Just about perfect John! We’ll done sir.
Comment is about HAPPY TIMES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A beautiful, serene poem, Keith, which I really enjoyed. Thank you.
Comment is about La Ermita (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Yet again you have surprised me with your brilliance Clare. Mysterious, emotional but with gaps for the reader to explore. I am in awe.
Comment is about Never Enough. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Great contributions, Manish, Stephen, Uilleam, Clare and Keith. I have just loved your responses. 😀 Epic!
I woke up and the lines
We plunder the earth
For all it is worth
came into my head. I claim no credit!
I saw piles of Gail's shoes in the cupboard (sorry Gail! But I did) and a poem ensued. The track of conspicuous consumption followed. Familiar, I know but I liked the line
'Put it on the plastic'
as it linked easy credit with Keith's point about plastic waste. Thanks guys! 😎
Thanks for the likes K. Lynn and Kevin.
Comment is about Consumer Rights (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Grace Meadows
Thu 18th May 2023 21:31
Absolutely stunning Clare. Thank you so much.
Comment is about Never Enough. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Clare, many find a gem but little do they realise its value. Well thought out and equally well written. Good imagery.
Thanks,
Keith
Comment is about Never Enough. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Not many poems make me laugh but this one did.
Steve, thanks for this
Keith
Comment is about Digging Holes (blog)
Original item by Steve White
A great rambling poem full of humour and laden with much truth. Eurovision? Dare I say Myopic Cultural Vision. A major comedy event of the year, which exemplifies the best of Europe.
I have read this tree times and enjoyed every line.
Thanks for this,
Keith
Comment is about Mixed emotions (blog)
Original item by Edbreathe
Loved the juxtaposition! Every line is creative at it's highest level. Loved every bit of it.
Thank you.
Comment is about propaganda is a hoax // to sell you insurance (blog)
Original item by Rob Cohen
This is a magnificent poem written at a moving pace. Absolutely brilliant stuff!
Comment is about Frames (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
I always enjoy this sort of sardonic humour.
A pity no one told Wendy to try skiving
But it was a shorter exit than sky-diving! 😑
Comment is about Wendy K (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Beautiful poem Keith. I felt the tranquility of the old place reading it; you described the old hermitage/church in such fine detail. Hey Uilleam, another lapsed Catholic here (so many of us!) We now attend an Episcopalian church here in Calif. (yaaah England!). The Episcopalian church is in an old building with high arched wooden beams and soft light from colored stained glass windows. Just walking in there makes me feel peaceful. People love the building so much that it has been moved to different parts of town 3 times to avoid being torn down in the face of new development, and it was repaired after serious fire damage from a kid playing with matches. So much history and spiritual seeking; you captured it beautifully, Keith.
Comment is about La Ermita (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thu 18th May 2023 13:43
Thanks Keith. I was googling popular Ukrainian girls names and Anastasia was near the top of the list, and also had the right number of syllables for where I needed a name. Then I discovered that it means “resurrected one”, so I knew it was perfect for this poem.
Comment is about Anastasia rises (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
John,
With this poem you have excelled yourself. Today we are dominated by greed and not need. We are rushing headlong downhill on a fast train to perdition. In the wake of this we leave non biodegradable waste, fish with ghastly mutations which disfigure them and a nation of people who are addicted to buying for the sake of buying. Never satisfied and always wanting more as we all sink beneath the waves of our own greedy plastic slime. Whatever happened to wood and craftmanship? Thank you for this. A poem to be broadcast. Or is to too late?
Keith
Comment is about Consumer Rights (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Thank you Uillieam.
Comment is about Family portraits, snap shots of life (blog)
Original item by Phils Words
Thank you Hélène for yet more of your thoughtful and calming writing-badly needed in today's world.
Comment is about Wrapped in Golden Ribbon (blog)
Original item by Hélène
Thank you Keith.
I'm no longer a practising Catholic, however during my walking trips in Spain and France,, I found solace and tranquillity in the many churches along the way.
I still hanker after the spiritual "discipline" and simplicity which frenetic modern life seems to erode.
Comment is about La Ermita (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thanks Philip.
A very human portrait.
Comment is about Family portraits, snap shots of life (blog)
Original item by Phils Words
Than you Tim.
I take unasked for love and care too much for granted-I am fortunate indeed.💓
Comment is about To Robbie x (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Very well put! We are sleep walking into our own demise. I despair! Thanks for this, John - we all need a metaphorical kick up the butt.
Comment is about Consumer Rights (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Thanks Eric.
I think humour / comedy is so effective because it points out the absurdity of life, releasing certain tensions- hence "black humour" which helps us deal with physically or emotionally painful situations.
Comment is about Laugh (blog)
Original item by Eric Berard
I wonder-exactly how far could my faith in my fellow men's handiwork be literally stretched.😐
Comment is about Wendy K (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Thanks John.
Very uncomfortable reading-and so it should be.
"Put it on the plastic dear" sums up for me the vacuous nature of much of modern society-the banks are increasingly targetting our children with a view to
"helping them to manage money",
whilst in fact, getting them up to their necks in debt befor they leave home.
I was talking only yesterday to a chap in the pub about the plastic waste which is ending up in the oceans, in our food and ultimately in ourselves.
Stephen- about things we don't need-On our bathroom window sill we have an ugly pot cat with a slot in its back, in which sits a plastic cactus-insanity or what!😕
Comment is about Consumer Rights (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Thank you for your kind words Stephen, and your poetry.
Comment is about Family portraits, snap shots of life (blog)
Original item by Phils Words
A fine description of the peace and of the history of the place, Keith. Thank you.
Comment is about La Ermita (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thank you for this marvellous poem, Philip. This is real art about real life.
Comment is about Family portraits, snap shots of life (blog)
Original item by Phils Words
This poem is a masterpiece, John B. Loved it so much that I'm gonna save it. It vividly speaks of how materialistic humans can be and still loose interest so soon, shelving them, or worse, putting them in plastics, creating room for more non biodegradable wastes.
Thank you for this.
Comment is about Consumer Rights (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
I enjoyed the rhythm and rhyming of this, John, and how it seems to fade away at the end. Someone said that the modern economy is based upon persuading people to spend money they haven't got on things they don't need. I think your poem shows this very well!
Comment is about Consumer Rights (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
A heartfelt poem which so many readers will be able to relate to.
Thank you for this,
Keith
Comment is about To Robbie x (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
"And see the humour in all life's mysteries". These lines stood out in the middle of this poem. How true, especially in a world which takes itself so seriously. The gift of laughter is one to be heard and rejoiced in.
Thank you for this,
Keith
Comment is about Laugh (blog)
Original item by Eric Berard
Thanks, Stephen. It's good to know that Nature has these regenerative powers. God knows it needs them! 😏
Comment is about Hickleton Main (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Thank you for taking the time to read or listen to my poem.
Comment is about Family portraits, snap shots of life (blog)
Original item by Phils Words
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Wed 17th May 2023 23:41
And those words; ' Surrendering came as a gift ' I can almost feel them-fabulous!
as is the whole poem-well done Helene!
LS
Comment is about Wrapped in Golden Ribbon (blog)
Original item by Hélène
I would like to thank ZTC Space, Manish, Keith, John B, John C, Telboy and Graham for your kind and interesting comments. This poem came about following a visit to a cemetery in Oostduinkerke, in Flanders on the Belgian coast. The neat, tended graves of British and Commonwealth soldiers (and sailors and airmen), along with the memorial to the executed Resistance heroes, gave these ordinary men great dignity but also seemed to magnify the horror of the war which led to their death. We say ‘no more war’ but we don’t seem to know how to stop it. I understand that there are huge civilian casualties in modern war, but there is something especially poignant about the young (mostly) men whom nation states send to their doom, or often throw on the scrapheap if they survive.
Thank you all once again.
My thanks to Nigel, Kevin, Rudyard and Leon for liking this poem.
Comment is about War Graves (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you Helene. I wish your husband the best of luck in his endeavour!
Comment is about The shock of silence (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
I am not a religious man but I have to admit that when on holiday a visit to a church is often on the agenda for some reason.
There is a certain presence in such places as monasteries, abbeys, hermitages, etc and I am usually impressed with the tranquility in those places.
Keith your wonderful description above exudes some of those characteristics and the perpetual ongoing routines and uses of these oasis of calm. Well done!
Comment is about La Ermita (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
A powerful poem with a name to evoke an age where one murderous regime followed another.
Tim, thank you for this,
Keith
Comment is about Anastasia rises (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
So sweet and comforting. Really like the Peter Pan imagery. Lovely, Jordyn.
Comment is about sad little soul (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth
Beautiful! We live in the city, but my husband (retired) is periodically working on a piece of undeveloped land in a rural area (trying to improve the soil through permaculture) and he tells me of how suddenly all the wild birds go silent. You captured this experience so well in this poem.
Comment is about The shock of silence (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
"We love who we love" are the words which stand out in this well composed poem. As a gay man I stand alongside you and endorse your words. We have still more to do! Sadly prejudice is always present but it is the possession of the ignorant. Let them be so.
Thank you for this,
Keith
Comment is about Shades of Love (blog)
Original item by ChloeOSLE
A lovely tribute to the loss of your loved one. I am sorry you had to write this.
Comment is about To Sean (blog)
Original item by Luke
A worthy tribute to a good friend.
Thank you for this,
Keith
Comment is about To Sean (blog)
Original item by Luke
I think it's all that Eton fagging that they can never shake off, Stephen.
And thanks for the Like, Stephen A.
Comment is about BOP IT ! (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The ideal which is always sought. A good poem.
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about Accept me as I am (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Fri 19th May 2023 06:47
'tis a great cause for joy
on arising from my bed,
a pleasure unalloyed
to hear it said
by a blackbird singing,
she's in love, she's in love,
while the bluebells are ringing,
dear heavens above,
oh boy she's in love!
💓
Comment is about scandalous crime (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth