Beautifully constructed, John, and a sad (but appropriate) epitaph to this generation of public school twits.
Comment is about COS HE'S A LIAR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
You are right Keith. True friendship is deeply rooted and remains that way. Thanks for posting this
bless you my friend
Comment is about True Friendship (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thanks to Nigel John Aisha Holden and K for liking. And thank you to Carol and Keith for your encouraging comments. I imagine if you had written it Keith it would have been a lot more eloquent than me.
Thanks again
M
Comment is about smile (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Thanks Stephen.
The proclamations seen on police vehicles nowadays - you know
the sort of stuff about protecing and serving - could benefit from
the addition of the word "impartial".
Comment is about PUNY UNI (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
When entering politics, the simple words "yes" and "no" are
consigned to the dustbin of dialogue and flexibility becomes the
default word for honesty. I imagine it's the same across the
world; indeed in certain Latin American lands such behaviour seems de rigueur! 😎
Comment is about COS HE'S A LIAR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Sadly, we are well past the times of the 'honourable man' in politics and elsewhere. There again I think we've all lied sometime, for us it just didn't matter so much
Comment is about COS HE'S A LIAR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
True words, but in that coven called the House of Commons he is surrounded by many other liars.
Keith
Comment is about COS HE'S A LIAR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Stuart,
Words of poetic optimism are most welcome at a time of despair and doubt. Your words give hope and the reader will find solace in them.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about To The Future (blog)
Original item by Stuart Vanner
Thank you for your kind words Stephen, Carol and Keith. Thank you for your likes Holden, K & Frederick.
Whoever you are, go out into the evening,
leaving your room, of which you know every bit;
your house is the last before the infinite,
whoever you are.
Rainer Maria Rilke
Comment is about Angelus Bell (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thanks for your likes
Frederick
Holden
Stephen A
Andy N
Stephen G
and
Your Royal Poetess.
Comment is about Sorry Does Not Do It (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thanks so much for your comments,Stephen. I think I sometimes 'doctor' my poetry to be socially acceptable. Here, I though, no, be honest about my true feelings!. So it's a bit Darwinesque! 😀
Comment is about A Walk, to Remember (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
I love the way you combine poetry, tragedy and humour, John. Yes, that sense of relief, similar to when you leave a hospital after visiting someone who is ill. It's not admirable, but it's there.
Comment is about A Walk, to Remember (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Almost a collection in itself, Stephen. Remarkable and inventive.
Comment is about Idle Thoughts (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Yes. Anyone who thinks poetry doesn't matter should read this. Great work, John.
Comment is about Angelus Bell (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
This reminds me of current events in the Uk, Holden, especially at Number 10! Excellent poem.
Comment is about Fictions (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
My thanks to John and Martin for the kind comments. It is so sad that there is no end in sight to this war, which goes on claiming innocent lives every day.
And thank you to all the likers - Frederick, John C, Rose, Julie, Aisha, Rudyard, Holden, Pete and K Lynn. I am always so grateful for your support.
Comment is about Teacher (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Fabulous imagery, Holden. Disturbing, yet fascinating. 😎
Comment is about Fictions (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
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Wed 6th Jul 2022 01:06
<Deleted User> (33719)
Wed 6th Jul 2022 01:04
A wonderful poem CLare!
'So, if you are aging
You are a success!
A witness
To a natural process' ~ love this!
Comment is about Energy (blog)
Original item by Clare
<Deleted User> (33719)
Wed 6th Jul 2022 01:01
All those thoughts in a nutshell! Well thought out!
Comment is about Idle Thoughts (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
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Wed 6th Jul 2022 00:59
<Deleted User> (33719)
Wed 6th Jul 2022 00:58
A poignant narrative indeed John.
Comment is about Angelus Bell (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
<Deleted User> (33719)
Wed 6th Jul 2022 00:55
Interesting! Love the last 2 lines in particular!
Comment is about Fictions (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Wed 6th Jul 2022 00:13
An amazing poem, Stephen, so many ideas beautifully explored! 😊
Comment is about Idle Thoughts (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thanks so much Bethany, so glad you enjoyed it. 😊
Comment is about At a Bar (blog)
Original item by Nicole Macqueen-Jones
John,
My father was in this hospital in the 1960's with cancer of the colon and survived surgery and treatment only to die fifteen years later with cancer of the lung and gullet. I have walked through those portals and inside feel that life hangs on a thread for many who occupy the beds. Your poem is one experienced by many but those lines "His Caribbean lilt, Still echoes in my head" for some reason take it to a different dimension of a deep sense of pending loss of someone special. I hope not.
A poem in an age still cursed by cancer.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Angelus Bell (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
A fascinating litany which is food for thought.
Thanks for this
Keith
Comment is about Idle Thoughts (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Should be called, 'Deep Thoughts,' I think Stephen. You leave no stone unturned, with your profound observations. 👍
Comment is about Idle Thoughts (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
A poem which imbues hope and elements of truth.
Thank for this
Keith
Comment is about Energy (blog)
Original item by Clare
D.I.Y. fillings at home has been brought to my attention on sharing this poem with persons who have resorted to saving money.Scary
Comment is about Domestic dentistry is no longer rare !!! (blog)
Original item by hugh
I really enjoyed this poem, Clare. Heart-warming and inspiring. I can now think of myself as a success. It is a first! 😂
Comment is about Energy (blog)
Original item by Clare
Bethany and Keith - many thanks for taking the trouble to
comment. The aspect of paying for this covers a number of
areas, not all financial and that is an ongoing source of social
concern in the long term..
Comment is about PUNY UNI (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thank you very much Keith 🌈
And John C, I think you just need to know the original cast of Star Trek to get on board so...
Thanks!
Comment is about Explorers (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thanks Keith
Your comments are very much appreciated
Comment is about Summer EVE (blog)
Original item by Edbreathe
How true and it has to be paid for.
Keith
Comment is about PUNY UNI (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
This is like a portrayal of heaven and I love the lines" I wish there comes a huge divine life saving airship to lift me up and take me to a place safe and protected". Excuse the pun but this poem is uplifting. It generates a hope and expresses a loving desire.
Good poem
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about *not always (blog)
Original item by N.B
Thanks for the likes and lovely comment Stephen A.
Comment is about Gumusluk (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
JFK's comments about Larkin are well taken. The poet was
able to mix formidable insight with material that was well suited
to his time = expecially those lines about "Your Mum and Dad"!.
Comment is about Larkin and Owen poems dropped from GCSE syllabus (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
It can be admitted that not only am I dismayed by the reported
behaviour of those enjoying a privileged standard of education,
but it is also not lost on me that the tinkering with the entry standards to my old occupation with the Met. Police (1960s-1990s) to push forward university-graduate requirements has
hardly contributed to an improvement in public safety, public confidence and the vital public trust needed for the best results.
The old essential recognition of "impartiality" has been lost in
today's eagerness to be "all things to all men". What sort of
intelligence is on show here?!
Comment is about PUNY UNI (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks for the likes, Aisha, Bethany and Clare, Nigel. 😀
Comment is about A Walk, to Remember (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Moonlight strong
tears dry
helping others
starlight fly.💪
Comment is about P. 3 (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
A poem with a raw quality but also honest. The first two lines of the pen ultimate stanza resonate with me because I have trodden that barren ground.
A good poem
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about My Life (A Sadist Person) - Agonizing Words (blog)
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Tue 5th Jul 2022 11:25
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Tue 5th Jul 2022 11:12
I love this poem Nicole thank you
Comment is about At a Bar (blog)
Original item by Nicole Macqueen-Jones
Thanks Keith for your thoughts on my poem and for your appreciative comments . I am glad I'm not alone in my graveyard meanderings 😊
Thanks Holden for your lovely comments.
Thanks too for the likes Julie, K. Lynn, Frederick and Carol. 😀
Comment is about A Walk, to Remember (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Tue 5th Jul 2022 02:07
An excellent poem, John, really powerful and honest! 🌷
Comment is about A Walk, to Remember (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
John Marks
Wed 6th Jul 2022 20:17
Thank you so much Clare, Holden, Bethany. Jennifer and Frederick.
“Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.” John Donne.
Comment is about Palimpsest (blog)
Original item by John E Marks