Philipos Thanks for reading... Yes a bit of fantasy here, but more so about coping with old age or living longer perhaps. For some the scythe becomes a scalpel... That they run towards.

Glad to see how it got your imagination going!

Comment is about Older (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Nobody other than Peter Pan (and maybe Wendy) defies the grand reaper - but oh for the Days of the Kerry Dancing - to think that it might be true. We'll all end up in the toy box with the fox and perhaps even the goldilocks doll. I quite like the idea of the Piper's tune though. Might mask out the sounds of the tinned prune eaters. Especially if they were on an all night Fahita bender. Sorry about all the ad lib - those PC keys just kicked off on their own. ?

Comment is about Older (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

You are a good example of a poet.
Keith

Comment is about Bad Example (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thanks Rose, I read once that the first thing the most dangerous person in the room does is looks for the most dangerous person in the room, and it seemed true of intelligence as well.
After that, I honestly didn't know where I was going with it but it seemed to develop into a meeting or forum of some kind, so I do get where you're coming from, and there is an element of someone really sharp and incisive orchestrating the whole thing.

J. x

Comment is about The Cutter (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Karma Sutra out of postion perhaps
when we had a mobile buzz on the yoga line!

Comment is about September 2019 Collage Poem: Out of Line (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Whatever view is held, it must be said that this a first rate pastiche
of a famous Victorian poem. The imagination and use of apt
language to maintain the effect is worthy of high praise indeed. It
demonstrates the sort of effort and commitment one can only wish
was present among those it satirises so adroitly.

Comment is about The Farce of the Fright Brigade (blog)

Original item by Malpoet

Liked both your poems in Printed Words Ruth

Never Settled, Never Serious

The tourist seemed like a lover
who did not care at all
liked the link up with the trunk to the suitcase
and the circus to the clown
the lion tamer watching
maybe fate to reel him in
when all the travelling is done.

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

I never argue with my Muse
It's Thalia, a she
You didn't know 'bout Thalia?
(She is not a he....)

What a silly rhyme is this
I am a bad example
How am I gonna end this verse?
Can only think of trample

I may be pompous and full, but I always make sense. Show this to your wife and renew her faith in poetry ?

Comment is about Bad Example (blog)

Original item by d.knape

You missed a great meet up last night
hope you can make the next one!

Comment is about BlueGirlPoetry (poet profile)

Original item by BlueGirlPoetry

Never argue. You'll live longer. ?

Comment is about Bad Example (blog)

Original item by d.knape

The comments are noted and appreciated.
Brian - point taken. I have to agree. But for the purpose of this
blog, it seemed appropriate to emphasise that they had the chance
to change their ways and blatantly passed it up for proprietorial reasons of their own.

Comment is about PASSING THROUGH (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I would not like to walk in their shoes, Hugh.
Thank's for the well-written reminder.

Comment is about Homelessness (blog)

Original item by hugh

well, I think you tick perfectly Don-so there! ?










Rose ?

Comment is about Our Master is a Slave Driver (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Blue

Blue is the colour that I like,
Out this afternoon on my bike,
Hoping that the sky is blue,
A majestic colour that rhymes with Hugh

Comment is about BLUE (blog)

Original item by Chrystel Roberts

how easily, covertly coerced are many ( defo excluding moi ) into going with the duped flow.

Great piece Dean.








Rose ?

Comment is about Labels (blog)

Original item by Dean Fraser - The Quantum Poet

so glad I remembered to come back to what I think is your finest poem to date Martin.

EXCELLENT!







Rose ?

Comment is about Smoky joints and hard bitten smiles (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

beautifully darkened piece Rachael.










Rose ?

Comment is about Creatures (blog)

Original item by Rachael Dunn

comes over brilliantly as a cross between an AA meeting or any other kind of counselling session, the self-made victims being made to face up to the damage they have done to themselves etc

???

fab use of metaphors Jason.







Rose ?

Comment is about The Cutter (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Poems don't get more out of line than this one!

Comment is about September 2019 Collage Poem: Out of Line (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Hi Devon,

Thanks for your appreciation. Didn't seem that sad at the time but I guess we were desensitized. Thanks also for sharing that story. Amazing the people we meet through life.

John S

Comment is about STONE BAGUETTE (blog)

Original item by john short

Really, really good Lisa! I love the way the rhythm breaks in the delivery of multiple lines between the tick tocks, it really adds to the urgency of the message because the clock ticks on regular beats so the more words between, the quicker you speak. Very clever.

J. x

Comment is about No time to pause (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

Thanks for reading Jason, Do.Rothy and Don.

I will find your Mirrors piece later Jason, I am really interested in reworking fairy tale into modern situations so I'm looking forward to catching up with that.

Comment is about Selfie Obsessed (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Poetry is a prescription
Poetry Is The Cure
No neurons under restriction
They enjoy producing more ?

Comment is about Our Master is a Slave Driver (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Dear Devon, though I don't like the sound of that at all, Ill tidings... I thank you much. I don't believe there is a review better than the personal "I needed this" of yours. I'm glad I did whatever it is I did... I am and grateful for your kind words and I wish and believe that you will get through whatever it is that happened to you. Thank you my friend ?
Mae

Comment is about Wedding Wish (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

What a poem ?
Bravo.
You have captured today society as it is. An absolute ego driven experience, all to keen to out do another.
The poor smile and dance in the rain while the rich keep there heads in the clouds.
I really enjoyed reading your piece ' keep them coming. Love and light to you x

Comment is about Labels (blog)

Original item by Dean Fraser - The Quantum Poet

It seems you haven't yet caught up
My first attempt free verse
Writ on the 6th of August
Took long while, (was a curse)

Titled my 'First Efforts at
New-Age Poetry'
It gotta lotta comments
Which, yes, did pleaseth me

Here are the first few lines
What one might call a 'taster'
But then again dk you might
Think it's all a waster

Time.....

"Beauty is a constant.

To roam the path is to become one with it.

We vibrate, we heal, we are reborn

Have you found your circuit?"

Isn't that music to the ears dk? I can almost hear the heavenly strains of violins in the background.

Shit! Who wrote this script dk?.....

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

Original item by d.knape

Serious comment

The Poet/Muse relationship is an interesting one. Mine is complex. It reveals much about my psychology. What makes me tick. And not tick....

Comment is about Our Master is a Slave Driver (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

I've made the first step on my road to recovery. I admit I have a problem. I'm an addict. My neurons have given up on me. They want me to go to rehab. I ask is there a nice nurse Caroline there like when I was in hospital? They just shake their heads. See why they've given up?

I'm a mess....

Thalia (my Muse of Mirth) says 'chin up Don, we can sort things out'

Thanks Thalia. You're a friend .....

Comment is about Our Master is a Slave Driver (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

An excellent poem which summarises the plight of the inept many.
Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about The Farce of the Fright Brigade (blog)

Original item by Malpoet

have you written your first free verse poem yet?

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

Original item by Don Matthews

Jason, you've got it all wrong my friend
Public servant's got naught to do with the public
But popping down for a serve at the pub after work
And having a drink in a goblet

Pollies use goblets cos they're upper-class....?

Comment is about PASSING THROUGH (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Apologies to Jason

Mirror mirror on the screen
I'm the bestest I have seen
Why have I been born so beaut?
Why do people call me cute?

(Cos you're stupid....)

Who said that?....

Mirror mirror I'm so cute
(And stupid)
Stupid? NO, I will refute
Here's a picture of my tum
Gonna send it to my mum

(Definitely stupid.....?)

(Allow me a serious comment. The term 'selfie' was invented in Australia. We're not stupid here. Only the users of)

Comment is about Selfie Obsessed (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Love this Ruth, being of a certain age I find the whole selfie thing bizzare, I wrote one about it called mirror mirror, because it reminded me so much of the evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

J. x

Comment is about Selfie Obsessed (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Thanks Don and Adam for your comments and thanks to all that liked, and who knows, maybe I'll bust it out onto the water soon?

J. x

Comment is about I Bought A Kayak (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thanks Avishek for liking.
Thanks Devon, I do love the old fire and brimstone classical style and it's nice to play around with it.
Thanks Mae, high praise indeed my friend, like I said to Devon, it all went a bit fire, brimstone and get thee behind me, so I'm really pleased you like it as I always look out for your comments, normal service resumes tomorrow.?

J. x

Comment is about Lead Me Not (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Dk,

There is more here than meets the eye. In its brevity and lightness, you have captured the sense of overcoming what should, by all reason, be impossible.

D

Comment is about Buzz (blog)

Original item by d.knape

This is lovely Mae. And somehow I needed this today - a day of rain and some ill tidings.

D

Comment is about Wedding Wish (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

John,

This is amazingly sad, and brilliant. I have met in my life a few men like that, and this brings to mind an old cobbler I once new in Chicago, who was put out of his craft by large scale manufacture. He would never beg, however. He always maintained his suit and hat as best he could. His stained tie always knotted perfectly. Thank you for this.

D

Comment is about STONE BAGUETTE (blog)

Original item by john short

Jason,

Shmacking good stuff. Iambic pentameter always supports big verse and solid rhyme. Well done. The poem is reflective of a style that was thrown off by the modernists and post-modernists. This is a wonderful revival.

D

Comment is about Lead Me Not (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Wow, my friend! A lot of dexterity and eloquence went into that piece. I believe that every writer dreams of writing something like that! Beautiful poetry and in impeccable iambic pentameter! Excellent piece Jason! You have always been an excellent poet but with this one you have taken it to whole new levels of brilliance! Begone demon, whoever yours is! I'm only a bit bummed that I didn't get to see the evolution of it, you mentioned editing, I got to the piece when it was perfected! Whatever it was you did , it worked! Kudos?
Mae

Comment is about Lead Me Not (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thank you Rose, glad you loved it, much appreciated. Thank you Ruth, Devon and Adam for the likes.


All the best des

Comment is about narcotic (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

Here here - bash 'em over the heads with the Speakers gavel. Sever their savings accounts and give their earnings to the poor - before we shove them out of the door. Sod it - there goes my MBE. ?

Comment is about PASSING THROUGH (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thank you Devon. Wise words, indeed.

Comment is about For Al-Mu'tamid (Seville, 1040-95 Christian Era) (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

MC...I disagree with the inclusion of 'now' in your first line!

Comment is about PASSING THROUGH (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thanks a lot Philipos.Its so inspiring. Your comments are like fresh showers that keep my pen alive.

Comment is about Seeking Help (blog)

Original item by AVISHEK GHOSH

Thank you for your kind words

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Sorry to those that already liked, had to do a bit of an edit, it didn't sound quite right.

J. x

Comment is about Lead Me Not (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

They need to remind themselves that public servant means to serve the will of the public.

J. x

Comment is about PASSING THROUGH (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Are you getting drunk on my poem Nigel? There's a new reaction I must say, Cheers!

Comment is about The Magician (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Thank you, Brian, Devon, Avishek and Chrystel.

Comment is about Turning my back (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby