Straight from the heart and beautifully written.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about The Things I Know (blog)
Original item by Scattered Sun
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 11th Feb 2021 09:57
Like it. The tunnel could relate to a number of situations, so folk will put their own interpretation on it.
The picture harks back to the days of horse drawn barge. If only they could have taught the horses to do the tunnels!
Comment is about Legging It (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks to Abdul, Stephen, Aisha and Holden for the likes, and Ray and Dawn for the comments. glad you found something in it. Great to hear from you again, Ray!
Jennifer
Comment is about A Rude Awakening (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
So, you are a Weapon of Mass Destruction ?
Comment is about A musical and religious revolution (blog)
Original item by hugh
Many thanks, Stephen G, Stephen A and Aviva.
Comment is about COVID CLOTHES BLUES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (13740)
Thu 11th Feb 2021 03:27
Thanks Aviva. It worked. The virus indeed vanquished! The power of the mind never ceases to amaze me.
Comment is about Malignant Love (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Keith, like you, I am not a fan of photos. Like you, I have a vivid memory and imagination and find photos to be misleading. This isn't a criticism of anyone who loves old photos, it's just my preference. I do not enjoy my picture being taken. I once had a girlfriend who had pictures of her dead sister who had just died of breast cancer. To each, their own...
Comment is about Photomask (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
Brian, thank you for this poem. In recent times I have had little regard for photos, placing more emphasis on memories as a means of recall. I see photos as images frozen in time that portray a moment and not much else. My albums lay unopened as I am blessed with a fertile imagination and a good memory.
Keith
Comment is about Photomask (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
Ah Monsieur zees is a good poem
That is my Pepe Le Pew impersonation, just in case you thought I'd turned French ?
Comment is about COVID CLOTHES BLUES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A very sensual episode mixed with a little fantasy perhaps, and ultimately a lifting of the spirits. Thanks, a lovely read Jennifer.
Ray
Comment is about A Rude Awakening (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Just showing some gratitude and appreciation to all those who have clicked 'Like' for this poem. ?
Comment is about The Middle Of Being (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Stop it, Branwell - I've got a cracked lip. One of the finest lines of poetry I've read on this site - "whom what's her name gave birth".
A bloke was recently caught having oral sex with a cow in our village. Receiving, not giving. (This, in fact, absolutely true).
Comment is about The Animal Lover (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
I didn't get mine given. I had to fight for it.
Comment is about FACE LOOK (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Never heard the quote, MC. But I like it - both versions.
Comment is about THOUGHT FOR ANY DAY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Lovely contrast in relationships, Stephen.
I always say that I deal with the big stuff in our house (whether we leave the EU, whether to impeach Trump etc) while I leave Our Gert to sweat the little stuff (whether we got married, have kids, buy a house etc). It seems to work for us.
Comment is about The Red Marriage (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
John, this is brilliant and so worryingly familiar!
Comment is about COVID CLOTHES BLUES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you. This poem is three lines of perfection!
Comment is about Perfection (blog)
Original item by andy simons
Great work, Stephen, expressing your perception of life's journey. Yes, you have said it very well.
Comment is about A Reflection (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Dave Martin
Wed 10th Feb 2021 20:47
Well M.C. Newberry I will certainly be moved to celebrate if Torquay are promoted back into the Football League.
After our National League South success I wrote this poem but it never made it into the programme.
What a Season
Football matches come once or twice a week,
can’t be too soon during a winning streak,
but in early season’s descending gloom,
Plainmoor felt like a dentist’s waiting room.
Visiting teams parked the bus, wasted time.
We lacked invention in our forward line.
Fans were fractious for a win, a goal! So
manager Gary Owers had to go.
Even though we’d only conceded three
it’s goals people pay good money to see,
something new man Gary Johnson knew.
Once he arrived we scored more than a few.
Hooking two players before half time gave
his squad an early sign how to behave.
New loanees came in, and some moved on,
while Jamie Reid put his shooting boots on.
Autumn’s exit from the Trophy and Cup
left us free to focus on going up
and by Christmas we were top of the league
with players showing no signs of fatigue
though in places grass cover was zero
due to our ground sharing deal with Truro.
Regardless, we played our pass and sprint game.
With goals galore, matches were no longer tame.
Nine goals shared with Oxford, our form was rich,
another seven when we played Dulwich.
In the New Year we lost to Bath, Welling
and Weston but the pressure was telling
on Woking too and when we drew 3-3
at the Kingfield we knew it was meant to be.
Then we beat Eastbourne 2-0 at Plainmoor
which meant we were Champions for sure.
We ended up top ten points clear, what a year,
fans had 108 goals to cheer.
Comment is about The poetry of football (1): Dave Martin, bard of Torquay United (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you Julie, Jordyn, D.J. Keith, & Erika for the lovely comments & Likes. And Hugh, Binte, Stephen, J.D., Holden, & Aviva for reading & tapping the Like button!
I wrote it just the other night, whilst sitting feeling sorry for myself after a crappy day. And then my daughter did the magic facetime thing & it took a different direction!
Thanks again to all ?
Comment is about A Reflection (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thank you, Aviva. I know you are "a sensitive" as I am. ?
Comment is about Photomask (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
Haunting thoughts. I feel like that sometimes when I look at photos and this poem expresses it so well.
Comment is about Photomask (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
My knowledge of mythology is sadly lacking, (I say sadly because as a child I was fascinated by the few stories I found but never did devote time or attention to explore it as much as I should have) but I find your poetry an enticing gateway and it keeps tempting me to look up all the references you make.
Comment is about Nyx (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Oh no ?, I'm clearly having an obtuse day where I am causing all kinds of confusion...
I think the original quote from the novel was actually: (Hard times create strong men, Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men, Weak men create hard times,)
But it became a meme (so the internet shows and tells) and so there are a few variants, which you'd probably stumbled onto and I'm happy you posted it because it was very interesting and I'd not seen it before.
The version that I wrote might or might not also exist as a variant out there because someone else might or might not have also made the same alteration... but when I rephrased it into the variant using the word people it was 'my variant' not the original quotation, and I did so because I evaluated the words in my own mind as a philosophical construct and evolved it into something I found to be of variant interest.
Anyway, I really hope I cleared up all possible confusions... lets not forget nobody at WOL wrote the original, so I thought it must surely be fair play and intended for people to contribute opinions or chit chat on the theme?
Absolutely agree with Stephen's comment too, some of the strong people created in hard times would actually make the times even harder, so I suppose the postulation assumes that eventually 'good' will win over 'evil' and the result of the profusion of strength will eventually lead to 'better' times.
Comment is about THOUGHT FOR ANY DAY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Was getting annoyed, thnking you were a male chauvinist pig, until the last line! Clever and amusing as usual! Jennifer
Comment is about Female brains ! (blog)
Original item by hugh
Nice one! Could have been a worse awakening! Liked 'random thoughts flit like fleas' . Jennifer
Comment is about Concussion (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
Agree with Julie, in my book we never got that far with the explanation! Nice one. Jennifer
Comment is about The Animal Lover (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Great poem! Very perceptive and unusual language - non stop love soaked fun/ the distant sunsets seemed too small to fit in his ambition- yet vast for her rendition. Really liked this. Jennifer
Comment is about The Red Marriage (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Somewhat ironically, Torquay have been drawn away to Woking in the Trophy quarter-finals. May the best team win! We're also at home to them in the National League this Saturday as well.
Comment is about The poetry of football (1): Dave Martin, bard of Torquay United (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
This poem is enough!
wait, wait, this poem is not enough !
I want more (of your poems)!
But luckily, there's plenty more in your blog (which I am reading)
Comment is about Creativity Costs (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
If Torquay (The Gulls) maintain their present form they should gain
promotion back to the Football League proper where they belong.
My brother-in-law lives within a shout of Plainmoor, the team's home
ground, and even at his advanced age would probably jump from
his armchair and indulge in a bit of arm-waving if that happened.
I'm sure Mr Martin will be considering that promotion for a celebratory poem.
Comment is about The poetry of football (1): Dave Martin, bard of Torquay United (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you Keith, appreciate your encouraging words.
It sure reminded me of some fond memories of sitting in a history class back in school.
Thank you Brian, 100% agree on that
Comment is about A Place in History (blog)
Original item by D Joshi
How two people can compliment each other. Good poem
Keith
Comment is about The Red Marriage (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Fair point, but it depends what we mean by strong and weak. Many apparently "strong" people turn out to be vain and full of hot air when tested. The assessment always has to be ex-post.
Comment is about THOUGHT FOR ANY DAY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
By way of explanation: the lines shown were quoted "as seen".
I've no way of knowing their original source so I cannot discuss
that in any way, but the general meaning embodied in the word
"people" seems equally relevant, though, somehow, not quite so "pointed".
Comment is about THOUGHT FOR ANY DAY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
The courage and determination shines through.
I hope the result will always be:
Virus vanquished, Victory Vautaw
?
Comment is about Malignant Love (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Ah Brian you misunderstood my comment and that means I wasn't clear enough. I wasn't suggesting that the original quotation should change, just adding a variant version which says something else.
If I had instead of 'but may I...' said 'but may I add a variant' this would have been clearer, and I didn't do that but I also didn't write 'but may I suggest a change'
Comment is about THOUGHT FOR ANY DAY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thank you to all those who commented on this poem, especially D Joshi, JD., and Brian H. Also to those who expressed 'like's: Charlotte, Mona, Abdul, Julie, Aviva, Moon Girl and Kristian.
I appreciate your reading this and giving it your considered opinions.
Keith
Comment is about The Earth Sleeps (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
<Deleted User> (18980)
Wed 10th Feb 2021 13:56
Good quote MC, which should be left as it was written......not given the PC treatment.
Comment is about THOUGHT FOR ANY DAY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Greg, don't watch Long Lost Families on the TV then!
Comment is about The jab (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
So, (people) Around and around it goes, where it stops, nobody knows.
Comment is about THOUGHT FOR ANY DAY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Wow, very astute, but may I....
Hard times create strong people,
Strong people create easy times.
Easy times create weak people,
Weak people create hard times,
Apparently the original quote is by G. Michael Hopf from an apocalyptic novel called 'Those Who Remain' (published 2016)
Comment is about THOUGHT FOR ANY DAY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Only ever heard the child friendly version until today, your version if by far the best. Thank you
Comment is about The Animal Lover (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Nigel Astell
Thu 11th Feb 2021 12:06
Uncertainty creeping in
perhaps half-way
no turning back
just carry on.
Comment is about Legging It (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan