Splendid stuff. Perhaps we should tip the tippers (not financially, of course).
Comment is about FLY TIPPING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Yes, we had a drop in temperature of over 20°c.
Comment is about All Four Seasons (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Hi Keith, I'm so pleased you felt it was rampant that is certainly what I was hoping to re-capture. It can get hot and sweaty in the confines of a lift, so moist sounds about right ? Thanks for the like and for reading. Hopefully, I'll write another poem soon. There's got to be one lurking somewhere... Cheers, Tom.
Comment is about Old Poem (blog)
Original item by Tom
Sympathies, but a nice little poem with a great title. ?
Comment is about Author Ritis (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Reflective and rewarding. Time is but a series of moments - to be
approached, accepted and assessed according to our own way of
dealing with life and what is offers (or does not, of course)..
Comment is about A Mortal Moment (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Tom,
The last place for this poem is the bin. It is masterful, passionate and full of rampant energy. I have read it several times which have left me feeling quite moist.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about Old Poem (blog)
Original item by Tom
Martin,
Thank you for your recent comment on my latest poem "A Mortal Moment" and also for the many other comments you have so generously made. I value greatly your comments as they are a source of constant encouragement.
Keith
Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)
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Wed 7th Apr 2021 09:49
Marsha
Wed 7th Apr 2021 09:21
This speaks to me of a resistance to follow our ancestral lineage, an almost refusal to comply with an inherited subconscious familial memory.
The title references the rebellious streak first uttered apparently by Satan himself. I have respect for any character who opposes ultimate power, that would certainly include any rebel angel/entity who stood against a tyrant God.
The final line is a killer, no matter what we think and come to conclude we can never be certain of what is right, just how much is determined by our individualism and how much is dictated by what we inherit from our forbears?
I am interested in the writings of the offspring of men who have committed "evil" deeds and how they come to live with that burden...."What the fuck are we supposed to do" a question which is today being asked by some individuals and nations alike regarding their tyrannical histories.
Comment is about NON SERVIAM (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thank you Keith for your kind words.
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.
e.e. cummings
Comment is about NON SERVIAM (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
This poem has a real appeal for me as it of the past, which you John, recall and write so well about. Snippets light flames of remembrance as I read this poem, "When I walked across a Lancaster field" and "I was made by the holocaust of the Jews I bear the new stigmata" and your final summing up which leaves the reader fully aware of his impotence and place in the events of history.
The age of the Lancaster and what is old and what is new brings us to realise the futility of what is past and what lies ahead. Our presence and participation are irrelevant, as if mere bystanders. And of course what the fuck should we do?
A poem to articulate where we are in all of this.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about NON SERVIAM (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Tue 6th Apr 2021 22:35
Rebirth & Resurrection.
Both themes of the poem.
Thank you for reading and sharing your deep thoughts.
Also, thanks for sticking with me.
I think YOU were my very "first responder"..
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
be assured you won't be forgotten my friend. Certainly not with such marvellous poetry. Fabulous Keith
Comment is about A Mortal Moment (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Philipos
Tue 6th Apr 2021 22:12
Thanks for the likes Aviva, Holden, Hugh, curiousdud3 and MC.
Thank you also for the kind comments.
Comment is about Solar Powered (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thank you CM. The way in which poetry can possess lines and
rhythms of its own "solo" value pointed me towards the content used here.
Comment is about POET (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I bought some for my sister who loves her small garden. I like the
analogy used here.
Comment is about Solar Powered (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
This is an interesting and significant poem as it has a parallel meaning. As it describes the arrival of Spring there are parts which clearly speak of resurrection. The last two lines of the third stanza stand out in this respect as do stanzas five and six. Theologically the seasons have often been seen as a life cycle and this poem endorses that.
A very good poem
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Signs Of Life (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thank you for commenting Tom, and thanks for the Like ?
Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about All At Sea (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
I really like it too Aviva. ??
Comment is about All At Sea (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thanks for the feedback Keith, much appreciated ❤️
Comment is about Trapped in my mind (blog)
Original item by curiousdud3
I love this. Just how powerful is the sunshine. Roll on summer ❤️
Comment is about Solar Powered (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Here's another one that will not be the poem of the century. ?
It will not even be the poem of the minute (no matter which minute)
But I liked it a lot when I wrote it.
Comment is about All At Sea (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
I couldn’t agree more, MC. I agree too that local councils could do more; not least in being less draconian in what the binmen will take away and also abolishing the charges they make at the dumpit sites for taking certain items - paint and glass and rubble for example.
And thanks for the Like, Julie, Holden, Aviva and Hugh.
Comment is about FLY TIPPING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
What a beautiful way to comment. Peace to you too, New Shoes.
Comment is about I surrender (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
If iI had my way there would be an offence of "Despoiling the
Environment" - summary trial, with immediate imprisonment,
determined by type, seriousness - and also frequency where appropriate. The BBC Panorama TV programme did a recent
sting on a so-called licensed operator and bugged the rubbish,
They duly located it in a country lane and, when confronted, the
operator said he'd off-loaded it to another concern for disposal
as he was too busy - or something! The bottom line - the "muck" if
you like - stops at the local councils who seem very lax about
enforcing what law there is, claiming lack of funds and the
difficulty of enforcement etc. ?
Comment is about FLY TIPPING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
"once in a while you win,
never mind the losers,
the mug punters we see
packing out the boozers"
?
Comment is about Hay (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
love the presents wordplay ?
Comment is about The song that never ends (blog)
Original item by old shoes
Thanks for the comments and the "likes". The inspiration for this
frivolity came from my sister over in Brussels who was describing
the variable weather that saw her own potted plants "suffering" on
the balcony of her flat.
Comment is about GONE TO POT (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
She must be on her way to roam ?
(Where all roads lead)
Comment is about She was on a 4 week cycle (blog)
Original item by hugh
Thank you, New Shoes, for your uplifting and encouraging comment. ?
The line 'Can't hug death' intended to suggest that death would bring no comfort and that death wasn't welcome.
Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about Stuck On You (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Your poems and videos bring some magic and warmth. I enjoy them. Thanks!
Peace
Comment is about Outfoxing the furies (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
"I went down to the crossroads and fell down on my knees. Asked the lord above for mercy, I'll beg you if you please" by Cream, Crossroads
Peace
Comment is about I surrender (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
you can't hug death, but it can surround the only light you have left. A star thrown off into the far off isolated regions of space surrounded by darkness. The only emitting light being that of its own with nothing to reflect or emit the light back to remember the warmth of love and relationship. gravitate your mind and heart to love and rebuild the cosmos that align with your creation, and may your truth set you free and ward of the thoughts of death's inflictions.
Peace
Comment is about Stuck On You (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Mon 5th Apr 2021 03:53
glad to see you are back M.C.
where have you been?
that was an unexcused absence!
?
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Be careful, Stephen. I don’t think a lobotomy is reversible.
And thanks for the Likes, Nazia and New Shoes.
Comment is about REDDIT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I love those Nigel, really clever, cheers m8 (:
Comment is about #Haiku of Life 1972 and 1973 (as part of #NaPoWriMo) (blog)
Original item by Andy N
always good to read your comments
thank you Keith
happy Easter ?
Comment is about The Grand Experiment (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
A lot in this. A really good read.
Comment is about Eight Billion Cells (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
Andy N
Wed 7th Apr 2021 18:05
That last line is a killer of a last line, Emer (:
Comment is about Tangled (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra