Comments for ROBERT COLE

Comment on Cliffe to Gravesend by Scholar Gypsy

Scholar Gypsy — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 19:45:41 +0000

I was sorry I could not join you and Michael yesterday. Rather more poetic than this record of my last trip along this stretch …

https://scholargypsy.org.uk/2016/06/19/return-from-the-medway-june-2016-queenborough-to-bow/

Comment on Lichen by robertspcole

robertspcole — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 12:34:08 +0000

In reply to robertspcole. Lichens, in other words, are a metaphor. In my little world.

Comment on Lichen by robertspcole

robertspcole — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:01:44 +0000

Lichens live in all parts of the world. They are among the world’s oldest living organisms. Some of the many thousands of varieties have been observed suffering in areas of high air pollution.

Comment on The End of Winter by robertspcole

robertspcole — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:52:06 +0000

Too soon?

Comment on Centenary by robertspcole

robertspcole — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:40:01 +0000

In reply to robertspcole. Also, this is a 24 line sonnet! My definition here being that a sonnet is a poem that takes a sharp turn toward the end. Here I have 16 lines of 'preamble' and then resolution in the last 8 lines. So there.

Comment on Centenary by robertspcole

robertspcole — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 14:02:26 +0000

Note to self. I revised the ending to make more of the parallel between soldiers and footballers. I also want to record that I watched the remembrance ahead of the Palace/Spurs match in the Blythe. The pub was loud and crowded. The sound of the telly was turned off. Amid the noise, and the absent absence of silence/sound, I remembered.

Comment on Annabelle Emma by Sally

Sally — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:43:30 +0000

Annabelle! How blessed you are to have these words at your christening. Sound guidance presented with love to you from this day onwards. Every child should be as blessed.

Comment on péage by robertspcole

robertspcole — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 13:03:45 +0000

In reply to Sally. Thank you Sally. You describe my intentions pretty much precisely.

Comment on péage by Sally

Sally — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 13:00:29 +0000

Very moving and brought bang up to date. Written in the best traditions of war poetry with compassion and anger at our shared loss.

Comment on Poetry is toxic by doyouknow371

doyouknow371 — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:40:01 +0000

Poetry is a lot of things to a lot of people. Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, described the wanderings of the adventurer, Odysseus, and has been called the greatest story ever told. During the English Renaissance, dramatic poets like John Milton, Christopher Marlowe, and of course Shakespeare gave us enough to fill textbooks, lecture halls, and universities. Poems from the Romantic period include Goethe’s Faust (1808), Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” and John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn.”