Thank you Tim and Martin, for your kind comments, it means a lot to me. And thanks to all those who liked this, they're very much appreciated!😊
Comment is about Very Much Alive (blog)
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Thank you so much for your kind comments - M.C. , Tim & Stephen 🙂
Thanks for likes - Larisa, Holden, Manish & Evan 👍
Comment is about Heaven Calling (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
That last stanza is bittersweetly true. Nicely said.
Comment is about Very Much Alive (blog)
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Thank you very much for your wonderful comments Graham, Keith, Patricia & Tom! I think we need to remember now, more than anytime I can remember!
And thanks for the Likes 😊🌷
Comment is about Little Ted (blog)
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Thanks for the comment, Graham.
Thanks for the likes, appreciate them.
Comment is about A Thought About a Thought (blog)
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This is a good depiction of this grueling work.
Perhaps just the trappings of my mind but I couldn't help picturing the Grimm Reaper out harvesting souls.
Comment is about Scythe (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
I like the concept. It would be a great one to explore more.
Lots of room for the expansion of expressive thought.
Interesting place, your strange city. Well done, M. Lane
Comment is about Strange City (blog)
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I like the phrasing, the sense of separated yet connected. Love and compatibility only from a distance. True, but sad. Your ability to conceptualize and express an emotion is always right on my friend.
Comment is about Very Much Alive (blog)
Original item by Manish
An evocative jolt to my own memory of negotiating the lanes and
byways of rural 1950s Wiltshire on my Raleigh Super Lenton
Sports bike, the whirr of the derailleur gears replacing your
bike's own exhaust note.
Comment is about THE OPEN ROAD (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Such a beautiful and heartfelt tribute to one who's passed. The dilemma of the vacancy of her absence is portrayed so well it is easily a shared experience.
Excellent poem Tom
Comment is about Heaven Calling (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
I think of this as an updated Ogden Nash sort of poem. And I
always enjoy the way the message is conveyed. That said....
If you tend not to behave
You're destined for an early grave! 😑
Comment is about CHRISTIAN JAMES (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I'm unsure just WHAT other objects might be considered for
flushing down a toilet on a holiday river cruise? The notice
seems to presume that there is an acceptance of the basic
function of a toilet for disposal of human waste plus its
cosmetic paper helper only. However, with things like nappies,
tampons, condoms et al thought suitable for disposal via a toilet
bowl, I guess the warning has its logical intent. I recall the
strain on the toilet on a yacht when trying to dispose a few
days constipated living back in the day. The memory haunts me still! 😐
Comment is about THE DANUBE RIVER CRUISE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The world is indeed alive. And I'm sneezing.
Take care, Helene
Comment is about Spring! (blog)
Original item by Hélène
"Call me when you get to heaven
Let me know that you're okay..."
Touching and readily recalled...ideal for a country song lyric.
Comment is about Heaven Calling (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
An excellent theme. To strive is to be alive.
Comment is about Self Improvement (blog)
Original item by Stuart Vanner
Hi Brian - thanks fo adding your comment. Hands across the sea!! I still recall your father showing me his service uniform
on my visit. A memorable occasion indeed.
Comment is about BEACHHEAD - JUNE 6, 1944 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Fri 7th Jun 2024 14:53
Another of yours i like. Not mawkish, like some, it sets an elegiac tone more in keeping with the sombre nature of the event it commemorates.
Comment is about Thank you (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
I really like this - the rhythm, the structure, the tone. "The joy of now forgives"; "what's lost might yet be won" - beautiful lines.
Comment is about Silent Harbour (blog)
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Thank you for the early likes Larisa and Evan.
David
Comment is about Silent Harbour (blog)
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A 'just' war, it was called. A 'good' war. No. It was a necessary war but there was nothing 'good' about it.
Comment is about The smear of days (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Thanks for this poem Nigel lol always enjoy how you use whatever poem you're reading as inspiration for your next!
Comment is about Jealous Cat (blog)
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Hi M.C. - Thanks for your comments & feedback. Will we learn the lessons from history. Time will tell !!
Comment is about The Longest Day (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Brian Blanchard
Thu 6th Jun 2024 16:39
Excellent Mark, shared to my
Facebook page in remembrance of this day.
Comment is about BEACHHEAD - JUNE 6, 1944 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Those who survived were, in their own way, victims and many
were surely haunted by what happened and what might have been in the years that followed.
Comment is about The smear of days (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
The film is an extraordinary cinematic depiction of a vast undertaking, made, it has to be emphasised, in pre-SFX days.
The creation of foreboding, threat and hope was impressively
maintained and brings home the importance of what was done back then. It is a sad fact that the continent of Europe records
aggressive activity with depressing frequency....with recent and
current conflicts very much in mind.
Comment is about The Longest Day (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Thanks for likes - Holden,Larisa, Aisha & Hugh 👍
Comment is about The Longest Day (blog)
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Thank you Tim and Graham for your most generous and encouraging comments, they're very much appreciated. And thanks to all those who liked this.😊
Comment is about Rhythm Breaker (blog)
Original item by Manish
Dorothy is walking with freedom leading her on the right path.😎
Comment is about Fearlessly empowered (blog)
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Dorothy is making wise moves in finding trust with God to back her up.😎
Comment is about Lessons learnt (blog)
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T.V advert I like
Hot date arranged
She loves cats
He buys packet
Juicy pussy snack
Jumping through window
Greedy pussies galore
All these yours?
But of course
The lying snake!😈
Comment is about Jealous Cat (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Thanks everyone for all your likes
Manish
Ruth
Aisha
Holden
Stephen G
and
Hugh.
Comment is about Tearing up the Script (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thank you to those who have liked this difficult to like poem.
This poem is written in the first person in the hope of being more impactful. I know it is an ugly piece of writing, primarily so because of the ugly subject matter. It is difficult to flower up the subject of mental health.
In the wave of commemorations regarding the great sacrifices of D-Day I thought it apt to relate something of the possible resultant traumatic injuries suffered by so many that may have passed unnoticed.
Do not fall into the belief that no one displayed their traumatic injuries from a particular generation. Back then such things were hidden away and swept under the carpet. Records of domestic violence and mental illness were not something tolerated in the years from 44 onward to much later...but those things happened.
There is much talk of stoicism and resilience on such days (and rightly so) I have nothing but admiration, love and respect for those gone and those still enduring, their resilience and strength should be something we all aspire to.
Personally, although I respect the ethos of suffering in silence I believe it is not ultimately healthy for those who impose it upon themselves, although I absolutely respect anyones right to do as they wish with their memories and injuries. Time and time again I have heard of broken men and women suffering in silence, frankly it breaks my heart.
My poem was intended to convey the explosive nature of the release of trauma and its destructive force, both inwardly and toward others..the cost of such trauma is borne by the individual suffering and the society which hosts it...the damage it does is irreperable but not unavoidable.
One way of lessening the potential for such implosions of self is for those suffering to be protected and gently encouraged to share. Now, I know just how hard that is but there are routes to such treatment which could be embedded in how we treat those recovering from trauma, or even suspected of being exposed to the liklihood of trauma.
I'm sure many might sneer and again return to the stiff upper lip trope, many of those who do will not have been exposed to trauma and therefore cannot get their head around it. But believe me treating it and protectiing sufferers is better than the picture painted in my scribble, or the alternative of an imposed suffering in silence.
Thank you for reading.
David RL Moore
IN REMEMBERING THE DEAD WE MUST NOT FORGET THE LIVING
Comment is about Episode (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
I enjoyed reading this poem. The memory of those who fought for our freedom will always be in our hearts.
With best wishes,
Larisa
Comment is about 80 years on , a milestone anniversary (blog)
Original item by hugh
Ray,
Thank you for this as I too often travel in my own mind to places which keep on reminding me of my past and their significance.
Keith
Comment is about THE OPEN ROAD (blog)
Original item by ray pool
John,
another hero, another poet, another soldier who paid the ultimate sacrifice. My Uncle Leslie was a nineteen year soldier in the Royal Warwicks who was killed at Tournai, as the British Army moved back toward Dunkirk. He was killed in a German air attack. His mother, my grandmother, never recovered from his loss.
Thank you for this poem to enable us to appreciate the calibre of our fallen and the debt we owe them for our freedom.
Thank you indeed.
Keith
Comment is about i.m. Captain Keith Douglas (1920-1944) (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Hugh,
a fine tribute to our brave men who sacrifced their all for our freedom. We shall be forever in their debt.
Thank you,
Keith
Comment is about 80 years on , a milestone anniversary (blog)
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I knew about Keith Douglas in the desert, but didn't know he was a Normandy victim, John. He and Alun Lewis, both poets who died in the second world war, don't get the praise and notice they deserve, compared with those from the first world war.
Comment is about i.m. Captain Keith Douglas (1920-1944) (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
A fine sonnet for D-Day, Graham. Thank you.
Comment is about Why is the sonnet still popular? (article)
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A very emotive and poignant reflection Stephen.
Comment is about Little Ted (blog)
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MP - thanks for your comment. I recall being with a group of lads
in my old job on a motor caravan holiday in Germany back in the
1960s. We stopped at a caravan site in the south of the country
and wandered into the nearest habitation looking for a pint of
good German beer. Our luck was in and we found ourselves in
a local equivalent of an inn. We were joined at our table by
some of the male locals whose conversation reverted back to
the war. No problem, but coincidentally, all seemed to have
served on the Russian front as young men. It was a memorable
evening in many respects.
Comment is about BEACHHEAD - JUNE 6, 1944 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks, Martin. I'm so glad you enjoyed the poems. For me, climate change is the No 1 issue of our times and I have written a number of poems on the subject.
Enjoying your poetry. Will post more comments when I get back from a short break.
Comment is about Martin Peacock (poet profile)
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It's what makes us special, the ability to think about our thoughts. An unusual but valuable concise piece, well done! G
Comment is about A Thought About a Thought (blog)
Original item by Tim Higbee
Just wonderful, the poignant and beautiful imagery. Your writing is very powerful.
Comment is about The Fields of Avalon (pt 2 & 3) (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Manish, sometimes life/love is a bit like 'middle of the road' music, sometimes it's like a dreamy 'love theme' and at other its like 'bombastic heavy metal'.
We all have a favourite that hits the spot continually. Finding it is the hard bit!
A very finely described dilemma that you have written about well.
Comment is about Rhythm Breaker (blog)
Original item by Manish
Thank you, Manish and Helene, for your thoughtful comments. Thank you to those of you who have taken the time to like this poem and to others who have liked other pieces of mine. I appreciate it greatly.
Comment is about Cultivated Curiosity (blog)
Original item by Tim Higbee
Stephen Gospage
Sat 8th Jun 2024 08:37
The seven swingers are going large
And is that really Nigel Farage?
All good, clean fun, John.
Comment is about THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (blog)
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