Very nice Julie, I was overcome with peace and serenity when I let the words carry me away. The pic really set the mood. Thanks again for your contributions, love it. P.S. I read some of your old poems from May of 2020 when looking up the first Bluebell Woods poem. Wow, so many poems since then. Thank-you, J.D.
Comment is about Escape Room (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
I can't speak for Kevin, Emma, but when I initially read his words I assumed he was having a go at others, not you! But no one is obliged to comment on any poems. Some have more time to spend on the site than others, we understand that.
Comment is about Infatuation (blog)
Original item by Emma-Jane Stradling
Thank you Nazia, Stephen A, Holden and John for the likes. I wrote this last year and it was probably one of the first poems I posted. I sat down to try to write a new bluebell poem yesterday but I couldn't get this one out of my head.
Comment is about Bluebell Woods (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Hi. Somehow I missed all the comments on this! Thanks.
Ferris Ty Taylor from what I remember it wasn't about homophobia but there were elements of getting rid of dead wood men but women too.
Comment is about Dead Wood (blog)
Original item by Emma-Jane Stradling
I don't know if Kevin was referring to me not commenting or other people not commenting on my poem? @GregFreeman do you know?
Comment is about Infatuation (blog)
Original item by Emma-Jane Stradling
Thank you to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem. ?
Comment is about Taken From Me (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Mon 10th May 2021 03:53
thanks.
Smiley Face
wink.
Comment is about Ghazala lari (poet profile)
Original item by Ghazala lari
Mon 10th May 2021 03:52
have been gone for a few days.
aren't you tired of balancing on one foot?
Comment is about hugh (poet profile)
Original item by hugh
Mon 10th May 2021 03:51
have been gone for a few days.
so...no poetry.
Comment is about Aviva Rifka Bhandari (poet profile)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Philipos
Sun 9th May 2021 10:07
A moving and telling testament to the challenges some people face but which beggar belief for those not cursed with these experiences. Thank you for sharing that with us. Appreciated. P ?
Comment is about Our house (blog)
Original item by Sanja Atanasovska
Thanks for the likes, Nazia, Holden, JD and Stephen G also for the kind comment. It was so nice the sun made an appearance to bring a lovely end to the week. Thanks also to Hugh who liked the duplicate post.
Comment is about Tonight’s Walk (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thank you for your comment Tom, and for the title suggestion ?
I can see how 'weathered' could apply to time, nature, wind, rain, storm, and pain - but one of the interpretations of 'weathered' can mean 'got through it' whereas the subject of this poem hasn't 'got through it' at all. I hope you don't mind that I can't use this suggestion, I've had so many ideas about the title that I haven't used too ('Last Request', 'Between Gods', 'A Family Affair', 'For Crying Out Loud' - and those are just the one's that got written down then crossed out or recently thought of and rejected)
The reason why Weeping Wounds might work is because 'the not-blood' is tears, weeping wounds also can mean infected (too gross to explain further), and also there's the interpretation where 'wounds' is the verb - weeping (implied: too long) causes damage.
Still, I'm not absolutely sure yet about this title either or that there might not be some better idea ahead...
Thank you also Nigel for your suggestion ?
Although 'Desperate Cure Wanted' is the crux of the meaning, it would deflate the arrival of the word 'cure' when it appears in the poem. - but 'Desperate' or 'Desperate Prayer' might both work.
Comment is about Desperate Prayer (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thanks for your well appreciation Nazia, today's conditions are really very insipid!
Comment is about GONE ARE THE DAYS... (blog)
Original item by DR. MUKUND BHANDARI
Desperate Cure Wanted.
Comment is about Desperate Prayer (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thanks for all your likes
Stephanie S
Aviva
Holden
Stephen G
and
Stephen A.
Comment is about Held Accountable (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thank you for the likes Greg, Philipos, Tony, Stephen, J.D, Aviva, Holden, Nazia and Stephanie! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read.
And thanks Philipos, it's absolutely a reminiscence. I have a vague memory of trying to write this poem about ten years ago when the feelings were still raw but I couldn't get it to work.
Comment is about The Window Box (blog)
Original item by Tom
Great work Aviva (as always). I love the passion in your writing. Weathered Wounds?
Comment is about Desperate Prayer (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thanks, Aviva, I like your suggestion.?
Comment is about Dreamscape (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
To one and all - thanks for the comments and the "likes".
Comment is about BEDDED BLISS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thank you, Julie. You really capture the scene.
Comment is about Tonight’s Walk (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thank you for commenting Stephen, and for the suggestion. ?
'Weeping Wounds' might work well ?
Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about Desperate Prayer (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
An intense poem, deceptively simple. Perhaps "wounds" as a title?
Comment is about Desperate Prayer (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
An interesting, thought-provoking poem. Thank you.
Take care of yourself.
Comment is about Collapse (blog)
Original item by Lewis O'Brien
There can still be treasures hidden
Even in what looks to be a hopeless case.
Comment is about Hopeless Heart (blog)
Original item by Lewis O'Brien
Many thanks for liking this Stephen, Stephen and Tony.
Glad you found favour S G. It was quite a surprise!
Graham, you've hit the nail on the head - I did feel regret. Sometimes it's a mood thing. Amateurism in any field often leads to emotions running away, as opposed to the wise specialist. We invest what we feel into our lives and then often punish ourselves. A thousand ants can't be wrong.
Hope you're well. Ray
Comment is about CHRISTMAS TREE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
It become monochromatic, no rainbows ? are left
Comment is about GONE ARE THE DAYS... (blog)
Original item by DR. MUKUND BHANDARI
Eloquently described ?
Comment is about John Bunyan's Shed (blog)
Original item by Graham Parker and his musings
Without the last line you would leave the reader in their own imagination (in their own dreamscape).
Comment is about Dreamscape (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
This has everything including the garden shed! ?
Comment is about John Bunyan's Shed (blog)
Original item by Graham Parker and his musings
Thank you Nigel for commenting ?
The line 'knight takes maiden' is a strong one,
It has connotations of chivalry, anti-chivalry, and also chess!
Thanks also to everyone who clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about War Of The Sexes (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Philipos
Sat 8th May 2021 08:36
Refreshingly different Sanja - enjoyed the read. P ?
Comment is about I am ... (blog)
Original item by Sanja Atanasovska
It s a myth that the new generation don' t understand the value of ideal meaning. So sometimes people who fight for ideal forget .
They forget the freedom. How freedom can be forget? When someones see in your free country " the unfair of being free" . You know , I have never met dictators only hurmed people by them.
Comment is about Freedom day-Africa (blog)
Original item by Jadia4708au
Thank you to those who have clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
I know this is quite a dark and depressing poem but actually I do like the lightly varying rhythm of this one.
Comment is about Screams Of A Spoilt Child (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Philipos
Fri 7th May 2021 18:49
Great reminiscence, well done.
Enjoyed.
P
Comment is about The Window Box (blog)
Original item by Tom
Your call is important to us
It is important that we don't answer it.
?
Comment is about High Volume (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Eventually through to us you have got,
But unfortunately your call will cost a lot.
Comment is about High Volume (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks, MC. I did some work there at Royal Mail a few years ago and followed it up with a caravan holiday there shortly after.
And there are, of course, other fry-eries.
And thanks for the Like, Stephen A.
Comment is about "AS SURE AS GOD'S IN GLOUCESTER..." (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I like this for its old-style message of localised hope and confidence
and for the appealing rhythm of the words that tell its story.
Comment is about "AS SURE AS GOD'S IN GLOUCESTER..." (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Artwork by: Sergey Svistunov ? https://www.deviantart.com/fear-sas
Comment is about 14/12/1994 (blog)
Original item by Your Royal Poetess
Please try later.
You are on hold.
Our executives are busy.
Sorry for the inconvenience. ?
Comment is about High Volume (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks for the Likes, Philipos, Aviva, Holden and Stephen.
Comment is about "AS SURE AS GOD'S IN GLOUCESTER..." (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you for the likes, yet more reasons to be grateful?. Thank you for the kind comments Ghazala and MC, yes there is much to find if you stop to look and listen.
Comment is about Reasons To Be Grateful Week One (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Fri 7th May 2021 04:03
No apologies necessary.
I have successfully duped you
into thinking I write
poetry.
Something is further from the truth.
We just don't know what it is.
?
Comment is about Graham Sherwood (poet profile)
Original item by Graham Sherwood
Fri 7th May 2021 02:56
"something to crow about"!!
I like that MC.
Good come back!
?
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
julie callaghan
Mon 10th May 2021 12:38
I admit to doing the same course a couple of years ago, so annoying. Hope you get sorted soon.
Comment is about University Of Stupidity (blog)
Original item by d.knape