You can bet some bugger will be offended, Uilleam. Probably a 5 year old, trans, blind frog. Or someone on their behalf!
Comment is about SELF-IDENTIFY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Absolutely brilliant, John, you've knocked the whole issue into a cocked hat!
Some self-proclaimed "experts" don't appear to know the difference between biological sex and gender....I've got a sixty-foot yacht at the marina, she's a proper goer; one moonlit night, after a few too many whiskies I got a bit frisky, now I'm daddy to a little dingy!
Comment is about SELF-IDENTIFY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Many thanks Rolph for your poetic retort
The love we crave sometimes comes up short. Your detailed responses are much appreciated. 🙂
Many thanks Stephen G for your kind and understanding response. 🙂
Thanks for like Manish. 👍
Comment is about My Daddy Never Loved Me (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Dear Rolph, thanks kindly for myself, on behalf of the poem, and those that identify with its cry 🌷🕊🙏🏻 Here’s to our continuance of building bridges that change lives for the better through poetry 🙏🏻🕊🌷
Comment is about a miscreant yearns (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
-on “a miscreant’s cry” ~ Dear Rolph, thanks kindly for myself, on behalf of the poem, and those that identify with its cry 🌷🕊🙏🏻 Here’s to our continuance of building bridges that change lives for the better through poetry 🙏🏻🕊🌷
Comment is about Rolph David (poet profile)
Original item by Rolph David
-on “a miscreant yearns” ~ Thanks Marla Joy 🙏🏻🕊that speaks deeply to me as I never chose the way in which I had grown to use language; and you’re allowing room for that brings me to a place of freedom and acceptance, no matter how strange my language may get. It’s like writing the way Christopher Walken would employ language in his speech, almost (for lack of a more ready analogy). You are much appreciated and your kind words much valued. 🙏🏻🕊🌷rbk
Comment is about Marla Joy (poet profile)
Original item by Marla Joy
Thanks Marla🙏🏻🕊that speaks deeply to me as I never chose the way in which I had grown to use language; and you’re allowing room for that brings me to a place of freedom and acceptance, no matter how strange my language may get. It’s like writing the way Christopher Walken would employ language in his speech, almost (for lack of a more ready analogy). You are much appreciated and your kind words much valued. 🙏🏻🕊🌷rbk
Comment is about a miscreant yearns (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
interesting observations Stephen.
Two thoughts on this.
How much CO2 is generated in the manufacturing process of these vehicles?
When they say, for example "up to three hundred miles in one charge", that could actually and "legally" mean Zero miles.
In my opinion the phrase UP TO, frequently employed by advertisers, is fraudulent and should be banned by trading standards.
Comment is about Full Electric (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Superbly written, Rolph. A pleasure to read, and to ponder.
Comment is about Sails of a Giant (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
Thanks, Rolph.
At times I find our need to coin words in order to describe certain aspects of the world around us, somewhat comical;
I wonder what the adherents of "Phlogistics" would have thought of "string theory" and "black holes"?
Comment is about The Death of Phlogiston (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
A sad, heartfelt poem, Tom. Everyone shows love in different ways. My dad was not very demonstrative but he showed his love by making so many sacrifices for my brother and I - taking us to museums, cricket matches, which I'm sure he could barely afford.
Comment is about My Daddy Never Loved Me (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
When change draws near, build mills and not a wall —
The winds that break one man can lift us all.
Wise words, Rolph.
Comment is about Sails of a Giant (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
Thanks David. I've been scrolling through a lot of posts that I missed in recent weeks, and found this, highly relevant to the murderous attacks on press freedom taking place around the world, and to those taking place in the UK.
Anyone who earns their living by bringing us the truth, must be painfully aware that journalists are now routinely murdered in the middle east, whilst here in the UK, a shill who supports such a genocidal regime is platformed by a so-called News outlet at the British taxpayers' expense!
Comment is about Behind Bars (blog)
Original item by David R Mellor
Red,
Reading "A Miscreant Yearns" felt like listening to a soul speak in its purest form. You showed how even those who feel lost or unworthy still carry a deep, aching beauty inside them. The way you describe longing finding shape through words really stayed with me. It’s a reminder that even brokenness can build bridges — between ourselves, and to others.
Thank you for giving voice to that quiet, powerful truth.
All the best,
Rolph
Comment is about a miscreant yearns (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Dear Tom,
Your words cut deep, I know them well,
A story my own heart could tell.
A father's love, so tightly sealed,
A wound that never quite gets healed.
They lived in times both hard and proud,
Where feelings stayed behind a cloud.
To show their hearts, to speak their soul,
Was seen as weakness, not a goal.
My father too, wore such a mask,
To reach for love, a hopeless task.
He never knew his mother’s hand,
His father, stern and hard to stand.
And so, the cycle traveled on,
A hidden love, a quiet song.
Yet deep inside, I know it’s true,
There was a love he never knew... how to pursue.
Your poem gave that silence voice,
The pain, the longing, and the choice—
To still achieve, to live, to try,
While carrying that question: why?
Thank you, Tom, for being brave,
For giving voice to what we crave.
Your words remind us we’re not alone—
In silent love that went unknown.
With deep respect,
Rolph
Comment is about My Daddy Never Loved Me (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Many thanks Uilleam & Marla Joy for your feedback and comments. Much appreciated. 🙂
Thanks for likes: Holden, Red Brick Keshner, hugh, Nigel Astell & Hélène. 👍
Comment is about My Daddy Never Loved Me (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Good morning Marla,
It’s easy to get caught up in wondering who will remember us, how many will, and in what way. But your words also remind me that the most important part might be how we live right now (hard enough!), fully present in our own lives (even more!!!), rather than obsessing over what comes after.
Thank you for sparking this reflection.
Take care,
cheerio,
Rolph
Comment is about Echoes Of Contentment (blog)
Original item by Marla Joy
Thank you so much Hélène and Marla ❤❤
Comment is about Mom, This One Needs Your Hands (blog)
Original item by Yanma Hidayah
A short poem but Oh! so beautiful, Thank you Helene
Comment is about Sending Love (blog)
Original item by Hélène
Thank you for your kind comment, James.
I was living abroad when I wrote this. It is an expression of a certain amount of disorientation and a desire for a connection with someone/something deeply familiar.
I'm glad it resonated with you.
Comment is about fever (blog)
Original item by Landi Cruz
Trevor,
You paint a vivid picture aging here.. Well expressed.
Marla
Comment is about Mission Control (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Yanma,
Your poetry here is reaches many in different ways.
I can relate to that kind of longing and tender care.
And Rolph David - you are a gifted commentator!
Marla
Comment is about Mom, This One Needs Your Hands (blog)
Original item by Yanma Hidayah
RBK,
You write with a depth that often glides over the top of my head, but enjoyed none the less.
Marla
Comment is about a miscreant yearns (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Well expressed feeling of fathers and sons.
Marla
Comment is about My Daddy Never Loved Me (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Thanks Uilleam,
David
Comment is about To see must be to speak (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
A stunningly beautiful poem, Yanma. Speaks of gentle care and an unbreakable bond of love, tinged with yearning.
Comment is about Mom, This One Needs Your Hands (blog)
Original item by Yanma Hidayah
Claire I like the simplicity of this. Its brevity is packed with nuances! Clever!
Comment is about Reinvention. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Oh wow, so those words that were barely discernible mean you are away.... hope you get to visit "home" every now and again! 🙏🏻🕊️ Long Bows rule! (Agincourt, 1415)
Comment is about Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh (poet profile)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Thanks Marla. Sometimes it's just best to 'go with it'
Comment is about Faithful companion (blog)
Original item by James R
Yes RBK, it is a Lancastrian badge.
I scanned the cloth one, then edited the image, with the words: "Tha con tek t' mon eawt o' Lankisheer, bu' tha connut tek t' Lankisheer eawt o' t' mon".
A little too small to be read at that resolution.
Comment is about a miscreant yearns (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
- on “miscreant’s cry” ~ Thanks Uilleam 🙏🏻🕊is that a Lancastrian badge, by the way?
Beauty is indeed “mystifying.” Couldn’t have said it better. 🌷🙏🏻🕊
Comment is about Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh (poet profile)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Thanks Uilleam 🙏🏻🕊is that a Lancastrian badge, by the way?
Beauty is indeed “mystifying.” Couldn’t have said it better. 🌷🙏🏻🕊
Comment is about a miscreant yearns (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Thank you, Hugh, for an eloquent poem. Your optimism is truly admirable, but I am moved to ask: what peace?
The absence of war is not “peace”. Admittedly, mass-mobiliation of British armed forces is not (yet) underway: but our military and our arms industry are being used to enable a genocide -some call it a Holocaust- some the Nakba - to be prosecuted, ostensibly on behalf of British citizens -on a truly, and in every sense of the word, “industrial” scale.
Comment is about 80 years of peace since the end of World War 11. (blog)
Original item by hugh
At cruelty, sometimes, I'd sit and weep,
But now the time has come to stand and speak,
Lest when they've come for them, they come for me.
💗💐
Comment is about To see must be to speak (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Thanks for the likes,
RBK
Holden Moncrieff
Naomi
I think it's worth noting that the Irish and African peoples, having suffered the excesses of colonial rule and apartheid, seem to be the most vocal and most effective in their support of the Palestinian people, and in their condemnation of their oppressors.
Comment is about SAOIRSE DON PHALAISTIN (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
There’s allus a dribble that’s left
Though I’m ever so careful and deft
At shaking my todger
For this coffin dodger
There’s allus a dribble that’s left.
Thankyou Uilleam and Stephen for the Like.
Comment is about PADS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
You paint a lovely picture Jonathan. A landscape in which I can feel the breeze and hear its sounds.
Comment is about The Seventh Whistler (blog)
Original item by Jonathan Humble
Here's wishing you luck, Honey!
Comment is about I'd Like For Everyone The Biggest Luck (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
I find "beauty" to be a mystifying concept, RBK.
Could one definition be: "that which is most pleasing, most fitting, or most appropriate"?
Comment is about a miscreant yearns (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Thanks, Tom.
I can't remember my dad ever putting his arms around me, or demonstrating any kind of affection, perhaps it was just a sign of the times.
At any rate, I think it's time we blokes ditched the big strong silent and strong image. It's a right load of cobblers - the world is running short of love.
I remember a couple of years ago in the pub, a chap saying "see you later, love", to his son...long may it be so.
Comment is about My Daddy Never Loved Me (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Thank you James,
I'm so pleased you saw the hope in this.
The repetetive use of the word "see" is intended to provoke the idea of action as opposed to mere spectating. With this juxtapose I had hoped to suggest the aspect of hope.
I am pleased you felt hope in this piece, as was my desire.
David RL Moore
Comment is about To see must be to speak (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
A big thank you John, on behalf of under-represented males everywhere.
As a result of a recent DEI initiative, I now look forward to the TV advert based in Leeds Municipal Gym, in which one likely lad says to the other:
“Eeh bah gum, ah've just done twenty press-ups, an’ does tha know, ah’m feelin’ a bit damp round the goolies; can thi lend me a Tena - these Always Discrete aren’t up to scratch”.
Comment is about PADS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Good morning folks,
Thanks to Landi and Stephen for your comments.
David RL Moore
Comment is about The infinity of consequence (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Graham Sherwood
Sun 20th Apr 2025 04:37
Always carry a shilling 😂
Comment is about Full Electric (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage