Hi Mortimer,
Thanks for that. I'll look for the film.
Comment is about KEITH FORDYCE AND A PHOTO OF MY PARENTS (blog)
Original item by john short
Sun 31st May 2020 23:58
I agree M.C.
so obviously,
I am with you
and you're with me!
?
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
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Words from a song
a dream state is born.
Comment is about Dream State (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Yeah, the same Mortimer. I was listening to Michael Martin Murphey's stunning song 'Children of the Wild World' not long before I went to bed the other night, and it kinda proved a inspiration on this poem.
Rarely put links in comments but this song is here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI38jkzCunM)
Comment is about Dream State (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Many thanks to all who read and liked!
Ray
Comment is about JUGGERNAUT (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thank you Mortimer. I am so glad you liked it. Few do.
Honor to those who in the life they lead
define and guard a Thermopylae***.
Never betraying what is right,
consistent and just in all they do
but showing pity also, and compassion;
generous when they are rich, and when they are poor,
still generous in small ways,
still helping as much as they can;
always speaking the truth,
yet without hating those who lie.
And even more honor is due to them
when they foresee (as many do foresee)
that in the end Ephialtis** will make his appearance,
that the Medes* will break through after all.
C.P. Cavafy
*** - Thermopylae is a place in Greece where a narrow coastal passage existed in antiquity. It derives its name from its hot sulphur springs. The Hot Gates is "the place of hot springs" and in Greek mythology it is the cavernous entrances to Hades"
** - Ephialtes was the son of Eurydemus of Malis. He betrayed his homeland, in hope of receiving some kind of reward from the Persians, by showing the Persian forces a path around the allied Greek position at the pass of Thermopylae, which helped them win the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BCE
* The Medes (/miːdz/, Old Persian Māda-, Ancient Greek: Μῆδοι, Hebrew: מָדַי Madai) were an ancient Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran.
Comment is about i.m. C. P. Cavafy, poet (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Always kev, I love your work, you know that, and it's distinctive style, for me, is a huge part of the attraction. Thanks mate.
J. x
Comment is about Speaking In Tongues (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
This is a really refreshing style. Nice poem
Comment is about RISE (blog)
Original item by cindylee loucks
Philipos
Sun 31st May 2020 17:02
Thank you for commenting on Penmanship Mortimer - so appreciated. P
Comment is about MortimerBlooming (poet profile)
Original item by MortimerBlooming
Ah Yes
I forgot that one
Mustn't grumble ?
Comment is about Mustn't Grumble (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Sun 31st May 2020 16:53
The saddest thing I know of Lynn, one that has driven me to alcohol, drugs, anti depressants and madness all in all, is this search of truth,
What do we know? and how can we know when we don't even know what we don't know?
These ramblings have made me crazy lynn, Best we can do as soldiers is keep searching
Mortimer
Comment is about REAL WORLD (blog)
Original item by lynn hahn
Sun 31st May 2020 16:49
This is something I have been talking about for years Mocosy, Change is the only thing eternal in this life, best we can do is change with it,
You truly struck a chord there mate,
Mortimer
Comment is about Change (blog)
Original item by Mocosy
Sun 31st May 2020 16:43
A beautiful poem, genius is really never honored in his lifetime.
Mortimer
Comment is about i.m. C. P. Cavafy, poet (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Sun 31st May 2020 16:39
I wish I could find this forest Andy, if only for a second, there are no places it seems left in the world, free from man's smudgy fingerprints.
Mortimer
Comment is about Dream State (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Sun 31st May 2020 16:33
The reminisce of the old world is something that will leave us always in awe and wonder,
Watch Midnight in Paris starring Owen Wilson, it's a beautiful movie based on this phenomena
Mortimer
Comment is about KEITH FORDYCE AND A PHOTO OF MY PARENTS (blog)
Original item by john short
Sun 31st May 2020 16:22
We can learn a lot more from kids than they can learn from us,
No one is born with hate in their hearts, we teach it to them,
Mortimer
Comment is about They Hadn't Learned (blog)
Original item by Dorinda MacDowell
Sun 31st May 2020 16:21
Only in calmness can reasonable and right choices be made, calmness and intellect are the highest virtue, that much has been said by many wise humans of history, sadly they all have been left unheard,
It brings me much pleasure to see more people finally hearing them,
Mortimer
Comment is about Hope (blog)
Original item by TROY
Sun 31st May 2020 16:18
As someone who had his first tooth surgically removed by a door knob, I can not tell you how wise Jane is.
A nice funny writing hugh,
Mortimer
Comment is about The tooth is out.No more check-up appointments 'til 2021 (blog)
Original item by hugh
Sun 31st May 2020 16:13
As someone who had an accident and couldn't walk for over a month, only half a year ago, I can not tell you how right you are,
Keep exercising and preaching Caution Hannah,
Mortimer
Comment is about Road By Road (Write it Slow) (blog)
Original item by Hannnah
Sun 31st May 2020 16:11
The most troubling kids are often the most troubled Simon,
A beautiful poem and one very close to heart,
Mortimer
Comment is about Billy No Mates (blog)
Original item by simon lucan
Sun 31st May 2020 16:08
I can't tell you Abdul, how many times dogs barking in the middle of the night has woken me up, more often than not, I go outside and bark with them, it's a nice cathartic primal process,
Your imagery is divine,
Mortimer
Comment is about Spooked (blog)
Original item by Abdul Ahmad
Sun 31st May 2020 16:07
Violence begets more violence, what this is , is just the release of pressure, building up for decades and decades, violent revolution and the rule of instinct and passion has never gotten us something productive, but it is what the heart of a hundreds of thousands of people demand, a change of the shattering of a systematic oppression in place long before any of us were born,
Perhaps after change, we can have equity and peace, grudges are the most dangerous poison ever made,
Mortimer
Comment is about MOBS (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Sun 31st May 2020 16:00
A necessary poem MC, let us make sure the voice of George Floyd is never again suffocated, let him speak through us,
Mortimer
Comment is about DUE PROCESS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Philipos
Sun 31st May 2020 15:53
Your relatively few words say it all MC -- even their civic dignitaries share our abhorrence. Appalled. P
Comment is about DUE PROCESS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 31st May 2020 15:38
Topical and timely. The mob is always the sum total of aggressive
attitudes that seek the combined excuse to act in assorted interests,
plundering and destroying whilst offering nothing constructive along the way.
Comment is about MOBS (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Another belter. I especially liked the four lines beginning with"and for us knob means penis"
I tend to write in my own dialect, but spell most words conventionally, even if I might pronounce them differently.
For instance I don't spell right as rayt, because it's the same word. But I will put missen instead of myself, because it's a different word in my accent.
I hope that makes sense.
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about Speaking In Tongues (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Let’s hope everyone learns something!
Comment is about They Hadn't Learned (blog)
Original item by Dorinda MacDowell
You write with as much care as you drive. Good poem!
Comment is about Road By Road (Write it Slow) (blog)
Original item by Hannnah
You can also watch me performing this in two Youtube videos: https://youtu.be/oets2jGSf-s and https://youtu.be/ih5hu3yl5kI
Comment is about The Forests will Echo with Laughter. Part 3. (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
This is the final part of an epic poem I have been serialising on Facebook all this month. Scroll back on my blog to see the previous two parts. I’m doing it as a fundraiser for Mèdecins Sans Frontiéres, and if you’d like to help support this cause you may donate here https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Timothy-Ellis2?utm_campaign=lc_frp_share_transaction_fundraiser_page_donation_received_-_first_donation&utm_content=10b2c713-52d1-452f-8b7e-ecbeede6c264&utm_medium=email&utm_source=postoffice&utm_term=1589914522566
Comment is about The Forests will Echo with Laughter. Part 3. (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Good stuff Mortimer, like the concept ?
Comment is about A revolver's grim prophecy (blog)
Original item by MortimerBlooming
Hi Mortimer, thanks for reading, glad you like it, strange times!
cheers Jeff ?
Comment is about The end of the world as we know it? (blog)
Original item by Jeffarama!
Philipos
Sun 31st May 2020 07:35
I'm with you all the way on this one Lynn. The media's truth is often a big white lie to the populous. They sell apps and papers don't they. Be your own sharp mind and sniff out those in it for their own ends. P
Comment is about REAL WORLD (blog)
Original item by lynn hahn
Raise a glass to all of us who can’t help but say what we think. I’m not sure it makes us admirable but it certainly makes me content within myself.
Comment is about MAN UP! (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Although I wrote this one in the first person it's actually about my dad. In 1985 he poured petrol over my mum and 2 of my siblings and tried to burn them.
Comment is about The Ingrates (blog)
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Comment is about Dear mister right one (blog)
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Comment is about Dear mister right one (blog)
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Comment is about Dear mister right one (blog)
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Comment is about Dear mister right one (blog)
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Comment is about Don't go after cute Bun buns (blog)
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Po
Many thanks for your like and comment.
Abdul
Comment is about Kingfisher betrayed (blog)
Original item by Abdul Ahmad
Sat 30th May 2020 15:37
Thanks Abdul I am very glad you enjoyed it.
Comment is about A revolver's grim prophecy (blog)
Original item by MortimerBlooming
aye - he's a bit of a bastard - thanks for commenting mate
Comment is about Away The Lad (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Thank you both for your comments and feedback I really do appreciate it a lot...the words and thoughts that I write down come straight from the very deepest part of the person that I am, I suffer from manic depression and sometimes writting shit down can be a way of taking some of that heavy weight, the burden of existence off of my shoulders for a little bit....i hope you ladies read some of my other writtings as well, some are really intense but you might be able to relate on some level....thanks again and take care...
Jared
Comment is about Life Is A Slow Death (God Please Help Me) (blog)
Original item by Jared Harris
Mortimer
Man's need for waging war is well exposed here.
A well written work. Enjoyed it.
Abdul
Comment is about A revolver's grim prophecy (blog)
Original item by MortimerBlooming
No prize sought for guessing the identity. Perhaps a reversal -
Say what you can
And do what you must
And if folk object
You're not really fussed....??
Comment is about MAN UP! (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
julie callaghan
Mon 1st Jun 2020 09:08
I know this won't be everyones cup of tea, but the gig cheered me up, and inspired this poem.
Comment is about Take That Lock Down Gig (In Case You Missed It) (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan