<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 16th Dec 2018 12:42
Lovely Christmas atmosphere
Comment is about The Ghost of Christmas Passed (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
Big Sal
Sun 16th Dec 2018 12:21
You're quite good at inserting adjectives and imagery into your work. It works very well as a style.?
Comment is about For You (That's Far but Near) (blog)
Original item by Suko Waspodo
Big Sal
Sun 16th Dec 2018 12:20
I remember this beauty.?
Comment is about A Gap in a Curtain (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Big Sal
Sun 16th Dec 2018 12:17
I quite like how you framed the day as an object to be broken. That line tethered the beginning to the ending.
Nicely done, Jon.?
Comment is about Lark song (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Big Sal
Sun 16th Dec 2018 12:16
Big Sal
Sun 16th Dec 2018 12:14
First line steals the show.?
Comment is about Mind the Gaps (blog)
Original item by Mark Mr T Thompson
Big Sal
Sun 16th Dec 2018 12:14
Well with the right code words and cart of items, you too can order thermite or a Czech flare gun from them!
I'm sure you could find a Russian bride on there too if you threw enough shit together on there.?
Comment is about Amazon.Com (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks again both. David, to your point- I agree the urge to say things explicitly sometimes is at the detriment of the actual 'poetry'. I know that urge just to give opinions, recently I tried experimenting with polemic stuff but found it really hard to get it right.
Comment is about DO NOT (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
Big Sal
Sun 16th Dec 2018 12:07
Where I live there is so much petrified wood and arrowheads it's hard to go into the mountains or cliffs without tripping over them.
You could feel the excitement build in this piece, well done. ?
Comment is about Graptolite (blog)
Original item by Alan Travis Braddock
Try Dewsbury Station cafe - the beer's good and the sandwiches are epic. (or were??)
Comment is about RAILWAY EXPERIENCE (blog)
Original item by Peter Taylor
Australia Post or Royal Mail
Did cause this long delay
Brian categorically states
Royal Mail? No way
Could card have sat in letterbox
Alone, forlorn, forgotten?
Postie didn't notice
It stuck fast on the bottom?
In final desperation
Poor card shrieked out "I'm here!"
Your postie wondered what struck him
He stumbled back (in fear)
Never in his rounds
Had letters responded thus
The card was therefore rescued and
Airlifted quick to us
Brian, now the problem
Lay with your wet postbox
Which wasn't nice on our card
Delivered it some knocks ?
Comment is about Late Arrival (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Don't get me started.!
Use old-fashioned nappies.
Hang them on the line as a symbol
Of your eco-modernist status.
AND SAVE MONEY!
Comment is about RECYCLING (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 16th Dec 2018 09:41
A subtle pop at the disposable nappy industry which we have all contributed to at some time or other I expect. As a new grandad I am acutely aware of how many she goes through. Good one Ray.
Comment is about RECYCLING (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 16th Dec 2018 09:36
As an ex-employee of Royal Mail with 36 years service I can state categorically that the delay was at your end Don.
Comment is about Late Arrival (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Sun 16th Dec 2018 09:12
nowadays
everybody orders everything from Amazon
this was satire on that process.
meow.
wink.
Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Sun 16th Dec 2018 09:10
just a joke
satire
on how everyone orders everything now
on Amazon
then worry with the return.
wink.
Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Sun 16th Dec 2018 09:09
just a joke
satire
on how everyone now orders everything from Amazon now
then has to deal with the returns.
meow!
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Sun 16th Dec 2018 09:07
just a joke
satire
on how people order everything now
from Amazon
then have trouble returning.
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thanks Taylor, Brian and M.C. Of course this is a true story, but like all the best tales it has been exaggerated.
My Dad was a chronic alcoholic and that caused us great hardship. But I realised that it was a disease like any other, and he couldn't help what he was.
Comment is about The Day That Our Dad Came Home Sober (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Sun 16th Dec 2018 08:55
Thank you po for the comment, and Anya and Taylor for the likes. Much appreciated.
All the bes des
Comment is about Gaze of time (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
Thank you for the comments M.C. the human mind. Who can fathom it?
T.C. x
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I didn't know that Amazon
Sold animals to you
How do they dk deal with
Deal with transit poo?
Your cat's would be quite miniscule
A dribble in the box
But elephants from Amazon?
Shit! boulders, no not rocks
Don't mock me gentle reader
Amazon's power has grown
The next thing they'll be doing
Is sending 'phants on drones
(Watch out for falling boulders...) ?
Comment is about Amazon.Com (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thank you for your comment Jon, I value them immensely..?
Comment is about Jon Stainsby (poet profile)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Disconcerting stuff - leaving readers to come up with their own
imaginings about what had gone on. But the lines about the curtain
are real Alfred Hitchcock material (so to speak)..
Comment is about A Gap in a Curtain (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Many thanks for this "hoot and a holler" bit of fun. The pay-off was
perfect.
Comment is about The Day That Our Dad Came Home Sober (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
The Compliments of the Season to you too. ?
Comment is about Have a happy Christmas all (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
Amazon customer service actually answered a call? I bow in
deepest respect to your Missus.
When checked for damage, did the cat say "Me...oww!"?
Comment is about Amazon.Com (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thank you, Po.
I am very glad it brought back happy memories for you.
Comment is about Lark song (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Thanks for your take on this Po. Not sure if that meant under the covers or not - if so then yes, it has been known. Cheers!
Ray
Comment is about DARK WANTON (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Harrowing. Beautifully written, Taylor. ?
Comment is about A Gap in a Curtain (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Thank you, Taylor. You are always so kind.
?
Comment is about Lark song (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Thank you Anya and Ghazala..?
Comment is about A Gap in a Curtain (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Thank you for the likes and comments...
Brian it was at the time, but she has a lovely family and a successful career. Although at times she still has those same feelings.
Comment is about A Gap in a Curtain (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
A poignant poem Jon. As always with your poetry it has a beauty within its imagery..?
Comment is about Lark song (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 15th Dec 2018 18:19
<Deleted User> (16837)
Sat 15th Dec 2018 14:10
<Deleted User> (16837)
Sat 15th Dec 2018 13:32
It happens that the moments just crawl when distance is short and year goes in a flash when in turmoil.
True love can never be stolen or feels any temptations by beetles or flowers in the world.....it stays sincerely in love with one.
Very beautiful sir!!!!
Comment is about For You (That's Far but Near) (blog)
Original item by Suko Waspodo
Big Sal
Sat 15th Dec 2018 12:04
Great poem and sentiment for this. The castle line shines.
The promise is often more alluring than the journey to obtain the riches from said promise.
Comment is about Casino dreams (blog)
Original item by Leah
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 15th Dec 2018 11:56
A harrowing time Taylor...good to have a forum to express your feelings.
Comment is about A Gap in a Curtain (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
What a brilliant poem K.J. I can relate to this..we were due to go on a day trip to the Isle of Man as kids. Dad gambled the money away and we just had a pkt of custard creams to take between the three of us and mum.
I look back now and smile and even laugh at some of the carryings on. At the time it was hard..poor mum..
The last stanza is perfect..
Comment is about The Day That Our Dad Came Home Sober (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Sat 15th Dec 2018 11:20
thanks M.C. (master of ceremonies.)
for visiting and commenting.
what you say is what I think.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Sister Norma you can't touch
I got in first , life is such
Sorry mate, she is quite naughty
And no she's not, nowhere near fourty
Norm she's shown me tricks that would
Raise the hackles in your neck
Yep , she's naughty and she's nice
Damn! I'm now a bloody wreck
Should've stayed away from Norm
Thought I could control this storm
Knew our God would punish me
Dabbling in his nunnery ?
Comment is about Sisters are a Funny Mix (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
raypool
Sun 16th Dec 2018 14:34
Beautifully poignant and well crafted Jon. Hopeful and hopeless is a winning phrase.
Ray
Comment is about Lark song (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby