I'm sending you a big man-hug

Comment is about An Open Heart (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Keith

apart from wishing you a speedy recovery and a long life I would respectfully like to remind you that you WILL live that long life because our love and respect for you will see to that my friend!

and anyway! for you to die requires our permission!
do you seriously think you will get it? get real and you will stay real! amazing what one sincerity pill can do isn't it?


no rsvp required just keep your faith in God-friendship and poetry account topped up and the door to longevity will remain wide open!


LS

Comment is about An Open Heart (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

This poem had me shaking with anxiety and fear, my friend. I pray that you live a long, happy and a healthy life with nothing holding you back. I pray that you write more and inspire more people.
You are a gift to this world, Keith, well at least to me and WOL. You are the most humble and pure person that I've come across, you are a gem and I love you. Keep smiling and writing.
Thank you for being a supporter and great poet. I can go on and on but I'll stop here.
Wishing all the good things for you.
🌻

Comment is about An Open Heart (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

This issue has always been concerning and disturbing to me, how can a rapist or a murderer be released?
I fully agree with the poem. Powerfully written, M.C. Newberry.
Thank you.

Comment is about THE LAW'S OWN WHORE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I'm a stodgy old social democrat, Uilleam, but I admire the power and idealism of this.

Comment is about Bread and Roses for All (blog)

I loved this poem, Hélèna. Beautifully written and juxtaposed. These lines are my favourite -

"I wait for the sun to set
I wait for the moon to rise
Will the shifting of day into night
bring renewal?"

Thank you for this.🌻

Comment is about Endurance (blog)

Original item by Hélène

A beautiful poem, Hélène. A sense of the enduring, not just you or us enduring.

Comment is about Endurance (blog)

Original item by Hélène

Well said. This has always been my opinion.
Thanks
Keith

Comment is about THE LAW'S OWN WHORE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

A contemplative poem skilfully written and with hope in each line.
Thank you for this,
Keith

Comment is about Endurance (blog)

Original item by Hélène

Wonderful and uplifting words,John. I am certain that many people, inside and outside Ukraine, will be deeply touched by this.

Comment is about GOD BLESS THE PEOPLES OF UKRAINE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

The message in this poem is ambiguous - perhaps intentionally
so since it can refer to a change in a number of ways, leaving
a reader to guess which applies. Not the most comfortable
situation when considering the ultimate possibility.

Comment is about Luggage for the Onward Journey (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Moral: Good intentions are fine. Just keep them available
for appropriate use rather than squandering them through what
is becoming known as "virtue-signalling". That can be mis-interpreted as seeking easy popularity without actually having
to do anything.

Comment is about No Peace (blog)

Original item by Jaded_Jas

Yet even Jesus could say (it is reported), as if it was acceptable,
that "the poor are always with us". How to allow this suffering
in God's love of His world was never enlarged upon in Christian teachings, likely excused as conveniently being "beyond our understanding". Meanwhile, we live/travel in hope....that
greatest of all contributions to living a worthwhile human existence.

Comment is about A tribute to Jesus (blog)

Original item by hugh

We need only be aware
To play our part and do our share.
Daniel Ellsberg has gone to dust
Yet he did both - and now we too must
Sound the knell - ring out the bell -
And keep the faith that all WILL be well.
Politics has always been a transient game
Of the meaning of truth and assigning blame;
It has remained so to this day
So, gird the loins and return to the fray!
..........................................................................................

Comment is about Bread and Roses for All (blog)

Easy to picture this scene. Kids have that mixture of curiosity
and wanting to believe that the images of religion seek to
satisfy and persuade. The Jesuits used that too well - and in its
modern form, the sort of imposed teaching still found across
less secular parts of the globe reflects that reality when it
comes to influencing immature unformed minds.

Comment is about ME AND THE DEMONS (blog)

Original item by john short

I look at YouTube as a market place of promotions, opinions
suggestions and advice, with its varying degrees of dependability
- or otherwise. I remain free from the likes of Twitter et al and
intend to continue that way. A saying that comes to me from
long ago in my life is this: The intellectual seeks; the wise man
has found.

Comment is about of mice & comments :: internet intellectuals (blog)

Original item by Rob Cohen

How do birds communicate? You can see them online, busy with their twitter contacts. 😊

Comment is about I Wonder (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

God bless and help the victims of unjustified aggression everywhere.

Comment is about GOD BLESS THE PEOPLES OF UKRAINE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A wonderful poem this. Words from an experienced, and very well described.
Thank you.

Comment is about Perfection of Character (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

Thank you for your kind words
P.S., Uilleam, 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Comment is about Perfection of Character (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

Thank you John for leading us in prayer.

Comment is about GOD BLESS THE PEOPLES OF UKRAINE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Awesome poem JD! A wonderful description of who we can strive to be.

Comment is about Perfection of Character (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

A poem to lift the heart.
Thank you,
Keith

Comment is about Perfection of Character (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

John,
this is a senseless and cruel war which was unprovoked. It is one of a dictator's traits to launch such wars. History provides us with a litany of dictators and well do we know their antics. Your poem is both a lament and an exhortation for a people who are suffering for no good reason.
Thank you for this,
Keith

Comment is about GOD BLESS THE PEOPLES OF UKRAINE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks KJ, thanks Manish. This poem is special to me. Delighted you liked it! 😀

Comment is about The Fake Moustache (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

How generous of you JD.

Me to a T
😇

Comment is about Perfection of Character (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

Thanks Keith, much food for thought.
I'm constantly beset by "worries" about what'll happen to all my precious books on all sorts of subjects, when I peg it.
I just hope some student can make good use of them.

Comment is about Luggage for the Onward Journey (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Oh go on then, all 16
😀

Comment is about A good deed is a good deed, not a favour (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

Thanks Hugh.
It's a funny old world.
In the the pub only last night, another chap and I chatted about our respective youths and upbringings.

He insisted he was no longer "religious"; and I said that I drew a clear distinction between Religion v Spirituality, adding that if Jesus actually existed, and that if reports of his teachings were accurate, then I'd be a willing follower.

Who'd a thowt it? Two blokes who'd not been to church in years, full of ale, in the betting men's corner, talking about Jesus!😇

Comment is about A tribute to Jesus (blog)

Original item by hugh

So funny that Joe.

Comment is about TRIPPED UP (blog)

Original item by Short Attention Span Poetry

Thanks John.
To think that in times past, people believed the stories in those pictures as the literal truth.

Comment is about ME AND THE DEMONS (blog)

Original item by john short

Thanks Kritarth,
very thoughtful.

Comment is about Only awareness is (blog)

Original item by Kritarth Jaiswal

Thank you John.

Extremely touching words and recitation.
💗

Comment is about GOD BLESS THE PEOPLES OF UKRAINE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Oh dear, you have set us all thinking Keith!
I'm now sitting here in the study looking around at my 'bits and pieces' as my wife calls them. Great thought provoking piece.

Didn't the pharaohs do something similar?

Comment is about Luggage for the Onward Journey (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thank you to all who read this poem, especially to Stephen A., Graham and Kevin for their comments and others for their likes.
Keith

Comment is about The House Boat (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thank you to all who read this poem, especially to Uilleam, Stephen G and Helene for your comments and others for their likes.
Keith

Comment is about The Authentic Individual (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thank you for all who read this poem and especially to Kevin, John, Stephen G., Clare and MC., for their comments and others for their likes. Kevin you are right about the final journey. You are very perceptive.
Thank you one and all,
Keith

Comment is about Luggage for the Onward Journey (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Haha! What a poem! 😂
I've had a great read this morning, John B, thanks to you.
And thank you for this.🌷

Comment is about The Fake Moustache (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Such fun.
William is lucky to have you as his grandfather..
This poem is a keeper.

Comment is about The Fake Moustache (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Hi Keith
Hope you are well.
I'm often guilty of reading too much into your brilliant work, but to me this has a sense of being about a final journey.

Comment is about Luggage for the Onward Journey (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thanks Kevin. I love you, too. 😀 And thanks, Winds (great name! People have called me that for different reasons!) Loved your comment. And yes, I will read them to him in years to come.. I have a Just William anthology all ready to go 😂

Comment is about The Fake Moustache (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Thank you so much for the thoughtful comment, Kevin, I really appreciate it! 😊

Comment is about Deciduous. (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

A real triumph, Uilleam. Good on you for writing political polemics at a time when we all need to oppose the nonsense that is being proposed by the UK government.

Comment is about Bread and Roses for All (blog)

I bet you make a wonderful Grandfather John and what you must not forget to do is read this and any other Grandchild dedications to him in in his later years which should give you both a really good laugh!

Comment is about The Fake Moustache (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

I like your poem so much JJ ( don't want address you as Jaded if that's ok?

Comment is about No Peace (blog)

Original item by Jaded_Jas

Having read this amazing poem Rob I'm left speechless

Comment is about The Age of Alienation (blog)

Original item by Rob Cohen

Thanks Bethany. I shall return - promise! - but not just yet.

Comment is about Treble’s going (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

John thank you so much for liking and commenting on my poem




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Original item by John E Marks

Stephen thank you so much for liking my poem


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Stephen thank you so much for liking my poem


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