An intelligent verse. Such simplicity and such a profound dilemma...
Comment is about All They Have Got (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
This is great and the final couplet is matchless.
Comment is about A Single Poem (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thank you, Keith. Yes, I'm looking forward to snowdrops.
Comment is about First Signs (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Lovely, Julie. It really captures the scene.
Comment is about Snowy Walk (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
And my thanks to all the others for the likes. These are, as ever, very much appreciated and give a good feeling.
Comment is about Behind the door (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Hi Paul. Nice to see you again and I'm pleased to be the culprit responsible for unhinging you. More power to your usual things.
Aviva-this was originally a three-verse poem and I wrote the second stanza a bit later. I think it shows a bit but in the end the poem just about holds together.
Hmmm...Where is the door and what is behind it? Or who?
Comment is about Behind the door (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Over here in Africa, we believe that birth brings hope. Fragile hope that only a keen eyes look forward to.
Well done Keith.
Comment is about First Signs (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Many thanks to John for seeing through all my waffle and to Julie for the like.
Comment is about The mysterious case of the hole in the trousers (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you Martin!
Comment is about Don't say a word for now (The reading) (blog)
Original item by Xoanxo
Once again some fabulous lines that make up a superb and almost totally encompassing poem in its depth and dexterity reaching all parts of the senses and the mind. On top of that it is well constructed and crafted poem.
Love it
Comment is about IMPERIUM (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I was just reading your first snow poem. there are some really great lines in it with so much richness of colour and texture. Wonderful John
Comment is about John E Marks (poet profile)
Original item by John E Marks
really beautiful. Thank you for posting
Comment is about Don't say a word for now (The reading) (blog)
Original item by Xoanxo
This is a close relation to the poem that you adorned my profile with and which is a welcome guest there.
I am glad to see this version too, where it will be easier to be found and read by many. ? ? ? ?
Comment is about A Single Poem (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Martin,
A poem for the time of year and so well described. I have this minute walked the dogs and now the snow is falling heavily. A day like no other and I also am happy to let tomorrow take care of itself.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Today is the day (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Thank you very much Vautaw & Paul! ?
Comment is about Don't say a word for now (The reading) (blog)
Original item by Xoanxo
I really enjoy your views from the same window but I also look forward to when you get to use your poet's eye upon a new scene with your newly honed vision.
Comment is about Arkles Lane Snowfall (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Thanks Po, I've really struggled to write at all recently so that means a lot. I think our choices are the only thing we can ever truly own 100%, everything else comes and goes.
J. x
Comment is about A Walking (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
<Deleted User> (13740)
Sat 23rd Jan 2021 08:13
A basque is a piece of woman's underwear rather like a corset. They make one look sexy but they hurt like he'll to wear, my advice is not to wear them.
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
So beautiful Xoanxo. Thank you. ❤️
Comment is about Don't say a word for now (The reading) (blog)
Original item by Xoanxo
Where am I now?
Comment is about Top Twenty Users (blog)
John,
I can glance over my shoulder and see other Bills. Men who struggled to survive, decent souls who did what they thought was right and despite being impoverished could always express gratitude and behave in a civil manner. Are we talking about an age long since gone, never to be resurrected? Perhaps so. Bill and his kin were truly those who built this nation with hard graft and others who sacrificed their all for what is now our inheritance.
This is a poignant reminder of our hard earned heritage.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Bill (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
John,
This myriad of haunting scenes and glimpses of times past, filled with so many emotions, too many to absorb, sent me reeling. The poem is like the canopy over an age which is filled with tragedy, which seems to make no sense. Yet the poem causes the reader to swirl in and out of challenging scenes until brought down to earth in a place so recently named and the consequences of man's betrayal of himself. The last two lines are menacing to the mind. This is what I take from this expertly crafted poem.
Thank you indeed for this. It has planted some seeds in my mind about my own future writings.
Keith
Comment is about IMPERIUM (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thanks to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about Each Poem Is (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thanks to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?
Comment is about Inner Strength (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
This draws you in with the decreasing distance till the dawn.
I kind of hoped it was going to be a beautiful awakening
But the ending takes by surprise and that's very effective too.
A wake up call, and perhaps that's the point.
Comment is about Moon Charm (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
This lovely poem feels like the message of a good friend.
Comment is about Cheer Up (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
Thank you Brian, I like how you put it 'The truth unfolds with intensity as their lives, and mine, get older.' and I guess that's how it should be in all the best stories, a page turner from start to finish and something still to find out all the way until the end.
Comment is about The Gift Of Life (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
"All that there is" is certain...now.
Comment is about Resolution (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Very true and ever on-point. The truth unfolds with intensity as their lives, and mine, get older. We are in this together come what may.
Comment is about The Gift Of Life (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Blue as a colour isn't always bad to be
There's blue as the sky
There's blue as the sea
If right down to your blood you're blue
Then you are royalty.
But if you want to change your colour
Blue and Red is Purple
Blue and Yellow is Green
So if you mix Blue with another hue
You'll blue no longer be.
For the other problems that you face, apart from being blue
I'll hope you'll soon discover ways that you can solve them too.
Comment is about "Blue" (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
This world is not a perfect one and it has in it far too much of what should never happen and of what would be better not happening. It seems certain that whatever has given you so much suffering and made you judge yourself so despairingly is that type of thing. I am glad to see that you intend to fight back against those demons.
Comment is about One by One (blog)
Original item by curiousdud3
Thanks Aviva and Paul for the likes.
Thank you Paul for your lovely colourful and kind comments on my attempts today.
Comment is about Snowdrops (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Paul thanks for your comment too, is there even such a thing as a good care home? Even if there might be you still only get what you pay for and I doubt I'll be able to pay for much if it comes to that.
Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem.
(Sadly Paul's comment is no longer viewable since he left the site)
Comment is about The Gift Of Life (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thank you Stephen for your comment. As you say, it is important to know there are people who need specifically us, We want our children to have a place and person to turn to because we know how important it is.
This poem is also about the emotional connection though, not just the practical one. It is not only practical needs but emotional ones that make our lives no longer our own.
Comment is about The Gift Of Life (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
A truly superb piece of poetry
Heartfelt, well crafted & flowing effortlessly throughout. ??
Comment is about They Come to Me When Things Are Still (blog)
Original item by Kristian Deidre Brown
I see many hopeful seeds in this superbly crafted poem. ?
Comment is about Changing Season (blog)
Original item by Yeama B.
' The young now live with guilt they don't recognize' one of many great lines, Trevor. ?
Comment is about BIG PHARMA' And The FILTHY LUCRE. (blog)
Original item by trevor homer
Lovely poem, Aviva & very true:
Daaad! Me taps leaking! Daaad, can you put a new light up. Daaad.. (and that's just today!).
I go down full of frowns & headshakes, but really I love that she still needs me ? And, of course, we always need them. ❤️
Comment is about The Gift Of Life (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Thank you John, and that's a lovely memory which I am happy that you were able to recall and share with this poem. It makes me think forward the almost 40 years that it will be before both of mine are over 52 and I'd be nearing 90. So many uncertainties ahead, its good to know that something is certain, even if its just that I'll always worry about my children.
Comment is about The Gift Of Life (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
The tennis analogy is right in part, MC. But not I would suggest, because of the fewer games played. I would argue it is the “pull” of the player which is paramount. If Federer can sell more tickets, attract more TV deals, attract more sponsorship etc than Serena, he can legitimately command more prize money. If Williams is the bigger draw she deserves more than him.
The biggest wrong, to my mind, is in US football (soccer to them) where the women’s game is far bigger but they are paid less. In this case they should be paid more. The men do not merit even equality of pay.
Comment is about A WORD IN YOUR EAR (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
They were built of better stuff, John.
Lovely tribute.
Comment is about Bill (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I can relate to this, Aviva. Very moving. And it never passes no matter what age they are.
I remember my mam saying to me that she worried about me.
“Mam” I said “I’m 52!”
Didn’t matter - I was her little boy.
Comment is about The Gift Of Life (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Whenever I have been given or even more rarely get flowers for myself I always keep them until I need the vase for the next bunch.. it can be months or years sometimes. In fact I do have a poem related to that which I might eventually post. And even then, I don't actually throw them away I keep the dried flowerheads as pot pourri.
Comment is about Tulips (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
<Deleted User> (13740)
Fri 22nd Jan 2021 10:37
If you are centre of the universe then what about me, because I want to be centre of the universe, shall we have a fight. I don't want to as I think you will win. Unless its a food fight. I would win at a food fight. Especially if I buy a bucket of custard.
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
<Deleted User> (13740)
Fri 22nd Jan 2021 10:34
Thank you for the information. I did not know I was a cough drop. Have you found your socks yet? Have you ever tried on a basque, I warn you not to, you cannot breathe in them and they break your ribs. Do you think lockdown can make a crazy person crazier? Do you know shower caps are hard to find during lockdown. I again await your response.
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
keith jeffries
Sat 23rd Jan 2021 16:39
The imagination in this poem held me in a strange suspense. your use of the language is compelling.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about "Held in Her Palms (blog)
Original item by Emeka Collins