Hi David,
Is there a cheeky hint of rock lyric parody to this? Mind you, I could imagine Nine Inch Nails doing this justice to such sentiments. Yeah!
SS
Comment is about Love'll (blog)
Original item by Wolfgar
Love the layers and expressions of pain summed up by the word 'delete'.
(Are you really just 14 years old? Saying that, I do remember my teenage angst and still have the notebooks to prove it.)
Comment is about Child's play (blog)
Original item by Rhianna Blake
Yes, I agree with Martin - those two last lines are very powerful.
And Rachel - darkly you.
Comment is about Love'll (blog)
Original item by Wolfgar
So very film noir--you must do a fedora while reading.
Rachel
Comment is about Love'll (blog)
Original item by Wolfgar
Good! Can definitely feel the depth behind this poem.
Comment is about Child's play (blog)
Original item by Rhianna Blake
My words every time I feel my life is a mess.
-Tiffany
Comment is about Let's Part dear Crazy Heart (blog)
Original item by Wardah
Wed 26th Jul 2017 22:59
You seem to finding your feet more and more with your poetry or should it be, finding your voice.
nice one Rose
Comment is about for a good times and bad times friend (blog)
Original item by Rose Casserley
Wed 26th Jul 2017 22:53
those final lines are the killer of the whole piece for me David
sometimes love is the lie
when the lust has receded
great words my friend
Martin
Comment is about Love'll (blog)
Original item by Wolfgar
Wed 26th Jul 2017 22:49
Truly beautiful Colin from start to finish as Cynthia says a pleasure to read. I haven't heard the words cubby holes used in a long time. But my favourite is
'the dovecote with waffle walls'
Nice one
Comment is about Dormant (blog)
Original item by Colin Hill
Sad and beautiful with a glimmer of hope. Its a good one.
Comment is about Poem with no ending / the nowhere poems (blog)
Original item by david patrick simon
There seems to be a recurrent theme of death...
I like the references to food one can almost taste it. U make death sound delicious. That is certainly an interesting concept.
Comment is about Saporem vitae (blog)
Original item by Ameya.
Thanks for the comments Ameya I'm glad you liked it 😃
Comment is about Weary Traveller (blog)
Original item by Wardah
👍for leaving me dangling in a wonderful space.I also 👍'd your POTW.
Comment is about Blank Feeling (blog)
Original item by Michaela Sheldon
had a peek earlier today.So,great job made with (enhancing) the advice young man.
Comment is about I Can't Sleep (blog)
Original item by Adrian Metcalf
very much 👍 it.
Would 👍it even more if it isn't true.
Comment is about for a good times and bad times friend (blog)
Original item by Rose Casserley
(👍👍👍) case of exiting my pit from the wrong-mebbe.
Comment is about one of those dark days (blog)
Original item by Mr LEON STOLGARD
if that she-devil in the image is a good likeness R.C. then what the 'hell' are you doing tonight? just that I happen to have a lifetime spare.
Comment is about a discussion below (blog)
Original item by Mr LEON STOLGARD
before I'm given the big E aka my marching orders whenever that may be,I would like to thank all those who have commented.
And to Greg Freeman in particular for having struggled with my incapability to send through the Q&A's in time,but nevertheless sorted the problem out after getting his breath back from a long train journey! How's that for support!?
Much appreciated Greg! you'll have to choose a seasoned punter next time! haha! and thanks for the updated gig info,will check it out in the near future.
Sorry I didn't clarify which of the three poets work I'd like to have taken with me-'tough question!' as Parky says in his ad.So I'll take Mr Larkins wonderful work.
In conclusion,may I wish everybody on WOL good luck regarding the next headliner.
Thanks ALL in admin for the pleasure.Will I be chosen again? Pigs might fly!
Comment is about 'Skiffle' by Leon Stolgard is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you fans. I always like to attack a theme when no-one is expecting it, so I thought i'd catch Santa with his pants down seasonally. I think Santa may actually be Christ in a suit and hat but with an insane smile. He does fulfil a promise if only temporarily but only if we believe, and I can't really change either into a believer or into the suit, even though I am the right age now. I much enjoyed your comments Col and David sparky to say the least. I remember doing a poem about Punch and Judy another example of worrying cross dressing. Thanks Emer for liking!
I'm just off for the medication - things are looking up!
Ray
Comment is about WHEN SANTA COMES TO STAY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Fortitude does little to break down walls of the elderly,
Acid feels like water in my eyes,
For I am blind to the sound in my ears.🌷
Comment is about I Can't Sleep (blog)
Original item by Adrian Metcalf
all right
That paper that held years and years of age,🌷
Comment is about Child's play (blog)
Original item by Rhianna Blake
It is intresting how we keep certain values/things but later throw away because we create better ones hey? But we forget how important those things may be to other people around us. You hit the meaning on the nail, Colin!!
Comment is about Blank Feeling (blog)
Original item by Michaela Sheldon
Indonesia takes the hardest line of all with the dross that
deals in this rubbish.
Self-indulgence is the sin
That lets the body-abusers win;
Parasites of weak-willed lives
Knowing self-obsession thrives.
But whether its pills, crack, or hash,
There seems no lack of someone's cash.
Personally, I find it far from funny
How these dopeheads spend their (our?) money.
Comment is about if and when drugs are legalised (blog)
Original item by Patricia and Stefan Wilde
ta ladies and gentilians. I did say sorry afterwards P&S.
Why?
cos I'm the queen of bet hedgers! 😆
kindly Colinious,any chance of lending yours or will you need it for ha-ha-halloween? ta me owd mucker
Jemster-ta loveadovey
Rose 💋💋💋💋
Comment is about a spook peddler comes to call (blog)
Original item by Rose Casserley
Jemmo,this is BEAUTIFUL!and I adore the title.
later kiddo.
Rose 💋
Comment is about far edge of summer (blog)
Original item by Jemima Jones
and since they have grown your Rajesty,I better not keep a certain two other things apart. Wooh!
ta me darlin'
Rose 💋
Comment is about love birds...for,but not involving Colin H.and Raj (blog)
Original item by Rose Casserley
thank you for reading 😃
Well, no one is quite ready, but still they are ready; besides we will halt at our grave, when it is time for us to rest for eternity, until then, I'd say we sway our feet and enjoy the life dance instead 😃
Comment is about Waltzing towards my grave (blog)
Original item by Ameya.
Russell Thompson
Wed 26th Jul 2017 13:31
You rock me, daddy-o. Eight to the bar.
Comment is about 'Skiffle' by Leon Stolgard is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Very true Ray,
Amusingly I have seen Christ and Santa decoratively confused in China, it pleased me greatly as they are both false prophets.
Santa always made me feel very uneasy indeed, whereas Christ was just a conman with mental health issues.
David.
Comment is about WHEN SANTA COMES TO STAY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Comment is about Music Formerly Known As Jazz (blog)
Original item by J. Otis Powell‽ (with interrobang)
I like that idea! Thanks Jemima 😃
Comment is about I Can't Sleep (blog)
Original item by Adrian Metcalf
Lovely to see you soldiering on Wendy.Much love.Jemima.
Comment is about Fools Rush In (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
Loved the Poem very much Adrian but do you think the swapping around of 'daybreak' and 'crescent' might improve that particular line? Thank you.Jemima.
Comment is about I Can't Sleep (blog)
Original item by Adrian Metcalf
For me,a very very moving piece Connor and so well read.Thank you.Jemima.
Comment is about Daisy Chains (blog)
Original item by Connor Lannes
brilliant Rose.A wonderful mingling of the serious and not so serious.Thank you.Jemima.
Comment is about a spook peddler comes to call (blog)
Original item by Rose Casserley
had the guy been mine Rose,you would haven't have had the slightest chance of coming within a hundred miles of him! Love how you put a lot into that one word Leon,as much as I love Karen's.Indeed they are Tom and we must keep them clear enough for everything good to get to the soul.Appreciate your comment and concern Raj hoping that you are in the same good health as I am.I think you two are romantic Patricia and Stefan,according to quite a few of your poems if they are anything to go by.Thank you.Jemima.
Comment is about eye language (blog)
Original item by Jemima Jones
I had the age old subject of memories in mind when writing this piece.Sorry Rose,Patricia and Stefan if the ending nearly sent you down a wrong road.Glad you managed to go down the right one.Thank you.Jemima.
Comment is about sullied (blog)
Original item by Jemima Jones
although I sometimes try to compose poems using the 'unusual' Patricia and Stefan,it can be quite a struggle.Thank you.Jemima.
Comment is about clearly unclear (blog)
Original item by Jemima Jones
many yays to that - killer last line, all that's missing is a scythe.
Comment is about a spook peddler comes to call (blog)
Original item by Rose Casserley
life is a continual
dance with death,
we flirt with him
and he with us,
but am I ready
to be waltzed
to my grave?
oh no!
oh not just yet!
Comment is about Waltzing towards my grave (blog)
Original item by Ameya.
bit early Ray!
More and more Santa has come to represent our self-centred greed for consumerism. It's time he swapped his red cloak for a green one but can the masses be persuaded? I thinks not. The glaciers will melt and we will all be clinging to that landfill mountain of unrecyclable glitzy packaging, floating migrants in a swirling gyre of throwaway plastic.
Hang on, maybe Santa is Christ returned having a good old piss take as our mortal sins cast us ever more closer to hell's fiery pit of eternal damnation? And to think, all it took was one bite of an apple.
How's that for an interpretation Raymondo?
Merry Christmas!
Col.
Comment is about WHEN SANTA COMES TO STAY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
nicely thought out and written Terry.
Comment is about Winds Return. (blog)
Original item by terry l shuff
this reminds me of an old mirror I once had which I turned into a great work of art (lol). I scratched a poem into the varnished frame and added some embellishments. A few years later I got bored with it and threw it away much to the shock of my family - I had no idea they liked it that much and I was shocked at them being shocked. Anyways, we were all left with a blank feeling including the wall where it used to hang. Nice work Michaela and no doubt nothing to do with my interpretation. C😃L.
Comment is about Blank Feeling (blog)
Original item by Michaela Sheldon
suki spangles
Thu 27th Jul 2017 04:14
Cheers dystopian poetry fans!
David - the poem was in part inspired by Machiavelli observing that people in caves see shadows on the wall, but its source is a hidden flame. Or some thing along those lines.
Ray - cheers for the Poe compliment. I enjoy reading a bit of Poe now and again. I will check out the film if it is on TV, Thanks.
Here's this for you both. Inspired by Poe's Dream within a Dream.
https://youtu.be/Q4E1zMLghhY
Comment is about And The Heretics Weep (blog)
Original item by Suki Spangles