Thank you for commenting Stephen, all true. This is more in the sense of who I want to be as a person, how I want to treat myself and others, what sorts of feelings and reactions I want to be capable of, or how I want to be treated and what sort of outcomes I want to gain from each day in terms of time spent and memories made etc. The poem contains a lot of pathos in every line but the last line is the true strength. It means I don't stay defeated and keep on trying.
Comment is about The Certainty Of Death (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thanks, Stephen. Not quite laureate standard, I know. But written after a very moving visit to the room where he died, and later to his grave. Thanks for the Likes, Steve and Aviva.
Comment is about Keats in Rome (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Good one, Ray. It gave me a real chill. Disturbing but highly readable.
Comment is about COMMITTAL (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Good entertainment, John. Deduct one year and it's my situation. Grin and bear it, they say. Bear what, I'm not really sure.
Comment is about VACCINATION BLUES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Yes, a part of us may die, but a new one may be born. Or reborn. Or, in the old adage, as one door closes, another opens.
Comment is about The Certainty Of Death (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Many thanks for your kind words, MC.
Comment is about VACCINATION BLUES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I love the confidence and audacity of this poem.
Comment is about Last song about Aphrodite (blog)
Original item by Sanja Atanasovska
Thanks, Hugh. Vicars are handy that way.
Comment is about My husband !!! (blog)
Original item by hugh
Thanks, Julie. I fully agree. The last verse says it all, I think.
Comment is about It's A Sin (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Well done, Stuart and thanks for the poem.
Comment is about Covid Vaccinations (blog)
Original item by Stuart Vanner
Bleak but very timely.
Comment is about How many minutes to midnight? (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Thank you for the comment, Aviva, and to Julie, Stephen, Holden and Royal Poetess for the likes. The idea that vacuum cleaners (or kitchen bins) are the key to our salvation is worth thinking about.
Comment is about Vacuum cleaners at twenty paces (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Artwork by: https://www.deviantart.com/eresaw ?
Comment is about El Corazón (blog)
Original item by Your Royal Poetess
I don't fully understand this (I don't want to pretend to being any wiser than I am) particularly I don't understand the true meanings of the last verse, but the poem overall is very well written (I especially love the first four lines for their originality and depth) and intriguing.
Comment is about Last song about Aphrodite (blog)
Original item by Sanja Atanasovska
I had my Oxford Vaccination for Covid on Saturday 20th February. Here is my poem about it all.
Comment is about Covid Vaccinations (blog)
Original item by Stuart Vanner
Sing a song of sonnets, a pocket full of rhyme
Four and Twenty poems baked in a pie....
When the pie is opened, it bursts with such meaning,
Now isn't that a dainty dish to set before a king?
Comment is about APPLE (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Not familiar with the original - but this is another good 'un.
Bluesy pleasure
From a treasure
chest we can enjoy
There's no way to measure
The price for all the pleasure
JC can be relied on to employ. ?
Comment is about VACCINATION BLUES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The attendance of this disease upon the innocent via blood transfusions is the aspect that really upsets me. The rise of it in
the USA needed some committed medical detective work to focus
on its origins and it took a while for that to happen, not helped by
certain hedonistic lifestyles that didn't involve much self-denial.
Comment is about It's A Sin (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Many thanks for the Likes, Aviva, Holden and Scattered Sun. (I have to confess I have already had the jab).
Comment is about VACCINATION BLUES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I agree, Julie, the best TV drama for years. Well done for drawing attention to it in this poem.
Comment is about It's A Sin (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Mon 22nd Feb 2021 01:25
All poems are copyright of this originating author. Permission must be obtained from the local Emergency personnel before reciting.
These poems may cause vomiting and diarrhea.
If you die after reading, list Covid as cause of death!
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Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
reads like a fragment of an interesting story.
Comment is about COMMITTAL (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Anything you write will stay fresh Carla. How do you manage that?
Ray x
Comment is about Gerbera (blog)
Original item by Carla Scarano
Wow. Like they say that art is a mirror that reflects you the way you are. I relate to your poem,really it's like you know me.Its really amazing
Comment is about Lindsey Milligan (poet profile)
Original item by Lindsey Milligan
Thanks for the likes Hugh, Stephen A and branwell, also for the kind comment. Wasn’t sure you WOL gents would get this write. How wrong I was?
Comment is about Lockdown Patience (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Yes, I saw the images of Mount Etna it looks like Dante's Inferno
Comment is about E cortesia fu lui esser villano (blog)
Original item by Carla Scarano
Quite right, MC. I wouldn’t want Nigel Farage doing brain surgery on me either.
Comment is about DIED IN VAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Oops - just as I feared, Torquay reverted to bad old ways yesterday,
(see my comment of 11th February about this frustrating failing) -
handing the game to their lowly opponents in the dying minutes of
their encounter on home ground. Are they going to let promotion
slip away? Will there be a Dave Martin poem about this dispiriting
relapse? In the meantime -
Torquay United's defence
Can often seem pretence
They proceed to play
Just to give it away
And that just makes no sense! ?
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Comment is about The poetry of football (1): Dave Martin, bard of Torquay United (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
JC - I think I'd prefer a specialist operating on my brain rather than an expert. ?
Comment is about DIED IN VAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Unfortunate about the unintentional pun, but this has a lot of depth to it. In particular I find of interest that 'home' could be seen as whatever you think of as your 'home', or otherwise the 'home' that is fated for you to arrive at.
Comment is about Sailing (blog)
Original item by andy simons
Time - surely one of the most unfathomable realities of life. No
wonder it fascinates us! Only photography seems able to capture
individual visual moments while audio recording holds sound in
perpetuity. I wonder how the likes of The Battle of Waterloo would
have appeared if either had been around then.
Comment is about Finding Time (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks for stopping by KJ, the curtain stays. ?
Comment is about Spring Cleaning (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
Thank you Nigel, that's a really flattering comment to both me and my poem, it really made me very happy to see.
Comment is about The Certainty Of Death (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Sun 21st Feb 2021 12:01
Artwork by: Mario Nevado ?
Comment is about The Fifth Element (blog)
Original item by Your Royal Poetess
Thank you for the kind comments Stephen G and Nigel, Thanks to everyone who clicked and liked.
Comment is about Pebbles (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Beautiful imagery. Tony
Comment is about E cortesia fu lui esser villano (blog)
Original item by Carla Scarano
'A storm from the centre of the earth ...' You have reminded us elsewhere that Mount Etna has erupted again, Carla.
Comment is about E cortesia fu lui esser villano (blog)
Original item by Carla Scarano
Him or the curtains. From your description of him it sounded like an easy choice. I'm sure you made the right decision.
Comment is about Spring Cleaning (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
I'm sure that if you haven't already got your MBE it's an oversight and you'll be on the honours list for the new year.
Your actions towards these old codgers were totally justified, and nobody in their right mind would blame you.
But just remember John, you will be old yourself one day. I know it's hard to imagine right now, as it's such a long way off.
Comment is about TO BE A VOLUNTEER (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The spirit of who you are
will always bring the person
who brings joy to all
always back to life.
Comment is about The Certainty Of Death (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Each pebble keyring sold could be a life saved good luck Julie.
Comment is about Pebbles (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Your poetry means so much more when put together inside art.
Comment is about Your Royal Poetess (poet profile)
Original item by Your Royal Poetess
Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Mon 22nd Feb 2021 18:05
I'll turn it into a tradition:
An extra thank you for everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem now that it has reached TWO FLOWERS
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Comment is about What Lies Beyond Truth? (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari