You caught me up from the very start with those wonderful opening lines, right through to the end
Nice one

Comment is about The Darkest Night (blog)

Original item by Deb

What a wonderful last line. Wonderful poem

Nice one

Comment is about In that Same Spot (blog)

Original item by Michael Triandam

An excellent poem absolutely beautifully read. I never knew that there was a vocal version of take five .

Fabulous
thanks for posting

Comment is about To Capture (feat Mcrae, Brubeck) (blog)

Original item by ZTK Space

Audio added.

If you want the full version, you can get it here: https://soundcloud.com/user-704004287-457094007/drove-to-see-you

Comment is about Drove to See You (blog)

Original item by kimberly

Yep he certainly was one of a kind not really interested in image or style just in singing his songs. A true folk legend

Nice one Ian
hope you are keeping well mate

Comment is about This Machine Kills Fascists (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

You are definitely a songwriter Damon with the natural flow and rhythm of your work
Incidentally the title reminds of a line in a Steve Miller song the joker. was that intentional or just coincidental. Either way a natty title for a super poem
Nice one

Comment is about Space Cowboy (Listen!) (blog)

Original item by Mikey V Kinsey

Its a wonderful poem Andy, that feeling of being so close yet so far is one that is felt often during this lockdown

Mortimer

Comment is about The trees in lockdown (blog)

Original item by Andy N

At the end of the day after the ache we feel for another slowly goes, we usually find that what we need is with us.

A sad but beautiful work Deb

Mortimer

Comment is about The Darkest Night (blog)

Original item by Deb

Dying isn't so bad, it's the only true victory for after death there is no burden, no commitments, you are completely free for once, free to sleep

Comment is about Space Cowboy (Listen!) (blog)

Original item by Mikey V Kinsey

This poem really is something else Martin, I loved reading it from start to finish. It truly is extremely beautiful and I am not adequate enough it seems to put down how I feel about it in words yet.

I shared it with your name to all my friends who indulge in poetry, I absolutely loved it.

Mortimer

Comment is about Every picture (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

I love this poem and it is so funny, there's nothing like getting drunk knowing full well it will be a rough morning but then again who cares about the morning when the night is so sublime.

Comment is about I really don't know better (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Inspired to try a funny poem by my earlier post

Comment is about I really don't know better (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Too right! I recall a snack bar assistant approach the counter to
serve me directly after fitting a waste bag into its receptacle...no
effort to wash her hands. I remonstrated and she actually looked
confused - as if i was being picky!!

Comment is about Hand Wringing (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thanks to Jon and Shifa for liking
and Thanks Hannah for commenting glad you liked we live in times when the road ahead can seem more than a little bumpy at times
Hope you are keeping well
Thanks again
Martin

Comment is about Bully the week (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

The teacher's plight during such uneasy times, exploring new options are risky, but can always try their luck in some online work. And children can stay home joining online schools, many new ones are coming. They need online teachers as well.

Why don't you open an online international school to solve this problem?

Hehehe....?

Comment is about Back to school too soon!! (blog)

Original item by hugh

All grey isn't bad, especially one's related to the brain. Grey brain is best, pinks and purples are just colors In case of intelligence.

Comment is about Grey Areas (blog)

Original item by simon lucan

Blame game. But at times it isn't the victim's fault at all....?

Comment is about I Really Should Know Better (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Better we cook our own food and eat.?

Comment is about Hand Wringing (blog)

Original item by d.knape

"Mum,I want to go back to school,
I'm missing my friends they're all so cool."
"Coronavirus your teacher has got,
Stay at home you're sweating a lot."
"But mum I've just had a bath,
Your having a laugh."
"I don't want you infecting any of us,
It's not much fun having coronavirus."

Comment is about Back to school too soon!! (blog)

Original item by hugh

that very kind of you to say Mortimer - I'm glad you liked it. I desperately try not to write to a formulae or pattern - so the more varied or off-the-wall I can get it now and again tends to throw things up in the air ?
Thanks for the kind comments
Ian

Comment is about fly (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Thank you Hannah,

Yes words can lift or crush.

Comment is about Don’t Say a Word (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Thanks for your thoughts John, Iron and Wine is one of my favorite singers I love this song of his and also cinder and smoke.

This life is meant to be lived once and lived well, with no pleasure left untasted regardless of dogmas.

Mortimer.

Comment is about Sermons of A Turnip Farmer (blog)

Original item by MortimerBlooming

As poet I will document
What I hear and see
There for all posterity
In my poetry

About the 20 virus plague
Which turned world upside down
Killed people in their thousands
And came from China town....

Comment is about Life minus the subtitles (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Really like this Andy. As Hannah said, it really captures the experience. It'll be interesting to reflect on this time in years to come and poems like this will be a great document/record. I also really like the title too! ?

Comment is about Life minus the subtitles (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Thanks Don. Not been a big fan of over-long lines, I believe you can tell a decent line in 8 words rather than 16!

I'll get by. I'll probably write a line about grabbing the sunlight in my arms when it is fully safe for me (:

Comment is about Life minus the subtitles (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Thanks Po. Yeah, it is rather atmospheric. This is one of these kind of poems which went in a different direction than what i originally thought it would be, you could say it went under a different arch (:
but I'm pleased with it too.

Thanks also to Shifa and Michael - your likes I am really grateful for too.

Comment is about The trees in lockdown (blog)

Original item by Andy N

If you would like to purchase the track I have referenced here with a clip towards the end, for those that don't know, and I guess there are not many for this classic, it is

Take Five by Carmen Mcrae and the Dave Brubeck Band.

It is a piece that first aired I think, late 50's, early 60's, but still, an absolute corker of a track.

For anyone who might be offended by use of the clip, I can only say sorry but, I do feel that, yeah, it works and, what a track to tip a hat off to. Nice one Mcrae and all works Brubeck.

Thank You.

Best wishes.

Comment is about To Capture (feat Mcrae, Brubeck) (blog)

Original item by ZTK Space

Hi Kimberly. Thank you for welcoming me. It's very nice of you

Comment is about Deb (poet profile)

Original item by Deb

Quite apart from the frustrating situation you are in I really like your style of writing Andy. Lines are short, succint, easy to take in....

Comment is about Life minus the subtitles (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Real Aussies know one pad from the other. We not silly....

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Comment is about The Aussie Pomm (warning, Adult humour) (blog)

Original item by Suzanne Waller

Audio added. Enjoy! ?

Comment is about In a Sea of Lonely Nights (blog)

Original item by kimberly

You are dead right here, Hannah. Very un-nerving what is going on at the moment and considering I am not meant to be leaving my flat really, really worrying.

Comment is about Life minus the subtitles (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Thanks Hannah. Delighted you liked it. We are living in strange times and it is bringing out strange nature poems out in me.

Also thanks Emer. I thought you may like this one but thanks also for the like. Means a lot

Comment is about The trees in lockdown (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Thank You Dear Po.

Comment is about 21 Years (blog)

Original item by Deb

Full of warmth and wisdom.
It is an uplifting read.

Hannah

Comment is about Bully the week (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Amazing poem.
Enough to make your eyes water !
Incredible writing.

Hannah

Comment is about The Aussie Pomm (warning, Adult humour) (blog)

Original item by Suzanne Waller

Some words are unforgettable.
A lot of truth in this poem.

Hannah

Comment is about Don’t Say a Word (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Sometimes it feels like a bad dream.
You have captured the feel of the Lockdown here.

Hannah

Comment is about Life minus the subtitles (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Enjoyed this very much.

Hannah

Comment is about The trees in lockdown (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Mysterious, beautiful.

Hannah

Comment is about Will we meet again? (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

Such a great tribute David, and I naturally listened to Solid Air, and picked up a flavour of that ethereal style ; but with me knowing so little about the man your poem comes on wings for me. So plaintive a song.

Ray

Comment is about John Martyn (blog)

Original item by David Cooke

Po

Thanks for your sharing your journey through this poem and the encouraging like.

In the final analysis it doesn't really make any difference which path one embarks on we all get there in the end.

Abdul

Comment is about Will we meet again? (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

Shifa

Enjoyed reading this poem.

Crumbs of hope are life sustaining. Without hope all is lost.

Thank you for sharing it on Wol.

Abdul

Comment is about I Am Whatever You Want Me To Be (blog)

Original item by Shifa Maqba

I love this thought.

Comment is about A peek of my sun (blog)

Original item by Chloé

I love the thought of loneliness as a companion...

Comment is about The Lonely Goddesses Lover (blog)

Original item by Mikey V Kinsey

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