Hi Peter congrats on getting POTW.

Your style is very different to mine, and to many others I suspect, so perhaps this is why it wasn't acknowledged earlier in the week rather than slipped under the radar as Graham has suggested.

Comment is about ‘Just before sleep’ by Peter Taylor is Write Out Loud’s Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

This is so powerful. I think it would work really well read aloud. The rhyming is really subtle and effective too. Thanks for such poignant images.

Comment is about Golden days (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Thanks for commenting "Clever Love". I hadn't really thought of this one as a speak-aloud piece, as it was an exercise in rhyming form (and theme). But maybe I could try it!

Really appreciate your thoughtful comments as always!

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Elder

love the belly adjustment Taylor but why no mention of nine-inch stilletto's!?

or dads old brothel creepers I sometimes wear that go well with my gimp suit!......?

cheers m'dear



Rose ?

Comment is about My Feet Have Gone Missing (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

To be clear, Don, I believe it’s what you Aussies call “top bollocks”. And,again to be clear, “Down Under” excludes the outback.

Comment is about MAN BOOBS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I'm not sure how this law could ever be enforced if those both sides of the confession box keep what is said to themselves.

Comment is about Church Law vs Government Law (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Bit of nonsense...don't tell Don, he'll be jealous as hell!

Comment is about My Feet Have Gone Missing (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

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Nice one Taylor - that made me chuckle...

Now where are my wellies????

Comment is about My Feet Have Gone Missing (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Beautiful becalming sonnet..thank you..?

Comment is about The Invitation (blog)

Original item by Chris Armstrong

Another riveting and informative read Don..thank you?

Comment is about Church Law vs Government Law (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

If you call it 'Man Boob Down Under' I definitely won't keep abreast of your poetry ?

Comment is about MAN BOOBS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

This is a truly beautifully crafted poem Peter and is really well deserving of POTW
Many congratulations

Comment is about ‘Just before sleep’ by Peter Taylor is Write Out Loud’s Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Will the child abuser no longer admit in the confessional for fear of being reported to the police? Or will they confess to avoid hell and damnation? The church has instructed priests not to report child abuse to police despite being against the law. ?

Comment is about Church Law vs Government Law (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Many congratulations Peter. I notice that this poem slipped under the radar when first posted. I am sure that it will receive the appropriate acknowledgement now it's POTW.

Well done once again!

Comment is about ‘Just before sleep’ by Peter Taylor is Write Out Loud’s Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

"Fred "is a gem Jed,full of quality,rhythm and rhyme.A pleasure to read.

Comment is about Fred (blog)

Original item by Ged Thompson

What an atmospheric poem with a mystical quality..loved it thank you..

Comment is about Angels Without Wings (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

I agree with Peter and Big Sal. What a great read. Oh those paths we never trod, those unfulfilled dreams..and then what? To sit and wait for the inevitable. Excellent...?

Comment is about Golden days (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Hi Ged, great rhythm and rhyme. Sounds good when read aloud. Love the content both humorous and nostalgic. Good stuff..?

Comment is about Fred (blog)

Original item by Ged Thompson

Hi D.K. It is a dog..Lol thank you for noticing her.

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

Original item by d.knape

Martin,
A great piece about the one certainty being unfulfilment. Grateful and resentful at the same time for undistinguished habit, the ache in knowing the game's up. Loved it!

Peter T

Comment is about Golden days (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

U have a wonderfully unique style to how u structure ur poems.... Im trying to write poems in this similar style... But im too obsessed by structure and rhyme scheme porms

Comment is about Get out (blog)

Original item by Mac

Thanks for your interest and the kind word.

I have now posted the lyrics on my song page for anyone interested in reading them.

Have a good one.?

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Like drinking an ale or mead and waiting for the day to end. Well read piece Martin, and somewhere in the horizon I got lost in the hills.?

Comment is about Golden days (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Incredibly well-written and excellent piece John. The painting/picture accompanying this also reminds me of a board game of tremendous proportions called 'Admiral's Order', same style and all. Very well done.

Comment is about Angels Without Wings (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thanks Taylor, wanted to try something new

Comment is about The Bite (blog)

Original item by Mayah ROSE

I love your stuff. I usually just free-write whatever comes out of my head and then clean it up afterward. I never know what style I will use - sometimes have too many to choose from and have to try on a few. Ha, I write as tho I know something! I just know that I used to do what you do and only within the past month or started doing it this way and it is much easier than trying to construct the poem as you write.

I especially love Breakdown..

Thank you for your kind comments. They are appreciated more than you can know!

Comment is about Phillip Kelly (poet profile)

Original item by Phillip Kelly

Very powerful snappy monosyllabic emotive language here.... Very raw emotions....superb work..! Love the structure

Comment is about temporary insanity (blog)

Original item by Mac

Interesting..thank you for sharing..

Comment is about The Bite (blog)

Original item by Mayah ROSE

Becky, this is a fabulous piece. I absolutely loved it. The ending was dramatic. Bravo! ❤Jane

Comment is about Clever love (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

is that a dog?
or a sheep?

Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Thanks Anya, Brian, Taylor, Martin, M.C, and Hugh. I found this one easy to write as I have written it before (though not as a poem) as a chapter of a book. It's actually a true story about my sister. Hugh, you should have got the name of the man with the mastiffs, I'd have sent her to sort him.

Cheers Kevin

Comment is about The Girl With Murderous Intent (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

3 weeks ago myself and my dog were happily going along the canal towpath when we were attacked by two big bull mastiffs running loose.As a consequence I had to have a tetanus injection and my dog had to have treatment at the vet.The owner wouldn't give me his name and address.Reading this I now know why.A great read.

Comment is about The Girl With Murderous Intent (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Thanks, MC and Ray. You’re on the right lines,MC. I’m tempted to have liposuction on them and the fat pumped in my prick.
Ray - There’s a brassiere on Selby Finkle Street. You can get a nice cappucino there.

Comment is about MAN BOOBS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

It's about time you started yourself seriously John. So much mileage in one body. It's funny how we never see the word brassiere any more. Vive la Diana Dors ! (or John).

Ray

Comment is about MAN BOOBS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I feel privileged to be privy to your hiding place, beautifully put and very evocative with the conch shell.
Nice one Rachel

Comment is about hiding places (discernment) (blog)

Original item by nunya

Truly beautiful Stu. I love your description, very well put.
Nice one

Comment is about a stain to never fade (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

If only...a theme that surely permeates many minds - thinking of regrets for what might have been...if only.

Comment is about A lifetime Of Following My Instinct (blog)

Original item by Wendy Higson

This sounds like a cry from the heart. I love the picture attached.
Nice one

Comment is about Six word Story (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

Fun - long may the day be postponed when you go tits-up!
And -
Why not become a lowdown siliconer
And use its effects for an upstanding boner?

Comment is about MAN BOOBS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

To add any more lines to this would be too much you have captured what you wanted to say very well within just few.

Nice one

Comment is about A Moment in my Mind (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

The last line definitely sums up the whole piece nicely. I would love to hear this live in order to capture the full passion of this poem

Nice one

Comment is about Clever love (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

The tree analogy is excellent. There is indeed a lot of strength in trees

Comment is about Roots we choose (blog)

Original item by HayzTee

But from where...?
The theme resonates (certainly for someone like me who
moved many times as a youngster) but the essence was
in the difference between what was left and what was
found.

Comment is about We'er Moving (blog)

Original item by Mikey V Kinsey

Applause is due for this Stanley Holloway style monologue -
for style, content and resolution. It is surely "stage" material.

Comment is about The Girl With Murderous Intent (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Brian - apropos my comment about emotion elsewhere,
this is an example of the latter at work! Glad you enjoyed
the words. Funny how some come easily while others take
an age to get right. I'm happy to say that this was in the
first category and once the first line came to mind, the rest
followed easily enough. Now I'm working on some "bridge"
lines for an audio recording. This is where the extra effort
comes in!! My admiration for lyricist Sammy Cahn is a
huge source of encouragement. He once observed that
he had put more words into Frank Sinatra's mouth than any
man living. Not a bad way to MAKE a living!!

Comment is about YOU ARE THE MUSIC - a song lyric (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Many thanks,Don. My next effort is a follow-up entitled “Down Under”.
It looks like The Nick to me, Martin, but not as I remember him. Nevertheless, Jack, “Thanks for the Mammaries”.

Comment is about MAN BOOBS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

HI Martin. Thanks for coming through on this. You are right, it was hard work, as rhyming stuff often is. I'm afraid the subject is a pet one of mine, being so long in the music business and seeing so many years devoted to skills in order just to survive, to see many bedazzled by the bleeding obvious. I won't say i'm bitter, but shall we say ultra aware.

Cheers Ray

Comment is about SUCCESS STORY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hi Brian - you may be right...although I think that individually many still try to behave responsibly and fairly
towards their fellows. It is likely that the pressures and
expectations today are producing a negative feeling that
things are worse than they are. I am content to live in hope
(from my own local dealings) that is the case. Glad you
enjoyed the trip to the past.

Comment is about DO YOU REMEMBER MY ENGLAND? - a re-post (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Oh yes, I'll surely be quoting some of these lines (with full credit of course!) Curious to hear to audio you'd place with such lovely lyrics.

Comment is about YOU ARE THE MUSIC - a song lyric (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Sometimes we have to go with the flow and wait for some
inspiration to arrive - often from the most unexpected
source, helping to keep us up to speed mentally. To take
up BM's point -
There is a place for a proper discussion/poem about anti-Semitism
but I fear the subject matter has become de rigueur for
many who to use as a means of pushing forward and
maintaining a stance - social or political - that most folk
do not recognise in their own daily lives. If you protest
too much about anything it is likely to be counter-productive and encourage prejudice of the "now what are
they moaning about?" variety - which can apply to other
behaviour in these over-crowded islands. To borrow
from the Bard, it may become a case of "Methinks they doth protest too much". But having said that, it is
certainly a challenge for any poem in mind.

Comment is about Three Beat Verse (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews