I don’t mind the songs at all, Greg. If a nation wants to recall and celebrate its previous times that’s fine by me. I do have a rather bigoted attitude however to the Hooray Henrys singing it.

Comment is about The hoary and the gory (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Someone’s got it in for you, MC.

Comment is about HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT? (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thanks for the likes and comments Manisha, Neressa, Victoria, Jordyn, Nicola, Kim and Kate. So kind of you. I'm glad this one seems to have translated. Victoria, thank you, I can't help but be drawn to a bit of heartbreak... Nicola, you're right, so many ways to nurture and take care of this world... And Kate, carving pretty worlds is no mean feat - please never stop. Thanks all. Tom.

Comment is about The Causeway Between Our Hearts (blog)

Original item by Tom

St Jude, wasn’t it, Ian?

Comment is about To The Saint Of Lost Causes (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Many thanks for your thoughts, MC. I tried to write it in triplets (dactyls) so I think a guitar plucked in 6/8 time would serve it well.
And many thanks for the Likes, Jordyn, Trevor, Stephen, Julie and Poems Hub.

Comment is about DREAM (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for the like Kate

Comment is about The Painted Lady (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

I like the idea of erosion becoming a foundation. Nice poem.

Comment is about Solid Ground (blog)

Original item by Wandering Biku

I fear I love to carve pretty worlds in my mind too Tom...... So many great lines in this, I hardly know where to start. One I will read over and over.

Comment is about The Causeway Between Our Hearts (blog)

Original item by Tom

An anthem for our times Stephen

Comment is about Questions (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Very uplifting Faith. I enjoyed this very much.

Comment is about The Phoenix (blog)

Original item by Words of Faith

I love the imagery of being left with a thorn stuck in my mind. Will you put this to music Simon? It feels like a song.

Comment is about Everest Rose (blog)

Original item by simon lucan

I loved this Martin. Time to start a merry movement. ?

Comment is about Firestarter (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

This is delightful!
So glad that you wrote it.
Me.

Comment is about Have A Good Day (blog)

Original item by d.knape

I would echo what Keith says. That is a real test of your faith that it helps you to weather the storms. Keep on keeping on
Nice one

Comment is about The Phoenix (blog)

Original item by Words of Faith

The gift of Faith is a gift indeed. Excellent poem

Keith

Comment is about The Phoenix (blog)

Original item by Words of Faith

Thank you fee free to leave comments on my other poems. I appreciate any feed back.

Comment is about Dead silence (blog)

Original item by Michael Rios

Thank you for your comments all! This is something I still think about deeply x

Comment is about Deceit tells us: what they have is better than ours (blog)

Original item by Words of Faith

Thanks for the comments @Tom and @Paul! Really appreciate it ?

Comment is about A New Birth (blog)

Original item by Words of Faith

Thank you!

Comment is about It's Not In The Falling (blog)

Original item by Words of Faith

Very powerful words

Comment is about I've known only war (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

Love this poem. Timely reminder to value every living moment, and I really like the idea of "attendance" - versus participation, I figure. Thanks.

Comment is about The Soup Spoon (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

A pearl to keep.

Comment is about How You Seem Life, the Choice is Yours! (blog)

Original item by Ujjal Mandal

Flame of love and care!!

Comment is about Building a fire (blog)

Original item by AMLC

Thanks for your comments, Stephen, Graham, and Brian. I guess we can all stand down from the culture war on this one. The BBC has said these old battle cries will be played but not sung, owing to Covid restrictions. I see even the so-called Culture Secretary weighed in as well #brexitcantreverseimperialsunset. And thanks for the Likes, Tom and Trevor.

Comment is about The hoary and the gory (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Wonderful poem, I'm childless Tom and we leave our legacy in different ways, I'm sure you have been a father figure to many, her loss if you ask me, your poems are beautifully crafted, I rescue animals, create and have mothered many I'm sure you have been a father in your own way x love and light Nicola

Comment is about The Causeway Between Our Hearts (blog)

Original item by Tom

Eric, wow. I feel you, brother. I don’t know your personal struggles, but it sounds like a road I’ve walked for a long time. I love how you express your emotions so rawly.

Comment is about Pain (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

I still struggle with letting love in. It’s an unfortunate byproduct of living so guarded for so long. I get the pain and the depression. It’s likely that I’ve lived with it as long as you’ve been alive. It’s a hard journey, but when we remain open, we become much stronger creatures.

Comment is about I'm Struggling (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

Miss Joanna I love the writing here. The way we as people feel lost for words to describe the interpersonal indivisible sameness as well as the miracle of our differences. Well done.?

Comment is about "Spaces In Between" (blog)

Original item by psylentskog

Wow! Heartbreakingly beautiful poem. ?

Comment is about The Causeway Between Our Hearts (blog)

Original item by Tom

Hey. I have gone through your poetry and it was so effective. Keep doing.
I am starting a blog on Instagram, I liked your poetry and I wish to share it on my blog

Comment is about Watching Over (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

The Proms, being classical music, appeals to a niche audience. It's only the last night with its stirring jingoistic tunes that draws a wider interest. Lose these tunes, lose the audience, lose the TV slots for The Proms as a whole.

Comment is about The hoary and the gory (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

It's just a tribal thing, much like football crowds or the Women's Institute. I've never really been a mob person. Music, much like beauty, is in the eye/ear of the beholder. The prettiest girls don't go in for the Miss World contest. Am I making any sense here??

Comment is about The hoary and the gory (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

But, like the Last Night if the Proms - a bit of fun. ?

Comment is about WHAT THE BUTLER SAW (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Perhaps predictable from its source.

Comment is about WHAT THE BUTLER SAW (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Perhaps predictable from its source. But then the Proms have
persistently neglected to include any of the major inspirational works
from the late Cornish composer George Lloyd despite nearly thirty years of polite lobbying. Hardly indicative of any real qualification
in the Beeb's idea of what is worth playing and hearing in home-grown music.

Comment is about The hoary and the gory (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Mental health - or rather, its opposite - has varied causes and has
to be treated on a case by case basis. Its effects on sufferers and
others are impossible to define and every care should be taken
to negate them in any way possible. My own observations were
from some years ago and provided a personal experience of what
its existence can mean for those dealing with it. Places like Horton
Hospital, with its endless corridors,and extensive grounds, may
have seemed to some like a throwback to less enlightened days.
For those needing to escape the demands and pressures of life -
often a root cause of illness - they provided a retreat from those
demands and pressures, hopefully enabling staff (no doubt under
their own demands and pressures) to deal with each admission
according to diagnosis and need. They were certainly not ideal,
but at least those admitted had somewhere to go that offered a
reprieve and perhaps eventual relief from their own type of illness
in a 24/7 environment.of examination, assessment and treatment.
Set against the proper concern for individual freedom from
restraint and incarceration, there were always concerns that
eventually took precedence, and it appears that "care in the
community" was the result for better or for worse.

Comment is about Mental health: Myth or reality (blog)

Original item by Wanya Sinha

Thanks Keith, I'm a great believer in Stoicism, it's the one guiding light I've had throughout my life. I can't change the cards life deals me, I can only choose how I play them, and to be fair, I've got a great poker face.❤

J. x

Comment is about Still (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

I know! how lucky am I?

Thanks for the comment and like Stephen

Comment is about The Sunday Afternoon Of A Technophobe (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Terrifying, but unfortunately so true! Naked, old -fashioned myopia. They've been saying this for years, but things didn't seem all that alarming perhaps, but now it is really a brownland, with the sun pelting down molten lead, no-one can now deny that the climate is changing rapidly. Hope the trend is reversible still. Really enjoyable and well expressed.

Jennifer

Comment is about Brownland (blog)

Original item by simon lucan

Thank you, Julie. A new soundbar...I feel your pain.

Comment is about The Sunday Afternoon Of A Technophobe (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Good one, Greg. I am a great supporter of the Proms but the Last Night antics have always made me feel uncomfortable. It's not that the pieces of music in question are themselves without worth; it's just the overall effect of misplaced superiority which is sometimes generated.

Comment is about The hoary and the gory (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks both.

I feel the time is near
The Queen will be on display.
Just need a little more strength
To help me on my way

?

Comment is about Deck of Cards (blog)

Original item by curiousdud3

Welcome to Write Out Loud, Sharron. Loved hearing your poem 'Hair Today' at Woking Stanza last week, and now I see it's in the next Dempsey&Windle anthology. Well done! Hope you'll try out some of your poems here from time to time. Greg

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Original item by Sharron Green @Rhymes_n_Roses

Very nice with nice flow to it. Nice rhyming also....

Comment is about In the Dark (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

Thanks for the like poems hub

Comment is about The Sunday Afternoon Of A Technophobe (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thank you for your kind thoughts, Shifa! This is the sort of thing that keeps me going in the poetry game - in which I'm what Clive James once said was "a lifer".

Chris Hubbard
Australia

Comment is about The Orchestra Isn't Here Yet (blog)

Original item by Chris Hubbard

Loved this one.

-J

Comment is about In the Dark (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

The whole piece is beautiful, but that last part;

" My creator, I am ever in your debt
For into me, you have breathed life and love
At least I dream of this fate
Connecting the ground to the clouds above"

We get a glimpse of Heaven reaching down to Earth.


-J

Comment is about Creation (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

Shifa, thank you. You put a smile on my face.

Comment is about Masks Pt. 1 (blog)

Original item by Shehariah

The last seat on the train
it races past my station
but I have no ticket.

Comment is about Underground Part 1 to 6 (blog)

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