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
Thank you so much Taylor. I wrote this to Tia Torres. She has a reality show to help pay for her pit bull rescue. I am addicted to her show. What they do for dogs is remarkable.
I have been afraid of large dogs...pit bulls at the top of the list. I was attacked by a dog 30 years ago. I still struggle with the injuries. Tia is responsible with that breed. She is aware they need experienced owners and matches up adoptee with dog. If a dog is truly a danger she does euthanize them. Bad breeding is a reality.
Her family works with her as do parolees which explains the "behind cold steel bars" That speaks to the parolees and the dogs in her kennels. She is truly inspiring.
Comment is about THE RED HAIRED ANGEL (blog)
Original item by lynn hahn
Thanks to Tom and to Big Sal for reading and approving, cheers.
Brian, thanks for recognizing the symptoms. No escaping the needs, but just a thought - apparently the only part of the outfit that can't be recycled is the plastic I believe, so there we go again.
Thanks Alan, I agree with that. Imagine one day the swamp thing rising up from the detritus. Gawd 'elp us.
A salutary comment David. There's just no winning from certain perspectives. Thanks.
Martin, I am counting on your support and the others on the site to raise awareness - trouble is it's all a smear campaign.
Ray . Have happy Xmases...
Comment is about RECYCLING (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Tue 18th Dec 2018 16:39
thanks Don.
I try to remain positive
despite my poetry.
wink.
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
Hello M.C Newberry
Thanks for your kind words on my attempts at poetry. Hope you have a fantastic Christmas.
Dave.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Hello Don Matthews
Thanks for your kind words on my attempts at poetry. Hope you have a fantastic Christmas.
Dave.
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
Big Sal
Tue 18th Dec 2018 14:48
Beautiful piece, Lynn. Sorry I missed it the first time around. Will try to keep a better eye out next time for your work.❤
Comment is about WOOF WOOF (blog)
Original item by lynn hahn
Big Sal
Tue 18th Dec 2018 14:19
Big Sal
Tue 18th Dec 2018 14:18
Part-time shovel knight?? Ha, that made me laugh.
What about good ol' Propeller Knight?
Comment is about Zach Dafoe (poet profile)
Original item by Zach Dafoe
Big Sal
Tue 18th Dec 2018 14:17
A lot of echomimetico in this. Makes it an enjoyable read.?
Comment is about The End, Again (blog)
Original item by Lucas B. Foley
Big Sal
Tue 18th Dec 2018 14:15
Thank you for continuing to read.?
Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Successfully "angling" for a positive pay-off in its otherwise downbeat content. The cloud has a silver lining!
Comment is about Muddy Water (blog)
Original item by d.knape
It sticks in my mind from way back (in more innocent youth) that the
road to "salvation" is a rocky one. None can deny the human imperative to improve one's lot, but the host's reality is often more
prosaic - how often and how many? These islands - like a life
form - have an identity and a capacity that need to be constantly
addressed and safeguarded. We cannot solve the problems of the
world - and certainly not one which has numerous places of safety
and sanctuary to stand alongside our own shrinking confines.
Comment is about This Christmas (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
Leaving aside the various religious teachings and beliefs - it may be
argued with some degree of reality that "God" is an invention of the
human hope for some omniponent presence that embodies the
best of love and care, tempered with righteous retribution for evil.
Once upon a time.....
Comment is about God Is No Man (blog)
Original item by David Irvine
Fire and life...those often uncontrolled (and uncontrollable) sources
of comfort and consternation. They can provide or they can take
away - and need careful handling at all times. There's no room
for messing-up or you WILL get burned.
In purely inventive terms, fire and the wheel are top candidates for
human ingenuity, and Man's best friend, the dog, soon came in
from the cold to add so much more of value to his existence.
Comment is about Playing with Fire ? (blog)
Original item by Natalie Johnson
More upbeat fun from Down Under! But writing it isn't exactly child's play (geddit?). ?
Comment is about Happy Little Hillbillys Counter (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thanks for the comments, everyone. Martin, I haven't read this one out anywhere yet.
Comment is about Another Train Song (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
Ah, thank you for your comments. I like a bit of drama now and again. This is a little more succinct than ‘The Scimitar’ of a few months ago which I will re post for you. Cheers.
Comment is about ‘Transfixed’ (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
Having read this book, I have to say I agree wholeheartedly with this review. 'Moses' is a gem of a poem, taking the unpromising subject of Home Office treatment of asylum seekers and creating a beautifully observed, delicately handled, personal tale. The rest of the book is just as good. A superb collection.
Comment is about Close: Emma Purshouse, Offa's Press (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Just lost a cute Jack Russel called Bonzo,very old .Couldn't take him to the vet myself had to get a friend to do it.Like loosing a member of the family.
Had a dog in the past called Woof,whenever I shouted his name out everyone thought I was barking mad.
Comment is about WOOF WOOF (blog)
Original item by lynn hahn
I like this very much. Thought provoking.
Comment is about Your Blue Period (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
They master abacas at two
And like the Chinese masters
They can beat me and you
One thousand and one, one thousand and .... ?
Comment is about Happy Little Hillbillys Counter (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (18980)
Tue 18th Dec 2018 07:59
Did he have an abacus Don?
Don't suppose computers have reached Oz yet.
Comment is about Happy Little Hillbillys Counter (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Wonderfully entertaining poem Don love it.?
Comment is about Happy Little Hillbillys Counter (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thankyou dear Big Sal. thanks for your appreciation?
Comment is about Its better to move on (blog)
Original item by Bindu Trigunayak
<Deleted User> (19913)
Tue 18th Dec 2018 04:06
I felt like I met him too. Could almost smell the nicotine on his fingers.
Loved it Rick, well done.
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
Very good dk. Leads one from a negative to a positive..?
Comment is about Muddy Water (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Big Sal
Tue 18th Dec 2018 00:43
The darkest of seasons and the gloomiest of days. The title is great and the substance does not disappoint.?
Comment is about Winter Sundays (blog)
Original item by AM Cash
Big Sal
Tue 18th Dec 2018 00:38
I always find it ironic during the Christmas season when I see insurance companies and companies try and sell us the idea of a 'charitable capitalism', something from an Edward Bernays wet dream.
You see them sponsor the homeless, the beaten, the children, and then as soon as the holiday disperses so too does their funding and spotlight.
If it does not benefit a company to market it, they refuse to do it. Then you have the foolhardy, capitalist missionaries that like to remind you, "Well there's nothing wrong with that." and "That's the way of business."
Funny thing is, people have already learned how to do business without destroying the planet in the process and all the people living on it, but it is much more profitable to do it the dirty way. But oh there's nothing wrong with that!!! They paid their taxes. The homeless and immigrants had it coming.
Jesus, it IS easy to play the blame game when someone is sitting on a pile of cash pulling even a single string to their own quartet. That is why I enjoy your poetry, Eve, as it is more thought provoking than the vast majority that comes on here, and definitely more conversation worthy. It's just those that don't agree like to pick their poison, but they won't be the ones testing to see how bitter that pill is.?
Comment is about This Christmas (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
Big Sal
Tue 18th Dec 2018 00:28
The omnipresence is choking.
Well done, David.??
Comment is about God Is No Man (blog)
Original item by David Irvine
Big Sal
Tue 18th Dec 2018 00:26
Thanks, Po.
MC and myself disagree fundamentally over this issue but we remain respectful.
Comment is about AND SO THIS IS BREXIT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
MC thank you for noting the squirrels
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Big Sal
Mon 17th Dec 2018 23:06
For being so concise it had the feeling of a making of a rhythm.?
Comment is about Skinny Dipping (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Big Sal
Mon 17th Dec 2018 23:05
<Deleted User> (16099)
Mon 17th Dec 2018 18:49
Mon 17th Dec 2018 18:20
Texas! we still use horses and saddle bags!
wink.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
<Deleted User> (19836)
Mon 17th Dec 2018 18:15
Well done Hugh!!! Something to think about when passing a homeless soul on street. Lend a helping hand, not just this holiday season but always, because homelessness shows no mercy...it can strike anyone at anytime!?
Comment is about Homelessness ! A plight to fight. (blog)
Original item by hugh
Mon 17th Dec 2018 18:13
thanks Martin the Elder for your comments on "Mail".
That's about it. ?
Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)
Original item by Martin Elder
I concur with everything that has been said, MC. How it is not POTW I'll never know.
Just a thought - fancy setting it to music?
Comment is about DEVON LANE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Hi Brian, from what I have seen seeking asylum is a lottery, it often depends where your lorry stops,boat docks or your plane touches down first. I do know, however, that we used to be a country made great by our mongrel genes who were known for fair and humane treatment of those seeking asylum (often from wars and situations our Govts policies had a hand in creating). I know there is no magic wand we can wave to sort this situation fast but I do feel we can all reflect on the fact that if the Global North keeps pursuing financial activities that damage the climate and economies of the Global South this movement of people will continue and we may end up making half of our beautiful earth uninhabitable in the bargain. Thanks as always for reading what lots of others will find "indigestible".
Comment is about This Christmas (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
Brian Blanchard
Mon 17th Dec 2018 17:41
Lovely Mark. Having never been there, I can still picture it as I believe many have taken a similar stroll down their own lane, and hopefully reached as comforting a resolution! A nice message at this time of year.
Comment is about DEVON LANE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Brilliant Randy . Is this one you have read recently
Comment is about Another Train Song (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
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