A poem to lift the heart.
Thank you,
Keith

Comment is about Perfection of Character (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

John,
this is a senseless and cruel war which was unprovoked. It is one of a dictator's traits to launch such wars. History provides us with a litany of dictators and well do we know their antics. Your poem is both a lament and an exhortation for a people who are suffering for no good reason.
Thank you for this,
Keith

Comment is about GOD BLESS THE PEOPLES OF UKRAINE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks KJ, thanks Manish. This poem is special to me. Delighted you liked it! 😀

Comment is about The Fake Moustache (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

How generous of you JD.

Me to a T
😇

Comment is about Perfection of Character (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

Thanks Keith, much food for thought.
I'm constantly beset by "worries" about what'll happen to all my precious books on all sorts of subjects, when I peg it.
I just hope some student can make good use of them.

Comment is about Luggage for the Onward Journey (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Oh go on then, all 16
😀

Comment is about A good deed is a good deed, not a favour (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

Thanks Hugh.
It's a funny old world.
In the the pub only last night, another chap and I chatted about our respective youths and upbringings.

He insisted he was no longer "religious"; and I said that I drew a clear distinction between Religion v Spirituality, adding that if Jesus actually existed, and that if reports of his teachings were accurate, then I'd be a willing follower.

Who'd a thowt it? Two blokes who'd not been to church in years, full of ale, in the betting men's corner, talking about Jesus!😇

Comment is about A tribute to Jesus (blog)

Original item by hugh

So funny that Joe.

Comment is about TRIPPED UP (blog)

Original item by Short Attention Span Poetry

Thanks John.
To think that in times past, people believed the stories in those pictures as the literal truth.

Comment is about ME AND THE DEMONS (blog)

Original item by john short

Thanks Kritarth,
very thoughtful.

Comment is about Only awareness is (blog)

Original item by Kritarth Jaiswal

Thank you John.

Extremely touching words and recitation.
💗

Comment is about GOD BLESS THE PEOPLES OF UKRAINE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Oh dear, you have set us all thinking Keith!
I'm now sitting here in the study looking around at my 'bits and pieces' as my wife calls them. Great thought provoking piece.

Didn't the pharaohs do something similar?

Comment is about Luggage for the Onward Journey (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thank you to all who read this poem, especially to Stephen A., Graham and Kevin for their comments and others for their likes.
Keith

Comment is about The House Boat (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thank you to all who read this poem, especially to Uilleam, Stephen G and Helene for your comments and others for their likes.
Keith

Comment is about The Authentic Individual (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thank you for all who read this poem and especially to Kevin, John, Stephen G., Clare and MC., for their comments and others for their likes. Kevin you are right about the final journey. You are very perceptive.
Thank you one and all,
Keith

Comment is about Luggage for the Onward Journey (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Haha! What a poem! 😂
I've had a great read this morning, John B, thanks to you.
And thank you for this.🌷

Comment is about The Fake Moustache (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Such fun.
William is lucky to have you as his grandfather..
This poem is a keeper.

Comment is about The Fake Moustache (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Hi Keith
Hope you are well.
I'm often guilty of reading too much into your brilliant work, but to me this has a sense of being about a final journey.

Comment is about Luggage for the Onward Journey (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thanks Kevin. I love you, too. 😀 And thanks, Winds (great name! People have called me that for different reasons!) Loved your comment. And yes, I will read them to him in years to come.. I have a Just William anthology all ready to go 😂

Comment is about The Fake Moustache (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Thank you so much for the thoughtful comment, Kevin, I really appreciate it! 😊

Comment is about Deciduous. (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

A real triumph, Uilleam. Good on you for writing political polemics at a time when we all need to oppose the nonsense that is being proposed by the UK government.

Comment is about Bread and Roses for All (blog)

I bet you make a wonderful Grandfather John and what you must not forget to do is read this and any other Grandchild dedications to him in in his later years which should give you both a really good laugh!

Comment is about The Fake Moustache (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

I like your poem so much JJ ( don't want address you as Jaded if that's ok?

Comment is about No Peace (blog)

Original item by Jaded_Jas

Having read this amazing poem Rob I'm left speechless

Comment is about The Age of Alienation (blog)

Original item by Rob Cohen

Thanks Bethany. I shall return - promise! - but not just yet.

Comment is about Treble’s going (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

John thank you so much for liking and commenting on my poem




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Stephen thank you so much for liking my poem


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Stephen thank you so much for liking my poem


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Comment is about Stephen W Atkinson (poet profile)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Unbelievably powerful. Amazing poetry, Clare.

Comment is about The Three of Us. (blog)

Original item by Clare

Top notch. Again. 😀

Comment is about I Killed Myself. (blog)

Original item by Clare

Beautiful, Keith. I really enjoyed this. Thank you.

Comment is about Luggage for the Onward Journey (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Kevin, I am a writer! I write on all topics and some are more gritty than others. Please do not worry about me! I am a very happy woman with wonderful things in my life. 😁😁
The job of the writer is to disseminate knowledge and hopefully move people in someway - I have clearly achieved this with you. 😁. Thank you so much for your concern but I assure you I am fine!😁. Thanks to Graham and Keith for the comments. Not an easy topic but one that needs to be covered.

Comment is about The Three of Us. (blog)

Original item by Clare

Love-IT!

Comment is about LABEL (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

What a brilliant poem Rob-its worth coming on here just to read your work alone-you without any doubt whatsoever have a gift

Comment is about The Age of Alienation (blog)

Original item by Rob Cohen

Uilleam, Thank you for these words. The time is fast approaching, if not already here for radical action in the face of lies, lies and more lies. What ever happened to integrity, justice and democracy?
Keith

Comment is about Bread and Roses for All (blog)

Clare,
There is nothing I can add to this. You have spoken for me.
Thank you,
Keith

Comment is about The Three of Us. (blog)

Original item by Clare

Hugh,
an excellent poem. If people are searching for an icon then Christ is the supreme example in all that he said and did. I applaud this poem.
Thank you,
Keith

Comment is about A tribute to Jesus (blog)

Original item by hugh

Graham, it is too difficult for most to conceive the evil that can and has been done at the hands of mankind. Thank goodness there are beautiful souls amongst us to outweigh the bad.

I just noticed that my posts seem to be missing the little box with the seedling in! Any ideas why this might be?

Comment is about The Three of Us. (blog)

Original item by Clare

Thanks, Stephen. Your responses is very funny, too 😂 What do they do with all that feedback?

Comment is about The Fake Moustache (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Shame you are going AWOL Tim we need poets like you-hurry back asap!

Comment is about Treble’s going (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

Thanks all.

Steve

Comment is about They All Sent Flowers (blog)

Original item by Steve White

I am not a religious man but cannot abide anything/anyone that hurts children. I had to stop reading the newspaper reports today of the wicked pair who tortured and killed the little boy!
I find myself repeating the classic biblical phrase

Suffer the children

Comment is about The Three of Us. (blog)

Original item by Clare

I sense that the journey will be of deep significance, Keith. The best may be yet to come.

Comment is about Luggage for the Onward Journey (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

I seem to remember Hitler and Mussolini's admirers in the UK, the fascist loving Daily Heil were big on "National Pride".
Headline: "Hurrah for the Blackshirts", etc.

Comment is about LEFT...RIGHT? GET IN STEP! (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

If national pride is what you get from right wing politics (where there only policy is; stop the boats, and f**k everyone but the elite)
Then give me left wing politics any day

Comment is about LEFT...RIGHT? GET IN STEP! (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Beautiful poem about fleeting beauty, Steve.

Comment is about They All Sent Flowers (blog)

Original item by Steve White

Very funny and life-affirming, John. Birthday parties are so important. I was once asked by Belgian railways to answer a 'satisfaction survey' on a train journey which lasted ...15 minutes!

Comment is about The Fake Moustache (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

No such qualifications, Uilleam, but it could be a bit of both, or maybe, as my poem suggests, he simply can't tell right from wrong any more.

Thanks to Manish, Holden, Rudyard, John B and Stephen.

Comment is about Captain Crappy Rides Again (Or 'God Help Us') (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thanks Keith and Uilleam for your brilliant, witty responses. I enjoyed reading them! 😀
I read it to William's mum who said to keep it safe as we'd be having AN EVEN BIGGER Mario Brothers party next year! Not necessarily what I wanted to hear haha.
Thanks for the likes, John and Stephen 😀

Comment is about The Fake Moustache (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Thanks everyone! Your words mean a lot to me.

Comment is about The World I Created (blog)

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