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Tim Ellis

Fri 16th Jun 2023 21:02

Thanks Bethany. I shall return - promise! - but not just yet.

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winds solar

Fri 16th Jun 2023 21:02

John thank you so much for liking and commenting on my poem




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winds solar

Fri 16th Jun 2023 21:00

Stephen thank you so much for liking my poem


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winds solar

Fri 16th Jun 2023 20:59

Stephen thank you so much for liking my poem


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John Botterill

Fri 16th Jun 2023 19:33

Unbelievably powerful. Amazing poetry, Clare.

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John Botterill

Fri 16th Jun 2023 19:29

Top notch. Again. 😀

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John Botterill

Fri 16th Jun 2023 19:28

Beautiful, Keith. I really enjoyed this. Thank you.

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Clare

Fri 16th Jun 2023 18:11

Kevin, I am a writer! I write on all topics and some are more gritty than others. Please do not worry about me! I am a very happy woman with wonderful things in my life. 😁😁
The job of the writer is to disseminate knowledge and hopefully move people in someway - I have clearly achieved this with you. 😁. Thank you so much for your concern but I assure you I am fine!😁. Thanks to Graham and Keith for the comments. Not an easy topic but one that needs to be covered.

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Fri 16th Jun 2023 17:32

Love-IT!

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Fri 16th Jun 2023 17:26

What a brilliant poem Rob-its worth coming on here just to read your work alone-you without any doubt whatsoever have a gift

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keith jeffries

Fri 16th Jun 2023 16:00

Uilleam, Thank you for these words. The time is fast approaching, if not already here for radical action in the face of lies, lies and more lies. What ever happened to integrity, justice and democracy?
Keith

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keith jeffries

Fri 16th Jun 2023 15:55

Clare,
There is nothing I can add to this. You have spoken for me.
Thank you,
Keith

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keith jeffries

Fri 16th Jun 2023 15:51

Hugh,
an excellent poem. If people are searching for an icon then Christ is the supreme example in all that he said and did. I applaud this poem.
Thank you,
Keith

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Clare

Fri 16th Jun 2023 14:58

Graham, it is too difficult for most to conceive the evil that can and has been done at the hands of mankind. Thank goodness there are beautiful souls amongst us to outweigh the bad.

I just noticed that my posts seem to be missing the little box with the seedling in! Any ideas why this might be?

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John Botterill

Fri 16th Jun 2023 14:33

Thanks, Stephen. Your responses is very funny, too 😂 What do they do with all that feedback?

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Fri 16th Jun 2023 12:27

Shame you are going AWOL Tim we need poets like you-hurry back asap!

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Steve White

Fri 16th Jun 2023 12:07

Thanks all.

Steve

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Graham Sherwood

Fri 16th Jun 2023 11:59

I am not a religious man but cannot abide anything/anyone that hurts children. I had to stop reading the newspaper reports today of the wicked pair who tortured and killed the little boy!
I find myself repeating the classic biblical phrase

Suffer the children

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Stephen Gospage

Fri 16th Jun 2023 10:52

I sense that the journey will be of deep significance, Keith. The best may be yet to come.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Fri 16th Jun 2023 07:45

I seem to remember Hitler and Mussolini's admirers in the UK, the fascist loving Daily Heil were big on "National Pride".
Headline: "Hurrah for the Blackshirts", etc.

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kJ Walker

Fri 16th Jun 2023 07:13

If national pride is what you get from right wing politics (where there only policy is; stop the boats, and f**k everyone but the elite)
Then give me left wing politics any day

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Stephen Gospage

Fri 16th Jun 2023 06:13

Beautiful poem about fleeting beauty, Steve.

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Stephen Gospage

Fri 16th Jun 2023 06:10

Very funny and life-affirming, John. Birthday parties are so important. I was once asked by Belgian railways to answer a 'satisfaction survey' on a train journey which lasted ...15 minutes!

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Stephen Gospage

Fri 16th Jun 2023 06:03

No such qualifications, Uilleam, but it could be a bit of both, or maybe, as my poem suggests, he simply can't tell right from wrong any more.

Thanks to Manish, Holden, Rudyard, John B and Stephen.

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John Botterill

Fri 16th Jun 2023 05:47

Thanks Keith and Uilleam for your brilliant, witty responses. I enjoyed reading them! 😀
I read it to William's mum who said to keep it safe as we'd be having AN EVEN BIGGER Mario Brothers party next year! Not necessarily what I wanted to hear haha.
Thanks for the likes, John and Stephen 😀

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purplemoon

Fri 16th Jun 2023 01:46

Thanks everyone! Your words mean a lot to me.

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keith jeffries

Thu 15th Jun 2023 22:34

Steve,
a poem which portrays life as a transitory experience, which it is. Nothing is permanent, nothing lives for ever and even we are only passing through. A well crafted poem.
Thanks for this,
Keith

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Tim Ellis

Thu 15th Jun 2023 22:23

Thanks Grace. If they’ve any sense they’ll never let me out again, knighthood or not! 😄

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Tim Ellis

Thu 15th Jun 2023 22:19

Yes Uilleam, I’ve been following Springwatch too. The photo here though came from the RSPB’s live camera at Loch Garten yesterday where the ospreys also have 2 chicks.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thu 15th Jun 2023 22:02

Beautiful but fleeting.

Some thing we find difficult to deal with- nicely put Steve.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thu 15th Jun 2023 21:51

Thanks Mike.
A story about our common humanity, telling us about the simple mechanics of trying to earn a living.

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Russell Jacklin

Thu 15th Jun 2023 21:50

only the first 2 lines uilleam? I thought the rest of the piem had some merit, but hey 2 lines out of 16 is a start, bless you for your kind thoughts 😊👍

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thu 15th Jun 2023 20:48

Thanks Kevin-I'm actually an abject coward when it comes to physical agression.
I prefer to see the rosefist as representing strength with beauty.
The current serious attacks on our civic freedoms from within the UK are a major preoccupation of mine-I feel we have lost important freedoms through Brexit.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thu 15th Jun 2023 20:35

I've often pondered about "altruism" etc...and I tend to agree with your 1st 2 lines JD.
I reckon the feedback we get from the "feelgood factor" is important in building bonds within society.

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Clare

Thu 15th Jun 2023 20:30

John, what is there to say? So much and yet so little that is of any worth. I am thinking of you in this difficult pause. If it can be of any comfort ( which I am sure it cannot) Your experiences have bought to us your most exquisite writing. I am only sorry that you have had to experience such pain to bring us into your extraordinary world. I am in awe of your poetry and humbled by your spirit. Thank you for being you and sharing bits of yourself with us.

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Clare

Thu 15th Jun 2023 20:22

This is wonderful. It is exactly where I am at the moment as I pack up to leave the country that has been home for so long. I have found it quite sobering to have to decide this that I shall keep and this that I must discard. I really felt a connection with this poem. Thank you, Keith.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thu 15th Jun 2023 20:13

So funny John.
Put it on a little plaque in a convenient corner, as a reminder of lovely memories.😊

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thu 15th Jun 2023 19:32

I like your sense of humour MC.
"....his history as a journalist"?

I'll go halfway with you and say as a "raconteur of tall tales"; lying is as normal to Johnson as breathing.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thu 15th Jun 2023 19:28

Cheers MC
In my opinion the concept of left and right politics is a redundant one.
For example in the UK we have an Alice in Wonderland in which socialism is now for for the obscenely rich (eg corporations and shareholders), and capitalism is for the poor.
I'd be interested in what those "global orders" are MC; an example of Hyperbole?

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Russell Jacklin

Thu 15th Jun 2023 19:02

thank you

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keith jeffries

Thu 15th Jun 2023 18:51

Fortunately a spirit of generosity still exists. A poem to remind us of our national reputation.
Thank you for this,
Keith

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M.C. Newberry

Thu 15th Jun 2023 18:33

Bon voyage - whenever and wherever you are set to go! Some
pleasing lines here, thank you.

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M.C. Newberry

Thu 15th Jun 2023 18:28

I wait with interest for the next chapter - perhaps literally, courtesy of Bojo's own pen. I doubt if he will stay silent and his
history as a journalist and author provides ample opportunity for
a lively response now that he's free from the cant and counter-
cant of political in-fighting.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thu 15th Jun 2023 18:05

Thanks all for your generous encouraging comments and likes.

It's beginning to make perfect sense now-makes me proud to be British.
His Majesty King Charles the Third will have to bestow honours on people that he knows were partying, chucking up on the carpet, and setting fire alarms off on the eve of his father's funeral-charming.

Off with their heads Charlie!

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Hélène

Thu 15th Jun 2023 17:13

¡magnifico!

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Holden Moncrieff

Thu 15th Jun 2023 14:13

Thank you so much, Uilleam, you make an excellent point! 😉

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thu 15th Jun 2023 14:11

I'm always willing to learn Telboy.

Your working definition of what constitutes "a poem" is still welcome.
Also, could you recommend me some reading matter so I can improve my vocabulary?
😊

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John Marks

Thu 15th Jun 2023 13:57

Thank you Keith, Winds Solar, Stephen, Clare and John. Yes, Keith, I wish that I had the botanical skills that Chris had in abundance. WS your voice will be lyrical and beautiful. I love listening to the quiet voices of poetry. I hate the rowdy shouty voices of the arrogantly clueless. There are many here on WOL who will help you.

love life in a form that is not your own and be indulgent toward those who are growing old, who are afraid of the aloneness that you trust.... and don't expect any understanding; but believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.

Rainer Maria Rilke,
Letters to a Young Poet

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Grace Meadows

Thu 15th Jun 2023 13:48

We'll miss you Tim, but this great piece is a sufficient legacy for now until they let you out again 😄 God bless you Sir!

( see, I've just Knighted you as a going back inside present ) I jest!

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