Very relevant to today's consumer/disposable society. The need to
dispose safely and usefully needs to be taught from the earliest time
of life so that we grow up understanding its importance for renewal
and for the protection of the environment. Parents have a vital role
and my own mother comes to mind with admonishments about
not throwing stuff into public places. In this particular regard, a
well-known UK public campaign was headed "Take Your Litter Home". On a personal level, I used to carry a plastic rubbish bag
out on country/coastal walks and add to my exercise by clearing up
the discarded items I found on the way. It's now a common sight
to see youngsters doing the same so something is getting through
at last!
Comment is about Plastic Cup (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thu 20th Dec 2018 14:45
the mail box is only a few yards
but
i'm slow and old.
wink.
Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)
Original item by Martin Elder
We are all products of nature's design but in our humanity we are
given the opportunity to be kind and generous to each other. That
should be our aim - whether man or woman - as we live this life.
Comment is about Never complains (blog)
Original item by Hasmukh Mehta
Good seasonal acrostic. But the politicians saw fit to deceive their
people in the last few decades so let them sort out the result of
their own deceit...and be quick about it!
Comment is about And so this is eX Ministerial Accord Season (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
Don't forget - that all good rhyming
Keeps to its own tick-tock of timing.
Sometimes, I wake up in my bed
With words in tune within my head
And before they play the great escaper
I have to reach for pen and paper.
But inspiration is always attractive
And helps to keep the old brain active! ?
Comment is about I'm Sorry You're Addicted. Signed Rhyme (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thanks, MC. As you will appreciate I agonise long and hard over Achieving literary perfection!
Comment is about STUPID WOMAN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Still on form JC...and bang on time. You can make anyone's Christmas merry...ho-ho.
Comment is about STUPID WOMAN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 20th Dec 2018 13:30
Don...try Milligans
Comment is about I'm Sorry You're Addicted. Signed Rhyme (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
And my similar thoughts... and my Christmas greetings to all... are at https://www.writeoutloud.net/blogs/chrisarmstrong
Comment is about STUPID WOMAN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks, Laura. The background to this is that the Leader of the Opposition was caught saying something at best unflattering about the Leader of the Government but has denied it despite it being on camera.
Comment is about STUPID WOMAN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Rhymo, Dymo
Online store
Don't sell kymo
Anymore
Where can I get
Kymo now Brian?
I've looked everywhere
Sick of tryin'
Stores they just
Look blank at me
Give a titter
Kymo? (see?)
I'm sure it tastes
Very nice
Where do I get it?
Please Brian, advice? ?
Comment is about I'm Sorry You're Addicted. Signed Rhyme (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
No need for you to be conflicted
I tell you as a solemn duty;
there's no disgrace if you're addicted
for rhyming is a thing of beauty
Comment is about I'm Sorry You're Addicted. Signed Rhyme (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Big Sal
Thu 20th Dec 2018 11:00
6th line sums it best.
Nicely done on this. It reads well.?
Comment is about The title of a decent poem (blog)
Original item by Clarke
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 20th Dec 2018 10:16
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 20th Dec 2018 09:52
Rhymo, dymo
Have a cup of kymo
Comment is about I'm Sorry You're Addicted. Signed Rhyme (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Pictures and memories M.C. love this poem. Thank you.
Comment is about THOUGHTS AT CHRISTMAS - a seasonal re-post (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Love it Fred. Exceptional poem. ?
Comment is about ‘The Scimitar’ (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
Love this poem D.K. humorous...sounded like something I would actually say.. in jest of course. ?
Comment is about The HOA (blog)
Original item by d.knape
I agree with David it is as tho the writer is protecting the recipient from the harsh reality of their life.
Thought provoking poem.
How fortunate we all are..❤
Comment is about LETTER FROM THE STREETS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
I feel I have to ask, how far is the mail box.
Nice poem
Comment is about The HOA (blog)
Original item by d.knape
And why not. You have certainly cheered me up just reading this poem.
Nice one
Comment is about Who Say's I Can't Be Happy All The Time (blog)
Original item by Pip Thomas
I like my poems short, sweet and simple
Like Tommy's that make myself think
The trouble with words coming going
Some nice ones have gone down the sink
glug glug ?
Comment is about Word Smith (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Well I love it Ray it has a certain earthy street quality to it with a strange kind of innocence. Not sure whether I am conveying any sense her Ray. But I like it a lot.
Nice one
Comment is about LETTER FROM THE STREETS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Clever words Tommy never ever wasted.
Nice one mate
Comment is about Word Smith (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Horrifying! Great work - Congratulations
Jennifer
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘To Life (full colour version)’ by Rick (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
<Deleted User> (18980)
Wed 19th Dec 2018 18:33
Actually I hate Marmite.
Comment is about Brian Says Marmite Is Superior : What Nerve! (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Wed 19th Dec 2018 17:33
very good Don.
glad you liked that poem.
but...you did not send a rhymed response.
so what is the problem?
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thanks Po - the same good wishes to you on this perennial occasion for looking "to and fro",
Comment is about THOUGHTS AT CHRISTMAS - a seasonal re-post (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks for your likes David, Trevor, Anya,Jon and David. I have given this a facelift in today's effort. The sentiment is the same, but totally different.
Ray
Comment is about CITY LIGHTS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
HI folks. I decided to rehash my poem from yesterday as my thoughts were tangled and perhaps too "poetic." I hope this may serve a purpose in its place.
Ray
Comment is about LETTER FROM THE STREETS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
The last thousand years of history in these islands have been singularly affected by the Norman invasion and its gradual
assimilation into the existing predominantly Anglo-Saxon population.
Other incomings have been small and barely registered on the
(modest) population, from whatever source they came, limited of
course, by the difficulties that travel and cost presented. Their
accommodation was slow and less than intrusive since they had
every wish to be accepted and worked to achieve that result.
The "English" identity has been a source of humour, with the
world - often with a touch of envy - joking about our various odd
traits...love of cricket, tea, warm beer, hail fellow well met...fair
play, and, of course, those old chestnuts...class and retention of
the monarchy when the rest of the world was "going republic".
We are still welcoming incomers but it is disingenuous to assume
things are on the previous footing and scale. Any optimistic
preaching how things should be (always a personal position)
is connected to what can be made acceptable for the host nation
in well meant efforts to help the more mobile transients while
preserving its own precious sense of identity. That is the concern
during these days of mass migration, occurring for whatever reason. These islands already support a population equal to that of France. Check the difference in the size of the two nations.
Comment is about This Christmas (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
Big Sal
Wed 19th Dec 2018 15:07
I think the Poetry Foundation recently gave out like a $25,000 prize to somebody.
Poetry is finally paying!
Comment is about Seeing the wood and the trees: chance to become writer-in-residence with Forestry Commission (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Big Sal
Wed 19th Dec 2018 15:01
Good luck filling that pot.
Comment is about Like to join the Write Out Loud team? (article)
Big Sal
Wed 19th Dec 2018 14:59
Spreading Christmas joy to certain boys and certain girls.
The ones that deserve to be happy,
Will someday be glad,
The ones that are nasty,
Will someday be sad.
Comment is about Pip Thomas picture.jpg (photo)
Original item by Pip Thomas
<Deleted User> (16837)
Wed 19th Dec 2018 11:34
Really a sad poem!!! Blends with my mood completely.....phew!! Great write?
Comment is about Miss You Endlessly (blog)
Original item by Suko Waspodo
Big Sal
Tue 18th Dec 2018 22:29
Crows are known to test the range of shotguns by repeatedly gliding within range only to pull up at the last moment at the sound of buckshot.
Crows can sled for fun, they can use tools to obtain food, and they can speak languages if taught to.
I wonder what most people would do with this information? Oh yeah, nothing.
Great piece.?
Comment is about Black Birds (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Big Sal
Tue 18th Dec 2018 22:27
Call me what you want, but don't call me bad at rhyming or late for dinner!?
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
Big Sal
Tue 18th Dec 2018 22:25
What hides underneath a monster's bed????
Comment is about They (blog)
Original item by Dark_horizon
Thank you Po.
Here's something interesting dog wise. You are from Norfolk and my dog is a Norfolk terrier! How cool is that?
Comment is about THE RED HAIRED ANGEL (blog)
Original item by lynn hahn
David, master clip . Bloody hilarious and so right - touches of Dave Allen in another style. Watch out Michael McIntyre.
Thanks for the observations Po. I tried to bring some humour to the table and was lucky with the bewail/whale combo. Sometimes it works....
Ray
Comment is about RECYCLING (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Big Sal
Tue 18th Dec 2018 22:23
The bathos is intoxicating, but the truth cuts like a macuahuitl. Life is easily devalued by those lacking in any basic notion of morality, and at times of war or strife, it is the most vulnerable of a community that suffer the most and pay the highest price.
The Nanking (Nanjing) Massacre is testament to this.
I truly hope to see your work published widely. It would be a sin not to.?
Comment is about She walks in beauty (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
You write a story for so many. It truly sicken me how this STILL goes on while others complain about mundane things. Wasn't "slavery" outlawed centuries ago? Yet, it still goes on while we grow further and further apart from humanity.
I pray that we Will Wake Up!
Comment is about She walks in beauty (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
A brutal coughing fit:
Sol doubled hawking blood,
wiped his mouth... glided on
Reminds me of my dad. I liked the contrast in 'glide'. I wish I could glide like that.
Well done Rick and belated happy Hanukkah. I love that the festival of light happens in the darkness!
John Marks
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘To Life (full colour version)’ by Rick (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
M.C. Newberry
Thu 20th Dec 2018 15:15
Those who deal - or have dealt - with the homeless on the streets
will know the word "Merrydown". Popular with the street-dwellers
in my own memory. Maybe still? The problem e.g. the reasons
and causes for living this way - never goes away, somehow
continually existing and "changing shape" according to individual
circumstances. There are those who actually prefer the street to
the shelter of a hostel despite the advantages offered by the latter
and it's interesting to remember that the Vagrancy Act 1824 was
introduced in response to the problem of that time of numbers
of servicemen who found themselves on civvy street without the
chance of employment. The Act even included categories - idle and disorderly persons, incorrigible rogues/vagabonds - exposing
wounds to obtain "alms". So, there's nothing new about the problem - just that no society seems to have managed to find a
solution that meets the needs and demands it presents...even now.
Comment is about LETTER FROM THE STREETS (blog)
Original item by ray pool