Pleasure ?

Comment is about Jason Bayliss (poet profile)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

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

Gosh, you're up early and on the bull for a Sunday morning John?

Have I got my genders mixed up? I'm gonna have to explain to our people I don't have a pet bull hence don't know what I'm talking about. Cows are my specialty

Comment is about A Toilet for Daisy (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thank you so much for that Amanda. It hit the spot this morning. It waslike a ray of sunshine in an otherwise gloom-filled news room.

'Simple abundance' is what I call it. The little things that touch the heart and decorate the soul. More please.
Raj

P.S. You've inspired me to take my shoes off and walk bare feet in the garden.Catch you later!

Comment is about The Simple Ways (blog)

Original item by Amanda Ann;

Interesting wordplay going on here Adam. I've always worked on the idea that the art of poetry (to me) involves using the rules of poetry to condense what you want to say into as few words as possible. It's not an easy skill. Maybe that's why I like good haiku.

Keep it short and I'll stay with you. Make it too long and I give up halfway.

Comment is about Sound of Rain (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

Not sure you’ve grasped the principle involved here, Don. It’s not the bull you inseminate.

Comment is about A Toilet for Daisy (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Interesting thought, Kate. And I wonder who gets the greater pleasure, the bull or the vet?
The stuff of myth and fantasy, Jason. (Unless you do it yourself).
MOTW, Don?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWOtL-PZiE

Comment is about ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I had a number of ideas I wanted to explore when I started to write it. Not sure many ended up in this draft. A weakness of my work is I don't tend to edit down much...but on this I just kept cutting and cutting...stanzas lines and words...hope what is left is at least evocative if not as fully garnished as is my wont.

Comment is about Sound of Rain (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

Hi Jason,

Right now, it's 07:30 in the morning in Zambia, and I've had my first hearty laugh of the day already!

Thanks for brightening my day!

Comment is about Jason Bayliss (poet profile)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thanks for sharing this beautiful gift with the world. Magic indeed. ❤️

Comment is about YOU CAME IN TO THIS WORLD: ALEXIS KARPOUZOS (blog)

Original item by alexis karpouzos

Now Jason you've been led astray here
It's not one she's talking 'bout goes quack
It's the restaurant with the big M outside it
The one where kids/us eat Big Mac

I know you're not talking 'bout me Jase
I ain't orange, cheese puff or sex pest
I ain't got no hair I can speak of
And Chrystel ain't stoopid, she's best ?

Comment is about just ducking around! (blog)

Original item by Chrystel Roberts

Interesting MC. I have a draft piece on that very theme you raise.

Comment is about PRIORITIES (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thank you Eiren, for (at the perfect moment) once again proving that 'so Much' can be given with few words!

Awesomly done!

When I read it out to my husband (and closest friend) he looked me straight in the eyes and said "That's how i feel about you!"

Comment is about and i begin to fade (blog)

Original item by Eiren Water

The history of Ireland is steeped in conflict and conflicted interests.
The Normans went there centuries ago at the behest of Irish nobility
who thought their presence would be useful for their own purposes,
only to find that they were to stay on and seek their own advantage
in the "Emerald Isle"...with ensuing centuries seeing little to make
anyone content let alone happy with their lot. Having bid goodbye
to the "Brits" after WW1 - with political connivance from the UK
side of the Irish Sea, that left the "Unionist" north - populated
by the constant to-ing and fro-ing from lowland Scotland rather
than from England - seeking an ongoing connection for their own purposes with the mainland, continuing to the present day.
I'd always thought the saving grace of the Irish was their respect
for poets and playwrights but it seems that even that has been lost
in the religious rancour that has bedevilled that land for so long.
This has been seen in distant lands with equally disastrous and
unhappy outcomes in recent times. No much changes in human
belief and behaviour! In recent years, the sight of the republican
part of Ireland so keen to embrace rule from the EU causes a
wry smile when reflecting how long and hard they fought a bloody
campaign to rid themselves of the British control of their lives in
the cause of achieving "freedom". But they would probably
argue that it was their choice...well, after TWO referendums when
the first vote didn't match the expectations of the politicians.
There seems to be an odd sort of contradiction in the fact that
Irish folk seem to be over here in the UK in large numbers while so much is made of the oppressive part played by their mainland
neighbours in their history. The English as such left Ireland years
ago. Other historical influences remain to ensure that unrest finds
its varied reasons to continue affecting the quality of life, more's the pity.

Comment is about Bridges and troubled waters: Graínne Tobin (1) (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Perhaps not in the East!...love it.

Comment is about Olympic Mountains (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

I like your poem about the cat. Welcome to WOL.

Comment is about Ken (poet profile)

Original item by Ken

Notwithstanding the application of knowledge to planets, It can be argued with some force that human beings don't know their place
because, as a species, they are designed to ceaselessly strive
towards the unknown beyond, and perhaps the reason why might
be revealed in some other yet to be experienced form of existence.
I wonder - are we merely ants in some greater sphere of creation?

Comment is about PRIORITIES (blog)

Original item by ray pool

There are lots in our garden. Mainly water dragons and blue tongues Snakes too. Love them all. The big ones steal the dog food so we always feed our little dog inside.

Comment is about Little Lizards (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Damn you Bramwell, I'm going to have to come back to this one when I have some time to sit down with pen and paper. Love me a riddle. ?

Comment is about An Annoying Riddle (blog)

Original item by branwell kent

Don curtains - obliged for the comments. Cheers P. ?

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

Original item by Don Matthews

We all have these, some small some big

I have a secret in me
Which I'm not going to tell
It is a dirty big one
Looks like I'm going to hell

Wots that? You say it's hot there
You telling porkies tall?
OK I'll go to heaven cos
It's dirty, but just small ?

We all have these.....we're only human

Comment is about Dirty Little Secret (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

He's an orange, cheese puff, sex pest with tiny little wandering hands and hair that looks like a ducks arse is what he is ?.

Sorry, hope I've got the right Donald.

(By the way, love the switch around in the first two lines.)

J. x

Comment is about just ducking around! (blog)

Original item by Chrystel Roberts

Also having the, "Inner voice," I would say, listen to them, then board the train anyway, then write down what they said and remind them who's boss. Great poem Desmond.

J.x

Comment is about Destination (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

No Devon, you are not correct. It is not an impossibility. I do it all the time. I continually step outside myself, look at my mind and shake my head. How did I get landed with this silly? Funny, but my mind seems to mirror my actions. What's that all about?

So no, Devon, impossibilities are indeed possible.

Comment is about PRIORITIES (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Yee ha. Florida's gotta bounty out on iguanas. You from Tejas, Bro. Always thought you were Brit.

D

Comment is about Little Lizards (blog)

Original item by d.knape

As is this poem (Drenched in magic that is).
Really like this.

J. x

Comment is about YOU CAME IN TO THIS WORLD: ALEXIS KARPOUZOS (blog)

Original item by alexis karpouzos

lizards are everywhere
in Texas
they are so big
we ride them
bareback!

Comment is about Little Lizards (blog)

Original item by d.knape

anyone who keeps chickens
must be a fine poet.

Comment is about Lisa C Bassignani (poet profile)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

I'm searching for deep 'nifigance
In the upper case
The one that's in my attic
But can't find nuffing?....

Oh?.... I'm looking in the wrong case?

Comment is about PRIORITIES (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Ah the old, "walnut manoeuvre," I've only heard of it in legend!

J. ?

Comment is about ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

One mixed up poet. You gotta problem Bran. Join the club....?

Comment is about An Annoying Riddle (blog)

Original item by branwell kent

Well damn! blow me down
You've flummoxed me John
MOTW wot's this mean?
Explain to this Don

Maybe it's cause
Norfolk I don't live
Ignoramus I now am
Please explain, please do give

Artfully inseminate me with this knowledge please John....?

Comment is about ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Poignant and thought provoking. We are all but atoms, but then there is that something intangible too.

Comment is about Writ in water (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Hilarious John, but no doubt much less fun for the poor bull.

Comment is about ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Nice way to enliven History via poetry

Comment is about James Boswell (blog)

Original item by Stuart Vanner

I read back over what I have put on WOL and there seems to be wrath...or grief...a plenty. While you were away I put a poem titled ICE and another called The Times...best I can say is that I felt a bit better after writing but even more important I think is that I was more able to focus on the bloom of lady beetles that appeared near the little yellow spiders on the fencepost...so I hope to put more energy into observational metaphorical work and less into verbal reflection of the House of Horrors we inhabit.

Comment is about Divine Sacrifice (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Many thanks for commenting on my poem “Sorry Is A Sorry Word".

I particularly like the last sentence of your comment!

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Not just a laptop there has always got to be a proper notebook, pen and crystals but it's not a desk at all just a little side table because my strong knee is best! Liked the imagery of this Tom.

Comment is about The Artist's Desk (blog)

Original item by Tom

Ah yes, me too, nuff said.

J. x

Comment is about Dirty Little Secret (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

Thank you Devon, Rebecca and Adam.
My dear friend will be pleased to hear this.

Stay Blessed, all of you.
Raj

Comment is about The Awakening (blog)

Original item by Chakraj

A great piece Tui. I often think about the fact that we are the ultimate wireless beings with a personal inbuilt search engine for our own pre learnt data which is way better than google ever could be!

Comment is about Heading towards 50 with Stardust and Atom Light as my guides (blog)

Original item by Tui Dragonfly

Imagine! a human 'mind' is the ONLY thing in the entire universe that does not decay with time!

As we feed them, they grow and expand and contemplate/explore the unknown, create physical representations or tonal journeys entirely from images or ideas merely formulated by an organic computer weighing around 3lbs, or from our emotions and even proffered to us from our subconscious!, To visualise in our dreams things that have never happened or, don't even exist yet, the way in which we can devise seemingly instant solutions to complex situations (often even before the issue has been laid out) due to the incredible amount of information that we have embibed throughout our lifetimes, our natural inquisitive nature to philosophise ideas around the nature of the universe or convince ourselves that there are higher intangible powers and 'otherworldly' beings who protect, judge and guide each life


strength and possibility all the while wadeing against the eneviatable decay of the vertical, the physical body they are carried through their moment in time in.

As our intelligence expands and our library of experienced knowledge grows, it becomes a race against the powers of the Universal decay, the pull off gravity on our bones, muscles and even coagulation of the blood in our veins. .

As our physical being slowly dissolves
Our ideas fight for life....

Comment is about Heading towards 50 with Stardust and Atom Light as my guides (blog)

Original item by Tui Dragonfly

The use of upper case is significant I'm sure. Other than that it could be utter twaddle a la moi!

Comment is about PRIORITIES (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Intriguing! I'm sure many of us can relate? ?

Comment is about Dirty Little Secret (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

Thanks for taking the time Devon! I'm kinda two torn between two versions... It looks like what I accidentally said in the first version though it didn't quite reflect my sentiment at the time, appears to have stirred something greater than I intended... People are really angry with the state we have brought the planet to. I read poems filled with wrath about what we have caused. But I haven't been able to write about it myself so far. I think I will ponder some more and maybe I'll try to recapture the spirit of the first version. Maybe through a different piece. It's time I joined in. Thank you again Devon!?
Mae

Comment is about Divine Sacrifice (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Now that can o' worms I leave to Ray.

Comment is about PRIORITIES (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Yes Jason.
Thank you

Comment is about My Catalyst (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

Eiren,

I heard this tune today on the radio this morning and it reminded me of your poem. Enjoy.

https://www.stereogum.com/2055689/joan-shelley-the-fading-video/video/

D

Comment is about and i begin to fade (blog)

Original item by Eiren Water

Don,

LMAO is laughing my ass off

I can't help occasional chaticonynyms

Comment is about D.I.Y An Unfinished Love Story (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Good one Nigel. From B & Q to BBQ

Comment is about D.I.Y An Unfinished Love Story (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly