He ruined he chances of re-election once he started talking about disinfectant injections! ?
Comment is about Trump. What Virus? (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Nice bit of nonsense there?
Comment is about A Cheetah Ate A Pizza (blog)
Original item by Lee Franks
Hi, Adam,I really enjoyed your excellent comment on 'VE Day, 2020'. And I've considered it a lot. I finally think it was the 'sound element' that dictated the word order, the slight 'mmm' of both words beginning and ending the 'idea', almost like a bracket, kind of a 'thoughtful' sound. 'War'' is a difficult vocallization to start a line. But that order has more 'elegance', I absolutely agree. Not to mention correct grammar.
Cynthia
Comment is about Adam Whitworth (poet profile)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
cheers Po - glad you liked it.
Yes - I think 'Bayonet' is probably one of my best - it works both as a poem and a song and the message is much bigger than the picture it seems to paint - I don't know if I've shared the song with you - apologies if I have - but here it is: https://soundcloud.com/the-man-at-the-back-1/the-bayonet-in-the-shed
Comment is about For Whom The Hammer Tolls (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Really gives the idea of a long hoped for change of season- Liked it all, but in particular the last two lines. Great stuff as always.
Jennifer
Comment is about Seasonal Sensations (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Nice! Great passion, and beautifully expressed regrets.
Jennifer
Comment is about Jetty Song (blog)
Original item by Tom
Very apt! Reminds me of Roger Mcgough's Sad Aunt Madge, who was seen by neurological experts with, among other things, gentle voices, small white hands, and large Rolls Royces!
Comment is about The Specialist (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
Alive_sunflower
I'm new to Wol and am slowly navigating through different bolggers works.
Came across it's raining today.
Life in parallel universe destined to drift apart. A sad experience many recognize and are powerless to change.
Enjoyed reading this well constructed emotionally charged poem.
Abdul
Comment is about It's raining .... (blog)
Original item by Alive_sunflower
Abdul, Mrs F is possibly a better poet than me. At least she knows how to rhyme! Yes, apparently we can see the stars - and indeed Venus, more clearly these days, Graham. Thanks.
Comment is about Lockdown haiku (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
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Fri 15th May 2020 12:13
Trump got infected
With the virus of fame
.......he will really regret opening the lockdown.
Comment is about Trump. What Virus? (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
The hardest style I think Greg, done nicely here!
Good to record one positive thing about lockdown. Only last night I stood looking at an incredibly bright Venus in the early evening sky, not really dark and wished I had a really powerful telescope to do it justice.
Comment is about Lockdown haiku (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Greg
Blessed sunshine expressed with yearning for the tears that turns grass into colour of envy.
Nice.
Don't allow the present Mrs Freeman stop you haikuing!
Abdul
Comment is about Lockdown haiku (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Hallelujah; John.
Let's hear it for humanity.
Keep beating the drums.
Let's hope that our rulers pretending to switch off their deaf aids to avoid the reality of these exceptional times will get the message.
Keep beating the drums of sanity.
Appropriate poem for current time.
Abdul
Comment is about BEAT THE DRUM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks, Greg. The sentiment is better than the poem, I guess. But there again so was “Hey, hey, LBJ. How many kids did ya kill today?”
Comment is about BEAT THE DRUM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Or, as my wife said: 'A haiku? That's not like you.'
Comment is about Lockdown haiku (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Despite all this being the fault of my neurons am beginning to feel a warm resulting glow. They've done me well.
Thankyou for your celebratory comments and likes. Onward and upward they say. Or as Nigel would say 'Liftoff'....
?
Comment is about It's Your Fault Neurons (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
You risk your life to get us
Get through all of this
We take it all for granted
Without you hit or miss....
Comment is about Thank You N.H.S (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thank you Moon.girl, I like to think so too. ❤️
Comment is about Situationship (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
Extraordinarily, I find myself in agreement with you on this, MC. There is fake news ... and there is fake sympathy, too. Wait until the next nurses' pay round comes along ... then we'll see.
Comment is about BADLY, MADLY, SADLY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Five stars for this, John. My sentiments exactly - and hopefully those of many others.
Comment is about BEAT THE DRUM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
This reminds me, Ray, of Monty Python's Great British Joke - or whatever it was called - which was shouted across to Germans on the front line. With similarly fatal results.
Comment is about INSTANT HIT (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Moon.girl
Thank you for dropping by and leaving encouraging words.
Abdul
Comment is about Life and death companions (blog)
Original item by Abdul Ahmad
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Fri 15th May 2020 06:21
Hope for a better day!!
Another isolation poetry.....well penned!!
Comment is about Broken (blog)
Original item by Bree Goodwin
<Deleted User> (24283)
Fri 15th May 2020 06:18
Different aspects of isolation.
Comment is about Wedding Cake (blog)
Original item by Robbie Christian
<Deleted User> (24283)
Fri 15th May 2020 04:41
Give wings to your heart
Let it fly in horizons far
When time is right for you
Things will move and do
Wonders beyond imagination
Achieving tasks impossible
In most easy ways
It's just moving in that direction
It's just reaching that time
Everything has a preparation
Before the final show is done
It's not over until you give up
It's easy to give up and regret later
Its difficult to strive today but will give happiness forever
Comment is about 11:32pm (blog)
Original item by Just another writer
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Fri 15th May 2020 04:37
Feelings stirs our heart, soul and mind
We move ahead in directions that feelings defined
They have great work to do for us
Only if we look in the right places
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Comment is about clouds (blog)
Original item by Liam Osaneo
<Deleted User> (24283)
Fri 15th May 2020 04:34
Thought provoking write.....great wisdom!!
Comment is about Life and death companions (blog)
Original item by Abdul Ahmad
<Deleted User> (24283)
Fri 15th May 2020 04:33
True relationships never end.....care!!
Comment is about Situationship (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
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Fri 15th May 2020 04:32
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Fri 15th May 2020 04:29
You don't lose until you give up
Keep striving till you succeed
That's how aeroplanes and light came into being
Prayer and right intentions are important tools
Focus on your task wholeheartedly until you achieve
Decisions aren't easy to make
Leave the task to Lord after you pray
Miracles are God's work to do
How he rescued Moses parting the sea
No human can ever decide things like these
Wait, work, pray, decide, faith, hope....leads to success in life.
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Comment is about YOU PICK (blog)
Original item by Joe Marcello
Hop on board there Nigel
Space ship 1 (go Don)
Follow me to wherever
(No this ain't a con)
I promise you a good time
In the blogosphere
Come and join my spaceship
Let's all have a beer.....
?
Press 'follow' button Nige. It won't bite you...
Comment is about It's Your Fault Neurons (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
This one just leaves a warm feeling when you read it. Great work!
Comment is about Forgetfulness (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
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Thu 14th May 2020 17:41
<Deleted User> (24283)
Thu 14th May 2020 17:40
Such a sorry call.....sad but well written
Comment is about Thank You For Your Order (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Load up your poetry spaceship
Website one blasts off
to go beyond and far out
Good luck Don
and all that travel with you.
Comment is about It's Your Fault Neurons (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
I did some audio for this one. Feel free to have a listen:
https://soundcloud.com/tomalexwrite/renee-by-a-thread?in=tomalexwrite/sets/poems-read-aloud
Comment is about Renee By A Thread (blog)
Original item by Tom
Thanks for the kind comments mate - I'm glad it struck a chord with you.
I'm a fan of Leonard Cohen - so maybe that influence was there - although it wasn't deliberate.
I think this poem works on a couple of levels - it's basic thrust is the hypocrisy of religious teaching - that makes something that is less than perfect feel 'unclean' when it is those imperfections that make us human.
I wrote it quickly - but I like the rhythm of it and I will probably work on it at some point in the future to produce a song from it.
I really appreciate you taking the time to comment
Ian
Comment is about Unclean (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Thanks so much for the lovely comments, I really appreciate it ? and Jennifer, it is indeed. He's called the Old Croghan Man. An amazing story ?
Comment is about The Nephilim of Croghan Hill (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
Macabre but powerful!
Comment is about The Nephilim of Croghan Hill (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
We need all the books we can get hold of these days!
Comment is about The Visitor (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
Hope you get some visitors, Don!
Comment is about It's Your Fault Neurons (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
You should hear me singing these days Joe, and you would think a chimpanzee sounds good!
Comment is about Je Ne Regrette Rien (blog)
Original item by Joe Williams
Thu 14th May 2020 13:32
It gives so much inspiration and comfort
Big thanks
Comment is about Daffodils (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Echoes of Wordsworth here. Well done!
Comment is about Daffodils (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
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Thu 14th May 2020 11:52
Congratulations and celebrations.....finally you have done it what you wanted to do......may you reach more than your expected readership......yay, yay, yay
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Comment is about It's Your Fault Neurons (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Had missed this one. Beautiful poem, and such good advice. Do not allow yourself to be a train window ....... the eyes are the window of the soul ......
Jennifer
Comment is about Do you see? (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Nice one Ray! Taking control in small ways, self administering tiny chances of life ........ Very apt now in this pandemic, when we had completely lost control of our lives, livelihood, social life etc. etc. Most people with any kind of space here have been 'gardening', and somehow it is relaxing to see plants you have bought and looked after flourishing.
Jennifer
Comment is about WATERING THE PLANTS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
kimberly
Fri 15th May 2020 17:18
Thank you, and thanks to all who 'liked' this poem.
Comment is about Separated Not By Love (blog)
Original item by kimberly