Hi Jennifer, i'm so glad you enjoyed this; I got a bit carried away but it was a journey into the undergrowth - who knows may emerge?
Ray
Comment is about SUCCESS STORY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Big Sal
Fri 7th Sep 2018 17:46
Terrifying atmosphere, lovely lesson Shirley, well done on this. ?
Comment is about Human (blog)
Original item by Shirley Smothers
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 7th Sep 2018 17:36
That's the thing about social media...thick trolls are equal to university professors or military heroes.
Good piece Mac.
Comment is about Not a Perfect Man (blog)
Original item by Mac
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 7th Sep 2018 17:32
Bloody Tory government...stopping greengrocers using paper bags!
Comment is about The Voice of the Commons (blog)
Original item by Janey Colbourne
Big Sal
Fri 7th Sep 2018 17:27
I loved the rhythm it kept. Sounded like it could be a song, a series of limericks, or even the best thing - A POEM!
You did good with this one, and I liked how you kept the sound of one rhyme until the end. I read it 3 times and each successive time found it just as funny and deserving/memorable in all aspects as the first.
When you gonna pour me a glass Mac??
Winter is coming for the year, and it's gonna be a cold one in America. I may need more food for thought and rhythms to drink in! ?
Comment is about Not a Perfect Man (blog)
Original item by Mac
Thank you! I hope it is something wonderful. Glad you liked it.
Comment is about HOME (blog)
Original item by lynn hahn
I love it too. "silently screaming" ...
Comment is about Moon Shadows (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
"No image, sound or experience is guaranteed safe
from being found… inspiring" --> goosebumps
Actually the whole thing!
Comment is about Poetic Warning (blog)
Original item by Becky Who
Big Sal
Fri 7th Sep 2018 16:04
Big Sal
Fri 7th Sep 2018 16:03
After that first line, I could not help but smile the entire way through this Lynn, until the last line then my smile turned to a lump in the throat. Nostalgic, full of memory, and just the right amount of melancholy.?
Comment is about HOME (blog)
Original item by lynn hahn
Big Sal
Fri 7th Sep 2018 15:55
First line sets the scene and doesn't let go.?
Comment is about BLENDED (blog)
Original item by Joshua Balogun
Big Sal
Fri 7th Sep 2018 15:51
So sweet! I especially like "Arya, goddess of faces" and "sun hiding, her radiant light"
Love your words! Unlike our potus, you have many, many really good words.
Couldn't resist the dig.
Comment is about BIRTHDAY WISHES - TO A NEWFOUND FRIEND (blog)
Original item by Phillip Kelly
Beautiful music David. Grains of sand also beautiful.
Comment is about The Pearl Fisher (blog)
Original item by Hazel ettridge
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 7th Sep 2018 13:56
Don't think anyone would argue with that Knapey...it's what happens when you die that people can't decide.
Comment is about The Alternative (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Nice Hugh although I hope I don't dream of her...?
Comment is about Diddle,diddle dumpling (blog)
Original item by hugh
Should it read programme instead of brother?
Answers on a postcard to...?
Comment is about 1.0 Love (blog)
Original item by Mark Mr T Thompson
Good gully good gully good gush
MC he doth speak like a bard
Reciting for us on WOL's Globe-like stage
Bidding misery stay way, don't be hard
?
Comment is about WOL Poet Tops Board of Gushiness Exam (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Particularly encouraging for those starting out or unsure about what they have to offer.
Imagination and words are the tools of the trade,
Which - carefully chosen - will never fade.
Treat them respectfully and you will find
That greatest of gifts: that they stay in the mind.
Comment is about Poetic Warning (blog)
Original item by Becky Who
The trouble with politics is that you can't please everyone,
and risk pleasing no one - and no end of explanation or excuse sees you forgiven or forgotten.
How, in this country with its acceptance of various needs and faiths only too happy to say yes to what is offered, have we come to such a scenario of intolerance and distrust being played out within these shores of historical hand-out- to-help-out refuge to those in need?
Indeed - tread warily, for you step on my dreams.
Comment is about “VOTES” WINS EVERY TIME (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (9882)
Fri 7th Sep 2018 12:25
Good afternoon beautiful lady. I shall keep these words very much in the fore thoughts of every day.
thank's chuck!
Rose ?
Comment is about How Far Can One Go (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
How do they get enough tomatoes? Do they save up rotting ones all summer season?
Comment is about Brian Jets Off To Tomatina (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Sorry it's taken me this long to have sufficient internet access to watch the video. What fun! I hope they paid the necessary licensing to the Doctor Who franchise!
My call centre nightmare is those voice-activated ones, as living in France my accent is too foreign for them to deal with. My recent experience with the helpline for the internet connection sums it up: I was asked to respond "oui" ou "non" and the system just somehow couldn't hear my response. My husband had to do it - so I don't know if it has a problem with foreign accents or female voices... Surely I can't muck up the pronunciation of "oui"?!
Comment is about Our Call Centres in Australia are Clever (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (9882)
Fri 7th Sep 2018 12:14
with regards to your poem Peter it is one in my humble opinion that deserves to be called
Poem of the year!
what an absolutely beautiful and magnificently crafted piece of work which I read again and again
with very very green eyes!?
well done matey!
Rose ?
Comment is about ‘Just before sleep’ by Peter Taylor is Write Out Loud’s Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
A worthwhile entry for ANY "Thought For The Day"!
Comment is about How Far Can One Go (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
elPintor
Fri 7th Sep 2018 12:08
How that grain of sand does agitate...
..quite funny how the nature of any such tiny piece of matter changes with perspective.
Comment is about The Pearl Fisher (blog)
Original item by Hazel ettridge
Hugh and Don and Brian Mary-on
Can - between them - be relied upon
To bid misery farewell - be gone!! ?
Comment is about WOL Poet Tops Board of Gushiness Exam (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
A poetic diamond full of dark and sparkling words.
Comment is about An Adage (blog)
Original item by Starfish
I was wondering how you would apply your exam knowledge here? ?
Comment is about WOL Poet Tops Board of Gushiness Exam (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 7th Sep 2018 10:44
Try saying Guinness when you've had a few and it sounds like gushiness.
Comment is about WOL Poet Tops Board of Gushiness Exam (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Too right, Brian. You can’t push the toothpaste back in the tube.
Comment is about “VOTES” WINS EVERY TIME (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 7th Sep 2018 08:41
It doesn't matter now John...he's lost the Jewish vote.
Comment is about “VOTES” WINS EVERY TIME (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
ThanksLynn. Glad they made you laugh. They have a life of their own when I do.
Comment is about MAN BOOBS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Excellent Lynn..just hope it's not a horror..?
Comment is about HOME (blog)
Original item by lynn hahn
Thank you for commenting on my poetry Lynn it is wonderful to have the support. I was reading Million Dollar Babe..
Betty..a character for sure, it touched me very deeply..what a tribute Lynn she will always be in your minds eye. ?
Comment is about lynn hahn (poet profile)
Original item by lynn hahn
unfortunately every word is true!! Driving, in some areas anyway, has become a kind of war - no-one uses indicators anymore - at least not until they have started to turn.
Their cars are really 'weaponized'. Like the language too.
What about using their horns - devilish! Great work.
Jennifer
Comment is about Drive Time (blog)
Original item by d.knape
<Deleted User> (19421)
Fri 7th Sep 2018 06:49
In the UK we pay an annual tax to keep a car on the road. Newer, less polluting cars have cheaper tax, mine is no tax because it is also small and less emissions.
no - my head and hats don't get on....
Comment is about Drive Time (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Dear WOLfolk,
I am so pleased to have won the current POTW award - thank you so much to the likers and commentators, indeed to all site contributors who make it such a great one.
As I write I (as a technophobe) recognise that this message may not reach likers - or even commentators! Please could you let me know if you do receive it?
Thanks again.
Peter T
Comment is about ‘Just before sleep’ by Peter Taylor is Write Out Loud’s Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
Stéphanie Carpenter
Fri 7th Sep 2018 04:21
Wow... This poem talks to me a lot... Vous avez du talent M. Audet
Comment is about Truth hurts (blog)
Original item by Louis Audet
I see that truth. I have a 15 month old grandson. My first grandchild. I see me, I see my son, I see so many family members when I look in his sweet eyes. Your poem
choked me up a bit but in a good way.
Comment is about A Moment in my Mind (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Nice. I read it out loud. It flows so well and has such impact.
I love it too.
Comment is about Moon Shadows (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Great use of language and a lovely poem in consequence - thanks, Taylor
Peter T
Comment is about A Kindness (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
<Deleted User> (19836)
Thu 6th Sep 2018 22:41
Thu 6th Sep 2018 22:36
what is a no road tax car?
and....
do you wear a Beaney??
Comment is about Drive Time (blog)
Original item by d.knape
raypool
Fri 7th Sep 2018 17:59
HI Don. Object achieved, a bit of musical description goes a long way (like Australia). Thanks a lot.
Hi David, that's an astute point - some achieve variety with mouthpiece choice on a sax, but a trumpet has an advantage of mutes for mood. In one band I was in, the saxes were referred to as novelties. Some interesting points of analysis you make for comparisons, maybe to be discussed over a pint.
Hi Taylor, did I stumble on a truism ? If you think so I am doubly pleased. Cheers !
220 August, funny how a line sort of seems better when it's quoted in a comment. How does that work? So thanks for pointing it out, glad you liked it.
Special thanks to Peter Kevin Jennifer and Anya.
Ray
Comment is about PLAYING THE SAXOPHONE (blog)
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