Thanks for the likes:
Nigel Astell
ErasmusBlack
Yanma Hidayah
Naomi
I don’t know how wong I can cawwy on the Wibbit / Wabbit theme…I’m suffewing fwom wyter’s bwock!😕
Comment is about Haiku for 2025 [No.20. Wabbit!] (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Health and Safety warning, Aisha.
Vile Kyle? Yuk!
😐
Comment is about Whose Son? (Version Two) (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
Thank you so much Little Mischievous Soul. I'm glad you found it beautiful😊
Comment is about A TINY LIFE'S SCARRED END (blog)
Original item by Naomi
Thank you very much Maddie! 😌
Comment is about A TINY LIFE'S SCARRED END (blog)
Original item by Naomi
Good evening all.
Thanks to Uilleam, Landi and to Graham for your reading and comments. It's always appreciated when I get feedback and opinion from others, so thank you.
I have to say I am not entirely satisfied with the final stanza of this piece. All the same I posted it.
There is an element of anger within it which I wanted to get out, in doing so I gratuitously included a profanity merely to sustain some rhythm...even then I'm not sure it works. The fact is it is what came out and I don't really want to fiddle with it now.
It may help to explain some of the text, please excuse me if this is not required.
Porton Down is The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory located in Wiltshire, England. It is a highly secretive Establishment overseen by the UK Government. Questionable experiments have historically been conducted at this site. One of the many was a project investigating the effect of high velocity ammunition and blast impacts upon the human body. In order to study such injuries Live and Dead Pigs where used, a wide range of ammunition was deployed in these experiments.
Additionally medical Dr's used the carcasses to practice emergency surgery on, a pigs anatomy and physiology is very similar to that of a human.
PS, Dr David Kelly who died in suspiscion circumstances had held a senior position at DSTL.
I recall being told of this in the early 80's when I was posted near to the site...I wondered then if our service personnel were regarded in similar regard as our Piggy stand ins.
The second Stanza relates to the battle of Goose Green during the Falklands War. Argentinian conscripts were dispached by members of 2 PARA whilst hiding beneath the duck boards of trenches.
There is a nod to Elvis Costello in stanza 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Cnd1cOg6A
PS, Chet Baker plays trumpet on that track.
Stanza 4 is a bit of a mess...I can make it work when I read it, so good luck.
Thanks all xx
David RL Moore
Comment is about Pivot to War (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Thu 5th Jun 2025 21:26
A beautiful creation indeed , the sun as a parent or guardian takes care of moon and helps it to shine like the other stars ,so that moon doesn't feel less than them but having a feeling of being special .
Really liked your poem👍😊
Comment is about Two Luminaries (blog)
Original item by Yanma Hidayah
Thu 5th Jun 2025 21:21
A true beautiful creation😊👍
Comment is about A TINY LIFE'S SCARRED END (blog)
Original item by Naomi
Thu 5th Jun 2025 21:19
A nice poem having an eye catching idea to do what your mind says and to catch the opportunities you see in life until they are gone. The poem tells to enjoy your youth with all bright to the fullest and aligning slight idea towards having no regret in the future.
A beautiful inspirational poem😊
Comment is about One Wild Life (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
Thu 5th Jun 2025 21:08
U could brief outline about it is from last lines . I Know death and other terms can't be called for relaxation but for the person to face ,it is the ultimate end and thus a destined future . Though the terms of death are considered to be negative but it is the ultimate truth one has to face and accept . That thought is what poet want to add into his poem .
The poet knows many of you may not like the vision of poem and thus he had no bold ambition of likes or comments for the poem.
But feel free to review through commenting , he likes to accept what the readers feel about the poems.
Comment is about Transition to light (blog)
Original item by LITTLE MISCHIEVIOUS SOUL
Omg! So good! Love the poem!
Comment is about A TINY LIFE'S SCARRED END (blog)
Original item by Naomi
Yes for sure (57 years and still counting)
Comment is about Love Cascading (blog)
Original item by Hélène
So glad to read this poem from you. Your style is very heartwarming and real.
Comment is about Love Cascading (blog)
Original item by Hélène
Enjoyed. I love poems about poetry and poets. Lots of action here with the clicks. Nicely done.
Comment is about Click! (blog)
Original item by John Gilbert Ellis
Thanks Graham and Uilleam.
A few of my friends have gone through divorces recently. Sad as it is, I think there's a certain romance to the idea of starting again in simple surroundings. A fresh start and a chance to do things on your own terms.
Thanks also to Marla, Nigel, Manish, Kim, Red Brick and Holden for the likes and for reading this one.
Comment is about The Apartment (blog)
Original item by Tom
Thu 5th Jun 2025 10:09
This resonates with me too. Been told from an early age not to rock the boat. Life taught me otherwise, sometime
you have to.
Comment is about No More Crumbs! (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
The imagery in this poem is vivid and moving—each direction holds a dream, and each journey feels like a quiet rebellion against stillness. I wish the world gentle enough to lead you back home.
Comment is about THE LAST LONGING (blog)
Original item by lune walker
Thank you Uilleam and Graham. My own favourites, Graham, are the aclitteration and astiteration of “cloying and close” and “stayed stubbornly still”.
Comment is about RELIVING THE RAJ (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
You should get an award for these two lines alone JC
‘ And so quite replete from imperial nutrition
We surrendered at last and assumed the position’
Classic Coopey!
Comment is about RELIVING THE RAJ (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I've been wondering why we use the words like "cobblers" in situations like this - is it a poetic device?
Comment is about No More Crumbs! (blog)
Original item by Rolph David
Thanks, Hélène.
A sorely needed commodity.
Comment is about Love Cascading (blog)
Original item by Hélène
Thanks Yanma.
You paint a lovely picture.
Comment is about Two Luminaries (blog)
Original item by Yanma Hidayah
Click! - there's a like.
Click! - there's a villanelle slice - delicious!
Comment is about Click! (blog)
Original item by John Gilbert Ellis
Thanks Tom.
"gurgling in gutters" is very evocative of current conditions.
Comment is about The Apartment (blog)
Original item by Tom
Apparently European Civilisation would be saved from the savage hordes, if only we started believing in that man on a cloud, whose son was nailed to a cross.😇
Comment is about It’s Not What You Believe. (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Ah, those were the days.
Tea – a drink with jam and bread (jam butty, reawnd ‘ere)
Dough – the stuff we buy it with.
😉
Comment is about RELIVING THE RAJ (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I love a renewal poem. A start again story. You describe this ’garret’ well I can hear the rain and city sounds!
This is a very nice piece Tom, well done! G
Comment is about The Apartment (blog)
Original item by Tom
The sight that always offends me is when political leaders don the forces uniforms/battle dresses etc to pose for the press in a polished up tank or something similar (Maggie in her desert storm type gear for example).
David you always write about war stuff with the venom that you have rightly earned the right to use. To me this Labour lot are like feathers in the wind. God knows where we’re going.
Well done!
Comment is about Pivot to War (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Hi, David,
Again, that's just about every reason I keep my hearing protection close at hand in public spaces...
I worked with a female a few years ago who started running her mouth about how she couldn't wait until doomsday. All I could think was, "yeah. You're afraid of bees so you should probably stfu."
.. not a pleasant but a necessary topic to discuss now and again.
btw, I don't think you could have found a more fitting song than "Rooster", though I suspect that some wouldn't get it even if you knocked 'em upside the head with it. I would really love to see the other song you chose, too...
🌷
Comment is about Pivot to War (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Thanks for that stirring call to action, Aisha...I now have permission to act like I'm 21 again.
I have no choice about growing old,
But I’ll be darned if I’m going to grow up!
😉
Comment is about One Wild Life (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
Thanks for your likes:
Aisha Suleman
Holden Moncrieff
David RL Moore
Yanma Hidayah
I speak as a former practising Christian, when I say that Britain is no longer, (was it ever?) in any meaningful sense of the word, a "Christian" country.
Comment is about His Majesty's Crime Minister (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Thanks for your likes, Aisha and your comment, Rolph.
My haiku is a reference to the proverb: “Ignorance is bliss, where ‘tis folly to be wise”.
The future of social cohesion, and of fact – based journalism in the UK is looking grim. A man who, it’s said, owns 42 percent of Numpty News, and who is worth £630 million, is apparently intent on buying vast swathes of the Tory press.
The same individual has liked numerous tweets such as “The native European population is losing patience with the fake refugee invaders”. It’s clear from his “likes” that he’s a rabid homphobe and an Islamophobe.
Hope not Hate are rightly concerned about his activities.
Comment is about Haiku for 2025 [No.19. Bigots] (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Thanks for that, David..yes, Frost did occur to me at some point.
I was prompted to write this after watching a video on creativity – on not being subservient to the preferrences of others, but to express MYSELF.
The title refers to lifelong feelings of inadequacy, of not coming “up to scratch”, of not living up to my family's expectations.
Comment is about Call Yourself a Poet? (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Thanks for the like Red Brick Keshner.
Comment is about I Love ye Scowsers! (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Thanks for your likes:
Stephen Gospage
Holden Moncrieff
K. Lynn
Yanma Hidayah
Maureen
Comment is about Haiku for 2025 [No.18. Wibbit!] (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Thank you, Eduardo.
Imagine awakening from a nightmare, only to find that it's reality.
Comment is about The Awakening of Uncle Sam (blog)
Original item by Eduardo
Our maxim at work was: “when in doubt, make a brew”.
The establishment’s maxim is: “when morally / economically bankrupt, manufacture consent for war”.
Military Keynsianism’s the thing - nothing unites a nation like a lovely war - and just think how all that Union Jack bunting in our streets will gladden the hearts of the homeless as they cheer at the victory parades.
You know it makes sense!
Comment is about Pivot to War (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Thank you Eduardo for this thoughtful, powerful, hopeful poem.
Comment is about The Awakening of Uncle Sam (blog)
Original item by Eduardo
Love this Aisha! Once again, your poetry energizes. Really well written.
Comment is about Your Own Way (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
Many thanks for all the likes - much appreciated.
Rob
Comment is about Echoes of Childhood (blog)
Original item by Rob J Mann
Lots of good imagery here and the longing is well portrayed.!
Comment is about Our story (blog)
Original item by Princesselle
Your poem is very relatable, Nicely done.
Comment is about Maybe (blog)
Original item by Princesselle
We all sometimes see people for what we want them to be more than who they are. This poem says a lot in just a few lines.
Comment is about Rose (blog)
Original item by Princesselle
Honest poem from the heart. You ask good questions in this poem. I like poetry that seeks truth. Nicely done.
Comment is about Sinner (blog)
Original item by Princesselle
Your point is a salient one Stephen. It is especially hard to witness that big question when you know the family very well . The attendant shock affected their lives so much. Thanks for coming on.
Many thanks for all your likes folks.
Ray
Comment is about TAKING STEPS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
You're brave.
The visitors of this website know that, don't we?
'Waking up between the lines,
rising up, the morning shines'
Comment is about I Get Up In The Morning Before The Dawn ... (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Fri 6th Jun 2025 09:58
I consider the use of a profanity in this context to be entirely appropriate, and effective, David.
It's the profanities against innocent human beings being carried out in the name of UK citizens to which I object.
I'm ill - qualified to advise anyone on their writing, David; but might I suggest your profanity would be even more effective with a final 'e';
IE...................................."be-fuckin-fore"!...........................................
😏
Comment is about Pivot to War (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore