're saying about the 5-7-5.....

Comment is about Anarcho-Haiku (blog)

Original item by David Karban

Ha,ha very good Don you got it....No class system when you're a spirit though, free of all that class system!

Comment is about Astral Travelling (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Does 'acid rain' then come from a particular type of astral traveler? Those in second class?.... Or an angry traveler? ....?

Comment is about Astral Travelling (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

This was fun Don, I liked the way you built up that fantastic description and then just dropped it, it was like elegant music that suddenly got Zipped.

Comment is about A Bold Red (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

I enjoyed that Nigel. Pity you lost your case ha,ha that sleep director sounds cool.

Comment is about Astral Travelling (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly