Brilliant poem, Stephen, expressing with great skill and economy a wealth of feeling. Thank you.

Comment is about Days of Sorrow (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thanks for the comments, Manish, Stephen and Leon. Much appreciated! 😀 Yes, NOT being Alan Titchmarsh IS a good thing, Stephen 😂
Thanks for the like, Matilda 😀
(I sometimes worry about how rocky the rockery at the end will be!

Comment is about The Garden (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

First rate poem defining a very common problem, Summer. Writing a poem is a great start. Keep going!
Welcome to WOL.

Comment is about can someone please help me (blog)

Original item by Summer Watson

Rather you than me, JC. But surely it helps make a man what he is to "suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune"? 😋

Comment is about PLEASE RELEASE ME (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

“Triumph and Disaster” ? My arse, MC. Kipling should have been a Spurs fan. He’d have soon found out different.

Comment is about PLEASE RELEASE ME (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A versatile poem, lovely juxtaposition and imagery. Loved it!
Thank you.

Comment is about BE (blog)

Original item by Matilda Simakaj

A soulful lament for what might have been?
There must be fellow London team/Arsenal fans who feel this
way! Kipling's words about meeting triumph and disaster and treating those two imposters just the same certainly take on
a sporting relevance here.

Comment is about PLEASE RELEASE ME (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A beautiful poem, Matilda, full of spirituality. Inspiring! 😀👍
Welcome to WOL.

Comment is about BE (blog)

Original item by Matilda Simakaj

A beautiful poem, Hélèna. It always feels nice to be kind whenever there comes a circumstance like the one in your poem.

Comment is about It's Okay (blog)

Original item by Hélène

Wise English teacher, Summer! Welcome to WOL. Pour your feelings out, see where the words take you. We will eagerly read your poems and send you blessings along the way.

Comment is about can someone please help me (blog)

Original item by Summer Watson

Viva the WOL membership I say!! Keep writing everybody.
Thank you Keith!

Comment is about The Subversive Artist (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Good to see you here Summer. Most people begin by writing about themselves, their feelings etc. It's a form of catharsis. Once you start looking outside of yourself, life becomes a lot more interesting! Enjoy your poetry. Keep writing

Comment is about can someone please help me (blog)

Original item by Summer Watson

Thank you Clare, Helene and Manish for your likes and to Kevin and Uilleam for your kind comments.
Keith

Comment is about The Subversive Artist (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Wonderfully flowing and yes poignant poem John 👍



LS

Comment is about The Garden (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Thankyou for your condolences, Graham and Uilleam.
If the season had started in January, Graham, we would have been too. And Uilleam - I envy you.

Comment is about PLEASE RELEASE ME (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Great poem Tim but never make a spectacle of yourself by letting money go to your head 😂



LS

Comment is about A change of frame (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

I both feel and fully understand your pain JC even the local mob here have been relegated. Better next time eh?

Comment is about PLEASE RELEASE ME (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I'm not a footy fan, so life's a little less complicated for me.
Here's a little something to ease your pain John, from the good old days.
https://youtu.be/2KPv4cqAoRk

Comment is about PLEASE RELEASE ME (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I remember feeling like that in my youth; I was bewildered and afraid of everything. But it will pass.

Comment is about can someone please help me (blog)

Original item by Summer Watson

Welcome to WOL, Summer. Have a great time and enjoy the community. You are at a very good place at your teenage years. Here's wishing you a very good luck on your creative blog journey, young poet.😊

Comment is about Summer Watson (poet profile)

Original item by Summer Watson

Have been there and had no helping hand to pull me out, have seen and felt all of the things described so accurately in this poem. I can completely resonate with this and can admit that a part of it still lingers on to me after my twenties too. And we'll all get past it to a better place, that's the beauty of life. A great first poem, well done!
Thank you.

Comment is about can someone please help me (blog)

Original item by Summer Watson

A beautiful and poignant poem, John B. Interesting reference and vocabulary. Very wise and great at description too. Loved the last stanza that hits very hard on emotions.
Thank you.

Comment is about The Garden (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Stephen, I could feel the sorrow in this poem. I could resonate with your consideration and it evoked certain poignant emotions in me. Very well written!
Thank you.

Comment is about Days of Sorrow (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

A rather poignant poem in the end, John. My dad was good at laying crazy paving. There's no shame in not being Alan Titchmarsh; in fact......

Comment is about The Garden (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Thanks Kevin and Uilleam. I'm no gardener or builder, Uilleam, both things my dad was great at. I try to keep it all tidy haha. I'm impressed that you built your own steps!
Is there a poem in it, perhaps? 😏😂

Comment is about The Garden (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

A fascinating poem, Peter. Wash or dry, and should it matter?

Comment is about Shirley's Dishes (blog)

Original item by Peter J Donnelly

Fame is fleeting, John. I once spoke to Lord Longford in the street outside the Houses of Parliament, but where did it get me, or him?
Fun poem.

Comment is about Almost Famous (blog)

Original item by John Gilbert Ellis

From what I've seen of "fame" these days John, I'd be very wary of it!

Comment is about Almost Famous (blog)

Original item by John Gilbert Ellis

Good advice Katerina!
We are all connected.

Comment is about Bigger than you (blog)

Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

Thanks Mike.
We have much to learn from nature-and we'd better start listening!

Comment is about Redwood Counselors (blog)

Original item by Mike McPeek

stumbling, meandering, or striding along,
A bit of each for me now, John.

When I think on our little back garden on a 45 degree slope, how I built a set of steps from old flagstones and cobbles from nearby demolished houses, with no building skills at all. Still solid as a rock though!
-but ouch, my back!

Comment is about The Garden (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Thanks Leon, that’s so sweet, from your lips to the universe’s ears.

Comment is about Fragments of a Soul (blog)

Original item by Grace

Thanks MC.

A Disunited King-dom,
Socialism for the obscenely rich,
A United Futilities Turd-dom,
Sleep on the streets-or in a ditch,
Can't even heat water for a bath,
"Let 'em eat turnips" sez one fat bitch,
Homes for heroes? Yer 'avin a laugh!

Comment is about SOCIALISM (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thanks Ryan.
I remember the very first time I went to the swimming baths with our school-either I was pushed in, or I slipped. I vividly remember swallowing or inhaling large amounts of water as I thrashed about before someone fished me out.

Comment is about Sinking (blog)

Original item by Ryan Decorah

Thankyou for your feedback clare xx
Glad you can relate xx

Comment is about LONDON (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

Thankyou Philip. I use mp3player. It’s free.

Comment is about HAPPY TIMES (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you Clare

Comment is about If I Could Paint (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

The recordings sound great john, and the poems. What do use to record.

Comment is about HAPPY TIMES (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks MC, for your kind thoughts and Clare for the Like.

Comment is about HAPPY TIMES (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I think you should try painting! Great poem.

Comment is about If I Could Paint (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Hi Uilleam,

Thank you for your comment! A lot of the time, "the fabric of time" represents how gravity affects our perception of time...because of gravity and all sorts of other things, the more mass an object in space has, the more it affects our perception of time(don't quote me, I'm not a scientist)....this is why, the closer you get to a black hole, the more time is diolated...black holes are incredibly massive and "weigh" down the fabric of time.

How does this relate? Well, this poem is about someone who has such a massive impact on my life, that she literally is my universe...time is her dress, and her impact is so massive that it changes my perception of time.

Thanks again!
Jason

Comment is about Time (blog)

Original item by Jason Phillips

If and when you've got there John and finished with the guidebook of how you did so, could I have it please?

I mean just the thought of mixing with Ant and Dec, Graham Norton, Alan Titchmarsh, Claudia Winkleman, Ozzy Osbourne oh and Prince???? Harry would really make me....no.
...better not 😂


cool composition squire!


LS

Comment is about Almost Famous (blog)

Original item by John Gilbert Ellis

Whose a clever little M.C. then? 👍

Comment is about SOCIALISM (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Good luck Grace in your new chapter-
-I think you will do brilliantly according to the words
in this fab poem 👍

Comment is about Fragments of a Soul (blog)

Original item by Grace

Touching in its simple realisation of how death is best coped
with - from both sides of the event. No frills...just plain honest
sentiment that is a nod to the good times that make life worth
living. Well said, JC. You've done her proud with this posting.

Comment is about HAPPY TIMES (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you! You are all so kind - I truly appreciate you all. ☺️

Comment is about Never Enough. (blog)

Original item by Clare

You are making me miss home! Thanks for this, it pretty much sums up London
Town. ☺️

Comment is about LONDON (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

Thank you all for your comments!

Comment is about Part of us (blog)

Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

Thanks Keith
I thought much brain had melted when I got to end .
Rather mixed up I’m afraid ,but I suppose just a train of current thoughts and I suppose interlinked to a degree

And thanks Uilleam

Comment is about Mixed emotions (blog)

Original item by Edbreathe

Very funny and too darn true.

Heard an AI 'expert' the other day suggest becoming artists was the answer to what all these unemployed people can do because of AI.

Sure I've heard that before...

Comment is about Digging Holes (blog)

Original item by Steve White