Comments received on poems by Doggerel Dave



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
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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Nancy Rdz LL said:

Hey great poem keep sharing your thoughts and all in your heart 🤗

January 30th, 2021 09:48

Kitchen Hand
dusk arising said:

My gagging reflex barely allowed me to read this piece.
It stinks - in the nicest possible way.

January 30th, 2021 07:00

MIDNIGHT TRILOGY (2) Around Midnight.
Fay Slimm. said:

Ah - am still experiencing the chill you describe well in this part of your trilogy Dave - a visit you will never forget methinks to that small northern town and told so realistically I was almost there - that cell could tell some tales I bet but yours would be hardly believed - - an amazing memory compellingly rhymed.

January 24th, 2021 03:31

MIDNIGHT TRILOGY (3) About Midnight.
Fay Slimm. said:

Wow - what a well written tale of your experience of nightlife in London - - I logged onto the same poetic description of you taking custody of your wandering eyes Dave - an engaging read and am so glad I caught your impressively rhymed story of back-along.

January 24th, 2021 03:20

MIDNIGHT TRILOGY (3) About Midnight.
Goldfinch60 said:

Those times of the sixties were so wonderful, I was there and yes I remember them dancing the night away in my new suit with the collarless jacket aka The Beatles. Wonderful memories that can be brought back with a song.

Andy

January 24th, 2021 02:03

MIDNIGHT TRILOGY (3) About Midnight.
dusk arising said:

\"And I attempt custody of my eyes\" - what an excellent line! - out on stalks i imagine.
A good read, we all have interesting past lives it appears. Did you know Orchi and his dog were archers at the battle of Hastings where a wounded King Harold taught him to sing. Kept an eye on him.
So why did yer emigrate? It was a bit late for those prison ships.

January 23rd, 2021 22:03

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Fay Slimm. said:

Love the wit behind every line in this tribute to doggies in windows who have such discriminating habits -- keep that ink flowing my friend.

January 20th, 2021 09:05

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Neville said:


I imagine there is more to this than meets the eye ...

it made me think long and hard and chuckle intermittently whilst also choking on my mid morning croissant ...

January 20th, 2021 08:55

Three Palms
Neville said:


I am waiting for my own sale to go through ... but felt obliged to leave all views as they were when the place was originally built in circa 1600 albeit some of the old oaks are much bigger now ...


January 19th, 2021 06:42

MIDNIGHT TRILOGY (2) Around Midnight.
Neville said:



.............. You tell a mean tale DD

January 17th, 2021 07:11

MIDNIGHT TRILOGY (2) Around Midnight.
Goldfinch60 said:

Good story Dave which shows that there were (and are) good people around us.

Andy

January 17th, 2021 01:28

MIDNIGHT TRILOGY (2) Around Midnight.
dusk arising said:

EE BAH GUM lad, luxury.... tha got to spend a neet in\'t cells an ya never got beat up fost... luxury.

Thems breeds us \'ard in\'t north lad.

January 16th, 2021 17:25



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