This has a real ring of truth to it. There must be many prisoners in that position. Really intriguing. It made me think (which is rare!)
Thanks John.
Comment is about BABIES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A fascinating poem, Stephen. I found it very challenging yet entertaining. Thank you.
Comment is about She danced (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
There's a strong message within this poem, Keith, which we would all do well to follow. Great stuff!😀
Comment is about Sweet Ambition (blog)
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Many thanks, Keith and John. I appreciate your kind comments. When I look at this again, it is open to many interpretations. The 'simpler life' of the sixties and seventies is certainly one of them. It is certainly set in the past, but when, and where? I suppose I should know, but I don't, not really.
Many thanks to Nigel, Stephen, Holden, Jimakos and Ursula for liking this poem.
Comment is about She danced (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
"Why waste your time in worry
When you're led towards the light?"
The poem is very motivating. Especially the last stanza. I also liked the repetition used here.💐
Comment is about BE GRATEFUL (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks, Greg. Brilliant recovery yesterday but satisfactory for neither Liverpool nor yourselves.
Comment is about BABIES (blog)
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Thanks Keith, much appreciated.
I feel this one is a bit scrappy, as it was written into my notebook over the course of a couple of walks around the edges of Sheffield. I'd have spent more time tidying it up but wanted to get it out before the end of the year. The 'there's no wealth but life' graffiti on a billboard towards the end of my walk was genuine and just seemed to slot perfectly in the poem I wanted to write. Wondrous indeed. 😃
Comment is about The Wonder (blog)
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I agree with Stephen. To imbue the word "geraniums" with so much meaning is no mean feat.
Comment is about BABIES (blog)
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Thank you Nigel for reading my poems and leaving your footprints behind🌷
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Copped me right in the feels
💚🤸🏾♀️🤸♂️💚
Comment is about Self inside (blog)
Original item by Sarah-Kaye
A poem on the beauty of inner reflection in a natural setting. Powerful if not magnificent as so much is captured.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about The Wonder (blog)
Original item by Tom
A poem on the beauty of inner reflection in a natural setting. Powerful if not magnificent as so much is captured.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about The Wonder (blog)
Original item by Tom
Thank you Stephen and Keith. Repentance Keith? I don't know. I think humans have made such an unholy mess of this world, exploiting nature for profit, that the only answer is....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=721JQZw6Spg
Comment is about On the edge of the world (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Intriguing, Stephen. I can't help placing it in a 60's/70's context when life seemed to be simpler to ageing gits like ourselves.
Comment is about She danced (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thankyou, Stephen. I tried to give it a sense of understatement.
And thanks for the Like, Ursula, Stephen A, Holden, Leon and Moonlight.
Comment is about BABIES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Enjoyed this. The shortness of the lines I really think would work with some soft ambient music backing it (:
Comment is about Intense (blog)
Original item by Sarah-Kaye
Possibly a bit long for my liking, but i do think the twist at the end of the piece does really work. Love to read more. 😀
Comment is about Sorry (blog)
Original item by Lauren Springer
Really enjoyed this. The pacing here alone and thought of words shows you clearly thought about this piece. Excellent. 😀
Comment is about "The Old Raven" (blog)
Original item by psylentskog
An entrancing poem.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about She danced (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
A great poem, John. By leaving things unsaid, it says so much in so few words. Disturbing, yet somehow moving as well.
Comment is about BABIES (blog)
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John,
a poem with a succinct and well defined exhortation to herald the arrival of a New Year. I am filled with a profound sense of trepidation for the future, not mine, as I am on the downward slope, but for younger generations. We live in an ugly age. Is repentance too late?
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about On the edge of the world (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
A good message, John. We have to act.
Comment is about On the edge of the world (blog)
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Happy New Year, Julie. Thanks.
Comment is about New Year Wish (blog)
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A great wish list, Stephen. Let's hope we can achieve a few of these aims.
Comment is about Goodbye 2021? (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
किशोर करुणिक, मैं आपके उज्जवल भविष्य और खुशहाली की कामना करता हूं। पृथ्वी को उसकी रक्षा के लिए हमारी जरूरत है।
Comment is about On the edge of the world (blog)
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Happy New Year 2022
Comment is about ON THE NEW YEAR EVE (blog)
Original item by DR. MUKUND BHANDARI
Sun 2nd Jan 2022 16:28
A very powerful poem, Inoe! 🌷
Comment is about A Moment of Silence, Please! (blog)
Original item by Inoe CN
Thanks Brenda for the like !
Very kind Tom thanks. I drove to the place I had in mind coming back from a music gig at an early hour, and the sensations were palpable.
Ray
Comment is about STRANGE MUSIC (blog)
Original item by ray pool
This is so beautifully written. So true in words and if implemented it could lead us in life forward, towards success n growth👍🌷
Comment is about Sweet Ambition (blog)
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Tom,
Thank you for your comment on my latest poem New Beginnings. I appreciate your comments as I also appreciate your poetry.
Keith
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Thanks Tom and a happy new year to you and yourn. J
Comment is about The cloak of nothingness (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thank you to John, Kishore, Stephen, Julie, Stephen, Holden, Brenda, John and Ursula for the likes - thanks so much for reading this little reverie.
Thanks Brenda, Stephen, Ursula and Holden for your lovely comments. I'm glad you connected with one. Brenda, I agree. I think experience is key to truly appreciating what you have. Our decisions and indecisions guide us down the path and we have to make the best of what we find along the way - and try our hardest to see the wonder in each small thing.
Happy new year all!
Comment is about The Wonder (blog)
Original item by Tom
This one feels steeped in atmosphere. Masterful and hauntingly wintry.
Comment is about STRANGE MUSIC (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Enjoyed this Keith, very optimistic. I do hope we're all filled with 'new and inspired ideas' in 2022. Very well said.
Comment is about New Beginnings (blog)
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Enjoyed this one Robert.
"Come on down to the lost weekend" indeed. 👍
Comment is about That crucial difference (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Lovely stuff Stephen, let's hope for this!
And happy new year to you too...
Comment is about Goodbye 2021? (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
I love this one John. Some fine lines here.
Comment is about The cloak of nothingness (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
You are a soldier of love
marching poetry into our hearts.
Comment is about 87. Poem (blog)
Original item by Sunshine
Sat 1st Jan 2022 20:59
Normal service has resumed. It’s now as it was before.
Comment is about WHAT’S APPENED’ (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
keith jeffries
Mon 3rd Jan 2022 21:06
Thank you to all those who gave likes for this poem and for the comments from Ghazali and John. I appreciate all of you for taking the time to read this poem and the encouragement you afford me.
Thank you again
Keith
Comment is about Sweet Ambition (blog)
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