I want to live there! A poem that invites the reader to enter a magical realm of poetry & beauty. I love the lines
"here we creep to the window and see the sea
throwing it’s tantrum to the waves."
Comment is about conte de fées [fairy tales] (blog)
Original item by Mirabel
The final lines of this poem define what is required of us. Resistance through integrity and sheer perseverance to the end of our lives.
John, thank you for this fitting tribute to a day which reminds us of how brutal and cruel the world can be.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about Good Friday (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
thank you for your kind words keith very much appreciated
Comment is about Just a few questions before departure (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
JD., you excel yourself with this magnificent poem. It encapsulates the many thoughts and questions we ponder on should there be a life eternal. Certainty rests in the fact that as particles of energy which we were before and during our earthly life will continue as energy after death. Our identity and memories including our worth will, I believe, depend on the last line of your penultimate stanza. I have really enjoyed reading this poem which is also descriptive and imaginative. When it comes to colour or black and white, I should imagine that would be determined by the BBC. Make sure you are up to date with payments.
Thank you indeed for this
Keith
Comment is about Just a few questions before departure (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Who'd a thowt that master uv
Thi Inglish spoke on' ritten wurd,
Were 'appen as like as not, it's sed,
A compleat on' utter Brummie Bard!
😊
Comment is about Bard Times (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Two White Vans
People carriers
Passport control
Registration plates unsure.
Bank heist
C.C.T.V footage
Vans not stolen.
Forged banknotes
Laundry money
Police surveillance team.
Fly-tipping
Familar faces
Maximum fine £20,000.
Drug smugglers
Contacts tracked
Undercover raid pending.
Delivery vehicles
Insurance covered
Legal possibility considered.
Comment is about DSC_8879.jpg (photo)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Stuart,
This poem is an invitation for us all to unburden ourselves and to move on. There is no need for us to carry on with unnecessary luggage. For me the poem speaks of the strength of the individual which must rise above all difficulties, in the firm knowledge that we are not alone nor ever have been.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Looking back... (blog)
Original item by Stuart Vanner
Intriguing Stephen.
The last four lines reminded me off The Red Wheelbarrow!
Comment is about The Ants (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you, John B and Manish. Yes, when I look at it again, this poem doesn't give you all the answers. Not yet, at least.
Your comments are much appreciated.
And thanks to Keith for liking this.
Comment is about The Ants (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
This is about a fairy tale house, I still need to edit and work on the ending.
Comment is about conte de fées [fairy tales] (blog)
Original item by Mirabel
Hopeful and soulful, Clare. Lovely poem!
Comment is about Tick With The Tock (blog)
Original item by Clare
I love the poignancy and story telling of this poem. It leaves space for the reader to create scenarios of their own. 😎
Comment is about The Ants (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thanks Ruth. What an utterly brilliant response. I like the idea of you having elocution lessons. You certainly have a beautiful voice, Ruth. 😎 Happy Easter to you and your family, too! 😀
Comment is about At Water's Edge (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
Each picture tells a story and a memory returns. I have spasms of looking at old albums but close the book with few feelings of nostalgia and no remorse, save knowing that it is all behind me where it belongs. The march is forward.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Glory Days (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Having read these poems, I feel even more enthusiastic. If we are not moved by verse like this, our world is becoming a very sad place. Poetry like this should change the world. If it does not, the world is at fault.
Bravo to everyone involved!
Comment is about Rallying against the invader: anthology of 100 Russian anti-war poems is launched (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you for this splendid poem, Keith. As I read it, I listen to the Good Friday music from Wagner's Parsifal, which makes us believe that peace can be achieved and mankind redeemed.
A peaceful Easter to you.
Comment is about Every Day is Good Friday (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
An immensely satisfying poem, Hélène. It brings everything into proportion with economy and wit.. Superb.
Comment is about Conversation with the Sky (blog)
Original item by Hélène
Fascinating and well written, Trevor.
Comment is about Bard Times (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
An almost scriptural poem woven with a spiritual thread. A thought full piece of work which I have enjoyed.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Song of Good Friday (blog)
Original item by Marnanel Thurman
Lovely to read that you also get lost in the wonder of a leaf at times. I love the bit about fate causing the leaf to loosen it's grip from the tree...and the leaf looking up whilst the poet looks down on it
My mum used to enter elocution contest's as a child therefore introduced me to poetry through the idea that I would 'memorise and recite' a piece ha,ha this one just came to mind
Upon a river
Like a boat
I saw an autumn leaf afloat
A yellow ship
With golden mast
It fluttered once
Then drifted past
There came a green and gauzy fly
Who flew down
As the ship sailed by
On the deck with wings spread wide
He sat and floated
With the tide
Oh wind blow softly (if you blow)
Oh river water gently flow
Please keep the yellow leaf boat dry
And safe for little sailor fly!
A direct download from my 8 yr old self ha ha no idea who wrote this poem😄
Wishing You Gail & the grandchildren a very Happy Easter 🐣 Stay Eggcelent🐰
Comment is about At Water's Edge (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
This reminds me of Marcus Aurelius. Good sound advice for a life well lived.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about MORE POINTS TO PONDER (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks, MC. I’m more familiar with the Etta James and Billie Holiday versions. And thanks for the Like, Contemporary Soul.
Comment is about STORMY DANIELS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A classic 1933 song with words by Ted Koehler and music by Harold Arlen, introduced by Leo Reisman and his orchestra, with vocal by Arlen; popularized by Ethel Waters, with covers by the Guy Lombardo and Duke Ellington orchestras. The 1943 film "Stormy Weather" featured Lena Horne whose version of this famous standard was the most popular..
Trust the ever reliable JC to come up with his contemporary "take" on the song and its title..
Comment is about STORMY DANIELS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you for your beautiful sentiments on Hebridean life Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh I really loved it. Thank you for reading my poem.
Comment is about Eilean Leòdhais (blog)
Original item by Mirabel
A beautiful poem. I really like the line, "Take comfort to know
there are other planes of chance."
Comment is about Jamie (blog)
Original item by William B McGee
Thu 6th Apr 2023 23:18
Thank you Stephen for your insightful comment. Your words are very true! Wishing you a beautiful Easter.
Best wishes,
Rasa
Comment is about Covet (blog)
Original item by Rasa Kabaila
The third stanza stands out as it understands the part the soul plays in each and every one of us. The soul is the essence of our being the essential power house of who we are, which will live on into eternity. "Reaching higher and deeper into ourselves". I can really relate to those words.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Tick With The Tock (blog)
Original item by Clare
An interesting and inspiring tale, Uilleam. We should all try to do what we can.
An my thanks to Nigel and Graham for liking.
Comment is about Glory Days (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
RG.
You claim the British public could not trust Miliband or Corbyn.
WHY couldn't they?
And I CAN in part blame the BBC.
Amongst others - they broadcast and repeated lies, which the electorate believed.
They redacted ("creatively"edited) interviews, forming "...a tissue of lies" to quote one authority.
Comment is about Old and cold !!! (blog)
Original item by hugh
Thankyou for your thoughts, Stephen and Uilleam.
Comment is about STORMY DANIELS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The British public could not trust Miliband or Corbyn. You can't blame the BBC.
Comment is about Old and cold !!! (blog)
Original item by hugh
RG.
You ask "...why have we (I'm not guilty) continued to vote them in for the past 12 years...?"
Insanity perhaps: "...doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results?”
So who told you Labour were "unelectable"; and how did they become unelectable?
Because of a pack of lies perhaps?
A pack of lies repeated ad nauseam and unchallenged by the likes of BBC Question Time and other prominent figures; and by BBC Panorama? (the latter now well documented)???????
Comment is about Old and cold !!! (blog)
Original item by hugh
Uilleam
We've always known what the Tories are, so why have we continued to vote them in for the past 12 years...the last time with a MASSIVE majority? Could it be that Labour have been unelectable, still probably are?
Comment is about Old and cold !!! (blog)
Original item by hugh
What makes you think they actually care, Hugh?
They are hiving off profits from literally vital life-saving public services to tax havens such as the Cayman Islands.
And we are letting the Tory Scum get away with it!
😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡!
Comment is about Old and cold !!! (blog)
Original item by hugh
When aged about 6 we moved house to a different part of town in the early 50's, because our home had been condemned as a "slum".
I think our new neighbour was a Hungarian lady; the first time I had met a "foreigner"; someone who didn't have an Irish or Lancastrian accent.
Then aged nine or ten, I remember our Roman Catholic "witness" walks through town; the Polish and Ukranian contingents in their beautiful national costumes. "WW2's over, now we can get on with life", was the feeling.
But no; decades later, I found myself helping Iraqi refugees and a Chinese speaking lady with English lessons; my only "qualifications"? being a native English speaker.
How very fortunate I am, in what I have, compared to some.
Thank you to all who do what they can to help out.💐💐💐
Comment is about Glory Days (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
The bigger they are, the harder they fall!
The name Daniel: literal meaning, "God is my judge".
😏
Comment is about STORMY DANIELS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you Mirabel, for your lovely poem which got to me.
Oh for a few days on the Island of Lewis,
Now that would surely be bliss,
Oh to hear the rhythmic song of the sea,
To hear our mother, much older than any of this,
How I long for the kiss of the Hebridean mist,
For the poetry of nature and all of her creatures,
For her wisdom, to be on my soul impressed.
Comment is about Eilean Leòdhais (blog)
Original item by Mirabel
Only a Shadow of Yourself
I'm late
My friend
Is waiting
I'm late
My bus
Is due
Ghost shadows
Spirit light
Finding time
Encouraging essential
Human smiles
Prompting hellos
Not letting
Life pass
Slowly by
People need
To talk
Shadows do.
Comment is about Copy of Stockport_research_039.jpg (photo)
Original item by Stockport WoL
A fascinating article, Greg. I must learn more about him and his work.
Comment is about An attic room with a view of the railway sidings: on the trail of Norman Nicholson (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Watch it, John, or he'll start giving you a nickname!
Comment is about STORMY DANIELS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
What counts is making the effort, John. I help to give English lessons to Ukrainians here and although we make progress and get on well, I am always struck by the sadness of their situation. So well done for reaching out.
And thanks to Manish, Hugh and Steve for liking.
Comment is about Glory Days (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
I wrote this about the slow, simple life in the Hebrides, reading folk tales, walking to the sea, having tea, creating, following a better rhythm in harmony with the earth.
Comment is about Eilean Leòdhais (blog)
Original item by Mirabel
"Tyrannosaurus Rex". Superb, Branwell. Sometimes the Gods of Rhythm drop gifts into your hands,
Comment is about Sometimes The Cleverest People In The World Are Also The Stupidest (blog)
Original item by branwell kent
I tried my best Ukrainian on a waitress at the restaurant we visited tonight. She didn't understand a word I said!
Comment is about Glory Days (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Good point and well written, Uilleam. They should at least take responsibility for their nutjobbery, and not blame it on a biblical text as if it is inevitable
.
Comment is about It Sez So In The Bible! (blog)
Hélène
Sun 9th Apr 2023 03:23
Thank you Stephen! And thanks everyone for the likes. 👩❤️👩
Comment is about Conversation with the Sky (blog)
Original item by Hélène