Welcome to WOL Agam from one hopeless romantic to another! I’m looking forward to reading your poetry. You’re off to a great start with Fireflies. Write on!
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Beautiful poem Agam. Thanks for sharing. ?
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That’s why I’m vegetarian, too complicated being vegan! Great poem for the plant-movement. ?
Comment is about Vegans (blog)
Original item by Nicholas
Thanks Nigel. We had a good laugh here as you may have guessed (: ?
Comment is about Consequences XII and XIII (blog)
Original item by Andy N
I've always thought it is a design fault of Nature that you can't think of nothing. It would be so destressing.
Comment is about Perfectionism (blog)
Original item by Candice Reineke
Ha ha. Food fascism. I've always thought there was a gap in the poetry market for this subject.
Comment is about Vegans (blog)
Original item by Nicholas
Physical poetry, Stephen. I like that.
If wafting your arms about and jumping up and down at Open Mics is poetry, I don't see why a bit of rubber truncheoning isn't.
Comment is about Border Guard (blog)
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Nice story telling, Clyde. My daughter used to buy jars of lollipops for a couple of pounds. They worked out about a penny each. She sold them to other kids on the school bus for 5p each, Some mark up!
Comment is about Selling Christmas Trees and Roman Candles, 1950 (blog)
Original item by Clyde McCulley
Thanks Stephen, glad you enjoyed it. The idea came from a memory of our first home, which was a Victorian terraced built in 1900. On the 1st night I stopped there, while I was fixing it up, I was sat in the armchair, left by the previous owner, having a sly glass or 2 in front of the coal fire & for a moment, out the corner of my eye, I thought I saw a door in the middle of a side wall. But when I turned, of course, it was just a solid wall. Anyway, something triggered that memory & this is the result! Thanks again for the comment & Like
Comment is about A Silhouette in Time (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thanks for the likes for my silly little write.
Comment is about Boris Buble Says... Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Strange and threatening and very enjoyable.
Comment is about Border Guard (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
clever poem, I like it
Comment is about Two monkeys brought joy to the jungle at Christmas (blog)
Original item by hugh
Who'd have thought vegans had a bone to pick with each other? Funny bone I suppose.
Or that there'd be some beef between them?
Beef Tomatoes.
Comment is about Vegans (blog)
Original item by Nicholas
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 17th Dec 2020 17:12
A lot of truth in this piece. My daughter and her husband have become non meat eaters. Not exactly vegetarians, and certainly not vegans, but nevertheless we sometimes have to walk on eggshells a bit in conversation.
Comment is about Vegans (blog)
Original item by Nicholas
A really good poem, Stephen. Evocative and mysterious.
Comment is about A Silhouette in Time (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Philipos - thanks for the comment and good wishes.
BM - I think the word "bubble"
Might present rhyming trouble!
Besides, it's not very romantic in the seasonal sense. ?
Thanks are also due for the "likes" for this upload.
Comment is about CHRISTMAS SNOW (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
This certainly resonated with me, bringing back those post-war
ration-book Christmases in the rural England I knew as a boy, waking
up horrendously early (for the adults, of course!) to scramble down
to the bottom of the bed to locate those stockings bulging with
hidden items that would be "laughed out of court" nowadays as
presents for kids. But then an orange or a bag of sweets were
rare treasures and eager little hands explored each item before
they were revealed and enjoyed. And there was always a BIG
gift to lead us into Christmas Day proper, with its family dinner and
a jaunt down the lane to "walk it off" before settling down for the
evening, with board games or silly card games to provide the fun.
Happy innocent days. Thank you for triggering the memories. ?
Comment is about christmas past, 1947 (blog)
Original item by Clyde McCulley
Thank you Dean Fraser, I am happy it had an impact.
Thanks also to those who have clicked the like button for this poem!
Comment is about The Impact That I Have (blog)
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Thank you to everyone who has clicked the like button for this poem!
Comment is about A Moment Away (blog)
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A neat topical parody - using a grand song to put over its message.
Love the"Boris Buble" (bubble?) association!
Comment is about Boris Buble Says... Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
You are what you are
And had the chance to be
Don't blame yourself
Comment is about A Don't Blame Yourself Poem (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Peace will always come from within
and then shows itself so well when reading this poem.
Comment is about Finding Peace (blog)
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Thank-you Julie, you fit so much into those two small words. Thank-you for your daily offerings, I am reading. JD.
Comment is about A piece of you (blog)
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Thank-you Hugh, and Aviva, for the comments. and to all hitting the like. thank-you also. JD.
Comment is about A chip off the old block (blog)
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Thanks for the comment KJ. Thanks also to everyone for the likes. It will be here before we know it?
Comment is about The Week Before Christmas (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
A bit more of David Constantine's background: "He was born in 1944 in Salford, Lancashire, an urban landscape of factories, red brick terraces and mizzle-grey skies, the Lowry backdrop to his childhood with a nimbus of “visionary dreariness” quite particular to that part of England."
https://poetryarchive.org/poet/david-constantine/
He has this marvellous poem about women in the first world war
https://poetryarchive.org/poem/soldiering/
Our former blogger John Foggin speaks highly of him as well https://johnfogginpoetry.com/2019/07/09/my-kind-of-poetry-david-constantine/
You can hear David Constantine reading a number of his poems in his distinctive northern accent here https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?articleid=1081
Comment is about David Constantine awarded Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Measured lines produced
different single visions mirrored
reflected by viewpoints
words develop collage image.
Comment is about Christmas 2020 Collage Poem: The Other Side of Love (blog)
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Upper-middle class tedium personified.
Comment is about David Constantine awarded Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry (article)
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Philipos
Wed 16th Dec 2020 23:31
Gosh John, just visited your piece.
Very moving and I guess this appertains to WW1.
Thanks for sharing.
P
Comment is about Ex-communication (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Lovely direct and simple exposition of true memory - worked its wonders on me !
I have enough history to remember a rosy glow at Xmas.
Ray
Comment is about christmas past, 1947 (blog)
Original item by Clyde McCulley
it seems apt (for the story of life) that I can't remember how it started by the time I reach the end of it. I also think I'll have to read it quite a few times to unravel the story but this isn't a criticism of the poem, I just have very poor short term memory. Anyway it feels as if it is being told prettily and wittily and there's some really good moments in it.
Comment is about The story of life (blog)
Original item by Twilbury Wist
Your crunchy words came just in time
coated in sugar
and chewy in the middle
I've probably eaten more
than I should have
But you are mistaken
to think poetry an empty replacement
or inadequate diet.
There's moral fibre and meaty issues aplenty
The fruit of other people's reasoning
and vital new tree ants
at least I think that's what we call them.
And no matter how sweet or flowery
poetry has no calories so
speaking of that
it cannot make you fat.
Comment is about HUNGRY SOULS (blog)
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Thanks for reading & tapping the Like generator, Pratishtha, Liam, & Mark!
Comment is about A Silhouette in Time (blog)
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I love bubbles. I never thought of them as personal story rainbows, but will forever now. It’s sad that bubbles are a trigger for a tragic story in your life, yet so inspiring that you are brave enough to create a new bubble memory. Great share Simon. ❤️
Comment is about Bubbles (blog)
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Philipos
Wed 16th Dec 2020 13:10
Hugely funny in a droll sort of way and that was only the first part of the read.
Must catch up on the rest later as I have to head into town.
Am still chuckling.
Reminded me of the Stanley Holloway Monologues, which, if you haven't re-read recently, you ought to.
Good luck with the writing.
P.
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It's going to be a bit different this year, but maybe when things get back to normal we'll better appreciate what we have.
Comment is about The Week Before Christmas (blog)
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<Deleted User> (18980)
Wed 16th Dec 2020 07:27
It's been an interesting period, the like of which we'll never see again...probably.
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<Deleted User> (18980)
Wed 16th Dec 2020 07:24
Perhaps you could work the word 'bubble' into the poem Mark...
Comment is about CHRISTMAS SNOW (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Woahhhh! Your first submission was fiyah(fire)! It was deep, intellectual, & a well put together life story that many can relate to. Keep up the good work & may the Universe bless.
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So good John. Your poetry inspires me. ?
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Philipos
Wed 16th Dec 2020 00:20
Poignant times MC, thank you for sharing that.
May yours be a jolly one.
P
Comment is about CHRISTMAS SNOW (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
taylor
Tue 15th Dec 2020 22:12
Wow!! you know how to perfectly express your emotions, the way you use words is so beautiful. This poem is deep especially for music lovers like me !
I'll be waiting for more like these ?
Comment is about The melodic grass (blog)
Original item by pratishtha singh
Sing to yourself of who you were and who you are and who you want to be... Who you met and who you know and who you want to meet... What you've felt and what you feel and what you want to feel. Throw your thoughts and words about until they start to stick, take the best of these and make it poetry.
But if your words pour out only in agony, as an outlet for pain or to heal yourself again, or to keep you mostly sane it must be some relief, that the material is gone and your life can go on quite happily.
Your words will always be there when you need them.
Comment is about I need new material... (blog)
Original item by Damon Stigen
I'm torn between being sad for you about having all those problems to write about or happy for you that you've written such a great poem about it - I feel like I should be sad about the problems (and I am) but then I feel like maybe that's poem-envy disguised as best intentions, so then I go back to being glad you wrote the poem, and then i am really guilty that I'm valuing poetry more than human suffering - I am torn up! If I take these two pieces and weave them together a bit then I think it summarises as I'm really sorry that you had those difficult problems but at least on the bright side... based on the evidence of this poem if anyone is going to be able to get out of the cycle it'll be you.
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Original item by jezzalee
Thanks Julie. I'd be interested to see which track that TV drama would take. Could be right up my street!
And Aviva ? glad I've made your mind 'float', which must be a good thing! And, yes, spilling it down your throat is acceptable. Much better than over the carpet!
Comment is about A Silhouette in Time (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
victoriavautaw@gmail.com
Thu 17th Dec 2020 22:35
Love this peaceful poem Aviva! ~ V
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