How about leaving "the truth" to be established via proper enquiry in
the appropriate forum established for that purpose? Political
demagoguery and media demonisation have no place in enabling
the process of cool and dispassionate assessment to determine motive and/or guilt. Assumption is no basis for judgement.

Comment is about The Truth Of Colour (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Your Kitchen window has a view of Narnia mate, for it makes you write words out of this world.

Mortimer

Comment is about A true Leprechauns tale? (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

Difference and the human spirit for competition is the reason why we as a species have prospered so much and have murdered so much.

A great poem, you played on my love for sausage and cheese.

Mortimer

Comment is about My enemy and I (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

Thanks Jen and Po, I really appreciate your comments,

You are right Jen, throughout history most people have joined the army for the chance of 3 good meals a day

Mortimer

Comment is about Obedience or Patriotism (blog)

Original item by MortimerBlooming

Thanks for the kind comments.
Philipos - yes - there are a few examples of this rock formation - the one I visited was in Banff, Canada - truly impressive.
Po - I visited this site in both winter and summer a couple of times - never fails to impress ?
Ian

Comment is about Hoodoo (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Enjoyable read Jes. Well done. P

Comment is about Silky cocoon (blog)

Original item by Rush

Enjoyable read David. ?

Comment is about Sassy (blog)

Original item by David Cooke

@MortimerBlooming Thanks for sharing your thoughts. And agreed. I am going through a waking up phase of my life. It is as if I never acknowledged who I am. And now I have started the journey to my true self. It is a difficult path. But would have never been possible without calming and slowing down.

Comment is about Hope (blog)

Original item by TROY

Ha ha absolutely ?

Comment is about The Laughing Parrott (blog)

Original item by Lee Franks

"This is a great thing that is happening" - the ghost of George Floyd (according to Donald Trump).

Comment is about HIDEAWAY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I think we all struggle to get our heads around this one JM - the tinder box waiting to set alight the hay. Agree with the wise words of MCN above - don't things escalate rapidly! Succinct and to the point. P

Comment is about GOOD COP BAD COP (blog)

Original item by Joe Marcello

Thank you Jennifer. Housing (lack of) and homelessness are terrible problems in the UK. Rip-off landlords love the scarcity of housing, all they want is money. Poor people can so easily lose the tiny bit of security they've managed to find.


“Bleak, dark, and piercing cold, it was a night for the well-housed and fed to draw round the bright fire, and thank God they were at home; and for the homeless starving wretch to lay him down and die. Many hunger-worn outcasts close their eyes in our bare streets at such times, who, let their crimes have been what they may, can hardly open them in a more bitter world.”
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

Comment is about Heaven (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thank you! That is very encouraging and I appreciate it a lot!

Comment is about Recap (blog)

Original item by Greg_ari0us

Thank you Master Po for sharing your wisdom. Humbled with the gift of like too.

Abdul[

Comment is about Where do I begin? (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

Jennifer

Thank you for your encouraging comment on this poem.

Abdul

Comment is about Requiem mass (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

Jennifer - so glad you liked cave paintings - were it not for my fear of deep dark spaces I would have tried in earlier times spending a night in one, just to see how it went. Take care and thanks for the comment. P

Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Thanks Hannah! Hope they produced a smile at least, which in these times is worth having. Jennifer

Comment is about Limericks for May 12th (blog)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

So easy to end up like this. Very sad, but geat writing.

Jennifer

Comment is about Heaven (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Liked the 'poor died last night, the rich were snoring', and all the rest too. Great writing.
Nowadays perhaps it's often 'pro pecunia' as they don't have much choice of a job otherwise.
jennifer

Comment is about Obedience or Patriotism (blog)

Original item by MortimerBlooming

Loved the ' proud tall ladies glittering in slightest wind', as they really do. Very original poem.

jennifer

Comment is about Requiem mass (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

You’re not suggesting for one minute, MC, that he bravely strode through antagonistic crowds with his head held high, are you? Rather than that security services routed a peaceful protest so that he could pose for a selected audience in front of that church?
Or that they turned the lights off in the White House to save the lecky while he completed his brief inspection of his secure bunker?

Comment is about HIDEAWAY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

How interesting Ian - hadn't been aware of these until I read your work - how nature treats us to the wonders of our world. Enjoyed. P

Comment is about Hoodoo (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

It always tickles me to hear a woman publicly call out another woman as a "whore". It"s nice to have proof that sexism doesn't require input from men--women are doing a fine job of perpetuating it all on their own.

Comment is about Whore and a hero (blog)

Original item by Darkest sunflower

Thanks for the likes and comments everyone - I'm glad it struck a chord and that you enjoyed it ?
I must admit I do chuckle to myself when I write some of these and - as Graham mentioned, the penultimate verse just came to me and sums him up in a few words.
If he didn't exist MC there would be plenty of other underqualified, overpowered leaders and public figures to have a pop at - my work is not yet done ?
thanx all ?

Comment is about Banana Republican (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

We never quite know what death is like, none of us ever can
All we can do is sit back and hypothesize,

Mortimer

Comment is about Where do I begin? (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

Thanks Abdul, that's precisely what I was going for, your comments are much appreciated

Comment is about Obedience or Patriotism (blog)

Original item by MortimerBlooming

Hi JC - in your blog "Hideaway", you refer to "George Lloyd" when
you meant "George Floyd". I actually knew the real George Lloyd -a
disgracefully neglected British composer who lived near me in the
years prior to his death.
MC

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

JC - I realise you may not hold the man in high regard. However,
knowing the number of presidents killed in office or subjected to attempts to do the deed, Trump still took a very public walk that
evening after the disturbances in Washington DC. Not the sign of a man hiding away.

Comment is about HIDEAWAY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

To borrow from a Marx Brothers film of old - "Animal Crackers!" ?

Comment is about The Laughing Parrott (blog)

Original item by Lee Franks

The one to one humanity is evident in these lines. We can all try but
the world may not always respond as we would wish - and then we
must endure but not retreat from our determination to extend a hand
to others, known and unknown.

Comment is about Battle (blog)

Original item by Jacqueline L Elias

They seek him here
they seek him there
they say he is hiding
till the coast is clear.

Comment is about June Collage Poem: The Other Side of Nigel (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

A eulogy to human need, artfully set out for out delectation.

Comment is about A Lust Letter (blog)

Original item by Robbie Christian

Thanks for all the likes - both old and new faces !

I might have that comment printed and framed Mortimer, so encouraging thank you.

Ray

Comment is about DESTINY ON HOLD (blog)

Original item by ray pool

A welcome and responsible plea for common regard for our individual
identities as human beings - pleasing put and gratefully accepted.

Comment is about Let's be Gray (blog)

Original item by Ruvi Galhena

Funny how basic reality can be contained in a few pithy words. This
view has the ring of truth that can chime faintly under the shouting.
The wider social adjustments that are so necessary sometimes get
forgotten/put aside/neglected when the mayhem begins and a
crowd of protesters can evolve into a baying mob that rejects reason.

Comment is about GOOD COP BAD COP (blog)

Original item by Joe Marcello

Thank you dear Po, your words inspire me. Thank you for the gray cells too .. ?

Comment is about Let's be Gray (blog)

Original item by Ruvi Galhena

Simon

Harks back to supposedly the best time of life _ school days. A subtle reference to coronavirus right at the end.

Enjoyed it.

Abdul

Comment is about The New Curriculum (blog)

Original item by simon lucan

Mortimer

This poem has echos of
oh! What a lovely war.

The induced bribe to enlist and the quagmire of some foreign field rob nations of their youth. For what gain?

Very well written poem. Enjoyed it very much. Keep the quill sharpened!

Abdul

Comment is about Obedience or Patriotism (blog)

Original item by MortimerBlooming

It is true that the Bible has been misused many times before, but rarely by someone who looked so awkward doing it, upside down at one point! No I don't think, "Kim Jong Don'," has handled many books before, he looks like a big confused, angry toddler presenting his first ever colouring in book and saying, "Do you love me now Daddy?"

J. x

Comment is about Feet To The Flames (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thanks for the comment, Mortimer. I wish I could comply!!

Comment is about I Cant Breath (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

Welcome, Catherine! Nice to see you here. Greg

Comment is about Catherine Graham (poet profile)

Original item by Catherine Graham

Mortimer

Your magnanimous comment on this poem is hugely appreciated.

Abdul

Comment is about Requiem mass (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

This really is quite out of this world Abdul

Mortimer

Comment is about Requiem mass (blog)

Original item by Abdul Ahmad

Write this poem on the statue of liberty and paint it on the lawns of the white house.

Mortimer

Comment is about I Cant Breath (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

It seems like we all feel like that these days, doesn't mean it's less real for any one of us, hang in there mate. Keep writing beautiful poems like these.

Mortimer

Comment is about DESTINY ON HOLD (blog)

Original item by ray pool

The regret a bully faces later in life for his past sins is often quite brutal, fat shaming has been so normalized and so integrated into culture, people do not realize just how devastating it can be,

Your poem is quite well written,

Mortimer

Comment is about Surfaces (blog)

Original item by simon lucan

Had your morning coffee yet?
if not then it's a certain bet
that the best of you day is not met
sip quick so you do not forget!

Comment is about Coffee Mate (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Problems of this sort are rarely new. Shakespeare raised the issue
of his age when asking questions about "pricking and bleeding" in
The Merchant of Venice. We can only do what we can to keep the
beacon of tolerance and mutual regard alight in our own lives and in
our own age.

Comment is about All The Same (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Trump that! But the thought occurs....what would happen without
the Donald to aim at? He is clearly the bogeyman for many but it
will be interesting to see how the coming US election pans out.
In the meantime, certain online media outlets rarely pass up the
opportunity - existing or invented - to have a pop at him. Check
the usual US suspects; The Washington Post; The New York Times and the kingmakers in the big media news organisations there.
We live in interesting times. Has anyone heard from,the leader of
North Korea recently? ?

Comment is about Banana Republican (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

I think the penultimate verse just about nails it Ian! Astute observations.

Comment is about Banana Republican (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley