M.C.
One should always be suspicious of how money is made.
(and also how it is spent)..In this way one can be equally against the shifty capitalist and the benefit cheater... the trick is to always `follow the money`

The principle is always; `Thou shalt not steal`

(now where have I heard that before?)

Comment is about EXCUSE ME (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

John,
Just to stress the absolute even-handedness of the Almighty on this matter:

Life`s fair for trouser-staining slickers:
Women cough...and wet their knickers.

Comment is about OL' MAN RIVER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

and how much we DO appreciate your poems Wendy.The words of which,we are more than familiar with.

P&S x

Comment is about No Holes In My Socks (blog)

Original item by Wendy Higson

Hi Ray,

Thanks for the kind welcome back.

In return, your readings are always welcome. You reveal such complexity of thought in your comments that I can only surmise that there must be a complex mind behind them.

Much appreciated,

elP

Comment is about the parachutist (deployed) (blog)

Original item by nunya

alas I fear there is more plastic than wood drifting around our oceans which nobody wants to adorn their landscape gardens with.

Interesting subject matter Toby. Not sure about the choice of 'to nowhere' in the 4th line as it does end up somewhere by the last verse - but I see what you're getting at.

Colin.

Comment is about Driftwood (blog)

Original item by Toby W

great idea Michaela - creation, entrapment, power, freedom - some weighty stuff to ponder if one so chooses.

Col.

Comment is about Pathetically Drawn (blog)

Original item by Michaela Sheldon

short but sweet. loved it
Cheers kevin

Comment is about Pathetically Drawn (blog)

Original item by Michaela Sheldon

I wouldn't change a word. this was such a beautiful well-told tale. i'm thinking about doing one about an old crone, who had had a previous life, and been a looker in her day, but I don't think a can tell the story as well as you have.
cheers Kevin

Comment is about The Path (blog)

Original item by Louise Clarke

true!

Comment is about NEXORABLE ME (blog)

Original item by MANISHA SAINI

Wow I loved hearing you read this so much! Such grace and prosperity. Beautifully written

Comment is about 70th BIRTHDAY BALLOON (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Wherever you are, Travis, I couldn't have interpreted this to the masses any better than you did in your comment. You read my mind. And, you did it beautifully, brother.

Rachel

Comment is about to earth we return (blog)

Original item by nunya

Fascinating stuff elP. A desire for invisibility or to pass at least unnoticed is a constant theme in the psyche picked up on by H G Wells, and in that guise or form you can chose a disguise that suits. A similar state of mind permeates the masked ball and indeed the actor with props to be another person other than his or her own.
I hope I got close ! who knows with your work - always mysterious and the reader gets drawn in - a feminine art

Ray (nice to see you back).

Comment is about the parachutist (deployed) (blog)

Original item by nunya

Thanks david! And also that you for introducing me to a new word 'brevity'!

Comment is about Pathetically Drawn (blog)

Original item by Michaela Sheldon

Yes, Ray. Farting strikes me as one of those rites of passage a relationship has to go through.
MC - nice to have one that wiggles even if that's all it would be good for in my case!

Comment is about OL' MAN RIVER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Lovely. This is truly inspirational poetry prose.

Comment is about The Path (blog)

Original item by Louise Clarke

Thanks to All for reading this piece glad you all enjoyed. This was a scene I viewed a few weeks back, one Friday afternoon as I sat in a car at some traffic lights waiting for them to change right by this local pub.
I did toy with the idea of making it longer Colin but I think Cynthia's right it's plenty long enough. I can have a tendency some times to witter on and on and......yawn.
Anyway thanks again everybody. Cheers!

Comment is about Sun top table bare (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Superbly aimed and fired from the hip at all who need to hear - but do they? If it is only poets who muster up frustrations then all is lost.

Ray, with great respect for your poetry Karen.

Comment is about Conversation (blog)

Original item by Karen Ankers

Hi Paul. I know it's not my business really, but I just noticed you havn't posted any of your delightful and uplifting poems recently. Are you ok? When you're ready, aythangyow.

Ray

Comment is about Paul Waring (poet profile)

Original item by Paul Waring

Interesting. When I was growing up it was called "getting ahead".
The nationwide firm of Dunn (the hatters...where are
they now?) used the slogan: If you want to get ahead, get a hat.
Did anyone march in support of their demise as time and tide took their toll.
I can see it now:
SUPPORT THE HATTERS
THAT'S WHAT MATTERS!

Comment is about Your Revolution (blog)

Original item by Joe Williams

Not to mention the smell John. Oh you didn't! Thank goodness. I bought a book in the fifties called Etiquette. Does that exist today or we overwhelmed by nature's necessities.... No farting on a first date is a given. I too am successfully married, so no problem areas.

Ray

Comment is about OL' MAN RIVER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Natasha hope you find your beautiful place never stop trying

Comment is about Natasha Sharma (poet profile)

Original item by Natasha Sharma

Another ageless hoot from this reliable source. I am almost
prostate (sorry...prostrate!) with willy-wiggling mirth.
It helps if you can get a grip
And hold it higher than the zip!

Comment is about OL' MAN RIVER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I'm not sure about "complacency". There is always a dichotomy between reality, hope and what is so easily
promised. Was I swayed by the sight of the political map
of England being predominantly "blue" the day after the
election? Not swayed but ready to recognise that there
is no pleasing everyone in an age which keeps talking
about "poverty" when no one, least of all those in politics
and their supporters, steps up to define its proper
meaning/relevance today. I retain a healthy suspicion of
all political ambitions or aspirations whether they are cold comfort - or "hot air" promises to propel the utterers into
office, thereafter to be neglected or cast aside when
found to be inconvenient, all too often originally
focussed on appealing to the meaner aspects of human
nature for support.
That said,
You won't find me doting
On egregious emoting!
Nor will I be voting
For shameless showboating.

Comment is about Tony Walsh gives poetic verdict on election result alongside Carol Ann Duffy (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks Becky ?

Comment is about Bang Bang (for Karen) (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

I think I love your poems best for the fact they do stick the knife in ? - relentless energy directed precisely.

Comment is about Bang Bang (for Karen) (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

thanks both. much appreciated

Comment is about The Concrete Road (blog)

Original item by Becky Sowray

Thank you all! And I agree Wolfgar, I have some revision I would like to do for this piece. I will be interested in reading about Fuchsia!

Comment is about Blue Silk (blog)

Original item by Michaela Sheldon

Glad you like it Karen ?

Thanks Raj - yes - and I love that words can do that ?

Comment is about Bang Bang (for Karen) (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Wow. That got me Becky. Your words paint a lot of pictures in my mind. Pretty sensual.

There is a message hiding in there that I can't find.
(I have no intention of looking for it).

Well done.
Raj

Comment is about The Concrete Road (blog)

Original item by Becky Sowray

I love the intensity and wildness of this offering Laura.
And the shared values of course. Sometimes issues snow ball, creating a kind of collective consciousness that gets more power as it spread.

Raj

Comment is about Bang Bang (for Karen) (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Thanks so much Laura! Great poem! Love "blind-eyed walls".

Comment is about Bang Bang (for Karen) (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Ooo I'd just logged out and had to log back in again when I saw this. Such intricate wordplay here Becky, and some beautiful sonics and imagery, with a double dose of ambiguity. The first two stanzas are outstanding.

Comment is about The Concrete Road (blog)

Original item by Becky Sowray

Rooose!! Smut! ?

And Raj - trust me, I do.

Comment is about See you up there at love o'clock (blog)

Original item by Chakraj

did you get my second telepathic email Raj? the one I sent to MR.NICE @ LOVEWORLD.COM.

seriously methinks that this way of communication may very well be a thing of the near future.

save on lekky though!

see you at tongue past sex! ??

Rose ?

Comment is about See you up there at love o'clock (blog)

Original item by Chakraj

I have to agree with everything that's been said - especially about Fuchsia and Gormenghast - my favourite books ever ever ever ?

Comment is about Blue Silk (blog)

Original item by Michaela Sheldon

nice one Neil. I would be tempted to lose the last line - 'your own inquest flashing before your eyes' is an excellent ending and the title has that last line covered. Feel free to disagree ? many do!

Col.

Comment is about The Bookie Always Wins (blog)

Original item by Neil Robertson

Hi Keith. You just get better & better. I think this is your best yet.normally I don't get the none-rhyming stuff (my ignorance) , but even I could appreciate the poetry of this one.
Cheers Kevin

Comment is about Homeward Bound (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Laura I'm so so pleased for you. Celebrate the moment dear girl. Don't look back. See it as some divine intervention and cherish what is NOW

Comment is about See you up there at love o'clock (blog)

Original item by Chakraj

I found it to be vary clean and clear, I could see it as was reading it.
thanks

Comment is about Runningintoyou (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

"Some days I sit and smell the breeze
To forget about the inside and enjoy what isn't me."

A beautiful introduction...

Comment is about Blue Silk (blog)

Original item by Michaela Sheldon

Thanks Laura, glad you like it! It was published last year in the 'More Exhibitionism' anthology by Stairwell Books, and in Soapbox issue 2.

Comment is about Your Revolution (blog)

Original item by Joe Williams

MCN's complacency takes the biscuit. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." I think MC'd recognise that from the darlin' of the right, Edmund Burke.

Comment is about Tony Walsh gives poetic verdict on election result alongside Carol Ann Duffy (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I'm so very much pleased that you are continuing with your well meaning and helpful postings Wendy.More power to your writings.Thank you.Jemima.

Comment is about People (blog)

Original item by Wendy Higson

Very sad in the sense of being trapped and seeking solace. Please check if you can a fictional character called Fuchsia from the Gormenghast Trilogy. She exactly reflects your thoughts here as she is in a high tower room and has a wonderful attic full of make believe attractions. The books are by Mervyn Peake. Lots of other incredible characters in them as well!

Ray x

Comment is about Blue Silk (blog)

Original item by Michaela Sheldon

Ray, Thank you. You have it in a nutshell. A painting on the subject inspired me, a painting which strangely haunts me. Keith

Comment is about Homeward Bound (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Robert, Thank you for this, which although unusual, has a quality and style which I am drawn to. Please write some more. Keith

Comment is about Runningintoyou (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

An uneasy read Neil and a sense of the screws tightening; a bit like the card game in Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels ( obviously online though, which gives it an sense of unreality for me).

Nice work. Ray

Comment is about The Bookie Always Wins (blog)

Original item by Neil Robertson

HI Keith. I take this to be an afterlife experience; very heartwarming it is and free from any taint of fear or irony. I seem to see much of this in your work, and bless you for it.

Ray

Comment is about Homeward Bound (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Stu, thanks for that reference; you compared my stuff with half man half biscuit before and I must say that pleases me a lot! We all have a certain penchant or knack in our expressive ways and the barmy is what I identify with I suppose. As for John Otway - I checked out a utube clip of House of the Rising Sun, and was quite blown away. So bless you !!

Keith, I'm glad you found favour. Face value is fine with me!

Col. Ever the archivist, you keep us all alert to so many influences out there , so thanks for getting sparked off. My conglomeration of accents was quite bizarre, not intentionally confusing , but to me a trite and shallow personality lay behind it(not mine of course). I was going to do a Sloane accent, but I don't think the money is there any more. They've all moved to the outskirts!

Hi David, more convulsions - I'll try anything you know me. Your story reminds me that I have often met people who in public places do their one upmanship bit inviting yawns all round; but in your quoted case one should be more compassionate to the old in their indulgences. I hope so for my sake.

Love to all Ray

Comment is about WE'RE GOING DOWN TO THE COTSWOLDS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

P & S, Thank you for this comment. I am living through this at present and as you can imagine it is very difficult. Keith

Comment is about Indoors (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries