I absolutely love that final line that wraps up the piece so well.
Nice one Rachel

Comment is about heartswell (blog)

Original item by nunya

You have added another dimension to your work with this one Stu. It has for me almost a lyrical quality to it.
Love it

Comment is about perfect grass poem (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

A very brave and reflective poem - 'For all life's uncomfortable span'
honest to the last line! T

Comment is about Startingblocks (blog)

Original item by afishamongmany

Thank you.

Comment is about THE CREATOR (blog)

Original item by DeVaughn

The poem captivates and transports one to that time and age.. Great poem..

Comment is about Startingblocks (blog)

Original item by afishamongmany

DeVaughn,

I have read the poems you have blogged to this site and am impressed with your style and content. This particular poem speaks so clearly of John´s Gospel Chapter 14:23. I look forward to reading more of your work.

Keith

Comment is about THE CREATOR (blog)

Original item by DeVaughn

Thank you for the "likes" - much appreciated. Having watched much
of the live TV coverage of the Portsmouth ceremony and everything
connected, I made a point of re-watching my DVD of the remarkable
Darryl Zanuck recreation (in semi-documentary style) on film - of the
events of that momentous time, which although using a roster of
well-known actors - American. British and Continental - never lost
sight of the story it told so effectively in "glorious black and white"
photography, with logistics that seemed to exceed even those of
the event itself when seen on the big screen. The special effects of its day (early 1960s) won an Oscar - in a huge
scale cinematic production that did (and does!) its job brilliantly.

Comment is about THE LONGEST DAY (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thank you dear Fish! Though in writing "unborn is he who shall stand up and fight that ancient crime" I didn't have any "savior" of any type in mind. It was my, perhaps unfortunate, way of saying that nobody ever dares to defend the weaker and less fortunate; but if you see something beyond what I see in the piece, good! That's why we write publically. And most of the times the reader's interpreteation goes deeper than the intention of the writer!
So thank you for liking, and thank you for the support ?
Mae

Comment is about Us and Them (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Stu
"I," said the sparrow
"with my bow and arrow"

I remember that from childhood days and, wimp that I am, it made me cry. What a big baby.

Dorothy

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Hope to see you there one of these days Trevor. Is the coffee any good?
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Comment is about THE POETRY CAFE [Café' Grande, Dudley] (blog)

Original item by trevor homer

Ah Mae! So much in this. So much visceral emotion. So much pofftness, anger, despair(?).
This-
"Unborn is who shall stand up and fight that ancient crime"
- don't despair He was born and lives.
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Comment is about Us and Them (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

But how to get from the reality of what we are to the ideal we desire?
That is the question.
Go well
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Comment is about Busy personality (blog)

Original item by Hasmukh Mehta

thanks rachel that is perfect

Comment is about perfect grass poem (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

beautiful, like strength in fragility )

Comment is about perfect grass poem (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

glad this was chosen dorothy it reminds me of the nursery rhymes that seem innocent on the surface then become slowly darker. have you heard of 'who killed cock robin'? that is a perfect example.

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thank -you- Dorothy. Yes how our perspectives and importances change when we leave behind childhood.
Go well
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Comment is about Startingblocks (blog)

Original item by afishamongmany

How very sad. How can ordering a book online compare to the sheer joy of being in a bookshop, or taking in one of the experiences Anna has created for others, particularly children?

Comment is about Wenlock's bookshop and poetry hub is forced to close (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Don
Aussie spirit! - " good on yer"

Dorothy

Comment is about Nothing Deep and Thoughtful Here (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

I'd like to think you are right dear Dorothy! A beacon of wisdom and tenderness as always!
Thank you for everything ?
Mae

Comment is about Us and Them (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Mae

Don't be "pissed off" you are lively - relevant - thoughtful - funny,
pissed off does not fit.

Dorothy

Comment is about Us and Them (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

I made the same mistake at first John.

Comment is about Lemons on sale again (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thank you dear Jon! ?
Mae

Comment is about Us and Them (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Love this, Mae

Comment is about Us and Them (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Thanks Dorothy. Glad you found it funny
Thanks Keith. I have compiled enough material for two booklets (which I have printed out on my own printer, in a very amateur way). But I wouldn't know how to publish them professionally.
I'm enjoying reading your book by the way.

Cheers Kevin

Comment is about Scared Of Spiders (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Nice one....?

Comment is about THE POETRY CAFE [Café' Grande, Dudley] (blog)

Original item by trevor homer

Your lines are close to my heart. I feel we have lost the art of communicating face to face much to our loss

Comment is about Reunion (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thanks Don, for you comments on "Reunion".
I respect your opinion
especially when
you agree with me!
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Comment is about Reunion (blog)

Original item by d.knape

What do you think?

Comment is about Lemons on sale again (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Trevor

This should be performed with a gently strumming guitar - it has such a good rhythm to it.

I enjoyed it, thank you.
Dorothy

Comment is about THE POETRY CAFE [Café' Grande, Dudley] (blog)

Original item by trevor homer

Thank you dear Dorothy! ?
I'm quite pissed off as I write, I think that did it! Thank you ?
Mae

Comment is about Us and Them (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Mae
this is wonderful
'and are we more "significantly more significant" '

just wonderful

Thank you.

Dorothy

Comment is about Us and Them (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Lisa
Thank you for your very kind comment,

Trevor
Well maybe it could have been a peacock - but a very pale one
Dorothy

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Well, I like it Martin, even if no-one else is willing to read it. You go, bwoy!

Comment is about If Poems Were Paintings (A Scabrous Fantasy, Written After Watching J. Koons at Work On BBC4) (blog)

Original item by Richie Muster

Bostin' Trev!

Comment is about THE POETRY CAFE [Café' Grande, Dudley] (blog)

Original item by trevor homer

Cheers!

Comment is about E. Rigby’s Granddaughter (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

Thank you muchly Greg. I should of paid more attention when I did that year of welsh lessons at primary school.
So all I have to do now is write a poem. Yea!!
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Comment is about Mapping England and Wales with poetry - how you could be involved (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Don
I am sure that the attitude that you describe has encouraged little girls to be 'Little Princesses' or 'Little Mummys'.
Such a shame missing out on all that fun - ball games in the park -
clambering on fallen trees - hunting for tadpoles,
And then we wonder why they use too much make-up and have body-image problems.

Dorothy

Comment is about Why Can't I Be Spiderman? (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Fish
You build such an accurate and touching picture and the line -

" and whether we were having jam for tea" is powerful in it's innocent.

I really love it.

Thank you
Dorothy

Comment is about Startingblocks (blog)

Original item by afishamongmany

Many thanks, Kim and MC. They really do speak in tongues in Barnsley. Folks in Doncaster 12 miles away can’t understand a word they say.

Comment is about IT WAIN'T WESH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Dorothy - never shatter the illusion of the reader [re: your 'confession'] whatever one reads into a poem is true for the reader. xx

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Ha...many a true word (or something!). I took my mother on a visit to
see her eldest daughter who had married a WW2 vet. from Louisiana
and during the course of our first enlarged family meal together I was
met by frowns of puzzlement from some younger members of the
Stateside family and was somewhat disconcerted when they complained to their mother that they couldn't understand what I was
saying. Me?..who had conversed with many Yank tourists seeking directions ("how many blocks to Regent?" etc) on Oxford Street W1.
But I quickly realised that a deep Southern drawl was unlikely to
pick up on "received English" too quickly - and things improved
when I adjusted my words and speech pattern accordingly.

Comment is about IT WAIN'T WESH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Try doing the maths? If it's a numbers game, my last information
amounted to a thousand mosques here in Britain...compared with ???? Christian churches in Islamic countries. It's hardly a case
of 2 and 2 equalling 4 where religionists of any belief are involved. ?

Comment is about ISLAMOPHOBIA (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Wish I'd written this. Brilliant words. Concise and true. Thank you.

Comment is about WORDS (blog)

Original item by cindylee loucks

This is an excellent piece of fun . So glad you recorded your wonderful voice performing it. Love, love, love the accent!

Thank you for brightening my day ?

Comment is about IT WAIN'T WESH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

1) Click on the link as highlighted in the first paragraph of our story
2) Click on the 'barcode' icon on the top righthand side of the page that opens up
3)Click on 'View Map'
4) Click on the 'barcode' icon again
5) Click on 'pin your poem'

Good luck!

Comment is about Mapping England and Wales with poetry - how you could be involved (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I like this dk. Particularly the lines

talk is the remedy for hearts
isolated by distance and the crush of city life

and

the simple joy of talking
to one another face to face
not through a phone or a computer
communicating through closeness

Comment is about Reunion (blog)

Original item by d.knape

You tell it like it is Louise.
Tommy

Comment is about This is me (blog)

Original item by Louise Clarke

Try doing the maths

Comment is about ISLAMOPHOBIA (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Can anyone spell out for me -how- one actually gets to 'pin a poem' on the map?
Thanking you in advance.
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Comment is about Mapping England and Wales with poetry - how you could be involved (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

It’s not weights I want to pump, Don.

Comment is about I MISS THE MAN THAT I USED TO BE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey