Thank you for your comment Stephen ?

It turned out there would be many more words after all,
but at the time...

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

Comment is about There Are No Longer Words (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Wonderful opening lines, Stephen. And the title, of course.

Comment is about The first man in space (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thanks, Phil. I was a bit too young to remember the day of the flight but your poem and description brought back my childhood fascination with space travel, which developed a few years later.

I always felt sorry for Laika.

I also posted a Gagarin poem this evening.

Thanks once again for stirring nice memories.

Comment is about Letter to Yuri (blog)

Original item by Phil Ireland

This follows on from Phil Ireland's memories of Yuri Gagarin's space flight of April 1961. I was seven at the time and don't really remember the event, although I have become interested in it since.

Comment is about The first man in space (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

A fine, heartfelt poem.

Comment is about Les gens du Bocage; les hommes du débarquement - Normandy early July 1944 (blog)

Original item by Phil Ireland

Thank you Tom, Adam, Aviva and Holden for the likes.

Comment is about Mainstream (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Fine poem, Aviva. There must still be words.

Comment is about There Are No Longer Words (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thanks, Julie. Looks like us Belgians will have to wait until 1st May, or maybe later.....

Comment is about Lockdown Restrictions Are Lifting (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

I love carousels. They are a joy but also have a hint of menace or tragedy. Thank you for this poem.

Comment is about CAROUSEL (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

P.S. The opening also brought back a near miss of my own
experience years ago, when walking near Old Street here in central
London, stepping off the kerb and seeing a blur of red pass
perilously close to my eyes as a bus moved through through the
one-way system in operation there. A moment's lack of concentration that left me blinking at my lucky escape.

Comment is about The Good Place (blog)

Original item by David Lindsay

Thanks for your likes
Aviva
and
Stephen G

Comment is about Always by Her Side (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Nice!

Comment is about Les gens du Bocage; les hommes du débarquement - Normandy early July 1944 (blog)

Original item by Phil Ireland

Thank you for the nice comment!

Comment is about Those Great Days (For Stuart Adamson) (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

https://www.mssociety.org.uk/about-ms/types-of-ms/relapsing-remitting-ms

Comment is about (R)APIDLY (R)ECLINING (M)ENTAL (S)TATE ? (blog)

Original item by Your Royal Poetess

Thank you for the flowers, to all who've clicked 'Like' for this poem.
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Comment is about The Show Must Go On (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

I Really love your stuff. Your poetry is philosophical and clever. Love. It.
I'm mediocre at chess. I have a blistering first few moves but I don't have the attention span. Sometimes I start doing stuff and I get distra

Comment is about Going (blog)

Original item by The Chessplayer

Hi M.C. - I had the opportunity to serve quite a few notable people when working there. Thanks for likes Hugh, Holden & Zina. ?

Comment is about The Duke and Me (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

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Comment is about Flight before the Fall... (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

A neat enjoyable sample of "Be careful what you wish for" when
thinking about heaven.

Comment is about The Good Place (blog)

Original item by David Lindsay

Proudly declares that you've flown.

Comment is about Flight before the Fall... (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

A long life that achieved so much for so many. Well said.

Comment is about An outpouring of grief for Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh 1921-2021 (blog)

Original item by hugh

An entertaining vignette of a personal recollection that comes to life
even as its main character leaves it.

Comment is about The Duke and Me (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

One from the heart that perfectly illustrates kinship of the mind.

Comment is about Those Great Days (For Stuart Adamson) (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Thank you, Ghazali for your comment. Yes, sometimes the questions are more important than the answers.?

Comment is about Tanglewood (blog)

Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.

It doesn't work for troublesome people.
Neither the ziplock bag nor the kitchen bin are big enough.

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

Original item by d.knape

Thank you, Julie and thanks for the Like, Tom and Kevin.

Comment is about LOVELIER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you for the Emily Dickinson poem xx blessings to you

Comment is about Ferris Ty Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Ferris Ty Taylor

Thank you Holden for the Like ?

Comment is about A Piece Of Him (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Hello,

I've enjoyed your blog entries immensely. You may have noticed that only the most recent one is still shown in its entirety in the blog section, the others having been archived for one month underneath it. After that they are permanently archived under your profile and the monthly listing. In order to garner more views it is best to space out ones output to give other readers more chance to see your work. I hope this is useful.

Comment is about The Chessplayer (poet profile)

Original item by The Chessplayer

Thanks for the likes, Hugh, Nigel and Ghazala.

Comment is about Prince Philip RIP (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thanks for all the likes folks. I am grateful for the supply of these great photos which provide much needed inspiration.

Comment is about Forming An Orderly Queue (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thanks for the likes, Stephen G, Hugh and Aviva

Comment is about All Four Seasons (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Lovely

Comment is about LOVELIER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

It must be even stranger seeing the area without the usual excitement than just seeing the race on TV without spectators.

Comment is about Ghost Race (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

A lovely tribute Hugh

Comment is about An outpouring of grief for Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh 1921-2021 (blog)

Original item by hugh

Thank you Brian for commenting ?

It is a bit like singing a popular song, I suppose. Everyone knows the tune, they've either sung it themselves or heard it often, so there's no room for a bad rendition to go un-noticed. I'm glad it sounded correct.

Comment is about Night And Day Blues (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thank you Brian, I really appreciate it ?

Comment is about Heirlooms (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Paths are obscured And so is the journey. Searching and waiting is never ending . Tangled and entangled mesh of thoughts, desires, emotions and feelings. Untying a knot one by one, still the knots remaining. Will there be a path ever, a destination and a soulmate to meet? Unanswered queries piercing through the brain.
I like the tanglewood?

Comment is about Tanglewood (blog)

Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.

1984
Playing football counts
being in the team matters
scoring goals means not liking
is their problem.

1985
Early morning call
faint cry a sign
someone close to you
has passed away.

Comment is about #NaPoWriMo 2021 - Haiku of Life (1984 and 1985) (blog)

Original item by Andy N

this is very smooth -- takes me on a journey. Very well composed.

Comment is about Heirlooms (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Yes things can be too nice.

Comment is about The Good Place (blog)

Original item by David Lindsay

I have this mental image of him organising things upon high e.g. even
higher that his previous position down here! ?

Comment is about The Duke of Edinburgh (blog)

Original item by Aisha Suleman

you captured what many feel at times --excellent

Comment is about Night And Day Blues (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thank you Ghazala and Stephen for your lovely comments. ?

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

There's still quite a few poems to go in the 'unrequited love' theme before we reach the next theme - They each have their own unique features (for better or worse) so hopefully it won't be too boring. (I'll keep my fingers crossed (at least some of the time) ?)

Comment is about Night And Day Blues (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

But don’t let on, Stephen - I have a certain reputation to protect.
And thanks for the Likes, Nazia, Holden and Aviva.

Comment is about LOVELIER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A very profound, moving poem. Thank you, Aviva.

Comment is about Night And Day Blues (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thanks, Brian.

Comment is about Cynics (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

You've gotta laugh.....

Comment is about A mum accused of being a vampire (blog)

Original item by hugh

No harm in that.

Comment is about LOVELIER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Underneath this crusty and cynical exterior, MC, I am just a dollop of mush.

Comment is about LOVELIER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey