I quite agree, Uilleam. I have had a difference of viewpoint with Mr Murdoch since I was old enough to read newspapers.
Comment is about The River Fleet (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Thank you Dawn.
The etymology of words is fascinating, and seems to back up your last lines.
there is no
family of
one.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/family
Comment is about Dream Family (blog)
Original item by Dawn
On a more serious note...
I am more than a pair of broad shoulders,
strong arms,
and a deep voice,
I am an Adult Human Male!
I am a man,
and you, young lady,
can never be what I am.
Comment is about Men (blog)
Original item by Stuart Vanner
The power of water over the years on rock....!
Comment is about A slit on a rock (blog)
Original item by Persis Alabaster
raw sewage....
a lot of it about at the moment!😒
Comment is about Fear/Hope (blog)
Original item by David R Mellor
Thanks Elle.
Reminds me of Peter Rabbit etc.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/history/people/beatrix-potter
Comment is about Run Rabbit Run (blog)
Original item by Elle Shaine
Thanks for the comments....and the likes! I remain grateful for
being young when "rites of passage" were allowed without
today's navel-gazing and parental guilt corrosion.
Comment is about REMEMBRANCE OF TIMES PAST (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Grace Meadows
Sun 28th May 2023 11:41
😁 one thing about you Uilleam, you do NOT take prisoners!
BRILLIANT!
Comment is about Millionaires...Don't Give a Fuck About You (blog)
Thanks for all your likes
Keith
Stephen
Kevin
Hugh
Ruth
jennifer
and
Lynn.
Comment is about The Old Cock and Hen (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thank you to all who responded to this. I strongly support Uilleam in what he says. Freedom of speech must mean complete freedom and not curtailed speech. Every individual has the right to freedom of speech and expression. As poets we must link arms with other artists and staunchly defend these rights. The alternative is to capitulate to the forces of darkness. May our pens never run dry.
Thank you to one and all.
Keith
Comment is about Taras Shevchenko (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/2/newsid_2492000/2492157.stm
The Murdochian Sewer,
Receptacle of filth,
Defender of filth,
Conduit of filth,
Emitter of filth.
Once United Kingdom,
Now United Futilities,
Literally and metaphorically,
Drowning us in filth.
Comment is about The River Fleet (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Thanks Grace and Uilleam. Birdwatching has been a lifelong fascination for me, so using the falconer’s lure as a metaphor here.
Comment is about The lure (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Thanks Keith.
Whilst the lowered status of Pushkin in the eyes of Ukranians is fully understandable in the current circumstances, Greg's comment touches on a broader issue, ie: that of "iconoclasm" and of protest in general.
I am of the mind that, should for example, an obnoxious holocaust denier be in the process of trying to propagate their views in any given country or town; instead of being "no platformed", they should be invited very publicly and loudly to defend their position by debate in our civic halls and academic institutions.
And instead of toppling statues to say, slave traders in the UK, ie."getting rid of the evidence", we should use their existence to teach our children about the evils which they "celebrate".
Comment is about Taras Shevchenko (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thank you Matilda.
Our creativity brings us together.
Comment is about ME AND THE OTHERS (blog)
Original item by Matilda Simakaj
Thank you Tim.
Our town hall keeps the pigeons under control by encouraging peregrine falcons to nest in its heights.
At the same time, the authorities turn a blind eye to the illegal poisoning and trapping of them and of raptors such as the Hen Harrier, by grouse breeders / shooters.
Comment is about The lure (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Thanks MC.
During at least a decade of my early youth, for unavoidable reasons I lost contact with all my school friends and most of my family relatives.
I sometimes feel that I'm in a kind of mourning for them, yet I'm grateful for what I do have.
Comment is about REMEMBRANCE OF TIMES PAST (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
The bullying totalitarians always aim for the poet, painter, novelist, musician, because our power is that we speak from the heart, to the heart.
Now the thought police are literally censoring us in the UK, forcing us into compelled speech....but oh, how we love the gilded cages that our oppressors build for us, all the while we parrot "freedom, freedom!".
Comment is about Taras Shevchenko (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thanks John.
When walking along the street on flagstones, I never give them second thought.
But when in the pub, looking at the patterns formed by water, and now revealed by countless footfalls on flagstone floors, I can easily imagine water lapping on some ancient shore, millenia ago.
Comment is about FOSSIL (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
What a shameful act by the Russians to have vandalised a statue of such a great person. Being able to write and produce poems now and listen to a great poet's statue being sabotaged hurts and provokes me to a different level.
Well written, Keith.
Thank you for this.
Comment is about Taras Shevchenko (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
O! Grace and Kevin your remarks entrance me so. You are generous and kind. Rare qualities in this world. Thank you.
They take your love and your money
They take your sugar and your honey
They take you skinny or fat
Hey, how come people act like that?
They take your house and your home
They take the flesh from your bones
They take the shirt of your back
Hey, how come people act like that?
They take your phone and your clock
They take everything that you got
They laugh behind your back
Yeah, how come people act like that?
They take your love and your money
They take your sugar and your honey
They take you skinny or fat
Hey, how come people act like that?
They take your house and your home
They take the flesh from your bones
They take the shirt off your back
Hey, how come people act like that?
They take your phone and your clock
They take everything that you got
They laugh behind your back
Yeah, how come people act like that?
Yeah, how come people act like that?
How come people act like that?
I don't know why they act like that? MUDDY WATERS
Comment is about No Whiskey in Heaven (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I love 😍 the allegorical feel of this, Clare. The rhythm is perfectly adapted to story which is about all of us, I think, journeying uncertainly but with hope. Fab! Star turn!
Comment is about Road to Nowhere? (blog)
Original item by Clare
Thanks again for likes and commments.
I ought to acknowledge that the title came from that of a pop song by Helen Shapiro (1969) which I remember well.
I've also seen it in articles about the relationship between exercise and mental health.
Comment is about Walking Back to Happiness (blog)
Clare,
Your poetry moves forward in leaps and bounds. This is a particularly good piece of work, brimming with optimism and good humour. Thank you for mentioning pot holes. A favourite gripe of mine.
Well done.
Keith
Comment is about Road to Nowhere? (blog)
Original item by Clare
Statues of Pushkin are getting rather short shrift in Ukraine as well these days, Keith. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/05/monuments-to-russia-national-poet-pushkin-under-threat-in-ukraine
Comment is about Taras Shevchenko (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thanks, Clare, for your lovely comments. It means a lot to me! 😀🌷
Comment is about Sky (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Aww…Thank you, John Botterill. You are always so kind - I really appreciate your support - your encouragement keeps me writing, so you only have yourself to blame!😂🌻💕
Comment is about He Rolls. (blog)
Original item by Clare
A fabulous celebration of the ordinary walk and pint, Uilleam. I will raise a glass to you tonight, my friend 👍
Comment is about Walking Back to Happiness (blog)
An angry computer. Now, there's a thought, Stephen! Most of my poems are written by AI. Could you tell? I jest n'est pas? 😂
A fine if rather disturbing poem. Thank you.
Comment is about AI (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
If that's an Experiment, Clare, then you got it right first time! There is so much empathy in this poem. Such astute use of metaphor, structure and pace. Sad tone, but an amazing poem.
Comment is about He Rolls. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Thanks Grace. However, this was a personal tribute to a school pal who suddenly came back to mind. I realised in retrospect
that he provided comradeship that was a form of love. A gift
that deserved acknowledgement across the many decades since.
Comment is about REMEMBRANCE OF TIMES PAST (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thank you Stephen.
They say about computer programming: "Rubbish in equals rubbish out".
The corrupt dealing of certain corporations, including the BBC (upon whom we can no longer rely for impartial news, and who have been proved to have lied) and their friends in the UK government who are professional liars, demonstrate that the UK electorate and the world at large have cause to be extremely afraid.
We can expect a world ruled by, at its most benign, AS (Artificial Stupidity), and at its most dystopian, AM (Artificial Malice).
Comment is about AI (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Grace Meadows
Sat 27th May 2023 14:58
Anything whatsoever to do with birds and/or poetry Tim and I'm your Gal but as to the question posed in your last line, I'm as clued up as the next person. Thank you for this sir, but watch you don't get too dizzy doing the whirly teasing! 😁
Comment is about The lure (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Grace Meadows
Sat 27th May 2023 14:53
Neat poem M.C. but I'll have to it the Google trail to familiarise myself with R.S.-thank you!
Comment is about REMEMBRANCE OF TIMES PAST (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Grace Meadows
Sat 27th May 2023 14:50
A great poem John and what a combination-Muddy Waters
and Whisky! I am almost sure that I actually have an L.P. of the man himself-title? I'll check and do a PS later-thank you.
Comment is about No Whiskey in Heaven (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Winston, welcome to WOL. I look forward to reading some of your poems.
Keith
Comment is about Winston Joy (poet profile)
Original item by Winston Joy
A disturbing concept. Should it materialise then I want a one way ticket out of here. Congratulations Stephen this is the first AI poem I have ever read.
Thanks,
Keith
Comment is about AI (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Love this!💕 You have broached the questions I often find myself pondering on. Your writing is such a joy to read 🌻
Comment is about Sky (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Both Johnny and Sharon have had offers from a seedy porn company both have declined Stephen!
Not sure if there is going to one at this pub Keith when the word got out too many unwanted strangers coming in for a drink.
I think Johnny and Sharon have found a new local to escape the crowd of Old Age Swinging Clubs looking for them.
Comment is about The Old Cock and Hen (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thanks Stephen. I unplug regularly but it normally involves a walk in the forest or a cup of tea and a cream cake!😂
Comment is about He Rolls. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Thanks, Matilda, for your thoughtful comments. Much appreciated. 😀
Comment is about Sky (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
You'll have to come to well spoken at the Doncaster Brewery and Tap.
We always get a good variety of poetry.
There are some serious poets (and very good they are), but it's always interspersed with a good bit of comedy.
I have considered using props myself but have steered clear so far.
Comment is about When did performance poetry get so serious? (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
One of your best Keith.
It's strange how visiting a place where something has happened can transport you back to the time of those events.
We visited Belson while living in Germany, it was impossible not to be moved.
Comment is about The City of Shadows (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
This sounds like a wonderful book, on the only subject that really matters now.
Comment is about Wild Orchids: Simon Fletcher, Offa's Press (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
You have really raised your game here, Keith. It is strange how, despite the rebuilding and regeneration of Berlin, something of the old city (whether it is the decadance of the Weimar years, the post-war ruins or the separation by the wall) still remains.
You capture so much in this marvellous poem. Thank you.
Comment is about The City of Shadows (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Sun 28th May 2023 21:20
What a pity poor Penny Mordaunt (she of the food pantries) had to take pain killers so she could carry the sword at the coronation of C3.
My heart bleeds for her!
Comment is about prehensile pledge (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner