I'm prepared to accept a bit of rough and ready if it gets the message across, which your poem does, Uilleam. How much lower can they go? Probably quite a long way, until they finally call Farage back from the jungle.
Great contributions from Steve as well.
Comment is about Message from an Arsehole to a "Shithole" (blog)
Such a short and impactful piece of writing. Unfortunately easily missed I would imagine.
The sign of a healthy mind is its ability to convey its thinking in a concise manner.
I've used too many words in response already.
Lovely writing.
Comment is about Cleaning Up After You (blog)
Original item by Mike McPeek
Our friend? methinks you flatter me too much Delboy-it'll get thi nowheer !
...innuendos ...sociopolitical? Bloody Norah, them's rather long words for this time o' day...my brain can't cope any more, so seein'as ow it's Friday, I'm off to the pub to share yet more total bollocks with my fellow anarcho-marxist-satirist-self-hating British poets: that by the way IS my dayjob!
😉
Comment is about Message from an Arsehole to a "Shithole" (blog)
He treats poverty as fun
An article on the TV news
A throwaway at PMQs
A lifestyle that he'll never choose
A mile he won't walk in their shoes
He treats poverty as fun
He thinks that it's a game
Doesn't see a broken nation
Just a previous administration
His participation
Is just playground aggravation
He thinks that it's a game
He really doesn't care
I'm alright is his position
Just as smug in opposition
Blind eyes infant malnutrition
Without contrition
He really doesn't care
Comment is about Message from an Arsehole to a "Shithole" (blog)
Thanks Hugh, very wise words.
Comment is about Stress relief ,never be anxious about the next day (blog)
Original item by hugh
Misrule MC? not fourteen-that's wishful thinking- it's thirteen years and 6 months...to date!
And I don't regard British citizens dying on our streets from hunger and neglect as FUN.
Comment is about Message from an Arsehole to a "Shithole" (blog)
I sincerely hope so, John, but who knows?
Comment is about THE FAMILY TREE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you, Manish, John GE, Tim and John C for your comments and support, and to Hèlène, Hugh, K Lynn and Carlton for liking. It's sad that the old 'science is divided' or 'there's not enough evidence' refrains are still being used by those who wish to do nothing.
Exactly the same fraudulent arguments were used by industries to deny man-made ozone depletion, lead in petrol, or indeed the effects of smoking on health.
Thanks for your comment, M.C. The Montreal Protocol of 1987 (a shining example of international cooperation, supported by the likes of Ronald Reagan and Mrs Thatcher) has enabled mankind to reverse the potentially devastating effects of ozone depletion.
Comment is about Science is Divided (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you Graham.
My personal world is pretty good compared to that of the victims of these corrupt ideologically driven charlatans.
Because I'm in good health, I don't have to literally just "exist" with decimated mental health services, underfunded NHS, and "consciously cruel" DWP impositions.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56819727
Let them sneer who will, I do my duty as a fellow human being by defending those who have no voice.
Comment is about Message from an Arsehole to a "Shithole" (blog)
Letters seem to explain
Your feelings and emotions
Past present and everything
All finding themselves
In each poem read.❤
Comment is about Specimen ME (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Fri 24th Nov 2023 02:37
A melancholy that resonates, eloquently captured, Tom! I particularly loved the lines
"There's a tree that grows above you
and here's me, treading my own winter" 🌷
Comment is about Low Winter Son (blog)
Original item by Tom
Words
Love
Emotions
Soul
All have strong hearts
All have a home inside us.❤
Comment is about To find a home (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
A strange encounter indeed, beautifully told. The line "a dance between truth and a beggar's sigh" stands out particularly.
Comment is about Dance (blog)
Original item by Gray Nicholls
James can’t contain
James can’t explain
James can’t refrain
From being profane
James did not
Engage his brain
When he said “because it’s a shithole”
James can’t keep quips
Off his lips
Has James had
His parliamentary chips?
He can’t be trusted
To not sink ships
When he says “because it’s a shithole”
James isn’t brave
With skin to save
He’s trying to say
It wasn’t him
And anyway
It was aimed
At Cunningham
When he said “because it’s a shithole”
James has proved
He doesn’t care
For folk round there
Or from elsewhere
So when you vote
Be aware
He said “because it’s a shithole”
Comment is about Message from an Arsehole to a "Shithole" (blog)
Thanks MC, guilty as charged - will accept my punishment & adjust my spelling … yee-ha!
Comment is about Once upon a time in a vest (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
In days gone by poems were often distributed via broadsheets - I don't mean the Guardian - and I'm sure they contained a great deal of vituperative abuse. In this case Mr Not-So-Cleverly started it, as he has confirmed today, after his point-blank denial of yesterday. Just the other day an appeal court judge upheld the right of two protesters to refer to Iain Duncan Smith as 'Tory scum'. I only mention this to provide some balance in the comments section!
Comment is about Message from an Arsehole to a "Shithole" (blog)
Timely and pertinent, Stephen.
The tragedy is that there’s no votes in “long-term” (ie beyond the reach of the next election) issues.
Comment is about Science is Divided (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Our friend Uilleam probably has some serious valid points to make, but he does himself down with all the abuse and innuendos he can't resist putting in.
As for the piece itself, if it wasn't for the sociopolitical message it would not be worth the virtual paper it's written on. I'm sure he can do better, if not he should get himself a day job.
Comment is about Message from an Arsehole to a "Shithole" (blog)
Put six scientists in a room with a given subject and they'll
probably come to assorted conclusions and how best to tackle
it. That's the nature of science. Predictions are hardly guaranteed and no scientist would bet their house of them.
I am old enough to remember the saga of the ozone hole above
the Antarctic some decades ago...blamed on all sorts of odd
things, like piles of old fridges and cfc gases. The fact that the
area was as far from human industrial activity as could be imagined got lost in the mix somewhere, along with mention
of it being a source of ongoing considerable volcanic activity.
No recent alarm about that ozone hole has made the 24/7
news. despite all the satellite attention around the globe.
Comment is about Science is Divided (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Another great bit of comic relief -a welcome antidote to the
pant-rants on WOL. Keep cheroot-ing, amigo!! Yahoo!!!
PS - Hands Up!! My love of Westerns reminds me that it's one "p" and two "r"s in "Chaparral".
Comment is about Once upon a time in a vest (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
Thank the Lord I don't live in your world Uilleam, it must be awful.
Comment is about Message from an Arsehole to a "Shithole" (blog)
What will you do when (if?) the Tories lose the next election?
Ah...I think I can guess.. Lay the blame for any Labour Govt.
cock-ups on "Fourteen years of Tory mis-rule"? I look forward
to all the fun.
Comment is about Message from an Arsehole to a "Shithole" (blog)
Spot on! The intrepid power of nature is a source of endless
amazement and reassuring joy. In any city street, its ceaseless
work is still visible. Look for the so=called weeds forcing their
way upwards through the cracks in man-made cement...as if to
say "Look out there, coming through!"
Comment is about Tiny Bud (blog)
Original item by Hélène
Dear Mark Thanks for your interest in my Elagabalus poem. He certasinly had his share of 'human failings'.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Concise and to the point, excellent poem. Wish the problem solvers could be.
Comment is about Science is Divided (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Well described poem. I can only ever think of COPxx as COPOUTxx.
Comment is about Science is Divided (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thanks again Stephen, maybe I’ll change the title… !
Comment is about Once upon a time in a vest (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
one could argue that both America and music have been going downhill ever since!
I personally like the pared back feel of this Greg.
Signposts of our time nicely done
G
Comment is about Oswald and Chapman (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Written after watching a BBC4 documentary on Lee Harvey Oswald, which suggested he did act alone, Steve. Maybe it is too stark, but I wanted to link the worldwide reaction to the death of JFK with that of John Lennon's killing. Thanks for the Likes, Moonlight and John Gilbert.
.
Comment is about Oswald and Chapman (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
A well constructed poem, Stephen. Very intriguing, indeed.
Thank you for this.
Comment is about Science is Divided (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
'A fistful of Werther's ' is great! Thoroughly entertaining, RA.
Comment is about Once upon a time in a vest (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
Lovely rhythm and a glorious conclusion, JD. A moving read.
Comment is about Amputee (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Absolutely chilling and stunning in its brevity, Greg.
Comment is about Oswald and Chapman (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
taqnk you John and Uilleam , for your kinds words and thoughtful comments , means alot
Comment is about Just Some body (a child refugee) (blog)
Original item by David R Mellor
Thank you Tom, Hugh, John G, Alexia, Stephen, Russell & Steve. Over 400 years ago Ben Jonson lost his 7 year old son, Benjamin, and I take succour from his words across the centuries:
On my First Son
BY BEN JONSON
Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy;
My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy.
Seven years tho' wert lent to me, and I thee pay,
Exacted by thy fate, on the just day.
O, could I lose all father now! For why
Will man lament the state he should envy?
To have so soon 'scap'd world's and flesh's rage,
And if no other misery, yet age?
Rest in soft peace, and, ask'd, say, "Here doth lie
Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry."
For whose sake henceforth all his vows be such,
As what he loves may never like too much.
Comment is about Love Untethered (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
very well put Uilleam and very true Stephen , hope the Uk gets back to normal soon and thank you for your kind words Steve and luke.
Nice to know we are not alone
Comment is about Suella Braverman (blog)
Original item by David R Mellor
Not my favourite time of year, Ray, but I recognise it is the start of Nature’s rebirth.
Comment is about AUTUMN WORSHIP (blog)
Original item by ray pool
I can imagine the process was both rewarding to yourself and at the same time a tribute to those who had gone before. Thankyou, MC.
Comment is about THE FAMILY TREE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Just write down what you have to say
And pray it finds a place to stay!
No need to care about decorum
When stridng out in poetry's forum.
Comment is about Specimen ME (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
I’d buy that last verse of you Ray if it was for sale!
The first line too!
Good work
G
Comment is about AUTUMN WORSHIP (blog)
Original item by ray pool
It is a source of endless fascination that powerful figures, given
so much, can fail the "character" test when they have so much
opportunity to do so much good. They exist even now, the
perennial proof of human failings from generation to generation.
Comment is about For the Record (blog)
Original item by David Cooke
JC - my personal incentive (my mother spoke very little of her own family) was a set of old handwritten notes found in Mum's
belongings on her passing - that indicated intriguing links
with the past. She was born in 1902 and was a teenage girl
when elder brother Ernest was killed in 1916 on the Western
Front while serving with The Rifle Brigade. She was the
youngest of a large family and I pondered just what trauma this loss had on her.. Debrett didn't come cheap but they
were the recognised authority in their field and I decided
to order a family history in stages, as and when my pocket could afford it. It seemed a fitting tribute to my mother and
all that she had undergone herself in a long life, not least the
fact that I - like her - was the youngest ...of her own large family.
The exercise has thrown up some interesting stuff along the
way, including the previously unknown fact that my late
father's first cousin - a military lawyer - was one of the victims
of Michael Collins' gunmen during the original "Bloody Sunday" killings of Crown personnel in Dublin on Nov. 20,
1920. This discovery enabled me to correct various accounts
of that event, a small but very satisfying offshoot of the
undertaking.
Comment is about THE FAMILY TREE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for looking and liking Aisha and Tim!
Ray
Comment is about AUTUMN WORSHIP (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Another great poem, Tim. I liked the character arc of the warlord here, and the description.
Thank you.
Comment is about Warlord (blog)
Original item by Tim Higbee
Thanks Keith.
I find it difficult to mentally deal with the horrors we see daily on our screens. I think of mum and dad, schoolchildren during WW2, of mum, the youngest of eight, and the deprivations they endured...for what?
Comment is about Poetry at War (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Stephen Gospage
Fri 24th Nov 2023 16:31
An almost unbearably moving poem, Tom. I liked it very much.
Comment is about Low Winter Son (blog)
Original item by Tom