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Comment is about Who Am I (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Yes @Ray Miller, that was a reflection which made the poem too long and too unwieldy. A failed attempt it would seem. 🌷🕊🙏🏻
Comment is about boulevard mirage (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Thanks Stephen, I'm pleased you think so. 😃
Thanks also to Red Brick Keshner, Tom, Kimberly, Aisha, Holden and Marla for reading and for liking.
Comment is about The Meeting Tree (blog)
Original item by Tom
I had decided that the word was redundant having used the similar word before, thank you for the advice, appreciated
Comment is about The Iceman Cometh. (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Hi Ray thanks for the pointers and commenting, I carnt see the woods for the trees sometimes.
No I meant wretched., I have spelt incorrectly its retched. Balter -is to dance clumsily and ungamely...Who knew...not I until two weeks ago...and now you too... oh thank you for persevering with the work...its a bind to write but good to get it off my chest.
Comment is about This Imaginary Life-Part 3 (Nature) (blog)
Original item by Phils Words
I wouldn't disagree with any of it, though you're preaching to the converted here. The length of the lines put me off slightly, but that seems to be the style you've adopted for this series. A few more things I spotted -
wrenched, not wretched
fulfil, not fore fill
don't know what you mean by "balter"
Comment is about This Imaginary Life-Part 3 (Nature) (blog)
Original item by Phils Words
That's very good, imaginative, innovative. I wonder if you might try an alternative to "protesting", having already used protest. Rebellion, dissent?
Comment is about The Iceman Cometh. (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Enjoyed, some funny lines. Do you mean fondling or foundling?
Comment is about Do You Remember The Worst Time? (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Enjoyed the images. Just as you mention symmetry, the poem becomes unsymmetrical, or is it asymmetrical. Whatever, are the 4 additional stanzas your attempt to address that?
Comment is about boulevard mirage (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Thanks for this, Greg. I seem to remember Monica Jones talking of Larkin's 'iron selfishness', which seems to be in evidence here. As you suggest, a love nest only takes you so far.
Comment is about A view of the bridge: the 'love-nest' cottage of Monica Jones and Philip Larkin (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I love the scope and ambition of this, Ray. A great read.
Comment is about The Early Egyptians (blog)
Original item by Ray
A lovely poem, Clare. There is always a part of us which wants to break free and do the impossible. But 'life' is always there, I suppose. A marvellous read.
Comment is about The Final Goodbye. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Brilliantly funny, Branwell.
Comment is about Do You Remember The Worst Time? (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Thank you, Ray. I'm pleased that you enjoyed the poem and am grateful for your kind comments.
And thanks to everyone who liked this poem.
Comment is about The Bright Blue Sky (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
That's out my system .
Comment is about This Imaginary Life-Part 3 (Nature) (blog)
Original item by Phils Words
Collage Timetable
Waiting poetic passengers
Stations we become
Respondent train collects
Lines of connection.
Comment is about June 2025 Collage Poem: I Watched the Trains Come, I Watched the Trains Go (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Thanks for likes: Red Brick Keshner, Stephen G & Aisha. 👍
Comment is about Poetry Is Pain (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Thanks Landi and Auracle,
When 9/11 happened I was deploying to Kosovo on a six month tour of duty, we were still cleaning up the mess General Wesley-Clark had managed to make. Still there is fall out from that.
After that I went straight to what we call the "Sand Pit" to engage in further misery the fallout for which we are still suffering...the endless war continues.
I had made a video recording of this reading in an attempt to try and untangle my thoughts on this. All I managed to do was manifest my own confusion, I deleted it to save further embarrassment.
Thanks also to all those who have taken time to read and send likes.
David RL Moore
PS, To @RayMiller the line you offered is better than my original, thanks for that, much appreciated.
Comment is about Too late too late (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Mon 16th Jun 2025 15:14
"Be wild, be kind, be bold and just rejoice,
This life is yours!"
I couldn’t have put it better myself! Yet another truly beautiful poem from your quill.
Regards,
Rolph
Comment is about Love The Light, Embrace The Rain (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
I’m no expert, but I’d put your experience down to the lateralisation of brain function, otherwise known as hemispheric dominance, in which cognitive processes are specialized to one side of the brain or other, the two cerebral hemispheres of the human brain being separated by the median longitudinal fissure - or something! Left, right, left, right....😕
Comment is about The roads taken (blog)
Original item by Marnanel Thurman
There was a digital glitch and the system posted a poem twice, this one and the one after which I have edited to contain another different poem. Thanks for your kind consideration. 🙏🏻🕊️
Comment is about still, the Earth breathes (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Oh no no, it just hadn't reached either of them. 😃
Comment is about The roads taken (blog)
Original item by Marnanel Thurman
Pardon the glitch... posting a different poem on this blog instead: The Irish púca and the Australian bunyip share intriguing similarities despite originating from vastly different cultures; both being mythical creatures deeply embedded in folklore, often associated with mystery, transformation, and fear. While the púca leans toward mischief and unpredictability, the bunyip embodies fear and mystery, yet both creatures serve as cautionary figures in their respective mythologies.
Comment is about where shadows do not drown (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Thank you Roph.
There is, to clumsily paraphrase Oscar Wilde:
“The triumph of bullshit over reality”.
Comment is about The Empty Streets of Ego’s March (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
I have a soft spot for coffee.
I'll tell you how much I am profee.
A big pain is in my heart,
Will you show a new start?
I go to town, I am not in a race.
The biggest smile is on my face.
If only we had that foolish peace!
How many plans I could release.
And the passersby take the picture,
As they are on the biggest adventure.
It's the biggest show to see the plan
How the policemen arrest the men.
But the peace is only in the dream.
If only I could be in one big team.
If only we could have real wings.
We could play on our own strings.
But if I put aside my mood,
The pie will taste so good.
The words I hear behind my back
Are those the words I really lack.
I step aside and want to know
If this was a fight or just a show.
I don't want anyone to be killed.
I want the bridges to be built.
I do not see the reason for this act,
I don't see the salvation of the pact.
It is better to eat the sweetest pie
As I don't see a new start to try.
©Larisa Rzhepishevska
Comment is about The Policemen Arrest The Men. (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Enjoyed the read.
A warning lost from decades past’s clear hour— bit of a mouthful that. I'm still trying to work it out!
Comment is about The Empty Streets of Ego’s March (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
Very good. You had both your ears in the final stanza then?
Comment is about The roads taken (blog)
Original item by Marnanel Thurman
Old snaps solidify our smiles - lovely line that, and the ending is excellent too.
Comment is about The Bright Blue Sky (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
I was born in the Eighties in the Amsterdam Suburbs.
We created a bubble for ourselves.
The adults/grownups said: 'Enjoy it while it lasts, for war will surely come again.'
Then 9/11 happened, the War on Terror(ism). And we forgot about 'The Inconvenient Truth' of Climate Change Crisis.
Until all the strawmen were burning (metaphorically)....
or aren't we?
Comment is about Too late too late (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Nicely done, Rolph. He probably dreams of organising a joint parade with his friend Putin next year (in Greenland, preferably).
I liked the couplet about 'the court who daily praise'.
Comment is about The Empty Streets of Ego’s March (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
Thank you, Rolph. Yes, who knows what becomes of these little pieces of inspiration which slip away? Are they stored somewhere, to reappear later? Or are they just gone? I wanted to maintain the melancholy by concluding with 'no apparent cost'.
Comment is about Masterpiece (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Just juxtaposing feelings of my own decrepitude with warzone testimonies. A trick stolen from Burroughs.
Comment is about Prayers Everywhere (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
I shut the dictionary of obscenities, hushed the police of words and ideas and glimpsed again the joy of my childhood...
https://youtu.be/3CqKfbcJHJQ?feature=shared
Comment is about social engineering (blog)
Original item by Landi Cruz
Many thanks Rolph for you feedback and comments. They are much appreciated 🙂
Thanks for likes: Red Brick Keshner Marla Joy & Voice of the Soul.👍
Comment is about Hope Is Gone (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
The reflection after observing the momentum of events is very affecting.
Just an afterthought but the title of the Lou Reed song feels very relevant to these times in which we live with so many voices telling us what to think about what we observe. I mean, critical thinking requires recognition of the tools of rhetoric, yet we seem to be more encouraged toward hasty judgement than careful analysis.
Comment is about Too late too late (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Sun 15th Jun 2025 13:52
Rolph, thank you so much for your beautiful analysis, you've made me consider new layers of meaning! I'm always honoured that you take the time to think so deeply about the poems. And thank you for all the encouragement! 😊
Comment is about Disowned... (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Thank you for your sincerity Rolph. All our mothers are wonders to be behold, as was mine. Thanks, also, for your commiserations concerning the premature death of my kid brother, Pete. He died in late 1996 aged just 41, It was a heavy blow, especially to my mum. I devoutly hope that my mum and my brother are together again. John
Comment is about Me mam (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thank you Ray,
I appreciate your reading...goodness knows what I mean.
Maybe for your entertainment watch my video.
Thanks again,
David xx
Comment is about Too late too late (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
I guess I need to be turning on the news channels but I haven't for years now. This scene generously described here brings me back to news headlines from the Cold War and the communist flexings of various nations/leaders. Some things do not grow old nor do they change.
Comment is about The Empty Streets of Ego’s March (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
Just wondering how this affected the reader in its reading. Perhaps it is of no real consequence. But there it is. Cheers. 🙌
Comment is about veil of the known (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Hay @Auracle - I do like your take on what is 'broadcast.' I stopped being an avid fan of journalism right around the turn of the century when all this gateway, gaslighting, and grooming narratives have become less yellow all around. I also like getting out of the comfort zone or jump out with fellow aficionados, and yes- so much more to learn and experience should we care and dare. 🌷
P.S. Perhaps you could check on the permissions on your page as it at present keeps me from contacting you there and on your posts. lol 😁👍
Comment is about the poet’s barren tale (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Hi Ray the punctuation is for the delivery, and performance, and helps me memorise the piece. There are three parts to this and this, the second part will change the tempo..so, that's why I have put so much punctuation.
Comment is about This Imaginary Life -Part 2 (The Nurture of) (blog)
Original item by Phils Words
Sun 15th Jun 2025 10:18
Stephen, your poem beautifully captures that all-too-familiar moment when inspiration teases us in the quiet hours, only to slip away before we can hold onto it. There’s a delicate melancholy in the acceptance of those lost verses—like ghosts of creativity that visit but won’t stay. Thank you for giving voice to that elusive feeling with such clarity and grace.
Regards,
Rolph
Comment is about Masterpiece (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Sun 15th Jun 2025 10:15
There’s a rare and tender beauty in how your poem stretches love beyond the limits of language and space, Naomi. You’ve captured that elusive feeling when words fall short, yet the heart overflows anyway. It’s both intimate and grand—a real gift to read. Thank you for sharing this heartfelt universe with us.
Regards,
Rolph
Comment is about BEYOND THE LIGHT OF SUNS (blog)
Original item by Naomi
Tom Doolan
Wed 18th Jun 2025 13:20
Comment is about Who Am I (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan