Keep your head up, Lisa. Do try to remain a little bit positive through it all.

We lose that, then we lose ourselves. Even using humor can subside the nastiness if just for a moment.

I'm glad you're here.?

Comment is about No one is better than anyone (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

Well, I have enjoyed these exchanges for the various views expressed. The vehemence is on show but generalities should be
carefully avoided. Don't criticise on any grounds that include age
and other perceived distinguishing personal characteristics and yet
adopt these as a defence or justification for what is used by yourself.
Don't resort to mention of mental states in criticism as these are not
only distasteful cheap shots, they are also likely to backfire
when reading the work available from the critic. Enjoy what you do
but try to refrain from taking yourself or your work too seriously,
whatever your style or your message. Life's too short = and we
should absorb its punches with whatever grace and good manners
we are equipped with.- and respond in kind..

Comment is about Improving my Poetry with Help from the Temple Builder (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

'Ere, have two this time.

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Comment is about Making Things Fit (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Wayne was an actor and playing service roles was part of the job;
as was playing western characters - for which he became famous.
Popular with the US public of the day for the way he portrayed his
various characters, he responded as any actor would - by making
himself available for public appearances - not always successfully
it seems. But that's part of the job he knew and did so well on the
screen for so many years. The way he conducted himself in his
late years, stricken by the cancer that would ultimately kill him
provides another way of seeing him..

Comment is about MURDER MOST FOUL (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I think I already told you this, but great haiku, David.?

Comment is about 'Haiku: Robin at New Year' by David Redfield is Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

"My my" what is it with you little people thinking that THAT is any sort of come back?

We might as well say the same to you.

My, my, you're one to talk you hypocrite. And who needs to block you? No one even reads your work anyway. (PS genius, I only read the ones you put up that say some dumb shit like "Temple" or "Temple Builder" because then I know your fragile little ego is about to implode with some half-ass rhyme a child could have come up with.

Don't shoot yourself in the foot, save it for somewhere else. And next time come fully loaded Chris Kyle.?

Comment is about Improving my Poetry with Help from the Temple Builder (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

My my... I have stirred up a snake pit here......Simple solution. If you don't like what I write, just block me. Sorted. Trouble is you won't be able to read and respond. Nor know what others are seeing... ?

Comment is about Improving my Poetry with Help from the Temple Builder (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Im not driven by my ego ?
I dont write for likes, nor do I share poems for boosting..
I just do it because I enjoy it my friend.. Im happy to write regardless of opinions. but thank you ?

Comment is about Improving my Poetry with Help from the Temple Builder (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

There. I even hit 'like' on your little poem since no one else outside of MC or Brian probably will.

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Now stop writing about me Donny Boy.?

Comment is about Improving my Poetry with Help from the Temple Builder (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Very intuitive and well thought out piece filled with emotional output.

Well done on expressing this.?

Comment is about Broken (blog)

Original item by Jared Harris

This is a photo you right-wingers would do well to fear.?

Comment is about Attila the Stockbroker (photo)

NOT MY MONKEY
NOT MY CIRCUS

Comment is about No one is better than anyone (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

NOT MY CIRCUS
NOT MY MONKEY'S...

TWO WRONGS DO NOT MAKE A RIGHT!!!

Comment is about Improving my Poetry with Help from the Temple Builder (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

All these petty right-wingers pretending they're poets think they're better than everyone on the site. Them and their toy poodle! Haha?

They're one of the reasons a few great people have left this site, and trust me, they ALWAYS think they do no wrong.

Is it any surprise then that most of them are accepting of Trump and his racist ass policies? White men playing tennis don't get frisked by the police.

Comment is about No one is better than anyone (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

He's just pissed Lisa because:

1. He can dish it but can't take it

2. He really thinks he can rhyme


This is all they can do now, Lisa. Truth means nothing to these people. It's all about semantics with them.

Comment is about Improving my Poetry with Help from the Temple Builder (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

I do hope I am not the ignorant so called assistant you are referring to???

I am no one's assistant.. I speak my mind and stand up to bullys and thats all I did... To put someone down because of dyslexia is an awful thing..
That's a low blow for anyone human being to do...

I observe everything , I can say whole heartedly that its not only you who has allowed ego to do the talking...
My poems wore for my own amusement,
FYI.. Snakesssss was about many on this site and not based on another...
I really thought this was a lovely warm place to express one's self.... I was wrong...
I am far from arrogant and I will not be called something that does not define who I am

Comment is about Improving my Poetry with Help from the Temple Builder (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

You must love copying and pasting my words because every time you come on that's literally what your last 3-4 poems have been about.

I invited you, you ignored me, now you wanna act like I did something wrong to you bruh. Get a life, stop talking about me, and start writing REAL poetry that doesn't have shit to do with a "Temple Builder".

At least I'm attempting to do something good with my words, all you seem to do is complain and cry about hurt feelings.

Keep it up and I can't help but respond from here on out. We have Dennis Rodman over here playing pretend peacekeeper. ?? Damn man you're sooooooooooo cool!

Comment is about Improving my Poetry with Help from the Temple Builder (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

So true ?

Comment is about Mirror Mirror On The Wall (blog)

Original item by New Shoes

I've been hibernating
Like some poetic monk
Absorbing Builders wisdom
Slowly chunk by chunk

Longing for to lie with
Longing for to share
Poetry with half-clad nymphs
Lying everywhere

(Temple floor strewn with half-clad poetry-reading nymphs -as mentioned before...)

Seems the Temple Builder
Doesn't want to share
Lovely nymphs all lying round
On the floor half bare

T'would be nice if Builder
Could join in the humour
And not get so hung up on
Some malignant tumour ?

Comment is about Improving my Poetry with Help from the Temple Builder (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thanks for the likes Pyrola

Comment is about Pyrola (poet profile)

Original item by Pyrola

An absolute delight?

Comment is about Alive (blog)

Original item by d.knape

If you hear bells
and whisks of wind
it's Tinkerbell
spreading love again.

Comment is about Vautaw (poet profile)

Original item by Vautaw

anyone named Gabriel
must have
Angelic daughters.
?

Comment is about David Gabriel Caplan (poet profile)

Original item by David Gabriel Caplan

I recall the report that Alfred Hitchcock of "Psycho" fame was
personally unsettled by the sight of a policeman. But the notorious
shower murder scene in his most famous film was a masterpiece
of editing & music scoring that, when examined frame by frame,
does not show the deadly deed but, like the best of its genre,
leaves the viewers' imaginations to fill in the gaps.
Not sure about John Wayne being a "fraud". He was a top
screen actor who made more money for his studio than any in
film, and at the age of 35 was reported to be anxious to continue
a tempestuous 3yr love affair with Marlene Dietrich. His roles in
films that featured the armed services always brought credit
and good faith to the various characters he portrayed and he's on
record saying that he would never play "petty" or "mean". USO
appearances were booed but the audiences considered that he,
along with Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Al Jolson, were just
Hollywood entertainers looking for good PR. Sinatra also
suffered a similar reception from forces personnel in those days.

Comment is about MURDER MOST FOUL (blog)

Original item by ray pool

According to my neighbour it never happened.....
seemingly you learn this 'truth' when you are accepted
into the brotherhood of Knights Templar !

Comment is about HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks Sal, and everyone else, and yes she is gorgeous, bless her.?

Comment is about The Daughter Of My Son (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thank you Big Sal for the kind words of yours.

Comment is about Under the Cover of the Snow (blog)

Original item by Pyrola

You have quite a unique style that is interesting to pick apart and find the hidden gems within.?

Comment is about Small fishes in shoals (blog)

Original item by Pyrola

The imagery is inescapable and equally voracious in devouring the reader for more interpretations.

Well done on this piece.?

Comment is about Under the Cover of the Snow (blog)

Original item by Pyrola

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Comment is about Alive (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Beautiful little girl. ?

All the best, because those rhymes for her will never stop, Jason. Good luck though!

You'll only be more inspired.?

Comment is about The Daughter Of My Son (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

thanks ray. glad you liked it. i have been reading a book on basho recently and got back in to haikus. also there is one as POTW so i figured i'd write a few and this was my favourite as i feel its ton e is closest to the traditional haiku themes.

Comment is about haiku - jasmine (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

D.K.

Great words.
That could just as easily be my daughters,
even down to the brown eyes.

Comment is about Alive (blog)

Original item by d.knape

If I've posted this before, I'm sorry. It came up in a file while doing some tidying, and I, myself, found it rather hard to read. Still. And I wrote it. Funny that. Children often have such burdens that grown-ups have no idea about.

Comment is about My Mother Says (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Congratulations David

Comment is about 'Haiku: Robin at New Year' by David Redfield is Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Nae worries David. The home of Billy Connolly, something to be proud of !


Ray

Comment is about The Gift (Limerick) (blog)

Original item by David Gabriel Caplan

Ray,

Thank you so much for that constructive comment.
Until you mentioned it I would never in a thousand years have twigged anything was wrong,

It took me a couple of readings to figure out the reason was simply down to my Scottish upbringing, Glasgow in particular !

Sorted.

Comment is about The Gift (Limerick) (blog)

Original item by David Gabriel Caplan

Spreads delight like Tinkerbell...the world could use a lot more people like your little girl. Beautiful dedication. ❤️

Comment is about Alive (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Really like this. Really strong.?

Comment is about Confusion (blog)

Original item by Pip Thomas

Thanks, Ray. It is. I am still here. ?

Comment is about Cursèd life (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Thanks both,

These sort of friends are truly rare and whilst me and my best friends have, at times, had our differences. If the brown stuff hit the rotating thing I'd be there for them, I just hope they know that, because if there's one thing I'm not great at, it's saying it.

It also narks me when people use the term about someone they hardly know.?

Comment is about My Best Friend (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Loved it! ?
Thank you
Mae

Comment is about wishes (blog)

Original item by Jenny Kelly

Almost Edward Lear, Rich! These imagined onamatopeaic words really conjure up the atmosphere of blustering sea fronts.
Good stuff POTW for me (though you've had that already).

Ray

Comment is about Gyre Gulls (blog)

Original item by Rich

I really enjoy your proclamations on here Raven. You have immersed yourself in deep considerations and drawn out the very essence of purpose. What can be wrong with that? of course not many will be prepared for these matters, but once sensed they are valuable. The fool is the opposite of what is normally considered appropriate to the name. I have the Book of Thoth and there is more mileage in that than in a car full of petrol !

Life goes on in some form on a spiritual wavelength irrespective of religious traditional beliefs, so refreshing instead of the usual recriminations where that format so often fails. There is always help in wisdom.
Beautiful tarot card by the way.
Ray x

Comment is about 21 The World (blog)

Original item by RaVeN Mathews )0(

Great wealth of common sense often avoided in perceiving the idealized . Bravo! There are also many reasons here for moral support from partners, often not forthcoming.

Viva les femmes.

Ray

Comment is about wishes (blog)

Original item by Jenny Kelly

A proper haiku that doesn't involve the first person like this is a treat for sore eyes, Stu. So persuasive in its simplicity.

Ray

Comment is about haiku - jasmine (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Limericks are a real test for the mind David but worth the effort. Bravissimo! If I could make a suggestion how about" home for my daughter" just to clarify that. With respect.

Ray

Comment is about The Gift (Limerick) (blog)

Original item by David Gabriel Caplan

This is a sort of bitter pill Jon - highly descriptive and gut wrenching. I hope it is just the work of imagination !

Ray

Comment is about Cursèd life (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Your definition is a good one Jason and a big ask. A rare thing indeed. A rapport with a person does not necessarily translate into these depths, as I have found out after 70 plus years.

Ray

Comment is about My Best Friend (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Fabulous John, I feel valiant fighting the cause.. onwards!

Comment is about Hardened Poets (blog)

Original item by J F Keane