Bravo, John! This is an exceptional poem. Inspiring.
Comment is about #freedom (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
All's well that ends well.
Comment is about At Last, A Use For Shakespeare (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Thanks Ursula and Holden for your appreciaive comments. It always means a lot to me. 😀
Comment is about #freedom (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Sun 8th May 2022 05:28
A wonderful poem, John! "Uninhibited by life's accountancy" is a great line! 😊
Comment is about #freedom (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
It'll be hard with a woman who's a big fan of Shakespeare's drama.😉
Comment is about At Last, A Use For Shakespeare (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Freedom from war
A far fetched dream
For humans are barbaric
Killing innocent,
Enjoying the murderous deed
In the name of country and greed
War mongers thrive happily
Sacrificing young soldiers
At a price that's almost free
Comment is about Sacrificed to the Gods of War (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Feelings grow
inside each emotion
when I hold your hand.
Comment is about Haiku in Bloom 30 (blog)
Original item by Andy N
That's what I'm hoping for, Stephen. And a brand-new bunch of poets to meet at open-mic nights and make friends with.
Comment is about Moments (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
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Sat 7th May 2022 23:35
This brings to life the tale of a slave aboard a ship at sea, and the rhythm suggests a seafaring song. It also tells a story. Well done! 👍🙌
(I agree with Kevin's message, you are also a storyteller like myself! )
Comment is about Amistad (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
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Sat 7th May 2022 23:27
Lovely poem, John. A child's imagination is vast, and just magical. 👍🌷
Comment is about #freedom (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Thank you, Stephen. I will always search for the beauty. So happy I found this place! 💘
Comment is about trust (blog)
Original item by Emmeranne Peters
Beautiful Northumberland. Some inspirational walks up there, Greg
Comment is about Moments (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
A sad truth. But there is beauty out there, it just seems harder to find these days. 👏🌈
Comment is about trust (blog)
Original item by Emmeranne Peters
Thank you Clare, glad you think so! And 😂 Julie, I've compiled about 3 1/4 of a book but then will have no idea what to do lol! I might just print 2 copies, one for you & 1 for me Ma & Da 🤣
Thank you for your continued encouragement 🍷🌈
Comment is about I Wonder If... (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Good trade, Greg. Northumberland is the most unsung and fabulous county we have visited.
Comment is about Moments (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Selby Times?! Wash yer mouth out, John! Gazette & Herald man, me! We're heading for Northumberland, all being well. Goodbye to the beautiful south. I say that only because they really don't like Boris Johnson down here.
Comment is about Moments (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks SG. I recall a torrential downpour while walking along a
nearby street one afternoon some years ago and seeing a very large rat crossing some yards ahead of a startled woman who
stopped in her tracks at its unexpected appearance and immediate disappearance into a nearby basement. These age-old creatures are true survivors, said to be so numerous they
are within a short distance of us at any given time - yet how
often do we actually see them?
Thanks also to those with their "likes".
Comment is about CATS AND RATS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Perfectly! 😁
Comment is about Marion Braidfute (Wife of Braveheart) (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
thank you John, hope it meets the brief
Comment is about Marion Braidfute (Wife of Braveheart) (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
It really *is* a traumatised planet, Kevin. All the borders and barriers being redefined again in the East bloc (and elsewhere)... as tho... we didn't already do that before.
Every year, I think to myself (with hope!!): 'I wonder how things will look in a year from now?'....... and for the last 3 years.... the answer has been: 'NOT BETTER, THAT'S FOR SURE!!'...
yikes...
Comment is about My Ameriglish Girl (blog)
Original item by Jo Callisto
That’s because he hadn’t yet got the coals hot enough for you, Graham.
Comment is about MICHAEL SEEN FLORA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Epic poem, Russell. I really like the historical aspect!
Comment is about Marion Braidfute (Wife of Braveheart) (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Lovely poem, Julie. Really inspiring! 😎
Comment is about Freedom (Challenge) (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
The nearest I've come to the feeling of oblivion was under a very deep anaesthetic during heart surgery. I have to say there were no signs of a white light or a beckoning figure trying to tempt me to cross over etc and they had nine hours to try their hand. Best bloody kip I've ever had!
Comment is about MICHAEL SEEN FLORA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for the likes
Comment is about Magnificent In Stature (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for the likes and lovely comment Stephen.
Comment is about May Time (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Fucked if I know, Stephen.
Was she hallucinating after all? Why do most people expire fairly uneventfully?
Perhaps we just buy into the concept that there is something beyond our life, that we are not just ash or compost.
But then again..
Comment is about MICHAEL SEEN FLORA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Simply stunning. Your book must be nearly complete by now. Can I preorder. 😁
Love this. 🌈🌈
I wonder if you
Shower in rainbows
And shake the colours
upon waking flowers
Comment is about I Wonder If... (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
A very clever poem, MC, and quite true. Perhaps I'm biaised because we have spotted rats in our garden recently.
Comment is about CATS AND RATS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
A really good twist, Candice. Lots of interpretations swirling around at the start.
Comment is about Brave But Not Brainy (blog)
Original item by Candice Reineke
This is great, Mike, and the conclusion is uplifting.
Comment is about 'The Party' (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
An extraordinary poem, John. Who knows what happens so close to death? My mother told me that my grandmother seemed to turn over and (audibly) express relief when it happened. To where does this last moment of lucidity lead?
Comment is about MICHAEL SEEN FLORA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you for the comments, Greg, Candice and John C. Yes, this invasion has shown that peace and freedom are both fragile and need to be valued and defended.
And thanks to K Lynn, Bethany, Tom, Holden, Stephen, John B, Kevin and Emmeranne for the likes.
Comment is about Atmosphere (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
We had ours on the market for nearly 2 years with barely a sniff of interest, Greg. People said “Don’t worry; you only need one buyer”. And they were right. We moved in June of last year,
You’ve not been demoted to the Selby Times again, have you?
Comment is about Moments (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
It takes something like this to make us realise how fragile and precious is our liberal peace and how it needs constantly defending.
Comment is about Atmosphere (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
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Fri 6th May 2022 23:41
Time! Thank you, I made the edit. I appreciate the comment.
Comment is about Small Talk (blog)
Original item by JAZ
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Fri 6th May 2022 19:27
a poetically faultlessly entertaining stroll
Comment is about A Nidderdale ramble (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Curious but true that regrets come with age. But you're spot on
about keeping a record on family photos...the who, where and
when.
Comment is about MICHAEL SEEN FLORA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for your thoughts, MC. Some time before she died I asked my mam if she had any photos of her parents and grandparents. She gave me half a dozen and all of them in that familiar pose for the formal photographer - old lady seated and old fella stood at her shoulder, both as poor as church mice but in their Sunday best. It’s one of my huge regrets that I didn’t write on the reverse who they all were.
Thanks for the Like, Candice.
Comment is about MICHAEL SEEN FLORA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
This is actually about somebody returning to life/society (The Party)after a long spell away due to various reasons (mental illness, the Army, etc) they realise life went on as expected without them, but still long for the things and people they will never see again, eventfully they are just happy to be back....thank you for reading.
Comment is about 'The Party' (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
"The light at the end of the tunnel we all hope to see"? - to quote
the words of composer George Lloyd in his description of the
final uplifting minutes of his magisterial Eleventh Symphony.
My own mother's passing aged 90 was in the presence of my
two local sisters. I was to arrive back in South Devon a few
hours later but recall what can only be described as a look of
calm contentment on my mother's face as she lay in her death bed. As if she too had witnessed something beyond our ken at
the end. We can only hope, can't we?
As for ancestry research, some handwritten notes in my mother's belongings originated from years before her own
arrival on the Earth and included was a reference to an early
19th century ancestor who, upon returning from a great race
meeting outside London (Epsom?) had overturned his
carriage and spent the night in a ditch, the worse for drink.
The mare pulling the carriage found her own way home to
town! I often wonder if my own racing interest is genetic...
now thankfully minus the risk of ending up in any ditch!! 😊
Comment is about MICHAEL SEEN FLORA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you for the kind comments.
It's been a huge loss of a lovely friend..
xx
Comment is about Paul (blog)
Original item by Jo Callisto
Beautiful description, Stephen. #GlorytoUkraine
Comment is about Atmosphere (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Hi Emmeranne and welcome to Writeoutloud. Thanks for reading so many of my posts, much appreciated! I enjoyed your first poem and looking forward to reading more 😊
Comment is about Emmeranne Peters (poet profile)
Original item by Emmeranne Peters
Stephen Gospage
Sun 8th May 2022 08:40
Well done, Julie.
Comment is about Freedom (Challenge) (blog)
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