Nicola Beckett
Sun 30th Aug 2020 17:53
Loved it! Beautifully expressed.
keep going, Jordyn!
Comment is about Serendipity (blog)
Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth
Thank you for kind comments Keiths
Comment is about "Help Meet" (blog)
Original item by Emeka Collins
Thank you so much Keith. Your words are encouraging.
Comment is about "Divorced" (blog)
Original item by Emeka Collins
Emeke,
Your work has an expressive quality which is quite extraordinary. An excellent poem which I shall read over and over again.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Memoir (blog)
Original item by Emeka Collins
Emeka,
A poem of great quality, beautifully written from the heart. For many poets this poem will serve as an incentive to write. You have excelled yourself.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about "Help Meet" (blog)
Original item by Emeka Collins
A true account of our Journey on Friday, not looking forward to the return flight!
Thank you MC it was given to me by a friend who lives near Bournemouth Beach.
Thanks for the like Stephen.
Comment is about The Tourons Trip To Turkey (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
kJ thank you for shining the your rays of optimism on the drab August that we have just experienced. Appreciate the encouraging like too.
Comment is about Escape August's veil (blog)
Original item by Abdul Ahmad
Beautifully written.
Don't despair, I think that we are going to have a heatwave in September.
Comment is about Escape August's veil (blog)
Original item by Abdul Ahmad
Sun 30th Aug 2020 00:53
thank you Vautaw for your encouraging words.
I feel better already!
Comment is about Vautaw (poet profile)
Original item by Vautaw
Sun 30th Aug 2020 00:52
your sister has to endure therapy for years?
Yikes. Well now I do not feel so bad.
It's just that I hate hospitals and bureaucracy.
You can call for something and by the time they show up
you forgot what you called for. hahaha?
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
It would have hurt me more to lose my moniker that to lose the snakes, Kevin.
Comment is about I'LL HAVE A CROCODILE SANDWICH AND MAKE IT SNAPPY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you for the like, Jordyn.
I have a friend who writes country music and he said he’s going to try to put some music to these words.
Comment is about Gone Before You Know (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
I try to address the important matters in life, MC.
We all sleep a little safer in our beds for my efforts, Paul.
Comment is about CAN'T DO RIGHT FOR DOING WRONG (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Paul, you’re right. I don’t ever get too far before I turn around again.
Comment is about Gone Before You Know (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
If you got educated then you would find,
Your view of those cages will become less defined,
The words from the man on the TV would sound different too,
He would sound like a liar, a fascist and cheat,
Whose wealth was gained on the backs of people like you,
And whose loyalty lies with the banks who own your stuff and the owners of the companies that laid us ALL off,
You would see what pain your bias will cause yourself,
You would see that we are ALL foreigners (except Native Americans),
You would see that all people of all races and genders are the same,
If only you got educated...
Comment is about the political center (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Thanks kev, and you're right, we should never just shrug their questions off if we can help it. Glad you liked it.
J. x
Comment is about "Why." (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
<Deleted User> (24283)
Sat 29th Aug 2020 17:30
This sounds a familiar experience and expression for many. Realistic!
Comment is about Alone in a Pandemic (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Love the use of the word "Touron". One for future Oxford/Chambers
English dictionaries.
Comment is about The Tourons Trip To Turkey (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Cheeky!
Always good to find another contribution from you, JC, to help lift the
burden of the other preachy stuff. And the vocal is perfect for the
subject!
Comment is about CAN'T DO RIGHT FOR DOING WRONG (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I can imagine a cynical Woody Guthrie singing this - or even a dryly
humorous Willy Nelson!
Having enough
To pay bills an' stuff
Is my idea of heaven
But when they come to be paid
From the money I've made
I'd prefer eleven dollars to seven! ?
Comment is about Its Grand To Be Poor Again (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
It is an affliction that many live with. My sister is currently undergoing
regular immunotherapy sessions - set to last for a few years it seems,
but they are the new highly regarded treatments and, if nothing else,
they get her out of the house under prevailing lockdown conditions!
Diet and getting the body to gear up its defences appear to be of
rising importance in combating the big C. Apropos - sending regular
reinforcements to man the body's barricades and see off the invader.
Comment is about Ton Of Bricks (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Sat 29th Aug 2020 15:12
I an no a proclaimed anything
I am what they told me I was ,
I am an illegal alien
I am an unemployed latino male
I am not a writer
I am not a musician
non of that matters
cause were only human
Comment is about the political center (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
“With corruption creeping up your limbs”...what a great line. Still in awe of your poetic powers! ?
Comment is about Love song (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Poetry is indeed the best medicine. Sending lots of healing light and love. ?
Comment is about Ton Of Bricks (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Kevin T.S. Tan
Sat 29th Aug 2020 12:37
you're welcome Shifa. I'm cherishing the poem and watch how it slowly unfolds over the days.
Comment is about Bubble Of Oblivion (blog)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
Thanks Greg. Inspired by your poem a few days ago. Brian: I am an eternal optimist!
Comment is about Land of Hope and Mercy (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Kids (and grandkids) always answer an answer with the word "why"
It's part of the learning process. As you rightly said you should always take the time to answer.?
Comment is about "Why." (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thanks so much for sharing this here, Mark.
Comment is about Seed of the fruit (blog)
Original item by Mark Mr T Thompson
It is our burden to be sorely misunderstood, Kevin.
Paul - I have been saving the world, Paul. But it’s a thankless task. Incidentally, I am delighted you are no loner Po. When I tried to type it predictive text always changed it to P.O., the Post Office. I had to type Pot and delete the t.
Comment is about CAN'T DO RIGHT FOR DOING WRONG (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Sat 29th Aug 2020 08:42
what a great response!
"the eyes of Texas" are indeed upon me.
haha
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Sat 29th Aug 2020 08:41
thanks Tom Alexander
(or is it Alexander Tom?)
anyway, I will take your words to heart
and deal with this in a positive way,
after all we must support our doctors
who are unhappy if they cannot do multiple"tests"
to find out if you are worth doing surgery on.
The White Coats are coming!
Comment is about Tom (poet profile)
Original item by Tom
I used to work with a lad called Jim who kept two seven foot pythons in his house (in his house, not in a tank). We called him Jimmy Snakes for obvious reasons.
When his wife had their first child she made him get rid of them.
He stood on Donny market with two seven foot pythons round his neck shouting "anyone want some snakes?"
Eventually (remember that this is Donny) someone took them from him.
Jimmy Snakes had two big snakes
It's the thing that most defined him
Now Jimmy Snakes has got no snakes
So we simply call him Jim
Comment is about I'LL HAVE A CROCODILE SANDWICH AND MAKE IT SNAPPY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Sat 29th Aug 2020 08:35
thanks for your words of encouragement julie callaghan
(all in small letters)
I am encouraged that whatever they do to me, I will write about it.
that'll teach 'em!
Comment is about julie callaghan (poet profile)
Original item by julie callaghan
It's a mad world were living in when gentlemanly behaviour like this is frowned upon.
Comment is about CAN'T DO RIGHT FOR DOING WRONG (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks Keith, nothing makes you feel quite as old as when your kids have kids, but it is a wonderful thing.❤
J. x
Comment is about "Why." (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thanks for the likes Stephen and Tom.
Thanks for the comment MC.
Yes the repair shop is another favourite but often has me in tears. The background stories can be so emotional.
This painting program caught me completely off guard. My new guilty pleasure.
Comment is about Joy Of Painting (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Nice to see a rainbow poem on Write Out Loud. Thanks!
Comment is about L.G.B.T (blog)
Original item by curiousdud3
I know, Brian. The world's gone mad!
Comment is about CAN'T DO RIGHT FOR DOING WRONG (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you so much, Abdul, for your constant support. Always a delight to read your comments!
Thank you, Kate, Neressa, Jordyn, Tom, Kevin and Stephen, for leaving generous roses! I cherish them.
Comment is about Bubble Of Oblivion (blog)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 28th Aug 2020 19:35
You try your best John but what thanks do you get?!!!
Comment is about CAN'T DO RIGHT FOR DOING WRONG (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
What an inspiring and delightful atmospheric environment you live in Paul.
"skies black as night in the middle of the day" brings thoughts of John Milton.
Thank you for the like.
Comment is about Wild August (blog)
Original item by Abdul Ahmad
You wouldn’t want one popping up your toilet bowl while you were reading The Daily Sketch, Stephen.
Comment is about I'LL HAVE A CROCODILE SANDWICH AND MAKE IT SNAPPY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I saw this programme and found both the style of the presenter and
his skill in developing his art well worth my time. This sort of
instructional/inspirational programming is the upside of TV viewing.
Another example is "The Repair Shop" - in which treasured items
are skilfully "brought back to life" by assorted experts in restoration.
Admiration earned and deserved !
Comment is about Joy Of Painting (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thank you Tom, yes it is fascinating.
Comment is about Mo Athair (My Dad) (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
Thanks for the fun poem and story, John. I read once about a man in New York who kept a baby crocodile in his bath, but after a while it ceased to be a baby. I think he stuck to showers once he realised.
Comment is about I'LL HAVE A CROCODILE SANDWICH AND MAKE IT SNAPPY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Shehariah
Sun 30th Aug 2020 19:13
Thank you for the like, Binte.
Comment is about Gone Before You Know (blog)
Original item by Shehariah