Someone has asked is this about me? Or about someone else? Or about bipolars in general? This is often the case when I read other peoples work. Are they writing about themselves or someone else?
It's not someone else here. It's me.
Little is understood by the general public about this mental condition. By writing about my condition my aim on WOL is to help remove the stigma. Education is the key.
Comment is about Tear Up (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Devon Brock
Mon 26th Aug 2019 11:16
America's future is in your hands once again, Adam. Now that is activism. Shaping minds in their formative years to love, respect, include and accept is challenging work against the barrage of cultural dysfunction. Godspeed.
D
Comment is about Safe Space (blog)
Original item by Adam Rabinowitz
Thank you Devon! I love repetitions, they hold such power. I often like to use them, even in prose. I was a little unsure about whether the topic was fitting for a Ghazal but the authentic spirit of the genre just wouldn't come out of me! Yours, though, was spot on! Very well crafted and I liked the size of it, significantly more succinct than mine. I have yet to master the art of saying more by writing less. I also read Jericho Brown's Prison. Brilliant!
Thank you Devon! ?
Mae
Comment is about The Burden of Man- A Ghazal (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Thanks Kate and Adam.
May you all find your purest, whitest light
Comment is about Searching (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Hi Hugh,
An orange-haired stripper? Must be quite a sideshow...
I particularly like your poem ‘An Attractive Addiction'.
I look forward to reading more of your work.
Comment is about hugh (poet profile)
Original item by hugh
Seattle huh?
home of Antifa mobs & homeless.
by the way, are those sharks behind you
in that photo?
No. It's the loch ness monster. Tourist tripping....
He don't look too gangsterish or homeless to me.
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
Sad. But I like it.....
Comment is about Evidence of pain (blog)
Original item by Alta H Mabin (Ally)
"All it takes is a beautiful fake smile to hide an injured soul and they will never notice how broken you really are."
(Robin Williams – actor, committed suicide in a bipolar depression cycle)
Comment is about Darkness and a pretty smile (blog)
Original item by Alta H Mabin (Ally)
Good morning Don,
Not only is my name often mis-spelt, I have the added burden of seeing it shortened to ‘Chris'...such is life!
Enjoy your week
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
Hi Jason,
The word ‘set'! Who would've thought...
Have an awesome week
Comment is about Jason Bayliss (poet profile)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Morning Lisa,
lol, I guess we all learn something new everyday!
Have a great day
Comment is about Lisa C Bassignani (poet profile)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
I oscillate 'tween what to screen
From what I've written, waiting
Comic? Serious? Nonsense verse?
Why am I hesitating?
Something inside me hesitates
Says what will others think?
It's opposite then nudges me
Says care not what they think
So I take opposite's advice. I don't.
Comment is about Tear Up (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
A jumbo airplane ?
Don - You've hit the jackpot! You're correct. Lisa you're runner up.
??? Well blow me down. Wot's a jumbo got to do with a teapot? Or a baseball match for that matter?. Being silly does apparently bring it's prizes Lisa. Go one further and be stoopid can bring you glory. Apparently. Think my stoopidity could bring me POTW? Entry question Don. What's a teapot, lose, April, May and June got in common? (think think mumble mumble) A jumbo airplane ? Yes Don! However did you guess (Yay!)
I'm so stoopid
Yay yay yay
Poem of the week
So they say
I won't pain you with a second verse....?
Kate, Devon, Jason, Fish, Ruth - How come you didn't see jumbo airplane? Staring you in the face. Then of course us Aussies are stoopid. We excel at stoopid riddles. Kate you surprise me......
Comment is about An Annoying Riddle (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Getting ready for school to start again and after about 30 years of teaching...most with adolescents...i know that my only hope for success is to demonstrate that I am indeed an Ally, no matter what.
Comment is about Safe Space (blog)
Original item by Adam Rabinowitz
<Deleted User> (22444)
Mon 26th Aug 2019 00:30
Don there is a lot of weird language thrown around the baseball diamond. I don't watch, but some announcers are rather zany...not unlike yourself.?
Comment is about An Annoying Riddle (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Oh, I do like this Lisa. Why? It's got emotion. It rhymes. It's short and succint. And skillfully written. Well done.....
Comment is about Searching (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
It creeps up slowly...slowly....slowly....gotcha
Comment is about Addiction (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Lisa - if you're taking the plunge out on a limb I'll go even further (and sillier). A jumbo airplane ?
Comment is about An Annoying Riddle (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
I'm going out on a limb here.....A baseball game?
Comment is about An Annoying Riddle (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Your 'experiment' really got me in Jason. What's going on here I thought. Oft, tis, twixt ? I like the sound of this.
Interestingly it didn't register with me as rhyme despite the use of end rhymes.
Being written on a Sunday I hope the rise and fall of breasts did not lead you astray.
Grab a beer
Cheers ?
Comment is about Stranger At The Hearth (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Like Jason I come back to my original assessment of Bran. "One mixed up poet. You gotta problem Bran"
He's messing with your mind folks. You'll end up silly like me and that would not be nice cos I got a copyright on silliness....?
Comment is about An Annoying Riddle (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Crystal here
Chrystel there
Crazy English
Everywhere
Spell Don differently. I dare you....?
Donn?.....get lost.
Comment is about English is Greek to me! (blog)
Original item by Chrystel Roberts
Tis my mother tongue and I have to say, me too. Prime example below lifted from guiness world records. I have to say I can't think of more than about 10 definitions.?
"The word with the most meanings in English is the verb 'set', with 430 senses listed in the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, published in 1989. The word commands the longest entry in the dictionary at 60,000 words, or 326,000 characters."
J. x
Comment is about English is Greek to me! (blog)
Original item by Chrystel Roberts
I hope this happens every day! Trophy hunting pricks!
J. x
Comment is about If Only (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Honestly, I still prefer my first answer.?
J. x
Comment is about An Annoying Riddle (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Thank you Avishek, fish, Devon, Julia and Blackrose for liking.
Don't know what took me down this road really, just a fleeting idea of the devil dressed as an old man sat at a tavern fireplace gently leading the world astray. Bit of an experiment really, glad you liked it.
J. x
Comment is about Stranger At The Hearth (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
<Deleted User> (22444)
Sun 25th Aug 2019 22:03
You are so clever Bramwell - on the surface, a flippant piece with a helluva strong message. Well done.
Comment is about If Only (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
This is great, I hope it happens one day
Comment is about If Only (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Devon Brock
Sun 25th Aug 2019 21:56
Great Ghazal, Mae. I love what you've done with the form. I think you may have discovered the true power of it's repetitions. I read quite a few Ghazals as we each sought to master the form, and I must say, this stands well above most, akin to Jericho Brown's "Prison". Different topic clearly, but equally as weighty. Well worth the wait.
D
Comment is about The Burden of Man- A Ghazal (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
<Deleted User> (22444)
Sun 25th Aug 2019 21:52
I'm still trying to work it out. Brilliant work, it has got me flummoxed.
Comment is about An Annoying Riddle (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Devon Brock
Sun 25th Aug 2019 21:45
Hilarious, Branwell. How many of us have spent hours working on this. Wink wink.
Comment is about An Annoying Riddle (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
There is an answer Ruth, but it's annoying.
Comment is about An Annoying Riddle (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Chrystel,
I checked and its both! Gotta love that crazy English!!!
Lisa
Comment is about English is Greek to me! (blog)
Original item by Chrystel Roberts
There was a man with orange hair,
Who went to work completely bare.
He was given the sack,
And never went back.
Got a job as a stripper at a fair.
Comment is about #wonderful (blog)
Original item by Chrystel Roberts
The sunset was a typo. thank you for catching error. ? edited it right away.
Comment is about The Simple Ways (blog)
Original item by Amanda Ann;
Very moving, and also my truth. well done.
Comment is about Poetry and Me (blog)
Original item by Stuart Vanner
Beautifully written.
Comment is about WHERE IS THE MAGIC? - ALEXIS KARPOUZOS (blog)
Original item by alexis karpouzos
There is a space where a heart once belonged is such a powerful line
Comment is about symphony of love (blog)
Original item by Black_Rose
I'll just put my thoughts here rather than answer individual comments folks as it all gets a bit messy and departmentalised.
I wasn't presuming that planets are conscious, that would be bizarre, although within poetry it could be supposed, but only as an idea without foundation. Irrespective of your beliefs in the origins of the universe, the planets are an example of beauty in symmetry and I obscurely believe that their psychic energies (again unproveable) do impact on life here. Or should I say our psychic energies relate to the planets .
I don't think as a race we are in general terms aware enough of any life giving energies, but are mainly concerned with plundering the earth for our own betterment. Civilization as we like to call it is mired in adversity and so far only religion has deviously tried to find an answer.
I don't think we do know our place, which is basically inherited from circumstance and habit. If we did we might inner peace.
I'll get my coat. Thanks so much for all your thoughts and interest, for such a short theme!
Ray
Comment is about PRIORITIES (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thanks Lisa. It's nice that you dropped by.
Thanks Devon for getting this - my father like a lot of his time was caught in the trap of dressing wisely for public transport and also to not stint on his clothes. Life was often divided into classes which were readily apparent from dress codes. I'm so glad it related to your own experience of a past family connection!
Also nice to see you around Kate, thanks.
Ray
Comment is about MY FATHER WALKS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Is there actually an answer to this though or is this just a poem about the workings of a riddle?
Comment is about An Annoying Riddle (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Ah no Chrystel R, he definitely is - annoying.
Thank you Bramwell for giving me something to use up some passing time. ? ><>
Comment is about An Annoying Riddle (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
I like this a lot LeGou, so I'm wondering,
"could this really be the pinnacle of conflicting ideologies".?
Go well
><>
Comment is about Ladies and gentleman we're not even in space, no need to rush in (blog)
Original item by LeGou
Hi Amanda - A homely, huggy piece. Its structuring adds to the enjoyment. Is, 'Waking up early to watch the sunset.' deliberate humour or a miss-type ??
Go well
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Comment is about The Simple Ways (blog)
Original item by Amanda Ann;
Sun 25th Aug 2019 16:00
Thank you Lisa, Adam and Jason for your comments much appreciated.
Thanks Rachel, Ruth and Crystel for the likes.
All the best des
Comment is about Destination (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
<Deleted User> (22444)
Mon 26th Aug 2019 11:31
Wonderful Adam, I'll bet you are an awesome teacher.
Comment is about Safe Space (blog)
Original item by Adam Rabinowitz