Haunting thoughts. I feel like that sometimes when I look at photos and this poem expresses it so well.
Comment is about Photomask (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
My knowledge of mythology is sadly lacking, (I say sadly because as a child I was fascinated by the few stories I found but never did devote time or attention to explore it as much as I should have) but I find your poetry an enticing gateway and it keeps tempting me to look up all the references you make.
Comment is about Nyx (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Oh no ?, I'm clearly having an obtuse day where I am causing all kinds of confusion...
I think the original quote from the novel was actually: (Hard times create strong men, Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men, Weak men create hard times,)
But it became a meme (so the internet shows and tells) and so there are a few variants, which you'd probably stumbled onto and I'm happy you posted it because it was very interesting and I'd not seen it before.
The version that I wrote might or might not also exist as a variant out there because someone else might or might not have also made the same alteration... but when I rephrased it into the variant using the word people it was 'my variant' not the original quotation, and I did so because I evaluated the words in my own mind as a philosophical construct and evolved it into something I found to be of variant interest.
Anyway, I really hope I cleared up all possible confusions... lets not forget nobody at WOL wrote the original, so I thought it must surely be fair play and intended for people to contribute opinions or chit chat on the theme?
Absolutely agree with Stephen's comment too, some of the strong people created in hard times would actually make the times even harder, so I suppose the postulation assumes that eventually 'good' will win over 'evil' and the result of the profusion of strength will eventually lead to 'better' times.
Comment is about THOUGHT FOR ANY DAY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Was getting annoyed, thnking you were a male chauvinist pig, until the last line! Clever and amusing as usual! Jennifer
Comment is about Female brains ! (blog)
Original item by hugh
Nice one! Could have been a worse awakening! Liked 'random thoughts flit like fleas' . Jennifer
Comment is about Concussion (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
Agree with Julie, in my book we never got that far with the explanation! Nice one. Jennifer
Comment is about The Animal Lover (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Great poem! Very perceptive and unusual language - non stop love soaked fun/ the distant sunsets seemed too small to fit in his ambition- yet vast for her rendition. Really liked this. Jennifer
Comment is about The Red Marriage (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Somewhat ironically, Torquay have been drawn away to Woking in the Trophy quarter-finals. May the best team win! We're also at home to them in the National League this Saturday as well.
Comment is about The poetry of football (1): Dave Martin, bard of Torquay United (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
This poem is enough!
wait, wait, this poem is not enough !
I want more (of your poems)!
But luckily, there's plenty more in your blog (which I am reading)
Comment is about Creativity Costs (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
If Torquay (The Gulls) maintain their present form they should gain
promotion back to the Football League proper where they belong.
My brother-in-law lives within a shout of Plainmoor, the team's home
ground, and even at his advanced age would probably jump from
his armchair and indulge in a bit of arm-waving if that happened.
I'm sure Mr Martin will be considering that promotion for a celebratory poem.
Comment is about The poetry of football (1): Dave Martin, bard of Torquay United (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you Keith, appreciate your encouraging words.
It sure reminded me of some fond memories of sitting in a history class back in school.
Thank you Brian, 100% agree on that
Comment is about A Place in History (blog)
Original item by D Joshi
How two people can compliment each other. Good poem
Keith
Comment is about The Red Marriage (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Fair point, but it depends what we mean by strong and weak. Many apparently "strong" people turn out to be vain and full of hot air when tested. The assessment always has to be ex-post.
Comment is about THOUGHT FOR ANY DAY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
By way of explanation: the lines shown were quoted "as seen".
I've no way of knowing their original source so I cannot discuss
that in any way, but the general meaning embodied in the word
"people" seems equally relevant, though, somehow, not quite so "pointed".
Comment is about THOUGHT FOR ANY DAY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
The courage and determination shines through.
I hope the result will always be:
Virus vanquished, Victory Vautaw
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Comment is about Malignant Love (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Ah Brian you misunderstood my comment and that means I wasn't clear enough. I wasn't suggesting that the original quotation should change, just adding a variant version which says something else.
If I had instead of 'but may I...' said 'but may I add a variant' this would have been clearer, and I didn't do that but I also didn't write 'but may I suggest a change'
Comment is about THOUGHT FOR ANY DAY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thank you to all those who commented on this poem, especially D Joshi, JD., and Brian H. Also to those who expressed 'like's: Charlotte, Mona, Abdul, Julie, Aviva, Moon Girl and Kristian.
I appreciate your reading this and giving it your considered opinions.
Keith
Comment is about The Earth Sleeps (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
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Wed 10th Feb 2021 13:56
Good quote MC, which should be left as it was written......not given the PC treatment.
Comment is about THOUGHT FOR ANY DAY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Greg, don't watch Long Lost Families on the TV then!
Comment is about The jab (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
So, (people) Around and around it goes, where it stops, nobody knows.
Comment is about THOUGHT FOR ANY DAY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Wow, very astute, but may I....
Hard times create strong people,
Strong people create easy times.
