Tom,
One of the best poems I have read in a long time as it encapsulates emotions and places which all seem to interlock. Very well crafted.

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Our Still Leaping Hearts (blog)

Original item by Tom

Greg, Stephen, Stephen and Holden - thanks for reading and thanks for the likes ?

Edit: and thank you Jennifer, Binte, Aisha and Keith too! :)

Comment is about Our Still Leaping Hearts (blog)

Original item by Tom

Thanks for all your likes
Greg
Holden
Stephen A
Stephen G
and
Aisha.

Comment is about My Football Heart Can't Take It (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

The way they are playing Greg you have got a battle on your hands County battered Bolton and are in a mean mood.

Comment is about My Football Heart Can't Take It (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

John,
There can't be many on this site who have heard of Trawden but as I lived in Harle Syke I know Trawden Wood, the bus route through Brierfield, Nelson and Colne and further on toward Barnoldswick. As children we used to walk and picnic there. I still have family in Briercliffe not far from the Craven Heiffer pub. My parents are buried in St James' Church Graveyard in Briercliffe.

A poem drenched in nostalgia which I am able to share with you.
Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about Forget-me-not (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

"The Boyfriend" was a classic!

Considered opinions
on you were dropped,
everyone had one
they never stopped,
your so-called boyfriend
a Lover was not,
when it came to bed
he was definitely a flop!.
?

Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Congratulations to County, Nigel. I'd wish them well for another victory on Saturday, but they're away to my home town team Woking!

Comment is about My Football Heart Can't Take It (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Brilliantly written, Ian, as always

Comment is about In The Garden Of Gethsemane (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Stephen,
one of your best and very in keeping with times we live in. It flows, it reads well and almost carries the reader to a better place.

Thanks for this
Keith

Comment is about Why Can't We? (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

I was wondering why I only saw your posts when someone comments on them. And its because I'd blocked you! ? By accident of course! But now I'm, once again, ready to receive your genius ...I'm waiting...?

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

Original item by d.knape

I can write fairly good poetry
when I put my mind to it-
The problem is
putting my mind to it.

Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

I thought your thought was just about your thoughts, or was it a different thought that you've thought about?
Nice one, it made me think

Comment is about Storing Thoughts (blog)

Original item by d.knape

the deeper the hole-
the harder to get out of.
?

Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

I'll consider your suggestion.
But then...
what if lose the journal?

( that poem was written in Jest,
to be ingested

I know, I know, you say not to do that but...
I just find things amusing
including myself.

Comment is about Storing Thoughts (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Officially jealous! ? Have fun ! ??

Comment is about Speeding Across The Sky (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thanks Keith. Nothing in life is perfect, that's for sure. But it
seems in retrospect (the "benefit of hindsight"!) that the streets
were safer then and coppers had some sort of built-in sense of
fair play and a sense of duty that saw them often perform above
and beyond what was expected of them, even becoming trusted confidants in delicate and occasionally risky matters that came
their way; like the local priest and old home-visiting family GP,
part of a society that had developed its values and priorities
over centuries. Sadly, much of that seems to have dissipated
in recent decades and we are paying the price.

Comment is about POLICING LONDON - BACK IN THE DAY (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I suppose our brains are like computers in so far as they have a certain capacity when it comes to storage. You might wish to consider a diary or journal devoted to random thoughts and then be able to retrieve them whenever you like. A daily journal is a good idea.

Keith

Comment is about Storing Thoughts (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Beautiful piece.

Pity nothing will be done but hey ho, that's the way it goes.

Comment is about 'Fail them, and I will rise': Kathleen Jamie's poem after COP26 (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Agree absolutely with Keith. Was definitely impressed with the butterfly poem, really beautiful. Am getting quite jealous! What has happened to change your contributions so drastically? I enjoywriting 'frivolous' stuff too, they are like word games. Haven't abandoned anyone! Keep up the good work.
Jennifer

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

Original item by d.knape

Still at it?! Must have been some hole, perhaps for multiple 'bodies'. Again may I presume to say, very well constructed, and excellent advice.

Jennifer

Comment is about Digging A Hole (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Wow! This is really good. The first verse in particular is beautiful.
Always found it unbelievable that creatures so apparently fragile could survive such an incredibly long journey.
Jennifer

Comment is about Last To Leave (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Short, well written and couldn't agree more! Jennifer

Comment is about A Celebration Of Life (blog)

Original item by d.knape

your soul
so connected
so real
so true.

Comment is about 64. Poem (blog)

Original item by Sunshine

break the chains
no longer hiding
darkness fades away.

Comment is about 痛み / Itami (blog)

Original item by Your Royal Poetess

Thank you very much for the likes and comments over my 2 recent poems about my Mums passing.

