Thanks for commenting on this haiku, Paul. Thanks for the Likes, Stephen G, Stephen A, and Aviva. Not much - but worth saying.
Comment is about Christmas 2020 (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
And it isn't just behind you, it is all around you. ?
Comment is about Oh Yes It Is! (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
The thing is trying has a cost (cost of effort, cost of energy, cost of emotions, cost of time, cost of resources, cost of other things not tried, cost of opinions etc) and admittedly with the odd event driven exception, in general you get what you pay for. Like any other sort of shopping or gambling, the better your research the more probable a good result from the transaction. Imperative trying (all out all expenses) isn't appropriate for every type of need and even then the outcome of the attempt (not just whether it succeeded but how much it ended up costing) still depends entirely on the intelligence of the try.
Comment is about Beyond Trying (blog)
Original item by Dean Fraser
Thanks, Paul. Janice, wasn’t it? I’ll give it foive.
Comment is about THE THREE HULATS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Great point Dean, But as long as we never give up trying, there will eventually be action. just try something different. Thomas Edison tried over 3000 times before "seeing the light" Thanks again dean, I was waiting. Have a great day. JD.
Comment is about Beyond Trying (blog)
Original item by Dean Fraser
I’m literally in love (now I am afraid I will sound cheesy) with the imagery in this poem. I enjoy the subtle twist of there potentially being another person behind your break for freedom...Saving the last kiss...What makes it so immersive, is the way, I, as a reader, can picture the landscapes. This is not just a typical love poem, it is a narrative driven picture of beauty in words. I am lost in nature with you and I don’t want to go home.
Comment is about The Runaway (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth
Thankyou, Stephen. I don't like to get too typecast.
Comment is about THE THREE HULATS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Sounds like the bar staff at my local ?. A change to your usual stuff, and a darkly superb offering it is!
Comment is about THE THREE HULATS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I read this earlier and I think this is an incredible piece of writing, however I didn't want to like or comment it initially because my personal philosophies and experiences are anti-nationalistic and against borders and therefore against concepts such as treason etc, so I can't relate and don't want to associate to or applaud the majority of what it describes. (even though I understand that others who have lived different lives in different places may well relate much better to every aspect, but I am not them, I am me)
But nobody else has liked or commented it (as yet) so I thought I'll at least pipe up and admire the writing skill, rather than have it go without any response at all (as yet)
Comment is about Clapping Hands to a Heroine (blog)
Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos
Thanks Po,
I like old Merc for being so non-PC!
Chris
Comment is about Mercury (blog)
Original item by Chris Hubbard
Thank you so much to Stephen and Cathy. In my opinion this is a poem that speaks to eternal verities: the bravery of people who resist persecution of their beliefs and people brave enough to face the fact of mortality. These topics are rarely popular but are always close to my heart.
Comment is about A Sufi Saint contemplates his imminent dissolution (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Hi Hugh - Thanks for feedback. Thanks for likes Julie & Stephen. Keep the faith. T?
Comment is about It's Christmas (Soul) Time (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Thank-you, Hugh, Tom, Julie, and Stephen A. for the likes, I am so, so, appreciative, Thank-you, Stephen G. for the comment, And Keith, Thank-you so much for outstanding insight, and bold comments as always.
Comment is about The Real Christmas (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
the voice of someone liberated. This is poetry at its best. "I often walk at a different pace" are words that speak to many of us.
Great poem
Keith
Comment is about Odd Man Out (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
JD., this is my Christmas poem because it introduces reality into this season which is so gift wrapped and swamped in tinsel and reindeers. Christmas has been hijacked by a secular society which has lost its way. Christ was born on this day, not Sana claus.
I love every word and thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about The Real Christmas (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
This has a real Larkin tone to it. We still send them out, although we think we get fewer back each year.
Comment is about Postcodes (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thanks for the Like Tom, & for the Like & kind comment Mr Po, nice to have you back after your winter retreat! Hope you found peace & contemplation ?
Comment is about The Falling of Snow (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
I never thought to write a poem while on hold, and frustrated. I suppose if I did, it would rhyme with Duck, Duck, Duck. you Sam bass poles.
Comment is about HSBC banking (blog)
Original item by hugh
Thank you Martin. Yes these were times when I was a poor kid growing up in the hills of Arkansas in the south, with no fan in the house.
Comment is about summer nights 1950s (blog)
Original item by Clyde McCulley
Good point, Aviva. Yes, I suppose you have to first conform to understand why you want to rebel.
Comment is about Foundations (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
I feel your pain, although with another bank (and a phone company). I must think up a similarly good slogan from their initials.
I think it's the same everywhere. Why are Western countries considered to have "Service economies"?
Comment is about HSBC banking (blog)
Original item by hugh
Thanks for the likes and for the extra lines Aviva.
Comment is about New Strain Pain (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
And yet I think it is those who are not allowed to fit in who have that desire to conform and be with all the rest, whilst those who are already amongst the throng and not allowed to be otherwise in fact have a strong desire to be different and that's why hammers are needed.
Comment is about Foundations (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
A really thoughtful poem. Thanks.
Comment is about To Those That Hurt Others (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Worth the read too! so romantic and well described.
Comment is about Worth The Wait (blog)
Original item by Peter Stafford
As you so well explain
in each catchy quatrain
we must all self-entertain
though it be such a bane
we mustn't our part disdain
for the virus to wane
Comment is about New Strain Pain (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Really sorry to hear that Jason. My prayers for a swift recovery go out to you
M
Comment is about Dragons (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
My wife witnessed this at the M25 services at Cobham today. She said it was very moving.
Comment is about Christmas 2020 (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks for the likes and comments, I may have already gone insane Ray, happy Xmas to you too. I too a video of the Benny Hill blackbirds but can't share it, they are still entertaining me.
Thanks Stephen for the comment, I think everyone will be relieved to hear that I am taking Christmas Day off. Happy Xmas to you.
Comment is about New Strain Pain (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Julie, just keep vaccinating us with a vial of your daily poetry ( you can have Xmas day off though) Another goodun ?
Comment is about New Strain Pain (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
This brought a most welcome smile to my face! Excellent rhyme and metre to well match the humourous nature of the poem.
Comment is about Mutant Heart (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
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Tue 22nd Dec 2020 12:12
Use the time wisely to build up your energy reserves Simon, or to build a wall down the centre of your bedroom.
Comment is about Mutant Heart (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
Either that or go insane..... I think Boris would approve. Happy Xmas to you!
Ray
Comment is about New Strain Pain (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
I'm sure we all echo those thoughts Jennifer. Happy safe Xmas for you and yours. Thanks for looking in all through the year - such as makes us glad one and all!
Ray
Comment is about A non Covid Christmas (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Hi J.D. - One of the best soul records ever. It definitely lifts your festive spirits. I will have to get the sax music and give it a try.
Merry (Soul) Christmas. Tom ?
Comment is about It's Christmas (Soul) Time (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
This has me in a celebrating mood, So good I do not know what to say. I love the music that you set this to, (Move on up, Curtis Mayfield). that song is on my playlist, I listen to it several times a day. Great horns, can you play along with it on your horn Tom?
Merry (soul) Christmas, JD.
Comment is about It's Christmas (Soul) Time (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Thanks Martin I'm really glad you liked it. Sorry mate, struggling to concentrate on reply, I'm afraid we've all come down with Covid for Christmas and it's wiped me out a bit.
J. x
Comment is about Dragons (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Tue 22nd Dec 2020 04:16
great response!
?
Comment is about Aviva Rifka Bhandari (poet profile)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thank you so much for this. I felt like you read some of my thoughts when creating this poem. The generalisations, stigma, and the questions people really need to contemplate before opening their months.
Comment is about What can you see? (blog)
Original item by Louise Clarke
Thank you Vautaw, Paul and Martin for your kind comments! ?
Comment is about Pretty Little Lights (blog)
Original item by Xoanxo
Thank you all for the Likes & continued support, Julie, John, J.D., Phillipos & Stephen & a Merry Christmas to you all! ( If that's possible!) ?=?
Comment is about The Falling of Snow (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thank you kindly marchant a. john. You don't just look, you see.
“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.”
― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Comment is about Re-vision (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
you always mange to convey so much with so few words Nigel and this is no exception. Fab mate
Comment is about Otherwise It Won't Come True (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
very eloquently and colourfully put. A beautiful poem
Comment is about city of sawdust and debris (blog)
Original item by Rob Cohen
Truly lovely poetry Adam.
Love it
Comment is about More Of The Same (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
There are some beautiful lines here. Not least
Everyday the scaffolding falls away
to reveal more of who I am
wonderful poem Keith
Thank you for posting
Comment is about We are growing (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
deanfraserofficial@yahoo.com
Wed 23rd Dec 2020 11:44
Thanks JD...great day straight back at you ?
Po - LOL ?
Aviva - love your feedback, as always ?
Comment is about Beyond Trying (blog)
Original item by Dean Fraser