A Chateau Palmer Bordeaux and a plate of strychnine laced cheeses would be my favourite goodbye meal!
Good to see you up and running on here Anita!
Comment is about The Last Hurrah (blog)
Original item by Anita Brooke
I know lots of people called that đ
Comment is about What's Your Name? (blog)
Original item by Anita Brooke
Thanks for your comment - poor Esther Rantzen is on the case so maybe change is afoot - let's hope so. We wouldn't let animals suffer the way some of the old folk in the hospital are suffering!đȘ
Comment is about The Last Hurrah (blog)
Original item by Anita Brooke
Well now - it seems that HAL from Stanley Kubrick's movie
"2001" is here, with "improvements" surely on the way in the
dubious name of progress. The one I meet is usually at the
end of the telephone when I try to order something or make a
complaint! At least I can hang up before I am led astray by
the promise of being able to talk to a human being. đ
Comment is about Sleeping with Alexa (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
Topical and well put! I certainly believe that we should all be allowed to give permission to be helped on our way if illness
and affliction make existence untenable for oneself. It should
be easy enough to put safeguards into place to ensure that
no undue "pressure" is alleged by those of the "life at all costs"
persuasion - who can always sign an affidavit excusing themselves from such a procedure and soldier on as they see
fit. The best of luck to them - and those they ensure must be
responsible for their state of being in the meantime! Misery
loves company !!
Comment is about The Last Hurrah (blog)
Original item by Anita Brooke
I ;like the rhythm and the "repeat" final words of each stanza.,
employed to great effect. I tend to take a questioning attitude
to much of what is imposed upon us theee days - and have a healthy circumspection about the word "expert". Plus......
We tend to deserve an apology
For each use of the term "idealogy"!
Comment is about That's How We Are Right Now (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
We are helped into this world against our will. Ergo. we should
be assisted in our departure with our will!
Comment is about Assisted dying, to counteract an incurable cancer destined to be debated in Parliament. (blog)
Original item by hugh
Thanks Stephen, all I know is that when Alexa's halo changes colour in our kitchen nothing is sacred and we are all in trouble. I haven't asked her to compose a poem (yet) and Chat GPT's attempts at humorous verse are laughable (but not laughable, if you know what I mean). However, AI is progressing at a terrifying pace and no doubt it won't be too long before we will be reading new verse on WriteOutLoud and thinking "I wonder"...
Comment is about Sleeping with Alexa (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
leon stolgard
Mon 26th Feb 2024 15:20
Wow Stephen! what a wonderfully flowing gem of a poem!
bravo sir! bravo!
Comment is about That's How We Are Right Now (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Soul to soul
Heart to heart
Smile to laugh
Sunshine to stay
Longer in life.đ
Comment is about Everything is precious (blog)
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<Deleted User> (5011)
Mon 26th Feb 2024 12:49
I have bought a copy, too, and I concur. Sharing of experience and practice rather than prescribing 'how to'.
Haynes manual of poetry? If wanting to improve your spoken poetry skills, perhaps you could use a torque wrench?
I'l get my coat.
Comment is about The Process of Poetry, from first draft to final poem: ed. Rosanna McGlone, Fly on the Wall Press (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Well rhymed and very funny, John. Thanks.
Comment is about Skeletons Tell Terrible Jokes (blog)
Original item by John Svatins
Excellently written and incrementally scary, RA. We know that robots can't be cleverer than humans......don't we?
Comment is about Sleeping with Alexa (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
leon stolgard
Mon 26th Feb 2024 00:27
yep spooky us putting same themed poems on eh Tim and you have done so very very well indeed!
Comment is about The Storm (blog)
Original item by Tim Higbee
Thank you Stephen, HĂ©lĂšne and RA Porter!
HĂ©lĂšne, I'm glad you liked my awkward weather report! I'm glad you resonate with the unexpected joy taking out the bins. Is there anything else that the three of you find happiness in-which might be considered mundane for someone else?
Stephen, I know all is right in the world, when I see a comment from you!
RA Porter, your comment:
'Tis is great, joy comes in many guises'- too true.
Thank you everyone. đ
Comment is about The Magic in Mundane (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
Whatâs she doing in your Local? I only nipped out for a paperâŠ
Comment is about Sleeping with Alexa (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
Thanks Ghazala. Good advice there. I have to admit to a conflict in my mind between "letting go of control", versus taking personal reponsibility.
Comment is about Not in numbers and the stars (blog)
Original item by Ghazala lari
Alexa - in my local- can't make head nor tale of a broad Lancashire accent, but can understand French-weird!
Comment is about Sleeping with Alexa (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
Thanks Anita, I know the feeling well. There's a chap I know called Wotsisname!
Comment is about What's Your Name? (blog)
Original item by Anita Brooke
Still here!
Canât help the words I suppose!
Glad you noticed!
Comment is about Hanging on a thread (blog)
Original item by Twilbury Wist
Yes, Anita, I think being a Spurs fan should be available on the NHS. We wouldnât need anaesthetics having got used to our perennial pain. I think the poems you post on here are automatically copyrighted; you could email Admin who will tell you. One of the volunteers on this site is Uncle Graham Sherwood Who, coincidentally is another sad Spurs fan.
I also attach one of my Spurs poems about the Champions League game against Manchester City of a few years ago. You will notice immediately the difference between your song and mine - you can sing.
https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=117162
Comment is about My Old Man's a Spurs Fan (blog)
Original item by Anita Brooke
That's so funny, we share your pain! Steve says it's character building - I think it's more like self flagellation
Thanks for replying đ
Comment is about My Old Man's a Spurs Fan (blog)
Original item by Anita Brooke
Thank you for your kind responses.
Comment is about Stoned in the park (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Fabulous, Anita. I wish I had written this! I am indeed a lifelong Spurs fan. Itâs been a 60-year extra-marital love affair but largely unrequited I have to say.
Comment is about My Old Man's a Spurs Fan (blog)
Original item by Anita Brooke
Thanks Kevin. It was, in fact, the surgeonâs knife which kept me from Well Spoken.
Comment is about CREAKING GATE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
To question our intrinsic value is to be fully alive and human.
Very strong and deeply significant.
Thank you for such a venerable poem.
Comment is about Insomniac (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth
Tis is great, joy comes in many guises ...
Comment is about The Magic in Mundane (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
This is a beautiful serene poem with a powerful message for us all, thank you
Comment is about Not in numbers and the stars (blog)
Original item by Ghazala lari
JC - being that much older than you, I was busy at work with
more interest in a pint than choc bars. Cheers đ
Comment is about CARAMAC ! (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Just come across this one John.
I hope you are ok, and back to fighting fit. You were missed at Well Spoken this month, I assumed it was the crap weather that kept you away.
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Comment is about CREAKING GATE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
OscarTheFish(p@k)
Sun 25th Feb 2024 10:31
Poetry is always connected to romance at heart, regardless of which style it belongs to. The fact that poets think differently than economists is certainly nothing new. But the interaction of different perspectives and forces can achieve some unexpected things. At least an imaginary space is created that can be filled with life.
Basically, I am grateful that such dignified places can be created to showcase oneself and provide a brief insight into a world of one's own.
Maybe I can arrange an opportunity to present myself there. Maybe as a little artist with a terrible accent?
Comment is about Poets yearn for the old days with petition as Poetry Cafe announces limited reopening (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
leon stolgard
Sun 25th Feb 2024 10:18
good to see you are still in the land of the poetical living T.W.
Comment is about Hanging on a thread (blog)
Original item by Twilbury Wist
Thanks, Uilleam. âZabadakâ was shit and I have tried to equal itâs shitness with my âCaramakâ.
Comment is about CARAMAC ! (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
There is something immensely satisfying to be under cover in storm. Nice stuff, Tim.
Comment is about The Storm (blog)
Original item by Tim Higbee
A sobering experience, John.
Comment is about THE CHURCH OF THE HECTORING ZEALOT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
You donât remember Caramac, MC? Whereâve you been? It was Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h3G_GbPzhD8&pp=ygUHWmFiYWRhaw%3D%3D
And thanks for the Likes, Paige, John and Blackrose.
Comment is about CARAMAC ! (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you Holden. Paige, Pete & Carlton.
For those who understand, No explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, No explanation is possible â Ziad K. Abdrlnour
Comment is about EXPLANATION LATER (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Don't recall Caramac but seem to remember there was a Mick
before "and Tich"
Comment is about CARAMAC ! (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A poem for any day - and any age! A "positive" pleasure!
Comment is about Everything is precious (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
In my younger days, I was partial to a few bevvies of best
bitter but timed them to coincide with evenng closing time when
bed and board beckoned. Even today, when so much electronic
wizardry attracts busy fingers and eager minds, I tend to think
just how much free treasure there is to enjoy out there.:
A walk; identifying trees and plants; bird-spotting (feathered
variety, in case you're cynica!) and just ordinary people-watching,
to mention just a few at random.
Comment is about Stoned in the park (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Love this Rasa! Yes, taking out bins can be magical. Enjoyed your weather update too!
Comment is about The Magic in Mundane (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
A few years after the Good Friday agreement I randomly met Ian Paisley in the toilets of a Little Chef near Southampton. I was zipping up and as I turned I came face to face with him. Easily the most unsettling thing to have ever happened to me in a public toilet.
Comment is about THE CHURCH OF THE HECTORING ZEALOT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Excellent song Steve.
Comment is about Just Another Day at Elbit (blog)
Original item by Steve White
Thanks Keith,
âmore money in the bankâ perfectly sums the situation up.
So many of the UKâs politicians are currently bankrolled by the very perpetrators of the obscenities you describe.
Stephen, speaking of âanonymous warfareâ.
UK politicians -no names, no pack drill- are, shamelessly, in flagrante delicto, in the Mother of Parliaments, and on so-called âNewsâ channels, whipping up hatred through blatant lies and slander, directed against the very people and against Jewish people, who are calling for peace, and a cessation of genocide.
They are all but pointing at individuals and groups, suggesting âthis is who you need to stick the knife in, fire the gun at, or where you throw the petrol bombâ.
Comment is about The Bomb Aimer (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
leon stolgard
Sat 24th Feb 2024 08:48
a temporary state of heavenliness-shame it can't last forever as I used to say to myself when under the youthful influences
cool poem man-cool!
Comment is about Stoned in the park (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Thanks, RA, for your kind words and perceptive comments. It is very worrying that Putin's brutal regime seems to be cranking up its efforts right now and that some in the West (notably the Republican Party in the US) seem to have lost the stomach to even provide military aid. And yet Ukraine continues to resist heroically, which must give us some hope.
Comment is about Two Years On (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
raypool
Mon 26th Feb 2024 17:01
Thanks valuable fans for the likes Carlton, Hugh, Kevin, Stephen, Holden and John.
Thanks Stephen, quite right!
Yes Carlton, a bit of nonsense.
Ray
Comment is about SONG OF SUCCESS (blog)
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