<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 27th Sep 2018 17:48
Yes I agree Rose but two wrongs don't make a right.
Comment is about Can You Imagine (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
<Deleted User> (9882)
Thu 27th Sep 2018 17:40
and so does compassion and understanding!
Comment is about Can You Imagine (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 27th Sep 2018 17:35
Speling duzzn't mater? I fink it duzz.
Comment is about Can You Imagine (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
<Deleted User> (9882)
Thu 27th Sep 2018 17:12
Hi Wendy. Purposely or not the way you have spelled Emagin doesn't matter. What matters is the strong message you convey. Well done kiddo!
Rose ?
Comment is about Can You Imagine (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
Michael Holding
Thu 27th Sep 2018 16:59
Just looked at youtube. Beautifully recited Becky.
Mike
Comment is about "Writing in Rhyme" by Becky Who is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Mike Took
Michael Holding
Thu 27th Sep 2018 16:44
Great to hear rhyme defended!
John Betjeman got a lot of stick for rhyming.
Below are the 2nd and last verses of his 'Tregardock' (on a Cornish cliff top)
Only the shore and cliffs are clear
Gigantic slithering shelves of slate
In waiting awfulness appear
Like journalism full of hate
---
And I on my volcano edge
Exposed to ridicule and hate
Still do not dare to leap the ledge
And smash to pieces on the slate.
This is no trivial matter.
Tregardock is one of several of his poems I've set to music in the folk tradition.
Keep rhyming where appropriate.
Best wishes, Mike Holding
Comment is about "Writing in Rhyme" by Becky Who is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Mike Took
Michael Holding
Thu 27th Sep 2018 16:27
Comment is about "Writing in Rhyme" by Becky Who is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Mike Took
I can only say "thanks" for the kind words of appreciation.
The current sunny weather and its occasional breeze got me
thinking of the ephemeral nature of the warmer days of the
year and how the summer wind (called by various names
in different parts of the world) carries a message that urges
us to make the most of those days but ultimately says its
farewell as the seasons turn.
Comment is about THE SUMMER WIND (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
These are the moments that make what we do worth all the effort. By 'we' I refer to all those people, like Mike and so many folks, who go to the trouble to create opportunities such that others can share their work; the audiences, too, who understand the importance of listening to each other, and making sure their appreciation is demonstrated; and the voluntary team that runs this amazing website of ours.
This sounds as though it was an extremely special occasion, for writer/reader and his listeners. Yet at any session there might be less-obvious examples: someone who is desperately nervous about reading their words for the first time, and manages to do so without messing up, or someone who wants to get something off their chest and is allowed to do so. It might not win the Forward Prize, but it might be a personal equivalent achievement, as this sounds to have been.
Such opportunities are at the heart of what Write Out Loud is about: encouraging anyone who wants to, to have a go at writing and sharing their words with like-minded others. Doing so in an open-floor or open-mic context is, in our view, just as legitimate a form of publication as getting your work into a magazine, and can be more scary.
Well done to you and your audience, Mike, for creating an ambience that enabled this to happen.
Comment is about These are the Moments that Poetry Brings (article)
Original item by Mike Took
Hey Brian this weatherman knows Janus
He's gone brightened up on the forecast
What ever would we do without Hugh J?
Life would be so dull and vast
https://youtu.be/W11hJ83YcOk ?
Comment is about Hugh (blog)
Original item by d.knape
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 27th Sep 2018 14:35
<Deleted User> (17799)
Thu 27th Sep 2018 13:03
I love your poetry, it is so beautiful! Look forward to reading more of your work.
Comment is about Phillip Kelly (poet profile)
Original item by Phillip Kelly
<Deleted User> (17799)
Thu 27th Sep 2018 13:02
<Deleted User> (17799)
Thu 27th Sep 2018 13:01
I can't pick up any profile link by your comment ??
I did comment, but it appears to have gone awol..!
Comment is about Drugged up and homeless in Manchester yesterday (blog)
Original item by hugh
Brian
You know 'bout my Comic and Serious
'Twas you who helped shape them as thus
They rumble around in my profile
Both creating one hell of a fuss
You can open it's door when you're down-like
You can open it's door when you're high
You can leave the door shut, I don't care-like
This being my last line I'll say bye ?
Comment is about You Will Find More In My Profile (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Hugh I'm being kinder than Brian
And assuming you wrote it yourself
And not one you took from a friend
When looking away from his shelf ?
Comment is about Drugged up and homeless in Manchester yesterday (blog)
Original item by hugh
Am sorry I don't know your name commenter below but the answer to the question you raised
What is it about our society that reduces us to such levels?
Is simply greed for the dollar.
Comment is about Drugged up and homeless in Manchester yesterday (blog)
Original item by hugh
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 27th Sep 2018 10:57
Don - I am going nowhere near your profile. It would be like selling my soul to the devil!
Comment is about You Will Find More In My Profile (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Hi Don Thankyou for your comments the purpose is Experiance comes from Reality and has be told love Wendy
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 27th Sep 2018 10:54
Hugh...not your usual style. Did you get a friend to write it for you?
Comment is about Drugged up and homeless in Manchester yesterday (blog)
Original item by hugh
To be serious. I like your style. It's 'conversational', bit like 'street language'. ?
Comment is about Fallen Stars (blog)
Original item by Elle Shaine
Loved it! Great work!?
Comment is about 'Love Garden' by Lynn Hahn is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Mike Took
Elle - About Brian. He spiders around the site putting witty comments on peoples poems.
He's completely harmless and has a heart of gold. Any problems just let me know and I'll put him straight....?
Comment is about Fallen Stars (blog)
Original item by Elle Shaine
Very Profound! ?
Comment is about ‘Just before sleep’ by Peter Taylor is Write Out Loud’s Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
Now golly gosh you're in a state
(oops sorry can't say golly)
Some racist WOL will comment here
Now can you now eat caulie?
Your diet could be criminal
Don't like what you have rhymed
Sincerely hope you're allowed your cheese
And one that's rather primed ?
Comment is about CHEESE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
There would be countless stories like this Cardinal. Humans failing...?
Comment is about I'm Sorry and I love you (blog)
Original item by ElviraFox
This is good Lyn. Transition from a dark past into hoped-for new beginning flowed effortlessly through the piece ?
Comment is about HOPE (blog)
Original item by lynn hahn
Wendy. You speak the unfortunate truth to where society has descended. Individuals have no say. It is only by mass groups exerting pressure that things change. Sadly most people 'hide in their cozy little corners of safety', too afraid to speak out.
I take up on Brians 'Emagin'. To me I feel you've done this on purpose, but the purpose evades me?... ?
Comment is about Can You Imagine (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
This is a good well-thought out serious piece of poetry Hugh. I am pleased and impressed. I'd like to see more ?
Comment is about Drugged up and homeless in Manchester yesterday (blog)
Original item by hugh
All too common I am afraid Hugh something of which you have captured well in this piece
Nice one
Comment is about Drugged up and homeless in Manchester yesterday (blog)
Original item by hugh
Marmite is something similar to Vegamin I think in the USA and Rioja is a Spanish wine. Both are delicious. You must be somewhere else on the globe I think.
Regards
Keith
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 27th Sep 2018 08:40
<Deleted User> (19836)
Thu 27th Sep 2018 08:01
Hello Lynn. Thank you for taking the time to comment on both 'Cristi' and 'Words of Love'. Always appreciated!?
Comment is about lynn hahn (poet profile)
Original item by lynn hahn
<Deleted User> (19836)
Thu 27th Sep 2018 07:58
She's adorable! I totally empathize with your love for her and the pain of your loss.?
Comment is about Betty (photo)
Original item by lynn hahn
Might have to after Brexit, Brian. The foreign muck will be too dear to buy and ours will be too dear to export.
Comment is about CHEESE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (19836)
Thu 27th Sep 2018 07:19
Keith, Thank you so much for your comments on 'A Fork in The Road' and 'A Purple Ribbon'. I find your comments very encouraging and they are appreciated!?
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
<Deleted User> (19836)
Thu 27th Sep 2018 07:10
Thank you Hugh for commenting on 'A Purple Ribbon'. It's always appreciated?
Comment is about hugh (poet profile)
Original item by hugh
Big Sal
Thu 27th Sep 2018 04:42
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 27th Sep 2018 01:59
Elle - about 100 billion stars I believe, and that's just in the Milky Way.
Comment is about Fallen Stars (blog)
Original item by Elle Shaine
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 27th Sep 2018 01:56
I'd forgotten how Tesco's do cater
For Brits baser needs (they do yes)
Ray's definitely got a good point here
Try it in there for success ?
Comment is about Banned (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Wonderful and wistful. "Bugger Autumn", I say.
Comment is about THE SUMMER WIND (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Wed 26th Sep 2018 23:12
what the heck is marmite?
and Rioja?
Marmite is a small furry animal.
Rioja is a Spanish fly.
I think.
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thank you MC for your sincerity. John
Comment is about i.m. Pte Jack Prince (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Hi Ray. Thanks for taking the time to comment on "The Bricky Pond".
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)
Original item by ray pool
I agree wholeheartedly.
I also thank you so much
For your help.
I have grown so much
Under your advice and comments.
This is helping me light my way.
Comment is about Tell me what you think (blog)
Original item by Elle Shaine
John Coopey
Thu 27th Sep 2018 18:26
Have you had Blue Stilton, Larisa, the one pictured. It’s called a The King of Cheeses.
Comment is about CHEESE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey