Thank you Sarah for commenting on 'Our Lily' Always appreciated. Keep writing, keep being amazing yourself 🌈
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Fascinating and disconcerting. Covers many issues with skill, Frederick. I like this poem a lot.
Comment is about days of the living dead (blog)
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Thank you to Massoud and Holden for taking the time to read and like.
Thank you Stephen - it is a poem that arrived unbidden and flew onto the page - it coincided with Putin raising the spectre of conscription and the mass exodus of young men 'who didn't choose to die'
Comment is about RUSSIAN SOLDIER (blog)
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Thanks Flynt, you're kind. Kindness is the most efficacious antidote to fear and anxiety. "What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” —Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Comment is about Unholy (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I love the line cataract windows. A fabulous poem with some great lines.
Love it
Comment is about I have that tape still (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Nice one Tommy . to the point and well put
Comment is about Hmm? (blog)
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Well done Stephen amazing achievement to have your work read out in the house of commons
You're amazing
And what a tribute xxx
Godbless
Comment is about Our Lily (blog)
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Thank you Brenda for the very flattering comment! And Graham & John.
In a reflective mood lately! I did show 'the wife' this one and she said... unlikely! 😂
And thank you for taking the time to read & like, always appreciated 🌈
Comment is about I Hope (blog)
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Ah thanks Rose, that's lovely to hear. 😃
And thank you Kevin, really appreciate that. 😃
And thank you to Frederick, Holden, Julie and Stephen for taking the time to read and the 'likes' 😃
Comment is about The Sunlit Ocean (blog)
Original item by Tom
Lovely affectionate poetry, Stephen. 😀
Comment is about I Hope (blog)
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Ah, thank you Stephen. You think? For sure 😉
Comment is about Q (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
"Like a dark, tepid river, fear begins to stalk through empty spaces"
Chilling, memorable, and many of us have been there.
Thank for this and the music.
Comment is about Unholy (blog)
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My thanks to Flyntland and Greg for the comments and to Nigel, Holden, John B, Julie and Pete for the likes.
I don't usually post poems on UK politics but this 'difficult decisions' mantra is so crass that I felt the urge to respond.
I liked your definition, Flyntland. I suppose that she's laughing all the way to the bank(ers).
This does smack of desperation, Greg. A lot of post-Brexit departures.
Comment is about Difficult Decisions (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you Pete for all your support. Our kid, me brother, was named Pete. I got my vocab by not listening but by reading. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi
Comment is about Homage to Nietzsche (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Words that those of us of a certain age and long tenure often think but never say.
Comment is about I Hope (blog)
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Another brilliant and sensitive poem.
Every word well chosen and brimming with emotion.
Excellently crafted.
Comment is about I Hope (blog)
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Fantastic as usual, a joy to read.
If I’d listened at school I might have a vocabulary as good as yours !
Comment is about Homage to Nietzsche (blog)
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<Deleted User> (9882)
Wed 21st Sep 2022 20:31
Thanks folks for the likes; Nigel, Frederick, Graham, Jennifer, Stephen, Holden and Flyntland.
Thanks Stephen. This is one of those where I was dwelling on human nature as often I do. I always believe that people's motivations are often unconscious and so a secret to them, so I like to probe my own to give reason where none is forthcoming. That may sound harsh I know.
Always a pleasure to hear from you Laura and to garner a response both thoughtful and to my mind complimentary. I refer you to my response to Stephen's comment.
Cheers Greg, that's the third poem in a series it seems, along with so many others. Glad it found favour.
Ray
Comment is about WESTMINSTER HALL - LYING IN STATE (blog)
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Apparently the bankers are all leaving the UK because of Brexit. So this is to try to persuade them to stay.
Comment is about Difficult Decisions (blog)
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"Difficult decisions" what she really meant were decisions that make other people's lives more difficult.
I winced at "sell your pets"
your last line made me wince even louder. Well done for exposing the truth.
And she is smiling Grrrrrr!
Comment is about Difficult Decisions (blog)
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I was fascinated by this, Laura. It has a rebellious sweep, I think, and is brilliant expressed.
Comment is about Q (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
A brutal but magnificent poem. This kind of thing just has to be written.
Comment is about RUSSIAN SOLDIER (blog)
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to Frederick, Laura and Jennifer, and to Stephen G, Julie, and Halden thank you so much.
To Stephen A, thank you for your comment.
Comment is about AUTUMN GATHERINGS (blog)
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Thanks for the likes and kind comment John.
Comment is about We Will Meet Again (blog)
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Thanks John. Should preciseness be the deal of the day it is also scary as what or how little/much does it take to become imprecise in our analogies?! Suffice to say it is gladdening to know this is deemed "very clever." Cheers!
Comment is about gems inside (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Wed 21st Sep 2022 02:17
Thank you so much, John and Jennifer, for your lovely comments, they are genuinely encouraging! 😊💗
Comment is about Universal (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Very clever, Frederick. Precise and telling use of analogy 😀
Comment is about gems inside (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
I am so pleased that the launch went so well. My thanks and congratulations to everyone involved. I know that Greg has contributed a lot to this and it was very kind of him to read out my poem.
Comment is about Mourning for Ukraine: how poets tried to make sense of lives lost (article)
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I had rather hoped someone might say something on the lines of “Shit poetry? You, John? Surely not!” But, hey ho, never mind.
Thanks for the Likes, Frederick, Stephen A, Stephen G and Jennifer.
Comment is about DISABLED PARKING (blog)
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Soul Searching
Ever watching at the night sky
Star signs shooting wishes
Only one for me
Moonlight message to see❤
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Thanks everyone for your likes
Frederick
Stephen G
Holden
John B
Rose
and
Kevin.
Comment is about The Golden Angel Gates (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Another good one from you, Ray, about this whole business.
Comment is about WESTMINSTER HALL - LYING IN STATE (blog)
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Yes, I like this. And I could hazard several guesses, re what Stephen says about the motivations.
Comment is about WESTMINSTER HALL - LYING IN STATE (blog)
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Thanks Stephen, just glad that uniqueness is still somewhat in vogue these days. As for brilliance, for that observation I am truly grateful to you.
Thanks John (Botterill) Should sparking a thought be a way to keep us moving on and together then it would seem a good habit to foster. Oh, and I love how you interpolated with the food shortage and consumption scenario! This is superb, thanks!
/freds
Comment is about Hey! You bit my sandwich! (blog)
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Thanks Stephen, for your kind comments. It means a lot to me. 😀
Thanks for the likes Frederick and Nigel.
Comment is about The Final Blessing (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
A beautiful, wholly original poem, John.
Comment is about The Final Blessing (blog)
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My thanks to Jennifer, John B, John C, Graham and MC for their comments.
Yes, John, the precise circumstances may be different, but this brings to mind Kaytn and so many other atrocities committed by members of our species. MC - you are right to say that they seek to escape retribution; we can only hope that those responsible will be brought to justice.
Graham - my heart goes out to the family of this poor man. It is difficult for us to comprehend the degree of suffering of the victims of this war.
And thanks to Frederick, Rose, K Lynn and Holden for liking this poem.
Comment is about Izium (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Bringing into sharp relief the dark side of human behaviour that
acts without care for suffering and seeks to escape retribution.
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Comment is about Izium (blog)
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Thanks Stephen. You're very kind. And thanks for the like, K. Lynn and Rose . 😀
Comment is about The Final Blessing (blog)
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Thank you Greg, Flynt, Julie, Jennifer & Stephen for your lovely comments! 🌈
And K. Lynn, Adam & Tom for the Likes 🌷
Comment is about I Hope (blog)
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Only egotistical men of power will try & justify what is happening, Julie. Probably only to themselves. A good write
Comment is about Just A Number (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Paints a lovely, cosy picture 🌈
Comment is about AUTUMN GATHERINGS (blog)
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Thanks for your kind comments, Graham, Flyntland, Jennifer, John, and Steve. 'Martial yet mournful' were the first words that came to me, Graham, and made me reach for a notebook. I know what you mean about the 'precision' of the ceremony, Steve. Conveys power rather than grief or feeling, perhaps. Thanks also for the Likes, Stephen, Julie and K. Lynn
Comment is about The funeral (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Stephen Atkinson
Fri 23rd Sep 2022 21:46
If only he would realise this, Julie!
Hope is eternal! 🙏🌈
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