We had afternoon tea and cake in a restaurant close to Speke Airport after the service hence that particular reference. Mum loved to tap and line dance and was a keen rambler when she younger and in better health.

Comment is about Planes Over Speke (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

And to think that most of this was carried out on foot or a bicycle before they retreated to cars. Halcyon days when great trust was invested in the local constabulary.

I enjoyed this thank you
Keith

Comment is about POLICING LONDON - BACK IN THE DAY (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Ironic, Stephen. It has always struck me as a little vainglorious to suggest a shave is as good as it gets.
And thanks for the Likes, StephenA and Holden.

Comment is about "THE BEST A MAN CAN GET" (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you, Keith, for taking the time to read closely and thus to understand fully.

"And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" This is the only saying of Christ on the cross which appears in more than one gospel, Mark 15:44 and Matthew 27:46, and is a quote from Psalm 22:1.

Comment is about Holy sonnet (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

now we know.-
you have deserted me


wink. wink.

Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

thanks Keith.
I know him personally.

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

Original item by keith jeffries

A powerful poem which took me some time to grasp but I was immediately reminded of psalm 20 My God My God why hast thou forsaken me.

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Holy sonnet (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Stephen,
A work of art in the context of human relations. I was immediately drawn to the line "a part of you inhabits me". In fact that stanza stands out as the kernel of the poem. Often when a relationship is broken by death the grieving person often says that a great part of life has been taken away or I now feel only half the person I was before. Some relationships whether short lived or lasting for many years can leave that indelible impression on the soul.

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Membrane (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

I'm pondering the last line, John. Literal or metaphorical, or both?

Comment is about "THE BEST A MAN CAN GET" (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for the kind comment Keith. Thanks also for the likes

Comment is about Tangled Web (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

We all create our own rhythms in life, and attract similar rhythms to us ?

Comment is about Rhythm (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

The last two lines resonated with me, beautiful poem

Comment is about The word is love (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Artwork by: Belinda Williams ?

Instagram page:
https://www.instagram.com/beebeetheartist/

Comment is about 痛み / Itami (blog)

Original item by Your Royal Poetess

Thank you John, Hugh, Stephen, Stephen and Holden for responding to the poem. This was a poem about my father in law, a rather personal episode for all concerned.

Ray

Comment is about STANLEY IN THE HOME (blog)

Original item by ray pool

A poem of a pastoral scene beautifully told. The photo is an appropriate image. The two go together.
Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about Tangled Web (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

A poem which describes eloquently the goodness to be found in ordinary people.
Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about A Better Place (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thanks for your expert view on this, Ruth. (For the benefit of readers, Ruth Aylett is a professor of computer science at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, where she specialises in affective computing, social computing, software agents, and human–robot interaction, as well as being a poet). But in defence of our 'nonsense piece', we would point out that we asked the question, Can a robot write poetry? in the headline and the story, rather than saying definitively that it could. And this begs another question - who decides what is poetry, anyway? Whatever this robot comes up with might be viewed as exciting, innovative, experimental and valid in some quarters. I even wonder whether some AI entity hasn't been honing its craft on the Write Out Loud blogs for many years, encouraged all the time by the supportive community we have here. Well, you never know. ?

Comment is about Can a robot write poetry? Ai-Da responds to Dante (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

No words wasted. ?

Comment is about how to (blog)

Original item by mona

Thank you

Comment is about Good Boy (blog)

Original item by Chris Bunton

This is a nonsense piece treating a piece of machinery with some attached software as if it were a person, in the interests of marketing hype. There are plenty of generative poetry programs around - all of which produce pretty poor stuff because they have no grasp of semantics. Bundling one in with a not terribly functional robot - largely pre-scripted and teleoperated - makes for a fun demo but cannot be described as a 'creative robot' still less as presenting poetry that 'she' has written.

Comment is about Can a robot write poetry? Ai-Da responds to Dante (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Beautifully understated ?

Comment is about Planes Over Speke (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Heart-felt without being maudlin, Mike.

Comment is about Planes Over Speke (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Charity indeed! ?

Comment is about OLD FRIENDS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Beautiful with a sinister hint ( or is that just the way my mind works?) ?

Comment is about R.I.P. (blog)

Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.

I have done a deal with God, Stephen; he won’t come for me till I’ve read all my books. But I’ve outflanked him - I keep them topped up from the charity shops.

Comment is about OLD FRIENDS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

They say 70 is the new 60, John! So if you're booked in to pop yer clogs at 80, you'll actually live until you're 90! Happy days, Happy Birthday ?

Comment is about OLD FRIENDS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey