I really love the contrast between life and decay, and how you use these two together. Very nice!!

Comment is about This Is Decaying Alive  (blog)

Original item by Mikey V Kinsey

Dorothy

Keith has got this ripple
This ripple raspberry thing
Methinks he has been starved of it
And now he's on a binge

I can but only warn you both
That binging on such treats
Can have a fatal feetal end
Of reducing length of feet

Didn't you know this?....?

Comment is about Harrods Escalator and The Girl with Torn Jeans (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

dk you've come down on me hard
I was taught all my alphabet at school
I learnt all the characters required for
Graffiti-ing team motto (which was cool)

From here I turned graffiti professional
And like others I didn't get caught
I learnt how to read and to write right
Hence this one did not go to court ?

Comment is about Football Is King (blog)

Original item by d.knape

d.k

This is not only an issue in the USA but here in the UK also where sport is given a disproportionate amount of TV coverage and in some schools overrides the academic curriculum. Little wonder the young kick balls whilst they can´t evern compose a sentence. Sport is important for many reasons but should never interfere or compete with academia. Your poem is one which will provoke quite some reaction, but your premise is true.

Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about Football Is King (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Martin
Thank you - again thank you does not seem quite enough - perhaps I should use a larger font and shout it.

Dorothy

Comment is about Dorothy Webb's 'The Silent March of 2001' is Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Preserve what you can, young lad.
Performance goes away,
desire never does.

wink.

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

Original item by Don Matthews

I have no idea of the food you describe.
ever had a tamale?

wink.

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

Original item by keith jeffries

I love the poetry of Donald Trump.
I hear America singing.

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

Original item by ray pool

Trevor
There is so much truth in your poem - many will relate to "inner voices"
and the last four lines are indisputable.
Dorothy

Comment is about I DREAM IN POETRY (blog)

Original item by trevor homer

Heavy with sadness and the realization of the inevitable.

Bittersweet.

Dorothy

Comment is about habitation (blog)

Original item by nunya

Ha, yes. I can definitely relate. Great poem Keith, thanks for making me re-live moments of mother-induced mortification. ?

Comment is about Inclement Weather (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Hi Keith

Brilliantly conveyed, reminds me of my Parents constant threat to make me wear red wooden clogs as a young lad, although this, thankfully, never came to fruition. I laugh about it now, but constantly tried to hide them for fear of being made to put them on.

Poor you in that get up! It's made for a great read now, however.

Jon

Comment is about Inclement Weather (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

John,

You are right, together their impact is frightening. Where did this spate or plague of violence come from. It is not endemic to our culture? These types of gangs are common place in the USA but in England. It is of growing concern and increasingly so as it seems that no one can halt it.

Thank you for this expose

Keith

Comment is about Knife Crimes (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

Don,

Two stories encapsulated into two poems and full of interest of days past.

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Harrods Escalator and The Girl with Torn Jeans (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Dorothy,

forget the chocolate it is raspberry ripple ice cream which is required.
Keith

Comment is about Harrods Escalator and The Girl with Torn Jeans (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

" While ladies could sniff smelling salts"

I am not sure about that line since chocolate would have been more appropriate,
after all, fair's fair, the men did get brandy.

Comment is about Harrods Escalator and The Girl with Torn Jeans (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thank you to both of you. I have a ton of poems to still post. Just hoping someone out there sees them& wants to help me get them published& to reach out to others to help them. ?
Also, the ladies whom helped me get started, they truly have helped me through a lot in my life ?

Comment is about Thank You For Being My Friend (blog)

Original item by Melissa Wayner

Thanks!!!!

Comment is about The Loss Leader (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

Hi Martin.

This is a flawless, mellifluous, engaging and ultimately life-asserting poem which seems to have delighted just about every WOL reader!

I thoroughly enjoyed the read and am glad I eventually stumbled upon it. (I am still bemused by the system whereby poems enter into and emerge from nooks and crannies in the edifice....)

Peter T

Comment is about city of birth (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Thanks I will let you know when its done
Cheers
love to all
Martin

Comment is about city of birth (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

There are moments when it can feel like all the air is being sucked out of the room.
great description here Rachel with so few words.
Nice one

Comment is about habitation (blog)

Original item by nunya

Hope you keep writing. It is always great to have good friends.
Nice one

Comment is about Thank You For Being My Friend (blog)

Original item by Melissa Wayner

Another mind blowing poem on a number of levels Ray, but it does make me feel that you have been waiting on the platform for too long waiting for the train.
Nice one mate

Comment is about WAIT HERE FOR INFINITY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

A really effective use of rhythm pace and delivery as a poem which | also feel could work well as song
Nice one

Comment is about Scream me a proverb (blog)

Original item by mentalelf. Philk.

I love that your poem blends perfectly with the accompanying picture.
I am a great fan of monochrome having being brought in a monochrome world, when the only colour we had as a kid was at the cinema and some early bad colour photography.
A marvellous portrayal from the opening lines of repeated wording right through to the end.
Wonderful

Comment is about As you please (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

I am frankly not surprised that you have achieved POTW. This is excellent and I am highly delighted for you.
Many congratulations Dorothy

Comment is about Dorothy Webb's 'The Silent March of 2001' is Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Enjoyed this Ray keep heading forward towards where it leads.

Comment is about WAIT HERE FOR INFINITY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Perfect depiction of this cold cold moment we've all experienced. Cold, cold, cold. I hate it. Loved this poem!
Thank you Rachel,?
Mae

Comment is about habitation (blog)

Original item by nunya

I suspected there must be someone around who could relate, Jason. Thanks for the kind comment.

Rachel

Comment is about habitation (blog)

Original item by nunya

Have you been reading Einstein on Special Relativity?

Comment is about WAIT HERE FOR INFINITY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I enjoyed your poem
Gave me the feeling I am in the same place

Comment is about WAIT HERE FOR INFINITY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Oh Master of bons mots; you have done it again. Please enlighten your poetry pupils as to where the Infinity bus stop is and the nature of the eternal terminal.

Peter

Comment is about WAIT HERE FOR INFINITY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

cheers all. the fucking is, of course, optional.

the end of the world is not.

Comment is about even though it's all switched off, a constant hum (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

I feel a great weariness - or am I projecting?

Comment is about WAIT HERE FOR INFINITY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks for your like Hazel on Walk on Blue

Comment is about Walk on Blue (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Thanks for your likes Kporho and Aviva.

Comment is about Chasing Dreams (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Yes Dorothy. Big business have governments in their pocket. They provide big money.

Comment is about Australian Government. Tell Oil Companies GTFO Our Great Australian Bight (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

A plea well made D. I don't think we'll be seeing The Poetry of Donald Trump anytime soon. No offence intended.

Ray

Comment is about Endangered Poets (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Apocalyptic beauty and horror go together with this Stu. I'm thinking of War of the Worlds, but at least with that there was a happy ending and a lesson learned. These dogs are like originals, not the pampered pooches we see in peacetime. That crackling simile is just great!

Nice to see full on Stu.
Ray

Comment is about even though it's all switched off, a constant hum (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

dk are you suggesting a
Reserve that's woman-free?
Not sure how that would go down
With this still-virile me

Picture all the women
Poets wanting in
Drooling at the boundary
Getting high on vin

I'm mucking up your poem
Given Keith a boot
Think I should just drift away
..............?

Comment is about Endangered Poets (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Don Good photo
Governments all over the world are ignoring the stark warnings held within poems and videos like these.

Why? dare I suggest that they (Governments) are not in control -business is,
and dareI I suggest that, Trump like, some members of 'Government' have a lot to gain.

Or am I just cynically spreading 'fake news'

Dorothy

Comment is about Australian Government. Tell Oil Companies GTFO Our Great Australian Bight (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

A great idea dk and Keith but Keith I think you had better beg forgiveness from above. He is the 'Great Poet in the Sky'. No way is he going to cater you with bitters and picked eggs if you lower case him. ?

Comment is about Endangered Poets (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Oh Rachel, this is so accurately descriptive of a particular time in life some of us have experienced a few times. Brilliant job.

J. x

Comment is about habitation (blog)

Original item by nunya

As an old poet approaching extinction I support the idea of a reserve in a place of tranquility where we can hang up our pens as we are called by the great poet in the sky to a place of eternal verse. However, in the meantime I would appreciate that the reserve has a constant supply of best bitter and pickled eggs with potato crisps for purposes of inspiration.

A good idea
Thanks
Keith

Comment is about Endangered Poets (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Foreboding is an apt word, here, Keith--sometimes we know something's coming but can't do much about it.

I appreciate the comment.

Rachel

Comment is about habitation (blog)

Original item by nunya

Hi Melissa, really enjoyed your last poem, so I'm hoping you're going to go from strength to strength and carry on writing. Great to have you, "On board."

J. x

Comment is about Thank You For Being My Friend (blog)

Original item by Melissa Wayner

Well thank you all so much. I'm on nights right now and should be asleep, so can't think straight but I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart. Right, back to bed.

J. ?

Comment is about Sit Down My Friend (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Those are really motivating words.. Thanks J ?

Comment is about Soul mates (blog)

Original item by mona s

Those are really motivating words.. Thanks J ?

Comment is about Soul mates (blog)

Original item by mona s

Ah Charlie, I like someone prepared to break away from expected social norms as Dorothy says 'be proud of being a bit of a rebel and of who you are, it means that you are not ordinary'..

Comment is about You Ain't One of Us! (blog)

Original item by Charlie White