Thanks Sal, and everyone else, and yes she is gorgeous, bless her.?
Comment is about The Daughter Of My Son (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thank you Big Sal for the kind words of yours.
Comment is about Under the Cover of the Snow (blog)
Original item by Pyrola
Big Sal
Tue 29th Jan 2019 19:30
You have quite a unique style that is interesting to pick apart and find the hidden gems within.?
Comment is about Small fishes in shoals (blog)
Original item by Pyrola
Big Sal
Tue 29th Jan 2019 19:28
The imagery is inescapable and equally voracious in devouring the reader for more interpretations.
Well done on this piece.?
Comment is about Under the Cover of the Snow (blog)
Original item by Pyrola
Big Sal
Tue 29th Jan 2019 19:26
Big Sal
Tue 29th Jan 2019 19:24
Beautiful little girl. ?
All the best, because those rhymes for her will never stop, Jason. Good luck though!
You'll only be more inspired.?
Comment is about The Daughter Of My Son (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
thanks ray. glad you liked it. i have been reading a book on basho recently and got back in to haikus. also there is one as POTW so i figured i'd write a few and this was my favourite as i feel its ton e is closest to the traditional haiku themes.
Comment is about haiku - jasmine (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
D.K.
Great words.
That could just as easily be my daughters,
even down to the brown eyes.
Comment is about Alive (blog)
Original item by d.knape
If I've posted this before, I'm sorry. It came up in a file while doing some tidying, and I, myself, found it rather hard to read. Still. And I wrote it. Funny that. Children often have such burdens that grown-ups have no idea about.
Comment is about My Mother Says (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Congratulations David
Comment is about 'Haiku: Robin at New Year' by David Redfield is Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Nae worries David. The home of Billy Connolly, something to be proud of !
Ray
Comment is about The Gift (Limerick) (blog)
Original item by David Gabriel Caplan
Ray,
Thank you so much for that constructive comment.
Until you mentioned it I would never in a thousand years have twigged anything was wrong,
It took me a couple of readings to figure out the reason was simply down to my Scottish upbringing, Glasgow in particular !
Sorted.
Comment is about The Gift (Limerick) (blog)
Original item by David Gabriel Caplan
Spreads delight like Tinkerbell...the world could use a lot more people like your little girl. Beautiful dedication. ❤️
Comment is about Alive (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks, Ray. It is. I am still here. ?
Comment is about Cursèd life (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Thanks both,
These sort of friends are truly rare and whilst me and my best friends have, at times, had our differences. If the brown stuff hit the rotating thing I'd be there for them, I just hope they know that, because if there's one thing I'm not great at, it's saying it.
It also narks me when people use the term about someone they hardly know.?
Comment is about My Best Friend (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Almost Edward Lear, Rich! These imagined onamatopeaic words really conjure up the atmosphere of blustering sea fronts.
Good stuff POTW for me (though you've had that already).
Ray
Comment is about Gyre Gulls (blog)
Original item by Rich
I really enjoy your proclamations on here Raven. You have immersed yourself in deep considerations and drawn out the very essence of purpose. What can be wrong with that? of course not many will be prepared for these matters, but once sensed they are valuable. The fool is the opposite of what is normally considered appropriate to the name. I have the Book of Thoth and there is more mileage in that than in a car full of petrol !
Life goes on in some form on a spiritual wavelength irrespective of religious traditional beliefs, so refreshing instead of the usual recriminations where that format so often fails. There is always help in wisdom.
Beautiful tarot card by the way.
Ray x
Comment is about 21 The World (blog)
Original item by RaVeN Mathews )0(
Great wealth of common sense often avoided in perceiving the idealized . Bravo! There are also many reasons here for moral support from partners, often not forthcoming.
Viva les femmes.
Ray
Comment is about wishes (blog)
Original item by Jenny Kelly
A proper haiku that doesn't involve the first person like this is a treat for sore eyes, Stu. So persuasive in its simplicity.
Ray
Comment is about haiku - jasmine (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Limericks are a real test for the mind David but worth the effort. Bravissimo! If I could make a suggestion how about" home for my daughter" just to clarify that. With respect.
Ray
Comment is about The Gift (Limerick) (blog)
Original item by David Gabriel Caplan
This is a sort of bitter pill Jon - highly descriptive and gut wrenching. I hope it is just the work of imagination !
Ray
Comment is about Cursèd life (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Your definition is a good one Jason and a big ask. A rare thing indeed. A rapport with a person does not necessarily translate into these depths, as I have found out after 70 plus years.
Ray
Comment is about My Best Friend (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Fabulous John, I feel valiant fighting the cause.. onwards!
Comment is about Hardened Poets (blog)
Original item by J F Keane
Beautiful! Congratulations - tiny but perfect like a precious stone. Tips also very useful if one should ever have the courage to read anything.
Jennifer
Comment is about 'Haiku: Robin at New Year' by David Redfield is Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Big Sal
Tue 29th Jan 2019 13:25
"They stroke us like a pet". . .that's funny. .
Great lines, Trevor.?
Comment is about Puppetmasters (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Big Sal
Tue 29th Jan 2019 13:24
Thanks for stopping by for your kind words.
Keep writing!?
Comment is about Jane Walnut (poet profile)
Original item by Jane Walnut
Big Sal
Tue 29th Jan 2019 13:15
My best friend since 4th grade was supposed to be my best man at my wedding and never showed up.
Still haven't talked to him 2 years later.
I say "fuck friends" for myself, but I highly encourage everyone else to work at it until it comes to fruition.
Like you said, Jason, they are rare.?
Comment is about My Best Friend (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
jan oskar hansen
Tue 29th Jan 2019 12:41
you are an excellent haiku writer
Comment is about 'Haiku: Robin at New Year' by David Redfield is Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks Linda for the kind comments.
The image of a robin's song sounding like tiny bits of silver has actually been rolling around in my head for the last couple of winters, so it really wrote itself after all that time.
The performance stuff is kinda common sense, but I've rarely actually formulated and articulated it in detail before
Comment is about 'Haiku: Robin at New Year' by David Redfield is Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
…..and that's just the way the cookie crumbles.
Comment is about The club of the clueless (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Although I have been fortunate in my life to have been spared such horrors as you relate I can a see a beauty in the writing which transcends it , if that is at all possible. Poetry needs to be grounded in truth, and this shines out. The sad thing is that it runs contrary to the perception described in conscription adverts. I wonder if it would deter those who are planning to join up?
My two pennyworth Phil.
Ray
Comment is about Friendship. Loss. (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
Yes it's lovely. Nothing to do with Wolverhampton Wanderers of course.
Comment is about WoLF poetry competition winners announced! (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
Your poem is very profound, awesome job!?
Comment is about Rosa Dean (poet profile)
Original item by Rosa Dean
Thanks David. Ive also passed through the demon days and nights, and found solace in anything at hand except maybe the barrel of a gun.
The shame of it was it has been many years before I realised the authenticity of this reality.
Its also a love story for those who believe we wallow in mystery to write meaningful words!
As ever my friend your words mean a world of worthy ness to me.
Comment is about Friendship. Loss. (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
Shuchi you lead a very romantic life on the moon.....
I will wave to you from my window tonight !
Lovely poem.
Comment is about I will be your moon (blog)
Original item by Shuchi Batra
Big Sal
Mon 28th Jan 2019 19:50
This reminds me of the process to form vermiculite, upon heating the mica it puffs up and changes form.
Start with one thing, end with another. Life eh?
?
Comment is about Memento Mori (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
Haunting in its evocation of youthful imaginings that are barely
controlled in their intense insistency.
Comment is about 'All week, I ran a fever that wouldn't break' (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
"Tantamount" - now that's a word to savour. Worth seeing your
comment for that alone. by my troth.
Comment is about COMMENTS ON WOL (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Big Sal
Mon 28th Jan 2019 19:03
It's been a spell since you last posted.
Welcome back.
Nice piece of poetry here.?
Comment is about wishes (blog)
Original item by Jenny Kelly
To comment on a poem about comments ...
that I do declare is tantamount to incest !
Comment is about COMMENTS ON WOL (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Neat. Like the title. It chimes with how this situation uses the letters "men" within its title - as if also a contributory cause!
Comment is about Hormoanal (blog)
Original item by Linda Cosgriff
Fun = and fascinating for the various interpretations that can be
adopted by a reader. Cleverly crafted with a hint of a wink or two.
Indeed, time is the arbiter of what is retained - and remembered.
Comment is about The club of the clueless (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Jean Sheridan
Mon 28th Jan 2019 16:25
Great to see you here John! Jean x
Comment is about Welcome to a new voice at Write Out Loud: John Foggin, aka The Great Fogginzo (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks for all the likes Isobel, Jon and Farawla.
Hi Big Sal. I wasn't aware of the DiCaprio film - but I enjoyed No Country as being quite perverse and the usual black humour serving. Amazing how John Wayne became such an American hero - they still keep on coming. Bond is good fantasy stuff in its way. Bias should be ok everyone has a place.
Cheers David. Yes, I thought the audio was quirky, but sort of suitable in context. Take away my humour and I am naked I must admit (not a pretty sight). An endless yearning seems to exist for how humans can be disposed of even in official sanctioned ways. I suppose its curiosity really. To think that Nilssen was influenced by the death of his grandfather and longed to replicate that feeling. I suppose the tie between murder and art could be said to be a real thing, as it has often been portrayed through the centuries, e.g Goya's works very graphic. I take your points about the national element - there is a suffocating atmosphere within that European period in their society that cries out for release perhaps with undertones of sexual expression. Deep waters here.
I must admit to an increased sensitivity to watch horror films lately, a sense of disgust maybe crept in. It is the voyeur that is always served best by cinema I suppose.
Are you referring to Guillermo del Torro the director in one of his own films? I find his work fascinating.
I'm rushing back to my early Hammer DVDs for safety !
Mark, a good point . Personal influences must always affect opinions and how they might be formed. We could apply that argument to pornographic films too - I personally think the link is too tenuous to be proved . We all need a release (or perhaps a cause to hide behind). Bring back Mrs Whitehouse I say.
Alan, thanks. Directors like Mike Leigh and Ken Loach have tried that, but always a niche market sadly. Poverty will never be exciting, so perhaps that is the answer. On another level, any attempt to draw attention to that will be viewed by many as hypocritical, so it is a no win situation (IMO).
As an afterthought, I find Midsomer Murders farcical yet beloved by the public. They are in a way safe, in the way humour was safe in the Carry on films. The unravelling of the motives by messrs plod would never happen in reality, not in front of an audience anyway.
I'll get my coat.
With respect to all who take the trouble . Ray
Comment is about MURDER MOST FOUL (blog)
Original item by ray pool
excellent haiku david and brilliant advice as well!
Comment is about 'Haiku: Robin at New Year' by David Redfield is Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Dave Caplan
Tue 29th Jan 2019 23:01
According to my neighbour it never happened.....
seemingly you learn this 'truth' when you are accepted
into the brotherhood of Knights Templar !
Comment is about HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS (blog)
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