“Before and after”, MC? Me? No, Sir. Our Girt does me with some hedge trimmers.
As for the original :-
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uBME_J0pf3o
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Keith, Jennifer and John
Thank you so much for the comments. I didn't want to write poems about stereotypes, so the roles could just as easily be the other way round. This situation is just an example. But the notion of two people doing shared or parallel things in order to make it through many decades together is quite an inspiring one.
Thanks for the kind comments on the language, Jennifer.
Comment is about The Red Marriage (blog)
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I appreciate you looking in Keith and that there was a resonance with your own experiences, always precious of course! We can't know what youth today will store for the future, but it will certainly be tinged with the same auras, as were my father and mother's own before me. One thing I do know - there are so many smells gone that would take us instantly back, most of them not to today's liking no doubt!
And thanks a lot to Jennifer, Brian, Julie, Stephen, Aisha, Aviva and Holden to whom I must present an award for ongoing awareness of my efforts.
Ray
Comment is about FIFTIES' HOLIDAY (blog)
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Thank you. Two words which say and mean so much yet cost so little.
Keith
Comment is about Giving Something Back (blog)
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My kind of trip, one day....
Comment is about A Field Trip to Belize (blog)
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Well done Dave Martin - thanks for the poem. I look forward to
seeing what results from the hoped-for promotion later on. By the way, it always seemed to me that Torquay frequently lost a game by
giving away a goal or two in the closing minutes - so often, that I
would look out for it when checking the results as a long-distance
observer from The Smoke. At least that has been less obvious lately.
Comment is about The poetry of football (1): Dave Martin, bard of Torquay United (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I didn't know the original but this is a real tonic in these dull days.
Inventive and jolly - bravo.! By the way, do the photos show you
"then" and "now"?? Just asking.
Comment is about COVID CLOTHES BLUES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thu 11th Feb 2021 13:55
You can't go down
to Ikea again
it's all to no avail,
for even if
you could return
your ship"s already sailed!
?
Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)
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Great poem, well done for raising awareness to this fundraiser.
Happy Splish, splash, sploshing.
Comment is about Puddle Jumping (For Cancer Research) (blog)
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Thank you for you kind comment Keith, and everyone else for the generous likes.
Comment is about Too Little Too Late (blog)
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Thank you for the likes and comments. Glad you picked up on it relating to different situations Brian. I didn't even know the correct term until I googled for a picture. Yes, cutting corners by not putting tow paths through the tunnels was probably not the best idea?
Comment is about Legging It (blog)
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carry on, carry on, 'til the end of the tunnel's in sight
stay strong, stay strong, until you find your light.
Comment is about Legging It (blog)
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Uncertainty creeping in
perhaps half-way
no turning back
just carry on.
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Straight from the heart and beautifully written.
Thank you for this
Keith
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Thu 11th Feb 2021 09:57
Like it. The tunnel could relate to a number of situations, so folk will put their own interpretation on it.
The picture harks back to the days of horse drawn barge. If only they could have taught the horses to do the tunnels!
Comment is about Legging It (blog)
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Thanks to Abdul, Stephen, Aisha and Holden for the likes, and Ray and Dawn for the comments. glad you found something in it. Great to hear from you again, Ray!
Jennifer
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So, you are a Weapon of Mass Destruction ?
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Many thanks, Stephen G, Stephen A and Aviva.
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Nicola Beckett
Thu 11th Feb 2021 03:27
Thanks Aviva. It worked. The virus indeed vanquished! The power of the mind never ceases to amaze me.
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Keith, like you, I am not a fan of photos. Like you, I have a vivid memory and imagination and find photos to be misleading. This isn't a criticism of anyone who loves old photos, it's just my preference. I do not enjoy my picture being taken. I once had a girlfriend who had pictures of her dead sister who had just died of breast cancer. To each, their own...
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Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
Brian, thank you for this poem. In recent times I have had little regard for photos, placing more emphasis on memories as a means of recall. I see photos as images frozen in time that portray a moment and not much else. My albums lay unopened as I am blessed with a fertile imagination and a good memory.
Keith
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Ah Monsieur zees is a good poem
That is my Pepe Le Pew impersonation, just in case you thought I'd turned French ?
Comment is about COVID CLOTHES BLUES (blog)
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A very sensual episode mixed with a little fantasy perhaps, and ultimately a lifting of the spirits. Thanks, a lovely read Jennifer.
Ray
Comment is about A Rude Awakening (blog)
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Just showing some gratitude and appreciation to all those who have clicked 'Like' for this poem. ?
Comment is about The Middle Of Being (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Stop it, Branwell - I've got a cracked lip. One of the finest lines of poetry I've read on this site - "whom what's her name gave birth".
A bloke was recently caught having oral sex with a cow in our village. Receiving, not giving. (This, in fact, absolutely true).
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I didn't get mine given. I had to fight for it.
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Never heard the quote, MC. But I like it - both versions.
Comment is about THOUGHT FOR ANY DAY (blog)
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Lovely contrast in relationships, Stephen.
I always say that I deal with the big stuff in our house (whether we leave the EU, whether to impeach Trump etc) while I leave Our Gert to sweat the little stuff (whether we got married, have kids, buy a house etc). It seems to work for us.
Comment is about The Red Marriage (blog)
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John, this is brilliant and so worryingly familiar!
Comment is about COVID CLOTHES BLUES (blog)
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Thank you. This poem is three lines of perfection!
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Great work, Stephen, expressing your perception of life's journey. Yes, you have said it very well.
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Dave Martin
Wed 10th Feb 2021 20:47
Well M.C. Newberry I will certainly be moved to celebrate if Torquay are promoted back into the Football League.
After our National League South success I wrote this poem but it never made it into the programme.
What a Season
Football matches come once or twice a week,
can’t be too soon during a winning streak,
but in early season’s descending gloom,
Plainmoor felt like a dentist’s waiting room.
Visiting teams parked the bus, wasted time.
We lacked invention in our forward line.
Fans were fractious for a win, a goal! So
manager Gary Owers had to go.
Even though we’d only conceded three
it’s goals people pay good money to see,
something new man Gary Johnson knew.
Once he arrived we scored more than a few.
Hooking two players before half time gave
his squad an early sign how to behave.
New loanees came in, and some moved on,
while Jamie Reid put his shooting boots on.
Autumn’s exit from the Trophy and Cup
left us free to focus on going up
and by Christmas we were top of the league
with players showing no signs of fatigue
though in places grass cover was zero
due to our ground sharing deal with Truro.
Regardless, we played our pass and sprint game.
With goals galore, matches were no longer tame.
Nine goals shared with Oxford, our form was rich,
another seven when we played Dulwich.
In the New Year we lost to Bath, Welling
and Weston but the pressure was telling
on Woking too and when we drew 3-3
at the Kingfield we knew it was meant to be.
Then we beat Eastbourne 2-0 at Plainmoor
which meant we were Champions for sure.
We ended up top ten points clear, what a year,
fans had 108 goals to cheer.
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Thank you Julie, Jordyn, D.J. Keith, & Erika for the lovely comments & Likes. And Hugh, Binte, Stephen, J.D., Holden, & Aviva for reading & tapping the Like button!
I wrote it just the other night, whilst sitting feeling sorry for myself after a crappy day. And then my daughter did the magic facetime thing & it took a different direction!
Thanks again to all ?
Comment is about A Reflection (blog)
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Thank you, Aviva. I know you are "a sensitive" as I am. ?
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Haunting thoughts. I feel like that sometimes when I look at photos and this poem expresses it so well.
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My knowledge of mythology is sadly lacking, (I say sadly because as a child I was fascinated by the few stories I found but never did devote time or attention to explore it as much as I should have) but I find your poetry an enticing gateway and it keeps tempting me to look up all the references you make.
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Oh no ?, I'm clearly having an obtuse day where I am causing all kinds of confusion...
I think the original quote from the novel was actually: (Hard times create strong men, Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men, Weak men create hard times,)
But it became a meme (so the internet shows and tells) and so there are a few variants, which you'd probably stumbled onto and I'm happy you posted it because it was very interesting and I'd not seen it before.
The version that I wrote might or might not also exist as a variant out there because someone else might or might not have also made the same alteration... but when I rephrased it into the variant using the word people it was 'my variant' not the original quotation, and I did so because I evaluated the words in my own mind as a philosophical construct and evolved it into something I found to be of variant interest.
Anyway, I really hope I cleared up all possible confusions... lets not forget nobody at WOL wrote the original, so I thought it must surely be fair play and intended for people to contribute opinions or chit chat on the theme?
Absolutely agree with Stephen's comment too, some of the strong people created in hard times would actually make the times even harder, so I suppose the postulation assumes that eventually 'good' will win over 'evil' and the result of the profusion of strength will eventually lead to 'better' times.
Comment is about THOUGHT FOR ANY DAY (blog)
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Was getting annoyed, thnking you were a male chauvinist pig, until the last line! Clever and amusing as usual! Jennifer
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Nice one! Could have been a worse awakening! Liked 'random thoughts flit like fleas' . Jennifer
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Agree with Julie, in my book we never got that far with the explanation! Nice one. Jennifer
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Stephen Gospage
Thu 11th Feb 2021 17:02
Thank you very much, Brian.
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