Another one for your music collection, Ray. Very strong image: "a nylon band jacket, its bright colour betraying age and sweat". The old adage - write about stuff you know, and you can't go wrong.
Comment is about PTSD put to music (blog)
Original item by ray pool
When I was about 20 which was a long time ago I sat with an ex vet who served during the WW2....sipping neat whiskey and half a beer....
"He spoke of falling candles
And how of in the dark
A man’s shoot when it did not open
Flickered like a spark.
Many times he would land safely
Then pause and look to the sky
There he would see a flickering light
And know a man was about to die"
True story
Comment is about Parachutes (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Pure misery of war, and the barren landscapes of people left behind.
Comment is about Last Man Standing (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thinking about this piece Ray, I can honestly say I don't think I've ever had a dream with music, as in never heard music in a dream!
Or even colours come to think of it!
Had many a service station breakfast though and heard the early shipping forecast many times too.
I'll get my coat (thought provoking stuff as usual).
Comment is about PTSD put to music (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Ungrown men are dangerous thier actions disastrous.
Comment is about Zero Sum (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
The right words, in the right order. Sleepiness (hypersomnia) oozes out of this poem Jennifer. J
Comment is about A Mellow Yellow High (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
So beautifully sad Clare. I spoke three eulogies this year and suffered the suicide of my oldest friend. Christmas & new year is a time when many of us count our losses. The surprise about the nature of flying is so cleverly done. John
Comment is about Whisper my Name (blog)
Original item by Clare
I will keep walking
One step at a time
I know I will find
This heart that was always mine.
Serendipity or fate? Who knows? Not me. John
Comment is about Aftermath (blog)
Original item by Clare
The tenderness and fragility of hope. A true poem Clare.
"Serendipity is the instrument by which God reveals to each the beauties of all the others." CS Lewis
Comment is about Serendipity. (blog)
Original item by Clare
We share similar tastes, MC. I like chocolate brazils too. Payne’s are the benchmark. But I think for cheek in rivalling Kit Kats (and Polo) they should replace the nut with fresh air.
And thanks for the Likes, Frederick, Stephen G and Stephen A.
Comment is about THE GENIUS OF THE KIT KAT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Helene. Hugh and Frederick - many thanks for "liking" this poem.
It was born in the early hours, emerging on to the screen of this "memory medium" more quickly than anticipated. I sat almost
motionless, yet was moving rapidly in my mind down those
solitary scent-rich lanes and highways of rural Wiltshire in the
1950s, living again what many on WOL have never had the
opportunity to experience at all. How to describe what has
gone? That was the challenge, but I'm happy with what came
to mind. It'll do.
Comment is about HOW GLAD (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I used to like dipping each Kit-Kat "finger" in my cup of tea and
sucking the chocolate from it. Now I buy bags of plain chocolate covered Brazil nuts and pop them stright into my mouth for a
salivating chew. Tasty and healthy in equal measure. This old
monkey and his nuts don't like to be parted! 😋
Comment is about THE GENIUS OF THE KIT KAT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I think that this poem hits the spot, Uilleam. Yes, others have the right to read Murdoch's rubbish but in our free society we also have the right to say that it is rubbish, and repeatedly, in a loud voice.
Comment is about Never Mind the Bollocks! (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Yes, thank you for this thoughful, inspiring poem, Katie. I witnessed a former colleague of mine at work who realised, in middle age, that he was in the wrong body. The process of changing gender required a lot of courage, especially given the 'unevolved' bullies around, as you say.
Thanks once again for this powerful poem.
Comment is about Becoming Who You Are. A Transgender Journey (blog)
Original item by Katie Sheila Haigh
Thanks, Trevor. Karaoke is strange, isn't it? It's almost impossible to sound really bad or very good. Japanese phonetic English reduces most songs to a middling drone.
The conclusion of this poem is based on a memory of passing the Emperor's residence at night and seeing rows and rows of journalists asleep on reclining seats in cars. It was known that Hirohito was very ill and he passed away early in 1989.
And thanks to Greg, Frederick, Hugh and Hélène for liking this one.
Comment is about Hirohito (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
A prayer is sent
to save a soul
not a whisper heard
close feelings reach out
peace and love answer
healing a broken heart
all is quiet inside.
Comment is about January 2023 Collage Poem: Put on your Slippers and Kill (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Lockdowns didn’t really bother us, Graham. We never breed outside the family up here.
Comment is about THE GENIUS OF THE KIT KAT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
OMG! There's not another lockdown in Yorkshire is there??
Comment is about THE GENIUS OF THE KIT KAT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I, too, say thanks, Katie. I have a trans niece (used to be my nephew). Your use of the word "journey" is well-spoken. For my niece, it's been a long, challenging process of discovery & transformation. She's in her late 20's now & is feeling much much better.
Comment is about Becoming Who You Are. A Transgender Journey (blog)
Original item by Katie Sheila Haigh
Thanks for your comments.
I am not a monarchist, but the recent attacks by the sewer press on Prince Harry have now been demonstrated to be outright lies.
He has never "BOASTED" about enemy deaths.
I suspect that their attacks on Harry and Megan have more to do with her colour and background, and his refusal to kowtow to the establishment.
Comment is about Never Mind the Bollocks! (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Thank you,Stephen I'm glad you think it worthy.
Comment is about Land of the free? (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thank you Graham for your kind words. It was written from the perspective of a friends son.
Comment is about Becoming Who You Are. A Transgender Journey (blog)
Original item by Katie Sheila Haigh
Thank you all for your kind words. 😀
Comment is about Got Any Readies (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Nice to know 'My Way' doesn't just get mauled here!
Comment is about Hirohito (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Katie this is a wonderful strong piece of writing. The whole transgender issue is one that many people feel ill-equipped to deal with emotionally and there are so many side issues surrounding it.
Well done for bravely laying out your case so emphatically.
Comment is about Becoming Who You Are. A Transgender Journey (blog)
Original item by Katie Sheila Haigh
Ah thanks M.C. It's always a pleasure when one of these chimes with you. Driving & singing has been therapy, a joy, a hobby, a guilty pleasure (which I now see are just 'pleasures'), magical times and no doubt the place many of the poems on WoL might have been formed. Thanks for reading.
Comment is about Second Favourite Feeling (blog)
Original item by Tom
I’m afraid I can’t take sides in the match, MC. What with me not giving a monkey’s either way. (Other than that they provide a fund of material for my parodies).
Comment is about SPARE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Brian - thanks for the view from across the pond. There is a
different perspective there, of course, - that much I can understand for a variety of reasons. But I suspect that in
general terms, there will come a time when the feeling "Enough
already!" will prevail. Not least in a land that is noted for its
admiration for a "Say little and do more" mentality that has little
time for moaning about life's perceived unfairness.
Comment is about A GAME OF MOANS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
You have a good point reggie's ghost.
Somebody must have been voting conservative; someone fills the charts with stupid music; someone likes the rubbish programmes all over the telly or they wouldn't be there.
It's a shame but maybe people get what they deserve. Not just the blighters who vote tory and the rest of it but also the fools who don't pull strongly enough in a better direction.
Comment is about Never Mind the Bollocks! (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Who, of a certain age and motoring mentality, hasn't "been there
and done it"? Very enjoyable.😎
Comment is about Second Favourite Feeling (blog)
Original item by Tom
Reminding us that sometimes it is the journey not the destination
that brings reward.
Comment is about Motorhome (blog)
Original item by Mike McPeek
Aha.
The suspicions now increase...the whisperings of "I knew it!"
In terms of respecting the Royal Oak, Harry seems keen to hew it.
If he wants to moan beyond our shores, then I say "Let him do it"
He's got the bit between his teeth, so let the blighter chew it!
Comment is about SPARE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks Nigel, Frederick, Adam, Jordyn, Stephen G, Stephen A, Manish and Hélène for taking the time to have a read and for clicking like. 😀
Comment is about Second Favourite Feeling (blog)
Original item by Tom
In a free country we have the freedom to choose what newspaper we read. If the population are liberal and caring why do they choose the Sun and Mail and not the Guardian? There must be something in the messages that attract people? And if they choose to read right wing messages then perhaps that what we are, and not as liberal and caring as some think we are.
Comment is about Never Mind the Bollocks! (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Thanks Stephen. I wondered who could voice my nonsense and, for some reason, his was the name I came up with!😂
Comment is about The U.K.'s Space Mission (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Oh, my God!!!!!!!
Are my amazing well crafted verses of art ok, or will I see them being flogged for 12p a dozen down the Shepards Bush market as Shakespearian outtakes,
Oh my God!!!!!!
Comment is about Has WOL been hacked? (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
It wasn’t the best of days for him either yesterday, Stephen.
And thanks for the Like, Jordyn.
Comment is about SPARE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Beautiful, evocative, nostalgic. I love the ironic twist at the end 💯
Comment is about Reminiscing upon simpler times. (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth
I liked the bit about having your cake and eating it, John. Reminds me of someone else with funny hair who's pulling in the millions....
Comment is about SPARE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Tremendous stuff, Trevor. How can one not enjoy this?
Comment is about Got Any Readies (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Thank you, Stephen. Great writing which deserves an even wider audience. Lots of people need to read this.
Comment is about Land of the free? (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thanks, John. Nothing should surprise us now. You can see why he gets so well paid for speaking engagements!
Comment is about The U.K.'s Space Mission (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Thanks most kindly, P&SWilde 😊🌷
Comment is about of resolute anticipation (blog)
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Sun 15th Jan 2023 12:55
This war is turning into an amalgam of the first and second world wars ... the pointless slaughter, the mud and deadlock of the first, the evil genocide of the second. What a legacy. How Russia has trampled memories of its heroic fightback in the second world war into the dust.
Comment is about Zero Sum (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage