Thank you, Philipos, for a comment and a like!
It's always inspiring.
Dr.
Comment is about Rule of universe (blog)
Original item by Dr. Kishore R. Nikam
Thank you Shifa. I am glad you enjoyed it.
Comment is about "Falling" (blog)
Original item by Emeka Collins
<Deleted User> (24283)
Sun 21st Jun 2020 11:57
Lockdown taught me loneliness is sickness
It taught me the value of people but sadly I lost the value of time. Time ain't prime rather how it's used is what makes it prime.
Thought provoking!
Comment is about WHAT I COULD HAVE LEARNED IN LOCKDOWN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (24283)
Sun 21st Jun 2020 11:50
Happy non covid days!!?
Comment is about The return of the sunshine days of yore (blog)
Original item by Abdul Ahmad
<Deleted User> (24283)
Sun 21st Jun 2020 11:48
Life is running at two extremes....balance needs to be achieved.
A rose without thorn
Wouldn't be a thing of beauty.
Thought provoking.
Comment is about Rule of universe (blog)
Original item by Dr. Kishore R. Nikam
<Deleted User> (24283)
Sun 21st Jun 2020 11:46
Might not, couldn't, and shouldn't.....regrets are miserable. Changes can always be done. Tap can be turned closed.
Nice thought.
Comment is about The Tap (blog)
Original item by Twilbury Wist
Hi DK! the person behind the hydrangeas is my lucky husband, and I'm waiting with a rolling-pin the other side of the plants!!!
Jennifer
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
Philipos
Sun 21st Jun 2020 10:36
Some nice juxtapositions here & that change is a constant I am very much in agreement with. Enjoyed. P. ?
Comment is about Rule of universe (blog)
Original item by Dr. Kishore R. Nikam
Actually, Po, genius is said to skip a generation. And my dad was brilliant.
Comment is about WHAT I COULD HAVE LEARNED IN LOCKDOWN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I kinda had kids who are off school in mind when I wrote this, fellas. But your comments make me realise that it applies equally to us adults.
Comment is about WHAT I COULD HAVE LEARNED IN LOCKDOWN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Hello thanks for liking my work mute by choice. I hope you like my other works too
Comment is about Abdul Ahmad (poet profile)
Original item by Abdul Ahmad
Sun 21st Jun 2020 04:43
Hang in there. There is more love in the world than you can see right now. In time you will see it is ok to see that love. For now live for those who will miss you,they are there if you look for them. And in time you will learn to live for yourself
Comment is about Melancholy (blog)
Original item by Damon Blackery
Sat 20th Jun 2020 23:59
when you bite your tongue, it hurts!
(I see you have moved indoors. good!
much better than a tent on the beach.
you get those nasty sand fleas!)
?
Comment is about Tom (poet profile)
Original item by Tom
Hi Tom - thanks for the reasoned response to my message about
statues, plus The Guardian's slavery connection..
I see your point about the statues - but maybe that should apply to all
personal memorials when taking offence is such a fashionable indulgence these days.
Historically, there are many countries with empires in their
centuries of existence but no one (except the barbarians of Daish)
would sanction the destruction of the edifices that survive. Indeed, what would we be able to make of the past had that been the case.
No Rome/Italy as we know it; ditto no Athens/Greece and so much
else across the lands once held by the various empires of recorded history.
Once started, where to stop?
Cheers,
MC
Comment is about Tom (poet profile)
Original item by Tom
Hi Clive.
I've just read assiduously all your posts on here and am intrigued. This one bears fruit for me as it wanders between a perceived insanity and a purpose, never yielding a straight line. Just the idea of swollen years is completely original. The other poems too have great moments and are all to me entertaining , but that's my sense of humour. Excuse me for not individually commenting, life is short and not always sweet.
Ray
Comment is about Anecdote (blog)
Original item by Clive Culverhouse
<Deleted User> (13740)
Sat 20th Jun 2020 21:27
<Deleted User> (13740)
Sat 20th Jun 2020 19:05
Love this, this is a song that needs to be sung x
Comment is about Hidden Despair (blog)
Original item by DeVaughn
What a policy! I will continue to bite my tongue then. ?
Comment is about Our Policy (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Hi MC, thanks for your perspective. Here's mine: I am not one for erasing the past, censoring and DVD-collection burning etc. In a country with as much history as ours, most long-lived institutions are going have histories that might make some modern heckles raise. However, do I think statues are a special case.
The people we choose to quite literally put (and keep) on a pedestal in our streets and cities for all to look up at are not always appropriate for the time.
It might sound flippant but if I had to pass a statue on my daily commute celebrating a historical figure who rounded up poets with ginger beards and slaughtered them or enslaved them - I'd probably feel quite unnecessarily awkward on a daily basis.
I do not think statues should be thrown into the sea either. Put them in a museum (it keeps them clean, safe, maintained, polished) and provide people interested in the history some context; the figure's pros and cons. And then let's have some modern, representational statues in their place; not just objectionable dead men. Maybe in 100 years, the new statues will need to be put in a museum and replaced too - so be it!
I'm not qualified to speak on what is and isn't offensive to minority groups in the UK, so it's important we listen to their voices and perspectives. We should be ready to act if the consensus is that dumb traditions (i.e. statues) need be challenged.
I love the range of views on WoL and the lively debate. I might see if I can write a poem about that... ? Cheers, Tom
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Coulda shoulda woulda but didn't John. The scurrying and time filling is a worthy thing but mentally who's up to it? Apart from Sir Tom Moore of course disproving the old adage that less is more.
Comment is about WHAT I COULD HAVE LEARNED IN LOCKDOWN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Hello Tom - when there seems to be "understanding" and even
sympathy for the assaults on statues with a perceived connection
with slavery here in the UK, it is salutary to be told that that bastion
of the liberal position in this life - The Guardian (formerly The
Manchester Guardian) was, according to a reliable source of knowledge, founded by cotton trader John Taylor and gave unqualified support to the Confederacy in America's Civil War,
reprinting its propaganda and attacking slave liberator Abe Lincoln.. Here's an example:
"It was an evil day both for America and the world when he (Lincoln)
was chosen President of the United States" - 10 October 1862.
Would there be understanding and sympathy if the BLM made an
assault on the offices of that newspaper citing its links to slavery?
Would it be seen as a "good day"?
History always has something to teach us - and not always "of the
moment".
MC.
Comment is about Tom (poet profile)
Original item by Tom
dk - you can't get a refund on what you can't pay. And I'm certainly
out of order(s)! ?
MC
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
<Deleted User> (13740)
Sat 20th Jun 2020 14:26
Thank you for your comments!
Comment is about Jim Jones Ballad (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
I could relate but death is inevitable. An upgrade no one can escape. It's just that who would face it first and who would later so i guess i would like to keep that upgrade for latter.
Still a good work
Comment is about Jim Jones Ballad (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
thanks for the 'likes' and comments ?
Comment is about Creation Myth (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Sat 20th Jun 2020 12:27
Who is that
hiding behind the Hydrangeas?
Tell him to come out
with his hands up!
?
Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Sat 20th Jun 2020 12:24
You will get no sympathy,
nor will you get a refund.
You are out of date
and out of order!
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
<Deleted User> (25973)
Sat 20th Jun 2020 12:04
This is so beautifully expressed. 10/10. ×24?
Comment is about In Memory of My Father (blog)
Original item by Sophiya David
Philipos
Sat 20th Jun 2020 09:43
I like your minimalist style - leaving the reader to probe away at the deeper meaning of your words - in some ways I am reminded of the works by John Donne - it was a style of writing I often used to emulate. Nice one. Did you mean to use the word 'fles' in your first sentence?
Comment is about Misery (blog)
Original item by Nayla Shahyd
Sat 20th Jun 2020 08:25
I read this poem and I chuckle to myself, as Netflix plays in the background and I am in my PJs for the last 2 days.
Quite felt this one John
Mortimer
Comment is about WHAT I COULD HAVE LEARNED IN LOCKDOWN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Sat 20th Jun 2020 08:23
drifting in a journey behind glass
travelling as before
always in second class.
That really is always how it is, isn't it.
One of the best poems, I have read today quite literally.
Can't tell you how much I love this one Ray.
Mortimer
Comment is about FINAL JOURNEY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Sat 20th Jun 2020 08:12
Such a simple yet warm and pleasing poem, like hot soup for the soul.
Mortimer
Comment is about Kiss me not mom and dad (blog)
Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos
Sat 20th Jun 2020 08:09
Addictions provide momentary happiness and solace and shield the souls more aware of reality from the harsh rawness of this smog covered world.
That being said they are by no means something to be relied on and I hope you find some middle ground truce, somewhere between dependence and sobriety, Like I did.
But in the great game does it all really matter?
A lovely poem
Mortimer
Comment is about 18/06/2020 (blog)
Original item by Just another writer
Sat 20th Jun 2020 08:02
Clive, I have read both of your poems that you have posted here,
I am a big fan of both of them they are quite dark yet inspiring and they disturb the beating of the heart.
Keep writing
Mortimer
Comment is about Showgirl (blog)
Original item by Clive Culverhouse
<Deleted User> (25973)
Sat 20th Jun 2020 07:01
Better be alone and strong than being with a psycho. He is suffering deceit and impostor syndrome. He can heal only if he wants to heal. Reality bites.
Comment is about Distance (blog)
Original item by Darkest sunflower
<Deleted User> (25973)
Sat 20th Jun 2020 06:58
Self love is stronger and permanent
God's love is healing and mercy
My sympathy with this man who can see but his mental sickness is ruining her life.
Comment is about You don't want me (blog)
Original item by Darkest sunflower
<Deleted User> (25973)
Sat 20th Jun 2020 06:56
Love her
Then slap her
Kiss her
Then bruise her
Broke her
Killed her
Healing and cure to him. I sympathize with his mental state.
Comment is about damselfish (blog)
Original item by Darkest sunflower
<Deleted User> (24283)
Sat 20th Jun 2020 05:06
I can perceive beyond words.
Great wisdom!
Comment is about So Many Words (blog)
Original item by Dean Fraser
<Deleted User> (24283)
Sat 20th Jun 2020 05:04
Sometimes staying quiet is the best therapy.
It heals, cures, rejuvenates and brings back life
Silence is better. It saves you from a lot of trouble.
Speak good or remain silent!! That is my formula. Sometimes saying nothing is better than speaking good and vice versa. Wisdom required to choose either when and where required.
Welcome Amanpreet. Beautiful piece?
Comment is about Mute By Choice (blog)
Original item by Anmolpreet Kaur
Let the music
take you
to a place
you can
let yourself go.
Comment is about You don't want me (blog)
Original item by Darkest sunflower
I basically write for myself. If others like it fine. If not, still fine. Or that's what I try to convince myself.....
Comment is about Being a poet (blog)
Original item by AVISHEK GHOSH
Comment is about You don't want me (blog)
Original item by Darkest sunflower
Comment is about You don't want me (blog)
Original item by Darkest sunflower
Comment is about You don't want me (blog)
Original item by Darkest sunflower
Thanks for your comments M.C. I don't know the answer to policing any questions my poem raises. There is endemic racism in the U.S. but Britain also has its more than fair share.
I meant the piece not as a political statement but a account of an episode in my life that for me was positive. Its from a period quite long ago now.
Incidentally the conception of English people not being racist was transmitted to me on more than a few occasions on many many happy visits I have made to the states.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Dr. Kishore R. Nikam
Sun 21st Jun 2020 14:39
Agree, Moon. girl. Thanks for stopping by, commenting, and liking the Rule...!
Dr.
Comment is about Rule of universe (blog)
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