Brian, John and Manisha, thanks for the kind comments, and to Julie for the like.

I'm afraid that the Lightning Seeds have passed me by but I will try to listen to them soon.

Comment is about Dreams (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

A really good poem, with a wonderful final couplet.

Comment is about THE MAGPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A telling poem: confessional and absorbing.

I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.

John Keats, Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne

Comment is about Kindred Strangers (blog)

Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth

You’d certainly need more than a brace, Graham. It’s 4 for a boy so I reckon a growed man would need at least half a dozen. But be careful - they’re of the Corvid family.
And thanks for the comments and Likes, Paul, Don, Flavia, Brian and Julie.

Comment is about THE MAGPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks Nicola.
Thanks Brian, someone said the yacht in moored in the bay belonged to a wealthy sheikh. Now I am wondering how many women own giga yachts, I always think of them as boys toys?

Comment is about Money, Money, Money (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Therapy eh? Friendship love laughter and nature are the therapy I've found that works over the years and home made meals, x love to you

Comment is about Transference and its counter (blog)

Original item by Flavia Gordon

A fab poem and so true money doesn't buy happiness, but it helps to pay the bills x

Comment is about Money, Money, Money (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Ha x

Comment is about Sex, Alcohol and Sugar (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Many great lines here! The first verse in particular is really enjoyable to read.

Comment is about Transference and its counter (blog)

Original item by Flavia Gordon

Thanks so much for your lovely comment Flavia and welcome to WriteOutLoud. "The pot of my emotions are stirred / And you are the culprit..." I love that. ?

I'll have a read through the rest of your stuff shortly! Tom.

Comment is about Flavia Gordon (poet profile)

Original item by Flavia Gordon

Interesting that you've written it from a man's perspective Julie...

Comment is about Money, Money, Money (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

This flows beautifully with some amazing descriptions. It was a pleasure to read and in such contrast to a world which is ridden with pessimism and bereft of hope. My favourite line is " follow not the orders negative and vile advices".

Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about Commitments (blog)

Still into campanology Don?

Comment is about Sex, Alcohol and Sugar (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Brian, have you reached this unfortunate stage yet?.....

Comment is about Sex, Alcohol and Sugar (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Good idea Graham. They usually hang around as a family.....

Comment is about THE MAGPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Surely you need a brace of 'em? One for sorrow, two for joy etc etc. There's not a lot of meat on the legs!

Comment is about THE MAGPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Do you boil or fry it Brian?.....

Comment is about THE MAGPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Not Jack Hargreaves, Graham. John Betjeman’s “A Shropshire Lad”.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-jnT4tOl_qQ
Mid-table, I’m afraid. Levy won’t part with enough brass for us to refresh.

Comment is about THE MAGPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I detect a touch of the late Jack Hargreaves in this. Are you related JC?

So here we go again eh? Another winter of discontent beckons. Up the Spurs (said breathlessly)

Comment is about THE MAGPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thankyou for your thoughts, Flavia. I suspect we progress technologically but not anthropologically. Our imperatives are exactly the same now as they were 100,000 years ago.
I couldn’t say, Brian. I can’t catch the bloody things.

Comment is about THE MAGPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I bloody love magpie John...tastes like chicken!

Comment is about THE MAGPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for the like Stephen.

Comment is about Boat Trip To Gumusluk (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thank you for liking my poem " A client's Woe" Vautaw and adding me to your favourites.

I am sincerely flattered and dare to assume that it's no easy feat.

I look forward to reading your poems.

Comment is about Vautaw (poet profile)

Original item by Vautaw

Enjoyed the read!

Comment is about Dreams (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

They want us to become nameless and subservient
so they can control us-
we shut down
we wear masks
we give up our jobs and businesses
Baa Baa Bah
we are now complacent sheep.

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Welcome the WOL family Flavia! I’m looking forward to reading more of your poetry. I can already relate. ? Love, passion, desire... our undressed vulnerabilities, makes the most compelling poems. Write on!

Comment is about Flavia Gordon (poet profile)

Original item by Flavia Gordon

Simply wonderful John Coopey!
And beautifully read.

Makes me ponder on human nature, and how much of the chaos and upheaval we call our lives since the beginning of our existence can be attributed to it.

Comment is about THE MAGPIE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you Tom, I take pleasure in your enjoyment...

I am glad I made an impression with my first post...I admit that was my desire.

I must say...and this is no lip service
Your samples are exquisite
The pot of my emotions are stirred
And you are the culprit...

Renee By a Thread is incredibly poignant.

Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

Original item by Tom

Thank you Tom, I take pleasure in your enjoyment.

I am glad I made an impression with my first post...I admit that was my desire.

I must say...and this is no lip service
Your samples are exquisite
The pot of my emotions are stirred
And you are the culprit.

Renee By a Thread is incredibly poignant.

Comment is about A Client's Woe (blog)

Original item by Flavia Gordon

Faces of poetry
recorded on Zoom
staying frozen till
the silence talks.

Comment is about Augst 2020 Collage Poem: A Beautiful Headache (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

When I delivered Interview Techniques training, MC, I made the point that the first thing you should do on entering the interview room is smile. It's friendly, it's inviting, it elicits a smile back, it's universal and it transcends language and cultures.

Comment is about LAUGHTER LINES (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

The most poignant poem I've read in a long time, Stephen. Class.

Comment is about Dreams (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Really enjoyed this Flavia. A fantastic first post!

Comment is about A Client's Woe (blog)

Original item by Flavia Gordon

Thank-you Greg, I enjoyed the Stanza and Open Mic evenings - looking forward to the next ones ?

Comment is about Sharron Green @Rhymes_n_Roses (poet profile)

Original item by Sharron Green @Rhymes_n_Roses

Thank you Keith and you are most welcome!

It's not so easy for me to be vulnerable but I find it less daunting on paper...

This means a lot coming from you, I adore your work.

Comment is about A Client's Woe (blog)

Original item by Flavia Gordon

Coincidently I was listening to The Lightning Seeds' Pure and Simple in my car this afternoon, containing the line "Don't sell the dreams you should be keeping".

Comment is about Dreams (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Sea Green, Paul, Trixie and Stephen,

Thank you for reading and commenting on this poem.


Keith

Comment is about Alone in a Pandemic (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Stephen, Paul, Eric, Vautaw, Ruth and Abdul,

Thank you for reading this poem and thank you for your comments as they are much appreciated.

Keith

Comment is about An Ocean of Time (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Vautaw, Stephen, Emeka and MC., thank you for your comments. MC., your comment is worthy of serious consideration and I am grateful for it. Emeka similarly so, a good point to consider.

Thank you indeed.

Keith

Comment is about Nothing is Lost (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thank you Keith and you are most welcome!

It's not so easy for me to be vulnerable but I find it less daunting on paper...

This means a lot coming from you, I adore your work.

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

Original item by keith jeffries

A welcome reminder of the truth of the words "play it forward"
Our mortality may go but what we "play forward" for good in our lives
can live on after we've gone. The memory is the vault in which
treasured mementoes of the past are stored and brought into the
light when needed. And, in turn, the recipients may carry on where
we left off, like the pages of an endless volume that keeps our
stories alive down the years for the benefit of succeeding generations.

Comment is about Nothing is Lost (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Point taken! Perhaps it suits government(s) to reduce us to an
anonymous entity that is obliged to hide its responses to what is
forced upon it in the name of "the greater good". ?

Comment is about Masked Emotions (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thanks, Nicola. The greeting is reciprocated.
Brian - and in both cases there is that sense of providing happy relief!

Comment is about LAUGHTER LINES (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Cheers.

Comment is about Sixty-Forty (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

I really love the honesty in this poem. It is also well crafted.

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about A Client's Woe (blog)

Original item by Flavia Gordon

Hi Greg
photo at Soller, great little railway from the capital en route to Deya, Majorca. You'd love it, Ray too!

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I think the greatest achievement a poet can make is to paint words that immortalize life and love. Well done John. You are the bright star of WOL. ?

Comment is about Bright star (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Lovely. ?

Comment is about Sixty-Forty (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

marriage isn't perfect
but the data shows married people live longer
and are overall happier
so that poem "Making Allowances" was my ode to marriage
mostly mine!
?

Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

Original item by Tom

Stephen - An old pal of mine from Newcastle said that Malcolm Macdonald was so bow-legged he couldn’t stop a pig in an alley.

Comment is about THE CONTOUR LEGACY LEG PILLOW (blog)

Original item by John Coopey