Comments received on poems by Michael Edwards
LATE JULY
P.H.Rose said:
This poem Michael
Actually put me inside
I walked the fields and
Could actually smell
All around....
Well done sir....
July 30th, 2017 17:59
P.H.Rose said:
This poem Michael
Actually put me inside
I walked the fields and
Could actually smell
All around....
Well done sir....
July 30th, 2017 17:59
LATE JULY
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
Thanks MICHAEL for another fine blend of Voice & Vision. I both saw and felt the scene you described and how blessed to have a GRANDSON ! Your \"free verse septet\" has so much rhythm that it rhymes ~ Yours BRIAN
July 30th, 2017 10:13
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
Thanks MICHAEL for another fine blend of Voice & Vision. I both saw and felt the scene you described and how blessed to have a GRANDSON ! Your \"free verse septet\" has so much rhythm that it rhymes ~ Yours BRIAN
July 30th, 2017 10:13
LATE JULY
Fay Slimm. said:
Your brush and pen fill both pictures with July\'s great bounty. A lovely read Michael.
July 30th, 2017 04:11
Fay Slimm. said:
Your brush and pen fill both pictures with July\'s great bounty. A lovely read Michael.
July 30th, 2017 04:11
LATE JULY
Goldfinch60 said:
Beautiful write, obviously in your mind your grandson made it a sunny day.
July 30th, 2017 02:23
Goldfinch60 said:
Beautiful write, obviously in your mind your grandson made it a sunny day.
July 30th, 2017 02:23
LATE JULY
orchidee said:
A fine write and pic M. Me own version goes: \'And fleecy dark thunder-shadows fall, And then we all got soaked\'! heehee.
July 30th, 2017 01:19
orchidee said:
A fine write and pic M. Me own version goes: \'And fleecy dark thunder-shadows fall, And then we all got soaked\'! heehee.
July 30th, 2017 01:19
LATE JULY
Michael Edwards said:
You were quick Fred - just added a few words which you might ave missed - thanks so much for your comment.
July 30th, 2017 00:05
Michael Edwards said:
You were quick Fred - just added a few words which you might ave missed - thanks so much for your comment.
July 30th, 2017 00:05
LATE JULY
FredPeyer said:
Michael you created a beautiful July scene here. Such a pleasure to read.
Mahalo
July 30th, 2017 00:03
FredPeyer said:
Michael you created a beautiful July scene here. Such a pleasure to read.
Mahalo
July 30th, 2017 00:03
SUMMER BEDDING IS NOT AN OPTION
P.H.Rose said:
Fantastic sir !!!!!!!
Just bloody fantastic....
July 29th, 2017 14:38
P.H.Rose said:
Fantastic sir !!!!!!!
Just bloody fantastic....
July 29th, 2017 14:38
SUMMER BEDDING IS NOT AN OPTION
FredPeyer said:
Michael, this must be one of your greatest poems! Reminded me of the Clean Water Act, or any other Govt. regulation (you can take your own pick) that has to be read about five times just to understand the basics.
Yes, I do like it, yes, I am smiling, even chuckled at the terminal tomatoes.
July 29th, 2017 11:13
FredPeyer said:
Michael, this must be one of your greatest poems! Reminded me of the Clean Water Act, or any other Govt. regulation (you can take your own pick) that has to be read about five times just to understand the basics.
Yes, I do like it, yes, I am smiling, even chuckled at the terminal tomatoes.
July 29th, 2017 11:13
SUMMER BEDDING IS NOT AN OPTION
Louis Gibbs said:
Couldn\'t wrap my brain around your poem, but get your point quite well. I concur ... a poem with verbiage beyond comprehension is a waste of effort on the part of both writer and reader. Thanks for the post, Michael.
July 29th, 2017 07:34
Louis Gibbs said:
Couldn\'t wrap my brain around your poem, but get your point quite well. I concur ... a poem with verbiage beyond comprehension is a waste of effort on the part of both writer and reader. Thanks for the post, Michael.
July 29th, 2017 07:34
SUMMER BEDDING IS NOT AN OPTION
Fay Slimm. said:
This read would make any mouth water my friend - ha - provided they understand all it implies. Loved this fun-write.
