<Deleted User> (25973)
Wed 22nd Jul 2020 00:29
Silence rejuvenates the tired soul
Embark on a journey new
The dawn shall bring happiness to you
Comment is about Lost in a forest in pitch darkness at midnight (blog)
Original item by Andy N
<Deleted User> (25973)
Wed 22nd Jul 2020 00:27
Well thank you both so much. I do like to try and spread a little happiness when I can, and thank you Cynthia, I wondered if anyone would notice the double meaning in the title.?❤
Comment is about The Surfers Smile (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
At midnight
another hand
holds yours
guiding you
into the
forest daybreak.
Comment is about Lost in a forest in pitch darkness at midnight (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Thanks for your like on
They Say
Comment is about D.W. Hamilton (poet profile)
Original item by D.W. Hamilton
and we are now exploring one of those other strands - rather than the strand written by the rich and powerful who perpetrated the crime. No bandwagon here - the wheels are actually coming off this historic bandwagon
Comment is about Amputation & Education (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
This is great. Also seems a bit untamed and rough around the edges which suits the subject of cats well...
Comment is about Different Colors of Cats (blog)
Original item by D.W. Hamilton
Who is actually denying what occurred? What is being brought to
attention is that history has more than one strand to explore.
The arrival of the opportunistic European traders on the West African
Coast resulted in a trade that already existed being utilised for
the need as seen then (autre temps, autre moires) when human
life across the board was far less valued or argued over than it is now, not least from a land that was viewed as heathen by the
visitors. . .
Comment is about Amputation & Education (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
<Deleted User> (18980)
Tue 21st Jul 2020 22:26
We do seem to be creating a bandwagon don't we, with those on board wanting to point fingers, apportion blame, determine guilt etc. Why don't we let sleeping dogs lie and just concentrate on doing the right thing going forward?
Comment is about Amputation & Education (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
there has to be demand to create supply. Colonial Britain wanted cheap labour - they wanted slaves - they created the need and abused those they bought. Irrespective of HOW slaves arrived on these shores and in America - it's what happened to them when they got here that BLM is highlighting - and what is still happening in an unacceptable amount of cases. Don't try to wash our colonial hands of these crimes - you are prolonging the wrongdoing with your denial ?
Comment is about Amputation & Education (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
GS is bang on the money, endorsed by the report (BBC Africa) a
couple of days ago from the descendant of a notable Igbo leader in the Nigeria of her ancestors when owning slaves was a sign of
wealth/prestige. Her predecessor was a leading figure in slave trading when the
Europeans in the shape of the Portuguese, Dutch and British arrived, to provide the opportunity of extra prestige and
payment to those already involved in this profitable and widespread capture and
marketing of its less fortunate inhabitants in tribal Africa. I doubt though that you'll see any BLM marches around the streets in that part of the world!
Comment is about Amputation & Education (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Nicola Beckett
Tue 21st Jul 2020 21:56
cinnamon is hands down the best spice, ain't it? ;)
On a serious note, really enjoyed reading this!
Comment is about Perhaps it was cinnamon (blog)
Original item by someone you don’t know right now
Winsome piece of poetry about an ugly truth. Well done!
Comment is about The Turning Of The Tide (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
This is the first collaborative piece that my wife and I did. She read this poem and had the vision for the painting.
Comment is about Drowning Pt. 1 (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
My wife wanted to do this painting and I wrote the poem alongside that painting. It’s our second collaborative work.
Comment is about I Am With You (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Cynthia, thank you. And I would call it a sense of release more than anything. I lived as a dead man inside for a very long time. I was a ghost among the living.
Comment is about In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Bloomin' brilliant. Oh, I laughed. Check your title... just a typo ... but it's glaring.... unless you did it on purpose.
Comment is about Baroque Barque (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
Hard reading but blazingly brilliant.
Comment is about The Turning Of The Tide (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
I do like the word play. Good title.
Comment is about The Surfers Smile (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
A splendid sense of drama and word power, strongly gripping. I also presume deeply satisfying to yourself. Great picture.
Comment is about In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
RoseMary, thank you. A lot of what I write comes from the place of addiction that I lived in for so long. I suppressed my emotions and myself for a very long time and now am finally giving words to those times and those emotions. Thank you again for the comment, encouragement, and for the like.
Bluesky, thank you for the like. ?
Comment is about In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
There ain't no justice, even poetic. Good one.
Comment is about DINOSAURS (blog)
Original item by David Gabriel Caplan
RoseMary
Tue 21st Jul 2020 15:15
A pathetic situation. May God send the best help possible and the strongest angel to achieve the impossibly possible task. I wish an easy and timely rescue
Miracles do happen. It's just a prayer away.
Comment is about In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Wow! You are most welcome RoseMary.
Comment is about Are You Ready? (blog)
Original item by Dean Fraser
Inspiring! A much needed message to fight the lockdown blues.
Comment is about The Surfers Smile (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
RoseMary
Tue 21st Jul 2020 12:38
Dean, your poem has cleared many tangled thoughts and shown me the right way. I was sure but I just needed a reaffirmation. Thank you.
Comment is about Are You Ready? (blog)
Original item by Dean Fraser
Thank you
The one certainty in life
is change
we can shout and scream about how unfair life is
or do our best to make change on our terms
Comment is about Are You Ready? (blog)
Original item by Dean Fraser
was it something I said ? ? ?
thanks for the 'ilke' Anmolpreet ?
Comment is about Amputation & Education (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Great writing Adalyn. Very effective. ?
Comment is about the accident (blog)
Original item by Adalyn Winn
Thanks for the likes. Needs must, our house in Turkey has been empty since last October and jobs need to be done.
Comment is about The Airport (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Love your sample poem...as a recovering addict I can relate...I definitely have my fair share of poems dealing with addiction, check them out whenever you have time....i will read some of your other ones soon as well...thanks
Jared
Comment is about Adalyn Winn (poet profile)
Original item by Adalyn Winn
<Deleted User> (18980)
Tue 21st Jul 2020 10:19
Brave Julie...I'm giving it a miss this year.
Comment is about The Airport (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Philipos
Tue 21st Jul 2020 07:55
Ah regrets M, I think we all get them. Our inner compasses sort them out - I think. P
Comment is about New Day (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Philipos
Tue 21st Jul 2020 07:52
Certain things we cannot change - other things we can - one porpoise cannot extinguish a mighty fire - but if there is a big enough school of them, well ... who knows.
Comment is about Crime (blog)
Original item by Wanya Sinha
Thanks for the Likes, Po and Stephen.
Comment is about CULTURAL APPROPRIATION (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Philipos
Tue 21st Jul 2020 07:46
Philipos
Tue 21st Jul 2020 07:43
Interesting compilation with some subtle implications. P.
Comment is about Carpe Noctem (blog)
Original item by David Lindsay
Philipos
Tue 21st Jul 2020 07:31
Haunting piece C. Thanks for sharing. P
Comment is about Realms (blog)
Original item by Clive Culverhouse
Philipos
Tue 21st Jul 2020 07:25
Thank you, Abdul, for your generous input!
Comment is about Tenant of the Sea (blog)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
Nicola Beckett
Tue 21st Jul 2020 04:24
Nicola, thank you for that. I have an amazing support system. I want that my pain can bring relief and comfort to others. My desire is that the hope I've found can spark some hope in others.
Po, my noose was loosened, but not by my hands. I am one of the fortunate ones.
Comment is about Addiction (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Nicola, I did run and run and run. I couldn't run far or fast enough, and all my running brought me to the end of myself where I was found again.
Comment is about I Am With You (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
i read your poem three times its so deep i love how it starts with the intention of giving a try to just feel dissapointed by what you already knew
Comment is about Leaves End Leaving (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
Nicola, that is how I used to live, and I was really good at it. Now I’m learning to live vulnerably and honestly with myself and the ones around me.
Comment is about Shehariah (poet profile)
Original item by Shehariah
Also M.C. you described it perfectly, you nailed it....
Comment is about I Need You (blog)
Original item by Jared Harris
<Deleted User> (25973)
Wed 22nd Jul 2020 00:29
Lost in words,
Need words to find.
Indeed!
Comment is about Scintillating conversation (blog)
Original item by Abdul Ahmad