An inspiring poem, Stuart.
Comment is about The State of World (blog)
Original item by Stuart Vanner
Thank you for your lovely comment Tom,
and yes i can add WriteOutLoud to another of my lockdown discoveries ?
Comment is about Tom (poet profile)
Original item by Tom
My pleasure Erika. Poetry has the power to go deep into the soul and heal us from the inside out. Write on!
Comment is about Vautaw (poet profile)
Original item by Vautaw
Well said Joshi. I wholeheartedly agree. ?
And welcome to WriteOutLoud! Hope you're settling in.
Comment is about The Key to the Lock (blog)
Original item by D Joshi
Dear Keith
I don't many pieces by Rachmaninoff but understand that they are quite difficult to play. A lot of Beethovens music is difficult too, but if you wanted Beethoven then I would suggest the Fur Elise, which short and pleasant to play.
However, I would generally recommend Mozart as most of his works are easier to play, such his Sonata in C , also known as his easy sonata. There are many other pieces by Mozart which are very nice and yet not too demanding.
If you need any more help or advice then let me know and I shall try to get back to you.
I hope this helps.
Kind regards from Stuart
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Yes Julie I do know, it has to do with our blood flow. Your face will take on a blueish hue, When your loving, beating heart, no longer has anything to do.
Comment is about Feeling Blue? (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Stuart,
I see from your profile that you play the piano. I am a beginner, presently without my teacher due to Covid. I play scales endlessly. Any suggestions? I like Beethoven but Rachmaninov is my favourite.
Keith
Comment is about Stuart Vanner (poet profile)
Original item by Stuart Vanner
Thanks for the likes, Stephen A, Aviva, Raquel, Nazia, Holden and JD.
Thanks for the lovey comment Nigel.
Comment is about The Lovebirds (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Stuart,
What a good poem as you pose some interesting questions. The need to prove oneself or to be highly competitive might stem from some inadequacy. Stress is certainly a product of this behaviour. The final stanza of your poem suggests that the pandemic might result in a change of attitudes and values. Let's hope so.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about The State of World (blog)
Original item by Stuart Vanner
Julie,
Perhaps it is easier to say blue than melancholy. A little like saying fall instead of autumn, perhaps.
Keith
Comment is about Feeling Blue? (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Andy, a poem which sums up my feelings when it comes to birthdays as it is the only day in the year for the individual. Well said.
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about Birthday Poem (blog)
Original item by andy simons
I have always thought the description of an apple as being a pink lady was quite inappropriate as I always think of apples as being reddish and slightly tart. Certainly not Golden Delicious. Yet there again it also a question of taste. Yes the darker skin has more of an appeal.
Thanks for this
Keith
Comment is about Pink Lady (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
Thank you for the welcome ?
Comment is about Geoffrey Cheddar (poet profile)
Original item by Geoffrey Cheddar
An appropriate response from you Hugh. To get right to the "core" of your humor.
Comment is about Pink Lady (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
Good morning Hugh, Thanks for our daily dose of you. Where does all this great stuff come from?
Comment is about A saucy regret (blog)
Original item by hugh
Fri 5th Feb 2021 04:15
wow. nice reply there Shoes.
Keep walkin'
and writing!
Comment is about old shoes (poet profile)
Original item by old shoes
Thank you Stephen!! She is wonderful indeed!! ???
Comment is about E.D (blog)
Original item by Raquel Lacayo
Thank you JD. Oddly enough it is both new and old. The first two verses are a couple of years old, but I spruced it up a bit for posting so the final verse was added today.
Comment is about Perspective (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Very nice Aviva, New or old? On this poems quality, I am sold.
Comment is about Perspective (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Flapping wings
pecking glass
two lovebirds
tweet please
throw us
scattered crumbs.
Comment is about The Lovebirds (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for your likes
julie
Nazia
Darsha
Jordyn
Stephen G
Stephen A
and Holden.
Comment is about That Certain Twinkle in His Eye (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Captain Tom
gave us hope in new tomorrows
Comment is about That Certain Twinkle in His Eye (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thank you to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about My Other Poem Is Better Than This One (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thank you Keith for your comment.
Thanks to everyone who clicked 'Like' for this poem.
Thanks too to Paul, though his comment is no longer viewable.
Comment is about Grandeur (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thank you Vautaw, I wonder what the birds think of us also. Do they ever wish they were huge, unable to fly, and wearing strange things other than feathers?
Thanks also to everyone who clicked 'Like' for this poem.
Comment is about Oh, Little Bird (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thank you Stephen for your comment. ?
Thank you to everyone who clicked 'Like' for the poem too.
Comment is about Moments Like These (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Nigel and Vautaw thank you both for your comments about this poem. I am sorry I didn't respond sooner.
Wishing you both plenty of peace and happiness ?
Comment is about Finding Peace (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thank you Trevor for your comment ?
Comment is about Tossed Salad (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Stephen, here's a comment of yours that I didn't respond to at the time. Thanks very much and I am sorry not to have replied sooner.
Thanks also to everyone who clicked 'Like' for the poem. Again, sorry for not responding sooner. ?
Comment is about To Those That Hurt Others (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
I just found this unappreciated comment when going through my blogs. Apologies Stephen for not appreciating it sooner. Thanks
Thanks also to everyone who clicked 'Like' for this poem
Comment is about Life Comes To This (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
A poem about a noble man whose personal attributes who were of the highest calibre. He is an example to us all. This poem is of the highest praise
Thanks
keith
Comment is about Captain Sir Tom Moore (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
A well crafted poem with a touch of historical significance.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about windmills (blog)
Original item by Clyde McCulley
I would like to thank Clyde for his comment and those who liked the poem; Joshi, Holden Aviva, JD., Stephen A and Stephen G. You are all a constant source of encouragement for which I am most grateful
Keith
Comment is about Grandpa (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Sorry New Shoes, I think Brian is just being mischievous.
Comment is about Paul is Missing!!! (blog)
Original item by New Shoes
Thank you Graham for letting me Know. I do find it odd though where other deleted users, their comments still have remained. Though I guess if he has gone with Don it makes a bit of since, though I would believe their dreams are far different.
Comment is about Paul is Missing!!! (blog)
Original item by New Shoes
I shouldn't be the one to welcome you since I'm quite new myself, but since I'm first on profile, I shall steal the honour of welcoming you to WOL. ?
Comment is about Geoffrey Cheddar (poet profile)
Original item by Geoffrey Cheddar
The Power of energy radiated out at the highest
With love in heart with no bias
write the words in between the lines
bearing the truth that is getting harder to find
the power of light permeates through the center
And destroys the infectious disease that is trying to enter
Peace of mind in knowing the games at play
And a Formidable defense for keeping the wolves at bay
Nice poem Peter Pan!
Comment is about Testing Positive (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks for your thoughts, Stephen and Brian. And for the Likes, JD and Aviva.
Comment is about WRONG ROAD ROUND - AN URBAN VILLANELLE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you Aviva. I think it's romantic too & hopefully a little uplifting!
Unlike the morning after when my head is having a disco of its own...Thanks for the comment!
Comment is about The Rhythm of My Heart (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Aalways mak' sure shool reet way rund, ye daft knacker
As me Granda would've said.
Comment is about WRONG ROAD ROUND - AN URBAN VILLANELLE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I think this is such a romantic piece, but I didn't want to dissect the reasons why. Anyway just to let you know that the romantic aspect comes through clearly, at least I think it does.
Comment is about The Rhythm of My Heart (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
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Thu 4th Feb 2021 17:23
Well we never had a mining industry where I lived John, but you could give yourself a nasty papercut if you weren't careful around the photocopier.
Seriously, a great piece...and I have massive respect for those who had to endure conditions down the pit. (Or should it be t'pit?)
Comment is about WRONG ROAD ROUND - AN URBAN VILLANELLE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
John, my poem refers to a Friday night. Saturday night is more or less exactly as Tom Paxton says ? And, truth be told, I'd settle for a nice buttered scone & a cuppa some days as well. ?
Thanks for the comment!
Comment is about The Rhythm of My Heart (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thank you Adam and D Joshi for your comments. ?
Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem. ?
Comment is about Tongue Tied (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Prior to the mechanisation of coalmining, most coal was hand-got. This was often done on a 3-shift cycle with Shift 1 boring and stemming the shot-holes and then firing it off. This would leave a quantity of loose coal in front of the coalface for Shift 2 to fill.
Shift 2’s job was to shovel this coal behind them onto a conveyor which ran in front of the gob (the area behind the working face where the roof was allowed to fall). The conveyor took the coal away down the face into the roadway system and on out of the mine.
Shift 3 would then dismantle the props and reset them on the newly claimed ground, thus advancing the face. Finally they would ram over the conveyor to its new position. Face teams would be paid on the weight of coal produced.
This poem concerns Shift 2 – the hand-fillers.
In a narrow seam, having crawled into position on the face in file, a filler would lie on his side and shovel the coal over his shoulder onto the belt behind. He had a pog (or stint) of about 10 yards so a 200 yard face accommodated about 20 men.
Space was so tight that a filler could not pass another filler – everyone had to crawl in and out in crocodile. Space was so tight that a cardinal sin which embarrassed many a novice, was to take his shovel in “wrong road round”. You didn’t do it twice!
This villanelle is a conversation (a rant!) by a collier at my dad as we sat drinking In the Welfare. The language is real despite it never having happened.
Comment is about WRONG ROAD ROUND - AN URBAN VILLANELLE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I am overwhelmed with all the nice comments about this poem. There are many versions of somewhere-on-sea and they are not all scary; in fact, parts of the Essex coast used to have a rather genteel reputation. A taxi driver in Basildon once told me that Basildon was a Taxi Town. I've no idea whether he's right, but the idea stuck with me. And Kelvedon Hatch: Betjeman boys and girls or nuclear bunker? Who can say which is more fun?
I am glad the poem struck a chord with so many of you, including those who have spent some time in the county.
Comment is about Essex (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you D Joshi, your comment is appreciated, and there does seem to be a clean sweep of slight preference for the inclusive version.
There is a frequent duality in use of 'I' and 'we' wherever I am talking about general issues that affect me because of my humanity, or am talking about the group of 'us' of which I am a unique but similar part. So in that way both of the poems are somewhat personal and somewhat inclusive at a background level, for that reason I might have just went with the 'inclusive' version as the only version.
But I find that one of the side effects of the adjustment from the apparently personal to the clearly inclusive was to lose the sense of the explorative tone, and to end up with something that feels a bit more prescriptive. That's why (since I don't know how to solve that) I think they actually work really well together.
I'm glad that people have preferred the inclusive version as it tells me that the tone of it isn't too off-putting.
Comment is about What Lies Beyond Truth? (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Stephen Gospage
Fri 5th Feb 2021 16:57
An impressive poem. Feels uncomfortably close to home.
Comment is about Twister (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.