Thanks for your comments on 'Blood Brothers In Arms' Mark - I think we're on the same page on this one :-)
Ian
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks for your insightful comments on 'Blood Brothers In Arms' John - glad you liked it. I'm pleased about your churches stance on symbolism - I think too many people get wound up about symbols when it is the act of remembering human suffering that is the crucial point - and by that I mean ALL human suffering of any race, creed or culture
cheers mate
Ian
Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)
Original item by John Coopey
Dk you're poem interests me
How do I give reply?
My mind is ticking silently
What would he like, and why
You have been very generous
To send it through freight-free
Not a lot of poets would
Be so kind to me
You offered me a free trial
dk how kind you are
Free trials are now unheard of
Cash please, or au revoir
You will be pleased to know dk
No spell errors found
The punctuation perfect
It's content did abound
Your warranty left me agog
Guaranteed for life!
It never will disintegrate?
And leave a jumbled strife
From all the praise I've given here
I do not have to hide
I like your poem very much
I'm completely satisfied ?
Comment is about Guarantee (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Tue 23rd Oct 2018 14:39
Let us take off our clothes
and fill our hearts with sighs
then when so exposed
we end up quite surprised.
wink.
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
Hello Jennifer - I was interested in your comment about
Brexit elsewhere.
Peace in Europe? Don't forget the violence and death in
Serbia etc - sorted out by NATO, the real preservers of
peace in Europe....whilst the EU likes to pose as such.
I voted to leave because over a long lifetime I was aware
early on that a policy of deceit and want of truth was
being pursued after the original Common Market vote,
aided/abetted by those sent to our own Parliament acting
ultra vires and keeping the actual intentions and progress
(check> Common Market/European Economic Community/
European Community/European Union (NOTE the LAST
political identity) from the British people OR their chance
to vote on what had been/was being done in their name.
The understanding of what was done came only when
the loss of border controls offered the reality of just how
much had been handed to foreign influence and control,
with our own government facing defeat after defeat by
a political entity that had become a federal creation of
recent dictatorships and tyrannies busy putting their own
interests first (and no surprise there), while the more
incompetent and fragile economies saw us as a "milch
cow" for very welcome funds, obtained above and below board!
I recall driving around a pre-EU Europe and faced no
difficulties or impediment. Indeed, the enjoyment was
negotiating borders and complying with the variety of
customs and demands met by this traveller. It was an
ADVENTURE, and returning to this self-governing
offshore island nation was its own reward!
Sincerely,
MC
Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
This was common practice in the Victorian era. People would have photos taken with their dead loved ones. They would be dressed up in their finery. Not for me, but to each his own. Excellent piece thanks Don..?
Comment is about The Resurrection of Joseph Murrell Lambert 1934 (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Hi Hugh, I think you tackled this issue with great sensitivity and empathy. Giving us a tiny glimpse into Home Lez's life on the streets. Thank you..?
Comment is about "Home Lez "{my nick name} (blog)
Original item by hugh
Hi Jon, thank you for your lovely comment, on The Death of Love..for me it is about expressing emotion but keeping it real without being overly sentimental..but still trying to reveal the true depth of feeling and the fragility of the human condition. I don't know if that makes any sense..Taylor x
Comment is about Jon Stainsby (poet profile)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Sounds like the Lords of House Lordies
Do cark it before having pics
Too busy having champagne and caviar?
"Let's just give pic sessions the flick"
Oops, I've arrived at the Gate of St Peter
Forgot to book in for me pic
Just hope they've got champagne and caviar
No worries 'bout having no pics ?
Off rhyme and serious. I am making an effort to look for informative articles and deliver them in rhyme mode.
BTW Brian. Spoke to the poet and he is quite embarrassed at omitting rhyming end line. He hopes this has not damaged his reputation as an up-and-coming WOL rhymer
Comment is about The Resurrection of Joseph Murrell Lambert 1934 (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (18980)
Tue 23rd Oct 2018 08:03
Don - I think this what they've done to many members of our House of Lords.
Another informative piece Don...you're carving a niche.
BTW - where's the final rhyming line gone?
Comment is about The Resurrection of Joseph Murrell Lambert 1934 (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thanks guys for all your comments (work is crazy, not taken the time to thank everyone sorry). I didn't have chance to record it either. I'd like to try to set it to a beat but I'm not sure I've managed the right word rhythms to make it work.
Comment is about The music is calling (blog)
Original item by Becky Who
There are those who seek enlightenment and those who
bring the darkness with them. Politicians allow them
that opportunity and must be held to account when those
who have no such say fall victim to imported wickedness.
Comment is about The Mayor Stands (blog)
Original item by Andy Millican
Sad but true that most men don't know their anus from their
elbow. A bit of body-awareness and that rare visitor - common sense - would help considerably in useful
self-assessment before things get out of hand (if you'll
excuse the expression in this context). My late brother-in-law once mentioned to his wife that he hadn't had a pee for many hours despite some heavy social wine imbibing - whereupon she got him off to hospital where he had urgent in-house treatment that diagnosed a restricted urine flow due to...guess
what? It wasn't cancer but the
risks to health were just as potent at the time. Know thyself - says
the Bible. How true!
Comment is about I HAVE AN OLD MAN'S PROBLEM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you Brian, Jon, Jennifer. Big Sal no not in a book Big Sal..thank you all for your kind words. Great to get the feedback..?
Comment is about The Death of Love (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Big Sal
Mon 22nd Oct 2018 21:53
Absolutely stunning in visualization and word choice. You did excellent on this piece, Taylor. I can see improvements in each piece you post, and this one takes the cake.
4-5 favorite lines in here at least, and more when re-read. Please tell me this is on one of your books. .
Comment is about The Death of Love (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
<Deleted User> (18980)
Mon 22nd Oct 2018 21:50
I can see what you've done Mike and I'll enjoy working out all the connections in the morning. Nice one.
Comment is about Barefoot on The Zebra (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Big Sal
Mon 22nd Oct 2018 21:45
Like being inside a portal on "Being John Malkovich". It epitomizes nursery rhymes by bestowing upon them an inspiration they could all hope to reach.
Excellence knows no names, does not bias against anyone, and is always there when we least expect to see it. ?
Comment is about NURSERY RHYME (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
elPintor
Mon 22nd Oct 2018 21:20
Hey, Martin. Thanks for looking in and letting me know what you think. And, thanks to all for reading.
Rachel
Comment is about ghost (life on the outside) (blog)
Original item by nunya
Thanks Heart of Lead. Praise indeed. Welcome to the site.
Thanks Anya. I'll take that as a compliment!
A rare thing is the true gentleman Brian, thanks.
Taylor, a nice response as it is a bit mystical.
Glad you like it Don !
Cheers Mark - Save the last dance for me.
Thanks Jon, short and very sweet!
Jennifer, always a pleasure . My humour intervened with the grin, just a quirky idea that I felt made it more interesting. Also, never trust a gentleman until you're sure of one.
Thanks David. Yes, that is the bottom line, agreed. Great clip too, enjoyed that. Dodgy doings for sure.
Too kind Martin. Blink and you might miss it. Glad it worked for you.
Thanks for the additional likes. Starfish, Darren and The Carbon Quill.
Ray
Comment is about DANSE MACABRE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
This truly is a poem to sing about. Beautiful..?
Comment is about An Autumn Song for the Traveller (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
Reminds me of a Grimms fairytale...like it..
Comment is about NURSERY RHYME (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I'm not an advocate of brexit either, the margin was so small I'd hoped there would be another ref asking if we wanted out at that price. If for no other reason that we Europeans haven't been at each others' throats at least physically, for over 70 years!
Nice writing, if resigned, as brian said. i agree that a lot of brexiters are now repenting of it.
jennifer
Comment is about Late Wisdom (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
Loved it - you can really create a picture in beautiful language too. Like the double words.
Jennifer
Comment is about Storm Watcher (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
Lovely poem - makes one think of longgone times when the East Indiamen came into the docks after months at sea
and spent all their leave, (and pay) in the squalid boarding houses taverns, and presumably the brothels.
Unusual - Jennifer
Comment is about The Sailors' Homecoming (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
I love 'The Death of Love'. It is wonderful.
Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Very sad because this often happens - some cruel words open our eyes and we see a relationship for what it really is, not what we believed it was. great writing.
Jennifer
Comment is about The Death of Love (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Congrats Katlego- so much in so little. Liked the stars bursting with laughter! Jennifer
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
Short in words but steps lightly all the way across the continents of the fundamental nature and needs of mankind.
Great work, Katlego
Peter T
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
Too right, MC. And to think that doctors spend years getting trained and me and you Are qualified after a couple of episodes of Casualty!
Comment is about I HAVE AN OLD MAN'S PROBLEM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (18980)
Mon 22nd Oct 2018 17:39
You paint an attractive picture Damon...where can I sign up?
Comment is about Breathing Underwater (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
The need for women to work in war-related industries was
a significant step in their progress towards a much
greater participation in ordinary life on a more equal
footing with men, subsequently enhanced by their later
similarly vital importance in WW2 when they were even
delivering aircraft for operational use across the country.
Only a fool would deny their essential role in both wars -
or their deserved greater emancipation thereafter.
Here's to the ladies!
Comment is about Poetry & The Great War, a series: 4 The Home Front (article)
Original item by Mike Took
JC - I recall my elder brother having a problem with coffee
irritating his bladder => unwanted sudden needs to empty
it. I suspect that this sort of thing can slip by unnoticed
or unconsidered. But research shows that the usual
process can add up to 8 in a 24 hr. period. Better that
than bladder retention and the hazards that can produce!!
Comment is about I HAVE AN OLD MAN'S PROBLEM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A case of "snow, snow...quick...quick...snow"?
Comment is about Keeping Warm (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Big Sal
Mon 22nd Oct 2018 15:51
Did you comment on your own poem??
You and these sheep you keep seeing . . .I don't know, that's hardcore man. You're hardcore. ?
Comment is about Haiku (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Giant stuffup with video I attached to this. Didn't listen carefully to what she 'gotta get from a man' . Turned the volume up and said oh oh. Not a good idea, so removed it. ?
Comment is about Gotta Fin and Pass (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
A beautifully concise image which pulls the reader in! Congratulations!
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 bruising ride on your poem today Damon....hugs ?
Comment is about So Call It What You Want (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
Mon 22nd Oct 2018 13:48
Dog’s are easy to control, Don. My bladder’s more problematic.
Comment is about I HAVE AN OLD MAN'S PROBLEM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
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
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.
?
Comment is about Poetry & The Great War, a series: 4 The Home Front (article)
Original item by Mike Took
Ian Whiteley
Tue 23rd Oct 2018 16:44
Thanks for the comments and likes you lot - I really appreciate it
Ian
Comment is about Blood Brothers In Arms (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley