On mother's day
To send my mum a card would be a difficult task.
Please Oh Lord a favour I do ask.
As peacefully she lies in heaven above,
Please send her all my love.?
Comment is about The Gift Of Your Love (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thanks for the likes Aviva, A girl and Keith. Thanks also for the lovely comments. I have added a couple of versions inspired by your thoughts it could be written in a card, thank you Keith.
Comment is about The Gift Of Your Love (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
A Girl
Fri 12th Mar 2021 14:04
For some reason, the thought of closing the door on all those feelings you wrote about Aviva, scares me.
... I probably just don’t get your poem.
Hope you don’t mind me sharing.
AG ?
Comment is about Close The Door (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
A Girl
Fri 12th Mar 2021 13:56
A Girl
Fri 12th Mar 2021 13:53
Knowing human nature, it does not exist never did and never will.
Comment is about I WONDER (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Julie,
This would be appropriate for the inside of a Mother's Day card. Well said
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about The Gift Of Your Love (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Incredibly told. It seems as if some of our poetry has mapped the same places. This reminds me strongly of the zone where I wrote 'Tongue Tied', told differently but I'm pretty sure just a different view of the same place.
Comment is about Mute (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thanks for the Likes, Stephen A, Julie and Aviva.
Comment is about N'DIDI (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Fri 12th Mar 2021 11:41
how bout
"High Security Risk"!
Comment is about Aviva Rifka Bhandari (poet profile)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
A zom-bear was seen driving a blue van at high speed in the back a gang of zom-bears.
It was reported they had rampaged and feasted on a drugs free campsite.
Please do not approach if seen as you will make yourself late for work.
Comment is about Consequences XVIII (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Love can live forever
death lives only once.
Thanks Aviva
I am now looking for a Mother's day card with a pink rose and kind loving words inside.
Comment is about One Pink Rose equals another Day Without You (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Julie, Stephen A & Holden,
Thank you for your likes
Keith
Comment is about Desolation (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
I love your little piece above Nigel, thanks brilliant.
Thanks to everybody else for the little likes too. One of my fav haikus this one (:
Comment is about Footprint (A New Haiku) (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Thanks for the comments on these guys and the likes, these pieces do go a bit strange but we always have a laugh writing them (:
Comment is about Consequences XVII (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Just goes to show that you still call the shots
But I've got a new T-shirt idea for you
High Risk
High Reward
Comment is about HIGH RISK,---a poem by O.L. Buzzerd (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Death conquers life
It cannot conquer love.
Comment is about One Pink Rose equals another Day Without You (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Edited slightly this morning, thanks for the likes
Comment is about Something From Nothing (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
<Deleted User> (5011)
Thu 11th Mar 2021 17:49
I trust the Beano 'article' is peer-reviewed?
Comment is about Wow, readers! Write Out Loud's Matt Abbott pops up at a poetry slam - in the Beano! (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Grief in brief !
Intriguing for the way it invites the pulling back of a curtain.
Comment is about Remembering (blog)
Original item by Dean Fraser
Thu 11th Mar 2021 12:28
I like your wording
concerning HOPE
anymore a thing
so rare
there's hope still
in this poetry
the alternative
to despair.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
This poem intrigues me as I cannot distinguish whether it is a guardian angel which is being referred to or a godfather. I don't suppose it matters really as both have a sacred duty to protect and ensure one's spiritual welfare is taken care of and protected. The illustration is magnificent and the poem rich in content.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Godfather (blog)
Original item by Your Royal Poetess
A Girl
Thu 11th Mar 2021 07:46
Thank you for the kind comment Stephen G and Aviva. Thanks also for all your likes folks.
Comment is about Something From Nothing (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thank you for your comment Nigel, I'll try!
Comment is about A Perfect Day Is Not Impossible (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thank you Nigel, that is such a lovely comment to make. ? ?
Comment is about The Perfect Fit (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
I want to see more fantastic poetry from you.
Comment is about A Perfect Day Is Not Impossible (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
The way you live
the poetry you give
to me the perfect fit.
Comment is about The Perfect Fit (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thank you, as ever, Keith for your incisive comments. A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway. So this is a metaphor for our journey towards the death that patiently awaits us all. By recognising that we all fall apart, maybe we will be less afraid of death and more prepared for judgement. John
Comment is about Things fall apart (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Beautifully sensual and well expressed.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about Carmelize (blog)
Original item by Melan Drifter
The imminence of death seems to prompt people to have things in order for their eventual moment of departure. I often wonder about this. Is it to make death less of a burden for those left behind or a means of rehearsing for one's departure? I often become consumed with thoughts of the time I shall die, whether I shall be alone or with a loved one. What will precede this exit from life. Your poem dwells on this. Perhaps I am drawn to it by virtue of being in a similar situation. The last line I find puzzling.
I shall re read this a few times
Thank you for it
Keith
Comment is about Things fall apart (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
<Deleted User> (13740)
Wed 10th Mar 2021 20:46
I'm sad when I have too much time to think . Its nearly mothers day and sometimes I feel so alone I guess. Thank you for caring . ?
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks for your comment Stephen ?
Just to show what a goldfish I am the last two lines take me by surprise every time I read it (even though I'm the one who wrote it)
Comment is about The Perfect Fit (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Feeling anger is never a sin. Feeding it could be.
Comment is about Untitled (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
Wed 10th Mar 2021 20:09
Thank you, Stephen ?
Comment is about Contemporary Catechesis (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
There is so much in our society that feeds anger. It is definitely not alright. Only love can make hate dissipate, as you say, Brian.
Comment is about Untitled (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
Yes, a thought-provoking poem.
Comment is about The Perfect Fit (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Well, Julie, something pretty good came out of this! You are very brave in typing them directly - I still tend to write by hand first.
Comment is about Something From Nothing (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Bad luck, Matt, that you were beaten by the Yeti ... but congratulations on featuring in the Beano. Forget any Forward prize nomination, that is true fame. Respect.
Comment is about Wow, readers! Write Out Loud's Matt Abbott pops up at a poetry slam - in the Beano! (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
A Girl
Wed 10th Mar 2021 17:02
Growing up, I was told that feeling angry was a sin. I felt that I wasn’t allowed and shouldn’t feel it. It took a piece of my voice. It was a long time before I got it back.
Comment is about Untitled (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
Thanks to Clyde, Aviva and A Girl for the comments and also to Tom, Holden and Scattered Sun for the likes.
I try to mix up the style and rhyming scheme of my poems. Sometimes it works!
I suppose there is always a certain frustration with bright people who prefer talking to getting down to some action, although it's true that talking itself never hurt anyone.
Comment is about Chewing the fat (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
My addictions are 3-fold, MC. Biscuits, cheese and Tottenham Hotspur, none of which do me any good. But at least I get pleasure from 2 of them.
And thanks for the Likes, Stephen G, Stephen A, Branwell, Holden and Rebel.
Comment is about ADDICTED (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you for your opinion and wisdom. While it is true that some kinds of anger are justified, hateful anger based on judging others is not. I may hate the action of someone, and be outraged by their behavior, but hating them (with anger) only poisons me. Anger at their behavior is normal -- but must be worked through without ending up with bitter hate towards another human. Forgiveness isn't given because another deserves it, nor is it withheld because they don't. It is given to release me from my own tendency to harbor angry hatred. Here is a quote from a famous Buddhist thinker:
“When you express your anger you think that you are getting anger out of your system, but that's not true,” he said. “When you express your anger, either verbally or with physical violence, you are feeding the seed of anger, and it becomes stronger in you.” Only understanding and compassion can neutralize anger."
I changed the word "being" to "feeding"
Comment is about Untitled (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
Time and its one-way progress is one of the great enigmas of life,
with a lasting appeal to our imaginations and scientific enquiry.
It is said to be the great "healer" - perhaps one excellent reason
to allow it to remain "as is" - and allow us to exist in the belief
that "better times are around the corner". Certainly, there are times
I would not wish to re-visit in my own life, with the balance coming
from the happier times along the way when our old ally "hope"
comes to our aid. ?..
Comment is about ONCE UPON A TIME (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Crumbs! More fun from an easily digested source ? I got a "pre-diabetes" nod from a blood test some while ago and am obliged to
limit my own input - but happily I've found a very low sugar dark chocolate digestive that accommodates my own cravings on a daily
basis - allowing me a bit of enticing excess of the marshmallow
tea cake and caramel wafer variety for the occasional "high". Oooh...the temptations!!!!! ?
Comment is about ADDICTED (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
This poem conjures up well a description of purgatory but only if one believes in such a place. The evidence is scant. Surely a loving and forgiving God would not subject us to such torment simply to see Him face to face. A poem which provokes thought and many different conclusions will be reached. Well written with a strange appeal.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Rengoku 煉獄 (blog)
Original item by Your Royal Poetess
A Girl
Fri 12th Mar 2021 16:25
What would we do without hope.
Comment is about HOPE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry