I like the portentous tone of this poem. We are all irreplaceable individuals, destined to live just the once. "When the time of our lives is all that we have." Sam Beam, 'Call it dreamin'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXC80ZXQhvQ&list=PLWcM4lTFokNfaEBVbpXS9zX870u05MYhX
Comment is about Sermons of A Turnip Farmer (blog)
Original item by MortimerBlooming
Thank you kindly Mortimer.
“At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
Comment is about Pebbles from my skull (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Many thanks, Greg, Mortimer and MC.
No-one knows me better than my wife, Greg. I could come home late at night with semen stains on my trousers and she would ask accusingly, “What have you been eating?”
Comment is about LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Graham - yes - we're being hosted by the venue that we use - they are an arts centre and have a full paid up version ?
Comment is about Zoomnation (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Make sure you have a paid up account or it cuts out after 40 minutes I’ve heard.
Comment is about Zoomnation (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
This took me straight back to that line from a pop song of yesteryear:
"You can't go to jail for what you're thinking..."
Or - even older -
"Four walls do not a prison make
Or iron bars a cage."
If I were judging you JC, you'd get an "absolute discharge" - if you'll
pardon the sentence! ?
Comment is about LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
good luck with it Greg - our event on Thursday has 27 open mic readers, 9 on the reserve list and over 200 'interested' we could be testing the 100 Zoom limit ?
Comment is about Zoomnation (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
I don't believe it will, Ian. Zoom is lot better than nothing, but also nothing like the real thing. We all want to stand up there and project, and hear proper applause. Well done for hosting the Wigan night on Zoom - I will be trying out that experience down here in Woking next week.
Comment is about Zoomnation (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Topical and terse - a timely reminder that we all need to prepare for
eventuality of the final goodbye while we can.
Comment is about Written by a funeral director (blog)
Original item by hugh
Tue 19th May 2020 16:14
Your ability to write poems about so meaningless encounters and make them so comical and so well written in imagery is really awesome Ian.
Absolutely loved reading this one
Comment is about fly (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Thanks for the kind comments lads.
Although I'm hosting the WOL Wigan zoom night and have been guest on a few more - I'm trying not to make it too much of a habit. I'm sure, like me, you remember when football went onto the TV big time (in my case Rugby League) and a lot of people never went back to the live experience - with falling attendances.
I sincerely hope that doesn't happen to poetry gigs - but I have my doubts ?
Comment is about Zoomnation (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Tue 19th May 2020 16:12
This poem made me laugh out loud more than once.
It was so well written and comical, I absolutely adored it.
Maybe one of the best poems I have read all week, so refreshing and funny.
Comment is about LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you, one and all. It is reward enough that the lines resonate
so positively...even more so when so many of us are "incarcerated"
by domestic circumstances at this time and our freedom is that
provided by the imagination. By way of background - this walk can
be seen on YouTube videos of Kingswear and the Daymark (the "beacon" in my poem) a local landmark. I have a vested interest
insofar that my late eldest sister saw service at the "works of war"
referred to before she eventually left the UK to marry an injured
US Army officer and live the rest of her life in Louisiana USA.
Although I seem unable to upload my folk song version here, those who are
interested can find it as the 3rd item down
under "Audio" on my WOL profile page.
Comment is about DOWN BY THE MEWSTONE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Extraordinarily wacky, John. I liked the cheesecake and bread butter pudding references. And the picture of The Temptations.
Comment is about LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Tue 19th May 2020 16:00
Like unsuspected frogs in a plot coming to a boil.
That seems to be the case for our species everywhere from global warming to everything that threatens our extinction.
We are a stubborn bunch, capable of getting used to everything even our extinction.
Loved this one
Comment is about Morning Rush (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Tue 19th May 2020 15:57
Make this poem a part of every school's curriculum worldwide and see how quickly strife vanishes everywhere!
Comment is about The art of communication (blog)
Original item by Mocosy
Excellent poem, MC. I concur with John. And thought at once of Thomas Hardy.
Comment is about DOWN BY THE MEWSTONE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
First proper Zoom poem I've seen, Ian. Good one.
Comment is about Zoomnation (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Tue 19th May 2020 15:55
A really beautiful poem Abdul, it gives one an overwhelming sense of hope, maybe perhaps we all have such a beautiful moorland waiting for us there,
Even those among us who aren't worthy.
Loved every verse,
Mortimer
Comment is about Will we meet again? (blog)
Original item by Abdul Ahmad
Tue 19th May 2020 15:51
At the end of the day the greatest question that can be asked is who are you?
To which a philosopher can fill volumes and volumes of doctrines.
A poet can write hundreds of verses
But god needed 5 words " I am what I am."
A truly wonderful poem,
One which resonates so closely to a poem I wrote a few months ago, it is almost uncanny.
Absolutely loved it!
Comment is about I Am Whatever You Want Me To Be (blog)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
Magnificent, MC. Quite possibly the finest you’ve ever written, You are a beacon of quality on this site.
Comment is about DOWN BY THE MEWSTONE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
<Deleted User> (24283)
Tue 19th May 2020 13:43
Heartwrenching truth!! I think I agree, but I will soon know with full convictions.
Comment is about If you feel alone, look at the moon. (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
Slowly I"m starting to lose faith in love.
Comment is about If you feel alone, look at the moon. (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
<Deleted User> (24283)
Tue 19th May 2020 13:27
Tue 19th May 2020 13:06
Thanks Moon Girl and Po,
The idea of 7 major sins has always been very romantic to me, as I thought what makes a person a person is well these sins, they are what our base instinct is resorts to,
It has inspired me to write countless poems, some good, some bad, some forever forgotten.
Comment is about Sermons of A Turnip Farmer (blog)
Original item by MortimerBlooming
<Deleted User> (24283)
Tue 19th May 2020 12:51
The last line if ignored. The rest says volumes. May love and lovers live long.?
Comment is about If you feel alone, look at the moon. (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
<Deleted User> (24283)
Tue 19th May 2020 12:49
I agree with you Phillipos. An eerie female with mysterious errands run on streets.
You must investigate.......hehehe
Comment is about Mrs Todd (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
This isn't a love poem but thank you moon. girl
Comment is about If you feel alone, look at the moon. (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
<Deleted User> (24283)
Tue 19th May 2020 12:47
So beautifully crafted. A delight to the heart. Such a lovely expression of delightful feelings. Leaves your readers wondering about the rest that would follow.
Pure love resides in pure heart. Sucha lovely honourable commitment shown. A dreamy treat!!
Comment is about Small Reveals (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Philipos
Tue 19th May 2020 12:45
An interesting piece Simon - you allow us to become the sleuths. Sounds rather like a back street abortionist, the way she sneaks around. ?
Comment is about Mrs Todd (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
Pick a song to play,
Before you reach your final day.
Comment is about Written by a funeral director (blog)
Original item by hugh
Yes Graham.I think that moment has a real relevance in pop songs as you wait for it and that keeps you in the loop. Classical music can also build up to a recurring theme so there is a sort of peak experience, like a sweet line in poetry. Hang on to your hat!
Don, at it again with that quirky take. I'm still searching.!
Comment is about INSTANT HIT (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (24283)
Tue 19th May 2020 10:57
7 unforgivable sins. A nice concept between the ears. Some follow others don't. To each his own, to each his space.
Good one!
Comment is about Sermons of A Turnip Farmer (blog)
Original item by MortimerBlooming
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Tue 19th May 2020 10:01
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Tue 19th May 2020 09:58
When life and living make no sense
And all I care for gives offence
I do not fret but get me hence
To stray down by the Mewstone
Beautiful words!!!!
I've seen WOL grow in past 8 years. Although I had never been so regular, but we still have some class poetry of high standards. Thanks to poets like you who have enriched the site with beautifully woven thoughts
Comment is about DOWN BY THE MEWSTONE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
<Deleted User> (24283)
Tue 19th May 2020 09:53
I like your truthfulness and devotion for love. Not everyone who speaks love really loves. But over the years I have noticed your poems and you never lost touch of your love focus. May you receive your love soon.
Comment is about If you feel alone, look at the moon. (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
<Deleted User> (18118)
Tue 19th May 2020 09:16
Very moving.
Beautifully expresses the reality of war, amid the joy of VE Day, the terrible loss.
Hannah
Comment is about V E Day, 2020 (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
<Deleted User> (18118)
Tue 19th May 2020 09:12
Hi Cynthia, Thanks for your message.
Yes, I'm still working with children at the school, although Lockdown has made it very difficult. Only the most vulnerable can attend.
I enjoy reading your poems very much and thank you for your comments on mine.
Hannah
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Thank you so much for you kind words Po.
It is very appreciated.
Comment is about Anzacs (blog)
Original item by Suzanne Waller
Thank you for your kind comments ?
Comment is about Human Touch (blog)
Original item by Hilary Walker
Captures the coronavirus issue really well.A pleasure to read in these dark times.Writen a few on this tragedy myself.Well done.
Comment is about The Ghosts Of Covid-19 (blog)
Original item by Suzanne Waller
Tue 19th May 2020 05:25
Strife, Struggle and Change is the only thing constant in this world, sentiment is often misplaced
A bird singing in an empty forest might be a terrible thing, but it is then when the bird will find true happiness maybe on account of it's own song.
True happiness after all, comes undisturbed and from within
A lovely poem showcasing the bittersweet nature of change,
Mortimer
Comment is about Unsung Beauty (blog)
Original item by nightflower
Tue 19th May 2020 05:20
Coming to terms and preparing for the worst is one of the most necessary things ever, A lovely poem.
Comment is about Written by a funeral director (blog)
Original item by hugh
Tue 19th May 2020 05:18
Evolution may make men as capable as Gods in million of years one thing is for certain,
so long as our bodies are comprised of flesh, and oxygen keeps us warm,
We are nothing but instruments waiting to be played by bacteria and germs infinitely smaller than us yet just as infinitely more powerful.
A beautiful poem,
Mortimer
Comment is about Pebbles from my skull (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Tue 19th May 2020 04:13
you outdid yourself on this one!
Very good!
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Deb,
Thank you for liking my poem, Our Song. Welcome to WoL and I hope you enjoy your stay. Looking forward to reading more of your work.
Comment is about Deb (poet profile)
Original item by Deb
Liam Osaneo
Tue 19th May 2020 19:37
I love the thought of loneliness as a companion...
Comment is about The Lonely Goddesses Lover (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey