Hi, Keith! I enjoyed reading your poem. I want to say that you are not alone in your thoughts. When I was young I thought that life was endless and I had a lot of time ahead. Adulthood was remote, Regards, Larisa

Comment is about A Temporary Tenure (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Loved this one, Tom. Has a catchy rhythm to it too, one of the best poems that I've read recently!
Thank you.

Comment is about De Lacy Street Blues (blog)

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Cheers Keith ( few changes )

Comment is about Life of the dipping bird (blog)

Original item by leon stolgard

A poem composed through serious observation. I enjoyed the first stanza which described the vesture of the bird. Very imaginative.
Thank you for this,
Keith

Comment is about Life of the dipping bird (blog)

Original item by leon stolgard

A very well written and composed poem. It possessed a certain harmony which I enjoyed. Thank you for this,
Keith

Comment is about De Lacy Street Blues (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Good to see you back Larisa and writing as good as ever

Comment is about The Melody of Love (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Your best one yet Tom-cheers!

Comment is about De Lacy Street Blues (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

My lips are sealed Rose-( for the right price 😉 )
but my thanks to you and each liker ( x 5 ) are free

Comment is about Squeaky clean? yeah right! (blog)

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👍

Comment is about The Gift (blog)

Original item by Twilbury Wist

Thank you so much, Tom for reading and liking my poem The Melody of Love. And you are right. All we need is love.

Comment is about Tom Doolan (poet profile)

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It’s always a bonus, Tom, to wake up in the morning.

Comment is about De Lacy Street Blues (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

A very emotive piece Manish 👍

Comment is about A Solitary Sandpiper's Sentimental Tweet (blog)

Original item by Manish

All you need is love ❤️

Comment is about The Melody of Love (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

I wanted to convey a kind of sickness requiring immediate action similar to that which a human experiencing a medical emergency might need.

Like most of my thoughts there is no answer just questioning. I don't necessarily intend to suggest our planet is in its death throes, I have limited comprehension of the crisis we may be in...only that there seems to be something out of sync with patterns of climate and geological behaviour. I inform myself by listening to scientists with opposing views and pay attention to their evidenced conclusions.

I disregard social media and those corporates with vested interests. Also those who glibly pass everything off as exclusively cyclical, everything dies some day, one day.

Irrespective, thank you for your reading if you passed by.

David.

Comment is about Reset (blog)

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Thanks a lot for reading and liking my poem Melody of Love

Comment is about hugh (poet profile)

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Thank you so much for liking my poem Melody of Love

Comment is about Manish (poet profile)

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The dogs barking
maybe seeing
a cat
telling all
his pals
waking up
those that
want to
silently dream
soon to
sleep again.😎

Comment is about Barking dogs seldom bites (blog)

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I loved this poem about love, Larisa. Nicely done!

Comment is about The Melody of Love (blog)

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Thanks a lot Graham, and to all who liked this. Means a lot to me!😊

Comment is about A Solitary Sandpiper's Sentimental Tweet (blog)

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nice one Twils!





Rose 💋

Comment is about The Gift (blog)

Original item by Twilbury Wist

about that last line-shhhh! 😂




Rose 💋

Comment is about Squeaky clean? yeah right! (blog)

Original item by leon stolgard

This sounds like a fun evening. The key thing is that the poetry is good and connects with people.

Comment is about Laureate in full voice as Simon Armitage blossoms with band (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks for your comment Helene, much appreciated.

Thanks to those who sent likes.

David

Comment is about The case for exploration (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Larisa, thank you for reading several of my more recent poems and expressing your 'likes'. It is very kind of you.
Keith

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

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👍 and then some H. M.

Comment is about Squeaky clean? yeah right! (blog)

Original item by leon stolgard

You'll know it when you know Manish! A very eloquent piece!

Comment is about A Solitary Sandpiper's Sentimental Tweet (blog)

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Thanks for the 🌷's guys

Comment is about LIFE IS JUST SLOW MOTION DEATH....................................... (blog)

Original item by leon stolgard

I love this poem David! Took me on a bit of a voyage to the unknown, mysterious "beyond." Really good writing.

Comment is about The case for exploration (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

If any doubt existed about the self-obsession over public interest
that infests modern political life, then this example should
serve to focus the mind. These lines are a timely jolt.

Comment is about Dear Natalie (blog)

Original item by Steve White

I have to agree. A wonderful, tender poem, Nadia.

