Someone said to me the other day,
if you eat a bacon sandwich
you can shorten life by a
minute, so making this
the real meal deal, each
time you decide
you're going
to try
it.

Comment is about And now for something completely different ... Write Out Loud poets turn out nonet after nonet to mark World Poetry Day! (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you guys, it means alot to me. Love.

Comment is about Something is missing. (blog)

Original item by RudyardK

This poem captures a sense of wistfulness and the complex emotions that arise from longing for something elusive or lost. It invites the reader to contemplate the transient nature of human experiences and the beauty found within moments of sadness and yearning. https://tunnelrush3.com

Comment is about Snow white stars (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Standing on the shoulders of giants
We see further than others might
Hoist aloft by Orion
Longer then is our sight
But as history
Surely records
We are still
Merely
Dwarves

Comment is about And now for something completely different ... Write Out Loud poets turn out nonet after nonet to mark World Poetry Day! (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Terrifying, but increasingly likely.

Nice one, Stephen.

Comment is about November (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Wonderful, vivid imagery and emotions here. Your narration is heartfelt and evocative-- I felt the sun while listening. Thank you for this piece!

Comment is about Sun in My Eyes (blog)

Original item by Lee Campbell

9

Nine three times for an emergency
Eight a symbol infinity
Seven is lucky and odd
Six is nine upside-down
Five says time for change
Four sides, a square
Three a croud
Two as
One

Comment is about And now for something completely different ... Write Out Loud poets turn out nonet after nonet to mark World Poetry Day! (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Beautiful leaf prints designed like hands

Natural art, earth given plant

Starts with a seed Nourished ,loved

Consistently cared for

The plant is you ,us

Leaf print, hand print

So unique

We are

One

Comment is about And now for something completely different ... Write Out Loud poets turn out nonet after nonet to mark World Poetry Day! (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you so much for all the support, Auracle, I really appreciate it! 😊

Comment is about Make-believe (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

I will never be as good as you. But I will enjoy your poems more & more.

Comment is about Make-believe (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Nice work, Lee. I told my kids to chuck me on the compost heap when I shake a six, where I can do some good to this world (probably more than now I am alive).

Comment is about The Tree Man (with live readiing recording) (blog)

Original item by Lee Campbell

Not only is this great poem rob, but the title has inspired me to dedicate my next poem to you, for past kindnesses, why?

" because every boy deserves favour " <o>o<o>

Beth

Comment is about Fast car. (blog)

Original item by RudyardK

Thankyou, MC and David again. A hefty part of the answer to the question you ask, MC, is crime. And thanks for the Like, Stephen A.

Comment is about MY LUVE IS LYKE A RED RED POPPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I don't think I said that we could, MC.

Comment is about November (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

There seems a prediliction for addiction
A constant source of social friction.
My ongoing thought (I've never ignored it)
Is how on earth do these users ever afford it? 😐

Comment is about MY LUVE IS LYKE A RED RED POPPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you both, it means the world to me. Love.

Comment is about Fast car. (blog)

Original item by RudyardK

Love this Jeff 👍

Comment is about Midnight (blog)

Original item by Jeff Bresee

Thanks for the likes Hugh, Holden, Lee and Acamus.

Thank you Graham. A bit of old fashioned journalize there! It those pebbles and sand could talk!

Thanks for the compliment Stephen. Probably if we spent time over there it would all come roaring back - the Americans seem to live on a dream - or will soon be a nightmare?

An imaginative response thank you David. I'm glad you liked it and embraced my noir version of the phenomenon. There;s really no escape from the American good guys and bad guys syndrome except to nail it down.....

Comment is about TALES OF OLD HOLLYWOOD (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Poets attending
Composed creativity
Samples gathered
Poetic formula
Guarantees surprises
Once Collage
Poem completed.

Comment is about March 2024 Collage Poem: Footnotes in History (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Here's one in reverse:

So
there where,
It's unknown
Either now or then
In the land of “Know-where”
Where the Known never knows what
Or knows how the wind blows...or why
Some weather vane goes So, so. So, so...

Comment is about And now for something completely different ... Write Out Loud poets turn out nonet after nonet to mark World Poetry Day! (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi John,

I absolutely see your direction there John and it is conveyed with clarity.

I was interested in how your words triggered my prejudiced/influenced thinking by use of specific words and images with which Britons are often bombarded. In that respect non-brits might not be so distracted.

I am fascinated by interpretations and how they can be wildly varied, your poem offered a really good example of such a vehicle for interpretation.

I would say that the thrust of your poem is clear and that it stands well without any convoluted interpretation such as mine...(for which I apologise)

David

Comment is about MY LUVE IS LYKE A RED RED POPPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thankyou for your thought, David. Specifically, I centred this poem on a heroin addict, And for the Like, Holden.

Comment is about MY LUVE IS LYKE A RED RED POPPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you for the generous comment Hélène.😌

Comment is about Waiting for the Sun (blog)

Original item by Manish

Hi John,

I thought I'd chip in.

I appreciate the way this seemingly obvious poem highlights the juxtopose between the many differing types of people who find themselves homeless or in addiction. The use of the image of "The Poppie" pointing toward a possible prejudice long implanted in a nations psyche. The truth is, most who find themselves streetside are there due to some kind of trauma and pain (I highlight the use of the word most) as there are those who choose.

I do understand this piece is as much about addiction as homelessness, the image you have used to accompany the poem will possibly colour reactions and comments.

Your wordage is spot on, those veterans and others who fall between the cracks do often seek oblivion and nothing other than that (this I truly know) The other truth is they are not alone in their homelessness and seeking of oblivion by various poisons. Literally, the entire globe is represented on our streets today.

Many of those homeless vets fought in a conflict which encompassed a convenient regional poppy war with international influence and repercussions upon their own futures, ironic eh.

A poem probably a little more complex than it seems on first reading.

David.

Comment is about MY LUVE IS LYKE A RED RED POPPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Lovely, sad, mesmerizing. Beautiful, Manish.

Comment is about Waiting for the Sun (blog)

Original item by Manish

Thankyou, Leon and David for the Like.

Comment is about MY LUVE IS LYKE A RED RED POPPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

If I were in the US Republican Party I'd be keeping the closest
watch on the supervision of postal votes and voter ID in the
coming presidential election. Can't have dead people voting, can we? 😏

Comment is about November (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Great piece Johnny boy-( can't get over the absolute disgrace of homeless veterans ) rubber boat priorities wtf is that about?

Comment is about MY LUVE IS LYKE A RED RED POPPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

My next one will be “Ya wee timorous bustie”, Graham. And thanks for the Like, Stephen.

Comment is about MY LUVE IS LYKE A RED RED POPPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Really good fun piece Hugh. Thank you.

Beth

Comment is about Happy world sleep day,sleep is essential for good health (blog)

Original item by hugh

That's it! All we need now is an annual 'Coopey Night Supper' not a bard idea at that!

Cutting edge as always JC. Where do they all come from? Or are you on the poppies too. 😇

Comment is about MY LUVE IS LYKE A RED RED POPPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

The evidence is out there , thanks Mark.

Thanks for the likes Aisha, Holden, David and Landi !

Comment is about THE NET CLOSES (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Come on WOL'ers, how about posting a nonet here on the news pages? Here's another I made earlier

it’s not very many syllables

in an upside-down pyramid

forty-five to be exact

to make a fine nonet

the problem is maths

and it’s easy

to run out

of short

words

Comment is about And now for something completely different ... Write Out Loud poets turn out nonet after nonet to mark World Poetry Day! (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Just popping back in to compliment the reading of your poem. I rarely revisit to comment other than to prattle on about something triggered by what was written.

In this case I simply want to compliment you for creating some genuine poetic noises and imagery, refreshing.

David

PS. I find it amusing that the repetition of the word "Digging" put me in mind of Seamus Heaneys' poem of the same name. Ironically another poem about a Patriach.

Comment is about The Tree Man (with video poem) (blog)

Original item by Lee Campbell

Thanks stephen, your the best!

Comment is about Nonsense. (blog)

Original item by RudyardK

We see that vacuous world eating itself, so shallow now that it has resigned itself to digging up corpses and zombiefying them back into celluloid reality...(no celluloid now though) old stories recycled and bloated for effect.

Of course there are those who shy from the arc lights, but too few.

An insightful poem which begs the lid be firmly nailed down and sunk in the depths.

Meanwhile real people aspire to their fantasy. The world is upside down in tinseltown...

Comment is about TALES OF OLD HOLLYWOOD (blog)

Original item by ray pool

A lost era, Ray. Fading away, yet strangely preserved. Your poem evokes the atmosphere of that time perfectly.

Comment is about TALES OF OLD HOLLYWOOD (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thank you, MC. The purpose of this poem was to gently satirise the fact that Trump still claims he won the 2020 election, even though this is an obvious lie. Having just seen him say that there will be a 'bloodbath' if he doesn't win this time, I think the tone was much too gentle. I'll correct that next time.

Comment is about November (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thank you Landi, much appreciated.

David.

Comment is about In His Garden (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Haha 💐

Comment is about replay, bell & howell 8mm (blog)

Original item by Landi Cruz

I found this first thing this morning and my Dad's been on my mind ever since--so many times he's been there for me, gave me so much more than money can buy.

Thanks for posting this, David--I'm so happy you're blessed with those tender memories 🌷

Comment is about In His Garden (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Such a beautiful, heart-warming poem, Hélène! 🌷

Comment is about Everything, Together (blog)

Original item by Hélène

Thank you, Auracle! 😊

Comment is about Silhouette. (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Well thank you Hugh, very much appreciated.

Comment is about In His Garden (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Rick Stein is a very keen poetry reader. Hardly a programme of his goes by without a reference to one poet or another!

Comment is about Programmes you may have missed: Rick Stein on Cornwall's Charles Causley (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Jim Causley is a descendant and enjoys justified popularity as
a writer and performer of folk songs, with a number of CDs
availble to demonstrate his talent. Well worth checking out online.

Comment is about Programmes you may have missed: Rick Stein on Cornwall's Charles Causley (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

So, it's all doom and gloom if Trump regains the presidency. But
I recall how he confronted the sabre-rattling North Korean dictator and forged an unlikely understanding where others
feared to tread. And then there was that memorablr moment
caught on film when upon shaking hands with Putin, Trump
playfully pulled him off his feet, like some rag doll, with a big
smile on his face. Strong men - including dictators - like to
know they're not alone and face their opposite numbers with
a certain degree of unspoken acknowledgement that can create
better things for the rest of us. Trump had no need for the
behind the scenes financial inducements that can corrupt
political campaigns in the hands of "career" politicians in the
political history of the USA. Go back to New York's Tammany Hall and move on via the crooked politicos of Chicago et al and Mafia/Giancana influences in the Kennedy campaign. Compared with that lot, and the Clinton (I did not have sex with that woman), incumbency, Trump may be no angel but his no-nonsense style found a responsive chord in a disillusioned
American electorate. And "Woke" he is not!

Comment is about November (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Private beaches combed for evidence of washed up careers,

Excellent words Ray! I would imagine plenty of flotsam and jetsam there.

Good work

G

Comment is about TALES OF OLD HOLLYWOOD (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Bring mind and body healthy news,
Lie back and grab a welcome snooze. 😊

Comment is about Happy world sleep day,sleep is essential for good health (blog)

Original item by hugh

Joy and horror combining in equal measure, a delicious poem to grasp our imaginations and bring us not just down to earth but upwards to the sky too, Lee.

Ray

Comment is about The Tree Man (with video poem) (blog)

Original item by Lee Campbell