I love the work of assistance dogs in schools, I really do believe it is the way forward. I used to read to my own black Labrador when I was a kid, and he always managed to look at me as if he was interested, it was encouraging. Whatever your age dogs can teach you a lot.
Comment is about Teacher's pet is a big hit in school (blog)
Original item by hugh
Sartre had a famously bad trip. http://www.openculture.com/2018/07/jean-paul-sartre-bad-mescaline-trip-hallucinated-years-followed-crabs.html
Comment is about Being and Ridiculousness (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
Sat 28th Sep 2019 11:54
your comments are always
better than my poems.
Comment is about Hearts As Good As Hers (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Sat 28th Sep 2019 11:51
thanks Don
for commenting on
"Hearts As Good As Hers"
a sad story
but true
a gentle heart afflicted.
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
Ah yes, the big Magic is the important one.
Thalia is important uppercase Muse Thalia not the ordinary lowercase common garden variety muse. She insisted (actually kicked up a bit of a fuss. Give me my proper status she said. I obliged. Gotta keep the woman happy). Yep, she's pure Magic......
Comment is about Ordinary Magic (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Numbers still rising on the petition, Take the link above, Great work by Arji and the community at large.
Comment is about National Poetry Library suspends new membership scheme after protests (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks for reading Don, I appreciate your comments. Well, there is small magic and big Magic, it's just about putting the emphasis on it.
Now, is your Muse the one who resides in your mind, Thalia for instance? whilst other forms of muse arrive from external stimuli?
Comment is about Ordinary Magic (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Thank You for your kind comments Fred, I do appreciate it. That is a really interesting point about how a different accent can potentially change the flow of poem!
Comment is about Ordinary Magic (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Thanks for the comments, fellas.
Dead right, Brian. Actually it was The Grateful Dead, Don. And you are quite right, Kev; it should be a no-score draw.
Comment is about BETTER OFF DEAD (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Don,
A good poem. I share the addiction as it is a source of creativity.
Thnaks for this.
Keith
Comment is about Addicted. So.... (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Just one (possible) correction, if I may be so bold. Surely as both you and your intended victim are both still standing that makes it a no-score draw.
Never heard the phrase get-go, but you can bet I'll start using it from now on.
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about BETTER OFF DEAD (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Sheesh Randy this is real heavy stuff
It's doin' my poor old head in
Starin' at roots sends me silly?
I'll try it, you say mescalin?.....
Comment is about Being and Ridiculousness (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
Keep letting your mind wander, there are far worse things to be addicted to.
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about Addicted. So.... (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thankyou all for your comments and likes. You'll be pleased I don't carry my phone when dancing. Can't hear it ring above the band....?
Comment is about Rock and Roll and Mobile Phones (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thanks for that Branwell. A brilliant lesson well presented. Really enjoyed the humour.
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about Zoology: Lesson One (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
I thankyou dear Bran for this lesson
Zoology I flunked bottom class
I thought bisons evolved from them oysters
I failed, and can't fathom why no pass?
Maybe you shoulda taught me Bran.....
Oh? .. It was rams that evolved from oysters?...
Well bugga me....?
(Book me in for lesson 2)
Comment is about Zoology: Lesson One (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
Ha ha, no they haven't done that it's true. ?
Comment is about Climb (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
MC's comment is particularly important
Let us be free to disagree
Let us be brave enough to say so,
Comment is about Let them be.... (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
A choice piece Ruth. The rhyming and rhythm was excellent. I'm assuming you did the lower/uppercase magic on purpose similar to muse/Muse..?...
Comment is about Ordinary Magic (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Breaking news
"Prime Minister to be referred to police watchdog,"
Breaking news on the front page of The Guardian blog.
Tied up with a relationship at his time as the London mayor.
To be fair Boris did many good things while he was there.
Is this a politically motivated attack,
Now that in Parliament he is back?
Antagonism is sat next to many M.P.s,
Boris will certainly not feel at ease.
Methinks another referendum will end up remain,
Back in the European Union after a three year strain.
Comment is about Lets travel in harmony on the same bus. (blog)
Original item by hugh
Damn aliens at work again Jason. Ask Ruth. At least they haven't pinched your like button.....?
Comment is about Climb (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Clever Brian.....
I assume pic shows road crew going to HOP Stadium for latest concert. Could it be the Dying Breed?......
Comment is about BETTER OFF DEAD (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 27th Sep 2019 23:21
John - with no music I'm struggling to tie this one to a well known pop song.
Comment is about BETTER OFF DEAD (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks Ruth, sorry it's taken so long to get back to you, for some reason my notifications seem to have been turned off, or there's a technical fault, whatever it is I don't seem to receive any notifications from WOL anymore, my inbox remains empty?
Not sure. Anyway thank you so much for the kind comments.
J. x
Comment is about Climb (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
"Boris Johnson's rhetoric could incite violence," says Amber Rudd
Ex Conservative Home Secretary passionate to flower a remain bud.
Comment is about Lets travel in harmony on the same bus. (blog)
Original item by hugh
Love the melodic flow and message created by your words.
I had to chuckle, after I read the second stanza twice.
Americans and British folk pronounce 'again' different.
You folks pronounce the hard A.
Americans generally do not.
I was married to a Brit.
Comment is about Ordinary Magic (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Well said Keith, Freedom to be yourself seems in short supply sometimes. Good poem reminding us to Dare Greatly!
Comment is about Let them be.... (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Really enjoyed this Jason, I love empowering poetry. The rhythm really builds you up into feeling you can overcome all the obstacles and negativity. I liked the line
' Their disturbances, the chatter of stereotypical doubt,' .
Comment is about Climb (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Wonderfully descriptive! I fully appreciate the intricate details in this. Spider webs have always been so fascinating to me. Masterful craftsmanship goes into creating them, and yet, humans notice them most when accidentally walking into them or clearing them out of the way. Your spiders-to-poets comparison is beautiful!
Comment is about WEB SIGHTS (blog)
Original item by Peter Taylor
Thanks Don and thanks Rose, I do like to hit a positive note every now and then ?
J. x
Comment is about Climb (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
And -
Let us be free to disagree
Let us be brave enough to say so, ?
Comment is about Let them be.... (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
I think you need to take charge of our country before it sinks,
Plenty of constructive advice in this verse for Boris methinks.
Hopefully he will read this and widen his views,
Before becoming a dictator and dominating the news.
Comment is about Let them be.... (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
<Deleted User> (9882)
Fri 27th Sep 2019 16:44
thanks to people like you Jason we come to happily find that the age of positivity is not dead.
enjoyed the read with a ? and a ?!
Rose ?
Comment is about Climb (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
<Deleted User> (9882)
Fri 27th Sep 2019 16:30
and let there always be people like you Keith who think of others instead of themselves.
Lovely piece of, live, and let live.
Rose ?
Comment is about Let them be.... (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
I'm looking at my Facebook
Friend, what do I see?
I'm certain she was frumpish
Now curvy she looks, see?
Photoshopped
Wot's that?....?
Comment is about Compare Despair (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Loose threads of love
seem to be hanging on
a thumb print leads
to needle in haystack.
Comment is about Stitched Up! (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
A hidden secret
of sorrow
waits to be found
finding out
is the key.
Comment is about Compare Despair (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Senroo, my first crack
You can't even spell Aussie
Don't be an arsehole
Gotta start somewhere.......?
Comment is about Happy Splashing (blog)
Original item by John McDonough
Truly spoken.....And some nice rhyming there as well.....
Comment is about Climb (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
A beautiful and sad one dk. No-one can imagine pain unless they have been through it themselves......
Comment is about Hearts As Good As Hers (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Fri 27th Sep 2019 13:34
I like the juxtaposition of writing about something so serious, but doing so in a rhyming pattern. Most of this poem actually read to me like a Dr. Seuss book, so it felt playful, even though the subject matter was not. In that sense, it was almost like a song you'd sing to children as a warning to children about Charlie. Great work!
Comment is about Charlie's story. (blog)
Original item by Mick Stewart
Fri 27th Sep 2019 13:28
This is such a great poem. It's a sad world we live in. Thank you for sharing!
Comment is about 2019 (blog)
Original item by Ged Thompson
d.k.,
A beautifully written poem about bravery, love and concern.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Hearts As Good As Hers (blog)
Original item by d.knape
"Brevity is the soul of wit."
Shakespeare, 'Hamlet'.
Pithy Erin, very pithy! John
Comment is about instead (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
The trouble is we don't know where the bus stop is and it's impossible to get a bus pass to board the bus. Well highlighted though Hugh
Comment is about Lets travel in harmony on the same bus. (blog)
Original item by hugh
Keep your phone there
In your hand
While you do
The twist
Write out loud
Another rhyme
But Please Don
Mind your
Wrist ?
Comment is about Rock and Roll and Mobile Phones (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
I tend to ramble round
(Or is it ramble on?)
Thalia, psycho-logist here
It's just you're mixed up, Don
Phew! was getting worried.....?
Comment is about Rock and Roll and Mobile Phones (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Ruth O'Reilly
Sat 28th Sep 2019 12:16
Really enjoyed this Tom, the concept of poems being like past reflections. There is actually a New Moon tonight so make yourself some wishes.
Comment is about Lunar (blog)
Original item by Tom