Great poem, Pete. Sad topic thou as I can guess what inspired you here. Thoughts are with you

Comment is about UNTIL THE DARKNESS COMES (blog)

Original item by Pete Slater

Not 'THE term', just 'MY term'! Didn't want to lead you astray. But it's not bad, is it? You might want to check further back on my input. I have other 'tree' poems too. They fill my life.

Comment is about What I learnt from a tree (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Amazing creatures they are. Their acrobatics are astounding. Wonderful study on movement, Cynthia.

Comment is about SQUIRREL (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Four sylls says it
Seven syllables, oh shit
No allow rhyme it

You're right. Bloody difficult ?

Comment is about Spectator? Participator? Instigator? (blog)

Original item by afishamongmany

A welter of words - a welter of effects - Well done!

Comment is about Das Reich ist gefallen (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

You have created an excellent poem from your experience of exploring those writers so all is not lost.

Comment is about A Follower’s Failure (blog)

Original item by ajay kumar sahoo

Like the sincerity in this Damon. But DIY ain't going to get you there.
In the sun there is heat - and - light.
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Comment is about No More Spaghetti Monster (blog)

Original item by Mikey V Kinsey

What a lovely photo, full of life, radiating good will.

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

'cliffs of sky' - luv it; ><>

Comment is about A permanent loss of happiness (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Historic, poetic, effective and effecting.
Thanks Kieth
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Comment is about Das Reich ist gefallen (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

I don't know how anyone separates 'sexy' from 'pleasing to the senses'. I think 'sexual' in its best practice is 'sensual'. Now, this piece may have a hint of voyeurism in it, being watched unaware, but I challenge the idea that the squirrel thinks it is acting in privacy, any more than did the young man mowing the lawn.

I also wonder how humans can possibly imagine that we are superior animals.

Comment is about SQUIRREL (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Yea regrets, bin them!
Good one Adam
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Comment is about Room for Regret (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

Itinerant beachcombers, have baskets, will travel.
Beautiful Adam
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Comment is about Unrhymed Sonnet (blog)

Original item by Adam Whitworth

Hi Ajay - Don't worry about it?, you're doing ok. In the end it's only some words. One line at a time. ><>

Comment is about A Follower’s Failure (blog)

Original item by ajay kumar sahoo

That's it Don. But the difficult bit is no deliberate rhyming ? Condensation is the name of the game.
Go on, I know you've got it in you!
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Comment is about Spectator? Participator? Instigator? (blog)

Original item by afishamongmany

Be they fredisms or stories your short-line short-stanza style is most appealing. To me....

Comment is about Fred Nicholson (poet profile)

Original item by Fred Nicholson

I like the style you've used here Fred. Three-line stanzas. Each line short. Easy to take in, pause, reflect on, then move on. Nice work.....

Comment is about I feel . . . (blog)

Original item by Fred Nicholson

A good, if horrific, portrayal of hell's back yard Keith.

Comment is about Das Reich ist gefallen (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

The Prince changed his name
To little Joe Pants
His charity shop
He named The Ants Pantz

A slipper was hid
On shelf at the top
My poem's all mixed up
I think it's flop....?.

Comment is about Glass slipper (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

I think the mountain air is doing you good.

Comment is about Room for Regret (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

This rhyming's whizzed me round so
Much I feel dizzy
Better stop scripting
On any more fizzy

hic.

Comment is about Hip Hooray (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thanks Brian and M.C. these characters were friends of my dad's who I remember from when I was a kid. After a while of listening to them you get used to how they talk, and stop noticing it.

Comment is about SAMSEZ (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Beautiful poem Adam. Thanks for sharing and reminding us this amazing magic trick!

Comment is about Room for Regret (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

Truth is...I'm only working on it. Tricks like everything else take practice

Comment is about Room for Regret (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

thanks Don for reading "Broken Hearts".
was yours?

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

Original item by Don Matthews

Her voice jumps of her tongue, such a good line, what a fantastic description of speech!

Comment is about Tranquility (blog)

Original item by Shawn Garcia

Thank you Raj, Lisa, and Keith,
Your kind words mean a lot. As a school teacher about to find the teacher hat wherever I threw it back in June, the end of the summer is hard.

Comment is about Summer's End (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

Prescriptions like playlists going round on repeat, he's taken so much, can't stand on his feet!

Comment is about Hip Hooray (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

MC.- It's nice to see the real me written down by someone else.

'Fun - with a serious message: an irresistible mix!'

Comment is about Hip Hooray (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Four syllables
Seven syllables that's all
Am I getting there?

Comment is about Spectator? Participator? Instigator? (blog)

Original item by afishamongmany

Hallo Peter, just heard your audio "thoughts of autumn", pleasant voice, pleasant words, got something of it. Will have to hear download as native german "up and down" again for better understanding and improvement of.......Regards from the continent, Ingo (claudia's brother)

Comment is about Peter Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Peter Taylor

Thanks D.

there's a tradition around here of tapping your drink on the table before bringing it to your lips. I'm not sure how widely it spreads, but it's an acknowledgement of those who came before you. In some circles it's military, but in most it's just an honorific practice.

The dead drink first, and everyone has their own.

Comment is about cleft (08/12/2019) (blog)

Original item by Zach Dafoe

Thanks Lisa, Devon. Delayed response due to events and happenings. Have managed at last to complete my haibun trilogy. Yes Devon haibuns are more than the sum of their parts. A rich seam for the mining of.
Go well
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Comment is about Spectator? Participator? Instigator? (blog)

Original item by afishamongmany

Don - Lines - glad you liked. Have enjoyed reading some of the Australian poets too - of which of course there are quite a few. Blessings. P?

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

Original item by Don Matthews

Peter - Lines - thank you so much responding - will seek out your missives in due course. Blessings. P.

Comment is about Peter Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Peter Taylor

Raj I'm definatrly going to be experimenting with the idea of a karmic bank account, I love this analogy!

Comment is about Karma (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Thank you Don

Comment is about Karma (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Thanks so much, Ray and David, for your great comments. It's really gratifying to spark thoughts in others that are so similar to my own when making such a piece public.

Not that I had this song in mind while writing, but given the sheer volume of ideas I had swimming 'round my head at the time, it could be relevant--and, besides, these guys make me laugh )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAyFS_v47go

Maybe someone else will get some enjoyment, too--who knows...

Good Sunday to all,

Rachel

PS
Thanks to you too, Devon and Des )

Comment is about visualization 1.33, promontory (topography in the digital age--I know this place like the back of my hand) (blog)

Original item by nunya

To Rachel - you make some good points. For my part, I was privileged to have known a memorable example of stoicism - the
Cornish composer George Lloyd (1913-1998) whose promising
career was cut short by service in WW2 when, as a Royal Marine
bandsman, along with his fellows, he was on duty in the gunnery
control room of an Arctic Convoy cruiser that sustained damage
that resulted in most of his comrades drowning in oil, with Lloyd
one of a few to escape but thereafter suffering such a collapse
he was diagnosed as beyond hope - until his wife refused to take
no for an answer and was instrumental in nursing him back to a
recovery that saw him compose some of the finest music of the
20th century. Never letting his awful experiences confound him, instead he produced some of the most uplifting music - his
beautiful "Symphonic Mass" being hailed as one of the greatest
pieces of 20th century English choral writing.
Don - thanks as always for the comments in your usual style..
KJ - I'm lucky with my knees (so far) and have an indoor bike to
keep things moving. Helpful indeed when it's raining ?
And my appreciation too for the "likes".
Onwards and upwards!! Nil desperandum.

Comment is about THE SHRINE OF WHINE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

A curious insight into how some see and speak for themselves.
What with Maggie Thatcher's "We are a grandmother" and the
style used by the character Gollum in the LOTR adventures, there
are other samples to be found in reality as well as fiction.

Comment is about SAMSEZ (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Yet another wonderful old tradition being hounded out of existence by the PC brigade. Nicely written in a faux-flippant way. As the man himself would say......'that's the way to do it'

Graham

Comment is about THE SANDS OF TIME (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Fun - with a serious message: an irresistible mix!
I found myself singing the words to "The Sun Has Got His Hat On" -
intended or otherwise, it matches. Good one, Don !
In spirit, in mind,
May the fates be kind. ?

Comment is about Hip Hooray (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

After one reading of this poem I was transported to another place. A highly descriptive form of writing which captivates the reader.

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Summer's End (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

Brian - Thankyou for arousing my interest and looking up swazzle. It is also now firmly embedded in my brain. Not sure if anyone stocks them here any longer.

Comment is about THE SANDS OF TIME (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Keith.. Really appreciate..my brother..

Comment is about Priest of the world »dedicated to Rev. Fr Chinedu Ralph Nwosu -my spiritual mentor« (blog)

Original item by Chinwendu C.E Rays

I had to look up swazzle...it is now printed indelibly on my brain.

Performers probably more than anyone fear the day when they will no longer be relevant. You've painted a good picture Ray.

Comment is about THE SANDS OF TIME (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I endeavour to stay in everyone's good books. Despite being led astray by unknown forces.....

Comment is about My Catalyst (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

You will be pleased to know folks
I'm in rehab full-time
Chasing all the 'kini'd chicks
Staying 'way from rhyme

I kid you not. Some have nothing on.

Comment is about Hip Hooray (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Great Kage. I expect we've all known, or know, someone with a unique way of talking. Good stuff!

Comment is about SAMSEZ (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Thanks Everyone for your comments, input and likes...you too Don.
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Comment is about My Catalyst (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani