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M.C. Newberry

Wed 5th Aug 2020 14:21

Or maybe - from what I read - in line for a £15,000 prize?? It's not all "beer and sandwiches" nowadays if you write the sort of stuff that
gets the money for whatever reason. ?

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keith jeffries

Wed 5th Aug 2020 14:12

Ruth,

A humorous poem, well written, which will raise many a laugh. Thank you for this.

Keith

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keith jeffries

Wed 5th Aug 2020 13:33

Steve, an excellent tribute to those who make personal sacrifices every day for the entire nation. Poem which also gives a warning shot to those in power both here and elsewhere in the world that a day of reckoning is on its way.

A good poem from the heart
Thank you for this
Keith

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Shehariah

Wed 5th Aug 2020 13:29

Amatul, thank you. I have often wrestled with my relationship with God.

Paul, first, can I still call you Po? Secondly, yes. I am finding that is something I am having to be very intentional about.

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keith jeffries

Wed 5th Aug 2020 11:28

A poem of sad nostalgia and beautifully written.

Keith

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Wed 5th Aug 2020 10:55

Hi Keith-my kind of place and certainly my kind of poem-fab!



L.S.

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Kevin T.S. Tan

Wed 5th Aug 2020 10:43

I understand that a lot of issues today run very deep. And knee-jerk reactions somehow always end up on the internet. But it was actually a (very proud) Englishman who taught me to use kneepads when working in the garden. ?

Still I think it's best if we all move beyond nationalism.

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Ujjal Mandal

Wed 5th Aug 2020 08:18

Thanks

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julie callaghan

Wed 5th Aug 2020 07:50

Thank you for the comment and likes

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Amatul Wadud

Wed 5th Aug 2020 06:13

Beautiful song to complement your poem. Good going. Loved it much.

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Amatul Wadud

Wed 5th Aug 2020 06:12

What a thought .... communicated beautifully the thoughts to God.

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Amatul Wadud

Wed 5th Aug 2020 06:11

Inspiring write!

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victoriavautaw@gmail.com

Wed 5th Aug 2020 04:15

Kevin ?

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victoriavautaw@gmail.com

Wed 5th Aug 2020 04:13

“We don’t know how to write, but damn we try.” What a great line. I’ve listened to this song on repeat all day. Wow, can Luke Evans sing. I daresay it’s a better version than the song’s creator, Lady Gaga. Gets me in the feels too Paul. Thanks for taking a break from your pantheon of passion to stop by and have a good cry! ❤️

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Nigel Astell

Tue 4th Aug 2020 23:54

Sinister and still
waiting for someone
to find them deep.

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d.knape

Tue 4th Aug 2020 23:37

No, he does not use a cane
not yet
but will eventually
you bet,
As sure as the sun will rise
then likely set
old man can at that point
just call it quits!
?

(thanks for reading that poem by O.L. Buzzerd.
I will tell him you liked it.)

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curiousdud3

Tue 4th Aug 2020 23:28

I'm becoming more of a seeker and less of a hider by the day.....still a long way to go ?

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Kevin T.S. Tan

Tue 4th Aug 2020 22:28

sounds good ?

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Kevin T.S. Tan

Tue 4th Aug 2020 22:25

?

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john short

Tue 4th Aug 2020 22:04

Hi Jennifer

Who the hell was typhoid Mary?

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Jason Bayliss

Tue 4th Aug 2020 21:48

Thanks Jennifer, I'm genuinely deeply flattered by that statement.

J. x

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Abdul Ahmad

Tue 4th Aug 2020 21:26

Aditya this is a glowing tribute to countless women who rise above lifes trial and tribulations and overcome hurdles to unselfishly seek to better the lifes of their offsprings.

The accolade of angels is an appropriate one for this army of uncomplaining single mothers.

A wonderful poem.

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Abdul Ahmad

Tue 4th Aug 2020 20:51

Doris I pray you will search for the tiniest chink of hope and make the gloomy cloud of depression float away.

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Andy N

Tue 4th Aug 2020 20:33

Thanks Kevin and Philipos for the like. This was wrote very near where I live (:

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Jeff Dawson

Tue 4th Aug 2020 19:15

Hiya mate, welcome to WOL, enjoying your poems - add any new ones by making a new blog entry, other poets can comment better then. Hope you get some good feedback, best wishes Jeff ?

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keith jeffries

Tue 4th Aug 2020 18:06

A stark admission

Keith

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Stephen Gospage

Tue 4th Aug 2020 17:37

Very moving. Thank you.

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jennifer Malden

Tue 4th Aug 2020 14:06

Hi Jason! Simply beautiful - would be a fantastic poem to read at a christening, or a wedding, for example. Great writing as always.

Jennifer

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jennifer Malden

Tue 4th Aug 2020 13:52

Hopefully the icecream, if peach, wouldn't have come from Typhoid Mary? Agree with Ahmed about th lovely phrase in particular.

Jennifer

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jennifer Malden

Tue 4th Aug 2020 13:49

Great as usual, Hugh!!!! Are there any driver 'relics' who still use indicators? They are v much an optional here.

Jennifer

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keith jeffries

Tue 4th Aug 2020 13:12

d.k.,

A lament to growing old which so many of us will join with you. Your symptoms are universal but you describe them well. Have you reached the walking stick stage yet.

Good poem

Keith

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Abdul Ahmad

Tue 4th Aug 2020 10:05

A lovely phrase "just slipped round the corner into the rest of his life".

A beautiful and nostalgic peep into the past.

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keith jeffries

Tue 4th Aug 2020 10:05

Shifa, Amatul and Paul,

Thank you for your comments.

Keith

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keith jeffries

Tue 4th Aug 2020 10:03

Paul, Emeka and Leon,

Thank you for your comments as they are much appreciated.

Keith

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keith jeffries

Tue 4th Aug 2020 10:01

Jennifer, Emeka, Paul, Leon, Shifa and Abdul,

Thank you all for your appreciation of this poem and also for your comments.

Keith

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Abdul Ahmad

Tue 4th Aug 2020 09:51

Shaifa thank you for your usual well thought out remarks. Always a pleasure to read your comments.

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Abdul Ahmad

Tue 4th Aug 2020 09:49

Paul

If you meant me as yourself it may be true.
It definately wasn't me as myself.
Then it could be anyone.
Thank you my friend for hitting the like.

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Emeka Collins

Tue 4th Aug 2020 09:47

Thank you so much Shifa. It was actually written to a lady that later said no.

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Shifa Maqba

Tue 4th Aug 2020 09:37

Some thoughts are best left ambiguous, shrouded in mystery, and your poem does complete justice to that. Contemplative and mystical!

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Shifa Maqba

Tue 4th Aug 2020 09:34

This is a tender love letter disguised as poetry. Lovely read!

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Emeka Collins

Tue 4th Aug 2020 08:52

Methinks, love should get better with age unless its root weren't well planted or even now well nourished.

Good piece.

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Emeka Collins

Tue 4th Aug 2020 08:50

The poem reminds me a lot about the past years of war in Nigeria. The people of Biafra were lockdown with death and hunger.
It is a story my tribe, Ibo, can't turn away from.

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Emeka Collins

Tue 4th Aug 2020 08:47

Thank you Keith.
Your comments always invigorate me.

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Greg Freeman

Tue 4th Aug 2020 08:25

“We have crushed the British to the ground, they are on their knees and they will not rise for a very long time.” Aleksandr Yakovenko, summing up Russian achievements during his tenure as UK ambassador, 2011-19. That period includes the Brexit vote, of course. And the project is working, with a Russian oligarch in the House of Lords!

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jennifer Malden

Tue 4th Aug 2020 07:17

Thanks also to Shifa and Philipos for the likes and comments. Evidently we can all find something in this list! Not all, at least, reality, but also from other people's experience, and I have always had a cynical streak! Thanks again, Jennifer

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Shifa Maqba

Tue 4th Aug 2020 07:00

Thank you, Abdul! Sylvia Plath's legacy deserves nothing less than the best.

Thank you, Jennifer! It's really generous of you to leave that red rose.

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Shifa Maqba

Tue 4th Aug 2020 06:59

Thank you, D.W. Hamilton!

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D.W. Hamilton

Tue 4th Aug 2020 06:32

"Even those who embody their masquerades." So everybody then! Well done!

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Shifa Maqba

Tue 4th Aug 2020 05:36

Beautifully crafted! The pain, the longing, the vulnerability, everything hits hard.

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Tue 4th Aug 2020 04:30

Beautifully crafted!!?

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