A charming and very relevant analogy to the problems facing the human condition.

Comment is about Recharge (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

LOVE it!








Rose 💋

Comment is about Mon amour, thy word (blog)

Original item by Jayant Madan

Clever poem, this, Julie, and warm-hearted, too. A good combination!

Comment is about Recharge (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

"Walk in the Light", I think was the title of a hymn/song we used to sing in church.

Comment is about Live in the Light (blog)

Original item by Hélène

True.

But what of the traitrous enemies within?
In the UK Parliament?
In the filthy money launderette which is the City of London?

NB. I refer of course to the Russian oligarchs at the seat of our government, and their friends who in a time of war would be "consorting with the enemy".

Comment is about PUTIN AND SOLDIERS' MOTHERS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

What an education is the world of poetry!

But I think I need to get a life.
I found myself tapping out the syllables to see if it was a PROPER Haiku!😄

Comment is about Black Sapote (blog)

Original item by Andy N

"Follow the money".

A term I increasingly use in the pub and elsewhere, whenever we're discussing political and social problems which the UK and the world face.

Comment is about News (blog)

Original item by Adam Whitworth

Some wonderful lyrical lines here John. The unreachable is always a temptation when the imagination is stirred.and you have managed that to conjure up that feeling. Poetry should always reach in and touch us and this has done that.

Ray

Comment is about  SNOW WHITE STARS (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Excellent advice, and well put.

I need all types!

Comment is about Recharge (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

If I remember reading rightly, Kevin, the OBR quantified on decreased trade the effect of Brexit as 4%. It isn’t the sole cause of the recession obviously, but it is a part. But politicians “dare not speak its name”.
And thanks for the Like, Adam.

Comment is about THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for the likes and very kind comments. Lost my writing flow recently. 🌈

Comment is about Brain Freeze (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Great stuff guys (:

Comment is about Warm words as Stockport poets add voices to national initiative (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

There is no doubt that Brexit, among other policies brought in by Boris et alia who have followed has caused the situation we are now in.

Comment is about THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Fine work, JD. As she has given you this poem, you should give the poem to her.

Comment is about The Hairdressers Tale (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

The time-honoured practice of making money out of promises.

Comment is about Their Favourite Things (blog)

Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

A somewhat unique take on the country’s economics, MC.

Comment is about THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A truly beautiful, profound poem, Hélène! 🌷

Comment is about Keep Trying (blog)

Original item by Hélène

Thanks for the likes Aisha and Holden 😀

Comment is about History is Bunk (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

If the contemporary Conservative and Unionist Party was still
the Party of long ago (national interest and famous financial
probity), it is doubtful the this financial situation would exist.
Budgeting scores of billions on an unnecessary rail link to save
the time it takes to drink a Martini when locking the country
down is hardly fiscal probity. As for Hunt, he is the elephant
in the room, a "placed man" for wider global interests that saw
no profit for its aims with the Truss plan for national financial
growth over a longer term. Note Hunt's observation that we need more immigrant labour - to do what in an increasingly
automated workplace, except undercut what is being paid to
our own workforce and increase the profit margins of global
interests in business that see purely national concerns as
obstacles.

Comment is about THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I like the poem and your commentary upon it, Russell.
The style is open and left for the reader to interpret. A story for our times.

Comment is about The Hairdressers Tale (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

Indeed, Rose.

Comment is about THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

The answer to Rose's question is a definite NO!
Another stunning light sabre, Helene

Comment is about Live in the Light (blog)

Original item by Hélène

Pithy and witty.
You are right on the money, Uilleam. 👍

Comment is about Their Favourite Things (blog)

Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Excellent John. I hardly ever get involved in analysis like that, but it is I think a good use of the site when inspiration hits! Glad you approved.

Ray

Comment is about History is Bunk (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Apart from the fact that he looks the spit of Toad from Wind in the Willows I LOVE scare mongering Nige 👍

as to the lazy sods-give em a bleeding brush n binbags and get em to clean the fast food crap wrappers that those who don't have that shite delivered have left there in the first place dump on our streets along with syringes, laughing gas canisters, beer cans. bottles etc etc etc-after they've finished anti-socialising that is-GRRRRRR!!!!



Rose 👎👎👎

Comment is about THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Helene, are you capable of writing a bad poem? 😉

I definitely don't think you are!




Rose 💋

Comment is about Live in the Light (blog)

Original item by Hélène

Deeper and deeper you go the more I like it H! 👍






Rose 💋

Comment is about Freedom (blog)

Original item by Hélène

Wowsers! brilliant Helene!







Rose 💋

Comment is about Learning to Shift (blog)

Original item by Hélène

Lovely, thanks for sharing.

Comment is about Defy, decay (blog)

Original item by Nicholas

The global tale of slavery is a hugely diverse subject over
many centuries, mostly but not totally consigned to history.
The worrying aspect of modern life in that neck of the woods is
the apparent disregard for the safety and the lives of those
imported to provide the labour. The reported numbers alone
indicate something badly wrong with attitudes there, akin to
those existing in other less aware or caring times when the
value of life was measured in purely financial worth, with
any conciences assuaged by differences in religious beliefs.
Heresy anyone?

Comment is about The Ghosts of Qatar (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Thanks for your comments, guys.
You don’t think Brexit (whisper it soft) contributes, Graham? Certainly Jeremy Hunt said as much, the OBR thinks so as does the IFS. And it’s worth noting that both you and I are recipients of state benefits, as are my in-laws, aged 91 and 90. The idle bastards.
I was indeed, Telboy. Never forget the old socialist maxim - “ by hand and brain”. And I used my brain to pinch money.
And thanks for the Like, Aisha.

Comment is about THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

And too many people doing well paid non-jobs.

John, by your own admission, you were one of these methinks?

Comment is about THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Like the poem Russell, and also your comment about the scissor-wielding hairdresser.

Comment is about The Hairdressers Tale (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

Sooner or later the people of the UK will have to come to terms with the fact that there are just too many lazy sods in this country who can't be asked to work for a living. Is the a big enough elephant for you?

Comment is about THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Quite right, John. We should take Nigel to tusk..... (Perhaps Donald - remember him?)

Comment is about THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Stop making me laugh, Uilleam. I’ve got a cracked lip.
And thanks for the Likes, Frederick and Greg.

Comment is about THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

No no no, you just don't understand.

That's PROJECT FEAR!
It's at the root of the UK's troubles.

That elephant's in the room because the UK is full up and it has nowhere else to go!
If only old people would just do away and die and stop being a burden on the NHS, then elephants would have somewhere else to go, and they could graze the sunlit uplands along with the Unicorns!
PROJECT FEAR!
PROJECT FEAR!
PROJECT FEAR!
Say it often enough and it will become true, I promise..........

Comment is about THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A wonderful read Helene thank you

Comment is about Learning to Shift (blog)

Original item by Hélène

Normally when I get my hair cut the conversation turns to football or holidays, mundane stuff, this time I had full on meltdown as my lady told me of her marriage break up and all the details,
When a distraught women has scissors in her hands you must sympathise profusely.

Comment is about The Hairdressers Tale (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

There is a real sense of sinister mystery here, Ray.. Your poem is very clever in its own 'world of complexity' and its unerring balance. Bravo!

Comment is about FALSE WIDOW - THE SEQUEL (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks Ray. You are quite right. It's what I intended. It's a slip of the word processor. No, honestly it is! As you can see I have changed it. 😀

Comment is about History is Bunk (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Thank you, Stephen, for your comment.

And thanks to Ray, Brenda and Aisha.

Comment is about The Lowest of the Low (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Powerfully understated

Comment is about The Lowest of the Low (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

A good grumpy write. Brain defrosted 👍

Comment is about Brain Freeze (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Hi Frederick. Thanks so much for joining in the fun, it seems to be quite a cherished pursuit after all. I agree with the consensus but my wife was very relieved when it gained control again!

Ray

Comment is about WORKING AS ONE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks all for your likes , much appreciated!

Ray

Comment is about WAR CHANT (blog)

Original item by ray pool

A nice robust pace and no nonsense feel mark this out as a good poem John, and I do like the last line. May I be cheeky and suggest a tiny change to it though. Just a thought - "when then" seems like a sort of stumble to me. "A day in Malton when the sun had shone" I fancy. Choose to ignore if you wish of course.

Ray

Comment is about History is Bunk (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

This reminds me of the photography of Ansel Adams who captured the landscape with such clarity Mike and Yosemite in particular. A nicely expressed piece.

Ray

Comment is about Early Morning in Yosemite (blog)

Original item by Mike McPeek

Thanks Stephen. A typically generous comment! 👍

Comment is about Write Out Loud regular John Botterill airs collection on radio (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Well done, John. The book is very entertaining and I think you have beaten me in the pseudonym department.

Comment is about Write Out Loud regular John Botterill airs collection on radio (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman