Thanks Devon, Don and Ruth. Knew what I wanted to say - yes, the awkwardness and pretension that characterise so many social (none) interactions at the core of it Ruth - but took a while to get the right words in the right order. Following a traditional form helps in this. John

Comment is about Sonnet (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Clever. Ruth
Neighbours. Friends
When will it
Ever end?

And where?......

Comment is about Deal or No Deal (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

So good Lisa. And so sad. Far too many people sell their souls for greed....

And you would know I like the rhyming....

Comment is about Don't Sell Your Soul Part I (re-post) & Part II (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

I really like this John......

Comment is about Sonnet (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Devon

Devon my friend don't touch the stuff
It's full of MSG
Its flavour's upped and hence/therefore
True flavour it not be

I will condone diluted use
E.g. a 'beer 'n clam'
I think it is a Yankee thing
Can't buy it here, oh damn!

Not that I've looked hard....?

Comment is about Poet's Blight (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Beautifully encapsulates the awkwardness of interaction!

Comment is about Sonnet (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Adam

Backpacking did you no good my friend
You're Blighted with rhyme to the seams
'each word stated
with rhyme quickly mated'
See what I mean, what I mean?

Don't start me on New-Age free verse stuff......?

Comment is about Poet's Blight (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Lisa

My heart goes out to you
I'm feeling bluesy too
Catharsis also plagues me
Toodle-oodle-oo....?

Comment is about Poet's Blight (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

MC

I really need this jab
To stop it getting worse
I think it's branded 'STOPITNOW'
Shit! this is a curse!

grizzle grizzle.....?

Comment is about Poet's Blight (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

John, love how the third stanza supports the premise of the second. Each line both a question and a statement. "Language" to "Languish" to "Anguish" in the final line, a profound syllabic progression.

As always,

D

Comment is about Sonnet (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Stuffed flounder, ahhh stop...Good food, all around there!

Comment is about Ocean City Marland (blog)

Original item by Belinda Sue Kiser

Do.RoThY
Your soliloque
Made perfect sense
To little me...?

Comment is about Poet's Blight (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Hey Rose?

What's going on? I'm beginning to suspect this 'prunny rose' problem of yours is causing more trouble than you're letting on. Come on, don't be shy girl. Don't tell me? You're comfortably entrenched at our Poet's Blight Motel rehab establishment but you're out of it. Smashed. Told you to take it easy. Ah well, when you've come out of the haze hit their free phone to WOL and update us.

Your friendly WOLer (in Blight-warning-mode)

Comment is about Poet's Blight (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Oh, it's the blight, is it?
I thought it was the clamato!
I appears I bought the wrong ointment.

D

Comment is about Poet's Blight (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Phillips serves a mean Crab Stuffed Flounder topped with blanched almonds and plenty of melted butter for drizzling or dipping!

D

Comment is about Ocean City Marland (blog)

Original item by Belinda Sue Kiser

Poet's blight?
sounds all right
each word uttered
matched with one muttered
each word stated
with rhyme quickly mated
and while others may hate it
I'll never be sated
and if rehab I need
to stop this rhyming screed
I'll check in soon
and drink in my room
until all rhymes are gone...though it could be worse
if the blight were free verse.

May we all recover. My backpacking trip helped....maybe.

Comment is about Poet's Blight (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

The reality for me, MC, is that I can’t tell if they work. You can’t take and not take them as a control measure at the same time. I think I go to the toilet about the same number of times as before I took them but the flow is a bit stronger so I’m stood pointing for less time each time. But whether this would have happened without them... who knows.
The push-me-pull-me technique seems to help too.
And thanks for the “Likes”, Lisa and Ghazala.

Comment is about RITES OF PASSAGE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Written with deepest sympathy to those 'lucky' people who have young children of school age! ?

Comment is about School’s Out (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Thanks Ruth for your two likes on - - -

A Pot of Gold and The Waiting Game

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Guy- A heart like yours is worth saving

My best suit is still at the dry-cleaners.

Comment is about A Dating Conversation (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

nebulous and other poems
by Andy Millican

Once turning
first page
each poem
holds you
before moving
onto next.

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Yes.

I too have the blight.

Hopefully soon things will be right.

And tho its true its not contagious

I am in a definite state of catharsis.

Hope everyone escapes the blues

And reports back soon with happy news.

Comment is about Poet's Blight (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

All aboard this poetry ship
we have named her Madness
S.O.S e-mails are sent
as you read on
please join us drowning
all lost at sea.

Comment is about August 2019 Collage Poem - 'Washed Out to Sea' (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Thank you for the "likes"....one and all.

Comment is about CREDO (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Probably. "Repeat after me"...? ?

Comment is about RITES OF PASSAGE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

When overwhelmed by its sensation...
This insidious interest in verse,
Get a jab from a vacation
To stop it getting worse. ?

Comment is about Poet's Blight (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thanks Keith and Devon. You are too kind ...hope you are having wonderful journeys as well.

Comment is about Olympic Mountains (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

Haha, that's funny.

Comment is about A Dating Conversation (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

dk you have a problem
(Or else your wife has one)
You gotta sort your differences
And feel you both have won

Now take this lack of hearing
The simple answer's aids
And at your age they should be free
(Unless no Medicaid)

She gives you firm direction
But you turn left not right?
dk you've got a problem
Your neurons are uptight

I feel like I'm a doctor
Working out what's wrong
Using a rhyme prescription
To bounce your life along

Boing boing boing......?

Comment is about Problems (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Good to see you on here Ruth.

I'll tell Amanda in a moment (We are both on here) and will be checking out your work later..

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Rose?

Are you holed out in rehab at the Poet's Blight Motel afflicted with 'prunny rose'? (enjoying life there?). Don't be shy.....they provide a free phone to WOL...?

Comment is about Poet's Blight (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

dk

This is a particularly virulent Blight-form I fear which has floored me.
Your alcohol-cure may just do the trick. I think though your w/v either/or prescription may need a little 'upping' ( I think a doctor would say 'increased'). So I'm gonna try a deadly mix of both. 'Twill either knock the little Blighter bang! or knock me ' nōn compos mentis'

If my daily posts dry up for a few days you can assume the latter happened. But, like the little Aussie battler I am, I will arise (struggle up) from the ashes like a phoenix. How's that for crash hot prose?...?

Comment is about Poet's Blight (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

d.k.,

I never realised you were so recalcitrant but such a trait is often found amusing than an irritant. Keep taking out the trash and don´t rock the boat.

Thanks for this

Keith

Comment is about Problems (blog)

Original item by d.knape

I wonder Jason if Rose is suffering 'prunny rose'? She may be too embarrassed to admit the Blight has struck her with a dangerous mutant strain. Knowing Rose she doesn't give a toss what she reveals. We shall all wait with bated breath for her utterance ....?

Comment is about Poet's Blight (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thank You For Your Kind Comments Ghazala, I'm glad that you liked my poem

Comment is about A Poetic Heart (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Don't worry, not infected with poet blight, although I have got a runny prose!???.

J. x

Comment is about Poet's Blight (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

This is a short but effectively beautiful poem. a poem can convey feelings more than a normal conversation that happens between people.

Comment is about A Poetic Heart (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

loneliness kills many more than cancer. although suicide isn't any remedy but a hopeless person doesn't really care. A very sad poem. MAY THE SOUL REST IN PEACE!!

Comment is about A BOTTLE-NECK BLUES (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

This is so heart crushing sad provoking Excellent piece. such an honest confession, such deep and genuine sacrifice. true words flowing from deep within.

Comment is about Family Man (blog)

Original item by Mikey V Kinsey

Thank you for a warm welcome Cynthia.?

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Yep, Keith said it all. Thanks for taking us along.

D

Comment is about Olympic Mountains (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

use alcohol!
whisky or vodka.
your choice!

Comment is about Poet's Blight (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Adam,

no editing or alterations are necessary. Better left unvarinshed in its natural form.
Keith

Comment is about Olympic Mountains (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

Adam,

A masterpiece of descriptive poetry at its best. I feel as if I have been taken on a journey and left in awe by the experience.

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Olympic Mountains (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

Ah, I really enjoyed reading these comments. Thank you all!

Comment is about Please don’t make yourself at home (blog)

Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

I was aware of that side effect, MC, but the guff on the box warned me of the possibility of this, which, I’m pretty sure, you have commented on before.

https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=88532

Comment is about RITES OF PASSAGE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

So this is pretty fresh penned from the recent trip. I hope to edit it down...suggestions?

Comment is about Olympic Mountains (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

I meant Ruth.
Can't wait for the energy of the full moon.

Comment is about F**k the Forgive and Forget mantra (blog)

Original item by Chakraj

Soulful stuff about the unavoidable in life....with an appealing rhythm
to help put over the message - like the heartbeat itself.

Comment is about Heart Attack (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

A vivid vignette of how the view of the world allowed by improved
sight can be such a life-changing event.

Comment is about Eye Peace (blog)

Original item by Fred Nicholson