Meaningful and true. ?
Comment is about Actions Mean More (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
A well composed and interesting poem which shows the inner dilemas we face. Very well described.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about No Title (blog)
Original item by Eric Berard
A fine day out.
Comment is about The Grounds of Speke Hall 25/4/2021 (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Thanks for the likes Nigel, Your Royal Poetrss and Stephen A
Comment is about Worldwide Vaccination (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
2007
One awkward step
but no flat lines
embarrassment soon overcome.
2008
Limped on first open mic
walked off feeling
ten foot tall.
Comment is about #NaPoWriMo 2021 - #Haiku of Life (2007 and 2008) (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Mon 26th Apr 2021 01:21
all my past
is tense!
?
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
In this Cabaret a stage is set
if you add more lines
each one yet another lie
tugging at many many strings.
Comment is about Cabaret (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Mon 26th Apr 2021 01:20
do not stare at the sun.
It will make you blind!
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Comment is about old shoes (poet profile)
Original item by old shoes
Mon 26th Apr 2021 01:19
I'll carry my load
you carry yours.
I'm not your
brother.
?
Comment is about old shoes (poet profile)
Original item by old shoes
Mon 26th Apr 2021 00:59
I cast no shadow, I am a vampire.
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Comment is about Aviva Rifka Bhandari (poet profile)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thanks for your likes
Tony Hill
Stephen Gospage
Stephen Atkinson
Your Royal Poetess
Hugh
Aviva
and
Nisha.
Comment is about Football Makes a Stand (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
I enjoyed this, Stephen. Quite the reverse of Alex Glasgow's "As Soon As This Pub Closes".
Comment is about Revolution (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Glad you enjoyed the Poem Stephen and Tony. ? Hope you both have a lovely Monday. Best wishes, Rasa
Comment is about Tinder Tango (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
Thanks SG. Well, you have to find a reason to laugh these days, don't you? I was having fun trying for "nearly" with certain UK
newspapers and magazines and their various editorial "leanings".
Appreciation also for the "likes".
Comment is about NOVEL (def. of new kind...strange) (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Added the link to a fundraising page I found after writing this. Thanks for the like Stephen G.
Comment is about Worldwide Vaccination (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for commenting Adam ?
Since you say that it does make me ponder to think about what might be added and how it might be done, the title certainly allows for quite a few extra threads to be woven in. One of the features of this poem is the sharpness of what is said, another is the smoothness of what is not being said - I am not sure I have the skill to extend the poem well (thank you for having the confidence that I could). Anyway, if I ever do, I shall certainly repost it here.
Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about Cabaret (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
My thanks to everyone who liked this poem. All war is such a waste; your enemy could soon be your friend and, in fact, always was.
Comment is about Enemy Losses (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Very funny. What about "I overslept" - The Idler?
Comment is about NOVEL (def. of new kind...strange) (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I think you made the right choice, Rasa! I enjoyed this - original and funny.
Comment is about Tinder Tango (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
I'm not afraid of my own shadow, but perhaps you should be if you see it creeping up on you. ?
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
I don't know which i like best but maybe this one as i feel im alone in the world. This is something i needed thank u once again
Comment is about You are not alone. (blog)
Original item by Insta: bullthemessenger_94
It feels as if the first four lines here are the start of a much longer poem and an excellent poem I believe it will be.
Comment is about Cabaret (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Wow that's beautiful. Speaks volumes to me and my mental health struggles. Thank u so much for writing and posting and for caring most importantly. God Bless?
Comment is about Wish You Well -Mental Health Awareness (blog)
Original item by Insta: bullthemessenger_94
Thank you all for the likes and the lovely comment Keith.
Comment is about Golden Glow (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about Torch (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Balance? Now that's a word that means much in life yet has somehow been put to the back of many minds in an age in
which egregious extremes obtain too much attention - often of the
less productive positive sort.
Good sense is found in these lines..
Comment is about Teeter Totter (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Good point...good question!
Comment is about SMILING DOWN UPON YOU (blog)
Original item by Joe Marcello
The painting is so appropriate for this lovely poem.
Thank you,
Keith
Comment is about Golden Glow (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
interesting poem. If I may put two and two together, I would say your soul longs to comfort the unrest in others. This can be a hard place to be in.
Peace
Comment is about Stranger in the Crowd. (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth
I think the most powerful line Is "This crystal clear remedy recovers lost innocence" The power of forgiving ourselves and others is key in letting go. Once you let go, you are free, innocence to our heart is returned. This is where you see the miraculous. If you master the art of letting go, you will forever stand in the holiest of places, the now.
Great Poem, as always.
Peace
Comment is about Heart of the Forest (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth
Two of the best times to be present
Comment is about Heavenly atmosphere (blog)
Original item by Ghazala lari
To be the fulcrum is to carry the load of others. That's a lot of weight on a singular point. know doubt that the shifting pressure can bare stressful loads and ware upon the pivotal point. If understanding our position, in the gravity of the situation and remove just that, the gravity, we would be out of this world. That would be totally righteous!!!
Peace!!
Comment is about Teeter Totter (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thank you Keith. I wrote this in 2007
Yes, I noticed that nuance too.
Comment is about Killing Fields (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
I am so glad that you, dear Keith, took strength from this poem about a poet who evaded his essential nature
Comment is about Gérard Manley Hopkins SJ (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I seldom burst out laughing at the end of reading a poem but this one did the trick.
Well said and hilariously funny
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about Nevermind (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
John,
You have excelled yourself with this poem. I am familiar with Gerard Manley Hopkins as I once attended a course on the subject of Spiritual Direction and the Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola. Manley would have been well acquainted with the exercises. Your poem made me smile as you challenge Jesuit theology with the reality of creation and temptation, raising questions as to whether God would be pleased with abstinence and constant repentance in His world where such beauty is naturally alluring and tempting. A poem to challenge orthodoxy but a serious question as to why we should deny God's gifts in order to somehow please him.
I took some strength from this poem and thank you for it
Keith
Comment is about Gérard Manley Hopkins SJ (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
John,
Another poem, the quality of which takes the reader to be alongside the writer, to almost feel and share what is being said and experienced. Your use of the language, the depiction of scenes and such tender moments of intimacy seem to blend into a powerful part of personal history. The poem took me there. It was very cold.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about The Unsaid (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Tom,
Thank you for your comment on my recent poem "An Outlook"; for taking the time to read it and giving it a like.
I am curious about your profile, especially the last paragraph of your biography where you deal with the writing of poetry, the tools used and where the ideas for poems spring from. As someone advanced in age I still write my poems in long hand using a fountain pen. This is not because of some attachment to days past, but I believe that hand writing flows from the mind of the writer along the arm and into the hand. It is as if a connection exists which I do not experience when using a key board. Inspiration for my poetry is drawn from a number of sources often determined by subjects which interest me, such as spiritualty and the realm of the natural world and man's place in it. A spoken word, a piece of music, something I read, a passing thought or an observation triggers a response which ferments in my mind and invariably I am able to form words to express myself on paper.
Poetry is so highly subjective that it is impossible to explain only express what the writer wants to say. This is how I write. Whether I am a good poet must rest with the opinions of those who read my work and then I seek and appreciate their comments.
Hope this throws some light on your questions.
Keith
Comment is about Tom (poet profile)
Original item by Tom
A poem from my new book, Birder in the Bushveld. It’s a collection of nature themed poems inspired by three trips to South Africa I’ve made during my life, displayed over colour photographs my partner Robbie took while we were travelling. I’m running a launch week presently, so it’s available at a £5 discount until Sunday from my website Birdbard.weebly.com or you could buy it on Amazon for a little more. Trust me, it’s good!
Comment is about Kudu kudu (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Thanks, Stephen
And thanks for the Like, Tim.
Comment is about LOVE ME TANDOOR - Elvis Night at the Raj Poot (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you also to Your Royal Poetess for your like
Keith
Comment is about An Outlook (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Tom
Mon 26th Apr 2021 10:25
Hi Keith,
I just spotted your comment on my profile, thanks for that. I think it was t'other Tom who commented on your recent poem, but I did read and enjoy it.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and process. I genuinely find it really interesting and would love to grill more contributors about this stuff ?
Whilst I'm not able to write exclusively with a pen, I know that the sheer pleasure of writing with a fountain pen on paper is what got me to write many of my poems. It's such a nice experience it encourages you to write something, anything, and often in this process I'll discover a poem buried that I didn't know was in me. In an almost divine intervention, I found a fountain pen in the street aged about 20 and not long after found an empty notebook on a bus journey. It sounds daft really but it was like the universe handed me these tools. I've never since found either of these objects just lying in the street.
I think I take inspiration from many of the same sources as you and the initial ideas are usually dictated into my phone as I'm walking down the street. I'm polishing up a poem at the moment written entirely on a walk home from work where I was inspired by a smell (which is a new one on me, I think). I love your work and always keep en eye out for it - though must admit I've not had much free time to visit WoL of late but I hope that will change soon. All the best, Tom.
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
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