Your passion and fury are to be applauded. "Only a fool in his heart will say there is no God", is a direct quote from the book of psalms, not my quote .I hope I have not caused you too much distress. I have never called you a fool.
Keith
Comment is about An Outlook (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
1976? Wasn't that the year that the West Indies came to England and won the Test series 3-0, with Viv Richards and Gordon Greenidge putting our bowlers to the sword, and their pace bowling quartet inflicting serious damage on our batsmen?
Comment is about A bowler's lament (blog)
Original item by Graham Parker and his musings
Thank you Keith for commenting. ?
Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
This was the last of the unrequited love poems.
I'm posting another friendship / self-esteem poem tomorrow.
After that... there's a new sub-theme coming!
Comment is about Empty (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
You do have the right to believe what you want, and to say what you believe, but you don't really get to call me a fool for thinking other than you without getting a reply.
'Only a fool in his heart will say
There is no God'
I know at least this much about what the supposedly existing Gods 'can do' based on open eyes and open mind to the world around me, and the usual interpretation of what God is supposed to be in metaphysical terms, without true form.
God has never managed to prevent a wave reaching the shore yet.
There's more evidence that he can't than that he can.
God cannot alter the colour of his eyes because he doesn't have any.
God probably wouldn't understand theatre either.
God also cannot start or stop the eruption of a volcano.
Even IF he did set up the laws that govern physics he can't undo them.
I sincerely doubt that god spends his time deciding where a bird lays her eggs.
Even if he does, I don't think he's able to convey his decision to the bird easily.
God's identity is unique and given to him.
If God is white it cannot become black. And vice versa.
God doesn't have hair on his head, he doesn't have a head, he can't make a single hair etc.
Thinking that God has super powers is a dangerous illusion and self made.
God cannot alter his sexuality no more than god can fly.
God doesn't have a vote etc.
God resembles a creature wholly dependent on others (to give it any belief or definition)
God cannot by its own will add one inch to its height.
Some people may consider 'God's ideas' the best, but they can soon be brought to naught.
Comment is about An Outlook (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
How do you know what God can do if there is no God? Do you have an alternative? I have the right to believe in God as you have the right not to. Along with diminished free speech I shall continue to proclaim my belief.
Keith
Comment is about An Outlook (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Just because you are not a god does not mean that there is one.
That being said, if there is one, they also are as limited as you.
God cannot do any of the things you have mentioned either.
Comment is about An Outlook (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thu 22nd Apr 2021 12:08
no company
no car on street
unless you have
instructor in back seat!
?
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thu 22nd Apr 2021 12:06
Oh come on now...
no comment?
all in fun.
take all with Asprin
and grain of salt.
Comment is about julie callaghan (poet profile)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thu 22nd Apr 2021 12:05
ha. a funny response.
With all my poems
I sound the alarm
I hope they help
and do not harm,
but do not let
your heart be torn
they may lack sense
but do have charm.
?
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Although buying a car is not just about placing a deposit,
They will have to keep up regular instalments,
That shouldn't be a problem for them.
Comment is about Placing deposits on cars (blog)
Original item by hugh
A cry from the heart. A poem of anguish. Well composed.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Empty (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
The and you very much, unfortunately the view is far less scenic! Just a busy main toad, but there are lots of shops and people too, so hopefully I will find things to write about!
Comment is about Tara Highclere House (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
One thing I have noticed - there seem to be more stories of coastal land slips in recent weeks. In the literal sense, Britain does seem to be shrinking.
Comment is about Telegraph Poles (blog)
Original item by cbyrne
Many effective and crafted lines in this, Peter. A slow journey around a long relationship, both warm and melancholy.
Comment is about COUNTING SWALLOWS (blog)
Original item by Peter Taylor
Vividly told and a poem to invoke curiosity of mind and soul
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about the old woman in the upstairs window (blog)
Original item by Clyde McCulley
Thank you Ghazala for commenting. I appreciate you hoping for her. ?
Looking back at the situation: It wasn't the final battle, and with better allies she would next time succeed.
Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about Rendezvous (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Yes, it’s all turned to ratshit for Daniel Levy and the rest. Despite the tone of my song I can see his strategy. The club are over £800m in debt, the costly new stadium is empty of supporters, so how else might he have dented the debt?
And thanks for the Likes, Stephen, Tom and Kevin.
Comment is about "GLORY, GLORY SPURS" NO LONGER (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Good luck with the move, looking forward to reading your next chapter.
Comment is about Tara Highclere House (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Thank you for the likes Your Royal Poetess and Stephen G, also for the very kind comment.
Comment is about The Funeral (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks to everyone who liked this. A guilty part of me thinks that I may still prefer upstairs!
Comment is about Upstairs, Downstairs (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
I think this is pretty good. He captures some of the elusive qualities of Prince Philip and his generation, without getting close to somebody he did not know. So he is able to steer clear of the more questionable aspects of his personality and stick to what the laureate should do, without seeming obsequious.
Comment is about Poet laureate's elegy to Duke of Edinburgh on day of funeral (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
So should we throw tokens for all the different gods the world worships into a hat and then the world will piously follow the lucky winner picked out from the hat? And you'll be OK with that even if it isn't your god the whole world shall follow?
One world family under one religion isn't a call for peace, it is a call for persecution.
Comment is about One world-one race (blog)
Original item by Jadia4708au
I remember my late mother doing much the same when I drove her
around. I let it go for a while but finally had to remind her who was
actually driving the b....y car! ?
Comment is about Driving Instructor (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks for reading and the likes!
Comment is about The Sinking of The RMS Titanic (109 years ago today) (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Cheers mate, footy fans need to stick together over this. Fed up with the way it's been going for years, that ESL would have been the final straw for me.
Comment is about The Stain of Greed (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Yes - the latest online reports seem to confirm that it's got the boot -
so to speak! ?
Comment is about "GLORY, GLORY SPURS" NO LONGER (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The views expressed are always welcome. I remain an advocate of
being proud of a history and identity that meant something to the world and regret that this seems a reason to be labelled racist
by some. And that this attitude of mind often seems to be a "one way street" in this context nowadays.
Over and out. ?
Comment is about RACIST? (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I think it is dangerous to compare the struggle of being labelled racist, and being a victim of racial abuse.
One involves becoming significantly less popular based on your political beliefs, and the other excludes you from life chances due to your ethnicity.
They are not comparable struggles and the suggestion that they are makes this website look although it lacks nuance and an understanding of rudimentary social science.
Comment is about RACIST? (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
MC, or would you prefer to be called John Bull? Just a pasing tease through my mind there.
I'm a fully paid up member of the devil's advocate club, will champion the underdog in every rat race and defend the right to speak till I have no tongue left. I'll equally defend my own origins, which I don't hold as dear as you do yours, but if I don't, I cannot support any other claiming theirs for whatever purpose it suits them.
If you bask in waters where the salts are abrahsive, don't be surprised when your skin gets burnt.
There is a space for claiming your heritage, there are ways you can convey your dissatisfaction with how you think you are being denied it, but I think you have missed the target with this piece. All you have done it thrown petrol on wood you knew was already burning.
Your comparison does not really work either. The north american natives where of one culture and background, the english are mongrels and are culturally infused. How far back and wide can you trace your pristine genetics? It is a substantial claim to say you may have such purity of heritage, no matter what you may think that is.
I grew up through the late 70's and early 80's where your sentiments, the carrying of the flag of St. George or even wearing a n English national sport shirt WAS the domain of the racist. It took many of us years to claim the English flag back for ourselves, and not be excluded by being shamed for who we are.
Comment is about RACIST? (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Words most worthy of the verdict. All lives matter no matter whom. May the world learn the bitter lesson of prejudice and the evil it spawns.
A fine poem and thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Guilty (blog)
Original item by Your Royal Poetess
Artwork by: Denny OW ?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CN5ypjpnqev/?igshid=vkzguiomqvki
Comment is about Guilty (blog)
Original item by Your Royal Poetess
My masochistic tendencies revel in your poetry, that's why I return to them
Keith
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
Heartbreaking sad. Wish her lady luck?
Comment is about Rendezvous (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Beautifully crafted.
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about A New Day (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
I can't think of many pure races of the world these days (perhaps the Inuit type people, although I'm not sure of that) so we are all mongrels to some extent.
What I find really saddening is that instead of trying to understand one another, we throw labels around, some of which are insidiously damaging and prevent us all from moving to a closer acknowledgement of each others lot.
To me, skin colour is the least of the problem if one is talking of racism. It's what is coming out of people's mouths that does the damage.
Comment is about RACIST? (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thank you Ghazala, In hindsight I think I should have just posted the last verse.
Comment is about A New Day (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Last stanza is so apt in my case.
Comment is about A New Day (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
No job is big or small in time of need.
Degree isn't a surety of getting a white collared job.
Hugh this poem is a true reflection of today's education system and recruitment policy.
To bring a change in the system, we need to overhaul the whole system itself.
Comment is about Fred gets the brush (blog)
Original item by hugh
apologies for the late thank you Keith and Holden. Thank you too Stephen G, hope things improve for you soon.
Comment is about Lockdown Restrictions Are Lifting (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Apologies for the late thank you, Aviva, Nigel and Holden.
Comment is about Peaceful Morning (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Apologies for the late thank you StephenG, Holden and Ghazala.
Comment is about April Showers Brings May Flowers (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thank you all for your very kind likes for this amended poem. I felt the need to include the new turn this silly story has taken to highlight that some good may come from it.
Comment is about #caterpillarsforcancer (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thank you for your like and kind words Aviva, always appreciated. Finding it difficult to find time and inspiration recently.
Comment is about A New Day (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thank you to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about A Spark Of Words (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Luis Francisco Hernandez Martin
Thu 22nd Apr 2021 17:03
This sums up the frailty of who we are. Well put together, Luisfran
Comment is about An Outlook (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries