JM - seen and noted! It doesn't detract from your creation - that's the
essential positivity for me. Thanks.
MC

Comment is about Out of the blue (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

To adapt the last line of this thoughtful piece...go out with a bang
on your way to that big black hole that awaits your earthly remains.
Remembrance is hardly a generational/family thing. Who knows of
Shakespeare's offspring or even those of Churchill. Use whatever
gifts you have to enrich life while you're here and hope some stay
on when you're gone to provide others with what you had to offer
That is the nearest any of us get to immortality.

Comment is about Forgotten forever (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Good to see a positive outward looking blog with some sense and
the benefit of appealing rhyming to drive home its message.
Stay sharp!

Comment is about Sharpen Your Wit (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thanks, Keith

Comment is about Cause and effect (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Thanks for your kind words on Spaces Between Trevor

Comment is about trevor homer (poet profile)

Original item by trevor homer

Love this Jason. Witty, rhythmic and matter of fact.

Comment is about Sharpen Your Wit (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Well put together Jon. Good poem. Thanks Keith

Comment is about Cause and effect (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Thank you, Dorothy and Anya.

Comment is about Cause and effect (blog)

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Thanks, Kate.

Comment is about Cause and effect (blog)

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" place an embargo on your ego, the knowledge is enough"

good thinking - it would prevent so many confrontations.


What is happening to your poems? I spot one - go back to re-read it -

only to find that it has gone, then I have to search for it.

Comment is about Sharpen Your Wit (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

I relate Don. I love this piece. Yes poetry is cathartic for me too. ?

Comment is about Catharsis (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

The perfect man, though I think farting is an opportunity for humour too good to miss. Typical uncouth Aussie, huh!

Comment is about 21st Century Vows (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

So true Jon, the subtle power of connectedness conveyed beautifully, as always.

Comment is about Cause and effect (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

"have you ever let your mind go free?"


Well yes - and the result - burnt dinner.

Comment is about Catharsis (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

"pretend not hear when you fart"

How romantic is that? you certainly know how to woo a girl. HA HA HA

Comment is about 21st Century Vows (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

Lovely, brimming with authentic simplicity.

Comment is about By Lily (blog)

Original item by Just jo

this poem has a purity and an innocence that takes us to a different place. It is so beautiful.

You must be proud of Lilly.

Comment is about By Lily (blog)

Original item by Just jo

Barclodiad y gawres*

My eyes peer through the iron gate
Transporting me ten thousand years
Great boulders leaning inwards,
Lure me down the passage to
Where, bent beneath the roof
Men pull their leader’s corpse
Into his vaulted chamber.
Returning to the lofty crossing place
Where old folk tend the mackerel
That smokes above the hearth,
They leer at me then point
Across into another gloomy crypt.
There before a small dead child
A kneeling woman weeps.
Beyond her is a door of stone
Etched with sacred symbols
Inside lie the bones of giants
Of an even older time.
* Apronful of the giantess

Comment is about barclodiad y gawres.jpg (photo)

Original item by Stan Bloxham

Well Don,

Instead of encountering St Peter we might find St Nookie at the golden gates.

Keith

Comment is about Forgotten forever (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thank you, Brian.

Comment is about Cause and effect (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Quite profound Jon.

Comment is about Cause and effect (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

This is exactly how I was feeling when I got onto WOL this evening, and your poem was the first one that I read. I understand the feelings of being trapped. I am working my way out of this one myself. for myself, I feel my freedom is near. I have been learning how to love myself as the truth that lays within self, strengthening my soul while giving this love to others. the more you work on it, the more it becomes real and the fog begins to clear and the those gates will open and you will spread the wings you never knew you had.

Thank you for this poem. it is nice to read the truths of what burdens and obstructs our path.

May peace find you with a Smile upon your face.

Willow

Comment is about Imprisoned in My Mind (blog)

Original item by Elle Shaine

Cheers, Martin!

Comment is about Our Best Guest (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

Another poet earlier
On this site he did gave
The exciting possibility
Of sex beyond the grave ?

Comment is about Forgotten forever (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thank you MC and Keith. MC I've plagiarised your comment and incorporated it into the poem. I think it fits. Hope you like it. John

Comment is about Out of the blue (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Keith I'm with you on this...for example - I'll never forget old whatisname.

Comment is about Forgotten forever (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Hi David--I was hoping someone would enjoy that clip along with me ;

And, hello to you too, Jon.

Goodnight from the other side ;

Comment is about göçebe (blog)

Original item by nunya

Trevor. Thank you for your kind words. We certainly share an interest in the same poets but Frost was new to me. I shall look him up and investigate further. I am a huge admirer of Ginsberg. Keith

Comment is about trevor homer (poet profile)

Original item by trevor homer

This is so beautiful

Comment is about By Lily (blog)

Original item by Just jo

Thanks Dorothy, I really do appreciate your comments and value your opinion.

J.x

Comment is about Absorbing The Day (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Really beautiful Jo.

J.

Comment is about By Lily (blog)

Original item by Just jo

Congratulations Trevor a wonderful POTW

Of late September’s sun. When questions,
Along with the lamps were lit.


I love these lines in particular

Comment is about Trevor Homer's 'When in Some Distant Time (For Imogen)’ is Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thanks for looking in and for your comments to each of you, Martin, Desmond, and Vautaw--it's good to know when something you've written has touched someone.

Rachel

Comment is about göçebe (blog)

Original item by nunya

"lead me into the dappled wood
where spears of light hit the clay"

Gentle dreamy words and an image of peace.

lovely. Thank you

Comment is about Absorbing The Day (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

That will do nicely, Nigel.

We now have 15 poems on this tier.

Comment is about Bright Day 2.jpg (photo)

Original item by Stockport WoL

How kind Jon to say you enjoy my work. Every like you afford me ,and there have been many, are an encouragement to me. Bless you. I . Ray

Comment is about Jon Stainsby (poet profile)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

I like the connection between what is not given and what is self-supplied in these lines. Life is a continual learning process which
we tend to put into convenient "time/age" related slots given names
to signify their supposed worth. BUT -.
An enquiring mind ceaselessly burning
to know - will know in time by learning
What is actually needed to understand
And help achieving what is planned.

Comment is about My book shelf (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Add to these moments the scenes of phone-chatting victims having
their prized chatbox snatched by mobile users of the scooter variety!

Comment is about Funny Yes. Serious Very. Mobile Phone Addiction (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

I guess all small boys have this monster lurking inside, to some degree or other. I plead to a couple of things I feel remorse
about even now over six decades later, but the lesson and moral of
these vivid lines were learnt in the self-knowledge that I endured - and that young sinner changed: not to a saint but to someone who
would treat creatures with care and respect as far as nature and
given circumstances would allow.

Comment is about Terence Evans (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

I have a dreadful fear that this lull will herald the most dreadul blzzard. I wonder what the Leader of the Free World thinks. Thank you for this. Keithi

Comment is about Out of the blue (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

And don't forget Pepy's' diary entry for January 21st 1661 - "It is strange what weather have had all this winter: no cold at all; but the ways are dusty, and the flyes (sic) fly up and down..."(etc)
We are historically used to being surprised by the elements in this benign and blessed old country of ours.

Comment is about Out of the blue (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

I turned 50 last year, and l know that's not old by todays standards but you do start to recognise your mortality, and the creeping hand of age on your shoulder but, you also know the things you've learned by bitter/joyful experience, it's a trade off I suppose. This beautifully illustrates that thought. Absolutely love it.?

J.

Comment is about Evergreen (blog)

Original item by Just jo

Thanks for your like on A Pot of Gold Martin

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Elder

Helen's poetry will live forever; an immensely gifted poet. I expect that she is much missed by those who loved her. John

Comment is about New Helen Dunmore collection looks back 40 years (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

This is a beautiful poem Trevor. Well-penned. As a father of four daughters, I identified with every word. One day back when they were small, and I was young. John

Comment is about Trevor Homer's 'When in Some Distant Time (For Imogen)’ is Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Beautiful.

Comment is about Evergreen (blog)

Original item by Just jo

This poem is so delicate so beautifully written, it is a love story that I can relate to. The young do not 'own' love and nor does love die with advancing years, it increases.

Thank you so much for putting it into words.

Comment is about Evergreen (blog)

Original item by Just jo

Jon, thanks for your comments - good, bad or indifferent, it is always nice when someone feels moved to offer a remark. At least someone is taking notice. Much appreciatted

Comment is about Jon Stainsby (poet profile)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Thanks Jason! Reciting was never something I imagined myself doing. But I've grown a liking to it! Your encouragement really helps, it ushers me to dare more!
Thank you for all the support ?
Mae

Comment is about Mae Foreman (poet profile)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Phil, thanks for your appreciation of my work. I like your work too and the oblique way you express language.

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