<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
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
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
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
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
You're quite welcome! Nice, atmospheric writing.
Comment is about Lunar Eclipse (poet profile)
Original item by Lunar Eclipse
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
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
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
Fabulous memoir Stephen. No one does it better!
Comment is about Le Plat Pays (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thanks for the likes Julie, Frederick, Clare and Aisha 😀
Comment is about We Are Where We Are! (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
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
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)
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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
Reminds me of Lizzie Borden.(whose weapon of choice was an axe)
Comment is about Hammer Time! (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
My kind of poem is reminiscent of Lear in it's brevity
Comment is about Hammer Time! (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
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
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
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
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
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)
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<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
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
Thanks for the lovely comment John. Also for the kind likes.
Comment is about Mr & Mrs Woodpecker (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
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
Only tunes of happiness, love and peace. 🌷 thanks Nigel.🌷
Comment is about P. 1 (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
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
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
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
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
Thanks, Ray. Is this what climate change has in store for us?
Comment is about FALSE WIDOW INVASION (blog)
Original item by ray pool
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
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
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
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
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
Thanks, MC.
And thanks for the Likes, Frederick, Kevin and Aisha.
Comment is about YOU BETTER MOVE ON (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
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
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
Super poem. I can really visualise the scene! 😀
Comment is about Mr & Mrs Woodpecker (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
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
“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
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
“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
Keith
Thanks for your kind comment , I was trying to capture the senses
Comment is about citadel (blog)
Original item by Edbreathe
Thank you, needed to read this today. 🌈
Comment is about Move on / Build a Better You (blog)
Original item by curiousdud3
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
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)
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