A poem well composed and well thought out. Monsters or demons do exist and they find their way into our pysche. Tormentors indeed but they must be vanquished. I thoroughly enjoyed this poem and thank you,
Keith
Comment is about Monsters don’t exist (blog)
Original item by sarah rich
Patricia, I see that you are relative newcomer to WOL. Welcome indeed. I have been a member since 2017 and find the site a valuable resource whereby one can submit one's poems and recieve good constructive criticism. This poem is one many can relate to including myself. Plunging into the depths of despair is often inexplicble but there often comes a point when our spirit is uplifted and our self esteem regains its posture within us. Your poem describes well this transformation.
Thank you and I look forward to reading more of your work.
Keith
Comment is about The Descent November 1996 (blog)
Original item by Patricia Ziel
This was written for a friend who was going through some very heavy psychological challenges. This forum is the first time I am sharing my work, I am starting with the 'old' writings.
Comment is about The Descent November 1996 (blog)
Original item by Patricia Ziel
Really like your writing. Resonates totally!
Comment is about Life ‘n’ God ‘n’ Death ‘n’ Stuff (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
It's been a while, but the loss remains. So sorry for your loss. A wonderful tribute to your brother.
Comment is about A loss of life & words (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Wow, just beautiful and very touching. Your content is great and your way of expressing is like a dance. Also, clearly very inspired. I am new to write out loud and I am reading older entries from poets whose work triggers something in me. Thank you!
Comment is about Before Eternity (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thanks for the comments.
The fine TV series (producer Jeremy Isaac) "The World At War"
should be essential school syllabus material...available on DVD..
As a film fan for most of my life, I am admirer of the Darryl
Zanuck epic "The Longest Day" - an amazing cinematic
recreation of that historic event that I shall be watching again
at home. One of the British stars Richard Todd was an actual
participant in one of the episodes shown.
GF's comment about young Germans
was given added emphasis today with
remarks from a veteran that they were
attacked from an enemy gun position
found to be manned by three members of the Hitler Youth. Sadly, just as deadly despite their school ages.
Comment is about BEACHHEAD - JUNE 6, 1944 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
An impressive poem, MC. A real achievement.
Comment is about BEACHHEAD - JUNE 6, 1944 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks MC, a fitting tribute, especially this week - the bravery and selflessness shown by those very young men was astonishing & must always be remembered.
Comment is about BEACHHEAD - JUNE 6, 1944 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thank you Martin for your positive feedback. 🙂
Comment is about It's June (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
I'm glad that you liked it and found something relatable, and how great coincidence, my grandmother had told the same line to me years ago!
Thank you.😊
Comment is about Keeper of Lies (blog)
Original item by Manish
Thanks a lot for your kind comment, Martin. It means a lot to me and I'm very much enjoying reading your work.😊
Comment is about Gemini and Scorpio (blog)
Original item by Manish
Both interesting, deep and thought provoking.
Thank you for this,
Keith
Comment is about Solitude (blog)
Original item by Lucas Chihinga
Thank you so much for reading and commenting on my poem God Didn't Know What to Say, It is Much appreciated.
Best wishes, Larisa
Comment is about Trevor Alexander (poet profile)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Dear all,
I haven't sign posted this scribble in any way, maybe by not doing so I have done it a disservice.
Undoubtedly it is not the most well painted piece I have ever slopped onto a page. Its merit, if any is that it portrays a real event which occurred in 2018 in H2, Hebron. The event encapsulates much of what had happened in the previous 60 years and which went on to occur in Gaza and the West Bank sunsequently.
It suggests the subhuman level with which many who live in Gaza and the WB are veiwed. It focusses on eviction of a palistinian family and the less brutal rehousing of their family pet.
The IDF soldier who stole the dog was armed and in uniform he was accompanied by his patrol. The dog was wrenched from the arms of the owner whilst all around was pandamonium. It emerged that the family and property had been targeted by settlers for their own use and was to be cleared the following day (which it was) by destruction and being raised to the ground.
Within all this inhumanity an IDF soldier had decided the dog was to be his so he simply took it.
Incidentally I was visiting H2 with delegates of the EU. I had with me a female palistinian interpreter, she was standing by my side on Al-Shuhada Street, a street on which palistinians are not permitted to stand or walk. She was approached by an IDF soldier and asked to ID herself, she did so with her palistinian authority ID card after doing so she was requested to move 25m away to an area in which palistinians are permitted to be.
All this although she was a member of the delegation. I did not intervene as I had seen this many times before. I never was able to understand this behaviour by citizens of a nation that was created after such evil had been perpertrated against them.
I was spat at and on by settlers who drew their fingers across their throats to simulate the cutting of mine. In the early days I was astounded but came to be nonplussed by the irony of their blind spot.
I have commented with this information as unlike much of the writing seen on WoL this was an actual event.
These people were literally treated worse than dogs. It seems to me that unless these things are individually witnessed people just don't believe it.
David
NB, as always...none of this behaviour warrants or excuses atrocities commited by any side or faction.
Comment is about Stolen dog (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Thanks so much Stephen I'm glad you liked it, just a little light relief 😄
Comment is about Jealous Cat (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Such a poignant message told so creatively & succinctly. 👌🏼
Comment is about Omelette (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
A good series on TV about it all at the moment. A lot of the Germans were very young, too. And, I should add, a very well-crafted poem.
Comment is about BEACHHEAD - JUNE 6, 1944 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I really like My Life, Larisa. You make it look easy (writing, i mean.)
Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Thank you very much for saying so, Greg. It's a format i love playing with so there'll be many more to come.
Comment is about PLAYTIME (blog)
Original item by Martin Peacock
Thanks M.C. I'm glad you enjoyed this poem.😊
Comment is about Slipperstale (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
That's the favourite piece of every dog. Although we need new slippers but this game is hilarious.
Better walk barefoot Nigel 😀
Comment is about Slipperstale (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Mon 3rd Jun 2024 01:42
Thank you very much, Martin, your kind comment means a lot! 😊
Comment is about moment. (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Mon 3rd Jun 2024 01:41
Thank you so much, Martin, that is an extremely encouraging comment, I truly appreciate it! 😊
Comment is about Hark... (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Thanks for likes - Hélène, Stephen W & Auracle 👍
Comment is about It's June (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
"People are cheaper, things are more expensive" - unfortunately seems to be true.
Comment is about God Didn't Know What to Say (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Thanks for the recent flowers.
David
Comment is about Dens of Iniquity (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
A very fine sonnet, Martin, if I may say so.
Comment is about PLAYTIME (blog)
Original item by Martin Peacock
I am so grateful to dears Patricia Ziel, Manish,
Helene, Stephen W. Atkinson, Stephen Cospage, and Tom Doolan for reading and liking my poem.
Comment is about God Didn't Know What to Say (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
This is the 2nd of your poems that i've really liked, in this, my 1st visit. I'll come back for more.
Comment is about Invocation of the Watcher (blog)
Original item by M Lane
There's some evocative imagery in this. I especially liked 'I dreamt of tents cast in bronze and raw silk'.
Comment is about Tents in the Desert (blog)
Original item by M Lane
I like this. It doesn't feel contrived. And the internal rhyming of 'purple' and 'hurdle' is smooth. Yes.
Comment is about Gemini and Scorpio (blog)
Original item by Manish
The haiku can be a difficult beast to tame, but you manage it. Not many do.
Comment is about Hark... (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Yes, this one works for me. It trips off my tongue.
Comment is about moment. (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
There are some very nice poems here Stephen. I especially liked 'Climate Change'.
Comment is about Stephen Gospage (poet profile)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
"Only the laughter of kids brings us back to life." That line lifted my heart, Larisa. So, so true; so well said in this compelling poem.
Comment is about God Didn't Know What to Say (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Thank you Graham, & Stephen for taking time to comment, much appreciated. And thank you for the likes Trevor, Manish, Holden & Aisha 🌷
Comment is about The Last Train (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thank for the likes, Tom, Stephen, Telboy and RG.
This is not autobiographic although it is based on a friend of mine from schooldays, alas no longer with us.
David
Comment is about Dens of Iniquity (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Thanks for likes - Stephen, Holden & Manish 👍
Comment is about It's June (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Great writing, Stephen. Atmospheric and moving.
Comment is about The Last Train (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
A very funny poem, Ruth! Cats often seem to get their way.
Comment is about Jealous Cat (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
A bleak, disturbing poem, Keith, yet containing so much truth.
Comment is about An Arid land (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Comment is about Kevin Vose (poet profile)
Original item by Kevin Vose
Enjoyed this piece Trevor, a nice balance of putting Shakespeare down a few pegs or 2 whilst celebrating him at the same time. 😄 Love the little fun facts about how phrases like the 'green eyed monster ' still remain in our modern language. 👏🏼
Comment is about Bard Work (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Larisa Rzhepishevska
Tue 4th Jun 2024 04:19
Thank you, Tom, for an interesting story. Now I know that you were in Russia for 4 years. I have many friends and relatives in Moscow. I used to have the opportunity to go there. Now there is no such possibility. My father is Russian, my mother is Ukrainian. I still don't understand what's going on. Why should I hate all Russians? Ukrainian nationalists are calling for this. In short, I don't understand anything.
With best wishes,
Larisa
Comment is about My Friend Maxim (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan