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Tue 2nd Oct 2018 23:31

Thanks everybody - it's really kind of you to give such positive feedback.
From my earliest record buying days in the 70's I've always been drawn to the lyrics of songs - being hopeless with music I tended to dabble in bands but put more effort into the poetry and spoken word.
Imagine my surprise and delight that really good musicians were willing to work with me on my poems and develop them into songs and musical performances.
I agree with your comments - poetry is poetry - if it's got music with it so be it - but the basic form is poetry - it was conceived as poetry and then became something (more?) else.
So I was a bit disappointed for WOL to dismiss this work as though it wasn't anything to do with poetry.
Your supportive comments have made me feel a lot better about that - particularly coming from such clever wordsmiths as your good selves.
David - YES! The Stranglers - one of my influences definitely - got everything they've done.
Darren - glad you're liking it - seeing your own influences I thought you might.
Big Sal - yes please - do that review - let's create our own review space if the one we have is too narrow to contain us!
Taylor - cheers mate
Anya - glad you're liking it - I can't claim credit for Jerusalem - that's a Steve Earle song - my favourite recording artist - a novelist, a poet and a songwriter - who'd have thunk it? :-)
Thanks so much Ray - it's good when things come together - piano is one instrument I have major respect for but have never worked with.
Big Thanks everyone - I love ya!

Comment is about SCREAMING BLUE MURDER - NEW ALBUM (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Hugh

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 23:29

An excellent description of your desperation in so few words.Well done

Comment is about Melancholy. (blog)

Original item by Kayleigh Denton

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 23:06

The person you do not love obviously has a lot to learn about relationships Janey - I hope he may discover what love is. There must be a reverse side of this poem about that remedy.

Ray

Comment is about love is not (blog)

Original item by Janey Colbourne

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 22:50

Just imagine that mayhem Becky. Best got off your chest, and especially in this format.

Ray

Comment is about Why the hell did I agree to this (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 22:48

Reminiscent of those 1940s Ealing films Keith still relevant today. We won't see his like again, you can be sure of that!

Ray

Comment is about Grandad (blog)

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keith jeffries

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 21:41

Tommy,

This is an interesting play on words which come together to form a uniqe rythm. I really like this poem as I have never seen the likes of it before.

Thank you for this,
Keith

Comment is about Shopping (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

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Tue 2nd Oct 2018 21:39

Tommy...I don't normally go for this type of repetition but this one has a lot of appeal and I've read it through more than once. Your initial unbroken format didn't grab me and your decision to change it was I think a good one.

Comment is about Shopping (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 21:30

An impressive achievement Ian, and packs a definite punch in this musical form. It's clever how the words dovetail into the music; a thing I always respect as I am a pianist and a poet, but ne'er yet has the twain met!

Respect required here in every sense.

Ray

Comment is about SCREAMING BLUE MURDER - NEW ALBUM (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Big Sal

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 21:06

The sample is an example of how a poem could be taken literally or metaphorically and still come out powerfully woven. Well done on it.?

Comment is about Shanice Matos (poet profile)

Original item by Shanice Matos

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 21:02

It is the truth D.K. point well made. T.C.

Comment is about INITIALS (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 20:58

Excellent track all the best with the album...?

Comment is about SCREAMING BLUE MURDER - NEW ALBUM (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Big Sal

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 20:56

That's great to see music being cross-promoted with poetry. Good luck on your endeavors with it, music is always a worthy outlet to turn to, and to be able to turn that into true art can transcend the lifestyle most poets are accustomed to.

I will give a listen to this over the next couple days now that I have some free time on my hands. If you're interested, I can write a review for it after going over it a few times for a listen. I wrote a review for Taylor Crowshaw's debut anthology "Shhhh!!!! We Don't Talk About That" that is available to read on my profile page under the same name. After submitting the review and not hearing back from the WOL editor or team, I decided to release it as a blog post instead (it sold a couple copies too).

To be honest, I find doing reviews equally as interesting as writing a well-thought out poem. Something to think about. Either way, like I said - good luck.

Great cover by the way.?

Comment is about SCREAMING BLUE MURDER - NEW ALBUM (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

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Tue 2nd Oct 2018 20:45

Top work Ian!

Like David so far I have only listened to a couple of tracks, but so far it is ACE!

Splendid.

Cheers

DJB

Comment is about SCREAMING BLUE MURDER - NEW ALBUM (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Andy N

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 20:30

Thanks Darren. Pleased you liked this. Just a short tribute to a strictly one off man with three very different memories about him. Manchester won't be the same without him that's for sure.

Comment is about Three Short Poems about Mark E Smith (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 19:45

Thanks Christine. I enjoyed your poem. I will go and visit those woods if I’m ever up that way. I’ve written quite a bit about trees and woodland myself. Some nonfiction and song lyrics as well as a couple of poems. I like to sit in the woods to write.

Comment is about Janey Colbourne (poet profile)

Original item by Janey Colbourne

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 19:39

Thank you Hugh!

Comment is about The Voice of the Commons (blog)

Original item by Janey Colbourne

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 19:38

Thank you very much Jemima

Comment is about love is not (blog)

Original item by Janey Colbourne

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 19:37

Thank you very much Christine. I can relate xx

Comment is about Mama (blog)

Original item by Janey Colbourne

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 18:54

thanks for the kind comments on 'Bevin Boy' Stu - apologies it's taken so long for me to respond - been off the site for a couple of weeks pursuing music projects - back now :-) I appreciate you taking the time to comment
Ian

Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 18:52

thanks for commenting on 'Bevin Boy' Trevor - I appreciate it - and apologies for the slow reply - been up to my neck in music project work and not on the internet
Ian

Comment is about Trevor Alexander (poet profile)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 18:51

thanks for the kind comments on 'Bevin Boy' Keith - once again I must apologise for taking so long to respond - I've been off the internet doing some music projects - I appreciate your continued supportive comments
Ian

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

Original item by keith jeffries

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 18:50

thanks for the comment on 'Bevin Boy' Becky - and congratulations on your poem of the week - sorry it's taken me a while to respond - I've been absent from the site for a couple of weeks
Ian

Comment is about Becky Who (poet profile)

Original item by Becky Who

John Coopey

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 17:59

I'm sure it is, MC. But a lifetime of negotiations in industrial relations has taught me that you don't control your opponents' strategy.
As we are painfully learning.
And it is refreshing to disagree with someone who does not take their bat home as a number of my fellow left-leaning WOL and FB chums do.

Comment is about BORIS THE BIDER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Mae Foreman

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 17:59

Well said!

Comment is about UNTITLED (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 17:21

Thanks Brian, fair comment.

Big Sal, I like to paint a picture, even a tacky one. It is really about a lonely voice in the wilderness. Thanks.

Thanks Taylor, i'm pleased you read my stuff, cheers!

Martin, for God's sake don't give that up - it adds depth to words even if it doesn't always pay off.

Jane, can I be clever? I just enjoy the thrill of words and what they can do. Thanks a lot.

Quite right Mark. There you have it. That old chestnut rhyming will always surface - it's just a tool and shouldn't be elevated above all other expression, but it's a great ally in reaching the parts. !
Thanks.

Thank you Darren, I appreciate the subtlety of your comment, a sort of stalemate, mate. And I like it.

Deeply ironical, David. You're right about metaphor, which often can be missed. Like walking down a corridor of locked doors.

Much appreciated everyone!!
John, Rachel, Jon and Anya , thanks very much for the likes.

Comment is about SIMPLE FARE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 17:12

Thanks Big Sal for stepping in. This was a hard one to write, and i'm glad it made some sense.

Ray

Comment is about I WASN'T UPSET (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Tue 2nd Oct 2018 16:30

Been there Becky tough.....love the poem..thanks Taylor?

Comment is about Why the hell did I agree to this (blog)

Original item by Becky Who