The sad thing about this sorry event is that it is a conundrum, vis-a-vis respect for a poor murdered young woman versus a current law about people gathering because of Covid.
Two things I think are relevant from the merest snippet that I heard on BBC R4 this morning.
1. The official request for a vigil was denied and the refusal was grudgingly accepted. Ergo would not have taken place.
2. Whoever takes a megaphone to a vigil?
I really wanted to write a piece about this but in the end, couldn't think of a sensitive way to do it, so I just wrote a piece called 'vigilia' (not a punt for my own work) which encapsulated the idea of a vigil.
Sorry for this long-winded comment but it is a contentious event and for my money, both of you are right and wrong.
Comment is about SHEEP ON CLAPHAM COMMON (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
M.C I didn't say that you were condoning murder, but you did seem to be belittling those who wanted to show some solidarity and attempting to diminish their intelligence and even their right to have a reaction 'if they didn't know the lady personally'.
Those that chose to break 2m distance or 1m+ (face-covered distance) did deserve to have a proportionate response - I don't know the percentages but there's plenty of people who think it got too physical and wasn't a proportionate reaction.
I wasn't there so I'm not going to presume whether those picked away from the rest had done anything in particular worse than the rest, but to my mind either everyone should be fined etc or nobody not some arbitrary sub-set, that's not any sort of system to be proud of if it were.
Comment is about SHEEP ON CLAPHAM COMMON (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
ARB - who is condoning murder here? The point remains that we
are in an age when almost any situation brings about some public
display of an agenda-driven sort. We are becoming slaves to
another form of "mob" mentality that, in this instance, presents a
very real danger to others. Grief IS a personal thing and should be
respected as such, not used as some organised "call to arms"
that is always easier said than done. In short....tragic to relate:
Those who fall prey to murder's awful advances
Are poor victims of cruel chance and circumstances.
GF - sheep need sheepdogs.
Comment is about SHEEP ON CLAPHAM COMMON (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
As many of his slaves did. Belated justice.
Comment is about BRISTOL FASHION (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thank you, MC, our regular Write Out Loud spokesman for the Met. To describe the people who went to Clapham Common to express their outrage, anger and despair as 'sheep' is dismissive and contemptuous.
Comment is about SHEEP ON CLAPHAM COMMON (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Are you hearing bells ringing in your ear
For any women you know and hold dear
Who could be molested or murdered wherever they go
Are you hearing bells? Didn't think so.
Comment is about SHEEP ON CLAPHAM COMMON (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thank you Stephen A and Nigel for the likes.
Comment is about Happy Mother’s Day (blog)
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Thanks for the likes folks and for the great comment Nigel.
Comment is about Colours In Every Flavour (blog)
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Perhaps it is about wearing face-masks preventing children from having to grieve for passed away parents and grand-parents?
Comment is about Nocturne Of Choice (blog)
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Sun 14th Mar 2021 12:47
This is an ultimate EPIC poetry?
Comment is about Snollygaster (blog)
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Sun 14th Mar 2021 12:45
Sounds funny?
Comment is about A hardened criminal's good deed from prison on Mother's Day (blog)
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Sun 14th Mar 2021 12:44
Well said. Dreading going to see a dentist these covidful days...?
Comment is about Dentist, Doctor and getting to The Hospital (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
I found butterflies
I found roses
what mattered most
words left inside
I never stopped
loving you Mum x
Comment is about One Pink Rose equals another Day Without You (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thank you Hugh? for the comment and like. Thanks also Nazia and A Girl for the likes.
Comment is about Happy Mother’s Day (blog)
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Sun 14th Mar 2021 09:47
I know a few people who have made sacrifices to be able to send their children to fee paying schools. So they don't drive the latest cars or go on holiday to far flung places. They don't smoke, drink, or buy takeaways.
Comment is about Public Schools (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
"Mum, what's it like to have the best daughter ever?"
"I don't know , you'll have to ask your nan she's very clever."
Comment is about Happy Mother’s Day (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Just to put you right, MC, it isn't envy ... it's contempt.
Comment is about Public Schools (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Pungent stuff - with some good rhyming. Be careful or "they" may make class envy a hate crime and have the newly formed Status Police come knocking. ?
Comment is about Public Schools (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Cripes, Stephen, you've given the game away! Question is, what do we do about it? Where do we start?
Comment is about Public Schools (blog)
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Thank you Nigel and Stephen for your comments. Originally it was supposed to be a premise rather than a premises however I think did those products exist they could be sold on market stalls, door to door, in quaint little shops, supermarkets, and on-line, why not! You could probably buy gift-packs too.
Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem. ?
Comment is about Take Stock (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Brian,
Thanks for reading and your comment about the old kitchen tin box .
Glad it brought back memories.
Clyde
Comment is about the old kitchen tin box (blog)
Original item by Clyde McCulley
Artwork by: Denny OW ?
Comment is about Missa Pro Defunctis (blog)
Original item by Your Royal Poetess
Sat 13th Mar 2021 17:25
An exhausting journey, Keith, but a fine poem. Thanks for the explanations.
Comment is about Desolation (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thanks for this interesting poem, Aviva. I suppose the shop is an online supermarket, where you can order the emotion to suit your need, whatever it may be.
Comment is about Take Stock (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
A Girl
Sat 13th Mar 2021 15:58
A Girl
Sat 13th Mar 2021 14:07
Weaving needles
in and out
when finished
multi-coloured sweater
check it out!
Comment is about Colours In Every Flavour (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for your likes
Aviva
Julie
Stephen G
and
Holden.
Comment is about Dentist, Doctor and getting to The Hospital (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
I think we keep
the ones we like
someone nasty then
steals them away
we buy the others
to get our own back.
Comment is about Take Stock (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Absolute relief all round
head no longer spinning.
Thanks Aviva
Comment is about Dentist, Doctor and getting to The Hospital (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thank you for commenting Julie, and an interesting question. I spent quite a while pondering it, in the end I felt that various emotions probably come in a range of colours rather than an exact one-to-one arrangement, the potential is there for a given colour to be met in more than one emotion?
Comment is about Take Stock (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
I see one of my favourite shops in this poem which sells beautiful threads and wools in an amazing range of colour. I wonder which colour each emotion would be. Over to you.
Comment is about Take Stock (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
A weight off your shoulders
Without losing your head.
Comment is about Dentist, Doctor and getting to The Hospital (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
This is the journey. Great.
I identify more as a skete.
Oh, and it's never too late.
Comment is about The Life of a Cenobite (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Yes, I have read those and St. John of the Cross
Comment is about Desolation (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Yes, loved this ... I did the same kind of thing with my friends
Comment is about the old kitchen tin box (blog)
Original item by Clyde McCulley
Once seeing the what if list
you will want to jump ship!
Comment is about What-If Analysis (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Thanks for your likes
Aviva and
Holden.
Comment is about One Pink Rose equals another Day Without You (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
a poem of nostalgia and fond memories. Another poem where the reader is taken into Mom's kitchen. We bought matches to light homemade cigarettes from the dog ends we found in the local area. A good smoke if I remember.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about the old kitchen tin box (blog)
Original item by Clyde McCulley
Brian,
Thank you for your concern but the poem is based on the themes of spiritual consolation and desolation as found in the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola. Desolation is the feeling of being abandoned by God and consolation when God's presence is felt in all its power.
Keith
Comment is about Desolation (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Dear Keith. I'm glad you could smile. So can I. I expect you too to read between lines. You are very wise. John
Comment is about Non-woke rant (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Are you okay? I sense some real suffering here. Great poem too ...
Comment is about Desolation (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
John,
This must be one of your best. I feel as if I have been thrown about only to stand up and read it all again. The video along with the last five lines encapsulate your deepest thoughts or so I imagine.
Thank you for this
Keith
PS An elderly uncle sails over the trees. That really does conjure up my imagination and I break out into a smile
Comment is about Non-woke rant (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I read this as if from a mother to her infant.
As such it is a very lovely concept.
Comment is about I am high on your Love! (blog)
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A Girl
Sun 14th Mar 2021 16:01
Hi Branwell,
Did you know that there is an actual job called professional gamer? According to esportsearning.com there are five gaming millionaires in the world. An average monthly salary varies from a 1 000 to 5 000 dollars per month. Blimey!
Comment is about A Grown Up? (blog)
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