Easy times create weak people,
Weak people create hard times,
Apparently the original quote is by G. Michael Hopf from an apocalyptic novel called 'Those Who Remain' (published 2016)
Comment is about THOUGHT FOR ANY DAY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Only ever heard the child friendly version until today, your version if by far the best. Thank you
Comment is about The Animal Lover (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
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Wed 10th Feb 2021 12:42
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Wed 10th Feb 2021 12:41
Well described with the final stanza being a thought which most people dread. Good poem
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about Nightmare (blog)
Original item by Luis Francisco Hernandez Martin
Thanks, Graham. It has to be said that probably due to my age I do well up in odd places - so to speak - more often these days. Last time it happened was at the barber's - my first haircut in months - last summer. At the same time I seem to have developed a condition during lockdown called Dry Eyes. All very weird.
Comment is about The jab (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Wed 10th Feb 2021 11:37
Philistines! Exactly!
Can't believe they would actually INCREASE
the advertisements instead of reducing them.
No peace for you.
Write more poetry!
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
This is a nicely angled write Greg. There's a slightly dystopian edge in there somewhere, with hope blended in too. I'm left feeling sad that many are thinking 'that's it' after getting the jab, not realising that nothing changes, the problem hasn't gone away. I also feel that we MUST all invest more of our resources to increase funding of the NHS. We need a Greta!
Good work.
Comment is about The jab (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks for the Likes, D Joshi, Holden, Aviva, Aisha, and Julie!
Comment is about The jab (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Julie,
You are fast becoming a sage. Your poem speaks of the present and its consequences for the future, a future which is to some large extent a mystery.
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about Too Little Too Late (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Brian,
Your strong emotional attachment to Kenya is something often felt by those of us who have lived and worked in other parts of the world. Such an experience is an education in itself. I lived in the deserts of Oman for ten years and even longer in Spain with a few years in the Caribbean. It is hard to settle back here as a part of us yearns to be back in to those places much loved and cherished. I too learned Arabic and Spanish and entered fully into the life of the world about me at the time.
Your poem touches the nerve ends of my soul as I too recall such incredible vistas and some of the best people I have ever had the joy of knowing.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Kenyan Morning (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
This one is like a time machine for me. I cannot help but get choked up with longing for those wonderful times we enjoyed there. How rich we were, and are, because of the experience of Kenya, East Africa. We spent fourteen years there -- not back and forth -- no. We lived there, learned the language, culture, food, and received and gave love from the marvelous Luyia people of western Kenya. I hope to visit there again one day before I meet our Maker.
Comment is about Kenyan Morning (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
Just beautiful, such a lovely read. Thank you.
Comment is about A Reflection (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Wed 10th Feb 2021 03:37
if that is the future,
count me out
I'll go back to the past
where it's safer.
?
Comment is about old shoes (poet profile)
Original item by old shoes
I loved this piece ? So beautiful!
-J
Comment is about A Reflection (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
This is so beautiful to read. Made me smile ?
Comment is about A Reflection (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Yes, I was sitting there reading it. I know mango, papaya, guava, so well because I once lived in that timezone too.
Comment is about MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE (blog)
Original item by Erika Montoya
A contented man. A good poem. Makes us appreciate what we have.
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about A Reflection (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Thank you to everyone who clicked 'Like' for this poem. ?
Comment is about Are Dreams Thicker Than Blood? (blog)
Original item by Aviva Rifka Bhandari
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Tue 9th Feb 2021 22:04
Yes. I often leave when it gets like this. Sometimes leaving is the only option xx a lovely poem
Comment is about Last Night (blog)
Original item by jjessicca
Aisha,
This poem could easily be the power house of my soul, a place where one treats oneself to the exclusion of all else. Moments of solitude and self indulgence. Ten minutes! Aisha surely you can extend this.
Loved every word and thank you for this poem.
Keith
Comment is about Love Yourself (blog)
Original item by Aisha Suleman
This poem has a sacred quality to it especially when I read the words of the third stanza as it brings to life the house focusing as if on the epicentre of a real home. The smells and the noises, those aspects which bring a place to life and identify those who live there. My grandmother´s home evokes the same memories for me. A poem with nostalgia and real meaning.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE (blog)
Original item by Erika Montoya
Beautiful poem, you described so well the feeling
Comment is about I Don't Hate You, I Hate Myself (blog)
Original item by ImJustMe
Surveillance, and targeted advertising " The wave of the future, the future, the future, the wave of the future"
Comment is about ADS (blog)
Original item by d.knape
This is one of those poems where the poet has the ability to take the reader to the scene described with so little effort. Before I finished reading this poem I was already there.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about We Sat There (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
The cry of humanity, a goal waiting to be achieved since time immemorial but always out of reach. Yet strive we must because there is no viable alternative to humanity´s existence. To love and accept people......surely this can´t be too much of a challenge.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Unity in the Community (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
Many love poems have been written down the centuries but those which come from the heart always stand out from the rest and this is one of them.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about My Heart to you (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
Wise words and something we should all take on board. ?
Comment is about Unity in the Community (blog)
Original item by J.D. Bardo
Brian Hodgkinson
Wed 10th Feb 2021 19:42
Thank you, Aviva. I know you are "a sensitive" as I am. ?
Comment is about Photomask (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.