beautiful Julie

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😀

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John,
This poem speaks volumes and signifies that generation, like Her Majesty, which has witnessed so much change over and above seventy years. We are the people of the Second Elizabethan Era and justly proud to share it with the Queen. A generation of fortitude and resilience.
Thank you for this
Keith

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A poem of generational change and ultimate joy. Also a poem of recollection and life's impact on the soul.
Thank you for this
Keith

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A complex tribute to the seminal author of Greek Civilisation. I am another devotee of the classics.
Holden, thank you for this
Keith

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It will come to us all. A poem of truth which I fear people these days are not comfortable with.
Thank you for this
Keith

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Master of Athens, Not often reticent but definitely with an eye to posterity especially the Parthenon, great words that have an ancient greek vibe, much admired by this ancient civilization geek

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Thank you, everyone, you are very kind

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Inspiring, Clare!

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Indeed, it is, Carol. Thanks kindly. 🌷

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Beautiful words!

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Life isn't all plain sailing for sure. I read somewhere that if we could actually hear the global voices of rejection, the sound would be explosively and piercingly LOUD!!!!!😞

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I couldn't agree more Clare! Well said!
'Wrap me in adjectives
Curled around nouns'

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Sounds like you and your playmate have had a good day.

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Thank you very much!

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Hi Stephen, thanks for you kind comment on my poem. Your feedback is very much appreciated. You are very kind. 😌

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a very nice albeit sad but still an enjoyable read Russell

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very cute Julie

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Lovely

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Thank you Stephen & Tom
And John, just the last stanza will do I reckon 😉
And thanks for all the likes 🌷for everyone

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Thanks for your very generous comment, Ruth.

Graham - it's a very fair point. I'll work on one. Mind you, maybe he did get away with it! Or maybe his dissolute life is one slow fall from grace, à la Don Juan. Food for thought.

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Thank you, John. Your comment is greatly appreciated. Putting war into perspective is, of course, easy from a comfortable distance. But we cannot give up on our fellow man, I think.

Thanks to Nigel, John C, Stephen, Julie, K Lynn, Bethany, Carol, Holden and Frederick for liking this poem.

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Haha, missed this one yesterday. Lovely stuff.

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This should be written on his bus when he goes on the hustings!

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I’ve always thought it should be “other people” who should be held to account, MC.

Comment is about I'LL HANG ON (blog)

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Accountable? What a lovely flexible word so popular with
politicians of any recent era. Today sees the police seeing
accountability due to eveything except its proper role as a
public service:: impartiality. Chief officers are practitioners of politically endorsed policies that directly interfere with independent policing, with a MSM that is on its back at every
virtue-signalling opportunity. Accountable? Oh yes...forget about the courts, the discipline code and complaints process
- and internal investigative actions that affected many a promising career while complaining villains of every stripe
walked away laughing. Check vioklent crime now against
what was around before PC mania seized control. Not a
very reassuring situation and, as far as protection of the public
is concerned, not to be viewed with anything like confidence -
with a very small "c".
Evening all!

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A grim reflection of reality Stephen. Excellent poem!

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Great statue, ably shows a man driven by relentless nihilism...

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You're welcome Nadia. Keep up the great writing. Very much enjoying so far 😃

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Thanks for the comments and likes. I hope to be writing on brighter themes soon. 🌈

Comment is about Normal Service Resumed (blog)

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Thanks Stephen. Glad that worked!

Good to get your comment Holden, thanks so much.

That's an interesting point about homage Graham. So much of it is woven into our perceptions though and expected of us in a way, which I normally defy as much as possible, like yourself. It certainly has the whiff of control about it creating an artificial distance between us and an elevated state. I found this when I started work and was visited by the directors and the red carpet. It suits those in power to have us in that passive state.

Thanks for your thoughts Mark. I suppose the unifying presence you mention is more a state of mind made effective by consensus than an actual requirement. The structure of state obviously has to have a balance, and i'm sure that the monarchy would not be the same if it descended to mere considerations of communities, however much it pretends to. So I view all through the same cynical lens i'm afraid. As to the motivations of politics, they are certainly more short lived than the prevailing monarchy. One thing that bothers me is the close association with the Church, which gives a kind of sense of blessing often at odds with the facts. It remains to be seen if the retro image of the latest brood will prevail! (haircuts and sailor suits to the fore).

Thank you Frederick, John and K.Lynn for likes.

Ray

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Ahhhh Spring! Delightful poem!

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It's been a while, it has,
been a while RC, it has.
Thanks kindly, Frederick.

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Indeed, Kevin!

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Today's 'normal' is beyond comprehension. 😞

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Stephen, I can't believe you let him get away with it! I think a final stanza is required to record a fall from grace/come-uppance etc!

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We can only hope Stephen, although it’s not looking very likely. Thanks for the comment and like.

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A tour de force, Julie. As New Labour (who don't seem too bad now) said 'Things can only get better'.

One of things about Belgium is that we have national day celebrations every 21st July, so we can do it again every year!

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The last verse nails it, Stephen, and quite possibly him. An excoriating poem, right on the mark!

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Very profound and impressive, Clare. A really good poem.

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What a fantastic rhythmically written storyline Stephen, really enjoyed this!

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Thank you for the reading and the nice comment x

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Wasn’t it David Blunkett who made the biggest strides in making the police accountable? I recall several of my friends in the police who were horrified at the prospect.

Comment is about I'LL HANG ON (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

' come JOIN my mind? cool poem FK-nice to see ya back-to see ya back? nice!



RC 💋

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Original item by Red Brick Keshner

May and Major. Two politicians who, respectively, put the police
service and the nation's head of state to the sword without a backward glance. And neither, like Blair, have the decency to shut up in their post political office dotage. Cynic...moi, monsieur? Ce n'est pas possible! 😋

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Good one, Ruth, if slightly chilling.

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Hope you are feeling better, Laura. Not fun. I must admit I didn't know that expression, so I have learned something today!

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Thank you, Carol!

And thanks to Frederick, Ruth, Holden and John for,liking.

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Thankyou for your thoughts, Russell and MC. All politicians develop a thick skin,MC, but some have a smidgin of decency; May and Major spring to mind.
“Tossing and turning”, Russell? Or was that The Ivy League?

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Thanks to everyone who liked this. NigeI i always wanted to be tomb raider I reckon! Disturbing Devine is a great line⭐ This was actually one of my alternative jubilee poems 😁😁

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