I think you've nailed it, Greg. And him too, hopefully.
Comment is about Have we had our chips? (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Blimey, Tom, this never happens to me at poetry nights! Mind you, it might be something to do with my age. Your poem should be widely shared to encourage greater attendance at open-mics. The power of poetry, eh ... ?
Comment is about One Last Affair (blog)
Original item by Tom
JC - Not a question of "won't"; more a question of "didn't". Timing is everything in politics..
Comment is about THE GHOST OF TARAS BULBA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I don't know what it's all about, enjoyable nonetheless.
Comment is about Punk Poem (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
Thanks for likes and comments on this seemingly trivial write.
Comment is about Online Shopping (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Hi Clare. I've really enjoyed your recent poems. You're on top form in my view! I wouldn't have been so flippant about Kathleen if I'd known she was a real person. However, I do feel your poem hits upon a truth about alcohol.
Keep writing fine poems and I'll keep liking them! 😀
Comment is about Clare (poet profile)
Original item by Clare
What do you think Trump would do that Biden won’t, MC.
Comment is about THE GHOST OF TARAS BULBA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Hi John, Thanks so much for taking the time to like and comment on my recent postings. Enjoy your wine, I know I do! Kind Kathleen is a true story of a woman I once knew. Sadly, she didn't know how to stop and her drinking didn't bring out the best in her.
Comment is about John Botterill (poet profile)
Original item by John Botterill
Fine poem, David. Did you hear Putin's pre-recorded statement today? I heard it to say he was threatening the west with nuclear war, if we physically resisted what is happening. Imagine what Hitler would have done with the nuclear bomb. We are now facing another fascist madman.
Comment is about The Sirens Ringing Out (blog)
Original item by David R Mellor
God save Ukraine from a tyrant, who like all tyrants before him,
fears freedom of thought, speech and action existing alongside
his obsessive need to dominate and control..
Comment is about Remembering Yevtushenko's poem as missiles land close to massacre memorial (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
And the current US president is hardly the sort that Putin would
fear (or respect) as an adversary. I just get the feeling that, as
he did with that North Korean dictator and his sabre rattling, Trump would have been in Putin's face on a personal level from
the outset of all the pre-invasion signs of aggressive intent.
Comment is about THE GHOST OF TARAS BULBA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I post this poem again today, as my immediate response to the invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin. It's to show that there is always some essentially inadequate leader somewhere, smarting from a permanent sense of inferiority, bent on rewriting history, regaining lost lands. To think that when the Soviet Union collapsed and surrounding nations regained their independence, someone called Francis Fukuyama wrote a book titled The End of History. But history's wheel is always turning. Fascists are fascists. Back then it was Hitler. Today it is Putin. Another misfit's moment of revenge.
Comment is about The carriage in the forest (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I don’t see any good outcome, Kev. He’s played us like a fiddle. I bet he’s shitting himself at Boris’s condemnation!
Comment is about THE GHOST OF TARAS BULBA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I'm afraid I'm a bit of a dinosaur when it comes to shopping.
I wouldn't have a clue how to do it online.
Good luck getting your dress in time for the function.
Comment is about Online Shopping (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
I'm really worried about the situation in the Ukraine.
Selfishly I worry about me and my own, and how an acceleration of the conflict could affect us.
But my heart goes out to the people of Ukraine, who are inevitably going to suffer whatever the political outcome.
Comment is about THE GHOST OF TARAS BULBA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Write some of your real dream poems Nigel.
I generally don't see dreams, but when I do, mostly they turn out as a blessing true🌷
Comment is about Just a page (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
True YRP....I agree with you. Sleep is the best medicine 🌷
Comment is about Just a page (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Peace already resides
He for sure decides in our favour
a heart blessed by God
Can never be sad for long
Thank you Nigel🌷
Comment is about Inspired (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Nigel I don't hv any sweet cravings
I'm providing myself enough natural sugar
Although a painful process But it's worth the pain
Comment is about Sugar withdrawal symptoms (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
A fine cautionary tale, Clare. Super poem. I've just poured my wine back into the bottle! 😂
Comment is about Kind Kathleen (blog)
Original item by Clare
I can empathise, Julie. Or at least my wife can. So much for technology saving us time! 😂
Comment is about Online Shopping (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks Stephen. You are very kind, as ever, and correct, as William and I are lucky to have each other! ( touch wood). 😀
Comment is about An Epiphany (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Thanks, MC. Yes, I did see it. I wonder if he’ll ever be heard from again.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-60485967
And thanks for the Like, Stephen.
Comment is about THE GHOST OF TARAS BULBA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Music = medicine for the mind.
Melody = soothing balm for the spirit.
Comment is about The speech of angels (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
The film was worth remembering for its fine music score by Franz
Waxman and the excellence of its outdoor photography, filmed in Argentina if memory serves me correctly.
Did you see that illuminating TV footage of Putin putting one of his cabinet guys on the rack until finally getting a "yes"
regarding the so-called breakaway parts of Ukraine? Fascinating!
You can take the man out of the KGB, but you can't take the KGB out of the man!
Comment is about THE GHOST OF TARAS BULBA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Another fine poem, John. Yes, learning is a two-way thing and is all around us. Your grandson is very lucky, as are you.
Comment is about An Epiphany (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Fantastic. Typically wise and perceptive, Stephen. 😀
Comment is about The Point (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thanks to Nigel, Graham, John, Holden, Pete and Clare for liking this poem.
Comment is about The Point (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
It's very kind of you to say so, Greg. Your comment is really appreciated. Life would be poorer without so many things (including poetry, of course!). We should be grateful if we have the chance to experience them.
Comment is about The Point (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
The film is a load of stuff and nonsense starring Yul Brynner and Tony Curtis, Greg. But entertaining nonetheless.
Comment is about THE GHOST OF TARAS BULBA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Had to google this one, John. You're right, we can't do anything, here in Londonograd, with the Russians bankrolling our politicians for years, while their main man sends his agents over to spread poison at will, in so many different ways. What was the Russian ambassador reported to have said about the UK after Brexit? 'We have crushed the British to the ground!' Whether he said it or not, it is true. Reported again in the Daily Express, no less, two days ago.
Comment is about THE GHOST OF TARAS BULBA (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks Holden. I really value these comments. Much appreciated! 😎😀
Comment is about An Epiphany (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Sometimes I awaken from a dream
in a place I want to stay.
Comment is about Just a page (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Supplement not found
crazy craving returns
can't say no
sugar sinner mmm.
Comment is about Sugar withdrawal symptoms (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Open your eyes
let me in
Angel of life
lifts your spirit
your calling waits.
Comment is about Kachō-Ōji (課長王子) (blog)
Original item by Your Royal Poetess
Tue 22nd Feb 2022 23:46
A beautiful, thoughtful poem, John, skilfully connecting your experiences as a teacher and a grandfather! 😊 I loved "the shores of Lake Knowledge" 😎.
Comment is about An Epiphany (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
This is a remarkable poem, Steve. You have really achieved something here. A paean to the human spirit, perhaps.
Comment is about The Point (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thanks Stephen. I think the question quality or quantity is appropriate 😂
Comment is about 700 Days, 700 Writes (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thank you, Michelle. Your comments are really appreciated. Yes, it is rather dark in the end. It is based on an amalgam of characters I knew during my working life.
Thanks again.
Steve.
Comment is about Pension (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Well done, Julie! I joined WOL near the start of lockdown but haven't managed 700 yet! 700 days - where did the time go?
Comment is about 700 Days, 700 Writes (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Oh God, yes, John. Prince George and friends, no doubt. And I can't afford Balmoral any more. Gotta keep it Royal......
Comment is about ANOTHER DAY OFF (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Stephen Gospage
Fri 25th Feb 2022 17:08
I think writing them down is the key, Ray. It's so easy to forget. Good poem.
Comment is about THOUGHT BUBBLE (blog)
Original item by ray pool