Thank you Nigel for your poetic response.

Being believed in
Helps us believe in ourselves,
But even if the whole world
Acts with doubts and disbelief
And mistaken mistrust
We should doubt the rest of the world
Because we are closest to our own truth
And even we don't know everything that we can do.

Comment is about Genesis (blog)

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Thank you for commenting, John ?
(sorry for the late response, too)

Jumping the gun almost always leads to the unexpected ?

Comment is about Jumping The Gun (blog)

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Believing in yourself
gives you that chance
that built up in every line.

Comment is about Genesis (blog)

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This would make a great heavy metal or even death metal song, I can hear it performed in that sort of style.

Comment is about wrath (blog)

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I’m pretty sure I’ve heard you do this at Well Spoken, Kevin. Tin tin, indeed,

Comment is about Silvie (a re-post) (blog)

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Dear Nigel, thanks for your poem! I was just speaking with a patient the other day who had a mysterious shadow turn up on his lung scan in which he is waiting for the biopsy for the results. the waiting game sure is hard. Thank you for articulating this so nicely in your words. Best wishes, Rasa

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Original item by Nigel Astell

Thanks Greg
I'd love a jukebox too, but not only can't I afford one, but I don't have room for one either. Maybe one day if I win the lottery.

Keith I'm glad you explained yourself before the image of you in drag fully formed. I can remember being obsessed with Tocatta by Sky and playing it ad-nauseam on the jukebox . I don't even like that tune now.
I assume that some pubs do still have jukeboxes, but the one I mostly use prides itself on not having one.

Thanks also for those who pressed like.

Cheers Kevin

Comment is about The Old Rugged Cross (A sequel to Flo's Domain) (blog)

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I got into difficulty playing I-Spy trying to give clues about something that wasn’t there.

Comment is about hOl-Es!,,,, (blog)

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The feeling is intense where you wish to communicate but silence is better due to some good and unavoidable reasons. May God gives strength at such times.
Beautifully expressed piece indeed! I like your choice of words?

Comment is about Incommunicado (blog)

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Thank you, Moon.girl, for the beautiful comment ?.

Comment is about Off-key (blog)

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Thanks to Ghazala, Holden and Pete for taking the time to like this simple allegory.

Regards,

Chris Hubbard

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Bars.

Comment is about 水 / Mizu (blog)

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Thank you kindly Ghazala. I am trying to do the heart's work when I write. This poem had its origin in talking to a man who was one of the British soldiers who liberated Buchenwold one of the earliest Nazi death camps, ironically situated near to Weimar,
the epicentre of German culture. It wasn't just Germans who treated Jewish people appallingly. Christianity and Islam have long histories of anti-Jewish hatred. We need to make recompense. John

Comment is about The unsolved (blog)

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An interesting and moving poem, Keith.

Comment is about Identity (blog)

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Hang on, I can think of something else about him that's "entirely anti-meritocratic". Quite a few, actually.

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And my thanks to everyone for the likes.?

Comment is about The Little Book of Love (blog)

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Aviva, I wonder which one would sell better, in these dark times? Thanks for the comment, Julie. Yes, airports, perhaps we should tag along with a G7 delegation. Thank you for the kind message, Ghazala. Best wishes in your endeavours too - you seem to be doing rather well.

John - you are quite right, of course, although I plead not guilty to the head banging. I must be careful not to appear too grumpy, or world-weary, especially as I avoided by seconds getting caught in a thunderstorm today. Result.

Comment is about The Little Book of Love (blog)

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Promises are meant to keep. Nothing should break the promises deep. It may feel funny to keep one sided promises, but as long as one keeps, it stays.
None could hate face for any worst reason. It could be seeing someone whose absence creates desperateness then better not see their pics Frequently to let the pain of longingness subsides Eventually.

Comment is about No Promises (blog)

Original item by Krab

You did ignite a lot of thoughts about friendship, promises to keep before eternal sleep, dreams to make true with hard work and of course, honest emotions. Great work.

Comment is about WISH I MAY (blog)

Original item by d.knape

You remember those whom you forget. Some people stay in our hearts forever like our own breath. Feelings never rust nor fade, you only learn to be patient after a long absence of a loved one.
It's a good idea to leave behind something for which everyone fondly remembers you after you leave the world.
It could be a charitable work or something that shall pass down to generations...thought provoking.

Comment is about Remember Me (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Thanks for this Keith. This fits well with it being Pride month. I have been thinking a lot about identity recently, and am taken with the lines from this poem, "I have struggled to discover who I am, not what others wanted me to be. Deep in my inner self I discovered the real me" A friend said to me this morning that deep in my inner self I will find God, I want to add to that, that deep in my inner self I feel I will find what God really wants for me. My identity !! Happy Pride month Keith. Fly your flag proudly. J.D.

Comment is about Identity (blog)

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We are what we think. In reality we are but pure souls ?

Comment is about Identity (blog)

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When hearts are fixed n healed all the keys play onkey ... clicked ?

Comment is about Off-key (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

Ghazala, The joy of writing is knowing that someone is reading. And it is a joy to read what you write !! Thank-you. And thank our almighties for WOL. and all of its participants. Keep the faith. J.D.

Comment is about Writer's joy (blog)

Original item by Ghazala lari

JD.,

you have excelled yourself with this poem. It speaks for most of us whose lives will leave little impact on the world except as memories for those who knew us. Poetry is a highly subjective genre which as a tribute to our earthly existence will tell much of who we were and possibly could have been.

A fine piece of writing
Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about Remember Me (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Thank you for reading the poem and sharing your sincere feelings?

Comment is about J.D. Bardo (poet profile)

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Thank you for reading the poem. I'm glad atleast someone liked a spirituality poem. Thanx?

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

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Good evening Nazia?

Comment is about Nazia Khan (poet profile)

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Thank you for reading the poem and leaving the comment. I'm glad you liked it?

Comment is about kJ Walker (poet profile)

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Thank-you to everyone for your interest in my poetry and sharing comments and likes. J.D.

Comment is about LOVE LOST TO LUST (blog)

Original item by J.D. Bardo

Kevin,

Fifty five years ago I was Flo, not in drag but sitting beside a juke box in a cafe outside the camp gates where I was stationed at the time. I was crazy about Let's Dance by Chris Montez and played it endlessly to the annoyance of other servicemen who grew to loathe it.

A good poem. Do they still have juke boxes?
Thanks
Keith

Comment is about The Old Rugged Cross (A sequel to Flo's Domain) (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Succinct but beautifully expressed.

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Dandelion Clocks (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

aw thanks
reader of my poems
I appreciate you
always reading them
no matter how painful
that may be
thanks for the Assist on
Unassisted Living.
?

Comment is about Aviva Rifka Bhandari (poet profile)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Fascinating poem and subject, KJ. Those wall-mounted jukeboxes were never the same as the older ones. It's always been my ambition to have one of my own, for all those singles that never now get played. One day ... (but it better be soon!)

Comment is about The Old Rugged Cross (A sequel to Flo's Domain) (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Sincere words of gratitude to the fountain of all goodness.
Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about For Allah, my Rabb! (I love you God almighty) (blog)

Original item by Ghazala lari

Thanks for the likes for my silly write. Thanks for the comment Stephen G and Aviva, you sound as confused as me, think I may blame this one on a hormonal imbalance?.

Comment is about Getting Back To Normal (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Agreed and thank you ??

Comment is about DARK is an ART (blog)

Original item by Nazia Khan

Thank you Stephen.

Thanks also to everyone who clicked 'Like' for this poem

Comment is about Midnight Heaven (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

All the best? I hope you achieve success in your poetic endeavours ?

Comment is about The Little Book of Love (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

This could be a piece for guided meditation ? well written?

Comment is about BReaa. THE BreAtH (blog)

Original item by Edbreathe

I loved the quote ?

Lovely poem, well expressed and well penned.

Comment is about The unsolved (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Not all poets are lost and forlorn. Well written ?

Comment is about DARK is an ART (blog)

Original item by Nazia Khan

Humility is the best garment a person could wear. Beautiful poem?

Comment is about Stepping out (blog)

Original item by Twilbury Wist

Those uncomfortable moments. Well expressed!
?

Comment is about ^SoCiEtY^ (blog)

Original item by Black_Rose

Oh, Stephen! I’m afraid you’re banging your head against a brick wall if you’re trying to counsel youngsters about falling in love. We young ‘uns have always fallen for it and always will.

Comment is about The Little Book of Love (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Dear Writer of Poems,

You can write your poems unassisted but you'll still need assistance to have them read, happy to help!

Sincerely,
Reader of Poems.

Comment is about Unassisted Living (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Oh Normal times... yeah, I remember that...
No, wait.. I got the letters mixed up a bit...
I remember Hormonal times... At least, I think I do...
Wait, what was the question again?

Ah yes, I think that bloke Norm defines Normality.

Comment is about Getting Back To Normal (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Or, maybe you could write two books,
The Little Book of Love
and
The Book of Little Love

Although, they might not sell equally well.. there is that...

Comment is about The Little Book of Love (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

I look forward to buying it, if we are ever allowed near an airport again! Thank you Stephen

Comment is about The Little Book of Love (blog)

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Great poem, Mona.

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