A real poem of memory, Chris, unreliable or otherwise!
Comment is about The Legend of the Gawanjee (blog)
Original item by Chris Bunton
Stephen,
This poem has a theme of madness running through it which exposes all that is taking place in the Ukraine at this time. We all feel a part of it but do not experience the reality of it. War is insane. Surely the time has come for humanity to realise the utter futility of it.
An excellent and very topical poem
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Total War (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
It take your point, Uilleam. A great deal of this 'Total War' is being waged by people who have no risk of ever being bombed or shot, but feel that they have to do their bit. Like writing poems about it, I suppose.
Not there's anything wrong with that!
And my thanks to Nigel, Frederick; Graham, John, Chris, K Lynn and Rudyard for liking this.
Comment is about Total War (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Tue 7th Feb 2023 04:49
A very powerful poem, Alexandra, profound and hopeful! I loved the lines
"I don't have to know who I am
But I must know that I am" đˇ
Comment is about Flame-Licked Heels (blog)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
Kevin,
you continue to excel with your peculiar brand of humour. With a hard'un you can hold it this way or that. I have a wealth of experience.
Thanks for this
Keith
Comment is about A Hard Frost (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Noris,
I thank you for such an honest poem which stems very much from the final paragraph of your biography. The analogy between vultures and politicians is particularly evident into today's world. The poem has a clear message, well crafted and one of the best I have read for some time.
Thank you
Keith
Saludos de Espana
Comment is about Vultures Fly (blog)
Original item by Noris Roberts
Thank you for taking the time to comment.Uilleam,RG,John and Stephen.
I've not written owt for a while, but I'm getting the bug again.
Comment is about A Hard Frost (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Fromage and queso, Graham. Greavsie was lightning over 10 yards and could dribble his way through defences. Kane has more power, tracks back and has top-notch distribution.
As for their stats, you are quite right in that JG had a better strike rate. But goals were easier to come by then. I looked up the goals per game average for the Prem League last season and it was 2.8. In 1962/63 when JG was at his peak it was 3.5.
Plus, of course, teams played 2-3-5 in those days giving lots of opportunity for attackers.
Be happy we saw them both and they were both true Spurs.
Comment is about HARRY AND ME (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Exactly Stephen: in intention anyway, if not accomplishment! I think 'Aubade' is one of Larkin's truly great poems. We won't speak much about what is REALLY always there:
Till then I see whatâs really always there:
Unresting death, a whole day nearer now,
Making all thought impossible but how
And where and when I shall myself die.
Arid interrogation: yet the dread
Of dying, and being dead,
Flashes afresh to hold and horrify. Larkin, 'Aubade,' verse 1
Comment is about Thunder & After (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Naar Then!!
Not in the same league as Jimmy!
Harry Kane has finally managed to equal my footballing hero Jimmy Greaves' record of 266 goals for THFC. Only he hasn't really has he. Look at the difference between the number of matches taken and the number of years too.
Jimmy Greaves......Simply the Best!
Greaves, who started his career at Chelsea, scored 266 goals in 379 games for Spurs between 1961 and 1970.
Kane, who made his Spurs debut in 2011, has played 415 times for the club.
The same applies to the number of goals Jimmy scored for England 44 in 57 matches. Wayne Rooney (England's top scorer) with 53 goals took 120 matches to achieve that.
No Contest!!!
Comment is about HARRY AND ME (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks Stephen and Uilleam. As always you are both brilliantly us 01609 535273 đđ
Comment is about All Roads Lead to Malton (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
A bit of a theme developing, Stephen....what with hard frosty uns and cock-upsđ
Comment is about Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ă Ceallaigh
The cock-up theory is the most plausible, and dangerous. Thanks, Uilleam.
Comment is about Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ă Ceallaigh
So much in this poem, John. I like the way it builds towards its (Larkinesque?) conclusion.
Comment is about Thunder & After (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I like the way you move from the spectacle into the private relationship, Russell. Unusual to see a poem which covers both.
Thanks.
Comment is about The Kinfgisher (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Nonsense? Oh I don't know... sounds like you've been drinking at the fountain of "Literary terms and theory" or somethingđ.
Comment is about Lethal Metaphor (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
I enjoyed this one, Clare. Thanks. The contrast between the different situations is quite stark and makes the reader sit up and take notice.
Comment is about The Scent of Life (blog)
Original item by Clare
Life worth living thrives in the quintessence.
You've started something with that last line Adam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintessence_(physics)
Comment is about The Artist Portrays (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
Well done, John! Looking forward to it.
Comment is about All Roads Lead to Malton (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Two frosts in a row here. Brrrrrrr!
My doctor recommended one every morning for a week.đ
Comment is about A Hard Frost (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Indeed, Nigel. You have expressed that perfectly. As a Danish photographer once said, life is best understood looking backwards. Thanks for your comment đ
Thanks for the likes K. Lynn and Clare
Comment is about All Roads Lead to Malton (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Each poem a marker on a path of your journey through life which must have meant so much to you when finished John.
Comment is about All Roads Lead to Malton (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
very funny.
hope to hear it this week (covid permitting)
al sithee
Comment is about NAAR THEN! (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Hypothesiss
The police announced that Nicola fell into the river ,
This statement through my body sent a shiver !!
Comment is about Nicola Bulley gone missing while walking her dog beside the river Wyre (blog)
Original item by hugh
John
I love your stuff , I was brought up on a diet of music hall and folk
Clubs, Bernard Rigley etc etc
Thereâs nought like Northern humour , yoth !
Comment is about NAAR THEN! (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Julie I always love your poems
They are so gentle
Comment is about Natureâs Beauty (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Cheers Clyde
Comment is about We should all be a bit of Captain Tom (blog)
Original item by David R Mellor
Magical indeed Julie. Thanks.
Comment is about Natureâs Beauty (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thank you Ghazala. That's a good philosophy.
Comment is about I choose to walk away (blog)
Original item by Ghazala lari
You paint some lovely images of nature there Caleb.
Comment is about JASPER & JUNIPER (blog)
Original item by Caleb Gorey
Straight from the heart
each line plays a part
thanks for this Helene.
Comment is about From the Heart (blog)
Original item by HÊlène
Great sentiments, well put.
Comment is about I choose to walk away (blog)
Original item by Ghazala lari
"families living in poverty?
no one lives in poverty now"
??????????????welcome to the UK 10 years onđ
Comment is about feeling the pinch (blog)
Original item by Neil West
Stephen Gospage
Tue 7th Feb 2023 08:47
It's a mad world, Keith, and the brutal invasion of Ukraine has just amplified all this madness. Thanks for this.
Comment is about Money for what? (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries