Thanks for your comment on Strangers Leave Scars. Really appreciate the feedback ??
Comment is about Foy Timms (poet profile)
Original item by Foy Timms
Wonderfully evocative poem, Paris. Could just have easily appeared in our regular American Life in Poetry feature as here.
Comment is about 'Ice Skating in New Orleans' by Paris Tate is Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Wonderfully evocative poem, Paris. Could just have easily appeared in our regular American Life in Poetry feature as here.
Comment is about Paris Tate (poet profile)
Original item by Paris Tate
Many thanks for this thought-provoking blog, John. As someone residing in the home counties - nearest landmark the M25 - I find it sometimes hard to write poetry about place. But I will keep trying!
Comment is about Knowing your place: locating the poetry of landscape (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
So sad yet so beautifully written ??
Comment is about Bottle neck blues (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
This is a very deep ' heartfelt piece that many have been trew.
It is well written and enjoyable to read. Romance at its utter most truth.
Well done ?
Comment is about Off with you Head (blog)
Original item by Neil J Schwab
"We should fly secret kites on secret nights...!" Secret gem I say! Shouldn't stay secret! Aside from that, terrible thing..."took her life and went away". Sorry for quoting you instead of trying to analyze but when the poetry is so good I feel like literal words are redundant.
Thank you?
Mae
Comment is about Bottle neck blues (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
A very beautiful poem. Tears welled up as I read. I hope this wasn't written from life, but I fear that it was. If so, many sincere condolences. Don't be harsh on yourself. As the father of five grown-up children I know how difficult it is to draw the line between love and interference. Children, even adult ones, need to be free. Best wishes and keep writing, you have talent a-plenty. John
Comment is about Cha-Chi Legacy (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Hi Paris
Well done on POTW firstly, and also for such a beautiful Poem.
Jon
Comment is about 'Ice Skating in New Orleans' by Paris Tate is Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
You never fail with the humour david.. Haha great job ?
Comment is about Meltdown (blog)
Original item by David Gabriel Caplan
Mon 4th Feb 2019 07:13
Congratulations Paris, great poem very well done.
All the best des
Comment is about 'Ice Skating in New Orleans' by Paris Tate is Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Thank you, the rhythm came to me last night, quite late, had to recheck it this morning to make sure I had the scansion right, so to have nice comments from you is great. I think we've all had a time even if just the briefest when we've felt like this.
Although personally, I was more messy hair and wristwatches myself.
Thanks, ?
J
Comment is about Silver Shot Pocket Watch (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Mon 4th Feb 2019 06:43
Thank you Lisa for the comments, much appreciated. Thank you Jon and Anya for the likes
All the best des
Comment is about Do not wander into this fearful night (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
Thank you for reading and liking my poetry Phil it is à great boost and much appreciated, Taylor ?
Comment is about Phils Words (poet profile)
Original item by Phils Words
Very amusing. Well done, kJ. I'll keep an eye out for your pieces now... ?
Comment is about All His Geese Are Swans (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
What beautiful prose that tells an important story. It should be made into a movie! ?
Comment is about The swinging bridge (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
So sad, but so relate-able and a wonderful journey into your memories. Thank you, Jon.
Comment is about Disturbing The Dead (blog)
Original item by Jon Darby
Ha-Ha!!!! Love the surprising switch.
Comment is about Meltdown (blog)
Original item by David Gabriel Caplan
Full on confidence. Something about slick hair and steel heels will do that. Great visual licks. ?
Comment is about Silver Shot Pocket Watch (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Such a cool, casual vibe to this very clever poem... absolutely loved it! ?
Comment is about Silver Shot Pocket Watch (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
steven arthur
Mon 4th Feb 2019 03:57
beautiful poem full of gravitas
Comment is about The swinging bridge (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I have a deerhead chuihuia.. he is all dog a great companion walks for miles never though I'd have a chuihuia... but so glad I do
Comment is about Our Pets (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Oh and thank you for the comments
Comment is about Sense of self (blog)
Original item by Phils Words
Thank you Mae for being kind and writing on my profile. Yes we both have suffered life threatening illnesses (myself twice, cancer and sepsis) but we are both still here. Hurrah for us!! I like your poems. You have your own style - pushing at the margins of meaning and encouraging your reader to think about the connotations of words and to read between the lines. I will come back to your poems.
La vie est une fleur dont l'amour est le miel.” – Victor Hugo
Viva les Mouvement des gilets jaunes!!
Take care and keep writing - John
Comment is about Mae Foreman (poet profile)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Thank you all for commenting so kindly upon my poem 'Just deserts'and you twice Lisa.
!! And you Phil - I am so sincerely sorry for your loss. We lost our infant son to Meningitis in 1989 and a day doesnt go by without me thinking of him. He'd have been 30 this year. As Philip Larkin so memorably said in his poem, 'The Mower': "we should be kind / While there is still time."
All good wishes
John
Comment is about Just deserts (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Not that I'd ever want to go there Phil,
but that made good reading.
Comment is about A night out in Jack Dempsy's bar New York. 1980. (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
What an excellent description Jon;
childhood memories are indeed spun gold.
Comment is about Disturbing The Dead (blog)
Original item by Jon Darby
To be homeless is like being without a life- nowhere to go where you have a right to be, and without a domicile you can't get any kind of job , so you are trapped. Agree with Hannah about Dickens's disapproval. I lived in London in the late 50s - early 60s and there weren't many homeless, on the streets anyway. Great writing.
Jennifer
Comment is about Homelessness ! A plight to fight. (blog)
Original item by hugh
How do you do it, each time they are funnier! Don't know how I missed this one - probably 'cos of all the Xmas hassle, although I like Xmas, as long as one keeps it down to a family holiday. (I have a fairly small family, so perhaps that helps keep the peace), Have a friend whose ma in law has had four false deathbeds, with kith and kin around her - just likes the attention I would think. When she really does croak,probably no-one will believe it.
Jennife
Comment is about The Last Words My Granny Said To Me (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Lovely yet again. We used to play that ancient trick of a banknote tied to a piece of fishing-line, and hide round the corner to jerk it away when they bent down. One old geezer fell over in fright and broke something so we were forbidden to do it ever again.
Keep up the good work! Jennifer
Comment is about I Found A Fiver In The Snow (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Hilarious, (as usual) loved Robson to rhyme with knobs on!
Presumably he just swanned peacefully away! Still chuckling over it.
Jennifer
Comment is about All His Geese Are Swans (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
This is brilliant and hilarious may I add..
I know a few just like this. Top marks for this piece. The best I read all day. Well done kg and a million thank yous for the hudge giggle it gave me.?
Comment is about All His Geese Are Swans (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
It did not come across as offensive , just a tale of how life has changed trew another's eyes deer Stephen.
It was a very enjoyable read. Well done to you all on such a great collaboration.?
Comment is about Lysa d (poet profile)
Original item by Lysa d
Bravo,
Excellent poem desmond.
Enjoyed start to finish, so much meaning and truth, well done?
Comment is about Do not wander into this fearful night (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
Thank you for reading clark.greatly appreciated.
Yes, sometimes a little and most times alot ?
Comment is about Shame (blog)
Original item by Lysa d
You are truly inspirational, I my self have fought cervical cancer and I could not express the pain so eloquently as you have.. I will keep you in my prayers. Phill I am deeply sorry for your loss, no parent should have to bury a precious child so young, you are in my thoughts.
Comment is about Just deserts (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Hi John
Beautifully expressed, this made me stop, think and listen to the deeper essence of the Poem.
Great stuff
Jon
Comment is about Just deserts (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
All strength to you, John. Great work.
Comment is about Just deserts (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Hi Keith
Nice Poem. First time I've read one on the subject. Fascinating stuff and very original
Jon
Comment is about My Feet (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thanks Jon and Anya for the likes, and MCN for the kind comment
and suggestion. I couldn't find the details of the competition, but will look again.
Jennifer
Comment is about Much mourned death of an umbrella pine (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
I like this. I sense some common themes in your writing.
Comment is about Shame (blog)
Original item by Lysa d
John I lost my eighteen year old son to cancer three years ago, what shines and always will is the courage and ability to go face to face with this blight.
Your poem is an inspiration. As are all the fighters as I can see you know. Thank you for sharing this.
Comment is about Just deserts (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Hi Lysa
Your comments on Confused - Definition is most welcome.
The poem is a collection of words and thoughts from myself, my elderly Father in Law, and my late Father.
When I wrote it, I wondered if some readers may take offence, and I'm the last person to intentionally offend. But as a person of age, gender etc I am seeing the massive shifts in society coming around quicker and quicker.
Again, many thanks for the time to taken to drop a note.
Steve
Comment is about Lysa d (poet profile)
Original item by Lysa d
i would say so martin, i have a new book to promote so will be out and about a lot more than usual. if you know of anywhere that might let me shout down the mic and you will be there let me know (if that makes any sense)
Comment is about Winters past (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Thank you Lisa. You have a good heart. It was not easily written but I thought it might encourage another person to fight against the ravages of illness and disease and also against medical prophets of doom I was told by 'an eminent surgeon' that I had three years to live in 2006. But I'm still here. So there is always hope.
We look before and after,
And pine for what is not;
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught;
Our sweetest songs are those that tell
Of saddest thought.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Comment is about Just deserts (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Dear Cultured Poet M. C. Newberry .. thank you so much for reading or listening to my simple poem ..and many thanks to mention that Shakespearian observation .. we actually should read more about those stars.
Comment is about The Theater (blog)
Original item by Farag M. Afify
Hazel ettridge
Mon 4th Feb 2019 10:51
Thank you Lisa and Anya. Today is the day for housework. And for watching the rain drops kissing the window pane.
Comment is about I could have stayed home (blog)
Original item by Hazel ettridge