Comments received on poems by Neville



Cold Shoulder
SureshG said:

disagreements escalated to paranoia is now the norm of the day, that you have given words so potently.

June 30th, 2021 14:21

Cold Shoulder
Jerry Reynolds said:

Good write, Neville.
Paranoia is becoming the root of all evil.

June 30th, 2021 08:23

Cold Shoulder
Fay Slimm. said:

Judging fit to be demonized is all too familiar as you outline fools\' logic here with a great last line - - with that title too you hit the nail smartly my artful friend.

June 30th, 2021 08:01

Cold Shoulder
Poetic Dan said:

Been a while and what a poem to read like many others, those last words seal the deal. Enticingly real, great stuff as always!

June 30th, 2021 07:20

Cold Shoulder
Doggerel Dave said:

Victimisation and prejudice - a portrait too painful - wonder you could find the words, Neville - but you did.

June 30th, 2021 04:40

Cold Shoulder
orchidee said:

Good write N.

June 30th, 2021 04:04

Empty Harbours
Laura🌻 said:

Neville,

So, so sad…
There’s always hope that
these wrongs will be righted.

Laura🌻

June 29th, 2021 16:48

Empty Harbours
Goldfinch60 said:

Those empty harbours will become barren in time if the world does not correct its attitude.

Andy

June 29th, 2021 15:13

Empty Harbours
Jerry Reynolds said:

Good write, Neville.
We all can relate to the death of the ocean.

June 29th, 2021 15:11

Empty Harbours
dusk arising said:

Not so easy to tear up and build houses upon as those old railway lines, long removed, which we morn today.Empty harbours echoing the call of seabird... where are our fish?

Great poem Neville which raised in me the hopeful thought that our solid old harbours shall once again see the tides turn and have a second calling. They do have a rugged beauty which cries out all of your verses to those who pause to behold.

June 29th, 2021 13:38

Empty Harbours
orchidee said:

Good write N.

June 29th, 2021 08:59

Empty Harbours
L. B. Mek said:

\'Empty Harbours
Ripe: for Conquering, once again
only now, its a psychologic warfare - game
depressingly...
history, sure does like its repeat episodes eh my friend
like clockwork, some sage\'s foretold and foretell
we cockroaches self-sabotaging eventually,
our blind rage of orange, lunacy
a bit lick a clockwork orange film plot, only
this be modernity\'s unfathomable: reality...
sigh, Sigh.... SIGH!

June 29th, 2021 05:09

Empty Harbours
Doggerel Dave said:

Fished out - \'sorry to make this reductionist and personal Neville, but it is reminiscent of the empty toilet roll shelves as we just enter lockdown here.
Too many people too much greed.
Powerful little warning. Many thanks.

June 29th, 2021 05:01

Empty Harbours
Fay Slimm. said:

Boating industries are sufferinig fishless and families too are crying for help - a fine piece of warning which should be read by a much wider audience my dear friend.....x

June 29th, 2021 04:45

Twitarus
L. B. Mek said:

yes: we certainly are, aren\'t we
and not - so much, just metaphorically either, sadly
its that Icarus - of foolhardy heredity, I suspect...
that\'s a razor sharp wit you\'ve cultivated my friend
you can recognise incisive humour
when the words paint a worryingly sobering reality
yet you\'re still - genuinely
laughing with unfathomable gaiety...
brilliantly executed!
a write I wish, I possessed the talent to pen: sincerely
a bit early in the week and day, I know
but cheers for the giggles anyway, my friend 🍻


June 29th, 2021 03:19

Twitarus
Goldfinch60 said:

Silly boy indeed, there are so few of us who can fly. LOL

Andy

June 29th, 2021 00:30

Twitarus
Accidental Poet said:

reminds me of the saying, \"you can\'t fix stupid\". But you N, have a way of fixing a blank page. And fixed it right well you did. ; )

June 28th, 2021 13:22

Twitarus
Fay Slimm. said:

Just had a pre-dinner toddy Nev. and did I read Hic or see Us - - what a silly twitty to think without wings he could - - hic - -try flyin\' me to the moon - - sorry \'bout my tiddly fun-reply - .......x

June 28th, 2021 10:44

Twitarus
Saxon Crow said:

Lmao!! Bloody brilliant. Thats really made me laugh out loud.

June 28th, 2021 10:33

Twitarus
orchidee said:

A fine write N. lol. \'The Birdman\'?!

June 28th, 2021 09:02

Twitarus
Doggerel Dave said:

Definitely a twit - so far so good. Should also be nominated for a Darwin Award....or perhaps if he was from my era, he was told that if he drew on a certain funny cigarette he would believe he could fly...doesn\'t quite work Neville, but it\'s the best I can do.....

June 28th, 2021 08:55

Along the Mineral Line
L. B. Mek said:

what a mesmeric read of subtly detailed
sensory nuanced: inflections, dear poet
jolted - me, back
to my days of traversing
this beautiful Island of ours, daily
on that return trip, from
King Cross to Waverley - 6am till 9pm
and those, rare
but lifetime imprinted, images
of sublime sunrise and sunset, picturesque scenes
I was being being paid: to experience;
sadly, I was but a self-centred teen
foolishly assuming, I would witness
much more grandeur sights - during, my life;
how, cruel
the time it takes for some of us, to realise
the true simplicity
in Nature\'s unsurpassable beauty...

June 28th, 2021 06:42

Along the Mineral Line
Goldfinch60 said:

Wonderful journey Neville, steam trains are so wonderful.

https://youtu.be/U6OHD2uCpfU

Andy

June 28th, 2021 00:33

Along the Mineral Line
Jerry Reynolds said:

Enjoyable ride, Neville.
Drove one once, my uncle was a fireman on the Southern out of Charlottesville and one night took me to the yard and the engineer let me drive over to fetch water. 70 years later still as vivid as that day.

June 27th, 2021 16:36

Along the Mineral Line
dusk arising said:

I am a devotee of the romance of steam locomotion and the whole aura around the latter days of branch line operation. Nearby we have the severn valley railway which is splendid but we never see an 0-4-2T loco or a small prairie loco with an autocoach. Thank goodness for the reminders of youtube.
Your piece took me straigh into GWR past days of romance and I enjoyed the trip.

June 27th, 2021 14:56

Along the Mineral Line
Accidental Poet said:

Great write N. I have a train not far from my house and always hear the air horn when it crosses the Cape Cod Canal. ; )

June 27th, 2021 13:54

Along the Mineral Line
SureshG said:

Thanks for the poetic ride, even though not on this journey, have taken a few in India, seems like many centuries ago on the old steam trains. There is a completely different experience when one is at a train station, the hustle and bustle has its own charm mixed with the multitude of vendors and coolies, yes even now.

June 27th, 2021 10:53

Along the Mineral Line
orchidee said:

Good write N.

June 27th, 2021 09:21

Along the Mineral Line
Fay Slimm. said:

Steamily right on the dot is your tale of fun-line journeys through much loved countryside - the thrill of arriving comes over distinctly in this exciting read - top marks again Nev for this well writ mineral trip from one luverly gifted and train-spottin\' fella .....................x

June 27th, 2021 08:54

Along the Mineral Line
Doggerel Dave said:

Got to smell the steam the coal dust smoke and midnight once more, Neville - many thanks.

June 27th, 2021 07:57



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