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
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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
Thanks Don - that was really interesting! Hope the idea gets developed to its full potential.
Go well
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Comment is about A Toilet for Daisy (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thank you all for reading. Don, you have probably only read the first half of most of my poems then...they get better in the second half...Ruth, the Pacific Northwest is indeed a rainy clime though lacking the tremendous spectacle of afternoon thunderstorm of my youth in Philadelphia. Kate, I will probably do an audio later but since I describe my voice as Bob Dylan after sucking helium it might not be as sonorous as I hope the poem sounds when read in people's minds with their nicest narrator.
Comment is about Sound of Rain (blog)
Original item by Adam Rabinowitz
Dear Lisa - Sing-song sadness. Search and you will find, is the promise.
May it be so
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Comment is about Searching (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Thanks John for the link - Yea seems I've missed out, got unplugged not long after Morcambe and Wise.
Returning to your core question and Trig metaphysics - We are not our bodies, anymore than we are our houses or cars or clothes. We are much more than the sum of our parts.
Go well
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Comment is about TRIG'S BROOM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I tend to think that mundane reality is more interesting and rewarding than dreams which after all are figments of imagination. On the other hand it's good to have ambitions. I hope visiting Athens is not one of your dreams/ambitions. I lived there for 8 years and it's more of a lunatic asylum really.
Cheers, John S
Comment is about Third Eye Blind (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Thanks for the feedback! B
Comment is about My Parents Went To Cancún (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Tu est une bonne fille Cynthia.
Sensuelle till the very end.
Totally captivating, ma magnifique amie.
That's me in my best Frenglish.
Raj
Comment is about La petite mort (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Great scene you're painting with your words Zoe, you can feel all the disappointment of driving away from the fantasy into a bleaker reality, with a touch of suspense!
Comment is about The move (blog)
Original item by Zoëlla
Hey Hugh,
It's always a pleasure to ‘meet' a fellow poet who appreciates rhyme!
Thank you for your comments regarding ‘Heartbreak and Toothache'.
Regards
Comment is about hugh (poet profile)
Original item by hugh
Siren this perfectly sums up the whole poetry writing process for me and explains the reason I hardly ever finished poems! Writing on here is helping to relieve some writer's block though so keep posting
Comment is about Tried, I did. (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
Thank you so much for comment, I'm glad my writing brought you peace. enjoy the garden in your bare feet.
Comment is about The Simple Ways (blog)
Original item by Amanda Ann;
<Deleted User> (22444)
Sun 25th Aug 2019 13:07
This was lovely Avishek.I love the line about time snickering somewhere. The older I get the more I think I can hear it!
Comment is about Just a Teardrop (blog)
Original item by AVISHEK GHOSH
Thank you so much Eiren for taking the time to not only read this but then read aloud as well, much appreciated!
Comment is about Always Intertwined (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
I liked the comparison of salty ocean waves being tamed to just a tear drop Avishek
Comment is about Just a Teardrop (blog)
Original item by AVISHEK GHOSH
<Deleted User> (22444)
Sun 25th Aug 2019 12:56
I love the idea of a locked down genius.... There's a wonderful tension in the idea of setting it free, but then fearing the consequences of the uncaring and proximity to life. Wonderful, and in so few words.
Comment is about rare birds (blog)
Original item by nunya
Thank you Kate G! I had that one in my books for a long time and didn't know what to do with it!
Thank you Lisa, always great support!
Thank you ladies?
Mae
Comment is about The Burden of Man- A Ghazal (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Mae!
Absolutely Fabulous !!!!
Lisa
Comment is about The Burden of Man- A Ghazal (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
<Deleted User> (22444)
Sun 25th Aug 2019 12:46
You never disappoint Mae. I love the line.... The shoe wounds the soil like shame wounds the soul
Comment is about The Burden of Man- A Ghazal (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
<Deleted User> (22444)
Sun 25th Aug 2019 12:42
Phew. Time for a cigarette. Thanks Cynthia.
Comment is about La petite mort (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
elPintor
Sun 25th Aug 2019 12:38
Hi Cynthia,
The moment is rapturously captured. The idea is fantastic and imaginative and entirely enviable.
I hope you'll forgive me for admitting it, but I have one minor suggestion. I'm not sure I've ever tried to offer constructive criticism here, but I really like your idea so much...
I felt a personal sense of anticlimax with the phrase, "it reminds me". There is a real potential for the piece to be transportive for the reader, but it felt like my moment was intruded upon in a very subtle manner with the use of certain words in the final verse.
I hope that makes sense. I understand if you feel like telling me to get lost ) feel free.
Happy Sunday, Cynthia,
Rachel
Comment is about La petite mort (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
The voices in the head come from the heart...follow them.
Comment is about Destination (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
Kate - don't even try. Bran's playing games with your mind. You'll end up silly like me....
Comment is about An Annoying Riddle (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Eiren will wonder what's going on Jason
The rhymers have taken full control
The poor girl's just new to the website
She'll be wondering what she's struck here on WOL
Comment is about Tried, I did. (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
Then it would seem like a good idea.
Loved this Cynthia, really loved it.
J. x
Comment is about La petite mort (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
I am almost encouraged to pull out all my French 'stuff', and reboost my love of the language again. What an undertaking that would be. Totally pointless, but grand. The very idea makes my tummy flutter.
Comment is about La petite mort (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Oh so true and I have known many in my time and loved them all dearly. Of all strangers to start a conversation with these are by far my favourite and by far the most interesting conversations I've ever had.
J. x
Comment is about Town Character (blog)
Original item by d.knape
I have been remiss in not responding to this earlier Eiren.
To me the art of poetry is being able to put what you want to say into as few words as possible. This a skill. You have this skill.
Comment is about and i begin to fade (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
The beginning's often a thought so clear,
That the idea seems to gleam and glitter,
But after an hour what you've got, I fear,
Is a paper ball to file under, "Litter."
J. x
Comment is about Tried, I did. (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
Are you a: Tea steam trophy sweat drum fools Day cream hazard????
J. ?
Comment is about An Annoying Riddle (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Sun 25th Aug 2019 11:04
this poem is
a characterization-
any resemblance to me
is purely coincidental.
Comment is about Town Character (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Eiren I thought I had lost you
It's been a while since you've come back
I think you're an interesting person
(Can't find me a rhyme, cul de sac?)
I'm still trying. It's not that I can't find a rhyming word but you gotta be so careful which word you choose these days. Political correctness and all that.
I'll try again, yes, I will Eiren
I won't let this thing get me down
Now have I got an end word to screen up? (thinks....)
OK, how about poem's a noun
Still not bard status.....but I tried ?
Comment is about Tried, I did. (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
Ruth, this was so much fun to read out loud I gave it a couple full reads before silently reading it a third time to let the words soak in and settle. I enjoyed it completely. Thank you!
e. xxx
Comment is about Always Intertwined (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Love this line 'metal merengue
roof rumba ' and the idea that when we are no longer here we become Mist! It rains quite a bit where I'm from is it the sane where you are?
Comment is about Sound of Rain (blog)
Original item by Adam Rabinowitz
Oh Don!
Don't sell us short just yet! We have many more lives to live and if we want it, we will. This I believe.
Then again, I believe in everything.
also... I don't believe in anything.
e. xxx
Comment is about Tried, I did. (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
Tiu Dragonfly, thank you for your comment and I am so pleased my words touched you and that you were able to share such a moment of connection with the rest of us. So moving and filled with love.
Devon, I listened to that song and loved it! Thank you for introducing me to a singer that surely will become a staple in my playlists going forward! Lovely!
e. xxx
Comment is about and i begin to fade (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
This poem of yours must never be removed,
A filling to your entries ,definitely approved.
"Heartbreak and Toothache,"can be described as brill,
Have the tooth pulled out succumb to the drill.
Comment is about Heartbreak and Toothache (blog)
Original item by Chrystel Roberts
Hi branwell,
I think you're very smart and not in the least bit annoying!
Comment is about An Annoying Riddle (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
<Deleted User> (22444)
Sun 25th Aug 2019 08:45
I feel like this one would-be wonderful read aloud Adam. Definitely evocative.
Comment is about Sound of Rain (blog)
Original item by Adam Rabinowitz
I enjoyed this, Robert. The juxtaposition of material riches and the true wealth of love. If I was being picky, i thought the final thought wasn’t necessary - the piece had said this already.
Comment is about My Parents Went To Cancún (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
raypool
Sun 25th Aug 2019 17:08
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)
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