Nicola Beckett
Sat 28th Apr 2018 21:20
I agree... I like this ?
Comment is about Ray Charles - a lyric essay (blog)
Original item by Nathalie Sieh
Thank you wood for your nice comment on my blog. This really happened, The Bumble Bee scrutinized my Dog Winston, and myself for almost a minute, from two vantage points only 3 feet from us........
I write this Haiku. Terry.
Comment is about The Moment (blog)
Original item by terry l shuff
I appreciate your comment and absolutely love your work. I will be following waiting for more.
Comment is about AbSo2021 (poet profile)
Original item by AbSo2021
Running out of ideas Laura, but only a couple of days to go, then I think a bit of a break!
Comment is about Postcard (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Money and power Trev. Same old same old.
Comment is about Just The One (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Paul sadler
Sat 28th Apr 2018 17:47
David, I caught your poems at wrexham carnival of words, and the poem about your father's watch really touched me, so went looking for your other poems, and came across this one. I also grew up in aberystwyth before moving to wrexham and remember vividly plascrug, especially the day my dog jumped in the weed choked water. My parents also come from llanpadarn but they moved away, and for my dad's 70th birthday all he wanted was go go back to aber and revisit the walks and places of his youth, and top of the list was plascrug and remember the days he and my mum courted and planned their futures....and as it turned out me. Funny how a place is so important to so many. Thank you for sharing your poems, diolch am y cerddi.
Comment is about PLASCRUG (blog)
Original item by David Subacchi
I really like this, how it recreates that mental rundown people have of one another, the typecasting, the bitterness and familiarity. There's something really close to home here
Comment is about You're No Sylvia (blog)
Original item by Edward Coleman
'Submitting is not an option for within me is a fire set for destruction.' Powerful line. Thanks for sharing
Comment is about nathleighsha (poet profile)
Original item by nathleighsha
Big Sal
Sat 28th Apr 2018 13:50
It boggles belief that he got away with it for so long.
Comment is about Just The One (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
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Sat 28th Apr 2018 09:28
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Sat 28th Apr 2018 03:05
very witty poem.
thank you for sharing.
Comment is about THE HYPERTENSIVE SPARROW (blog)
Original item by Nells
sweet words and thoughts.
thank you for sharing.
Comment is about The Moment (blog)
Original item by terry l shuff
very well written poetry.
thank you for sharing your work.
Comment is about SING OF SPRING (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
elPintor
Sat 28th Apr 2018 01:57
Anya, you have a spark of your own. Tend to it. In spite of all else.
Rachel
Comment is about editor at large (blog)
Original item by nunya
elPintor
Sat 28th Apr 2018 01:41
Nicola Beckett
Fri 27th Apr 2018 22:53
Is this referring to Sylvia Plath, for I imagine she did have a light within, although Ted's infidelities, drove her to distraction, Edward if I may call you that?...
Comment is about You're No Sylvia (blog)
Original item by Edward Coleman
This is lovely. Nice one. I believe if the time spent on educating girls is also spent on the boys then there would be no room to defend their actions.?
Comment is about Who is an enemy? (blog)
Original item by Hasmukh Mehta
Big Sal
Fri 27th Apr 2018 18:11
Even on this pale blue dot, we can shine like palladium or a diamond in the rough!
Comment is about the hermit (blog)
Original item by Lilly Love
Laura, thank you - I totally agree dropping the last verse gives the more satisfying result. Will do that. I have found that often switching lines can do the same thing, giving more fluidity and reason to a poem than necessarily trusting to the order of the ideas as they come! Again, your point about contrasts makes total sense. I'm grateful for your fine eye.
Cheers Douglas, that came about with the desire to rhyme, but it does seem rather novel !
Thank you Anya for liking the poem.
Ray
Comment is about TWIN PEAKS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Personally, I blame Tony Blair. His method of nicking the
useful aspects of Tory policies to appeal to the public and
build on the uncertainties of the lurching government of
the day to achieve power has paved the way for the
major parties to be virtually interchangeable. But, to
borrow from WSC, - better than the alternatives seen elsewhere in the world!
Comment is about Election (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
I can very much relate to these words Douglas.
Comment is about Haikus 2 (blog)
Original item by Douglas MacGowan
I like how you lead us on to think one thing, and then it's another.
I actually think you could lose that last verse altogether, and keep the notion of the twin peaks as those highs and lows. The big thing that I hold onto through lows of my own is that I know from experience they will pass. And that they have to exist together, otherwise how would we be able to define one or the other, without its opposite for contrast?
Simple but punchy. Great poem Ray.
Comment is about TWIN PEAKS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
20th poem for NaPoWriMo 2018. No official prompt used, or needed, in the face of this:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/26/bill-cosby-guilty-trial-sexual-assault
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/31/bill-cosby-sexual-abuse-claims-57-women-dates-public-accusations
Comment is about Just The One (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
thanks for your like!?
Comment is about Today’s Relationship- The Latest Version (blog)
Original item by Bindu Trigunayak
Haha Hannah - they really do!
Nice work Trev - your stamina has been greater than mine!
Comment is about Weather (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Thanks for your suggestion, Ray. I'll surely work on it.
Binte
Comment is about Rumination (blog)
Original item by Binte Afroz
"Losing diamonds in search of glitters". Beautiful line. Really emotive.
Comment is about Today’s Relationship- The Latest Version (blog)
Original item by Bindu Trigunayak
Darry & Brian,
Thank you for your comments. Keith
Comment is about Justice and Peace (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
elPintor
Fri 27th Apr 2018 00:57
Wow, Anya--you're very sweet to say such a thing. Truthfully, most days I feel more like, as Forrest might say, "stupid is as stupid does." Eh, no offense meant to darling Forrest--he's way out of my league.
Many thanks, Anya, right back at ya' x
Rachel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGAwNV7WBIQ
Comment is about editor at large (blog)
Original item by nunya
Anthony Emmerson
Thu 15th Dec 2011 21:50
He would have approved Tommy. Probably the most honest thinker comedy's ever seen.
Regards,
A.E.
Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)
Original item by Anthony Emmerson
A clever and (sadly) true portrait of the systems we live with.
Comment is about Election (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
A full capture of all sides of a relationship.
Comment is about Protect You (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
I like the switch of the much more common “highs and lows”. Gives that line a pause and a beat.
Comment is about TWIN PEAKS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
We hope that giving up the body will be a moment of peace. Who knows 'til the time comes. The idea of silence is effective here and pivotal to the experience. May I suggest that to drop the second "near" might give more impact?
With respect.
Ray
Comment is about Rumination (blog)
Original item by Binte Afroz
Thank you both Hannah and Anya.The fun of poetry is you never what may come to the mind. The reason I wrote this is that I do furniture restoration and feel a close bond with wood and how stuff is constructed. Much appreciated.
Thanks too Col and Binte for the likes!
Ray
Comment is about RESTORATION (blog)
Original item by ray pool
It's real when other poets/poets to be can relate hardcore about what someone else is feeling or going through..love No Take Backs!
Comment is about No Take Backs. (blog)
Original item by Nick
So much pain in your words but then again writing through our pain is what does this- amazing poetry.??..3?s Up
Comment is about Fuck. (blog)
Original item by Nick
Local elections are a good excuse to rattle any government's
cot and threaten to remove their toys - commonly known as
a "protest vote", I recall. I will be interested in how things
turn out (with what sort of "turn out"?) next Thursday.
The country seems at odds with itself - with the multi-
Metropolitan masses tending to vote one way and the shires
- with their established traditions and retired folk, another
way. But come the day, there might be a few surprises.
as well as a few failed fortune-tellers' prophesies!
Just look at how "they" forecast the
end of UKIP when a legal suit from 3
Labour MPs threatened to bankrupt
the Party. No quite the case when
the sum was met and exceeded - to
put UKIP back in the running to
keep the government up to snuff
about a proper Brexit. As the old
saying goes: a week is a long time
in politics and the coming week
could cause a few upsets.
What fun!
Comment is about The Labour Party (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
Great words of compassion and comfort. Thank you for this. Keith
Comment is about Painkiller (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Slightly tongue-in-cheek. Slightly.
Comment is about Election (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
its so beautiful its genius wow i love it i can say i can read it over and over and over an never get bored of it , its magic ?
Comment is about Signals (blog)
Original item by Matt Tyldesley
And very well deserved too. I listened to all of the poets, and they were all excellent.
Comment is about Working class communities: Bread and Roses winners announced (article)
Original item by Mike Took
Big Sal
Sun 29th Apr 2018 01:47
Never fear the dark
Comment is about What Hides In The Shadows (blog)
Original item by Azreal