Good man, that's how I had to write it! Bloody awkward I can tell you!???
J. x
Comment is about The Lionsheart (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
<Deleted User> (18980)
Mon 14th Oct 2019 15:01
I just had to stand to attention and salute as I read this Jason.
Comment is about The Lionsheart (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Space so vast
yet very soon
in little time
can be filled
with extra thoughts.
Comment is about Thinking (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Started Slow but soon ended up on the Fast Lane
Hitch Hiker One
Red top, gold hot pants
wandering eyes steered me off road
Hitch Hiker Two
Ex stunt extra for Wonder Woman
I took her all the way
Hitch Hiker Three
Ex wrestler Wild Bear Lady
she said submit and I did
Hitch Hiker Four
Teasing, tattooed, tanned and toned
she sure made my toes curl
the theme for tonight is
Don't Pick Up Hitch Hikers!
Comment is about Write Out Loud at Stockport art gallery tonight (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I love that your muse has a name and we get to meet her up close and personal❣️
Comment is about Thalia and I (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thanks Ruth I will be reading this poem out at Stockport W O L tonight!
Comment is about Nothing is what it seems (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
I can see what you were meaning now. Don't get me started. It's exactly the same here.
The idea I got from your 3-liner was more slewed. Lost in deep thought, walking in the space of your mind.
Yep Ruth, I've established communication lines with the aliens. Space Station Orstralia (that's me) to Space Alien Central. Come in SAC. All I get is crackle Ruth?.....
I've also made contact with the afterllfe (reported in a previous blog) and returned to report they have a bar (plenty spirits) and angels in diaphanous gowns. Keith wants a gay bar and I want to dabble in poetry with the girls. Nigel will no doubt be pleased with my findings.
So Ruth, two contacts with 'beings of mystery' in one year. Something to tell the grandkids.
(You haven't got any......)
(Who said that?.....) ?
Comment is about Thinking (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Mon 14th Oct 2019 11:54
I don't know about over in Australia Don ,but over here people are always walking along the street, not knowing where there going just deep thinking into their phone!
Glad all's good back at the space station!
Comment is about Thinking (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Thanks for your comment on The Way I Write, John. You've managed to sum it all up in a single sentence. ?
Comment is about John E Marks (poet profile)
Original item by John E Marks
Thanks for the comment on The Way I Write, Keith.
The poem was inspired backwards, it was thinking about those potential friends you cross paths with occasionally and wish you'd got to find out the story you feel there is between you (but for whatever reason don't get chance). It struck me that I feel the same way about some of the poem titles I've been dragging along with me for months or years; so sure that there is a poem there somewhere.
I can relate to your description of how inspiration can strike and how there can be langurs between those moments. I also love those times when you put pen to paper without any prior inspiration and suddenly find that you have poem fully formed right there. Though, those times are fewer and farther between.
Regardless, thank you for sharing your process. I really hope other people might too. Tom.
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Clever Ruth.....
Have just received a message
Via aliens to me
A quiet, unknown astronaut
Is working busily
So two and two together
This astronaut in space
Is definitely not lost in thought
He's getting back to base ?
Is it your astronaut they can see?.....
Comment is about Thinking (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
All your power is right here in the present moment, and yes you are enough so I hope you don't think too much about not being here. Great piece.
Comment is about Just for now (blog)
Original item by Fred Nicholson
Listening to words and not hearing the meaning that is a real issue in today's society. Really enjoyed this.
Comment is about You hear me? (blog)
Original item by Fred Nicholson
Ah-ha So this is what Thailia looks like. I like that line taking the smile with the frown, best way.
Comment is about Thalia and I (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Rhyme and rhythm critical
Scansion makes it lilt
Needs to carry message
That's how my rhymes are built
More than simple Jack and Jill
Who up the hill they went
Diddle daddled up on top
Till they both were spent
Now children listen closely (yes??)
What Teacher Don does say (Yes Teacher Don)
On top of hill was hayloft
In which the hay, they play
But Teacher Don please tell us
What currency was spent?
And please what did they spend it on?
To all purpose intent?
Help Mae? Do I say drachmas? (exist in JJ time? Were JJ Greek?). And what's to buy on top of a hill?
I've got myself in a right fix here.....
Teacher Don?... we waiting for well-thought out answers....
Think I'll hit the bottle Mae....?
Comment is about You Must Believe the Bible Son (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Mae I wouldn't want to
Lose her, she's the best
We're working our relationship
We're gonna past the test
(Of time....)
You don't have drachmas anymore?
Mt 'Lympus bit behind?
That's why I had to euro-swap
Of course we didn't mind
(Any currency was OK by us. Even Aussie $...)
Yes, Thalia she does push me Mae
Towards a higher cause
Is not that what they're meant to do?
(Hold on Mae while I pause)
(Pause........................)
I know they do it out of love
All for us poet's good
How often do we think back, say
Would've, could've, should ?
No way I'll live the last line
Ignore my Muse of Mirth
I'd never trade my Thalia in
For all drachmas on earth
(But there are none left Don....)
(Oh?. I'm sure Greeks have lots of jar-fulls hiding in their cupboards.....)
(Poor deluded soul....) ?
Comment is about Thalia and I (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
I like this! Good stuff indeed! Rhyme and rthythm impeccable as always and a very intriguing topic!
Kudos! ?
Mae
Comment is about You Must Believe the Bible Son (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
I like it! Well, we don't have drachmas any more! But I am surprised that you remember our old currency! All relationships are hard and muses tend to be demanding...But they only do it out of love and for your own good! Hang in there, she's a keeper!
Mazel tov!?
Mae
Comment is about Thalia and I (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Ian
I'm coming in cold here. You saying
'Apparently we're sinful by nature'
suggests we are born sinful. What's going on here?.....
Comment is about A Reason (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
I am a lemming, Donald, Boris
Lost, please tell me what to do
Bow down I do, before your feet
You're the best, three cheers for you
(Or should that be three cheers up you?....)
Don, 'tis Boris texting you
Please free to Twitter back
Stoopid lemmings worship us
Bloody hell Don, we got knack
Don he then did Twitter back
(Which Twitter aide had to translate)
See Boris was not Twitter trained
(What utter drivvel Don....)
I tried......?
Comment is about Let's do this thing ( what is it again?) (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Thanks, Sonali & Ruth for your likes?
Comment is about Why Rest in Peace after Death? (blog)
Original item by Bindu Trigunayak
Boris and Donald are both loud lying looney tunes.
Two supposed leaders cannot a movement make.
It's the lemming followers that really take the cake.
f
Comment is about Let's do this thing ( what is it again?) (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Short, fun and direct.
Good on you!
f
Comment is about Armchair Travels (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Keith, 'A Green Planet' speaks loud and clear to us all.
It appears me, mine, and I are more important than communal life and love, inclusive of all beings, known and not.
f
Comment is about A Green Planet (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thank you keith.
I also get a sense of fear when experiencing 'Crunches'. If you choose to, please share some of the other meanings that have come to you.
Your experience may expand mine.
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thank you keith.
I also get a sense of fear when experiencing 'Crunches'. If you choose to, please share some of the other meanings that have come to you.
Your meanings may help to expand mine.
Comment is about Crunches (blog)
Original item by Fred Nicholson
I think a dab of Gorilla Glue on the hands of runner 2 would help him grasp the baton off runner 1, Kev. But would give him a problem handing it over to runner 3.
Comment is about 4 * 100 metres (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Has a feel of Pied Beauty , Gerard Manley Hopkins . Very beautiful ? The words sputter and splatter off my lips , just like the autumn rain and just how I like it . x
Comment is about Autumn Rain (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
Fred, you hit the nail on the head.
Keith
Comment is about You hear me? (blog)
Original item by Fred Nicholson
Fred, I shuddered at this, but I also see other meanings, too many to mention.
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about Crunches (blog)
Original item by Fred Nicholson
Always assuming that you haven't been laikin' with the gorrila glue again.
Comment is about 4 * 100 metres (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Philipos
Sun 13th Oct 2019 19:40
Ah the elusive old love story - like everyone else - we all wish. Nice reminiscence Ruth. Thanks. ?
Comment is about In short supply (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
<Deleted User> (18118)
Sun 13th Oct 2019 19:02
Intelligence is certainly not admired or encouraged in many leading areas of power in our society. Which is a shame.
Hannah
Comment is about The Commission For Less Education (blog)
Original item by d.knape
<Deleted User> (18118)
Sun 13th Oct 2019 18:56
Powerful writing.
Hannah
Comment is about the myth of rehabilitation (10/11/2019) (blog)
Original item by Zach Dafoe
<Deleted User> (18118)
Sun 13th Oct 2019 18:53
Enjoyed the imagery, the scenes of Autumn.
Hannah
Comment is about Autumn Rain (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
I thank you for your kindness Ruth.
Comment is about Fred Nicholson (poet profile)
Original item by Fred Nicholson
Thank you for your on going support Candice.
f
Comment is about Candice Reineke (poet profile)
Original item by Candice Reineke
Thank you for your on going support Candice.
Comment is about You hear me? (blog)
Original item by Fred Nicholson
So true! Thanks for this, Adam.
Comment is about Yours Sincerely (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
Quality work, per usual, Fred. ?
Comment is about You hear me? (blog)
Original item by Fred Nicholson
Counsel for Dumb Down I applaud you
I'm dumb and I'm stupid to wit
Can I come and lecture and help you?
I'm a certified poor silly twit
Do you offer embossed certificates for twittyness? ?
Comment is about The Commission For Less Education (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thank you for your encouragement of words
Comment is about Staying in (blog)
Original item by Phils Words
We need a few catastrophies
To cull us out a bit
We're overpopulated
The world has gone to shit
Procreation's gone mad
No limits on childbirth
Have as many as you like
I hear a cry? ....Our earth
Can only keep a certain lot
But you just thumb your nose
And procreate for all your worth
(I'm used to rhyme, not prose.....)
Who cares about overpopulation?......
Comment is about A Reason (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
M.C. Newberry
Mon 14th Oct 2019 15:41
Good subject - worthy of poetic enterprise!
A recently departed Minister for Prisons (Tory) was big on
keeping people out of prison in the name of rehabilitation - but
the impression was that saving money was a more likely imperative
for his thinking. After all, they even passed a "Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act" years ago that allowed a list of convictions for a range of offences to be deleted after given periods of time.
And nowadays, it seems that there are numerous "sentences"
available to the courts before imprisonment is imposed - surely
the warning light for anyone who really wants to be rehabilitated
before the prison cell door clangs shut.
Comment is about the myth of rehabilitation (10/11/2019) (blog)
Original item by Zach Dafoe