Thank you, Helene. We might have been in our 30’s but we were still kids. And t’Owd Lad had enough rotten luck for the three of us.
Apologies for not being able to get the audio to work.
And thanks for the Likes, Uilleam and Stephen. You all deserve medals for wading through this tome without the help of the audio.
Comment is about t'Owd Lad (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks Stephen (Atkinson) I did watch the movie (of the same title) close to when it was first released.
Comment is about hidden valentine (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Thanks for the laugh & the sharing about your friend, John. Really well written; the poem/prose carried me along to tell a story of sorrow, joy, fun & humor.
Comment is about t'Owd Lad (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
This is great K. Lynn! I laughed out loud. Wonderful!
Comment is about This Poem (blog)
Original item by K. Lynn
Really lovely, speaks on many levels. Aspirational-- the way we want it to be, on the inside, maybe one day on the outside.
Comment is about New beginning (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Wonderful poem! Love the rhymes & the message. The last line is a home run. Thank you Hugh!
Comment is about A calm heart (blog)
Original item by hugh
Thanks for all your likes
Helene
Stephen A
Stephen G
Hugh
Uilleam
Red Brick Keshner
Holden
Your Royal Poetess
and Kevin.
Comment is about When Hope Calls (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thanks Stephen.
Our sympathies are naturally with the victims who question the existence of a "God" who allows such suffering.
Yet I read that 4 million people were already homeless, in a rebel held enclave of Syria prior to these earthquakes as a result of the civil war there-at the hands of Man-not god.
I am moved to ask: which arms companies-and which politicians-are benefitting from such conflicts?
Comment is about Earthquake (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Here we go again
Flashing eyes and ruby lips
Alternative coded proposition
Paying taxi fare - - -
Works every time.
Comment is about February 2023 Collage Poem: A Real Revolution (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Brings home so many emotions we all are feeling Stephen.
Comment is about Earthquake (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thanks Stephen A
Finding the right words can prove difficult when this happens.
Thanks Helene
Everyone who watches yet another victim saved sometimes after hours buried in darkness feels the relief when they appear.
Comment is about When Hope Calls (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thanks Stephen G
I wanted to show how this World disaster has in itself brings terrible conflict in how unfair we look at life itself and who people blame when there is great suffering.
Comment is about When Hope Calls (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thank you, Stephen. There are so many young men forced to fight unwillingly in Ukraine and other places. It is a real tragedy.
Comment is about Reluctant Soldier (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
I really admire this poem, Nigel. The concluding line is extremely powerful.
Comment is about When Hope Calls (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Good one, Uilleam. A poem about everything, which skewers today's smug bunch and so much more.
Comment is about Insult to Injury (blog)
Thanks for your kind comment, Stephen. Maybe some people can compartmentalise their lives to that extent. If they can, it's a horrible thought, since they would have no conscience or feelings of guilt.
And my thanks to Nigel, Frederick, Purplemoon and Hélène.
Comment is about Torturer (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Cryptically superb, Stephen.
Does he leave, like his hat, the day behind? Love that, though I'm not quite sure why 😆
Comment is about Torturer (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
A lovely hug on a winter's night. Nice one J.D.
Comment is about Unfrosted (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
I'm glad he didn't choose mankini Mick, Julie! Incredible effort 💪
Comment is about SpeedoMick (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
My bloody valentine! Enlightening 😯
Comment is about hidden valentine (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Well done, John. I'll be downloading 'cause I've gone all modern ☺️
Comment is about All Roads Lead to Malton (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Sums up the horror & the hope perfectly, Nigel.
Comment is about When Hope Calls (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Great poem Cassandra! Thanks for the inspiration....one deep breath at a time.
Comment is about Taking Care Of Me (blog)
Original item by Cassandra Louise
Strong powerful poem. Felt the emotions in every line. Thank you for a poem that carries us into the hearts of the suffering from this catastrophe.
Comment is about When Hope Calls (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thankyou, Steve. And for the Like, Adam.
Comment is about SHAKESPEARE ON GENDER FLUIDITY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Topical stuff with a dash of humour! Thanks John
Comment is about SHAKESPEARE ON GENDER FLUIDITY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Uilleam love the title and it was - - -😄
Comment is about Sex On A Water Bed (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
......so he duly obliged-on a wing and a praaa>>>>>>>yer!
Comment is about An annoying flight (blog)
Original item by hugh
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Thu 9th Feb 2023 12:05
Thanks, Lee. It is really useful getting other participants' reports on reviewed events, embellishing the review itself. It sounds like one of those 'you had to have been there' gigs. And you were not only there, you helped create the electric atmosphere. Cheers.
Comment is about Taking the last bus home after nights like these! Brian Bilston wows big audience at the New Poetry Shack in London (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks Holden. It means a lot to have your support 😎👍
Comment is about All Roads Lead to Malton (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
I'm afraid I find it all rather silly, Stephen.
Thanks for the Like, Red Brick.
Comment is about SHAKESPEARE ON GENDER FLUIDITY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A remarkable piece, Andy. I love the way that a poem like this can reduce vile pomposity to what it really is.
Comment is about Soliloquy No 4 – Once More Into The Breech….... (blog)
Original item by Andy Millican
Keep 'em coming, John. It's a serious subject but there's no reason why it shouldn't be treated with humour.
'I think I'll take advice from Sturgeon
Before I go to see the surgeon'.
Or something like that.
Comment is about SHAKESPEARE ON GENDER FLUIDITY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
So glad to hear that you came through this crisis, Clare. Very best wishes.
Comment is about The Scent of Life (blog)
Original item by Clare
Thu 9th Feb 2023 04:47
Congratulations, John, I can't wait to read it! 😊
Comment is about All Roads Lead to Malton (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
It was Hose, Ghost: he was a Spanish fireman!
And thanks for the Like, Stephen.
Comment is about SHAKESPEARE ON GENDER FLUIDITY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Muy bien Juan, pero esta Jose, no Hose!
Comment is about SHAKESPEARE ON GENDER FLUIDITY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you Uilleam. I wrote this poem in 1993. I was inspired by Plath's majestic poem: 'Black Rook in Rainy Weather'.
I do not expect a miracle
Or an accident
To set the sight on fire
In my eye, nor seek
Any more in the desultory weather some design,
But let spotted leaves fall as they fall
Without ceremony, or portent.
Comment is about Lancashire, Winter (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Steve Higgins
Sun 12th Feb 2023 00:03
Thanks Stephen, not exactly a best seller but certainly a source of personal achievement and enjoyment
Comment is about A Warrior of Words (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins