There's no present Mark...only past and future.

Comment is about TIME SLIPS AWAY (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Rabbits do what rabbits do,
But clearly didn't know of you,
Aiming to interrupt their fun,
Armed with intent and a gun!

Comment is about LITTLE RABBIT FOU FOU (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Epic in proportion and evoking a sense of grand poetics.?

Comment is about Legacies (A poetic one scene drama) (blog)

Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos

Thanks for the Like Bryan - Jennifer

Comment is about Tuscan taunts (blog)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

This is meant to be an example of the Tuscan gift of repartee. Pisa and Florence have always been rivals from way back in history, but generally speaking it is a big mistake to make a crack at the expense of a Tuscan because he will almost certainly manage to turn it back on you!

Jennifer

Comment is about Tuscan taunts (blog)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

If you have ever read KIM you can be in no doubt that Kipling had an immense love of and respect for, the people of India. It is evident on every page. Was he really a wicked colonialist - White Man's Burden- etc or did he subscribe to the prevailing rapacious Victorian mentality, in order to be successful?

I do agree that that poem is not the best choice perhaps for a display at M. University in our times. The West is still just as rapacious, but now we disguise it.

Jennifer Malden

Comment is about Modern Times; Don't decry Manchester students' Actions (article)

Original item by Mike Took

Hello Hannah,

Thanks for your kind words. The place really is like that, I can feel the sun if I read it again.

Jennifer

Comment is about mediterranean august (blog)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Hi Ray! Great work as usual! We all know people like this, and perhaps were fond of them when they had the rusty Volvo! Probably they were happier too^

Jennifer

Comment is about NAMEDROPPER (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hello Brian, Tina here
Our Don is not a fool
He learnt about this omnibus
When he went to school

Don's intelligent, educated
Like the Clapham man
He knows Route 88 blindfold
FUN BUS drive? He can

So hop on board the FUN BUS Brian
He'll take you to his Toe
Tomorrow when you wake up
For Friday's FUN BUS show.

Now look you've set me off Brian
I find it hard to stop
Now Gina's pulling at my sleeve
And Tyson's grrr-ing stop

So I will

Bye Brian

ribbit..... ?

Comment is about FUN BUS HQ to WOL HQ (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

agreed. you have a great voice. keep using it please.

Comment is about QUESTION (blog)

Original item by Kporho Vwede Daniel

Thanks alot Racha Chafik, I really appreciate it

Comment is about QUESTION (blog)

Original item by Kporho Vwede Daniel

Iamb and Trochee

Iamb you I like
You make my verse flow
Trochee? Come here
Trochee go go

Iamb come again
Trochee your turn
Iamb please repeat
Trochee more turn

Trochee ?

D?

Comment is about If Ducks Ruled the World (blog)

Original item by Carol Fenwick

Marvellous! Well done, fellow-writer! - Dorinda

Comment is about Our Poem of the Week is ‘Purpose is defeated’ by Kporho Vwede Daniel (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

Boarding Don's charabanc
Requires little fuss
You'll soon feel like the man
On the Clapham omnibus

(That'll throw Aussie Don...he won't have a clue what this means!)

Comment is about FUN BUS HQ to WOL HQ (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thanks for all the comments. Glad you enjoyed it Taylor. I have a rhyming poem for you Don.

Quackers

Get out the maracas
Ducks are going quackers.

They are still forced to flee the flock
By the poetic rhyming lot.

They use iambic pentameter,
to please the quack examiner.

A mallard named Dr Smart
Who's a less than clever sort.

His iambs are like I am,
but I prefer not to rhyme

because not all poems have to,
did they teach him that at big school?

I'll stick to my own style if you like it or not.
I haven't gone barmy, but ducks have lost the plot

Comment is about If Ducks Ruled the World (blog)

Original item by Carol Fenwick

Now Carol and Jon and friend Brian
We also have ducks way down here
We feed them on porridge and whisky
At all other times they prefer beer

Now you ask where the heck does this porridge
And whisky come into our ducks
I'm told it's duck food in your Ireland
So we follow in your steps (what the f----)

Now Carol your poem on ducks
It createth a problem for rhymers
Nice Brian was able to sign off with
Well Carol for the sake of a duck

Let's see if a rhymer like me
Can politely say goodby to ducks
Without stooping right down in the gutter
And dragging up all of this muck

ribbit...ribbit...(he tries, Carol)
Tina...Jon smiles on
Carol hasn't a clue what's going on...Search FUN BUS tag Carol to find out

Don ?

They're coming in so jolly fast
I can't keep up putting them in
Our Taylor she still can't stop laughing
My poem must surely now fin

(you wait...someone will now come in enjoying your poem Carol and I'll have to create another verse...ah the life of a poet)

Comment is about If Ducks Ruled the World (blog)

Original item by Carol Fenwick

Well said, Don.

Comment is about LITTLE RABBIT FOU FOU (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Excellent still laughing..thanks
Taylor

Comment is about If Ducks Ruled the World (blog)

Original item by Carol Fenwick

Just a moment captured on my phone. Such beauty to be found in nature..?

Comment is about IMG_20180724_140238.jpg (photo)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Thank you all very much for your comments, insights and likes.

Jon

Comment is about Education 'Wild West' (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Wonderful!

Thanks

DJB

Comment is about BLUR (blog)

Original item by Marc Hawkins

Fine words Jon! Thanks and well done for highlighting an issue - education is under the gosh, particularly being hammered by underfunding. As Brian mentioned, permanent exclusions are a last resort, I am a governor at my daughter's secondary school and only one child was excluded last year in a school of just over 1600.

Cheers

DJB

Comment is about Education 'Wild West' (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Thanks Brian. I love the ducking politicians really lol ?

Comment is about If Ducks Ruled the World (blog)

Original item by Carol Fenwick

Don - he can't fail to believe now!

Comment is about FUN BUS HQ to WOL HQ (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

For duck sake Carol!

Comment is about If Ducks Ruled the World (blog)

Original item by Carol Fenwick

I really like your sample "Who said that?". Clever, upbeat and humorous!

Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Adorable! I've always had a soft spot for Donkeys.?

Comment is about IMG_20180724_150742.jpg (photo)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Beautiful photo...such vivid color!

Comment is about IMG_20180724_140238.jpg (photo)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Thank you for your comment "I felt the pain".?

Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Amazing poem?

Comment is about BLUR (blog)

Original item by Marc Hawkins

Thankyou Jon, Anya, Darren, and Taylor for your likes. The FUN BUS is turning it's engine over

ribbit,,,ribbit... (froggie talk for thanks)

D?

Comment is about Struggling For a Title (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

I worry 'bout today
The problem Jon did raise
Society it no longer cares
About this, our malaise

Moral accountability?
Society does sing out
What the heck does that mean?
The heck's it all about?

We've lost the way. So sad
We need to find the track
That leads us back to solid ground
The solid-ground-track back

But sadly when how often
We want for show of traction
Our politicians, leaders
Show talk, but never action

Where are all the strong
Leaders that we need?
To pull us out this quagmire
To take control. To lead?

D?

Comment is about Education 'Wild West' (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Hey John - the FUN BUS bug got a hold on you?

ribbit...ribbit...(froggie says how could you?)


D ?

Comment is about LITTLE RABBIT FOU FOU (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Jon - good poem with good rhyming.

I know someone who works at a PRU and the impression he has given me is that pupil exclusion from mainstream schools is an absolute last resort, and when a pupil is excluded they have worked hard to deserve it.

Comment is about Education 'Wild West' (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Agree with all the above comments Jon. A
powerful poem with an important message.
Thanks
Taylor

Comment is about Education 'Wild West' (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Thanks Keith, Chopsticks was a good starter too.

Cheers Darren, I think you may have got the sleazy idea of this hopefully.

Thanks for the likes Col, Jon and Anya.


Ray

Comment is about LEARNING THE PIANO (blog)

Original item by ray pool

lovely article keith and great to see your talents used more widely on WOL. Look forward to reading more.

Comment is about Poets: Voices of Prophecy and Custodians of Truth (article)

Original item by Mike Took

excellent review. I own all three of these and believe this to be the weakest. However, there is certainly ample rhythm and life to sate someone thirsty for BAME poetry

Comment is about Ten: Poets of the New Generation, ed. by Karen McCarthy Woolf, Bloodaxe (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

A good poem which raises many issues. My schooling took place in the 1950´s and early 60´s and as a School Governor of three separate schools in recent times I am glad to have born 1948. The whole business of education needs a serious appraisal. The greatest casuality of the present day is the English Language.
Thanks for this
Keith

Comment is about Education 'Wild West' (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Thanks guys. ?

Comment is about Halo (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

At last a desert island of hope in an ocean of diatribe ! What a relief Trevor ! Enjoyed its simple appeal.

Ray

Comment is about Halo (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Nice to meet you Rach. Thank you for commenting on "Love or Lust" ?

Comment is about racha (poet profile)

Original item by racha

Thank you, Jane

Comment is about Education 'Wild West' (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Thank you, Anya xx

Comment is about Education 'Wild West' (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

An impressive poem, carrying an important message about a subject which needs much attention. Well done!
Thank you!

Comment is about Education 'Wild West' (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Tears in my eyes....thank you.
Taylor

Comment is about BLUR (blog)

Original item by Marc Hawkins

Tears in my eyes....thank you.
Taylor

Comment is about BLUR (blog)

Original item by Marc Hawkins

Yes I get that..excellent.
Taylor

Comment is about High & Low (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Quite right, Racha. I think they died of surprise before the pellet actually hit them.

Comment is about LITTLE RABBIT FOU FOU (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Wow I just love ur poem

Comment is about BLUR (blog)

Original item by Marc Hawkins