Beautiful, and loved all the light metaphors, sunlight, moonlight, cnadle, flash of radiance, lingering rays etc. A very clever way to describe a person who possessed qualities which lit up a life, but which set to soon. Loved it.

Jennifer

Comment is about Her Sunset Came Too Early (blog)

Original item by simon lucan

Thanks again everyone, EVERYONE, Paul, About to post some of my favorites that are spiritual in nature, with some Quotes thrown in.
stand by.

Comment is about My education (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Commiserations - such a tribulation of loss - so reminds me of Grays Elegy - and the tolling of memorial sentences.

Seize on the precious times with which to hang your thoughts.

Dogs must surely qualify for the after life - I'd hate it if were not so.

Blessings.

P

Comment is about A letter to Leah (untitled) (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Thanks Andy, appreciate your words. I'm ok, hope you & your family are coping! Looks like it may be some time before we're back at Word Central ? take care x

Comment is about Masks of grief (blog)

Original item by Hilary Walker

May all your wishes come true,
And a future that pleases you.

Comment is about I wish (blog)

Original item by Ghazala lari

Impressive voice.....?10 for the poem?

Comment is about Now Truly Living (blog)

Original item by Dean Fraser

"I just need to be me." Good one.

Comment is about My education (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Thank-you Keith, This on came to me recently when a friend asked what I read.

Comment is about My education (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

JD.,
Another good poem. In particular I liked the words, "Writing was complicated Reading set me free". I think many would agree with you on this. I was below average at school but eventually arrived at Oxford University. Never give up JD

Keith

Comment is about My education (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

thank-you for likes and comments, I wish my return comments could be as elegantly written. Paul, I read that thoroughly, cool, more intelligent comments later. thanks, J.D.

Comment is about A letter to Leah (untitled) (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Welcome to WOL Brittany! Fellow Hoosier here. This is a really cool place for support from poets around the world. I’m looking forward to reading your poetry. Write on! ~ V

Comment is about Brittany Rochelle Genaro (poet profile)

Original item by Brittany Rochelle Genaro

Thanks Jennifer, glad you liked it. I think we all need to lighten the mood every now and again, in fact especially now. ?

J. x

Comment is about Cricket Bats & Persian Cats (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

I'm a tear stained petal dressed in the shade sorrow. So delicately sad but holds so much beauty. Wonderful piece Jordyn and very relatable

Comment is about Journey (blog)

Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth

Thank you for sharing your lovely memories on the Emerald Isle.

Appreciated.

P

Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Thank you for sharing your lovely memories on the Emerald Isle.

Appreciated.

P

Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Thanks be to those stalwart souls who commented upon or liked this poem, versions of which have rattled around in my mind and heart for years. "A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness." ~Robert Frost

Comment is about When the poet ceases singing (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thank you Stephen for your comments. We shall come through this nightmare.

Comment is about The future is bleak (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

Thank you very much for reading and the comment.

Comment is about Pictures Of You (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

It is an old adage Keith, but, it does apply-

that you never fail to poetically please!





Rose ?

Comment is about Darkness and Light (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Two questions
1) how do you switch your gift off as its important to do this sometimes
2) I largely get clairsentenance but sometimes get clairaudience do the two sometimes work together? X

Comment is about A letter to Leah (untitled) (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

I too am a bit selective when lobbing brass out, MC. If someone is busking I’m only too happy to shove them a bob or two; they have enriched my day. I don’t mind giving a Greggs food voucher to some down-and-out in a sleeping bag. On the other hand if they’re gobbling fags and slurping a bottle of Diamond White I don’t. “That might be their only pleasure” I hear some saying. “Well swop it” I say. “Swop it for the pleasure of reading a book or buying a sandwich”.

Comment is about LITTLE BASTARDS (TRICK OR TREATING) (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you very much, Greg and M.C. and thanks to everyone for the likes.

There is obviously a tendency to look back at 1966 through rose-tinted glasses and of course some of the players have had difficulties in their later lives.But just for one day the world seemed a better place and the likes of Nobby left us with so many wonderful memories.

Comment is about Our distant friend (Remembering Nobby Stiles) (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Virtual hug x

Comment is about The Lighthouse Keeper's Song (blog)

Original item by Tom

A really beautiful, heartfelt poem.

Comment is about A letter to Leah (untitled) (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

One of your very best, Ray, and you set a high standard. Jennifer

Comment is about MORE RAIN (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Always admired Sean, he seemed to be able to lead as normal a life as is possible for one of his fame. He remained as goodlooking as ever even in old age, and became a great actor. The Name of the Rose is a memorable film. He was definitely the best 007 ever. Will be greatly missed by many. Pussy Galore also made silly girls giggle Paul!
Jennifer

Comment is about SEAN AT NINETY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

An unusual subject,very well imagined, and recounting how perhaps, we have all felt lonely, frustrated and isolated this terrible year. Hope our boat doesn't take too long to arrive. Loved it.

Jennifer

Comment is about The Lighthouse Keeper's Song (blog)

Original item by Tom

Really clever and very funny! Need to read it slowly again several times. Admit will have to look up Kage and Theodor Geisel!

Jennifer

Comment is about The People I Never Have Met (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Nice one! Do fish have fingers? Is an anchorwoman a kind of sea creature? A comic strip is a man getting undressed? A chest of drawers a lot of tattoos on a torso?

Great stuff, jennifer

Comment is about Cricket Bats & Persian Cats (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Would love to know what she needed to be absolved of?! Enjoyed your lament, lovely vein of irony as usual.

Jennifer

Comment is about Carnage (blog)

Original item by simon lucan

Extremely evocative, beautiful writing, one can almost smell the mustiness of old dusty folders.

Jennifer

Comment is about The Archive (blog)

Original item by Peter Stafford

Really feel for you, as it is so traumatic when you lose a beloved companion. Your feelings are so well expressed. They give so much more than they take, always pleased to see you, to fit in with any plan, (except a bath!), and know if you are depressed about something. Jennifer

Comment is about A letter to Leah (untitled) (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Nice one! Perhaps better not to listen to the television spreading the news, as it isn't too reassuring at the moment.

Jennifer

Comment is about COVID NINETEEN (Start spreading the news) (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Fascinating! One of the best places for this is an airport, I have found, as there are so many varieties of human being passing by. On the other hand you can't put what you learn about them to much use, as you will never see most of them again. To think what their lives might be like is fascinating though.

Jennifer

Comment is about People Watching (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

So true Keith, but few people realise this, or need for various reasons to keep their real self hidden, so' spend their lives in a charade', as you so cleverly point out. Great writing, and advice to take to heart.

Jennifer

Comment is about True North (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

How easy it is
for us to slip.

How hard it is
to hold onto only words.

When all we crave
is someone else's touch.

Comment is about Pictures Of You (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Well worth the re-run, like any good piece of entertainment.
The young can be both cunning & devious. I recall a young lad in a pub bar who was seeking cash support for some athletic endeavour
and got quite stroppy when I said I'd pay up on proof of completion.
I wonder how many paid up and never knew or heard anything more of that means of divesting the well-meaning from their money?

Comment is about LITTLE BASTARDS (TRICK OR TREATING) (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A timely and effective tribute to one of the sporting signposts of my
generation, now removed from the highway of life. Good one.

Comment is about Our distant friend (Remembering Nobby Stiles) (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Glad you liked it.. Thanks for the encouraging comment Tom

Comment is about Thank you for the memories (blog)

Original item by Poetique

I wish I could turn my flower into a hug and send it to you. Keep on the right path and take one step at a time.

Comment is about Journey (blog)

Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth

The passion and thought you have put into this masterpiece, place on the path of your future life and all will turn out well .You have opened up brilliantly. Well done.

Comment is about Journey (blog)

Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth

Thank-you to all leaving likes and comments, I am overwhelmed with gratitude, and feeling to bashful to say much,I am glad you enjoyed my delightful happy story. I am going to follow with a open letter to my dearly departed dog Leah thank-you again J.D. (and Leah)

Comment is about a BAD start to the year 2020 (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

The only upside to this pandemic, Kev, is that our worldwide fans are not spoiled with too much of our literary genius!

Comment is about LITTLE BASTARDS (TRICK OR TREATING) (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks Dean, Keith, Lisa, JD and Stephen for reading and the likes on this one. And thanks Keith for commenting. This year was really getting to me a week or two ago, feeling pretty hopeless. Much better now (despite the new lockdown) but glad to have gotten this little poem out of the gloom.

Comment is about The Lighthouse Keeper's Song (blog)

Original item by Tom

Thank you

Comment is about Ah, My Heart Aches! (blog)

Original item by Ujjal Mandal

One of my favourites of yours. If things were normal, I'd be requesting this one at Well Spoken

Cheers Kevin

Comment is about LITTLE BASTARDS (TRICK OR TREATING) (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Not a zombie, they are brought back from the dead, I just had a chance to visit the dead for a brief moment once is all.

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

Original item by d.knape

Fun Poem! It twisted my tongue!

Comment is about The People I Never Have Met (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

"The hills are alive with the sound of music"

Great poem!

and you better get some sleep!

Comment is about When the poet ceases singing (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Just the written words alone are a release. As the living beasts in our mind awake, find the words to how they make you feel and they will go back to sleep. There may be some painful waves, one day you will wake and wonder where they have gone in the deep ocean of thought. Strings that no longer bind you. set your focus on the highest, and find love through your family and friends. And most important of all, allow yourself to love yourself.


Peace

Comment is about Journey (blog)

Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth