Thank you all, always here to offer my pearls
Comment is about Not everything is within your power (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
"Deep into right wing territory"
What's right wing RG?
Comment is about Clacton (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Forgive my stupidity MC, but I'm not sure what you're saying:
" Tey a poem from a viewpoint that's alien to you. It might be
a challenge but useful for seeing another POV."
Comment is about Souvenir Larkinesque de la Rive Gauche (et de l’Aile Gauche-seulement avec la permission des flics) (blog)
Oh crikey! - my fact checking up the swanee.
Thanks for that Greg.
but he's still good enough for me.😉
Comment is about Ye Hypocrites-Ye Whited Sepulchres! (blog)
Small pedant's point, Uilleam ... Larkin was never laureate. He turned down Mrs Thatcher's invitation, a year or so before he died.
Comment is about Ye Hypocrites-Ye Whited Sepulchres! (blog)
I was rather thinking of Mr Ben! Remember him and the magic shop?
Comment is about The Man I Am (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Outstanding, John. I like the idea that every day 'a different man is putting on my clothes'. Perhaps I should try that! Maybe we are all Jekyll, Hyde and someone else.
Comment is about The Man I Am (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
My thanks to Stephen and Kevin for the comments. They are greatly appreciated.
Comment is about Fortunes of War (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
the bog - wherein is sometimes found preserved that which might otherwise have been lost.
Comment is about Paralysis 2 (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
A great contribution to this morning's collection words of wisdom on WOL!
Comment is about Not everything is within your power (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Brilliantly written, JD. Powerful and inspiring. I'm gonna save this.
Thank you.
Comment is about Not everything is within your power (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Thanks you for making me travel through your poem. Very well described and executed.
Comment is about Emerald Lake (blog)
Original item by New Shoes
"There's beauty in little things."
"It's the small things that really matter."
Are the two phrases or quotes that I truly believed and followed. Your poem has just defined it all more descriptively. I absolutely enjoyed reading this, Hélèna.
Thank you.
Comment is about Every Little Thing (blog)
Original item by Hélène
Great advice expertly conveyed, JD. I will attempt to control my wayward mind 😀
Comment is about Not everything is within your power (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
A beautiful, powerful anthem of how good can triumph over apparently insurmountable evil forces. Another winner, Clare. Love it! 💪
Comment is about Roar. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Thanks so much to so many poets whose work I greatly admire: Clare, Stella, Manish and Stephen A, I salute you! 😎 I acknowledge, too, my debt to Vernon Scannell. This might become a theme, you never know! 😂
Thanks for the likes : Nigel, Russell, K. Lynn and Helene 😀
Comment is about The Man I Am (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
JC - I take the view that there was a realisation the post-WW2
era and all that was sacrificed was a turning-point for the days
of empire and steps were taken accordingly in many areas to
arrange for that eventuality. With regard to the Suez Canal,
this was an international waterway upon which many nations
relied but where both the UK and France had a front=row
interest historically. The empire has taken a revisionist bashing
with the benefit of hindsight but its relevance is still apparent
in the existence of today's Commonwealth membership, some
of which were'nt even originally involved!
Comment is about WE KNOCKED THE BASTARD OFF (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
She never
Did say
He never
Dare ask.❤
Comment is about Guessing! (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
This is epic in the best possible way. Great writing Tom. Very much enjoyed. Also want to read Clare's piece.
Comment is about Day Off (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
Thank you Keith, Stephen, Stephen and Kevin for your lovely and encouraging comments. It feels good to be writing again after a dry spell.
Thanks also to Helene, Hugh, John and K Lynn for the likes and all of you for reading.
Comment is about Sunsets (blog)
Original item by Tom
Here's some good losers:
"James Jordan hits out at England for being 'sore losers' after taking their medals off"
https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1461521/james-jordan-England-players-refuse-medals-Italy-Euro-2020-final-news-latest
https://rugby365.com/countries/england/video-england-stars-are-sore-losers/
😕
Comment is about Clacton (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Expertly written, John. And so true! Love it! 🌈
Comment is about The Man I Am (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
You had commented earlier on one of my poem that I was on a cracking form, but it's you who are on a mind-blowing cracking form, John B. Loved this one!😄
Comment is about The Man I Am (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
John in case you are wondering where my poem ' Away from the world' is I have decided to rewrite it into a lengthier version later on and hopefully enter it along with some of my earlier and up and coming poems for submission to a publisher
but thanks again for the lovely comment onwards and upwards!
Comment is about John Botterill (poet profile)
Original item by John Botterill
John I have just read this to my Grandfather and he could not stop laughing and said to tell you welcome to the club! 😂 adding that it was indeed a very good poem and we both thank you 👍👍
Comment is about The Man I Am (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
John, in my humble opinion, this is one of the best poems you have given us to date - And that is saying something!! A fabulous insight into a world we rarely see. I love it! Thank you. 💕
Comment is about The Man I Am (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
I agree with Keith. You have captured something remarkable in this poem. It seems to strip humanity down to our essential uncertainty. Great poem. 😎
Comment is about The Wind & The Rain (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Sun 25th Jun 2023 22:01
Thank you Russell, that means a lot to me, I'm glad you liked it.
Comment is about Summer feeling 2.0 (blog)
Original item by Dilsonn A. Mejía
A great tribute to a wonderful institution, Keith. Congratulations 👍
And we need to use them or lose them as Uilleam suggests.
Comment is about A Library (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
brilliant, I am the type of poet where, although one verse will do, I have to write ten, however, I really appreciate your work
Comment is about Guessing! (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
I am only a Mental health first-aider but I have heard similar conversations and they touch me deeply. I hope you are ok anyway.
Comment is about I cut Myself. (blog)
Original item by Clare
I'm the last of my line as well. This is a great conversation, beautiful.
Comment is about a conversation with my great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandfather (blog)
Original item by Nadia Coia
Wow, the imagery of falling in love with the boy from the wrong side of town, loved every image, it made me hold my breath as I read
Thank you
Comment is about Summer feeling 2.0 (blog)
Original item by Dilsonn A. Mejía
Thank you Bethany, Clare, Stephen and n. I think (hope) that they compliment each other Stephen.
Comment is about Something lost, something found (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I don’t understand too much of your response, MC, although I think “adjusting its position” is probably a euphemism for “losing”. So what would the Empire have looked like if Britain had retained control of Suez?
Comment is about WE KNOCKED THE BASTARD OFF (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Keith and Kevin - thanks for the comments; It's a sniper's job to be accurate! Thanks also for
the "likes" for these lines.
It's an unsettling feeling lying prone with the distant target in
the crosswires of the rifle sight, pulling the trigger and seeing
the hole signalled in the man-sized head and shoulders. There
is an uneasy thought that one is playing "God" with another's
life, removed from guilt by distance! Hard to explain but I can
put it no better than that.
Comment is about SNIPER (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Stephen, you have branched out with this incredible poem. It had me transfixed. I can't quite get over it. A poem of distinction with under currents. My imagination was held captive. Do you have anymore?
Great.
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about The Wind & The Rain (blog)
Original item by Stephen W Atkinson
Somewhere, I have old contemporary press cuttings about those
days (found in an auction). There was a concentrated political
concern about the changes and limitations that Nasser's action
over the Suez canal (wasn't that waterway the brilliant
conception from a French designer?) would see decisions
made about navigation that indicated restrictions inimical to
multi-national shipping that used the canal? It was a trading
link that affected more than just the nations that took action to
prevent it. It's a fascinating thing to wonder what would have
resulted had that action succeeded? But the times, they were a'changing for such police actions, with GB adjusting its
position in places like Malaya and the French suffering defeat
in a certain far east colony before the US found their own
trouble there.
Comment is about WE KNOCKED THE BASTARD OFF (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
History tells us that GB Ltd. have always been in it for the long haul. Give Brexit time, then we'll see. But I remain optimistic
that going for it was always a better choice than having our
trading and socio/political decisions made for us by a restless conglomeration with their own interests. The world is still
out there beyond that frequently warring web of disputatious
activity across the Channel where even our closest neighbour
is hardly representative of any particular feelings of bonhomie,
except when it suits them. 🎃
Comment is about Clacton (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
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Sun 25th Jun 2023 14:48
Love this Helene and yes never desert the health of the soul or the spirit if you wish to maintain a happy life I say.
Comment is about Tuning (blog)
Original item by Hélène
The Brits were always known as good losers. Brexit changed all that.
Telboy in Henschotermeer.
Comment is about Clacton (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
A comforting, rosey read. Beautifully described, Keith 🌈
Comment is about A Library (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
This is intriguing. I really like it. 🌻
Comment is about a conversation with my great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandfather (blog)
Original item by Nadia Coia
I love this, John. And, the song compliments it beautifully (or does the poem compliment the song?)Thanks 🌈
Comment is about Something lost, something found (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Powerfully understated. Brilliant, as usual, Stephen 👏
Comment is about Fortunes of War (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Yes! Wonderful rhyming, generation defining! Lovely stuff, John 🌈
Comment is about A Pocket Full of Rhyme (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
John Botterill
Tue 27th Jun 2023 13:03
Thanks Stephen and Graham, love the comments. I think Mr Ben suits me very well haha. Mr Hyde too, who knows what an extra pint might do 😂
Comment is about The Man I Am (blog)
Original item by John Botterill