"Don't you know everyone's dying?
It's all the rage."
I seriously love these lines. This is the type of thing that I'll think about over and over because of the double meaning.
Kate Tempest is like, "Hold your own... and really hold them." This reminds me of that ?
Comment is about Show Me (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Fri 9th Apr 2021 04:07
small is better.
Long poems bore.
Comment is about Aviva Rifka Bhandari (poet profile)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Fri 9th Apr 2021 03:32
Can't believe you are in your 70's.
you look so young.
?
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
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<Deleted User> (30611)
Thu 8th Apr 2021 23:32
One of your shortest, and also your best Hugh.
Comment is about A dangerous cycle thwarted (blog)
Original item by hugh
Thank you for commenting Stephen. ?
All commenters so far have seen this as a cheerful poem, which is fascinating and wonderful. I now can see it can be interpreted that way.
Comment is about A Cheerful Poem (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thanks Ghazala, I think that's perhaps the dilemma and turning point in most relationships, be it partner, family, friends, etc. When you realise that you stand side by side by choice rather than a sense of obligation or duty. Sometimes you need to cut people free to find out if they'll stay anyway, and sadly, sometimes you just need to cut them free altogether. So glad you liked it. ❤
J. x
Comment is about Severed Ties (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Yes, nicely done .. thought provoking
Comment is about Cynics (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
This is great and life-affirming.
Comment is about A Cheerful Poem (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thanks to John, Aviva, Keith, Holden and Hugh for the likes and to Keith and M.C. for their comments.
Cynics may think that they base their opinions on experience (i.e. their experience) but they often personify a lack of generosity and hope, without which any sort of future looks bleak.
Thanks once again to all the readers.
Comment is about Cynics (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Some times there's a challenge to make a choice between the ties to maintain and ties to severe. Although difficult but not impossible. We just need to understand that its better to break few ties to make permanently new beautiful relationships with someone you love. Its natural. Those who love and care for each other they hv an unbreakable eternal bond forever.?
Comment is about Severed Ties (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
MC,
“For ladies’ pleasure now we do
A stronger signal from O2”.
And thanks for the Likes, Holden, Stephen and Aviva.
Comment is about STAIRLIFT TO HEAVEN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you to Stephen G., MC., and Martin for your comments and also thank you to Philipos, Aviva and Holden for your likes
Keith
Comment is about A Mortal Moment (blog)
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HI MC glad you liked my poem work horses. I hope you could hear it all the way through. On my MacBook it stops just before the end.
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Ha-ha. Speaking from the longer side of my 70s, I get your drift.
I think there has to be a certain acceptance that our "get up and go"
has "got up and gone"!
Comment is about Author Ritis (blog)
Original item by d.knape
It has been said that cynicism is the last resort of idealism.
I see the logic in that observation even while I understand how it conflicts with confidence in love, with the latter's demands on patience, forbearance and forgiveness.
Comment is about Cynics (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you Ghazala and Keith for your comments ?
Keith actually this was written over thirty years ago, we are still with my 17 year old self, but it was pretty anthemic for me then and has been again at various times throughout the years since. It does seem particularly apt for lockdown thinking, too. Have fun with your wardrobe and whichever colours of the rainbow suit you best!
Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about A Cheerful Poem (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Ho-ho. Always good to find a reason to smile!! ?
So Hannah makes do with her mobile phone
In place of Kevin's personal 'bone.
Comment is about STAIRLIFT TO HEAVEN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The Irish affinity with horses is surely hereditary and ongoing. The
sight of dray horses was a regular feature of big city streets in
other times and this happily still lingers on in reduced numbers.
No one minded slowing down in a busy street when their majestic
forms plodded into view, ornately burnished and lovingly brushed
to provide visual delight. Work horses that made the word "work"
something both proud and pleasing to witness.
Comment is about Work Horses (blog)
Original item by David Cooke
JC - it's been observed that what you don't have/know, you don't miss. Conversely, what you know and enjoy means its absence
can be missed. A small consolation for the solo toilers in the arts
and crafts of this life. ?
hardwiredtometallica - (makes me think of a heavy metal band!) -
thanks for the comment.
Comment is about POET (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Aviva,
you must be bursting free from the chains of lockdown. Me too. I have had enough of all this drudgery but shall not go as far as a dress of red and gold, at least not until the weekend.
A cheerful poem
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about A Cheerful Poem (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
There are factors I definitely don't understand but that's because it's your life, your pain you talk about. I love that. I love that for you. Painfilled poems always give me some kind of feeling of relief. It makes it better somehow. I hope it does it for you too.
Nevertheless, it's a really beautiful creation. It has a good flow to it. And most important: you convey your pain, even when I don't fully know what you mean, in such a well written, well expressed way that I still feel like I know your pain. I can relate and read that poem with an aching but warming heart. ?
Comment is about Reader discretion advised. “The Curse and the Cure” (blog)
Original item by ElleH619
This. I love the focus on the positive and how it makes you feel. Especially wondering about if they know how much you appreciate them. It's a really pure thing to capture. And it makes me kind of sad that it reminds me of better times. But at the same time I am glad it does. Thank you for your words of gathered joy.
Comment is about Back in the Day (blog)
Original item by Alex O Dubhghaill
Simple, yet so sweet and joy bringing. How it lifts up the spirit of poets and their (own) work. I like it.
Comment is about POET (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Just a kind of song my heart sings. Loved it.?
Comment is about A Cheerful Poem (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Who’d miss us if we weren’t here though, MC?
Comment is about POET (blog)
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Thanks Stephen, it was written while I was listening to music now I come to think of it, so that's probably the reason. ?
J. x
Comment is about Profer The Hand That Saves (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
1977
Colour is seen
inside every poem
white is the paper
black is the pen.
1978
Love melted the snow
when your Father
picked you up from school.
Comment is about #NaPoWriMo Haiku of Life 1977 and 1978 (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Thanks to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem. ?
Comment is about Peanut Brittle (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thankyou Stephen. On a general level I have always opposed capital punishment. But I would make an exception for fly tippers.
Comment is about FLY TIPPING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
What a profound opening line.
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about Cynics (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Hi Ferris, many thanks for stopping by and liking my latest piece. I enjoyed reading your posts and look forward to reading more. ??
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Thank you for your comment, Stephen. ???
Comment is about Let Go (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
That last line is a killer of a last line, Emer (:
Comment is about Tangled (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
Splendid stuff. Perhaps we should tip the tippers (not financially, of course).
Comment is about FLY TIPPING (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Yes, we had a drop in temperature of over 20°c.
Comment is about All Four Seasons (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Hi Keith, I'm so pleased you felt it was rampant that is certainly what I was hoping to re-capture. It can get hot and sweaty in the confines of a lift, so moist sounds about right ? Thanks for the like and for reading. Hopefully, I'll write another poem soon. There's got to be one lurking somewhere... Cheers, Tom.
Comment is about Old Poem (blog)
Original item by Tom
Sympathies, but a nice little poem with a great title. ?
Comment is about Author Ritis (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Reflective and rewarding. Time is but a series of moments - to be
approached, accepted and assessed according to our own way of
dealing with life and what is offers (or does not, of course)..
Comment is about A Mortal Moment (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Tom,
The last place for this poem is the bin. It is masterful, passionate and full of rampant energy. I have read it several times which have left me feeling quite moist.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about Old Poem (blog)
Original item by Tom
Martin,
Thank you for your recent comment on my latest poem "A Mortal Moment" and also for the many other comments you have so generously made. I value greatly your comments as they are a source of constant encouragement.
Keith
Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)
Original item by Martin Elder
keith jeffries
Fri 9th Apr 2021 11:29
I agree with Ferris, those two lines shout out the fact that this is a transitory experience. Where does the truth lie hidden? A question with a much sought after answer. The answer is two fold. We need to live this life in humility, motivated by a spirit of generosity and love as it is a prelude to an ultimate reality. We are in a preparatory and transient stage awaiting the fulfilment of creation's or the creator's purpose.
An excellent poem and thank you for it
Keith
Comment is about Show Me (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari