Sorry Dorothy as a self confessed hedonist I am in total support of John.

Go for it mate

Keith

Comment is about DIYing (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

I'm with you mate, painting the town, not painting the hall.

J.?

Comment is about DIYing (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

You're a hard taskmaster Dorothy. Living is more important ??

Comment is about DIYing (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

Beautiful. The last stanza is especially powerful. Thanks for sharing. Write on! ?

Comment is about I want to be a writer (blog)

Original item by Josie

John
DIYing is very important - get on with it - you can play when you have finished.

Dorothy

Comment is about DIYing (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

I do agree, the opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference.

A well written piece that I enjoyed reading.

Hannah

Comment is about On love and self-efficacy (blog)

Original item by Clarke

Thank you so much for your encouragement Jason. I can't tell you how much it means!

Comment is about I want to be a writer (blog)

Original item by Josie

It seems to me, that using words like Josie, will do you just fine.
Beautifully written, and as eloquent as ever I've read.

Love it.

J. x

Comment is about I want to be a writer (blog)

Original item by Josie

The anxiety you feel is rather infectious Don. The conventions you profess to avoid are easily dispensed with when there is so little sensible content within the litany of words masquerading as poetry.but then you already know that as is evidenced by your unconventional approach to others work. This is a welcoming site and is vulnerable to infection. But hey don't worry. It's all fair game.
Have a nice day. Ray

Comment is about Good Onya (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Eloquently, exceptionally, expertly, expressed.

My admiration, and adoration, adeptly accessed.

J. ?

Comment is about Word wanderer (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Thank you all for your kind words, and don't worry Dorothy, I'll lay my stone down and move on, only to collect another at some point I'm sure.

A very wise man once said, "Humans are beasts of burden, carrying our fare share gives us purpose, and purpose in life is more important to us than anything else." Which is why we very often carry others fare share too.

And "Heart," yes we do both have our millstones, and if ever I can help carry yours it would be my pleasure my friend.

J. x

Comment is about A Stone For The Miller (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Forgive me Jon. I can be quite flippant at times. It seems my mind can't help it. Can I add a serious note and say this was very clever

Comment is about Word wanderer (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

I love the lines.
adding to the journey
is a consonant chaos of juxtaposition and alliteration,

Comment is about Word wanderer (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

The alliteration in this reminded me of CSN "helplessly Hoping", a lovely read.

Comment is about Word wanderer (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Thanks for poem/not a poem links. I think chopping the lines into small bits and making some more 'emotional' might do the trick. ?

Comment is about PRIAPUS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I hope your 'Boys' have all washed your hands.

Comment is about PRIAPUS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Frances - go raibh maith agat T ??

Comment is about Irish and Proud (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Is this what they mean by 'poetic license?' ?

Comment is about PRIAPUS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I like people who are unconventional
With views that get warped in the rain
My own view syncs nicely with your view
Seems like we've got very warped brains ?

Comment is about Once We Were Gods (blog)

Original item by d.knape

This one left my mind in such chaos
Juxtaposed and alliterated
Loquacious, conjunction and serendipitous
With vowels and consonants mated ?

Comment is about Word wanderer (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

I fight very hard to be a non-conformist Keith.

"As long as we allow convention to govern us we will never make progress" (DM)

Comment is about Good Onya (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Me too - Happy St Paddy's to you all!

Comment is about Irish and Proud (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Sláinte Jason T ???

Comment is about Irish and Proud (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

And so you should be Tom, and so you should be.?

J.x

Comment is about Irish and Proud (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Don,

By not being part of WoL normal genre you have created your own identity and style. Be a non conformist. Be just who you are and write what you feel inspired to write.

Keith

Comment is about Good Onya (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thanks Brian and KJ for the comments, Anya and Amanda for the likes.

Comment is about Word wanderer (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

This one follows on nicely from your last one Jon.
they could have been written as a pair.

Comment is about Word wanderer (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

thanks for reading
my poem
i write by touch
some say I am.


wink.

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

my view is warped
it was left out in the rain!


haha.

Comment is about Once We Were Gods (blog)

Original item by d.knape

lost, but now found
Keith Jeffries is alive!
call off the search
return you your normal programming.


wink.

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

Original item by keith jeffries

Still being still RB

Comment is about wol 2018 (blog)

Original item by Rachel Bond

Stop it, Kev. I've got a cracked lip.
Many thanks, Cynthia. I was just having mischief about it being a poem.

Comment is about PRIAPUS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Had to read this with the OED at my elbow! Good one Jon.

Comment is about Word wanderer (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

I have a younger brother who went through some experiences with some of the chemicals you mention. He is younger than me and, at the time, we were both in very early adolescence.

"Vincristine" is one that stands out, especially, as some are especially cruel.

Just a story, but my brother and I used to wrestle and play like young siblings or friends do. I happened to grab his hair during one such bout, like I would have at any other time in such play, and I heard a sound as if it were velcro separating from itself.

I had grabbed and pulled a handful of his hair, innocently. I was shocked and sad and sorry all at once--I was speechless.

He was so lovely, though. He looked at me and told me, as would've the wisest of men, what was going to happen to him.

He saw friends go through the same treatment he went through who didn't make it. And, I know the thoughts of them weighed upon him deeply, even as young as he was.

Thanks, Phil. I wish I knew how to say more, but the place from where you speak deserves more than words.

Rachel

Comment is about Chemo Pharmacopeia (blog)

Original item by mentalelf. Philk.

glorious and horrendous Phil. Like the ravings of true experience. I always remember as a kid certain smells that turned my stomach - ether and antiseptics, dentists miasma, truly horrifying to a kid. Not to mention the almost teutonic detachment of the professionals. Nowadays more variety of drugs. Remember Olivier as the Nazi dentists in the Marathon Man. That's where I am with this !!

Ray

Comment is about Chemo Pharmacopeia (blog)

Original item by mentalelf. Philk.

Thank you for reading and the nice comment and likes!

Comment is about 8 Heroes (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Hello John - many thanks for your comment on my home page - and the quoted extract from the Binyon poem. Even
reading those lines brought the moisture to my eyes, such
is the effect on me of their irresistible evocation of nature's power for renewal.
And, yes, the first name is Mark.

Comment is about John E Marks (poet profile)

Original item by John E Marks

Splendid! You got me, cold turkey!!! And I hooted.

Comment is about Painting (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

A clever imagination at work here.

Comment is about Once We Were Gods (blog)

Original item by d.knape

This looks like one to seek! Much that intrigues and promises to
identify with if the sample extracts are any guide.

Comment is about So the Sky: Valerie Lynch, Dempsey & Windle (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks, Rich. Once I got started it might be said "I got carried away"
- but knew when to pull up! ?

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is 'The Racing Stable' by M.C Newberry (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Welcome. You've certainly entered the arena with a humdinger.

Do you actually mean, in your BIO, '... of outrageous of recovery'? I'm having trouble making sense of the second 'of'. But, maybe it's just me.

Neat bio picture: the upcast eyes from the old, gnarled tree that looks about to devour your head. I'm pretty sure its composition is well orchestrated.

Comment is about John Flowers (poet profile)

Original item by John Flowers

This is an excellent contribution, and I don't give a damn that it's not in poetical 'form'. The language and its formatting are pure 'poetry' as is its very topical and interesting subject. LIFE qualifies!

Comment is about PRIAPUS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

John. Just to clarify. Do you intend to chop your poem or your todger up?

Comment is about PRIAPUS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

There you go, Don. Save you looking too hard.
https://www.writeoutloud.net/discuss/when-is-a-poem-not-a-poem--2162
https://www.writeoutloud.net/discuss/what-is-poetry--2138
But just to be clear, Don, I don’t consider this a poem; I’m just taking advantage.

Comment is about PRIAPUS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you all ❤

Comment is about Lexical longings (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

An interesting perspective.
Thank you
Keith

Comment is about Once We Were Gods (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Poetry is defined as

a piece of writing in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by particular attention to diction (sometimes involving rhyme), rhythm, and imagery.

Does not necessarily have rhyme but must have metrical rhythm to be classed as a poem.

Sorry John. As much as I find your bit fascinating it is not a poem. It is a story, until someone convinces me otherwise.

Now don't go and sulk. Your idea of chopping it into pieces has merit. Go work on it. Don't forget the metrical rhythm though

Don

Comment is about PRIAPUS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

John,

I've done my research and back with questions.

I discover that numpties are confused people with little idea of what they are talking about. Therefore when the say poetry has no rhyme. or rhythm they don't know what they're talking about. I could not see any such learned Discussion threads anywhere on the site about this?. Where did you see them? If you took them at their word this suggests you are also a numpty?\

Don ?

Comment is about PRIAPUS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Lovely poem for POTW - congratulations. Great rhythm, got a sense of riding along, and building and building.

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is 'The Racing Stable' by M.C Newberry (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck