Indeed, Uilleam. Trade unionists, civic leaders, gypsies, POWs, intellectuals the disabled, homosexuals, Poles et al. But mostly Jews.
And thanks for the Likes, RedBrick and Naomi.

Comment is about ALL ROADS LEAD TO DEATH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks 👍🌷

I successfully negotiated three weeks of non-activity.

I'll be back after that!

Comment is about The first statue of The Darkborn (blog)

Original item by Auracle

The victims of the Holocaust were not all Jews, John.
The othering, demonising, and portraying of certain groups as "less-than-human", were subtle and insidious ways of justifying the horrors of the Holocaust.
Notable Hate-Brewers in the UK are still carrying out that process, with the full support of certain members of the UK government.
Nowt learned!

Comment is about ALL ROADS LEAD TO DEATH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you three, i.e. Red B. Keshner, Hugh, and Steven A., for your like! Very nice of you!
Have a nice weekend,
regards,
Rolph

Comment is about The Billionaire's Salute (blog)

Original item by Rolph David

It wasn’t my experience, Uilleam. It was the experience of 6 million Jews.

Comment is about ALL ROADS LEAD TO DEATH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you, John for a moving, harrowng account of your experience.
What makes your account, and those like it, even more distressing, is the gut-wrenching realisation, on looking at the current Genocide in Gaza and Palestine (which is being carried out with the complicity of British religious and political leaders), that Britain and her accomplices have learned nothing whatsoever from the Holocaust.

Comment is about ALL ROADS LEAD TO DEATH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I disagree, Graham. I believe everyone should go there, especially young people who may be forgiven for thinking that their world around them is a given. Look at a “civilised” European country like Yugoslavia. Losing the values we cherish is only a broken spider’s thread away.
On another level, I saw no tourist gawping only a stunned willingness to learn.

Comment is about ALL ROADS LEAD TO DEATH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Apparently a lot of humans here can relate.

How could I have known?

But thanks for liking my new series.

I'm also more insecure than I would like to admit.

Comment is about Love at an AA meeting. (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

I simply cannot understand why this place and others like it are seen as being suitable tourist destinations.

We can be educated about them via all types of media without trolling around them like erstwhile voyeurs.

This in no way takes anything away from the poetry JC which is very profound indeed.

Comment is about ALL ROADS LEAD TO DEATH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Wonderful, Stephen.

Comment is about Love at an AA meeting. (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

One of your most thoughtful pieces I think Eduardo.

Comment is about Roots (blog)

Original item by Eduardo

Thanks Rolph. 🌷🙏🏻 So glad the format and diction delivered. 👍🏻🕊🌹

Comment is about don’t know (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Thankyou, Trevor. I’ve often heard it said that studying history is pointless, given that we keep making the same mistakes over and again. What we may never know, of course, is what mistakes have been avoided. The Cuban Missile Crisis (and the Arkhinov incident) are rare cases in point.
And thanks for the Like, Steve.

Comment is about THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for the added Likes, RBK, Trevor, Andrew & K Lynn. Always appreciated! 🌷🌷

Comment is about Love at an AA meeting. (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Lovely stuff, Tom. As you said on my post, Love is the drug...but it hurts like hell when it's taken away...

Comment is about Walk Beside Me (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Thank you Rolph for your wonderful comments.

Comment is about Best Before My Sell By (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Interesting, in that back then, the 'Doomsday Clock' stood at 7 minutes to midnight. It's currently at 90 seconds to midnight, and due to be reviewed in a few days time.

Comment is about THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Red,
Don't know hits with a disorienting sense of confusion and loss. The way you break apart thought and emotion through such fragmented, almost surreal imagery really pulls the reader into the chaos of the mind. The references to “mental defragmentation” and “Brownian movements” capture that feeling of being overwhelmed by the constant flow of thoughts and emotions, never fully settled. The whole poem feels like a whirlwind, something between reflection and resignation, and that sense of uncertainty speaks volumes. Your unique language and structure give it an unsettling yet captivating energy. It's a piece that sticks with you, making you question your own mental and emotional landscape. Thank you for sharing this—it's both raw and hauntingly beautiful.
Best regards,
Rolph

Comment is about don’t know (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Rick,
Best Before My Sell By is a striking look at the unexpected ways aging can make us feel out of sync with the world around us. The humour you bring in, especially with lines like "Don't forget to pack me slippers," adds a layer of warmth to an otherwise tough situation. There's something really heartbreaking in how you capture the loss of control, both over health and home. It made me think about how easily we can feel forgotten or overlooked, even by those closest to us. Thank you for writing something so real and relatable—it’s a tough subject, but you’ve handled it with such honesty.
Stand YOUR Ground!
Take care,
regards,
Rolph

Comment is about Best Before My Sell By (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Tom,
Your poem is incredibly powerful in its portrayal of love, loss, and grief. The way you express the speaker’s yearning for the loved one, and the aching void left behind, is deeply moving. The raw emotion you’ve captured—especially in the lines about questioning faith and longing for reunion—spoke to me on a profound level. It’s a reminder of the deep pain that comes with love and loss. Your words will undoubtedly resonate with anyone who has experienced such heartache, too.
Thank you for sharing such a personal and heartbreaking reflection,
take care,
regards,
Rolph

Comment is about Walk Beside Me (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

I can recommend this one.

Comment is about HYMN OF THE RISING SUN (blog)

Original item by Naomi

I recommend your Church!

Comment is about God is love (blog)

Original item by hugh

Thank you Red B. Keshner, Hugh, Uilleam, Steve, Stephen A., and Flyntland for your like. 😏

Comment is about A Deal With the Devil, or The Scales of Justice Shattered (blog)

Original item by Rolph David

Hello Uilleam,
As I just wrote Flyntland - we need staying power as far as this new old self-absorbed rooster called Trump and his clone Musk are concerned. In Germany, anti-Hitler programmes have been running on all channels for years so that the growing youth also learn about it - even if it comes out of your ears as an almost 60-year-old. They call it coping with history. And yet this Nazi party brood has been sprouting up again for some time now...and young Germans voted predominantly brown because they were allowed to cast their vote in the European elections at 16 - instead of 18. It was the Left and the Greens who made this possible in Germany. They both got their comeuppance. The young voted them out - contrary to expectations. Many young people orientate themselves on TikTok truths - completely unimpressed by better teachings from us adults. A bad omen...if you ask me.

Comment is about A Deal With the Devil, or The Scales of Justice Shattered (blog)

Original item by Rolph David

Hello Flyntland,
Yes, it is very unfortunate that so many voted this psychopath and his clone into office.
It is already his third day - he is still warming up and over 20 states are already suing him for one of his ‘executive orders’ and its effects. That's a good thing. And yes, he is willing to sacrifice his supposedly great America if he thinks it makes sense. It's all about his political legacy, nothing else. If we're lucky, the world will survive him and his absurdity without any major damage and his name will ultimately be erased from the history books, stamps, etc. - as has already happened with Nixon. Well, people will still recognise him, but he will no longer appear on stamps and other memorabilia. I hope that these Musks, Zuckerbergs and Bezos will be disempowered in the end, expropriated and sent to Mars, where Musk wants to go, together with Trump and his criminal clan. What the Germans went through with Hitler and his henchmen in the 1920s and especially in the 1930s and 1940s is what North America is currently experiencing under Trump. The world has learnt NOTHING. History repeats itself...again and again! Unfortunately.
Don't you worry,
take care,
Rolph

Comment is about A Deal With the Devil, or The Scales of Justice Shattered (blog)

Original item by Rolph David

You've ga-trumped me!

Comment is about The balloon's gone up (blog)

Original item by Kevin Vose

In addition to my previous comment - - -

Trump is a man who is willing to 'go to war' against his own countrymen who didn't vote for him - he said he was going to be "a dictator" signaling intent, but later modified it "to just for one day" - we all know he lies.

Comment is about A Deal With the Devil, or The Scales of Justice Shattered (blog)

Original item by Rolph David

Thanks, Rolph.
You paint an accurately grim picture. The man who has deliberately twice given a Nazi salute to the watching world is now Trump's "Efficiency Adviser": and we know how important efficiency was to the Nazi Eugenics project.

Comment is about A Deal With the Devil, or The Scales of Justice Shattered (blog)

Original item by Rolph David

Thankyou Stephen. We are all much cleverer now we’ve got Wikipedia. (The film stars Kevin Costner).

Comment is about THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks Hélène, we live in hope.

And thanks Rolph.

Comment is about If We Had Won The War (blog)

Original item by Steve White

Thanks to Uilleam and Stephen for your thoughtful comments here, much appreciated.

David

Comment is about Between two worlds (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Hi David )

I wrote this some time ago while living abroad. Having left my home country, I was contemplating upon all the years that were behind me. I had found a sense of peace which had eluded me all my life. I attribute that blessing to the fact that most people didn't speak English 😃

At the moment, I'm contemplating another foray into the wider world--seems like the US can't spare a decent job for me and I'm too old to continue living like a teenager on pocket change.

Thanks for the comment xx 🌷. I feel like one of the cast away bits in this place sometimes.

And, thanks to everyone for the mementos of your reading 💐

Comment is about cheating gravity (blog)

Original item by Landi Cruz

All sane people know that Trump is bat-shit crazy...but that means there must be a hell of a lot of insane people out there who voted him in!
Scary times, Stephen!
p.s. I see his attempt at ending the Ukraine war amounts to tweeting on X, hmmm, not sure that's going to achieve it? Perhaps Facebook....

Comment is about 2028 (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Your a fountain of knowledge J.C! Interesting stuff 🤔

Comment is about THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks Tom, & Holden. I always appreciate you taking the time to comment! It's a bit of a strange one I think, but I did write it whilst indulging in several glasses of red wine!
And thanks for the likes Nigel, Hugh, Helene & Naomi! 🌷🌷

Comment is about Love at an AA meeting. (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Many thanks Hélène for your positive feedback 🙂
Thank you Auracle for your nice comment. 🙂
Thanks for likes: Aisha, Larisa & RudyardK. 👍

Comment is about Touch Of Humanity (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Nice work Stephen. Love is the drug💕

Comment is about Love at an AA meeting. (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

You also touched me with your humanity. All of you.

Thanks.

Comment is about Touch Of Humanity (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Thanks for the Likes, Nigel, Red Brick, Tom, Aisha, Helene and Naomi.

Comment is about THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Your fourth stanza chills to the bone, Trump's misuse of power is terrifying he is capable of doing anything, just because he can.
He is very capable of making the world an even more unstable place, just for his own personal power.
I am afraid that the 'citizens' will have very little say when he has
manipulated the law to his own ends. Such is the way of dictators.

If I sound pessimistic it is because that is the way I feel - I wish I didn't

Comment is about A Deal With the Devil, or The Scales of Justice Shattered (blog)

Original item by Rolph David

Hi Steve,
A powerful and thought-provoking piece!
Thank you for it.

Regards,
Rolph

Comment is about If We Had Won The War (blog)

Original item by Steve White

Hi, Red Brick Keshner,
Thank you for sharing this thought-provoking piece.
Your poem is also deeply reflective. The imagery of breaking mirrors and questioning their impact on one’s features resonates with the complexity of self-perception. The phrase "looking glass-cripple" captures a raw sense of fragmentation, which really speaks to the idea of how we sometimes see ourselves in pieces. It's a powerful exploration of identity and the distortion we may feel, especially in challenging times. Just great stuff!
Love it!

Take care,
Rolph

Comment is about 21-01-2025: looking glass (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Aisha,
Your poem is truly uplifting and filled with warmth! In times like these, the way you remind us to embrace patience, stay positive, and find strength in togetherness is beautiful. It’s a gentle reminder that no matter what we're going through, there’s always hope and a way forward. Thank you for sharing such a comforting and encouraging message. We all need it!

Take care,
Rolph

Comment is about Why Are You Feeling Blue? (blog)

Original item by Aisha Suleman

Thank you Naomi for your like!👍

Comment is about A Deal With the Devil, or The Scales of Justice Shattered (blog)

Original item by Rolph David

Hello Nigel, Red Brick Keshner, Stephen, Aisha, K. Lynn, Flyntland, Manish & Naomi - thank you very much for your likes! 😀

Comment is about The Four New MUSKateers (blog)

Original item by Rolph David

Hello Flyntland, hello Stephen,
Thank you for your comments...yes, this obsequiousness, this grovelling, this sanctimonious awe for a convicted deranged psychopath. It's all so ridiculous that it's scary.

It is a nightmare for all of us that is too real to be denied - a nightmare that is just learning to walk...

Take care,
regards,
Rolph

Comment is about The Four New MUSKateers (blog)

Original item by Rolph David

Hopeful and heart-warming, Stephen! 💕

Comment is about Love at an AA meeting. (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

A wonderful poem, Tom! Excellent rhyming, smooth flow, uplifting thoughtful message.

Comment is about Touch Of Humanity (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

A solid, well written poem, Steve, with a compelling message (hidden within it's humorous tone). If only...I will never give up on the dream for a world built on fairness and caring for all. It may never arrive, but that will not stop me from hoping.

Comment is about If We Had Won The War (blog)

Original item by Steve White

Well we all do that Graham - I think we require an inner dialogue to survive. Besides, I think Sherwood actually has trees you can hide in! 😉

Comment is about Secrets (of a Happy Marriage) (blog)

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