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Wed 28th Sep 2022 16:40
Could it be that with each leap forward in our expanding knowledge we diminish ourselves? Humans seem to be evolving in opposing directions...those who enhance their knowledge in matters immense feel smaller and smaller, whilst those who engorge themselves with trivia are expanding beyond their capacity for reality.
A poem as vast as its subject...I would say.
Comment is about ON SEEING JUPITER 26 9 22 (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thanks for your thoughts, Graham, Flyntland and Greg. Dressing up would be no problem, Greg. I still have my 1960’s Afghan coat, complete with authentic urinary smell.
Comment is about FESTIVAL OF TAT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I never watch it either, John. But seems a bit harsh, nevertheless. I'd like to hear you doing one of your numbers on it, on your oil can guitar. You might have to dress up, though.
Comment is about FESTIVAL OF TAT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Missed this first time around. A very accomplished piece. Plucks a string in everyone I'm sure.
Good work,
G
Comment is about Dark At The End of The Street (blog)
Original item by Tom
Should have been on Ilkley Moor surely?
Comment is about FESTIVAL OF TAT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Sadly Ray it was too cloudy here for us.
I have an app on my smartphone that can identify the night sky and all its wondrous inhabitants and am regularly amazed at how many planets are visible occasionally, weather permitting.
The idea of the 'star attraction coming into the spotlight is a great analogy. Always good to look up to the heavens to remind us just how insignificant we really are!
Good work, well done.
G
Comment is about ON SEEING JUPITER 26 9 22 (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thanks for the likes and kind comment Flyntland.,
Comment is about I Just Don’t Get It (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Neil Levis
Wed 28th Sep 2022 06:48
Thanks, Julian. I enjoyed doing it. I'm glad Greg nagged me to do it. Gently of course.
Comment is about When Seamus Heaney met the Queen: an appreciation of the Nobel prize-winning poet and his allegiance to people and places (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Wed 28th Sep 2022 01:29
I like your poem very much, Flyntland. Much to think about here.
Comment is about MOVING ON (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
A beautifully crafted poem, Ray, on a big, big subject.
Comment is about ON SEEING JUPITER 26 9 22 (blog)
Original item by ray pool
I, too, am an unashamed sentimentalist (my favourite prose writer is Charlie Dickens) and I found your poem very and truly touching.
“I drive around the streets
an inch away from weeping,
ashamed of my sentimentality and
possible love.”
― Charles Bukowski, Love Is a Dog from Hell
Comment is about I Hope (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
"Like a razor I cut through the trash of man's deceit - and breathe a sigh of pure relief"
"Learning from each other
How to hone our senses
To see the heart of things"
Beautiful words - thank you.
Thank you also for the music
Comment is about The blossoming of the north (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Perhaps the reference to British/English writing about those
notable offspring of Ireland should be more accurately shown
as "British/English publishing", not least since they found their
full talent flowering within this country. G.B. Shaw was another example I recall.
The recent establishment of a Yeats memorial in London reminds us of the rich Anglo-Irish literary connection.
Comment is about When Seamus Heaney met the Queen: an appreciation of the Nobel prize-winning poet and his allegiance to people and places (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Whew! that is quite a read - chilling to say the least - and thought-provoking - I think I will go and put the kettle on re-read and re-think. Thank you.
Comment is about A milkmaid's tale (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
I'm not inclined to rush to judgement even though I'm an older pensioner. You have to speculate to accumulate and risk is
always a part of life. I hear plenty of doom and gloom about
heat and hunger. I have my own solutions to both and they
are simple in effect but not, I admit, amenable to the current
obsession with dire warnings about almost everything now.
Years ago, prime minister Harold MacMillan told the UK electorate:"You've never had it so good". Maybe that has
been absorbed into recent decades of expectation rather than
earned reward and the wisdom of "looking out for a rainy day", as my parents used to advise. Let's be positive and see just
what is needed to cope for the immediate future.
Comment is about Helping Out (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
A neat vignette of the comfort of company and regular habits.😚
Comment is about The Little Things (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
There is a mesmerizing, dream-like quality to this poem - I really like it.
Comment is about Little brown pictures (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Thanks Keith, really appreciate that. 😃
Comment is about One Last Affair (blog)
Original item by Tom
Thanks for reading, Bryony. And yeah, I nearly had to cut that line but glad I managed to find a place for it in the end 😃
Comment is about Greenland (blog)
Original item by Tom
Thanks Greg, Graham, Stephen, John and Martin for the comments. It truly has always been another world for me too - but I'm happy with the nightshift of life for now...
Thanks also to Nigel, Frederick, Julie, Stephen, Holden, K Lynn and Flyntland for reading this one and the 'likes'. It's always appreciated! 😃
Comment is about Morning People (blog)
Original item by Tom
Thanks to Holden and Nigel for liking.
Thanks to John Stephen and Flyntland for your comments.
You are right Flyntland about the black and white minstrel show which of course would not be allowed now and jumble sales very often in the local church hall.
The minstrel show would have originally been shown in black and white. I can remember the aftermath of jumble sales with what was left strewn everywhere!
Comment is about Mothers earth (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Thankyou, Isobel and Graham. Apart from the obvious high-mileage mechanical breakdowns I find myself expecting to be able to do some physical activity that was no problem years ago - like putting my socks on standing up or loping across a busy road like a panther.
Comment is about BUYING TIME (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks Flyntland, Frederick and Holden.
Of course the money won't trickle down. The actions of the protagonist in my poem are stupid and so is government policy, which is why the pound is falling! 😡
Comment is about Helping Out (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Holden thank you so much for your like on 'FADING OUT'
Comment is about FADING OUT ? (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
Thank you to Mark and Holden for you likes
Stephen, no one has listened for hundreds of years, I don't expect anyone will start now.
Comment is about THIS PEARL SET IN A SILVER SEA (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
Tue 27th Sep 2022 01:29
Thank you so much, Martin, I really appreciate it! 😊
Comment is about Duel... (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
When the investment has done its run and of this town none left and all but rung, out goes the investors and their prospectors leaving folk quartered and disembowelled; and nary a cry of freedom.
Comment is about In Town (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Never know what eccentric minds will do next or how eccentric hearts flutter. The philanthropic of bent would most probably ripple out in like manner. But there are those like Scrooge McDuck of whom we'd be quite out o'luck.
Comment is about Helping Out (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
There’s more chance of you getting your teeth knocked out at Waterloo Station, Stephen.
And thanks for the Likes, Holden and Nigel.
Comment is about WATERLOO TEETH (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A fine poem full of fond reminiscences and love. Thank you for this, Martin. 😎
Comment is about Mothers earth (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
A strong plea for a fairer society. Let's hope someone will listen, eventually.
Comment is about THIS PEARL SET IN A SILVER SEA (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
Interesting, John. Waterloo's just round the corner from me - I'll pop down there with my pliers as soon as I can!
Comment is about WATERLOO TEETH (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you, Stephen. Generosity is my middle name and millionaires need our help at this time.
Comment is about Helping Out (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
A very loving lament packed with detail and nostalgia. Enjoyed this, Martin.
Comment is about Mothers earth (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Very public-spirited, John. You should get at least an OBE!😃
Comment is about Helping Out (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Thanks, Isobel. Unduly harsh on yourself, I think. Sorry to hear about Wigan. You make a fair point about not using high street shops. Perhaps we are all slaves to convenience now; I'm sure I am as guilty as anyone.
I see what you mean about charity/vintage shops, Martin. Some of them have become time-shifted versions of shops from the past and they have mushroomed into a highly organised sector. In some London commuter towns, they seem to dominate the high street, along with estate agents.
Thanks to Nigel for the like.
Comment is about In Town (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thanks very much Martin. Prague has a special atmosphere certainly. We saw a video of Prague in 1900 and it was unchanged. Trams were in charge then, too 😂
Comment is about A Tram Ride in Prague (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
I have to confess it’s all true, Isobel, apart from the source of the “punchline”. I said it and not him.
Comment is about DISABLED PARKING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
"of twin tubs and rubber gloves"
"buses with conducters"
It all sounds so familier - Black and White Minstrels and jumble sales need a mention somewhere though.
I do like the repetition of "This is my mothers earth"
thank you for this one
Comment is about Mothers earth (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Funny you should say that, Martin. I do have another Dalek poem, which often is dusted down at readings https://iamnotasilentpoet.wordpress.com/2019/02/04/return-of-the-daleks-by-greg-freeman/
I usually change two of the three-word slogans, depending on what is currently in vogue, but 'Take back control!' never changes!
Comment is about 'The Daleks take the Treasury' (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Neil, thank you for this wonderfully woven piece of writing, reminding us of Heaney's humanity, erudition, literary genius and the complexities of his status; above all, of his exceptional poetry, whilst putting the whole within the context of Ireland's troubled history and dramatic landscape. This was a joy to read. I had never before considered that the pressure of the Nobel prize might have had such deleterious effects on his health. Tragic, if so. Thank you.
Comment is about When Seamus Heaney met the Queen: an appreciation of the Nobel prize-winning poet and his allegiance to people and places (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Stephen Gospage
Wed 28th Sep 2022 17:13
I watched it this year, John. You're right, of course, but its quite fun if you lie back and pretend the world has ended.
Comment is about FESTIVAL OF TAT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey