<Deleted User> (9882)
Wed 17th Jan 2018 14:14
yes, Wendy, all we can do is hope.
Rose ?
Comment is about Troubles Shared (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
I love the way you express the curiosity of children and how fertile that can be. The juxtaposition of hedgehogs seems perfect if not proveable. Do we ever grow up, that is the question, whether 'tis nobler to be old... I have to say it's not bad at all. More please Greg.
Ray
Comment is about The oak tree (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Salut Greg for not only drawing attention to a vital issue but enshrouding iit n the best kind of nostalgia - not mawkish but tangible. Nobody does it like you - and this is from a fellow on the line!
See you soon. Ray
Comment is about York station (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I see. Thank you. Sorry. Should have just looked it up.
Comment is about COYWM (blog)
Original item by Albert Van Skywalker
Thanks MC much appreciated.
After a certain age I suppose we all make preparations for the "long lie in" Might as well approach it with a smile.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Shubham Kumar
Wed 17th Jan 2018 09:48
A poet with great imagination....I love poetry...
Comment is about Ocean Vuong wins £25,000 TS Eliot prize (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
totally agree with you about this one Ankita. I love the way you have ended this poem by asking the question.
nice one
Comment is about Tax- I don't have problem. (blog)
Original item by Ankita Srivastava
a mighty powerful poem Ankita of real courage in the face of such adversity
excellent
Comment is about The splash of darkness (blog)
Original item by Ankita Srivastava
<Deleted User> (13762)
Wed 17th Jan 2018 09:04
an interesting mix of the waiting passenger musing and the station announcer announcing. As teenagers in the late 70's on our local railway station we would often imitate the distinctive voice of the announcer and his pronunciation of Littlehampton. Oh what fun we had.....I feel a song coming on! Cheers for the memories, Col.
Comment is about York station (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (13762)
Wed 17th Jan 2018 08:53
it's a tragedy of epic proportions that so many birds are shot or trapped in nets on their migratory flight paths. Malta and Cyprus are big offenders in the Mediterranean Sea but it happens the world over. Sadly very few wounded birds live to fly another day. A sad poem and situation. Thanks for posting. Colin.
https://birdlifecyprus.org/news-details/conservation-science/paper-illegal-killing-outside-mediterranean
Comment is about Power (blog)
Original item by Isurugi Noe
<Deleted User> (13762)
Wed 17th Jan 2018 08:38
I very much like this poem Douglas. For me, the road analogy works very well as do the things encountered around the road - the stones, markers, flowers, trees, rain and air - and at the end 'pick you up' seems such a fitting description given the journey and the objects.
I wonder if you could explain your use of the word 'screens'? I'm taking it to mean barriers or as in smokescreen? It seems to stand out as not quite fitting in to the aforementioned analogy but it might just be me making too much of a single word!
I've read this through now several times and it gives a little more with each reading. Thanks for posting. Colin.
Comment is about Legacy (blog)
Original item by Douglas MacGowan
Of course, MC, it wouldn’t be slightly tipped if the ET was looking at it from under Antarctica; and who knows from what direction an ET would come.
Comment is about A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Oven ready? Love it!
You may never get any contribution to your funeral from Forward but you give us cost-free chuckles that are worth
more.
I start by lying on my back but need to turn sideways to
occupy a sort of get set position prior to starting for the
Land of Nod. It works for me.
Comment is about THE END OF A PERFECT WAY (blog)
Original item by ken eaton-dykes
Thanks Douglas,
For stopping by, reading and dropping note over my poetry.
Happy reading,
Ankita.
Comment is about Douglas MacGowan (poet profile)
Original item by Douglas MacGowan
This serves as a reminder that we tend to view the world
according to the position that each of us occupies!
But from extra-terrestrial viewpoint, the slightly tipped
world is seen in the overall setting in which compass
directions hold to their meanings...give or take.
Comment is about A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I found myself drawn into this tale of a tail-end departure,
recognising all too well the scenario as well as the action,
to borrow from the film world. I'm left wondering how this
was managed into an entry in poetical form (never mind the
other sort!) but it had a terrible fascination through to its
fundamental (ouch) finale.
Comment is about Caught Short (blog)
Original item by Albert Van Skywalker
Come on you white men- it's a popular acronym used by Bolton Wanderers fans for their heroes dressed in white
Comment is about COYWM (blog)
Original item by Albert Van Skywalker
What's the meaning of the title?
Comment is about COYWM (blog)
Original item by Albert Van Skywalker
Thank you so much for reading my poem
I'll be adding more work soon
Comment is about I don't remember (blog)
Original item by teboho
Thank you Keith. I’m glad you enjoyed this.
Comment is about Frailty (blog)
Original item by Michael Rios
And the bonus of picture cards, Graham.
Comment is about A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (17847)
Tue 16th Jan 2018 13:20
sorry Isurugi that I couldn't chat but I'm in a rush
thank's all the same for the invite
Comment is about Isurugi Noe (poet profile)
Original item by Isurugi Noe
Rodney
Tue 16th Jan 2018 13:09
There will be music from singer/songwriter Bryony Dunn and tickets will be free if booked online at https://uk.patronbase.com/_WestendCentreEvents/Productions/WSFF/Performances
Review is about Spoken word with Susan Evans+music+open mic on 25 Jan 2018 (event)
<Deleted User> (17847)
Tue 16th Jan 2018 12:51
This is wonderful Jim!
I can hear maybe Jake Thackray narrating it...please take this as a big compliment!
Comment is about The Hat (blog)
Original item by Jim Trott
<Deleted User> (17847)
Tue 16th Jan 2018 11:53
hey Martin, forget that question mark on your profile pikky you ARE a poet because like all of your previous work this piece also proves it.
Excellento!
Comment is about What if (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
...and thanks for the mention....oh yes, we are most definitely biased though.
I feel the only positive that we have now, are the charity shops and recycling.
Comment is about Generation Gap, Next... (blog)
Original item by Jane Bozian
I'd stick to Brooke Bond in future. It must be all that Bergamot!!
Comment is about A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (17045)
Tue 16th Jan 2018 09:58
Thanks for that John.
I'll try and linger a little longer
Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (13762)
Tue 16th Jan 2018 09:13
excellent Martin, deserves several readings and I will certainly come back for more later in the day. Col.
Comment is about What if (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
I managed this without the use of any narcotic stimulants whatsoever. (Well, a cup of Earl Grey. But that’s all).
Comment is about A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (13762)
Tue 16th Jan 2018 08:46
Hi Jane, I started writing a comment which turned into a poem so thanks for the inspiration! Your 60's dressing up box certainly spilled over into the 70's and I think punk and the New Romantics were perhaps the last of the fun times for youth fashion - but then you and I are both biased aren't we?!
I do think though that fashion became a lot more commercialised from the early 80's onward and the homemade element that had existed from and before the 50's simply disappeared. Even fancy dress costumes nowadays are all off the peg and made in China. Simply ghaaaaastly daaaaarling!!
Col.
Comment is about Generation Gap, Next... (blog)
Original item by Jane Bozian
A good poem highlighting the long process of healing and finding light in the most distressing times.
Comment is about The splash of darkness (blog)
Original item by Ankita Srivastava
A sense of tragedy I bet many people can relate to. The pain of "almost."
Comment is about Not the One (blog)
Original item by Isurugi Noe
Hi Nick just write what your feeling you feel better when you do buy your self I little book you can tear out the pages and throw them away try to believe in your self and keep writing thing down love Wendy X
Comment is about No Questions Answered. (blog)
Original item by Nick
My first reaction was that this was very funny. But then I realized that this is truth and there are people who are living lives like yours...or not living. Acknowledging and accepting that you are an alcoholic is a difficult step, I hear. I know I wouldn't know. But you are in a position that others can't get to. And hope is not a strategy. You might find it helpful to read and not just write. Good luck. ? Isurugi
Comment is about No Questions Answered. (blog)
Original item by Nick
I guess it's all a matter of perspective. Never mind heading west - let's go thataway!
Comment is about A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
excellent choice. certainly my book of the year and seems like a proper talent. an interesting character to begin with, but his words back up the story.
Comment is about Ocean Vuong wins £25,000 TS Eliot prize (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
How many have you had JC?
Comment is about A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Don't go yet, Ken. There's still too much humour in you.
"Old Guys Rule" - just ask Sherwood.
Comment is about THE END OF A PERFECT WAY (blog)
Original item by ken eaton-dykes
Hi Nick, you don´t have to make it rhyme. You are a poet, don´t underestimate your ability. Pissed or sober your talent is evident. It won´t last forever if you are determined to write and keep writing. Stick at it mate. Thanks again for a good piece of work. Keith
Comment is about No Questions Answered. (blog)
Original item by Nick
Keith, thank you for your kind words, much appreciated and glad you enjoyed reading.
Dave
Comment is about Rational Identity (blog)
Original item by RightInTheFeels
Good Evening, A well constructed poem of personal frankness, one which I shall read again. Thank you. Keith
Comment is about Rational Identity (blog)
Original item by RightInTheFeels
Big Sal
Mon 15th Jan 2018 18:07
Truer words may have never been spoken.
Comment is about Haiku#1 (blog)
Original item by Albert Van Skywalker
Being a fly fisherman, you had me at the title!
Evenings are easily the best
"the warmth of the sun gleaming off the lake
the peace and tranquillity of the still air
the hovering hum and dart of damsel flies
the plop of a fish some distance away
the noise of the reeds in the breeze"
Who ever needs to catch anything?
Comment is about Trout (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
Isurugi Noe
Wed 17th Jan 2018 15:48
"Let me show you the world from a distorted view where the lights become shadows from this darkened room."
This line is dope!
Comment is about my dreams (blog)
Original item by Ria Richardson