Julie! This is lovely. Your poem made me giggle and smile. It is a unique quality to be able to tell a lovely story in a special way in few words-and you have got that quality. ?

Keep smiling.
Best wishes,
Rasa

Comment is about Al Fresco Dining (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

I just love your dulcet tones.
I must have missed this story.
I take it that Hancock has been caught up to no good.

Comment is about SEALED WITH A KISS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

You can certainly add 'galloway' to the list, Stephen. Originally from Scotland, has been found in Iraq, cultivated by Russia. Extremely toxic.

Comment is about The poisoned garden (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Personally I prefer North face or Berghaus

Comment is about In praise of my rabb. (blog)

Original item by Ghazala lari

There's always an obnoxious minority on each side of the divide.

Comment is about The Pride (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

thanks for the wonderfully kind comments - I'm glad and sad it struck a chord.
It is a chilling topic Ray - I think a lot of us feel it as we grow older.
And yes John - much more fight still to come ?
thanks to everyone for the comments and 'likes' I appreciate it ?
Ian

Comment is about How Did It Get So Late So Soon? (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

And a booster jab yesterday from the same Mark Cavendish!
I felt even better for this second treatment.

Comment is about The poisoned garden (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Godspeed Gospage.
or is it
Charley Bishop?

Comment is about Stephen Gospage (poet profile)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

I don't have a "Profile" photo. ha. ha.
So draw a mustache Here:

( a box with a mustache )



?

Comment is about Aviva Rifka Bhandari (poet profile)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thank you for the like and kind comment Stephen G. I actually got a but emotional watching clips of her earlier.

Comment is about Princess Diana Today (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Rudyard, Ghazal, Aviva and Holden, very nice that you liked this!

Thank you Martin. I often wonder if singers are reborn as birds!

Well spotted Stephen (unintentional).
Just also to say I thought your profile samples were excellent, right to the point....

Ray

Comment is about TRAPPED (blog)

Original item by ray pool

You're too kind. Don't forget the health warning!

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

Original item by d.knape

Maybe half a wit is better than none.

Comment is about HALF-WIT (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Applies equally well to the PM, especially the non-native and popping up. I guess the list is endless.....

Comment is about The poisoned garden (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Very well put, Julie.

Comment is about Princess Diana Today (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thanks for your observations, MC and Stephen. I've looked up 'farage' and it is described as a pernicious weed, non-native, and likely to pop up in unexpected places. Throwing milkshakes over it does not eradicate it.

Comment is about The poisoned garden (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Your house may be empty
but no need to be grumpy-
The silence that be
filled now with poetry!
?

Comment is about julie callaghan (poet profile)

Original item by julie callaghan

The wisdom of Stephen.
The gospel of Gospage!
?

Comment is about Stephen Gospage (poet profile)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

I just read your poem and related to it well. Enjoyed it.❤❤

Comment is about Sweettaye (poet profile)

Original item by Sweettaye

Thanks for your likes
Holden
Stephen G
Aviva
and
Your Royal Poetess.

Comment is about Bring It On (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Indeed, Stephen. I’m grateful my misdemeanors were pre-CCTV and not recoded for posterity.
And thanks for the Like, Aviva.

Comment is about SEALED WITH A KISS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Does a mirror tell us the future, the present, or the past?
In this poem it does all of that and more.

While pondering mirrors, I realised.

If a mirror ahead of us could show the future
And a mirror behind us could show the past
Then we seeing that, between two such mirrors, would realise
That the future is nothing without the past.
And the past is nothing without the future.

Comment is about How Did It Get So Late So Soon? (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Or your phone i hate losing my phone too xx you are right

Comment is about Losing It (very light verse) (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Is this the correct way to respond to a comment? I'm new here and am not sure.

Yes, all judges differ, and matching poetry to audience and judge is no simple task.

Comment is about Poetry Contest (blog)

Original item by Gerald E Greene

'Three little maids' in the first three lines?

Comment is about TRAPPED (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Excellent, John. I suppose 'Caught in the Act' is another way of putting it. All the world's a stage - it certainly is when there's CCTV in your office.

Comment is about SEALED WITH A KISS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Well done for slipping in Nigel at the end, Greg. That really does require a health warning. Maybe there is no known antidote.

Comment is about The poisoned garden (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

This sums perfectly up a disturbing, nagging fear. A feeling of powerlessness.

Comment is about Losing It (very light verse) (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thanks for your kind comment, Greg. It's a scary thought and I certainly hope that those times don't return. I suppose that the military should stick to doing what their good at, although I'm not sure what that is exactly. Make love not war, perhaps, at least metaphorically speaking.

Comment is about Military Coup (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Poisons have antidotes, of course. And yesterday, there was the
injection of a fine stage win by Mark Cavendish in the legendary
sporting event known worldwide as the Tour de France. A come
back that made for a most welcome sporting "double" at this stressful time.

Comment is about The poisoned garden (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

All competitions are subjective in their outcome. Those judging
them are essentially seeking what they themselves look for or
prefer to see as "poetry". One might see them in a literary
sense as "the lottery of strife". Putting a contentious topic into
words in the way shown here is itself a style of form and content
and does its job well (subjectively speaking, of course). ?.

Comment is about Poetry Contest (blog)

Original item by Gerald E Greene

Hello and welcome Gerald. Thank you for posting your wonderful writings on this site. They are of such an amazing, delightful and inspirational quality.

Leon

Comment is about Poetry Contest (blog)

Original item by Gerald E Greene

Thank you for the gift. I have re homed some of your words?

Comment is about Box Of Words (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Give over, Ian. There’s fight in us yet.
One of your best.

Comment is about How Did It Get So Late So Soon? (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Thanks, Greg.
And thanks for the Like, Ghazala.

Comment is about SEALED WITH A KISS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks a lot...It's my pleasure to have your praises...
am grateful and blessed to have a great teacher like you...
Much love and Warm Regards
Bindu

Comment is about On my birthday- A priceless gift!! (blog)

Original item by Ghazala lari

Very incisive work, Stephen. I think you've sneaked this one under the 'culture war' barbed wire. Hits the mark like something from the 1930s. We may be living in those times again.

Comment is about Military Coup (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Top of your game here, John.

Comment is about SEALED WITH A KISS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Bindu



I'm glad you remember my b-day. Thank you so much for such a priceless gift. I've never received anything more beautiful than this till today. I'm deeply touched by your lovely words.

You are indeed a good student a teacher could ever have.

God bless you and your daughter. Be safe n happy always.



Love n peace

Ghazala.

Comment is about On my birthday- A priceless gift!! (blog)

Original item by Ghazala lari

There's a chill running through this Ian, which I for one recognize in my own musings. Personally I have found the round ball of age has been given a kicking towards some celestial goal - a dislocation on many levels. I know I have altered in subtle and not so subtle ways - so thanks for expressing this. And - I hope you are well in any case. The poem really has a resonance that puts it in a class of its own.

Ray

Comment is about How Did It Get So Late So Soon? (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Hi Martin. Err, yeah I thought that regarding reading it as soon as I finished it but means tons to me you enjoyed it.

My friend Ben is a terrific photographer and a few of his photographs are really calling out to me at the moment so i think they'll be a few more yet.

Thanks Holden for the like also.

Comment is about No one there (blog)

Original item by Andy N

I am so glad you enjoyed it, Martin, and thanks to everyone else who liked this poem.

It's a bit of an oddball effort, but as I read it again, I am quite pleased with the element of menace at the end.

Comment is about Military Coup (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Ghazala, very true -- thank you

Comment is about Meet Cute (blog)

Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.

True love never dies.....such pure sentiments?

Comment is about Meet Cute (blog)

Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.

Flashback of what perfection once was. Those were the days my friend! I liked the theme of your poem. Realistic write.?

Comment is about How Did It Get So Late So Soon? (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

thanks for the comment Julie - fully booked up this year ?
Thanks to everyone for the 'likes' - I appreciate it ?

Comment is about Little Crowtown (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Quite, MC. Although I can’t help but smell a whiff of hypocrisy among us. I find it hard to believe that we have all followed all the restrictions all the time. His hypocrisy, though, is that he makes the restrictions,
And thanks for the Likes, Julie and Holden.

Comment is about SEALED WITH A KISS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

For a telling observation on a contemporary scandal, as might be expected from this source - and just as another song puts it: no one does it better! Good one JC.
Mr Hancock has gone from Hyland to low land! Talk about a
political kiss-off!!

Comment is about SEALED WITH A KISS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Jennifer, thanks for reading ? So pleased this story resonates with others too. Got to cherish those times and reflect on them from time to time.

Comment is about Headlights (blog)

Original item by Tom

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Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

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