It's childhood experiences... And your upbringing that mold you and make you the person you become.
I was brought up in a household where drink was always present.
I wouldn't say it did me no harm, but I wouldn't be who I am today if not for it.
I try to make a positive out of a negative.
Comment is about Firewater (blog)
Original item by Ryan Decorah
And it could have been dyed, Dean... 😂
Comment is about And I Never Knew Her Name (blog)
Original item by Dean Fraser
Sat 23rd Jul 2022 05:40
I try, Stephen, but most of the time I'm grumpy when I write. And when I try to be optimistic or write Three Good Things, I sound unbalanced. Maybe I'll try to write some lighthearted satire to see how that goes.
Thanks everyone, for reading.
Comment is about Bad Thoughts (blog)
Original item by K. Lynn
<Deleted User> (33719)
Sat 23rd Jul 2022 03:41
Wow! There's a gentle rocking within your words. I particularly like:
'A song in a minor key, a longing to be whole and free,
And to roll away the stone from me.'
Beautifully composed.
Comment is about The solitary rose of your breath (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thanks so much for your lovely comments Nigel and Holden. 😊 It means a great deal to me. 👍
Comment is about Poetry is... (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Sat 23rd Jul 2022 02:47
A really heart-warming poem, John, and every line rings true! 😊
Comment is about Poetry is... (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Sat 23rd Jul 2022 02:35
A truly beautiful poem, John, with an atmospheric, almost mystical quality to it! 🌷
Comment is about The solitary rose of your breath (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I always find time to read your poetry John.
Comment is about Poetry is... (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
The older the lover
the harder to prove
better to stop now
before shame catches up.
Comment is about Innocents (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
JC - I assume you refer to the "campaign" by family and friends of
eponymous East End blagger in the "George Davis is innocent,
OK" escapades - digging up and spreading oil on sacrosanct
test cricket pitches. He was released (but not pardoned) in 1976
and in 1978 was caught in the act by the Flying Squad when
another taking part in another "across the pavement" job near the BBC here in central London. There was a memorable press photo
of him being pinned face down on the pavement by his captors.
I don't recall the caption but it didn't include the words "innocent,
OK" 😃
Comment is about 1976! (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Aahh mankind! See if you can even it out with the good that we do... Not an easy task! 🌈
Comment is about Bad Thoughts (blog)
Original item by K. Lynn
Food for thought. Brilliantly presented.
Comment is about Tabula Rasa (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
👊 A powerful truth, Stephen. Absolutely sums it up. Brilliant stuff as usual
Comment is about Innocents (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
I seem to think the previous year was a scorcher too; Vicar David at Lords, “Free George Harrison” at Headingley and all that.
Comment is about 1976! (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you, Ray. Yes, it's true there is a chillier side to this. So many are in 'precarious' jobs which offer low wages and few prospects.
Comment is about Gig Economy (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
“Joey” by Bob Dylan charts the life and death of mobster Joey Gallo, MC, who also met his end in a restaurant.
Comment is about GALLOWS HUMOUR (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
To those who took the trouble to "like" this contribution...I am
content to know that the taste in grim humour is shared. So,
welcome to the club! 😈
Comment is about GALLOWS HUMOUR (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thank you very much for the flattering comments John, John & Stephen! As encouraging as always! 🌈
And for those who read and liked 🌷🌷
Comment is about A Single Cloud (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thanks for the comment, Ray. You had me check my yellowed
curling bit of newsprint dating from July 1978 and allowed me
to correct a slight misquote by me. See the amended last line.
Much obliged!. If the humour I experienced in the Met. back in
the day was a common feature of policing everywhere, those Brooklyn officers carrying the
stretcher would have enjoyed the connection. The cutting added
that it was said Galante had a hand in 50 murders! Cheers.
Comment is about GALLOWS HUMOUR (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks Ray. As a musician and as a poet you will understand, better than I, the majesty of the lyricist who captures a moment in music and words.
And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.
Lord Byron
Comment is about The vanishing life (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I know every nuance of your beautiful face as you prempt every phrase upon piano.
I know your warbling understanding.
I know you're far, and very close.
I know that, I cry for every genius you are, every wit of keys you write.
and I cry, because I miss you.
worlds, transportatiojn pods, reversals and all manner of jelousy, will one day seek a magnitude upon those whom have delighted such use.
still, across so many spans, I cry, because I still love you.
xxx
x
Comment is about Move Away From The Pain (blog)
Original item by ZTK Space
Highly imaginative and ghastly in the imagery Nigel. I kept seeing Ray Winstone in You Sexy Beast.
Ray
Comment is about The Heat is On (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
I wince at the prospect of descending to the hoi polloi when I am one Greg. Well put together with a slip of poison to boot.
Ray
Comment is about Holiday jobs (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
This left me breathless for more lines as you obviously have the knack Branwell. Very satisfying as a starter.
Ray
Comment is about Short Gardening Rhyme (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
I guessed the ending of this early on as it is the same story I heard twenty years ago, but just as enjoyable, and easier to read than to listen to in a hot sweaty bar as I first heard it John!
Ray
Comment is about Murder, Most Foul (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
A cutesy charming little piece Julie, happy families! Next door we have ducks, quails and chickens. Not too happy with the noises, but no such problems with your hedgehogs.
Ray
Comment is about Dr Amir’s Hedgehogs (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
It's a bit of irony that other bosses have been bumped off outside restaurants , Paul Castellano for example in 1985. I enjoyed the story , I wonder if the photographer spotted it?
Ray
Comment is about GALLOWS HUMOUR (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Although this is a lightweight piece, it has to me a darker background of insecurity and hopes dashed, and of course the straying of human nature. Good one Stephen.
Ray
Comment is about Gig Economy (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Sensitive and lyrical with true originality John. A compelling poem. Like a soft spun seedhead of ideas.
Ray
Comment is about The vanishing life (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Many thanks to Nigel, Frederick, Julie, Stephen, Holden and K.Lynn for liking the poem.
Thanks Stephen, I do like a bit of drama!
Tom, i'm so glad you picked that verse as I was so pleased it came to me as one phrase. Sometimes you just labour over an idea, but this - the heat of the moment.
Ray
Comment is about ON THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR SO FAR (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Immensely powerful, Clare. A put down poem with great panache!
Comment is about Silly Me. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Lovely. Evocative of times gone by 😀
Comment is about Dr Amir’s Hedgehogs (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
So sad to hear this, JD. But your poem is a wonderful gift to her.
Comment is about A TRIBUTE TO MARY LEE (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
Thanks, Julie. Yes, I felt the need to lighten things up.
And thanks to Hugh, Frederick, Holden, Stephen and K Lynn.
Comment is about Gig Economy (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
A lovely tribute. Sorry for your loss. Take care.
Comment is about A TRIBUTE TO MARY LEE (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
The poet has written a lament and a tribute from a heart wreathed in sorrow. The tone of the poem is sincere and honest and the writer asks questions of himself. The last line reminds me of someone losing a partner after many years of marriage, in saying that a part of me has gone, never to be regained. Only memories can now be cherished.
Sorrow so very well described with beauty woven into each line and word.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about A TRIBUTE TO MARY LEE (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
Thu 21st Jul 2022 13:58
A touching, heartfelt tribute, J.D.! 🌷
Comment is about A TRIBUTE TO MARY LEE (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
I suppose being picked up by the Sunaks could be an even worse fate, John.
Comment is about LEARNING THE LESSONS OF HISTORY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Oh, Hugh! What has 'Boris' ever done for you?
Comment is about The Fizz of Liz (blog)
Original item by hugh
Boris has defied gravity before and he remains the favourite of the British public and might be put on ballot to enter the premiership race.Plans are being made to force the Tory party to keep him in office.Watch this space.
Comment is about The Fizz of Liz (blog)
Original item by hugh
So we're most likely to have a multi-millionaire on one side and a knight of the realm on the other!! God help us all!
Comment is about The Fizz of Liz (blog)
Original item by hugh
Rishi's increased taxes and his plot to bring down Boris ,voters have enraged.
Liz who is a doer,not obsessed with her image with voters has engaged.
Comment is about The Fizz of Liz (blog)
Original item by hugh
Thanks John (Botterill) good to hear your thoughts on this. Cheers. 👍
Comment is about you carry me each day (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Thu 21st Jul 2022 01:40
Thank you so much, Stephen and John, for your thoughtful comments, they truly mean a lot to me! 😊
Comment is about Half-answered (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Family values?! She had an affair with a former Tory MP. But no, make her Tory leader. Fine with me.
Comment is about The Fizz of Liz (blog)
Original item by hugh
Thanks to everybody for the likes
Martin
Comment is about Another day (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Thanks Stephen needed a reason to smile after listening to the news. 😁
Comment is about Gig Economy (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
kJ Walker
Sat 23rd Jul 2022 08:24
Loved this.
A couple of years ago we were getting up to four hedgehogs at a time coming into the garden.
Now we have new neighbours with tidy gardens, and we only get the odd one.
Still a joy to see.
Comment is about Dr Amir’s Hedgehogs (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan