Number one flows much better for me Frederick.
Comment is about ginko (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Fri 27th May 2022 00:17
Thank you so much, Stephen! I'm really glad there were no literal thunderbolts in your case! 😃
Comment is about Son of the Sun (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Thanks for your likes
Frederick
Rudyard
Stephen G
Holden
and
Your Royal Poetess.
Comment is about Tiny Terror (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Barking mad like his new owner
cheers Stephen
Comment is about Tiny Terror (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Shaun isn't writing to please people now and get approval, he's writing to make them feel damned uncomfortable. And he's succeeding. Always slightly diffident about his performances in his early days as a writer/performer, his confidence and craftsmanship have soared over the past couple of years. If you're able-bodied don't expect an easy ride. We 're all complicit in the apartheid that affects so many people with disabílities. Shaun is very clever at identifying the barriers, evident and hidden that hinder full participation in everyday life. He's kept his Wigan sense of humour but you can feel the frustration boiling over at times. I hope the changemakers, whoever they are these days, read this and take the trouble to listen to a man on the front line of disability discrimination. He tells it straight.
Comment is about They Race Me In The Streets: Shaun Fallows, Lulu (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks for your thoughts, Stephen and MC.
I suppose in a country of 300,000,000 there's bound to be a number of barmpots who would want to murder schoolkids, blacks or Jews. And I don't think drug use and mental health issues is much of an explanation. Why on earth anyone would feel the need to buy assault rifles and kevlar vests is beyond me. We all got a glimpse of where this might lead in January of last year.
Comment is about IT'S FOR THE GUN WE SPEAK (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
SA - much obliged for the comment. I certainly agree that being
at ease in one's own company is a vital step towards personal
contentment.
Thanks are also due to those who kindly "liked" this post.
Comment is about I LOVE ME (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
The proper teaching of the need for disciplined respect for a
deadly weapon is paramount in the prevention of its misuse,
not least in a huge country that was born out of armed revolution
against the perception of overweening state power. Today's
ongoing dilemma is the current malaise of drug abuse and mental
health issues - often connected in a society that seems ill at ease
with itself., a deadly recipe for repeated examples of deranged
behaviour.
Comment is about IT'S FOR THE GUN WE SPEAK (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Hi Ruth, happy for you to use any lines or verses from Our Stylish Queen or Platinum Jubilee from February. Hope the show goes well.
Comment is about Radio Royalty (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
According to my website this is no 800 attempt at poetry. Now I wish had tried harder. 😂
Comment is about Ghostly Request (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Echo Stephens words, some wonderful lines. She’s a lucky lady to have this written for her.
Comment is about Lady Generosity (blog)
Original item by Tom
Another great one Stephen. I just wish you didn’t have so much to write about. 😢
Comment is about Davos (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
The West is still wild John. And tragically always will be I fear. The right to... buy a sub machine gun, purely for home security of course ! Ridiculous
Comment is about IT'S FOR THE GUN WE SPEAK (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Another tragic story emerges from the gun crazy USA. Defies belief. Good to see you here Hugh.
Comment is about Americans,tighten your gun ownership laws and avoid carnage !!! (blog)
Original item by hugh
Lovely stuff, Tom. Some wonderful lines. I especially like:
I’ve filled you full of art
and a night can feel a decade
on the timeline of a heart…’ 🌈
Comment is about Lady Generosity (blog)
Original item by Tom
Give them assault rifles, that’s what I say, Stephen.
And thanks for the Likes, Frederick, K, Holden and Kamryn.
Comment is about IT'S FOR THE GUN WE SPEAK (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
And thanks to Nigel, John C, Holden, Brenda and K Lynn.
Comment is about City Tour (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
So sorry about this, John. Some things can never be explained, or understood.But this doesn't stop you wondering and feeling all the things you describe so movingly here.
Comment is about Suicide of a friend (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I think you said it, John. The 'right' to bear arms? What about the 'rights' of those children and teachers?
Comment is about IT'S FOR THE GUN WE SPEAK (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A very fine poem, Holden. My dad once regretted allowing me to use his motor bike, especially when I demolished the front gate.
No thunderbolts, though, at least not literally.
Comment is about Son of the Sun (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Interesting read, Laura. It's a shame there are so many morons who can't resist piping up in this way. I think you gave them the answer!
Comment is about RBF (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Why has it become common parlance to ask people "Are you alright", when it is obvious from their demeanour that they are definitely not.
One of my grandsons is autistic and I have learned that the correct way to show concern is to ask "Can I help".
I am soon advised whether I can or not.
These are very strongly worded lines and pretty much sum up the current times.
Comment is about RBF (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
A stark reminder of the gender inequality that exists even in so-called 'enlightened' times. Well said Laura!
Comment is about RBF (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Thanks Greg. That may be because it isn't used against you 😉
Comment is about RBF (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Powerful words, Laura. I must admit, I hadn't come across that term before. But I'm an old git that doesn't get out much.
Comment is about RBF (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
<Deleted User> (27399)
Thu 26th May 2022 11:18
No 1 wins for me, it reads better at least for me.
Comment is about ginko (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
I had the pleasure of attending a few Sunderland games a few years back (around 12) I guess as the guest of a supporter from our village. I saw Robbie Keane grab a late draw for Spurs while Luka Modric was playing for us. I sat on a table with Jim Montgomery who was a Sunderland Ambassador who reminded us he had won a European Cup medal in 1980 with Nottingham Forest, Memories.
Comment is about A Calling (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Moonlight love will shine here for ever more💗
Comment is about Grace (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
King for the Day
Sir best mate
Sir taxi driver
Sir funny Landlord
Knighthoods given to
all my drunken pals
waking up with
a stunning princess
Queen out of town.
Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Love Lotion
the one and the same
can you order me some please Ruth😎
Comment is about Lotion Love (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Thanks Ruth you would have to be a rocky horror show to have this mud pack on I don't know any girl like that.😂
Comment is about Ta Very Much (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
A moving piece, filled with sadness.
I hope you can salvage something enduring from your friendship, to sustain you over the dark times.
Comment is about Suicide of a friend (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance M.C.
Good stuff 🥰
Comment is about I LOVE ME (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Both gut wrenching & heartfelt.
Written with care & a tragic beauty. Sorry for your loss, John. You'll never truly know why. But, your friend, he'll always be 🌈
Comment is about Suicide of a friend (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thank you, John, lol. I just missed out on Carter 😆 I've seen him on tinternet though. My first memories are the likes of Eric Gates, Gary Rowell etc. Hopefully happy times lie ahead...
Comment is about A Calling (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Loved how you took all those regal themes into a totally different direction here Nigel. Pure Genius!
Special Thanks to all who read & liked this. If you've got some audio on the theme please get in touch 🙏👍
Comment is about Radio Royalty (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
This was great Nigel! I thought it was horror & then it had that surprise end. Ta very much for enlighting me on what guys are really thinking when they see women doing beauty treatments at home😁😁😁
Comment is about Ta Very Much (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Many thanks, Greg and John. Your comments are very much appreciated. Some elements of this conflict seem to be beyond satire, and sometimes ripe for it, such as the 'Staged Events'. But claiming you have 'liberated' people whose town and lives you have completely destroyed, and then forced to flee, that takes some beating.
And thanks to Frederick, Tom, Julie and Rudyard for liking.
Comment is about City Tour (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you Frederick. You are very kind. And thank you Brenda and both Stephens for your kind words. And you too Holden and KL. Keith your wisdom walks before you. Yes, he will always be my friend. “The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!” —Fyodor Dostoyevsky,
Comment is about Suicide of a friend (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Fab-U-lous, Adam, as Craig Revel-Horwood would say. Immense!
Comment is about What We Did (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
Absolutely superb, Stephen. You put us other footie fans to shame! You don't look old enough to remember Carter, though.
Really glad you boys got promoted! 😀
Comment is about A Calling (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
I love the satire, Stephen. Rivals Orwell at his best! Bravo!
Comment is about City Tour (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
One of your best yet, Steve. I was going to type, 'When all this is over ...' But anyway, you will soon have an admirable collection of Ukraine poems. This one is right up there.
Comment is about City Tour (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thanks, Kevin. I hope so too.
And thank you, Rudyard.
Comment is about Baggage (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
<Deleted User> (33618)
Wed 25th May 2022 02:17
Ruth O'Reilly
Fri 27th May 2022 01:15
Ha, Ha Nigel Between your mud packs & this lotion we can start a new cosmetics company! 😁😁😁
Comment is about Lotion Love (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly