Laura, aren’t you being a little short-sighted here. After all Haiku are only three lines and Cait’s effort is only one syllable short!
Comment is about #11 (blog)
Original item by Cait Abbott
ofcs this "counts"!!! It's more impressive to be expressive and emotive using only two lines!!!! I love this x
Comment is about #11 (blog)
Original item by Cait Abbott
Ms M. N
New to clinic
Prescribed some chuckles
(I no gimmick) ?
Comment is about Chuckle Therapy (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Laura Taylor, thank you for your comment and opinion - I must disagree of course. So I wrote you a poem,
I believe you read my words, too plainly
Between the lines is where the answer can be found.
Or in other words, if you struggle to understand my poetry again, poetry is not defined by length or amount of words, but the effect it has on the reader or writer. I write purely for myself and the enjoyment it brings me.
Comment is about #11 (blog)
Original item by Cait Abbott
<Deleted User> (22247)
Wed 10th Jul 2019 14:05
Dr. Matthews has Rx,
Perfect for the day's effects,
When your day's a little grim,
Take his patent medicine.
Comment is about Chuckle Therapy (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (9882)
Wed 10th Jul 2019 14:03
too F right Sophie!
Rose ?
Comment is about We are not your fucking pets. (blog)
Original item by Sophie
You brought back a forgotten song of my childhood MC
https://youtu.be/ZBF9XFi6tuk
Comment is about Chuckle Therapy (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
I don't recall this from 2011 but it is certainly worth a re-post. I can
almost smell those burning logs and see the smoke wafting upwards.
Betjeman and Binyon would surely approve!
Comment is about NO BETTER ENDING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (9882)
Wed 10th Jul 2019 13:37
my sympathies Lisa and may she rest in peace
God bless her.
Rose ?
Comment is about Death (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
It would be delightful if addiction was cured by love...it is a hope
worth holding on to when craving of an uglier sort seizes the mind and body. A point to note:
Alcohol - mainly spirits - can physically harm the body when taken
in excess over time (kidney/liver etc.); otherwise its effects can be accommodated if the body is given time to recover. e.g.
drunk at night...sober by morning.
Drugs, on the other hand, can actually alter the body itself and it is
this that makes "coming off" them so hard for so many and
creates the "craving" that is so damaging to the individual and to
society which has to suffer the effects and the crime that is so often a result of "the need to feed" the addiction.
Comment is about An Attractive Addiction (blog)
Original item by hugh
Philipos
Wed 10th Jul 2019 13:29
A lot to unpack in this one Cynthia and covers a multitude of events which it is sometimes good to get out there in the open. What a complex package life is. I met some lousy role model teachers at school. But I was also inspired by some of the best - people who had been on the retreat from Dunkirk, or had taken a bullet in the hip (after the landings at Normandy) and after only one sip of a hard earned brew. One phrase always remains with me from those times: 'Teach me delight in simple things'. When the simple things fail to inspire us it is time to Beam me up Scotty. We were always taught to help the blind people across the road and there were plenty of those around the Merseyside area I can tell you. Blessings. P.
Comment is about Less 'Me' and More 'US' (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Fully understanding to
not quite sure
think I know
but more often
than not we
can all agree
It's all greek
both to you
and definitively me!
Comment is about July 2019 Collage Poem: It’s All Greek to Me (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
How true. Anyone who knows the old music hall hit of years ago -
"The Laughing Policeman" will certainly agree. Look it up!
To adapt an old UK chocolate bar advertisement...
A chuckle a day
Helps you work, rest and play. ?
Comment is about Chuckle Therapy (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Ha...just as age tells us to take life more leisurely, so does it
embrace the functions of the body. The sound of running water seems to help!
I suspect that the young (we were all young(er) once) automatically
assume that old men will be in less of a hurry anyway and are happy to leave them to it!
Comment is about WAITING - FOR URINATION (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Forgive me going off piste Trevor - I don't like to get drawn in to politics, and to try would not do justice to the intensity of your poem. I just would say as a musician that the intensity and glory of their rhythms says a lot to me about the soul of the people; therefore I would imagine it might be a factor in the mindset; of a sort of protest inherent in their nature. I know that's hard to take in, but South American latin music has it too, and look at the regimes .... the American songbook is much more persuasive in a sentimental way.
Sorry, just my thoughts, which I feel I should share.
Ray
Comment is about LAST THOUGHTS ON FIDEL (blog)
Original item by trevor homer
These lines will certainly resonate with all who have faced this
situation and those who fear its likelihood for whatever reason.
Take comfort in the fact that the body is always marshalling its considerable forces towards fighting off the invaders that beset it in
this life. Helping it with use of sound advice, sound diet and positive
thinking will contribute to your mental strength as it adjusts to cope.
Onwards and upwards!.
Comment is about Big C in the test (blog)
Original item by Louise Clarke
Hi Trevor. What stands out to me is the almost hypnotic pattern of the words, like teardrops falling - and how shadows are a good metaphor for the dark doom of the piece, also how real seems the ring and what it should stand for. (no guarantee). The last line is like a dark refuge.
Ray
Comment is about SHADOWS (blog)
Original item by trevor homer
Strong and captivating poem D. Reminds me of the book by Charles Lindbergh, a good read. His fighting to stay awake for hours on end was nothing like your account, which was an easy read!
Ray
Comment is about The Pilot (blog)
Original item by d.knape
OH! HO!HO! And a bottle of rum!
Comment is about Less 'Me' and More 'US' (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
A stupendous winner Devon . A really well deserved POTW, beautifully crafted.
I feel that you ought to publish a collection yourself
Nice one
Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'Now Birds Ravage The Cherries' by Devon Brock (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Laura's idea has merit Louise. Dissociate yourself from it. Then tell it what to do......
Comment is about Big C in the test (blog)
Original item by Louise Clarke
A spot-on summing up of how it feels. I hope writing this made you feel a little bit better anyway. I know how all-consuming it can be.
You could maybe write more - write TO it, as an entity. Tell it what to do.
Comment is about Big C in the test (blog)
Original item by Louise Clarke
? ?
Alan would be quietly proud of this - could almost hear his voice speaking it ?
Comment is about WAITING - FOR URINATION (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Homelessness is a plight we must fight it is a very complicated problem.Great poem.Well done.
The wind out there is strong and cold,
Attacking the homeless both young and old.
Wrapped up in blankets dirty and damp,
The street is their bedroom ,its lights their lamp.
A lady bent double in deep despair,
An ambulance call out with another did share.
A bacterial infection she did show,
Where the needles she used constantly did go.
It looked as if she was still injecting the mess,
The puss flowed out contaminating her dress.
I see the problem constantly increasing in Manchester as it is in the whole of the country.
Comment is about Some Mother's Son (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
elPintor
Wed 10th Jul 2019 07:31
I saw this yesterday. It isn't the entire segment, but you get the idea...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EfRncLN-9pQ
Joshua is inspirational )
Good to see you about, Emer.
Rachel x
Comment is about Some Mother's Son (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
I grew up in Franklin, a stones throw from the Norfolk line...are we related too?
Comment is about Norfolk (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
It is a passing grade!
My best.
Lisa
Comment is about Big C in the test (blog)
Original item by Louise Clarke
That is good Louise. The poem......
Comment is about Big C in the test (blog)
Original item by Louise Clarke
Devon Brock
Tue 9th Jul 2019 23:00
"the sands of the Ganges shake like a dog". I needn't say more - taken into another world.
D
Comment is about A small truth (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thank you, Lisa, for your thoughtful comment. ?
e. xxx
Comment is about lesson not learned (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
Sorry Devon for the confusion! I actually had a very different poem in mind when I began, and by the time I was finished it made no sense with the title but I forgot to change it. Thanks for reminding me! And if course thanks for your nice comment.
e. xxx
Comment is about lesson not learned (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
<Deleted User> (22247)
Tue 9th Jul 2019 22:28
Tom Hanks did this in that movie about book stores! Funny!
Comment is about Norfolk (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Perhaps its not a car crash at all...
Comment is about lesson not learned (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
Devon Brock
Tue 9th Jul 2019 21:46
Oh yes Eiren. While I don't quite understand the title, the metaphor of the wreck, the digging yourself out, and climbing back into the "car", as if had really changed is fantastic.
D
Comment is about lesson not learned (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
Devon Brock
Tue 9th Jul 2019 21:38
The last four lines are wonderfully sweet, Robert.
D
Comment is about Broken & Compatible (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
<Deleted User> (18980)
Tue 9th Jul 2019 21:00
Ray this will resonate with many of us of a certain age. Increasingly I get stage fright when hemmed in.
Like the rhyming Ray!
Comment is about WAITING - FOR URINATION (blog)
Original item by ray pool
BLUE JAYS LAZE THE DAYS AWAY EATING CHERRY PIE (and whistling)
Well-penned Devon.
Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'Now Birds Ravage The Cherries' by Devon Brock (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
A frightening experience for sure as I have been there. Sadly I know of many who did not climb back up the embankment.
Comment is about lesson not learned (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
Fred this is an excellent poem about a difficult topic, I thought it was really well observed. Keep posting.
Comment is about The Enemy Within (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
Yes it was intentional. But I did not realize I had made a spiral! Pretty cool. Thanks Devon .
Comment is about Death (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Hm, just like its subject matter, my piece of doggerel seems to have stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest here. Some likes, some dislikes. At the end of the day, it's just one small opinion. It's not going to change the world. It's not even going to make it into my first collection. Hey, it's not even original.
Comment is about They Be The Worst (Apologies to Mr. L.) (blog)
Original item by Richie Muster
<Deleted User> (22247)
Tue 9th Jul 2019 18:23
But Don, you've got a hat on,
You're bundled to the gills!
Besides, the slopes require of folks,
A slathering o'er chills.
Your sunscreen can't be far away,
You pro'bly used it yesterday,
Though, if you weren't reminded,
You could have been side-blinded!
Comment is about A Day At The Beach (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Wow. Truly a beautiful story told in a beautiful voice. So much delicious imagery. Thanks for sharing and congrats on the well deserved recognition of your talent.
e. xxx
Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'Now Birds Ravage The Cherries' by Devon Brock (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
<Deleted User> (22247)
Wed 10th Jul 2019 15:10
Laughter is the best...
Sure to add some zest...
Put it to the test...
Cures a fallen crest!
Comment is about Chuckle Therapy (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews