I'll go along with that Stuart.
Admirable sentiments- but bullies must be confronted.
Comment is about I Just Want An Easy Life (blog)
Original item by Stuart Vanner
Thank you John.
"A life built on sand
built on greed and superfluity?"
The sad, horrifying and frightening truth about our society.
Comment is about Cortez the Killer - Stewardship (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
No No No Keith, you’ve got it all wrong.
That’s looney lefty, snowflakey, muesli-eating, tree-hugging, sandal-wearing, Guardian-reading, eco terrorist propaganda.
I was talking to a chap in the pub the other day who told me that he had been eating a piece of fish at home, and had found a tiny piece of plastic in it....that's just the stuff we CAN see.
Frightening!
Comment is about Climate Change (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Brilliant!
Volare, Polari!
Comment is about CLEANING HIS KITCHEN (blog)
Original item by Lee Campbell
I'm always open to a bit of competition MC,
stimulates my talent; musn't sit on my laurels eh!
Give it a try, see what happens.
Comment is about Stereotypes (blog)
An interesting "read". I wonder if something of an alternative
nature would be cancelled.
Comment is about Stereotypes (blog)
An entertaining trip back in time, with its recall of how we got
around before cars became so readily available, cleverly mixed
with the other trip in changing social mores and acceptance.
Comment is about Periscope (blog)
Original item by Lee Campbell
rapine housing projects indeed....but for who?...what happened to "homes fit for heroes"?
Comment is about CANAL SONG (blog)
Original item by john short
The sound of children's laughter-priceless.
Comment is about Grandchildren playing (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Thank you all for your likes and comments.
Comment is about Stereotypes (blog)
Thank you all for your likes and comments.
Comment is about Not By Tony Benn (blog)
In Igor Stravinsky’s "The Rite of Spring" (Le Sacre du printemps) the ballet depicts aspects of pagan Russia; "The Chosen One" (a young girl) dances to death in the presence of the old men, in the great "Sacrificial Dance" in which the god of Spring is appeased.
As ever, beauty and innocence destroyed for the sake of ugliness and ignorance...the rhythm of life now the rhythm of death.
Comment is about War Dancers (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thanks Stephen, what a compliment! This one was written in a single go and there’s much I’d change but I thought it was unusual enough to be worth sharing.
Thanks also Kevin, so pleased you enjoyed.
Thanks Uilleam :)
Many thanks to all readers and ‘likers’ too.
Comment is about The Boot (blog)
Original item by Tom
'Ello, ello, ello,
wot 'ave we 'ere then!
Wot's that I spy?
10%....?
Perlitical platforming now are we....?
Tch tch.
😊
Comment is about Not By Tony Benn (blog)
When I was growing up my life was all football and cricket et al nothing remotely feminine in those days.
As a adult from a staunchly working class family I now find my leisure hours more and more involved with watching ballet and opera performances (even though I do not understand or want to, what is being sung and danced about.
Music and movement (remember school) are the most important aspects and can be found in war and peace. Beauty and Beast!
Comment is about War Dancers (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you for liking this one, John, and to Greg too. Your support is much appreciated.
I was thinking of a ballet 'barre' when I wrote this line, as a warm up for performing dance routines.
Comment is about War Dancers (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you so much, John and Kevin. Bombing pizzerias says so much about Russia's indiscriminate brutality. They hit a children's day centre the other day, but thankfully the kids had just gone home.
Sometimes it's hard to know what to say.....
Comment is about Pizza (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Telboy, If it's poetry you want, here's a scintillating little gem.
It's got rhyme, half-rhyme and rhythm in spadefuls with a bit of what I believe is called enjambment thrown in.
What's not to like!
https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=130905
Comment is about Stereotypes (blog)
I should recognise, of course, that the great Francesco Petrarca had his own particular take on the sonetto form.
Comment is about Stereotypes (blog)
Bonjour Stephen,
Not quite sure what 'sessions at the barre' means.
Comment is about War Dancers (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Terrific poem, Uilleam. Well-constructed, clever, demolishing stereotypes so beloved by those Fokkers with restricted thought processes.
Comment is about Stereotypes (blog)
Amended comment.
"Blame everyone but the government that's been in power for 13 years, especially Johnny Forriner".
The modus operandi of the Murdochian sewer at the behest of Tory moral corruption...distraction is what it's all about.
Comment is about Not By Tony Benn (blog)
A lovely, hopeful piece, JD.
Comment is about Grandchildren playing (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
A just society should not have to rely on philanthropy...one cannot justify deliberately cruel, callous, calculated Inequality, which is currently being used as a weapon in UK society and elsewhere.
Wealth in and of itself is not a problem...compared to my ancestors of 300 years ago, I'm rich beyond their wildest dreams.
It's the love of money for its own sake, which is at the root of many evils in society.
Comment is about The Global Elite (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
"a cosmic ballet,"
Nice figure of speech that Kritarth.
Comment is about A tenderly intimate story (blog)
Original item by Kritarth Jaiswal
You're the expert Telboy-give us a clue.
As it happens, it's one of the oldest European forms of poetry known as "Sonetto ben mascherato.".
Comment is about Stereotypes (blog)
Love is the healer that he gives
For all ❤
Comment is about Empath's life (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Not all is what it seems
Only afterwards it makes some sort of sense❤
Comment is about Not everything nor everyone (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Alien takeover
Human buildings
Pulled down
Art Gallery
Poetic markings
Grim dark
Last days
Collage underground.
Comment is about August Collage Poem: Speaking in Iambics (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Very enjoyable piece with a large dose of nostalgia Greg. It reminds that in 1976 in a 90 degrees working man's club I witnessed Mike Reid(the comic) doing all those little voice impressions, going out on a limb I thought!
Ray
Comment is about The Flowerpot Men (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Is it a poem or an oft-repeated rant? The jury's out.
Comment is about Stereotypes (blog)
Moving and intelligent, Tom. One of the best I've seen here for a long time.
Comment is about The Boot (blog)
Original item by Tom
I like the passion of this Keith; rampant inequality is a major problem. It's important to call out the real 'elites' (e.g. Donald Trump and friends) and not the populist idea (someone who thinks differently to me and has taken the trouble to be reasonably well educated).
I think this poem nails it.
Comment is about The Global Elite (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Glad that you give a damn, Uilleam. We need more poems like this.
Comment is about Stereotypes (blog)
Wealth, like the gun, is not in itself a danger; That lies in the hands of the owner and the way it is used. Philanthropy was
a feature of other days, a payback to the society that enabled
its creation and possession. We could do with a lot of that now!
Comment is about The Global Elite (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
UOC-I don't recall the Tories admitting they've done anything
wrong, let alone blaming your "Johnny Forriner for everything..."
You are using the wider concern about the influx of migrants and
this government's failure to deal with it to score a political point.
Comment is about Not By Tony Benn (blog)
A Masterpiece.
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about Stereotypes (blog)
This is so beautiful and soothing!
Thank you for this.
Comment is about Smile and Breathe (blog)
Original item by Hélène
Yes, I agree with Kimberly. This is great.
Comment is about A Gentle Rain and We Carry On (blog)
Original item by Hélène
We all make mistakes, Telboy.
Comment is about Not By Tony Benn (blog)
Thank you Uilleam and Manish, and to John C for the like.
It's true that too many cheapskate politicians in Europe were, and still are, admirers of Putin.
Comment is about Pizza (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
I sometimes feel inadequate in the pub; the number of times the chap next to me starts talking about "the match", when it's on, who might score, and who's getting transferred or promoted.
I've not a clue what they're on about, and just end up saying "sorry, mate I'm not a football fan".😊
Comment is about No Time Added On (blog)
Original item by John Gilbert Ellis
Hello John.
From the very first time I heard Mick Lynch speaking, the word "eloquence" came to mind.
He appears to put the fear of God into agenda driven, uncritical, cut and paste, fact-free so-called "journalists", with his cool and calm statement of facts, as opposed to the complete fictions presented to us as "news".
Comment is about We Refuse to be Poor Anymore (blog)
Original item by John Gilbert Ellis
Hi Uilleam
Why don't you send some of your poems to Culture Matters, I'm sure they'd be a good fit.
Comment is about Not By Tony Benn (blog)
Manish Singh Rajput
Sun 13th Aug 2023 09:35
Poignant, gripping and brilliantly crafted, Clare. A masterpiece!
Thank you.
Comment is about Cruel Wind. (blog)
Original item by Clare