Thank you Jason! I truly believe there is more beyond the distant shore.
Comment is about Clouds (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Thanks for all the thoughtful comments. I really appreciate the feedback.
Comment is about If Gratitude Were Horses, We'd Never Fear A Stampede (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
I suspect this will chime more with the anno domintically challenged, MC, than with those whose experience began with Catalytic converters and air con.
Comment is about ME DAD'S CARS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Sarah Pope
Sun 7th Apr 2019 18:50
Love your poem Sin É. Read it on my way home from Benslow with running quavers sticking to my sensible shoes.
Comment is about Jayne Stanton (poet profile)
Original item by Jayne Stanton
elPintor
Sun 7th Apr 2019 18:32
I am reminded of a scene in a movie where a nun is refusing sustenance to a member of a leper colony because he hadn't attended the latest mass--seems that, truly, nothing comes for free.
"Beware the man who comes bearing gifts"--he should be regarded with the same caution as the guy who comes into your home and tells you he's not a thief even though he was neither asked nor accused.
Sorry, Randy. I probably shouldn't blather on to a complete stranger, but it's clear that you've put much thought into the matter. And, you've also sparked some curiosity about Emerson's essay--sounds like a good way to end a Sunday evening.
Rachel
Comment is about If Gratitude Were Horses, We'd Never Fear A Stampede (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
Politics and poetry certainly have one thing in common - the fluidity
of meaning, intended or otherwise. Each must be aware of being
taken at face value or being misunderstood in any exposition that
is intended for public consumption. But both can fall back on the
default position of what was actually meant when criticised or
challenged.
As for "identity" - what about that word "community" we are now
hearing so often here in these islands? Once upon a time it referred
to a village in the England of my childhood. Now it has adopted a
far wider meaning and association in a rapidly increasing population. Irony is never far away in this life.
Comment is about Poetry, place and identity: Elisabeth Sennitt Clough (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Don - who, me? I was merely commenting in tongue-in-cheek fashion. ?
Comment is about ME DAD'S CARS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
We also have yellow flowers here
Which blanket our fields far and wide
Although they're a sight, they're a pest plant alright
Brought in by our settlers on their ride
Oxalis - soursob. They thought it would look nice planted in the garden. Decided to jump the fence and go feral ?
Comment is about When Bluebonnets Bloom (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Ah MC it was nice to see you keeping
the 'short line' poetic form despite
no stanzas.
I still can't get my head around
the metrical rhythm of each line though.
Iambs and trochee's seem mixed up
with all sorts of foreign things
Guess I'll eventually learn this
'new age' poetry stuff
'approved' by WOL
Comment is about ME DAD'S CARS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Sun 7th Apr 2019 14:35
Bluebonnets are the state flower of Texas.
Comment is about When Bluebonnets Bloom (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Ah - the memories this brings back. Sheer poetry!
My own experience of owning a van (the only one I ever owned...sorry for the "own" repetition) was a green Mini-van
bought for £130 back in the mid -1960s. Two seats and room for
a small flat removal - or, in my own case, a bike and available for
any pal's ask for help with something or other of a bulky nature.
It was a tight squeeze for my lanky frame but I managed - mainly
because it was great for buzzing around narrow dockland streets
and cheap to run...a BIG plus even when petrol was around 5 bob
a gallon. Younger readers should know that a "bob" was a shilling
and in those pre-decimal days you got 20 of them to a pound (£1)
sterling. Now you can work out how much less you get for your
money now with post-decimal currency. It was sold on as unfit
for long distance travel to my parents' home to the shires...mainly
because the lack of comfort and the road noise transmitted via its bare metal body made it seem like driving an amplified metal
torture box. .
Comment is about ME DAD'S CARS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Now Lisa I looked everywhere
For an egg you 'aint tried
You forgot the old 'basted'
Oil-spooned over while fried
However your poem
Covered all eggs bar one
A very grand effort
My comment's now done ?
Comment is about Eggs (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Giving - like receiving - can be a minefield! Let's look at "giving" -
from those resembling Ebenezer Scrooge to the other extreme,
the giver who seems intent on showing HOW generous they are,
inviting the suspicion that they are in some sort of competition with
other givers...especially at Christmas or on birthdays, a sort of
family-orientated keepsy-upsy of a "Clearly, I think more of you t
than they do" sort of inference.
Receiving can be nearly as fraught. We've all been on
the end of gifts that are inappropriate to our known interests or
tastes, excusable perhaps from those we seldom see or hear from, but that situation would surely indicate that a card would be
adequate/acceptable as a "thinking of you" communication.
In a general sense, perhaps modern consumerism has much to
answer for - with its pressures to buy and thus be appreciated!.
Comment is about If Gratitude Were Horses, We'd Never Fear A Stampede (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
I think most poets talk in their heads.
Comment is about No sound (blog)
Original item by MissAphonia
dk I have a problem
You might help me to solve
Can't find no unsuscribe button
To make them go, dissolve
I thought it was against the law
Not putting button in
But then I'm in Australia
Seems I cannot win ?
Comment is about Unsolicited E-Mail (blog)
Original item by d.knape
<Deleted User> (21487)
Sun 7th Apr 2019 10:20
Don - you just don't miss a trick,
I love the video, i wonder if he now knows how many people are laughing at his expense.
thank you for a early morning giggle
Dorothy
Comment is about Chainsaw Robber (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Just seen this, Kev. We’ve been away in Spain. Top hole as usual. Love all the characters.
Hope to be there on Thurs.
Comment is about The Annual Talent Show (Down At The Feathers) (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Thanks, Kev. I peddle the “What is a poem” theme tongue-in-cheek. But if folks want to argue that there are no rules, well that gives me free rein to post anything. My next post might just be an audio of a dog barking.
I’m having 2nd thoughts about those trafficators. I might be confusing our shooting brake with my Uncle Mick’s Moggy Minor.
Comment is about ME DAD'S CARS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I love this poem - great rhythm and so powerfully human in its depiction of an ordinary morning on an extraordinary day.
Comment is about Manhattan Morning (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Great poem - I was really drawn in by the fabulous title - and it didn't disappoint!
Comment is about If Gratitude Were Horses, We'd Never Fear A Stampede (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
Well written John, and of course it's a poem.
You could have used those holes in the floor to your advantage, getting up hills Fred Flintstone style (a bit extra peddle power).
my youngest son would have loved the Moggy Traveller, to this day they're still his favourite car.
Comment is about ME DAD'S CARS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
That’s it, Don. That’s the way to convert a slab of prose into more ethereal poetry. I suppose it begs the question, though, “Isn’t ethereal poetry written in little lines just a slab of prose if you gum it all back together?”.
By the way, “on the black” means “away from the taxman’s prying eyes”.
Comment is about ME DAD'S CARS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
You have a point there JC.
Possible suggestion?
They were vans actually in the early days.
He wanted vans so he could do a bit of
fetching and carrying on the black.
(back?)
Another possible form I have seen on the site? (which seems to get no comments so maybe not such a good idea)
They were
vans
actually
in the
early
days.
He wanted
vans
so he could
do a bit of
fetching
and
carrying
on the
black. (back?)
You might have to chop it down a bit though. Might get a bit long.....
Notice I have kept it in stanzas to still satisfy the die-hard poets among us.
Comment is about ME DAD'S CARS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
thanks for the comment on 'the parable' Don - glad you liked it
Ian
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
My mind won't do what it's told to
Like write 'if' as said by NaPoWriMo
It just fritters round at the edges
Commenting on things as it goes
Now don't be too hard on yourself Beck
You incorporated if, would, and could/should
As asked by the NaPoWriMo bosses
So from my point of view you did good
Excuse me while I side-track a bit Beck
But Vautaw has written something 'new'
Poems we choose not to post up
Are probably ones our souls long to read
(interesting...)
Comment is about If you liked my poetry (blog)
Original item by Becky Who
Oh Lisa, yes I really care
To listen, see what you want share
Don't care if you are wrong or right
Bring feelings up and out, then write
Like you I sometimes start unsure
Looking for that hidden cure
Like you it helps to keep me whole
Keep me whole and soothes the soul
Thanks for sharing Lisa.
Comment is about Write or Wrong (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Ah, Don. I thought the same. Still do, truth to tell. But so many contributors on here have argued there are no rules to poetry.
So there you have it. They'd say it's a poem. I shan't argue.
(Perhaps if I chopped it into little lines?)
Comment is about ME DAD'S CARS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I'm still trying to get my head around how this qualifies as 'poetry' for inclusion in a 'poetry' website?
Comment is about ME DAD'S CARS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The beauty and moods of blue.. Indeed u so rightly pointed out the spectacular combination of the blue with gold of the sunset..
I guess I got drawn to the tranquility and solitude of the color...
Thanks for sharing your comments
Comment is about Pregnant Blue (blog)
Original item by mona s
'This type of social profile'. Well, well, you live and learn. I remember being told, in 2016, by the BBC, and other over-paid pundits, that the economy would be in free-fall if the ignorant masses had the temerity to vote to leave the EU against their masters' wishes.
Comment is about Why Brexit? (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Posthumous fame, so often an artist's fate. Thank you for bringing her to our awareness. Love your poem and her soothing melody. ?
Comment is about Eva (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Love this one! I am doing the same thing, writing, but not posting all of them, which are probably the ones our souls long to read. Someday perhaps. Way to go on sticking with NaPoWriMo! ?
Comment is about If you liked my poetry (blog)
Original item by Becky Who
"Writing helps keep me whole." I can relate to that line and this whole piece of beautiful poetry. Keep writing! We care, but your soul cares most. ?
Comment is about Write or Wrong (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
I've been around long enough to be reminded by these lines of the
song "Among My Souvenirs". A happy memory!
Comment is about My Souvenirs (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
I am an admirer of the Lionel Bart musical "Oliver" - one of THE
best stage musicals that became an impressive film production -
and Fagin's song is very adroitly adopted for these lines.
There would be no need to think it out again if Mrs May had done
her duty and LED according to the mandate she - as prime minister -
had been given. Instead, she treated this historical "once In a lifetime" stay-or-go national vote as some sort of "Deal or No Deal"
political game show. I fear the Tory Party face electoral Armageddon in future elections. The army would call it "self-inflicted
injury".?
.
Comment is about The Big Question (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Blue has always be a favourite colour and it's always intrigued me
how it became synonymous with dejection and sadness/misery.
What better combination than blue (of the sky) and gold (of the sun) to lift the spirits?
Comment is about Pregnant Blue (blog)
Original item by mona s
I was aware of her name and late arriving fame but not familiar with
her performances. She seemed to follow the style that saw Judy Collins,(later on Kate Melua in the UK) and others become popular. Not sure how one develops a cancer on the back of the body
unless through damaging exposure to the sun but its "hidden
from usual view" position shows how it can become so dangerous.
A sad reminder of a talent taken long before her time.
Comment is about Eva (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Well constructed piece of rhyming on something we all surely feel at
times.
Comment is about Write or Wrong (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
This is a great piece that catches the mood and frustrations of many of us. I've been an ex pat by choice for most of my life and I can only imagine how something as fundamental as membership as Europe and its loss can be effecting you.
Especially as it was based upon lies and a not to subtle ignition of racial hatred and xenophobia.
Thank you for wording so effectively the frustrations and beliefs that anger many this excellent piece. Enhanced by the you tube clip you included. With you all the way.
And... especially as the crap continues to pile up. Good luck to you.
Comment is about My Brexit Poem (blog)
Original item by Becky Who
Excellent, i think I've written more determinedly on trees than anything. The pattern of life.
Comment is about Afresh, afresh, afresh: publishers seek poems for anthology on trees (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
PS I didn't miss a day I just haven't subjected WOL to all my trite napowrimo scribblings. Find me on Instagram if you really want the whole caboodle complete with cheesy images.
Comment is about If you liked my poetry (blog)
Original item by Becky Who
This is fab! I missed the villanelle prompt.
There's actually a few Brexit-themed poetry anthologies putting calls out, you might want to take a look.
Comment is about The Big Question (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
I second Dorothy - this is sweet and touching, something we can react to, speaking straight to us. Nice one Don.
Comment is about Eva (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thanks Don! I like the fact my little ditty inspired a ditty comment that is at least as long as the original ?
Comment is about To someone who somehow knows (blog)
Original item by Becky Who
Dorothy,
I have only been writing less the two years and decided to look back at what I was writing as a 'Poet in Training' as I called myself then. I did not feel deserving of the title 'Poet'. at the time. Now I think, did I really write this? This one from July 17 pulls at the emotions. I shall look for more
Don
Comment is about Eva (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (21487)
Sat 6th Apr 2019 10:10
Magpies - intelligent and bursting with personality.
I once witnessed 'Magpie Court' in our field. About eight or so magpies were surrounded a brawling pair and vocally egging them on. When it was over they all flew away together best of friends.
The natural world is wonderful, more so because we will never fully understand it.Dorothy
Comment is about Fight! Fight! (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
victoriavautaw@gmail.com
Sun 7th Apr 2019 19:50
Thank you Dorothy! I love when the muse writes in layers that reveals more each time we read the poem!
Comment is about Clouds (blog)
Original item by Vautaw