Comments received on poems by Goldfinch60
Life of Cheer?
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
THANKS UNCLE ANDY ~ For brihtening our Christmas Morning (its now Noon !) with an excellent Jazz Trio playing a lovely & lively Tune. You always surprise us Musically ~ even on Christmas day ! Love the sentiment of your Poem and we hope & pray your wish will be answered ! However the reality is that the GAP between the HAVES & HAVE nots widens every day ! There will be many @ this Christmastime who will spend more on Alcohol than a Family in LETHOSO have to feed themselves for a WHOLE YEAR ! JESUS said *The Poor you will always have with YOU* and he was right ! The SALVATION ARMY Worldwide will feed many Lonely & Needy today *Many Thousands Wordlwide - AMEN !* It is one branch of the Christian Church ~ Angela & I support financially the Year round because they actually practice what JESUS Preached !
Blessings & Peace @ this Christmas Time
To You and Your Beloved JOYCE & Family
Love & Prayers as always ~ BRIAN & ANGELA
🧡💚🧡💚🧡💚🧡
December 25th, 2019 07:26
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
THANKS UNCLE ANDY ~ For brihtening our Christmas Morning (its now Noon !) with an excellent Jazz Trio playing a lovely & lively Tune. You always surprise us Musically ~ even on Christmas day ! Love the sentiment of your Poem and we hope & pray your wish will be answered ! However the reality is that the GAP between the HAVES & HAVE nots widens every day ! There will be many @ this Christmastime who will spend more on Alcohol than a Family in LETHOSO have to feed themselves for a WHOLE YEAR ! JESUS said *The Poor you will always have with YOU* and he was right ! The SALVATION ARMY Worldwide will feed many Lonely & Needy today *Many Thousands Wordlwide - AMEN !* It is one branch of the Christian Church ~ Angela & I support financially the Year round because they actually practice what JESUS Preached !
Blessings & Peace @ this Christmas Time
To You and Your Beloved JOYCE & Family
Love & Prayers as always ~ BRIAN & ANGELA
🧡💚🧡💚🧡💚🧡
December 25th, 2019 07:26
Life of Cheer?
orchidee said:
Meanwhile, Fido fixes Christmas - sounds like a film title. He reminds me to take my water-syphon to parties. He don\'t want any \'merriment!\' He\'s a pest. lol.
December 25th, 2019 03:08
orchidee said:
Meanwhile, Fido fixes Christmas - sounds like a film title. He reminds me to take my water-syphon to parties. He don\'t want any \'merriment!\' He\'s a pest. lol.
December 25th, 2019 03:08
Life of Cheer?
orchidee said:
A good write Gold. Seasons Greetings to you and yours too! Yes, a difficult time for some (for many?)
. I believe the change or \'fix\' needs to be from within people, not merely changing the \'outward\' things, call it society, or whatever we may call it.
A carol wisely expresses it:
From \'O little town of Bethlehem\':
\'O holy child of Bethlehem
Descend to us, we pray
Cast out our sin and enter in
Be born in us today (by the Spirit)\'
December 25th, 2019 03:06
orchidee said:
A good write Gold. Seasons Greetings to you and yours too! Yes, a difficult time for some (for many?)
. I believe the change or \'fix\' needs to be from within people, not merely changing the \'outward\' things, call it society, or whatever we may call it.
A carol wisely expresses it:
From \'O little town of Bethlehem\':
\'O holy child of Bethlehem
Descend to us, we pray
Cast out our sin and enter in
Be born in us today (by the Spirit)\'
December 25th, 2019 03:06
Golden Silences.
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Thanks UNCLE ANDY for the Video & Poem both very SOPHORIFIC ~ we need our sleep ~ extra busy day tomorrow & midnight MASS tonight. In the Morning (after the Service) we have decided to leave the Church Open until 6pm when a Christma Buffet will be available (with Schloer & Coffee !) from NOON to 6 pm ~ Angela & I are on the 4 to 6 shift ! We already have 12 takers but we are catering for 50 ~ the word will get around as the Salvation Army are already overbooked (over 50 for a full Cmas Lunch ! We have entertainers CMas Choir & a Cmas Magician & our PUPPETS (Angela is a Puppeteer !) with a Christmas Programme. The Lonely & Homeless deserve the best ! They will all get a present of Chox & Sox ! We were going to launch this in 2020 but the demand promted a PILOT ~ Pray it will be a Blessing to those that attend ! We have selected YOU as MPS Music Man of 2019 you music is always ECLECTIC !
Blessings & Peace & Prayer to YOU & YOUR Lovely JOYCE
Love & Prayers BRIAN & ANGELA 💚🧡💚🧡💚🧡💚
December 24th, 2019 07:26
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Thanks UNCLE ANDY for the Video & Poem both very SOPHORIFIC ~ we need our sleep ~ extra busy day tomorrow & midnight MASS tonight. In the Morning (after the Service) we have decided to leave the Church Open until 6pm when a Christma Buffet will be available (with Schloer & Coffee !) from NOON to 6 pm ~ Angela & I are on the 4 to 6 shift ! We already have 12 takers but we are catering for 50 ~ the word will get around as the Salvation Army are already overbooked (over 50 for a full Cmas Lunch ! We have entertainers CMas Choir & a Cmas Magician & our PUPPETS (Angela is a Puppeteer !) with a Christmas Programme. The Lonely & Homeless deserve the best ! They will all get a present of Chox & Sox ! We were going to launch this in 2020 but the demand promted a PILOT ~ Pray it will be a Blessing to those that attend ! We have selected YOU as MPS Music Man of 2019 you music is always ECLECTIC !
Blessings & Peace & Prayer to YOU & YOUR Lovely JOYCE
Love & Prayers BRIAN & ANGELA 💚🧡💚🧡💚🧡💚
December 24th, 2019 07:26
Golden Silences.
Michael Edwards said:
There\'s nothing like music - now to listen to MR
December 24th, 2019 05:02
Michael Edwards said:
There\'s nothing like music - now to listen to MR
December 24th, 2019 05:02
Golden Silences.
orchidee said:
A fine write Gold, and Seasons Greetings to you and yours.
But, aww, why they wish every piece of mine would be silent?! lol.
I was gonna produce an album, but the producers insisted I called it \'Two Cats Fighting!\'
December 24th, 2019 02:49
orchidee said:
A fine write Gold, and Seasons Greetings to you and yours.
But, aww, why they wish every piece of mine would be silent?! lol.
I was gonna produce an album, but the producers insisted I called it \'Two Cats Fighting!\'
December 24th, 2019 02:49
Birthday Trumpet.
myself and me said:
The highest glory for a musician is that his/her piece still alive after themselves and being remembered.
Beautiful writing.
December 23rd, 2019 11:55
myself and me said:
The highest glory for a musician is that his/her piece still alive after themselves and being remembered.
Beautiful writing.
December 23rd, 2019 11:55
Birthday Trumpet.
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Good Morning Uncle ANDY ~ Love the mellow tones of Chets Horn ~ Nice music to wrap presents by ! Im HOME ALONE ~ Angela is at work TODAY helping to make her Clients more Mobile with AQUATHERAPY & Massage & Acupuncture etc !
Blessings & Peace to YOU & JOYCE & Your Family
You are always on our Prayer List ~ AMEN
Love BRIAN & ANGELA 💚🧡💚🧡💚🧡💚
December 23rd, 2019 06:17
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Good Morning Uncle ANDY ~ Love the mellow tones of Chets Horn ~ Nice music to wrap presents by ! Im HOME ALONE ~ Angela is at work TODAY helping to make her Clients more Mobile with AQUATHERAPY & Massage & Acupuncture etc !
Blessings & Peace to YOU & JOYCE & Your Family
You are always on our Prayer List ~ AMEN
Love BRIAN & ANGELA 💚🧡💚🧡💚🧡💚
December 23rd, 2019 06:17
Birthday Trumpet.
Alan .S. Jeeves said:
The notes of great musicians fill the air, even when they are gone Andy.
Ex animo, Alan
December 23rd, 2019 03:16
Alan .S. Jeeves said:
The notes of great musicians fill the air, even when they are gone Andy.
Ex animo, Alan
December 23rd, 2019 03:16
Birthday Trumpet.
orchidee said:
A nice write Gold. I know people with birthdays on Dec 22, 23, and 25.
December 23rd, 2019 02:48
orchidee said:
A nice write Gold. I know people with birthdays on Dec 22, 23, and 25.
December 23rd, 2019 02:48
A Subaltern\'s Marriage.
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Good Evening UNCLE ANDTY ~ Ahhhhhhhhhhh *MISS JOAN HUNTER DUNN* a Betjeman Classic & one of his BEST ! Angela & I give talks on JB & his Poems. We share the recitation but this one always Falls to ME ! It is a delight to recite but it deserves to be recited slowly and with great respect ! Anyone who can work the WORD *EUONYMUS* (Winter Creeper ~ Flowering Plant) into a Poem deserves to be Poet Laureate ! There are some other delightful lines in the Poem and in my Literature Classes for Adults I lend would-be-Poets a portfolio of about 12 Betjamin Poems and ask then to read mark learn and inwardly digest them ! I ask them to recite their fave and I play it back to the GROUP.. As Tommy Dorsey said to SINATRA to be an effective SINGER you have to *MILK THE WORDS like CROSBY* Its the same with being a PERFORMANCE POET ~ One has to *MILK THE WORDS* and JBs words are very very milkable !
We love the actual last verse :
The scent of her wrap - and the words never said
And the ominous ominous dancing ahead
We sat in the Car Park till twenty to one
And now Im engaged to MISS JOAN HUNTER DUNN !
The cars mentioned HILLMAN - AUSTIN - ROVERS - Betray the ERA !
Blessings & Peace to YOU & YOUR Beloved JOYCE
Love BRIAN & ANGELA 💚🧡💚🧡💚🧡💚
December 22nd, 2019 12:01
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Good Evening UNCLE ANDTY ~ Ahhhhhhhhhhh *MISS JOAN HUNTER DUNN* a Betjeman Classic & one of his BEST ! Angela & I give talks on JB & his Poems. We share the recitation but this one always Falls to ME ! It is a delight to recite but it deserves to be recited slowly and with great respect ! Anyone who can work the WORD *EUONYMUS* (Winter Creeper ~ Flowering Plant) into a Poem deserves to be Poet Laureate ! There are some other delightful lines in the Poem and in my Literature Classes for Adults I lend would-be-Poets a portfolio of about 12 Betjamin Poems and ask then to read mark learn and inwardly digest them ! I ask them to recite their fave and I play it back to the GROUP.. As Tommy Dorsey said to SINATRA to be an effective SINGER you have to *MILK THE WORDS like CROSBY* Its the same with being a PERFORMANCE POET ~ One has to *MILK THE WORDS* and JBs words are very very milkable !
We love the actual last verse :
The scent of her wrap - and the words never said
And the ominous ominous dancing ahead
We sat in the Car Park till twenty to one
And now Im engaged to MISS JOAN HUNTER DUNN !
The cars mentioned HILLMAN - AUSTIN - ROVERS - Betray the ERA !
Blessings & Peace to YOU & YOUR Beloved JOYCE
Love BRIAN & ANGELA 💚🧡💚🧡💚🧡💚
December 22nd, 2019 12:01
A Subaltern\'s Marriage.
Fay Slimm. said:
An most engaging twenty words Andy rhymed as a challenge and hope it won hearers - that poem by JB has always been one of my favourites.
December 22nd, 2019 11:35
Fay Slimm. said:
An most engaging twenty words Andy rhymed as a challenge and hope it won hearers - that poem by JB has always been one of my favourites.
December 22nd, 2019 11:35
A Subaltern\'s Marriage.
Nicholas Browning said:
A very innovative challenge for sure. Haven\'t seen this done before. The inspiration for it is nice too.
December 22nd, 2019 10:12
Nicholas Browning said:
A very innovative challenge for sure. Haven\'t seen this done before. The inspiration for it is nice too.
December 22nd, 2019 10:12
A Subaltern\'s Marriage.
Alan .S. Jeeves said:
A Subaltern\'s Love Song is an astounding poem, Andy, poetic license of course.
One must be very careful when naming names in poetry. J. Hunter Dunn was still living when this became a world wide, well known poem and deemed to be one of JB\'s finest.
She became Mrs. Joan Jackson and died in, I think, 2008. She did not, however, have JB\'s son.
The pen is mightier than the tennis racquet.
Ex animo, Alan
December 22nd, 2019 07:33
Alan .S. Jeeves said:
A Subaltern\'s Love Song is an astounding poem, Andy, poetic license of course.
One must be very careful when naming names in poetry. J. Hunter Dunn was still living when this became a world wide, well known poem and deemed to be one of JB\'s finest.
She became Mrs. Joan Jackson and died in, I think, 2008. She did not, however, have JB\'s son.
The pen is mightier than the tennis racquet.
Ex animo, Alan
December 22nd, 2019 07:33
A Subaltern\'s Marriage.
orchidee said:
A good write Gold. Aww, but why he wish bombs to fall on Slough? That\'s not that far from me. We\'re not friends with him!
Should I try this style? It would be a very short song, if I must sing - one verse!
December 22nd, 2019 02:46
orchidee said:
A good write Gold. Aww, but why he wish bombs to fall on Slough? That\'s not that far from me. We\'re not friends with him!
Should I try this style? It would be a very short song, if I must sing - one verse!
December 22nd, 2019 02:46
Move Forward - Tanka.
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
ANGELA HERE - Thanks for caring UNCLE ANDY - We both love Beethoven ! Appassiona very frenetic ~ almost the BUM of the Flightel BEE ! Big contrast to the Moonlight at the beginning !
CARPE DIEM ! We dont get many TANKAS and they do presnt an opportunity to amplify the SENRYU (or HAIKU) which is their role !
Blessings & Peace to YOU & YOUR Beloved JOYCE !
Love ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡💚🧡💚🧡💚🧡
December 21st, 2019 14:08
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
ANGELA HERE - Thanks for caring UNCLE ANDY - We both love Beethoven ! Appassiona very frenetic ~ almost the BUM of the Flightel BEE ! Big contrast to the Moonlight at the beginning !
CARPE DIEM ! We dont get many TANKAS and they do presnt an opportunity to amplify the SENRYU (or HAIKU) which is their role !
Blessings & Peace to YOU & YOUR Beloved JOYCE !
Love ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡💚🧡💚🧡💚🧡
December 21st, 2019 14:08
Move Forward - Tanka.
Alan .S. Jeeves said:
Nice tanka here Andy, well done.
Ex animo, Alan
December 21st, 2019 06:06
Alan .S. Jeeves said:
Nice tanka here Andy, well done.
Ex animo, Alan
December 21st, 2019 06:06
By Her Side.
Laura🌻 said:
Andy,
You had tears flowing down your face as you were writing this ...
I had tears flowing down my face as I read it!
It reminded me of the night my mom decided to give up her earthly existence and let her spirit fly to join my dad’s! I sat next to her and her last words to me were, “Let me go. Don’t cry. Just sit next to me. Everything will be alright!” I fell asleep with my head next to hers as she quietly slipped away! I feel cheated in the sense that we never said goodbye! That is what I constantly think about...and the tears flow uncontrollably!
I know if she were here she would tell me to stop the crying and to get over it!
I do try to listen, but it’s not easy!
My love to Joyce and to you!
I do think of her a lot!
~Laura~
December 21st, 2019 05:47
Laura🌻 said:
Andy,
You had tears flowing down your face as you were writing this ...
I had tears flowing down my face as I read it!
It reminded me of the night my mom decided to give up her earthly existence and let her spirit fly to join my dad’s! I sat next to her and her last words to me were, “Let me go. Don’t cry. Just sit next to me. Everything will be alright!” I fell asleep with my head next to hers as she quietly slipped away! I feel cheated in the sense that we never said goodbye! That is what I constantly think about...and the tears flow uncontrollably!
I know if she were here she would tell me to stop the crying and to get over it!
I do try to listen, but it’s not easy!
My love to Joyce and to you!
I do think of her a lot!
~Laura~
December 21st, 2019 05:47
Move Forward - Tanka.
orchidee said:
A fine write Gold. Yes, and \'tomorrow\' never comes. When it gets here, it\'s always \'today\'.
Did I muck it up in 1066? - those who gave their \'today\' that we might have our \'tomorrow\'. No tomorrow for Harold! Doh!
December 21st, 2019 02:52
orchidee said:
A fine write Gold. Yes, and \'tomorrow\' never comes. When it gets here, it\'s always \'today\'.
Did I muck it up in 1066? - those who gave their \'today\' that we might have our \'tomorrow\'. No tomorrow for Harold! Doh!
December 21st, 2019 02:52
Move Forward - Tanka.
Michael Edwards said:
A sobering thought - super tanka.
December 21st, 2019 02:26
Michael Edwards said:
A sobering thought - super tanka.
December 21st, 2019 02:26
By Her Side.
Suresh said:
You sit by her bedside, and the beauty that was tear up your eyes. That is love indeed.
December 20th, 2019 20:35
Suresh said:
You sit by her bedside, and the beauty that was tear up your eyes. That is love indeed.
December 20th, 2019 20:35
By Her Side.
myself and me said:
I am deeply moved by the writing. How lucky she is to have someone like you to love her, take care of her.
December 20th, 2019 14:25
myself and me said:
I am deeply moved by the writing. How lucky she is to have someone like you to love her, take care of her.
December 20th, 2019 14:25
Sunday Drivers?
Gregstarandgoff said:
Lol I feel your pain!
And love the poem!
December 20th, 2019 04:59
Gregstarandgoff said:
Lol I feel your pain!
And love the poem!
December 20th, 2019 04:59
By Her Side.
Michael Edwards said:
You had me welling up reading this. What a touching write.
December 20th, 2019 03:52
Michael Edwards said:
You had me welling up reading this. What a touching write.
December 20th, 2019 03:52
By Her Side.
orchidee said:
A poignant write Gold, and especially at this season. Thinking of you all.
December 20th, 2019 03:14
orchidee said:
A poignant write Gold, and especially at this season. Thinking of you all.
December 20th, 2019 03:14
Sunday Drivers?
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Good Evening UNCLE ANDY ~ Brian & I are often on the Roads on a Sunday going to MUMS or MAMAS for Sunday Lunch after Church ~ We are both still courting ! The average speeeeeeeed is about 20 mph and a lot of them are *Red velve covered Steering Wheel Drivers !* another folk song. Love your song ~ and the CORRIES !
Blessings & Peace to YOU & YOUR Beloved JOYCE
Love ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡💚🧡💚🧡
December 19th, 2019 16:05
ANGELA & BRIAN said:
Good Evening UNCLE ANDY ~ Brian & I are often on the Roads on a Sunday going to MUMS or MAMAS for Sunday Lunch after Church ~ We are both still courting ! The average speeeeeeeed is about 20 mph and a lot of them are *Red velve covered Steering Wheel Drivers !* another folk song. Love your song ~ and the CORRIES !
Blessings & Peace to YOU & YOUR Beloved JOYCE
Love ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡💚🧡💚🧡
December 19th, 2019 16:05
Sunday Drivers?
Alan .S. Jeeves said:
Sounds like you are seeing red Andy.
Ex animo, Alan
December 19th, 2019 14:54
Alan .S. Jeeves said:
Sounds like you are seeing red Andy.
Ex animo, Alan
December 19th, 2019 14:54
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