I share your love of beauty, Uilleam, and this offbeat sonnet captures it perfectly.
Comment is about On Beauty (blog)
Thanks for your comments , very much appreciated
Comment is about Or kids (blog)
Original item by Edbreathe
You use rhythm and rhyme expertly to create the sensation of growth and climbing, Ruth. A fine poem.
Comment is about Clematis (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Do I detect a Lancashire accent there? No offence intended if I'm wrong.
Comment is about On Beauty (blog)
Thanks John. Glad you enjoyed it. 🌻🌻🌻
Comment is about A Thousand Stars. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Thank you so much John Botterill hope your next volume of poetry is shaping up nicely 🙏
Comment is about Clematis (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Ha ha Well John 'Mr One track Mind Coopey' you definitely need new reading glasses 😆😆😆
Comment is about Clematis (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
I love this one Clare, what a way to end the month! I particularly enjoyed this:
"My eyes filled with stardust
And I danced with the gods!
I was taken on journeys
So wild
And carefree"
Comment is about I, You Implore! (blog)
Original item by Clare
Personally, I’ve never been able to find it, Ruth!
Comment is about Clematis (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Intriguing. Few words good. Might try that. 😁
Comment is about Guessing! (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
The clematis sounds just like your good self, Ruth. Beautiful poem! 😊
Comment is about Clematis (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Thanks Clare. Yeah two books were published on Amazon last September. 'September Songs' (paperback) and 'The Blossoming of the North" (hardback). I'm collecting poems written by my old friend Chris Proudfoot for posthumous publication in 2024. Involves a lot of typing and I have swollen finger joints.
Comment is about The stolen child (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I can imagine this somehow being a beautiful song Russell
Comment is about Lost Love, Lost Heart (A Villanelle) (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Brilliant as always Nigel you took on the tiny poem challenge head on🎉
Comment is about Guessing! (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Russell Thank you so much for your kind words I really appreciate you reading and commenting. I look forward to reading your work too🙏
Comment is about Guessing! (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
I like you in the land of the fairies. Another great one from you! Have you published your book? 😌
Comment is about The stolen child (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thank you so much for your wonderful comments: Stephen and Purplemoon. I truly appreciate you taking the time. Thank you to all who read and came on the journey with me 😌
Comment is about A Thousand Stars. (blog)
Original item by Clare
This is such a beautiful poem, Clare! Thank you for sharing it with us.
Comment is about A Thousand Stars. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Uilleam...I agree that millions suffered under apartheid's YOKE
Comment is about Bread and Roses for All (re-post with open letter to Labour NEC) (blog)
Thank you both, and Bethany, I think that will be Quid Quo Pro
Comment is about Lost Love, Lost Heart (A Villanelle) (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
<Deleted User> (35860)
Thu 29th Jun 2023 13:02
Faultless JD-now let me see what lines I can nick and store in my Aladdin's poetry cave for five years until I let the thieving Genie out of the bottle? 😂
Comment is about Lost Love, Lost Heart (A Villanelle) (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
<Deleted User> (35860)
Thu 29th Jun 2023 12:57
I love the way this flows effortlessly, Clare. An absolute pleasure to read.
Comment is about A Thousand Stars. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Finely written, JD.
Comment is about Lost Love, Lost Heart (A Villanelle) (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
I have many reservations about Jeremy Corbyn (particularly his anti-EU attitudes) but I respect most of his views and this venture. It's sad that Twitter seems to be the realm of the stupid.
Comment is about Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey to edit poetry anthology (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you, John. No, the playing field isn't level, but we should all be inspired by Michelle Obama's 'when they go low, we go high' approach.
Thanks for the likes, Manish, Kevin and Rudyard.
Comment is about Niceties (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Shelley WAS pretentious. Some aristocratic guy living off the labour of others while he swanned around penning revolutionary doggerel.
Comment is about Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey to edit poetry anthology (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Poor old Corbyn used a quote from Shelley's famous 'The Masque of Anarchy' to promote this anthology - the same poem he quoted at Glastonbury - and some folk on Twitter thought he'd written the lines himself. What's more, they thought the poem was rubbish - and said so. O, Shelley, you probably wouldn't want to be living at this hour ... https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/28/twitter-rips-into-jeremy-corbyns-pretentious-poetry-except-its-actually-by-shelley
Comment is about Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey to edit poetry anthology (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks Stephen. Yes, I suppose I believe in the, "you fall off, you get back on," school of education.
When William says "I don't want to go to school!" I counter with, "Do you know what compulsory means?"
😂
Comment is about A Bed of Roses (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
I've heard he's very good looking too, John...🤣 You're far too kind! But thanks for taking the time to buy & read (it also makes a very good coaster 😀)
Thanks again for your much appreciated support 🙏🌈
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Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thank you, Stephen! 'The wife' used that word as well, unsettling. She added, "a bit like your chilli con carne ..." Not sure what she means. 😕
Cheers!
Comment is about The Wind & The Rain (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thank you Keith, Kevin and Nigel🌷
Comment is about Flight to freedom (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Totally agree Nigel. Thanks🌷
Thanks kevin🌷
Comment is about Reflections 2 (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Hi Clare, first of all, what a huge compliment! I can't possibly imagine how this could be a Top 3 poem, but I'll gladly take it. Thank you. I know what I had in mind when I wrote it but I tried to pull back and make it a bit more open to interpretation in the hope that the reader could bring something to it. Perhaps, for you, it worked?! 😃
Thank you also Stephen, really appreciate that.
Thanks also to Kevin, Michael and Leon for your likes and taking the time to stop and read.
Comment is about The Enemy of Love (blog)
Original item by Tom
Thanks for your comments and likes.
Kevin
I'm glad you can laugh; I'd rather you laugh your head off than be crying.
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Comment is about Ye Hypocrites-Ye Whited Sepulchres! (blog)
An excellent point expertly put, Stephen. The playing field is not exactly level is it? 😕
Comment is about Niceties (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
I bought this book and it is sensationally good. Well, of course it is, it's written by Stephen Atkinson! 😎
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Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
<Deleted User> (35565)
Wed 28th Jun 2023 09:03
What a GEM of a poem NS! so coooooool!
LS
Comment is about Emerald Lake (blog)
Original item by New Shoes
<Deleted User> (35565)
Wed 28th Jun 2023 08:59
Something special about this, Stephen. It starts with the cup of cold tea, I think, and then just spreads.......Very atmospheric and unsettling....
Comment is about The Wind & The Rain (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
This rang very true, John. The only 'jokes' on Radio 4 seem to be from middle-class people who feel pleased with themselves.
Comment is about Tuesday (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Stephen, Tom, thank you very much for the Likes. -Mike
Comment is about A Candle-lit Night (blog)
Original item by Michael Kwack
Stephen Gospage
Sat 1st Jul 2023 09:20
You never know, John. It's a funny game. Remember Headingly 1981 and 2019? I suppose that's why we keep watching!
Comment is about Ashes to ashes (blog)
Original item by John Botterill