An excellent and eloquent piece full of lyrical nostalgia befitting of the brand. The branch in Ken. High Street was a magnet for my girlfriend who had expensive tastes. Very impressive array, and I remember especially the black plastic presentation trays of makeup.
Ray
Comment is about Biba (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Words with sense and a moral lesson. Memories can enrich but also
enslave. They can bring happiness but they can also bring shame
and guilt. To be able to keep the balance is the secret to living this
life - in the knowledge that no one and nothing is ever perfect and
that we should learn and benefit from the lessons we are taught along the way.
Comment is about Memories (blog)
Original item by Mocosy
We older folk have all been teenagers in our turn. The trick is to
remember how we saw the world and allow some leeway in
understanding the views and actions of our successors.
Never patronise yet always seek to be approachable. But, if needs must, hold the line against that step too far. It has been said that
the young need to have something to kick against. That being the case, they also need to know the discipline of something that says: This far, but no further - and here's why.
Comment is about Teenagers (blog)
Original item by hugh
An imaginative essay into a world of eager trespass that results in
an unwelcome outcome - something of an allegorical reminder of
the wider world situation today.
Comment is about Orchard Lane (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Capitalism...communism - whatever!
What happened to the intelligence and diplomatic services -
supposed to serve our needs at colossal public expense? Where
were they when the infection emerged? Then came the oh-so-
slow reaction that exacerbated the threat - with the failure to
offer proper protection at the outset to those most likely to be
victims of a virus that attacks those with least ability to resist.
Too much too soon = overwhelmed !
It's not as though the world hasn't known this sort of thing before.
We are supposed to learn from the lessons of history so why have
our public servants failed so badly to keep up to speed now when,
in their much touted global world, ease of contact has never been
so widely available.
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
'Peel like clementines at Christmas ... her heart from baggage reclaim'. Strong lines, Maria.
Comment is about Coming Home After an Exile in Marriage (blog)
Original item by Maria Malinowski
Welcome, Maria! You have a name that some of us oldies on Write Out Loud recognise with great affection. Good to see you keeping up the family tradition. And good luck with your studies!
Comment is about Maria Malinowski (poet profile)
Original item by Maria Malinowski
Thanks for your like on Easter Boxed In
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Comment is about Stephen Gospage (poet profile)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thanks Jennifer. Your comment is much appreciated. I am, indeed, very trying in my advocacy of free will. Much against the present emphasis upon environmental influence as the cause of (excuse for) people's actions.
Stay safe!
Comment is about Tabula Rasa (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Hi Cynthia. I hope you are coping OK with this lock down. Biba was a London fashion store of the 1960s and 1970s based in Kensington. It was considered to be a shop that sold 'cool' clothes. It closed in 1975. I lived in London during most of the time it was open. Oh and the form is a sonnet. You can see this on a largeish screen. On a phone, the lines are truncated so making more than 14.
Comment is about Biba (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
<Deleted User> (5011)
Mon 13th Apr 2020 14:14
Excellent writing, Dave. A review worth re-viewing.
Comment is about John Hegley in Manchester, 2012 (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Beautifully written Emer. I have known a few people to whom this could apply. A sad tale indeed.
Comment is about Wounded (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
Thanks for stopping by kJ and sharing your thoughts. Alcohol is often used as a coping mechanism but usually causes more damage.. it sounds like you know from personal experience. Be safe.
Comment is about Wounded (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
Wow! Really liked this - there isn't a superfluous word in it - beautifullly written and makes one reflect on it. Also liked the line - let us make the best of it, let us inject some zest in it - as it, which catches one's attention. Sylvia Plath will be remembered anyway, although such a short life.
Jennifer
Comment is about Tabula Rasa (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Hello John, thanks for the comment on 'Felliini in Florence' - glad you enjoyed it. It was so unexpected and unusual that I have never forgotten the scene!
Jennifer
Comment is about John E Marks (poet profile)
Original item by John E Marks
I'm usually good at guessing the punchline, but you got me that time
Comment is about Appendicitis (blog)
Original item by hugh
Thanks for posting this Emer. It really struck a chord with me, as it could so easily have been my own father you were describing.
People who drink to this extent do themselves immeasurable damage, but the real harm is to those around them.
Comment is about Wounded (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
Mon 13th Apr 2020 01:40
It's not Capitalism that is at fault,
it's the damn Chinese who withheld the truth
and for all we know actually let loose the virus
from their Bio lab.
As for Gates, he is a typical Globalist,
who will do anything to keep his Chinese market share.
Guess who holds the "patent" for CoronaVirus?
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Yes. They will and for some it will be reason enough to renege on their vows. A pithy poem well told, Jennifer .
Comment is about Fellini in Florence (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Anna Freeman
Sun 12th Apr 2020 23:10
Thank goodness we have zoom! That is one of the silver linings in this pandemic.
Comment is about Corona Virus AKA Covid 19 (blog)
Original item by David F. Freeman
Anna Freeman
Sun 12th Apr 2020 23:08
What a beautiful love story! I loved reading this.
Comment is about Cold Feet (blog)
Original item by David F. Freeman
Anna Freeman
Sun 12th Apr 2020 23:07
What a playful poem! Thanks for sharing!
Comment is about I Will Never Lie (blog)
Original item by David F. Freeman
Philipos
Sun 12th Apr 2020 20:52
Wasn't able to read it, not too clear?
Comment is about living in a dream JUST you and me (blog)
Original item by CatGirl2777
Beautifully written/thought out!
Comment is about Is failure an impediment? (blog)
Original item by David
Two words help keep the spirit afloat
When rescue seems at best remote:
Life and boat! ?
Comment is about Sea Fever (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Ha - this touched me! Uncomfortable, but how far off the truth as
things stand? I see Bill Gates is calling for "global" co-ordination
to combat this particular virus. The logic of what he refers to as the likelihood of returning infection is hard to refute but no mention of
using a majority of his vast wealth. I imagine there are others from
privileged financial positions who endorse his view - but let's wait for
financial input from their mega-riches (check the percentages of who has what in the world) to back up the fine words. They are the
arch-beneficiaries of capitalism so they are honour-bound to act to
preserve it. Isn't that logical too?
Comment is about Notice From Management (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Cynthia, Philipos, Ian and Branwell,
Thank you all for your kind comments which, as always, are much appreciated.
Keith
Comment is about Sea Fever (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
This is very interesting.Challenging. Is it a particular 'form', or a combination? And what is BIBA?
Comment is about Biba (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Welcome to WOL. The 'ness'-ness of 'everything? OK. I buy it. But why would you never 'say' them? In spoken speech, I'm assuming.
Interesting photo.
Comment is about cosmic_bynature (poet profile)
Original item by cosmic_bynature
Very interesting. Well conceived and well constructed to share. The two don't always meld.
Comment is about Twin Flame (blog)
Original item by cosmic_bynature
Last night I was thinking of 'inspire'. The whole 'spire' chain is such a provoking concept to consider. And this is the case with so many 'developed', 'extended' word roots from ancient languages. I'm presuming I share this 'word fascination' with fellow writers. How could I not!
Which may be a bit naive.
Comment is about Sky Watcher (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Yes, I think that's a bitter pill to swallow, once again, "We're all in it together." But this time, at least on one level, we genuinely are. A Pandemic doesn't care how much cash you have, how big your house is, or what car you drive, but it's how people act in these circumstances. It hasn't gone unsaid that we bailed the banks out 10 years ago and that some of that, "Love," needs repaying by them now, and people like Branson? Rich enough to look after his workers but instead lays them all off and tells them to apply for statutory sick pay. Well, while we're sat at home, not distracted by the day to day, we watch, we listen, we remember, and as far as I'm concerned he's got a nerve calling his company Virgin considering the amount of people it's f***ed.
J. x
Comment is about Humanity's Insanity (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Philipos
Sun 12th Apr 2020 08:46
Don, thanks for the comment on Chip Shop Butties. ?
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
The words tumble out then line up into meanings. I like your style. It reminds me of Kurdish and Farsi poetry. It is very difficult to write poetry in a language that is not your mother tongue - you have done so. Congratulations.
Comment is about 2020 Spring (blog)
Original item by Ali Taha Alnobani
Good to hear you again. Nice rhyming.....
Comment is about FUBAR Friday (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Thanks for your kind comments, Brian and MC. and for the Like, Ian.
Comment is about THE WORLD IN BLOOM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The irony is that it is money that enables the research and the response when these unwanted natural visitations occur in life.
Wasn't it Stalin who remarked that one death was a tragedy whilst a
thousand was a statistic? Nature knows no barriers in reducing
life where it is most vulnerable for whatever reason. What stays in
my own mind is that this current plague is being fought with public
money from the small man/business whilst the vast wealth of the
tiny percent seems untouched and able to grant its owners power
and influence as a result in this manipulated "global world"..
Comment is about Humanity's Insanity (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
For fork's sake - an allotment of positive planting in the process of
renewal. Well said, sir!
Comment is about THE WORLD IN BLOOM (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
My mind is enjoying itself. But 'conversation' plays a huge part in real pleasure. If anyone cares to join in, please do so. There's no question of 'right' or 'wrong', or deliberated persuasion, just sharing thoughts.
Comment is about Sky Watcher (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
M.C. Newberry
Mon 13th Apr 2020 17:38
The message is eternal. Enjoy what you have and rejoice if it
gets better! We have no choice in being here so let's just get
on with it as best we can, according to our own situation and ability
in coping with what is tossed our way, hopefully helping other lives
in the process.
Comment is about It Doesn't Matter Anyway (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins