Incredibly explicit and masterful use of description - and particularly appropriate for that backs to the wall antidote for the fragile freedoms we might enjoy.
As an aside, I got a lift from a police van once as my car ignition failed and I had to leave the car - they pushed it out of harms way. As I got in there was a ferocious barking and scratching from behind a panel dividing the seats from the back. One of the guys said don't worry...
Ray
Comment is about Wild Dogs (blog)
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Thank you Graham and Hélène for your most generous comments, it means a lot to me.😊
Comment is about All Smiles Around Here (blog)
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Thankyou Stephen,
It is also now a tool of State...as well as being a state believed by and used by occasional tools and fools.
Delete your tiktok accounts folks, would be my advice.
David
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leon stolgard
Sun 31st Mar 2024 12:55
V6 is a great stanza! Well done Lee!
Comment is about The Reckless Homosexual (blog)
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Nothing ever stays the same and neither should we.
Thought provoking stuff at Easter. Well done Watts!
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rob1967able
Sun 31st Mar 2024 11:43
Thanks Holden and Bethany too for the likes.
Comment is about A Family Easter (blog)
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A hard-hitting poem that's wonderfully constructed.
Thank you
Comment is about The time flies (blog)
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Thanks Graham. Lebo here. South Africa represent. Looking for to the plenty awesome reads😀
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<Deleted User> (35860)
Sun 31st Mar 2024 00:08
Totally agree with both previos comments.
Well done, Mr G!
Beth
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Sun 31st Mar 2024 00:01
And still, Mr Guilt, and Mr Shame. continue knocking on our deaf eared, blind eyed door. There but for the grace.....
Thank you David, for this fine piece of poetry
Beth
Comment is about World Food Programme (WFP) (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Sat 30th Mar 2024 23:50
A recipe for poetic conformity and thereafter poetic disaster...if this be an air bridge then keep packing the parachutes.
Comment is about World Food Programme (WFP) (blog)
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I couldn't agree with Graham's reinforced qualifucation more, unless I deleted this and then reposted it.
Just a note, the first line had me thinking of "The fog on The Tyne" after which I adapted your text in my head to fit. Maybe a little Don Henley, "Dirty Laundry" also.
I think this might be improved with a little paring down.
David
Comment is about The Washing on the Line (blog)
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A great metaphor that carries your message well! Bravo!
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https://youtu.be/KykrDJYKe0A?si=8D2SNGcwxzmHnOxr
Ooh..look at us chatting away as if it's a messaging platform..
Did I deviate from the prose? Please forgive.
Thanks for passing by.
Comment is about World Food Programme (WFP) (blog)
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can't stop...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8DyziWtkfBw&pp=ygUEcmhjcA%3D%3D
Comment is about World Food Programme (WFP) (blog)
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resounds alive 👍
I'm very open to the full human experience
Comment is about Life's spirals (blog)
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I guess the WFP don't get a vote in the evil empire....oh but hold on..seems it does.
I've been a stormtrooper for the EE and I've pulled some kids and women (for which there are less points (dark humour) ) from the fire...am I evil, am I ignorant of the evil my country has done? No, I'm fully aware of it and I did some good..too much good to be silent when a fool accuses an entire nation of being an empire of evil, such an accusation is recklessly blasé and should not be allowed to pass without challenge. Of course people who benefit from agreeance will endeavour to find excuse for such ill constructed accusations. The only excuse is ignorance and idiocy coupled with a desire that everything should break down into the simplest understandable form for easy digestion of the cretinocracy.
Marry that up with getting a like for alleged poetry, hey it's worth it folks.
David RL Moore.
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Would be nice eh Landi?
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all of these things, to make a home for love )
Comment is about World Food Programme (WFP) (blog)
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Here's a blueprint...
https://youtu.be/_TGU35i8czo?si=drTd5VcccyZHnoPW
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Thanks for the like, Graham! Hope it was good for a chuckle, and Happy Easter to you and family.
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The love story to bring them both together is about to start 😎
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Love has indeed stirred taking her heart onto yet another path 😎
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They are guessing her soul stands strong with love's twists and turns😎
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Love the rhythm of this poem. And each line carries an interesting thought about the human experience. Well done!
Comment is about Life's spirals (blog)
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Awesome poem! Reminded me of the value of connection. Thank you Manish.
Comment is about All Smiles Around Here (blog)
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Thank you for your varied responses to ths poem. To give serious consideration to this poem it requires a good knowledge of world history stretching back to the beginning of the last century. This added to a balanced appraisal of the news from a number of media outlets will assist one's overall perspective. It is a mistake to rely solely on State Broadcasting organs as they have their government's agendas to adhere to first. Reggie I love your use of the word 'stuttered'.
Thank you to one and all,
Keith
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rob1967able
Sat 30th Mar 2024 10:44
Thank you guys, again. Hholden you are still the best! Love.
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Thankyou, Stephen. And, in the words of the Master Lyricist Benny Hill “Have you noticed that all the people in favour of birth control have already been born?”
Comment is about STAIRLIFT TO HEAVEN (blog)
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I like the way this takes a turn from semi-humorous to deeply serious, Trevor, without stuttering for a moment. Our grandchildren will indeed pay the price.
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A disturbing, well-written poem, David. It is very evocative of something that I think we have all experienced.
Thank you for this.
Comment is about Wild Dogs (blog)
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Thanks to those who sent flowers.
Awaking to check my own dogs this morning I noted they all returned safely with no damage done, as intended.
David.
Comment is about Wild Dogs (blog)
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The great taboo, speaking of one's own demise.
I often feel there is a veiled vanity in those who plan their own funerals right down to the music and the readings.
Alternately, funerals planned by those who remain in a way that celebrates the life they witnessed seem more appropriate and truthful.
Not a judgement, I do understand the desire to plan one's own send off. Merely an observation derived from experiences of ceremonies.
I like your poem.
David.
Comment is about More or less (blog)
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I see this is called alter ego and is relatable as such.
I am an atheist, that said the text and sentiment of this poem could relate to the Easter story of Christ. A vessel for the three in one, his father. Sacrificed for all, to find himself betrayed by a whispering disciple, alone. The ultimate altar ego.
Subtle work if intended.
David.
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Hail to The Witch is what I say.
Comment is about The river witch (blog)
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Silence is often mistaken for something else by those not able to understand a world without perpetual noise, even if that noise is often meaningless rattle.
If writing is a way to use your voice then let that be your conduit.
David
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Must admit Stephen, I was stretching it a bit with Norman Nicholson, but my Dad was from Ulverston, so he was a bit of a local South Lakes hero… growing up, our poetry volumes in the book case were : Selected Wordsworth , Selected Norman Nicholson and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam!
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The US is full of noble and decent people, Keith. It is sad that its governments have often fallen below the high ideals its founders set themselves, using methods which you refer to here.
Still, I would rather have the US as an ally compared to say, Russia, Syria, North Korea, Venezuela etc. The imperfect trumps (!) the truly evil.
Thanks for a committed piece of writing which makes people think.
Comment is about The Evil Empire (blog)
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Beautifully constructed, RA.
Lord Byron was GG Byron but I don't think that counts!
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A winner here, John. In the words of Tony Hancock 'now that I've read it, I'm going to recommend they ban it,'
By the way, why do all the people in stairlift ads on TV look about 40 and tanned? I think we should be told.
Comment is about STAIRLIFT TO HEAVEN (blog)
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Some great lines in this David, and although they say the pen is mightier than the sword I know which one I would rather encounter when walking home from a night out!
I jest... things said have a long lasting effect that can split families and cause wars.
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rob1967able
Fri 29th Mar 2024 07:36
Thank you Holden, you are the best! Love.
Comment is about tearing us apart. (blog)
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Wow, Tim you've just brilliantly put in words how my writing process often is. "Just when I feel like tossing my pen
A new thought pops up and I start again."
Very relatable my friend.😌
Well done.
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David RL Moore
Sun 31st Mar 2024 15:23
Thank you Bethany,
And thank you to those who sent flowers.
David.
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