<Deleted User> (19836)
Sun 30th Dec 2018 05:49
Bravo Jon! Definitely one of your best...profound!?
Comment is about Three Pennies (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
dk? po'sgoneandbeatme
Ya know these twoforone's?
Catawampus/wherewhithal
I also bought me some
I know the store you're talking 'bout
They sell these crazy words
To spice up all our poetry
Words that one's never heard ?
Comment is about Welcome To Poetry (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Big Sal
Sun 30th Dec 2018 01:18
Goddamn buddy it's simply beautiful. Breathtaking in substance, and could bring a tear to an eye.
You are the master of conveying epics in such concise form, Jon.
Best of luck to you in this New Year, and keep up the great work with that metaphorical pen and pad of yours.?
Comment is about Three Pennies (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Big Sal
Sat 29th Dec 2018 22:25
Thanks man! Your words are appreciated and mean a lot.
Glad you enjoyed.??
Comment is about AM Cash (poet profile)
Original item by AM Cash
Thanks Ray, Big Sal, Po, Taylor and Martin for getting in touch. A healthy and happy new year to you all!
For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."
(Little Gidding)”
― T.S. Eliot
Comment is about John E Marks (poet profile)
Original item by John E Marks
Big Sal
Sat 29th Dec 2018 21:37
I like your "live a life" poem and its message, Cassandra.
Comment is about Cassandra Magan (poet profile)
Original item by Cassandra Magan
Well said! For too long, the "high street" and its importance has
been neglected/discarded by authority = local and national.
Much of the blame (when that malleable word can be adopted) is to be found at the local council HQ...all too ready to grant planning
permission (via suitable offers) for out of town shopping centres
- encouraged by Parliament and its big business influences....
at the expense of the local shops/high street, whilst doing little to
reduce the financial penalties suffered by the smaller businesses
trying to survive and make town centres worth visiting. The present
government has woken up sufficiently to provide nearly £700 million
in financial help for these neglected areas and one can only hope
it makes some difference before it is too late for many.
Comment is about Freeman Street, Grimsby (blog)
Original item by David Cooke
Isobel, re Advice to Men poets you have a clarity of vision ?
Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
Original item by Isobel
Thanks, Po. The rapidly approaching New Year had me ruminating
about past and future "good intentions" - and their realisation...or not! Having read it through a few times, I've "tidied up" a couple
of words/lines.
Cheers.
Comment is about HIGH WHITE CLOUDS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 29th Dec 2018 10:46
I had a Rover about 20 years ago...a Rover 45. A bit like a Colt 45 except it didn't fire bullets. On the other hand you can't carry four pasengers and a boot full of shopping from Tesco in a Colt 45. So there it is...you pays your money and you takes your choice.
Comment is about Stop, Go, Rover (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (5011)
Sat 29th Dec 2018 10:22
Thank you, Big Sal and Brian. The link goes to our Paypal account and you can make a donation there. Let me know if there are any problems with it, but it should be fine.
Thanks for your interest in keeping things going.
Comment is about A Christmas message, and an appeal (article)
<Deleted User> (19913)
Sat 29th Dec 2018 09:10
A good poem capturing a common reflection of going into a new year.
Comment is about Connectedness (blog)
Original item by Larissa Pereira
A really beautiful poem that gives nice sensory details about a strong titular woman.
Comment is about Persephone (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Yes. Who to trust. Everything revolves around this Lyn ?
Comment is about MONEY AGENT (blog)
Original item by lynn hahn
Good wishes and good luck are due
To anyone who tries to do
What isn't easy to complete...
Moving off a windblown street. ?
Comment is about LETTER FROM THE STREETS part 2 (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Douglas, It is crazy right now. I wish we had the good old pension system.
Now you have to know when to hold 'em, know when fold 'em, know when to walk away and know when to run! And you need to know who to trust!!
Comment is about MONEY AGENT (blog)
Original item by lynn hahn
Big Sal
Fri 28th Dec 2018 23:46
Best wishes for the New Year, Lynn. Hope your holidays went by with ease and joy.
Comment is about lynn hahn (poet profile)
Original item by lynn hahn
Big Sal
Fri 28th Dec 2018 23:29
There's a juxtaposition of redemption and resolution in this.
Nicely done.?
Comment is about It's Easier to Believe (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Big Sal
Fri 28th Dec 2018 23:27
I think of the story of Prometheus when I read this, Jon.
That is epic. Like a trickster pretending to be God while disguised as a man.
Excellent and concise.?
Comment is about Eternal Relief (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Big Sal
Fri 28th Dec 2018 23:26
Great piece.
I'm sure you already know though - that 6th-7th line is an excellent proverb.?
Comment is about Break away (blog)
Original item by Larissa Pereira
Big Sal
Fri 28th Dec 2018 23:24
That last line is like a pedestal propping the rest of the piece up.
Well done.?
Comment is about For A While (blog)
Original item by E.M.S
Big Sal
Fri 28th Dec 2018 23:20
I sense a sweet mercy tethered to the cusp of humility. Conscious of others even when suffering oneself.
I particularly like how you entitled this one, "part 2", as I do enjoy follow-up pieces - especially if they carry the torch like this.?
Comment is about LETTER FROM THE STREETS part 2 (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Big Sal
Fri 28th Dec 2018 23:18
Thanks, Ray. Sometimes people need to bask in the little things and not fret over the big ones.
Little things like scents of lavender and smiles in the cold.?
Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)
Original item by ray pool
leah
Fri 28th Dec 2018 22:52
REVIEW: OPEN MIC & JACKIE JUNO AT DECEMBER WRITE ANGLE – BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
It was a very miserable, dark, windy and wet evening, yet it brought a good turnout to Write Angle's Christmas Special, with Jackie Juno, coming the 360 miles from Dartmoor, three and a half hours away while at the open mic, three newcomers joined Write Angle's splendid regulars. (more below)
Jackie is funny; undoubtedly a commedienne. The jokes between the poems come tripping off her tongue. And the poems themselves are funny, yet contain truths about the world around her. She uses a wide range of voices and accents; and her expressive face changes to add to the meaning and humour in each of her works. She had everyone roaring with laughter as they participated in her A Blokey One-to-one, with most of the words having the sound of one or two, with each half the audience representing one or the other.
A private school commissioned her to produce a poem for a posh event (even though she was nervous about it) and her poem poked fun at the upper class language – and they loved it and had her repeat it. When her daughter became a vegetarian and announced that 'virgins don't eat dairy', Jackie wrote Hardcore Vegans about all the historically reputed virgins – Mary, Queen Elizabeth the First and so on. Then there was her song, My Favourite S&M Things, sung to the tune of Julie Andrews' song in the Sound of Music. Then a change of tone with This Much I Know, a realistic love song, dedicated to her husband: “I know that you love me, warts and all.”
At the open mic, Richard Hawtree held up the proof of his poetry book, The Night I Spoke Irish in Surrey, due out in January; read the title poem and another old favourite. Although the poem was serious, Richard’s natural humour always raises a laugh. His publishers, Donall and Janet Dempsey also performed; and Donall did speak Irish, in Hampshire, not Surrey! He wrote of his dead brother in a novel way, having his ghost come visit, telling him not to cry. Janet wrote a letter of complaint: Dear God: “...when anybody calls, you're mostly incommunicado.”
Fred Werner's Ladder Crew gave us a taste of New York City as heard from his hotel window, complete with sound effects, the wail of the fire engine siren (now it’s his mobile ringtone!). Mike Spilberg's Plaint to the Executioner had a tongue-in-cheek quality of humour as “I lie in a basket now and stare up at the sky.”
Sue Spiers, Diana Arnold, Leah and Bruce Perry, (usually on hammer dulcimer or reading wonderful short stories), chose instead to do a descriptive selection of poetry. They all added sparkle and some not always serious, festive poems to the proceedings, as well as more serious offerings.
Jezz, on guitar, and Jack, on accordian, closed off the evening in their usual harmonious, lilting and rousing manner. The raffle sponsor was The Half Moon, an excellent pub in Sheet, with a Sunday lunch for two.
Review is about WRITE ANGLE POETRY & MUSIC +OPEN MIC on 18 Dec 2018 (event)
Really good stuff to read Tommy. Up close and personal and evocative in the best possible way that memory can serve it.
Ray
Comment is about Then 19 (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
A great deal of power in this Jon. It punches above its light weight. Completely unexpected - I'm glad I stopped by
Ray
Comment is about Eternal Relief (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
That goal was one of its kind, Tommy. It was Goal of the Season for 1970. I think they banned two-footed "donkey-kicks" after that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtuFE9eRiXs
Comment is about THE BIG MATCH (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
So many of us are in this situation and scrambling.
Comment is about MONEY AGENT (blog)
Original item by lynn hahn
Ernie Hunt and that goal from a flick- from Willy Carr - I watched it that night. Superb. Gorden Milne (ex LFC) x
Tommy
Comment is about THE BIG MATCH (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks, Brian and Po. I've never quite forgiven Coventry for beating us 3-2 in the 1987 Cup Final.
Comment is about THE BIG MATCH (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks, Po. Yes, it is. I was not in a good frame of mind when writing this. Was not sure whether to post or not, but I did. We all have our different sides. I am glad this one doesn't come out very often.
Comment is about Eternal Relief (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 28th Dec 2018 18:59
Getting sent to Coventry, though not quite.
Actually Coventry city centre is quite dismal...you're better off in the pub.
Comment is about THE BIG MATCH (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
This poem is really rather lovely and a perfect end-of-year prompt to get more down on paper next year. Thanks for your gift to us all.
PeterT
Comment is about Our Poem of the Week is ‘Sunflower’ by Alexandra Rockwell Lorenz (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
I've been struggling over the last few weeks Brian, so I tried writing to some prompts. This was one.
Comment is about The Kiss (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 28th Dec 2018 16:52
A nice little piece Jon. It doesn't take many words to convey a meaning.
Comment is about Eternal Relief (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 28th Dec 2018 16:49
Different to the norm Trev...another string to your bow or a new direction?
Comment is about The Kiss (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Hi John. I wanted to say that I appreciate your comment about rhetoric on my poem Letter from the Streets. I felt that there was probably enough flak to basically undermine any merit the poem had, based purely on an idea and not supposed to be a treatise on the subject. This is why I have contacted you directly. I think rhetoric should add views certainly, but I'd had enough in this case. I hope you will understand!
Ray
Comment is about John E Marks (poet profile)
Original item by John E Marks
Fri 28th Dec 2018 14:28
Dear All,
Thank you for your comments and appreciation of this poem. MC., your response was particularly interesting and illuminating. These banks ride rough shod over us and do so with our money, a good portion of which helped save their bacon.
Keith
Comment is about Banks (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 28th Dec 2018 09:17
I really feel for you Don having to put up with a hot climate.
Not.
Comment is about 40 Degrees (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Jon Stainsby
Sun 30th Dec 2018 07:27
Thank you so much, Big Sal and Jane for the comments, and Damon and Don for the 'likes'.
Comment is about Three Pennies (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby