Love it Ray. Succinct and perfectly condensed lines.
Comment is about GAPS WHERE WORDS SHOULD BE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
elPintor
Sun 1st Jul 2018 16:17
..makes for fine morning contemplation, Ray.
Comment is about GAPS WHERE WORDS SHOULD BE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
The theme of many songs of regret and loss through mistakes, still entwined in the skeins of memory and pining. All with a background which swirls with imagery. Stand out stuff Damon. Congratulation on getting the top spot.
Ray
Comment is about 'Cafe Blues / space cowboy poem' by Damon Blackery is Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Mike Took
I've got an avid follower
She beat poor Brian this time
Anya's on the ball, good girl
While Brian is way behine
D?
Comment is about Hey...What?...Bugga (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thank you everyone-Rachel, Keith, Hannah, Colin-for your kind comments. Glad you like it ♥️
Comment is about To all you writers and poets out there (blog)
Original item by Janey Colbourne
<Deleted User> (13762)
Sun 1st Jul 2018 08:20
a powerful poem on the destructive nature of drugs and the misery inflicted on lives - it is truly disheartening just how readily available substances have become even in small rural towns near where I live. So sad that so many young lives are reduced to this state of existence. C?L
Comment is about Laying In Ammonia (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
<Deleted User> (13762)
Sun 1st Jul 2018 08:11
nice one Janey ?
Comment is about To all you writers and poets out there (blog)
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<Deleted User> (13762)
Sun 1st Jul 2018 07:53
no amount of music will stop my thoughts - I can have it playing in the car or wherever but if my brain is that active I will barely register a single note or word!
Comment is about ( ) (blog)
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<Deleted User> (19421)
Sun 1st Jul 2018 07:12
Thank you all so much.
Comment is about 'Cafe Blues / space cowboy poem' by Damon Blackery is Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Mike Took
Keep writing small poems. I fall asleep half-way through long ones
Why do I like short ones
Ones like chunks and marrow?
'Cause I simply stay awake
They make it light-my barrow
DM ?
Comment is about Chunks and Marrow (poet profile)
Original item by Chunks and Marrow
Gosh, I can relate to this. Headphones when pulling weeds is the only way to be distracted from jolly poetry.
Lines and lines go round my head
Driving me insane
Only thing that stops these lines
Are headphones to my brain (-)
DM ?
Comment is about ( ) (blog)
Original item by Chunks and Marrow
That is so good Ray. It lilted along like one of my rhymes in perfect meter needing no end-rhyme. It encapsulated all you wanted to say in a small space which held my attention. Well done ?
Comment is about GAPS WHERE WORDS SHOULD BE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Sat 30th Jun 2018 21:56
Congratulations Damon, well deserved. Great poem, love it. I can smell the coffee,the rain and the loneliness.
All the best des
Comment is about 'Cafe Blues / space cowboy poem' by Damon Blackery is Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Mike Took
<Deleted User> (18118)
Sat 30th Jun 2018 21:29
<Deleted User> (18118)
Sat 30th Jun 2018 21:27
This is brilliant !
Fantastic energy, imagery, everything.
Loved it !
Hannah
Comment is about The Slam (blog)
Original item by mike booth
How kind Suki. A bit of fantasy for a change. A perverse idea in a nursery rhyme style. A compliment always welcome. !
Glad you liked it Darren. Just an impulse really.
Hazel, indeed the strictness and weight of time.
Thank you Wood. I'll take that!
Thanks for dropping by Jennifer. I suppose it's a one off experiment.
Thanks for the likes folks: Col. Damon Anya and Darren.
Ray
Comment is about ARCANA (blog)
Original item by ray pool
MC.,
Thank you for a very well considered comment. It is much appreciated.
Keith
Comment is about The Wall of Prejudice (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
<Deleted User> (18118)
Sat 30th Jun 2018 19:58
Thank you for writing and reading this Janey, really enjoyed.
Hannah
Comment is about To all you writers and poets out there (blog)
Original item by Janey Colbourne
A masterwork to be admired with its thorough understanding and feelings of tribute Outstanding Laura.
I'm glad that writing it had a personal purpose for you - that came over too.
Ray
Comment is about The Last Shanty (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Certainly interesting and informative. But do modern
poets propagate their choices and styles as judges to ensure these continue?
Poetry today as everyone knows
(When you think of opening wallet or purse)
Favours what's called concrete prose
Not venturing from worse to verse.
And whilst it might be nice despite
all evidence to the contrary
To hope selections are objective -
The choices seldom vary.
So if your style fits that brand
And you think you have a chance
Go - get your pen (and fee) in hand
And join the merry dance!
Comment is about A Gamble Worth Taking: Entering Poetry Competitions (article)
Original item by Mike Took
Freda, I was thinking of you only yesterday! Wonderful to see you on line again. TBH, I allowed myself a sad little thought, hoping all is well with you. I remember that poetry weekend together so clearly. And all your excellent WOL comments on line.
Comment is about Freda Davis (poet profile)
Original item by Freda Davis
elPintor
Sat 30th Jun 2018 16:59
..really a fantastic piece of writing, Laura.
Comment is about The Last Shanty (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
The word "romance" is often limited nowadays - against
the value of its much wider meaning. These lines return
the word to its proper place - a fitting eulogy to those
who went down to the sea in ships, the lives they led and
the memories they left behind. I have a love of sea-shanties and these lines evoke their intentions and
accomplishments towards the work and inspiration in lives
led aboard ship throughout changes in the maritime world.
And a fitting tribute indeed!
Comment is about The Last Shanty (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
It begs the question about HOW prejudice is formed and
it is this conundrum that besieges succeeding generations.
All of us are prejudiced in one form or another - to deny it
is simply self-delusion. The answer is individual and needs
individual courage to confront it. When we talk of it now, we slot it into fashionable categories - class, sexuality, wealth, even health. The crowd mentality is not strange,
it is visible throughout the natural world, usually as a form
of self-protection. In human terms, it becomes inhuman
when there is NO threat and it is used for power-play, a
means of cruelty of the "I'm better than you" variety.
Children know that game only too well - and, sadly, many
who grow into adulthood take than mentality with them - and they, in turn, pass it on to their offspring.
It knows no national boundaries and
becomes active when the "balance"
of what is familiar is perceived to be
disturbed (under threat?). And so
it goes on.
Comment is about The Wall of Prejudice (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Hi Ray!
Spot on as usual - very sad but loved it - liked the hesitating recording too.
Jennifer
Comment is about ARCANA (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Lovely poem - very appropriate metaphor which as Hazel says works all the way through. Jennifer
Comment is about A TIDAL RELATIONSHIP (blog)
Original item by David Subacchi
Janey,
Thank you for these words which will echo amongst us all.
Bless you
Keith
Comment is about To all you writers and poets out there (blog)
Original item by Janey Colbourne
Thank you all
Comment is about Hold on tight, it’s a rocky ride (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
elPintor
Sat 30th Jun 2018 13:32
How cool is that?!!
Thanks for the link, Janey,
Rachel
Comment is about To all you writers and poets out there (blog)
Original item by Janey Colbourne
Colin and Pat,
Thank you for your comments. This poem and the previous one have been inspired by recent events in my life, where prejudice has reared its head yet again, but I am no stranger to it. My partner and I will cope as always.
Thank your both
Keith
Comment is about The Wall of Prejudice (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thanks Colin. I'll take one please. No need to wrap.
Also enjoyed the Kate Bush Big Sky you posted for Graham.
Comment is about Autobiography (seems to be a theme on WOL at the moment) (blog)
Original item by Hazel ettridge
Bugga he's gone and found me
Leiden cycling Brian
No matter where he tootles to
I can't escape for trying
The question I do ask
Do I really want escape?
The answer that comes back to me
Is no please Brian, don't escape
I did not realise
That you're in hi-tech world
Yours may have all flash-bangy things
My phone's antique (and knurled)
Your so-called 'scape has left me
Rearranging future posts
The cat away was mouse-time play
Oh bugga, oh bugga, oh bugga
D?
Comment is about Brian Has Gone A'Cycling (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (13762)
Sat 30th Jun 2018 08:57
Hi Keith, very much enjoying your recent work which comes from such an open heart. These poems reminded me of the title of George Michael's album 'Listen Without Prejudice' which seems somewhat appropriate. Hope you have a great weekend. C?L.
Comment is about The Wall of Prejudice (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
<Deleted User> (13762)
Sat 30th Jun 2018 08:48
something for the weekend Hazel - hope it's a good one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpjRdj9DYqk
Comment is about Autobiography (seems to be a theme on WOL at the moment) (blog)
Original item by Hazel ettridge
Graham - the maker of dreams? She is the fairies midwife, and she comes in shape no bigger than an agate stone on the forefinger of an alderman.
Comment is about Autobiography (seems to be a theme on WOL at the moment) (blog)
Original item by Hazel ettridge
Don, you've mentioned the naked mud roll in several of your comments - it obviously appeals, so just go do it. I don't know about the quality of the mud down under. Here we get a lot of rain so mud is in plentiful supply. Health and Safety requires you to take a friend in case you get into trouble - sinking mud, snakes, poisonous frogs etc it's best done in the middle of an electric storm for maximum excitement. If you can't find anywhere locally, perhaps you could set up your own little enterprise? Send me a commission after youve made your first million.
Comment is about Autobiography (seems to be a theme on WOL at the moment) (blog)
Original item by Hazel ettridge
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 30th Jun 2018 07:43
Hi Don - there's no escaping me...we have these things on this side of the world called mobile phones...yes, phones you can actually carry, no wires. Anyway, you can also do the interweb thingy on them, even here in Leiden in the Netherlands.
Thanks for featuring me in your latest poem.
Comment is about Brian Has Gone A'Cycling (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Very reminiscent of the Queen Mab soliloquy in R&J but in reverse?
Comment is about Autobiography (seems to be a theme on WOL at the moment) (blog)
Original item by Hazel ettridge
Hey Don,
Thanks for your comment, but that's not what it was about. I was not touching "the thought". No such thing. If you read the whole poem, please think and try to understand. And if not, well, I wish I could tell you what it means.?
Comment is about A. Jade (poet profile)
Original item by A. Jade
You've told us quite a lot 'bout you
Hazel et-ter-idge
Do you really groove at the granny-dance club
Is this true Hazel e, ridgy didge?
You seem quite reluctant to tell me
'Bout this mud-roll thing
I've got to the part where I'm stark naked Haze
When I roll in the mud can I sing?
I'd just like to pick up on our Anya
Strong-feeler, quick-speaker, too-short-thinker
I also strong-feel, speak-too-quick and don't go over 'fore press SEND
I bait Brian, which I love (and a grammar-tinker)
Sorry to detract my comments from you
Got caught up with Anya's reveal
I thank you for telling me about how you live
And how Hazel e she does feel
D?
Dad..What?..Spider webs...What webs?...
Comment is about Autobiography (seems to be a theme on WOL at the moment) (blog)
Original item by Hazel ettridge
Pat Hughes
Fri 29th Jun 2018 23:17
You always write so well.
I loved reading this.
Comment is about The Wall of Prejudice (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Pat Hughes
Fri 29th Jun 2018 23:14
The honesty and quiet grief,and a big smile for all that made your dad so special makes this an excellent poem.
Love it!
Comment is about The Last Shanty (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Hello Hazel E are you out there?
Am wondering if you've gone AWOL
I haven't heard back re my poem
And am stuck on this jolly mud-roll... ?
Comment is about You're a Mixed Bag. But I Like You (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
This poem came from a Dungeons & Dragons game and I was the dungeon master. XD lol
Comment is about Illithid//A Deal With The Halfling (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
Laura Taylor
Sun 1st Jul 2018 17:11
Hey thank you everyone ?
My lovely fella wrote a tune to it yesterday while I was out gigging. It sounds amazing and we were singing it over and over ?
Comment is about The Last Shanty (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor