Like that Don and you're right, friendship after divorce is really important, especially if you've got kids.
J.?
Comment is about Conscious Uncoupling (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
I hope happy ones, CQ. Thank you.
Comment is about Colour - Red (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Charming and interesting Jennifer. I do especially like "darns in jewelled fabric." The repeated last line adds weight to the poem.
It reminds me of a couple of trips to Monte Carlo where I worked in the 80s in the Sporting Club, where all the diners sat in their furs in the summer(air conned) to show them off and were removed by the waiters.
That and the trotting guard at the Rainier Palace. It's all a learning curve.
Ray
Comment is about The Tourists From Milan (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
You have us drawn in and we hope for a follow up please Lisa! I think the crux of this is "to believe or not" I have heard of cases where complete sceptics have been converted.
Ray
Comment is about Trying New Things (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Devon Brock
Fri 21st Jun 2019 22:11
Great poem and one of my favorite bands to boot. Thanks, John.
Comment is about DEEP SONG - FERAL YOUTH (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
<Deleted User> (19708)
Fri 21st Jun 2019 22:06
Mae,
This brings out great images. Thank you!
CQ
Comment is about Beast in Pain (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
<Deleted User> (19708)
Fri 21st Jun 2019 22:05
<Deleted User> (19708)
Fri 21st Jun 2019 22:04
Jon,
This one envokes memories. Thank you
CQ
Comment is about Colour - Red (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Hi Devon, and thanks for dropping in. I felt I had to explain this, but there is always a chance that some picture will emerge of the intended thoughts of a writer. It's nice when people take the trouble to follow through.
Lisa, thanks your welcome.
Well Rachel, how extraordinary that you attached that clip - I had knowledge of such a book, but not what it was called or its history. We see how the word "black" has that powerful connotation and indeed the Bible is quite to be taken seriously. The men I portrayed do that with each other which in itself can be counter productive.
David, perhaps it is so depressing that mystery has been taken hostage by those who would put a stamp on it . But who are we to bring down the whole edifice . I just feel you have to sniff these things out in people and draw your own conclusions.
If we equate black with fear there is a start.... I checked out the Dylan Thomas and bible black and other references to black do appear . I wonder if he was drawn to dark dramas himself?
Martin, many thanks for getting this and enjoying it. I had the first line in my head and it just seemed to come out after that!
Thanks to Des, Jon, afishamongmany and Do,RoThY for the likes.
Ray
Comment is about THE MESSAGE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Devon Brock
Fri 21st Jun 2019 21:59
Sounds like fun. The conversational tone of this is so pleasing to read.
Comment is about Trying New Things (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Hi David. I suppose you could summarize this "piece" by letting it speak out and just take its course. I'm pleased it's got some response. There is much angst in it and it was written as a protest, but of course not all will see it that way. Populism is as you say everywhere , but sometimes the floating algae has to be cleared and the mirrors polished. I feel poetry should either entertain or offer some way out of the mundane. Of all the activities within the artistic spectrum I think it is the most sullied and pretentious. Still, Spike may not have been a master poet but his ideas were genuine and had the original wit he lovingly passed on.
Hi Rachel. No one can guarantee not to offend, but often that seems to be uppermost. Thanks.
Martin, I would never take myself seriously enough to take what I write for granted. Thanks for the kind words.
You have a point, Mark!
Yes Jennifer, eroticism is to be applauded in my view, the word crap after Thomas Crapper has of course been perverted to serve other purposes.
Thanks Brian, glad it worked for you.
Thanks all for your time and considerations, also Des, Jon and Jason for liking.
Ray
Comment is about TEN ON THE SPHINCTER SCALE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Devon Brock
Fri 21st Jun 2019 21:51
Once again, solid evocative imagery. so well done.
Comment is about The Tourists From Milan (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Devon Brock
Fri 21st Jun 2019 21:44
Haiku mania today. This is killer. Lisa's in with the quick quip.
Comment is about A Spiders Haiku (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Devon Brock
Fri 21st Jun 2019 21:25
This poem is fun to whisper. I enjoy the refrain of the title at the end of each stanza, makes your poem read like an incantation.
Comment is about Intoxication To My Greed! (blog)
Original item by ai ou
I really like this Jennifer, it reminds me of somewhere I used to live, and makes me want to explore here.
J. x
Comment is about The Tourists From Milan (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Love the line, "I'm searching for a mountain at sea level."
Great poem.
J.
Comment is about Seeker. (blog)
Original item by Nick
Few people can put words together so powerfully. Few people can put their heart on a page so flawlessly. Really touched me.
J. x
Comment is about I Cannot Hate You (blog)
Original item by Heart of Lead
My friend, if it helps, I've seen the stranger in the mirror and can honestly say that if you look long enough and hard enough, you'll come to recognise him again. It's not easy but it is worth it.
J.
Comment is about Loss of Identity (blog)
Original item by DeVaughn
"Being you is the tried and true."
"WHAT A FOOL WHO OPTS TO PLAY VICTIM?
WHEN HIS FREEDOM OF FEAR CRAFTS HIS OWN WISDOM."
Brilliant.
J.
Comment is about MENTAL BONDAGE (blog)
Original item by DeVaughn
I suppose I'm thinking of those who take to boats to cross the Channel. What was wrong with the places they met on the way
to taking that course in both the mental and physical senses? Are we
really that more attractive than countries like La Belle France and the
other EU states close to its borders? If so, how and why? We deserve to be
told.
Comment is about NOT NECESSARILY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Hi JC - a follow-up to your comment earlier today on my own profile
page. Whilst I was unsuccessful in completing an online contribution
here's a thought. IF you have a PayPal account it would be easy for me to send you the sum I would have sent previously - which you
could then use towards your chosen charity before you succumb to
stress and strain brought on by your efforts. Remembering a certain
Henry Ford of motor car fame:" Exercise is bunk. If you're healthy,
you don't need it and if you're sick you shouldn't take it." Boom-boom! ?
Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)
Original item by John Coopey
Nice one, I was a bit worried about the title at first! ?
Comment is about You Cheating Bitch! (blog)
Original item by Wayne McLellan
Hi Wayne, thanx for your comment on my Clash poem, glad you enjoyed it! Poetry scene quite good in Bolton, as we have a WOL night 3rd Sunday each month at the socialist club which I run, see gig guide and other nights ran by Live From Worktown, hope you can make it some time, had a quick look at your poems, welcome to WOL, cheers Jeff
Comment is about Wayne McLellan (poet profile)
Original item by Wayne McLellan
Keith says John's Gospel, I say Walt Whitman! Keith is right! Your poetry is astounding! There is something here. Keep writing DeVaughn!
Thank you?
Mae
Comment is about THE CREATOR (blog)
Original item by DeVaughn
Excellent piece DeVaughn?
Thank you?
Mae
Comment is about MENTAL BONDAGE (blog)
Original item by DeVaughn
Thanks for picking this up Jennifer! Always lovely to get your input. Yes, of course there is a back story ; sadly my experience led at one point to some therapy which was helpful.
It's a tricky balance with cards, as with presents their is an element of conventionality. I think the ladies like it!
Ray
Comment is about ON FATHERS DAY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
If you go as a tourist to many countries it can be v complicated to get the relative papers (i.e. Russia and India) even if one is only going to stay a few days. I have British friends who wanted to emigrate to Canada, but they would only accept the son who was a vet, so useful. Not the daughter with only a minor qualification, or the parents in their 60s. Makes sense economically, as the parents would have become a drain on the Health Service, and the girl might not have found a job. So why should we .......................................?
Can we be pilloried together, Brian, please? At least I'd have someone to talk to.
Jennifer
Comment is about NOT NECESSARILY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Hi Terry! Had missed this one completely, but think it's fantastic!
Very clever but also moving. Don't see why it got so little attention, deserved a lot more I think. Keep up the good work.
Jennifer
Comment is about Paradise Lost (blog)
Original item by Terry Jones
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 21st Jun 2019 16:52
Nice one Ray! I know at least one stepfather who has done a far better job than the biological father, after a dicey time at the start, as you said, so I'm sure you will have been a good one too. Agree with Martin about the commercialisation of all these 'days'. Why isn't there a men's day? We all know the answer to that one!
Jennifer
Comment is about ON FATHERS DAY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Love your sample poems Dylan! ?
Thank you,
Mae
Comment is about Silente-Write (poet profile)
Original item by Silente-Write
How right you are Ray!! Loved M.C.'s comment too. Good taste is inhibiting, graphic description when necessary, why not, but eroticism and crap are quite different.
Jennifer
Comment is about TEN ON THE SPHINCTER SCALE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thank you Dylan for taking the time to read and comment! I'm glad you got my point!
Thank you?
Mae
Comment is about Funny, Funny (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Porto Cervo is a luxury artificial 'fishing village' in the north east of Sardinia. The tourists from Milan are welcomed by those Sardinians in the tourist business, but not popular with many others because they crowd the roads in summer, put prices up, and very often know nothing about, and are not in the least interested in, the local history or culture, and can be very offhand.The first time I went there in the 80s there was written in huge letters on the quay- 'Milanese go home'.
It is one of the most beautiful islands I know, if you can be bothered to go about a bit.
Jennifer
Comment is about The Tourists From Milan (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Really beautiful language / greatly enjoyed it. Jennifer
Comment is about The Nature Of Love (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 21st Jun 2019 15:11
They always seem to travel thousands of miles and sneak in through the back door to seek refuge. (I'm gonna get pilloried for this, I know it!)
Comment is about NOT NECESSARILY (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
The laughter echoes through this one a in a cynical, testing way... No shades of gray in this poem... Very much to the the facts of this bleak matter... Oh what the fools have to jump and grin with.... Blood is a precious thing... Always hate to see it siphoned away by the greed of authority... Engagingly-written... Loved the over-use of mocking laughs... Drove it home for me... Favorite was the (non)color associations with the starkness of choice we have...
Comment is about Funny, Funny (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
<Deleted User> (22158)
Fri 21st Jun 2019 14:10
All too true, Don. It is sad that they actually have T-Shirts that read "He who dies with the most toys wins". Nice one!
Comment is about Infected (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
What a fascinating review, of what sounds a fascinating book. Thank you, Neil.
Comment is about London Undercurrents: Joolz Sparkes and Hilaire, Holland Park Press (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
While traffic and time seems must move on
For me I don't like it that way
I'd much rather stay in the 70's
When things weren't so rushed every day
Comment is about Service Stations. Disappearing Services (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Hi Martin - yes, I love writing them for that exact same reason ? Forces you to condense.
Comment is about A Cornucopia Of Haikus (blog)
Original item by Richie Muster
AFAM - to abbreviate your moniker...many thanks for the comment.
I know what you mean but occasionally a politician or a political
situation demands a response.
Comment is about IS IT GOODBYE? (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Much to agree with here. I've been around long enough to remember country roads that saw few cars and had those little
garages with workshops and a couple of petrol pumps - ordinary
and super. It's a question of "balance" these days, with so much
more traffic on the roads and people in an endless hurry and maybe
there's a place (literally) for not having to wait in a line for a fill of
fuel and taking the opportunity to top up with some grub too. All
things change - not necessarily for the better, I grant you that, but
time - and traffic - has to move on.
Comment is about Service Stations. Disappearing Services (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Hi Don. Your comment
has hit the nail on the head.
All or nothing? True!
Comment is about A Cornucopia Of Haikus (blog)
Original item by Richie Muster
Hi Laura. Thanks very much for your encouraging comment. I love writing haikus, especially when my brain's not firing properly - they allow me to express the little that's on my mind without the need to expand on what I'm saying. They're also a counter to those poems of mine that do witter and bloviate!
Comment is about A Cornucopia Of Haikus (blog)
Original item by Richie Muster
Don Matthews
Sat 22nd Jun 2019 08:59
So good in so many ways Jason. I gather the refugee was you?
Comment is about A Face In The Looking Glass (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss