Powerful write Do, but I hope you’re okay really... things go wrong, we find a way to deal with it. Stay positive.
Comment is about This isn't my dream....it's the worst nightmare!!!! (blog)
Do.RoThy
Thu 9th Jan 2020 17:28
Thnx Don.....life has betrayed me beyond repair.....many hv let me down n left me to my fate....m slowly crawling back into my past cage.
Comment is about Broken!!! (blog)
Thanks Victoria, I was quite happy with it. ?
Comment is about Spoken Fears & Token Tears (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thanks, Tom. It’s in our nature as poets to be in tuned with ourselves and our surroundings.
Comment is about Clouds Dancing in the Sky (blog)
Original item by kimberly
Thanks V, Tom & Don for reading and commenting.
Whether it is from personal experience or not is not the point. We all long for romance, love, and to be desired.
As for the ‘confirmation’ - it’s the unspoken confirmation that hits you the hardest.
Comment is about Romance is Dead (blog)
Original item by kimberly
Thu 9th Jan 2020 13:35
If you are gone
you will be missed
why drive while stoned
not worth the risk.
Comment is about Plastic Jesus (blog)
Original item by d.knape
I agree Cindylee! Our various ways of expression makes life much more interesting. I’ll take poetry over selfies anytime! ?
Comment is about PHOTOS & WORDS (blog)
Original item by cindylee loucks
Bump my gums, great line that emphasizes your wise words! ?
Comment is about 2 to 1 (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
I dare say dead romances leaves plenty of time and heart space for great writing as witnessed here. Write on Mika! ?
Comment is about Romance is Dead (blog)
Original item by kimberly
Almost worse than the absence of the burning fire is the Absolute Zero of the 'confirmation' you mention.
Great poem!
Comment is about Romance is Dead (blog)
Original item by kimberly
I agree with Don. Simple and beautiful writing, very effective. You're lucky to have been so relaxed and in tune with your surroundings as to capture it so clearly.
Comment is about Clouds Dancing in the Sky (blog)
Original item by kimberly
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 9th Jan 2020 07:23
INVITATION
Several months ago I began an experiment to see how far I could stretch my imagination. Like Lewis Carroll who fell down a rabbit hole and created the Madhatters Tea Party, I also fell down a rabbit hole and created the Like-Mnders Theme Park .
Currently, 18 WOL poets (overcome with curiosity) have fallen down the hole to discover a virtual playground of fun and offbeat poetry awaiting them. Many of our invited poets do not belong to WOL and are grateful for the opportunities LMS offers them.
A high-tech Rollercoaster (equipped with onboard bar and Barlady Thalia - who doubles as bellringer) transports Like-Minders (so-named because they think like me) around the Park to stops of offbeat poetical interest, such as the Traditional Poets Stamping Ground, Writers Corners, Propper Spelling Centre, Mental Health Centre and Toilet Stop (essential to any self-respecting theme park). At each stop invited poets present their work. I initially I had trouble getting high quality Toilet Poets. All a bit shitty for LMS standards. All sorted now. Seems I wasn't looking in high-grade poetry sites.
If you'd like to join in this experiment please contact me
Don Matthews
(Authorised by Lucy L – Head of Publicity. Do not worry. Don is a safe driver. And the Roller has passed stringent safety requirements of the RSB - Rollercoaster Safety Board. Its wheels will not fall off)
Comment is about The Bipolar/Creativity Connection (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
This is an interesting write Mika. Whenever someone writes like this you never know if they are writing about themselves, someone they know or a collective body. Only the poet knows, and has the right to retain the know
As you say you wrote it
'For all the married couples missing their days of romance'
whether, you, me. or anyone else.......
Comment is about Romance is Dead (blog)
Original item by kimberly
Thanks, Don, for the generous comment. This is an older poem I cleaned up and wasn’t sure if it worked. Glad you enjoyed it. ?
Comment is about Clouds Dancing in the Sky (blog)
Original item by kimberly
Ruth
The 'problem' is that I read the paper every day and Boris keeps continually popping up. It is the most interesting ways he pops up that stimulates Thalia and I into poetic action. A serious leader being fodder for our WOL contributions..... Funny 'bout that. Trump also. Funny 'bout that also.....Like two Ronnies across the lake ...
I read headlines in one of your papers 'Boris will get Brexit done in a week'. I looked everywhere but couldn't see which year they were meaning.......
?
Comment is about Brexit Re-Mint (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Our rollercoaster and friends welcome you. We will not let you down. True friends never let you down.
And our wheels don't fall off......
?
Comment is about Broken!!! (blog)
I was struck by the simplicity of language you used Mika to describe a simple everyday phenomenon.. Simple, but artistic language. Why should I think anything less? You are a poet.
'How lucky I am to be a witness'. How many are blind to this beauty? Yes indeed, we should count ourselves lucky. Maybe poets are more aware of surrounding beauty? And give thanks for this......
Comment is about Clouds Dancing in the Sky (blog)
Original item by kimberly
Rich
'So, I respect all opinions. I just don't agree!'
I agree - with you....
Comment is about Too Late (blog)
Original item by Rich
I'm pleased it works for you Tom:
' but I find trying to recall my poems line by line is a fast and effective way to fall back to sleep'
If I recycle round my rhymes
When I hop in my bed
My neurons go speed up lots more
Muck up my silly head
Or recall your lines
Maybe I'm reading the wrong poet?....
?
Comment is about Don't Forget To Breathe (blog)
Original item by Tom
Tiny victories! Heart beats/beasts - auto-piloted through the day. "My flippant will" is also a defence mechanism, I don't care but I do.
Comment is about Small Victories (blog)
Original item by Tom
watching winter’s tide sweep in
standing in the falling snow
Don't be too hard on your 15 yo self. We do what we can, given the circumstances. Yes, time is always of the essence, isn't it?
Comment is about House On The Edge of Town (blog)
Original item by Tom
It is a mystery how we can lead so much of our lives on auto-pilot. We never do forget to breath - until we do!
Comment is about Don't Forget To Breathe (blog)
Original item by Tom
Thanks for noticing and commenting Tom.
...Why do sinners’ ways prosper? and why must
Disappointment all I endeavour end?
.......
Them; birds build—but not I build; no, but strain,
Time’s eunuch, and not breed one work that wakes.
Mine, O thou lord of life, send my roots rain.
GMHopkins
Comment is about ABOVE: THE VAULTED SKY (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thanks Po & Brian.
This is an old one which I thought I'd posted a while ago. I couldn't find it on any of the sites I use, so it may or may not be a repost
Glad you liked it
Cheers Kevin.
Comment is about The Mucky Myrtle One, And The Mucky Myrtle Two (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
This debate fascinates me.
Some ecossystems are used to fires, they've evolved with them.
Just because a tree regenerates after a fire, doesn't mean that a really big fire is inocuous.
The scale, frequency and impact of events is getting, and will get, worse.
I, too, cannot understand the lack of concern and urgency I see in the world.
You cannot change it, it's too late already - this is happening to the world, now.
Just because we will be wiped from this planet in the end, does not mean we should all do what we can to hasten that end.
I acknowledge, though, that one of the great aspects of life is that we share opinions, and I know I don't agree with everyone, and vice versa.
So, I respect all opinions. I just don't agree!
Comment is about Too Late (blog)
Original item by Rich
Rich, you are spot on here!
So many people are in denial about our negative impact on the planet (and just in denial of basic observable science in general).
I have been working on something similar recently but it's not ready to share yet. Like you, I want to stick the irrefutable facts and not get caught up in the denier's game of semantics. We can't 'save the planet' from its ultimate fate - but we can certainly curb the impact of mankind which is accelerating the planet's poisoning. I honestly don't understand anyone who is still in denial about this.
As Don says; It's not too late to care. And it's not too late to try.
Comment is about Too Late (blog)
Original item by Rich
Do.RoThy
Wed 8th Jan 2020 14:48
Thank you all!!?
Comment is about I have learnt!! (blog)
If we could only get our hands on that coin with initial leave date it would be worth a pretty penny! I must say I'm impressed with how you are keeping up with our current affairs Don!
Comment is about Brexit Re-Mint (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Although this latest load of fires have been far greater than the annual forest fire season that Australia usually experiences, few appreciate that the trees do regenerate. I was astonished to see the effects on wild land close to my son's house in 2003 fully regenerated in 2008.
Comment is about Too Late (blog)
Original item by Rich
And remember how nature produces new sprouts from the scorched
earth -reminding me of lines from a memorable Binyon poem about
rot and corruption going to the fire....to be born anew.
Fire has alway been synonymous with nature's ultimate cleansing power. .
Comment is about Too Late (blog)
Original item by Rich
A little "proof reading" to get things rights shouldn't be confined to poetry or politics.
I have just acquired a DVD of a film starring, among other bright
names of Hollywood's past, Donald O'Connor. Remember his great
turn in "Singing in the Rain"? Well, on the cover, his name above the
title is "Donald O'Connel"!. If he were alive now, he would be justifiably miffed! ?
Comment is about Brexit Re-Mint (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Wed 8th Jan 2020 12:08
we fear the darkness
not knowing what awaits
there in the shadows.
Comment is about His Own Little World (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Really powerful John. For me; the second and fourth verses in particular hit hard.
Comment is about ABOVE: THE VAULTED SKY (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
<Deleted User> (18980)
Wed 8th Jan 2020 10:21
Great stuff Kage.
"....absolutely nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” to quote Ratty/Kenneth Grahame
Comment is about The Mucky Myrtle One, And The Mucky Myrtle Two (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
You've given me a problem
Boris dear, oh dear
Get your act together boy
Get yourself in gear
Australians think you silly twits
You once did rule the waves
But now you can't get Brexit right
Come Boris behave
Rule Britannia.....Rule..Bri..Rul....
glug...glug....
?
Comment is about Brexit Re-Mint (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Nice one Don ? Loved the image too.
Comment is about Brexit Re-Mint (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thalia, my Muse just does Mirth. Easy simple stuff. She leaves the cosmic to others. Too heavy she says......
?
Comment is about Ghost (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
I agree Po, trying to make sense of cosmic energy is a full time job for my muse!
Comment is about Ghost (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Tom. You make me less lonely than I was. WOL isn't the same since the 'clearing out' of the dissidents, as you remarked elsewhere. Thanks brother. John
Comment is about PROPERTY IS THEFT (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Hi John, I’m with you. This though crosses my mind often. Nicely put.
Comment is about PROPERTY IS THEFT (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
the first line says it all
more people should follow that mantra
Comment is about 2 to 1 (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Haha, this made me smile. Nice one.
Comment is about A poem about my lovely husband, Rick. (blog)
Original item by Jain Gawne
Tue 7th Jan 2020 12:34
Thanks for reading my Honking poem!
We need more Honking poems.T
there are just not enough Honking poets!
Comment is about Tom (poet profile)
Original item by Tom
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 9th Jan 2020 20:51
The joy of having dogs eh? Nice on Phillippa.
Comment is about Walkies! (blog)
Original item by Phillippa Hilsden