Hello Hazel,

Hope you're doing well this New Year.

Lovely poem full of bliss from the day after.

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Comment is about January Blues (blog)

Original item by Hazel Connelly

I apologize to Lisa for turning her poem into a great discussion board, but Po is right.

Collaboration is key to success as poets for us. We just can't afford to take the 'one in a million' approach that most poets like Rupi Kaur take to get successful.

Social media is here for good or ill, it's not like Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg are complaining. Po, I think I need to PM you my thoughts on this, but seeing as Lisa is already one with us, I think it could benefit her too.

I'll see.

Comment is about R. kelly (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

To Lisa: ?

To Po: She is already a member buddy! Check the memo! ?

But I digress and agree with both of you.

Comment is about R. kelly (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

Big sal I stay away from news and social media and newspapers as much as I can! As far as politics go ' I am a foreigner.. I avoid like the plague because it doesn't matter what you vote' everything is a fix..in every country including my own.. Our government is scum and toxic... But its how we support those who win that counts.. Their no good if we ignore them.. I know if guns wore legal in Ireland we would have shot them all by now (haha) ... We stood up againts alot of wrongs and we won.. People is power and people hold more power united as one... Trump knows this and tried to master divide in order to make Americans weak enough to take down separately...
I pray more wake up and learn that no one is better then anyone and no race is more superior then another.. We're only strong when we stand tall along side one another hand in hand ... We have the power to change our world ' but to many to selfish to even try.. And those complaining but not acting need to cop on more then most ?

Comment is about R. kelly (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

Po my friend. Its a shame that many who have a voice and a platform to express such things choose to stay quiet... To many care what other's will think of them! Not me.. My dad raised a shepherd, I dont walk with any flock... I lead myself and will continue to walk in the opposite direction of any crowd..
Its a shameful act to not stand up against all the wrong doings and nasty people of our society' especially those who use their money as a shield... People gave them that power and people can take it away... About time they started a campaign against R.kelly called mute R.kelly... He is not making a profit or a living from music anymore.. Power taken back.. And that's how it should be.. People hold the power to make things happen.... The more people that wake up the stronger we become ?

Comment is about R. kelly (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

Hey I get you totally, Lisa.

Your own comment made me laugh by the way. You spoke my mind three times over with your insight, and yes you are 110% right - how in the hell do people not see it?

The sad thing is, people have always been blind to corruption and extinction - until it graces their doorstep, then they're the rally of great causes.

Here in the US, Donald Trump became president due to 3 main reasons:

1. The Electoral College chose him. He was not ELECTED in any real sense. You want to know why? Because in the US a representative is expected to vote the way their district leans and votes, BUT if they do not do so and instead break protocol otherwise known as a "faithless elector", then their only real punishment is a $1,000 fine. Many electors did just this instead of voting for Hilary whom they perceived as the 'greater of two evils'. (See point 3.)

2. His daddy's money. Fred Trump made his living back in the day gentrifying black neighborhoods by buying them out for his condos and apartments. It is because of Fred that Donald even has a cent between his tiny fingers. It is because of this massive amount of accumulated wealth that Trump was able to draw from and keep his shenanigans and bullshit running so strongly.

3. Social media/Russian intervention. Because of fear tactics, lies based in more lies, and other quite normal political upheaval, Trump took advantage of social media via direction from multiple people, and none egging him on more than that bitch Roger Stone. In fact he kept the same tactics up, has done so, and is continuing to do so well into his re-election campaign of 2020. Politics is a dirty business, Lisa, but none more so than a businessman wanting to be a politician.

If you watch closely however, he is imploding quicker than he can repair ship. It's only a matter of time before he really fucks up and does something that puts the last nail in the orange coffin, sending the ship and its crew to the bottom of the depths where they belong. It is only going to get uglier.?

Comment is about R. kelly (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

Big sal as an irish woman who has never ever stepped foot on American soil !!! And may never ever for all of my days.. Its atrocious to witness what most ( not all Americans support)
Trump alone! Like how the fuck did he get voted as your president? The man is so evil Satan himself gets scared. I dont understand why people follow him. He stands for everything that is wrong and negative...his own wife and daughter never look comfortable in his company and soooo many people dont take notice of that.. To much hate in his soul. Racist prick ' and not shy to express it.. Kanye haha now that shit is funny.. The man is a twisted fool that has no leader ship skills ' gets bossed around by his plastic wife .. Ego yet again.. Their money gives them a sense of power and as sad as it is.. The power is in their hands because of it.... It makes me question peoples ability to know right from wrong. Grown ass adult's thinking its ok to admire such awful being's.. I watched a fb video of fbi agent's arriving to a woman's home all because she posted a comment about trump!! What the fuck .... I laughed not because it was funny but because it was so silly and ridiculous..
I watched all of R.kellys video's about his trial and my stomach fell out' I could not understand how people Had chosen to ignore his acts of pure filth on minor's'.. the jury alone made me sick.. But the parents who had all this information and still allowed him near the children made me faint in disbelief... What the actual FUCK....
Im aware of many catholic priests and I would not send my child into danger zones because not all wore convicted. If their is a chance of a child been misled, a patents job is to avoid and protect.. Not act all angry later because they didnt do their Job at the start.. All because money sighns seemed more important at the time... Makes me soooo angry ... Fucked up prioritys... Arghhhhhhhhh

Comment is about R. kelly (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

Very well written piece, Suko.

Well done on this.??

Comment is about Frame Two Hearts (blog)

Original item by Suko Waspodo

If the Horses of Apocalypse could talk, they'd bow out of the discussion for your superior poetic skills!

Well written poem.??

Comment is about Dead Wood (blog)

Original item by Emma-Jane Stradling

You sir, continue to humble, teach, and excel at every single topic you have broached.

Damn, John.

You're by far my favorite poet.?

Comment is about Pseudobulbar affect. (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thank you much for stopping by to read my work well into the beginning of 2019, John.

I do hope you were able to scrape some enjoyment from them!

Until next time, Excelsior!

Comment is about John E Marks (poet profile)

Original item by John E Marks

Jon, I really appreciate your comment. Ultimately, I think, the whole poem was not about 'porridge' at all. It was just a 'vehicle' to consider much wider, very pressing ideas.

IMO, 'habit' is a huge arena for consideration in trying to understand life and people in general, around the entire Earth.

Again, thank you.

Comment is about Good Old Plain Porridge (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I really like it. Yeah, there are a couple of spelling mistakes but I do that loads too. When words are flowing, you have to keep going.
I would just do a re-read when you've finished but loved the poem!

Jason.

Comment is about Casino dreams (blog)

Original item by Leah

Then be happy with the gamble you’ve taken, MC.

Comment is about THE RUNAWAY TRAIN (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I guess pissing on little girls on tape and grabbing pussies is never quite enough to alienate most Americans nowadays.

Shit, Kanye wants to run for president and Trump supports it, why don’t we just dig up Walt Disney to use as a damn coat rack?

Things are never too far fetched when dealing with fools.

Glad you said it, Lisa. He’s like a damn cult leader.?

Comment is about R. kelly (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

It's funny, I'm a crappy gardener, I don't know my grass from my elbow but I love the tranquility of it.

Mind you the poem is about making love, but seems to switch quite well between each metaphorically, at least I hope it does.

Comment is about The Garden (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Refreshingly different . leading to a sort of inevitability draws us in, and the last line of each verse gives it a nice twist.

Ray

Comment is about I Know My Killers Name (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thanks Jennifer, it is the hardest, most heartbreaking and most rewarding, joyous job in the world, but I think as long as you can laugh and talk, you're probably doing alright.

Comment is about That First Day (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

An effective use of a staccato style , the reverse of flow. Conjures up the mood of the season. Congratulations Rich

Ray

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Potential’ by Rich (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

That's why I love that saying, "Always tell the truth, or at least try not to lie." It never helps in the end.

Comment is about Little Lies (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thanks Dave, that I am.

Comment is about Come In, Come Home (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Don't worry, although we all have health problems, (and I have a few), I wrote that more with someone else in mind.

As for my outlook, I refer you to "There Is A Box." (I'm fine ?)

Comment is about I Know My Killers Name (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Don't go without a fight!

Comment is about I Know My Killers Name (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Nice one.
You are a true child of the wilderness.

Comment is about Come In, Come Home (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Web of lies...a chain reaction, an unbreakable cycle....so true!!

Comment is about Little Lies (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

The last line left me wondering?

Comment is about I Know My Killers Name (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

I know what you're trying to say Don, albeit with muddled thinking. We are punching way above our weight so it's inevitable that our position in the world will slip.

Comment is about UK's Best Days (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Hi Lisa my breathlessness has come from falling on deaf ears for a great number of years keep up your good work love it Wendy x

Comment is about BREATHLESS (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

Hi M.C., that's fair enough, I can respect that. Although I would consider it an equally "personal" response to the situation.

BW

Comment is about My Brexit Poem (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Thank you for your comment on The Matriarch John. I loved the poem you sent..x

Comment is about John E Marks (poet profile)

Original item by John E Marks

"Glory is like a circle in the water, which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till, by broad spreading, it disperse to naught."

Henry VI Pt 1

Comment is about John E Marks (poet profile)

Original item by John E Marks

Great control of metre/rhythm. Love the musicality of this Martin. John

Comment is about Another hot night (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Thank you Martin for all of your positive comments on my effusions! John

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Elder

Hello Taylor. I loved this and it put me in mind of 'Binsey Poplars' by the great English Jesuit poet GM Hopkins:

Binsey Poplars
By Gerard Manley Hopkins

felled 1879

My aspens dear, whose airy cages quelled,
Quelled or quenched in leaves the leaping sun,
All felled, felled, are all felled;
Of a fresh and following folded rank
Not spared, not one
That dandled a sandalled
Shadow that swam or sank
On meadow & river & wind-wandering weed-winding bank.

O if we but knew what we do
When we delve or hew —
Hack and rack the growing green!
Since country is so tender
To touch, her being só slender,
That, like this sleek and seeing ball
But a prick will make no eye at all,
Where we, even where we mean
To mend her we end her,
When we hew or delve:
After-comers cannot guess the beauty been.
Ten or twelve, only ten or twelve
Strokes of havoc unselve
The sweet especial scene,
Rural scene, a rural scene,
Sweet especial rural scene.

John

Comment is about The Matriach (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

If we had always "played safe" our national story would have been
very different and we need only remember it's a vote to be able to
decide things for ourselves rather than wait on 27 other agendas to
decide for us. Why would that appeal to the English - let alone the rest of the UK? The story continues.....

Comment is about THE RUNAWAY TRAIN (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Loved reading this?
Amazing job x

Comment is about A Fine Line between Living and Death (blog)

Original item by April Emmeline

Hi again BW - as I mentioned elsewhere: in my working life I took an
oath of allegiance to our sovereign lady, Queen Elizabeth, her heirs
and successors, and - unlike certain UK politicians, past and present,
I do not consider it to be transferable to the EU, its heirs and successors. As for "common sense" that depends on your state of mind and sense of history.
Regards, MC

Comment is about My Brexit Poem (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

I'm sorry, M.C. Newberry, my comments - intended to explain the strength of my stance in the poem, and maximize the joke about my 40th birthday - and indeed the content of the poem itself could be misconstrued as me seeing this from only a personal point of view. I am of course also able to see that leaving the European Union is/will be an extremely negative thing for all concerned, and most particularly Britain - and I imagine as usual the poorest will suffer. I wish for all our sakes there was the possibility I could be wrong, I really do.

Have a look at the introduction to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - an example of a European project with very laudable aims and intentions concerning mutual understanding and respect: not all European projects are about self-serving politicians and power grabs.

I find it a little ironic that you say "the hidden process of deceit and want of truth that was employed by our own elected politicians" - I thought at first you were talking about the Brexit referendum. I guess you mean the first time around.... but then, we are talking about politicians after all. Let's face it, most people that rise to the top in that kind of job are not actually fit for purpose as the fact that they got there at all, in such a system, means they only have their own self-serving interests at heart. The only true democracy can be the one suggested by Arther C. Clarke in "Songs of a Distant Earth". I don't think self-serving politicians are any MORE of a problem in Europe than they have certainly been endemic and chaos-causing in Britain in recent years (and possibly forever).

Anyway, whatever you think of the reasons and methods we ended up in Europe, it was rather obvious that trying to extract ourselves from an organisation set up with such financial and legal intricacies - necessarily, if it was to have mutual benefits, projects, collaborations etc - was going to be an expensive and unnecessary nightmare.

For sure I'm not pretending France is in a better place at the moment. They seem to have bred their own specific species of rich-serving tax-break politicians.

You may have the better of me in terms of eloquence in expressing these things, but you will never persuade me that Brexit is a good thing, on any level. And as far as I'm concerned that's not personal self-interest or pig-headed idealistic naivety, its pure common sense.

Comment is about My Brexit Poem (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

I don't know how I missed this Stu. All the magic comes through. Vivid and highly coloured with just a glimpse of some turbulence and lovely to see you on here!

Ray

Comment is about shedding velvet in monochrome/a field in england (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Stu,
Thanks for the link to humankindjournal.
I scanned it quickly, then went back and read it again.
The question is whether or not I have enough material that would meet their criteria, but it certainly has given me something to mull over.
I'll keep you in the loop if anything develops.

Regards,
Dave

Comment is about Haiku X 2 (blog)

Original item by David Gabriel Caplan

Alo Fettig is not a real person.

About twice a month, Write Out Loud gets sweeped by spoofers, hackers, and fraudsters. If you ever get it again, don't even bother replying.

They all say the same thing and all are phishing for info.

Just a heads up.?

Comment is about Bonaparte's (poet profile)

Original item by Bonaparte's

Which still rather begs the question why you would vote for something which you don’t know how it will turn out.

Comment is about THE RUNAWAY TRAIN (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I think the same thing everytime I have to obey an irrational law not based on evidence.

Comment is about Brexit---Members Only (blog)

Original item by d.knape

I think the same thing everytime I have to obey an irrational law not based on evidence.

Comment is about Brexit---Members Only (blog)

Original item by d.knape

I think the same thing everytime I have to obey an irrational law not based on evidence.

Comment is about Brexit---Members Only (blog)

Original item by d.knape

I hope I have the luxury of being able to choose a peaceful death.

Comment is about No Lingering Death (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Alo Fettig, I tend not to contact people on such a hazy basis. What can I help you with friend?

Comment is about Bonaparte's (poet profile)

Original item by Bonaparte's

Cynthia
You should host a cookery programme that gives us tips on Porridge making... You definitely have a passion for it!

As you say habit is a funny thing. I remember my Mum heating up milk for Porridge in a small saucepan and making it totally in the pan, only at breakfast time mind!

Now, I cheat with Porridge sachets and heat them up in the microwave in two minutes. I could actually easily enjoy a bowl at any time, but upbringing and habit tells me otherwise if I try to change this.

Interesting and funny!

Jon

Comment is about Good Old Plain Porridge (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

JC - the word "sovereign" seems to have been lost somewhere - supplanted by convenience. How interesting - with no hint of irony
evident - to witness the present French finance minister talk of "sovereign Europe" in his interview on "Hard Talk" (BBC News
Channel) while his own country is seized by riots that protest against
their leader as a "president for the rich".(read "elite"...a word that
is more accurate in the EU power-grab scenario).

Comment is about THE RUNAWAY TRAIN (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hello Keith
Really liked this. An appreciation for things we take for granted rings loud and clear.
Thoughtful as always

Jon

Comment is about A Royal Box (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries