dk.,
When you put your mind to writing good poetry you produce some fine work. Try and avoid the frivolous. You are a good poet.
Keith
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
I think this is brilliant, John. It satirises our modern desire to reduce every story into its 'controversial' elements.
Though perhaps that tendency is not modern at all? John Botterill
Comment is about EDWARD II (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Yes we need to look deeper into all things to discover an innate beauty.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Delight (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
What’s ironic is that Simon and Garfunkel will also know how terribly strange it is to be 70, Graham.
Thanks for the Likes, Stephen and Holden.
Comment is about OLD FRIENDS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
This was almost too much to bear, Chris. A beautiful, sincere poem. I wish you all well.
Comment is about Good Boy (blog)
Original item by Chris Bunton
Tue 16th Nov 2021 03:15
I think you have a Monarch in your hands right there.
wink. wink.
Comment is about Chris Bunton (poet profile)
Original item by Chris Bunton
Tue 16th Nov 2021 03:14
Thanks Keith for your comment on "Last To Leave".
I was rather proud of the way the poem turned out.
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Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
No-one understands grief more than someone who has held a dog in their arms as it was put to sleep and that final look back into your eyes as the weight changes.
This captures one of the most horrible decisions one ever has to make. Good work Chris!
Comment is about Good Boy (blog)
Original item by Chris Bunton
Absolutely beautiful and very poignant.
Comment is about Good Boy (blog)
Original item by Chris Bunton
I’m not a dog lover at all, Chris. But this really hits the spot. Powerful and evocative.
Comment is about Good Boy (blog)
Original item by Chris Bunton
Yes, Keith, your instinctive understanding never lets you down. Hugh, does it mean something like "Great longing and cruel nostalgia/ Every day is heartbreaking." I don't know whether hiraeth is a curse or a blessing, I just know it is. Mark, I don't know much about south Wales, I've just visited Cardiff a few times, but I do know north Wales, especially Ynys Mon (Anglesey), where people are very friendly to those who make an effort to speak, even a few words, of their language. John
Comment is about HIRAETH (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Monarch! I love it! Poor fella. I saw one just like this and thought the same thing.
Comment is about Last To Leave (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Mon 15th Nov 2021 15:11
Thank you so much for the kind words, John! ?
Comment is about Absurd (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
A beautifully crafted poem with a certain poignancy as one recalls the delicacy of the natural world.
Thanks for this
Keith
Comment is about Last To Leave (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks for your comments, David, and for the namechecks of those younger open-micers. And you are absolutely right, too.
Comment is about Fireworks and fiery words at Spoaken Word in Lewes (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
DAVID BOOTH
Mon 15th Nov 2021 10:20
Everything you say is true. I was impressed by the younger free-mikers, Marcia, Emma, Ellie Kofi, Luciid, and others, brave enough to put their feelings into poetry and to confess their confusions and sentiments to strangers, appealing equally to mind and heart and producing laughter and tears. These are the real poets in residence in Brighton and East Sussex.
But most impressive was the sympathetic, supportive and enthusiastic audience who willed them to succeed.
This event is bound to flourish.
David.
Comment is about Fireworks and fiery words at Spoaken Word in Lewes (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks for the lovely comment Stephen A ?
Thanks also for the likes.
Comment is about Autumn Mood (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
You manage to convey so much in so few lines of poetry, Holden. Stunning and I agree with Stephen, I can certainly see 'Waiting For Godot' in this poem.
Comment is about Absurd (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Hiraeth mawr a hiraeth creulon,
Sydd bob dydd yn tori nghalon.
Comment is about HIRAETH (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
John,
On reading this poem my mind returned to when I was an altar boy at Benediction when we sang the words at the end of the second verse of the O Salutarius "O grant us life that shall not end In our true native land with thee". I always thought of this as being the place or dimension from where we came and to where we shall return. Here and now a transitory place in a "veil of tears" to be restored at our departure from this mortal coil. Am I on the right track?
I enjoyed this
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about HIRAETH (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Ditto Julie. But a superb autumnal poem! ??️
Comment is about Autumn Mood (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for the comments Julie & Stephen! ?
And John, excluding 'don't forget' I've wrote 3 remembrance poems, & it's 2-1 in favour of WWI, so you may be right! A search for remembrance does bring a lot of WWI memorabilia
Comment is about The Last Call (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
I heard it said that such is the hospitality in those regions that there isn't a Welsh word for "no". I'd like to believe it.
Comment is about HIRAETH (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I like this very much, Stephen.
Comment is about The word is love (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Beautiful indeed, Stephen. Is it just me or do others subconsciously set Remembrance in a WW1 context?
Comment is about The Last Call (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
I think the technique, Stephen, is to shove a metal sleeve up first and then introduce the red hot poker down it. No wounds then, see?
Double the fun!
Comment is about EDWARD II (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks so much for the note, Gail/John! ?
Comment is about New Year’s Fireworks and Your Snore (blog)
Original item by Candice Reineke
Thank you Jennifer, that's very kind. It's good to celebrate the small moments sometimes ?
Comment is about Best In The Morning (blog)
Original item by Tom
An emotional & exhilarating peice Keith
Comment is about Headlong (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
That's gotta hurt ! ? Written with skill & wit as always, John ?
Comment is about EDWARD II (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Indeed,Stephen. I cry whenever I have my prostate exam.
I saw his tomb at Gloucester Cathedral, MC.
And thanks for the Like, Stephen A.
Comment is about EDWARD II (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks Jennifer, so pleased you like this. A revelation for drummers!
Ray
Comment is about FOUR FOUR (blog)
Original item by ray pool
I recall a visit to Berkeley Castle, to which Edward had been consigned by the evil queen and her lover Mortimer. It was
easy to imagine what a desolate place it must have overlooked
back then,.the nearest inhabitation a cluster of hovels beneath
its ramparts and the Severn sweeping by to add its mist and moisture to lower the spirits.. The couplet stays with me:
The screams through Berkeley's rafters ring
The shrieks of an agonising King.
The manner of his death was just as likely to be a bit of medieval vengeance for Edward's personal proclivities as well as a useful method of disguising evidence of murder.
Comment is about EDWARD II (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
This is a beautiful poem, Stephen. Thank you.
Comment is about The Last Call (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
I love the rhythm and pace of this poem, Keith. It makes the reader feel part of the action, which is a rather disturbing but also stimulating experience.
Comment is about Headlong (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Brought tears to my eyes, John, if you see what I mean.
Comment is about EDWARD II (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you, Nigel, for your beautiful poetic comment.
And many thanks to Stephen, Rudyard, Holden and Pete.
Comment is about The word is love (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thankyou for the Like, Holden.
I suspect the poker-up-the-bum story took hold because he was homosexual and was reinforced by Marlowe. (Chris, that is, not Phil).
Comment is about EDWARD II (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
John Botterill
Tue 16th Nov 2021 12:02
Has the pace and energy of someone running full tilt. Vivid and moving! John Botterill
Comment is about Headlong (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries