Who hasn't been through a similar experience at some time in their life? Even the great bard spoke of Love's labour lost. Good luck if it applies to you - I like your presentation of it. P

Comment is about Grasping at straws (blog)

Original item by Brainy26

Quite, MC. You’d have to be very confident in the friendliness of your horse to want to go messing about with its arse hole. I think people are the same.
But on a more socially responsible level I might have stumbled unwittingly on a solution to drug abuse. It seems to me we could reduce dependence on Ecstasy as a stimulant at all-night raves by shoving a Carolina Reaper up the blurters of ravers instead.
And thanks for the Like, Blackrose.

Comment is about "GINGER UP" (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hello Adam Whitworth,
Although Art does not reach perfection ever, I have worked upon your suggestions. Actually, during the process of creating, I remained unaware of certain things. Thanks for your valuable remarks which made me more careful about my efforts. Please keep conversing.

Dr. Kishore

Comment is about The village (blog)

Original item by Dr. Kishore R. Nikam

My fish and chip reference was a bit of retrospective fun but its
connection with newspapers and their sell-by date relevance remains
with us.

Comment is about 'All his calculations secretly yearning away from algebra' (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I think you know the answer to that one. But the media has a responsibility to report without fear or favour, resisting the
temptation to steer a band wagon that is all too often sent in a
one-way dangerous direction.
I recall struggling to subdue one of two men who were trashing a
pub and my grip on him was meant to prevent him continuing the
likelihood of him inflicting any harm to me. The circumstances,
before and during that process, were to be for the consideration of,
and judgement by the courts. free from any assumption. antipathy to authority or any other attitude of mind that might influence the airing of the process and its outcome. Certainly not the ethnic origin of the prisoner which seems de rigueur in the media these days - as if some sort of "this is how we approach reporting
incidents of this sort" system is in operation.

Comment is about NEWS REPORT (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Sacrifice is a predominant theme in this poem. Although this is quite lacking in our world, but wherever it is found; it is well appreciate. I hope it is, because the speaker seems to be a junction of regret and regard.

Comment is about Dark Side 1 (blog)

Original item by Rush

The stars and the celebrities always have to stick their noses in
like they know something. All they do is repeat the lines
someone else has written.
Pretty faces. Not much upstairs!

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Well said Mr. Mortimer!!

Comment is about MortimerBlooming (poet profile)

Original item by MortimerBlooming

With my own passing association with horses, I quickly learned to
avoid lingering near their rear end, even though it offered the chance
of some memorable kicks!!

Comment is about "GINGER UP" (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Emeka - Abdul puts it well - but your poem is quite startling as to the reality of some people and how they live. Well done for getting it out there on the screen.

Comment is about "Somewhere Over Here" (blog)

Original item by Emeka Collins

Emeka

The votes counted the rulers are crowned. Then onwards self interest is all that matters.

Their tables overflow with food and the waste from it would feed an army. Their people go hungry.

It isn't surprising that their subjects are left in dispair and are disenchanted.

You tell the story as it is. It is
sad but true and very well constructed.

Abdul

Comment is about "Somewhere Over Here" (blog)

Original item by Emeka Collins

Emeka

I appreciate your comments regarding the relationship between the sky and the earth and the notion of birth and rebirth.

Thank you for hitting the like button

Abdul

Comment is about Rain turned into wine (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

In your experience as a former police officer, MC, would it have been your preference to cuff him with the assistance of your 3 other colleagues as he lay on the ground for nine minutes or kneel on his neck for that time?

Comment is about NEWS REPORT (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

This pictures the relationship between the sky and the Earth, between birth and rebirth.
Well done

Comment is about Rain turned into wine (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

Creative.

Comment is about Pieces (blog)

Original item by Mocosy

I know what you mean, MC, although your conclusion is perhaps arrived at via a fairly circuitous route, considering you started by addressing the subject matter of the poem, namely a romance between two teachers in a US school. Only a pedant would point out that the use of newspapers in wrapping fish and chips has been illegal for about the last 30 years. Never mind, no doubt we will soon be liberated from such restrictions by the forthcoming bonfire of red tape. Who knows, maybe we'll be able to wrap our chlorinated chicken in old newspapers, too, in the devil-may-care years to come!

Comment is about 'All his calculations secretly yearning away from algebra' (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Has a certain primordial yearning about it. The full moon night and the wolves give it a special touch.

Enjoyed this poem.

Abdul

Comment is about FULL MOON NIGHT (blog)

Original item by MANISHA SAINI

Moon.girl, Po and Mortimer

I raise my tankard and toast you three for your generous comments!

Thank you for the like, too.

Abdul

Comment is about Rain turned into wine (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

Hope you enjoy this virtual stroll around Kirkby Lonsdale. A perfectly safe day out in lock down.

Comment is about A Stroll Around Kirkby Lonsdale (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

thank you, Adam Whitworth, for hitting a like for 'Scars'

Dr. Kishore

Comment is about Scars (blog)

Original item by Dr. Kishore R. Nikam

Hreatfelt thanks, Manisha Saini, for hitting a like!

Dr. Kishore

Comment is about The village (blog)

Original item by Dr. Kishore R. Nikam

I will drink that wine any day Abdul.

Mortimer

Comment is about Rain turned into wine (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

What most people fail to realize is there are good people inside the police departments just following orders, just as their are good men in both armies of a war.

It would be a better world if good and bad were divided neatly with a line but they are not and never can be, they mix and match and blend together in every man, in every army much like the river and the silt it carries.

This perhaps is the greatest tragedy of all.

Mortimer

Comment is about Peace Officer (blog)

Original item by d.knape

This really is very beautifully written, I very much enjoyed reading it.

Mortimer

Comment is about The Midas Touch (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Very moving - violence breeds more violence of course. It's a country where there are far too many guns, and where it is absurdly easy to procure one, which means violent death is ever possible. I remember the 2011 riots in London,which were really shocking. Protest is absolutely legit, but not looting.

Jennifer

Comment is about 131 NEVER CAME HOME (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thanks Po!

Comment is about FULL MOON NIGHT (blog)

Original item by MANISHA SAINI

Well said as a timely reminder that his agenda as a victim was being
a source of social cohesion and protection in his duty as a law enforcement officer. So right about the absence of the "showy"
support of what HE stood for.

Comment is about Peace Officer (blog)

Original item by d.knape

A letter to Kate Garraway, after her very moving interview on Friday morning. Wishing her and her family all the very best

Comment is about Dear Kate (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

An epic! What a lovely write, I must say. A challenging read kept me glued till the end. Good one.

Comment is about The Midas Touch (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

love the poem Greg - and there are still those who won't accept it's happening ?

Comment is about The Truth Of Colour (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

my grass is always greener
because I water it.
?

Comment is about GRASS (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thank you, Moon.girl and Adam Whitworth, for your kind attention...

Dr. Kishore

Comment is about The village (blog)

Original item by Dr. Kishore R. Nikam

Dancing tears of joy and happiness I hope,
Vintage wine, the tears are more richly defined.
Creative!! Beautifully pictured.

Comment is about Rain turned into wine (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

Thank you guys for your support! ?

Comment is about SINGING THE BLUES (blog)

Original item by MANISHA SAINI

I liked the theme. Good decision taken at the right time. Just stay safe n happy....keep exploring life as it comes to enrich your experiences.

Comment is about The village (blog)

Original item by Dr. Kishore R. Nikam

Beautifully expressed!! Keep going.

Comment is about SINGING THE BLUES (blog)

Original item by MANISHA SAINI

Guided meditation is very effective. Much needed as of now. Well thought!!

Comment is about Beyond the storm (blog)

Original item by Greg_ari0us

I endorse the sentiment of this poem. Bravo, nice write, well done and thank you.

For me, the poem suffers from bad phrasing in a number of places.
Fortunately, a simple spot of editing could end the suffering.

Comment is about The village (blog)

Original item by Dr. Kishore R. Nikam

If I allow that the police were acting under orders, Greg, it doesn’t remove the despicable motivation of the man who ordered it in order that he could make a piece of bizarre propaganda. That observation that he is the only President to make policy of dividing rather than uniting the nation is absolutely on the money.
And thanks for the “Like”, Stephen.

Comment is about HIDEAWAY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Plilipos,

thank you, for your heartfelt like for 'The village' ...

Dr. Kishore

Comment is about The village (blog)

Original item by Dr. Kishore R. Nikam

Thanks a lot, Po!
Your comments throughly drenched me in a charismatic energy...happy to see still there are people who feel, no words...

Dr. Kishore

Comment is about The village (blog)

Original item by Dr. Kishore R. Nikam

I hope you don't mind, Ian, but I'd like to post a link to a poem I discovered tonight, which was written in 1945: 'Look within' by the Jamaican poet Claude McKay https://www.poetryexplorer.net/poem.php?id=10011713

Comment is about The Truth Of Colour (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

thanks for the comments
on a line by line basis I would be interested to know which line(s) you feel are incorrect MC - bearing in my mind this is my truth from what I have seen in this incident and many others - directly - not just in the media. If you believe otherwise then that is your truth - and justice may or may not follow - depending on who owns it ?

Comment is about The Truth Of Colour (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Mortimer

Nature is a limitless source of inspiration. Learning to live in harmony with it helps fire up imagination. Thank you for your comments and the like.

Abdul

Comment is about A true Leprechauns tale? (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

Well done, Phil. It does us good to write about and try to imagine what our fathers went through.

Comment is about Les gens du Bocage; les hommes du débarquement - Normandy early July 1944 (blog)

Original item by Phil Ireland

As you say, John, they also tear-gassed the crowd to clear the way.

Comment is about HIDEAWAY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

We all saw the knee on the neck, MC. 'Cool and dispassionate assessment' in modern-day America, with Trump
at the helm? You'll be lucky.

Comment is about The Truth Of Colour (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Quite right, MC. My mistake. I shall amend accordingly to avoid my further embarrassment. I gather also that the “lights out” was a fake news pic from a few years ago.
None of which, of course, impacts on Trump’s hideaway to “inspect” his bunker.

Comment is about HIDEAWAY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A fine reminder of how "everyman" in the time-honoured form of "Tommy Atkins" (and those that Wellington said frightened HIM) were
the true saviours of the freedoms we take for granted so much these days and which are all too often abused in one way or another, according to convenience and personal mindset.

Comment is about Les gens du Bocage; les hommes du débarquement - Normandy early July 1944 (blog)

Original item by Phil Ireland

Any security detail assigned to the protection of the president will
tell you that any such walkabout by a president is their worst nightmare, done against their advice. Attacks - like that suffered
fatally by Garfield, almost fatally by Reagan and endured by Ford &
others, are more likely to occur in such close proximity situations when an assailant can get within striking distance from out of
nowhere.
P.S. It's Floyd...not Lloyd.

Comment is about HIDEAWAY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey