This is amusing and I love the title.
They'll be telling you next that round two is who can fill and empty the kitchen bin.
Comment is about Vacuum cleaners at twenty paces (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
My thanks to Bramwell, Aviva, Holden and Nazia for liking this poem. Today it was 18 degrees and it felt like Spring has sprung, although winter may still have a sting in its tale.
Comment is about Spring (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Great poem with a nice rhythm.
Comment is about Tir Na Nog (Land of the Young) (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Fascinating poem, Aviva. I would hope not to get to the stage of giving up before the end, but who knows?
Comment is about The Loss Of Those Who Haven't Died (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
You may be right, MC. And if you are we will soon see Nigel Farage offering advice on Covid 19 rather than the Chief Medical and Scientific Officers. Until then I’ll stick with the “experts”.
Comment is about DIED IN VAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Nicola Beckett
Sat 20th Feb 2021 16:11
You make me smile , when I'm feeling down . I've had the vaccine , im just riding the side effects out . If only there had been a vaccine for the cancer I've got when I was young . Its a constant fight , this fight for life x
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
I prefer "specialist" to "expert" as it seems that the latter is not
always compatible with practical experience.
Expert = a person whose view is personally held but will often contradict that of another expert. ?
Comment is about DIED IN VAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Dog-gone it! Hardly a "bed of roses" over there in the Lone(ly) Star
State!! Did you upset someone in Montana to get that nasty northerly?! ?
Comment is about The Great Texas Snow Storm--a poem by O.L Buzzerd (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Internally it is. Thanks for the feedback Mz. Nazia.
Comment is about The Great Devour (blog)
Original item by Insta: bullthemessenger_94
Good one Hugh, I wonder who inspired your write?
Comment is about Big head !!! (blog)
Original item by hugh
<Deleted User> (28781)
Sat 20th Feb 2021 09:02
I totally agree with you.
There are people who wish to rule you. Fear, guilt, threats, drama....they would do anything to keep u in their bondage. They have sinister, plans and moves.
But trust me. Just no reply and ignoring such people for a while, is the best reply.
They know what they do. Cuz this is how they have been dealing most of their relationships, so they are bloody experts.
No revenge. But leave them. They will go crazy mad and will try to harm you, scare you. But always remember NONE HAVE THE POWER TO CAUSE YOU ANY HARM.
This is what I told myself. Packed those relationships gifted it back to them. Smiled and got busy with work.??
Comment is about The Man in the Mirror (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
Sat 20th Feb 2021 08:59
Greta would love my cabin!
of course, it's only in the forest of my mind.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Hi Graham,
I admit I am late in responding, but life is always made of so many things, its often hard to come back to everything all at once.
I hope to connect and communicate with your group.
I am from India and unlike all of you maybe from a developing nation, trying to do what I love doing.
Looking forward to today's session.?
Thank you
Snehashree
Comment is about Graham Sherwood (poet profile)
Original item by Graham Sherwood
Sat 20th Feb 2021 01:02
a Madrone is a tree.
grows in high elevations.
Maybe you should see a doctor.
Like now.
Comment is about Cabin In The Woods (blog)
Original item by d.knape
I think that's a really good point and you're right, it wouldn't be a successful business model to open, "Deep connections Ltd," but that's the unique beauty of what we do. We, amongst very few others, share our deepest thoughts first, before any small talk, any getting to know each other and it got me thinking, A) How wonderful and powerful writing is, and B) What would it be like if we did all meet up, you know, like an annual poetry convention, and genuinely, I don't know. We might be some of those rare people who know each other at a deep level before we've ever even stood face to face. Just a thought. ❤❤
Comment is about 500 (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thank you Dean for the like ?
Comment is about All That I Am (Power To Decide) (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thank you to those who have clicked 'Like' for this poem. ?
Comment is about No Reason To Sigh (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thank you for commenting Stephen, I'm not able to evaluate which of the many modern dilemmas might be the greatest though, I fear we might be forgetting some of the many contenders if we rank this as the utmost. ?
Comment is about Slow Down (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
From cold hands a snapshot taken
a poet writes about black feathers.
Comment is about Rooks Roosting (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for your likes
Rebel
Stephen G
Stephen A
and
Your Royal Poetess.
Comment is about Surrender Not An Option (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thank you Stephen. If it was up to me I would sentence all deniers to two weeks in a COVID ICU ward.
And thanks for the Like, Holden.
Comment is about DIED IN VAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for the like Stephen G
Comment is about Rooks Roosting (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for the like Nigel
Comment is about Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Wow, better and better each time! At least this time people seem to have become aware of the quality of your writing. Jennifer
Comment is about Borrowed Time (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Again really masterly and thought provoking, and ufortunately how true. The eternal question, Why! Jennifer
Comment is about The Echo Chamber (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Really vividly presented, and fantastic description of winter snow. 'The stark silhouette of a winter's eve, a relentless flurry, swirling majesty, gripped by the hand of winter's gloom, a brittle celluloid of black and white. Brilliant, and for what my opinion may be worth, one of your very best! Can't think why it didn't receive many more comments. jennifer
Comment is about A Snowy Landscape (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
A timely poem, Aviva. It sums up our greatest modern dilemma. But first we have to slow down, as you say.
Comment is about Slow Down (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
A strong poem, John. One has the right to angry sometimes.
Comment is about DIED IN VAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
It always pays to listen to the experts, MC. (Except on the matter of Brexit).
Comment is about DIED IN VAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Those of us who are old enough will recall the tragedy of the Aids epidemic that swept continents. Its control was not helped by the
self-obsessed me-first behaviour of the criminally careless whose
uncontrolled sexual licentiousness did much to spread it. Nature
will always bite back at human abuse and carelessness.
Comment is about DIED IN VAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Does your address begin -
"Greta Garbo Cabin..." ? ?
Comment is about Cabin In The Woods (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Much that is topical to ponder here. Certainly, information is the new currency in many lives - and those that control it (and influence its content!) wield great power. No wonder the Australian government
feels it necessary to face up to Facebook. Personally, I have little
time for the stuff that exists on a site like that but I'm ready to admit
that it appeals to certain mindsets. But the risk is that the latter are
too easily influenced by what is called "social media" - hardly
indicative of a firm mental strength and wider awareness of what is
happening in this world of ours. These disciples of modern
electronic notice boards are akin to the Jesuit's belief: "Give me the
child and I'll give you the man". Not very comforting for intelligent
multi-understanding of life as it is being "programmed" for our consumption today.
Comment is about Let me control the media (blog)
Original item by andy simons
Nicola Beckett
Fri 19th Feb 2021 15:04
Whats a Mandrone .?
I'm alone i crave silence sometimes ,
Only us women do it differently I guess.
I'm burning up with a fever ,
Ps I hate gin .
Comment is about Cabin In The Woods (blog)
Original item by d.knape
As ever, another exceptional poem, thanks for posting it for us to enjoy.
On the topic at hand I think a lot has to do with context and timing, being that the times we meet up with others whether familiar or strangers there's usually a prime purpose either in that meeting or in whatever was due to happen next, and timing affects both how long is available for the interaction as well as also whether we are even in the ideal frame of mind for thinking and sharing. But it goes beyond the limitation of opportunities because even when such issues pan out perfectly we're often not feeling receptive or fear we won't be well received to open up deep or personal subjects...
Imagine if there was a venue, let's call it 'deep connections ltd', where you can go to spend a while either being the listener or the speaker.. to meet a stranger in a booth and just begin talking to them for a while ... I don't think it would be very popular.
But why is it so successful online... I think beyond all the 'they're too far away to damage me' aspect and the 'I can talk only if i want to' aspect.. there's this.. before we have ever heard someone speak, the words we read of theirs are heard in our own voice.. I wonder if that is why we connect so deeply on line to eachother?
Comment is about 500 (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Really enjoyed this and the song video. Very cool!
Comment is about Poems turned into songs (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Fri 19th Feb 2021 03:44
That's a beautiful photo
almost etheral!
I'll see if I can find that period for you.
I may have an extra one in my box of periods.
wink.
wink.
Comment is about D Joshi (poet profile)
Original item by D Joshi
Thank you for your comment Nigel, it made me stop and think.
In life
we create
new crossroads
each time
we stop
and think.
Comment is about Slow Down (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Artwork by: zdzisław beksiński ?
Comment is about 1994-2020 (blog)
Original item by Your Royal Poetess
Only at
the crossroads
of life
we stop
and think.
Comment is about Slow Down (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Jaaz Vale
Thu 18th Feb 2021 22:34
Hi Hugh, I hope you're well. Lovely text you got here! I met you in Manchester or Liverpool in August 2018 when I was backpacking, you shared a lot of nice texts with me! Continue the deeds, cheers.
Comment is about From horse to mouse ! (blog)
Original item by hugh
Thank you very much to those who have clicked 'Like' for this poem.
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Comment is about Slow Down (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thanks for the likes Hugh and Stephen A.
Comment is about Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for the comment, John. And, yes, it would be a handy trick wouldn't it!
Comment is about The Unsettled Man (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
kJ Walker
Sat 20th Feb 2021 19:46
Sad but true. You see them strutting around the shops not wearing a mask. Literally strutting, as if it somehow makes them clever. My blood boils.
Good to see your serious side, but I do like to hear some good old fashioned Cooley filth too.
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about DIED IN VAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey