Comments on community poems by Doggerel Dave
- THE LIFE ARTIST (Michael Edwards)
Life was much simpler then - or maybe still is for all I know...
Nice...
June 26th, 2021 08:26 - Digit slipped.... (Orchidee)
Who knows the capacities of you, the operating system or the hound,...
June 25th, 2021 19:40 - Tree of Souls (Neville)
Far too deep for my extremely literal mind, Neville....except is it not...
June 25th, 2021 19:14 - Losing You (Fay Slimm.)
To me this is less about the kind of mystical thing that gets called love...
June 25th, 2021 06:49 - Freedom? (Saxon Crow)
Too much freedom (depending on what is out here) is not freedom at all -...
June 25th, 2021 02:39 - Caught (Fay Slimm.)
Thanks Fay. A richly worded piece.
I live in the middle of a heavily...
June 24th, 2021 20:18 - One Step At A Time. (Goldfinch60)
Yes - I can relate to that, Andy. It is the way my life transpired,...
June 24th, 2021 03:50 - Black December (Saxon Crow)
Had a bit of a difficult time there, old chap? Hope it all turns out...
June 24th, 2021 02:14 - The Interment (Alan .S. Jeeves)
Not much into funerals Alan, not even my own - I hope I\'ve made that...
June 23rd, 2021 20:41 - Untitled - XLIV (SureshG)
Inability to perceive it even..... Must stop otherwise I might...
June 23rd, 2021 20:29 - A Taste of Hunger (Neville)
Hurt because you bust your head on the door lintel (them old houses) and...
June 23rd, 2021 20:13 - beautiful pastime (Dusk arising)
Understood, dusk
June 23rd, 2021 04:35 - Free Exchange (Doggerel Dave)
A bet each way, Neville?
June 22nd, 2021 19:13 - Toward Normal (Jerry Reynolds)
Slowly does it - gradual warm up and hope for a long summer, Jerry.
All...
June 22nd, 2021 08:08 - the jungle final (Dusk arising)
😊 Great yarn there, Dusk. You\'ll find me in the stands too.
June 22nd, 2021 08:03 - My Upstairs Neighbor (Whirlpool)
Methinks you you hope to get much closer....will you continue to write...
June 22nd, 2021 01:01 - Purpose (Saxon Crow)
Except when you\'re hungry.
June 22nd, 2021 00:53 - Now (IAli)
Sage advice, Ali - never too late.
Thanks
June 21st, 2021 05:06 - I Arise. (Goldfinch60)
I\'m on me feet mate, an going to stay there for as long as possible -...
June 21st, 2021 04:50 - Lines (Saxon Crow)
Thanks Sax - how did you know?
June 21st, 2021 02:00 - Devil Kisses (Goddess of the Mist)
Even if you were really angry, you still had much control over what you...
June 21st, 2021 01:56 - Back in the Day (Neville)
Memories - they come unbidden more often than not. Better if they are good...
June 21st, 2021 01:48 - charlie (Dusk arising)
😊 No trouble with the accent, Dusk....wouldn\'t mind the rest......
June 21st, 2021 01:40 - The Ignorant Mind (IAli)
You do write attractively of the life of an \'ignorant fool\'.
Now I...
June 20th, 2021 19:49 - You’re Always Hurting Me! (LittlePea)
\"darker times, years ago\" - so why dwell on it?
June 20th, 2021 05:51 - ‘Word of Faith’ Ladies (Gary Edward Geraci)
A difficult subject, Gary and one I have absolutely no intention of making...
June 20th, 2021 01:20 - Cleansing The Mind (Jayasree)
I believe you are right, Jay. Has to be worked at though. Your little...
June 20th, 2021 00:53 - Blues My Companion (Saxon Crow)
You got the blues man, you got life.
June 20th, 2021 00:47 - The Party In The Forest (Jayasree)
Fun funny fantasy which someone approaching his second childhood...
June 20th, 2021 00:35 - O dear passenger! (IAli)
Thanks for this poem, Ali. I liked the metaphor of myself (and presumably...
June 19th, 2021 05:08 - Then, Now, and Then (H.R.Powell)
The past remembered only inasmuch as there were lessons learned; the...
June 18th, 2021 23:57 - The Final Breath (The Struggler)
I agree with every line of that - and have mentioned my impending end on...
June 18th, 2021 18:53 - What Is Life? (Goldfinch60)
Enjoy it to the full, Andy.
Redundant advice \'cos you already do.
Four...
June 18th, 2021 02:00 - Griddly Smethelton of Boffington Town (Saxon Crow)
😃 😄 😁 The characters, sneeze, story 😊 😊 😊 that was again...
June 18th, 2021 01:54 - 100 books you must not read before you die #35 (Jon Nakapalau)
I do not as a general rule take statements of which I have no prior...
June 17th, 2021 19:36 - Ammunition for Insanity(GUN CONTROL NOW PLEASE!) (ShnMchlStoops76)
Absolutely 100% with you there, R.D.
I could rant on about this at great...
June 17th, 2021 19:09 - Match Mask. (Goldfinch60)
Different roles for different occasions, Andy. Its been said of a certain...
June 17th, 2021 02:07 - DIBBLES AND DABBLES (2) (Michael Edwards)
Picture makes me all nostalgic again. Middle building a pub (lettering...
June 17th, 2021 01:11 - Bella (Saxon Crow)
Beautiful relationship one man and his dog.You have captured it nicely,...
June 17th, 2021 01:03 - THEY CALL IT RAP (Andy Hunter)
Yep - heard once, never voluntarily again.
And If I have your assurance...
June 16th, 2021 19:47 - Compare to her, Compare to me (Robbie GJ)
English would be fine next time, if it\'s not too much trouble.....
June 16th, 2021 19:29 - Wake Up Call (Advaitha)
\"You talkin\' to me?\" Who do you think you are? AND Who do you think I...
June 16th, 2021 19:23 - Pride (An Acrostic, written in June, “Pride Month”) (AuburnScribbler)
It was, I suspect AS, a long hard road and it’s great you have now...
June 16th, 2021 07:01 - My Published Work on Amazon (Abu Aeesh)
Sorry mate good try, but I\'m with Saxon here. Had a sales rep attempting...
June 16th, 2021 06:46 - Smile for the “camera” (Robbie GJ)
Goes both ways: Some (many?) men are taught their attitudes to women in...
June 16th, 2021 02:13 - Shoot On Sight (Bernard Gabriel Okurut)
Seen before. I left what I consider to be a positive comment to this....
June 16th, 2021 02:00 - Griddly Smetheltons Great Big Sneeze (Saxon Crow)
😃 😄 😁 The characters, sneeze, story 😊 😊 😊 that was great...
June 16th, 2021 00:54 - Pinky Promise, He Insisted (Abu Aeesh)
Subject deep and heavy but with a lightness of touch.
Last stanza: so...
June 15th, 2021 22:26 - eyelashes shut like venus flytraps (Jon Nakapalau)
Although the experimental form did not make for clear understanding by...
June 15th, 2021 20:20 - I hate dawn. (Bernard Gabriel Okurut)
Sorry Bernard - apart from anything else, there is a complete disparity...
June 15th, 2021 19:53 - What could go wrong? (Jerry Reynolds)
Get the joke, love the imagery.
Not going to get into a class...
June 15th, 2021 19:33 - The Planet Enterprise -1 (Advaitha)
Again, a powerful piece.
And I\'d still like to know just a little about...
June 15th, 2021 19:21 - Unbreakable (Saxon Crow)
An amazing tribute to someone who will never get adequate recognition. And...
June 15th, 2021 05:05 - Untitled - XLIII (SureshG)
I need some more of your meditative advice, Suresh - I can see where it...
June 14th, 2021 20:17 - Dog Bowls and Therapy? (A Documentary) (AuburnScribbler)
Greatly enjoyed, AS. Atmospheric picture of a British pub. Nice recharge...
June 14th, 2021 20:08 - DEATH (Advaitha)
On one level I admired this, Advaitha.
On another level I\'d like to know...
June 14th, 2021 19:55 - Show Us (Fay Slimm.)
Who are you praying to, Fay?
Like the sentiments, though not sure how it...
June 14th, 2021 04:07 - The Enabler (StephanieAnn)
Good solid write there, Stephanie, good solid sound advice.
I hope you...
June 14th, 2021 00:39 - I Should o\' Known (All Along) (Alan .S. Jeeves)
Situation described with your usual poetic sensibility and skill, Alan....
June 14th, 2021 00:28 - Infinitesimal human jetsam flotsam self across webbed wide whirled viz cyber sea (Poet2rhyme4tommorrow)
Amazing and educational.
How long did it take you to put it...
June 13th, 2021 23:09 - Burnout (Jane Frye)
First and last lines - grave concern.
Middle three - rest up.
June 13th, 2021 20:36 - Overcome (Neville)
Wot? Hot over there? Winter here, hasn\'t got over 20 degrees C all week....
June 13th, 2021 19:16 - Careful with that paint pot (Saxon Crow)
A work in progress? Looks complete to me - Some good lines in there.
June 13th, 2021 02:01 - Upon Bingham Market Square (AuburnScribbler)
I probably listen and watch far too much news and political commentary....
June 12th, 2021 20:34 - Nehushtan (Gary Edward Geraci)
Come on Gary – you can do better than this. You surely know that someone...
June 12th, 2021 20:25 - Seizing Moments (Neville)
And tomorrow \"The answer is blowin\' in the wind\"
Sorry Neville - I...
June 12th, 2021 19:51 - Do it a little (Navneetshah)
I\'ll appreciate your poem a little....OK?
Welcome to MPS.
June 12th, 2021 08:28 - The Green Moth (Jayasree)
Yeh I do that with a variety of invertebrate interlopers (not huntsmans...
June 12th, 2021 02:17 - Which Is The Greater? (Goldfinch60)
Or movies or theatre? But I think Teddy nailed it, and I\'m not about to...
June 12th, 2021 02:03 - What and Why (SureshG)
I really like this - just about gives a perfect picture of the start of it...
June 12th, 2021 01:53 - DON’T YOU? (Laura🌻)
Just tripped over this by accident, Laura. Liked it very...
June 12th, 2021 00:55 - How The Town Grows (MendedFences27)
That, for me, is when those short forms make most sense - as a chain....
June 11th, 2021 21:06 - Unscathed (Jerry Reynolds)
And why not, indeed. Enjoy.
Point made succinctly - yer didn\'t go on...
June 11th, 2021 20:56 - Poems for all Seasons (Kevin Michael Bloor)
You are too good for me - I can\'t find anything intelligible to make...
June 11th, 2021 08:05 - Nowhere Left to Bleed (Neville)
A couple of my relationships were a little toxic, Neville - but compared...
June 11th, 2021 05:58 - Clickety Clack Life (Saxon Crow)
I’m not good at metaphors, Sax – but I think I’m there with this...
June 11th, 2021 05:49 - Never Too Late (Jayasree)
\"Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final...
June 10th, 2021 20:50 - Who Dares (Fay Slimm.)
Nature in the raw. Personified nicely in your short sweet verse, Fay.
But...
June 10th, 2021 06:41 - Feeling Flushed (Saxon Crow)
Saxon:
It will not reflect on you
You do what you gotta do
Just feel...
June 10th, 2021 06:01 - Am I Just Getting Old? (Goldfinch60)
You could call this the three ages of man, I suppose…
In the days of my...
June 10th, 2021 05:16 - Untitled - XLI (SureshG)
Come on Suresh - wot about some cultural edification here….
Did you...
June 10th, 2021 00:58 - I revel in obscure facts (Trenz Pruca)
Really liked this poem, Trenz, despite that I found it something of an...
June 9th, 2021 20:29 - Good Intentions (Wackyheartache4)
That is terribly hard to take, despite that there’s a large truth buried...
June 9th, 2021 20:03 - The Influencer (SureshG)
Bloody wants in a consumerist hell.
I live in an Economy, not a Society....
June 9th, 2021 08:44 - Circle Fly’s (Jerry Reynolds)
😊 Great little yarn of universal applicability, Jerry. Or as some folks...
June 9th, 2021 08:23 - Love (Doggerel Dave)
It\'s the music, Andy, the music... 😊
June 9th, 2021 04:42 - Humanity and Love. (Goldfinch60)
May I apologise in advance, Andy?
June 9th, 2021 01:06 - If I Was Leader (Article)... (ForeverJesus7)
Every bone in my body told me I shouldn\'t engage with someone who titled...
June 8th, 2021 07:07 - If I Was Leader (Article)... (ForeverJesus7)
Poetry or propaganda?
Is there not another place for this stuff? -...
June 8th, 2021 06:01 - WHAT I BELIEVE... (Jaimeleigh)
I\'ve got very poor concentration.....Couldn\'t give me a brief summary...
June 8th, 2021 04:32 - Untitled - XL (SureshG)
If you got an answer, would it help at all?
Two main lines, to me -...
June 7th, 2021 22:30 - So Very Long Ago. (Goldfinch60)
So addicted to English cathedrals, despite no religion. And despite the...
June 7th, 2021 20:17 - the little she (Rebmasters)
Not sure what this is about at all.
Context via comments definitely...
June 7th, 2021 05:22 - Cactus Days (Neville)
Seems dead simple to me,….Neville…..
Main column: ‘He’ made...
June 7th, 2021 04:51 - Seize (Fay Slimm.)
But I don\'t see any of that in you, Fay.
Now I (not admitting to...
June 7th, 2021 04:34 - Mustard Meditation (Orchidee)
Thank you for bringing St Martin\'s-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square,...
June 7th, 2021 02:43 - DIBBLES AND DABBLES (Michael Edwards)
A whole experience in four lines.....
June 7th, 2021 02:29 - Natures Monet (Saxon Crow)
With a good upending in the title and good ending in four lines, you have,...
June 7th, 2021 01:30 - Linda (Jerry Reynolds)
Who got to take the nap on the sofa, you or Linda?
Simple warm picture...
June 6th, 2021 19:13 - Enchantment (Fay Slimm.)
Full on nostalgia that I, a city boy can just about relate to, Fay. Picked...
June 6th, 2021 08:10
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