Donations are essential to keep Write Out Loud going    

Profile image

raypool

Mon 13th Jun 2022 20:35

A compelling trip half disbelief and half relief with a great flavour. A mini marvel Stephen !!

Ray

Comment is about Le Plat Pays (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

<Deleted User> (9882)

Mon 13th Jun 2022 20:30

Only to get more complex, cruel, and catastrophic, by the day.

Have we, without knowing, entered a time machine and been taken back to nineteen fourteen?

The thing we must not go on allowing is the possibility of our becoming nonchalantly hardened to the sufferings of others
as it seems we are doing and more so as these kind of terrible situations continue to mount in my opinion

God help us all.

Thank you Peter.

Comment is about JUST POSSIBLE (blog)

Original item by Peter Taylor

<Deleted User> (9882)

Mon 13th Jun 2022 20:13

No shortage of great lines in this beauty John

well done matey!



RC 💋

Comment is about In the Shadow of St Leonard's (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Profile image

Martin Elder

Mon 13th Jun 2022 19:20

This is a very thorough and well thought out poem. Excellent Peter and good to see you posting again.

Comment is about JUST POSSIBLE (blog)

Original item by Peter Taylor

<Deleted User> (9882)

Mon 13th Jun 2022 18:20

COR! & PHEW! I'm getting 'ot under the collar
thanks to you!



RC 💋

Comment is about Torpedoes of Love Explode on Fake Island (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Profile image

Stephen Gospage

Mon 13th Jun 2022 17:55

An absolutely inspiring story, involving two great and remarkable people.

Comment is about Death of Paula Rego recalls moment when poetry and art met (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Profile image

Ian Whiteley

Mon 13th Jun 2022 17:31

thanks for the kind comments and 'likes' I appreciate it.

MC - just for the record - the monarchy get 'cash taken from the tax-payers pockets' I would just like it to be used in a way that benefits people who need it - as a tax payer I think I have an equal right to say where I think those millions should go.

Graham - I'm not sure what that has to do with it - France did away with their monarchy and they're doing OK - or maybe you were just making an assumption that anyone with a social conscience is a communist - when, in fact more money comes from Russia into the Conservative party and the Brexit cause than to any socialist causes in the UK.

Or maybe you are supporting the state being worshipped by it's citizens without giving them the right to react and object if they don't agree with the people at the top - hey - maybe you're a communist 😉

Comment is about Jubilee (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Profile image

Stephen Gospage

Mon 13th Jun 2022 17:28

Thank you, John, for the very kind comment. And thanks to Greg, KJ, Frederick, Bramwell, Stephen, Aisha, Rudyard, Holden and K Lynn.for liking this one.

A word of chronology: My European adventure ( a visit for medical tests and interviews in Brussels) began in March 1978. Sadly, Jacques Brel died later that year, before I had heard any of his music. Hopefully I have made up for it since.

Comment is about Le Plat Pays (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Profile image

Stephen Atkinson

Mon 13th Jun 2022 17:27

You're quite welcome! Nice, atmospheric writing.

Comment is about Lunar Eclipse (poet profile)

Original item by Lunar Eclipse

Holden Moncrieff

Mon 13th Jun 2022 16:03

A really beautiful poem, Frederick! 🌷

Comment is about a poet's tears (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Profile image

Tim Taylor

Mon 13th Jun 2022 15:15

Good one, Julian! Stick it to 'em!

Comment is about 'Incensed' Julian Jordon's video riposte to Dorries and Johnson (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Lunar Eclipse

Mon 13th Jun 2022 13:46

Thank you very much for liking one of my latest efforts, I appreciate it very much. ♡

Comment is about Aisha Suleman (poet profile)

Original item by Aisha Suleman

Profile image

John Botterill

Mon 13th Jun 2022 13:13

Fabulous memoir Stephen. No one does it better!

Comment is about Le Plat Pays (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Profile image

John Botterill

Mon 13th Jun 2022 13:04

Thanks for the likes Julie, Frederick, Clare and Aisha 😀

Comment is about We Are Where We Are! (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Profile image

Stephen Atkinson

Mon 13th Jun 2022 12:11

Thank you Stephen, we can only hope! Russell 😂 And K.J. it may have been quicker using an axe, but maybe that's why she used a hammer! 😄
And thanks for the likes! 🌷

Comment is about Hammer Time! (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Lunar Eclipse

Mon 13th Jun 2022 12:05

Thank you for leaving a like on one of my recent poems!

Comment is about Stephen W Atkinson (poet profile)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Lunar Eclipse

Mon 13th Jun 2022 10:36

Thank you for liking my recent effort "Pretty Girls"!

Comment is about Red Brick Keshner (poet profile)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Profile image

kJ Walker

Sun 12th Jun 2022 17:58

Reminds me of Lizzie Borden.(whose weapon of choice was an axe)

Comment is about Hammer Time! (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Profile image

Russell Jacklin

Sun 12th Jun 2022 17:17

My kind of poem is reminiscent of Lear in it's brevity

Comment is about Hammer Time! (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Profile image

Russell Jacklin

Sun 12th Jun 2022 17:14

I agree and I've changed it, I also thought that the Manufacturers were the wrong way round the more I read it, so that is now sorted too.
Thank you for the constructive criticism it helps me to get better

Comment is about Confused Dot Com (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

Profile image

Stephen Gospage

Sun 12th Jun 2022 16:50

Seems a bit extreme, Stephen, unless he's a member of the cabinet, of course. 😀

Comment is about Hammer Time! (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Profile image

M.C. Newberry

Sun 12th Jun 2022 16:47

Fun, thanks. Even though "worse still" becomes "stranger still"
in my mind when reading the last lines.

Comment is about Confused Dot Com (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

Profile image

Stephen Gospage

Sun 12th Jun 2022 16:47

I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Graham, and thank you for your generous and encouraging comment.

I first got to know Jacques Brel's music after I started to live in Belgium. For me, he was one of the greatest singer/songwriters.
'Le Plat Pays' is a wonderful expression of the atmosphere of the flat lands of Flanders.

Comment is about Le Plat Pays (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Profile image

keith jeffries

Sun 12th Jun 2022 16:42

Thank you: Frederick, Greg, Jon, Stephen, Aisha and Holden for your likes and thank you to Kevin and Stephen for you comments. I am grateful for your encouragement and support.

Kevin I too wonder if I were in a dictatorship whether I would have the courage to voice an opinion or speak out as the consequences are not worth thinking about. I lived for sometime in Spain under the dictatorship of General Franco in the 1960's and remember well the need to tread carefully and to be very non committal. People often disappeared during the night never to be seen again.

Thank you again to all,
Keith

Comment is about Artists, Writers & Poets speak out (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

<Deleted User> (33000)

Sun 12th Jun 2022 16:28

Hi Tracy, welcome to the site. We you enjoy your time on here.


P & L.

Comment is about Tracy Ann Brear (poet profile)

Original item by Tracy Ann Brear

Profile image

Ralph Dartford

Sun 12th Jun 2022 14:55

Thanks Greg and Graham. I love Tom’s song. Yes, I agree, nothing much has changed.

Comment is about Shame: After Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King (blog)

Original item by Ralph Dartford

Profile image

julie callaghan

Sun 12th Jun 2022 13:58

Thanks for the lovely comment John. Also for the kind likes.

Comment is about Mr & Mrs Woodpecker (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Profile image

John Botterill

Sun 12th Jun 2022 12:28

Well said KJ. It would take generations to even things up and we know it's a political slogan not a genuine commitment!

Comment is about We Are Where We Are! (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Profile image

Sunshine

Sun 12th Jun 2022 12:05

Only tunes of happiness, love and peace. 🌷 thanks Nigel.🌷

Comment is about P. 1 (blog)

Original item by Sunshine

Profile image

Greg Freeman

Sun 12th Jun 2022 08:52

A wonderful chunk of autobiographical poetry. I suspect you will find much more in this seam, Ralph. As an irrelevant aside, I was watching Tom Robinson's superb performance of Glad to be Gay in the late 70s on TV last night. Spitting out the words. At the risk of offending one or two on here, I fear the police haven't changed at all. Oh, and great profile pic, too!

Comment is about Shame: After Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King (blog)

Original item by Ralph Dartford

Profile image

Graham Sherwood

Sun 12th Jun 2022 08:45

Not easy to read in this format but a brilliant write right from the go. Fascinating how our insecurities tarnish us for life to some degree.

Super work, well done Ralph.

Comment is about Shame: After Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King (blog)

Original item by Ralph Dartford

Profile image

Graham Sherwood

Sun 12th Jun 2022 08:41

For me, easily the best thing you've written on here Stephen.
Quality shines out, great work! well done.

G

Comment is about Le Plat Pays (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Profile image

kJ Walker

Sun 12th Jun 2022 08:32

When people talk of levelling up, it's as though northerners are asking for a handout.
In fact taxes raised up here are being used to fund schemes down south.

We don't need levelling up, we just need the government to stop robbing us.

Comment is about We Are Where We Are! (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Profile image

Stephen Gospage

Sun 12th Jun 2022 08:23

Thanks, Ray. Is this what climate change has in store for us?

Comment is about FALSE WIDOW INVASION (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Profile image

kJ Walker

Sun 12th Jun 2022 08:18

I've never knowingly come across one of these, but I understand that they can give a nasty bite.

Comment is about FALSE WIDOW INVASION (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Profile image

kJ Walker

Sun 12th Jun 2022 07:49

It's hard to imagine living in a country where you are not allowed to have an opinion. I don't think that if I lived there I'd be brave enough to speak out in public.

Comment is about Artists, Writers & Poets speak out (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Profile image

Nigel Astell

Sun 12th Jun 2022 01:29

Prize guys
sexy girls
hot beds
steamy sessions
sore eye challenge
to those watching
as well Stephen.



Comment is about Torpedoes of Love Explode on Fake Island (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Profile image

John F Keane

Sat 11th Jun 2022 20:40

Yes, it could do with a sharp edit. Each section has about five lines of true poetic merit.

Comment is about 'I've been very much won over by the Queen': poet laureate delivers his platinum jubilee poem (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Profile image

curiousdud3

Sat 11th Jun 2022 18:33

This is me trying to write something positive for a change. I'm on holiday in Spain and was just at the side of the pool relaxing, de-stressing and not overthinking things in my head.

Comment is about Move on / Build a Better You (blog)

Original item by curiousdud3

Profile image

John Coopey

Sat 11th Jun 2022 18:24

Thanks, MC.
And thanks for the Likes, Frederick, Kevin and Aisha.

Comment is about YOU BETTER MOVE ON (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Profile image

Stephen Gospage

Sat 11th Jun 2022 17:41

Thank you for this poem, Doug. I love its full-on power and commitment to fight injustice.

Comment is about That Night (blog)

Original item by Doug Berry

Profile image

Stephen Gospage

Sat 11th Jun 2022 17:26

A deep expression of love, Mike, which many of us can relate to.

Comment is about Happy Heavenly Birthday Mum (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Profile image

John Botterill

Sat 11th Jun 2022 17:00

Super poem. I can really visualise the scene! 😀

Comment is about Mr & Mrs Woodpecker (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Profile image

M.C. Newberry

Sat 11th Jun 2022 16:32

On the money! I bet you had fun getting this one sorted..
Clever lines to fit
An old pop hit
Filled with wit
Too right - no s--t!

Comment is about YOU BETTER MOVE ON (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Profile image

John Coopey

Sat 11th Jun 2022 15:20

“Lovely rendition”, Greg? I hear Specsavers do hearing tests these days.
And thanks for the Likes, Holden and Clare.

Comment is about YOU BETTER MOVE ON (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Profile image

Russell Jacklin

Sat 11th Jun 2022 15:05

Fully understand this winter chilling, been there, got the paraffin burner

Comment is about Winter, is here. Am I? (blog)

Original item by Sarah-Kaye

Profile image

John Marks

Sat 11th Jun 2022 14:15

“Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.” WB Yeats

Comment is about Pourquoi? (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Profile image

Pete (edbreathe)

Sat 11th Jun 2022 14:13

Keith
Thanks for your kind comment , I was trying to capture the senses

Comment is about citadel (blog)

Original item by Edbreathe

Profile image

julie callaghan

Sat 11th Jun 2022 14:04

Thank you, needed to read this today. 🌈

Comment is about Move on / Build a Better You (blog)

Original item by curiousdud3

Profile image

Clare

Sat 11th Jun 2022 13:38

Thanks for all the likes! Thanks to John. B, K.Lynn and Carol Congalton for your kind comments. They keep me going!😌

Comment is about Give Me Poetry (blog)

Original item by Clare

More Comments

◄ Prev123 … 263264265266267 … 292 … 584 … 876 … 1168 … 1460 … 1752 … 2044 … 2336 … 2628 … 291229132914Next ►

This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

Find out more Hide this message