Big Sal
Sat 11th Nov 2017 02:19
Big Sal
Sat 11th Nov 2017 02:16
I've heard something first hand. A partner was told to relax as he sees (naked) patients all the time; HE sees and is not bothered, contemptible middle-class shit, it's not about HIS comfort but the womans. I had to intervene on one occasion.
But where was I? Oh yes, gallows humour Laura, you make light of what you endured but the piece contains a sting in the tail. Tommy xx
Comment is about Just Relax (blog)
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Ken, Thank you for a poem full of sentiment and truth. Well written and beautifully crafted about a time few now know anything about. Keith
Comment is about YOUR NOT HALF THE MAN HE WAS (blog)
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Glad it made you laugh Keith - we have to really eh?!
Ray - ah well, I had reason to be there, but thankfully, due to the tests, I now do not, so I can laugh now but I may have blasphemed a fair bit at the time ? I think we should make use of what is still freely available to us tbh.
Comment is about Just Relax (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Just to say that my wife refuses to have her front checked for the very reasons you so skilfully describe. She is more Katie price than twiggy in that area, but i'm sure there would be no greater suffering than in your case.
"Just relax" is surely NHS speak.
Ray ! ! !
Comment is about Just Relax (blog)
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nice. i really can relate to this.
Comment is about Dance of death (blog)
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Fri 10th Nov 2017 11:54
excellent David - the bleakness of life and landscape, fiction and history combined. I really enjoyed this and read it through several times - all the more for having seen the recent documentary on BBC4.
did you know that 'Varykino' was used as both the name of a lake retreat and an island in Star Wars. Evidently 'a tragic poet called Omar Berenko lived there in a community of human and Gungan outsiders'. Coincidence? btw I only know this by accidentally coming across it on Google!
all the best,
Colin.
Comment is about At Varykino (blog)
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Fri 10th Nov 2017 11:08
your poem Des had me looking at images of copper verdigris and all the wonderful colours the process of weathering produces - not quite 'burnished' but mossy perhaps and not out of place in your autumn woodland. Nice poem, thanks. Col.
Comment is about cut copper (blog)
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Laura, although I sympathise with having to endure such brutal treatment I laughed out loud at your ability to bring humour in such a vivid expression of discomfort. Thank you. Keith
Comment is about Just Relax (blog)
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Desmond, You have encapsulated the fullness of autumn in a poem of great beauty. Thank you. Keith
Comment is about cut copper (blog)
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Martin, thank you for your comment which is much appreciated. The purple velvet curtain is a combination of purple being the liturgical colour used for funerals and associated with death and also repentance. Curtains of a heavy material were used throughout the last war to enforce the blackout precautions against air raids. Thank you again. Keith
Comment is about November (blog)
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Fri 10th Nov 2017 05:48
We are indeed a fortunate generation, MC.
Comment is about THE MENIN GATE - Remembrance Day Remembered (blog)
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Cracking poem Trev, triffic as Del Boy Trotter used to say. Cheers
Comment is about Early Train (blog)
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I like your recurring theme of the purple velvet curtain here Keith which works well.
Nice one
Comment is about November (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Me thinks this is something of a lament for something lost. I like the line paw prints in the snow.
Comment is about Made of These (blog)
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Each word of this poem is like a tear drop. Well done and thanks. Keith
Comment is about Made of These (blog)
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I joined Poetry Plus in July this year and a more welcoming group and pleasant atmosphere one would be hard pressed to find! The focus is on reading poetry, pure and simple. The October meeting gives a good idea of the eclectic material that one can expect to hear. As well as attendees having the opportunity to read their own work there were pieces from such well known names as Sir John Betjeman, Mya Angelou, Pam Ayres, Yeats and W H Auden. Themes covered such diverse material as homelessness, the countryside and Bruegel's Fall of Icarus! Several readers also took the opportunity to read Halloween themed poems. If you can, do give Poetry Plus a try. A warm welcome and stimulating evening await!
Comment is about Poetry Plus (group profile)
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Hi Cynthia!
I'm flattered by your kind words for my poetry, and am so grateful you took the time to check out my measly writing/profile. It means a lot to me as someone just beginning to share!
Your writing is captivating and inspiring, as is your biographical story.
Don't be afraid to really dig into more of my poems, they need the critism!
Thank you again,
A fellow Libran and friend,
Tia Rae
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
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Hannah, thank you for your comment which encapsulates the mood of November and your reminder that there are also festivals of light which await us as the year draws to a close. Thank you indeed. Keith
Comment is about November (blog)
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Lovely to have your views Tony - always appreciated.
Comment is about ST.ANDREW'S PARISH CHURCH (blog)
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<Deleted User> (18118)
Thu 9th Nov 2017 20:12
Very moving.
Hannah
Comment is about THE MENIN GATE - Remembrance Day Remembered (blog)
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<Deleted User> (18118)
Thu 9th Nov 2017 20:09
A beautiful poem. So much in November to remind us of the struggle and suffering and the remembrance we owe to those who served.
Summer waves goodbye and we draw inward to ritual and memory with festivals to light up the darkness.
Hannah
Comment is about November (blog)
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<Deleted User> (18118)
Thu 9th Nov 2017 20:01
MC thank you I like that suggestion very much!
Comment is about tell me (blog)
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October 6th. My middle name is fulcrum.
Comment is about Tia Lattanzio (poet profile)
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Chris, this is truly an excellent poem. Someone once said that a nation gets the government it deserves. Your poem has some of this. Thank you. Keith
Comment is about Microcosm (blog)
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MC, thank for this and may God bless each and every one of them. Keith
Comment is about THE MENIN GATE - Remembrance Day Remembered (blog)
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When The Door is Slammed the Fire Goes Out
Within this house
we call home
love burns intense
keeping us warm
harsh winter stares
cold bitter words
fighting for no
reason at all
when the door
is slammed shut
you leave behind - - -
a frozen heart.
The theme for Monday night is frozen.
Comment is about Write Out Loud at Stockport art gallery tonight (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Hope lives in hope!
I like the brevity of this bit of reality.
I would have put "means" in the final line to maintain the theme.
But that's purely a personal view.
Comment is about tell me (blog)
Original item by Jenn
David and Ray. thank you for your observations which I value. I suppose I am being highly subjective in this poem as it is borne out of personal experience. Of course there have been occasions when I have mis read or mistook a person but generally my judgement has an unusual sense of accuracy. Recently a friend and I took a taxi from the airport. I instinctively took an intense dislike of the driver who I had never before seen or known. As we arrived home a neighbour came across and warned us that the driver had recently been discharged from prison for grievous assault and drug trafficking. I just seem to have this innate instinct. From where I don´t know. Thank you again as I value such comments. Keith
Comment is about Appearances (blog)
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Thu 9th Nov 2017 10:56
extremely tasty food for thought Tommy.Thank you.Jemima.
Comment is about Elliot (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Controversial subject this Keith. So many factors might be involved . I think what we present to the world is often just a picture frame that doesn't match the picture. Just a thought. Cynical I know !
Ray
Comment is about Appearances (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thu 9th Nov 2017 10:31
nothing higher or deeper than the height and depths of spurned love Jenn.Thank you.Jemima.
Comment is about tell me (blog)
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Ankita the facet curve shall be the title of my next unwritten novel
Comment is about Ankita Srivastava (poet profile)
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I like this. Well done
Comment is about 'Early Train' by Trevor Alexander is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Suki, thank you for this as you hit the nail on the head. Keith
Comment is about Appearances (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Hi Keith,
We all do: perhaps its instinct, or intuition. We shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but sometimes the feelings/signals are so strong they are difficult to ignore. Sometimes acting on such feelings can save us from danger; sometimes to welcome a stranger..
Equally, we need to be careful that we don't give in to our sometimes unconscious prejudices. I suppose it is about discernment..
Suki
Comment is about Appearances (blog)
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Big Sal
Wed 8th Nov 2017 21:25
Enjoyed the honesty in this poem. Thanks for sharing.
Comment is about Hope Still Lies There (blog)
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Ray, Jennifer and David, thank you for your kind comments.
Keith
Comment is about Ageing (blog)
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Rich,
words that are true with hope firmly in place. I like this poem because it ends with our only way out of a brutalised world. Thank you for this. Keith
Comment is about About our world (blog)
Original item by Rich
Tommy, clearly and well said. Thanks. Keith
Comment is about What's in store (blog)
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<Deleted User> (18118)
Wed 8th Nov 2017 20:47
Shrines are made so easily but not always.
Very moving.
Hannah
Comment is about No Flowers on the Bridge (blog)
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Wed 8th Nov 2017 20:45
<Deleted User> (18118)
Wed 8th Nov 2017 20:43
Very powerful and true.
Hannah
Comment is about What's in store (blog)
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<Deleted User> (18474)
Sat 11th Nov 2017 06:20
Holy-moley M.K! I'm not really qualified to tell you if this is technically good or not. What I can tell you was it moved me to tears as I get up with my coffee ready for work. What an awesome start to my day! Thank you very much. Beno.
Comment is about maybe, I.J. (blog)
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