Beautiful. Inspired use of shape as well. Actually hit me really hard
Comment is about A song of time (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
This poem speaks insightfully about the nature of guilt-projection.
On a personal note, I hate fishing and I'm scared of the sea and I love everything about this poem. It's cheeky and fun, but very clever indeed. đ·
Comment is about How I Learned to Dislike Fishing - For Anything! (blog)
Original item by Mike McPeek
A lovely tribute to the family, the place and to a whole era, Stephen.
Comment is about John's Cafe (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
A rich dose of nostalgia, Stephen. Written with love, obviously.
Comment is about John's Cafe (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
A poem that is rich in vocabulary, imagery and description. I like how it speaks of the changing seasons and how we take time getting adjusted to another season. I am a summer person as well, so I can relate to this well crafted line - "I lament the passing of the summer."
Thank you for this.
Comment is about Autumn (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
A beautiful poem, HĂ©lĂšna. Thank you for this.
Comment is about This, Now (blog)
Original item by HĂ©lĂšne
Mind bonding ritual
Shared secret circle
Poetry madness written
Insanity strenuously denied.
Comment is about September 2023 Collage Poem: Hallways of Life (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Thank you Stephen and MC for your great comments
Comment is about Climate Change (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
A wonderful poetic journey through life J.D. đ
Comment is about Celebrations (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
I had to look that up, J.C. đ Gratias tibi ! đ
Comment is about A song of time (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Ray - I recall mention that he suffered from "nerves" and that
would certainly supply a reason for partaking of the drink. There
have been other notable acts who have had the same problem.
With that in mind, perhaps it's amazing he reached the age he did.
Comment is about MIKE YARWOOD (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thankyou, Stephen. I was a little surprised pic of a naked juvenile urinating made it past the moderators.
Comment is about I CAN PEE FOR MILES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I have a 12 and a 2-year-old grandson. It still amazes me how the oldest one gets the biscuit tin whilst the youngest one wears a face that cannot be refused.
I buy biscuits just to watch.
Accurate observation John loved it
Comment is about Broken Biscuit Company (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Caressing the sky gently, like a mothâs tender kiss,
Is a brilliant line, give it 5 years and it'll be in one of mineđ
Comment is about Taking on the light (blog)
Original item by Gray Nicholls
I like this, Rick. Packed with detail and imagery. There is still time (just) to reverse global heating. As you say, it is vital that we meet net zero and much sooner than 2050.
The children of today can't just be told to wait and see what happens.
Comment is about Climate Change (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
I can only agree with the last part, John. Also, I'm sure I've done the same thing with biscuits. Oh dear!
Comment is about Broken Biscuit Company (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Well done, John. I often pass him on my way to the Gents, then wonder why I bother.
He represents an important part of our national character- taking a piss, I mean, taking the piss.
Comment is about I CAN PEE FOR MILES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I had the pleasure of doing a week with Mike Yarwood in the eighties and he was the most pleasurable and nice man into the bargain. Rubber faced, silken voiced and kind. Sadly the drink spoke too often to him and he would go off piste and lose his place in the flow but of course come back to it.
Ray
Comment is about MIKE YARWOOD (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
A nicely observed sleight of hand here John. The mastery of the children can amaze us all!
Ray
Comment is about Broken Biscuit Company (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Thanks, MC. I didnât know if an Old Timer Like you would be familiar with this modern song of 1967.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DdCySh8lW2E&pp=ygUTaSBjYW4gc2VlIGZvciBtaWxlcw%3D%3D
Comment is about I CAN PEE FOR MILES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A rewarding experience reading these words. A perfect antidote
to the downsides of life.
Comment is about BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
The mystery remains. Indeed.
I recall the description of someone undergoing a hospital operation who had an out of body experience whilst "dying" -
and having been brought back, was able to tell the surgeon
of his experience. The doc was sceptical but nonplussed when
his patient described the use of a surgical instrument that the
surgeon had brought late to the operation AFTER the patient
had been anaesthetized.
There's so much we don't know and it seems that life itself can
be a series of stages of awareness and acceptance for what follows beyond this "mortal coil".
Comment is about Holding Fast to Life (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Hey JC - love the parody but the music via my headphones
tends to overwhelm your lyric in my old lugholes. I've stood beside the little Brussels statue you use in your illustration. Seeing it brought back a few
memories of that visit - thanks.
Comment is about I CAN PEE FOR MILES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you very much, Telboy. I really did put my foot in it with a new student in the English class where I teach!
And thanks To John C, Holden, Manish and Kevin for liking.
Comment is about Crossword Clue (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Whilst the climate is undoubtedly subject to change, the main issue is how much is effected by human industrial activity.
Scientists get public funding and politicians like to consort with
"experts" to extend their control so the connection is worthy of
close attention. Scientists per se are not agreed on the subject
and haven't been from the outset. The subject and climate
"events" now get 24/7 coverage that wasn't around in other
times so we are constantly told of weather events across the
world and shown their results. One type that is "media rare",
although it is a very frequent occurrence: volcanic eruptions !
Above AND below the seas. The huge effects they must have
are rarely mentioned /deemed newsworthy. Strange indeed, in the present climate (no pun intended), In the meantime, let
humanity as a whole concentate on cleaning up its act across
the globe, no bad thing at any time ! đ
Comment is about Climate Change (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
William is definitely a poet in the making and he has your company which is like the cherry on the cake. This poem is lovely, John B!đ»
Comment is about Broken Biscuit Company (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Manish,
thank you for your detailed comment on this poem. You may use my poems for future reading, by all means.
Keith
Comment is about Holding Fast to Life (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Years ago we didn't call them white goods but we knew where to get them when we needed them...the gas showroom or the MEB. Order something, wait six weeks, be in when the goods were due, fume when the man didn't turn up, you get the picture. Though if it was pictures you wanted it was Rumbelows or Redifusion.
Comment is about WHITE WORLD (blog)
Original item by ray pool
This is just superb, HĂ©lĂšna. I liked your version of "Song of Life".
Thank you.
Comment is about Song of Life (blog)
Original item by HĂ©lĂšne
I had to read this several times to understand every line and every small detail. Every line just elevates to another meaningful line. I like the questions raised -
"Would we be caught up in some ethereal realm?
Or would we face an abrupt finality with no future?
Could it be that we merely step from one stone to another,
a momentary shift of time into a new and different dimension?"
And I liked the probable answer to it, or perhaps the only answer - "The mystery remains."
Thank you for this masterpiece, Keith.
With your permission, I'd like to save this to read in the future.
Comment is about Holding Fast to Life (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thank you Keith, HĂ©lĂšne, Clare, Holden, Stephen G, Tom, John Ellis, MC, and John, It is always my pleasure to read your words, Keith. I've emerged from a Slough of Despod - provoked by an excess presence of death in my life and one particularly bloody suicide.
Comment is about BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Ray,
This poem forms the words of a lament I often murmur when another appliance goes wrong and needs fixing or a replacement. The life of span of most products is limited so that we are forever having to pay and pay again for what is delliberately designed to fail at some point after its purchase.
Thank you for this,
Keith
Comment is about WHITE WORLD (blog)
Original item by ray pool
When we get to the gates, MC, we might find him impersonating St Peter.
Comment is about MIKE YARWOOD (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Multum in parvo, Stephen.
Comment is about A song of time (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Words that speak of heaven and eternal bliss where our wanderings, grief and anxieties find their rest.
John, a poem which gives us hope in a time when so much assails us that we often feel despair.
Thank you for this,
Keith
Comment is about BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thank you Stephen,Manish, & Russell for your lovely comments.
Comment is about A song of time (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Yes, I feel it Steve. Nice one!
Comment is about It's Only On The Outside (That I am Old) (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
To obtain over 20 million TV viewers for a show as a single performer in the UK is an extraordinary achievement and only the double act of Eric and Ernie can compare on that score.
Comment is about MIKE YARWOOD (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
It's an easy target to take every opportunity to bash Britain, but we should acknowledge the great events we put on such as the GNR, and to remember we are one of the greatest countries in the world. That's why people risk their lives to come here.
Comment is about Great North Run, 2023 (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
You are right Stephen. Horrific situations can be reduced to academic discussions - or worse, as you say, to crossword answers.
Comment is about Crossword Clue (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thanks for your comments, Graham and Stephen. Whenever I go for an outing in my adopted land these days, I feel I have to write a poem about it. There was nothing dour about the race itself, Graham, I can assure you. But the contrast with its aftermath was something you just had to write a poem about. We were near the Start and left early, so escaped the deluge. Our son, who took part, was not so fortunate.
Comment is about Great North Run, 2023 (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks for all the kind comments everyone đ
Comment is about It's Only On The Outside (That I am Old) (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
Must have been a nice dream Graham!
Comment is about It's Only On The Outside (That I am Old) (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
Comment is about Oh, what a bore! (blog)
Original item by Kevin Vose
Thank you Manish, âthe Marinerâ died after a long illness just before Christmas last year, he was an inspiration & second father to me while he was alive & always will be - the best of men - both gentle & astoundingly strong
Comment is about The Marinerâs Home (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
As a lad in Stockport he was a local hero - Wilson, Heath, Robin Day, Frank Spencer, Ken Dodd⊠he was the master & an inspiration for all who followedâŠ
Comment is about MIKE YARWOOD (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Wittily to the point - thanks. I endorse the sentiment.
Keep it brief
Bring relief
Essentially eliminating grief! đ
Comment is about Minimalist to the Max (blog)
Original item by John Gilbert Ellis
I think I like thsi poem more for the way with words than the
actual content as I approach my own 80th birthday!! Reason:
Somehow, I felt old when I was young
So I don't feel out of tune now my song's been sung! đ
Comment is about It's Only On The Outside (That I am Old) (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
M.C. Newberry
Mon 18th Sep 2023 15:39
Dryly funny - this evocation of good intentions lost on young mischievous minds.
Comment is about Beards and Bananas (Hands All Over Mr Grover) (blog)
Original item by Lee Campbell