great, sensual stuff and that last verse is excellent.

Comment is about nearness (blog)

Original item by nunya

how lovely and hopeful and what a friend we have in music. some times it is the only comfort we need i think.

Comment is about MAKE LOVE TO THE AIR (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hi Albert. Great to have your uplifting comment and to know you are swimming in that great ocean that has depth breadth and the sky to go with it. Thanks for liking my work - no amount of liking can remove self doubt I find but it certainly helps - we all share a seat in the great theatre of the unfathomable. I like your reaching out style- sincerely expressed. I'm an old beast, but still have the yearning. !!

regards, Ray

Comment is about ray reborn poet (photo)

Original item by ray pool

The Job Interview

Dull and boring wearing outdated suit

Miss extremely beautiful big blue eyes

Question
What fitness club do you work out in?

Answer
I can put your name forward for membership.

Question
When could you do that for me then?

Answer
In the office first thing on Monday morning.

Comment is about Beauty's Bounty (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Each dream presents us with a new path to take - - -
perhaps leading us to a better place.

Comment is about August 2016 Collage Poem: 'But a Dream' (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Feel free to comment on my writings i like feed back

Comment is about Jay (poet profile)

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And so, I was reading this and the voice of Dylan Thomas intruded..I tell you Ian, I don't know much about poetry, but it truly did.

Always love the hardcopy,

elP

Comment is about Let Me Sit Beneath An Old Lamp (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Brilliant poem Ian, happy to say I refuse to waste my energy on Pokemon Go (nothing against anyone that does though)

Comment is about Let Me Sit Beneath An Old Lamp (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

thanks for the kind comments on 'Honourable' Martin - really appreciate you taking the time to comment
Ian

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Elder

Nice assessment Mark; I'm afraid it's very real for me. The sins of the fathers etc...
Thanks for commenting.

Ray

Comment is about FAMILY SPLIT (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hi guys
I am worry I won't be able to make it tonight as I am unwell. See you next time M

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Beautiful words enjoyed reading your poems

Comment is about Albert (poet profile)

Original item by Albert

Hi , i love your poems absolutely breath taking

Comment is about E.M.S (poet profile)

Original item by E.M.S

Hi Ray I'm new here started a blog over 1475 page reviews , I'm not sure if it's good or bad have a blog page on Google feels great to know I am amongst other writers wicked , poetry is art art is to a soul deep with a writer God can only truly know da Vinci as a mad man a poets only dream to reach beyond the star's as the Angels slowly dream.

Comment is about ray reborn poet (photo)

Original item by ray pool

Another nostalgia bomb Rick. I knew before I reached the end that it had to be the east end. Some of the seeds of this were voiced by Warren Mitchell with the benefit of Johnny Speight maybe, I must say with some justification although it is now off the radar of course.

Your folk represented here asked for little and got very little.

regards Ray

Comment is about "Sorts of Freedom" (blog)

Original item by Rick Gammon

History is certainly there to teach us in so many ways.
The failure of human nature to learn from it is well
documented and will continue to be a cause for concern
in numerous areas of human conduct. Every country and
society has its social responsibilities and legal framework
to work within and the USA, with its huge population,
constantly shifting levels and high expectations,
has more problems than most. But to seize individual
instances as an ongoing wholesale dismissal of one
large section of the population is likely to exacerbate
division rather than contain it and construct a future for
all. As far as "Black Lives Matter" - what of the obvious
and numerous instances of black figures of authority and
influence who are the evidence of that reality?
It has been observed elsewhere that it should be "Lives Matter" - and why not? since that is an important
inclusion of the many origins it does not deign to
mention but who do not take to the streets in pursuit
of often violent redress for perceived grievances about
which the participants seem to act without possession
of the full facts. Human nature, being what it is, this
emotive public reaction may be understandable but it is not excusable in the interests of social cohesion or
clear eyed justice. Indeed, it can undermine both...
in no one's long term interests.
That's how I see it - wherever you happen to live.

Comment is about Black Lives ✊ (blog)

Original item by Sakyah Campbell

Fair comment, Steve. There is always the risk with "causes" that they can be well-meant but affected by
other factors that are ignored to their peril.

Comment is about FIVE YEARS ON (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thankyou Laura! I can do, it'd be a good opener to the others I've planned on performing :)

Comment is about 'Nursery for the Old' by RM Carter is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

It's a wonderful poem Rachel, deeply moving. Well done and big congratulations. Will you be performing this particular one at Wigan? ?

Comment is about 'Nursery for the Old' by RM Carter is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

The proclaiming sinner
wild and willing
blows away respect
till calm restored.

Comment is about Awakening (blog)

Original item by Katy Megan

Perhaps a better name for the movement might be simply 'Lives Matter' . .

Comment is about FIVE YEARS ON (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Clearly, you know me well!

Comment is about The One Who Loves You (blog)

Original item by Steve Higgins

An entertaining invitation to take part in "if" as a possibility.
But so far.....
Time travel's a reality,
But it's a one-way track.
Once railroaded along that way,
There's just no turning back.

Comment is about Temporal Anomaly (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Painful in its reminder how family can create separation
for whatever reason, imagined, invited or invented- and let it fester into long term infection that defies
remedy.

Comment is about FAMILY SPLIT (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks a lot for the comments and likes. I tried to copy the Knife poem Stu, in format, well spotted. I think the clearer the subject matter , the less words you need. Nice irony David! The power of the B's Mark, nice concoction.
Back to the drawing board for more precision and incision, take the plunge, etc...

Ray

Comment is about THE BULLET'S AIMS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thank you elPintor

Comment is about A WELSHMAN IN CROATIA (blog)

Original item by David Subacchi

You can find more of my poetry on line by searching on my name DAVID SUBACCHI.

Comment is about SIDOLO (blog)

Original item by David Subacchi

There is a background of irony to this. My husband and I would have been similarly buried in screens if my battery had not run out, which made me pull out my notebook to use pen and paper. Hence the poem. How much more would I write if I had no device?
Some years back I wrote one about facebook. I wrote it on the Memo on my phone. Certainky they have many uses. Memo lends itself to haiku type length, but I find pencil and paper gets the creative juices going.

Comment is about fellow travellers (blog)

Original item by Freda Davis

'the wreckless pursuits of empathy..in spite of myself, last minute and at great expense.'

You know, sometimes you just have to say "bless those empty souls" for never having to search long and hard for something that comes at more expense than for which money could ever pay..

elPintor

Comment is about (blog)

Original item by Zach Dafoe

Thanks Harry :)

Comment is about The Tongue (blog)

Original item by David Lindsay

Nicely put Freda but I wonder what those same travellers would have done before the advent of hand held devices. Buried their heads in newspapers maybe? Btw, I'm sitting in a small pizza restaurant in Florida on my own and reading your poem on my smart phone. They have their uses. And I enjoyed reading your words.

Comment is about fellow travellers (blog)

Original item by Freda Davis

Freda,
Just staring at each other on a train is not exactly run amok sociability, but I sometimes wonder if all this tablet stuff is a form of isolation (I mean `in` and `from`) ?

Comment is about fellow travellers (blog)

Original item by Freda Davis

Understood, David..thanks for commenting..solitude can be maybe what they call a mixed blessing..

it's always good to hear from you x

elP

Comment is about wild (blog)

Original item by nunya

Rick,
I like the way this `places`the styles and progress of an era....Also the humility of it.

The whole thing is full of neighbourhood (your kids at school together) and the section about the bouquet is very poignant.

That the only time you got at all intimate with Brenda was in the terminal ward is a bit of a tragic master stroke of the effect of time moving on.

A sad and effective example of `poem as story`

Comment is about "Wallflower" (blog)

Original item by Rick Gammon

Thanks, Harry..it's very kind of you to say so.

elP

Comment is about wild (blog)

Original item by nunya

Hey there, Ray,

I like the metaphor..it has me thinking. I can't help but keep coming back to the idea of the subconscious as being like an attic. Some things just get buried under too much stuff and require lots of effort to find.

It's kind of a funny notion to think about what other people's attics look like, too..I mean, maybe some of their stuff looks a lot like some of my stuff, eh?

Thanks a bunch for commenting.

elP

Comment is about wild (blog)

Original item by nunya

A concisely precise piece of loneliness.

(I particularly like that last line)

Comment is about wild (blog)

Original item by nunya

Agree with TA's comment. Excellent "take" on today's
mobile screen gazers.

Comment is about fellow travellers (blog)

Original item by Freda Davis

A bouquet of bullets, no less. Incisive and effective firepower.

Comment is about THE BULLET'S AIMS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Alexandra,

I especially like the line 'there were dandelions on her lips'; I interpreted it as meaning either your persona regards her as being a magical being as people often make wishes whilst blowing on dandelions; or that the woman is a free spirit who doesn't remain with one person for long. Love your use of nature metaphors!

Rachel :)

Comment is about Nettles (blog)

Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

Like this - a nicely observed piece.

Comment is about fellow travellers (blog)

Original item by Freda Davis

I should imagine the big G is fed up of meeting people by now.

He might though spare an extra minute for you, having the same initials as his lad.

Cheers KED

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for the comment MC always appreciated

KED

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

lovely use of words ray. a spray of bullets/a spray of flowers. i love that. i like the layout as well it reminds me of a piece you posted a week or so ago.

Comment is about THE BULLET'S AIMS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

i'll see if i can get video evidence of me welling up on stage!

Comment is about pissed jeans (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

thanks ray. they are in part due to the medicine i take before bed which has given me some crackers in the last couple of years. i dont mind them at all, i find them intriguing. they are so complex and surreal it feels like a david lynch film. i almost look forward to them. the best thing is the recollection, which is really strong compared to normal dreams.

Comment is about two dreams (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Another surreal offering elP which has me fascinated. I sense a feeling of the unreachable here; maybe the moon is the subconscious and holds the answer to what you may be seeking !

Ray

Comment is about wild (blog)

Original item by nunya

Entertaining in a diabolical way Stu. Poetry is safe in dreams as they have a unique meaning - though what can it be? There's the rub.

A real goodie - I hope the dreams don't trouble you.

Ray

Comment is about two dreams (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thanks for your comments guys, much appreciated. It is based on something that happened a long long time ago with a bit of artistic licence thrown in.
cheers

Comment is about Your words (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

wow
I have never known such excitement over a theme. Although I do like butter Dorinda but I am trying to reduce the amount of my dairy in take. One wonders whether this is the abridged version Nigel !

Comment is about August Theme (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL