A short poem but Oh! so beautiful, Thank you Helene
Comment is about Sending Love (blog)
Original item by Hélène
Thank you for your kind comment, James.
I was living abroad when I wrote this. It is an expression of a certain amount of disorientation and a desire for a connection with someone/something deeply familiar.
I'm glad it resonated with you.
Comment is about fever (blog)
Original item by Landi Cruz
Trevor,
You paint a vivid picture aging here.. Well expressed.
Marla
Comment is about Mission Control (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Yanma,
Your poetry here is reaches many in different ways.
I can relate to that kind of longing and tender care.
And Rolph David - you are a gifted commentator!
Marla
Comment is about Mom, This One Needs Your Hands (blog)
Original item by Yanma Hidayah
RBK,
You write with a depth that often glides over the top of my head, but enjoyed none the less.
Marla
Comment is about a miscreant yearns (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Well expressed feeling of fathers and sons.
Marla
Comment is about My Daddy Never Loved Me (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Thanks Uilleam,
David
Comment is about To see must be to speak (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
A stunningly beautiful poem, Yanma. Speaks of gentle care and an unbreakable bond of love, tinged with yearning.
Comment is about Mom, This One Needs Your Hands (blog)
Original item by Yanma Hidayah
Claire I like the simplicity of this. Its brevity is packed with nuances! Clever!
Comment is about Reinvention. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Oh wow, so those words that were barely discernible mean you are away.... hope you get to visit "home" every now and again! 🙏🏻🕊️ Long Bows rule! (Agincourt, 1415)
Comment is about Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh (poet profile)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Thanks Marla. Sometimes it's just best to 'go with it'
Comment is about Faithful companion (blog)
Original item by James R
Yes RBK, it is a Lancastrian badge.
I scanned the cloth one, then edited the image, with the words: "Tha con tek t' mon eawt o' Lankisheer, bu' tha connut tek t' Lankisheer eawt o' t' mon".
A little too small to be read at that resolution.
Comment is about a miscreant yearns (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
- on “miscreant’s cry” ~ Thanks Uilleam 🙏🏻🕊is that a Lancastrian badge, by the way?
Beauty is indeed “mystifying.” Couldn’t have said it better. 🌷🙏🏻🕊
Comment is about Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh (poet profile)
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Thanks Uilleam 🙏🏻🕊is that a Lancastrian badge, by the way?
Beauty is indeed “mystifying.” Couldn’t have said it better. 🌷🙏🏻🕊
Comment is about a miscreant yearns (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Thank you, Hugh, for an eloquent poem. Your optimism is truly admirable, but I am moved to ask: what peace?
The absence of war is not “peace”. Admittedly, mass-mobiliation of British armed forces is not (yet) underway: but our military and our arms industry are being used to enable a genocide -some call it a Holocaust- some the Nakba - to be prosecuted, ostensibly on behalf of British citizens -on a truly, and in every sense of the word, “industrial” scale.
Comment is about 80 years of peace since the end of World War 11. (blog)
Original item by hugh
At cruelty, sometimes, I'd sit and weep,
But now the time has come to stand and speak,
Lest when they've come for them, they come for me.
💗💐
Comment is about To see must be to speak (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Thanks for the likes,
RBK
Holden Moncrieff
Naomi
I think it's worth noting that the Irish and African peoples, having suffered the excesses of colonial rule and apartheid, seem to be the most vocal and most effective in their support of the Palestinian people, and in their condemnation of their oppressors.
Comment is about SAOIRSE DON PHALAISTIN (blog)
Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
There’s allus a dribble that’s left
Though I’m ever so careful and deft
At shaking my todger
For this coffin dodger
There’s allus a dribble that’s left.
Thankyou Uilleam and Stephen for the Like.
Comment is about PADS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
You paint a lovely picture Jonathan. A landscape in which I can feel the breeze and hear its sounds.
Comment is about The Seventh Whistler (blog)
Original item by Jonathan Humble
Here's wishing you luck, Honey!
Comment is about I'd Like For Everyone The Biggest Luck (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
I find "beauty" to be a mystifying concept, RBK.
Could one definition be: "that which is most pleasing, most fitting, or most appropriate"?
Comment is about a miscreant yearns (blog)
Original item by Red Brick Keshner
Thanks, Tom.
I can't remember my dad ever putting his arms around me, or demonstrating any kind of affection, perhaps it was just a sign of the times.
At any rate, I think it's time we blokes ditched the big strong silent and strong image. It's a right load of cobblers - the world is running short of love.
I remember a couple of years ago in the pub, a chap saying "see you later, love", to his son...long may it be so.
Comment is about My Daddy Never Loved Me (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Thank you James,
I'm so pleased you saw the hope in this.
The repetetive use of the word "see" is intended to provoke the idea of action as opposed to mere spectating. With this juxtapose I had hoped to suggest the aspect of hope.
I am pleased you felt hope in this piece, as was my desire.
David RL Moore
Comment is about To see must be to speak (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
A big thank you John, on behalf of under-represented males everywhere.
As a result of a recent DEI initiative, I now look forward to the TV advert based in Leeds Municipal Gym, in which one likely lad says to the other:
“Eeh bah gum, ah've just done twenty press-ups, an’ does tha know, ah’m feelin’ a bit damp round the goolies; can thi lend me a Tena - these Always Discrete aren’t up to scratch”.
Comment is about PADS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Good morning folks,
Thanks to Landi and Stephen for your comments.
David RL Moore
Comment is about The infinity of consequence (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
@RolphDavid, your words made me emotional, and I loved the part, "healing is a shared thread." Thank you so much, Rolph.
Warm regards,
Yanma
Comment is about Mom, This One Needs Your Hands (blog)
Original item by Yanma Hidayah
@TomDoolan The same experience happened to me when I was little. I used to rip my pants a lot, and then I would sew them myself. I enjoyed the experience; even my father entrusted the rips in his pants to my younger self, and I felt honored because of that. Thank you so much, Tom.
Comment is about Mom, This One Needs Your Hands (blog)
Original item by Yanma Hidayah
A very accomplished poem, Trevor. I went through a similar process (what a strange word) with my mum and recognise so much of the detail. I suppose that we gradually lose a little of what we are, but it takes some time to accept it. And some part of us never does......
Comment is about Mission Control (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Would you like to have luck?
I would like to find happiness.
Not just a cart but a big truck.
So that nobody knew loneliness.
So that the gains of happiness lasted,
Bringing joy and a merry laugh.
The time was not wasted,
Everybody had a full cup.
Would you like to have a palace?
I would love to find love.
I would never feel jealous
If I hear sincere MY DOVE.
I would always like to forgive,
To love sincerely and truly.
In any case, I would believe
The one who loves me fully.
Would you like to have money?
I wish someone would call me HONEY,
To walk with a smile toward the light,
And never know any fight.
I'd never hear the sounds of war,
I'd like the happiness some more.
I'd like for everyone the best of luck,
And not a cart but the biggest truck.
©Larisa Rzhepishevska
Comment is about I'd Like For Everyone The Biggest Luck (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Comment is about I'd Like For Everyone The Biggest Luck (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
James,
I love this, I just let it wash over me, not fully understanding its meaning, but enjoying the depth.
Marla
Comment is about Faithful companion (blog)
Original item by James R
Beautifully crafted David, and I enjoyed your delivery immensely!!!
For what it's worth, although you paint a bleak image - I found your message hopeful (beleive it or not).
Let us find courage, and do what we can 😉
Comment is about To see must be to speak (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
This was a great read Landi.
I found it simultaneously both ethereal and relatable.
Very enjoyable.
Comment is about fever (blog)
Original item by Landi Cruz
Thu 17th Apr 2025 10:12
Yanma,
Reading your poem “Mom, This One Needs Your Hands” felt like walking quietly into a memory—one that isn't mine, yet feels so familiar. It touched something deep in me.
Your mother’s hands, patient and precise, didn’t just mend a bag—they stitched values, care, and presence into your life. And as you picked up the needle later on, mending your own rips, it felt like a silent, powerful legacy being passed on.
But it was that last line—your soft call for her help—that lingered. So human, so honest. Because no matter how much we grow, some rips in us still long for the hands that first made us whole.
Thank you for writing this. It reminded me that healing is a shared thread, and sometimes, we all need someone else’s hands to help us finish the stitching.
Regards,
Rolph
Comment is about Mom, This One Needs Your Hands (blog)
Original item by Yanma Hidayah
Thanks for likes: Red Brick Keshner, Holden, hugh, Manish & Naomi. 👍
Comment is about Destination Unknown (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
A different time - I had patches on my trousers as a boy. We now live in a throwaway society.
Comment is about Mom, This One Needs Your Hands (blog)
Original item by Yanma Hidayah
Ha! You might be right David. It definitely taps into some interesting territory.
Thanks for reading.
Comment is about GREEN WITNESS (blog)
Original item by Naomi
Flyntland,
It means a great deal to hear that the sensitivity comes through in my poems, across different subjects.
I'm so glad you connected with this particular one and that you found it beautiful.
Thank you for taking the time to let me know.
Comment is about GREEN WITNESS (blog)
Original item by Naomi
One of your best, I think, David. It stirs emotions in the reader, as a good poem should.
Comment is about The infinity of consequence (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
The binary matters of politics keep us busy while our instincts take a dive...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JHYIGy1dyd8&pp=ygUIdGhlIGZpeHjSBwkJfgkBhyohjO8%3D
Comment is about The infinity of consequence (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
You could imagine George Smiley pottering around, I suppose. A man of few words. He would probably be quite good at dealing with leeks.
Very well crafted poem, RA.
Comment is about 007 In Retirement (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
Couldn't agree more, Landi.
Thank you so much.
Comment is about Mom, This One Needs Your Hands (blog)
Original item by Yanma Hidayah
There must be no greater endeavor than to repair what has been damaged by the decay of time..it is as the return of a hope in danger of being forgotten--the redemption of a spark of light )
Comment is about Mom, This One Needs Your Hands (blog)
Original item by Yanma Hidayah
- on "potted plants" - Thank you so much, @Rolph - so glad there was some use to that use of potted plant emoji and its periodic repetition. Very much appreciative that you took the time to journey with the poem. There is a poem there in your considered comment on the process of thought. And yes, it hardly ever is about the plants at all, in a metaphorised landscape. Thanks again and most welcome. 🌹🙏🏻🕊️
Sincerest returns,
Freds.
Comment is about Rolph David (poet profile)
Original item by Rolph David
Yanma Hidayah
Sat 19th Apr 2025 03:00
Thank you so much Hélène and Marla ❤❤
Comment is about Mom, This One Needs Your Hands (blog)
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