Fri 1st Mar 2019 09:22
most poets ARE out of orderl
Repair to their rooms
to write
themselves.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Fri 1st Mar 2019 09:19
most poets are not Normal.
it comes with the territory.
haha
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
Fri 1st Mar 2019 09:18
Thanks for reading "Abnormal Behavior".
Poet's usually don't qualify. haha
Comment is about Lisa C Bassignani (poet profile)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Fri 1st Mar 2019 08:19
Thank you Erin for your encouraging comments, much appreciated. Thank you Rachel and Damon for the likes
All the best des
Comment is about child like (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
elPintor
Fri 1st Mar 2019 06:02
Thanks Stu--just a bit of psychic noise I had to set free so I could get back to sleep )
It's great to see you about...
..and, good morning David and Phil;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2lC47PQ3Z0
I can't be the only one who wakes up to music in my head.
Comment is about origins and distillations (blog)
Original item by nunya
E
It takes a lot of bravery
To come out on the screen
Expose our inner selves to all
Those we've never seen
It's called help by catharsis
We need it, you and me
We all need showing bravery
It is ones therapy
D
Comment is about Bravery (blog)
Original item by Elle Shaine
Reminds me a little of the Limerick that doesn't work,
There was a young man from Tralee,
Who was stung on the leg by a wasp,
When asked if it hurt,
He said, "Not at all,"
"It can do it again if it likes."
?
Comment is about Schemata (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
No more rhyming Tom, I mean it,
Anybody want a peanut??
(Really liked it by the way)
J.
Comment is about Schemata (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
I consider myself 'normal' and everyone else out of whack ?
Comment is about Abnormal Behavior (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Well done Keith , particularly last two lines:
'a new dawn, ordained of God
and not of man'
Don
Comment is about Winnowing Fork and Millstone (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Rhyme here Tom
You can't 'scape me
Inside I beat
Metronomically ?
Comment is about Schemata (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Those old camps were really variants on the internment camps with a sort of circumscribed expectation; my first was in 1950, the one that appeared on Hi de Hi. There was still barbed wire and mines on the beaches. I love that line boxed happiness, A smell of disinfectant pervaded. Outside toilets with large gaps under the doors. I had constipation all the time I went to them.
Years later as a muso I often played in them. Cardboard palm trees and Lloyd loom chairs.
Excellent poem so true to life.
Ray
Comment is about Butlins Filey 1960 something. (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
There's a compelling quality to this Tommy, I find it like a sort of breaking out and a rejection of what is expected. You know the plan but I like it a lot.
Ray
Comment is about Schemata (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Being "Normal" is highly overrated.
Comment is about Abnormal Behavior (blog)
Original item by d.knape
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 28th Feb 2019 20:41
For me it was Warners on the Isle of Sheppey, and glutton for punishment we went two years on the run, me and three mates.
Comment is about Butlins Filey 1960 something. (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
steven arthur
Thu 28th Feb 2019 20:36
you're one for an age, Jason.
Comment is about Jason Bayliss (poet profile)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
steven arthur
Thu 28th Feb 2019 20:35
you're a great writer, Jon, never stop.
Comment is about Jon Stainsby (poet profile)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Such beautiful imagery and brought a smile to my face! You had me reminiscing about being little and playing in the snow and how great that feeling is! Keep up the great work Desmond!
Comment is about child like (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
Dearest Creative Poetess .. so happy reading my words .. honestly I suffered much of those colors of lies .. for a while i lost my temper. that is the main reason of writing this lines. Thank you so much.
Comment is about God's Question (blog)
Original item by Farag M. Afify
True enough it is a difficult one to chart, but we'll worth it ?
Great poem.
J.
Comment is about A triolet (blog)
Original item by mona s
Thanks, "Heart." It's only in places like this that I ever feel truly re!axed.☺
J. x
Comment is about Absorbing The Day (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Very peaceful. There is a softness, a pause, an escape. Good accompanying picture. I should like to escape there. Words can take us just as far away.
Comment is about Absorbing The Day (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Brilliant John! Love the line about O2 spark and fuel ?
J. x
Comment is about Dying Art (blog)
Original item by John McDonough
Love that Pip. Comprehensive yet succinct. Brilliant.
Comment is about Every second counts (blog)
Original item by Pip Thomas
Beautifully put my friend, oh so beautifully put ?
J. x
Comment is about New lease of life (blog)
Original item by Lysa d
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 28th Feb 2019 17:37
On a related theme, no-one ever admits they are eccentric. It is others who label them.
Comment is about Abnormal Behavior (blog)
Original item by d.knape
A Book with a History
Alive it speaks
lifting featherweight pages
shaded storybook trees
honey comb trail
secret forest path
young girl follows
whispering musical wind
peaceful harmony everywhere
curiosity stirs laughter
friendly sincere bear
together enjoying adventures
inside children's dreams
plant pot flowers
sunlight colours bloom
window stays open.
Comment is about A Book with a History.jpg (photo)
Original item by Stockport WoL
These lines bring to mind the YouTube video of a US (?) rat snake
stalking a faun while a large farm cat stalks the snake which eventually departs the scene. Any snake that takes on a cat is
risking injury via very sharp little teeth and claws...hard to swallow,
I'd have thought.
Comment is about Australian Humour (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Being out of order can be referred to as "situation normal"! ? Remember SNAFU?
Comment is about Abnormal Behavior (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks Stu for reading - yes it's hard to beat that I know!
Glad you got that feeling Heart of Lead, My mind was roaming !
Thanks Cynthia; just a play on the words at the end, glad you liked it.
Hi David, cheers for that. Welcome to our world. The Clive James is wonderful.
Welcome Mae. I must admit I was happy with that line. !
Trevor, welcome. Sorry to sound indulgent, but there's a form of music called a tone poem; this is one like that. Glad you liked it!
In addition, many thanks for the likes: Frances, Rich, Jon, Anya and Dorothy.
Ray
Comment is about SURROUNDED (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thanks for this antidote John. If only we could connect the kids to the beauty of the spoken magic there might be a chance for the future.
Ray
Comment is about Dying Art (blog)
Original item by John McDonough
Congratulations! Welcome back. Keith
Comment is about Abnormal Behavior (blog)
Original item by d.knape
I like this poem as I can relate to it. Thanks. Keith
Comment is about Abnormal Behavior (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thu 28th Feb 2019 13:02
<Deleted User> (21487)
Thu 28th Feb 2019 10:01
" are you talking to me or chewing a brick"
priceless
Comment is about Dying Art (blog)
Original item by John McDonough
<Deleted User> (19913)
Thu 28th Feb 2019 08:55
Well as a fellow Aussie I'm biased here Don. Thanks for this ode to Aussie humour (and larrikins).
Comment is about Australian Humour (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (19913)
Thu 28th Feb 2019 08:50
Ha Ha Don, keep em coming, Fook is how Northern English folk pronounce the F word as opposed to the Ozzy Fark ?
Comment is about Dying Art (blog)
Original item by John McDonough
Cynthia, you are right. Poetic license ?
Changed it.
Comment is about Cause and effect (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Thank you for sharing this piece! I found myself really relating to this piece as sometimes I get lost in a person where I tend to forget that all good things must come to an end. Thank you again.
Comment is about Losing you in hues... (blog)
Original item by Jay Garcia
John, who need vocals to communicate?
You can tap tap it out on the screen
See? your poem's not vocalled on audio
It's just tap tapped out like the teens
You've made a strong argument for talking
Which I fully support you all way (so don't get upset...)
You're faecal emoji is priceless
But does FOOK stand for 'fuck off ok'?
If so I will tell all my tech friends
By tapping it out on their screens
No need to ring up and say 'hey guys'
I wanna keep phone data mean ?
Comment is about Dying Art (blog)
Original item by John McDonough
This piece gives me hope. something small can always turn into something quite beautiful!
Comment is about Cause and effect (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
I connected with your sample and am looking forward to future blog posts.
Comment is about Rina Middleton (poet profile)
Original item by Rina Middleton
Frances Macaulay Forde
Thu 28th Feb 2019 04:57
I grew up in Africa, Cynthia where the rainy season arrives with a vengeance. The thunder comes first, so we'd count to see how many miles away the lightening would strike.
One day we were playing in the park and a huge storm was suddenly upon us - no time to dash home. We were always told never to shelter under a tree, so we tried to take cover beside an anthill.
Very frightened because we only got to 1 or 2 when the thunder finished, we watched as a man with an umbrella ran to shelter under a tree just as it was split in half by lightening and exploded into flames!
NOTE: Apparently I am wrong! In our storms, there was never just one bolt of lightening... However, I was obviously confused. The visual memory is absolutely clear though.
Comment is about Cause and effect (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
d.knape
Fri 1st Mar 2019 09:26
I am back to writing
quietly or...
out loud.
?
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries