Being married
is like living in a cell-
only the warden/wife
has the key.

wink.

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

retired people have learned
the best lesson
there is no more important thing
than Time.

Comment is about Trevor Alexander (poet profile)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

I gotta make some comment
dk in Aussie rhyme
Or else you will be wondering
Where has he gone this time?

This bloody blogslide moves so fast
I sometimes miss your verse
Admittedly I like naps
Wake up, sorry, curse ?

Comment is about Tomorrow Never Comes (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thankyou for all your comments and likes on one of my serious pieces.

Brian - you are correct. We all have some impact on our environment. And yes, behaviours can be changed. And yes, fashion and what is 'cool/uncool' can be used to bring about desirable changes.

Good points raised. B

MC - I'm embarrassed. Gotta go clean the detritus from my car floor. No butts or tissues though ?

Your Suggestion that potty training/lack of could be a precurser to this attitude is an interesting and serious one one could explore

Comment is about I Just Don't Give a Fuck (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

May the gods of peace and love bless your soul Po! Your support of aspiring poets is admirable and appreciated. ?

Comment is about My Dopamine (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

Very true sal... And thank you po ?

Comment is about Poor me ' poor you ' poor us (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

Definitely rant material, and I heartily concur. We still live in a throw-away society unfortunately. And that applies to both resources and people.

Comment is about I Just Don't Give a Fuck (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

A complex subject that I struggle with, and any number of responses possible.

If it's important enough to us, we'll find a way to do it.

But there's quite a few items on bucket lists that should have been done when younger and fitter, so they don't get done. There's loads of places I'd like to have seen 'live', but I couldn't manage the journey nowadays.

And there's some cloud-cuckoo dreams that we'd never really do, so we 'rationalise' them away with procrastination. Like the Spanish and their talk of mañana, but I was born in Ireland, and we aren't as hasty as that.

Then maybe we shouldn't think so much about what we haven't done, and more about what we have done. And write about it.

All in all, a thought-provoking write. ?

Comment is about Tomorrow Never Comes (blog)

Original item by d.knape

I like how you chopped and omitted unnecessary words to form a free-flowing poem which ebbed as well as it flowed in rhythmic imagery.

Nicely done, Nigel.?

Comment is about Another Dip into Paradise (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Didn't I once see Julian Jordan speak Polish to Anya?

Do it, Julian, represent!?

Comment is about Call for a bilingual Polish and a bilingual Chinese poet  (article)

Sad reality in many cases. When hope dies everything else just does not matter. Mercy killing is just not the solution, as i think.
Soul stirring poem. 100/100.

Comment is about Waiting for peace (blog)

Original item by David Gabriel Caplan

Thank you Martin! I particularly enjoy writing poetry to music and reciting it to make them both intertwine...Poetry...Song...I don’t mind pushing those boundaries from time to time...Although, to me, with or without music by its side, it is still heartfelt poetry...

Comment is about Isolation (blog)

Original item by Xoanxo

Hope he is made Poet Laureate. As a teacher, I saw how his poems spoke to all ages and abilities.

Comment is about Simon Armitage awarded Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Very powerful x

Comment is about Waiting for peace (blog)

Original item by David Gabriel Caplan

I believe we should be able to choose the time of our departure. I don't want to have an undignified end.

Comment is about Waiting for peace (blog)

Original item by David Gabriel Caplan

Such a touching yet heartbreaking poem of utter truth.. Well done ?

Comment is about Waiting for peace (blog)

Original item by David Gabriel Caplan

Excellent piece of writing Don. Powerful sentiments indeed. This is the kind of voice we need, I mean it.
Thank you for writing this.
Mae

Comment is about I Just Don't Give a Fuck (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

I got a bit over-excited towards the end...

Comment is about Another Dip into Paradise (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Lovely stuff, earthy yet sensitive, and lovingly described. Well potted Jennifer!

Ray

Comment is about Murray (blog)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Your method is always to expound and expand until every possible connotation is complete Peter, and in doing so we are entranced by the poetic mind you have. You seem to have infinite patience with material, and I am at the opposite end of that, with just flourishes to make suggestions. It is so intriguing to see other like minds with different techniques.

The magic of dawns and sunsets aah!

Ray.

Comment is about WALKING AT SUNRISE (blog)

Original item by Peter Taylor

Hello everyone! Sorry I won't be at WOL this evening: things have been a bit hectic and I'm shattered! The spirit is willing, flesh is weak etc etc!!! Have a great evening! Love D x

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Just as a point to make, I like to offer an audio if I think it can be lifted in some way - solemn stuff I don't even try generally, as I am no Richard Burton or Dylan Thomas, sadly. I do the quirky really!

Thanks for your comment Martin. Lots of alternative colloquialisms have gone, but we have an influx of new and vibrant alternatives from such as the street rapper urban stuff and Asian phrases. To old fogies such as me, and those with fond memories, it's nice to enjoy a bit of old cockney cobblers.

Brian, yes I had that sheet music as a kid and was forced to play it for my dad. The music hall was a rich source of material for social mores of the day!

Cheers, Po. Glad you liked it , the old slang of the swept away streets!

Hi David. So much I could go into; you have it all there. That favourite spot syndrome is a key factor as you say. I remember whole families in those pubs who knew songs long lost. It did feel a bit like the wrong end of a telescope for me, a suburban lad. No doubt communities will always find their happiest level together and be either inclusive or exclusive; we're all different mate.
Routes into London from the coast have a long and colourful history as you know.

Nice to hear from you Cynthia. Glad you liked my tone.

Hi Mark, you make a salient point, as the Jewish shopkeepers did migrate to North London ; in your case it seems it may have been in reverse! Thanks for enjoying...

Jennifer, it's not Shakespeare you quote but if it works then I applaud it!! I dare say children may be taught this little lot in future history lessons. Damn fine thing too, I call it, don't you know. etc...

Anya, thanks for your like !

Ray

Comment is about SPARROWS CAN'T SING (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hi Chris - A sweet duplicity holds sway, chemicals and Thursday evenings - well put 'sir' (wink).
Tommy

ps mentioning the "C" word- oh dear ? tc

Comment is about Our Chains Are Invisible But No Less Real (blog)

Original item by Chris Bainbridge

That's an interesting piece of history Jennifer, thank you. It could be updated to one of those posh spas perhaps. Health and safety though?! The trouble with those bottles is that when they got cold you couldn't kick them out of bed. x

Po. That request was a nice surprise, as are all unexpected good things. I do a couple of readings a month which is a good social event and builds confidence if needed!

Ray

Comment is about NANNY'S HOT WATER BOTTLE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Both Trueman and Statham were at the early end of my interest in cricket, MC. Popular wisdom was that they were the ideal foil for each other. Trueman was quicker and more aggressive whilst Statham had the greater precision and control.
As a plastic Tyke, Brian, (-you need much more than the 40 years I’ve been here to qualify-) there are few greater pleasures than having a Tyke buy your beer. When it happens, buy a lottery ticket.

Comment is about THE BATTLE OF TOWTON (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hey, I know who that guy is!

Comment is about Ian Whiteley (photo)

Feels like a wicked masquerade.

Have you seen, "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"? The Coen Brothers most recent film which was recently released on Netflix. The last vignette of 6 in the film ceremoniously titled, "The Mortal Remains", reminds me much of your work, John. This piece in particular with the overtones of mortality creeping in from the sides and visage.

Never know where the briar is going to lead until we are stepping in thorns with no grass in sight. Much different style than your other work, but a masterpiece nonetheless.?

Comment is about A nightmare in three acts. (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Procrastination is the enemy of motivation and making money. Even happiness in many, many instances.

Don't procrastinate. Rip the bandage off and let the wound heal.

Comment is about Tomorrow Never Comes (blog)

Original item by d.knape

I think tests of resolve happen to us all, but it is the strength to rise above such notions and manifestations that make us better people than we once were.

Strength to you and yours.

xBSx

Comment is about Poor me ' poor you ' poor us (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

A Lank and a Yorkie went out together for a beer or two. At the end, the Lank said to the barman "I'll pay!"

Headlines in the paper next day...YORKIE VENTRILOQUIST FOUND SHOT DEAD.

Comment is about THE BATTLE OF TOWTON (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

We're all slaves to work and duty. The choice is often chance or
opportunity as much as qualification or suitability. It would make
interesting reading if someone completed a study of the people
in jobs that would have been a distant choice in other circumstances.

Comment is about Our Chains Are Invisible But No Less Real (blog)

Original item by Chris Bainbridge

I enjoyed (and identified with) this theme and its tone of easy
resignation. Perhaps the difference between work and retirement
is the knowledge that it is one's OWN stuff that can be left for
another time - with no obligation or duty to another to get it done!
Unless you're married, perhaps?! But that's another story.

Comment is about Tomorrow Never Comes (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Rich congratulations!

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

Original item by steve pottinger

Clearly a connection here with woodland and those who cherish
and maintain it. Good use of description to conjure up a scene of
work amongst the trees.

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

Original item by steve pottinger

Thanks KJ...and those who took the time to "like" this blog.

Comment is about THE BEST AND THE WORST - a re-post from a while ago (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I always suspected that sport and war were all the same north of
Watford! Trueman enjoyed the nickname "Fiery Fred" but I thought
Brian Statham possessed a quiet death-dealing delivery in action.
It's likely they despised Brylcreem up north -
And probably scoffed at our Denis,
But for Middlesex and Arsenal he set forth,
An elegant free-scoring menace!

Comment is about THE BATTLE OF TOWTON (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I was once this individual, but after much soul searching and alot of sucking up. I learnt to fight trew all of my storms and still struggle but I shall never give up and bow down to my own problems no more. Hopefully it will inspire more to cop on and act accordingly in order to keep moving with the wind...
A strong mind is 100% your best friend.
Thank you for your support sal, love and light to you.

Comment is about Poor me ' poor you ' poor us (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

An entertaining foray into how kids can follow (or not) for good or bad, and wonder in later life how things can go so wrong!

Comment is about AS A KID (blog)

Original item by Ty

Good rhyming used to good effect for a worthwhile subject.
Potty training (lack of) is probably the precursor to this sort of
throwaway behaviour that basically sends a message that someone
else can clear up the mess. It's not hard to imagine the sort of
squalor such people endure in their domestic lives! Their cars are
probably a good guide...dirty and full of empty containers of various
types, discarded fag ends and used tissues.

Comment is about I Just Don't Give a Fuck (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Immediately upon reading the title I was drawn in to this piece.

I truly hate when people play 'pity me' or play the victim for their own benefit instead of sucking it up and strengthening their resolve for one more fight - they simply roll over and let the worst happen.

Lovely sentiment, should be placed on a plaque above Cus D'Amato's headstone.

Like the elegy to a fighter's spirit, since living humans rarely fight that hard to gain a positive mental attitude.

Great piece, Lisa.?

Comment is about Poor me ' poor you ' poor us (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

Nostalgia is the color of roses, but is truth really black and white?

Comment is about The dichotomy of love (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Thanks for your he like Damon.


All
The best des

Comment is about limpet (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

Am cash ' not a rap just a little poem.. Now you have put a thought into my mind and I will look forward to seeing if I could stretch my self as far as a lyric writer.. I may just spit a few verses for fun ha ha... Thank you

Comment is about Lotto (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

Thank you martin' may it bring you just as much hope as me ?

Comment is about Lotto (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

Big sal ' it is indeed.. Plan of action for planting ones seed... Ha ha?

Comment is about Lotto (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

mr. sweater man-

The older I get
the more I forget
my old ways are set
my only regret


wink.

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Elder

The poem was a mistake
but
I admit to it.
it was all my fault.
?

Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

You're right to make reference to 'we' Don because it is we, all of us to some degree, who have an impact on the environment...so it is up to all of us to try to minimise the impact and to try to influence others to do the same. And behaviours can be changed...look at the dramatic fall in single use plastic carrier bags in the UK. On the other hand, people are influenced by fashion and what is 'cool'...hence folk can't walk along the street anymore without clutching a takeaway coffee in a disposable plastic cup.

Comment is about I Just Don't Give a Fuck (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Admirable poem that places you right in the spot. Fine blend of the mechanical and the natural. Well done, Rich.

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

Original item by steve pottinger

Sums it up very well Nigel. How could anyone resist this mystery. See you later. Maggie

Comment is about Write Out Loud at Stockport art gallery tonight (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman