Thanks for your comments, Telboy. Glad you enjoyed it. That's the kind of reaction I was aiming for so I'm encouraged that it worked out.
Comment is about "Buttery- Muttery" ! (blog)
Original item by John Andrew Nield
At first this seemed like just another apocalyptic piece, but just when I was about to give up reading it turned into a good little comedy piece. I'm glad I carried on
Comment is about "Buttery- Muttery" ! (blog)
Original item by John Andrew Nield
A sad story, Stephen, but at least the hope of a pension kept him going. We all need hope!
Comment is about Pension (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Enjoyed your sample, Jaz - reminded me of Roger Deakin visiting Wales, in his book Waterlog, with the aim of getting himself lost there.
Comment is about JAZ (poet profile)
Original item by JAZ
On second thoughts, the complete version may be "Many a true
word is spoken in jest". The meaning being that unpalatable
realities may be "swallowed" if given a certain acceptable "taste" when uttered. Like certain medicines perhaps?!
Comment is about Half A Poem (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Some sayings are well known here in the home of the English language. I can't speak for their ability to "travel". 😐
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
Personally, I enjoy - even relish - the cut and thrust of words, so
readily available in the magnificent language that is English:
Its greatest exponent, arguably, being Shakespeare who could
employ it magnificently in all its many shades of meaning, inference and intent.
Comment is about Brevity (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth
It would be nice to be able to see the manuscript in more detail.
Comment is about Wordsworth's 'Daffodils' manuscript goes on show at Grasmere (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Kealan,
Sorry I've just seen this. Can you PM me about your comments. I do not understand them?
Comment is about Mods (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
Especially as the government keep moving the goalposts ...
Comment is about Pension (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
I liked this
The picture looks very different to the robins which we get here in the UK. And ours tend to stick around all year long.
Comment is about early spring, early robins (blog)
Original item by Clyde McCulley
Thanks Holden. Your appreciative comments mean a great deal to me
n'est pas 😎😀
Is that the correct application of that phrase?
Comment is about Learning French (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Love this one! Thank you for sharing! 😁
Comment is about A Stale Wind (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Sat 19th Feb 2022 02:22
what old saying? have never heard that.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Sat 19th Feb 2022 01:44
Brilliant poem, John, it really is an elusive language! 😄
Comment is about Learning French (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
No reply no?
I bet if I looked into it the new mods and admins are funded by some "open" project (s0r0s)
Comment is about Mods (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
Hi Stephen. Now that approach might have worked for me. But then again... 😁
Thanks for the French encouragement, Steve. 😀
Comment is about Learning French (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Indeed, Clare. Thanks for your like and also to Steve for his.
Comment is about Pension (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Good point, John. At one point they tried to spice up lessons with copies of Paris Match and its risqué photos. Still a struggle though, apart from the photos.
Comment is about Learning French (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Thanks Stephen. It really does matter who's teaching the subject, it's true.
I think I'm poking fun at parochial attitudes I remember from school days and which I then shared 😊
😊 My sister taught French for 40 years haha. I admire linguists tremendously. Just wasn't one myself.
Comment is about Learning French (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Nice poem, Mike. Sadly, he has brought the whole thing on himself.
Comment is about Money Talks! (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Thanks, Ray, and John, and Julie, too. And good on you for the Likes, Nigel and Holden.
Comment is about Rehab (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
The Old Tramp knows what he's talking about, Adam. A powerful, enjoyable poem.
Comment is about Honesty And Generosity (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
As a long-term resident of Belgium I have mastered it pretty well, John. However, early on it was a struggle and I feel your pain. I remember that at school our French teacher was a Swiss German, so maybe that had something to do with it!
Comment is about Learning French (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Rather touching this one Greg. The honesty and the realness of the thoughts inspire as does the kingfisher. Perfect timing. And of course being in the hands of experts is always disconcerting!
Ray
Comment is about Rehab (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
As it would many of us, Graham!
Thanks for the like, KJ.
Comment is about Radio Play (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Royalty has always had its share of notoriety = check the reputation of Victoria's playboy son before he became a much
loved King as Edward V11. Or the scandal of another offspring
and his alleged involvement with sexual goings-on at a male
brothel* that saw him sent out of the country. (*"The Cleveland Street Scandal"). But the institution and its ability to retain
the confidence of the people have survived, thanks to two
hugely admired long-serving queens who between them have spanned three centuries. I think Charles, like his predecessor
as Prince fo Wales, will surprise a lot of cynics and "measure
up" in the role late in his life when he wears the Crown.
P.S. The absence of any US public
figures in the firing line is worth a
raised eyebrow when assessing the
efficacy of a "justice" system that manages to focus on two from the UK
whilst ignoring their own alleged US
participants in this cause celebre.
Comment is about Money Talks! (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
A coward one day,
A hero the next,
Life offers no sure way,
No wonder we're perplexed! 😏
Comment is about Cowards Way (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth
Reminds me of the old saying: "Many a true word spoken in jest".
Comment is about Half A Poem (blog)
Original item by d.knape
I saw a news item about a wine turbine flattened by Eunice. It wouldn't have happened to 'Windy Miller'.
Comment is about WE MAKE A SHOULDER OF THE WIND (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Nice one Ray! I live quite close to Luton (far enough away) and consider it to be a little like Calais/Boulogne. One drives straight past it on a journey to somewhere much nicer but similarly tarred like Milton Keynes etc.
Very clever idea!
Comment is about THE LUTON FREE DIET (blog)
Original item by ray pool
poem can never be half
it is like,calf to cow
one must know how!@
to finish or leave half
Comment is about Half A Poem (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks for all your likes Kevin, Julie and Holden.
Intriguing variation, John!
Not my neck of the woods Stephen, but i'll avoid it just in case...
Ray
Comment is about THE LUTON FREE DIET (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Really enjoyed the rhythm and message of this poem; wisdom is hard won in a rich life that has left its mark.
Comment is about The Wandering Wise Woman. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Many thanks for the likes and for the valued comments on this piece.
My intention in writing it was to look at the possible consequences when a slightly vulnerable individual, is taken up by others, often for their looks, only to be poorly used and then discarded.
I agree with raypool that it echoes the Barrymore scandal.
Comment is about Number 3 Curlington Mews (blog)
Original item by Brenda Wells
Indeed, Clare. Some of the wisdom is very hard earned! 😊
Comment is about The Wandering Wise Woman. (blog)
Original item by Clare
<Deleted User> (13740)
Fri 18th Feb 2022 12:34
Fabulous. X was she right or wrong . ?xx
Comment is about A Mother's Love (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
<Deleted User> (13740)
Fri 18th Feb 2022 12:31
Relate to this and I get psychosis and I hate it sometimes can't switch my brain off and just be normal xx
Comment is about Psychosis (blog)
Original item by Ferris Ty Taylor
<Deleted User> (13740)
Fri 18th Feb 2022 12:29
Ferris im bipolar x can relate to this but we are not nutters are we , we are beautiful souls caught up in a terrifying system .
I hate it when people ask me am I taking my meds x
Comment is about The Nutter (blog)
Original item by Ferris Ty Taylor
Would that be to flatten the cat, Kevin?
Thanks for the Likes, Pete, Holden, John, Steve and Greg.
Comment is about CATS' LIVES MATTER! (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
You are so right. Thanks for the like and comment. I appreciate you taking the time to read my words.
Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Hi John, thankyou for your like and comment on my poem - The Kids home. I'm sorry for your dad. My mother and many of her siblings were raised in the Irish Catholic institutions, so I feel your dad's pain. These places were often just hell holes where kids were abused and neglected.
I myself was in a kids home - hence the poem. I was luckier than my mother.
Thanks also for the dm, very kind words indeed. Much appreciated!
Comment is about John E Marks (poet profile)
Original item by John E Marks
Thanks for the like and comment John Botterill. If only we were born with wisdom, how much easier might the path be!
Comment is about The Wandering Wise Woman. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Shall I send my sister round with her three pound lump hammer.
Comment is about CATS' LIVES MATTER! (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Beautiful poem, Clare. I feel there is a powerful message in this poem for all of us! Very wise. 😊
Comment is about The Wandering Wise Woman. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Fri 18th Feb 2022 01:28
Thank you so much, John! 😎 You're right to point out the more negative perspective, I hadn't considered it, a rare lapse of pessimism for me! 😄
Comment is about Not Alone (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
d.knape
Sun 20th Feb 2022 01:38
words do travel
they change their spelling
kind of like a disguise
they look different
but still...could be recognized
in a police line-up.
😃
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry