That's all anyone can ask, Julie.
Comment is about This Is Me (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Good point. It's often tempting to stay within one's bubble, but not very productive in the long run.
Comment is about When One Door Closes (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks for the comment, KJ. I suppose one of the problems is that there seems to be no guaranteed formula for a winning song. The Italian victors performed a sort of third-rate heavy metal number. However, we seem to have found a formula for a losing one.
Comment is about UK Nul Points (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
The Poles are not to be trifled with!! As their fighter pilots serving
with the RAF demonstrated to their warmongering neighbours.
Plus - thanks one and all for the "likes".
Comment is about FLIGHT (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thank you Keith. Little people should be added in the poem as well. I'll do that ?
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thank you phillipos , for your words..
Comment is about Planet Mars (blog)
Original item by Kiki Materi
Reading a battle of words
but peace to see reason
with the line
and offer the hand instead of the sword
I loved it Martin.
Comment is about The way of man (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Dark figure follows
your every step
the sun blinks
off he goes.
Comment is about Tall Shadows (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks Martin
One of the girls working at the Art Gallery told me when I went in there.
Comment is about We Remember You (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Wed 26th May 2021 00:43
"dawn's early light"!
words from our anthem
the Star Spangled Banner,
(don't you just love that phrase,
The "Star Spangled Banner"
great words for what WAS
a great country.
Thanks for reading my poem.
No charge for you.
I am an amateur also.
?
Comment is about Dawn (poet profile)
Original item by Dawn
Thank you so much Martin and Stephen. :) Best wishes, Rasa
Comment is about My Pagan Blood (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
I got the idea from this one from the COVID stickers on the floor at the airports while I was traveling this weekend. The stickers literally say, "separate and sanitize."
Comment is about Separate and Sanitize (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Thanks Aviva. The poem was in my notebook for a long time until I finally came up with that last verse. I reckon I was trying to tell myself something!
Best wishes,
Steve
Comment is about Memento Mori (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
Thanks for all the kind likes, thanks for the comment Tom. A walk in the sunshine is becoming a rare thing this May!
Comment is about Tall Shadows (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Philipos
Tue 25th May 2021 19:47
Thank you Dawn, I appreciate your comment ?
Comment is about IMHO (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
I think it is the Poles who are most aggrieved, MC. Apparently, a plane takes on the “nationality” of the country in which it is registered. In this case it is Poland. The Belorussians, it seems, have driven a horse and cart through diplomatic convention by hijacking a Polish aircraft.
Comment is about FLIGHT (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks for your thoughts, Jennifer. Amazon have certainly capitalised on the pandemic and who can blame them. Ultimately it is we who are responsible for feeding them.
Comment is about THE FALLEN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Dawn and Jennifer - thank you.
Has anything summed up the arrogance of the dictatorial mindset
so completely as this public display of deceit?!.
Comment is about FLIGHT (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
...it took us away from ourselves. And we let it.
Wow. Beautifully written! You words make the imagery come to life so vividly. I love this. Thank you.
Comment is about What It Took (blog)
Original item by Dawn
Beautiful, and so well describes the stresses, but also the unexpected strengths of an enduring relationship.
Jennifer.
Comment is about Severed Ties (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Ghazala, sadly yes.
Dawn, thank you. I will check it out now.
Comment is about Separate and Sanitize (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
We used to have peat fires, and I loved the smell of them. Don't think we are allowed to cut it any more? Peat bogs have been discovered to be 'carbon sinks' if that is the right expression. Even a very simple dwelling, bothy or stone hut can be very welcoming, especially with a bubbling pot on the fire!
Jennifer
Comment is about Turf Stains (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Unfortunately so true. Here in Italy we have never had the chains of department stores quality and low quality, that there were in Britain, but so many small shops have closed because of Covid, Outlets, and the rising costs of renting premises, as MC says. We have the franchises, Calzedonia, Swatch, Foot Locker, etc., but most are now in shopping malls. Now you find the same shops, and goods all over Europe. When I came out to Italy in the 60s, shopping was a delight, as everything, or most things, were produced locally, and the range and diversity was incredible. Jennifer
Comment is about THE FALLEN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks, Graham. He doesn’t owe us anything, does he? And anywhere but Man U or the Arse.
No doubt councils could have done more to protect the High St by shelving or reducing rents, MC, but that would have affected their ability to provide services. The bigger culprits are the virus and ourselves; we are responsible for the permanent change in shopping patterns.
And thanks for the Likes, Holden, Stephen, Aviva, Kevin and Greg.
Comment is about THE FALLEN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
To be young again with the knowledge one has now would be great, although it is the carelessness and insouciance of youth that makes it so enjoyable, apart from the physical point of view. Looking back those seem halycon days, but at the time most of us had problems too, I would think. Great writing.
Jennifer
Comment is about TO BE YOUNG AGAIN (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
RIP Richard. The ache takes some time to dwindle. A great tribute.
jennifer
Comment is about RICHARD (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Well said. Hard to SEE when we are hiding our faces from each other.
You may like my poem "What It Took"
Comment is about Separate and Sanitize (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Loved this one! A very angry Irishman is someone to reckon with!
At least they haven't poisoned the poor man, yet.
Jennifer
Comment is about FLIGHT (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Yes! Even when they are right - it's not always right. You did a beautiful work in capturing the moment we all have been in and the fog of agony - the confusion of pain and the well meaning help that's not always helpful.
Comment is about IMHO (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Well said. What a shame - and you did a wonderful job capturing it
Comment is about FLIGHT (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
there's just the same old cloud
I seem to hold it by some string...
...I'm caught in a flooded canyon
that black cloud fits like a lid
I love this! It's more than imagery - its an experience....
I recently wrote in a piece about the the grey hanging clouds being like a prison wall closing us in trapping us - like mythical gods watching our calamity - how those grey clouds roll and move like a crowd, but there is never a break or opening - always grey....
I think your work is wonderful and brought that to life. It captured the melancholy, the regret, the weight of our memories - not always nostalgic.
Comment is about Formations (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
Thank you for your comment Martin ?
Thanks also to everyone who clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about Catatonia (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thank you for your comment Ghazala ?. I wasn't sure if anyone would know the acronym IMHO but you clearly do. ?
Thank you for your comment Kevin ?. Yes, this does try and capture the pressure of other people's expectations and ill-fitting advices. Along with Catatonia and many of the other poems it still amazes me how I was able to compose explanations from the centre of the struggle. Thank you, I am past those problems now and built off of the experiences.
Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about IMHO (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Maybe the decline and disappearance of the "giants" - overtaken
by circumstance and an absence of marketing foresight in this
online age could well pave the way for a return by the smaller
individual enterprises - from which, it may be said. most, if not all
of the giants evolved originally. But then there's the neglect of the
high street by local councils, readily granting permission to the big
guns for out of town shopping centres while overseeing rows of
boarded-up shops in town centres and rapacious demands from
property landlords that can deter start-up enterprises these
days. What happened to social responsibility and the enactment
of laws to ensure that the market health of the high street is
maintained for general benefit, but not least for those most
dependent on local shopping outlets due to personal need and
lack fo mobility? Councils have a lot to answer for in this regard..
Comment is about THE FALLEN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I think you've got them all in there JC. Nicely written! Farewell Harry!
Comment is about THE FALLEN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Did you know that in Ireland there are the Little People who live at the bottom of everyone's garden?
A lovely poem. Thanks for this
Keith
Comment is about Sci fi poetry ii (blog)
Original item by Ghazala lari
This phenomenon is the past time of those of us who have entered the twilight years of life. A time for reflection when the mind becomes our personal cinema or You Tube whereby we can re live those times of joy and sadness in complete privacy. This poem is exceptional in a number of ways as it articulates what many know and enjoy but I have never seen described in poetic form. The use of rhyme in one line as opposed to using the end of lines is an innovation which has a charm of its own. A poem well crafted and succinctly presented.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about LIKE MOVIES IN MY MIND (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
Thank-you again to all showing an interest in poetry. All poetry!!
Comment is about TO BE YOUNG AGAIN (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
A re-post to coincide with the re-runs on the box.
Another gem, cheers Kevin
Comment is about HOTEL FAWLTY TOWERS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I haven't watched Eurovision for years, but sometimes catch the end just to see the scoring, which I find more entertaining than the competition itsen.
As you say, this country has so much musical talent.
We don't take this competition seriously, then feel bitter when we don't do well.
Comment is about UK Nul Points (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Brilliant to read as a series of individual poems, or as one massive poem.
Whoever stitched them together got the order right, because it read so well as a whole.
Comment is about The World in Lockdown People's Poem (Merseyside) (blog)
Original item by Barry Woods
To me this is a poem that details how people are all too ready to offer advice, but they don't always know the full extent of the problem.
Either that or they tell you what to do, without explaining how.
These people are well-meaning, but can be more frustrating than helpful. Indeed they can become part of the problem.
Hope you are well.
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about IMHO (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Stephen Gospage
Wed 26th May 2021 17:15
The first part, especially, is wonderful. I'm worried about becoming a 'leaky liar.'
Comment is about Lust (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.