Restful imagery Ian; I like it!
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thanks for the comments MC & Hannah
Glad you liked it Hannah and glad it brought back some good memories MC
Ian
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Wed 29th Apr 2020 14:03
Wed 29th Apr 2020 13:57
Absolutely loved this, thank you Tom
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MC
It's interesting how this evolved. Agreed, it's not the sort of thing I usually write about. One thing led to another. Start with lockdown. Frustrated teenager having to substitute cards with parents over playing with mates. Typical rebellious reaction. Shit, suck,. What rhymes with suck? ...fuck. Bingo. Rhymer at work MC.
Just an exercise in letting the mind loose and see where it went....
Phil, I do love crib and kids enjoy scrabble. Think snap might be bit complicated now MC. Reaction time not what it used to be....
However...
I used to like my snap
Crackle and my pop
Don't ask grandad to play sis, think he's past it
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As a long term resident of central London, I am getting a daily
virus email update from Westminster Council about services, help and advice available. Anyone who chooses to remain in the area
can make use of these offers. Can there be anywhere that has
a more committed effort to keep its inhabitants out of harm's way?
Sadly, the appeal of the area for its "bright lights" means the problem
of increasing numbers using the streets of one particular zone of the
city in more numbers than anywhere else. Cause and effect come
into play and problems create more problems.
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I think there may be an odd dichotomy involved - between those who
are drawn into music as a "profession" and those who enjoy it as an
aural experience that helps their sense of mental well-being. I have
described music elsewhere as "medicine for the mind". I hold to
this view even when it seems to my own to be just jangly tuneless
disruptive sound. Someone somewhere gets something from it, I
imagine and there is, thank goodness, enough variety to go around:
to discover or, in this instance, perhaps to return to.
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Interesting subject from you, Don...as clearly card games have a
stimulating effect on thinking. And much of your poetry is about
that same mental exercise, including thinking "outside the box".
I have no axe to grind either way as I have only played very occasionally, and keep it simple - like "Snap"!! My brother likes Mah Jong and enjoys these indoor games far more that I do anyway.
Horses for courses?
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Loved the idea and the words, but found the format a real struggle to connect.
Comment is about The Fairy’s Tale (blog)
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Super poem, both subject and craftsmanship.
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It's a bold topic and subject to much diverse opinion, some of it, perhaps, not always well informed. Population control has such a bad reputation, and yet, surely, precise efforts, locally and globally, must be considered.
And not an indiscriminate world pandemic! The World Internet can be a shockingly horrible space for some 'platforms'.
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Welcome, Simon. I haven't been on line so much lately. Great to have you aboard. You'll enjoy us.
Song lyrics is a broad 'theme'. Any speciallized market?
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A super poem. IMO, superb writing.
Not wild birds then? Our local geese are free, breeding on the canal.
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Who taught that kid in pic such language and visual finger artistry? No wonder society's going to the dogs.....
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Philipos
Wed 29th Apr 2020 10:30
They do that butterflies - they steal (and sometimes steel away) your smile. Lovely memory poem. P
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Really great Jennifer; love these lines in particular "The drastic effect of the hated metal / giving her a memorable mouth." Brilliant.
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Thank you Greg, MC, Lorraine and Don for the comments (and Mika, Leon for the likes). Much appreciated all.
That story in the sports hall always stuck in my head as important and though I never got to read it again - at least now I have this poem. So long, it's an essay in itself. ?
Ah, thanks for the comment Rachel - I've only just seen it. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I tried to write it with an element of the same nativity I had back then.
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Understand what you mean Ray. Producing music 'the hands that know' must be immensely gratifying, bit, as you say require dedication to get anywhere. Glad the love affair is still going!
Jennifer
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Lovely! Original contrasts used very cleverly. Really amusing and a joy to read.
Jennifer
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Philipos
Wed 29th Apr 2020 08:07
Used to play cribbage with my kids - great game. Hearty poem that. P. ?
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Thankyou Hannah. 'Cashing in.." is a good way to put it.
Thankyou also to Philipos, Stephen and Mg for the likes.
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Interesting.....
I like the line 'A species eating itself alive'
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Some music makes your spine tingle. Others just leave you cold. Interesting......
I liked you piece Ray. And the rhyming......
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Tue 28th Apr 2020 23:14
"lambs to the Laughter"
I like it!!
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Music is the drug of choice for so many of us. You capture it, Ray.
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A tune for each emotion too. I envy greatly anyone who can produce music themselves. I think cello is the most sublime instrument in the world. How lucky you are.
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Philipos
Tue 28th Apr 2020 21:33
Hi Tommy - Thetis - yes a big deal in the day - occasionally still mentioned by authors such as in Tuppence to cross the Mersey. Cheers. P
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Tue 28th Apr 2020 20:35
I know what you mean, music is that great love affair, starts when we are a child, one day we hear some and think - what is that ? !
Then it is on and off throughout our lives. So glad it has come back again to yours.
Love this.
Hannah
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Strong words, Jeff. But true.
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<Deleted User> (18118)
Tue 28th Apr 2020 18:56
Wonderful warm poetry.
Hannah
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Tue 28th Apr 2020 18:54
I've been in a flooded area, it is terrible.
Powerfully described.
Hannah
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Philipos
Tue 28th Apr 2020 18:21
Toasting the Fallacy - thank you for commenting Stephan - and good luck on your journey with WOL. P. ?
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I really like this Rachel especially the section about old photographs... I've been there. ?
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I really enjoyed this Cynthia and can relate. I was always looking to escape from my two younger sisters so I could build my lego spaceships in peace ? Do you have the photo and can you attach it to the poem?
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I like this. It is a prayer/poem to the mother. Beautiful... Also in the last line usually we are used to people saying Be Here Now ...but you put a twist on it...as if to say stop look listen.
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Here we are - like lambs to the laughter! ?
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It got me wanting to see the picture...but it would probably not add up to my imagination. Also, having a 12-year-old daughter, who has just fallen in love with privacy, I was able to connect on a personal level. Thank-you...
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I have to teach psychology in school next year and I have been reading all about neurons....so I gravitated to this poem immediately. It would be cool to image the brain of a poet and see what areas light up...it also reminded me of the Rumi poem of the chickpea complaining to the cook...Cudos!?
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A nice piece of nostalgia easily evoking a different age. I readily
identified with the act of scraping the bowl of cake mix. Happy days!
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"The Underpants"...sounds like a group led by the likes of Johnny Rotten. Just a thought while I try to size this up! ?
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Wow, I love poetry that cuts right to the heart of what is truly alive in us. Glad you became a poet to share these beautiful words
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Thanks for the comments Cynthia - glad you liked it - I wouldn't have dared put a pic of mine up for fear of frightening the more delicate reader ? hope you are keeping well ?
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A poignant "take" on perception - and, perhaps, a missed opportunity.
Coincidentally, there is an item today on an online news site - about making good use of grey hair (Harpers Bazaar magazine).
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Tue 28th Apr 2020 14:35
Very powerful writing on an important issue.
The plight of the very vulnerable in this crisis is often overlooked.
Your poem paints a disturbing but true picture.
Hannah
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Ian Whiteley
Wed 29th Apr 2020 15:45
thanx Phillipa - glad you liked it ?
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