Martin, Thank you for commenting on my poem Depression. It is much appreciated. Keith

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Jon, Thanking for you kind comments on my latest poem Depression. Much appreciated. Keith

Comment is about Jon Darby (poet profile)

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I found this poem so moving.
I fear for the creatures because they know it all.
A great work.

Comment is about HUNTERS' MOON (blog)

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When I read it I thought it might be about your father. Poignant, lovely.

Comment is about Tai Chi (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

I found this very moving. Beautiful writing.

Hannah

Comment is about No Sacrifice (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Really enjoyed. Every line has something to offer.

Comment is about OPEN UMBRELLA (blog)

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Thank you Cynthia and Martin for your kind and encouraging comments on my poem, your comments are always appreciated. Thanks.

Comment is about The Pinnacle of it all (blog)

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I'm delighted and looking forward to reading the poem posters ?

Comment is about Marsden's Poster Poems competition - here are the winners! (article)

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Many thanks Patricia ; i'm always seeking for killer lines, i'm pleased you liked this !

Martin, i'm so pleased you liked this . I watched that full moon and it had a real presence to it! Thank you.

Thanks for liking Col.

Ray

Comment is about HUNTERS' MOON (blog)

Original item by ray pool

A haunting evocation of a nighttime quest. I especially
like "the weather of white wool, a cloud among the blue."

Comment is about 'Moving without sound as if charmed by the moon' (article)

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This is one of your best yet Ray. the whole poem is good but I love that
While fur frets in the burrow.
Nice one

Comment is about HUNTERS' MOON (blog)

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you caught me from the opening line. great poem Robert.
Love it

Comment is about Best Idea (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

Brilliant poem Keith on a subject that can be difficult to share sometimes as some people still don't understand what it means to be depressed.
love that line in the third stanza
enthusiasm plummets
Routines are interrupted
life stalls, even fails

reminds me of a plane going down because the engine has cut out and then just at the last minute it restarts and the pilot is able to bring back up.
Nice one

Comment is about Depression (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

I like the way you take the reader up there and a sense of awe and achievement at having done so.
Nice one

Comment is about The Pinnacle of it all (blog)

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Hi Keith
Enjoyed reading this...at some time or other I think everyone can relate to this type of feeling.
I've certainly experienced times like this that lasted too long .
Good ending though because there's always hope even though hard to latch hold of sometimes.
Also reminds me of Winter changing to Spring.

Comment is about Depression (blog)

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lovely poem Chris with some brilliant description particularly of the soft and terrible sails that drape the stars.
Nice one

Comment is about Aurora (blog)

Original item by Chris Hubbard

An interesting metaphor being on a roller coaster ride with just an umbrella. Affairs of the heart can be a tad difficult at times to say the least. Nice poem Lynn

Comment is about OPEN UMBRELLA (blog)

Original item by lynn hahn

Another (unavoidably) belated thanks to all.

Cynthia,
Thanks for the typos (I always fall for that it`s). I also changed it a bit. I`d say this was the final version...if
I wasn`t such a liar ?...(it`s that middle stanza). Cynthia, I think your poems and your comments are a great help to this site, long may you keep them up.

Comment is about Aubade (blog)

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Some times the timing is wrong between people. Best regards.

Comment is about Misunderstandings of the Heart (blog)

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Some very fine thoughts creatively expressed.

Comment is about The Pinnacle of it all (blog)

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Very compelling. I'm not sure I understand all of it, but enough to feel it strongly. Superficially, I did think of the dreadful technical accidents at 'Entertainment Parks'; but that may be way off-track.

I've never seen 'Into the Woods'. So I may be missing a major cultural idea. But I think the poem stands alone, without referencing anything else.

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Wardah, Thank you for this intimate poem with its contrast between the darkness of night and the coming of the day: with all that is harrowing in those dark hours. The title of the poem really caught my eye. Keith

Comment is about Praying for an end to the Night (blog)

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Nice poem, with a simple honest feeling. Just found the ideas in the third stanza a bit disconnected and hard to grasp. Anyway, you make a good point - no one can decide your life from birth. Your life is your own. We just have one life to discover who we are, and it's not easy.

Comment is about A NEED, TO KNOW. (blog)

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You grab the subject matter by the throat Laura and shake the words out into the sphere. ..poetry with edge

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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It might have been... However it was not to be.

Comment is about Misunderstandings of the Heart (blog)

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Thanks Nicola I appreciate the comment ? its one of my favourites.

Comment is about I dream only of You (blog)

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That first line just grabbed me by the throat.
Jealous I am,I am.

Comment is about HUNTERS' MOON (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Randy I have just come across the following quote:

"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."
LW.
You precede me . tc

Comment is about Wittgenstein (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Thank you Ray, I appreciate your comments.

Comment is about Overwhelming Sky (blog)

Original item by Kim Whysall-Hammond

Bang to rights David. I didn't have a clear idea how this would finish, often the case. I think Ray is a bit like London itself, impressive in a quiet way and a bit self contained. Acting wizardry he ain't . Apparently when he was a baby Reggie Kray held him over his head , only for Ray to piss on it. I believe that.

Thanks Martin, appreciated. A lot people know that by the way.

Ray

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BORIS! BORIS! WHO THE F**K IS BORIS?
I have to say, MC, I found it very difficult to find any picture on the internet of them sat together.

Comment is about SITTING NEXT DOOR TO BORIS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Excellent poem Tony. It definitely has a very strong undercurrent of suspicion and paranoia. I liked the image of the flowers twitching nervously and the second stanza is particularly dark. It's what is suggested rather than spelt out, of course, that makes it powerful. Also, great last line.

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Regarding Laura's comments: I saw a recent late night BBC TV programme featuring performance poetry and a mention
of Attila, if my memory serves me correctly.

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Pluck me! That tune is now stuck in my mind.
I saw Boris next to Rudd,
Surely an admission of guilt, m'lud!

Comment is about SITTING NEXT DOOR TO BORIS (blog)

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BTW, I do like your 'sample' above. 'Speechless with a mouthful of syllables' is super!

But you can never experience the inadequacy of speech until you've known the span of perception and thought; words are just the trolley car. Which statement is pretty weird, but I bet you know what I mean.

When I took part in a 'Poets' Club', writing, reading, discussing etc. I met a fellow member one day, in a shop elevator. She opened her purse and took out a slip of paper, saying, 'Look, Cynthia: 'The Parting'. I keep it with me always.' I was so touched I wept.

The 'poem' was a real experience; and perhaps that is what truly resonates.

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Nice. I think Wittgenstein is best discussed in poetry.

Comment is about Wittgenstein (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Drifting into Listening

Marsden Poetry Jam
uplifting glasses salute
creative poetic voices
ale to taste
words to listen
drifters to stay.

Comment is about Can it get any better? Write Out Loud's poetry jam at The Railway in Marsden (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hello you! Thanks for commenting on Glaswegian. Can't seem to write anything much these days so it was nice when that one came to me.
How are you? X

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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Thanks Laura.

Comment is about Glesga (blog)

Original item by Helen

Hi Ray Glad you liked the 'Cities' poem! They're all going up on my FB poetry page now (with others):

https://www.facebook.com/aslowblues/

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

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Re; marsden competition results; i didnt win...but its writing the poem and entering thst counts.... not winning ... smiley face emoji

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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Thank you for your comments John. Much appreciated.

Comment is about Feral Man (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

Believe in yourself Wardah, you will see brilliant light break through the gloom of darkness because you deserve it.

Agony will turn to ecstasy. Be patient. This is the period of transition.

Raj

Comment is about Praying for an end to the Night (blog)

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Lovely, there is always an end to the night! and nights are necessary they provide rest x

Comment is about Praying for an end to the Night (blog)

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This is a positive poem ?

Comment is about Choose Light (blog)

Original item by Wardah

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Comment is about Insomnia (blog)

Original item by Wardah

This sounds like two people at loggerheads who needn't be who are both living a lie

Comment is about Misunderstandings of the Heart (blog)

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This is beautiful ?

Comment is about I dream only of You (blog)

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Dan, It was only yesterday that I came across your profile and was able to read several of your poems, not to mention your profile. As a gay man myself your ability to craft poetry is truly excellent, the rhyming is so good. You are indeed accomplished in being able to express yourself through this genre. I would love to read more of your work so please continue to write. With every good wish. Keith

PS Stanza 7 hits the nail on the head. I can well relate to this.

Comment is about Promiscuous Problems (blog)

Original item by Dan Marino

I agree with David. Ray Winstone is always playing himself. Just like John Wayne.
Nice one Ray

Comment is about YOU SEXY BEAST (blog)

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