Love it.

Comment is about Roadrunner/Coyote (blog)

Original item by d.knape

so beautiful John.










Rose ?

Comment is about a wuthering whispering wind (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

My brain whirrs even as I sleep, and then I have to write ideas down, give them solidity. And I wonder: 'Who else might be on the same wave length?' So - I share.

Comment is about Old People (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Great poem. You nailed it. Was fun to read.

Comment is about FREE (blog)

Original item by cindylee loucks

I love 2 or 3 voice poems and certainly got a kick out of this one.

Comment is about The Cult of Cosmic Buzz (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Seeing Simon Armitage here was a reminder of the broadcast on
BBC4 TV the other evening of a programme about the Cornish
poet Charles Causley, another boost towards giving poetry a higher
profile.

Comment is about New laureate Simon Armitage at Edinburgh book festival (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Evocative! It reminds us that there can be such a thing as "a diet
to die for"!

Comment is about 'I listened to the sound of southern women's voices expressing disbelief' (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

My God, that photo looks like a beloved Bermuda beach!

I'm fine with your plans, although I'm not sure what you're fixing. Enjoy your summer.

Comment is about Time to take a break for Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I enjoyed the general "dig" at the current PM for his perceived
poncing about with politics. But not sure about the EU being part
of "peace in Europe" - recalling the dreadful goings-on with that
ancient animosity playing out in the eastern part of the continent
in the not-too-distant past. NATO has always been the bulwark of
peace-keeping and remains so, even now when the EU fulfils the
warning of years ago from Sir James Goldsmith about it seeking
its own army. How they mocked the "scare-mongering"
from that source and his Referendum Party. No thought about
how Russia and its allies (always a bit paranoid because of its
huge sacrifices in European wars) might view this eventuality as a
threat to its interests and react accordingly. Trading "trade" for
the political ambitions of assorted ill-matched "member states"
led by our erstwhile enslavers using the Clausewitz doctrine is hardly a good long-term swap. This outcome was essentially a
matter of time and changing circumstances.

Comment is about No Deal (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

Thanks David and Jason. A few years ago I was walking along the tow path next to a canal when I saw two 'tramps' who were fast asleep on a bench whilst be-suited office workers scurried by on their lunch breaks. The typographical errors, David, have no significance beyond illustrating the difficulty my arthritic fingers have in typing accurately.

PS wuthering is better so I've nicked it!

Comment is about a wuthering whispering wind (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

I felt this inside outside uppy downness while reading from mist to corral to fireworks. Well written. I hope it made you feel better as well to write (tons of assumption there but I write to heal myself and think others do as well)

Comment is about The Row (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

Thank you so much for the comments and likes. I'm a little out of practice.

Comment is about The Row (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

I thought exactly the same, beautifully written with some really powerful language.
Sharp edges and cold shoulders, is an inspired line. Strong enough to be a title.

J. x

Comment is about The Row (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

most modern mobile minds are really quite unaware of significance

just click into life at 7am - with WiFi with work

An extremely telling, astute observation, and a perfect reflection on how we're programmed to, "Get with the program."
I've often wondered if tramps don't have it right, and we've got it all wrong.

J. x

Comment is about a wuthering whispering wind (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

It is Donovan fish. Remember him? "The English Bob Dylan" - I don't think. J

Comment is about The season of the witch (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

and this poem has powers too, Sarah, powerful enough to make me


? it.

Comment is about Extra Large Sized Men's Padded Hooded Parker (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

ABCD works for me and in this case Adam, perfectly so. ?

Comment is about Thank You (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

There are some lovely words in this tumultuous piece Hazel. I like this passage particularly

Sharp edges,

Cold shoulders

Shaped by ancestors

Your personal geology.

Diving deep

I explore the coral

Of my own reef

And find it jagged, dangerous.

I have sharp edges of my own.

There is colour throughout, culminating in the fireworks

Comment is about The Row (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

Almost like a, "Cloak of invisibility," but more a, "Coat of anonymity."

Really good.

J. x

Comment is about Extra Large Sized Men's Padded Hooded Parker (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

I used to write a lot like this, with a sort of circular schematic, where the last line or verse is a direct callback to the first. It's really effective and I still really enjoy it, I just haven't done any for a while. It really pumps the message home.

J. x

Comment is about Thank You (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

An interesting an thought provoking poem
Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about THE ECHOING GREEN (blog)

Original item by ajay kumar sahoo

Powerful language with a stark clarity of purpose.

Keith

Comment is about The Row (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

?xxxx

Comment is about Extra Large Sized Men's Padded Hooded Parker (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

Brilliant poem Sarah. Am gonna get myself a large hooded Parker. I love your work.

Comment is about Extra Large Sized Men's Padded Hooded Parker (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

There is a strange kind of innocence in these opening lines that draws the reader in to something a little more macabre.
Nice one

Comment is about Clickity Clack (blog)

Original item by Heart of Lead

Beautifully put together John. There is something rather special about wild life , big cats in particular.
Nice one

Comment is about Rhapsody (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

You have summed up here the amazing effects a type of clothing can have both on the wearer and others.

Nice one

Comment is about Extra Large Sized Men's Padded Hooded Parker (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

Johnson has only ever been interested in climbing higher. He's reached the summit and can climb no higher. Now there, he doesn't know what to do. Well done Boris.....

Comment is about No Deal (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

Thanks Brian, although on the matter of a No Deal I’m more Corporal Jones: DON’T PANIC!! DON’T PANIIIIIC!!

Comment is about No Deal (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

Different than my usual entry but I do this ABCB stuff also. Wondering if the purpose comes across or what the readers thiink the purpose that all beings have is. Thanks for any feedback.
A.

Comment is about Thank You (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

I like the way the words roll around the tongue and your rhyming here HOL........

Comment is about Clickity Clack (blog)

Original item by Heart of Lead

Brian I'm disappointed
You've contributed none
New-Age knocked you over
Back you can't come?

(Sorry 'bout that......)

Comment is about First Efforts at New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Hey Rose you're infected
Your bolloxing right
You've done gone come down with
What's called Rhymer's Blight

And yes, it's contagious
Spreads like a disease
Gets one's wave functions
Oscillating with ease.....

Comment is about First Efforts at New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thanks, guys. I guess it touched a chord with those of you who, like me, have reached a certain age...

Comment is about Imagination (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Thanks for the words on Marbles. Total nightmare all this info bombarding us wherever we go - what used to be addictive is now becoming a total nuisance. So info overload - go take a jump somewhere squishy. ?

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thanks Heart, wrote it this morning over a coffee. Whilst all our lives are huge to us, on a universal scale, we're bugs on a windshield.
I'm not deterred though, because our lives are still the biggest thing that we'll experience.

J. x

Comment is about Acceptance (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Hi David, thanks ! A poem that hinges on an idea that goes from mineral to animal! That road is a long one by the way.

Very kind Tommy. Glad it appealed.

Cheers Don. One that I was pleased with myself.

Thanks Mark. Yes that would be the best place to meditate while you're stuck up an exhaust pipe. Maybe they'll finally excavate that tunnel. It works well on the A3 at Hindhead.

Cynthia, Lisa, David and Devon, thank you for reading and liking.

Ray

Comment is about MOAN ALONE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

if there's one type of fella I adore and it's so true
tis those who don't give a flying F!
Don Dares just like you!

bollox! you've got me at it! ?






Rose ?

Comment is about First Efforts at New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

cooler than the north and south pole combined.









Rose ?

Comment is about J (blog)

Original item by C.m.c.

Really good, as always. I thought at the end it would be some aspect of the small dent we have, but it is simply that we can hardly observe it all, much less have an impact. Beautifully written.

Comment is about Acceptance (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thanks for the “likes”, Kev and David.
Political correctness is a fashion like platform soles and kipper ties. We do well to remember that the sentiments here would have been at the PC cutting edge 3000 years ago.

Comment is about "FOR THESE" SAID THE FATHER "ARE THE THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW" (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Wow Don you done gone bang a new gong!
Seriously mate, though I don't agree with much of what you're saying (new-age ain't me), your ability to say it is impressive. Remember, for the verbal artist (ie poet) it's never either or, it's whatever gets the job done.
Interesting that you flag up the time and effort needed. But hey good to sweat and toil a bit ?
Yea impressive
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Comment is about First Efforts at New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

It's Haibun time! Well done. What I find remarkable about this form is that it displays what is contained within the Haiku - which are often given short shrift by western readers who think it is merely the syllable count and line breaks that make a quality Haiku.

D

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

Original item by afishamongmany

Good one John EM and just the right image. Like how the poem's structure seems to be leaves blown about by the wind. Who/what is the audio?
Go well
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Comment is about The season of the witch (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Tim - I like the poem as a piece of work and I hope others will like it, or not, for the same reason. I expect however it will get support because of its Boris-bashing theme, which let's face it is quite a predictable theme at present. It also puts you in the Private Fraser camp...we're doomed, doomed!

Comment is about No Deal (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

It always makes me laugh, how in control people think they are when really were just just trying to fill a minute with 60 seconds run, to paraphrase one of the greatest poets of all time.

And yes, there is comfort in our smallness, it reminds us that we're not responsible for everything.

Thanks Devon.

J. x

Comment is about Acceptance (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

I did take a closer look MC
Why comments you got all of nine!
Poor Eve it seems got in a tangle
I think she was into the wine.......

Comment is about THE GLOBAL MEDIA (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I like this my friend......

Comment is about Finding Places (blog)

Original item by d.knape

PS Ann wrote to tell me that I'd misremembered her account of the Mayan midwives. So, to put the record straight, here's the proper story:
When Ann read "My blue hen" in St Ives, she explained that each time a baby is born the Mayan midwife makes up a song for that baby and sings it every time she visits the mother before the baby is born. As the mother goes into labour the midwife sings the baby out into its own song, one that will make it feel safe as it has heard it for 9 months inside the womb. The other mothers sing the beat of the mother’s pulse and all the women of the village breast feed the baby so that it knows it belongs to the whole community and is safe there.

Comment is about Poetry that really matters: Ann Gray (part two) (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks Don for the Hey hey hey

and thanks for the likes from

jennifer Malden

David Irvine

Angel whispererer indigo child x ( 21746 )

Comment is about The Ambush (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell