I quite admire that, Stu. I put it off for a long while but finally gave in. Truthfully, I never wanted to be that "important" as to have to be interrupted. I mean, most conversations that happen by phone can wait, unless you're a medical professional on call or something else for which you get paid A LOT to be on standby.

Lots of pitfalls for those who value autonomy and privacy...

Comment is about WASHING LINE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

i agree rachel. in fact i hate the mobile phone so much i have never owned one. horrible things.

great poem by the way ray!

Comment is about WASHING LINE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Like anyone really cares, but I don't think there is a greater annoyance than people who talk loudly and at length on cell phones in public places--and certainly no other somewhat minor annoyance that will make me any more confrontational.

That said, I don't share exactly the same sentiment regarding written disclosures--I can stop reading if or whenever I wish. Though, I still like to think that I reserve the right to protest when I feel it is due.

Everybody's got dirty laundry, Ray, as I'm sure you're wise enough to be well aware. But, none of us have the right to harass others through personal expression that would be better channeled through less public media.

..more than one analogy to be appreciated, here.

Thanks man.

Rachel

Comment is about WASHING LINE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Excellent! Steeped in sentiment! Loved it! ?

Comment is about Simple Cloth (collaboration with The Carbon Quill) (blog)

Original item by Heart of Lead

Ray - it's good to see you've got a frivolous one in you. (I assume it's frivolous...hard to tell sometimes with your stuff!) Anyway, I hope you've got a few more such pieces in you before you peg out (geddit?).

Comment is about WASHING LINE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks Heart!

It was something I wanted to try out! It did take some time! And yes the picture helps a lot! But did you pick up the hidden message?
Thanks for giving it a chance! ?
Mae

Comment is about Love (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Having the picture of spinning straw into gold really changes the perspective of this poem. Very unique style we don't usually see over here. I feel like that must have taken a while. Quite brilliant.

Comment is about Love (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Thanks Jason, Dorothy and M.C, and Brian and Ray for the likes.

Cheers Kevin

Comment is about The Annual Talent Show (Down At The Feathers) (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

This must be the only poem world wide on such an unromantic subject.
I suppose this is what happens when you are forced to live the wrong way up. mmmm

I have a sneaky feeling that I would like a little lovot - I could take it for a walk - pretend its a dog - but never have to feed it.
mmmmmmmmmmmm sad.

Comment is about Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

So beautiful - I love it

Dorothy

Comment is about YOUR BLUE EYES (blog)

Original item by Peter Taylor

Ray
I hope your thoughts are pure - I don't want to see anything unclean on view to the general public.
Dorothy

Comment is about WASHING LINE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I really enjoyed The Matriarch, not least because it gave me comfort that you were still contributing (I sensed some weeks back that it was a while since I'd read any of your poems or otherwise heard from you).

Like a number of your readers, I am hooked on trees and I love the words that you have used to declare your infatuation too.

Peter T

Comment is about The Matriach (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

More like adoration than love, this is often the way feelings claw their way into the light only to be blinded, through early stirrings Vautaw. I can just remember that.

Ray

Comment is about Love Lessons (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

Hi Martin--glad to have your input. It will definitely end, hopefully sooner rather than later ;

Comment is about russian girls (blog)

Original item by nunya

Hi Becky, I just started writing poetry again after a loooooong time off. Great to see you here! We have to go to a slam together soon! ?

Comment is about Etchy Mary (poet profile)

Original item by Etchy Mary

Hey dk, you've given me hope
Matthews Boulevard?
I'll earn my street and work real hard
And become a true poet bard ?

Comment is about Ferlinghetti Street (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thank you very much for your encouraging words. It's means the world to me to know that you like my work and that it moved you. I hope it just does the same for the girl I wrote it for.
???

Comment is about Jezabel, Confession from a Wonderland (blog)

Original item by RaVeN Mathews )0(

magical. one of my poems of the year so far no doubt.

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'The Dolphins Seemed Unfriendly' by Dominic James (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

What a heart-warming response to this poem. I have enjoyed looking up 'corvid' and 'passerine', two words that I once did know and have long since forgotten 'in detail', but not 'in effect'.

I did once pause at a gate to watch some fine horses far off in a big field. I was just looking, but the curious creatures sauntered right across the pasture and congregated in front of me, gently blowing their nostrils open, and clearly interested in my greetings. I didn't stay very long. But, on my departure, just a few steps down the road, I heard jingly-jangling behind me, and the gate swung open and I had four horses clopping down the paved road catching up with me. I took off at a run to get my sister who is the 'horse person' of the family, to return these huge, friendly animals back into the field. They opened the gate, not me, but I didn't know how I'd ever explain that to anybody else who might be very accusatory, such as their owners. She was/is a 'horse whizz' and she came to my rescue full speed, laughing her head off.

'You have such charisma!' she hooted. 'No, really, they were probably just bored!.'

Sisters are allowed to pat with one hand and smack with the other. I wouldn't know about brothers: I don't have any.

Comment is about Red-winged Blackbird (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Stunning, among the best I’ve read. Thank you for sharing your soul and this beautiful artwork. It moved me. I will be back to read it again and again. ?

Comment is about Jezabel, Confession from a Wonderland (blog)

Original item by RaVeN Mathews )0(

love those lovots but...
couldn't you just get a dog?

did you go to Las Vegas?

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thanks all for your comments.

Comment is about Hangman (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Well done, Dominic. Beautifully crafted sonnet.

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'The Dolphins Seemed Unfriendly' by Dominic James (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

I like this one Jon, it leaves me; hanging.

Comment is about Hangman (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Very interesting Vautaw

Comment is about Creators (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

Hi Ray,

Sorry for the delay - glad you liked the poem!

Comment is about NIGERIAN VILLAGES (blog)

Original item by john short

Congratulations, Dominic

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'The Dolphins Seemed Unfriendly' by Dominic James (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Alan, I love this poem! It's amazing! Thank you so much for sharing.

Comment is about Why I Want to Own a Platypus (blog)

Original item by Fernwood Press

Hey fancy seeing you here! Did I miss something? I've not been on this site much in the last few weeks or so, although I was pretty addicted last summer.

Comment is about Etchy Mary (poet profile)

Original item by Etchy Mary

Thanks Brian! I've been seeking to refine my style and technique a little. We'll see where it leads.

Comment is about Lie with poetry (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

I love it! Amazing.

Comment is about Love Yourself (blog)

Original item by SarahAnneD

Binte this verse strikes me as a recollection maybe a visitation of a loved one (your mother?) who has passed away.
Left and lost.
Tommy

Comment is about Talking To The Dead (blog)

Original item by Binte Afroz

BLACKIE! Where ya bin? I’ve just seen your “Like”.

Comment is about ME FIRSTEST POEMS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Becky- you have spent your time away wisely to judge from this excellent piece!

Comment is about Lie with poetry (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Healing is a lifelong process my friend. I hope your surgery goes well, John.

Comment is about Dead Baby (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Bike it

You'll like it

Comment is about Two Ton of Deadly Metal (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Direct and to the point. I agree with M.C. a wider audience would be good.
Dorothy

Comment is about Two Ton of Deadly Metal (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

How the human spirit can labour seeking some sort of solace. It
seems likely that contentment is reached by being content with one's own self. Looking in the mirror with a smile is a good way to begin
each day IMHO.

Comment is about Alone With My Loneliness (blog)

Original item by NilavroNill Shoovro

Intriguing - to set alight (satellite?) the imagination.

Comment is about Cosmic Cause (blog)

Original item by Adam Whitworth

It only goes to show - it takes talent to write about talent on show!!?

Comment is about The Annual Talent Show (Down At The Feathers) (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Fitting words to be printed and handed to every buyer of a car - whatever their age or experience (or LACK of it).

Comment is about Two Ton of Deadly Metal (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Ah...time off in loo of reading a poem. Quite understandable in this
case. ?

Comment is about DESPERATE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

this is a wonderful review. i cried a little.

Comment is about become something frail: Stuart Buck, Selcouth Station Press (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Yes, I can relate to this and I'm not surprised it was a redwing blackbird, I think they're Corvids aren't they? Might be wrong. But highly intelligent birds.

Loved this.

J. x

Comment is about Red-winged Blackbird (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I do love your poems - they build a picture of irreverent chaos.
it is so good to giggle
Dorothy.

Comment is about The Annual Talent Show (Down At The Feathers) (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Brilliant! Just brilliant ?

J.

Comment is about The Annual Talent Show (Down At The Feathers) (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

You’re welcome, Don.

Comment is about ME FIRSTEST POEMS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

You paint words in beautiful shades.

Comment is about Ruby (blog)

Original item by Heart of Lead

I love this! Absolutely brilliant!

Comment is about Of Gods and Pharaohs (blog)

Original item by Heart of Lead

Heart rending and haunting. Thank you for sharing this. I truly hope they read this and reflect. It will be remembered.

Comment is about Not Much Left to Lose Now (blog)

Original item by Heart of Lead