Comments received on poems by Cassie58
Oyster Shucking - Factory Girls
Doggerel Dave said:
It bought back learned images of boys up chimneys and the matchstick girls... glad we are more socially conscious today....now we just deny them proper shelter....
Good call, Cassie
November 28th, 2024 07:49
Doggerel Dave said:
It bought back learned images of boys up chimneys and the matchstick girls... glad we are more socially conscious today....now we just deny them proper shelter....
Good call, Cassie
November 28th, 2024 07:49
Oyster Shucking - Factory Girls
arqios said:
I could only imagine though on one tropical holiday I was like Rambo by the Oceanside, sitting in the rocky beach hunting knife in hand shucking oysters and straight into the gullet, lunch al fresco. Got a few cuts as well, they are quite sharp, the shells and the rocks. So I can imagine a life of nothing but shucking could be quite shocking. I can feel the sharp stinging rawness of the cuts now… courtesy of part-hypochondriac and interactive memory. Solid poem here Cassie, a journey no less! 👍🏻👍🏻
November 28th, 2024 05:42
arqios said:
I could only imagine though on one tropical holiday I was like Rambo by the Oceanside, sitting in the rocky beach hunting knife in hand shucking oysters and straight into the gullet, lunch al fresco. Got a few cuts as well, they are quite sharp, the shells and the rocks. So I can imagine a life of nothing but shucking could be quite shocking. I can feel the sharp stinging rawness of the cuts now… courtesy of part-hypochondriac and interactive memory. Solid poem here Cassie, a journey no less! 👍🏻👍🏻
November 28th, 2024 05:42
Oyster Shucking - Factory Girls
2781 said:
My mother was one of five children. The family were fishermen and oyster farmers. Everyone works from the age of six. Not sure what a six year old does but they were trained well.
My mother bought seven properties with an oyster knife.
Tough life? Possibly but that\'s what they knew.
November 28th, 2024 05:32
2781 said:
My mother was one of five children. The family were fishermen and oyster farmers. Everyone works from the age of six. Not sure what a six year old does but they were trained well.
My mother bought seven properties with an oyster knife.
Tough life? Possibly but that\'s what they knew.
November 28th, 2024 05:32
Oyster Shucking - Factory Girls
rin said:
There is no developed country where children are allowed to work, but this is a valuable picture that tells us that it was the same everywhere more than 100 years ago.
Even today, some developing countries still rely on child labor.
I think it is a very good poem. The choice of words also conveys to the reader in a straightforward manner.
November 28th, 2024 04:45
rin said:
There is no developed country where children are allowed to work, but this is a valuable picture that tells us that it was the same everywhere more than 100 years ago.
Even today, some developing countries still rely on child labor.
I think it is a very good poem. The choice of words also conveys to the reader in a straightforward manner.
November 28th, 2024 04:45
Oyster Shucking - Factory Girls
Teddy.15 said:
You know when I was 15 I worked in a fishmongers in Granville arcade in Brixton London, my hands were so ugly full of cuts from fish spines and black with the wrapping of the paper we used I used to clean fillet and wrap, even though my hands were terribly ugly I absolutely loved my job. I feel for those young souls who had such a job so young. 🌹
November 28th, 2024 04:33
Teddy.15 said:
You know when I was 15 I worked in a fishmongers in Granville arcade in Brixton London, my hands were so ugly full of cuts from fish spines and black with the wrapping of the paper we used I used to clean fillet and wrap, even though my hands were terribly ugly I absolutely loved my job. I feel for those young souls who had such a job so young. 🌹
November 28th, 2024 04:33
Seen With Sadness
David Wakeling said:
What a lovely tribute to a much admired lady. Life was tough in those days but somehow they survived. Excellent poem
November 28th, 2024 02:12
David Wakeling said:
What a lovely tribute to a much admired lady. Life was tough in those days but somehow they survived. Excellent poem
November 28th, 2024 02:12
Seen With Sadness
Goldfinch60 said:
Such wonderfully moving words Cassie.
Andy
November 28th, 2024 01:48
Goldfinch60 said:
Such wonderfully moving words Cassie.
Andy
November 28th, 2024 01:48
Loving Light
TobaniNataiella said:
Lovely poem, but much easier said then done.
November 27th, 2024 19:09
TobaniNataiella said:
Lovely poem, but much easier said then done.
November 27th, 2024 19:09
Seen With Sadness
Doggerel Dave said:
It is apt that a poem via your sepia photograph should draw one back to a time when Consumption was rife.
How many poets were prematurely lost far too early to the world as a result of this disease?
A write which clearly evokes the time and place, Cassie.
November 27th, 2024 15:49
Doggerel Dave said:
It is apt that a poem via your sepia photograph should draw one back to a time when Consumption was rife.
How many poets were prematurely lost far too early to the world as a result of this disease?
A write which clearly evokes the time and place, Cassie.
November 27th, 2024 15:49
Seen With Sadness
sorenbarrett said:
Sad, premature death., The years do not dim the sorrow. You can hear it in this poem it bleeds through. Nicely worded.
November 27th, 2024 15:18
sorenbarrett said:
Sad, premature death., The years do not dim the sorrow. You can hear it in this poem it bleeds through. Nicely worded.
November 27th, 2024 15:18
Seen With Sadness
arqios said:
This is so touching. I see a sepia photograph clutched closely in an embrace and a grandchild running through the hallway for a visit also into that embrace! Just beautiful!
November 27th, 2024 15:03
arqios said:
This is so touching. I see a sepia photograph clutched closely in an embrace and a grandchild running through the hallway for a visit also into that embrace! Just beautiful!
November 27th, 2024 15:03
Seen With Sadness
orchidee said:
A fine write of a terrible disease of olden days - mainly?
Meanwhile - I been looking up KP\'s Album. Her ancestors are in \'The Encyclopedia of Trouts - Old Ones!\' heehee.
Does she know the book \'1,001 Joys of Botox\'? Know it? She wrote it!
November 27th, 2024 13:37
orchidee said:
A fine write of a terrible disease of olden days - mainly?
Meanwhile - I been looking up KP\'s Album. Her ancestors are in \'The Encyclopedia of Trouts - Old Ones!\' heehee.
Does she know the book \'1,001 Joys of Botox\'? Know it? She wrote it!
November 27th, 2024 13:37
Seen With Sadness
Teddy.15 said:
They may I deed have similar features but time and science has moved us on, this is like a wake up call in the future, love it... 🌹 💜
November 27th, 2024 13:37
Teddy.15 said:
They may I deed have similar features but time and science has moved us on, this is like a wake up call in the future, love it... 🌹 💜
November 27th, 2024 13:37
Seen With Sadness
Neville said:
Crikey .. I had an aunt Winnie my paternal grandfathers sister who succumbed more recently than your great aunt but to the very same thing .. Much later,
I worked in what was the old sanitorium where she once used to convalesce .. .. a sad poem Cassie and one which records part of almost every existing households familial history .. I am glad you penned this my friend, your great aunt deserves to be remembered in a poem of such quality ..
November 27th, 2024 13:11
Neville said:
Crikey .. I had an aunt Winnie my paternal grandfathers sister who succumbed more recently than your great aunt but to the very same thing .. Much later,
I worked in what was the old sanitorium where she once used to convalesce .. .. a sad poem Cassie and one which records part of almost every existing households familial history .. I am glad you penned this my friend, your great aunt deserves to be remembered in a poem of such quality ..
November 27th, 2024 13:11
Seen With Sadness
aDarkerMind said:
very touching Cassie....
very poetic on a subject close to my heart.
bless you x
November 27th, 2024 11:51
aDarkerMind said:
very touching Cassie....
very poetic on a subject close to my heart.
bless you x
November 27th, 2024 11:51
Seen With Sadness
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Wow! I am honored to be the first to like, favorite and comment. This is beautiful, Cassie. So sorry to hear of your Aunty Winnie. Such a young age and that disease is a killer! My great-grandparents died young from the Flu, back during the 1918-1919 epidemic that killed so many people. It\'s amazing how delicately fragile life is and yet how, even having died at a young age, this woman left behind such a legacy, one that your poem breathes new life into. Glad to hear her features came through in your graddaughter. What a blessing! 🌹👏🙏❤️
November 27th, 2024 11:32
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Wow! I am honored to be the first to like, favorite and comment. This is beautiful, Cassie. So sorry to hear of your Aunty Winnie. Such a young age and that disease is a killer! My great-grandparents died young from the Flu, back during the 1918-1919 epidemic that killed so many people. It\'s amazing how delicately fragile life is and yet how, even having died at a young age, this woman left behind such a legacy, one that your poem breathes new life into. Glad to hear her features came through in your graddaughter. What a blessing! 🌹👏🙏❤️
November 27th, 2024 11:32
All Things Considered
Michael Edwards said:
With most poems here on MPS i don\'t get past the first stanza - it takes a special write to hold my attention but this one surely did - super piece Cassie.
November 27th, 2024 08:51
Michael Edwards said:
With most poems here on MPS i don\'t get past the first stanza - it takes a special write to hold my attention but this one surely did - super piece Cassie.
November 27th, 2024 08:51
A Losing Game
jim56 said:
such a beautiful poem and sad to
a wonderful tribute wonderfully written
so sad when addiction takes a talent away
your words say it all and expresses your feelings amazing
dont ever stop writing jim xx
November 26th, 2024 17:23
jim56 said:
such a beautiful poem and sad to
a wonderful tribute wonderfully written
so sad when addiction takes a talent away
your words say it all and expresses your feelings amazing
dont ever stop writing jim xx
November 26th, 2024 17:23
Choices
NafisaSB said:
sad but true that addiction leads not only destruction of one\'s own life, but also affects those near and dear.
you have brought this out so poignantly and clearly.
November 26th, 2024 00:14
NafisaSB said:
sad but true that addiction leads not only destruction of one\'s own life, but also affects those near and dear.
you have brought this out so poignantly and clearly.
November 26th, 2024 00:14
All Things Considered
sorenbarrett said:
The most peaceful poem about a call, sound nicely worded with beautiful images of serenity
November 25th, 2024 05:10
sorenbarrett said:
The most peaceful poem about a call, sound nicely worded with beautiful images of serenity
November 25th, 2024 05:10
All Things Considered
Thad Wilk said:
Ahhh, the magic of summer.🌞
A beautiful poem,
eye pleasing imagery 😍
almost like a song 🎵🎶🎶
yup sometimes winter can
be a bummer.
Rock solid penning poetess!! 💯
Best wishes 🍀 🤗 🌹 🐦. Thad
November 24th, 2024 23:18
Thad Wilk said:
Ahhh, the magic of summer.🌞
A beautiful poem,
eye pleasing imagery 😍
almost like a song 🎵🎶🎶
yup sometimes winter can
be a bummer.
Rock solid penning poetess!! 💯
Best wishes 🍀 🤗 🌹 🐦. Thad
November 24th, 2024 23:18
Yellow Is The Colour
Caring dove said:
The flower sounds lovely yet lonely love how you have mentioned butter
And even tho it’s small it’s still helpful )
November 24th, 2024 16:31
Caring dove said:
The flower sounds lovely yet lonely love how you have mentioned butter
And even tho it’s small it’s still helpful )
November 24th, 2024 16:31
A Pirate From The Past
Teddy.15 said:
Exceptional imagery and your last lines just superbly making the end. 🌹
November 24th, 2024 10:19
Teddy.15 said:
Exceptional imagery and your last lines just superbly making the end. 🌹
November 24th, 2024 10:19
All Things Considered
Teddy.15 said:
Stick with what you do know, how gorgeous is your imagery, I was floating into my own summertime memories for a moment. 🌹
November 23rd, 2024 18:14
Teddy.15 said:
Stick with what you do know, how gorgeous is your imagery, I was floating into my own summertime memories for a moment. 🌹
November 23rd, 2024 18:14
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