Hello Alana.

you have 'flabbered my ghast' again.

re-'exploited'and'Tumbling'
I am indebted to thee-bigtime!

'ugs'n'snoggy fings'
from us2.xx

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Liked 'Breakfast Pots'. Humorous topped with a light sprinkling of pathos. But really.. it struck me as sad and doesn't it sum us all up!

Comment is about Elaine (Poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

i like this scene you create, like a shot from a film.

write a follow on, im keen to read poetry thats written in sequence. what happens next? how s he gonna react to that empty cup..and she. where they going? intriguing.

i watch too many flms, i wish the world were as interesting

Comment is about Knots (Blog entry)

Original item by Hayden

horsey...i always did have a thing for those with big noses x

i saw his foot/handprints at blackpool. they were very big. ;)

Comment is about Vernon from Bolton way (Blog entry)

he is also a good poet. not bad for an italian ;)

Comment is about next step (Blog entry)

Hi Banksy,
Funny and unsettling feeling as I read this.Strange how the mind plays tricks when we feel most vulnerable! Love the ordinary language in this too!

Comment is about the kissing gate (Blog entry)

Original item by Banksy

Haha! Some of my best mates at college were what some would class as 'hippies'.Best natured people I ever met! Enjoyed this dave! Be nice to hear it at The Tudor,maybe?

Comment is about Hippies (Blog entry)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Very real and honest! Kissing gate? (imaginary) or is that where you used to canoodle! x

Comment is about the kissing gate (Blog entry)

Original item by Banksy

I agree with the sentiment!We need revolutionaries, people who challenge the status quo, xx

Comment is about Hippies (Blog entry)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Sublime! especially last verse xx

Comment is about tumbling (Blog entry)

Original item by Patricia and Stefan Wilde

Very sad! resonates, Like the style of font? and the pic xx

Comment is about exploited (Blog entry)

Original item by Patricia and Stefan Wilde

There was a con artist from Senegal
He wasn't a poet at all
We got wise to his scam
And put up the spam
Don't try to con poets on WOL!

Comment is about Spam, spam, spam, spam… (Blog entry)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Very nice poem Rachel.Vernon Kay! What a legend,eh? Haha. His horsey features are on display in my Daughter's college in Wigan where he used to be a student.The git's everywhere!

Comment is about Vernon from Bolton way (Blog entry)

John
True poetry burns brightly in the heart of a guy who can lose a thousand quids worth of fish and write a funny poem about it...

You get my vote...cheers!

Comment is about Vertav Alle Ze Vishiz Gon? (Blog entry)

Original item by John Coopey

Everyone gives their time freely on here Steve - something to bear in mind when you're giving the site a bashing... though I know that you are tongue in cheek about most things.

Perhaps a mixed calendar would be a good idea for next year? Are you up for it Steve? Ann? Chris?

It is possible to do these things tastefully and have a laugh. I can remember having a photo taken topless when I was younger. You couldn't see anything cos I had a massive piece of water melon covering my melons. I could probably do it with a grapefruit nowadays...

Comment is about The male muse: poetic chaps bare more than their souls for charity (Blog entry)

Original item by Greg Freeman

many thanks... I read about doing this is readers digest, so I thought I'd give it a go - there's no law against walking around in the middle of the night, just that no-one does.

Comment is about the kissing gate (Blog entry)

Original item by Banksy

Hi Ann

Thanks for commenting. It says "turning on"! The original was indeed, something along the lines of turn on, tune in, drop out but I couldn't get all that in. But as it is it does make sense, honest. x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (Poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Love it!

Comment is about the kissing gate (Blog entry)

Original item by Banksy

Maybe we could try something similar here on WOL - for one day only (I suggest April 1st 2012) all the guys on here could swap their profile pics for a raunchy shot of them in the altogether. Howz about it guys? (Sadly I will be away that day so unable to log on and take a look - shame! :)

Comment is about The male muse: poetic chaps bare more than their souls for charity (Blog entry)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I really like this Mr B. I walked to the village and back last night - a fabulous night it was too! Moon bright, stars glittering, a few scudding clouds for dramatic effect - even a firework or two. No torch needed. I love walking round alone at night - magical! And reservoirs are SOOOO spooky anyway. You'ze a brave boy!xx

Comment is about the kissing gate (Blog entry)

Original item by Banksy

Agree with the sentiments Dave - nice poem. But wouldn't the hippies be tuning in rather than turning in - or were they tired hippies? (All that dope no doubt!)

Comment is about Hippies (Blog entry)

Original item by Dave Bradley

There's nothing wrong with nudity, male or female. But the same standards should apply to exhibitionist displays by both genders. Of course, it is considered OK by the Liberal Fascist stablishment both to denigrade men generally and to treat them sex objects - but not to do that to women ... or one might lose one's Arts Council grant, darling.

By the way, this story has only just appeared on this increasingly slow (in news terms) and pompous ("swing those trousers, chaps, and let's do a workshop or go on a residential writing course") website. I read about this calender in a writers' magazine many weeks ago. Do keep up, WOL.

Comment is about The male muse: poetic chaps bare more than their souls for charity (Blog entry)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Fantasy made flesh?...we all have our dreams and this is pleasingly provocative in its imagery. I remember when I was no more than eight and enjoying lying naked in a stream one afternoon...and they say sex begins at puberty! My mother wasn't best pleased because
I lost a shoe and times were hard then!

Comment is about Dancing in the Moonlight (Blog entry)

Original item by Brian Wood

..thanks Laura..most lyrics about my travelling have been songs..bought my first guitar in Lagos..must use more images..cheers.

Comment is about Laura (Poet profile)

Original item by Laura

Glad you enjoyed the pay-off, Stella.

Comment is about POETIC JUSTICE (Blog entry)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Well spotted, Banksy. I try not to let too many past the blue pencil. But thanks for the kind comment that precedes your accuracy. J.C. spotted another failure but as he's not saying, neither am I. Art shouldn't be stifled by trivial things, that's what I say...:-)

Comment is about RACE DAY (Blog entry)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Well I've no objections to a male calendar of this sort - particularly if each month has a snippet of poetry along with the naked male form. In fact the more I think about it, the more I love the idea.

You could mix serious poetry/photography along with humorous verse and cheeky shots to make it really quirky. I'm hoping you get a host of golden daffodils in there somewhere too...

If it's all for a good cause and the photogaphy is as tasteful as the one above, it can't be a bad thing.

Comment is about The male muse: poetic chaps bare more than their souls for charity (Blog entry)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Chris politics are a funny thing and I am glad that you have taken time to comment on our project - my Facebook request is a way to connect and just that - this project started as a fun and interesting way to create a saleable object that would raise as much money as possible to help our cause (JDRF) our 3yr old son was diagnosed last year with type 1 diabetes - I will be frank he nearly died.

We are creative people and we wanted to do something to raise money and awareness - this is our first answer to that, for us it is a life long challenge and we hope our son and the children of so many people can be helped by our contribution.

Now the politics - the men and women who are involved in this project are at the top of their creative powers - we have brought together a wide range of individuals who have contributed free of charge. And this kind of project is designed to create a raised eyebrow - it is also a very original piece of poetry publishing. Each photo has a poem attached - each pose was considered by the male poet being photographed and the female photographer in response to the poem contributed by a female poet on the subject of the male muse. It's been hard work - its more that just nude pictures and we have enjoyed the creative ideas and outcome that this project has produced - the politics of the nude (male or female) is being explored we don't answer it but rather turn over the stone and take a look - its what a curious mind does and we would love you to take a look at our website and newsletters http://wildwomenpress.com/Wild_Women_Press/Calendar_Project.html

Perhaps I can send you the newsletter links on Facebook ?

All the best Adam & Vik

Comment is about The male muse: poetic chaps bare more than their souls for charity (Blog entry)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Ha!...you had me there..Oh the joys of Youth.

:)

Comment is about POETIC JUSTICE (Blog entry)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Cheers everyone. Think I may have to learn how to use photoshop to superimpose my head onto a supermodels body before posting any G-string pics though!

Comment is about MOTHER KNOWS BEST (Blog entry)

Original item by Manda Lee

Great stuff, how things change, remember my mum saying 'ne'er cast a clout til May is out'! Shorts on ASAP for me! X

Comment is about MOTHER KNOWS BEST (Blog entry)

Original item by Manda Lee

Thanks Chris. It was inspired by the fact that I don't read a lot of poetry, but hear a lot and some of the poets I listen to are prolific readers generally.

Comment is about Libraries aurally learnt (Blog entry)

Original item by Mark Mr T Thompson

Thanks for taking the time to comment Banksy : )

Comment is about Banksy (Poet profile)

Original item by Banksy

I wish you wouldn't keep carping on about the fish JC.

Comment is about Vertav Alle Ze Vishiz Gon? (Blog entry)

Original item by John Coopey

Chris, apart from it being a worthy course, surely you meant it's a load of cock?

Comment is about The male muse: poetic chaps bare more than their souls for charity (Blog entry)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi there - thanks for taking the trouble to
comment on my verse. And I'm so glad you enjoyed the audio of "Make Your Mind Up".

Comment is about (Poet profile)

absobloodylutely marvellous !

(should tred be tread ?)

Comment is about RACE DAY (Blog entry)

Original item by M.C. Newberry