Thanks for the kind likes and comments Holden, Nigel Ghazala and Greg
Comment is about Our Garden Tonight (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for the likes Holden and Leon, also for the kind comment.
Comment is about Distant Rain (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for the likes Stephen G and Holden
Comment is about Freedom Day (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
The sparrows chatter like mad in our bamboo at dusk. And I love acers! Thanks for this, Julie.
Comment is about Our Garden Tonight (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
"Put aside your wasted semaphore crosses". Martin, that line alone encapsulates so much of today's false affections. Has love become a perfunctory touch as you say in the first three lines? A poem which speaks of a world where, even to show true affection, has escaped us. A peck on the check and the words "I love you" have become devalued currency. Internet affection???
Thank you for this. A poem which has needed to be written for some time.
Keith
Comment is about The tenderness of you (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
I liked the background repetition of the title. Innovative. Leaves a good impact on the listener to believe there's art in the city. May be we see it too.
Great imagery used?
Comment is about There Is Art In This City (blog)
Original item by Dean Fraser
Thanks to Nigel Stephen Kimberly and Holden for the likes
and thanks to Hazel for commenting .
My feeling behind this is that we all need to be embraced and to feel we are being embraced at times. Even more so over the last twelve months and more. We have taken the feeling of touch for granted in the past
Thanks again
Martin
Comment is about The tenderness of you (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Wed 23rd Jun 2021 01:49
Thank you so much Brenda, I really appreciate it ?.
Comment is about Narcissus (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Colours are seen
when looking at
words of poetry.
Comment is about Our Garden Tonight (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Wed 23rd Jun 2021 00:22
Good stuff, Ralph. Love the line “when the tide retreats to reveal the shells of us...” ?
Comment is about The Worst Words (blog)
Original item by Ralph Dartford
Too busy writing, missed the photo opportunity? the colours where stunning tonight. I will try to catch them before the light fades tomorrow.
Comment is about Our Garden Tonight (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Wow, what an understanding Mum you had! Enid Blyton, Billy Bunter, Felix, Beano with Desperate Dan, Black Beauty, and the Radiant Way for learning to read. Those were the days!
Jennifer
Comment is about THAT'S WHAT MUMS ARE FOR (blog)
Original item by ray pool
I really enjoyed the rhythm of this piece and the opportunity occasionally for a very gentle rhyme. Thank you
Comment is about Narcissus (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Thank you Sandra and Stephen
Comment is about The Sound of Blossom Falling (blog)
Original item by vincent berquez
Interest begets interest....whatever plan you invest in.
Some speculate to accumulate
Others procreate to accumulate! ?
Comment is about Earned Interest (blog)
Original item by d.knape
<Deleted User> (29145)
Tue 22nd Jun 2021 12:57
oh that wonderful scented mixture of rain and wild greenery!
magic!
nice piece julie
LS
Comment is about Distant Rain (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
<Deleted User> (29145)
Tue 22nd Jun 2021 12:52
I will put this nugget in my thought bank where it will go on gaining interest for sure
cheers d.K.
LS
Comment is about Earned Interest (blog)
Original item by d.knape
I love a bit of verbals Greg! We could go on - The destruction of the Arch at Euston still hangs heavy in one's mind but luckily justice has been served with Betjeman's presence. Your poem is so true to your style and gives us pause for thought as always - no doubt in 100 years time the HS2 will have joined the annals of railway heritage too.
Ray
Comment is about Small earthquake in Chesham and Amersham (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Sounds lovely, book me in for next week
Comment is about Little Crowtown (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
I only mentioned Betjeman as a geographical locator, Ray. You and I share a fascination with him. Knowing nothing about C & A, as it were, my interest was aroused when I realised their proximity to Metroland. I thought, there's a poem here. Not much a poem, I admit, but maybe I will go back to it some day. I'm going on holiday soon, and I plan to take his Collected away with me for a fresh look. Betjeman an anachronism? Maybe. But if it wasn't for him and other campaigners, we wouldn't still have the wonderful St Pancras station. There's politics in everything, I believe.
Comment is about Small earthquake in Chesham and Amersham (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you D.Knape. Returned the favour. I hadn’t noticed until you pointed it out?
Comment is about NEW HOME (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thank you Stephen. I appreciate that. I am happy that I posted it. Wishing you a wonderful week. ?
Comment is about That night (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
The Lost Domain
Banished ghost lines
some do return
they become visible
no longer unaccountable
impulsive naked eye.
Comment is about June 2021 Collage Poem: The Other Me (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Tue 22nd Jun 2021 00:32
Thank you Julie Callaghan. (I went ahead and capitalized your name, since you apparently could not.)
by the way to post a post,
first you have to dig a hole
only don't fall in the hole
that's a hole different story!
?
Comment is about NEW HOME (blog)
Original item by d.knape
sandra mcinnes
Mon 21st Jun 2021 23:16
Wonderful book of poems. Love the way the book is divided into different sections and the way Vincent uses words to describe many pertinent themes in life in his own authentic way - with a thread of humour sewn though many of them. Very readable and contemporary.
Comment is about The Sound of Blossom Falling (blog)
Original item by vincent berquez
Interesting Greg mentioning Betjeman and politics in the same poem, a juxtaposition which I feel may have left him bereft . The poem is a neat awakening from one period (when of course much land was available to little opposition apart from the egotistical landowners insisting on their own stations) to one where lots of political balls may be in the air at any one time. Betjeman himself was an anachronism of sorts in the class sense. (IMO)
Ray
Comment is about Small earthquake in Chesham and Amersham (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
One of my favourite movies. I hope you like it too.?
Comment is about Back to the Future (blog)
Original item by Stuart Vanner
A thoughtful, deeply-felt poem. Thanks.
Comment is about Visiting the Grave (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
Rasa
This is a sad poem, which must have been very hard to write. Thank you for posting it. I think it was worth it.
Comment is about That night (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
thanks for the kind comments Stephen and Greg. Glad you liked it. Dark indeed - but hopefully with a little light in there somewhere.
Thanks to everyone for the 'likes' I appreciate it
Ian
Comment is about # False Prophet (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Hope you will be very happy in your new home.
Comment is about NEW HOME (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Waving the flag for research down under?
Perhaps we men should concentrate on the odd fact that the
location in question is primarily a waste disposal site and just be
grateful when that doesn't give us cause for concern - not least
as the years accumulate. Perhaps the moral for men should be:
Let's not get too cocky about the dicky just in case the cocky turns
dicky!! ?
Comment is about RESEARCH (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Timely and pertinent. Shams Ville emerges to wave its righteous
fist against the might of mess up your world monopoly money.
The HS2 project is certainly controversial, not least because of its
effect on established communities that see no obvious benefit
from the upheaval and destruction it represents, added to which
there are the niggling questions about its real necessity when
existing rail infrastructure could be updated/improved to produce
an acceptable modern service. There's the suspicion someone's political ego-trip has melded with that great persuader, commercial profit, to produce what many consider an egregious excessive enterprise.
Comment is about Small earthquake in Chesham and Amersham (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Touching - as in I feel touched. Perhaps that's all we can ask for?
Comment is about The tenderness of you (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Mon 21st Jun 2021 08:28
a two-fisted poet for sure!
?
Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)
Original item by Laura Taylor
achoo!!! I'm allergic to dogs!
Comment is about Can we just be? (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
Hiding from view
puppy dog eyes
peep at you.
Comment is about Can we just be? (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
Thanks for commenting Nigel
But, as I have never stayed successful in love, and quite often never even begun successfully, let alone stayed that way.. well, because of all that I get to the point where I have to assume a few conclusions (that I'd rather not type, at least, not in prose).
Thanks also to everyone who clicked 'Like' for this poem
Comment is about Mr. Bad. (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
A very powerful piece. Thank you for sharing your words
Comment is about Dinner Plate (blog)
Original item by Graham Parker and his musings
I work for a patient having this problem.
Comment is about Quicksand (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
A poem of remorse and sadness with a vow to do better with the next generation. This poem is a reminder that there is always room for improvement especially in the quality of family relationships.
Standing at the grave of a loved one is an opportunity to meditate, to examine one's life in regard to the deceased. The question asked is "could I have done better in those circumstances"? Forgiveness might come to mind. Memories that can teach us.
A good poem, one for personal recollection
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Visiting the Grave (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
Hi Leons (how weird is that?) thank you both for your kind comments. I plan to give it its debut in a few weeks' time.
Comment is about A day out (blog)
Original item by Graham Parker and his musings
Jeannot
Wed 23rd Jun 2021 11:18
Thank you very much Candice
Comment is about Deep diving (blog)
Original item by Jeannot