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rob1967able

Fri 22nd Mar 2024 10:45

Thank you manish. Love.

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Stephen Gospage

Fri 22nd Mar 2024 09:05

Thank you for this important poem, Mike. A compassionate plea for a better world.

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Stephen Gospage

Fri 22nd Mar 2024 08:59

Blimey! Don't pick up your pen on the 21st! Sent a chill through me, Stephen!

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Stephen Gospage

Fri 22nd Mar 2024 08:46

A different chain, Ray, but I can still remember the horror of (briefly) tasting my first Starbucks coffee.

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David RL Moore

Fri 22nd Mar 2024 05:43

Thanks for reading, comments and likes.

I would encourage you to view the link as it does dive a little deeper into the origins of this piece.

In all humility I would ask those who write of war who have not truly experienced it to consider those who have. To possibly imagine the price they continually pay for doing so and their attempts to convey those horrors to others. As I say in my video I do not object to anyone writing about anything from any perspective. The truth probably is that the greatest most beautiful and horrific thoughts on war have never seen the page as they have never survived to do so. It is with that it mind that I suggest we tread delicately on subjects where we present ourselves in the midst of what we may not know. It is only with the element of authenticity that we might serve well the memories of those slaughtered and damaged.

Informative, compassionate, impassioned and empathetic poetry from an outside percpective is undeniably of value, I respect and often admire it.

For the second time in recent weeks I've had a couple of disappearing comments, fortunately both of which I have been able to read prior to their evaporation. I'm not sure what that says about me or those who chose to disappear them. All the same thanks for your brief appearances, however strange.

All the best,

David.

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leon stolgard

Fri 22nd Mar 2024 00:54

Obrigado mon ami as they say in Portuguese and Francais πŸ˜‰

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rob1967able

Thu 21st Mar 2024 23:15

Thank you leon. It is just a little story. I hate violence in any form of shape. Love.

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Stephen Atkinson

Thu 21st Mar 2024 22:50

πŸ˜‚ leon, I grew up on Hammer horror & tales of the unexpected, so this is the real me! πŸ˜† Thanks
And for the likes Hugh & Manish 🌈

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raypool

Thu 21st Mar 2024 19:24

Thanks all for liking this : Hugh, Stephen G, Stephen A, Aisha and Holden and John.

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leon stolgard

Thu 21st Mar 2024 18:35

What is going on here Stephen!? that last part isn't a self description surely?
and heres me thinking you were of priestly material πŸ˜‚

yeah right!
so come on! put a clean vest on-say yer prayers and pass the ammunition ( as well as the black-eyed peas ) Amen

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leon stolgard

Thu 21st Mar 2024 18:09

Snap! old chap! πŸ‘ πŸ˜‰

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Landi Cruz

Thu 21st Mar 2024 17:59

Please forgive me for seeming obtuse, David, but...

It's been posited that it's the act of forgetting that leads to entropy--that state of being where change is no longer possible.

Aren't the headlines that we read only a means of emulsifying information into standardized and digestible form?

I once heard the story of a man upon whom many would throw insult by way of his simplicity. But, in fact, he bore the scars of a job in a war which required him to load, body by body, the dead of his countrymen onto a big green truck.

I'm sorry. That story is his, I know. But it exists and that story deserves to be told.

I have recently been afforded time by my job to study the work of Tim O'Brien. He was of interest to me before my appointed time to address him before my classes, and I'm very sorry that I'll only be given time enough to cover his writing according to the standards by which they'll be assessed..

.."so it goes"...

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leon stolgard

Thu 21st Mar 2024 17:49

I do ( no medals required ) voluntary work for a homeless centre and like you Mike have seen these poor guys ( and gals ) close up

if that isn't bad enough it gets worse when I come across veterans from recent conflicts being treated like dirt under the governments nails!

thank god that there are plenty of genuinely caring people on hand with the ability and willingness to do as much as possible about this dire situation

Fine poem Mike πŸ‘

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leon stolgard

Thu 21st Mar 2024 17:28

Wow! lots of great lines Bethany and so desrving of robs comment in particular
great stuff

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Hugh

Thu 21st Mar 2024 17:27

ExcellentπŸ˜ƒ

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leon stolgard

Thu 21st Mar 2024 17:23

So pleased that you guys

Tom
Hugh
Aisha
Holden
Manish
gave this cutety type poem the thumbs up and coming back at you all
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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David RL Moore

Thu 21st Mar 2024 11:17

Hi Jeff,

Other peoples poetry of love is often difficult in different ways, and complex too.

I like this poem as although straight to the point. (which is good) it identifies an extremely important factor regarding the regrets of love lost, and that is that it is the memory of love we are in love with. A pivotal rationale on the road to recovering ones heart.

So thanks for that and for being a man who allows himself to write of such things.

David

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Greg Freeman

Thu 21st Mar 2024 11:08

Here's a reminder of our interview with Brian last year https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=130660

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rob1967able

Thu 21st Mar 2024 09:25

Thank you stephen, it means the world to me. Love.

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David RL Moore

Thu 21st Mar 2024 08:59

Thanks for the most recent likes on this great escape.

David

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 21st Mar 2024 08:40

Nature poetry is so important, and so difficult. The poet laureate is to be congratulated on this initiative. Blossom is all around us at the moment.

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 21st Mar 2024 08:33

Thank you very much, Graham and Leon. Yes, quite a grim poem for a sad situation. As you say, Graham, it is hard to see the end of it.

And my thanks to Nigel, John C, Manish, Aisha, Rob, Stephen A, Holden, Rob, RG and Hugh.

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 21st Mar 2024 08:21

Done

When painting pictures in the quiet,
We are free to sit and ponder.
'Neath sunshine's gentle diet,
Time goes on a wander,
Exploring, for fun.
Through twilit sky,
Evening comes.
Paint dry.
Done.

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David RL Moore

Thu 21st Mar 2024 08:17

Thanks for the overnight likes,

Just a gently breeze in The Blossoms this morning.

David.

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rob1967able

Wed 20th Mar 2024 23:07

My god bethany, please tell me if you wrote this while sleeping with your eyes open. How great can you be, to join the chosen few for me. Love.

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rob1967able

Wed 20th Mar 2024 23:02

Thank you very much Bethany. How is your writing? I hope you still will give them hell. Love.

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Bethany Sallis

Wed 20th Mar 2024 22:16

Fine poem rob, thank you,


Beth

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Bethany Sallis

Wed 20th Mar 2024 21:33

Thank you John and Manish, It would seem Leon, that I must have either undergone a lapse in my thinking, or a bout of thinking backwards, due to my.......lack of sleep...perhaps?


Beth

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John Coopey

Wed 20th Mar 2024 18:38

It seems I’m safe for this season at least, Graham. And I assume, MC, that you are not aware that the Royal College of Nursing had never voted to strike before the current dispute.

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Telboy

Wed 20th Mar 2024 17:50

Fantasy, overpopulation, prejudice, conflict, corruption and politics. This piece has got it all!

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raypool

Wed 20th Mar 2024 17:37

Yes I understand entirely. No potholes in that argument!
Ray All's well.....

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Landi Cruz

Wed 20th Mar 2024 15:37

Thanks for your comment, David.

I feel lucky to have noticed it as I'm sure many who pass that way don't.

Really, it still moves me as something quite profound and even suggestive of an anachronistic and rare bit of knowledge to which, surely, only the most fortunate were privy 🌷

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John Gilbert Ellis

Wed 20th Mar 2024 15:04

Parental Controls

So, is there another but tougherβ€―
password to get you set up with?
Yes, how about I use my
favourite word chicken?β€―
Okay, you need a
capital. Makeβ€―
it chickenβ€―
Kievβ€―
then.

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M.C. Newberry

Wed 20th Mar 2024 14:46

I am probably ahead of most if not all of WOL contributors in terms of age and retain an ongoing circumspection about the
attitude of the medicos to matters of health. Many years ago, during a routine eye-test in my old line of work, I was told I'd
probably need glasses sery soon. This actually only occurredf
during the past few years when I adopted pharmacy bought
2X specs for reading and PC screen viewing, while able to
read a car index plate at much further than the DVLA minimum
requirement. I suffered higher frequency hearing loss due to
exposure to firearm use but still manage to hear most things
around me and use headphones satisfactorily for domestic
appliance listening. Have you noticed how many NHS ads.
are exhorting us to check in with our docs about this and
that at a time when Covid has thrown patient queues for serious illness treatment into freefall? And how today's
medicos opt to strike for financial gain at the drop of a syringe?
I now place them alongside lawyers for putting income
interest before client interest! Meanwhile - let's all eat well,
exercise sensibly and keep the brain busy. Mother Nature will
take you when she's good and ready!

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John Marks

Wed 20th Mar 2024 14:42

Supposedly, when WW was on a walking tour in Germany with his sister Dorothy he let STC and de Quincey stay at Dove cottage which they wrecked consumed much laudanum, led a totally nocturnal existence,, did no washing up, no cleaning/maintenance, didn't pay the milk bill, fell out with all the locals etc etc So you are right Beth pandemonium ensued!

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John Marks

Wed 20th Mar 2024 14:26

Thank you all.Esoecially you Beth for your generous comment. I lived in London in 1975 and often danced to SH's music. Steve was in hospital for 4 years as a boy, polio. I love the poetry of his lyrics.

You've done it all
You've broken every code
And pulled the rebel to the floor
You spoiled the game
No matter what you say
For only metal, what a bore
Blue eyes, blue eyes
How come you tell so many lies?
Come up and see me, make me smile
Or do what you want, running wild
There's nothing left
All gone and run away
Maybe you'll tarry for a while
It's just a test
A game for us to play
Win or lose, it's hard to smile
Resist, resist
It's from yourself you have to hide, oh
Come up and see me to make me smile
Oh, or do what you want, running wild
There ain't no more
You've taken everything
From my belief in Mother Earth
Can you ignore
My faith in everything?
'Cause I know what faith is and what it's worth
Away, away
And don't say maybe you'll try.....

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R A Porter

Wed 20th Mar 2024 11:36

A lovely challenge - Stephen Fry would approve ... here goes:

The poetry tap

Sometimes it roars with a whoosh and a rush
A tumbling torrent, of flash phrases that gush
Sometimes it gurgles, with wheezing wet croaks
An intermittent flow that scarcely soaks
Sometimes it stutters, stops, drips
Barely dampening the lips
Don’t force it
The Poetry
Tap

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R A Porter

Wed 20th Mar 2024 11:23

Thank you Stephen & Graham - he was inspirational, even with a heavy cold - the Lemsip Laureate indeed!

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Reggie's Ghost

Wed 20th Mar 2024 11:16

No Tom, it's the correct website. I read a lot of nonsense on here and thought I could do as well if not better. I think I've achieved it with a bit of logic thrown in.

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Graham Sherwood

Wed 20th Mar 2024 10:56

Are THFC going to win something then JC. I thought you had a deal?

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leon stolgard

Wed 20th Mar 2024 10:49

Hence my earlier incorrect now corrected adressing of you Stephen as our resident war poet-
please keep the poetic albeit sad info coming

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leon stolgard

Wed 20th Mar 2024 10:43

Best KEEPS ON getting better Bethany ( psst) you forgot to include ' wake ' 😁

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Stephen Atkinson

Wed 20th Mar 2024 10:40

Perhaps, you're next R.A? πŸ‘

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leon stolgard

Wed 20th Mar 2024 10:40

Roaringly brilliant!

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Stephen Atkinson

Wed 20th Mar 2024 10:38

J.C. it was purely going out clothes, honest! πŸ˜‚ & we believe you, Graham... πŸ˜‰

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leon stolgard

Wed 20th Mar 2024 10:29

Advice taken Bethany πŸ‘ and likes from-

John
Hugh
Stephen G.
Stephen A.
Holden
Manish

gratefully accepted

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Tom

Wed 20th Mar 2024 09:52

I think you might have posted this nonsense to the wrong website.

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David RL Moore

Wed 20th Mar 2024 09:43

Hi Telboy,

Thanks for your visitation. I have been fortunate in receiving a helpful hand on occasion. Sadly I have witnessed too much revelry and delight in the downfall of others. It is a sorry world we occupy.

I'm not sure we come back wholly stronger, definitely different.

David.

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Graham Sherwood

Wed 20th Mar 2024 09:11

World Poetry Day tomorrow and we are asking for a late flurry of nonets as WOL’s way of spreading the word.

Why not have a go? How to explanation in headline text on homepage

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Graham Sherwood

Wed 20th Mar 2024 09:04

Clever stuff RAP!

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