I enjoyed this, its a classy piece of writing.
Comment is about Pater (blog)
Original item by David Cooke
This is a great piece of writing. Keep up the good work.
Comment is about Old friends (blog)
Original item by gobi
This is amazing ? beautifully written. I have a feeling you might be interested in Thelema, have a look into it if you haven't already. Nietzsche is one of Crowley's Gnostic saints.
93 93/93
Comment is about Thus Spoke Zarathustra (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
You two lovely men I can talk honestly to I know, and would just like to say that this poem affects me keenly. I am a light drinker, not through any sense of moral containment or preference, but I would be flat out as my capacity is so low , as was my father's. He tried me out in the pub at 15, and was disappointed that I didn't take to it. Same with smoking , though I've always liked a pipe.
Lots of my good friends and indeed lady friends have liked a tipple. A few went under early. Lots of musos I know garnered work through bar contacts. I was always on the outside looking in. So in that sense probably the same mentally as you two.
To be understood in casual company is a tall order. I can't teach anything to you both about bosom buddies I know so I wouldn't try.
Well worth the reading and understanding Phil.
Ray
Very best, mate.
Comment is about Tonight (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
I think you are speaking for the masses with this one Tommy. I can certainly relate to it.
Love the battles with inadequate education
Nice one
Comment is about My book shelf (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Ta very muchly our kid! J
Comment is about Thus Spoke Zarathustra (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
At the risk of laying myself open to complete ridicule I am quite certain that I live in a world of my own at times. My default is worry when I start to believe my own B.S.
A marvellous poem as always Keith both in its art and its ability to make the reader stop and think
Love it
Comment is about Disconnected (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
You written something quite amazing about such a everyday vegetable. I will never quite see peppers in a any other light again.
Nice one Ray
Comment is about PODS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Fabulous as always Stu. You have once again managed to capture something of beauty with such few words. As David says it brightens the day
Nice one mate
Comment is about cellular automata (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Another wonderful poem Robert. Great to hear you reading it as well.
Nice one
Comment is about Our Best Guest (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
An absolutely stunning poem Rachel. No pressure but you rarely post anything duff.
Love it
Martin
Comment is about göçebe (blog)
Original item by nunya
<Deleted User> (21487)
Sun 24th Feb 2019 19:06
Sorry Ray I think i may have spoiled it for others.
Comment is about CEREMONIAL (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thanks again Keith.
Ken
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Just wanted to say I like your work, Ray.
Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)
Original item by ray pool
I tend to agree with the observation that "we are all things to all men"
- adapting to situations and circumstances as we find them. Self-
knowledge is the key to knowing when to avoid self-deception.
But withdrawing into fantasy (the world of the imagination) is seen
in the posts on this site and clearly appeals for all sorts of reasons.
Great authors invent their own worlds and inhabitants with extraordinary facility, Dickens, for example, adding some of the
most fantastical memorable names to adorn his vast range of
imaginary characters. Seeking satisfaction in creating that sort of
fantasy would surely be a subject of trendy psychoanalysis nowadays.
Comment is about Disconnected (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
I work on the basis that these gadgets should be our servants and
not our masters and consider the mobile phone in its simplest form to be a very handy/valuable asset in many situations met in
life, in particular (in the car?) when in trouble! But I also see what
is going on around me, as just about anybody of any age seems
fixated on/attached to the latest gizmo in their hands and the way
they wander along apparently oblivious to what is going on around
them. A mugger's heaven and also a recipe for accidents of all
sorts...as KJ describes in his comment. As the old adage goes:
there's a time and place for everything. It's a pity so many people
don't possess either the sense or self-discipline to understand that.
Comment is about Mobiles More Important Than Children (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
elPintor
Sun 24th Feb 2019 15:46
Experience can be something of an intolerant master, Ray.
Thanks for lookin' in,
Rachel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1sO6CH2bwM&t=
Comment is about autonomous (blog)
Original item by nunya
Hi Jennifer. Thanks for dropping in on my Pods poem. I got your name but no comment ! Hope you liked it.
All the best. Ray
Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Comment is about CEREMONIAL (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 24th Feb 2019 10:46
Typing this on my mobile phone whilst watching TV. We're all as bad.
Comment is about Mobiles More Important Than Children (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Good luck to Annum Salman, there's a world of passion and misrule to be dealt with. I came onto this article hitting the Guardian link, this doesn't touch on my view of the work reviewed in this article, but a general point was made, & I think Bill P is right:
If I’ve learned anything,”Paterson says, “it’s that I should stop paying lip service to this lazy rubbish about poetry being a broad church. It can be many churches, and we needn’t worship at them all.”
Comment is about Sense Me: Annum Salman, AuthorHouse (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Lol thanks Keith and if I ever started getting trouble like that I'd just fake my own death haha
Comment is about KIC 8462852 (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
Don,
This is a ubiquitous problem which faces all societies as we become more entrenched in technology and few seem to realise the dangers that lie ahead. I recently saw a woman at the supermarked check out with two children, one in the trolley and the other loose. She was trying to load her shopping into bags, pay the cashier and have a conversation on her moble all at the same time. Another young woman I saw on her mobile phone was so engrossed in her mobile chat that she walked into a lamp post. We sit on public transport and are forced to hear other people´s telephone conversations. My nephew has a play station and when in use he is oblivious to other people and wont even say good morning. I am glad to have been brought up in a different age.
An interesting but sad poem.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about Mobiles More Important Than Children (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Hey Jason! Love your new bio. I absolutely feel the same about the English language and about, well...pretty much everything you said!?
Comment is about Jason Bayliss (poet profile)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thank you for the many comments.
This problem seems to afffect people at different levels. Those who become completely divorced from reality and those who simply wish to withdraw into a world of their creation. In most cases I found that it was a form of escapism, an inability to deal with life or an unwillingness to cope. Many become introverted and lack communication skills. The words, ¨ Stop the world I want to get off ¨, come to mind.
Thank you again,
Keith
Comment is about Disconnected (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Kevin and Dave,
Thank you for your comments. José Tomas was known to me personally as his Uncle and Aunt lived opposite me in Spain. José is as I have described him but I suppose the few lines of a poem do not do him justice. His parents and other members of the family were often quite cruel towards him. He accepted this as he knew no different. His life was caught between his special school, inside the family home and being sent out on errands. How many more Josés are out there. It grieves me now to think about him.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about José Tomas (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
I feel sorry for the lad.....not because of his autism, but because of his misunderstanding parents.
We all sit somewhere on the autism spectrum. Whereabouts we sit, and how we handle it is what shapes us.
I know a few people with Asperger's who when asked wouldn't want to not have Asperger's, as they see it as part of who they are.
As ever you write with a great deal of empathy, which is why I always enjoy your pieces.
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about José Tomas (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
And the fact that you always deliver. Love this Mae. ?
J. x
Comment is about Things That Look Alike (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
It's a bit like writing poetry Tommy. I keep telling myself I write for myself not others. Trouble is a pat on the back would be nice every now and again ?
Comment is about My book shelf (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
I can identify with this Tommy. We all need to feel congratulated on some level, and to make the most of whatever life throws at us. The trouble with education is it has to be so f....ing competitive!
Ray
Comment is about My book shelf (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Big smile! Thank you Jason. John
Comment is about Homage to Nietzsche (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Redolent of the classic Victorian paternalistic figure. and beautifully and lavishly portrayed David. It reminds me of the house of a headmaster I visited, the Stag at Bay at the turn of the stair.
Ray
Comment is about Pater (blog)
Original item by David Cooke
Kealan, you have a fan indeed. I am sure more will follow your writings. Any bother with the paparrazi, let me know. Keith
Comment is about KIC 8462852 (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
Ray's just shot in while I was typing my own comment. Yes, we're all acting out some sort of part on life's stage. It's when we can't differentiate between reality and fantasy the problem arises as Ray says
Comment is about Disconnected (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Fantastic writing Phil. Boy you can tell it ! That was a brave exploit - a pretty dangerous place all round. I was there in 1977 in August and walked from the QE2 on my own. Like a wasteland. I remember lots of pawn shops and a great music shop called Manny's where we got instruments half the price of in the UK.
Thanks for this. A great read.
Ray
Comment is about New York two 1980 (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
I almost see the foetus from 2001 Stu. This is lovely and a sort of blend of SF and philosophy wrapped up . It has that disturbing quality that marks you out ; what appears comforting may be the opposite in a sense.
Thrilling stuff.
Ray
Comment is about cellular automata (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
I concur with Dorothy's comment Keith. So well put.
Comment is about Disconnected (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
All the world's a stage, said Shakespeare, and we are all actors of a sort, for different reasons; some are aware of It , and some unaware. We can't really use it as a judgment, can we, except to caution those who mistake fantasy for reality.
Thought provoking, Keith!
Ray
Comment is about Disconnected (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Gorgeous piece of writing man, looking forward to reading more
Comment is about Disconnected (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
This is beautiful, the atmosphere was spot on with the theme
Comment is about cellular automata (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
<Deleted User> (21487)
Sat 23rd Feb 2019 19:47
"They become self consumed behind their own veneer"
How well put, and how well you describe the pop idols that our young people slavishly follow.
How sad too that we can't accept ourselves just as we are and feel the need to pretend that we are someone else.
Comment is about Disconnected (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
good use of white space paris and quality writing throughout.
Comment is about Me vs. Me (blog)
Original item by Paris Tate
a touch of WCW and his plums in the icebox ray. especially the first verse. excellent as usual.
Comment is about PODS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
nice piece of ekphrasia david and a nice picture too.
Comment is about Pater (blog)
Original item by David Cooke
kealan coady
Sun 24th Feb 2019 21:23
I like this, the word placement really works. A lot of big ideas conveyed In a very minimalist way. Looking forward to reading more.
Comment is about Is (blog)
Original item by MyDystopiA