Thank you, MC and John for these interesting comments. I appreciate your constructive support, as always. Yes, what begins a war story could indeed have a more universal application. Nothing is new in the current conflict, sadly.
And thanks to Nigel, Frederick, Stephen, Holden and K Lynn for liking. Very grateful for your encouragement.
Comment is about A New Life (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thankyou again, MC. And thanks for the Likes, Holden and Kevin.
Comment is about KICKING AND SCREAMING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Sat 9th Jul 2022 02:36
A really powerful poem, Clare, portraying both pain and hope with exceptional intensity! 🌷
Comment is about The Ancestral Scream (blog)
Original item by Clare
A stylish poem which accomplishes so much, Clare. 😀
Comment is about A Fisherman Without a Hook. (blog)
Original item by Clare
First rate story telling, Stephen. As MC says, you leave us some gaps for our imagination to fill in. 👍
Comment is about A New Life (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
"all that i know, leaves as softly as it came:" such a powerful line! I hope you're doing fine.🌷
Comment is about i survived NYC (blog)
Original item by Mel
I do agree with this! Life is too precious for us to be ungrateful. But sometimes, we are stubborn enough to overlook these blessings that are already in front of us. Thanks for writing this. What a great reminder! 🌷
Comment is about Don't forget what you have (blog)
Original item by Ruthie
They should make him "Special Envoy to the Ukraine". That
might wipe the smirk from Putin's ugly mug.
Comment is about KICKING AND SCREAMING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Such a warm written piece. So amazing how you did paint a picture using words. Love it! 🌷
Comment is about Evening In Gumusluk (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thankyou, Graham, MC and Martin. And Frederick for the Like.
You may all know that Boris’s hero was Churchill, whose biography he wrote. WC famously had his hat, his cigar and his V sign. BJ took from this the unkempt hair, the shabby suit and the bumbling manner - all affectations to endear him to the public. What he didn’t take was the “substance” Churchill had, only superficial shallowness.
When Labour won the 1945 General Election WC’s wife said to him “How could they do this to you? You won them the war”. He replied “That is what we were fighting for”.
Spot the difference.
Comment is about KICKING AND SCREAMING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
It's a shame the nothing man "Sir Starmer" didn't get found guilty of his boozy indiscretions too. It would have been a good clean sweep on both sides.
Difficult to see a decent replacement for Boris though. Time the Socialists had another go, to spend all the money! and then disappear again for a decade!
Comment is about KICKING AND SCREAMING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Martin,
Strong words indeed but in this case no others will do. Once again Europe has to contend with a dictator. Had we not sufficient in the last century. These vile individuals have no regards for the tragedy they cause even when it comes to their own people. Martin, well said and well scripted.
Thank you indeed,
Keith
Comment is about Game for life (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Thank you to Jennifer, Carol and Martin for your comments and to Frederick, Stephen G, Stephen A., Holden, Clare and K Lynn for their likes.
I appreciate your reading of this poem and your comments as they are a constant source of encouragement.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about True Friendship (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
It has been said that Bojo was so successful as mayor of London
because of the people he had around him who were not afraid
to call him to account. Perhaps, like Thatcher before him, he
had too many "vegetables" at his table as PM?! Which begs the
question: who selected them to be MPs in their constituencies?
The quality control seems lacking in current Conservative Party
selection processes. Dead wood exists, if the likes of Hunt are
even considered as a successor now.
Comment is about Dominoes (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Doesn't anyone recall the critical assessment of his former boss
(was it Sir Max Hastings?) whose opinion of Bojo basically
pre-empted his recent behaviour? We can't say we weren't
warned.
Comment is about KICKING AND SCREAMING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
For someone who should have known better, Bojo forgot to
understand that perception is all in public life. Not so much
what you are or do as what you appear to be or do. He had no
excuse to renege on manifesto commitments nor be unaware of
public expectations regarding his actions in office. Hubris will
exact its price eventually. Perhaps he should be made "Special
Envoy to the Ukraine" as a sort of redemptive opportunity?
Comment is about The Lunatic has left The Asylum (blog)
Original item by David R Mellor
What a great poem John. Where on earth did you get that picture from? he looks like the very clown that he is.
Comment is about KICKING AND SCREAMING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thankyou, Keith and MC. His legacy will certainly not include shame among his several character flaws.
Comment is about KICKING AND SCREAMING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Intriguing - inviting our interpretations of the circumstances and
the characters involved. Was this war, a gangland dispute?. The
possibilities tease us and stimulate our imaginations.
Comment is about A New Life (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
I indulged in a pipe - and the occasional cigar with a pint in my
local pub - for many years. For me their aromas were a familiar
part of the general sensory pleasures to be had in life - a
convivial ritual that defied description but ensured a feeling of
comforting enjoyment. I never had any taste for cigarettes:
indeed my youthful experiment with a packet of Peter
Stuyvesant in my local woods merely produced the sort of
result that advocates of "aversion therapy" would recognise!
With hindsight I think I saved a great deal, in both bodily and financial terms, for that result. Now, I no longer use any of
"the weed" in retirement. But I still recall with affection, those
times when they provided their respective pleasures free from moralising strictures.
Comment is about Smoking Kills (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
The Tories have a reputation for this sort of thing when they
fear for the worst in electoral terms. The departure of Thatcher
was a prime example. But at least Bojo's reported lies didn't cost
lives by the thousand as happened in another time and another
conflict. Now I have the feeling that we'll be getting a book from this former "journo" - to even up a few scores!
Comment is about KICKING AND SCREAMING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Beautiful and from the heart.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Four Pound, Half An Ounce (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
John,
Boris is no different to those who in a rush of indecent haste sent in their letters of recognition within 24 hours. Had they not harboured these feelings for some time? If they had where is their integrity? Why wait for the stampede? The problem with most politicians is that they are opportunists bereft of integrity and not worthy of our support or votes. Boris used the term herd. Well he led a herd who decided to abandon him as the cliff edge came closer.
Good poem
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about KICKING AND SCREAMING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I've never been a smoker missen, but I'm not one of those fingers-wagging types who deny others their pleasures.
Comment is about Smoking Kills (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thank you Nigel.
Remember me in your prayers🌷
Comment is about P. 3 (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Faith in God is the only way out of darkness. There's only light in belief n hope in the mercy of God alone.
Thank you Nigel for spiritually uplifting me. You don't know but your prayers have done wonders. 💐
Comment is about Next chapter (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
So true Nigel.
It's a bright new day for my soul😇
Comment is about Positive life (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
The rhyming of given and livin really woke me up. Blake's Poems of Innocence and Experience use nursery rhymes to great effect.
Comment is about A Fisherman Without a Hook. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Your faith
He gives
Removing darkness
Devil cursed.
Comment is about Next chapter (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Once control ceases
freedom gives choices
your future changes
whatever path taken.
Comment is about Positive life (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Thank you! Just a few Scribbles I jotted down over the last few weeks. Yes, John there are some deep thoughts in there, I didn't think I was capable! 😄 And Keith, Holden, Carol, Stephen & Jennifer, forever the voices of inspiration on WOL. Thank you🌈
And thanks for reading & striking the Like generator Nigel, Fredrick, Julie, Clare & K.L! 🌷🌷
Comment is about Idle Thoughts (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thanks Nigel & Stephen for comments & all who liked
I like that 'flames of time' line Nigel☺
I always feel I sound more 'poetic' if I write something that sounds sad Stephen 😁 I need to do something about that, it's a creative conundrum- Is it possible to sound cheerful and poetic? Your answers on a postcard please!
Comment is about Solstice (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Wow! I think I'll keep away from microwaves! Terrific stuff, Nicole.
Comment is about Chemistry with a Microwave (blog)
Original item by Nicole Macqueen-Jones
I understand the point, Russell. It's true that war served up by TV channels as entertainment can become dull.
This pleads for proper coverage with proper context.
Thanks for the poem.
Comment is about Lost in Conflict (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
A sensitive, moving poem, Jennifer.
Comment is about In the deathwatches (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Thankyou, Bethany. Yes, I got it.
I’m toying with my next one noting Bojo’s reluctance to give up office with a parody of The Ivy League’s “Tossing and Turning”, entitled “Kicking and Screaming”.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FfeiB6G1sNo
Comment is about COS HE'S A LIAR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (33540)
Thu 7th Jul 2022 10:32
as in liar! liar! pants on fire!
Comment is about COS HE'S A LIAR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thankyou, Bethany and Ruth for your thoughts.
And thanks for the Likes, John, Holden and Stephen.
I had a feeling when I posted this yesterday that it would be out of date before anyone read it. As I write this, the BBC has announced he will resign today.
Perhaps I should have called it “He WAS a liar”.
Comment is about COS HE'S A LIAR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks Frederick, Holden and Bethany for the likes. Glad you understood. Jennifer
Comment is about In the deathwatches (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Thu 7th Jul 2022 01:56
Thank you so much, Carol, John, and Stephen, for all your kind comments, I'm more than grateful! 😎😊
Comment is about Fictions (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Flames of time
blow themselves out
feelings ice up
heart so cold.
Comment is about Solstice (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
<Deleted User> (33540)
Thu 7th Jul 2022 01:10
has this got anything to do with a pair of flaming trousers John?
Comment is about COS HE'S A LIAR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Now is the time to release your album John🙌
Comment is about COS HE'S A LIAR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (33540)
Thu 7th Jul 2022 00:20
a great use of simple words Clare
that make up this wonderful poem thank you
Comment is about A Fisherman Without a Hook. (blog)
Original item by Clare
<Deleted User> (33540)
Thu 7th Jul 2022 00:16
so very powerful Jennifer and so very much enjoyed thank you
Comment is about In the deathwatches (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Many thanks, each. I don’t subscribe to the view that they are all liars. They don’t all tell the truth, they obfusticate, they avoid. But what they do is leave themselves enough wiggle room to change position.
Johnson lies, denies, gets found out and (sometimes) apologises. Then repeat. And repeat.
If this isn’t important to you, you have no respect for democracy.
And thanks for the Likes, Frederick and Jennifer.
Comment is about COS HE'S A LIAR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Stephen Gospage
Sat 9th Jul 2022 09:07
Excellent and well performed, John. I did hear some commentators quite seriously discussing the option of him being physically hauled out of No 10 (presumably with spouse and dog in tow). Given that his pal Trump effectively tried to initiaite a coup last year, anything now seems possible,
Comment is about KICKING AND SCREAMING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey