Fine poem that I enjoyed, and made me think about alcohol and literature, about Dylan Thomas the 18 pint man or the lost soul Malcolm Lowry..alcohol both a blessing and a curse, and this poem excellently gets it.
Posted 6 Years Ago
6 Years Ago
Thank you Leslie. I guess it is true to say that art and literature are littered with creative souls.. read moreThank you Leslie. I guess it is true to say that art and literature are littered with creative souls who were either helped by addiction or used it in some way. Hope you are well and writing more?
I've been around a few and one quite close to me, always denying he had a problem. It's so sad to watch them destroying themselves and having to stand by feeling helpless, while they think that they're the ones in control. Well written John.
Grace.
Posted 6 Years Ago
6 Years Ago
So sorry you had to put up with this. I am sure most of us have been drunk at timnes in our life but.. read moreSo sorry you had to put up with this. I am sure most of us have been drunk at timnes in our life but to see a life destroyed by addiction is brutal. Many thanks.
somber and foreboding my friend :( great title ..full of irony says i! i once had a little red sports car (TR3) 1963 ... and i dreamed i was in a crash with that car and i floated above the scene ... watching the first responders, me Ma and one of me Aunts all distressed and crying ... i wanted so bad to tell them it was OK ... it wasn't so bad!! of course the line of communication was off ;) and honestly .. that dream felt so real i was afraid to drive that car for months afterwards :) anyway .. the social commentary on war is in vivid contrast to the forgetful land of drunkenness ..funny how they seem to go together somehow .. hmm Proverbs 31:7 "Let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more." ... even God understands the human need for some kind of respite at times eh!?
fine poem says i!
E.
Posted 6 Years Ago
6 Years Ago
Indeed irony and sombre tone! So you was a flash lad in a sports car. It is all coming out now! Love.. read moreIndeed irony and sombre tone! So you was a flash lad in a sports car. It is all coming out now! Love the proverb! Love it. Cheers Big 'E'.
6 Years Ago
yes!!!! i sold it and bought a Harley .. which carried me the rest of the way through the 70s and co.. read moreyes!!!! i sold it and bought a Harley .. which carried me the rest of the way through the 70s and college (the first time) ... ;)
just a kid dream i was able to do...have had them all my life ;) my first one was in 1967 ..a little.. read morejust a kid dream i was able to do...have had them all my life ;) my first one was in 1967 ..a little 250 Sprint... i sold my drum set to buy it .. :}
Salvation's darker arms, yes that is drink for you. Got a problem? Drink it away. If it doesn't go, have another and so on and so forth. Well penned John. I have known many a drinker sadly.
Chris
Posted 6 Years Ago
6 Years Ago
I used to work with real drinkers. Now that is frightning. Many thanks Chris.
Yes I imagine it must have been. Maybe you were working with the ones who knew they had got a proble.. read moreYes I imagine it must have been. Maybe you were working with the ones who knew they had got a problem and wanted to get better. It's the others, drinking themselves to death, thinking their behaviour is normal who bother me. Dreadful business for friends and family.
6 Years Ago
Most of the people I worked with were referred because of other matters and did not seek help themse.. read moreMost of the people I worked with were referred because of other matters and did not seek help themselves. Most had no will to stop until they were found dead. Sad business.
A drinker drinks until the thoughts are thunk, and realises after all, let's have another drink, haha, I agree with KWP, reads like one of mine,
Posted 6 Years Ago
6 Years Ago
Perhaps the three of us should write something together lol? Could she cope with you and I I wonder!.. read morePerhaps the three of us should write something together lol? Could she cope with you and I I wonder!
Many thanks gram (PS where have you been lately?)
6 Years Ago
Got embroiled in reality for a while, not to be recommended,
Vomit whisky speak
on gla.. read moreGot embroiled in reality for a while, not to be recommended,
Vomit whisky speak
on glass hearted
pavement , a nihilist
stretches and yawns...
6 Years Ago
What happened to the three way poetry slam, with you me and KWP ?
this is weird ... It's like I am reading the poem I just wrote and you reviewed a few minutes ago ...
so weird - same same but different
I see it about life and lessons and what the heck we are supposed to take away from all this ..
Posted 6 Years Ago
6 Years Ago
Indeed so. Perhaps we should collaborate lol?
I often drag my material out of the depth even .. read moreIndeed so. Perhaps we should collaborate lol?
I often drag my material out of the depth even when I am not down there (not that I get so far down anyway). Thank you for reading. Have a few less dark ones recently.
6 Years Ago
always happy to experiment ... in any way shape or form ... this is good for my learning this life :.. read morealways happy to experiment ... in any way shape or form ... this is good for my learning this life :D its a road to my further awareness - blah blah blah
Ok why don't you lead on one first and I will lead the next? So decide form and subject and style et.. read moreOk why don't you lead on one first and I will lead the next? So decide form and subject and style etc.
6 Years Ago
let my dip my a*s into some Osho and get back to you :D
Well, have a long and complicated story and started it as an autobiography on Bebo but got writer's block/memory fogging. People liked it though and kept asking for the next chapter! fools.. more..
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