Thanks for the comments, very much appreciated 🙏

Comment is about Summer EVE (blog)

Original item by Edbreathe

Thank you John it's based on a joke mi dad used to tell.
He'd say that the graveyard was the dead center of the village, and that people were dying to get in there.

Comment is about Saint Rigobert's Graveyard (Grimstone Low) (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Loved this.
Any chance of a sequel... Perhaps the sailors response?

Comment is about Come Sit with Me (blog)

Original item by Clare

Thanks Carol. Glad I included my flabber. I did wonder...
I really value your comment.
Thanks, too, Holden, Frederick, Julie and Rose for the likes. 😀

Comment is about Repeating Patterns (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

A wonderful poem with really unique descriptions, Pete! I loved the line "As fierce as the forge at the hands of creation"! 🌷

Comment is about Summer EVE (blog)

Original item by Edbreathe

Thank you very much, Carol, I truly appreciate you taking the time! 😊

Comment is about Ownership (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

You never fail to please John. Thank you!







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Comment is about Metamorphosis (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Another well worth reading and enjoying poem Frederick.






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Comment is about that focal moment (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Very interesting Holden! To let your words sink in, I read your poem through a few times. It all comes together in a narrative that hits the mark.

Comment is about Ownership (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Thought provoking in many ways John.
'“My flabber is well and truly gasted, William,' ~ this line made me smile!

Comment is about Repeating Patterns (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Thank you Stephen. You are far too kind as usual.

Comment is about It's Not That Simple (blog)

Original item by Adam Whitworth

Thanks everyone for the likes and the kind comments. Your sense of humour is as groan worthy as mine, Rose! 😂
Carol and Julie - glad I made you both smile 😊
And,, yes, MC, it is a cunning ploy but I fall for it every time haha 😁

Comment is about Alone, in a bar. (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Thank you for reading and the nice comments...just wrote a follow up now!

Comment is about The Trick (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Beautiful and flowing. A top notch poem, Clare, and strangely romantic.

Comment is about Come Sit with Me (blog)

Original item by Clare

Thanks, Stephen.

Comment is about Trollies in Kremenchuk (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

I love this, Adam. It is so ambitious and daring. Great piece.

Comment is about It's Not That Simple (blog)

Original item by Adam Whitworth

I can only echo other comments, John. This is special.

Comment is about Fear in a handful of dust (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

A real chiller, Mike. Will there be a sequel?

Comment is about The Trick (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Creepy but with salvation! Great, Stephen.

Comment is about The Sorrows (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Brings back the old ploy I knew in pubs of the past that had free salted peanuts in dishes on the bar - slyly intended to increase
the sale of beer to assuage the thirst. 😋

Comment is about Alone, in a bar. (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Thank you so much for your very kind comment, Rose, it means a lot! 😊

Comment is about Ownership (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

I personally think Larkin is a great introduction to English culture as it truly is - sexually repressed, hypocritical, agnostic/atheist, classist, sceptical and gloomy - for children from other cultures. That lesson cannot come some enough, IMHO.

Larkin was not just a great poet, he was also a great sociologist and cultural observer.

Comment is about Larkin and Owen poems dropped from GCSE syllabus (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

*Once they leave school, for most, that's it for poetry*

...and everything else!!!

Comment is about Larkin and Owen poems dropped from GCSE syllabus (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

WOW!








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Comment is about to write, once more (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

They ( poem's ) do NOT come much better than this Holden

it is a brilliantly definite ' up my street' kind of poem.

cheers matey! 👍




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Comment is about Ownership (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

I heard that when the bar ran out of peanut's, they naturally sent for more but, unfortunately on their way to the bar they were....

( as )sa(u)lted! and they haven't been able to come out of their shell's since. Don't worry JB, I AM getting my coat! 😄



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Comment is about Alone, in a bar. (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Brilliant. Made me smile. 🙏

Comment is about Alone, in a bar. (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

It appears there is a general consensus here. Wow. May each have a great day/week/month/year/decade! Thanks kindly: John Botterill 👍 P&L Stolgard 🌷 Stephen Atkinson 🙌 and RC 🎉

Comment is about age appropriate dilemmas (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Your poem sings so loud
in Nature we all fall in love❤

Comment is about My favourite songs (blog)

Original item by Sunshine

This made me smile John! 😁

Comment is about Alone, in a bar. (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Magnificently captured Julie!

Comment is about Perfect Sunset (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

'Decisions and revisions,
transpose themselves
into the passing consolations,
that always leave me in this bloody mess'

Truthfully expressed and scribed! 👍

Comment is about Fear in a handful of dust (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

A scary tale indeed! 😱

Comment is about The Trick (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Thanks Holden, Stephen A and Stephen G for the comments. It's an old joke. A bit like me! 😂
Thanks for the likes Hugh, Frederick and Leon.

Comment is about Alone, in a bar. (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

A veritable masterpiece John. Very well done sir!






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Comment is about Fear in a handful of dust (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

One of those ' so much in so few word's ' poem's, which I love

Nice one Frederick!





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Comment is about age appropriate dilemmas (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Ooooo....shivers! Love it!

Comment is about The Sorrows (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Brilliantly accurate, unfortunately! 🌈

Comment is about age appropriate dilemmas (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Cool beyond the realm's of coolness FK



P&L

Comment is about age appropriate dilemmas (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Yes. You have got it, Frederick! 😀

Comment is about age appropriate dilemmas (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Holden has said it all, John 🌈

Comment is about Fear in a handful of dust (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thank you Rose. Stephen & Holden for your generous words.

I have let things slip, a thirty-year-old cargo boat
stubbornly hanging on to my name and address.
They have swabbed me clear of my loving associations.
Scared and bare on the green plastic-pillowed trolley
I watched my teaset, my bureaus of linen, my books
Sink out of sight, and the water went over my head.

Sylvia Plath, Tulips

Comment is about Fear in a handful of dust (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Really clever and funny, John! 😎😂

Comment is about Alone, in a bar. (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

An incredible poem, John, your words convey pain in such a truthful, profound way that really resonates! 🌷

Comment is about Fear in a handful of dust (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

🤣 You're nuts!😉 Good one!

Comment is about Alone, in a bar. (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Excellent, John. The lure of salted peanuts - well I remember, though not as far as that!

Comment is about Alone, in a bar. (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

A terrifying prospect, Hugh, but a good point.

Comment is about Domestic dentistry is no longer rare !!! (blog)

Original item by hugh

Thank you Greg, John and Carol for the very kind comments. Good to hear the Russians have abandoned Snake Island and that Ukraine's resistance goes on.

Thanks to Holden, Rudyard, Bethany and K Lynn for liking.

Comment is about Trollies in Kremenchuk (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thanks for the likes. I tried to record him but he would not perform on cue. 😁

Comment is about Our Turkish Pet (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

A swell poem, Clare! 😁

Comment is about Come Sit with Me (blog)

Original item by Clare