And your comments are like treats that I will savor and return to when I am in need of something sweet. Thank you.
Comment is about I wonder (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
Thank you for the encouraging comments, almost like the faint whispers of the muse itself.
My feelings threaten to tumble out in words (my breadcrumbs, as they were, are, and shall be).
Naturally, when they are ready I will come back and sprinkle them here.
Comment is about addicts lie (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
The phrase probably had some justification in years past but it's
a failure of understanding to think of it as a weakness..
If you're prone to a moan
You're not alone
Brits do it frequently
But just remember their old refrain
When bombed and blitzed: "Oh...can't complain"
And you might want to think again
Before resorting to grimace and groan. ?
Comment is about Whinging Poms All Sent Home (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
How topical in this day and age and "on the money" as usual, JC.
A pal of many years - still going strong - always said "avoid stress"
in our old line of work. How right he was - and is !
Comment is about I MADE MY BRASS THROUGH STRESS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Ah Coops indeed you know 'bout stress
You, drinking gin in Marakesh
You know how not to be a mess
Five hundred daily nothing less.....
Comment is about I MADE MY BRASS THROUGH STRESS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
So...being an uneducated American...what the heck is a Whinging Pom?
Comment is about Whinging Poms All Sent Home (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
This is such a touchy subject with no easy solution. I hate to get into political discussions because everyone is always wrong while everyone else is always right. We cannot build walls everywhere, for how can we continue to deny fellow human beings the basic needs of freedom and security.
Yes, Eve, diversity is a wonderful thing. Without it we are not really free.
I would not be here if my great-grand-parents did not immigrate before WWII.
Comment is about Hostile Environment (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
Sun 23rd Jun 2019 11:46
thanks for reading my poem
"when everything made sense"
I hope the poem MADE SENSE.
I am not psychic, I'm Polish.
?
Comment is about Sarah Louise mcnee (poet profile)
Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee
DoRoThY I keep people guessing
Is he telling the truth or a lie
But most of my work has an element of truth
So I'm not telling all porky pies ?
Comment is about Whinging Poms All Sent Home (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
I agree with kj.No-one has the right to incite hatred. And with Tommy, no-one has the right to offend on the grounds of race, gender and disability. To me, society has certain rules and if you want to be part of that society you need to agree to and follow them. You can stretch to a certain point but there is a limit.
Comment is about A freedom to express (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 23rd Jun 2019 09:45
Look, immigration was (still is) out of control and there was massive pressure on the Government to 'do something about it'. So they did.
Comment is about Hostile Environment (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
I hate the idea of censorship, but fully understand the need for it.
If someone expresses an opinion which I totally disagree with, then I'll ignore it, or if I'm feeling brave I'll pull them up on it.
However, I don't believe that anyone has the right to incite hatred through their postings, and would agree with the censors if they take these posts down.
Comment is about A freedom to express (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Devon: once again I have to think. ?
Rachel: high praise indeed. Tommy
Comment is about The end of interest (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Andy I have never met (knowingly) anyone from WOL. Just is. ?
Comment is about Posthumous collection by Leanne Bridgewater will aid animal protest campaigns (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks for the comment Don. I felt like that one would get more of a response, but it's always those ones which slip under the radar. They're just words. T
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thankyou for relating this Devon
Comment is about Conscious Uncoupling (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Spectral spectator
Viewing night
Any ghosts
Round in sight?
In the dead
Of the night
Spectral 'tator
Scared alright....
(Sorry Rose. A ghost made me do it.....)
Comment is about Trying New Things (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Sat 22nd Jun 2019 22:53
mostly wide
Handsome?
not so much.
?
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
the bridge of sorrows
is the bridge of sights
and we, who choose to live without disguise,
every time we cross this bridge,
must stand and weep
and smile and laugh;
then turn around
and let it pass
Thank you, Devon and, also, thank YOU Do-may-me-far-so
You raise my spirits
John
Comment is about The voice of death, the voice of love and the voice of art. (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Sat 22nd Jun 2019 22:12
Droll are these poems
unabashedly so
they aren't too good
but so it goes,
I find humor in things
it just naturally flows
when it comes to a rhyme
I just can't say No.
?
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Recycling at its simplest level, MC.
Comment is about THE GREEK ISLANDS CRUISE 2 (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Sat 22nd Jun 2019 20:58
Guys - thank you for your comments, I guess some are more concerned than others, my only hope is that we can turn this situation around. Appreciate the feedback...
Comment is about whale song (blog)
Original item by thephantomscribbler
Ah...a contribution to environmental matters. Fecundity in profundity.
Once upon a time, I met with a similar problem aboard a six-berth
yacht and had to employ some force (and force of character) to
dispose of it I never knew the gut could contain so much disposable
detritus and could only hope it would be recycled in the murky (now murkier) depths.
Comment is about THE GREEK ISLANDS CRUISE 2 (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Devon Brock
Sat 22nd Jun 2019 17:26
Well said Don. I happen to know a couple that only survived as a couple by getting divorced. They are perfectly content, do everything together, still live together, and the kids are very happy and well.
Comment is about Conscious Uncoupling (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Devon Brock
Sat 22nd Jun 2019 17:22
Wow, Mr. Marks. Not only are the images (and voices) stunning, they are dragging me around by the neck hair in the most beautiful way.
Comment is about The voice of death, the voice of love and the voice of art. (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Devon Brock
Sat 22nd Jun 2019 17:03
Thank you so much dear C.Q!
I'm glad you like it?
Mae
Comment is about Beast in Pain (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
The Turn-Off sounds a more exciting belle....
Comment is about THE GREEK ISLANDS CRUISE 2 (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
High, wide
You may be
Handsome I
Would question thee?....
Comment is about What Meets The Eye (blog)
Original item by d.knape
DeVaughn,
Your poetry has real content and emotion which comes from the heart. Your identity will soon come as Jason says. Persevere. Keep writing. A lot of people want to read your work.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about DeVaughn (poet profile)
Original item by DeVaughn
Sat 22nd Jun 2019 12:22
A really pleasing recurring rhythmic beat, this could easily be a song.
J. x
Comment is about Jasmine's torment (blog)
Original item by catchmeifyoucan
She’s a big girl, Don. I used to go out with her and her pal, the Dodworth Turn-Off.
Comment is about THE GREEK ISLANDS CRUISE 2 (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (9882)
Sat 22nd Jun 2019 11:03
I am waiting with bated breath Lisa for a share in those anecdotes. You could call me a spectral spectator ?
now then, where's that coat? ?
Rose ?
Comment is about Trying New Things (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Hey? If you'd had a long enough stick you could've taken a selfie of Bridlington Belle....
Comment is about THE GREEK ISLANDS CRUISE 2 (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
thanks Jason, DoRoThy, Don, Devon and Ray for the likes and the comments. Glad you liked it. Ray- How very posh working at the Sporting Club in Monte Carlo!!! Have to confess this was written some years ago when I went to Sardinia for the first time, and found it breathtakingly beautiful. For once something exceeded the expectations.
Jennifer
Comment is about The Tourists From Milan (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
She's the poet for the job alright. I read Heaney's, posthumous Book VI of the Aeneid around the same time I picked up Oswald's Memorial - a take on the oral history of Troy - and as these things can be compared, in choosing between the two works Alice Oswald has my vote.
Comment is about Alice Oswald is Oxford's first female professor of poetry (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I see a problem Lisa
About you taking notes
You're gonna need a light to see
To see what you have wrote
Unless I am mistaken
Ghosts and light don't mix
So if you do go flick a switch
The ghosts you'll see are nix....
Comment is about Trying New Things (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Thanks Don. I shall have to chop it into little lines to make if a pome. And you are quite right - this isn’t the boat we sailed on. But I couldn’t find a pic of the Bridlington Belle.
Comment is about THE GREEK ISLANDS CRUISE 2 (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I'm gonna add some poetry
To this book-like blog
I know John likes this type of prose
But it's just monologue
You should have asked for my advice
Before you went on cruise
I could have told you back from front
And where to find the booze
The front should have an outdoor pool
But your pic shows blank/blunty
Perhaps it's not the boat you took?
Cos pool should be at fronty
The back has giant propeller
(In case you didn't know)
So heaps of foam will bubble up
And bubbly seaspray show
I could go on about your other exciting adventures John but I'm hogging comment space......?
Comment is about THE GREEK ISLANDS CRUISE 2 (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Not really Don. I wrote as if it was me. I've met quite a lot of refugees and often thought, "What if it was the other way round?" Don't get me wrong, I've also met a lot of unpleasant people who pretend to be refugees when they're actually economic migrants. It's a shame, because there are genuinely those fleeing oppression and murder who struggle to get a fair hearing now. Thanks for liking.
J. x
Comment is about A Face In The Looking Glass (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
So good TPS. I didn't notice the 'rhyming' till halfway through -nicely done.
It's a conflict between a crying/sighing earth and and a stupid/greedy humanity. Despite this I believe warning bells are starting to ring in people who can push for action. At least I hope so, otherwise your poem might sadly come to pass.
Comment is about whale song (blog)
Original item by thephantomscribbler
<Deleted User> (22158)
Sun 23rd Jun 2019 13:58
Hi Dylan. Thank you for your comments on my poem "Itch Hunt" and on my profile. I appreciate the kind words.
I, also, enjoy your work and style. "Chemistry Betrays" especially stands out to me (as my inner "chem-lab" bursts beakers and crosses wires). Aggressive intro followed by powerful use of your epic lexicon. Would be a great slam.
Looks like you're just getting settled in to WoL? I am new here, too. Welcome aboard and hope to see more from you soon!
Comment is about Silente-Write (poet profile)
Original item by Silente-Write