July 29th, 2017 05:33
Fay Slimm. said:
This read would make any mouth water my friend - ha - provided they understand all it implies. Loved this fun-write.
July 29th, 2017 05:33
SUMMER BEDDING IS NOT AN OPTION
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
Ohhhhhhhhhhh MICHAEL ~ You are my bestest friend ~ I thought I was the only one penning ODES in Scientific Gobbledegook but you have made my best efforts look like Comic Book Crap ! As with all ZEITGEIST you have left the subject of your excellent poem until the last DOUBLET & HOSE. This is a Problem we have long tackled in my Food Science Laboratory at College. Both a FULL ENGLISH and a CLASSIC MULTI GRAIN BAP are of a predetermined size therefore the obvious solution (To the non~Food Scientist) would be 1. Make the Breakfast smaller or 2. Make the Bap bigger. BUT ~ The laws of Food Science and the EEC ruling 0473267A (Baps & Breakfasts) permit neither of these bleedin\' obvious solutions !. I presented this problem to Harriet Hobnob ~ one of my PhD students ~ and her brilliant solution (after three years hard labour) was STACKING ! She now has a prestigous job (£7 per hour) in McDonald\'s. The reason it took 3 years was first the concept to go VERTICAL (instead of horizontal as on a plate) to accommodate the smaller diameter of the BAP and secondly (and this was the tricky bit !) the order of the deconstructed FULL ENGLISH in the stack and thirdly the stability of the stack from KITCHEN to TABLE. McDonald\'s ~ Burger King ~ KFC ~ Wendy\'s etc have all TRIED & FAILED ! There can be NO COMPROMISE ! The Full English must contain BACON ~ EGG POACHED ~ MUSHROOMS ~ TOMATOES ~ SAUSAGE (suitably shaped for this experiment) and BAKED BEANS \'(and NO HASH BROWNS !). The final order was Toasted Bap ~ Circle of Sausage ~ Egg (cooked to size) ~ Large circular Mushroom ~ Beans (inside mushroom) ~ Large circular slice of Tomato ~ Bacon cut to size ! ~ Toasted Bap The American way would be to \"hard poach\" the Egg and stick a skewer through the lot and serve ! BUT an English poached egg has to be runny (watch FOUR IN A BED) ! So to prevent \"The Collapsing Tower of Full English\" Harriet designed the Rigid Plastic Sleeve (She has received an Edible Nobel Prize for this) which encompassed the stack (and kept it upright) once it was stacked ~ Envisage this and APPLAUD ! Mission accomplished (you can do anything in a LABORATORY !) a FULL ENGLISH (Stable to the Table) on a standard MULTIGRAIN BAP ! BUT (and this is where Harriet earned her PhD & Nobel Prize) HOW DO YOU EAT IT ? Harriet\'s solution was to present the PLASTIC CONTAINED STACK on a HOT PLATE (OMG I\'m reeling with amazement now) with a METAL Knife & Fork condiments and sauces and instructions ! Reconstruct FULL ENGLISH onto plate (see diagram) season to taste and eat with knife & fork like a Gentleman or Lady. NB This is not available at McDonald\'s etc but at WILL an\' KATES DINER in Covent Garden ~ London ~ UK ! Stephen Hawkins has hailed it as the greatest Scientific Achievement of the 21st C ! ~ DOCTOR JOHN !
July 29th, 2017 04:05
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
Ohhhhhhhhhhh MICHAEL ~ You are my bestest friend ~ I thought I was the only one penning ODES in Scientific Gobbledegook but you have made my best efforts look like Comic Book Crap ! As with all ZEITGEIST you have left the subject of your excellent poem until the last DOUBLET & HOSE. This is a Problem we have long tackled in my Food Science Laboratory at College. Both a FULL ENGLISH and a CLASSIC MULTI GRAIN BAP are of a predetermined size therefore the obvious solution (To the non~Food Scientist) would be 1. Make the Breakfast smaller or 2. Make the Bap bigger. BUT ~ The laws of Food Science and the EEC ruling 0473267A (Baps & Breakfasts) permit neither of these bleedin\' obvious solutions !. I presented this problem to Harriet Hobnob ~ one of my PhD students ~ and her brilliant solution (after three years hard labour) was STACKING ! She now has a prestigous job (£7 per hour) in McDonald\'s. The reason it took 3 years was first the concept to go VERTICAL (instead of horizontal as on a plate) to accommodate the smaller diameter of the BAP and secondly (and this was the tricky bit !) the order of the deconstructed FULL ENGLISH in the stack and thirdly the stability of the stack from KITCHEN to TABLE. McDonald\'s ~ Burger King ~ KFC ~ Wendy\'s etc have all TRIED & FAILED ! There can be NO COMPROMISE ! The Full English must contain BACON ~ EGG POACHED ~ MUSHROOMS ~ TOMATOES ~ SAUSAGE (suitably shaped for this experiment) and BAKED BEANS \'(and NO HASH BROWNS !). The final order was Toasted Bap ~ Circle of Sausage ~ Egg (cooked to size) ~ Large circular Mushroom ~ Beans (inside mushroom) ~ Large circular slice of Tomato ~ Bacon cut to size ! ~ Toasted Bap The American way would be to \"hard poach\" the Egg and stick a skewer through the lot and serve ! BUT an English poached egg has to be runny (watch FOUR IN A BED) ! So to prevent \"The Collapsing Tower of Full English\" Harriet designed the Rigid Plastic Sleeve (She has received an Edible Nobel Prize for this) which encompassed the stack (and kept it upright) once it was stacked ~ Envisage this and APPLAUD ! Mission accomplished (you can do anything in a LABORATORY !) a FULL ENGLISH (Stable to the Table) on a standard MULTIGRAIN BAP ! BUT (and this is where Harriet earned her PhD & Nobel Prize) HOW DO YOU EAT IT ? Harriet\'s solution was to present the PLASTIC CONTAINED STACK on a HOT PLATE (OMG I\'m reeling with amazement now) with a METAL Knife & Fork condiments and sauces and instructions ! Reconstruct FULL ENGLISH onto plate (see diagram) season to taste and eat with knife & fork like a Gentleman or Lady. NB This is not available at McDonald\'s etc but at WILL an\' KATES DINER in Covent Garden ~ London ~ UK ! Stephen Hawkins has hailed it as the greatest Scientific Achievement of the 21st C ! ~ DOCTOR JOHN !
July 29th, 2017 04:05
SUMMER BEDDING IS NOT AN OPTION
orchidee said:
And yet in my hymn-poems, I may use \'spiritual\' or \'religious\' words of necessity, hopefully not with the aim of making it all complicated though. It may not always be the words themselves, but the ideas, concepts, symbols, metaphors, etc, that the Biblical language uses, that may be complicated at times. If I paraphrase it too much, it comes across as \'trashy\' I feel.
July 29th, 2017 01:46
orchidee said:
And yet in my hymn-poems, I may use \'spiritual\' or \'religious\' words of necessity, hopefully not with the aim of making it all complicated though. It may not always be the words themselves, but the ideas, concepts, symbols, metaphors, etc, that the Biblical language uses, that may be complicated at times. If I paraphrase it too much, it comes across as \'trashy\' I feel.
July 29th, 2017 01:46
SUMMER BEDDING IS NOT AN OPTION
orchidee said:
Yep, I understand this completely! Mind you, I\'ve just had a sherry or three! But know what you mean, e.g. you seen those waste management operatives this week = dustmen?
July 29th, 2017 01:41
orchidee said:
Yep, I understand this completely! Mind you, I\'ve just had a sherry or three! But know what you mean, e.g. you seen those waste management operatives this week = dustmen?
July 29th, 2017 01:41
SUMMER BEDDING IS NOT AN OPTION
Goldfinch60 said:
Clever fun write, I shall run it up the flagpole and see if it gathers speed.
July 29th, 2017 01:18
Goldfinch60 said:
Clever fun write, I shall run it up the flagpole and see if it gathers speed.
July 29th, 2017 01:18
SUMMER BEDDING IS NOT AN OPTION
Heather T said:
I definitely smiled, but this mostly made me hungry. And I had a late dinner of breakfast foods.😋
July 29th, 2017 00:17
Heather T said:
I definitely smiled, but this mostly made me hungry. And I had a late dinner of breakfast foods.😋
July 29th, 2017 00:17
SUMMER BEDDING IS NOT AN OPTION
Tristan Robert Lange said:
A smile it, indeed, stretched across my face like a highway through the endless wilderness. In all seriousness, great satirical write. At the end of it, I was left pondering, \"What?\" Then I read your explanation and it did, indeed, bring a smile to my face. Enjoyed it much!
July 29th, 2017 00:15
Tristan Robert Lange said:
A smile it, indeed, stretched across my face like a highway through the endless wilderness. In all seriousness, great satirical write. At the end of it, I was left pondering, \"What?\" Then I read your explanation and it did, indeed, bring a smile to my face. Enjoyed it much!
July 29th, 2017 00:15
AND WAVES WILL ALWAYS ROLL
FredPeyer said:
Love your poem Michael. I sometimes sit at the beach and just watch the waves. The mesmerizing and soothingly repetitive motion together with the vastness of the ocean usually makes me feel small and unimportant, yet contemplative of nature\'s beauty.
July 28th, 2017 13:08
FredPeyer said:
Love your poem Michael. I sometimes sit at the beach and just watch the waves. The mesmerizing and soothingly repetitive motion together with the vastness of the ocean usually makes me feel small and unimportant, yet contemplative of nature\'s beauty.
July 28th, 2017 13:08
AND WAVES WILL ALWAYS ROLL
Louis Gibbs said:
The mortality of man against the backdrop of nature\'s immortality ... a fine write and equally fine painting, Michael!
July 28th, 2017 08:13
Louis Gibbs said:
The mortality of man against the backdrop of nature\'s immortality ... a fine write and equally fine painting, Michael!
July 28th, 2017 08:13
AND WAVES WILL ALWAYS ROLL
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
ROLL JORDAN ROLL ~ ROLL JORDAN ROLL ! I love waves in rivers ~ lakes ~ oceans ! I am only 10 miles from the sea ~ so each week I get a chance to enjoy the WAVES breaking on the shore ~ AMEN. Love the Painting & the Poem ~ Please check my TAPESTRY ~ Thanks BRIAN
July 28th, 2017 04:32
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
ROLL JORDAN ROLL ~ ROLL JORDAN ROLL ! I love waves in rivers ~ lakes ~ oceans ! I am only 10 miles from the sea ~ so each week I get a chance to enjoy the WAVES breaking on the shore ~ AMEN. Love the Painting & the Poem ~ Please check my TAPESTRY ~ Thanks BRIAN
July 28th, 2017 04:32
AND WAVES WILL ALWAYS ROLL
Fay Slimm. said:
A wonderful roll to this salty read Michael - another super write along with your watercolour seascape.
July 28th, 2017 03:23
Fay Slimm. said:
A wonderful roll to this salty read Michael - another super write along with your watercolour seascape.
July 28th, 2017 03:23
AND WAVES WILL ALWAYS ROLL
Goldfinch60 said:
Good write and wonderful painting.
July 28th, 2017 01:08
Goldfinch60 said:
Good write and wonderful painting.
July 28th, 2017 01:08
A FEW BITS AND PIECES
malubotelho said:
Good laugh to pic me up this morning. Cute drawings Michael.
July 27th, 2017 07:56
malubotelho said:
Good laugh to pic me up this morning. Cute drawings Michael.
July 27th, 2017 07:56
A FEW BITS AND PIECES
Louis Gibbs said:
I\'m a little slow this morning. Read at first as a single poem it felt di-jointed ... looked in vain for a common thread. Then I took another swig of coffee and saw three neat shorties. Thanks for helping me wake up with a chuckle, Michael!
July 27th, 2017 07:16
Louis Gibbs said:
I\'m a little slow this morning. Read at first as a single poem it felt di-jointed ... looked in vain for a common thread. Then I took another swig of coffee and saw three neat shorties. Thanks for helping me wake up with a chuckle, Michael!
July 27th, 2017 07:16
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