Comments received on poems by Doggerel Dave



The Antipodean Adventures of Jack the Lad.
FredPeyer said:

Great read Dave, you should turn it into a novel and get published!!!

March 5th, 2021 23:22

Ooh Nina....
FredPeyer said:

I gotta say\" Ooh Dave....
No matter how long it took you, this is a good one!

March 1st, 2021 16:03

Ooh Nina....
Goldfinch60 said:

Very fine jazz singer Dave but I certainly wouldn\'t go near that fire and brimstone within her.

Andy

March 1st, 2021 05:14

Home Sweet Home
Neville said:


these tales/disclosures of yours are worth their weight ... you should seriously try to do more with them than just pin them to a page here ...

or maybe you do .. or maybe that\'s not your cup of tea ....

February 27th, 2021 07:51

Home Sweet Home
FredPeyer said:

I truly enjoyed your poem Dave. And I think his final resting place is a good one. At least you have somebody to talk to instead of sitting there all alone.

February 25th, 2021 13:45

Home Sweet Home
Doggerel Dave said:

Thanks Andy. He was a symbol and souvenir of my time at that place which, as in the majority of my life experiences, taught me many things.
He\'s certainly a weird but decorative addition to the mostly functional nature of my WC.

February 25th, 2021 06:04

Home Sweet Home
Goldfinch60 said:

Some things that seem odd become so important in our lives as Wilfred has for you.

Andy

February 25th, 2021 01:23

“Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho it’s Off to Work We Go…”
Merissa said:

I liked this and often this is the case. People in charge only care about money.

February 24th, 2021 10:06

Life Changed Forever
Neville said:



lost for choice ... dont it just make ya sick eh .......... whatever way one looks at it .. there are bound to be risks along the way .....

the bold font added weight to the kidney punch delivered .... enjoyed sir ...


February 24th, 2021 01:15

Life Changed Forever
Doggerel Dave said:

Finally,I\'d just like to add that the inclusion of \'“The Road Not Taken” should not be interpreted as in any way a denigration of that poem, which, together with Robert Frost, I admire very much.

February 21st, 2021 23:49

Peter’s Complaint
AwHec8 said:

Good God in His Kingdom, I just had a flashback to 2 different stories of People that sadly are gone now. Both lost to the needle. 1 when I was in the emergency room as I was getting breathing treatment myself and the guy was in the bed next to mine he died that night (doctor came in and asked him how did he want to die as sepsis from a broken needle had turned half his body dark black & blue). 1 was my little brother who tried on his last night in hospital to call me but didn\'t get through. Both men big strapping muscular fellows at 1 time yet shrunken shells of men at the time of death. Both taken way too soon. And I am crying. Don
This story was as Graphic as real life. Period.

February 21st, 2021 11:06

Kitchen Hand
Doggerel Dave said:

Cheers Munro. I\'d never have guessed irony was one of your talents.

February 19th, 2021 06:32

Life Changed Forever
Goldfinch60 said:

Great cliches Dave but \"Life Changed Forever\" may be true and we are fed up with hearing it but life changes forever every day as there are always new things that come into it and without them we would not move forward in our lives.
Good inspiring words Dave.

Andy

February 19th, 2021 01:28

Life Changed Forever
FredPeyer said:

Very much appreciate this poem, Dave. Our lives are full of cliches and myths.

February 18th, 2021 20:39

Life Changed Forever
orchidee said:

What I want to know is, if one has not taken the road, how can one write a book about it? How does the author know?! lol.
I didn\'t walk the long road. I took a No.7 bus!.

February 18th, 2021 06:37

Life Changed Forever
Doggerel Dave said:

Thanks Fay - had to dispose of the irritation somehow, and although it hasn\'t disappeared completely, it\'s considerably reduced....

February 18th, 2021 06:17

Life Changed Forever
Fay Slimm. said:

Your arrangement of clichés coudl not be bettered Dave - great write and a smile at the end of the read is just what I was needing today.

February 18th, 2021 05:56

Peter’s Complaint
Neville said:


a darn good tale sir ... and you took me back to 1977/8 to the time I first started prescribing methadone as an opiate replacement ....


February 16th, 2021 10:55

Peter’s Complaint
🐤s.zaynab.kamoonpuri🌷🐦😽 said:

A sensational extraordinary story you relate, very interesting, jawdropping the part of the expensive camera and pretend crime scene gahh. Kudos for your narrative powers.

Plz do read and comment my newest poem too.

February 15th, 2021 14:28

Peter’s Complaint
Syd said:

Hi Dave,

I really enjoyed this piece. Especially this part \"Three or four visits by the ambulance in the last few months wasted all my efforts. Some sharing caring cunt has called them – should have left me.\" - Great stuff.

I love the gnarly details to this story which makes it so real.

- Syd

February 14th, 2021 06:15

Peter’s Complaint
orchidee said:

If it was not such a serious subject - he would just be having bad-hair day!

February 12th, 2021 03:03

Peter’s Complaint
FredPeyer said:

Great short story, Dave! I am not familiar with the drug scene, but your writing kept me on my toes. Can\'t wait to read more shorties from you!

February 11th, 2021 19:45

Peter’s Complaint
Doggerel Dave said:

Rubbedy - Rhyming slang: Rub a dub dub = pub.
I deny I suggested ginseng. We spoke of the ‘done – methadone, maintenance medication taken orally.. Pete wouldn’t consider it. Stated it was an artificial chemical. What he thought his last hit was cut with I have no idea – organically grown green tea leaves perhaps?
Didn’t work for the Post Office – A clerk for British Telecom actually (but let’s not quibble.)
Ambulance administered Narcan which counters the effects of the smack.
I understand, on good authority, it was quite possible to maintain a habit and lead a functional life – some however couldn’t…

Didn’t do it; did head to the rubbedy. How did I tell him? You be the judge.


February 11th, 2021 18:54

All\'s Going Well
orchidee said:

I\'ve not seen a proper comedy show since, ooh, about 1978!
On telly they say \'New comedy show coming soon\', and show a traiIer. I say \'Where is the comedy?\' Laugh? I never even started!
Stand-up comedians are the worst.

February 6th, 2021 02:59

All\'s Going Well
Goldfinch60 said:

It is amazing what things we see tickle our sense of humour.

Andy

February 6th, 2021 01:45

All\'s Going Well
dusk arising said:

Shakespear was performed as a comedy in its day. There\'s still a lot of good fun stuff from yesteryear on film and very enjoyable. But stuff like ted ray, arthur haynes, harry worth, charlie drake and morecombe and wise just don\'t work as funny anymore.

Times move on. Theres a UK tv channel shows old movies and i\'ve tried watching 40\'s comedy but its banal. To a certain extent, a lot of comedy styles have an expiry date it seems.

February 5th, 2021 19:44

All\'s Going Well
FredPeyer said:

Fun to listen to and even more fun to read your poem!

February 5th, 2021 19:11

Kitchen Hand
Fay Slimm. said:

I remember those times well when my Gran was teaching me how to draw and clean birds - you poemed your fast canter and the result so vividly Dave - - - sympathy amid my smile after reading your backalong kitchen experience..

February 1st, 2021 05:36

Kitchen Hand
Neville said:



..............to put it mildly, that\'s fowl sir ...

February 1st, 2021 05:27

Kitchen Hand
FredPeyer said:

Dave, when you gotta go you gotta go! Very much enjoyed this short story. I promise, I will never read again while sitting on the throne!

January 30th, 2021 12:09



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