Indeed not, MC. To hear the historical deniers you would think that Britain was the only country with a colonial past. There were also France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Germany (uncharacteristically late), USA, Russia, Holland, Italy, the Mongols, the Romans, the Persians etc etc etc.
And thanks for the Like, Blackrose.
Comment is about THE BATTLE OF MEDWAY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Jennifer,
What a difference, a cat, reciting a poem in the first person singular. Quite and achievement. Yet every line from beginning to end held my attention as it was injected with humour and so well written.
I award you the Feline Laureate for Poetry. Purrr.
Well done
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Doing it Gingerly (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Jennifer. Talk about Skip causing me trauma. He's promised never to do that again. I think he's more worried I'll stop his beer supply than me. I think a dog would be more loyal. They don't drink beer.
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Comment is about Happy Little Covid Family (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Hi Don! See Skippy and fans are now enjoying city life to the full without the traffic!
Jennifer
Comment is about Happy Little Covid Family (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
You sent me exploring MC
June Almeida a scientist, Canadian
Discovered corona '63
No credit she got for her discovery
Cos she was a woman, not he?
Comment is about Happy Little Covid Family (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Brilliant! So many doctors and nurses have given their lives here to save patients. Most people seem to realise that it is selfish not going by the regulations, as you risk becoming another patient for the already overworked NHS. How well you put it.
Jennifer
Comment is about Licking Handrails (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Nice one! Liked the 'cut of her jib' and 'Captain Bird's Eye beard'.
Lighthearted but well written.
Jennifer
Comment is about Girl On A Narrowboat (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
nicely expressed everything is for a reason make the most of the occurrence thank you
Comment is about Coronaverse (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
Beautiful writing my preferred one about Covid distancing. Hope she's as beautiful as her name!
Jennifer
Comment is about Easing out of imagination (blog)
Original item by Andy N
The delight in poetry is that it allows one to rage, rave, reject, renounce, respect, revere and even revise -
and to adopt those varied aspects according to need or mood.
Carry on adding to OUR reward by continuing the chase to meet their challenges. ?
Comment is about DAMNED POETRY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Entertaining as always from this welcome source.
Caught by surprise...you can say we were Van Tromp-ed !
Peacable Dutch? You don't acquire an empire by being peacable. ?
Comment is about THE BATTLE OF MEDWAY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Don - i was interested to read a very recent online report that the
coronavirus was identified years ago by a pionering woman with
expertise is the use of an electron microscope. Now recognised
for her work, she was largely ignored (how often does THAT happen
when important events are involved?!) but time has brought due
recognition in retrospect.
Comment is about Happy Little Covid Family (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
I particularly love 'stained glass hypocrisy' and 'angels in plain clothes'.
All together a fine piece. Well done.
Comment is about spirit and sanity (blog)
Original item by Emma-Jane Stradling
Ah...those days when songs worth remembering led you a dance...!
Comment is about Their Song (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Although not especially religious in the sense of any man-made variety, I always experience a sense of inner calm and hope for
something beyond this "mortal coil" which we each endure as "me"
when I visit old churches that seem to whisper their message of
consoling continuity down the ages within their lovingly created confines.
Comment is about spirit and sanity (blog)
Original item by Emma-Jane Stradling
Thank you Jennifer, Moongirl, Don, Victoria, Jona, Philipos and Mika for the likes.
Comment is about High Tide, Low Life (blog)
Original item by Tom
Yes Ray, there is a tug of war going on within. Writing for myself vs writing to get accolades from others. I guess we all have this tug of war this to some extent....
Comment is about DAMNED POETRY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
So true, Greg. I do do that from time to time - but it takes mental stamina to go through such a vast archive and still be inspired. Mind you with your background I can imagine an approach not much different from the Greathead Shield or its equivalent. Keep 'em coming!
Ray
Comment is about DAMNED POETRY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
If you're not writing new poems, Ray, you can always go over old ones and edit and tweak, if you feel in the mood to do so. Sometimes you can really freshen them up!
Comment is about DAMNED POETRY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thanks all for taking this on board. Writing poems can so easily be a source of conflict as well as therapy. maybe they are interchangeable.
When I joined Wol I was.on it like a rash, living out the dream and then I woke up to a harsh reality. Now I'm patient and more self critical. That's my only yardstick.
Jennifer, thanks for being always supportive. Your encouragement is the air that I breathe.
Vautaw, find what suits you and be true to yourself. It's not compulsory! It's a tricky time to be inspired, most of us quite desperate.
Graham, I wonder if you have a strict regime
Of writing. That could work with a novel or a factual subject so they say, but poetry.would hard to rely on in terms of the.muse!
Thanks Don for adding your thoughts. I would only say that sounds rather insular, which is not the you that I recognise. If you are so self sufficient, I presume comments wouldn't count very much. Maybe an internal tug o war is going on. Whatever works mate. Were all different.
Thanks again fellow Wollers.
Ray.
Comment is about DAMNED POETRY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
I basically write to please myself. It feels good. If others like it, fine. If not, still fine.....
Comment is about DAMNED POETRY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thankyou Hannah for understanding my trauma. Skip bounding through the CBD at midnight, picked up on CCTV and getting the attention of the police.
I can understand a lack of knowing what to comment or like if one doesn't have their own pet kangaroo.
You obviously have one and can understand what I went through. Do you take him for rides around the street when you get home? Skip goes mental if he misses his daily ride.
I wouldn't swap him for a dog any day Hannah. He doesn't bark and annoy the neighbours
Skip says Hi but WOL techs won't let him put his pic here.......
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Comment is about Should Have Tied Skip Up Last Night. Just Plain Forgot (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
One thing I’ve learned is that writing (any kind, and I do it for a living) cannot be forced. If it is it is usually disappointing. It will never be your best stuff.
Comment is about DAMNED POETRY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Tue 21st Apr 2020 07:01
Thank you Jennifer, I’m glad you enjoyed this and much appreciate you saying so. Thank you Damon and Do.RoThy for the likes. Hope you are all well and keeping safe.
All the best des
Comment is about The Bittern (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
Many thanks for the “Likes” Phillipos, Moon girl and Jona Queen.
Comment is about THE BATTLE OF MEDWAY (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
My sentiments exactly lately! I want to give it up, my muse is self-isolating somewhere, but somehow I keep showing up expecting the words to flow. I suppose there’s nothing us ole poets can do except write on! ?
Comment is about DAMNED POETRY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Heartbreak makes the best poetry. ?
Comment is about Without saying anything (blog)
Original item by Noris Roberts
Appreciate you both for taking the time to read my words...ONE::
Comment is about Soaring (blog)
Original item by Abruvanamedsly
Thanks for the welcome poemagraphic! Really digging this site and the work of poets here.
Comment is about Abruvanamedsly (poet profile)
Original item by Abruvanamedsly
I have also come to realise the 'pleasure' of having a bit of noise around me.....
Comment is about Noise isn't always intrusive (blog)
Original item by Abdul Ahmad
Mon 20th Apr 2020 23:03
Tuscany, huh?
Is it overwhelmed by Chinese Virus?
so many people died in Italy.
Are you safe & sound?
Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Hi Greg,
Glad you like the poems. No, I didn't know about this newspaper. Thanks for the info, I'll check it out. Cheers!
Comment is about john short (poet profile)
Original item by john short
Too kind, Po. I don't put much on these days or comment due to retaining dwindles reserves of energy, but glad you liked it.
That's nice Jennifer. Like a jack in the box i'll pop up now and again, even though the springs are a little slack.
Thanks too to Lorraine for looking in !
Ray
Comment is about DAMNED POETRY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
First episode was on poems by Stevie Smith - "It's not a bloke" - and William Carlos Williams. Frank said he was first infused with a love of poetry as a student at Birmingham Polytechnic.
https://planetradio.co.uk/podcasts/frank-skinner-poetry-podcast/listen/2028768/
Comment is about Comedian and football fan Frank Skinner to launch poetry podcast (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Those silent goodbyes... ?
Comment is about Without saying anything (blog)
Original item by Noris Roberts
I appreciate your kind words, Po and Don. Thank you also to Po, Tom, and Hallielle for liking this poem.
Comment is about Screaming Amongst The Silence (blog)
Original item by kimberly
That generation of players was known for no-nonsense
tackling. I have to admit that the sight of two of its most prominent
exponents having a bout of fisticuffs on the pitch was a case of two
"likes" falling out! As a boy, I recall watching Bath City when Tony Book (later to manage Man. City I believe) played in the City's
defence and his scything sliding tackle was something to behold
and stays with me even now, many decades later.
Comment is about Farewell Norman Hunter (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
I agree with Philipos. And it's also the title of a favourite "standard"
given zest and zing by Frank Sinatra. ?
Comment is about PAPER DOLL (blog)
Original item by cindylee loucks
This seems even more relevant at this time of the coronavirus!
Comment is about 'Let's stand by the window and look out at the light on the field' (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Love this. Heart-breaking observation.
Comment is about The virus is sweeping through care homes at an alarming rate (blog)
Original item by hugh
Hello there - apropos your comment about my own regarding UK
intelligence & diplomatic services. I and members of my immediate
family are in the higher vulnerability category and it seems totally
legitimate to be curious about how a government served by the
two most experienced and well informed services in history should,
even now, still be playing catch-up in its dealings with this disease.
Add to that the long historical connection between this country and
the alleged source of infection and it looks like the Sunday Times
article now causing waves and a fierce rebuttal from, No 10 has
similar questions.
Comment is about Starfish (poet profile)
Original item by Starfish
Philipos
Mon 20th Apr 2020 17:18
Missed this one, unfortunately! Enoyed it very much - extremely evocative of the Fenlands or similar places.
Jennifer
Comment is about The Bittern (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
Nice one! Can just imagine him drawing/ writing? something at the mouth of the cave. Perhaps a magic symbol to keep evil spirits out?
Jennifer
Comment is about Caveman Poetry (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Nice one this! Like the dialogue in one of the 'Yes, Minister' series.' We don't need to do anything, we might/may have to do something, we could have done something but we didn't, (or thereabouts!).
Should seems to have been eliminated these days!
Jennifer
Comment is about THREE WORDS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
raypool
Tue 21st Apr 2020 16:41
Indeed Mark those are all ingredients as you say. A poetic sensibility does not necessarily rely heavily on any one aspect , but individuals can select their motivations and express them. I would like to think a good poem is multifaceted drawing us into new considerations. Not always achievable nor to some desirable. Thanks for your thoughts. !
Ray
Comment is about DAMNED POETRY (blog)
Original item by ray pool