Comment is about ode to my dog (blog)

Original item by Nadia Coia

Your poem reflects the bizarre and shabby nature of this strange transaction, Steve. Who's next? Liz Truss?

Comment is about Dear Natalie (blog)

Original item by Steve White

Charity destroyed at the point of relief.

Does anyone see this before the news reels, they should.

Comment is about Toad (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Beautiful melancholy, touching write Tom

Comment is about I Remember Joy (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Helene,

I'm really glad you enjoyed it. Thank you so much

Comment is about Sonder (blog)

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Thank you all! Much love.

Comment is about Good and bad. (blog)

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Thanks one and all for your likes, Tom, Hugh, Stephen, Aisha, Holden, Helene, David and Landi.

I was a bit disappointed I suppose Stephen, so the next night I though sod it I won't bother. There's always the future! Thanks for the appreciation. My cat never jumped over the moon by the way.

Ray

Comment is about ON WATCH (blog)

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Three, if you include Christian Wakeford.

Comment is about Dear Natalie (blog)

Original item by Steve White

Really liked this poem Evan. I felt a sense of yearning for connection coupled with compassion for everyone.

Comment is about Sonder (blog)

Original item by Evan Tyler

A stellar poem, Nadia. Haunting, sweet, and (for me ) a comforting conclusion about a dog's grounding presence. Really enjoyed reading this and like Graham I read it several times.

Comment is about ode to my dog (blog)

Original item by Nadia Coia

That's two wooden horses that Labour have sucked in! How many do they need?

Comment is about Dear Natalie (blog)

Original item by Steve White

Home is not a place it's a feeling of safety and protection. It's an emotional bonding. Isn't it Nigel.

Thank you. 🌷

Comment is about The house we call home (blog)

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David,

I remember having that realization that people walking down the street, or driving in their cars are living their own lives. They are the main characters in their own story.

I agree with you on just about everything you said. (Especially the watching a documentary just once). Thank you for the like, and comment. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I really appreciate it

Evan

Comment is about Sonder (blog)

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thank you ever so much for your kind words!!!! ☺️☺️🩷

Comment is about Graham Sherwood (poet profile)

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Onto paper words appear
Poetic voices give life
Transferring to written form
Returning voices into one.

Comment is about May 2024 Collage Poem: Windows on the World (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

A thoughtful questioning poem Evan.

If we all shared this disposition the world might be a little better.

The realisation and understanding that there are lives outside of our own which we would do well to consider more often is a useful tool.

As a species we have never been better informed of the lives of others yet we seem less and less concerned with anything but our own.

Of course I hope I'm wrong and this can all be simply explained away by social media and the quip that everything was ever thus...it's the 24/7 news cycle that makes us feel different...and other such shallow imaginings by people who learned every single thing they profess to know from a book someone else wrote, or worse a TV documentary they watched once....just once.

Great poem..

David

Comment is about Sonder (blog)

Original item by Evan Tyler

"people that will come home one day,
but for now the gate swings,
and we bark at the birds in the garden".

"ive heard his footsteps in my dreams before,
in my slumbering world he recognised me,".

I've read this piece several times looking at it several different ways. The above are truly exceptional words and are to be congratulated.

Graham

Comment is about ode to my dog (blog)

Original item by Nadia Coia

A poignantly beautiful piece of writing that moved me.
"I had known you once back when you were whole
Back before your life became more than you could bare," so aching and evocative. "I’ve stared into the windows to your soul," is such a great line to begin with, Tim.
Thank you.

Comment is about Desolation of Life’s Despair (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

Thank you for your feedback Helene and M.C. Newberry 💐

Comment is about Human intervention in weather conditions of today. (blog)

Original item by Ghazala lari

Thank you, Greg, Graham and MC.

Graham - I see how the passing of time and the advance of age in a war affects the Ukrainians I know in the local area. The children start to grow up, having known nothing else, while the adults stagnate in a realm of uncertainty, not sure whether to return or stay put, or for how long. And this is just for refugees living in the West; in Ukraine the same effects are multiplied by the ever-present danger and horror.

Greg - it's a good joke, I think. Eurovision may be tacky but at least it's innocent, unlike, well, it's going to be a long list!

MC - Thanks for your verse. I'm sure the word 'elected' is heavily tongue-in-cheek!
And thanks to Nigel, Tom, Hugh, Stephen A, Holden, Steve, Hélène, Aisha, Manish and Rob for liking this.

Comment is about Eurovision 2024 (blog)

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Thanks for the likes folks.

David

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