Thank you for continuing to read.?

Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Successfully "angling" for a positive pay-off in its otherwise downbeat content. The cloud has a silver lining!

Comment is about Muddy Water (blog)

Original item by d.knape

It sticks in my mind from way back (in more innocent youth) that the
road to "salvation" is a rocky one. None can deny the human imperative to improve one's lot, but the host's reality is often more
prosaic - how often and how many? These islands - like a life
form - have an identity and a capacity that need to be constantly
addressed and safeguarded. We cannot solve the problems of the
world - and certainly not one which has numerous places of safety
and sanctuary to stand alongside our own shrinking confines.

Comment is about This Christmas (blog)

Original item by eve nortley

Leaving aside the various religious teachings and beliefs - it may be
argued with some degree of reality that "God" is an invention of the
human hope for some omniponent presence that embodies the
best of love and care, tempered with righteous retribution for evil.
Once upon a time.....

Comment is about God Is No Man (blog)

Original item by David Irvine

Fire and life...those often uncontrolled (and uncontrollable) sources
of comfort and consternation. They can provide or they can take
away - and need careful handling at all times. There's no room
for messing-up or you WILL get burned.
In purely inventive terms, fire and the wheel are top candidates for
human ingenuity, and Man's best friend, the dog, soon came in
from the cold to add so much more of value to his existence.

Comment is about Playing with Fire ? (blog)

Original item by Natalie Johnson

More upbeat fun from Down Under! But writing it isn't exactly child's play (geddit?). ?

Comment is about Happy Little Hillbillys Counter (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thanks for the comments, everyone. Martin, I haven't read this one out anywhere yet.

Comment is about Another Train Song (blog)

Original item by Randy Horton

Thanks!

Comment is about Your Blue Period (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

Ah, thank you for your comments. I like a bit of drama now and again. This is a little more succinct than ‘The Scimitar’ of a few months ago which I will re post for you. Cheers.

Comment is about ‘Transfixed’ (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Having read this book, I have to say I agree wholeheartedly with this review. 'Moses' is a gem of a poem, taking the unpromising subject of Home Office treatment of asylum seekers and creating a beautifully observed, delicately handled, personal tale. The rest of the book is just as good. A superb collection.

Comment is about Close: Emma Purshouse, Offa's Press (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Just lost a cute Jack Russel called Bonzo,very old .Couldn't take him to the vet myself had to get a friend to do it.Like loosing a member of the family.
Had a dog in the past called Woof,whenever I shouted his name out everyone thought I was barking mad.

Comment is about WOOF WOOF (blog)

Original item by lynn hahn

I like this very much. Thought provoking.

Comment is about Your Blue Period (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

They master abacas at two
And like the Chinese masters
They can beat me and you

One thousand and one, one thousand and .... ?

Comment is about Happy Little Hillbillys Counter (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Did he have an abacus Don?
Don't suppose computers have reached Oz yet.

Comment is about Happy Little Hillbillys Counter (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Wonderfully entertaining poem Don love it.?

Comment is about Happy Little Hillbillys Counter (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Beautiful Lynn ?

Comment is about THE RED HAIRED ANGEL (blog)

Original item by lynn hahn

Thankyou dear Big Sal. thanks for your appreciation?

Comment is about Its better to move on (blog)

Original item by Bindu Trigunayak

I felt like I met him too. Could almost smell the nicotine on his fingers.

Loved it Rick, well done.

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘To Life (full colour version)’ by Rick (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

Very good dk. Leads one from a negative to a positive..?

Comment is about Muddy Water (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Well done David ?

Comment is about God Is No Man (blog)

Original item by David Irvine

The darkest of seasons and the gloomiest of days. The title is great and the substance does not disappoint.?

Comment is about Winter Sundays (blog)

Original item by AM Cash

I always find it ironic during the Christmas season when I see insurance companies and companies try and sell us the idea of a 'charitable capitalism', something from an Edward Bernays wet dream.

You see them sponsor the homeless, the beaten, the children, and then as soon as the holiday disperses so too does their funding and spotlight.

If it does not benefit a company to market it, they refuse to do it. Then you have the foolhardy, capitalist missionaries that like to remind you, "Well there's nothing wrong with that." and "That's the way of business."

Funny thing is, people have already learned how to do business without destroying the planet in the process and all the people living on it, but it is much more profitable to do it the dirty way. But oh there's nothing wrong with that!!! They paid their taxes. The homeless and immigrants had it coming.

Jesus, it IS easy to play the blame game when someone is sitting on a pile of cash pulling even a single string to their own quartet. That is why I enjoy your poetry, Eve, as it is more thought provoking than the vast majority that comes on here, and definitely more conversation worthy. It's just those that don't agree like to pick their poison, but they won't be the ones testing to see how bitter that pill is.?

Comment is about This Christmas (blog)

Original item by eve nortley

The omnipresence is choking.

Well done, David.??

Comment is about God Is No Man (blog)

Original item by David Irvine

"throwing rocks at the sun" - superb.

Comment is about Cloud 9 (blog)

Original item by MyDystopiA

Thanks, Po.
MC and myself disagree fundamentally over this issue but we remain respectful.

Comment is about AND SO THIS IS BREXIT (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

MC thank you for noting the squirrels

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hi MC thanks

Comment is about AM Cash (poet profile)

Original item by AM Cash

For being so concise it had the feeling of a making of a rhythm.?

Comment is about Skinny Dipping (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Great piece from start to finish.

Comment is about Muddy Water (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Love and best wishes.

Comment is about This Christmas (blog)

Original item by eve nortley

outstanding write..wish I knew all of the back stories to this..beautiful

Comment is about (blog)

Original item by Cesca

Texas! we still use horses and saddle bags!

wink.

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Well done Hugh!!! Something to think about when passing a homeless soul on street. Lend a helping hand, not just this holiday season but always, because homelessness shows no mercy...it can strike anyone at anytime!?

Comment is about Homelessness ! A plight to fight. (blog)

Original item by hugh

thanks Martin the Elder for your comments on "Mail".
That's about it. ?

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Elder

I concur with everything that has been said, MC. How it is not POTW I'll never know.
Just a thought - fancy setting it to music?

Comment is about DEVON LANE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hi Brian, from what I have seen seeking asylum is a lottery, it often depends where your lorry stops,boat docks or your plane touches down first. I do know, however, that we used to be a country made great by our mongrel genes who were known for fair and humane treatment of those seeking asylum (often from wars and situations our Govts policies had a hand in creating). I know there is no magic wand we can wave to sort this situation fast but I do feel we can all reflect on the fact that if the Global North keeps pursuing financial activities that damage the climate and economies of the Global South this movement of people will continue and we may end up making half of our beautiful earth uninhabitable in the bargain. Thanks as always for reading what lots of others will find "indigestible".

Comment is about This Christmas (blog)

Original item by eve nortley

Lovely Mark. Having never been there, I can still picture it as I believe many have taken a similar stroll down their own lane, and hopefully reached as comforting a resolution! A nice message at this time of year.

Comment is about DEVON LANE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Brilliant Randy . Is this one you have read recently

Comment is about Another Train Song (blog)

Original item by Randy Horton

MC- What we have now is a consequence of what we voted for. And Alan is quite right - there never was a plan on “Leave”. Self-publicists like Johnson, Rees-Mogg, Davies, even Gove have played you like a fiddle and all to position themselves for their own gain. I too would be angry if I were in your shoes. As it is, I have the luxury of being sanctimonious.

Comment is about AND SO THIS IS BREXIT (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

The comments about being in hock to the USA leave me smiling -
with family over there following WW2 and who are only too ready
to support an England that has the nerve and commitment that
served us in braver times than now.
The EU loves to call itself "Europe". I suggest you check when
they last displayed any interest in the PEOPLES of the countries of Europe and their hopes and wishes, And have a look at the words
of a founding father of the "project" who set out how it would work
without the "peoples" being aware of what was intended. If that is
your idea of something worth being part of, then count me out and
point me towards the rest of the world while the "project" led by its
Franco-German aliiance seeks to keep its floundering ship - the SS Deceit - afloat.

Comment is about AND SO THIS IS BREXIT (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks you guys and thanks for making this night of poetry one to remember!

Comment is about Festive Fuel For Thought (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Congratulations, Rick

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘To Life (full colour version)’ by Rick (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

Hi Eve - I live in a safe, free country and always feel sympathy for those that don't and seek safety elsewhere. Obviously I don't know anything about the man in question other than what you have said in your piece, but I would ask how many safe, free, Christian countries he crossed to get to the UK. I'm not being flippant...just questioning whether he wants safety or whether he wants the UK?

Comment is about This Christmas (blog)

Original item by eve nortley

Well said John. Trouble was that the people who wanted us out of Europe a) didn't think about the consequences and b) didn't want the job of deciding what to do next and slunk off to their sheds.
Now what we have is an almighty cock-up which will leave us in hock to the USA if we don't look out. How many years do you give it before the NHS is stolen from us, like the Post Office etc.etc.?

Comment is about AND SO THIS IS BREXIT (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Oh I like this one. A poem for all of us old has-beens, better than a never-was perhaps, but still sad. Not long now, the even older train will call for us, and this one will stop.
Cheers, Alan

Comment is about Another Train Song (blog)

Original item by Randy Horton

A mantra well worth repeating.?

Comment is about Its better to move on (blog)

Original item by Bindu Trigunayak

Excellent analogy, Randy.?

Comment is about Another Train Song (blog)

Original item by Randy Horton

Great imagery.?

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘To Life (full colour version)’ by Rick (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

Thank You people. I wrote this some time ago but nothing happened then - either.
The interesting thing is that nobody ever suggests that filling the oceans with plastic and using up the resources of the planet is a GOOD THING - they just go ahead letting it happen.
You can't blame the poor sods on the bread line, all they want is a decent living. The problem is the bastards who want the whole world for themselves and are quite happy to steal it and will kill anybody who gets in their way.

Comment is about Escape velocity (blog)

Original item by Alan Travis Braddock

Ghazala, so pleased you looked back on this - mostly triggered by the armistice day. Thank you.

Ray

Comment is about REMEMBERING (blog)

Original item by ray pool