Big Sal
Mon 22nd Oct 2018 13:03
The condensed rhyme made for a 'web worth weaving'. I agree with Taylor about the lyrical quality of such a piece, so well done on it.?
Comment is about webs worth weaving (blog)
Original item by Pagan Poetry
Big Sal
Mon 22nd Oct 2018 12:52
That's a great thing to do. It came out with raw emotion that is easier felt than seen.
Comment is about My friends honest words. (blog)
Original item by Caoimhe June Jane Ryan
Big Sal
Mon 22nd Oct 2018 12:49
Entire towns depopulated due to patriotic fervor. America could learn a thing or two by studying its allies past war feats - it may put it into perspective a little bit. The last time the US had such conditions was the American Civil War, and even then a large portion of the population (excluding the Confederacy) did not participate in the war.
Either way, another one for the books Keith, and the poem had it sold with its hopeful-yet-grim reality that it put across.
Women really picked up the brunt of duties didn't they? Such a shame it takes a world war for men to admit they need women in a civilized nation.
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Comment is about Poetry & The Great War, a series: 4 The Home Front (article)
Original item by Mike Took
Big Sal
Mon 22nd Oct 2018 12:44
Powerful piece filled with vivid emotion. Well done on conveying such a message via poem format. It came out sound.?
Comment is about Dear Society (blog)
Original item by Laney
<Deleted User> (18980)
Mon 22nd Oct 2018 11:36
Oh no...he might have to fire up the Funbus!
Comment is about Gotta Fin and Pass (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
How to get maximum comments. Write a public information poem. ? How to train your dog not to stop and pee every 10 yards. Be firm. You control the dog. The dog doesn't control you. ?
Comment is about I HAVE AN OLD MAN'S PROBLEM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Well done on poem of the week...Beautiful.?
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Light - O’ - Love’ by Katlego Maake Jr (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
A beautiful piece of poetry with its own rhythm that lulls the reader along. It also left me wanting more and for that a worthy POTW
congratulations
Love it
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Light - O’ - Love’ by Katlego Maake Jr (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
That damn writer's block eh Don? Keep your neck away from it ?
Comment is about Gotta Fin and Pass (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (18980)
Mon 22nd Oct 2018 10:08
Congrats Katlego.
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Light - O’ - Love’ by Katlego Maake Jr (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
This was a text my friend had written. His English is not perfect. And I didn't want to edit anything because It is the way he wrote it. But I like his words and was proud of him for taking the time to express himself with words as it is outside of his comfort zone to do so. I thought it was a nice paragraph. ?
Comment is about My friends honest words. (blog)
Original item by Caoimhe June Jane Ryan
Well I certainly missed this the first time around (one of the bonuses of POTW I'm beginning to find).
I do like short poems too. they need to cram so much imagery into such a short space and this does that perfectly.
Well done Katlego.
Graham ?
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Light - O’ - Love’ by Katlego Maake Jr (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
Be kind to yourself.
Comment is about So Call It What You Want (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
I missed the Saturday surge of comments but would lke to plagiarise all that were part of it! A fine and wholly authentic
piece, from the deep, lovely.
Peter T
Comment is about My mother appeared to me today (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Mon 22nd Oct 2018 01:30
thanks for the comment.
now change that photo.
aren't you tired of
holding that sheep?
Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
I find myself biting my tongue there Taylor! ?
Comment is about Keeping Warm (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Big Sal
Sun 21st Oct 2018 22:56
A lot to digest, but it seems like you really knew what you wanted to say with this one.
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Comment is about My friends honest words. (blog)
Original item by Caoimhe June Jane Ryan
Quite right, MC. Indeed a biopsy following on from an MRI scan is not foolproof. Samples may be taken from a "clean" part of the prostate with cancerous areas undetected.
But all of theses, the initial PSA, the MRI scan and especially the biopsy are bloody good guides and men should find out.
Trevor - It is my lot in life to be the font of wisdom.
Comment is about I HAVE AN OLD MAN'S PROBLEM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
This is an amazing poem with so much energy to it. I could feel it revving up form the get go. It kind of puts me in mind of a song by the Hollies
'stop stop your dancing give me time to breath'
Nice one Becky
a good performance I imagine
Love it
Comment is about The music is calling (blog)
Original item by Becky Who
set it off like a funeral pyre
That for me is such a powerful and evocative opening line on its own.
Love it Rachel
Nice oen
Comment is about ghost (life on the outside) (blog)
Original item by nunya
I think Ray is right we always carry something of our parents around with us. I know that I have reminders of my dear old dad from time to time even several years later after his demise.
heart rendering stuff Jon
Nice one
Comment is about My mother appeared to me today (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
A wonderful little ditty Ray. I don't normally like this particular kind of verse , but you bring a whole new dimension to it.
Nice one
Comment is about DANSE MACABRE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
This has been a public information poem..... ?
Comment is about I HAVE AN OLD MAN'S PROBLEM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
It sang to me with beauty..such a lyrical poem..thank you.?
Comment is about webs worth weaving (blog)
Original item by Pagan Poetry
Sun 21st Oct 2018 18:14
Yes, there are different
degrees of Homelessness.
Some forced into it.
Some choosing it.
For some, Home is a shopping cart.
For others, it's a page and a pen.
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
Sun 21st Oct 2018 18:10
SO MUCH YOU
You look so happy in this photo
that smile is so much YOU,
We wonder what just happened
that you could be so moved,
Could it be you inherited money
or did the divorce go through?
Whatever the reason, keep smiling
that smile is so much YOU.
wink.
Comment is about Hazel ettridge (poet profile)
Original item by Hazel ettridge
Sun 21st Oct 2018 18:01
profile?
i did not know
i even HAD
a profile.
that silhouette
IS my profile.
wink.
Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Sun 21st Oct 2018 17:53
Once is enough
it should suffice
but so much like You
to send it twice.
Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Fantastic as usual! Candidate for POTW? If may presume, not so sure about the first line of the second verse. Up to then the images and language are fairly formal language, but grin is informal, and why a gentleman? Anyway, loved it.
Really envy your output, and all good stuff! I take ages to produce anything decent!
Jennifer
Comment is about DANSE MACABRE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Big Sal
Sun 21st Oct 2018 17:09
Taylor is right dk. . . .
that IS a cockapoo in her picture. . .
?
good rhythm to this too. .
Comment is about Days Of Rain (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Sun 21st Oct 2018 16:57
A face as warm as the sun with a demeanor like ice... mmm I feel that.❤
Comment is about A Queen She Is (blog)
Original item by Jay
Sun 21st Oct 2018 16:51
Sun 21st Oct 2018 16:47
amazing. " why dance for him, when he can dance for me"
I love that.
Comment is about Lonely Devil (blog)
Original item by Jay
Good thinking - putting a topical "problem" in verse form.
Been there - know about it. Drinking coffee, tea and
other liquids in the hours before bedtime CAN be a
cause of needing to get up in the night more than once.
HOWEVER...
there IS a difference between an enlarged prostate (a
medical fact of life for men of 50+apparently) which can
press on the tube from the bladder, signalling a "need"
to pee, especially at night - and a cancerous prostate
about which there is ongoing divided opinion regarding
testing. This is because the popular Prostate Specific
Antigen (PSA) test is not a 100% reliable guide and it is
considered by some that the stress and concern this
can raise in a patient can detrimentally affect the health
anyway. There is also the fact that prostate cancer is
slow growing and a sufferer may well die of old age
before it becomes a life-threatening issue.
The most reliable medical test is certainly the MRI SCAN
but even that needs very careful checking before any
decision is taken for a patient to require further action
which can have a huge effect on the male psyche and
basic daily convenience/comfort.
Moral: prevention IS better than cure and a carefully
researched diet (easy these days online!) can contribute
considerably to helping avoid disease and limiting any
discomfort while COMMON SENSE should dictate seeking
medical advice about any disturbing changes in physical
behaviour/signs/symptoms below the belt!
Comment is about I HAVE AN OLD MAN'S PROBLEM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Sun 21st Oct 2018 16:09
And I totally agree with Rose, Wendy. Is that you as a young girl in your profile photo I would like to know, please. Take care. Thank you. Jemima.
Comment is about Where Is The Help (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
I like the rhythm and rhyme of this D.K. and the subject matter is very close to my heart...it is always raining here..?
Comment is about Days Of Rain (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Don, I want to thank you for commenting on 'How' it means a lot as I value your opinion immensely. ?
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
Jon, you remain so supportive to all your fellow poets. It is heartening and I thank you sincerely.. Taylor ?
Comment is about Jon Stainsby (poet profile)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Peter, you always manage to put your comments to us fellow poets so eloquently.
I thank you..?
Comment is about Peter Taylor (poet profile)
Original item by Peter Taylor
Hi Mike, Thank you for reading and commenting on 'How' it means a lot...?
Comment is about mike booth (poet profile)
Original item by mike booth
A beautiful description of such an unwelcome malady and a well deserved POTW Joanna
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Missing Soul’ by Joanna Halliday (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
Thanks, Taylor. The real message I'd like for blokes to take from it is GO AND GET YOURSELF CHECKED. Prostate cancer is one of the most curable cancers, the more so if it is spotted early.
I was lucky.
Comment is about I HAVE AN OLD MAN'S PROBLEM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Both informative and humorous John..keep that pelvic floor toned..?
Comment is about I HAVE AN OLD MAN'S PROBLEM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I'll bear that in mind, Don.
Comment is about I HAVE AN OLD MAN'S PROBLEM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
And it's a yes from me... that's five yeses... ALWAYS YES!?
Comment is about How (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
I don't know what to recommend
John, about your back
Some remedies that I have heard
Bring pee problems right back
Be careful what the doc says
Check out the internet
To verify what he says
And pee-leak you won't get ?
Comment is about I HAVE AN OLD MAN'S PROBLEM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you so much for your comment on 'For Jordan'. Much appreciated.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thank you so much for your comment on 'For Jordan' ?
Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Nigel Astell
Mon 22nd Oct 2018 13:16
Glad it tickled you in the right way Big Sal!
Don once the foreplay had finished so had my poem!
Comment is about Getting In Hot Water (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell