Really enjoyed this one Flyntland. Some great lines here.
Comment is about THE BARDS SONG (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
This is beautifully expressed, Julie. The last two lines really got to me. 😢 I'm sure many can relate.
Comment is about RIP Keeley (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
As a Labour supporter, Graham, I am a bit concerned at the clamour among opposition parties for a General Election. It won’t happen, of course, but it would be a good one to lose. None of the problems we face will magically disappear because of a change of government.
Comment is about IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
But I won’t let this stop me writing - I’m a fighter not a quitter.
My money’s on the lettuce JC
Comment is about IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I can’t believe how fast things happened. As soon as I had posted it Our Gert told me she’d resigned. But I won’t let this stop me writing - I’m a fighter not a quitter.
And thanks for the Likes, Flyntland and Stephen A.
Comment is about IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thu 20th Oct 2022 23:28
Thank you so much, Stephen, your kind comment truly means a lot! 😊
Comment is about Dystopic. (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Thanks also to Julie, John and Bethany for liking this poem.
Comment is about Revenge (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
'Life is passing by
Like a white lie
Killing our innocence'
Is a stunning phrase. Thank you for a good poem.
Comment is about LIFE (blog)
Original item by Begum Burak
A brilliant flight of fancy, Kevin. Mad Monks get a bad press, but should they?
Comment is about The Spirit Meade (blog)
Original item by Kevin Vose
This has a topical ring to it, Holden: 'the continuum of delerium'.
Splendidly written as usual.
Comment is about Dystopic. (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Wonderful stuff, John, and, right on cue, here comes the No 10 lecturn.
Comment is about IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thu 20th Oct 2022 17:35
Stop it, Bethany. You’re making me laugh and I’ve got a cracked lip.
Comment is about SO…. (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (33540)
Thu 20th Oct 2022 15:50
I have a similar dislike, inclusive of the word *so* and that is when someone describing a conversation with someone else
( obviously! 😁 ) tells of it in this way-
SO he turned round to me and says...blah blah blah
and SO I turned round to him and says....blah blah blah
what I would like to know is, since when did people start having conversations back to back? 😏
Comment is about SO…. (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for the Like, Frederick. She is obviously running scared of my song going viral!
Comment is about IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
thank you for your kind words on my writing!!!! 💖
Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)
Original item by Martin Elder
JC - would that have been a "parsing phase".? So, what's new in language use?. Like man, it's flexible and used for effect, daddy-o..
Know what I mean, John?! 😍
Comment is about SO…. (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks, MC. Many years ago when the bow and arrow was a secret weapon and I was a pre-pubescent at the Grammar School we studied completely pointless subjects like Latin and Greek Mythology. And Parsing. This entailed recognising the role of words and phrases in any sentence eg subject, verb object, adverbial qualification etc. When it starts an answer, the word “so” has no purpose whatsoever.
Comment is about SO…. (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
So, why say so? 😃
I like to use it like an beckoning finger to encourage a response to the question it raises.
Comment is about SO…. (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Quite, Flyntland. My main objection is that “So…” is completely superfluous. It has no meaning whatsoever (like “Like”).
Comment is about SO…. (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
So like wot's wrong wiv it
don't get yer knickers in a twist
just go along wiv it.
like so wot's your prob.
like cumon grandad relax unbend
so like it's up to us to set the trend.
Comment is about SO…. (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Just like Martin Peters, Graham - 5 years ahead of your time.
Comment is about SO…. (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Yep I agree JC. Here's my haiku from 2017
so illiterate
don’t start a sentence with so
stupid so-and-so
© Graham Sherwood 09/2017
Comment is about SO…. (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for the likes for my silly write.
Comment is about It’s The Liz Truss Show (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
What a gentle reflective poem - I live near the sea and this is a true to life picture of what we see on the turning of the tide.
Comment is about Born to Die (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Thank you Tom, Graham and Stephen for your lovely, insightful comments. I appreciate and enjoy hearing your reflections.
My warmest wishes,
Rasa
Comment is about A Portal to My Past (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
Got my copy yesterday. A great read and an inspiration to other embryonic/fledgling poetry groups around the country.
Comment is about Write Out Loud Woking marks six years with anthology (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Bethany, I'll have you know our lass that I have hair a-plenty: ears, nose and head. Thank you Stephen and also thanks due to Clare, Holden & Frederick.
No, the hippies are not gone. Their movement has just become mainstream. If you support the environment, reject racism, sexism, war, are sexually open-minded, and are inherently suspicious of the government, then you're already a hippie - regardless of your fashion sense or how you wear your hair. - Author: Tyler Starry
Comment is about The summer of love (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
<Deleted User> (33540)
Tue 18th Oct 2022 18:31
Hi Begum. I think you and I are in a fairly similar frame of mind today according to our poems, of which, this is a very good one indeed. Thank you!
Comment is about LIFE (blog)
Original item by Begum Burak
<Deleted User> (33540)
Tue 18th Oct 2022 18:28
Most enjoyable serving of food for thought Kevin. Thank you!
Comment is about The Spirit Meade (blog)
Original item by Kevin Vose
<Deleted User> (33540)
Tue 18th Oct 2022 18:07
From all that have heard about and seen about that era John, I think I would most certainly have enjoyed it.
Not sure about the nudity or drugs though since I value my health too much. It would have appealed to me with regards to all the great original kind of music that we are still hearing of to this very day, thankfully!
Peace, beads, and bells to you John 😊 as for the flowers, I;m wondering if you have enough hair to wear them in?
If you are ever in 'Frisco, send me a postcard! 😎 man!
ps-enjoyed the write!
Comment is about The summer of love (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
You conjure up the moment and the emotion with lovely language, John. Thanks.
Comment is about The summer of love (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Holden and Flyntland - I am so grateful for your kind ans supportive comments. I was pleased with this poem but of course it saddens me enormously. One hopes that revenge not be the order of the day and that compassion and forgiveness will prevail, but there is only so much that people can take.
Thanks to Frederick and K Lynn for liking.
Comment is about Revenge (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you Tom and Holden for your 'likes' they are very important to me.
Comment is about GOOD MEN AND TRUE (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
I don't know what to say - I can't better Holdens comment - he has got it absolutly right.
"One day, it's revenge will be terrible" is frightening.
I would also like to add that the poem itself is very well put together - every line is relevent.
Comment is about Revenge (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Tue 18th Oct 2022 02:29
A truly profound poem, Stephen! The "dollops of easy indignation" and "the anger...competing with the grief and numbness of your mourning" are such eloquent and incisive descriptions of hard-to-articulate emotions! 🌷
Comment is about Revenge (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Many thanks for reading and enjoying , Stephen, Frederick and Holden.
Ray
Comment is about GANACHE GAVOTTE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thank you, John, for your supportive comments. And thanks to Steve and Nigel for liking.
Comment is about Apartment Block (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
A wonderful, gripping and ultimately optimistic narrative, Rasa.
Comment is about A Portal to My Past (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
A lovely poem, Steve, pointing towards a sad moment but, as Keith says, comforting and reassuring in its way.
Comment is about I Am Your Friend (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
The comments are appreciated and respected. But the topic
is worth our attention, free from virtue-signalling and the rest.
It is right and commendable that we "take as we find" and treat
our fellows with respect. That said, there is the wider aspect:
how human behaviour "behaves" and affects others in a more
general often concerning sense. Looking after number one
becomes excusable/explainable from varied viewpoints but
these might not sit comfortably with others. This becomes the
basis for disenchantment and resentment when it is widely
perceived to be a "threat". Check history anywhere in the world. Respect is not a one-way street and that needs to
be understood by us all. UK society at present is being
given the "bum's rush" in a way that does not bode well
for future social health and that worries me, hence the
intention of my poem to pose an awkward question or two..
SG - you were a lucky man that day. You reminded me of the
afternoon when - off duty - I rescued an Asian bus conductor
from the aggressive behaviour of a group of black youths in
Edgware Road. He was a lucky man that day.
Comment is about WE ARE ALL RACISTS (ULTIMATELY) (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Wild winds
Gentle love
Red rain.
Night walking
Silent streets
Tramp light.
Rock God
Jive talking
Elvis style.
Hundred steps
Blood sucker
Dracula waits.
Comment is about October 2022 Collage Poem: Unknown Lives (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Thanks for the kind comment Keith
best wishes, Steve
Comment is about I Am Your Friend (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
Re-meeting old friends (albeit in my case not romantically) is a fascination that I have held for many years as I age. All too many have already died and therefore the chance to 'catch up' has already passed.
What I value most is that even thoughour fortunes have all differed the equality within our group is the same as when we were school friends.
Rasa your piece seems to echo this but for different reasons. Well done!
Comment is about A Portal to My Past (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
Really enjoyed this one, Rasa.
Comment is about A Portal to My Past (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
Tom
Fri 21st Oct 2022 14:31
Great writing Jacob. This line alone is a quotable gem "if i paint / am i not / what's painted?"
Comment is about what is (blog)
Original item by Jacob Germain