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Comment is about Hopscotch (blog)

Original item by Ged Thompson

Sometimes what we lose isn't a loss, its a gain.

What is lost was meant to be lost.....and that leads another journey.

Pick up the ashes and let them in the oceans travel deep, far wide and away forever.

There's always the second side of the coin.

Just my opposite thoughts that arise while reading your poem.

Well penned?

Comment is about Burnt Out Love (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

The love that lost itself
in those swimming pool eyes
loved this Aviva,

Comment is about Burnt Out Love (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

colours fade back into grey
but soon - - -
your colours will return once again

Comment is about Dawn Fear (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thank you Stephen G and Stephen A for your comments

I guess my poetic soul must finally be grateful for my short stature then, all those trousers and dresses that had to be shortened to fit made hems an accessible concept for my poetic use

Speaking of beautiful colours, some years ago I moved into rented accommodation, a 2nd/3rd floor maisonette, and since then I've been able to enjoy some beautiful sunsets and cloudscapes - I feel as if I am not just renting the flat but also the sky too.

And yes, youth, been there, done that.

Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem

Comment is about Dawn Fear (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

The last three lines could make a poem in themselves Jay.

Comment is about Eventually (blog)

Original item by Jay

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

Comment is about When Time Stood Still (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Thanks for your kind words guys.

Comment is about When Time Stood Still (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Thank you so much for the comments, Stephen G. and Stephen A., it really is one of the saddest situations to witness.

Comment is about Quicksand (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Stephen, I can almost see you now!

Ray

Comment is about SCOTTISH HARDWARE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks for the likes and for the comment Stephen. Definitely worth a visit. Even more so on such a beautiful day.

Comment is about Blenheim Palace (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thanks for this positive and encouraging write. ??

Comment is about Growing Pains (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Positive site https://ukbestessays.org/essaysnassignments-co-uk-review/, where did u come up with the information on this posting?I have read a few of the articles on your website now, and I really like your style. Thanks a million and please keep up the effective work.

Comment is about Collected poems of Anthony Burgess to be published later this year (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Sadly, I've known a few big Dave's. Once you're on that slippery slope it's hard to get a grip. Another good one, Stephen!

Comment is about Big Dave Diff (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Your horizon may be retreating, but they're forming some beautiful colours, Aviva! ?

Youths over rated anyway ?

Comment is about Dawn Fear (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Brilliantly telling it how it, sadly, is. Quicksand Indeed ?

Comment is about Quicksand (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

? for this poem

Comment is about Rainbow (blog)

Original item by Jacqueline L Elias

Very Marlow-esque. A grubby gumshoe sipping away the ass-end of a shitty Thursday. Love it!

Comment is about Thursday (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Yes, a quietly effective (& affective) piece. ?

Comment is about When Time Stood Still (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Sounds like a lovely place, Julie. I haven't made it yet, but this encourages me. Perhaps next year.

Comment is about Blenheim Palace (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Really enjoyable, Ian, although the subject is worrying. The rhyming enhances the humorous side of it.

Comment is about # False Prophet (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Thanks guys. ?

Comment is about Thursday (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

I like yours very much. Great work.

Comment is about Wishing (blog)

Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.

This is outstanding, Trevor. Truly.

Comment is about Thursday (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Beautiful. Best of luck with the book.

Comment is about The Sound of Blossom Falling (blog)

Original item by vincent berquez

John

Difficult to add anything but thank you for this.

Comment is about BLOOMSDAY: 16 June 1904 (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

That needed careful writing and you did it perfectly, Nigel.

Comment is about When Time Stood Still (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

The hem of the night is a nice image.

Comment is about Dawn Fear (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

A sensitive, optimistic piece, Stephen.

Comment is about Growing Pains (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Dramatic and direct treatment of a difficult subject, Holden.

Comment is about Quicksand (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

I like the universality of this. I read it as coming out of the pandemic, but it could equally apply to all manner of other situations.

Comment is about Mixed Emotions (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thanks all for taking the time to comment. Sorry I didn't reply yesterday, was recovering from my 2nd jab!

Comment is about Mutations (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Thanks, Ray. I was in one in St Albans some years ago but was thrown out for refusing to remove my kilt. (OK, I wasn't, but..)

Comment is about SCOTTISH HARDWARE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thank you for commenting Nigel
Thanks also for the like.

Comment is about Wistful (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thank you for your poetic response, Nigel

Tears are evidence of a rinse cycle,
After which, we will be fresh and new.


Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem

Comment is about Acknowledgement (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Like a farmer good
He examined the heart as he could
Enlisted the missing nutrients
Of love, hope, happiness and friendship

On different days
Farmer replenished the heart's soil differently
Adding all the missing nutrients one by one
And making it fertile once again

There's a time to plough
A time to manure
A time to seed
A time to reap

The land is ready
Sow the best seeds
Water, sunshine, wind and care
A luxuriant harvest you will have

Inspired to write this poem reading your poem.
Thanks for this beautiful poem. Good morning ?

Comment is about Wishing (blog)

Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.

Each tear of sadness shed
still keeps safe inside
the love you once had.

Comment is about Acknowledgement (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

But does talent always find its way to the top? There's luck, right time, right place, then there's opportunities blessed or unblessed by fashion, then there's a willingness, by the author, to write about what people think they want to read about. No I'm with Thomas Gray who in his 'Elegy shows how few really do receive their just desserts and how gravestones mark:

Some village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast

         The little tyrant of his fields withstood;

Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest,

         Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood.

Comment is about 'Today is a good day': Lemn Sissay awarded OBE in Queen's birthday honours list (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Quite a compliment Leon ! and thanks too Just a Girl.

Ray

Comment is about SCOTTISH HARDWARE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Good luck with the move. Thank

Comment is about Mixed Emotions (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Good luck with the move ... hope to hear from you again soon.

Comment is about Mixed Emotions (blog)

Original item by d.knape

The trench coat, the fedora, the olive in the martini - clearly not a Wetherspoon's. Great noir atmosphere. Make mine a double, Trevor.

Comment is about Thursday (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Very powerful final two lines, Ian. Good stuff, needs to be said. Just look at those anti-lockdown loons harassing Newsnight's Nick Watt. Andrew Neil's GB News army.

Comment is about # False Prophet (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

thanks for the kind comment Stephen - and thanks everyone for the likes
Ian

Comment is about rag and bone (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

I apologize for tis under-done poem. I was overtaken for the stellar
response of my previous effort - "Deep Last Autumn".

Fame is so fickle.

(signed) Chris Hubbard

Comment is about Saint Petersburg (blog)

Original item by Chris Hubbard

Thank you for this; your poetry resonates with my own outlook.

Cheers,

Chris Hubbard

Comment is about Mixed Emotions (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thanks Aviva. We actually move on Thursday.
So i am able to respond. In fact I will send one more poem
tomorrow so you don't collapse or relapse!
?

Comment is about Aviva Rifka Bhandari (poet profile)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Good one. I'll take HERE as well.

Comment is about Mutations (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Laura, Leon and Ray

Thank you so much for your encouraging comments. I'm pleased that the female perspective came across, Laura, and thanks for the kind words on that. In the end, as Ray says, there is a drabness to it and when I read it again, the poem feels bleaker and more pessimistic than I intended. Poignant, as you say, Laura, but with a sort of systemic sadness?. Perhaps there is something about slightly run-down coastal towns which bodes ill for the future. (No offence to anyone who lives in one!)

Leon - pleased to hear you fought off all the competing distractions and thanks for your encouragement!

Greg, Holden and Stephen A. Thanks for the likes.

Thanks once again to everyone for your support.

Comment is about Seagulls (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

hey, thanks for your views and precious time taken to read my poem. it means a lot to me. I truly agree that poems and other excerpts are a way to express love and thanks towards nature.

Comment is about Rasa Kabaila (poet profile)

Original item by Rasa Kabaila