I love this piece. Thank you for sharing.
-J
Comment is about Misery (blog)
Original item by john A Giordano
We have the garden room, Graham, but it's rather cold and wet and muddy down there at this time of the year! Thanks for your kind words, Ray.
Comment is about Studio (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
A real delight of lightly presented goodies, in a casual style that runs through much of your work and draws us in inimitably (or something like that!).
Ray
Comment is about Studio (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you Stephen. Always appreciate your comments.
Comment is about Adieu (blog)
Original item by Mike McPeek
A very tender poem, Mike. Scattering ashes does provide some 'closure', whether one likes the word or not. I found it a very moving moment.
Comment is about Adieu (blog)
Original item by Mike McPeek
Cheers, Stephen. If you leave it too long to revisit the past, it's hard to find your bearings. That's what we found!
Comment is about A way back (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks very much for the like, Julie.
Comment is about The moment (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
The succulent from Sainsbury's, brilliantly grounds this. I think she deserves one of those garden room studios Greg. Start saving up!
Comment is about Studio (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks for the kind words SG. I suppose the lines represent a
reaction to much of what I see and hear via the various media
outlets nowadays.
And thanks, one and all, for the "likes".
Comment is about LIVING A LIFE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Brutally powerful. I have a feeling that a certain WW1 poet
who wrote of the lowering of blinds would applaud this writing.
Bravery and cowardice...those two creations of circumstance...
will always linger, the thought of which can be as destructive
as any shell to the mind and body. I wonder if a lack of
imagination and a surfeit of it can create their existence at any given time in the confused hell that is war. Over the top one
moment....cowering, arms wrapped around heads, the next.
This is an admirable accomplishment about a horror-filled subject that only those who have experienced it can fully
understand.
Comment is about The Beast Of War (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
A very real depiction of what is can mean to lose control over
the motor that drive the moving parts and become like a vehicle
with a starter that tries vainly but can't move its host. A fate
none of us would ever wish to endure or see happen to others.
Comment is about The Patient (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Addiction: finding something you like and then liking it too much
to give it up. It can be positive or negative in the long term. The
trick is knowing the difference and dealing with it.
Comment is about addiction (blog)
Original item by JustKelvinMasilela
You are easily pleased, Kevin!
Comment is about LITTLE BASTARDS (TRICK OR TREATING) (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Fantastically written and incredibly moving. Great writing Stephen. I hope you're sharing it widely, this deserves to be read by many.
Comment is about The Beast Of War (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thanks for your lovely comment on Under The Old Whale Bones. I hope everything is good with you Jennifer. Cheers, Tom.
Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Paints a great picture of the nation's capital.
Comment is about The Nation’s Capital – London (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
One of my favourites.
Comment is about LITTLE BASTARDS (TRICK OR TREATING) (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A quite remarkable poem, written from the heart and raw in its content. Many of us have succumbed to addictions and realise to our dismay the damage we do to ourselves. It can become an going tragedy. You have so well put it all together that any fellow sufferer can relate to what you say. I wish you well for the future.
This is one of the best poems I have read for some time.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about addiction (blog)
Original item by JustKelvinMasilela
I nail a dead cat to the door, Stephen.
Comment is about LITTLE BASTARDS (TRICK OR TREATING) (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for the like, Kelvin. It was intended to be more of a general meditation on life and death, but, thinking about it, a funeral setting would be appropriate.
Comment is about Geese (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you for liking the poem, Kelvin, and for your comment.
Comment is about The moment (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
A superbly accomplished, moving poem, which becomes more profound with each verse. The rhymes are an integral part but the power of the language means that one hardly notices them.
Comment is about The Beast Of War (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thanks, Greg. A lovely poem. We used to roam a place called Bluebell Woods, near Rainham in Essex, and it occurs to me we never saw a single bluebell!
Comment is about A way back (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Beautiful poem. Thank you.
Comment is about LIGHT TO YOUR DARKNESS (blog)
Original item by CHIMAOGE NWAIGBO
Good poem, John. Ever thought of trying water cannons?
Comment is about LITTLE BASTARDS (TRICK OR TREATING) (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I think you have captured the tolerant and welcoming side of London, Aisha. Very enjoyable.
Comment is about The Nation’s Capital – London (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
This is very good, MC. The finish is superb.
Comment is about LIVING A LIFE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Many thanks, Graham. I must confess (I don't think William ever did) that I could not have written this without the assistance of my wife. She looked up all the names of the plants and trees on her phone app. And she spotted the tent in the woods. She is my Dorothy!
Thanks for the Like, Holden.
Comment is about A way back (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Tue 2nd Nov 2021 15:29
Very haunting and moving, Stephen! ?
Comment is about The Beast Of War (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Verse four is excellently put together. My favourite.
Comment is about Vincent in Spitalfields (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I've had couple of 'going back' walks with some old school chums (albeit around our village) and they evoke some incredible memories. Like opening a box and they all fly out.
I like this Greg, great observational stuff. Parakeets and tent-dwellers add a brilliant edge to this.
Well done!
G
Comment is about A way back (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
We used to live in a house which was set back from the road, MC, no more than a cart track, in fact. It was wonderful. No hawkers, traders or lavender-selling gypsies. Best of all, no kids on Mischief Night.
We’ve just moved house, though, to a small estate with huggins of the little bleeders, so we were up and down like prostitute’s nightie answering the door.
And thanks for the Likes, Stephen and Holden.
Comment is about LITTLE BASTARDS (TRICK OR TREATING) (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
As much fun now as it was the first time around. I'm on the 2nd
floor of my building and don't answer the street door bell at such
times..
Suits me, sir!! ?
Comment is about LITTLE BASTARDS (TRICK OR TREATING) (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
its fascinating how each and every piece tends to actually give you a vision of some kind, i imagine this little or fragile being in the corner scared and trying to survive with the rushing of time..... my interpretation maybe off course
Comment is about Silent Witness (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
if i may ask is the setting of the poem in a funeral?
Comment is about Geese (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
its amazing how there is link between past and present, I envision the scenario under a yellow sunrays in the evening on a dock some kind,
Comment is about The moment (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Tue 2nd Nov 2021 01:42
Thanks M.C. for commenting on
"The Grass is always Greener".
Tose people in the photo are sitting on green grass
waiting for something...
we know not what.
?
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I used to like getting lost in London and wishing not be found.
Comment is about The Nation’s Capital – London (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
In Hana I see the love only through this poem.
Comment is about 花 / Hana (blog)
Original item by Your Royal Poetess
Thank you very much for the likes; Holden and Aisha.
Comment is about The moment (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thanks for the kind likes. Revisiting and rehashing some of last years attempts.
Comment is about She Born A Beautiful Soul (rehashed) (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for the kind likes. Revisiting and rehashing some of last years attempts.
Comment is about Sleep Tight (rehashed) (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks Jennifer for your insider view on this. I like to be playful but often it's a matter of perspective!
Ray
Comment is about IN LAWS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Probably too much common sense (remember that?) for people
these days. I enjoyed the content and the style.
Comment is about The Grass Is Always Greener (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Lovely! Especially first verse setting the scene. My mother used to make masses of jam, particularly blaeberry and bramble, in a huge copper pan, and the scent was inviting. Jennifer
Comment is about Blackberry Jam (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Jordyn Elizabeth
Thu 4th Nov 2021 02:32
As always, I enjoyed the read. This flows effortlessly while maintaining it's humor. Thank you!
-J
Comment is about LITTLE BASTARDS (TRICK OR TREATING) (blog)
Original item by John Coopey