A genuinely moving poem.

Comment is about A Poem For Stumpy (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Cheers, Jeff. All the best for the New Year.

Comment is about Postcodes (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

You may not have heard of Rick, but he and his cardigan are stalwarts of black country poetry slams and Brum Radio poetry. You can't take everything seriously and besides, it's harder to be funny than it is to be serious, poetically speaking.
Have a good one. Ray and Aviva

Comment is about I WANT A CARDIGAN LIKE RICK'S (blog)

Original item by trevor homer

I've enjoyed the choice of poems from this source and can only wish
the very best for the future - for himself and the poems he's yet to
write..

Comment is about 'The box knowing the route, the shoes badly lost and confused' (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Shifa, Ghazala, Aviva,
Thank you all
for liking, and hitting the like.
--Michael

Comment is about Play in the Night (blog)

Original item by Michael Kwack

Quite right.
I think I will rise and raise a glass to toast
to all the eternal,
and the going and coming.
Thank you again Paul.

Comment is about Play in the Night (blog)

Original item by Michael Kwack

Read also
https://hellopoetry.com/alem-hailu-gkristos/

Comment is about Clapping Hands to a Heroine (blog)

Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos

Snowdrift window brings warm hellos
in doing so waves heartbreaks goodbye.

Comment is about Ice Breaker (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Thank you Paul
for dropping in and lines off here,
letting me feel welcomed back
from months of vacation.

M. (A.G.)

Comment is about Play in the Night (blog)

Original item by Michael Kwack

Thanks for the likes Trevor and Julie, and for putting it into words Tony.

Ray

Comment is about WORKING WITH TOMMY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hi Trevor. It is true that on a stage props are vital, and the intellectual hanging woolly thing is vital - that goes back many decades. I must confess I had a thing about suede waistcoats for reading poetry, but it's really an affectation. I like the tribute aspect of this - but a Xmas sweater is never better, and as for the Matt Baker squeaky toy style - no thanks.

Prepare for a happy new year. Ray

Comment is about I WANT A CARDIGAN LIKE RICK'S (blog)

Original item by trevor homer

Hi Aisha and thanks for commenting on the Rusting Barge.

It gave me an opportunity of visiting your site and I enjoyed the sincerity detailed in your work.

I hope we will be seeing much more from your electronic pen.

Blessings.

P

Comment is about Aisha Suleman (poet profile)

Original item by Aisha Suleman

No Hugh! You must always pick up sh1t
To stop another accidentally stepping in it
? thanks for bringing a smile.

Comment is about I didn't have to pick it up (blog)

Original item by hugh

Thanks for the likes and the comments.

Here is my wish for twenty twenty one
Soon of covid news there will be none
Soon the virus will be history, long gone
Soon the vaccine rollout will all be done
Soon the Coronavirus battle will be won

Comment is about Twenty Twenty One (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thanks for the Likes, Aviva, Aisha and Paul.

Comment is about WHEN SAMMY GOT LOCKED IN THE STORE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Marcus,
You have the gift of subtlety in your writing and I think you should continue to post. I enjoy your work. You’re talented. Keep going ! ?????☺️

Comment is about Death We Must All Face (blog)

Original item by Insta: bullthemessenger_94

She will read this from up above,
And cherish your words of true love.

Comment is about Remembering Mimi (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Paul, it's always a delight to read your comments. Thank you for the lovely poetry too!

Comment is about The Day After The Day of Days (blog)

Original item by Shifa Maqba

thank-you for the likes everyone, and for the comment Keith, so appreciated.

Comment is about Goodbye (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Hopefully when 2020 is done,
2021 will bring lots of fun.

Comment is about Twenty Twenty One (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

No problem, Ms. Nicole. Appreciate the feedback.

Comment is about Death We Must All Face (blog)

Original item by Insta: bullthemessenger_94

Trevor,

Thanks for your comments on 28 December. They are always a source of encouragement when it comes from a poet such as yourself.

Happy New Year
Keith

Comment is about trevor homer (poet profile)

Original item by trevor homer

Keith I answered something similar privately (without the living in the Middle East part of it)

Comment is about Ritual slaughter (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

John,

Thank you for this poem which resonates with me after living and working in the Middle East for nearly ten years. It felt a strong sense of outrage as it is clearly barbaric in the extreme and quite unnecessary in today's world. Yet it is the religion to which the slaughter adheres. Religion can be very cruel in other ways too.

Keith

Comment is about Ritual slaughter (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thank YOU dear Keith. I wish you joy in the new year.

“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
― Rumi

Comment is about Redemption song (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

A poem which exudes determination and perseverance. One which I think we can all relate to.
Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Goodbye (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Happy holidays Kimberly! Thanks for stopping by. I wish you a year of abundant energy and prolific writing! ?

Comment is about Vautaw (poet profile)

Original item by Vautaw

An "epiphany filled journey" is the greatest gift of life. So glad your soul is tuned in. It's an honor to be dancing in the light with you Po. Shine on my friend. ?

Comment is about Resilient Soul (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

that's me all right.
signed,
Troublesome Lump

Comment is about Aviva Rifka Bhandari (poet profile)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thanks to everyone for the likes and kind comments.

Comment is about Cheers To WOL (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Really like this one, Ray. Tony

Comment is about WORKING WITH TOMMY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

The cardigan was cardi-gone!
What a knit-wit

Comment is about I WANT A CARDIGAN LIKE RICK'S (blog)

Original item by trevor homer

I don't visit the sire as often as I used to Keith, but I always look for your work to offer a constant reminder of what sublime thought can create when put into words. Thank you for your constancy.

Comment is about We are growing (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

John,

A powerful poem which has truth at its core. There is a good deal of wisdom here.
Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about Redemption song (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

There might be some for which this stays a fact
But I think very few end up like that
Far more find brand new good times in a world so wide
Without the troublesome lump still at their side.
??

Comment is about DIVORCEE (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Yes Greg I did the tweaking as I thought your points were well made as always, and thanks for them. It was tricky dicky to convey the actual experience into a cohesive line or two! Another one for the book one day I hope.

Thanks Graham, I do count that experience as a one worth having. Poets I think need to be observers and on the front line in whatever subject they choose to portray. The musical element in backing comedians was always minimal, often just a song that closed their act and a play on and play off.

Paul, that's a pretty good idea - all histories should be recorded as close to the truth as possible. A unique character could always be awkward on many levels but justifiably loved. Thanks for looking in.

Ray

Comment is about WORKING WITH TOMMY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Brilliant mate, sounds about right!

Comment is about Touchline dads (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

We did just this at Trafford Centre yesterday Greg! Glad you like my Pastor Mick poem, incredible work they're doing ?

Comment is about Christmas 2020 (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Like it Stephen, interesting thoughts. Thanks for your comment on my poem Pastor Mick, inspiring men indeed, cheers Jeff

Comment is about Postcodes (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

No team has lost more points in the last 10 minutes than us, Graham. We’d be running away with it if we hadn’t. And 2 points in the last 12 is Sheffield United stuff.

Comment is about YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Christmas Eve is the clue?

It sounds like you got socks JC, some of us got paracetamol! Blessed relief. Now if we could only stop gifting two points away at closing time I'd be a lot happier!

Comment is about YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

My response to your opening comment, Paul, about a deal already having been done seems pertinent now. I was wrong about the timing of the announcement which I expected in the New Year. I’d naively overlooked the value of Christmas as a blanket for burying scrutiny. The timing of the announcement, Christmas Eve, is the clue.

Comment is about YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks very much for your comments, Andy. Sorry to hear about more Zoom bombing incidents - there seemed to be a few at the beginning, but I had assumed that people had become more security-conscious, and that Zoom had stepped up their game, too. We've always been lucky so far in that regard at Woking. Good to hear that Stockport has been doing well - I've mentioned elsewhere about your anthologies. Interesting but worrying when you say that 'quite a few nights have stopped altogether'. Anecdotally I get that impression around London, too - or that some nights are just waiting for lockdown to end for good. I hope that techno-fear is not the reason - Zoom is really very easy to set up and operate, as you know yourself. It's a good way of keeping our poetry communities together.

Comment is about What do open-mic organisers think about Zoom? (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Have you tweaked, Ray? That line in the final stanza reads fine now. Very enjoyable poem.

Comment is about WORKING WITH TOMMY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

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Comment is about Blissful Cliché (blog)

Original item by Dean Fraser

Whilst I knew you were a musician, I didn’t pre-suppose that this piece was autobiographical in any way. It appears that it is.
A very complex, chaotic and difficult man, like many a comedian, the only one to make me nearly crash my car!
This is an intriguing snapshot Ray of the funniest one ever!

Comment is about WORKING WITH TOMMY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Sounds like a start of another poem Po. I wholeheartedly agree. Off into the wilderness we go! Abundant blessings to you my friend. ??

Comment is about Resilient Soul (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

Great poem, Ray. Not sure you need that second line, though, and I wasn't quite certain what the third line in the final stanza meant. I'm nitpicking because this poem is so close to it. Will there be other poems about celebs that you brushed shoulders with, if not actually having to brush their shoulders? This is the way to go for you. Cover of you in a tuxedo?

Comment is about WORKING WITH TOMMY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

That is a big wish Nicola and I pray it comes true sooner rather than later! ?

Comment is about Christmas Wishes 2020 (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

Cheers!

Comment is about My tiny theatre (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke