Fri 19th Jul 2019 11:47
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 19th Jul 2019 11:37
Private Fraser could only ever see the black side of everything but he was often proved wrong. Mainwaring on the other hand, a true optimist, quite often got things wrong but somehow managed to muddle through. But the one who really epitomises the British character is Lance Corporal Jones...always willing to have a go to make things work, and if all else fails show 'em the cold steel. Ultimately I'm sure the Brussels bureaucrats will not like it up 'em!
Comment is about Sin (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
Trevor,
This poem calls to mind an aunt and uncle who emigrated to Australia over fifty years ago who were in a similar situation. This caused considerable concern and anxiety for the family but during the time they were there a transformation took place which came from above. He died of cancer a few weeks ago, a reformed man. As I read each line of this poem I recalled both of them and from your poem I see a similar situation penned so accurately that it is quite uncanny.
Thank you for this,
Keith
Comment is about STILL LIVES, DISTANT VOICES - a love story in 4. acts. (blog)
Original item by trevor homer
Thanks for this review, Neil. I was on holiday on the Lizard last week, and ordered a copy of this book from Ronnie and Dawn at Indigo Dreams as soon as I got back. I only wish I'd had it with me when we were down there. Not just a collection of poetry - a wonderful, lyrical guide book to the area.
Comment is about LZRD: Alyson Hallet and Penelope Shuttle, Indigo Dreams (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Really nicely put Keith. Great work.
Comment is about A Flame never extinguished (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Many thanks for your thoughts, Don and MC.
It seems you fall into the camp of those that don’t care you were lied to, MC.
Comment is about "ALL LIES AND JEST" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I'm joined by fellow rhymer
Your influence is catching
A latent rhymic bug in you
Ray, appears it's hatching....
Comment is about TIES THAT BIND (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Can't win 'em all ?
My rule: never upstage the poet
I really did like yours better.......
Comment is about HOPE (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
A poem for when you're indoors in a comfy armchair, perhaps by a
log fire sparking and flaming in its comforting glow. Nice one.
Comment is about Let's Pretend (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
All politicians tell lies it seems,
Relying on our hopes and dreams;
Successive PMs did the same
Treating truth as a fool's own game
Giving parliament's sovereignty
Away with no mandate we could see ,
And now "sovereignty" appears in use
To defy what the voting majority choose,
Like some fool's gold its new minted wealth
Now pays for the years of deceit and stealth. ?
Comment is about "ALL LIES AND JEST" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Females often feel the need
To cut us to the quick;
Revenge for Eve caught apple scrumping?
Handmaidens of old Nick!
Comment is about TIES THAT BIND (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Very welcome - I will be going to bed with a smile! (late reading this).
Comment is about My Family And Other Natural Disasters (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
I can't believe my cotton sox!
A poem devoted to me
I feel all warm and glowy-like
All full of frippery
I am a little puzzled Fish
About this Gladys chick
It seems she wants to upstage
My Alice, her picnic
I've heard that Lite Relief contains
Far too much sugar-sweet
It's pastime is teeth-rotting
Take care when it you eat......
(Dedicated to Fish and WOL's Fun 'n' Frippery Movement) ?
Comment is about That Gal Gladys (blog)
Original item by afishamongmany
Not living in the U of K
I thought Boris was beaut
With tousled hair so blondish-like
I thought him rather cute
You've gone mucked up my image John
Boris, you say has shooted
The people of the U of K
But I still think he's cuted.......
Jest joking. I lie not.
Comment is about "ALL LIES AND JEST" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Branwell you've no need to fret
Cos poets are protected by law
No alien grab or kill-virus jab
Awaits you behind your front door.....
Comment is about My Family And Other Natural Disasters (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
I do like this Keith.
Comment is about A Flame never extinguished (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Eternity
Over
Happily
Pained
Having
Trouble
Feeling
Strained
(I like yours better Lisa)
Comment is about HOPE (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
This is very clever Ray
Metaphorically
The shoelace that off-balanced you
I did not get to see.......
Unfortunately
(I was out meeting friends)
Comment is about TIES THAT BIND (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 18th Jul 2019 23:58
When I say love Ray I wouldn't want you to think this means something deeper than it should. I mean it in an esoteric sense...a word I don't understand the meaning of but will look it up shortly.
I've been out tonight and met a few friends...Stella, Miguel and John Smith.
Comment is about TIES THAT BIND (blog)
Original item by ray pool
cheers Devon.
Comment is about My Family And Other Natural Disasters (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Devon Brock
Thu 18th Jul 2019 23:50
I agree with Keith on this, a funny, very funny ride. And, yes, a bit of "The Out Of Towners" in this - Jack Lemmon & Shirley Maclaine! Great fun way to close out a day. thanks, Branwell.
D
Comment is about My Family And Other Natural Disasters (blog)
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<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 18th Jul 2019 23:46
Bloody love it Ray, and BTW I love you too.
Comment is about TIES THAT BIND (blog)
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<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 18th Jul 2019 23:44
I dream of an alien adducting my wife to no avail
Comment is about My Family And Other Natural Disasters (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Thank you very much, Keith. Appreciated
Comment is about My Family And Other Natural Disasters (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Branwell,
Brilliantly funny with excellent rhyming. It reminds me of an old film called " The Out Of Towners" who on a visit to a big city fall into every calamity imagineable. Well done. A great poem.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about My Family And Other Natural Disasters (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Devon Brock
Thu 18th Jul 2019 23:05
Well deserved, Laura. "Even to the end, you were 21 again". Dressing on the "salad days". And BTW - the double fist of love!
D
Comment is about 'Log In*' by Laura Taylor is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Jon,
A splendid piece of poetry which, although brief, is concise in its message. The line " A voiceless legion tethered to anxiety " is an absolutely incredible description of the marginalised and despondent. As I read this poem my mind was drawn to the plight of Jewish people in Europe during the days of Hitler´s tyranny.This poem leaves me breathless without adequate words to do it justice.
Very well done. One of the best poems I have read this year.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about The Quiet People (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
<Deleted User> (17847)
Thu 18th Jul 2019 22:26
without any doubt Jon a veritable masterpiece. Brilliant!
Comment is about The Quiet People (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
<Deleted User> (17847)
Thu 18th Jul 2019 22:16
I cannot, nor do I want to, stop reading this.
Marvelous
Comment is about Strange Tides (blog)
Original item by Wallflower
elPintor
Thu 18th Jul 2019 21:07
Excellent.
I hope you'll keep posting whenever the urge hits )
Rachel
Comment is about Preservation (blog)
Original item by Sarah Dar
Well-penned Laura. I love the way you precis the whole process of fabrication, as we invent and reinvent our lives - brevity is the soul of wit!
telling and retelling, embellishing
unconsciously; truth became fable,
myth, became passwords,
indelible, inked in the mark of a man
John
Comment is about 'Log In*' by Laura Taylor is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Thanks Devon! Don't you just love rocknrollas? I'll say that though, for a rock an roller he's surprisingly humble to the point of shyness. He looks kinda nervous, doesn't he?
Loved the interview and the song. Now it's not exactly on the same subject but it reminded me of a piece I wrote a while ago, called "Consume or be consumed" . It's mostly about consumerism.
You were right I enjoyed the video and especially the song! ?
Mae
Comment is about The Benefits and The Perils (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Insinuation and imagination are all you need for a good poem - thoroughly enjoyed it. T
Comment is about Messing about in boats (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
There's a strong sense of tension here Tommy, in having all that behind you like a denial, but a ghostly feeling of longing I often see in your work. A suspension of realisation that feels like a betrayal.
Very poetically satisfying especially the having to share someone in this way.
Ray
Comment is about As if to care (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Devon Brock
Thu 18th Jul 2019 20:23
I think you are quite right. Sad really. Alienation as a social norm.
You wrote "eat or be eaten" in a previous comment - gonna share some fun music with you. The video is long, but the song is at the very beginning, enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7kHDIDsVXQ
D
Comment is about The Benefits and The Perils (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
You know...I think I'll try to make that into a haiku or tanka or whatever ti can be turned into! Thank you Devon! ?
Mae
Comment is about The Benefits and The Perils (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
High high quality poetry here! Excellent Tommy!
Thank you?
Mae
Comment is about As if to care (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Devon Brock
Thu 18th Jul 2019 19:04
Fantastic imagery, Tommy. Choosing only to show the sunset, the waves and footprints was a genius stroke, and provides the foundation for the final stanza. The labor put into this poem is evident, but the read is silky smooth. Thanks.
D
Comment is about As if to care (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Precisely. That complicates things even more! If perception of reality was obscure, misunderstood, intentionally misled and tampered with before, imagine how distorted it must be now.
Makes you think? Plus you can trust virtually nobody so one may feel the need to get wrapped in themselves, to keep everyone at arm's length. Ergo we learn to live alone, worse yet as loners.
Isolation of the individual grows fatter and vaster until it becomes alienation as a social phenomenon that includes or rather "excludes"everyone.
"Almost friends but all alone" like the "Say Something" song by James says!
"Isolation for my salvation,
Equals
Alienation for the nation"
As I would rather put it... in a literary incantation amidst a session
of obsession and elation for alliteration ??
(Such intense gratification!)
Mae
Comment is about The Benefits and The Perils (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Devon Brock
Thu 18th Jul 2019 18:53
That is one taut poem. When I read it aloud, it pushed a snide tone - particularly those last two lines. Thank you.
D
Comment is about Ocean eyes (blog)
Original item by Astrid
Devon Brock
Thu 18th Jul 2019 18:50
I think right on the money. Yet now, that dynamic extends for beyond the immediate neighborhood, into who we want to pretend to be, not as easily sussed out.
D
Comment is about The Benefits and The Perils (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
<Deleted User> (9882)
Fri 19th Jul 2019 12:27
re Big Sal, DM, naughty as in.........?
Rose ?
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
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