Lisa,

This is a proud declaration of the individual spirit. The words of this poem find their home in me. A great work and thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about The Nature of Things (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

Gave me a chuckle to start the day. ?

Comment is about THE DYSON AIRBLADE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Wonderful Stuart. I nearly pursued a career in music and used to lament that Mozart wasn't chosen more for exam pieces. His Clarinet Concerto in A major is my favourite. Thanks for honouring a talent that has brought delight to so many.

Comment is about Mozart (blog)

Original item by Stuart Vanner

I bet you'll never use one again, Devon!

Comment is about THE DYSON AIRBLADE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I keep meaning to listen to Mozart to see if the Mozart Effect actually works. I love strauss and Tchaikovsky

Comment is about Mozart (blog)

Original item by Stuart Vanner

I enjoyed the Jolly Pessimistic Tone of this piece Bon ?

Comment is about An Upgrade is Available (blog)

Original item by Bon Darcy

David,

This poem stands alongside Keat's "Ode to a Grecian Urn" as a wonderful example of ekphrastic poetry. "Ancestors twitching in the eyes and limbs" is a particularly striking image.

D

Comment is about Shaman (blog)

Original item by David Redfield

Keith,

You pose an interesting question at the end. One that has been the source of vigorous debate for millennia. Since you opened the box, here are my thoughts.

All life seems to contain the instinct for survival (as you've mentioned), and the tools they need to do so. In humans, I think there is a hierarchy of survival instincts. 1) Survival of the individual 2) Survival of the family 3) Survival of the tribe, clan, nation 4) Survival of the species. In each of those categories may be found our best and worst behaviors. I also believe that we are the point where the final instinct is kicking in.

Thanks for this and beginning what could turn out to be a very lively discussion.

D

Comment is about Life´s Quandary (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thanks for your comment afishamongmany. First poem I've written in a while (30 years!), the last being about the joy of finding a new love. Time changes perspective, but there is always hope ?

Comment is about An Upgrade is Available (blog)

Original item by Bon Darcy

Very true.

Plus, the fact that it is illegal only makes it more attractive to our younger population...

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

Original item by keith jeffries

I thought it was a bum chiller. Oh well, back to the cornstarch.

D

Comment is about THE DYSON AIRBLADE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Jennifer,

You have captured the place and its isolation beautifully. Beavers are such wonderful beasts. They create habitat for waterfowl, fish, reptiles, etc. If people would stop building on floodplains, there wouldn't be this issue.

D

Comment is about Watching for the beavers (blog)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Dk, love me the 'possum. Me 'n the missis kept a groun' feeder out back just for them for awhile. An' that hiss'll scare the bark out of a dog.

D

Comment is about Possums (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thank you kindly Devon, Jason, A Fish, Amanda. Our job, as poets, is find a way to capture the moment as it passes, We sit on the cusp of past, present and future, trying to give voice to the 'airy nothings' of infinity.

“Music, When Soft Voices Die'

Music, when soft voices die,
Vibrates in the memory;
Odours, when sweet violets sicken,
Live within the sense they quicken.

Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,
Are heap'd for the belovèd's bed;
And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone,
Love itself shall slumber on.”

Shelley

Comment is about A wise fool (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

I liked this poem but the last line makes me reflect, i feel blessed by the memories of love not cursed to say so. Even though lovers are separated, memories are beautifully wonderful.

Comment is about The Memory of You (blog)

Original item by Heart of Lead

Welcome to WOL Bon Darcy - Despite its despondency your poem is a good read. It.has a lilt and a rhythmic vigour to it. Don't give up hope. There is hope that will be fully fulfilled.
Go well
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Comment is about An Upgrade is Available (blog)

Original item by Bon Darcy

If we can booze ourselves to death legally and smoke like chimneys also legally then legalise the weed, Why ever not?
Keith

Comment is about Green, green grass of home (blog)

Original item by Chrystel Roberts

An extraordinary poem, beautifully crafted and well ryhmed. A poem which many will be able to relate to. It possesses an intimacy which is rooted in nostalgia and with a sense of longing.
Thanks
keith

Comment is about The Memory of You (blog)

Original item by Heart of Lead

Dope make you doppy ><>

Comment is about Green, green grass of home (blog)

Original item by Chrystel Roberts

Jason,

thank you for your comment. We are certainly paradoxical creatures but I believe we possess innate qualities which are essential to our survival. I am interested in the source of these qualities as they pervade all human existence.

Keith

Comment is about Life´s Quandary (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Stuart, This poem displays a genuine appreciation and love of the composer´s music. Well rhymed. Rachmaninov has a similar effect on me as its arouses a sense of nostagia, suffering and the tragedy suffered by slavonic peoples. A good poem and thank you.
Keith

Comment is about Mozart (blog)

Original item by Stuart Vanner

Yo Jason - Yes an angry god indeed, sort of petulant, tantrumic like those of the the greek pantheon. God's anger by contrast is fierce but completely controlled, purposeful, and just. His mercy is never spent.
But a great poem if you're into greek gods. ?
Go well
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Comment is about The Deity Screams (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Hi Amanda - yes can be very frustrating. The side by side columns you are aiming for are difficult even with a dedicated WP..
Have you tried re-editing -after- you've submitted? Sorry I can't be of more help. Still the poem makes an interesting read as it is ?.
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Comment is about Alaskans Cove (blog)

Original item by Amanda Ann;

Hello Greg and thanks for the message. Am not sure if you know but I am on a determined campaign to have some of this junk mail (as delivered by our posties) stopped. I have 2 short eco poems (both seen by HRH Charles) to recite and will carry a stock of my Opt out forms for anyone wishing to stop receiving all this wasteful garbage through the door. If I could present early-ish - it would enable me a chance to scarper after the break, as I don't drive any more. Blessings. P.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I like this subject Keith, I've long held that we're a paradoxical creature. It's as if our intelligence, empathy and understanding are constantly at odds with our ancient more vicious instincts. We all know there is enough in the world for us all, so why do some, "Need," more than they can ever use? We all know how much pain hurts, so how can some, "Switch that knowledge off," and coldly hurt others. I believe if our species has a future it will involve throwing away greed and malice.

J. x

Comment is about Life´s Quandary (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

You’re absolutely right, Chrystel.
And what about rough, cough, bough, dough, bought?

Comment is about English is Greek to me! (blog)

Original item by Chrystel Roberts

Many thanks for the comments, Chrystel and Jason. I wonder how many more of us are under this misapprehension, Jason.
And for the “Like”, Brian.

Comment is about THE DYSON AIRBLADE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hilarious!

Had a good laugh!

Comment is about THE DYSON AIRBLADE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

No more than the word, "Banker."

J. x

Comment is about CHANCE? (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Isn't it???!!?

J. x

Comment is about THE DYSON AIRBLADE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I think from the evidence of Holland and America now, legalise.

J. x

Comment is about Green, green grass of home (blog)

Original item by Chrystel Roberts

Ha ha, I was waiting for a cheese joke. Thanks Ruth.???

J. x

Comment is about Oh Dear (blog)

Original item by branwell kent

Ha ha, no Cynthia. I saw a documentary once that said if we went back to the middle ages and spoke English to those English speakers they'd barely understand a word, so although I do know some of the spellings, I think it would be too confusing. I did originally write it completely in, "Modern speak," but then it didn't seem to sound quite right.?

J. x

Comment is about Stranger At The Hearth (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

I really enjoyed this s Ray, as a fellow countryside dweller I can very much relate to this tale and the expeditionary cat and I'd have to agree with Jennifer about the difference between country and city dwelling, it's so much easier to use in the crowd.

J. x

Comment is about ON WATCH (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I'm not sure why kids love disgusting things but it's without doubt that they do, when my boys were small any mention of willies, bums or poo absolutely cracked them up, I suppose it's the taboo of saying something a bit rude, and let's be honest, even in adulthood, a fart is always funny, unless you're in a confined space ? ?.

J. x

Comment is about A Childhood Nonsense Rhyme From Where I Was Born (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thanks Jennifer, I'm genuinely touched by your comment, and happy that you liked it.

J. x

Comment is about I Hope (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Loved this one. Town people never realise that it's much more difficult to hide anything in the country than the town. Country dwellers notice every little change/invasion in their surroundings. My uncle loved birds but a birdcatching cat arrived with new neighbours, so he provided himself with a peashooter and a large bag of chick peas. He had been a dead shot, so he said it helped considerably when he was at home anyway!

Jennifer

Comment is about ON WATCH (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thank you so much Jennifer and Amanda.

J. x

Comment is about Sing Me To Sleep (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Didn't know this one or Devon's one. Why do kids like such disgusting ones?! I only remember, apart from the classic nursery rhymes

Good night
sleep tight
don't let the bugs bite!

Which I'm sure everyone knows. Jennifer

Comment is about A Childhood Nonsense Rhyme From Where I Was Born (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Genuinely moving, and beautifully written. Will read it again and again.

Jennifer

Comment is about I Hope (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Small and perfect.

Jennifer

Comment is about Sing Me To Sleep (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Again very well written - agree absolutely with Mindy - I couldn't agree more that The Present is a present - one can change things - very encouraging anyway.

Jennifer

Comment is about Presenting the Present. (blog)

Original item by John Andrew Nield

You paint such a lovely picture Jennifer, I for one am so glad to see beavers re-introduced to the British countryside.
It's an arrogance rarely rivalled that some humans think they know best how the world should be, and an ignorance rarely matched that they decide what's best for you and me.

J. x

Comment is about Watching for the beavers (blog)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Gosh DoRoThY you're rhyming.....

Comment is about Look At Me Damn You (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

That was funny, why mice? Previous pairs got too cheesy?

Comment is about Oh Dear (blog)

Original item by branwell kent

Timely now - and perhaps at any time! Humanity has the power
no other living creature possesses...to change the world for good or ill. It is a source of some comfort that just when Armageddon seems
likely or a species is doomed, human action can be positive and
save rather than extinguish what is under threat. Long may that
continue and we continue to protect and preserve whenever
necessary.

Comment is about WONDER (blog)

Original item by ajay kumar sahoo

I can only echo the comments of everyone else. It is so touching. Also, the line, "I stand alone in this freezing unghosted place," for me, was inspired. Just beautiful.

J. x

Comment is about A wise fool (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thank you Don That Poem is perfectly suited to me...My birth chart is ruled by the moon, it's as if you knew or something ....even though I know that's all woo-woo to you ?

Comment is about Side By Side (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

This is the most beautiful poem I have ever taken the time to read. its so deep. raw emotion. well written my friend.

Comment is about A wise fool (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

MC One would only cover the dongle. Bran used 1000 therefore it's not Mice one but Mice kilo....,..?

Comment is about Oh Dear (blog)

Original item by branwell kent