<Deleted User> (27399)
Sun 19th Sep 2021 21:50
Dead poets society, robin williams died along the way.
Comment is about The age of wakefulness (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
With due respect for language I think woke in this context is an ironical one, such as befits a very aware poet like yourself. A lovely poem that reached down to roots of experience and reflection whatever the influence! Poring through your book at the moment - goody goody.
Ray
Comment is about The age of wakefulness (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (27399)
Sun 19th Sep 2021 21:38
<Deleted User> (27399)
Sun 19th Sep 2021 21:26
Thank you for the Like and comment Stephen!
And for taking time to read & hit the Like button, Julie, Holden & Rudyard. ?
Comment is about Something From Hell! (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Yes Greg but sadly Coleridge's cottage was closed for re-development, although I did meet a very very old sailor at Lynton!
Comment is about The age of wakefulness (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Well done, Julie! You paint a glorious picture of the three peaks.
Comment is about A Weekday Walk Up Whernside (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
The Quantocks? In the footsteps of Wordsworth and Coleridge, Graham! I think our recent poems may spring more or less from the same well. I have been enjoying your recent ones very much, too. Thanks for the Like, Holden.
Comment is about The age of wakefulness (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
And all the Janes of this world must have needed protection against being called “Calamity”, MC.
And thanks for the Like, Stephen.
Comment is about ALEXA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I've recently been staying in a cottage in the foothills of the Quantocks with some very close friends and our god daughter.
I woke up every morning at around 4am and felt compelled to compose words, currently the last two offerings on my personal blog.
I used to call them bad nights. Now they are good ones
I have really enjoyed reading your recent work Greg. you are painting great pictures.
Comment is about The age of wakefulness (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Cruelty takes many forms to rub us up the wrong way! ?
How about "Johnny Remember Me" ??
Comment is about ALEXA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
“Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone….” How could anyone be so cruel, MC?
And thanks for the Like, Holden.
Comment is about ALEXA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Good point. And perhaps it was fear in those machismo strutters
of the male sex that wouldn't entertain the idea let alone the actuality of the reality!
Comment is about A WOMEN'S SCORN (blog)
Original item by Joe Marcello
I'm with you on this, JC..
Who goes to the bother of reporting let alone complaining about this sort of childish stuff?
What does it say about their mentality? It used to called
"teasing" when I was growing up..
I don't suppose any little "Susie" was mentally affected by being told to "wake up" or any young "Dan" of my own generation got annoyed at being called "Desperate"; a word that
epitomises much of the intellectual perspicacity that permeates
the public forum today.
Comment is about ALEXA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
This is a beautiful poem, Abdul. Thank you for sharing this. I've always found graveyards to be such peaceful and calming places. I love the expression: to tread gently through the dreamland-beautiful.
Keep writing and smiling.
Best wishes,
Rasa
Comment is about Tread gently (blog)
Original item by Abdul Ahmad
Many thanks for your comments, Graham and Stephen. Knotted hankie, Graham? Have you not seen my smart cap? Thanks also to Stephen A, Rudyard and Holden for the Likes.
Comment is about The sands of time (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (30611)
Sat 18th Sep 2021 08:14
This feels a bit 'chicken and egg '. Good little one.
Comment is about Exam Question (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Sat 18th Sep 2021 01:06
Thank you so much, Stephen ?.
Comment is about Wishing Well (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Long live the Pound and the Pint (sounds like title of a forthcoming poem). I can see you on the beach writing this with a knotted hankie on your head. Lovely descriptions Greg!
Comment is about The sands of time (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
There is a sadness and uncomfortable reality about this poem, Greg. The sadness is wrong-headed policy wrapped in the attractive cloak of old, familiar things (at least to some people). I think you express it really well.
Comment is about The sands of time (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you to Telboy, Holden, Rudyard, Stephen and Leon for liking this poem. It isn't quite the Less Deceived, but at least it is less obvious.
Comment is about Less obvious (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Fri 17th Sep 2021 13:09
The best poem I've written about Hands-
Hands Down!
?
Comment is about Hat In Hand (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks Graham for your thoughtful comments as always ?
Comment is about If You Can't Handle Me (blog)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
Love the poem, Katrina. Kelp, yes...
Comment is about Katrina Naomi's sea-swimming poem wins £1,000 Keats-Shelley prize (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
A very direct stream of consciousness style piece. The strength is in the words. Sentiments aside the message couldn’t be clearer. Good work!
Comment is about If You Can't Handle Me (blog)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
Stephen and MC, Yes, he was an awful man.
Comment is about THE MUSICAL MUSCLE MAN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The situation is a tragedy for many and Erika's poem brings out the tragic aspect and the yearning for home so well.
Comment is about Venezuelan Diaspora (blog)
Original item by Erika Montoya
Great times, John. I remember the Bill Oddie song:
'Shall I watch Hughie Green again?
He gives me such an awful pain.'
Comment is about THE MUSICAL MUSCLE MAN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I seem to remember that John Major tucked his in under both (or did he?)
Comment is about MEN IN SHIRTS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thanks for liking this Hugh, Holden and Stephen. Keep it clean, Stephen! Alcohol can sometimes be blamed.
Ray
Comment is about MEN IN SHIRTS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
I will try to answer you, but I have to find the answer in the deepest of my unconscious.
Comment is about Venezuelan Diaspora (blog)
Original item by Erika Montoya
Twas a lewd affair, Stephen G! ?
It supposed to be an indictment of how certain people view us in the North East. I always remember on holiday, some years ago, a well to do business man from London ( net fortune in the millions, apparently) told me he loved our accent, even though he couldn't understand it, but knew that all we ever talked about was crap & piss! ... and we love mash potatoe !
I'd have been insulted ...if there wasn't just a hint of truth in it ?
Thanks for the comment
And the Likes John & Holden
Comment is about One's Crap & PisStory (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Bugger me, Leon! I do believe you’re right. I’ll leave it as it though, to demonstrate that even genius like mine has fallibility! It seems I was not alone in getting this wrong.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/richardsmithwrites.com/2020/07/02/oill-give-it-foive-juke-box-jury-or-thank-your-lucky-stars/amp/
Comment is about THE MUSICAL MUSCLE MAN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Invasion of the body snatchers. They will never be the same again!
Comment is about One's Crap & PisStory (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
<Deleted User> (30611)
Thu 16th Sep 2021 16:54
Your memory is not what it was John. Monica Rose was on Double Your Money with Hughie Green; Janice Nichols gave it foive on Thank Your Lucky Stars.
Comment is about THE MUSICAL MUSCLE MAN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks to Hugh and John for like and to K J for the thought-provoking comment.
Comment is about Johnny Bang-Bang (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Strange to think that there are countries whose people only seek
to abandon them. What path did they take over the years that
brought about such a hateful failure in faith and the future. What
happened to the basic human drive to succeed against the odds
and emerge the victors over adversity, with pride and positivity
in their efforts to make their lands worth living in? What of the
mindset that saw this sad situation occur, not least in those
who presumed to lead others and made such a hash of things.
Are some people(s) their own worst enemies? I wonder !
Comment is about Venezuelan Diaspora (blog)
Original item by Erika Montoya
Travelling in hope takes many forms, that's for sure.
Sensible use of the limbs will keep the heart working, aided
immeasurably by a well-researched diet plan that feeds and
lubricates "life's muscle" in the most advantageous way..
As for exercise per se - think of all those paragons of human
fitness in sport who suddenly drop dead despite at the exercise
they've indulged in over their not always very long lives! It
makes you wonder, doesn't it? .
Comment is about 7000 steps a day could cut your risk of dying by 70 percent (blog)
Original item by hugh
To borrow from a famous musical that was around back then:
"Ah yes, I remember it well." Hughie had the reputation of
having something of an ego, a bit of a contrast to the jolly Mr.
Everyman he put over so successfully on the box back then..
His trick was to act like a confidant between audience and
participating guest - with knowing asides and grins that anticipated future acts on both TV and film.
I recall he lived not too far from my own present address - over
in the Baker Street/ Marylebone area of London. "Seriously folks"
- how he comes back to me now.
Comment is about THE MUSICAL MUSCLE MAN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Being equipped with a pair of sticks, I got used to receiving offers
of a seat on the bus that took me to my surgery (as was) - usually
from women I might add! But I had got the knack of wedging
myself against a convenient panel and was content to stand for
the short journey involved, often to the surprise of the courteous
would-be donor of a seat.
Thanks for the comments and for the "likes". Much obliged.
Comment is about LAST POST - a re-post! (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
The victors get to write the history, so the good will always win.
Comment is about Johnny Bang-Bang (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Red kite heart
skyward spirit searching
finding sunshine love.
Comment is about Red Kite (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for your likes
Holden
Stephen G
Hugh
Stephen A
kJ Walker
and
Your Royal Poetess.
Comment is about Breaking Point (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Can't fail to pull with that one, Branwell.
Comment is about Bad Chat-Up Rhyme (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Was bestowed with a seat by a teenager on a full bus this week .He was a star !!!
Comment is about LAST POST - a re-post! (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks for the Like & comment Sarah! ?
Comment is about Your Protector (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Graham Sherwood
Sun 19th Sep 2021 22:02
Although long expected, this loss really upset my day. It's a shame that Spurs couldn't have 'done it for Jimmy' today, leaving Chelsea to do it for them!
I don't feel ready to write anything about him yet. I once met him after his stage chat show. A true 'legend' a term so badly overused these days.
That you for this Ray. I always enjoy your work.
G
Comment is about FOR JIMMY (blog)
Original item by ray pool