hahaha! Ray

I write food and wine articles every month for a national magazine and the most aggressive feedback that I ever encounter is from the vegetarian lobby, so put on your tin hat!

As we speak, am awaiting feedback from a very recently penned vegan piece which is VERY 'in' at the moment.

Good work as usual Ray, especially as it's pissing down here! Shit! it's veg soup for lunch today.

Graham

Comment is about ANTEDISESTABLISHMENT VEGETARIANISM (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Bloody genius Stu.

I'm just sitting here in a really peculiar mood

thinking........................................'what if they made Stu Buck Poet

Laureate?'

Comment is about click/clack (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

and thank YOU sir
for your kind words
regarding "Sorry".
who's sorry now?
not I.

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Elder

Hi John, this is riveting stuff and quite claustrophic and unsettling. Is there a father figure dominating the relationship and coming back to haunt you - so it might seem. The juxtaposition of contrary ideas makes everything seem surreal.

Fascinating read !

Ray

Comment is about A DREAM OF MISFORTUNE (blog)

Original item by john short

Trying to fathom the depths of meaning here. The first line is startling and shocking, tossed out quite casually. In modern life we've become accustomed to horror. It also reminds me of a comic I read once where a guy in a fast food joint finds a finger in his burger and jumps through a plate glass window.

Nice work Stu.

Comment is about click/clack (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

All this needs is Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams onsite to lighten the atmosphere - which you have lovingly created with lots to weigh down the spirit Martin. Hard of breathing is a great phrase. In the midst of all this the smiling and caring faces seem like an antidote, and makes us sympathise with those in charge too.

Ray

Comment is about Another visit (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

The poem or the gawping, Jason?

Comment is about BREAST FEEDING IN PUBLIC (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

thanks all! as ever, it means a lot

hope your all keeping well

Comment is about click/clack (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

How true these words are. Each little twist binds us together.

J. x

Comment is about Twisted Love (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

Thank you again to everyone who commented, honestly it means so much that anyone even read it.

And all my stuff is free on my writers page on Facebook: kealan coady-writer.
You're all welcome to come have a look, there's some stuff up there I haven't posted on here.

Thanks again ?

Comment is about 'Star Scran and Honey Madness' by Kealan Coady is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Works for me.?

J.x

Comment is about BREAST FEEDING IN PUBLIC (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Took me right back to hospital and my thyroidectomy. They were great, the doctors and nurses, but I couldn't wait to get out.
Favourite lines, "In this place, for the hard of breathing."
Really evocative.

J. x

Comment is about Another visit (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Not responding to this would be a travesty Stu. Your work is always challenging,and this can't be ignored. The word virus has a special significance for me, as there is a sense of infection throughout. The world of the immediate and the spreading of vicious circles all close in and well described in short form.
The taking out of the eyes reminds me of the creature in Pan's Labyrinth. Scary stuff.

Ray

Comment is about click/clack (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thanks Martin, I quite like this one too.

J. x

Comment is about Little Birds (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thank you so much Mona! ?

Comment is about Hello (blog)

Original item by Dragan Bozilov

This poem is neatly summed up and completed in that last line. a wonderfully presented piece of poetry.
Nice one

Comment is about sorry (blog)

Original item by d.knape

A very honest and well written poem that is summed up for me in the opening line. In that this is the way others who have never been through this can view people displaying such feelings.
Nice one

Comment is about Bi polar (blog)

Original item by Eden Louise

That last line holds the telling words to this poem and rounds it off very nicely.
Nice one Jason

Comment is about Little Birds (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

This definitely has a song like quality to it.
Nice one

Comment is about Note with Note (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

I love that line 'how many nights I wished the dark would pause' what makes it even better is the way you have placed the 'would pause all on its own. Your poetry rarely ceases to delight.

Nice one Rachel

Comment is about the future is now (blog)

Original item by nunya

Yeah the world is definitely more surreal at times than a painting a poem or any other art form. I remember watching the Vietnam war on T.V which was probably the first real televised war and being horrified at what we the viewers were being asked to take on board as numbingly normal. All that happens now has certainly got worse.

nice one Stu

Comment is about click/clack (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

There is a wonderful resonance in this piece both in shape and flow that is without a doubt poetic.
love it


A very well deserved winner

Comment is about 'Star Scran and Honey Madness' by Kealan Coady is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Well done Kealan. I enjoyed this.
Cheers JH : )

Comment is about 'Star Scran and Honey Madness' by Kealan Coady is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Ray, I wanted to say thank you for all the comments you've made and support you've given to me on this site. I don't respond much to many poems/poets (my issues), but in all my time sending stuff up here, there are a number of poets whose feedback I value greatly. Thanks again.

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

Original item by ray pool

I looked for it for ages. And couldn’t find the place. Wasted my life

Review is about out loud a night of spoken word performance on 7 May 2019 (event)

i agree kealan. where can we buy your work?

Comment is about 'Star Scran and Honey Madness' by Kealan Coady is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Congratulations! Impressive, original and very personal. Where do you buy it? Really well deserved.

Jennifer

Comment is about 'Star Scran and Honey Madness' by Kealan Coady is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Hi mate. Your insightful response has made me think. Perhaps there is a distinction between conscious and unconscious decisions. Eg the death camps scenario.where taking the plunge so called is a habitual obedience to a decision made long before and reinforced through fear or just a deadening of conscience. Automatism in fact or dehumanisation. Poetry has to try to precis such things. Coming c
Back to bliss. Can that be the merging of equally tuned minds as at a concert or indeed one of Hitler's speeches? As well as in solitude. Answers on a postcard please.

Comment is about TAKING THE PLUNGE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I have a rare gift, Brian, of being able to offend both parties to an argument.

Comment is about BREAST FEEDING IN PUBLIC (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

You won't be making many friends or influencing people on this site John.

Love it.

Comment is about BREAST FEEDING IN PUBLIC (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks Andy, your input has been invaluable man, always appreciated ?

Comment is about 'Star Scran and Honey Madness' by Kealan Coady is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

The torment and the agony of the condition has been captured so well by your words.. A very poignant poem..

Comment is about Bi polar (blog)

Original item by Eden Louise

Pleased for you, Kealan. More please as always (:

Comment is about 'Star Scran and Honey Madness' by Kealan Coady is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thank you to everyone for your kind words, it really is appreciated ?

Comment is about 'Star Scran and Honey Madness' by Kealan Coady is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Congratulations, Kealan.

Comment is about 'Star Scran and Honey Madness' by Kealan Coady is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

fantastic writing, worthy winner

Comment is about 'Star Scran and Honey Madness' by Kealan Coady is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Blimey, what a long title will do, a cheap and nasty trick of course, but quite common. This little poem wot I wrote was done some time ago as a sort of joke. I like the uilean pipes but can do without the Scottish ones, although massed pipes and drums can be quite stirring if done well. I remember on the New years eve 1999 I worked with not one but six pipers all in one hotel.

Thanks Brian, you couldn't make that up! Imagine an Arab playing bagpipes.

Dorothy, not a closet enthusiast surely. You're not alone, don't worry.

Thanks Don, I am on safe ground then! I think humorous poetry is always most effective in rhyme form.

Trevor, I know what you mean - and also I dislike politicians droning on. Thanks.

Hi Stu, a certain inevitability there I suspect. To interest add stentorian....

Thanks Jennifer, another variation on the theme of the Highlands, aye and a fine one too, i'll be bound. The title was actually spelt that way as a colloquial trick to make it more farcical, but thanks , no problem.

With your story to add to the complexities Kevin we could write a soliloquoy of the art. That sounds like a ploy to draw fire. Horrible sound to wake up to for sure.

Wow Jason, freedom comes at a heavy price, like paradise ( post bagpipes) thanks.

David, fascinating stuff ..true Scottish humour in that comment. I'm almost seeing Billy Connolly . That's a really appropriate point about the origin of the chanters. Frankly I never before made a connection, so thank you for enlightening me. It's all part of the Balmoral effect now.

I'm most gratified to get so much reaction to this. Next week I shall mainly be featuring the cor anglais - or not.

Andy, Philip, Randy and Lisa thanks so much for reading and liking.

Ray

Comment is about A JOCULAR AND DERISIVE POEM WHAT I WROTE WITH A SUITABLY LONG TITLE TO GET EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION - CLEVER EH? (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hi Jennifer and thanks. That repetition was to give the idea of climbing to a height, but you are right it could equally apply to reinforcing the idea of the action.

David, there is a salient point that we have freedom in making decisions - sometimes though Hobson's choice. It is a pretty problem, and we can appear to make our own , but are guided by what's gone before. Market forces love to push us into certain decisions by persuasion. I was thinking that actually carrying out an action is secondary to the decision to do it. Saying it is always right is a subjective point, but at the time we would never consciously make a wrong one surely. Time would reveal the truth in hindsight I suppose.

Thanks both and also to Lisa for liking.

Ray

Comment is about TAKING THE PLUNGE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Well, it's certain that one thing that is not absent is talent. Really moving, you expressed that empty hurt so well. Brilliant.

J. x

Comment is about An Absence In Me (blog)

Original item by Sarah Mae

Like KJ. I have no faith - but the line -
"for peace to self and all everywhere" - is sincere and is sincerely appreciated.
Dorothy

Comment is about Happy Ramadan and (blog)

Original item by Hasmukh Mehta

I always admire people with faith (even though I have none of my own)
Happy Ramadan to you too. (Hope that's appropriate coming from me)

Cheers Kevin

Comment is about Happy Ramadan and (blog)

Original item by Hasmukh Mehta

Don
I have found your 'like ' button and i have pressed it and sent you a flower.
i like your defiance - sounds as if you are feeling better.

Comment is about Do you? I do (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

I liked the incantatory mode-mood Kealan. After all, all action takes place in the head of the participant, or observer; with running commentary. Doesn't it?

As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods,
They kill us for their sport.

King Lear Act 4, scene 1, 32–37

Keep write on!

J

Comment is about 'Star Scran and Honey Madness' by Kealan Coady is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thank you very much Jason. I am not a very confident writer - thus I usually revise too much - but this poem just came to me, and I only knew it was about harikari when I'd completed it. Yes, it is like a chant, like the sound of water rushing over stones. I chanted it as I wrote it, in my head. Thanks for noticing Jason. John

The soul has been given its own ears to hear things the mind does not understand.” Rumi.

Comment is about Seppuku* (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Good to see that time spent healing in bed
Is producing positivity inside your head! ?

Comment is about Do you? I do (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

excellent

Comment is about At Dream's End (blog)

Original item by Tom

Can't see a like button anywhere ??

Comment is about Do you? I do (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

We wives can be very dedicated - we are well used to looking after men - and it makes us feel all the closer, so take heart and keep taking out the trash.

Dorothy

Comment is about I CAN STILL DO MANLY THINGS (blog)

Original item by d.knape

How else to get through breakfast...?

PS
I don't mean to be cryptic, Stu, but life is so surreal like this sometimes.

Rachel )

Comment is about click/clack (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

A great testament to the diversity of poetry and personal tastes--we are fortunate not to be constrained by artificial stricture.

I'm definitely a fan and I like to think Douglas Adams and Asimov would be too...

Rachel

Comment is about 'Star Scran and Honey Madness' by Kealan Coady is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck