A topic very close to my heart very well elaborated with skilled writing and fine rhyming, highlighting the concern we all feel, Turlough. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Not at all, but you don't want repetition. In the second line you have the word "air" twice and only five words apart. The fourth line has "with every" twice, once again only a few words apart. It may seem petty but these are the things that stop...
Congratulations, this is our Pick of the Day Mon 28th 2026
Posted on Mon, 28 Sep 2026
This piece makes a virtue of its brevity. As an entry in the Frankenplot Comp/challenge it is very different, that's why it's today's Pick of the Day. Do please share it, if you like it too.
Well deserved Jenny. Hope you don't feel too bad after the chemo yesterday.
Do you remember my relative who has the same thing as you? He is four years into treatment now and just off on another holiday! Yes the treatment has been hard,...
It's one I always remember from animal rights days. I still uphold the principles, but I'm less active now. More involved in the environmental movement generally. It all connects up, though. None of these matters exists in a vacuum, distinct from...
By Turlough
Verse Nine (for Jenny)
Posted on Sat, 27 Dec 2025
A poet plagued by Yuletide snot
Amidst great mounds of Kleenex grot
Observed proceedings from her cot
As soldiers danced with swords in kilts
To send some cheer to Swindon, Wilts
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By luigi_pagano
A topic very close to my
Posted on Mon, 06 Dec 2021
A topic very close to my heart very well elaborated with skilled writing and fine rhyming, highlighting the concern we all feel, Turlough. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Best, Luigi
Read full commentPosted in Copse and Robbers
By jolono
Not at all, but you don't
Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2015
Not at all, but you don't want repetition. In the second line you have the word "air" twice and only five words apart. The fourth line has "with every" twice, once again only a few words apart. It may seem petty but these are the things that stop...
Read full commentPosted in Chapter 2: Gone (John)
By Aaron Stewart
Came for crying tree stayed
Posted on Mon, 17 Aug 2015
Came for crying tree stayed for hard drugs. 8/8
Welcome to the site, you can't leave.
Read full commentPosted in Weeping Willow
By prettyrose
Oh Tina, So heart wrenching, :)
Posted on Thu, 03 Apr 2014
Oh Tina, This is such a powerful, beautiful, well expressed poem, yet heart...
Read full commentPosted in Today I Wrote a Poem
By Ewan
Congratulations, this is our Pick of the Day Mon 28th 2026
Posted on Mon, 28 Sep 2026
This piece makes a virtue of its brevity. As an entry in the Frankenplot Comp/challenge it is very different, that's why it's today's Pick of the Day. Do please share it, if you like it too.
Read full commentPosted in Frankenplot : Missed
By GlosKat
Well deserved Jenny. Hope
Posted on Mon, 14 Sep 2026
Well deserved Jenny. Hope you don't feel too bad after the chemo yesterday.
Do you remember my relative who has the same thing as you? He is four years into treatment now and just off on another holiday! Yes the treatment has been hard,...
Read full commentPosted in White Noise
By marandina
This is our poem of the week.
Posted on Mon, 14 Sep 2026
This is our poem of the week.
Congratulations!
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By Turlough
Horror
Posted on Sat, 05 Sep 2026
Reviving so many living nightmares, it wasn't easy to write. I almost ticked horror on the list of genres when I was posting it.
Thank you for the cherries.
Read full commentPosted in Letters on the Mat
By HarryC
It's one I always remember
Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2026
It's one I always remember from animal rights days. I still uphold the principles, but I'm less active now. More involved in the environmental movement generally. It all connects up, though. None of these matters exists in a vacuum, distinct from...
Read full commentPosted in Donkey
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