first verse is an absolute killer tommy. love it.
Comment is about Knock - Knock (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
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Mon 18th Mar 2019 16:59
I loved this poem - I loved the rhythm - i loved the humour - but most of all I am so glad you recognized the truth. mmmmmm ?
Dorothy
Comment is about OUR GERT KNOWS BEST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
funnily enough i read a bit about the black annis a while ago in a folklore book i pilfered for 50p from the local library. had never heard of her before and now twice in a month. this is great damon, it shows real skill
Comment is about The Black Annis (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
rather beautiful john. i agree with jason, its like a prayer to everything all at once.
Comment is about The greatest gift (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
cosmic joggle is sublime. the whole thing is intriguing and beguiling in equal parts
Comment is about Cosmology 101 (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
Oh so many long words - they make me stop and think, to wonder if I can really take in what you are saying. I hope they are not one of your ways of distancing yourself from us common people.
Comment is about On love and self-efficacy (blog)
Original item by Clarke
I really enjoy poems about close relationships, especially ones that pose questions that we all might be wondering about in our own lives.
Comment is about Augustus (blog)
Original item by Clarke
Very stimulating to my imagination. Thank you.
Comment is about Cosmology 101 (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
What's changed? The civil service runs the country. MPs just get in the way. They were finally given some work to do a couple of years ago and just look what they made of it. Your next poem might be The Country that was Murdered. Great read.
Comment is about The Town That Was Murdered (blog)
Original item by Joe Williams
In age, I'm a year behind the author and take some solace in
knowing my late mother - the youngest of a large Victorian - Edwardian family - lived until just after her 90th birthday...and her
sisters also got a long way down life's road, albeit not quite as far.
I can't recall having a taste for poetry per se when I was 16,
too busy being prepared via an apprenticeship process for my
chosen career, but managing to appreciate the likes of Frank
Sinatra and his unmatched interpretations of the lyrics of songs
that now occupy The Great American Songbook. Not a bad
substitute! By the time I got around to WOL, my working life was
over and the benefits of varied learning in retirement were on offer.
By then, it seemed to me that modern poetry had - ljke modern
classical music - lost its ability to "sing" and little has managed to
appeal - then or now. Life has to be enjoyed and it has never
seemed sensible to spend its allotted time with stuff that doesn't add to either. Of course, there are memorable exceptions and
they are valued even more for their (for me) comparative
rarity. Roll on "76" (plus++++++++++++++) ?.
Comment is about Staying alive: me and Mr MacCaig (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Well done, DK - a distinctive "voice" that refreshes the parts most
in need in an otherwise too serious genre of creative writing!
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is 'Shoes' by D.Knape (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Brian - and those who clicked on "like" - many thanks for reading and
responding. I've always had a fondness for the "aphorism" approach.
Comment is about BETTER (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Another gem from a reliable source of entertaining (and challenging)
poetry. The attraction being not only the rhythm but also the choice of the words used, and the feeling that there is some reality behind them. A difficult trick to pull off successfully but no one does it better..
Sometimes I think a female in the place might be rather nice
But then I find myself thinking not just once - but twice.
To those who choose to take the vows that join man and wife -
I say to them "good luck old son - I'll take the single life". ?
Comment is about OUR GERT KNOWS BEST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
"available for work that wasn’t there."
...and MP's have second jobs such a solicitors and how do they find the time to dedicate their energies to their coctituents? I wonder.
Cheers Joe.
Tommy
Comment is about The Town That Was Murdered (blog)
Original item by Joe Williams
Thanks Martin, I appreciate your comment on "Knock - Knock" and your suggestion is in the pondering stage ;~)
Tommy
Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)
Original item by Martin Elder
Thanks Martin, I appreciate your comments and your suggestion is in the pondering stage ;~)
Tommy
Comment is about Knock - Knock (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
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Mon 18th Mar 2019 09:26
Agree with David about non-conformity. It's like being an eccentric...you don't call yourself an eccentric, nor do you work at being one. It happens naturally and it's what others call you, often without your knowledge.
Don, you are free to comment on others' work, but please consider whether your comments will detract from the piece you are commenting on. After all it is not all about you, it is about them. (I can say this as one who has been guilty of this in the past, and possibly still is on occasion.)
Comment is about Good Onya (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
elPintor
Mon 18th Mar 2019 09:10
Congratulations, D.
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is 'Shoes' by D.Knape (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Thankyou Jason.
I wouldn’t swop her for a gold pig, Frances.
Comment is about OUR GERT KNOWS BEST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Frances Macaulay Forde
Mon 18th Mar 2019 04:40
Yes, up to your usual standard John.
I am still enjoying your e-book, 'Waste of Time'. Especially, 'The Photograph' (naturally), 'Words that I forget', 'Frank' (my dad was a Pathfinder/Master Bomber)... and so many more wonderful, intimate poems.
Jason, Dorothy, MC - I certainly recommend his chapbook, available here: https://www.amazon.com/waste-time-Poems-2010-2015-ebook/dp/B075CW7VNR/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=John+e+Marks+Waste+of+Time&qid=1552883946&s=gateway&sr=8-1
The only reason I didn't buy his very reasonable hold-in-my-hands chapbook, is because my shelves are groaning and I'm busy giving away many of my treasures...
UPDATE: I now have the second e-book "Shadows and Dust".
Comment is about The greatest gift (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Frances Macaulay Forde
Mon 18th Mar 2019 04:23
Ha-Ha! And you love her dearly....
Comment is about OUR GERT KNOWS BEST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Oh yes, and a truer word was never spoken!?
J.
Comment is about OUR GERT KNOWS BEST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
This is a fine example of what poetry is about...leaving the reader feeling better for having read it.
Comment is about The greatest gift (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Wow, that is hard hitting. A brilliant insight into the minds of those called to serve. We are all forever in the debt of these brave few. Their sacrifices should never be forgotten.
Heart of Lead and Carbon Quill, brilliant and poignant.
J. x
Comment is about Simple Cloth (collaboration with The Carbon Quill) (blog)
Original item by Heart of Lead
Thanks, Martin. Horses for courses is the usual thinking but it helps
to regenerate interest in both horse and human if some variety is
employed occasionally. ?
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is 'The Racing Stable' by M.C Newberry (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Many thanks for the advice, Dorothy.
Don - I think you'd find a priapic prick quite emotional.
Comment is about PRIAPUS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
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Sun 17th Mar 2019 20:43
I notice brevity is your watchword of late MC. Works for me.
Comment is about BETTER (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
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Sun 17th Mar 2019 20:17
John
This is beautiful - i agree with Jason - almost liike a prayer or even a blessing.
I really love it
Dorothy
Comment is about The greatest gift (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
The need for forgiveness is so strong. If we were ruled by love and forgiveness, we would have no need for law. But indeed, to love and forgive can never be enforced. Your words are so powerful and much needed to hear. I am on that journey as well. Your words are deeply needed and I cherish them. Thank you for sharing.
Comment is about Redemption (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Hi Martin - Thanks for your feedback
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
And the rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
Sláinte T ?
Comment is about Irish and Proud (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Spellbinding, beautiful poem John. Brilliant, almost prayer like.
J.
Comment is about The greatest gift (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
I love the rhythm of this piece the gives it the extra pace that takes the reader with it.
Nice one
Comment is about Handcuff (blog)
Original item by mona s
Oh to be young again with the wisdom of years. that said I am not sure that I would be any different. As a teen I would be referred to no doubt as stroppy. Now just as cantankerous. I can never imagine you fitting into either of those categories.
love it
Comment is about Attack From The Rear (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Thanks Martin, I seem to be having a spate of trying to write about fairly big themes at the moment, but you can only go with the thoughts as they hit you. Genuine thanks to those that liked and commented.
J. x
Comment is about Redemption (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
'Hollow footsteps up my spine' what a great line '
The title of this piece reminds of the line to a song. sorry if I am being a bit obvious here. But a great poem Ray
Nice one
Comment is about SAME OLD SONG (blog)
Original item by ray pool
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Sun 17th Mar 2019 18:20
I hold up my hands and give in - play first - and then DIY .
Comment is about DIYing (blog)
Original item by John McDonough
Another fine piece of poetry Tommy. I love the final line in particular
'but is real fear absence'
Wonderful stuff
I am also more fully beginning to appreciate the pictures that you accompany your work with.
I really feel you ought to publish you r work if you have not done so already.
Nice one mate
Comment is about Knock - Knock (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
This reads to me like a rather fine folk song that might be heard on a cold winters night in front of a roaring fire.
Love it
Comment is about Irish and Proud (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
I have no idea in my ignorance what the black Annis is but this is a fine piece of poetry Damon
Love it
Comment is about The Black Annis (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
This is a beautiful piece Jason. I love the line a coil of mist beyond your grasp.
Comment is about Redemption (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
There is a shared innocence with the reader here with I am sure all can understand. A wonderful piece that seeks to excel by past examples.
Nice one
Comment is about I want to be a writer (blog)
Original item by Josie
This does not seem to be your usual style Mark which initially caught me unawares. In many ways it is all the richer for that. As has already been identified a really good rhythm to it and for me a slight hint of Auden about it. Congratulations on POTW
a most worthy piece
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is 'The Racing Stable' by M.C Newberry (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Sorry Dorothy as a self confessed hedonist I am in total support of John.
Go for it mate
Keith
Comment is about DIYing (blog)
Original item by John McDonough
I'm with you mate, painting the town, not painting the hall.
J.?
Comment is about DIYing (blog)
Original item by John McDonough
You're a hard taskmaster Dorothy. Living is more important ??
Comment is about DIYing (blog)
Original item by John McDonough
Beautiful. The last stanza is especially powerful. Thanks for sharing. Write on! ?
Comment is about I want to be a writer (blog)
Original item by Josie
Stu Buck
Mon 18th Mar 2019 16:59
great stuff ray as ever with a cracking send off.
Comment is about SAME OLD SONG (blog)
Original item by ray pool