Good advice.
The last line was a clincher.
Thank you for posting

Comment is about Sadness (blog)

Original item by JustKelvinMasilela

what did you expect? a real poem?

Comment is about Fridge Is (blog)

Original item by d.knape

thank you for taking time to read these piece of writings its truly an honor to have someone reading them ?

Comment is about JustKelvinMasilela (poet profile)

Original item by JustKelvinMasilela

It's a lovely biscuit, Rasa, perfect for dunkin' in ye tea. Full of oats ?

Comment is about Put me on the kitchen counter—please! (blog)

Original item by Rasa Kabaila

Thanks for the Likes, Stephen, Holden and Lord Kelvin.

Comment is about FADED GENES (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hob nob...the mind boggles!

Comment is about Put me on the kitchen counter—please! (blog)

Original item by Rasa Kabaila

What is a hob nob Stephen? ?

Comment is about Put me on the kitchen counter—please! (blog)

Original item by Rasa Kabaila

Hehe ?

Comment is about Put me on the kitchen counter—please! (blog)

Original item by Rasa Kabaila

Thanks Stephen.

Comment is about THE SONGS WERE GOOD (blog)

Original item by David Subacchi

HAITI - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-58187979

AFGHANISTAN - https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/08/16/kabul-clinging-to-airplane-taking-off-tarmac-afghanistan-ward-vpx.cnn

PALESTINE - https://www.aa.com.tr › middle-east81 Palestinian homes demolished by Israel in East Jerusalem in 2021

YEMEN - https://www.forbes.com › sitesUN Warns 400,000 Yemeni Children May Starve To Death In 2021 - Forbes

INDIA - https://www.independent.co.uk › ...Indian farmers protest agriculture laws near Parliament - The Independent

DR CONGO - https://www.humanium.org/en/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-child-labour-in-cobalt-mines-in-the-drc/

NIGERIA - https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/features/2020/10/22/sars-a-brief-history-of-a-rogue-unit

MAURITANIA - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/jun/08/the-unspeakable-truth-about-slavery-in-mauritania

MYANMAR - https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58196465.amp

Comment is about The Divided Nations (blog)

Original item by Your Royal Poetess

Thank you Keith, Julie, John and Stephen. This is actually a re-post. Based on an ex- neighbour .
I don't know her back story, so made that bit up.

Cheers Kevin

Comment is about Coal Ash Maisey (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Thank you Stephen A and John for the likes.
I am also grateful to Dr Amir Khan for constantly providing me with cheerful inspiration. I am afraid the many writes I have started and not finished this week have been far too emotional and upsetting. I have found the news this week so difficult.

Comment is about Cheeky Little Roam (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thank you KJ, Holden and both Stephens for the likes.

Comment is about G Pee (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thanks for the likes, Holden and both Stephens.

Comment is about TV (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Superb stuff KJ. Reminds me of my great gran who used to blend in with the fireplace whenever I went over.

Comment is about Coal Ash Maisey (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Thank you Julie! I appreciate & am flattered by your comment! And today could certainly do with brightening, ? Thanks again ?
And, John, you may be right, there's not a lot of happy news around the world today is there!

Comment is about The Day The Seeds Fell (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Rasa, I almost over dunked me hobnob reading this ?. That explains why the wife is always cleaning the kitchen benches when I come in from work ?

Comment is about Put me on the kitchen counter—please! (blog)

Original item by Rasa Kabaila

Another corker, Kev. Hope to hear it at Well Spoken next month.

Comment is about Coal Ash Maisey (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Thanks to Dr Amir Khan for introducing me to the word “smorgasbord”

Comment is about Smorgasbord Of Texture (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Love this, thank you.

Comment is about Coal Ash Maisey (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

I hope you give the counter a good clean down before you do any cooking.

Comment is about Put me on the kitchen counter—please! (blog)

Original item by Rasa Kabaila

Ye Gods!!!!!

Comment is about Put me on the kitchen counter—please! (blog)

Original item by Rasa Kabaila

Hello Hobo obo! Thank you for sharing this poem. I automatically feel as though I'm on a ship in rough waters! Do you sail? Or is there another inspiration to these words? I'd love to learn more.

Keep smiling and writing.

Best wishes,
Rasa

Comment is about Weary knees (blog)

Original item by Hobo.obo

Always brightens my day when I see you have posted a write as I know I am in for a treat, brilliant once again Stephen. Thank you.

Comment is about The Day The Seeds Fell (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

It’s here already, Stephen.

Comment is about The Day The Seeds Fell (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

i dont like your remark on all men have endured pain referring to my poem behind the mask. my poem wasnt about about all men, it was about the black man.

Comment is about Choosing Sides (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thanks for the Like & comment Stephen. Appreciated.
And for the Like Holden ?

Comment is about The Day The Seeds Fell (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Thanks a lot for looking in, Jennifer !

Ray

Comment is about I'M THE GUY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Yep,

I'd love to see some of those old PIRA boys processing
Afghan civilians through Kabul airport under the nose of the Taliban with the same kind of restraint and care the current boys of 16 Air Assault Bde are doing, but then again I suspect with your excellent grasp of history you'd have a different view Kevin.

Maybe revise some of the actual facts for a start.

Just to add I do not support the murderous acts of individual soldiers who break codes of conduct, nor do I support negligent successive Governments who have failed in their duty to act appropriately for all this time. There are many current serving soldiers who feel exactly the same...please do not tar them all with the same hateful brush.

Other than that it is a completely unremarkable piece of work as is demonstrated by the lack of interest shown toward it.

PS, I personally witnessed the carnage in Omagh, we can all blame the other and blanket blame at that, it doesn't help.

Comment is about Doing your duty (blog)

Original item by Kevin Vose

As humouress as ever but tinged with some sadness. A good poem Kevin. You never let us down.

Thanks
Keith

Comment is about Coal Ash Maisey (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Beautiful, Adam.

Comment is about Looking Out To Sea (blog)

Original item by Adam Whitworth

Thanks to Adam, Stephen, Holden, Erika and Krishna for liking this poem.

K.J. You've caught me out. I wrote this some years ago when life seemed simpler (no Covid, crackpot leaders - well, not so many).
It contains some elements of parody, I suppose, but as to who it represents, I don't know. I can say that it's no one who contributes to this blog. Thanks a lot for liking the poem.

Comment is about Global Rat (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

A fine, thought-provoking poem, Stephen.

Comment is about The Day The Seeds Fell (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

I wonder who you had in mind when you penned this 'un.

Comment is about Global Rat (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

A tough subject but some beautiful words. Thank you.

Comment is about Sadness (blog)

Original item by JustKelvinMasilela

Your style of writing has just mesmerized me. This poem signified Relativity for me.?

Comment is about CRACKS IN HARDROCK! (blog)

Original item by MANISHA SAINI

Very true Keith, even though whenever I look back I adjust my glasses to full rose- tinted mode! ?

Comment is about The Good Old Days (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Your poems are truly impactful. ??

Comment is about SAGITTARIUS' NIGHTMARE. (blog)

Original item by MANISHA SAINI

Thanks for the likes, Holden, Adam and both Stephens.

Comment is about Day Break (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

I don't know.
Maybe I misinterpreted what you wrote.
All men created equal.
Regardless of skin color.

(I have not done-in my wife, but...SHE is plotting, thinking of hiring an assassin!)
?

Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Thanks Holden Stephen A and Stephen G.

He drove his mind into the abyss where poetry is written.“ — George Orwell, Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Comment is about Two worlds (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thank you to Stephen A. for the like

Comment is about Demonstrators (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Hello DK. Not with your last message, Where did I say that some men are better than others? Agree that all men suffer, but the ones who have been through a war or from the consequences of one, perhaps even more. Am notoriously as thick as a post, in an all male family, even the dog, the gaslighting is always on, so perhaps I've missed something? Can you explain, if you haven't been arrested for doing your wife in?!

Jennife

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

Original item by d.knape

Thanks, John. I like this, even if it is uncomfortable for some of us. It is the kind of poem that needs to be written and read.

Comment is about Two worlds (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Adam - This is an extraordinary, powerful poem. Unsettling.

Comment is about Convalescent Life (blog)

Original item by Adam Whitworth

Thank you, Keith. I am a sucker for nostalgia (New Wave films, Thirties' music and architecture etc) but I agree that we should not hanker after some non-existent golden age, because it almost certainly never existed.

Comment is about The Good Old Days (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Leon, you make an important point, and thank you for liking the poem. Yes, the freedom to criticise and demonstrate is a vital part of democracy and I would not dream for one moment of limiting it in any way. In fact, I would defend anyone's right to express views I do not agree with.

This poem gives my personal opinion on people of who demonstrate against covid restrictions, vaccinations etc (including the recent weekend protests against the health pass in France). I think they are wrong and that some (not all) of them are selfish and dishonest. Of course, in liberal democracies people have a perfect right to express all sorts of views. However, I don't have to agree with them and am exercising my right to say so in this poem.

Good discussion and thanks again.

Julie, Nigel, Holden, Keith - thankyou for the likes.

Comment is about Demonstrators (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thanks for the likes Holden, Joshua and both Stephens. Thanks also Stephen G for the kind comment.

Comment is about Freedom (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

It's interesting Stephen that whatever the issue, those demonstrating believe they are right and are doing their best to persuade others to support their cause. If we don't support their cause does it mean they are wrong? Does it mean they are ignorant or unable to recognise the truth i.e. our truth?

BTW I've had my jabs. So I may not agree with the anti-jabbers but I respect their right to choose. And proud to live in a country where freedom can be practised.

Comment is about Demonstrators (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thank you Stephen. I remember Reggy Perrin, but don't remember Collin Pillock. I used to think Pillock was a swear word when I was younger.

Comment is about Spelunking the Banana Caves (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker