Funny to read - but oh so serious in fact
.Dorothy

Comment is about Cheap as chips (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

Through curiosity generated by some readings of others' writing here on WoL, I've recently done a bit research on these forms you mention. I've always been a big fan of keeping things short and sweet in my personal work, so the tanka and gogyoshi may be more of a go-to for my future posts.

..glad to have your comment, Steve.

Rachel

ps
..glad you liked the Gary Clark bit, too--that's my fight song D

Comment is about mirrors (blog)

Original item by nunya

The poem resonates well.. Met a stroke patient recently, Truly, the courage and the will has helped her to sail through it all..

Comment is about Stroke-Torn Woman (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Don,
I thought it’s time
To do a rhyme.

Comment is about FUCK THE NHS! (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

thanks for the kind comments on 'blue on blue contact' Martin - glad you liked it ?

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Elder

Thank you, Martin, you're too kind.

Comment is about On the Destructive Power of Measureable Learning Objectives (blog)

Original item by Randy Horton

Don
This is a story of human courage, I wish her well.

Dorothy

Comment is about Stroke-Torn Woman (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

I'm pleased you've returned to your rhymic roots again JC. ?

Comment is about FUCK THE NHS! (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I like this Vautaw

Comment is about The Writer's Plight (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

..can't help but turn that final line, over and over in my mind--feels like hope without expectation.

Rachel

Comment is about Lines To Copy (blog)

Original item by Adam Whitworth

Laura
I love this 'magical' poem -it reads like a song,
thank you for it.

Dorothy

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is 'Once Upon a Time' by Laura Taylor (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

A favorite live performance that I revisit often...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_ZeDn-hHGE

..great blues with lots of grit--exactly how we need to be sometimes just to get through with a little dignity.

Comment is about mirrors (blog)

Original item by nunya

The final verse is particularly strong--emotionally stirring is a better way to say it.

Rachel

Comment is about Mirror (blog)

Original item by Damon Blackery

Thank you Orenda! ?

Comment is about Wild Flowers (blog)

Original item by Vautaw

you are right Martin.
good advice.

by the way, love your new sweater!
?

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Elder

Thank you Vautaw

Comment is about Mirror (blog)

Original item by Damon Blackery

Keep writing. Get it out. It took me years of writing including three anthologies to work through the trauma of child abuse. Eventually, if you keep writing and do the healing work, you realize you are worthy of love and you are your own best friend. If you can bare it, every time you pass a mirror, say, I love you unconditionally. I learned that from Louise Hay. Thank you for sharing your raw and real truth. You never know who else it will inspire to work through their pain. ❤

Comment is about Mirror (blog)

Original item by Damon Blackery

A poem a day is quite ambitious
And my egg souffle was quite delicious

Comment is about Yep (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

I should have paid into BUPA, MC.

Comment is about FUCK THE NHS! (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

thanks martin. you have expressed almost perfectly what i had intended to portray which is just great!

Comment is about i am made of water and so are you (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

C'mon JC - get a grip! ?
We all know that the NHS
Is meant for "hands on" in distress.

Comment is about FUCK THE NHS! (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

This speaks of a real fragility about the individuals involved in their relationship and the confusion which for me is summed up in the title. Another great poem Stu

Comment is about i am made of water and so are you (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Jason,
This is so melancholy - and so very beautiful, it is a privilidge to
read it.
Take good care,
Dorothy

Comment is about Not Without (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

but is it love to hate or hate to love?

Comment is about i am made of water and so are you (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Some of them want in
and some of them want out
they do the Hokey Cokey
and then they scream and shout.

sorry, it just slipped out.

Next time I watch PMQs. I will think about this poem, it puts it all into perspective.
I love the graphic - i love the poem

Comment is about Blue On Blue Contact (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

keith
this is so sad - you sound so defeated - I hope it is just a passing moment and that 'tomorrow' will be better.

Dorothy

Comment is about Born a Criminal (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

great lyricism and poetic phrasing - extremely well structured with a dark, brooding sentiment. A well deserved PoW. Trevor

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is 'Once Upon a Time' by Laura Taylor (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Cor, pull wolves from my tongue.

I hate/love you Stu ?

Comment is about i am made of water and so are you (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Hahaa ? ?

Seriously, some days I have thought 'bugger it, I'll just do a haiku and have done' ?

Comment is about Every Day? (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Oh well done! I really didn't have the time to learn how to write a bloody villanelle haha so I applaud your efforts!

Comment is about The Big Question (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Cheers chaps!

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is 'Once Upon a Time' by Laura Taylor (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Yep!

Comment is about Yep (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Discovering Something from Somewhere

Don't start writing anything
tiding up is about to start

Somewhere is something forgotten
crammed full of unfinished poetry

Open up that space
the good, the bad and the terrible

Select the reasonable readable
discover something from somewhere.

The theme for Monday's meeting is Tiding up the house

Comment is about Poems at an exhibition: Stockport Write Loud members in event at art gallery (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

A beautiful piece Becky with some great lines in. My favourite line has got to be

You were of this land long before the moving bone-bags appeared

Fabulous

Comment is about Elegy to a plum tree (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Absolutely stunning Randy.

Love it

Comment is about On the Destructive Power of Measureable Learning Objectives (blog)

Original item by Randy Horton

Beautifully written as usual Ian. I think it is all summed up rather well in that last line.
'A most uncivil war'

Nice one mate

Comment is about Blue On Blue Contact (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

The will always be those others who seemingly pass through life in rays of eternal sunshine. But it is only that which seems rather than what is

Comment is about My Life (blog)

Original item by d.knape

I get a real sense of anticipation as well as the 1940's sense of black and white cinematic experience with just reading this poem which of course is further underlined by the picture.
Nice one Mike

Comment is about A Final Farewell (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

There is a real wistful sense in this poem not just in reading it but also listening to you reading it. I love you attention to detail here Ray and the way in which the poem is delivered.
Nice one mate

Comment is about LEFT BEHIND (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I love the rhythm and pace of this one Phil as well as the content.
Nice one

Comment is about Take the ugly things. (blog)

Original item by mentalelf. Philk.

Fabulous poem Laura. I can almost feel the wild wind blowing through my hair as I read it. It just jumps off the page.
Love it

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is 'Once Upon a Time' by Laura Taylor (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Charming and persuasive Becky. I am under your spell

Ray

Comment is about If you liked my poetry (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Thanks Jennifer, Avishek and Dorothy for the likes!

Ray

Comment is about ON GURNARDS HEAD (blog)

Original item by ray pool

really liked this one as soon as I read it - great pace and rhythm and the repeat lines drive it ever onwards ?

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is 'Once Upon a Time' by Laura Taylor (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Hi Laura.

A really beautiful poem with a pace and grace that combine perfectly.

Thank you.

Peter T

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is 'Once Upon a Time' by Laura Taylor (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thank you, Sarah, for reading and responding. It was lovely to meet you at Benslow.

Comment is about Jayne Stanton (poet profile)

Original item by Jayne Stanton

I grow a lot of fruit Becky, including plums and this brings home my relationship to my trees. Brilliant Becky much more of this please.

All the best des

Comment is about Elegy to a plum tree (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

glad you liked 'Simple Pleasures' Don - thanks very much for taking the time to comment
Ian

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

Original item by Don Matthews

thanks for your kind comments on 'Manhattan Morning' Josie - I'm really pleased that you liked it
Ian

Comment is about Josie (poet profile)

Original item by Josie

Oh, I do like this Ian. So inviting. Even the picture.

Comment is about Simple Pleasures (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley