A wonderful tribute, your mother would be proud. Well done ?
Comment is about Proud (blog)
Original item by QueenJa'Mya Peters-Thornton
Maybe I could publish an anthology of similar kiddie/adult stories? A first for new-breed Aussie poets?....?
Comment is about Mary and Jack (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
elPintor
Sat 17th Nov 2018 02:29
It's been a somewhat long silence and, maybe, it's not entirely necessary to address you each, individually, but it's preferable for me...
David, I'm absolutely sure that everyone of us is qualified to comment, no matter the slant from which we come. Though, I'll say, not all comments are created equal. I'm not sure how to justify that statement without either spoken word or a collegiate thesis--I just know it's true and I'm sure you feel the same.
Sal, I can't help but notice, by your comment, a certain detail I hadn't quite noticed in this way, before--perception of ever greater minutia is perhaps the reason why small children watch certain movies over and over.
Martin, I hadn't quite noticed the "mother knows best" line in this obvious way--she (he, it, they) can be quite insidious as we usually remain quite unaware of their collective voices until well past late adolescence.
And, Ray, I laughed when I heard your voice say, "fuck off"...I can only imagine that it is reserved for only a special few--more power to you.
Thanks for provoking thought--I need all the provocation I can get (?) from this distance...
Rachel
Comment is about sexism (blog)
Original item by nunya
Big Sal
Sat 17th Nov 2018 01:14
Like reading Yeats if he had a viper's venom instead of a silver tongue.
You write your emotions well, but you superbly excel at explaining the pain behind the eyes. When Mehmed took the city, I doubt many waited around to see if he was going to spare their lives, especially with Great Bombards raining literal Hell down in antiquity before modern munitions took hold of the battlefield.
One can only imagine the terror witnessed as the skies tore open and the city endured nearly 2 full months of siege before falling to foreign hands. The last of an empire reduced with cannons and attrition. A 'well done' is so trite for the effort you put into your poems, I honestly cannot keep coming up with good things to say. Just know that I admire your writing in all its forms - it has something that none others do.
Keep writing my friend.
Comment is about Kōnstantinoupolis (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Very well-crafted. It has, I think, a Byzantine feel to it.
I especially liked this part
Byzantine ethics are from within: Aristotle and
The Athenian school. We connect modernity with
Antiquity. We carry our philosophy in our souls.
Comment is about Kōnstantinoupolis (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
χάριν οἶδα σοι.
Thank you Charlotte.
John
Comment is about Kōnstantinoupolis (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
<Deleted User> (17799)
Sat 17th Nov 2018 00:15
I enjoyed reading this!
Comment is about Wednesday April 9, 2014, 6:43 PM (blog)
Original item by hk
Nice one! What a fun poem.
Pity it's unlikely to get to its target, I don't think the White House reads poetry.
Comment is about The Trouble With Tribbles (blog)
Original item by David Lindsay
apologies for the late response everyone.
I wanted to précis the sense of sadness in looking back to a lost cause. I am so pleased it has been received well.
Thanks Taylor, my point exactly.
Thanks for being moved to write that Big Sal, appreciated.
True, Douglas, true. Thanks.
Martin thanks for spotting that opener. Always helps to have an interesting start I reckon!
Hannah, many thanks indeed.
I am heartily encouraged with so many likes, more than I ever had in three years of WOL. Sorry I won't name you all if you don't mind this time!!
Love Ray
Comment is about REMEMBERING (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 16th Nov 2018 21:46
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 16th Nov 2018 21:45
Each line has something to give.
Thoughtful, beautiful poem.
Hannah
Comment is about REMEMBERING (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 16th Nov 2018 21:42
Fantastic, beautiful poetry Ray.
Hannah
Comment is about THE ASSEMBLY OF MEN (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Of course, MC, we are all a part of it.
Comment is about A MOST PECULIAR QUEUE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Sometimes, Remembrance and Celebration appear to jar
in the context of commemorations about warfare.
The first is to bring back to mind the bravery, sacrifices and stoicism that were called for.
The second is to be grateful for what was delivered to
those who survived and the generations that followed.
War is the handmaiden and servant of many masters who
seek to profit from it. We owe it to ourselves to reduce
their power and influence in that direction whenever possible. The tragedy is, of course, that any such action
usually serves their own nefarious intentions through the
responsive act of resistance - ergo war by any other name.
Comment is about Poetry & The Great War, a series: 6 Victory? (article)
Original item by Mike Took
Knowing about the discipline of diet, I enjoyed these lines.
Having achieved a loose-fitting thirty six
From a tight fitting thirty eight,
I've trousered the health-wealth benefits
And bank on them not being too late! ?
Comment is about Falling Down The Cracks In The Pavement (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
I heard about this on the radio. If he gets his wish, I'm going to ask to have my age higherd so I can retire and draw my pension early.
Comment is about 69 t0 45 (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thank you! I sure do appreciate your comments. Keeps the juices going. Love reading your poems too. They keep my smile going. ?
Comment is about GOODBYE MY LOVE (blog)
Original item by lynn hahn
Thanks a lot Jacob and Jon and Keith for supporting this poem. It was not an easy poem to write and I didnt expect it to be popular. Is it a coincidence that we four are men? Generally, people don't like writing that deals with modern Britain (or the US in Jacob's case) with any degree of grit. Betjeman's sentimental depiction of metroland is the rawest most people can take - and that is about 1950s suburbia. Many people prefer Christmas card verses. John
Comment is about Inner City Blues (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
The maternal relationship has some very special qualities to it, least of all a perceptive nature which far exceeds any other person. There is an innate bond which is often inexplicable. My mother had eyes on the side of her head also. She was also wired for sound.
Good poem
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about Mother's Eyes (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Fri 16th Nov 2018 14:10
no place to hide.
Mothers know where
we live.
Comment is about Mother's Eyes (blog)
Original item by d.knape
A good autumnal poem.
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about Autumn leaves to be reborn (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Big Sal
Fri 16th Nov 2018 12:57
Now if more American poets stuck to writing poetry instead of articles about it. . .?
Go ahead, somebody ask me something stupid.?
Comment is about American Life in Poetry: The Appearance of Modernism (article)
Original item by Mike Took
Big Sal
Fri 16th Nov 2018 12:55
Great analogy of the porcelain masks, my mother loves those things. Humbling sentiment.?
Comment is about the mask (blog)
Original item by Brooke
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 16th Nov 2018 12:54
It could be complicated changing his birth certificate, so much depends on proof and documents now but good for him, let him be what he wants to be.
Hannah
Comment is about 69 t0 45 (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
A great poem embracing our love for our parents and the sadness of old age creeping up on them.My parents frequently walk into my brain with happy memorable visits when I see pictures to remind of them spread around the house.
Comment is about Always Yesterday (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Big Sal
Fri 16th Nov 2018 12:54
Big Sal
Fri 16th Nov 2018 12:51
The pieces of yours I've read so far have a definite metaphysical or philosophical edge to them, and they are a treat to read.?
Comment is about Doors and windows (blog)
Original item by Pagan Poetry
Big Sal
Fri 16th Nov 2018 12:50
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 16th Nov 2018 12:48
I agree, we have to write as we feel.
Often my poetry doesn't rhyme but I like to put in a couple of rhyming lines to add the drama.
Rhyming is not always easy and is a skill.
Hannah
Comment is about Setting the Bar (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Big Sal
Fri 16th Nov 2018 12:48
I love the poem, but god do I fucking hate raking leaves!?
Comment is about Autumn leaves to be reborn (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Mum loved gardening
When spring came she was happy
And she wet her plants
Comment is about Three Haikus (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 16th Nov 2018 12:37
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 16th Nov 2018 12:35
This is a beautiful poem.
I notice leaves, the different colours and textures and sizes and as you show in your poem, torn down by the winds.
Hannah
Comment is about Autumn leaves to be reborn (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
<Deleted User> (18474)
Thu 15th Nov 2018 22:00
I enjoyed this poem very, very, much.
The imagery it created for me took me to places I love very much and miss when I'm not there. I can't wait to return in January and you have inspired to do some writing why I'm there.
Thanks for posting this Mr Braddock. It's helped me chill out after a hard day in intensive care. I'm going to sit with my whiskey in hand and mull over it a few more times.
Comment is about Glenbrittle – the loch. (blog)
Original item by Alan Travis Braddock
You paint a dark landscape of what has become a reality in many parts of the land. Is this what we have come down to? I think so as you rightly say there is no turning back. A hapless people.
The poem describes well a scene familiar to many but such is its content that we mentally cast a sideways glance.
Thank you for this John
Keith
Comment is about Inner City Blues (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
A beautiful nostalgic poem Fred enjoyed it immensely..?
Comment is about Sweet Memories (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
So well worded the utter pain and hopelessness is palpable...❤
Comment is about the mask (blog)
Original item by Brooke
Thanks again to Linda and Pam for making us all wellcome to perform our poetry on this special day.
Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Santa parks his sledge
leaving Cheshire set last
now to enjoy giving
the very last present
might take him a while!
Comment is about November 2018 Collage Poem: Cheshire Housewives (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Hugh - you're incorrigible. I shall look at my 57 can with
moist eyes now...riven with regret for this unfortunate.
So now Heinz is a has-bean? Or - as the Yanks might say: he's toast!
Comment is about Full of beans (blog)
Original item by hugh
But all art is surely derivative - and that in itself is a form of
plagiarism. And plagiarism is imitation by any other name - and imitation is said to be a considerable compliment.
Copy?
Right!
Comment is about Rules Of Conduct (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Taylor Crowshaw
Sat 17th Nov 2018 06:29
Wonderful Eric, a powerful poem. ?
Comment is about TRUMPET'S BLARE (blog)
Original item by Eric James