Thanks for the Likes, Red Brick, Tom, Stephen and Aisha.
Comment is about ORANGE TWAT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Aisha, I hereby appoint you Ambassador of Hope and Cheerfulness. Two things we all can use a daily dose of. I also enjoy the rhyming in your poems. Well done!
Comment is about How Is Life? (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
Hi Rob-I'm with you ALL the way, having been in that situ, read the book, blah blah....so this wonderful poem hits the enjoyable spot, especially the second to last stanza! 👍
hope things work out for you as good as they did for me.
thinking of you mate
Tom
Comment is about Prison Workout (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Hi Graham,
Absolutely spot on, no mankind = no gods
I appreciate your encouragement and advice. I try to maintain confidence in myself although being aware of my own failings and my persistant disappointment with our species isn't much help.
Of course it does no good to dwell on such matters as it drags us into morose stagnation, I feel I am able to combat that and maintain my sense of humour, tempered with an unfortunate cynicism which probably manifests as grumpy old git syndrome.
I just read your new poem and will comment on it when I have a quiet few moments. You are right, there does seem to be a lot of sleep disruption amoung the population at the moment. I suppose it's a time of great uncertainty for many.
Thanks again,
David RL Moore
Comment is about And there will be no Gods (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Many thanks for likes: Red Brick Keshner, hugh, kimberley & Naomi. Hope you enjoyed your pancakes folks. 🥞👍
Comment is about It's Pancake Day Okay (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Love this! I can see the drum line dancing and singing to this. Love the image this paints.
Comment is about POWER OF THE DRUM (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
Sending you a big bag of G's (only joking). You can clearly feel the rhythm in your words! Cheered me up!
Comment is about POWER OF THE DRUM (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
David, insomnia is endemic at the moment I feel. Recently the sunrises have been something of a pay-off. I have a new piece ready to place on the blog acknowledging the inability to sleep and getting words in my head. The outrageous shenanigans in USA do nothing to help.
Gods are a man-made construct remember. Just believe in yourself.
Comment is about And there will be no Gods (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Gorgeous! I can feel the drummin'. Love it.
Comment is about POWER OF THE DRUM (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
Thanks Robert and Flyntland,
Thanks also to RBK, Rob, Stephen, Naomi and Hugh for the flowers.
I couldn't sleep last night and found myself watching the sun come up to another twist of the knife in the back of Ukraine and Europe. How long can we dress appeasement up as diplomacy and pretend shit isn't happening?
I only wish I was a few years younger without one gammy leg and a head full of rattlesnakes! I'd be pulling my boots back on today.
David RL Moore
Comment is about And there will be no Gods (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Thank you very much David, Landi and Flynt for taking the trouble to comment and also thanks to RBK, Hélène, Tom, Holden, Hugh, Aisha and Pinnochio. Yes, David, sometimes I feel on the edge but it's the people I love who drag me back. Yes, Landi, generational trauma kills, we have to fight hard to avoid repeating the violence of the past and yes, yes, yes, Tom Petty's sumfinelse! Also, Flyntland, the myth of the 'golden age' of an imaginary past has a strong, and deforming, grip of on the British view of themselves.
Comment is about TELLING TALES (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Good point hugh. I think I am going off the rails lol. 🛤 👍
Comment is about News.Rail pain,drug gain. (blog)
Original item by hugh
This is very uncomfortable reading, the only certainty appears to be eventual self-destruct. None of the myriad of 'Gods' can help.
Comment is about And there will be no Gods (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
To R.G. Mann, Hugh, Aisha, and Helene, I thought that was such an odd subject that no one would read it, but you did and even went so far as to like it. Thank you for that.
Comment is about FLINT LANDS (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
Thank you David your comment is greatly appreciated.
Comment is about FLINT LANDS (blog)
Original item by Flyntland
Anyone born into poverty during the 40s. will have experienced some aspects of your haunting poem. Professionalism hadn't been invented, bullying was normal, good old days did not exist.
Comment is about TELLING TALES (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Love it, a good giggle over breakfast. Thank you
Comment is about Owed to the Subtitles Righter (blog)
Original item by Rob J Mann
A sombre and sobering piece this one Stephen. The older I get the more I think of a resting place. Hopefully I'll get to choose my own unlike many poor devils!
Comment is about The Vineyard (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Our lives, and quite possibly the planet's death, are being controlled from inner space. Satellites, controlled from who knows where and by whom we know (and don't) to their own ends, will be weaponised sometime soon. They say what goes around, comes around.
While there are human beings, there will be false Gods - I'm hoping that I won't be one of those beings too much longer, thus avoiding the consequences of their whims.
Comment is about And there will be no Gods (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Thanks for likes: Yanma Hidayah, TOM MERTON & Naomi. 👍
Comment is about More Dead Than Alive (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Hi John,
I couldn't sleep tonight...I came to my screen and read this.
We are in the same bandwidth of despair and near surrender, it is some strange comfort to know mine is not the only sleepless night.
Thanks John,
David
Comment is about TELLING TALES (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
The world has a way of passing down generational trauma in spite of the freshness of youth...
..it's a wonder I don't wish to understand.
great song )
Comment is about TELLING TALES (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
wow Devon! real honest to goodness poetry!
Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'Migration on a Bad Day' by Devon Brock (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Thanks. Some good points. I'm glad for the comments.
Marla
Comment is about A Poet With An Ego (blog)
Original item by Marla Joy
What a lovely friendly poem Aisha. I'm actually smiling while
I'm reading it-and why not?😆
best of my regards
and also hope that your day goes well 💐
Tom
Comment is about Sunny Smiles (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
… on “bear poetry” - I would imagine so @tryingthings😂🙏🏻🕊🌷
Comment is about pallavitryingthings (poet profile)
Original item by pallavitryingthings
…on ”bear pottery” - I would imagine so @Robert 😂🙏🏻🕊🌷
Comment is about Rob J Mann (poet profile)
Original item by Rob J Mann
I would imagine so @Robert @tryingthings😂🙏🏻🕊🌷
Comment is about ‘bear pottery’ (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
I understand that they haven't really 'thrown' themselves into it and they tend to 'crack' as the heat builds.😄
Comment is about ‘bear pottery’ (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
I love your mum's sewing kit, Lee! A clever, compelling, heartwarming poem. As a "mom" (California, USA), with 2 grown sons facing life's challenges, this poem made me smile. I imagine your mum was a special lady.
Comment is about Sew Me (with audio recording) (blog)
Original item by Lee Campbell
A splendid poem on exploring an essential question: who am I?
Comment is about Born Into Belief (blog)
Original item by pallavitryingthings
It helps me to contemplate definitions. Defining Ego as "sense of self," ego in this sense can contribute to purposeful writing. Defining Ego as "overinflated focus on one's own success at the expense of others," ego in this sense, can interfere w/ heartfelt writing. That's my 2 cents, guys.
Love the line: "But a poet with a heart that is open
Gets out of the way
And lets the truth speak."
Comment is about A Poet With An Ego (blog)
Original item by Marla Joy
Mon 3rd Mar 2025 10:37
Bears - ever the cultured lot, the recently unhibernated have taken to ceramics - as a meditative exercise maybe!
Comment is about ‘bear pottery’ (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Thanks Manish re ' Almost but never quite '
Comment is about Manish (poet profile)
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Thanks Naomi re ' Almost but never quite '
Comment is about Naomi (poet profile)
Original item by Naomi
Cheers Mr. Moncrieff re ' Almost but never quite '
Comment is about Holden Moncrieff (poet profile)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Thank you Helene, much appreciated.
David RL Moore
Comment is about With the Certainty of the Day (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
… on “the rising” - Thanks Robert, 🌷there seems of late no room for any real optimism. Only flashbacks of an alternate 1917 universe. That’s not the type of historical era one would wish to repeat. 🙏🏻🕊 (rbk)
Comment is about Rob J Mann (poet profile)
Original item by Rob J Mann
Thanks Robert, 🌷there seems of late no room for any real optimism. Only flashbacks of an alternate 1917 universe. That’s not the type of historical era one would wish to repeat. 🙏🏻🕊
Comment is about the rising (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Sun 2nd Mar 2025 23:21
Thank you so much, Robert and Stephen, I really appreciate your comments!
Comment is about Wolf (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Don't you need to have an ego to be a writer, otherwise why bother?
Comment is about A Poet With An Ego (blog)
Original item by Marla Joy
Loved this a lot Ruth especially the ending. Thank you!
Warm regards
Tom
Comment is about Tramlines (blog)
Original item by Ruth Guest
Flyntland
Wed 5th Mar 2025 14:14
How well you put your questions - I struggled for answers when my 'God' was chosen for me - now I am free and do not have to obey any 'made up' rules designed to own and control me.
I strongly believe in compassion and equality and that covers everything for me.
Comment is about Born Into Belief (blog)
Original item by pallavitryingthings