Big Sal
Tue 24th Apr 2018 14:48
Brutal in its honesty, and leaves enough to the imagination for us to all reminisce on our own deadbeat fathers. Good poem.?
Comment is about Dear Dad (blog)
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<Deleted User> (18980)
Tue 24th Apr 2018 14:20
Ian - I always finish the Times Crossword. Mind you, most of the answers are swaliftv, jistinht, confledtby etc
My wife is very good at finishing the odd word or two.
Comment is about To That Person Who Chips In To Finish A Crossword For You (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Thanks to all those that put likes this is now something that is happening far to often.
Comment is about Traumatised (blog)
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<Deleted User> (18980)
Tue 24th Apr 2018 14:18
Thanks or the 'likes' and 'comments' you lot - I appreciate it
Ian
Comment is about Pub Quiz Theory (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
thanks for the comments on 'pub quiz theory' Ray - just one more piece of modern living that I've come to despie - in my day it used to be called cheating - now if it gets you gold you do it - rather than take your natural place in the world.
Ian ?
Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)
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thanks for the comments on 'ub quiz theory' Laura - yes, I'm bitter - because life seems to want to make things as easy as possible for folk these days - rather than test their true mettle - I know who and what I am - and I don't need google to answer for me
Ian ?
Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)
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Pat Hughes
Tue 24th Apr 2018 13:43
Stu,
this poem captivates the reader and does so with a strange fascination. The imagery is powerful. I need to read this over and over again as so much lies hidden in those words. Thank you. Keith
Comment is about crown shyness (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Frances Macaulay Forde
Tue 24th Apr 2018 12:26
Perhaps a space between is all that's needed, Graham?
A new stanza often denotes a different standpoint, n'est pa?
I enjoyed your words, Stu.
Comment is about it is a sphere (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Oh I do like this. Ambiguous and pithy as you like.
Comment is about plastic protection (blog)
Original item by Karin Seaver
Oooooo. Some stonking repetition and changeabouts in here Stu, along with your startling imagery. And pother, obv.
Comment is about crown shyness (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
David - I wonder if the irish enthusiasm for St Patrick's Day
- wherever they may be - takes a corresponding point of view.
Cheers.
Comment is about ST. GEORGE'S DAY APRIL 23RD 2018 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
i agree with colin, a lot of your work reminds me of flicking through late night tv after taking some form of stimulant.
its all there, but its fractured.
great stuff as usual.
Comment is about Arachnid Death Star Vs IKEA/ I Am Starfucker Star Child (blog)
Original item by Suki Spangles
brilliant ray.
on the second read i got a lot more out of it.
as im sure many did.
clever stuff
Comment is about IN THE GARDEN - AGAIN (blog)
Original item by ray pool
wonderful martin, i especially love
Away from the feathers and the flux
Of human intercourse
as usual you have this lovely gentle way of writing which masks the serious points underneath.
that was supposed to be a compliment by the way.
Comment is about Far from this place (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
how lovely
you started with a strong image and used every word sparingly.
enjoyed thoroughly.
Comment is about Dancing and Shadows (blog)
Original item by Douglas MacGowan
wonderful as usual but the image of the yearling is truly something special
Comment is about darkroom (blog)
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Mantrana Agarwal (4/22/2018 9:32:00 PM)
I love this poem. Thank you. (Report)
Comment is about Thank you, Prime minister (blog)
Original item by Hasmukh Mehta
I often travel on buses and think that where I live is particularly well served buses. But I know some that are not so well served. I remember hearing a story from somebody I knew who was travelling on a bus stopped by the police who arrested the driver for speeding leaving the passengers on the bus stranded.
Great poem Trevor
Comment is about The Bus Is Out Of Control (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Oh to be Seventeen again. At least we have the memories.
Nice one Jon
Comment is about Ageless love (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
So beautifully put Rachel with so few words. This is one of these poems I wish I had written.
'Seeking shadows as if they were doors'
wonderful
Comment is about darkroom (blog)
Original item by nunya
Lovely poem Emaz. The title and opening lines put me in mind of an essay by George Orwell about cigarettes and books both of which were his passion.
This is a wonderful poem which is summed beautifully in the last verse.
Comment is about Love & Cigs (blog)
Original item by Mazzi
Thanks to Desmond Jon and Pat for liking and to Brian Suki Rachel Colin Hazel and Laura for commenting.
That is the problem with modern living Brian such places that we treasure from long ago can tend to be built over. I am fortunate in what I was thinking of hasn't and is now a national park.
Glad you liked it Suki I don't think we do enough of what you picked up on
I do realise Rachel that the line about the porcupine is a bit strange but so can be the sensitivity or lack there of others at times. I completely agree with you with regard to becoming to enamoured with our own self comfort.
Hazel I am so pleased that you have your own place behind your house. I really love trees.
Col you have hit the nail on the head here . I was indeed thinking of the downs when I wrote this. Have been up Devils Dyke many times myself in the past, but my favourite spot which I visited when we met up recently is Ditchling beacon.
Laura thanks for your reading of this. I hadn't considered the first verse being a poem all on its own. But I think you are right.
I am glad that this resonates with a number of you in having or remembering a place that you can think of. The place that I think of as mentioned above I love to go to no matter what the weather or season. I just as much been blown along my the wind in winter as well as in the summer laying on the side of the hill.
Thanks again to you all for reading liking and commenting.
Martin
Comment is about Far from this place (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Hello there. Thank you for your two poems. I have enjoyed the richness of both and look forward to seeing more of your work. Welcome to Write out Loud. Keith
Comment is about Grinder Spencer (poet profile)
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I’ve paid more than that for the pleasure, I can tell you, MC.
Comment is about THE TURKISH BARBER (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
elPintor
Tue 24th Apr 2018 01:06
meh..Monday morning never feels worse than Sunday night.
Thanks for reading, Hazel and Colin.
Rachel
Comment is about INCOMING...onlookers regrouping at the summit (blog)
Original item by nunya
Thanks, David and Keith, for your comments...all appreciated. Will Shakespeare wasn't above using the
name in his most famous of plays to set the stage for an exhortation to remember what it is to be English, so why shouldn't we?
Comment is about ST. GEORGE'S DAY APRIL 23RD 2018 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
MC.,
Thank you for this as I am mildly patriotic and come from a family who were and still are very patriotic. Having lived and worked abroad in several different countries I have come to realise that so much of being English is held in high regard. Our language, sense fo fair play and phlegm. George might be the patron saint of the land but his origins are certainly spurious, but who cares? Thank uou again.
Keith
Comment is about ST. GEORGE'S DAY APRIL 23RD 2018 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
JC - he might have charged the £3 extra for pulling your p...k out! Be grateful for small mercies ?
PS Are you sure your missus wasn't seeing an old photo of Ray Cooney,
notable author of West End comedy?
Comment is about THE TURKISH BARBER (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Legend has it (and so much is legend-based in the histories
of the world to date) that St George was a Roman who
as a Christian refused to convert in the reign of Domitian(check spelling) and was tortured and beheaded for his pains. Other origins are mooted but in dispute.
From my imperfect memory I seem to recall G.K. Chesterton wrote -
St George he was for England
And before he slew the dragon (*)
Drank a pint of English ale
From an English flagon.
(*) perhaps a euphemism to suit the
ethos of the times.
All good knock about stuff, but somewhere down the days
of past history it was thought he made a good choice to represent the spirit of this small island nation. So, while
we look for our own personal dragons to slay, let's drink a
pint and enjoy the day. Bottoms up!
Comment is about ST. GEORGE'S DAY APRIL 23RD 2018 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Brexit was indeed what I had in mind Hazel
Comment is about The Bus Is Out Of Control (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
This is a recurring dream for me Trev, so let me know when you've worked out the allegory. Made me think of Brexit.
Comment is about The Bus Is Out Of Control (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Love the title. Love the poem even more... beautiful imagery and melancholy, reflective tone. I especially like " i will outgrow myself/ I cut myself on the sharp edges of the broken pieces we left/ but scars remind us all of a journey we cherish, too.
Lovely writing.
M x?
Comment is about Vicissitude (blog)
Original item by Cait Abbott
Thanks, I appreciate the feedback very much?And yes, emotions can bring out intensity in words lol
Comment is about Poets (blog)
Original item by AbSo2021
Wow, strong feelings. Good capture of the sense of this kind of loss.
Comment is about Pain (blog)
Original item by audri gugino
it sounds like a relationship in transition, or one coming out of a transition. I like the cotton image.
Comment is about plastic protection (blog)
Original item by Karin Seaver
A really beautiful poem of the melancholy of past relationships. I like the images.
Comment is about Vicissitude (blog)
Original item by Cait Abbott
Thank you. Colin. Kept it short as it's a topic I could go on and on and on about ?
Comment is about Plastic (blog)
Original item by Carol Falaki
The poem you put as your sample is beautiful! Love it
Comment is about Caerus Tempus (poet profile)
Original item by Caerus Tempus
i think its probably more common this article says likely (will i will have a listen to the podcast certainly soon). i've been running one myself which usually has a release or three every month called 'Spoken Label' which gets fairly good ratings and is improving all the time. (https://spokenlabel.bandcamp.com/)
Comment is about Spoken word vs poetry on the page: Podcasts (article)
Original item by Mike Took
I intended this one as a sort of allegory.
Comment is about The Bus Is Out Of Control (blog)
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<Deleted User> (18980)
Mon 23rd Apr 2018 15:22
Mark - we celebrated at Maryon Towers by throwing two servants off the west wing battlements.
Comment is about ST. GEORGE'S DAY APRIL 23RD 2018 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks, gents.
We are so busy being bitten by the world and its dog at
every opportunistic turn that we as a nation are regrettably modest about
marking and celebrating our own identity.
Comment is about ST. GEORGE'S DAY APRIL 23RD 2018 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
<Deleted User> (18980)
Mon 23rd Apr 2018 15:00
In London, the first one-man bus they introduced crashed within 5 minutes of leaving the depot. When they asked the driver what happened he said "I dunno, I was upstairs collecting the fares".
I'll get my coat.
Comment is about The Bus Is Out Of Control (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Someone had to write about it, and this is a well decent poem about such a hot topic.
Comment is about Plastic (blog)
Original item by Carol Falaki
This is sumptuous Martin. That first verse could stand alone I reckon, a whole poem in itself.
Comment is about Far from this place (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
An important message Hasmukh. I truly hope the ruling does help to protect women in India.
Comment is about Thank you, Prime minister (blog)
Original item by Hasmukh Mehta
Stu Buck
Tue 24th Apr 2018 14:51
cheers all. i wrote this in a few minutes as i wanted to write a poem that included the word 'pother'. its such a wonderful word. i'm in love.
i'm glad you enjoyed it. it makes the mental anguish of tearing such infinitely bizarre things from my mind all worth it.
Comment is about crown shyness (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck