No harm in being an awkward git, Uilleam. Nice one.
Comment is about Turn The Bugger Off (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Grace Meadows
Tue 25th Apr 2023 05:42
Had to add you to my favorites! The way you were able to pay tribute to the ancient poets and history of poetry alone while keeping the storm cloud theme was truly impressive I love your work look forward to more
Comment is about Storm Clouds (blog)
Original item by K. Lynn
“Be an awkward git and always ask why” story of my life thanks uilleam for this well versed masterpiece
Comment is about Turn The Bugger Off (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
I like the “too soon” theme I made that mistake before I can relate nice work
Comment is about Unhealed Heart (blog)
Original item by Inoe CN
I really enjoyed this body of work it’s like you have these aspirations in this world that is so tainted and has so much limits thank you for this piece Ghazala
Comment is about Temporary visit (blog)
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Mon 24th Apr 2023 23:25
Very much a great read-indeed!
LS
Comment is about Mr Brian (blog)
Original item by Peter J Donnelly
Thank you so much for your kind comments Keith, Helene, Clare, Manish & Uilleam! It started out as something completely different, then just took on a mind of its own! (Perhaps Calliope visited, Clare. But I'm sure it was just my wife! 😄😉)
And Thanks for the Like K.Lynn 🌈
Comment is about Before Eternity (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Simply wonderful, Stephen.
Comment is about Before Eternity (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
All too familiar words brilliantly written, Steve 🌈
Comment is about The One you Used to Be (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
Powerful poetry, Clare. Brilliantly written !🌈
Comment is about Tenter hooks and Telling Looks. (blog)
Original item by Clare
A classic poem which should be set to music. RESPECT, Michael 💯
Comment is about "Peach Jam" (blog)
Original item by Michael Morales
Thanks so much, Manish. That is so kind of you 😀
Comment is about Into the woods (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
I take on board your comments about "ideological" causes re.
the NHS. However, I'm curious about HOW much tax money
per annum has been spent on the NHS in - say - the last tive years. The vast sums allocated to Covid alone are eye-watering, whilst management has been in the firing line for its
cost when those performing the sharp end stuff are taking to
the streets in their quest for more money....wages that fall
dramatically short it seems of the largesse granted to the pen-
pushers whose financial comfort zone seems to equate with
grotesquely high salaries being paid to thousands of council
leaders, higher than the salary due to the prime minister!
Public money has always been treated with a certain cavalier
approach - the BBC is a good example of that - and good
housekeeping is always the right aim whatever expenditure
on the public behalf is involved. Objections today to any
private medical care participation is, in my view, misplaced
when those who have the means and the urgency are in a
position to ease the workload on NHS staff and allow others
to benefit via faster service, not least when millions have to
take their place in some health queue or other after the advent
of Covid, a situation that even now is hardly being called to
account internationally for financial redress against its source
in China, that secretive ambitious democracy-free country!
Comment is about Mental health (blog)
Original item by hugh
Thank you all so very much for your likes and kind comments.
Keith, you pose some very interesting questions. I am pleased that you found this thought provoking and worthy of reflection - I am honoured.
Love and it’s complexities will always be a source of inspiration for poets and writers, and I guess we will all have our different takes on the subject. This poem is less about love and more to do with what can happen when you find you have fallen for a narcissist and the repercussions..
Like you I am now happily married and in a safe space to explore previous relationships through my writing and believe me when I say there is plenty of material! 😂. I have a feeling I will be writing a follow up on this.
Comment is about Tenter hooks and Telling Looks. (blog)
Original item by Clare
A poem which depicts the seasons and how they overlap in their intrinsic beauty. Well composed.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Snow in Spring (A Sonnet) (blog)
Original item by Andy N
This poem has all the potential to be printed in a textbook John. Beautifully written and very gripping. Loved it!
Comment is about Into the woods (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
A poem that speaks about how we perceive someone as an enemy or alike before knowing them wholly. How someone you think isn't right for you turns out to be the best for you. Beautifully written Hélèna.
Comment is about The Promised Land (blog)
Original item by Hélène
A poem about what didn't happen. i love it!
Comment is about This Poem (blog)
Original item by K. Lynn
Blessings on your birthday, Evelyn.
Comment is about Birthday (blog)
Original item by evelynisevergreen
Wow this was marvelous I like the love bombing part about taking country walks and such because I’ve related to times where my partner would love bomb but then would make terrible decisions to follow it up keep it up Clare you are painting art with your words
Comment is about Tenter hooks and Telling Looks. (blog)
Original item by Clare
I love the word “tenter”, Clare. It is one of those few words which goes through life, like swans, with only one partner - “ hooks”.
Comment is about Tenter hooks and Telling Looks. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Thanks Keith.
I'm now going to follow my own advice, I'm off for a walk before the rain comes-again!
Comment is about Turn The Bugger Off (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Uilleam,
I am with you all the way on this one. Every word of this poem was music to my ears. I only turn the bugger on, if and only if, I have to use the bloody thing.
Thank you indeed for this,
Keith
Comment is about Turn The Bugger Off (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Adam,
Thank you for this. I believe there is an innate goodness in us all but we need to be alert as the forces of darkness are predatory and will seize an opportune moment.
Keith
Comment is about The Nameless Religion (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
Clare,
I read this poem with interest and as I sat back to give it thought I reflected on my own personal love life. The words "we weave a tangled web" came to mind. Is love about possession? Is marriage a trap? Is mental cruelty only around the corner?
Passion diminishes but love can endure but there needs to be a firm foundation for this. Or is it all a fruitless errand?
This poem has me thinking. I have read it three times and will do so again. Is compatibility an underlying issue? Who knows. As a gay man of advanced years I am now happily married but it took years of torment to find the right person.
Another great poem Clare and thank you.
Keith
Comment is about Tenter hooks and Telling Looks. (blog)
Original item by Clare
as-long as you recognize how far you came then you got it,
Indeed,
Comment is about “Gravamen” (blog)
Original item by Michael Morales
She drifted away,
And it's happening ever more frequently at my time of life.💗
Comment is about Orbs of Light (blog)
Original item by Hélène
Sometimes you don't need to "become" something,
Sometimes, just being who you are is the best thing to be.
Comment is about Invisible (blog)
Original item by Jblaze
MC.
"...overloading a health service no longer fit for purpose."
The NHS has deliberately been made no longer fit for pupose, for ideological reasons.
As early as 2005 or so, Jeremy Hunt's NHS policy book: 'Direct Democracy: An Agenda For A New Model Party' called for the "denationalisation" of the NHS, and for it to be replaced by an insurance market system. That is now being enacted.
That book was co-authored by Tories Kwasi Kwarteng, Michael Gove, Douglas Carswell, Daniel Hannan and Greg Clark.
The destruction of every last vestige of the UK's "welfare state" and of the public services is the primary aim of the Tory party.
It's got nothing to do with "feckless teen mums" or "people in small boats" which the Murdoch client press would have the gullible believe.
Comment is about Mental health (blog)
Original item by hugh
A special day
Yours to keep
Each year enjoy
Yours to keep
Time to remember
Yours to keep.
Comment is about Birthday (blog)
Original item by evelynisevergreen
Thank you Clare.
And to think men such as that are deemed worthy of knighthoods in UK 2023.
Comment is about Tenter hooks and Telling Looks. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Fascinating story telling, Clare. You keep us on tenterhooks all right! 😀
Comment is about Tenter hooks and Telling Looks. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Spoken like a true patriot.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about ST GEORGE'S DAY 2023 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
P.S. I would love to hear you speak this, is there any chance of an audio version?
Comment is about “Gravamen” (blog)
Original item by Michael Morales
I detect an interesting brain at work here. I look forward to reading more of your work. Great stuff!
Comment is about “Gravamen” (blog)
Original item by Michael Morales
I love this Michael. Full of attitude and rhythm. I have added you to my favourites. I think youve got the gift!💪
Comment is about “Gravamen” (blog)
Original item by Michael Morales
One of the best piece of writing that I've come across. Beautifully written.
Comment is about Before Eternity (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
This is so poignant, beautiful and magical - it moved me close to tears!
I think you may have been visited by the poetry gods. Wonderful writing.
Comment is about Before Eternity (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
I second what Keith said. A strong, sweet poem for a Sunday morn
Comment is about Before Eternity (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
I really enjoy your writing style keep going ! Much love, Michael ❤️
Comment is about Probe of Life (blog)
Original item by İrem Duygu KÖMÜRCÜ
Thanks so much Clare and Stephen. I have climbed Stoodley Pike (not often) and thought how small my own house looked. Distance leads to differnce and it is easy to disregard pain you cannot see or feel yourself. And you're right, Stephen, they are still people, but it's easy to forget!
Delighted to read your comments and likes from Nigel, Keith and K. Lynn. 😀
Comment is about Diminishing Scales (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Hi Clare. Your poem is a great example of writing as therapy (I think). It's what I attempt too at times, but not as brilliantly as this. Stunning!
Why leave emotions bottled up, when you can release them in your words, helping others at the same time.
You should enter this poem in a competition, in my view! 😊
Comment is about Mirror to my Soul. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Stephen,
One of your very best poems. To read this on a Sunday morning is a gift much appreciated.
Thank you,
Keith
Comment is about Before Eternity (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Stephen,
A thought provoking poem and appropriate for the times in which we live. Three lines stand out:
"Others will decide our situation" and the last two lines of the final stanza. What makes life difficult today, is the terrible feeling of uncertainty and our impotence to influence what affects us.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Language Lessons (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Stephen Gospage
Tue 25th Apr 2023 07:18
Thank you, Keith. Yes, the uncertainty must be the worst aspect of the lives of so many Ukrainian refugees. And, as you say, this feeling spreads to all of us in some way.
And thanks to RG, K Lynn, Hélène, Manish and Rudyard for liking this poem.
Comment is about Language Lessons (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage