Thanks Stephen, I really like this one.
Comment is about Dead of Night (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Cheers KJ
I get your point...
Tommy
Comment is about In Ancient Ruin (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Cheers Keith
for your response.
Tommy ??
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Such links should be encouraged, advised and funded; Liverpool being the most Bombed city outside of London (East End mostly).
Even my Dad shuck his head at the bombing of Dresden (an act of spite by the English? )
Well done Coventry x
Tommy
Comment is about From Coventry and Dresden: bilingual book of peace poet’s poems (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Words forever timeless
selective poetry read
higher composition scaled
drowning further depths.
Comment is about August 2021 Collage Poem Reversed: Drowning in Time (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
I thought it was about the Sunderland game tonight...? Superb piece of writing!
Comment is about England, low tide (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
I always try to take the easiest path, Julie, but sometimes there's a big tree or boulder in the way that knocks me clean off course! ?
Comment is about Everything Happens For A Reason (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Oh you can guarantee it my friend, there are those in this world who can't bear the thought that life's got to change or stop. They're like the Black Knight from monty python and the holy grail, arms and legs cut off saying, "Tis but a scratch."?
J. x
Comment is about A New Day (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
A powerful poem, Jason. Surely no sane person can argue with this proposition, although the usual suspects are probably lining up as we speak.
Comment is about A New Day (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
I like this, Julie. There is a really good narrative and conclusion. An excellent read.
Comment is about Everything Happens For A Reason (blog)
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I neglected to mention this poem in my review, Laura, and I really should have done. It's the final poem in your new collection, neatly bookends it with 'Origin' at the beginning, and is a very clever poem - in fact, probably far too clever for a bear of little brain such as I. Excellent work.
Comment is about Orison (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Yes, I'm not sure which is worse : Twitter or the comment columns of newspapers, featuring contributors such as Braindead Alex 72.
Comment is about TWITS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
The last line is a very apt pay-off. Common courtesy is the
lubricant that oils and eases the daily grind of life.
Comment is about The General Public (blog)
Original item by Stuart Vanner
JC - ha...I wasn't born yesterday. In fact i was born a long long
time before yesterday! ?.
I look to the "onward and upward" attitude to refresh the quality
of life but all too often it's "Downwards and backwards" now
and idiots hold forth in insolent and ignorant intolerance.
Comment is about TWITS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks for the kind likes
Comment is about Blushing Pink, Sunny Yellow (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
A poetic Mayor - very cool.
Comment is about Our man in Berkhamsted: poet becomes mayor in Graham Greene's home town (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I think important football matches have a lasting symbolism, Tim, so no worries about the date!
Comment is about England, low tide (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Thanks Greg. It’s taken a month to write it from some notes I scribbled down on Lindisfarne the weekend of the Euro’s final, but the problem with writing about contemporary events is your poem becomes out of date almost immediately, so I thought I’d better post it online somewhere pronto!
Comment is about England, low tide (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Tim, this is simply a magnificent, 'state of England' poem. I love it that it's about Lindisfarne, too. So many great lines ... 'I’ve always fumbled over stitching my fealty to / the English flag with that great cross of blood' ... 'hope will hit the bar' ... put together with Larkinesque craft, if I may so. And maybe an echo of Matthew Arnold, too. Thanks so much for sharing it here.
Comment is about England, low tide (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Mon 9th Aug 2021 23:44
You can't run from Love.
You are Love.?
Comment is about Mercy (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
Thank you for thanking me for liking your last poem...?. Liking your stuff, by the way! ?
Comment is about The Crescent Moon (poet profile)
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I get all my wisdom from Twitter, Facebook, Tim Tok and You Tube, MC.
Comment is about TWITS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Kate Clanchy...racist...ableist (that's a new one but hey...it all helps the vacuous virtue that is spouted by certain mindsets that brook
no view that, it can be argued, has legitimacy from a personal perspective. Poets are in the business of freedom of thought
and opinion, and if anyone feels uncomfortable about that,
perhaps a different interest/line of work might suit them better?
Comment is about Poetry Wales appoints new joint editors (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks very much Marsha, I'm really interested in how and why we learn to speak, and the processes involved in that. Add a little poetic licence, and here we are.
Very perceptive of you, your last comment ?
Comment is about Origin (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Certainly workmanlike! Reminds me of all those little business
cards from "Joe" or "Dave" that get dropped through the letter box.
Comment is about I'M THE GUY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Hope and despair tend to come in cycles! ?
Comment is about Finding Hope (blog)
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Thanks Nigel. I have mister google to thank for the lovely image. ? I enjoy sourcing photos and pictures that suit the poem. Wishing you a beautiful day. Thank you for reading my poem. Best wishes, Rasa
Comment is about Finding My Way (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
Hey Stephen
If you've not already got yourself a copy, get in touch and I can send you a signed copy if you fancy ?
And thank you ?
Comment is about Speaking in Tongues: Laura Taylor, Flapjack Press (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I just took some time to read through your recent efforts and I am just breathtaken. I admire your style to a point where I am almost a but jealous, haha. ?
Keep up the amazing work! ?
Comment is about Jordyn Elizabeth (poet profile)
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Thank you for liking my Defeat poem, your highness ? ?
Comment is about Your Royal Poetess (poet profile)
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Hey Holden!
Thank you for reading and liking my last poem! ?
Comment is about Holden Moncrieff (poet profile)
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Hey, thank you for reading and liking my last poem!
Comment is about Stephen W Atkinson (poet profile)
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I love the image it goes so well with your poem.
Comment is about Finding My Way (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
Marsha
Sun 8th Aug 2021 23:14
Einstein said
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution."
I think somewhere in the midst of this poem is the very essence of that statement.
The closing of the poem is defiance incorporated, the line;
'til incantation drains away and starts to dig itself a grave
to me is magnificent, that even in the process of our demise we play an active part until the lights finally extinguish..and even then it really isn't quite over.
So much to like here, imparted in a tone which suggests a poet who has matured via a vigorous process of lived experience.
Comment is about Origin (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Yes, that was the case when we lived near Selby, Stephen; the last one was about 5pm. We did however manage to roll up two inconveniences into parallel. The road was closed for 18 months to make repairs to flood damage, so all buses stopped coming through our village. But in any event Covid meant I wouldn’t have wanted to get on one anyway.
And thanks for the Like, Stephen A and Pete.
Comment is about TWERLIES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
To be fair to all concerned, I have read some of David Harsent's work and have always enjoyed his poetry.
Comment is about 'The intimacy of the poetry world': TS Eliot judge Fiona Sampson on the selection process (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Looking forward to reading this. 'Origin' was a fascinating poem.
Comment is about Speaking in Tongues: Laura Taylor, Flapjack Press (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I think the fancy cooking took far too long to make an impact (until about 2010 in fact). A statute of limitations may be needed.
Comment is about THAT WAS THEN (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I have an "omnium" pass for over-65s, which is very cheap and is valid 24 hours per day. The trouble is there are hardly any buses where I live.
Good one, John.
Comment is about TWERLIES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Just what it says on the tin, I suppose. Thanks, Ray.
Comment is about I'M THE GUY (blog)
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<Deleted User> (30611)
Sun 8th Aug 2021 10:17
Good one Ray.
And that reminds me, we have a tree that needs lopping, are you interested KJW?
Comment is about I'M THE GUY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
It's good to have a specialism
I've recently started a lawn care company. Our adverts clearly state that we only do lawns. But half of the enquiries we get are asking for other services.
I bet the gulley and gutters guy gets asked to jetwash drives, and clean other things.
Nice write by the way
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about I'M THE GUY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Personally, I think that if the present is accountable for the past we should claim apology and compensation from France for the Norman Invasion, the imposition of a royal lineage and associated class system, the prostitution of the Old English language and culture and fancy cooking.
Why not?
Comment is about THAT WAS THEN (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks MC and Kevin. Yes, Kev, I messaged Mick and was told that too. Also, though, he was sending invites out for the August “virtual”.
And thanks for the Like, Holden and Hobo.
Comment is about TWERLIES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I think I can relate to the sentiment there !
Comment is about Eighty year-old rockers (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thankyou for all the comments and encouragement. Thanks for the likes, Holden and Julie.
Stephen - We don't know everything Ozzy does in private. Maybe he's growing veg and drinking cocoa.
John - do you get a government grant to do that (at least until George Osborne - no relation - cut it?)
KJ - Enjoy the cocoa but watch out for Reg, or quad bikes.
MC - Perhaps 'Count Mozart and Haydn among their tastes'?
Comment is about Eighty year-old rockers (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
As I approach that landmark age, i can recognise much of what
is set down here. Can't agree about Berg and Stravinksy though, much preferring more melodious uplifting stuff to sooth the
mental processes. Spare me discordant jarring interruptions to
my hard-earned peace of mind!
Comment is about Eighty year-old rockers (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
julie callaghan
Wed 11th Aug 2021 13:59
Thank you both Stephens for the comments and likes.
Also thanks to Holden and Nigel.
I am getting dizzy already, need to get off the roundabout soon?
Comment is about Everything Happens For A Reason (blog)
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