Powerful stuff, John! Your poem is just as impactful, real and honest as the lyric you quoted. A quality read!
Comment is about No Surrender (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thank you means a lot SM.
This poetry was my attempt to see bigger picture.
Comment is about Middle-grounds (blog)
Original item by JP
It takes courage to be so vulnerable and honest. May your broken heart mend soon. More power and light to you!
Comment is about Broken Heart 3 (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
Thank you for your unwavering support, Abdul! Both your encouraging remarks and rose are cherished.
Thank you curiousdud3, Amatul, Lasse and Jyot for stopping by & dropping a like. Appreciate all the red roses!
Comment is about Unrestrained (blog)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
I'm going for - - - but underestimated, so when she whipped out the underwire from her bra - - - poetic thought stopped there for a moment before moving on - - -
Comment is about Consequences (Part 1) (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Glad to see you making useful lockdown time creating poem patterns.....
Comment is about Hope (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Thank you kindly Cathy, Stephen, Philipos, Po, Shifa.
"...what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the demons, you understand, but the ghosts."
David Bowie
Comment is about Breathless (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
What a delightful poem full intriguing imagery. Amazing development beginning with rustling of anklets and the scuttling between tall blades of grass and taking off in wonderous twists and turns.
Very enjoyable.
Comment is about Unrestrained (blog)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
Po - Lawyers and bankers seem to be held in low regard in the US
of A - probably based in their historic ties that may have acted against the interests of struggling ordinary folk trying to make ends meet and falling foul of loans and legal proceedings. From my own
distant youth I seem to recall the expression from over there;
"Truth, justice and the American way".. Lately, that appears to have
changed to "Truth, Justice and the American way of manipulating
both". ?
Comment is about HOCUS-POCUS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Stephen thank you for your usual considered comment and the like.
Comment is about A Comforting Thought (blog)
Original item by Abdul Ahmad
Philipos
Fri 31st Jul 2020 19:59
Was tucked up when I first tried reading this - fortunately all your clues were quite easy to crack when I gave it another try - only to find it matched the same shade as my socks.
May only those black cats of good fortune accompany you Jennifer. P.
Comment is about Watch your words (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
"It’s always about finding a middle ground
To live a life which we can say this is better"... truer words have never been spoken. Insightful!
Comment is about Middle-grounds (blog)
Original item by JP
JP.,
A brief poem which says a good deal about today's world.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about So called ‘Race’ (blog)
Original item by JP
Or Private Pike, Stephen?
Comment is about NOTTON OPEN GARDENS 2020 (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Lovely stuff. Saw The Man Who Fell To Earth recently. A real genius.
Comment is about Breathless (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
A powerful, as well as comforting, thought.
Comment is about A Comforting Thought (blog)
Original item by Abdul Ahmad
Good stuff. Perhaps the third verse suggests André Previn?
Comment is about NOTTON OPEN GARDENS 2020 (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks Jordyn and Nigel - was a idea somebody came up with at the end of the session. It made us all have a good laugh at the end.
Nigel also - let you guess which bit Amanda wrote. I'm sure you'll guess one of them (:
Comment is about Consequences (Part 1) (blog)
Original item by Andy N
thanks Cynthia & Shifa - glad you liked it - and thanks to the good folk who added 'likes' ?
Ian
Comment is about The Turning Of The Tide (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Eating disorders affect males and females but I am presuming your poem is referring to a girl.
I know, from having eating disorders in the past, how it makes you feel inside. Social media is all about LIKES and how many FOLLOWERS you have. I think if we could begin to like WHO WE ARE we would be so much happier. Instagram is full of selfies-depending on who you follow. We are BORN DIFFERENT but STRIVE TO BE THE SAME.
Comment is about Floored (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
Po - thanks for the link you provided. It looks like the lawyers there
will be getting even more work in that minefield of human behaviour.
Comment is about HOCUS-POCUS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
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Fri 31st Jul 2020 12:21
Kas - your poem is great and you're encouraged to post more by Po.
Comment is about The pathological liar (blog)
Original item by Kas Megson
Great write about such an important issue. It's heartbreaking to see beautiful beaches contaminated by all sorts of rubbish, especially plastic, and birds and animals condemmned to a slow death because they have become enveloped in plastic bags or nets. This has been going on for years, but the people who make the decisions haven't done much about pollution, especially plastic. Some heads of government say the problem doesn't even exist.
Jennifer
Comment is about Advance into Nothingness (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Always good for a chuckle or two, Hugh!! Liked this one.
Jennifer
Comment is about Top Man (blog)
Original item by hugh
If you survived a chioldhood like this this you must definitely have become a strong person. Movingly written but so very sad.
Jennifer
Comment is about Alcoholic mum (blog)
Original item by Kas Megson
Soooo happy with this lovely review from Write Out Loud on the publication of Fledge. Thank you Greg Freeman.
https://maytreepress.co.uk/
https://northernjim.wordpress.com/
Comment is about Fledge: Jonathan Humble, Maytree Press (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Brilliant, well done and good riddance.
Comment is about The pathological liar (blog)
Original item by Kas Megson
Nicola Beckett
Fri 31st Jul 2020 06:30
John, the quotes you shared emanate infinite wisdom. Thank you for sharing these!
Comment is about The Cost Of Your Hand (blog)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
Jordyn & Vautaw, I'm incredibly grateful for having woken up to your lovely comments. Thank you!
Comment is about The Cost Of Your Hand (blog)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
Thank you, Nicola, for your constant encouragement!
Comment is about All That Remains Is A Mere House (blog)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
Nicola Beckett
Fri 31st Jul 2020 05:44
Nicola Beckett
Fri 31st Jul 2020 05:43
I have lost my faith, found it again, lost it, found it but now I believe in Omnisim, the light in all religions x
Comment is about The Aftermath (blog)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
Nicola Beckett
Fri 31st Jul 2020 05:38
OK, OK I feel your pain, love is definitely a losing game, keep going Damon x
Comment is about Peaceful (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
Nicola Beckett
Fri 31st Jul 2020 05:35
Ted Hughes published Sylvia plaths work and Arthur Miller Marilyn's, Marilyn was incredibly intelligent she studied Method acting, the men she knew knew this,
But she was abused at 8 always turned to them for safety, it was a police officer on the scene of her death, that argued she'd been spiked, murdered, but he had the equivalent of the rank of constable so was ignored but its in the books
Comment is about The One (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Nicola Beckett
Fri 31st Jul 2020 05:28
Sober, drug free, covid hit, cancer in me but I see the cancer as setting me free, from this life, but then hope beckons, your words save me again, I need to see my nephews I need to breathe the air outside x
Comment is about Echoes (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Nicola Beckett
Fri 31st Jul 2020 05:03
A reason a season or a lifetime....
Comment is about Someone I used to know (blog)
Original item by Zhar2020
This is a masterpiece! So beautiful ? Your words introduced themselves smoothly. Well done friend.
-J
Comment is about The Cost Of Your Hand (blog)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
I'm not sure how I missed this one.
Thanks for sharing Damon.
-J
Comment is about Peaceful (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
This. Is. Why. I. Love. Poetry! Thank you for this dreamscape Shifa. ??
Comment is about The Cost Of Your Hand (blog)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
The kind of girl
while on a date
body parts sliced off
all that's left
is your head!
Comment is about Consequences (Part 1) (blog)
Original item by Andy N
This one made crack a smile. Loved it.
-J
Comment is about I am an Age-Old Newbie (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Wow, I'm speechless...Great write. You are definitely a gifted writer, keep posting.
-J
Comment is about Adam and Selina Part.1 (poetic story) (blog)
Original item by Zhar2020
Don's fun fair
magic roundabout open
jump off only
when too dizzy
writing upbeat poetry.
Comment is about I am an Age-Old Newbie (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
jyot prajapati
Sat 1st Aug 2020 06:57
Hey PO,
Yes we might have to live with it.
Thank you and yes I am enjoying the show more than anyone I can say.
Comment is about Life with CORONA (blog)
Original item by JP