This kind of tirade poetry always has a strong impact on the reader. It is convincing in its intensity. It is well written and well constructed. All the best for Derek. I enjoyed this poem

Thank you
Keith

Comment is about 'The trouble with Derek' (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

A lovely poem Keith.
I have an autistic nephew who started at university last year.
He is one of the gentlest, kindest people I know, but he rarely speaks unless spoken to !

Comment is about José Tomas (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Good one! Love the visual and you reciting it! ?

Comment is about Ten Thousand Pricks at her Fingertips (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

Perfect poem for the new age dating scene and the cursed auto correct. Thanks for the smiles. ??

Comment is about Autocorrect and predictive text ruined my chance of romance and sex (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

PMSL! ???

Comment is about Autocorrect and predictive text ruined my chance of romance and sex (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

Hello D.K - in reply to your question about notifications, I am still getting them, but I had to say, on a kind of form to fill in, which ones I wanted, and which not. Perhaps if you go to your account you will find this form.

Always enjoy your stuff! Hope you are still getting fed one way or another| Perhaps the last effort, about departing, was due to starvation tactics? Cabeza di cocco!!!!! Not really, love your poems, keep one cheerful. What exactly are enchiladas anyway? Obviously food of a Spanish origin, but can't get further than that, and am too lazy to look it up.

Jennifer

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

Original item by d.knape

Please forgive
My flippancy
(Also I like
Short verse like thee)

I'm getting sidetracked
Here dk
Your time expires
You're on your way

I hope you get
More up-front time
Before the priest
(Kick out the grime)

What's that? No grime?
No crime, no strife?
You've lived a what?
A godly life?

(Getting side-tracked) ?

Comment is about As Time Expires (blog)

Original item by d.knape

John it seems you haven't learned
That 'puters give you pain
They autocorrect and predictive text
And laugh when playing games

Haha we got poor John again
That poor old shilly it
"Predictive text?" "Yes, autocorrect"
We've got him ty the bit

The answer John is ditch computer
Take up paper/pen
Write a letter to your mate
Plenty sex again

Sorted ?

Comment is about Autocorrect and predictive text ruined my chance of romance and sex (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

Yes Stephen, what will we do tomorrow?
What mood will I put us all in
A trip on the roller-coaster of living?
Wait and see cos my verse it's just fin ?

Comment is about Fun or Serious? I Can't Decide? (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

I am a humourist at heart. I think their should be a lot more on the site ?

Comment is about Fun or Serious? I Can't Decide? (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

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Comment is about Autocorrect and predictive text ruined my chance of romance and sex (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

Good old Spike...really funny 50 years ago...looks very dated now though.

Comment is about Fun or Serious? I Can't Decide? (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

You have revealed you secret so I shall reveal mine, over the years I have been in love with multiple toy boys. All of them black and white
and all addicted to fox poo.

Comment is about In love with a boy (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

Please don't do this to me - I am laughing - I can't see for tears - my husband is just the same.

I have spilled my coffee and choked on my biscuit and still I am laughing .

Your poems should come with a health warning.

Comment is about Autocorrect and predictive text ruined my chance of romance and sex (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

what are we going to do now???

Comment is about Fun or Serious? I Can't Decide? (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

I think you have outspiked Spike Milligan - I just love this - more of the same would be very good.
The photo is spot on.

Comment is about Fun or Serious? I Can't Decide? (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thank you all for the comments and likes. I really appreciate them.

Comment is about Infectious laughter (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

I really like this, and the "she" that you speak of really resonates for some of us. I tried to put my "he" in a box, but that didn't work out well for either of us, so instead "we" coexist.
One foot in order, one foot in chaos, balanced on the fulcrum.

Love the style and rhythm of it. ?

J.

Comment is about Ruby (blog)

Original item by Heart of Lead

Wow, you have a new fan.
Very clever writing, beautifully expressed.

Comment is about Mediocre Town (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

Hi John, I wanted to drop by and say how much I enjoy your work, and your supportive comments - particularly the lovely one you took the time to make on my blog. There's a beautiful quality to your work that leaves me wanting more. Thanks again, Kate

Comment is about John E Marks (poet profile)

Original item by John E Marks

Hi Paris, I love this, you transported me right there.

Comment is about 'Ice Skating in New Orleans' by Paris Tate is Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Clever piece.

Comment is about Ten Thousand Pricks at her Fingertips (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

Thanks for the encouragement everyone. Really appreciate it. Cheers, Kate

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Pay Attention’ by Kate G (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Nice twist John ?

Comment is about Ten Thousand Pricks at her Fingertips (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

Thank you kate i appreciate it

Comment is about Dream (blog)

Original item by Marcy Ewing

That scene in Times Square, New York
must have been akin to that of V.E. day in London.

Are we going to have similar scenes after Brexit ? !

Comment is about KISS OFF (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

It is heartbreaking to read such a deep part of your story john, but as always you write with such heartfelt love and pain in a way that speaks directly to the soul..?

Comment is about A haunting (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Hi Zach, this is remarkable and I will enjoy re-reading in an attempt to interpret. Complex, dark and rich with evocative language. Thanks for sharing.

Comment is about off-yellow (02/17/2019) (blog)

Original item by Zach Dafoe

Very dreamlike Marcy, it's an effective technique to run it all together like this

Comment is about Dream (blog)

Original item by Marcy Ewing

Thank you Kate. Praise indeed. John

Comment is about Bounty (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

dk us Ladies Union
You've neglected in your verse
What of our lovely pussies
With gentle paws, smooth furs?

They also give us pause
To restlessness, yes when
When they put to us, yes when
Their softness they extend

So don't forget our pussies
In any verse dk (future)
Or else our Ladies Union
Will come down hard, not suit yer

meow....?

Comment is about Pets (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Beautiful poem John, about a topic close to my heart.

Comment is about Bounty (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Spot on!
Better to stop a while and smile
Than go to town with a frown! ?
Or - as a poet of yesteryear perceptively observed:(give or take 100% recall)
Laugh and the world laughs with you
Cry and you cry alone
For this sorry old world has troubles enough
And needs none of your own.

Comment is about Infectious laughter (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Very good MC ?

Comment is about KISS OFF (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

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Comment is about Infectious laughter (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Poets wanting laughter
Come knock on Centre door
Of WOL's new Rest and Recoup place
With nymphs lying on floor

If you've expired from doom and gloom
Just keep eyes glued to screen
For future laughter coming up
In programme to be seen

As Jon points out it's all for free
Contagious as all hell
Keith's all up for ten sacks
Who wants some more as well?

MC, dk Po et al?
Come poets one and all
Half-expired or fully dead
Laughter's free for all

But Jon has truly warned us
Of dangers to our WOL
Could run amok, rampant, unchecked
(And we wouldn't want that to happen...)

Would we? ?

Comment is about Infectious laughter (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Hi DK - electronic systems are known for their "blips"!!
Cheers,
MC

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

Original item by d.knape

The poem sample is just a poem not related to me or my husband ?

Comment is about The_Northern_Lass (poet profile)

Original item by The_Northern_Lass

Thanks for the comment Keith very much appreciated.

All the best Des

Comment is about march (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

You can, Keith. It's free to one and all. ?

Comment is about Infectious laughter (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Jon, could I order ten sacks (highly contagious) for my family and mother in law. Thanks Keith Good poem ...........very original

Comment is about Infectious laughter (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Thanks go to Amsterdam Jon for his technical expertise in bringing this poem out of a modest hibernation. John

Comment is about Bounty (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thanks for all your kind words here, Patrick. Very touched by all of your kindness of what you wrote here. Have really enjoyed assisting Steve with this as it's a lovely venue.

Comment is about Dim the lights for spoken word: Speakeasy at the Sip Club, Stretford, Manchester (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I very recently heard the statistic that one in four Americans believe that Jesus will return in their lifetime. I'm no fan of statistics (check Benjamin Disraeli, or Mark Twain? on the subject) but the prevalence of such self-centered thinking wouldn't surprise me in the least.

Who wants to see the wizard behind the curtains after travelling the yellow brick road so faithfully?

Rachel

PS
..was feeling unusually talkative last night but forgot to say that I appreciate the way certain poems get around to a point without spelling things out or telling the reader how to think or feel. It gives us lots of freedom to expand--that's the quality that drew me into this.

Comment is about CEREMONIAL (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Nice exposé Ray.

I have no sympathy for those fleeced in the name of religion.
My advice to them is 'Wake up.'

Comment is about CEREMONIAL (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks M.C.

Incidentally, love the response ?

Comment is about Mirror Mirror (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Entertaining - with some good lines & truths about self-delusion.
Cyberworld, let me believe,
Ere Father Time drops by to thieve!
The make-believe I would prefer
If only living would concur !

Comment is about Mirror Mirror (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

I think it's likely you're absolutely right--what joy and relief!

Comment is about KISS OFF (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Rachel - I think that this instance - from a moment of massive relief
and joy - will not have had any deleterious effect on the participants.
Think of movie stars whose presence in their widely witnessed
work share all sorts of perceived "moments" and "insights" into
their lives and rarely suffer from any problems - unless that includes
the fear of later obscurity. Some retire from the job and decide on
other work - which may also be a factor - but rarely, I think.

Comment is about KISS OFF (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

A gloriously affectionate moment among many shared that day, no doubt.

I often think of how the subjects of such iconic photos must feel. I mean, it must play psychological tricks on the mind when personal moments become fixation and property of the general population--just a thought.

But, the power of that photo to dredge up so much emotion--that's a real credit to photography and the timelessness of our humanity.

Rachel

Comment is about KISS OFF (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry