That ending... I’ve been there.

Comment is about POETRY GIG (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hello Aisha, yes the storms, plenty of motivation in them to write about. Enjoyed.

I hope you and yours keep well.

P

Comment is about The Storm (blog)

Original item by Aisha Suleman

Thank you Trevor and Tom for your comments.
Thank you to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem too.

This was written three years ago as a New Year's Resolution poem but only because I had something to resolve about how I was feeling about things. And it turned out to seem prescient almost as things had been under great upheaval but became so much more so and in so many extra and unexpected ways throughout the year that followed but I found the poem a great help.

And now, it seems very suited to the year we've just had and the one that we are embarking upon too. It is the nature of sand (and life) to shift, and the nature of humans to try to stand upright and find a sense of balance, after all.

Comment is about Resolution (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Ray - stick with WOL. We can ignore you without you knowing.

Only joking...you're one of the leading lights.

Comment is about POETRY GIG (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Where was this, Ray? Or are your lips sealed?! I think I know, but I may be wrong ...

Comment is about POETRY GIG (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hi, and thanks a lot for liking and commenting favourably on one of my Blogs.

I hope that the time you spend on WOL will be of benefit to us all.

Blessings.

P

Comment is about old shoes (poet profile)

Original item by old shoes

Ha

Comment is about BABIES (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Really enjoyed this Aviva. We've got to take some time to appreciate the fortune of the moment when we can.

Comment is about Resolution (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Write Out Loud has always been a great free resource and the place to go to for poetry promoters and poets alike. I'm personally indebted to its founder, Greg Freeman. Not only has he reviewed my own work, but has also attended and reviewed a number of our Tongues&Grooves events here in Portsmouth. It's heartening to read about the ambitious future plans. I'll definitely keep coming back to see what's happening in the wider poetry world and I'm more than happy to make a donation.

Comment is about OUR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN IS UP AND RUNNING – AND 'ONE COMMUNITY' WILL DOUBLE YOUR DONATIONS (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Of this to some glowing tale
I must take a dim view
Da gave Ma a shiner?
Ma gave Da one too?

Comment is about Time to shine (blog)

Original item by hugh

It's an ill wind that blows no good, Keith. When America sneezes, we catch cold.

Comment is about An ill Wind Blows (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

I can really feel the melancholy building in this poem... literally.
I think the structure of the text itself represents the tall tower too.

Comment is about Hive (blog)

Original item by simon lucan

Beautiful sentiments wonderfully conveyed. Thanks

Comment is about Resolution (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thank you Keith, I very rarely write about politics, it is not my favourite topic.
I try to write a daily poem and try to reflect on my thoughts, feelings or the days news.
When I was contemplating my write today Nellie The Elephant came into my head, so I just went along with it.

Comment is about Donald The President, Trump, Trump, Trump (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Julie,

I gather from this poem that you are not in favour of Trump. You are not alone I can assure you. All governments which have politicians as their Heads of State are prone to the occasional twerp. Thank God for the Queen.

Thank you for this humourous poem
Keith

Comment is about Donald The President, Trump, Trump, Trump (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Yes I am a cough drop, a nice strawberry flavour, why do you say such things x what do you mean x

Comment is about The Man On The Bridge (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thanks for the kind comment Stephen G and for all the likes folks.

Comment is about Hope Holds The Key (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thank you Jordyn, Stephen and Stephen for the likes! ?

And thank you Aviva for the comment and like. I'm so pleased you enjoyed my first poem of 2021. I did end up tweaking a few words here and there but it's finished now and it is what it is. Thanks for your encouragement - I really appreciate it. Tom.

Comment is about Murmuration (blog)

Original item by Tom

Slad is a lovely place. Great pub too, with the graveyard just across the road. Laurie Lee wrote of his pleasure, as he sipped his pint in there, at watching tourists drive up, wander into the graveyard, then come into the pub to ask where Laurie Lee's grave was.

Comment is about 'All I knew was that I was to go to Abbey Road and bring three poems' (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Am a I a cough drop? Now what do you mean by this. Mmm I await your reply. Maybe it would be easier being a cough drop than a human but I might get sucked a lot! Ha ha

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

Original item by d.knape

I was talking to a friend last night. She's very lonely. But being alone doesn't mean you have to be lonely, especially if you like your own company. I personally need alone time to recharge. I like this poem though. I can almost picture the man stood there. But maybe he's just getting out the house away from his wife!!! He might not be alone at all x

Comment is about The Man On The Bridge (blog)

Original item by d.knape

I agree.
the W give you more gravitas.
sounds like you are really important.
so keep using it.

Comment is about Stephen W Atkinson (poet profile)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

cannot click on Astro Girl.
what's the deal?

Comment is about Hospital Gown (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Open heart surgery?
good grief.
hope you are doing better now.

(do not flash the nurses in your Hospital Gown!)

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

Original item by keith jeffries

hic! 'strue!

Comment is about You Write Like a Drunk (blog)

Original item by Michael Triandam

I didn't know how to understand this at first, is there a specific parallel being drawn here or not?

But reading it again it has an uncanny parallel with the hole in the ozone layer.... hmmmm

Comment is about The mysterious case of the hole in the trousers (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thanks for liking, John.

Comment is about HAUNTED HONEYMOON (blog)

Original item by ray pool

The farcical nature of this appeals to me Stephen. Well done for straying into familiar territory but with an alternative theme interwoven, namely the hole. Reminds me a bit of those films where someone insignificant is chased by police, swat men and helicopters. Excellent!

Ray

Comment is about The mysterious case of the hole in the trousers (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

This certainly travels a huge distance between the sentiment at the start of the poem (be near me) and that at its end (stay away), so its certainly a nonstop roller coaster of an entourage of emotions, I just wonder if because of that it needs one more thing to help it work better with the chosen title.

Or maybe, and just a suggestion, but you could change the title to 'Sleeping with me' which covers both the two of you sleeping together either actually or wishfully or possibly, and also all of the rollercoaster of emotions sleeping within you too.

On the other hand, maybe 'Sleep with me' also means 'do nothing there while I do nothing here' which means that the start and the end of the poem are just different interpretations of the title.?

Comment is about Sleep with me (blog)

Original item by Jay

Sounds like the dad DID believe in half measures!

Comment is about Bob was a cut above his fellow pupils at his new school (blog)

Original item by hugh

Good, positive thoughts, Julie.

Comment is about Hope Holds The Key (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

I have been there and it is where I think I learnt, though can struggle to remember:
You shouldn't spend too long thinking of what you were not then, it could only stop you from a proper chance to be what you need to be now. And if you spend too long in moments that drag you down, rather than those that lift you up, what could you feel except low?

Comment is about In Every Moment (blog)

Original item by David R Mellor

Hi Kristian, very much enjoyed reading some of your work.

I suspect there are umpteen survivors on WOL, of what you yourself have experienced treatment wise, and it is courageous of you hint at those experiences.

The increasing trend in this, adds, I am sure, an extra string to the pen of Blog.

Blessings.

P ?

Comment is about Kristian Deidre Brown (poet profile)

Original item by Kristian Deidre Brown

The last verse is beautiful.

Comment is about A Mom’s Promise (blog)

Original item by Candice Reineke

Very evocative. I haven't had the pleasure to visit yet, but now hope I can do so when things are back to normal. I remember Ken Dodd singing Nessun Dorma at the age of 80. Will never forget it.

Comment is about The Best Place Ever! (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Yes, a beautiful poem.

Comment is about The Man On The Bridge (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thanks for your kind comment on my work, Trevor.

Keep writing. Steve

Comment is about trevor homer (poet profile)

Original item by trevor homer

Perhaps I just don't possess the skill to imagine anything better than the words you've chosen. So, I hope you don't trim or change a single word of this, but I am not sure if you should listen to me.
I thought it was perfect as it is.

Comment is about Murmuration (blog)

Original item by Tom

Since he seems to have a natural uppercut he might do well at boxing?

Comment is about Bob was a cut above his fellow pupils at his new school (blog)

Original item by hugh

Thank you New Shoes for your comment in response to this poem, I appreciate the wisdom and generosity of your words.

Thank you Hope Ray for your comment and support.

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

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Comment is about Pieces (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

That is such a beautiful poem that you left on my profile.
Thank you so much ?

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

Original item by d.knape

I like the idea of higher and lower energies

Comment is about CONTINUITY (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

Cyclic events. ?

Comment is about CONTINUITY (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

Missing pieces. ?
Well thought.?

Comment is about Pieces (blog)

Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari

dunno why but this hit me deep , its lovely ?

Comment is about Hospital Gown (blog)

Original item by d.knape

beautiful ❤

Comment is about The Man On The Bridge (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Julie, Stephen A., Aisha, JD., Aviva, Kristian, New shoes and Brian.
Thank you all for your likes and comments. They are much appreciated and a source of encouragement.

Keith

Comment is about An ill Wind Blows (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thanks for looking in Mark. That sounds really interesting. That whole area has changed so much. The only area I visited in the 70s was Rotherhithe and Horsleydown, due to my father's antecedents being from there. Fascinating to look back now!

Ray

Comment is about Trains, trolleybuses, rag and bone men: Ray Pool publishes online book of archive photographs (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I think you called it Keith. I felt every emotion in that poem. And it brought me back to my final break that took several months to pass and at the end I was liberated from my past and free to move on.

Thanks for sharing Jordyn

Peace

Comment is about Consider Me Gone (blog)

Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth

I see where you are coming from Keith and the Truth behind your words. It will be a heavy blow indeed, only in that thought we must remember not to fear.

Comment is about An ill Wind Blows (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries