This is a far superior testament to (specifically) Irish immigration from The Pogues, “Thousands Are Sailing”.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=27iJsZpQn3A
Comment is about TRUMPETRY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Jason,
A poem overflowing with love and the knowledge that all will be taken care of.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Bye Dad (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Peter,
I gather from your profile that you might be a newcomer to this site and if so then a very warm welcome indeed. This poem speaks to me of when I was young, when I first experienced a sense of the numinous in its most basic form. My childhood was lonely and like yours in dismal surroundings. This drove me into the countryside where I encountered the "you". I particularly like your pen ultimate stanza as it speaks to me quite powerfully.
I look forward to reading more of your poems.
Greetings from a very sunny Northamptonshire
Keith
Comment is about February Poem - 4:45pm (blog)
Original item by Peter Piccolomini
Thankyou for your thoughts, MC and Mindy. Both our countries were once kinder to those fleeing persecution and poverty than we are now. It is fortunate that the Jews of Europe were fleeing to the arms of our forefathers and not to us.
Comment is about TRUMPETRY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Hi Jason. These few words are bursting with reaffirmation of love past, present and future; and the care that will endure. Your dad was clearly special; and I imagine you to him.
Peter T
Comment is about Bye Dad (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
<Deleted User> (22158)
Mon 15th Jul 2019 18:00
Much wisdom here. I also like the shifting placement of rhymes here. Nice poem.
Comment is about Cruel nature (blog)
Original item by Hasmukh Mehta
<Deleted User> (22158)
Mon 15th Jul 2019 17:42
Thank you kindly, Peter, for your comment on "Coin Toss". I appreciate it!
Comment is about Peter Taylor (poet profile)
Original item by Peter Taylor
Hi Peter P - we haven't met till now and am really pleased the first poem by another Peter I've come across on WOL is such a good one. I really love the pace and the use of plain language to get such rich messages across. Thanks!
Peter T
Comment is about February Poem - 4:45pm (blog)
Original item by Peter Piccolomini
<Deleted User> (22247)
Mon 15th Jul 2019 17:08
Well said, M.C.!!!
It is so popular to hate and blame this country.
You'd think we invented the mirror!
Comment is about TRUMPETRY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
It can be said that this US scenario gained fresh impetus from being attacked from within by certain factions and origins that had been
welcomed on face value (so to speak) and then set about trying
to affect the progress and safety of the country they sought to live
in but with malign/ulterior intent. The situation of the illegal mass
immigration from largely Latin-American South America - the less
stable and more inflammatory neighbour to Uncle Sam - can be
seen as an exacerbation of an ongoing problem facing the social
well-being and established national security of the latter country.
Without being melodramatic, here in the UK we are seeing report
after report of boat-loads of people being found crossing the Channel from the safe havens of Europe, with nearly all being
Iranian. Who is to say that this is not a sneaky way of getting
5th columnists from that unfriendly regime into this country for
purposes other than peaceful? Why aren't they willing to stay in
lands like La Belle France and other receptive liberal European
destinations? Why come here...the vilified oft-criticised old colonial power? The currency of Freedom deserves answers to protect its proper value.
Comment is about TRUMPETRY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A compelling tale with a real sense of emergency woven through it - reminiscent of many dodgy events deep in the country. Cleverly you imply that the two bangs are in fact the two other cartridges (as I read it), left to develop in the mind and the sudden exit wraps up the tale nicely.
The film a History of Violence features a shotgun sequence used to deadly effect.
Marvellous read Trevor. Supercharged stuff.
Ray
Comment is about THERE'S A SHOTGUN IN THE CELLAR (blog)
Original item by trevor homer
RE my verse - "in bits"
Laura Taylor responce:
Wed 12th Nov 2014 09:55
"I meant to comment on this at the time - it's stayed with me. The panic, the confusion, the loss of control, the straining attempt to keep the real NOW, and not let go of it, not let it twist itself out of the grasp. It makes me think brain problems/injury/stroke/epilepsy. I become very anxious when I read it.
To make a poem of it - I do admire you for that. I love this one, Tommy."
My responce
Tue 3rd Feb 2015 20:23
"You have it in one Laura"
Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)
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<Deleted User> (9882)
Mon 15th Jul 2019 14:52
Lisa, there is a lot to be said for sitting on the fence just in case!
Rose ?
Comment is about 5WH - Short Poem Challenge (in the Discussions section) (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
<Deleted User> (22158)
Mon 15th Jul 2019 14:45
Don,
Thanks for the compliment on my rant
Sometimes I rhyme, sometimes I can't
For the times in which I do
Are inspired by ones like you
Have a good day, Don!
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (9882)
Mon 15th Jul 2019 14:41
mans inhumanity not only to his own kind but also almost every one of OUR wildlife species never ceases to sicken me. Well written D.M
Rose ?.
Comment is about Bulls Into the Sea. Animal Abuse in Spain (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (22158)
Mon 15th Jul 2019 14:38
Tommy, Thanks for your input on "Pig Slop". I appreciate it! Take care ---- Jason
Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
As for the final... the famous words of the Duke of Wellington come to mind when he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo - "the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life!"
Comment is about Cricket World Cup. England vs Australia. Sunday England vs NZ. And the Winner Is........ (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (9882)
Mon 15th Jul 2019 13:57
Thank you again, Sophie, for your recent comment on my profile page. You are having more of a struggle than I am I see from what you tell me, and I really do hope you fully recover as soon as possible from your injury.
Please do keep writing, because, I think both you and I know it is one of the best kinds of therapy when it comes to physically and mentally healing of the mind and the body.
My best regards as always.
Rose ?
Comment is about Sophie (poet profile)
Original item by Sophie
Hi Tommy! Yes Diogrnes and Alexander! Really? I'm diving into your work pronto! I'm curious to find your approach! ?
Thanks for stopping by ?
Mae
Comment is about The Madman and The Lunatic (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Hello Don,
This poem and its accompanying video clip will provoke quite a response from the readers. My partner is Spanish and from Bilbao. He abhors all such activites and wishes to see Spain bring a halt to what is barbarity in the extreme. The bulls are taunted. In the late 1960´s I was in Spain and went to see a bullfight. I came away sickened vowing never again to witness such gratuitous violence to animals.
Keith
Comment is about Bulls Into the Sea. Animal Abuse in Spain (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
d.k.,
Thanks, I am really well and so are the two hounds. We enjoy our summer morning walks together.
Greetings
Keith
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
Thank you so much Jason.
And thank you to everyone for comments, likes and/or dislikes.
I always appreciate feedback.
Comment is about 5WH - Short Poem Challenge (in the Discussions section) (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Many thanks for the “likes”, Lisa, Devon and Rachel.
I opened the link, Rachel, but saw it was 54 minutes long and I am on my phone now. So I’ll save it to look at when I’m back at the ranch.
We were better people then.
Comment is about TRUMPETRY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A kiss such as this a prelude to bliss. Slow motion ecstasy!
Rayy
Comment is about STEPPING OUT (blog)
Original item by Peter Taylor
Beautiful!
Take that leap.
Fall in love.
Comment is about STEPPING OUT (blog)
Original item by Peter Taylor
Agreed Keith (fountain pen-wise) in fact, I'm going to load a new cartridge now and see if there is some inspiration lurking ? And thanks, You Are My Priest is me giving thanks to all of you lucky readers out there.
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Not that I want to promote ANY violence, but I do enjoy when the human runners get gored...serves them right!
Comment is about Bulls Into the Sea. Animal Abuse in Spain (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
elPintor
Mon 15th Jul 2019 10:18
Any number of discussions could spring up from what you've written, here--such are the undercurrents that pervade these ideas.
It is very sad to see the resurgence of outright bigotry to such a degree that the fringe no longer feel the need to hide its face.
I'm posting a link--again )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuPZr68T_fg
I realize others may not share an interest, but it's hard to resist the opportunity to push a little light through the channel you've opened with your post.
Thanks John,
Rachel
Comment is about TRUMPETRY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Desmond, a philosophical poetic observation on Life with a clear and simple message. Nice work. Tentatively suggest / upon our lives then to ordain/ just to help the rhythm, and re-work the last line. I can't stress enough this is only a suggestion and you may disagree. I think it's more useful to offer constructive criticism than just say nice things all the time. The poem's great - these observations are just about the rhythm.
Comment is about Fates do fall as rain (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
Jon, rather than just saying nice things, my honest opinion of this is that there's more work to be done. It seems to require another stanza to give the reader a better idea of what it's about and bring the piece into focus. But as I've just added a bit more to one of my old poems possibly that's the mind-set I'm in at the moment. Poetry is so subjective alas.
John S.
Comment is about Colour - Gold (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
? Gratitude Gaëtane ?
Comment is about Sisters of The Fatherless Tribe (blog)
Original item by Mama Lola
Thank you for your poems and your support, Damon.
Comment is about Mikey V Kinsey (poet profile)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
Mae your exchange between Diogenes and Alexander, I used in verse on this site a while ago. It has great resonance and worthy of greater usage.
Tommy
Comment is about The Madman and The Lunatic (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Sun 14th Jul 2019 22:29
Don't argue with bear
but be beware-
it growls and bites
anytime, anywhere!
?
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
Sun 14th Jul 2019 22:20
Thanks Keith.
How's the dog?
for that matter,
how are You?
wink.
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Sun 14th Jul 2019 22:18
Thanks Martin.
note: Sweaters marked down this week at Walmart!
wink wink
Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)
Original item by Martin Elder
Thanks Rachel. I will have to read the article again as my head is sore and I'm suffering from writing simmilar stuff! please see below.
Higg's Boson
by Tommy Carroll
(125 GeV/c2)
The Boson that is Higgs,
hides when it jiggs,
with an end nearly instant
and the unification of quantum chromodynamics still quite distant
the search for the particle,
was often quite farcical
the technology involved
in the cost that's financial
unlike the thing itself
is massively substantial.
Words and lmage Tommy Carroll
Comment is about Christianity (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Thank you all for your kind words
Comment is about Cait Abbott (poet profile)
Original item by Cait Abbott
No critique of your writing dear Jason! Just the truth that bugs me sometimes, like the deprivation of the "living the dream" for instance! Everybody should have the right to live the dream! ?
Loved the poem in its entirety! One of your best!
x.x.
Mae
Comment is about Atrophy (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
RUN-OUT!!
Comment is about Cricket World Cup. England vs Australia. Sunday England vs NZ. And the Winner Is........ (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thank you so much dear Jason! ? The Dragon spoke wisely once more.
Personally I prefer what the reader reads in my poems over what I write in them! I keep exploiting that poor ingenious, empathetic, insightful reader! And I thank them! Jason, I won't lie, you are one of the best readers of my poems! But on this one all three thrived! Mindy, Martin and as Jason, thank you for your interpretation, it makes my piece a whole lot better than it was when I wrote it!
So thank you all?
Mae
Comment is about The Madman and The Lunatic (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Hi Mart, Purgatory is a place of punishment before being sent through the pearly gates whereas Limbo is a place for those who have died before being Christened but have not sinned. ?
Comment is about Christianity and other myths (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
As ever, I love it Mae. I love for all the reasons already mentioned and also for what it represents within us all.
They say the reader takes from each poem what they will and the thing this speaks of to me, deep down, is the eternal battle within us all between desire and doubt, between lust and fear.
On one hand you have the proud, powerful, bold young emperor, full of potential and blissful ignorance, and on the other you have the, "Wise," old man, who sees the deep consequences of the actions of all and some could argue, is so scared of them, seeks safety by living in an urn.
One, Unfettered by his ignorance and one immobilised by his wisdom.
To me, at a deep level, this is Yin and Yang. The dragons of chaos and order, creativeness and control.
There is a line, a sweet spot between them where they would perfectly complement each other, and much like in each of our lives, it is the eternal, internal balance we seek between the will to fulfill desire and the wisdom to know whether we should or not.
Very clever.
Loved it Mae,
J. x
Comment is about The Madman and The Lunatic (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
That's what I love about the group of questions we call professionally, "5WH." When questioning a person, they're the questions we are all aiming at because they're the, "Open," questions, the ones you can't answer with, "Yes," or, "No." And therefore, have to answer, in more detail, (sorry, straying into work there?).
For those that may not know, "5WH," is shorthand for, "Who. What. Where. When. Why. How."
Questions that force you to answer in detail and therefore, pretty much the beginning of all the really, "Big," questions.
Lisa, as ever, you nailed it and demonstrated one of the things I love about your writing, a sharp, incisive mind.
J. x
Comment is about 5WH - Short Poem Challenge (in the Discussions section) (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Dorothy,
I think the discussion area is the place for this topic. This poem came from a thread there. The 5WH challenge. A new discussion can be started if you choose. I just felt compelled to post it here because of all the religious and anti religious stuff that has been put up lately.
Lisa
Comment is about 5WH - Short Poem Challenge (in the Discussions section) (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
<Deleted User> (22158)
Mon 15th Jul 2019 18:45
Keith, Thank you for your comment on "Coin Toss". I appreciate it! Take care. --- J
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
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