(Brunellus and) The Mirror of Fools is a satire written by Nigel de Longchamps sometime around the turn of the 12th Century. What is this about? Hold it up to the mirror... it won't help. More old stuff. Image is PD
Photograph is from wiki commons - unfortunately - taken in 2006, I wonder where this woman is now? Is she even alive? A large proportion of the UK's homeless are ex-military personnel. Licence cc-by-sa-2.0.
What's this one about? Fathers and sons, old age, what awaits us all... and loads of other things, you decide. Image in PD, source Look and Learn.com, Odysseus and the sirens.
Another old one. I treated it to some punctuation and one word change. So now it's a completely different poem, isn't it? Picture is from wiki commons. Used under CC 4.0 licence
VERY lucky with Lola. Most definitely not food obsessed. She has one obsession and one alone... Her ball. Collies have as many things in common as make them different. Lola might be our last dog, but I think she might be the best of a fine bunch...
Excellent [re-]start
Posted on Mon, 13 Feb 2023
Do keep going.
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Posted on Thu, 09 Feb 2023
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Ha! We seem to be
Posted on Thu, 26 Jan 2023
VERY lucky with Lola. Most definitely not food obsessed. She has one obsession and one alone... Her ball. Collies have as many things in common as make them different. Lola might be our last dog, but I think she might be the best of a fine bunch...
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Never, never
Posted on Thu, 26 Jan 2023
deride what others find comfort in. We all need it, wherever we find it.
Read full commentA thoughtful piece.
Posted in Escaping to Serenity
This is our Poem of the Week 20th Jan 2023. Congratulations!
Posted on Sun, 15 Jan 2023
Lavadis returns with a belter of a poem and that's why it's our Poem of the Week.
Congrats.
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Posted in The bridge of Sante Fe
Always a pleasure
Posted on Sun, 15 Jan 2023
to be treated to some of your poetry, Laurie.
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Congratulations, this is our Poem of the Week December 30 2022
Posted on Tue, 27 Dec 2022
Excellent writing. Well done. That's why it's our Poem of the Week.
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I do like it when someone
Posted on Tue, 27 Dec 2022
uses the colour "bister".
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Lovely poem, Richard.
Posted on Fri, 18 Nov 2022
Do you mean 'trawls' rather than 'trolls' at line 5?
Posted in Lonely is a Vagabond
This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day 17th Nov 2022
Posted on Wed, 16 Nov 2022
This excellent slice of misspent youth is our pick of the day. Please, dear readers, share and/or retweet if you like it too.
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