Many thanks for the Likes, Holden, Tim, Stephen A, Tom, Stephen G, Telboy, Manish and Jon.
Comment is about YER BAY LEAF (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
That’s a damned lie, Kevin. I ‘ve never been near your parts.
Comment is about The man with five todgers (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Couldn't be truer Stephen! Go to any public restroom and you wonder why anyone would look down their nose at those who clean the publics filth. Bless all workers who clean up after us and make us look like a civilized society.
Comment is about Lavatories (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you Uilleam and Graham.
I don't think John Coopey has anything to fear from competition, he is a legend round our parts
Comment is about The man with five todgers (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
This is about toilet cleaners but is really about anyone doing the shitty jobs at the bottom of the pay scale.
They are the people who keep the nation going, and deserve more recognition.
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about Lavatories (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
and if you get a bite
then you’re doing
something right
And there's a lot of people biting right now!
Comment is about Oi, Ref! (blog)
Original item by Steve White
Excellently worded nail-on-the-head poem, Stephen.
The RMT and other unions have my full backing. An example of such inequity/iniquity is that between 2006 and 2022, train companies invested only 1% of the money spent on the railways, public and worker safety being thus compromised, with 65% going to shareholder dividends and bosses pay packets. The current system is a total scam. Public service, not private profit.
Nationalise now!
💪
Comment is about Lavatories (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Brilliantly immersive writing. A compelling read.
Comment is about Today my friend buries her mother (blog)
Original item by ali
Thanks, Dorinda! A great tribute to the atmosphere engendered by all those at Stockport Write Out Loud over the years, and particularly your leader, John Keane.
Comment is about Love WOL! (blog)
Original item by Dorinda MacDowell
Takes me back to the days of Vinnie Jones, Steve. He had a stint with Chelsea in their pre-Hoddle days, and was once booked after a few seconds, basically as soon as the opposing team kicked off. He wasn't 'taking one for the team', just making his presence felt at the outset. Maybe you've inspired me to have a go at writing about that ... thanks!
Comment is about Oi, Ref! (blog)
Original item by Steve White
A beautiful poem as always, Hélène, and I enjoyed this twilight lullaby.
Thank you.
Comment is about Tell Me a Story (blog)
Original item by Hélène
You've just put into words what I felt the other day when I watched three men cleaning the public lavatory. This needs to be widely read, and it's really commendable that you've written something from their perspective, Stephen. I salute you for this.
Thank you.
Comment is about Lavatories (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
No truer word Stephen. Bottom rung of the ladder and the most important of us all. What a clever piece!
Comment is about Lavatories (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
hahaha! Bring back the freezing cold sponge in the old football bladder! That'll sort it!
Comment is about Oi, Ref! (blog)
Original item by Steve White
Powerful stuff! Thanks Uilleam.
Comment is about What Period Poverty? (blog)
A well-written, compelling poem, Uilleam.
Comment is about What Period Poverty? (blog)
Thanks Stephen!
Comment is about Greene King vs St Kitts and Nevis (blog)
Original item by Steve White
A letter sent
love is a stamp
firmly stuck on
sealed and delivered.💗
Comment is about Oxymoron (blog)
Original item by Tales from a secret Love Affair
The light left on
warm air flows
still cold night air
something special waits
for your returning steps.💗
Comment is about Home is where the heart is (blog)
Original item by Tales from a secret Love Affair
You live & learn! Interesting stuff, brilliantly written.
Comment is about Greene King vs St Kitts and Nevis (blog)
Original item by Steve White
Thanks Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh for the love. Not a easy poem to write and your support means the world.
Comment is about John (blog)
Original item by Andy N
A vision of hope, MC. But Hope is never a good strategy.
Comment is about THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you all for your kind, encouraging words and likes! We keep on plodding along...doing the best we can with what we've got. Poetry is my aspirational prayer for internal and external peace--the latter is largely out of my control. Perhaps as an old lady I will find some of that "peace that passes understanding."
Comment is about I Want to Be that Old Woman (blog)
Original item by Hélène
A thoughtful piece Helene. We were once controlled by our ignorance. Now we have become educated we are controlled by impending jeopardy from everywhere!
Comment is about Tell Me a Story (blog)
Original item by Hélène
UoC - hope springs eternal aka nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Meanwhile, we find billions to fritter away on certain disputed
causes and projects while millions avoid work and no
reference is made to the use of increasingly influential science in the work-place that adds an ongoing employment situation
further exacerbated by unprecedented unregulated arrivals
in the country supposedly politically OK because they offer cheap labour! But yes...let's blame the self-confidence
in the long-term that GB Ltd. saw in its history and said yes to Brexit and what it was meant to acheve...and can still do if we
hold our nerve. The last word is the operative word in this
defeatist age of apologists, excuseniks and convenience
crusaders..
.
Comment is about THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
An ode worthy of the Bard, John Coopey! He won't like the competition though 😇
Comment is about The man with five todgers (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
"Your love is not unrequited" lovely line in a great piece. Feels like a secret being shared.
Comment is about Oxymoron (blog)
Original item by Tales from a secret Love Affair
Seems odd to me Kevin. We put salt in things because we know what salt tastes like and we want something to taste salty. We put pepper in for the same reason. But we put bay leaves in despite not knowing what they taste like! I’ve never tasted cowshit but I wouldn’t add it to rice pudding.
Comment is about YER BAY LEAF (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Luckily this suit of skin and bones we walk around in doesn't stop us from flying away in our minds to untold places and times.
I really like this piece, a thoughtful demanding write!
Graham
Comment is about Limitless and Senseless (blog)
Original item by Katherine Page
Maybe if you boiled a pan of just water, with nothing but bay leaves you would see what (if anything) is being added.
But you do seem to have a point, on the odd occasion I forgot to add any it didn't seem to make much difference.
Comment is about YER BAY LEAF (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Lovely sentiment in a lovely poem, Tim.
Comment is about I Blew A Kiss (blog)
Original item by Tim Higbee
Thanks Uilleam, it’s all in a day’s work for a dedicated and active minor local government official, apparently.
Comment is about Parish Councillor (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
Thanks all for the likes.
I've changed the title.
I think I've gone a bit Alice in Wonderlandish on this...but highly relevant to the comments section!
Comment is about Fallacies (blog)
Poetry in motion Steve. "...put down your pint".
Given Telboy’s raised the subject.
In the UK, according to recent research, among 2,600 works, only 2% of sculptures of named individuals are of people of ethnic minority backgrounds. 77.5% of them dedicated to men, and only 17% to women.
My personal feeling is that if I, or my family have been personally harmed by the policies or by the actions of people thus celebrated, I say “off with their heads and into the drink with them!”
Comment is about Greene King vs St Kitts and Nevis (blog)
Original item by Steve White
We have a baby tree, bought as a twig for £2 from Ackworth nurseries. I often put a few leaves into my cooking, along with other herbs.
I couldn't isolate its individual taste but it seems to add something.
Comment is about YER BAY LEAF (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks Stephen! I wanted it to be a story rather than a statement of the facts in rhyme. I think I at least partially succeeded.
Well Telboy, I think I just posed that question but at the very least we could support the people of St Kitts and Nevis in this endeavour. What you personally choose to turn a blind eye to is up to you.
Comment is about Greene King vs St Kitts and Nevis (blog)
Original item by Steve White
Thanks John,
We have too; accordiing to the Mrs. they put it in things such as rice puddings...?
I suppose our taste for the exotic has drowned out the more subtle flavours such as in my mum's parsley sauce with plaice, gorgeous.
Having said that, I remember my mother in law's "curry"; about as flavoursome as cold porridge, bless her!
Comment is about YER BAY LEAF (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Such an admirable poem, Clare. It took me on a journey. I feel better for having read it.
Comment is about Just Curious. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Thanks Tim.
Our feelings and instincts ultimately have an effect on our intentions and our actions towards others...keep blowing those kisses...badly needed in this world💓💓
Comment is about I Blew A Kiss (blog)
Original item by Tim Higbee
What are we going to do about it Steve? Well obviously if we can identify a high profile figure or organisation we can rip up their statue and throw it in the drink, or throw paint over them. On the other hand, if I find out something about my forebears I will keep quiet and hope nothing comes out about it. I suspect most people would do the same.
Comment is about Greene King vs St Kitts and Nevis (blog)
Original item by Steve White
Superbly written, Steve. A real example of how poetry can entertain and serve a real purpose.
Comment is about Greene King vs St Kitts and Nevis (blog)
Original item by Steve White
Thank you, Uilleam.
Comment is about Musée des Beaux Arts, March 2022 (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Telboy
Tue 30th Jan 2024 14:04
With 'art' and 'apart' in the last verse of a toilet poem I think you did well to avoid the tempatation of one particular rhyming word!
Comment is about Lavatories (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage