Once again thank you for liking my latest poem "Malus Ivius". Its much appreciated!

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Once again thank you for liking my latest poem "Malus Ivius". Its much appreciated!

Comment is about Red Brick Keshner (poet profile)

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Thanks Stephen.

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.

Albert Camus

Comment is about The flowers of the forest (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Mine was no fit-up, MC. I was banged to rights.

Comment is about ANTI-SOCIAL (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you so much, Carol and Stephen, for your lovely and encouraging comments, I am extremely grateful! 😊

Comment is about Keeping Time (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Many thanks to Frederick, Dean, Kevin, Stephen,and Holden for your likes.

Thanks Stephen, frustrated of Farnham that's me.

Telboy, what a good idea, i'll tell my wife before she leaves home.

Ray

Comment is about THE LAW OF DISAPPEARING SURFACES (blog)

Original item by ray pool

JC-It seems apt if your generation demands a return to a long playing record!!! Top of the Fit (up) Parade?

Comment is about ANTI-SOCIAL (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks to you - Frederick, Rudyard, Holden, Stephen and K Lynn for taking the time to read and hit the like button. Much appreciated 😃

I've also added an audio reading for this one - which only seems to appear on my profile for some reason.

Comment is about Dark At The End of The Street (blog)

Original item by Tom

Strewth, MC! I’ve just googled it and it seems I was exonerated after a year from the offending! Where’s the justice in that? I demand my criminal record back. What about my street cred? What about my rights? WOL should start a movement, “COOPS IS GUILTY. WADDA WE WANT? JUSTICE. WHEN DO WE WANT IT? BACKDATED AND UNTIL 2052”.

Comment is about ANTI-SOCIAL (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you for leaving a like on my poem! 😃

Comment is about İrem Duygu KÖMÜRCÜ (poet profile)

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During my time on the beat at Limehouse in 1960s Docklands here in The Smoke, we had our share of weekend incidents of
this sort, with the venues being popular Chinese restaurants
of the time that attracted visitors from near and far, often after
an evening at one of the area's very busy well-known pubs.
You may have been lucky. The restaurant staff of which i speak were not averse to seizing meat cleavers and anything else
that came to hand in their angry pursuit of those they said
sought to avoid payment. It could be something of a trial (if you'll pardon the expression) separating those concerned and restoring order before deciding who was worth nicking.
It was The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act that allowed for
the creation of "spent convictions" for specified offences,
one of the more sensible pieces of legislation to get passed
in Parliament...

Comment is about ANTI-SOCIAL (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A compelling poem. Your points are made, loud and clear.

Comment is about The flowers of the forest (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

A very moving, entertaining poem, Martin.

Comment is about Summer's End (blog)

Original item by Martin Howard Samuel

A fantastic poem, Holden. The opening reminded me of melting clocks in surrealist painting, which are both comforting and disturbing.

Comment is about Keeping Time (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Thanks for your kind support, John, which I always appreciate.

KJ - I think you have said it all. As Spike Milligan said:
"Young men they were, young men they stay;
But why did we send them away, away?"

Thanks once again.

Comment is about Innocents (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

I should have been with you that night, Kevin. We’d have made the perfect team.
And thanks for the Like, Carol.

Comment is about ANTI-SOCIAL (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A friend of mine got the sack from his job as a toilet cleaner.
He was always sticking his nose into other people's business.

Comment is about Heartbreak !! A friend get's the sack. (blog)

Original item by hugh

I once paid for my meal, then left without eating it. Does that count?

Comment is about ANTI-SOCIAL (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Does the title refer to Marfens syndrome?

Comment is about Marfans (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

A good point, well made.
There has been many atrocities and war crimes carried out by the Russian forces in Ukraine.
But on the whole they are young people forced into a situation which they never asked for, and don't understand.
What they are doing is unforgivable, but they are only the puppets.

Comment is about Innocents (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Very interesting!

'to tame our confusion
with the illusion
of reason and rhyme,
a comforting chime' ~ worthy of reading quite a few times!
I like your poem very much Holden. 👍

Comment is about Keeping Time (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

😂 Very good!

Comment is about Heartbreak !! A friend get's the sack. (blog)

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Thank you all. I am very grateful for your kindness and support.

Ensanguining the skies
How heavily it dies
Into the west away;
Past touch and sight and sound
Not further to be found,
How hopeless under ground
Falls the remorseful day.

A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad

Comment is about The solitary rose of your breath (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

We probably will be, John. Over and over again ...

Comment is about Holiday jobs (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Well, we won't be fooled again, Greg. Or will we?!? 😏

Comment is about Holiday jobs (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I agree with Stephen. Superb poem, Stephen.

Comment is about Innocents (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

I suppose the answer is to not make surfaces truly horizontal. Sounds daft? Well you started it Ray! 😀

Comment is about THE LAW OF DISAPPEARING SURFACES (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks so much Stephen A and Stephen G. Glad you both enjoyed it Happy I made you smile Stephen A and, yes, Stephen G, I stole the last two lines from Larkin! (or coined a phrase haha) 😂

Comment is about Poetry is... (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Never was a truer word spoken, Ray.

Comment is about THE LAW OF DISAPPEARING SURFACES (blog)

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You were lucky, Stephen. Impersonating Jeffrey Archer is a far more heinous crime than doing a runner.
And thanks for the Likes, Holden and Frederick.

Comment is about ANTI-SOCIAL (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

This a beautiful, subtle poem, John, with a universal final message. (Perhaps from Hull?).

Comment is about Poetry is... (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

The things we learn on this blog, John. It reminds me of Alan Partridge trying to steal a traffic cone, but I think he got away with it.
I was once almost arrested after being mistaken for Jeffrey Archer in a shopping centre.......

Comment is about ANTI-SOCIAL (blog)

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Thanks for your kind words, Stephen, and for your verse, Nigel, which just about sums it all up. Thanks.

And my thanks to Frederick, Dean, Julie, Holden and K Lynn for liking this piece.

Comment is about Innocents (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Certainly, the "eaterie" seems a frequent venue in gangland
murders. Perhaps it's the feeling there is a certainty the intended victim will be there and their "guard" may be down,
allowing the job to be done. In Galante's case, I recall that he was eating in an area behind and beyond the indoor section of that particular Italian restaurant and that his
assailants shot him there. Others have been disposed of in the
process of arriving (or leaving?) such a venue. Even the film "The Godfather" used a restaurant setting for the scene
of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) shooting the corrupt police officer played by Sterling Hayden. The practice doesn't reflect well on fabled Italian hospitality!!.

Comment is about GALLOWS HUMOUR (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Or the positioning of the predatory politically employed as they
jockey for power?

Comment is about BROWNIAN MOTION (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

One of those poems where you find yourself smiling at the end 😁
Lovely stuff, John 🌈

Comment is about Poetry is... (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

An excellent piece, John. Beautifully written 🌈

Comment is about The solitary rose of your breath (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thanks for the Likes, Holden, Stephen A, Stephen G and Frederick.

Comment is about BROWNIAN MOTION (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Loved this.
A couple of years ago we were getting up to four hedgehogs at a time coming into the garden.
Now we have new neighbours with tidy gardens, and we only get the odd one.
Still a joy to see.

Comment is about Dr Amir’s Hedgehogs (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

It's childhood experiences... And your upbringing that mold you and make you the person you become.
I was brought up in a household where drink was always present.
I wouldn't say it did me no harm, but I wouldn't be who I am today if not for it.
I try to make a positive out of a negative.

Comment is about Firewater (blog)

Original item by Ryan Decorah

And it could have been dyed, Dean... 😂

Comment is about And I Never Knew Her Name (blog)

Original item by Dean Fraser

I try, Stephen, but most of the time I'm grumpy when I write. And when I try to be optimistic or write Three Good Things, I sound unbalanced. Maybe I'll try to write some lighthearted satire to see how that goes.

Thanks everyone, for reading.

Comment is about Bad Thoughts (blog)

Original item by K. Lynn

Wow! There's a gentle rocking within your words. I particularly like:
'A song in a minor key, a longing to be whole and free,
And to roll away the stone from me.'
Beautifully composed.

Comment is about The solitary rose of your breath (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thanks so much for your lovely comments Nigel and Holden. 😊 It means a great deal to me. 👍

Comment is about Poetry is... (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

A really heart-warming poem, John, and every line rings true! 😊

Comment is about Poetry is... (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

A truly beautiful poem, John, with an atmospheric, almost mystical quality to it! 🌷

Comment is about The solitary rose of your breath (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

I always find time to read your poetry John.

Comment is about Poetry is... (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

The older the lover
the harder to prove
better to stop now
before shame catches up.

Comment is about Innocents (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

JC - I assume you refer to the "campaign" by family and friends of
eponymous East End blagger in the "George Davis is innocent,
OK" escapades - digging up and spreading oil on sacrosanct
test cricket pitches. He was released (but not pardoned) in 1976
and in 1978 was caught in the act by the Flying Squad when
another taking part in another "across the pavement" job near the BBC here in central London. There was a memorable press photo
of him being pinned face down on the pavement by his captors.
I don't recall the caption but it didn't include the words "innocent,
OK" 😃

Comment is about 1976! (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Aahh mankind! See if you can even it out with the good that we do... Not an easy task! 🌈

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