Deep sadness in life's little moments.

Comment is about It's OK? (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Thanks Manish. Familiar topic with most I think, at least once in their life anyway. 😪

Comment is about Neglected Love (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

as a muslim woman i really adore this poem and appreciate it a lot🤧

Comment is about "I wear my hijab as an act of purity and modesty." (blog)

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With God at her side
nobody will stand in her way

Isabella is on a true path
the journey is long
but faith will take her all the way.❤

Comment is about Brave hearts (blog)

Original item by Sunshine

Stephen, I could feel my heart ache as I read this poem, the words, conversation and feelings put out in this is really contagious. I'm in a loss of words.

Comment is about It's OK? (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

This is beautiful. 👍 and evoked some memories of my own.

Comment is about The Prefab Garden at St Paul's (blog)

Original item by R A Porter

heavy.
you captured everything here. Your writing is exposed and honest and you have a great craft for placing the reader with you in the moment.
Thank you

Comment is about She Did Not Know (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

Been there, felt that. And it feels terrible! This poem reminded me of a similar situation that I was in.
Nicely written, Tim, as always.

Comment is about Neglected Love (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

Wow! Manish's words are dead on. Beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time.

Comment is about Last Lies (blog)

Original item by Paige JG

A poignant poem that gave me a heartache as I read it. This poem pulls the reader in to feel all that the writer feels. Good rhyming and metaphors to it as well. Well done.
Thank you.

Comment is about Last Lies (blog)

Original item by Paige JG

A lovely poem

Comment is about On This Day (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Thanks each and every one for liking this: Tom, Hugh, Jordyn, Stephen A. Holden, Manish, Jon and Carlton.

You're right about that Graham, and we are subservient to the impulse it creates. Who could forget Baker Street intro, White Shade of Pale riffs and thousands of familiar sounds just like the childhood smells no longer with us. The puppet is restless for sure. Being an ex pro I was never haunted too much, as repetition was just a way of life.

Uilleam, sounds like you need help - it can be a sort of addiction, but what a great one and good for us on all levels of course!

Wise words Stephen, and if you read my Hopscotch there is so much about the business in there, shades of which you have picked up and confirmed in your comment. Thanks so much... Ray.

Comment is about ZING WENT THE STRINGS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks Tom, Hugh and purplemoon

Comment is about Tears On The Rails (blog)

Original item by Jon63

It's difficult to understand, I agree, Steve, but I blame it largely on the US intake of burgers.

Comment is about Caucus (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Hi, Thank you for taking the time to read my poem, which was never meant to be a poem in the first place, it was me working through my thoughts-
I'm glad you were able to get something out of it.
Maybe someday you'll post that poem, I'd like to read it.

-J

Comment is about Barren. (blog)

Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth

Thanks Tim ....its about of depression, blues, the black dog, seasonal affective disorder AKA SAD, a typcal January, life at times... it's my headbutt...

Peace ✌️

Comment is about Headbutt (blog)

Original item by Phils Words

Thank you so much, Tim, your support means a lot! 😊

Comment is about Sublunary... (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Thanks for the comment/personal insight Uilleam. I think it is important to understand the forces that shape us. Thanks again for sharing!

And thanks to everyone else for hitting the like button!

Peace!

Comment is about As a Crow Flies (blog)

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Comment is about As a Crow Flies (blog)

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Thanks Tom

Comment is about Tears On The Rails (blog)

Original item by Jon63

Thankyou, RAP. They were indeed the golden generation of rugby. And JPR was up there with the best.

Comment is about JPR (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Interesting poem Holden, food for thought. Thank you.
Also, thank you for all your likes, much appreciated.

Comment is about Sublunary... (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

JPR - What a hero he was. From that black & white, Bill McLaren soundtracked 5 Nations era the nationality really didn't matter, the Greats were Gods & JPR was right up there alongside Zeus! What's more I think he'd have been equally as brilliant in any era, he had it all - Thank you John, a fine tribute.

Comment is about JPR (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I very much like this piece. Headbutting Life is a perfect analogy for the challenges of maintaining a living at times. An excellent descriptive poem that evokes imagery and emotion enhancing the message of the poem. Nice work.
Tim

Comment is about Headbutt (blog)

Original item by Phils Words

Thanks Stephen

Comment is about Tears On The Rails (blog)

Original item by Jon63

Isabella held on to her dreams and never let go
God was always with her guiding her heart and passion on this journey of life.❤

Comment is about Exploring the untouched realms (blog)

Original item by Sunshine

Thankyou Stephen and Graham. And for the Like, Carlton. (You’re probably right, Graham, but I set a low bar).

Comment is about JPR (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

It's a good point, Ray. Great music is created by a combination of inspiration, effort and practice, but then the rest of us get to sit back and enjoy it without having to provide any such input. A good argument for paying proper royalties and supporting musicians.

Comment is about ZING WENT THE STRINGS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

One of your very best, John. A great player, fantastic to watch, who played a very different game from the modern one.

Comment is about JPR (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks to RG and Uilleam for commenting. Yes, it was a poem about the weakening of support for Ukraine, although I've come to realise that poems can mean anything we want them to mean.

And thanks to Nigel, Jordyn, Stephen A, Holden, Steve, K Lynn, Manish, RA, Tim, John, Nila and Carlton for their support.

Comment is about Tunnel (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

This is so beautiful

Comment is about Social Rescue (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

You're welcome!

Comment is about Tears On The Rails (blog)

Original item by Jon63

Thank you so much, Manish, I truly appreciate it! 😊

Comment is about Sublunary... (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Thanks Jordyn

Comment is about Tears On The Rails (blog)

Original item by Jon63

Brilliant tribute JC
Last verse the best you’ve written sir!

G

Comment is about JPR (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks Uilleam, for me it was Mrs Vere (in year 3 at Junior School) reading the Alan Garner books, especially the Weirdstone of Brisingamen - we lived not far from Alderley Edge & the idea of a parallel world of wizards, ageless warriors etc was very exciting & brought vividly to life as we listened. You never forget your teachers!

Comment is about The Prefab Garden at St Paul's (blog)

Original item by R A Porter

Hi Jordyn,

Your poem intrigues me as I have often wondered how a woman so afflicted might feel. I have attempted to write a poem on the subject myself. In fact I did but having done so felt fraudulent as how could I possible know such a feeling?

I think I was initially intrigued by the gulf between choice and affliction. Knowing that some women choose not to bear children whereas some who cannot, crave to do so. It is something beyond my sensory capacity.

I like your poem, it made me think...which is good.

Comment is about Barren. (blog)

Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth

Thank you John,

I appreciate your real time references coupled with Biblical and scriptural nods and winks.

I suspect you have deep rooted interests in Scripture if not a personal faith. I certainly identify with your imagery and humanistic sympathies regardless of specific beliefs/allegiance.

Your poem is dense with imagery that beckons the reader into a hellish reality most can only attempt to imagine.

I had a dream recently which seemed to be blocking my imagination from seeing it's entire canvas. It was subterranean in nature, a small child was in an enclosed colourless place alone seemingly trapped and bewildered. I only saw the childs face and an outline of a body..it seemed to suggest the child was naked and starving without any other human support. I took this to be a child surviving beneath rubble. It was a terrible image.

More horrific is the certainty that somewhere that scene exists as a reality for someone.

I know that poems like these can be exhausting to write, for many readers they can be exhausting to read...many are repelled by them and turn away. Sometimes I cannot cope with the overwhelming sadness they lay out before us. I have on occasion resisted writing similar work as it seems that its repetition serves little purpose.

Of course that is what those wielding such horrors wish to achieve, our numbness and fatique.

I sincerely thank you for your refusal to cease.

Shukran Habibi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlu1XyPexn8&list=RDT4R6iFSYDZ0&index=7

Comment is about A continuing Gethsemane (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thanks Manish

Comment is about Tears On The Rails (blog)

Original item by Jon63

"Tears on the rail" so poetic in itself. A great read, thank you.

Comment is about Tears On The Rails (blog)

Original item by Jon63

This poem is filled with kindness and heartwarming gesture. Good rhyming to it as well. Loved it!
Thank you.

Comment is about Social Rescue (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

Another great poem, Holden.

Comment is about Sublunary... (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Thanks RA.
What a gift to be able to teach in such a way as to be fondly remembered.
I still remember our teacher Mr. Daly who used to read to us Black Beauty towards the end of each day's class...I always looked forward to it!

Comment is about The Prefab Garden at St Paul's (blog)

Original item by R A Porter

RG'. Whatever the conflict, it's invariably about "class war".
As we say in these parts: "Them uz 'ave, will 'ave; them uz don't, won't!

Comment is about Tunnel (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Chemist, Lecturer and Poet;
An alchemist in many senses of the word?

Comment is about Chemistry, poetry, and laughing gas: analysing the verses of Sir Humphry Davy (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

A truly beautiful, heart-warming poem, John! Welcome back, you've been missed!
😊

Comment is about On This Day (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Thanks all for the likes.

Comment is about Tabula Rasa (blog)

Some pieces of music have me in floods of tears, whilst some make me want to dance and sing like like a giddy child.
The writers / composers are always pulling the strings!
💖

Comment is about ZING WENT THE STRINGS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thank you John.
I'm sure you're aware that the Olive Branch is a commonly recognised symbol of a peace offering. It's no coincidence that members of Netanyahu's government have repeatedly stated that they do not wish to make peace with the Palestinians.
And entirely consistent with their oft-stated Genocidal Intent is the deliberate destruction of olive trees by the invaders, a cultural and economic weapon of that genocide.

Comment is about A continuing Gethsemane (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

In the words of the refrain of the old song titled “She Was Poor but She Was Honest”:

“It's the same the whole world over,
It's the poor what gets the blame,
It's the rich what gets the pleasure,
Isn't it a blooming shame?”

Comment is about Tunnel (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage