The bigger they are, the harder they fall!
The name Daniel: literal meaning, "God is my judge".
😏
Comment is about STORMY DANIELS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you Mirabel, for your lovely poem which got to me.
Oh for a few days on the Island of Lewis,
Now that would surely be bliss,
Oh to hear the rhythmic song of the sea,
To hear our mother, much older than any of this,
How I long for the kiss of the Hebridean mist,
For the poetry of nature and all of her creatures,
For her wisdom, to be on my soul impressed.
Comment is about Eilean Leòdhais (blog)
Original item by Mirabel
Only a Shadow of Yourself
I'm late
My friend
Is waiting
I'm late
My bus
Is due
Ghost shadows
Spirit light
Finding time
Encouraging essential
Human smiles
Prompting hellos
Not letting
Life pass
Slowly by
People need
To talk
Shadows do.
Comment is about Copy of Stockport_research_039.jpg (photo)
Original item by Stockport WoL
A fascinating article, Greg. I must learn more about him and his work.
Comment is about An attic room with a view of the railway sidings: on the trail of Norman Nicholson (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Watch it, John, or he'll start giving you a nickname!
Comment is about STORMY DANIELS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
What counts is making the effort, John. I help to give English lessons to Ukrainians here and although we make progress and get on well, I am always struck by the sadness of their situation. So well done for reaching out.
And thanks to Manish, Hugh and Steve for liking.
Comment is about Glory Days (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
I wrote this about the slow, simple life in the Hebrides, reading folk tales, walking to the sea, having tea, creating, following a better rhythm in harmony with the earth.
Comment is about Eilean Leòdhais (blog)
Original item by Mirabel
"Tyrannosaurus Rex". Superb, Branwell. Sometimes the Gods of Rhythm drop gifts into your hands,
Comment is about Sometimes The Cleverest People In The World Are Also The Stupidest (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
I tried my best Ukrainian on a waitress at the restaurant we visited tonight. She didn't understand a word I said!
Comment is about Glory Days (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Good point and well written, Uilleam. They should at least take responsibility for their nutjobbery, and not blame it on a biblical text as if it is inevitable
.
Comment is about It Sez So In The Bible! (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Thank you, Stephen and Keith for your lovely comments. It means a lot to me 😀
Comment is about At Water's Edge (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
This is a work of genius, Bramwell. Who could not enjoy it?
Comment is about Sometimes The Cleverest People In The World Are Also The Stupidest (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Thank you Uileam, I nearly wrote another verse, well not quite!
Comment is about Nearly but Not Quite (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
A fine poem which brings us face to face with our dependence on nature, and its interaction with us, John.
Comment is about At Water's Edge (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Wed 5th Apr 2023 18:54
yes it does refer to Paris...but the sentiment is universal
Comment is about Easter 2018 (blog)
Original item by William B McGee
"Breath lives, and so do we." Beautifully written. The sorrows or unsettling of hearts comes unexpected and can be shattering, perhaps what's important is to just to keep on breathing. Thank you for this.
Comment is about Breath (blog)
Original item by Hélène
This poem held my attention as I had no idea where it would lead.
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about At Water's Edge (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
...the City of Lights...?????
Which one do you mean William? I believe there's at least a dozen by that name.
Surely not beautiful Paris?
Comment is about Easter 2018 (blog)
Original item by William B McGee
I love that-
Well, nearly but not quite!😉
Comment is about Nearly but Not Quite (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
Absolutely fabulous!
I always wanted to get their autographs.
Glad I didn't bother now.😁
Comment is about Sometimes The Cleverest People In The World Are Also The Stupidest (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Before and after Coleridge's time, there were "Christians" (I use that appellation loosely) who sought to justify the slave trade, on the grounds that the Bible justified it.
And there are today, obnoxious nut jobs, who, on the grounds that The Bible tells them to do so, seek to justify the persecution and ostracisation of men and women who are attracted to people of their own sex.
And I've heard it argued on WOL (usually by those of the "I'm not a racist but...", persuasion) that we should not judge the moral standards of the past by those of the present; however, Coleridge DID know it was wrong then, and so did many of his contemporaries.
Comment is about Call to keep £20,000 Coleridge anti-slavery poem in UK (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
A lovely, rounded, satisfying piece, Hélène.
Comment is about Night Becomes Day (blog)
Original item by Hélène
My thanks to Nigel, John C, Hélène and Manish for liking this one.
Comment is about Ventriloquist (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you, Rasa. I like the way that the physicality of this piece is ramped up, culminating in the last verse.
Comment is about Covet (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
Tue 4th Apr 2023 21:01
A really beautiful, heart-warming poem, David! 🌷
Comment is about My Grandson Writes his Name (blog)
Original item by David Cooke
Hi Graham
Thanks for saying hello! Yes i do need to get writing again. Or even finishing off half written poems might be a start. Will do my best to make time for that because I do love the interaction on here. X
Comment is about Graham Sherwood (poet profile)
Original item by Graham Sherwood
Bedtime Buses
Crisp packets
Aluminium cans
Paper tickets
Sweet wrappers
Free newspapers.
Even when
You think
Bus seats
Supposedly empty
Perhaps not.
Snack obsessions
Alcoholic dreams
Passenger counting
Tooth destroyer
Intriguing eye-opener.
Even when
You think
Bus seats
Supposedly empty
Perhaps not.
Comment is about Copy of Stockport_research_024.jpg (photo)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Hi Keith. Just want to say thank-you for all the thoughtful comments you have left for me recently - they are very much appreciated. 😊
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
This was written in the perspective of my beloved, talking to me in despair.
Comment is about Mirabel’s Labyrinth (blog)
Original item by Mirabel
Love is the most powerful of all emotions. This poem is a tribute to its complexity and beauty.
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about Love (blog)
Original item by Clare
Mon 3rd Apr 2023 21:39
An amazingly profound poem, Katherine, skilfully rendered! 🌷
Comment is about The Silent Toll (blog)
Original item by Katherine Page
Thanks to all for your kind comments. Much appreciated although after all, we all love our fathers
Comment is about The Ghost in My Car (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
...and yet knowing the likely outcome the Scots will one day vote to be free from Westminster.
I'm sure Russia continues to tell the ex-Soviet states how much better off they were in the USSR.
It's a compelling thought, freedom.
Comment is about April Fools (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Mon 3rd Apr 2023 05:53
Wellcome colourful Spring
Your poems bring light
Goodbye dark days🌷.
Comment is about Haiku in Bloom 2023 Parts 1 and 2 (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Thank you Graham for that very reflective comment. It's a complex area isn't it! Humans are complicated! 😇
Comment is about Covet (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
John, I'm sure my old grammar school during my time would be classified as in need of special measures. It went co-ed in the 70s and fully independent, and is much better now, apparently. Isobel, I'm also sure that your niece is a super head, and that all you say is true. Why have we have tolerated Ofsted for so long?
Comment is about Song of the Ofsted Inspectors (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Good to see you on WOL again. Time to get writing again!
Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
Original item by Isobel
Carl,
Please keep writing as your poems are from a deep source of inspiration which has wisdom at its root.
Keith
Comment is about Carl E. McClellan (poet profile)
Original item by Carl E. McClellan
A truly spiritual response to the problems of forgiveness and being forgiven. I agree entirely that forgiveness releases the burden and lightens the soul. Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about (blog)
Original item by Carl E. McClellan
I’m rather grateful to Ofsted, Greg, for classifying my old grammar school as “in need of special measures” and subsequently merging it (shutting it down). I take great pride in that.
Comment is about Song of the Ofsted Inspectors (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
You had very polite teachers, Uilleam. I used to get ATFQ.
And MC, everyone at some time or other has been on the wrong side of history; The Daily Mail is cemented there.
Comment is about THE DAILY MAIL (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I love this, great writing.
Comment is about The Ghost in My Car (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
They are all a load of bastards. My niece is a super head. She took over what had been called a failing school. She and her staff turned herself inside out improving that school but when they came back to reinspect, they wouldn't give it beyond a satisfactory because they had no statistics to judge that improvement on. Covid had got in the way of SATS. And if you happen to have a bad SATS year, I don't suppose it counts how hard youve worked.
Not enough credit is given to teachers teaching in deprived areas where they're having to try to feed some children before they can even think about teaching and the parental support to learning just isn't there.
Comment is about Song of the Ofsted Inspectors (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
As my English teacher used to say about writing essays: "keep to the subject":
The Daily Mail's history of, and continuing racism.
Comment is about THE DAILY MAIL (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Thu 6th Apr 2023 11:19
When aged about 6 we moved house to a different part of town in the early 50's, because our home had been condemned as a "slum".
I think our new neighbour was a Hungarian lady; the first time I had met a "foreigner"; someone who didn't have an Irish or Lancastrian accent.
Then aged nine or ten, I remember our Roman Catholic "witness" walks through town; the Polish and Ukranian contingents in their beautiful national costumes. "WW2's over, now we can get on with life", was the feeling.
But no; decades later, I found myself helping Iraqi refugees and a Chinese speaking lady with English lessons; my only "qualifications"? being a native English speaker.
How very fortunate I am, in what I have, compared to some.
Thank you to all who do what they can to help out.💐💐💐
Comment is about Glory Days (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage