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L. B. Mek said:

\'colour(ed)\' as a stand alone word is not offensive my sharp witted friend, but let us tiptoe the blurred lines of humour with one eye on \'context\',
\'pronouns\' are symbolic of choice verbiage, important as a gauge of progression for those who feel maligned and marginalised within our society,
Racism fuelling omission by skin \'colour\' - is an integral subject that underlines \'the inhumane\' within our collective history\'s,
but \'colour\' in context to those who were subjected to 400 years of slavery is a subject - I urge, be handled with a little consideration to the innately inflammatory reactions it will inevitably \'resurface\', seeing how this Summer\'s outcry\'s of popularised injustice\'s have barely been stifled,
unless that is the sole point of making that \'innocent quip\' - to begin with...
ah life - let us ever laugh and welcome the cocoon of selective ignorance, so we can at least brew our beloved cup of foreign Tea in some semblance of peace, lol

December 1st, 2020 06:50

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orchidee said:

It\'s naughty to say \'coloured\' people, I heard. We must say \'black people\'.
Ask Ana Lyse to look at your poem and pic, and suggest a classification!

December 1st, 2020 03:06

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RDS said:

Haha lovely. Remaining unclassified I can only surmise you\'re drawn in two ways between something sociopolitical or humour. Great short hit.
J

December 1st, 2020 00:57

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L. B. Mek said:

*Michael, your write triggered me - again, so I ended up on another tirade and messed-up your page, please delete comment if you want, very sorry*
just wish I was back in school doing those darned word count essays, imagine the amount of words counted-out covering all your socially aware PC bases,
pfftttt I would laugh in the face of 500 words, probably fill that up by trying to please everyone at the start:
\'to those who recognise themselves as a he or she or other or other\'s, or better yet: literately capable existence or entity or other, or other\'s, let me start or begin or commence, what I would like or hope (non faith based optimism perspective), or wish (non fairy tale approval POV)...\' lmao!
as satirically witty as ever Michael, keep em coming sharp, respectful but unashamedly confrontational to those who refuse to engage in open debate:
lets talk it all out and make the whole world a social sponge for our individual frailty\'s, we can have prime minister\'s question time in football stadiums and let the democratically voted wisdom of Boris soothe all our fears and nurture our every need,
I mean who cares about suicide rates, disgraceful treatment of our elderly and Vets, social networking\'s parasites - bullying our kids or worse grooming them for who knows what,
capitalism\'s drug victims (that\'s the pushers and addicts and jails/motels, of that highly profitable multi billion dollar trade mind you)...
that\'s right it\'s 2020 a whole year mismanaged into oblivion - so let\'s feel empowered by assuming changing pronouns will hit a switch of inclusivity and we can raise even more money for those \'charity\' activist\'s, making \'all the difference to our everyday lives\'...
what\'s that? 20% of USA university students living under poverty line conditions? UK food bank charities calculate additional 673\'000 people falling into destitution by end of 2020 and the rest of the world?...
yup, let\'s debate the important shit all fck\'ng day long!

November 30th, 2020 05:28

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Fay Slimm. said:

I laughed out loud at some of these hilarious alterations dear Michael - - I hope to hire a personal personservant when I become rich........... ha ha

November 29th, 2020 08:41

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orchidee said:

What to do for my poems, mentioning \'man\'. I often adjust it to \'mankind\', to include women. Now it will have to be \'personkind\'. That mucks up the syllables, I expect! Will Miss Berles allow it?
And what about \'thee\' and \'ye\' and \'thou\'? A cue for another poem?

November 29th, 2020 05:37

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Doggerel Dave said:

Is it not possible, Michael, that conceivably you may perhaps have gone very slightly over the top with respect to the political correctness debate?
Entertainment of the first degree though and puss upstairs will remain with me for a very long time.as will all of your imagery.
Regards Dave
PS: Ain\'t grey over here - it\'s hot as the hobs of hell!!

November 29th, 2020 04:35

HARD CHEESE
Neville said:


Oh\' you silly pickle, this is grate mate .. ya just made me salivate ...

..................very tasty indeed, pardon:)



November 27th, 2020 00:54

HARD CHEESE
Goddess of the Mist said:

Mmmm, yummy. Cheese.

November 26th, 2020 17:41

HARD CHEESE
L. B. Mek said:

Michael this theme is getting a bit cheesy, or maybe that\'s just me and my incessant need for ever-witty commentary, lol
(forgive me, I was dropped one too many times as a child)

November 26th, 2020 05:00

HARD CHEESE
orchidee said:

Oh lol, good write and pic M. You seen that Cheshire cat yet? Will it grin?!

November 26th, 2020 02:39

MISS SYLLA BERLES
L. B. Mek said:

well I bow to the mastery that is Dusk Arising\'s comment above,
but for my two cents I\'ll just add that one way to bypass Miss Berles restrictions is to utilise the mind-numbingly endless brilliance that is repetition - of a verse or a word, it matters little, the result is what counts-out - the smooth rhythms in classic\'s majesty: like our beloved Tyger\'s and late night Raven\'s with nothing more than a landing cushion of nevermore\'s...
alternatively, just sing out your miscounted syllables with the warmth of Cilla\'s accent and we\'ll all have a \'lorra lorra laughs\',
good write Michael thanks for inspiring my little scribble

November 24th, 2020 04:40

MISS SYLLA BERLES
ANGELA & BRIAN said:

Good Evening Uncle Mike ~ Brian here ! Love the Symmetry of the VISUAL ~ very Poetic ! Anybody can Rhyme but METER (syllable count) is a Black Art and is conspicuous by its absence in much Poetry posted on MPS. Angela & I DO TRY to post Poems that scan & are recitable ~ because we are Performance Poets. Some MPS poets do request assistance in making their Poems scan. I was taught that - for recitability - a Poem should scan. WE learned the hard way by Performing Shakespeare & G and S etc etc. All Performance Poets - Burns - Betjeman - Pam Ayres - Benjamin Zephaniah etc etc compose Poetry that does SCAN !
There are three factors in composing a Poem ~ Stuart Structure - Ronny Rhyme & Silla Berles ~ These three but the greatest of these is SILLA ~ AMEN !

Blessings & Prayers to You & Jeanne
Love Angela Brian & Smokey 💛💛💛

November 23rd, 2020 15:02

MISS SYLLA BERLES
Fay Slimm. said:

Ha ha - - loved both the verse and the reference to misgivings when syllables go all haywire in writers\' hands - -- a smile well earned with this clever ditty dear Michael and D.A.\'s response mad me giggle too.

November 23rd, 2020 04:57

MISS SYLLA BERLES
Michael Edwards said:

So, poets, now you know. You must treat her with utmost respect at all times.

November 23rd, 2020 03:43