Thank you Po though I do not think that I deserve such an elegy just yet. Please stay safe and sound. I wish you all that you wish yourself. Take care Norfolk lad. John
Comment is about Johnny Keats 1795-1821 (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Sorry we took all your fun.....
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Comment is about Friend or foe?? (blog)
Yes. I do Keith. Knowing we are alone does not make us lonely. It makes us real. And it does not make us stop loving all those others who recognize their aloneness. I am not lonely. I love my family and friends. But I am alone. Take care my good friend and stay safe. We need your wisdom.
This is a very long quotation but worth reading, Rainer Maria Rilke is a beautiful poet:
“Therefore, dear Sir, love your solitude and try to sing out with the pain it causes you. For those who are near you are far away... and this shows that the space around you is beginning to grow vast.... be happy about your growth, in which of course you can't take anyone with you, and be gentle with those who stay behind; be confident and calm in front of them and don't torment them with your doubts and don't frighten them with your faith or joy, which they wouldn't be able to comprehend. Seek out some simple and true feeling of what you have in common with them, which doesn't necessarily have to alter when you yourself change again and again; when you see them, love life in a form that is not your own and be indulgent toward those who are growing old, who are afraid of the aloneness that you trust.... and don't expect any understanding; but believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
Comment is about Solace (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
thanks for the comments Martin - yes - walks have become more beautiful now that nature is not silenced by the roar of engines ?
Keep Safe
Ian
PS thanks to everyone for the likes - appreciate it ?
Comment is about All We Left Were Birds (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Please excuse the noise of my dog snoring in the background ???
Comment is about Sapiosexual (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
Thank you, Martin. I wrote this a long time ago. Hope you and yours are well.
Comment is about The whole of me (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
Philipos
Sun 29th Mar 2020 21:47
Oh D. It can't be that bad. I think you just set another record for the shortest poem. I hope you find what is lost though. P. ?
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A beautiful piece Ian. It is always amazing that the birdsong stands out at this time of the ear. More so at the moment
Comment is about All We Left Were Birds (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
I really do appreciate your support Po.
Thanks.
Comment is about EXPRESSIONS (blog)
Original item by Kporho Raphael Oyeke
Very nicely put on a topic that we all need to be regularly reminded of
Comment is about A Heroes Hero (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
This has a wonderful rhythm to it as well being well written
Nice one
Comment is about Hare’s death (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
A mighty powerful piece as always Ray. It is times like these that we should question what is important in our lives
Nice one mate
Comment is about OUTCASTS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thanks, Martin.
If only we all got it, Po.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-52084653
Comment is about F*****G STAY AT HOME (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A fine piece of poetry Joe. I think many of us can relate to this in different ways
Nice one
Comment is about A Truck Full of Turnips (blog)
Original item by Joe Williams
A finely crafted poem which is nicely summed up in the final two lines
Nice one
Comment is about Fine Wine (blog)
Original item by David F. Freeman
A forthright and lovely piece of poetry which does not hold back in telling it the way it is.
Nice one
Comment is about Out of the Darkness / Into the Light (blog)
Original item by Cait Abbott
I love the sheer abandonment of this piece, Beautiful
Comment is about The whole of me (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
This piece has a beautiful resonance and rhythm to it. A wonderfully written piece of poetry
Nice one
Comment is about For the Staff. Let Tests Give Us Hope (blog)
Original item by Aaron Murdoch
For me it is about finding that balance between socialisation and the times of being on our own . I am perhaps fortunate in that I am not one of those who seeks to fill the void with ceaseless babble.
well written John
Comment is about Solace (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Very droll John one of your finest
Comment is about F*****G STAY AT HOME (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
It will be interesting to see how humankind us changed by all of this as so man search for a return to normality. Whatever that maybe.
A good poem
Nice one
Comment is about Invisible Enemy (blog)
Original item by New Shoes
write down everything that comes into your mind. some will make sense. some you decide will be utter tosh. That is all about sifting the wheat from the chaff.
keep writing Don
Comment is about It Jolly is Frustrating (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
A very nice piece indeed Zach. I love the sheer earthiness of the description laguage
Comment is about atlantic/s (03/28/2020) (blog)
Original item by Zach Dafoe
Philipos
Sun 29th Mar 2020 19:09
At The Graveside - appreciate the like - hope all goes well with you in Tuscany. Blessings. P. ?
Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
A very clever reminder of our current situation and what we find ourselves in the midst of.
Nice one Adam
Comment is about Boy Without A Story (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
It certainly is a state of being. I totally agree
Comment is about Earthereal Enlightenment (blog)
Original item by Ushiku Crisafulli
Philipos
Sun 29th Mar 2020 17:54
It jolly is frustrating to keep Thought Fairies waiting. So clear the head and go to bed then next day start creating. Simples. P. ?
Comment is about It Jolly is Frustrating (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thanks, Don. Sometimes my poems are based on experience, sometimes wishful thinking. Just as any artist works.
Comment is about Drove to See You (blog)
Original item by kimberly
Philipos
Sun 29th Mar 2020 17:07
At the Graveside - thanks for looking in Adam. ?
Comment is about Adam Whitworth (poet profile)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
Pardon my dark humour. Po feeding me bad thoughts. But good for economy......
I'm a little coro bug
With lots and lots of friends
Busy busy bees we are
Making all unmend
BUT
Lotsa work for angels
Lotsa work for Gods
Also undertakers
Diggers of the sod
Lotsa work for coffin sellers
Florists selling flowers
We're great for the economy
Great for the flower grower
We doing a lotta good for the economy
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Comment is about Friend or foe?? (blog)
This is written so expressively, as Do says, Mika. You have a way of writing that is so good.
I kept hoping it was 'general' as I knew how one would be feeling. I'm glad things have improved since then....
Comment is about Drove to See You (blog)
Original item by kimberly
Do, this was written about an experience almost 20 years ago. Things have definitely improved since then, thank you. ?
Comment is about Drove to See You (blog)
Original item by kimberly
and yeah, Keith
you nailed it
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Comment is about placeholder for something darker II (03/25/2020) (blog)
Original item by Zach Dafoe
Great writing! Liked the closure particularly.
Jennifer
Comment is about OUTCASTS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Liked this one! My grandmother was an air raid warden, and my mother drove an army lorry then was promoted to chauffeur a general. Also a land girl. About the present restrictions it's no use grumbling and moaning because it's necessary, so many people have died already. In Italy the deaths are over 10,000, and over 50 of these doctors.
Jennifer
Comment is about A Truck Full of Turnips (blog)
Original item by Joe Williams
It’s good your mind is has active has mine it’s got me through life but with plenty of strife it helps when your lonely It helps when upset but helps most of all letting you never to forget . Love Wendy x
Comment is about It Jolly is Frustrating (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
I'm pleased to see you've removed the comment I have just been referring to
Comment is about Right side up (blog)
Original item by Jeannot
I don't regard your comments funny Brian. Nor appropriate.
And please don't use 'ffs' when talking to me. I don't respond well to gutter language.
Comment is about Right side up (blog)
Original item by Jeannot
Do.RoThy
Sun 29th Mar 2020 10:04
Do.RoThy
Sun 29th Mar 2020 10:03
I hope things get better!!! Expressive write?
Comment is about Drove to See You (blog)
Original item by kimberly
Do.RoThy
Sun 29th Mar 2020 10:01
Thankyou Emer and Jeannot for the likes
Comment is about UK Corona Can't Come Down (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Nigel Astell
Mon 30th Mar 2020 00:26
Spring us back
I like that.
Comment is about Spring! (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly