Ah yes, Tom, the Catholic Church. I remember inventing so - called "sins" at 7 yrs old, so I'd have something to tell the priest in confession!😕

Comment is about Here Today Gone Tomorrow (blog)

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Got your priorities sorted out Trevor....Bacon!

Comment is about Forever Love (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

What a loo!

Comment is about NO GRAFFITI NEFERTITI(A TALE OF THE SMALLEST ROOM) (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I'd be happy with that!

Comment is about An Excellent View (blog)

Original item by Mike McPeek

Rule 1. when in doubt-brew up!
Rule 2. brew up anyway.

Comment is about My tasty belief in the Ceylon hillside plantation leaf (blog)

Original item by LEON STOLGARD

I am human (too).
Sadly, there are many who need to keep reminding us of that.💗

Comment is about Human (blog)

Original item by Yanma Hidayah

Here's to Mr Southern Comfort!

Comment is about July 2025 Collage Poem: Dancing on the Edge (blog)

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Hope is the thing, Hélène, it has to be.

Comment is about Greet Each New Day (blog)

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Thanks, Jennifer.
Letting go of a bad lot is not always easy.

Comment is about Breaking (blog)

Original item by jennifer sanders

Thanks, John.
The fragility and beauty of the poppy (such as those I see in the middle of the busy roadside reservation) is such a contrast to the unforgiving ugliness of the world of concrete.
A beauty so easy to destroy, and so difficult to replace.💐

Comment is about ARRIVAL OF CONCRETE (blog)

Original item by john short

Thanks @raypool 🌷🕊🙏🏻Your much valued words in comment are both encouraging and useful. They shalll guide the trajectory of my poetic journey, as well. Most appreciated.

Comment is about celestial school of verse (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

I would like to thank my dear friends, LEON and Stephen, for their wonderful comments on my poem I Know Those Who Hate The War,. Regards, Larisa

Comment is about I Know Those Who Hate The War (blog)

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The navy are not known for their sensitivity so they joked that the meat they were eating must be the chopped up remains of Sweet Fanny Adams eventually the shortened version replaced it, sweet FA

Comment is about Death of Fanny Adams (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

Agree with Mr. G. So much are these acts being needed more and more these days. Nice one Hugh 👍

Leon

Comment is about An act of kindness leads to a divine reward (blog)

Original item by hugh

Thanks Stephen. Simplistic but very effective is it not?

Helene-thank you-Holden-thank you-Stephen A. -thank you-Stephen G. -thank you-Hugh-thank you-Tom-thank you-Red-thank you.

Leon

Comment is about Le Chat noir (blog)

Original item by LEON STOLGARD

Not an easy read but a rivetting one JD. It has horror and a grotesque charm. Anyone familiar with the Jack the Ripper cult will recognize all the hallmarks of a furtive and indeed futile waste of lives. So I say thanks for bringing this out. I wonder if "sweet FA" has a connection with this tale. If so it backs up your final claim.

Ray

Comment is about Death of Fanny Adams (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

I so seldom comment on others' poems sadly for lack of energy and time, but here is a full bodied and inspired piece of a sort of transparent ethereal reality that I find commendable! A quite noble conception and the language to support it.

Ray

Comment is about celestial school of verse (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Positive and uplifting, Hugh.

Comment is about An act of kindness leads to a divine reward (blog)

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I like the structure and flow of this, Tim, and the last line nails it.

Comment is about June 2025 (blog)

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Thanks for likes: hugh & Red Brick Keshner. 👍

Comment is about Here Today Gone Tomorrow (blog)

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Thanks @Uilleam, yes indeed, there is a language and varied depths of meaning in silences. 🌷🕊🙏🏻

Comment is about celestial school of verse (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Thank you @Graham Sherwood 🌷🕊🙏🏻thanks for the feedback and observation. This shall guide the trajectory of my poetic journey. Most appreciated 🕊🙏🏻

Comment is about celestial school of verse (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

The music of the spheres, and the eloquence of silence.🎇

Comment is about celestial school of verse (blog)

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I can't explain exactly what it is about this highly involved piece RBK but I think it might be one of your best to date. Excellent detail and content!!

Comment is about celestial school of verse (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Thanks, Stephen.

Comment is about Fame (blog)

Original item by Ray

Thank you all so much for the likes on this one. Much appreciated.


HI Stephen. Yes there is a reflective quality I tried to show, basically I just liked the tyres on gravel idea and worked the poem around it. It was more of a meander than a message!
Thanks for your thoughts. I do often nod off to endless unfathomable crime plots.

Ray

Comment is about PRESSING MATTERS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

thank you

Comment is about June 2025 (blog)

Original item by Tim Daly

A timely warning, I think, Rolph. As you say, it would be a scandal if he was even considered for the prize. Ultimately, climate change denial and all that flows from it may be the worst of his legacy.

Comment is about A Prize Miscast: A Warning to Oslo (blog)

Original item by Rolph David

Thank you for your kind comments, Stephen and Graham. And thanks for the Likes, Tom and Stephen A.

Comment is about "AS SURE AS GOD'S IN GLOUCESTER..." (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks RBK, Graham and Stephen.

David

Comment is about Waiting (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

I honestly believe once his tenure is over, a new verb will be coined to illustrate what you have so admirably described above.

Comment is about A Prize Miscast: A Warning to Oslo (blog)

Original item by Rolph David

Thank you @Robby Whitley for the comment on my poem🕊️🙏🏻

Comment is about to be real (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

From turds and Guinness to religion the man’s canon is wider than an ocean! Bravo on this piece JC

Comment is about "AS SURE AS GOD'S IN GLOUCESTER..." (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

An inspiring and beautiful piece of verse, Nick. A tough story, but an engaging read.

Comment is about A memoir (blog)

Original item by Nick

'The unavoidable theft of moonlight' is a marvellous concept, Leon.

Comment is about Le Chat noir (blog)

Original item by LEON STOLGARD

A touch of John Betjeman here, John. Absolutely irresistible.

Comment is about "AS SURE AS GOD'S IN GLOUCESTER..." (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Not me, Uilleam. And thanks for the Likes, Hugh and Aisha.

Comment is about BUCKET LIST (blog)

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'Pinocchio, you're alive!' 💕 "Papa!"

🎇

Comment is about World On Fire (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Are we human or are we dancer? Both perhaps...

Comment is about part savage, part human (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Thanks for the affirming response to this poem. @Bobby Whitley.

Comment is about Sven's soul funk (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

thanks @Landi Cruz, much appreciated. Good to know that it wasn't over the top or overwrought. That makes so much sense. 🕊️🙏🏻

Comment is about Sven's soul funk (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Your kind comment and the likings by all the other Ladies and Gents made my effort very much worthwhile Uilleam

Thanks to you all-very much indeed!

Leon

Comment is about Down on my uppers (blog)

Original item by LEON STOLGARD

Thanks for feedback Uilleam - See you on the front line lol✌️
Thanks for likes: Aisha, hugh, Red Brick Keshner & Yanma Hidayah. 👍

Comment is about World On Fire (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Thanks to Graham and Auracle for the comments,

Auracle, I have a reserved respect for the Salvation Army.

Thanks to all who sent flowers. XX

David RL Moore

Comment is about Everything but the truth (blog)

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A few words of explanation adressed to those "Friends of Genocide", Kier Starmer, laughingly known as a former Human Rights lawyer, to Yvette Cooper, to the Metropolitan Police, and to anyone else of a similarly perverted mindset.

Verse one is a reference to the words of Mahatma Gandhi.

"You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind."

🌷💐I am Palestine Action🌷💐

Comment is about Bonnie Madleen (blog)

Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

I changed "grateful release" to "heartbreaking release." Maybe one step towards transcendence of suffering is to just let our hearts break. Sigh.

Comment is about Letting Go (blog)

Original item by Hélène

Have you ever called in to Lancaster services, JC? – I’m told a certain Richard the Third caused quite a mess some time ago.😕

Comment is about BUCKET LIST (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Me neither, Hélène.
Yes, let's try to transcend suffering, but I doubt if that lamb is grateful for its "release".💗

Comment is about Letting Go (blog)

Original item by Hélène

We have indeed 🙏🏻🕊️ thanks heaps Uilleam🌷

Comment is about part savage, part human (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Nice imagery in that last verse, Leon.

Comment is about Down on my uppers (blog)

Original item by LEON STOLGARD