This poem Jamal is one well worth reading over and over again
great piece.

LS

Comment is about Critical (blog)

Original item by Jamal Buchanan

Thanks Leon!

Comment is about Any other Winners of this particular competition on Write Out Loud? (blog)

Original item by Red Button

Thanks for the likes for this rearrangement of words.

Comment is about Recharge (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

MC Newberry, yes... his emerald mine inheritance money from pops must surely help with this current status as King Troll of Trollville.. 😁

Comment is about Elon Musk Smells Of Wee (blog)

Original item by Jo Callisto

lol Uilleam... that's is such an amusing analysis of the word Musk... 😅😅

Comment is about Elon Musk Smells Of Wee (blog)

Original item by Jo Callisto

Quite right, Uilleam and MC. Many people think there is no such stuff.
And thanks for the Likes, Helene, Clare and Frederick.

Comment is about FAIRY LIGHTS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you, M.C. for reading and your comment.

I used to receive the response “Time to get new boots” whenever times got hard and I guess it works for this piece. 🙂

Comment is about Gray Man (blog)

Original item by kimberly

It has that air of "quiet desperation"- relieved by a last line that raises a wry smile.

Comment is about Gray Man (blog)

Original item by kimberly

Romans kept geese on Hadrian's Wall? Fascinating. It could
account for why Romans have a reputation for goosing female
tourists. 😋

Comment is about FAIRY LIGHTS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Ah...the old conundrum.
Can't live with it...can't live without it.😒

Comment is about Hope For Our Love (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

The modern Conservative And Unionist Party certainly seems
occupied by the "wrong sort" - but then society in general has, IMHO, taken a turn for the worse and it can be no real surprise
when its public services are filled by the results!
As for the policy attributed to Thatcher - I seem to recall a certain
Michael Heseltine being sent to Liverpool on some sort of local
recovery/regeneration mission back in the distant past. Was that
doomed to failure - or was it never going to be enough?.

Comment is about Anti-Social-ist Behaviour Dis-Order (blog)

I wonder in my own small way what it must be like to be a hate figure for the disaffected? Perhaps best endured when you have
enough money to just smile and wave?

Comment is about Elon Musk Smells Of Wee (blog)

Original item by Jo Callisto

Sorry, that should have been "Catarrhy Voices"😊

Comment is about Their Favourite Things (blog)

forgive my long time ago acclaim to 5+ minutes of fame
( non intended rhyme-but hey! I'm a natch! )

having claimed Poem of the week with my poem

Skiffle

yours more sin than cerely

PS-should this notification be unacceptable I would like you to know that my arse takes a size ten boot

LS

Comment is about Any other Winners of this particular competition on Write Out Loud? (blog)

Original item by Red Button

Thank you for reading and responding Uilleam. I am in full agreement with your comments and observations.

Comment is about Any other Winners of this particular competition on Write Out Loud? (blog)

Original item by Red Button

I'm so glad that I spotted your post here-thank you.

I will read your post later on "Bemoaning the state of the high street", and give it the attention it deserves.

Further, on Mental Health,

I CAN well believe that Luciana Berger said:
"It was staggering so few with mental health conditions were in work",

Oh yes: "WORK MAKES YOU FREE", now where have we heard THAT before? Get back to bloody work or else!

And I CAN believe that Berger..."is spending too much time attacking Jeremy Corbyn."

It would not surprise me if Berger joined the Nasty Party, and took to singing the the "Horst Wessel Lieb" at the Tory party conference.

The several year long campaign of slander and smears against Corbyn, carried out from within-and from without the Labour Party has been, and still, is based on a pack of lies.

The NHS and the Mental Health services are doomed if we do not address the enemy within the Labour Party.

Comment is about Any other Winners of this particular competition on Write Out Loud? (blog)

Original item by Red Button

leave a small piece of goose cheese in with them.

That's why the Romans on Hadrian's wall kept geese as guards - to keep the hobgoblins away.

Comment is about FAIRY LIGHTS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

There's a theme developing this morning,
musk, rambling rose scents.

And in the moment's silence between notes
measured minds orientate themselves.

The silences - just as important as the notes.💐

Comment is about The Musician's Bleeding Fingers (blog)

Original item by Adam Whitworth

“**HIS** WHOLE ARSE (and probably his scrotum..”
Funny you should mention that…..!

MUSK (Arabic): From the word muska, meaning “testicle”.

The deer gland was thought to resemble a scrotum.

Musk is a class of aromatic substances, including glandular secretions from a gland of the musk deer.

And about:

"the pissing rain (ha! 'wee/piss'.. get it??!? lol)"

I've often walked in the pissing rain whilst being pissed up,...thing is-
why does the rain never piss UP-
why is it always pissing DOWN?

Just asking like!

Comment is about Elon Musk Smells Of Wee (blog)

Original item by Jo Callisto

We look before and after,
And pine for what is not;
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught;
Our sweetest songs are those that tell
Of saddest thought.
Percy Bysshe Shelley,

Comment is about The significance of a pillow (blog)

Original item by M. Smith

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.

T. S. Eliot

Comment is about Intentionality (blog)

Original item by M. Smith

Hi Uilleam.. Bit of a accident this piece as I was researching for something else and I came across on this on google, and it left me thinking oh wow! lol. but thanks for the comment.

Also thank you to Frederick , Holden and Hélène for the love here.

Comment is about Black Sapote (blog)

Original item by Andy N

With regard to all things Brexity, my rule of thumb must be:
"Contempt for the conmen, compassion for the conned".

Comment is about THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for that John.
So it means what I take it to mean! Phew-I'm off the hook"!😇

Comment is about A place of recovery (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

You express your self eminently clearly Uilleam. When we send our poems out into the world we lose control of what they might mean. Whether or not "“an old Welsh witch,” and “this Abyssinian maid”, are two separate people, or are they separate representations of a single type of woman, for example oppressed women?" is down to you, the reader. TS Eliot said that “A good poem, indeed, is one which even the most accomplished reading cannot exhaust." So the poem means what YOU take it to mean.

Comment is about A place of recovery (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

And don’t forget those halcyon days of empire, MC, when 1/3 of the world map was coloured pink.

Comment is about THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you Bethany & Stephen for reading and your comments. I am glad you found this enjoyable.

Comment is about Gray Man (blog)

Original item by kimberly

Congratulations on your collection, Steve, and well done for keeping going. Your latest poem, 'The Lowest of the Low', says it all. Let's just hope the West will maintain its support for Ukraine, and that it will eventually tip the balance against Putin, and help to bring his evil empire down.

Comment is about Poet who won't let us forget Ukraine publishes war collection (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

"one that's subject to destruction, silence, and denial." lovely . absolutely lovely

Comment is about I have chosen a way to cry (blog)

Original item by Gracious

As a "leave" voter, being considered a numpty by a socialist (no
borders view?) is something I can live with. The basic reason
had to be the impertinent presumption that "here today, gone
tomorrow" inhabitants of the Mother of Parliaments thought
they had the right to put the primacy of that ancient institutiion
in the hands of others beyond these shores. without a mandate
from the people in pre-Brexit activities. Farage recognised
this - then and now. As for "gullibility", sadly, it can readily be
argued that it was the result of misplaced original trust.
Fool me once, shame on you - Fool me twice, shame on me.
Now, what about returning that hundred billion (late estimate)
allocated for the destructive Martini drining time London rail link to the nation's coffers to help the economy?

Comment is about THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for your inquiry Rasa, and I hope you're soon feeling better.

I'm English, born in England, and English is my first language.
My family background is of a typical Lancastrian Irish Catholic community-and It's a long running project of mine to "teach myself Irish".

As someone who lives/works in Australia, you'll probably be famliar with the Anglicised name "Kelly".

Say my name with what I would describe as a "cod" Irish accent, and you'd be pretty close to the correct Irish Pronunciation😊!

Congratulations on your work in mental health, a badly neglected and "invisible" aspect of healthcare here in the UK.

Comment is about The Rona Effect (blog)

Original item by Rasa Kabaila

reminds me of my 18 month old grandson, thank you, I will return to it when I need a smile

Comment is about Holiday Gathering (blog)

Original item by Hélène

Thanks all for the comments and likes, and may I be permitted a bit of shameless self-publicity?

As part of the BBC's "Inclusivity and Diversity" programme, I have been invited to do a spot at the 2023 BBC Proms, in which I will be expressing under-represented points of view.

My gig is titled: "Qatari Voices".

Be there or be square!

Comment is about Their Favourite Things (blog)

Yesterday, I played with tubs of playdough, which our 3 an a bit yr old had all over my son's floor... her fault, honest mum!
Brilliant fun and a true blessing.

Comment is about Holiday Gathering (blog)

Original item by Hélène

A fascinating piece this, John. It was only your reference to Coleridge right at the end that allowed me to begin to cotton on a bit.

Are “an old Welsh witch,” and “this Abyssinian maid”, two separate people, or are they separate representations of a single type of woman, for example oppressed women? - Not sure if I've expressed my self clearly here!

Re witches: in the 16th century, Tangwlyst ferch Glyn was accused by the Bishop of St. David’s of living in sin. I believe the persecution of women like her was a result of psychological “projection”, whereby the powerful felt threatened by own insecurities and “sinful” thoughts.

In France today, midwives are still known as "femmes sages" ie. "wise women": a name given to so-called witches in mediaeval times.

Given the derisory and disrespectful treatment of midwives and the nursing profession in general by the UK government, it would appear Gombeen Britons continue to live in mediaeval fear and ignorance of things they don’t understand: i.e. Compassion and Service.
"Clapping won't pay the bills".

Comment is about A place of recovery (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Graphically described, Rasa. Sorry to hear you got this and hope you are improving. As you say, it ain't no common cold.

Comment is about The Rona Effect (blog)

Original item by Rasa Kabaila

A lovely poem of reflection and enjoyment, Helène.

Comment is about Holiday Gathering (blog)

Original item by Hélène

This is a great write, Kimberley. One of the best I have seen recently.

Comment is about Gray Man (blog)

Original item by kimberly

A good, compassionate poem, Julie.

Comment is about Recharge (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Strong and to the point, MC.

Comment is about PUTIN AND SOLDIERS' MOTHERS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thanks for your kind comment, Julie, and for your poignant observation, Uilleam. Indeed, it is all so tragic.

Comment is about The Lowest of the Low (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thank you Stephen 🙏🏼 It was inspired by words in the online manual of my new washing machine…! I challenged myself to include as many of them as possible in a poem.

Comment is about Silent Wash (blog)

Original item by Bryony Partridge

It's a unique feeling, isn't it, Uilleam! Your name is also very unique! WhT are your origins?

Best wishes,
Rasa

Comment is about The Rona Effect (blog)

Original item by Rasa Kabaila

Thanks for the like, Keith. 👍

Comment is about History is Bunk (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Thank you Hélène and Uilleam for your kind comments - my writing process is simple; I write and post my poems in less than an hour; so what I gain in spontaneity, I lose in structure and craft - it works for me and I’m happy to write that way 😉

Comment is about Defy, decay (blog)

Original item by Nicholas

Thanks for the like Uilleam 👍

Comment is about History is Bunk (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

There are so many ways of seeing. Mood and interior thoughts and feelings influence how we perceive the external world. "Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty."
David Hume, Of the Standard of Taste and Other Essays.

Thanks to all who commented upon or liked this pomespennyeach.

Comment is about  SNOW WHITE STARS (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

I really enjoyed this, Kimberly. Well done and thank you.

Comment is about Gray Man (blog)

Original item by kimberly

I have a decent digital camera with all the usual bells and whistles which I rarely use, leaving it on automatic.
But at least I try to think about composition in my shots.

Comment is about Early Morning in Yosemite (blog)

Original item by Mike McPeek

We watched Doctor Zhivago today, whilst my little grand daughter was in the room.
The last time I watched it was shortly after it premiered...a flood of memories and some tears prompted by the haunting Lara's theme came back; and I thought "When will they ever learn?", and I wondered what kind of a world are we leaving for our little one's generation?

Comment is about The Lowest of the Low (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage