Comments received on poems by Doggerel Dave
Redux - Child Care 14/5/25
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Wait, did this happen in the USA? I heard you mention the best country in the world. 🤣🤷♂️ Yes, you can punch me for that and you know I am just kidding! But hey, today we are celebrating that short period we earned our independence from a tyrant only to hand it over to many more! LOL! Yay! How\'s that for #BestCountryInTheWorld
Damn, bro! This is totally prophetic and totally needed. There is a cost to our Western World\'s \"way of life\" and it is severely damaging, if not killing, our future.
Bravo on this one! 🌹👏
July 4th, 2025 12:06
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Wait, did this happen in the USA? I heard you mention the best country in the world. 🤣🤷♂️ Yes, you can punch me for that and you know I am just kidding! But hey, today we are celebrating that short period we earned our independence from a tyrant only to hand it over to many more! LOL! Yay! How\'s that for #BestCountryInTheWorld
Damn, bro! This is totally prophetic and totally needed. There is a cost to our Western World\'s \"way of life\" and it is severely damaging, if not killing, our future.
Bravo on this one! 🌹👏
July 4th, 2025 12:06
Redux - Child Care 14/5/25
arqios said:
Wow, a biting critique of modern working life and the childcare system that props it up. It highlights how the struggle to afford basic living forces both parents into full-time work, leaving children in care that’s often profit-driven and underregulated. The poem exposes the hidden costs of survival; emotional, ethical, and societal and questions the quality of a system where care is commodified. It’s a sobering reflection on how economic pressure reshapes family roles and childhood itself.
July 4th, 2025 06:40
arqios said:
Wow, a biting critique of modern working life and the childcare system that props it up. It highlights how the struggle to afford basic living forces both parents into full-time work, leaving children in care that’s often profit-driven and underregulated. The poem exposes the hidden costs of survival; emotional, ethical, and societal and questions the quality of a system where care is commodified. It’s a sobering reflection on how economic pressure reshapes family roles and childhood itself.
July 4th, 2025 06:40
Redux - Child Care 14/5/25
Goldfinch60 said:
That\'s the problem in our world Dave, nobody in power cares for anybody except themselves.
Andy
July 4th, 2025 01:25
Goldfinch60 said:
That\'s the problem in our world Dave, nobody in power cares for anybody except themselves.
Andy
July 4th, 2025 01:25
Redux - Child Care 14/5/25
Poetic Licence said:
Your gonna open a can of worms with this one, as you say the cost is astronomical, especially in cities. I know couples who pay more than one of their salerys to cover the care, they genuinely would be better off if one of them stayed at home. I know the cost of running a professional, fully trained and checked child care establishment is hugely expensive, again in the cities etc, because of property and rental prices, higher staffing costs. I personally think child care should be classed as a working expense and therefore claimable on your tax returns. Another thought provoking write, enjoyed
July 3rd, 2025 19:52
Poetic Licence said:
Your gonna open a can of worms with this one, as you say the cost is astronomical, especially in cities. I know couples who pay more than one of their salerys to cover the care, they genuinely would be better off if one of them stayed at home. I know the cost of running a professional, fully trained and checked child care establishment is hugely expensive, again in the cities etc, because of property and rental prices, higher staffing costs. I personally think child care should be classed as a working expense and therefore claimable on your tax returns. Another thought provoking write, enjoyed
July 3rd, 2025 19:52
Redux - Child Care 14/5/25
sorenbarrett said:
A sad outcome of a capitalistic society where greed and need do not always mesh. One parent homes, two parent incomes one spent on childcare and when asked why not stay home and watch the kids instead they respond I couldn\'t handle it. A hot write Dave
July 3rd, 2025 17:41
sorenbarrett said:
A sad outcome of a capitalistic society where greed and need do not always mesh. One parent homes, two parent incomes one spent on childcare and when asked why not stay home and watch the kids instead they respond I couldn\'t handle it. A hot write Dave
July 3rd, 2025 17:41
Redux - Child Care 14/5/25
Doggerel Dave said:
In the best country in the world (our PM) a male child care worker has been charged to date with 70 sexual offences against children between the ages of five months and two years.
Authorities are suggesting that given his employment record in the sector, that some1200 infants be tested for sexually transmitted diseases.
So if the system in the best country in the world……. What gives in all the lesser countries?
July 3rd, 2025 17:30
Doggerel Dave said:
In the best country in the world (our PM) a male child care worker has been charged to date with 70 sexual offences against children between the ages of five months and two years.
Authorities are suggesting that given his employment record in the sector, that some1200 infants be tested for sexually transmitted diseases.
So if the system in the best country in the world……. What gives in all the lesser countries?
July 3rd, 2025 17:30
Fashion
Cheeky Missy said:
The best part, for me anywho, being a fashion plate myself and trendsetter, is the exquisite timing. She literally stepped down coincidentally right after I called Vogue for the umpteenth time. Go figure. Thanks for sharing the news. Beautifully rendered with a haunting poignancy.
July 3rd, 2025 02:31
Cheeky Missy said:
The best part, for me anywho, being a fashion plate myself and trendsetter, is the exquisite timing. She literally stepped down coincidentally right after I called Vogue for the umpteenth time. Go figure. Thanks for sharing the news. Beautifully rendered with a haunting poignancy.
July 3rd, 2025 02:31
Fashion
Goldfinch60 said:
Fashion is what I chose to wear each day Dave. LOL
Andy
June 28th, 2025 01:22
Goldfinch60 said:
Fashion is what I chose to wear each day Dave. LOL
Andy
June 28th, 2025 01:22
Fashion
Kevin Hulme said:
Yes , The front page Headlines were of this Lady retiring. Who Cares?
As for fashion: My Father\'s demobbed Suit will last me a few more years yet.
A lot on the Cat- Walk are dressed like Mad Parrots anyway.
June 27th, 2025 18:25
Kevin Hulme said:
Yes , The front page Headlines were of this Lady retiring. Who Cares?
As for fashion: My Father\'s demobbed Suit will last me a few more years yet.
A lot on the Cat- Walk are dressed like Mad Parrots anyway.
June 27th, 2025 18:25
Fashion
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Never had an interest in fashion or how it looks on others. Never did understand that. Now, my fashion and how it looks on me...very important! 🤣 Most importantly, though, one goes out clothed. 😱🤣 Great job, my friend. 🌹👏
June 27th, 2025 11:04
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Never had an interest in fashion or how it looks on others. Never did understand that. Now, my fashion and how it looks on me...very important! 🤣 Most importantly, though, one goes out clothed. 😱🤣 Great job, my friend. 🌹👏
June 27th, 2025 11:04
Fashion
arqios said:
There’s a delightfully anarchic spirit to both the poem and its note—half jab, half shrug. The poem itself is razor-trim and winks toward cultural upheaval: a four-line tumble from polite curiosity to icon-toppling guillotine fantasy. With just a whiff of Lewis Carroll and a side-eye to Anna Wintour, it pokes at the cult of style and the arbiters who helm it. Fashion, in this view, becomes a punchline in a world distracted by surfaces, a gloss painted thick over the absurdities of modern living. And yet there’s a strange sincerity too, hidden beneath the sarcasm: a real questioning of what we idolise and why. An enjoyable satire and confession combo.
June 27th, 2025 06:55
arqios said:
There’s a delightfully anarchic spirit to both the poem and its note—half jab, half shrug. The poem itself is razor-trim and winks toward cultural upheaval: a four-line tumble from polite curiosity to icon-toppling guillotine fantasy. With just a whiff of Lewis Carroll and a side-eye to Anna Wintour, it pokes at the cult of style and the arbiters who helm it. Fashion, in this view, becomes a punchline in a world distracted by surfaces, a gloss painted thick over the absurdities of modern living. And yet there’s a strange sincerity too, hidden beneath the sarcasm: a real questioning of what we idolise and why. An enjoyable satire and confession combo.
June 27th, 2025 06:55
Fashion
Jerry Reynolds said:
You made me think, Dave. Thanks.
“Irreverent crap” the whole of the universe is Irreverent crap. It cannot be happening, but it is.
BANG — here it is—rages on for a few billion years and POOF, gone. But. Wait, NO. It has no beginning. And no end. Good, write, Dave.
June 27th, 2025 06:22
Jerry Reynolds said:
You made me think, Dave. Thanks.
“Irreverent crap” the whole of the universe is Irreverent crap. It cannot be happening, but it is.
BANG — here it is—rages on for a few billion years and POOF, gone. But. Wait, NO. It has no beginning. And no end. Good, write, Dave.
June 27th, 2025 06:22
Fashion
Poetic Licence said:
Just another excuse to screw a few more quid out of the sheep who have been instructed that they will not survive in the world without it. Also one of the most damaging products to the environment and extensively they are made for pennies by forced labour and children. Nicely expressed and written
June 27th, 2025 06:20
Poetic Licence said:
Just another excuse to screw a few more quid out of the sheep who have been instructed that they will not survive in the world without it. Also one of the most damaging products to the environment and extensively they are made for pennies by forced labour and children. Nicely expressed and written
June 27th, 2025 06:20
Fashion
sorenbarrett said:
Don\'t know too much about that Dave I pay little attention to fashion. I see it as social pressure by a capitalistic society to make more money by getting you to buy new cloths when you don\'t need them. Well done Dave
June 27th, 2025 05:00
sorenbarrett said:
Don\'t know too much about that Dave I pay little attention to fashion. I see it as social pressure by a capitalistic society to make more money by getting you to buy new cloths when you don\'t need them. Well done Dave
June 27th, 2025 05:00
Poetry
Thomas W Case said:
Excellent work. I like the cheeky tone. Works very well here.
June 25th, 2025 11:18
Thomas W Case said:
Excellent work. I like the cheeky tone. Works very well here.
June 25th, 2025 11:18
Poetry
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Indeed. Feel free! Love this, Dave! Now, for that poem about a 🌳...🤣. Nobody really likes being lectured, so I presume many people are going to relate to this sentiment. I certainly did! Freedom of expression is the way to go. What I don\'t get isn\'\'t meant for me, but it is meant for somebody...even if only for the creator. But I have yet to see the lonely creator scenario really play out. Someone always finds value in another\'s art. Anywho, there I go with a damn lecture. So...ehem...Well done, sir! 🌹👏
June 23rd, 2025 19:35
Tristan Robert Lange said:
Indeed. Feel free! Love this, Dave! Now, for that poem about a 🌳...🤣. Nobody really likes being lectured, so I presume many people are going to relate to this sentiment. I certainly did! Freedom of expression is the way to go. What I don\'t get isn\'\'t meant for me, but it is meant for somebody...even if only for the creator. But I have yet to see the lonely creator scenario really play out. Someone always finds value in another\'s art. Anywho, there I go with a damn lecture. So...ehem...Well done, sir! 🌹👏
June 23rd, 2025 19:35
Poetry
arqios said:
Oh, I quite like the mischievous shrug in your poem—half declaration, half escape hatch. It rolls its eyes at poetic pretension while winking slyly at the reader.
June 23rd, 2025 03:20
arqios said:
Oh, I quite like the mischievous shrug in your poem—half declaration, half escape hatch. It rolls its eyes at poetic pretension while winking slyly at the reader.
June 23rd, 2025 03:20
Poetry
Poetic Licence said:
No lectures is good, for me its an outlet to express myself and feelings in a safe environment, enjoyed today\'s offering
June 22nd, 2025 19:59
Poetic Licence said:
No lectures is good, for me its an outlet to express myself and feelings in a safe environment, enjoyed today\'s offering
June 22nd, 2025 19:59
Poetry
sorenbarrett said:
Damn no lecture then. That\'s ok Dave I don\'t like lectures either and hate being told what to do. Seems like poetry is the only place I can (freely?) express myself. Fun read Dave
June 22nd, 2025 19:42
sorenbarrett said:
Damn no lecture then. That\'s ok Dave I don\'t like lectures either and hate being told what to do. Seems like poetry is the only place I can (freely?) express myself. Fun read Dave
June 22nd, 2025 19:42
Baby Baby…
arqios said:
Some people really want kids and go through expensive treatments to have them. But the poet voice wonders why is having children treated as life’s biggest goal? There’s so much more to life than just reproducing. They point out that many people keep having kids, even during hard times, without thinking twice. But the poetic voice isn’t judging everyone; just asking people who can choose to think twice. If having kids doesn’t come naturally, maybe that’s okay. Maybe it’s something to accept, not “fix.” In a crowded world, we might need less pressure to have more people. Maybe it’s more about money and pressure than true need.
June 20th, 2025 17:44
arqios said:
Some people really want kids and go through expensive treatments to have them. But the poet voice wonders why is having children treated as life’s biggest goal? There’s so much more to life than just reproducing. They point out that many people keep having kids, even during hard times, without thinking twice. But the poetic voice isn’t judging everyone; just asking people who can choose to think twice. If having kids doesn’t come naturally, maybe that’s okay. Maybe it’s something to accept, not “fix.” In a crowded world, we might need less pressure to have more people. Maybe it’s more about money and pressure than true need.
June 20th, 2025 17:44
Baby Baby…
Tristan Robert Lange said:
There are really good reasons to have children and really bad reasons. Doing so because one feels they have to or that their lives are a waste if they don\'t, are really bad reasons. So is doing so because one billionaire, or all of them, tell you to...or because some religious leader tells you to. Bad reasons. You are spot on, my friend. A must fave for the truth alone! 👏🌹
June 20th, 2025 13:17
Tristan Robert Lange said:
There are really good reasons to have children and really bad reasons. Doing so because one feels they have to or that their lives are a waste if they don\'t, are really bad reasons. So is doing so because one billionaire, or all of them, tell you to...or because some religious leader tells you to. Bad reasons. You are spot on, my friend. A must fave for the truth alone! 👏🌹
June 20th, 2025 13:17
Baby Baby…
Poetic Licence said:
There is no need for any form of IVF, there are more than enough children or babies out there to be fostered or adopted and in need of a loving home , a very interesting and no doubt thought provoking write, enjoyed the read
June 20th, 2025 07:08
Poetic Licence said:
There is no need for any form of IVF, there are more than enough children or babies out there to be fostered or adopted and in need of a loving home , a very interesting and no doubt thought provoking write, enjoyed the read
June 20th, 2025 07:08
Baby Baby…
sorenbarrett said:
Tend to agree Dave too many people. But then that gets down to which ones are the too many? Don\'t want to leave that up to any world leader. It seems that the poorest are the ones with the most and maybe that is mother nature telling us that we are a dead end on the evolutionary tree. Man\'s attempt at IVF is another attempt at fighting mother nature and we all know how that fight works out. My money is on mother nature. Good write my friend
June 20th, 2025 04:12
sorenbarrett said:
Tend to agree Dave too many people. But then that gets down to which ones are the too many? Don\'t want to leave that up to any world leader. It seems that the poorest are the ones with the most and maybe that is mother nature telling us that we are a dead end on the evolutionary tree. Man\'s attempt at IVF is another attempt at fighting mother nature and we all know how that fight works out. My money is on mother nature. Good write my friend
June 20th, 2025 04:12
Baby Baby…
Goldfinch60 said:
I can understand it for a couple who struggle to have children but to just do it because you can is shameful. Fine words Dave.
Andy
June 20th, 2025 01:55
Goldfinch60 said:
I can understand it for a couple who struggle to have children but to just do it because you can is shameful. Fine words Dave.
Andy
June 20th, 2025 01:55
Baby Baby…
Doggerel Dave said:
Come on - depletion of resources, the environment, climate change, overpopulation.... anyway, let all that lie. Great of you to be so prompt in support, Missy.
Yeh - thanks for reminding me of surrogacy. The issues which prompted this were as far as I can tell, fertilized eggs being popped into the wrong mother....I see an element of creepiness in the whole damn thing too.
Thanks once more for the support.
June 19th, 2025 23:55
Doggerel Dave said:
Come on - depletion of resources, the environment, climate change, overpopulation.... anyway, let all that lie. Great of you to be so prompt in support, Missy.
Yeh - thanks for reminding me of surrogacy. The issues which prompted this were as far as I can tell, fertilized eggs being popped into the wrong mother....I see an element of creepiness in the whole damn thing too.
Thanks once more for the support.
June 19th, 2025 23:55
Baby Baby…
Cheeky Missy said:
You, and some other charming fellows I know and dearly love--what\'s with your claim the world is \"overpopulated\"?! Come again?! Not like I\'m guilty anywho. Yes, surrogacy is the trendiest thing on the marriage scene, seems. But, dang! I can still remember the court battles over \"Baby--\" whose birth mother claimed him for herself despite being only the surrogate. I begin to think the issue is not so much more or less people, but something far more creepy. Beautifully rendered diatribe, complete with excellent imagery and a weirdly haunting poignancy. Thank you for sharing.
June 19th, 2025 23:14
Cheeky Missy said:
You, and some other charming fellows I know and dearly love--what\'s with your claim the world is \"overpopulated\"?! Come again?! Not like I\'m guilty anywho. Yes, surrogacy is the trendiest thing on the marriage scene, seems. But, dang! I can still remember the court battles over \"Baby--\" whose birth mother claimed him for herself despite being only the surrogate. I begin to think the issue is not so much more or less people, but something far more creepy. Beautifully rendered diatribe, complete with excellent imagery and a weirdly haunting poignancy. Thank you for sharing.
June 19th, 2025 23:14
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