A poem to make one sit up with recharged batteries. A bracing piece of poetry with a vocabulary well chosen. Highly expressive. I enjoyed this.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about Crack The Beams (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
This poem puts its finger on something important, Jennifer. I realise how much I miss seemingly mundane pleasures and pursuits, such as reading a newspaper in a café. Counting the days to when I can enjoy them again.
Thanks for this.
Comment is about Hard Times (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
He should have bit the bullet while he had the chance.
Comment is about Vaccine Shot (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Mon 29th Mar 2021 09:41
Thank you Stephen! I rewrote this a couple times because it never sounded right to me, so I'm glad you like it.
Comment is about Tide (blog)
Original item by Mahika
A love letter in such form would break many a heart.
Comment is about Sonnet (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thanks for your likes
Aviva
Holden and
Stephen G.
Comment is about Starship Shining Love (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thank you M.C. football is a religion to some so they say!
And yes, Stephen, it was a bit of a labour of love. And took a bit of research! Thanks for the like.
Comment is about Chrysalis (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thanks Keith and KJ for the comments, glad you agree with what I hope might be a positive consequence out of all the disaster. Silver lining is rather trite, but a fog is like a cloud after all. Many thanks
again! Thanks also KJ and Keith, Hugh, Kevin, Aviva and Holden for the greatly appreciated likes.
Jennifer
Comment is about Hard Times (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Thanks,MC. I reckon 2/3 times a night. But it can be as many as 6.
And thanks for the Likes, Stephen A and Stephen G.
Comment is about THE WEE WEE SONG (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A pleasure to read something positive and fun about getting old(er).
I'm there already and it suits me just fine. ?
Comment is about I want to live in a retirement village (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
Good fun about an unenviable complaint: over-grown prostate meets
over-active bladder! Older men know all about it. I reckon that once
or twice a night is bearable and it certainly helps if retirement allows
an extended stay in bed otherwise.
Comment is about THE WEE WEE SONG (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you Nigel. Back then, before the internet and still in the footprints of the dinosaurs, the only exposure to poetry was to the lauded published poets and since a beginning poet is so very far from able to write poetry at that standard so many beginning poets just decide that they 'clearly aren't a poet' before they ever have a chance to develop and grow into it.
I'm still going along that journey, and perhaps I'll never get to the highest standard but it is interesting to see what will happen in future, who knows, but I really believe that people should understand that nobody begins writing brilliant poetry.
Sadly I can't really go back to my very earliest poems because before I realised the value of them, still at quite a young age, I threw many away thinking they were worthless and embarrassing.
Comment is about Fidgeting (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
A bulldog clip used to work for me, Kev. Not any more.
Comment is about THE WEE WEE SONG (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Names that lived
surrounded by colour.
Comment is about Old And New (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
I like the way you are going to the very start of writing poetry and what it meant to you.
Comment is about Fidgeting (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
It won't be long now, and all this will be behind us.
As you say, when it's over we'll value what we have all the more.
Comment is about Hard Times (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
I'm the same John. 6:30 every morning.
Trouble is I don't wake up till 7:00
Comment is about THE WEE WEE SONG (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thankyou, Stephen.
Comment is about SO LONG, S'BIN GOOD T'KNOW YUH (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
It’s a grand life if you don’t weaken. And the best bit? Mondays. When the rest of the world is back at work or in school.
Comment is about I want to live in a retirement village (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
Thanks for the Likes, Branwell and Aviva.
Talk about “Life imitating Art”! This pretty much mirrored last night’s schedule which was
12 o’clock
1,45
3.15
4.30
6.00
7.30
I caught a nap in between.
Comment is about THE WEE WEE SONG (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
If it’s not right, don’t do it. If it’s not true, don’t say it. Marcus Aurelius
Comment is about Trickster (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
I agree John. Thanks for reading and commenting. It’s like notes in the margin from my favorite professor! ✔️?❤️
Comment is about Elixir (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Thank you for commenting Stephen. It is a very uncomfortable poem, but it is a snapshot of uncomfortable thoughts and feelings.
I think in the language and style of interaction in the poem you can see it was written by an angsty teenager, and that's why it rings true. Because it is true (as much as any angst is).
It is also quite an unimportant poem, it doesn't give much back to the reader, but somehow becomes a bit more important within the series of poems as a mark on the map.
Comment is about Confusion (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
It is the moment that counts. The past winds up to it, the future rolls away from it, all we have is.the eternal present- this moment.
Comment is about Elixir (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Jennifer,
A poem which enters into the fullness of this moment and how we live our lives. Fearful and frustrated but as you begin the final stanza you speak of a silver lining which I believe to be the ultimate issue. From these dark days in which we have had time to reflect on many aspects of life we will emerge, hopefully, with a greater sense of appreciation for who we are and move forward as better people. Suffering often strengthens us. The pandemic will play a part in this.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Hard Times (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Thanks for your kind comments Greg. That route certainly has some atmosphere!
Comment is about Hartshead (blog)
Original item by Chris Bainbridge
Kevin T.S. Tan
Sat 27th Mar 2021 18:59
That's why I feel the EU has to compensate for its colonial past. Problem is the inequality between all individual countries. It is what it is I guess.
Comment is about Anyone? (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
You are right, Brian, it is. I admire people who do things I would consider terrifying - mountaineers, formula 1 drivers. Life would be pretty dull if they didn't do it.
Comment is about Living on the Wire (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
Quite a saga, Stephen. A labour of love, I think. Interesting to ponder what Brian Clough would have done but for the injury. So many names! So many memories!
Comment is about Chrysalis (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Trevor, I feel your pain. I hope the DIY approach worked.
Comment is about Lockdown Hair (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
A funny poem, John, though tinged with sadness. Some people might say it's only a shop, but on that basis Upton Park was only a football ground.
Comment is about SO LONG, S'BIN GOOD T'KNOW YUH (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Very good one.
I am ashamed to say that as a civil servant and occasional spokesman, I did something very similar.
Comment is about Trickster (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
M.C, I thought the same thing ..? And the truth is .. we are all going to have a chance to know.
Comment is about Living on the Wire (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
Thanks Stephen for checking in. I also am not great with heights. Yet it reminds me of a line from Tolkien when Gandalf says we never know what faces us when we leave our front door. Life is risk every day .. we are on the wire whether we realize it or not. Isn't dancing with Covid a wire act?
Comment is about Living on the Wire (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
Not the prettiest picture of modern life, Keith, but quite devastating. "The sea of flotsam" touches a nerve.
Comment is about Today (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
I read a fascinating article on Karl Wallenda recently. It mentioned the seven person pyramid (consisting mostly of him and his family) which walked across a high wire for many years until one disastrous fall caused him to abandon it. As someone who gets dizzy going up a few floors in a lift, I cannot imagine why anyone does this, but I understand that some people feel compelled to do so. As you say, it seems to have been the only place he felt truly alive.
Comment is about Living on the Wire (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
A hard read, but poems like this need to be written.
Comment is about Gone (blog)
Original item by Your Royal Poetess
It's a tough one, Aviva, but it rings true and has a nice flow.
Comment is about Confusion (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
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Sat 27th Mar 2021 16:15
An entertaining odyssey that reminds us that humour is not always
universally shared. But stereotypes remain popular - not least that
of the Englishman abroad (socks with sandals or braying ass) and the Irish wink-wink claim to wit. There is, of course, basic truth in all of these creations and that makes them even more appealing as
targets.
Comment is about Lockdown Laughs (blog)
Original item by Kevin Vose
Footie will always have its followers. I still recall my aged stepfather
(born in Victoria's reign) taking me to watch Bath City when we lived
in that delightful part of the country. The team was in what was
then the Southern League but the fans turned out at its ground every
home fixture - and the club itself produced two players who went on
to great clubs: Arsenal and Manchester City.
Comment is about Chrysalis (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
SA is on the money. I recall the late Peter Sellers' recording of a
political speech in which he said exactly that - nothing! There are
surely genuine hearts that choose politics for the right reasons but
it must be extremely hard not to fall victim to all the temptations on
offer to advance one's career nor add to opportunities of all sorts in the process.
Comment is about Trickster (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
I was amazed to read here in the UK that grey was the most popular
colour for cars now. And instantly felt less conspicuous driving my
used car of that colour - a vehicle chosen for its automatic gearbox,
rather than what I had thought to be a mundane dull paint job
designed for fleet vehicles and commercial travellers.
P.S. Like the title. No pink sports coat then?
Comment is about A WHITE CAR NATION (blog)
Original item by Joe Marcello
Sounds like the tale of an "accessory before, during and after the act". ?
Comment is about SENSIBLE SHOES (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Kevin T.S. Tan
Mon 29th Mar 2021 21:17
beautiful
Comment is about Tears in the Time of Covid (blog)
Original item by Brenda Wells