Certainly wouldn’t catch a cold reading it! Thanks
Comment is about Virus Alert! (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
You raise a good point Ray. I guess I was attempting to see scrooge reflecting as at the end of a Christmas Carol That he can changes his ways and not take on the ghost of Jacob Marley. I always like to see a chink of hope in any possible scenario. Of course some may call me just plain naïve. But anyway I hope that may throw some light upon this piece.
A very Happy Christmas to you my friend and thanks for all your support over the year
Comment is about Marley (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
A pleasing reminder that we're now on the up - the slow rise to longer
days after the rapidly dwindling light that accompanied our annual
journey through the seasons towards winter.
Comment is about THE SHORTEST DAY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
'A poem is never finished, only abandoned.'
paul_valery
well not always. ?
Comment is about Nietzsche Declared (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Cheers Ray re 'Nietzsche Declared' I was telling Dave (Wolfgar) 'A poem is never finished, only abandoned.Paul Valery' malarky. Tommy
Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)
Original item by ray pool
This time of the year is for regeneration
With fine old reasons for celebration
Let's store up stuff on our poetry shelves
And raise a toast to Santa and his elves!
Up Over - or - Down Under! ?
Comment is about A Very Christmasy Saturday Rhyme (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Compliments of the Season to you, Po. Thanks for commenting so
positively. This is one I wrote a while ago but I feel the content to
be relevant every year - and whilst not religious in the man-made
sense, I do believe there is more to this existence than we can know
- and on that basis I am happy to use the birth of Christ and its
story to pursue that belief. Hope springs eternal.
Comment is about WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES AROUND - a seasonal carol/song (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thank you, poemagraphic,
I enjoyed opening out the vision of this poem - until it got away from me.
Chris
Comment is about The Sojourner (blog)
Original item by Chris Hubbard
Thank you so much, Po.
Peace to you, too at this time, and forever.
Jon
Comment is about A chariot bringing good news (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Many thanks, Brian and Po.
In truth, It was at one of these do’s that something far worse happened to me. Our Gert and me started courting.
Comment is about THE OFFICE CHRISTMAS DO (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Brian
Just like you had a poem in storage
To bring out on this rainy day
I'll also keep this one in my storehouse
I'll still be rhyming then, no decay
I'm pleased you're still alert, still attentive
You noticed the year twenty twenty eight
Which means I can re-post this poem
But we'll all have ten years for to wait ?
Comment is about A Very Christmasy Saturday Rhyme (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 22nd Dec 2018 08:51
Don...you are ten years ahead of everyone!
Comment is about A Very Christmasy Saturday Rhyme (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Give this poet an idea
And he'll be hooked for life
Rhyming words of wisdom
Rhyming words of strife
Every idea's an adventure
Each one leads to next
Curiosity in him flourishes
Boundaries get stretched
Romancing words (it comforts him)
He looks upon his screen
Discovers there are other
Poets just as keen
(one idea leads to the next....)
?
Comment is about Boys & Books (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thank you, Anya ❤
Comment is about A chariot bringing good news (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Big Sal
Sat 22nd Dec 2018 01:12
Lovely work as usual. I know I already commented on this, but I came back to read it again.
It's that good.?
Comment is about II. (blog)
Original item by ha'azinu
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 21st Dec 2018 23:43
You tried to rise above 'em
but didn't you bloody love 'em
Comment is about THE OFFICE CHRISTMAS DO (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Someday sherry will make a comeback, MC, I'm sure. Who'd have though gin would?
Quite right, Don. We're lucky our misdemeanours were pre-CCTV.
Comment is about THE OFFICE CHRISTMAS DO (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I like this MC. Some rhymes don't suit a rhymic response. This is one of them ?
Comment is about Who Let This Aussie Grammar-Bender In? (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
John
Your Cassandra did remind me
CCTV did see
This guy jump up on copier
Copy his 'thing-a-me'
He did it very quickly
So no-one else could see
But obviously he did forget
About CCTV ?
Comment is about THE OFFICE CHRISTMAS DO (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The highs and lows of seeing the year out caught in all its "grot and
gruesome" variations.
You can sing along.
If you bring along
What will make us merry
Whisky and beer
From far and near
But knickers to the sherry!
Comment is about THE OFFICE CHRISTMAS DO (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
"A Deceit of Politicians" - my own collective reference for these
clowns. I judge the importance of a job by the time we can live
properly without it working for us (let alone against us, as is so
clearly the case in the Brexit saga). See the hours that medical
staff and other emergency services work on our behalf and
compare them with those found in the Houses of Parliament and
other "governing" authorities. I rest my case, m'lud!
Comment is about Brexit TV (blog)
Original item by Stephen Mellor
Having a bit of trouble penetrating the truth behind this Martin. I respect your work so much I have come at it from different angles, but I do suspect a feel of anguish and escapism in it; Marley was Scrooge's boss, so I am adrift on the connection!
Love to get back to it with a few hints from your good self.
Ray
Happy Xmas. (present)
Comment is about Marley (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
I can't dissect this John as it makes such a great statement and has humour and irony , all the best ingredients with social history . Just love it a lot.
Ray
Comment is about NIGERIAN VILLAGES (blog)
Original item by john short
How to bring someone down to earth in one foul swoop, and what a victim ! Great how the indomitable woman deals the blow.
Happy Xmas Tommy.
Ray
Comment is about Nietzsche Declared (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
A beautifully turned poem with craft and craftiness, bringing the past to bear on the future. A whole agenda of immigration and its expectations and frustrations are lovingly presented. It's interesting to note that the Waldorf also has its history in the Strand. Lovely to read your work here David!
Ray
Comment is about A Waldorf Salad (blog)
Original item by David Cooke
Strangely consoling Peter. A homily that has me admiring how you weave such intricate lines so casually and bind us with spells.
I can always your voice threading its way through the page.
Have a good Xmas !
Ray
Comment is about AFTERWARDS (blog)
Original item by Peter Taylor
The essence of this time of the year - which I think of as "Good will
towards all".
Comment is about The true meaning of Christmas (blog)
Original item by Andy N
We can take it in...we can throw it out -
But at least we'll experience what life's about!
This world of ours would be so tame
If all it showed was just the same!
Comment is about Who Let This Aussie Grammar-Bender In? (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
A timeless observation on how the individual can be a valuable part
of a larger world. I can easily imagine a Roman road worker here
in Britain stepping back to admire his handiwork while gazing at the
straight as an arrow highway he had helped put down...even as the
mist swirled down out of the hills. Those New York workers who
sat on dangling girders eating their sandwiches hundreds of feet
above the teeming city streets gave as much to progress as any
architect or planner.
Comment is about A Waldorf Salad (blog)
Original item by David Cooke
When women drive men to distraction
Words are the most merciful source of action!
A previous PM was known for hand-bagging,
A polite political term for nagging.
(In short, if women are so ready to use words that criticise, moan,
abuse or nag...why the surprise when men do it?).
Comment is about Oh yes he did ! Oh no he didn't ! (blog)
Original item by hugh
Thankyou for you comments Brian ?
PS. I've discovered what ' put 'em in a glass case and throw sugar at them' means. Seems it's an English/Irish expression.
Comment is about Who Let This Aussie Grammar-Bender In? (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thanks for your comments everyone, much appreciated.
Comment is about God Is No Man (blog)
Original item by David Irvine
I think it is more fo a concern to folk of a certain attitude - and maybe "vintage" - this restraint about giving offence.
There are some who do it intentionally for a purpose - and
sometimes gratuitously for show. But it's worth it IF the
expressed words have a genuine purpose and feeling as their source. I tend to raise my eyes heavenwards and
sigh at the readiness of many "agendas" to take offence
at every opportunity but the pleasure and power of poetry
of whatever stripe is that it is generally accepted as the
time-honoured forum for such material. Long may it be so.
Merry Christmas to you. Keep posting!
P.S. Love the picture on your page - brings back memories of family images from those black and white
more innocent days of yore.
Comment is about Stephen Mellor (poet profile)
Original item by Stephen Mellor
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 21st Dec 2018 11:19
Well Don, it's always good to take things on board, run 'em up the flagpole, put 'em in a glass case and throw sugar at them.
Comment is about Who Let This Aussie Grammar-Bender In? (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Definition - Confused
Many thanks for comment. I wasn't sure when I posted, if certain parts may cause offence, but the feelings contained in the poem are gathered from conversations I've had with real people (family) and the frustrations they feel at life moving on at such speed.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Fri 21st Dec 2018 03:31
good for you for picking up litter.
i do the same, almost daily.
i carry my bags and collect trash as i walk,
and people think i'm crazy, but...
it's good exercise and good for the environment.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Great that you gave this your time and thoughts David. I wrote Letter from the Streets thinking this poem was too abstruse, and it hasn't drawn any comments apart from yours, so I was probably right. I was trying to contrast romance of a sort with the inconsistencies of little hope. You're right that cities do embrace all faces and turn blind eyes to tragedy and highlight the shortness of success too I think. I'm glad you like that line, it did feel significant to me in the idea of reaching out and back.
Thanks buddy.
Jennifer and Brian for liking, thanks.
Comment is about CITY LIGHTS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Brian - unless I've got the wrong place this Milligan looks a shonky character
I hear this scamist Chad Milligan
Is really quite a chump
He tried to change his legal name
To, guess? Sir Donald Trump ?
Comment is about I'm Sorry You're Addicted. Signed Rhyme (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thanks you all: Randy, Jon, Jennifer, Anya and Po for your likes.
Nice to have your thoughts Martin. I think the innocence factor is something I injected into it to highlight the helplessness. An interesting point that - arguably the least innocent have the most options in life, and this guy has so few. Thanks for that. Really brings out a good point!
Another fine point David about the protection, to ameliorate the effects on someone other than the rough sleeper. I didn't want to crash in and overplay the obvious, so the letter idea seemed like a sort of get out. I didn't really think it through consciously, but that might bring out more thoughts that way. I actually thought of the lavender as a sort of Chaplinesque gesture. Plus it is my sense of humour creeping in. Thanks mate.
That's point has obviously come across ok Taylor, thanks for expressing it.
This is of course an emotive issues Mark, and you do point out a lot of facets of it. You know your history, and the whole sorry categorising of people as falling below the acceptable norms is an indictment in itself. If we take the opposite extreme of rich celebrity lifestyle, that should give us pause. Of course, ultimately, there is no real true answer, only the striving for it, which is the human condition. Thanks for your trouble.
Ray enjoy your Xmases, and may they be white(in our dreams).
Comment is about LETTER FROM THE STREETS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 20th Dec 2018 20:13
Jezza is nomally very truthful..as he was about the train seats that time.....
Comment is about 'ALLO 'ALLO (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 20th Dec 2018 20:10
Po...it's the bloody younsters who cause it in the main...so no, I won't praise them.
Comment is about Plastic Cup (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Rejected - what a sad word that is in the closest of human relationships. Love locked out is the hardest to bear of emotional
experiences.
Comment is about ｔｈｅｓａｄｄｅｓｔｏｆｂｏｙｓ (blog)
Original item by Damon Blackery
Absorbing and stimulating to those - like me - of a certain vintage and
experience beyond that of many nowadays. I can easily identify
with much of what is set out here. Whether the future will be
good or bad from what has been allowed to happen in my own
UK lifetime is yet to be revealed to any extent.
But if you can find the words "England" or "English" on official forms
requiring ethnic origin and ID, it will surely be someone's misprint,
Comment is about Definition - Confused (blog)
Original item by Stephen Mellor
Thank you Don re "Word Smith", one can never tire of bowing in recognition of such worthy praise,
yours etc
?
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thanks Po: for taking the troubled to comment.
I still relish the exchanges between Churchill and his political
opponents - of either sex. And in the USA, a certain female wit...
upon hearing that President Calvin Coolidge - a character hardly
known for exuberance - had died, tartly responded "How can they tell?" That's more like it!!
The current MSN online news page has an item from a female
columnist from The Independent banging on about HOW Corby's
quote matters and invokes the spectre of 2000 years of "patriarchal oppression". Ah, so that is what it was? My mother and sisters
never saw themselves as victims - and woe betide anyone of either
sex who said as much to their faces.
Comment is about 'ALLO 'ALLO (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Ah thanks guys, I did enjoy writing this over a year ago, it still gives me goose bumps whe I reviset it?
Comment is about ‘The Scimitar’ (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
Thank you TC - the thoughts never fade - as long as life is here.
Comment is about THOUGHTS AT CHRISTMAS - a seasonal re-post (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Cheering stuff. Optimism is always a welcome currency in buying
some personal contentment (and, even "happiness", however that
is measured).
Comment is about Who Say's I Can't Be Happy All The Time (blog)
Original item by Pip Thomas
John Coopey
Sat 22nd Dec 2018 17:46
Excellent carol, MC. But when will we hear the audios again?
Comment is about WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES AROUND - a seasonal carol/song (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry