A really fine poem, Ghazala. Written with delicacy and, as MC says, firm rhythm and rhyme.

Comment is about Miss doubtful 🤩 (blog)

Original item by Ghazala lari

This is my second poem about COVID-19, it emphasizes more on things that happened around the world when COVID-19 was at its peak

Comment is about We and the Adamant COVID (blog)

Original item by Nila

Thanks, Pete. I’ve only been to Benidorm once. James Cleverly had a Word for it.

Comment is about STICKY VICKY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Well I’ve never been to Benidorm , and had to google Sticky Vicky
I’ve obviously missed out !

Comment is about STICKY VICKY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

John,
With great eloquence and a quality of expression you take the reader to where he does not want to be. Many will need more than a thunderstorm to bring the awful reality of Gaza to their dull consciousness.
Thank you for this,
Keith

Comment is about Thunder storm (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thanks Graham, you can have those lines for free - I got them for nothing.
I agree with that John. This poem is basically a fantasy to be honest.

Ray

Comment is about AUTUMN WORSHIP (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I think this is a subject that polarizes opinion, but Keith Uilleam Steve and Stephen you have all showed humanity and an awareness that never brings comfort or it seems a resolution.
It's particularly poignant that through no fault of their own the Homeless have slipped down the ladder of status, in which position they are basically an embarrassment to those who try maintain their own . It doesn't say a lot for our aims as a race when more care is lavished on pets (nothing wrong with that in itself , but stand back and analyze it) than on some human.
All your comments reflect a desire to learn and study this phenomena. Thank you Stephen G for your mention of that line, it came into my head!

Hugh, Stephen and Jon thanks for the likes.

Ray

Comment is about HOMELESS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

The aims are admirable; the message most welcome.

Comment is about Interior Intention (blog)

Original item by Hélène

I like the tight rhythm of these lines and the general consistency
of rhyme that maintains the interest, not least with the upbeat
ending that ends the piece. Thank you.

Comment is about Miss doubtful 🤩 (blog)

Original item by Ghazala lari

Actions are but by intentions... So will be, stay positive 🌷

Comment is about Interior Intention (blog)

Original item by Hélène

Thank you Tim! WOL writers are a thoughtful, caring online community indeed, and you captured this in a poem. (WOL also allows us not to bug our friends and family with our incessant desire to read and share poetry, lol.)

Comment is about Write Out loud Writers (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

A recipe for how to stay young Greg. a lovely vignette and a novel freshness in how you view it.

Ray

Comment is about A Morpeth Christmas (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Seeing snow and Christmas lights through a nine-month-old's eyes. Thank you for your warm seasonal words, Graham. And for the Likes, Hugh, JC, Holden, Tim, and Stephen.

Comment is about A Morpeth Christmas (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

It be-eth and that is a fact.
elp🙂

Comment is about Paradoxes: 1; 2; 1.5 and (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

All new for you Greg! Enjoy your first Christmas as a northerner!
Spoil the kids too!

Comment is about A Morpeth Christmas (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks Uilleam, Hugh and Stephen

Comment is about Escape (blog)

Original item by Jon63

'The blunt edge of hope' really hits home, Ray.

Comment is about HOMELESS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

There's real power which pulls you up short in this, Stephen. A really significant poem.

Comment is about Acceptance (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Keep 'em coming, Steve!

Comment is about Marbles (blog)

Original item by Steve White

Great writing, RA. I suppose that retired (terminally) hurt must come into this somewhere.

Comment is about A Good Innings (blog)

Original item by R A Porter

My thanks to John, Stephen and Uilleam for the comments. You're right, Stephen; it's a shame it still has to be written.John and Uilleam - I yearn for peace everyday and desperately want to end the death and suffering. However, I'm coming to the conclusion that sadly (beacuse it will lead to thousands more fatalities) the only way to get to peace is for Ukraine to be well enough equipped to kick the invader out for good.

And thanks to Manish, K Lynn, Tom and Hugh for liking this.

Comment is about Day 644 (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

If we still did Poem Of The Month here on WOL this would be it!
For all the bile and rhetoric of earlier efforts concerning the various worldly conflicts espoused here, the sheer brevity of this piece wipes them all away.

Bravo Stephen

G

Comment is about Acceptance (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Family is all!

Comment is about When you have a serious illness lean on family and friends (blog)

Original item by hugh

Steve,
An excellent narrative which has my full support. To suffice; if it does not belong to you then give to the legitimate owner. The colonial era is over, thank God.
Keith

Comment is about Marbles (blog)

Original item by Steve White

Bozball! Like it, RA.

Comment is about A Good Innings (blog)

Original item by R A Porter

thank you for the compliment MC

Comment is about In the Land of Lost Content (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

Two world wars and one world cup
Looty, Queen Vic’s Chinese pup
The Parthenon Marbles, Rosetta Stone
The ring that Tipu Sultan owned
The Benin Bronzes, here to view
And we’ve got Tipu’s tiger too
Maori heads, the Koh-I-Noor
The Maqdala manuscripts and more

Stuff looted by the Nazis
During World War Two
The seeds of Hevea brasiliensis
And Lander’s Yoruba stool
The Admonition of The Instructress
To the Court Ladies scroll
A tribal warrior’s shield
Said to contain his soul
Moai taken from Rapa Nui
Paintings from the Tang Dynasty
The wine cup of Shah Jahan
A statue of a Luohan
Which is tri-coloured and glazed
Taken from a Yizhou cave

The collection also contains
A variety of human remains
Which probably should be given back
Under the Human Tissues Act
But he’s giving nothing up
Two world wars and one world cup

Comment is about Marbles (blog)

Original item by Steve White

What empires didn't? But the consolation is that they are
preserved.

Comment is about Marbles (blog)

Original item by Steve White

SA - thanks for adding your "like".

Comment is about WINTER TREES (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I like the sense of yearning in these lines. Redolent of Housman;s
"Blue Remembered Hills".

Comment is about In the Land of Lost Content (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

Terse and tough to take.

Comment is about Acceptance (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

In politics, two things are quickly spent....
Empathy and sentiment!!

Comment is about A Good Innings (blog)

Original item by R A Porter

Thanks Keith 😃 I was surprised at how writing a single side of A4 could fire up so many thoughts.

Comment is about Character Reference (blog)

Original item by Tom

Wow, a real gut punch in 8 lines. 👍

Comment is about Acceptance (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Thank you all, reading Michael Rosen’s accusatory Johnson poem & seeing a YouTube clip of Stanley Johnson got me thinking… I watched some of Hancock at the enquiry yesterday & worthy as it is, it all feels hollow, with no real jeopardy for that cabal of self-serving, inhumane people. What happened & why should never be forgotten.

Comment is about A Good Innings (blog)

Original item by R A Porter

Superbly written! A nice tribute to Boris Johnson.

Comment is about A Good Innings (blog)

Original item by R A Porter

Thanks U.O.C👍

Comment is about Quotes on knowledge (blog)

Original item by Ghazala lari

Thanks U.O.C🌷

Thank you keith for appreciating the poem💐

Comment is about Ghazala Lari - an ode to myself 🤪 (blog)

Original item by Ghazala lari

I agree with John, Stephen. This poem broke me.💔

Comment is about Acceptance (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

“On borrowed time” then, RAP. I should have seen it coming, What with me having trouble with the googlies in recent years.

Comment is about A Good Innings (blog)

Original item by R A Porter

Strewth, Stephen! How much more power can you pack in so few lines. Disturbing. Visual. It has everything.

Comment is about Acceptance (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Excellent!

You've captured the callousness of Johnson's off the cuff policy-making hidden behind his use of sport as a metaphor for life perfectly, and right in time for his appearance at the Covid Inquiry.

Well played!

Comment is about A Good Innings (blog)

Original item by R A Porter

“No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth.” – Robert Southey

Comment is about Time to Say Goodbye. (blog)

Original item by Clare

There is, of course, the thought, M.C., that those of a certain colonial mindset felt themselves so superior to people from other countries and of other cultures that they felt justified in stealing from them. We have thousands of examples in the British Museum, here in the UK.

Comment is about Marbles (blog)

Original item by Steve White

Thankyou, MC for your thoughts and to Stephen A and Steve W for the Likes.

Comment is about RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks are due to SG/KJ/Hugh/Tom and JC for the "likes".

Comment is about WINTER TREES (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

An entertaining consideration of the perennial questions that have occupied thoughts across the generations.

Comment is about Life ‘n’ God ‘n’ Death ‘n’ Stuff (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

There is, of course, the thought that like the wildlife in certain
parts of the world, ir sometimes takes a "detached view" to see
the dangers of loss and ruin before it's too late - and seek to
preserve what is at risk. Life has a strange sort of "swings and
roundabout" style about it, with stuff lost before it's understood
how important it is in the wider scheme of things. We have our
own examples here in the UK.

Comment is about Marbles (blog)

Original item by Steve White

I am merely surprised you haven't given him a blue nose and
complained about all these years of Santa's misrule over who
got what presents! 😋

Comment is about RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks Ray, well said.

It's a crisis with ideological roots and a culture that values houses over homes. There are more empty properties than homeless people but while new builds are bought off-plan for investment and society values landlords more than tenants we'll remain in this mess.

Thanks for saying it out loud.

Comment is about HOMELESS (blog)

Original item by ray pool