Fri 7th Feb 2025 06:34
With all due respect, H.,
I've not lost hope and
I'm not crawling into the cave of despair.
I'm fighting to make things better.
Comment is about We Rise (blog)
Original item by Hélène
Thankyou, Flyntland. And for your Likes, New Shoes and Stephen.
Comment is about MY MAN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A poem about everything, Hélène. Marvellous.
Comment is about We Rise (blog)
Original item by Hélène
This poem is so well written and it will touch a raw nerve in many who read it,
My faith school told us that "Women were born to suffer" It was also common knowledge that if a man was unfaithful to his wife it was her fault for not being interesting enough.
But that was a long time ago and attitudes have changed, (I hope)
Comment is about THE CRACK IN THE SHELL (blog)
Original item by Naomi
Naomi,
I wish that I could hit the like button ten times, plus more.
Marla
Comment is about THE CRACK IN THE SHELL (blog)
Original item by Naomi
Thanks for likes: Naomi, Yanma Hidayah, New Shoes & Marla Joy. 👍
Comment is about In Your Arms (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
"This is the nature of survival
this is the nature of regeneration"
Helene you have given me a much-needed jolt, I just see gloom everywhere and life is not like that - I just need to wait and see.
Thank you
Comment is about We Rise (blog)
Original item by Hélène
Hi again Flyntland,
that sounds Idyllic, I wish I had more space for animals and plants. I would love to have space for rescue and to create a wild area for birds and wildlife. I have a dog and that's about all I have room for.
I love animals so much I've even stopped eating them, as for plants...well we all need to eat something.
David.
Comment is about CORRA (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
Maria and New Shoes thank you for reading and for your likes.
Comment is about CORRA (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
Helene - Thank you for your kind comment - we get many a chuckle with our wildlife friends.
Early one morning my husband passed a magpie when he was on his way to the bathroom, it was only on his return journey that he realized that it should not have been there. We have no idea how long it had been in the house or how it got there.
I do love nature.
Comment is about CORRA (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
Thank you David - I have planted many wildlife-friendly trees and shrubs on my little patch of Earth. I am in close touch with the varied creatures that have decided to live here.
Among them is a group of 3rd. or 4th. generation in the wild pheasants that visit us daily - one even comes in the house and calls us for food.
My world is a small one, but full of the wild creatures that I love.
Comment is about CORRA (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
A gorgeous poem of nostalgia, RBK, digging deep into the mind and milieu of the poets of old (including quite a few of us here on WOL it would appear, although a quill pen I have not lately used).
Comment is about not to the swift (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Lovely, well written Flyntland. I was right there with you and the bird, caught up in the imagery and sensations.
Comment is about CORRA (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
Thanks for your enquiery Hélène,
and to all those who gave likes, thank you.
David RL Moore
Comment is about Of sorrowful songs there is no fear (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Hi Flyntland,
an interesting observation on bird behaviour...
or an interesting analogy of the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
David RL Moore
Comment is about CORRA (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
The last stanza is wonderful - well penned!
Comment is about not to the swift (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
I love this one - a giggle seen through the eyes of a dog - the things that they do for us just to keep us happy.
Comment is about MY MAN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for extra likes: Red Brick Keshner, Hélène, Stephen G & Aisha. 👍
Comment is about Cancer Touched Me (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Helene I'm sorry it's a very lazy way of writing verse one.
Comment is about Of sorrowful songs there is no fear (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Hey guys, excuse my ignorance, but what is this "V1" you referenced in the comments? I googled it but was not enlightened.
Comment is about Of sorrowful songs there is no fear (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Thank you for taking the time to comment on this.
If I'm honest I don't know why I wrote it, I must be going soft.
Comment is about Poppy Slugshaw (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
"It's a nine day week in a seven day world"
a great line there Rick. Nice work. G
Comment is about Organised Chaos (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
Hi Graham,
you are spot on there, V1 is the root of this.
When I walked in to my fathers room that day his face was serene, all signs of age had slipped away as if he was young again. It was then I knew how close to the end he was.
The following hours were probably the calmest most peaceful moments I had experienced in a long time, as if the entire world reduced to the space within those four walls.
Thanks for your reading and comment.
David RL Moore
Comment is about Of sorrowful songs there is no fear (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
V1 must have been the inspiration for this surely?
Comment is about Of sorrowful songs there is no fear (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Thanks for likes: Binte Afroz, Holden, Naomi, K. Lynn, Ella Oak & Yanma Hidayah. 👍
Comment is about Cancer Touched Me (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Thanks Landi,
That's my first wander in the wordy woods for a few weeks.
Always appreciate your comments.
David RL Moore
Comment is about Of sorrowful songs there is no fear (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
"..just about everything in life gets taken from us..."
except for that spark that makes us who we are. The rest is fiction.
How to guard that spark--that is the crux of it all...
This is particularly timely for me )
Thank you for sharing.
The scene you evoke is peaceful and sublime, familiar without having been directly experienced.
Truly beautiful.
Comment is about Of sorrowful songs there is no fear (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Beautiful and tender, Mike. Loved it.
Comment is about 'Baby Bear' (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Great stuff, KJ. My USB stick never worked that well!
Comment is about Poppy Slugshaw (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Thank you, Trevor. I think you have summed it up perfectly. The Ostrich option only takes you so far, in fact to nowhere.
Comment is about Growth Agenda (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Mike, I should warn you now..........you wait until the grandchildren come along!!!
Comment is about 'Baby Bear' (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Thank you very much for reading and the lovely comment.
Comment is about 'Baby Bear' (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Be careful not to be a twirly, Jonathan.
Comment is about The Magic Age (after Jenny Joseph) (blog)
Original item by Jonathan Humble
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Tue 4th Feb 2025 13:44
Great poem. Love it.
When I moved to my humble abode in the Lakes a couple of years ago, I was looking forward to doing exactly the same, only to be told there are no buses hereabouts.
They have since put a few on, but no one seems to use them, perhaps because they don't go where we would like to travel; perhaps because they weren't publicised.
I wonder if the new president is considering introducing free bus passes for US pensioners? I am sure he would love to.
Comment is about The Magic Age (after Jenny Joseph) (blog)
Original item by Jonathan Humble
Thanks for your thoughts, Uilleam.
Comment is about "NOT LIKE THAT!" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you, Rolph. Eloquently expressed.
I fear you’re correct, Flyntland. Perhaps a year or so ago, in comments on WOL, in a discussion as to what might replace the moribund Tory party, I suggested that they would not die off, but morph into the Reform party, with all its fascist tendencies overtly celebrated; and now, there's hardly a ciggy papers’ difference between them and war-crime enabling Labour.
It appears I was correct. And who are the objects of their adoration? None other than Trump and Musk!
God help the UK!
Comment is about The Weight of Indifference (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
Thanks Jonathan.
Last year we took full advantage of our bus pass whilst on a self-catering holiday in the Lakes.
We arrived by car, then never used it once during the whole week; the bus stop was right outside our cottage.
Result? less pollution, less traffic congestion, fewer frayed nerves, more walking....and a healthier population - Take note government, please!
Comment is about The Magic Age (after Jenny Joseph) (blog)
Original item by Jonathan Humble
Mock ye not JC. The Origami paper tiger is a fearsome beast...many an unsuspecting office worker has suffered death by a thousand paper cuts; a most painful end!
Comment is about "NOT LIKE THAT!" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Ah, the joy of the bus pass, Jonathan ... let's just hope it's still available by the time you reach the right age!
Comment is about The Magic Age (after Jenny Joseph) (blog)
Original item by Jonathan Humble
When he eventually got up, Trevor, he repositioned me to his liking and did some twirly-twirly stuff to show me how to evade rugby tackles!
And thanks for the Likes, Tom, Holden, Naomi and pall.
Comment is about "NOT LIKE THAT!" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I really appreciate that Trevor. Thank you
Comment is about BORN OF DUST AND SUN (blog)
Original item by Naomi
Many thanks Uilleam for your insightful feedback. See you on the front line ✌️
Thanks for likes: Red Brick Keshner, Aisha, Holden & Naomi. 👍
Comment is about Explode (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Yes, I think the new environmental plan is the ostrich option. All those elderly leaders whose thought process seems to be, 'well it may all go to rat shit, but I won't be here by then!'
Comment is about Growth Agenda (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Naomi
Fri 7th Feb 2025 06:39
Wow, Thank you Marla☺️
Comment is about THE CRACK IN THE SHELL (blog)
Original item by Naomi