Thanks so much Jason❣️?

Comment is about Disappearing Ink (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

Writing on walls seems to be our lot in life John. I can’t think of a better pastime!

Comment is about Disappearing Ink (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

I agree Jason, and lucky for us, happy comes in various hues! Thanks for reading and commenting. I enjoy your poetry too!

Comment is about TAG (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

True.....

Comment is about BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER (blog)

Original item by Robert Hudson

Ruth,

I have read your poem again and also the comments of other poets. We all depend on the media for information about personages who we have never met personally so it is difficult to form opinions or judge. I welcomed a multicultural representation in the Royal Family to address their monochrome image. Race is not the issue but integrity is. If the head of state were to be black I would have no problem as a white old male (eternally despised) but I look beyond race to other qualities where decency, compassion and love come to the forefront.
Your poem has generated the interest I anticipated. Keep writing girl. Your words are good
Keith

Comment is about Sussexit (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

As you say Mark we are all influenced by the press, TV, or increasingly these days by social media. But if you went away for a few months and had no access to these would you notice any difference? Probably not.

Comment is about DAYS OF WHINE AND POSES (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Doesn't make sense, but what does these days? Roll on Jan 31.

Comment is about BREXIT:. A learners guide (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

8/9 l recon. Cynthia I do hope not in your 30's.
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Comment is about My Dad Said 2 (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Whilst my own experience/memory of skiffle is somewhat limited
("Freight Train" among a few others), this seems to have been a
very interesting life, deserving of being marked beyond its musical
and literary borders.

Comment is about Skiffle pioneer and poet Hylda Sims dies at 87 (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks for the comments, MC. And also for the Likes, Brian, Emer and Marina.

Comment is about I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW MY SPECS HAVE COME (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Consistent in the construction of its message - a good one!

Comment is about An ode in need is an ode in deed. (blog)

Original item by Robert Hudson

You have to laugh at life's vagaries - or perhaps that should be vulgarities. Share a care?
I take issue with the saying about a trouble halved. More like a
trouble doubled!. But I'd rather share with a paid professional any day! ?

Comment is about I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW MY SPECS HAVE COME (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Raven, first start with a spellcheck in any document editor. I could point them out to you but it would take less effort if you use software that is readily available.

I see your piece as poetic, lots of rhymes and artistic passion you put into it. I don't see the title needing a change.

Comment is about Confessions from "A" Wonderland ... My confessions of "A"nisha (blog)

Original item by RaVeN Mathews )0(

The greatest joy men always get
when finding money someone left
by hook or crook, by accident
cash quickly found is quickly spent!

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Comment is about Washing Away The Blues (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Raj,

Are you still on line? I have seen nothing for weeks. I have always enjoyed your imput, so I'm being bold enough to ask if all is well with you. You have been much in my thoughts.

Cynthia

Comment is about Chakraj (poet profile)

Original item by Chakraj

While it’s still here, Brian.

Comment is about I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW MY SPECS HAVE COME (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

That's it John...milk the NHS for all it's worth!

Comment is about I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW MY SPECS HAVE COME (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Yes I fell asleep halfway but that seems to be the gist of it

Comment is about Accusation (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Thank you both for your comments. I do welcome any constructive criticism as I feel I still have a lot room for improvement. With regards to the proofreading, you are very welcome to assist me in that matter as I am a lone amateur writer who has no contacts for such things... I have also changed the title of my piece to better suit your preference to my style of writing. But again I appreciate your comments. Thank you

Blessed be to you always
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Comment is about Confessions from "A" Wonderland ... My confessions of "A"nisha (blog)

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Don - I can't read it all, there's too much of it. But apart from creating designer breeds of domestic pets, the piece seems to focus on humans creating and changing habitats which in turn changes the behaviour of existing species.

Comment is about Accusation (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Brian

I found the following interesting (from which my comment came)

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/10/23/16317238/humans-create-new-species-biodiversity-extinction

Comment is about Accusation (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Very inspiring. Thank you.

Comment is about An ode in need is an ode in deed. (blog)

Original item by Robert Hudson

I'm seriously curious Don....we've created many new species? Explain please...

Comment is about Accusation (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

While we have destroyed many species we have also created many new species. All is not doom and gloom.......

But nice short poem Trevor. My type......

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Comment is about Accusation (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

I'm a piece of clutter
Looking for a home
Kicked out by this woman
Made to flee, to roam

Looking for a kind man
Wanting me, nice clutter
Hug me, make me happy
Take me out the gutta

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Comment is about A Vacant Room (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

MC.,

How true! My mother epitomised the 'Ideal Home Exhibition', forever fluffing the cushions, dusting and re arranging, whereas Dad dropped his newspaper in the hearth, picked up his pipe and bellowed healthy clouds of tobacco smoke upon us all. A home is a place to be lived in, not a display zone. I am glad to be free of the smoke but support the notion that a home is a dwelling place and not some sort of window for so called ideal living.
Bring on the clutter.

Thanks for the comment
Keith

Comment is about A Vacant Room (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

That is one my favourite things I've read in a really long time.

J. x

Comment is about Disappearing Ink (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

"Passion, love and happily ever after,"
I believe in those, but we get to choose our definition of, "Happy."
Love this.

J. x

Comment is about TAG (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

Ah Brian a philosophical view thanks. Most schools get bad press in the end especially academies. Wot can you say?

Thanks Don repetition is one answer. A curse by any other name. .

Mark. It's simple economics i suppose. Accountants United.

Thanks all for commenting.

Ray

Comment is about POST GRADUATION (blog)

Original item by ray pool

"Away with minimalism, do I hear you mutter?
Let us create and covet our clutter!"
Personally,, i've always identified with the description -
Organised chaos.
But it seems to be a male thing that engenders the opposite
response in the tidy female frame of mind. Maybe that's why many
married men have to retire to a shed in the garden?! ?.

Comment is about A Vacant Room (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Martin, thank you for this. Clutter is a part of who we are; the baggage we carry and a reminder to us of times past and their significance in our lives. Keith

Comment is about A Vacant Room (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Musty lost corners
full of musty old books.

Comment is about The Smell Of Old Books (blog)

Original item by d.knape

To me this is not poetry. It is like the page out of a book. I'm not even enticed to begin. It is far too long. But that's just me.

Comment is about Confessions from "A" Wonderland ... My confessions of "A"nisha (blog)

Original item by RaVeN Mathews )0(

This is a very beautiful piece straight from the heart.

I would advise to proofread, fix some typos and this will be a much stronger piece.

Comment is about Confessions from "A" Wonderland ... My confessions of "A"nisha (blog)

Original item by RaVeN Mathews )0(

Dictators
Playwrights
Authors
Rock Stars

from a place they come
equal seems the word
but when becoming famous
we don't seem to meet
on that scale at all.

Comment is about January 2020 Collage Poem: Famous People I've Never Met (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

There is certain parts of me that likes minimalism but like you I am more at home with my clutter after all who wants to end up being part of a display in an a gallery or perhaps in my case a museum.
Nice one Keith

Comment is about A Vacant Room (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

You have nailed Ian
Nice one mate

Comment is about Jingle Jangle (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Don,

Thanks. We are kindred spirits.

Keith

Comment is about A Vacant Room (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thanks

Comment is about Poem (blog)

Original item by Dalan Jahan

Fascinating poem Alexandra. That first line is golden!

Comment is about Afraid Of the Dark (blog)

Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

I know exactly how you feel Keith:

Modern caffs are clinical
Minimal as can be
Nothing on the walls as such
So boring to me

Hillbillys is the cafe
I spend all of my time
Bohemian, picture-covered walls
Inspires all of my rhyme

Helped by my sweet Muse of Mirth Thalia....

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Comment is about A Vacant Room (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Dear All,

Thank you for your comments which nearly all included the word minimalism. I suppose they thought they had reached some point of design purity when in actual fact they produced a blandness which has not stood the test of time. When I compare the room I describe with my own sitting room I know where I would rather spend my time. A room festooned with pictures and portraits, a piano, endless book shelves and ornaments galore with table lamps and a magnificent standard lamp not to mention a fire screen which can be converted into a card table. Death to minimalism. Long live clutter.

Thank you again
Keith

Comment is about A Vacant Room (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

I'm sure you're right, MC.

Comment is about THE MAN (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I like this one Do

The line

'I scan the memories recorded audio files'

is good......

Comment is about Memories of you!!!!! ? (blog)

Jingle jangle I'm a little bell
Jangle jingle I'm dinging in reverse
Jingo jungle wot's going on?
Jungo Bungo ditty's getting worse

Ding dong bong dong....

Thankyou for inspiration Ian...

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Comment is about Jingle Jangle (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

My dress is oh so minimal
It stretches to my knees
I like to wear it oh so short
So I can the boys tease

My furnishings on top?
Not much, they show a lot
I'm little Spartan Sally
Spartan Sally wot?.....

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Comment is about A Vacant Room (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

I can remember this sort of interior design being popular some decades ago...the days when David Bailey made photography
a trendy thing and Mary Quant raised hems - and "ahems" - in her
personal feminine (NOT feminist!) quest for "minimalism". ?

Comment is about A Vacant Room (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Pain comes in a variety of forms, some more hurtful and more lasting than others. But the irony exists in the awareness given by age of
the susceptibility to the occasional violent frailties that age itself can create in the context of human relationships.

Comment is about THE MAN (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Wondered where you'd got to. Thought you may have been nicked
on some protest or other! ?

Comment is about Jingle Jangle (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

hi, I read your article I prefer this such a great kind of post.


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Comment is about 'Every Child Counts': Tony Walsh's poem and video boosts children's hospital (article)

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