Comparing Armitage to Johnny Keats is like comparing custard to champagne. There is no basis for any comparison.

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Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you for these kind comments, Keith and M.C., and to everyone who clicked on the "like".

A simple little piece, but who knows why we write about certain things or how they come into our heads? All part of life's rich tapestry, or perhaps lottery!

Best wishes to you all.

Comment is about Old Trousers (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thanks Keith. Think we've all had one of THOSE hangovers! ?. They're actually song lyrics for a friend, & based on a lad who loved a 'magic mushroom' or two! He once ran past the pub one fine summers day, screaming about his fridge growing teeth & chasing after him... And another time he was hysterical crying on the floor near the pool table. When he could eventually talk he told us that he'd thought he was an orange ? & that he was terrified that we would peel him... Like I say, must've been a strange old Day ! ?

Comment is about Strange Old Day (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Thanks Kev, that's exactly what I said ?.
And thank you so much Rose, Aviva and Stephen, truth is I've been writing this for about 3 or 4 weeks. Unusual for me, usually I'm more in the region of 15 or 20 minutes, but it just brought back so many memories.
Glad you liked it. ?❤

J. x

Comment is about We Were Kings (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thanks Kev, glad you liked it. Have you published yet mate? I've been meaning to ask for a while but keep forgetting, that's a book I'd love to own.

J. x

Comment is about This Too Shall Pass (blog)

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Comment is about E Major (blog)

Original item by Your Royal Poetess

But not the memory...eh?! ?

Comment is about Losing It (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Stephen,
I really enjoyed this poem and its humour. After reading the first few stanzas I thought I wonder what he's on as I could do with some myself. A poem which holds the readers attention and one which those who have suffered from hangovers will recognise.
Thank you for this.
Keith

Comment is about Strange Old Day (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Just to let you know, in case you've lost them, I found a poem of yours, quite a few of them actually.. they're on your blog.

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Original item by d.knape

Love the poem and love the tag too. ?

Metaphysically impossible I know, but somehow it made me ponder what it might be like if our entire lives became like a record that afterwards we are able to replay from start to finish as often as we want to - the full span of it shrunk to almost no time at all against the duration of eternity, we could watch it again and again and it would comprise our heaven and hell depending on what our lives were, and how we would feel about all of its moments from time's distance.

Comment is about When My Heart Starts Dancing (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Thank you Nigel, I didn't realise the line even referred to loss of self (an unrealised duality) as I was thinking at the time of loss of other types of things, but your comment has not only made me recognise it holds that meaning too, but also reassured me that yes, whatever I lose of myself my soul will find again if it or I need it found.

I'm not sure whether you have special confidence in my soul or souls in general, but either way, thank you.

Comment is about You Cannot Apply Makeup To Your Soul (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Whatever is lost your soul will find.

Comment is about You Cannot Apply Makeup To Your Soul (blog)

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So happy with my photo taken a few moments ago.

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Original item by julie callaghan

Thanks for the likes folks.

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Original item by julie callaghan

I remember it well! Lol. Since your dry spell you've un-dried quite well! Brilliant stuff Jason ?

Comment is about We Were Kings (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

I like to imagine that you have another alias where you post all your not gruesome poetry... because I wish I could see what you'd do with a positive theme, and who knows, perhaps I have already seen it and just don't know that it is you. ?

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Original item by simon lucan

A great poem, thanks for sharing it.

That feeling of never enough is indeed an innate characteristic of our psyche because we need ongoing purpose, though whether that is societal or beyond that I am not certain, The more we can release the sense of not enough from mundane needs the higher purpose we can end up pursuing, or put more understandably once we have decided we have enough for ourselves we usually begin wanting things for others rather than not wanting anything else at all.

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Original item by keith jeffries

In memory of Elijah Jovan McClain, February 25, 1996 – August 30, 2019 ♥️ ?

Violin vigil for Elijah: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=660044088054739&id=17790154938

Comment is about E Major (blog)

Original item by Your Royal Poetess

I agree with kJ and Rose!

Comment is about We Were Kings (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thank you to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem.
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Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Excellent work from you Adam as always.







Rose ?

Comment is about Once He Saw Himself (blog)

Original item by Adam Whitworth

Good morning Jason, hope you are in the pinkest of pink.

What we read here is nothing less than pure poetry, and I love it!




Rose ?

Comment is about We Were Kings (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Good morning Keith, hope today finds you in good health.

I absolutely love your poem.

Every excellent line brimming with truth. When oh when will all the good people of this world stand up collectively and be counted?

Watch this space I say, optimistically.


Thank you sir!



Rose ?

Comment is about Never Enough (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

I am all out of sage wisdom these days, Kevin, but I have a few boxes of sage and onion stuffing left if you’re interested.

Comment is about PINCHING MONEY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

When normality returns I'll hopefully get a dose of your sage wisdom for free.

Comment is about PINCHING MONEY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

You're still a king.
But not necessarily of the same kingdom.

Comment is about We Were Kings (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

One of your very best Jason.
Definitely a keeper.

Comment is about This Too Shall Pass (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

You are an art ???

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Original item by Your Royal Poetess

Thanks for reading Your Royal Poetess. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Love your pen name!

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Original item by Vautaw

Grazie mille Jennifer. Spero che tu stia bene. Il tempo è lento.

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Original item by John E Marks

Fantastic story-telling, all three episodes. jennifer

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Original item by kJ Walker

Thanks Stephen G, Stephen A, KJ and Royal Princess, for the likes.

Jennifer

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Original item by Jennifer Malden

Thanks Chelsea, that's one of the most heartwarming and the most touching comments I've ever read, it's really put a smile on my face, to the extent that even if no-one else had liked it or said anything about it, I wouldn't have cared (Although I'm glad they did ?), but it would have been worth it just to read your comment and hear your memories. All things eventually pass, but as a very wise person once said, "Don’t cry because it’s gone, smile because it happened." ❤❤❤

J. x

Comment is about This Too Shall Pass (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thankyou for the Likes, Jordyn, Aviva, Stephen and MC.

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Original item by John Coopey

Thank you MC for commenting, there was much to think about, I'd say that fear is more a recognition of trouble rather than a way of avoiding it, but that's just because I separate the emotion of fear and the 'reactive action' to fear as two separate things - even the emotion of fear can be a false alarm that might be caused by previous or current misunderstandings. Bundled together, the emotion of fear and it's reactive action, I wish that fear really were a way to avoid trouble except human history suggests otherwise and that's because of the choice of 'reactive action' often being unwise despite humanity's capacity to reason (I think a better jury than I would need to decide whether the broader category of 'other animals' are more or less reason-bound than the narrow 'human animal' category). All words are merely human definitions, by definition, and I think other animals do share the definition of fear, they just might be afraid of different things or show it differently. So oddly enough since we disagree on quite a bit of the nuances, we both agree that application of reason makes all the difference and is quite essential for a good outcome where fear is involved.

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Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

There are so many fabulous lines in this, but my favourite lines are:

Two-dimensional people of today,
snapped and shot, could not stand in his heart.

and

Survivors file past departed windows
no more than wounds now, black holes.

Comment is about Once He Saw Himself (blog)

Original item by Adam Whitworth

Thanks Stephen and YRP! I wasn't sure about the last stanza, as the "wolves at the door" phrase is a bit of a cliché metaphor. I tried several variations, but kept coming back the original. Just seemed to work best.

Best
Mike

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Original item by Mike McPeek

Thank you for all the likes on my poems, I really enjoyed reading yours ?

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Original item by Nazia Khan

Jason, this is beautiful.
This captures something everyday me can connect to, everyone can relate to and everyone can hold on to.
My mother always said “this too shall pass” as a child they became simple words because she often said them but she was never wrong. It’s important to remember that while your here you worries are fleeting and the time you devote to freedoms the more time you’ll have. Thank you for a stroll down memory lane with my mother

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Original item by Jason Bayliss

Jason, this is beautiful.
This captures something everyday me can connect to, everyone can relate to and everyone can hold on to.
My mother always said “this too shall pass” as a child they became simple words because she often said them but she was never wrong. It’s important to remember that while your here you worries are fleeting and the time you devote to freedoms the more time you’ll have. Thank you for a stroll down memory lane with my mother

Comment is about This Too Shall Pass (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Droll comes to mind. Simple truth too! ?

Comment is about Old Trousers (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

I tend to think of fear as nature's way of avoiding trouble. All visible
life forms seem to demonstrate its manifestation in action. After all,
isn't the word itself merely a human definition that other animals
do not share, let alone comprehend except via instinctive response
to perceived threat of whatever sort?. Humanity has the advantage of reason and can gainfully employ it to overcome the relative threat according to circumstance.

Comment is about The Growth Of Fear (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Adam, Jordyn, Stephen (Gospage), Stephen (Atkinson), Aviva,
Thank you all for the likes on my Résumé which is dull and absurd. --M.K.

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Original item by Michael Kwack

Thank you Stephen, Hope, Holden for your liking my letter to spring which can be a letter to you, too. Have a wonderful springtime 2021. --M.K.

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Original item by Michael Kwack

In memory of Trayvon Benjamin Martin - 5th February 1995 to 26th February 2012 ?♥️

Comment is about Acoíris (blog)

Original item by Your Royal Poetess

Hi Aviva

True, no debate there, but since it is a poem, I will get away with the expression of an emotion.

Perhaps underlying here is that many times in life you here the notion that one person is more in love with the other one. Or, like in the movies, the one would say that he or she got “enough love for both of them.” ?

We can, therefore, argue that the one partner is expressing more or less love, and even that is not wrong, since we all different people expressing love in different ways. Where there are different expression levels, one can always appreciate it hence the poem speaks to the fact.

I am a true believer that Love is an expression.... in need of an answer. No one can love another person in isolation.

So, in the final analysis, I think what the poem is trying to say is that where both partners are equally passionately in love with each other, one can feel the magic ?

But it still stay just words on paper, born from an emotion that appreciates that thing we call LOVE.

~D~

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Original item by Dewald

Thank you Hope Ray for your comment and support.

Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?

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Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Oh my God thank uh for commenting
Thank uh so much ??????????

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Original item by Nazia Khan

Ah, the unexpected heights of love!

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A wise decision. Thanks for enlightenment. ?

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