<Deleted User> (13762)
Tue 5th Sep 2017 08:52
once again, and at the risk of repeating myself, I have to say your poems often take me back to a time and place, often in my youth when I was discovering so much about life, people, the world around me. I am now sitting in a particular bedroom in Brighton remembering a past love. Thanks Tom, but best not linger there too long!
Col.
Comment is about The Moon Tonight (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
<Deleted User> (13762)
Tue 5th Sep 2017 08:31
Took me on a visit to my family functions. Don't have "another" to spend time with yet. Just my dog and hey he is good company.
Comment is about Rested (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
My dog killed a pigeon and I did not worry. He killed a dove and I looked around to make sure no one saw.
Comment is about PIGEON POST (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Really enjoyed this poem. Imagery was soft and sweet. Can I be your best friend?
Comment is about She blows hot, blows cold (blog)
Original item by Chakraj
That was amazing! I love your story telling style.
Comment is about last out of Pandora's box (and last to die) (blog)
Original item by steve pottinger
thank you all.. it came out a bit clunky but i'm glad you got something from it.
Comment is about The Moon Tonight (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
INFANT WOMEN
Loves kiss
breathed life to you
flesh bone skin and hair
Myself, partly reflected before my eyes
To nurture, nourish, cherish, rise
Doting, protecting, guardian I
Guiding, gentley shunting you along
Playground laughter in my ears
Handstands, skiping, toss-overs you at play
Godly perfection, happiness unbound
Glory unspent, carfree with a glow
Innocent as yet, as yet
Has to learn to know
Comment is about Destiny Walden (poet profile)
Original item by Destiny Walden
Wow... This is really good though... I can really relate to it...
Love this part...
"You're playing games
but you arent bothered by fame,
and as you dance in the flames
they cant understand the games you play.
Some nights you dance alone at night
with tears in your eyes,
no music playing
trying to keep your demons at bay
trying to understand what the voices in your head say"
Comment is about Voices in my head(pt 1) (blog)
Original item by Eseosa
?... This is great...
Great message too..
I completely understand the reflection of the poem...
Comment is about The Controller of Life (blog)
Original item by Joseph Calderon
Ohh... It's a lovely read...
Comment is about Preliminary Relief (blog)
Original item by Joseph Calderon
I love it...
Interesting read...
It's light and deep at the same time...?
Comment is about Today's News Game (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Just by coincidence it's pissing down stair rods where I am. I never knew there was so many names for rain.
Nice one Kevin
Comment is about THe Many names of rain (blog)
Original item by Kim Whysall-Hammond
Hi Kim, thanks for taking the time to comment on I've got a better car than you. I'm glad you liked it
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about Kim Whysall-Hammond (poet profile)
Original item by Kim Whysall-Hammond
Stunning words here...............
"you used to walk these
hallways naked
or sit at this window
in only a robe.
How he used to attend on you"
Comment is about The Moon Tonight (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
Chillingly brief but effective Nigel
Comment is about Fly like a Bird land like a Stone (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
A nicely thought out piece Adrian. Killer last line to rubber stamp the rest of the eloquent prose.
Good work!
Comment is about 'Transient Beauty' by Adrian Metcalf is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (18118)
Mon 4th Sep 2017 17:49
''puffing deckchairs inside out'
I love the imagery of this poem.
Comment is about LATE SUMMER WIND (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (18118)
Mon 4th Sep 2017 17:45
Hi Ray, thanks for your comments on my poem The Man On The Corner. I look forward to getting to know your work.
Hannah
Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)
Original item by ray pool
Nice one Martin. I had to read the section of unrehearsed violins a few times then it dropped neatly into place. A clever comparison indeed. I Imagine this being expressed by a celebrity in private moments away from the rapacious public.
Ray
Comment is about Rested (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Magic distilled in words Tom. The languid picture you seem to portray is instinctive and lovely. I find the lines "long vanished from a thousand exposures" reminding me of an old film negative as you look up to the light seeing just shadows.
Ray
Comment is about The Moon Tonight (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
Thanks Stu; I get a warm glow when you like a line of mine, as your own mind is so fecund on that score!
Peace be unto you. Ray
Cheers David and Colin for likes !
Comment is about PIGEON POST (blog)
Original item by ray pool
This writing derived from my post operation experience. How extremity can turn into tranquility by realizing how precious your life can be.
Comment is about Preliminary Relief (blog)
Original item by Joseph Calderon
i love the idea of them 'irritating the hell out of fresh cherries' thats brilliant
Comment is about PIGEON POST (blog)
Original item by ray pool
very good keith. you paint the lives of these creatures vividly, and the whole thing reeks of a classical piece in the best possible way.
Comment is about The Morass (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
lovely martin. i too fear the company of others! this is vivid and dreamlike all at once. clever writing.
Comment is about Rested (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
so good tom, as usual. these scenes you paint with words are beautiful and familiar. the way you mix realism with slight tinges of regret and sorrow is quite excellent.
Comment is about The Moon Tonight (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
i like this a lot. its complex, but never needlessly so.
Comment is about The Plenum Existential (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
Many thanks Ray. As for willing stuff to happen, I have one really quite spooky experience of that, that I will tell you about at some point.
Comment is about Congregation (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
In our journey through this life, we have to make choices.
We are "all things to all men" - ceaselessly adjusting our
attitudes and behaviour to meet the occasion and its
perceived demands. Lying can be socially acceptable if
it spares someone unnecessary pain (as long as the law is not abused), and we have the luxury as human beings
- with even a modicum of intelligence - to know when
that is the case.
Comment is about You Can (blog)
Original item by Beautifool
Waving the banner on behalf of the thrifty always deserves
support.
Comment is about Taught A lesson (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
Thanks Martin. I do find the courtship rituals quite entertaining. Obviously everything must be in working order as there are so many of them around!
Thanks for liking, David and Colin.
Ray
Comment is about PIGEON POST (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Ken - thanks for your message to my site page.
We agree to differ about the perceived benefits to the
UK of membership of the EU.
It is fine to dream of a Utopian world when, like lambs,
we lie down together. The jackals that come with each generation always seem to spoil the peace party and present a problem...witness the posturings and threats of the leader of North Korea.
Each has to be faced by the existing generation and
there's no easy solution, as our forebears have found.
We should always hope for the best and prepare for the
worst. Or - as WSC observed: Better jaw-jaw than war-war. But tragically, there are those who aren't
listening.
By the way, I enjoyed your site poem about age. Much to ponder and agree with!
Cheers.
MC
Comment is about ken eaton-dykes (poet profile)
Original item by ken eaton-dykes
Mon 4th Sep 2017 10:06
Good morning Mrs. H. so pleased to see you are still keeping us informed and on our toes.Thanks love.Jemima.
Comment is about Taught A lesson (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
Thanks Ferris you are most kind
Mervyn
Comment is about mervyn linford (poet profile)
Original item by mervyn linford
<Deleted User> (13762)
Sun 3rd Sep 2017 22:35
well done on POTW Adrian. It has been a genuine pleasure to read your poems since you joined WoL a few months back. I am sure there are many of us here and elsewhere who can relate in some degree to what you experience on a personal level. Writing is indeed a great helper and healer. Never give it up, it's a great journey to be on whatever else happens in life. All the very best, Colin.
Comment is about 'Transient Beauty' by Adrian Metcalf is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (13762)
Sun 3rd Sep 2017 22:18
you describe something very beautiful so very well Martin.
Comment is about Rested (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Thank you, Colin, very kind.
And thanks to Frances for the like.
Comment is about November haze (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Martin, sorry as I should have said logophile. Keith
Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)
Original item by Martin Elder
Martin, your poems Rested and Books are the best yet. I like your style and presentation. I am a logophobe, so addicted to books. Thanks. Keith
Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)
Original item by Martin Elder
<Deleted User> (17552)
Sun 3rd Sep 2017 16:32
Thank you for your kind words about my poems, Keith. I read yours titled 'the Morass' and find your rhythm and image choice like that of a movie. It all tells a story that's complex but also intuitive. I look forwards to reading more of your works in the future.
All the best,
Adrian
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thoughtful and thought provoking in equal measure.
The vast Soviet (as was) Empire managed to keep such
a monumental tragedy from the wider world, with many
beyond its borders preferring to believe in the idea of
"world socialism" and dismiss whatever emerged as somehow impossible...not unlike the attitude to stories
of Hitler's death camps until the mind-numbing reality
was exposed beyond any doubt. In short, essential
decency was deceived by depravity beyond description.
Stalin and Hitler were similar in many ways but there have been numerous other corrupt abusers of their
country's higher ideals and hopes.
Pol Pot and Idi Amin are better known specimens but others have been busy across the globe. South America
has had its own share of tyrants trampling their people's
future - literally to death.
Comment is about Memorial Day in Moscow (blog)
Original item by Richard Hartley
Good one Ray
It's always interesting to watch urban pigeons in particular, there some what complicated mating ritual with their feathers all puffed out to some how entice the female which rarely seems to work from what I have seen. She seems to usually get fed up and fly off.
Nice one
Comment is about PIGEON POST (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Beautiful poem Adrian it seems to have all the natural rhythm of a song. I look forward to reading more of your work. Congratulations for POTW well deserved
Comment is about 'Transient Beauty' by Adrian Metcalf is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
We have to break away from the revolving repetitive sequential events that inevitably end in violent confrontation, by accepting that the EC's example of economic and political cooperation is the only sensible way toward stability in Europe. Our membership of the EU since the early seventies has enriched the quality of life for most of the member states including the UK, together with an accumulated frictionless seventy three years since 1945
The cost of living has risen considerably since the electorate (minds tainted by old fashioned Imperialistic reactionaries) voted to leave last year and will continue to rise, chasing a pipe dream't impractical, isolationist, independent, behind the times, future.
In a country that depends on foreign investment to prop up failing industries. The only successful 100% "british" export to date. Is our language.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Arresting poem, congratulations Adrian.
Dom.
Comment is about 'Transient Beauty' by Adrian Metcalf is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (13762)
Tue 5th Sep 2017 08:55
ah so very good Tom, enjoyed immensely. Thanks.
Comment is about 2.38 am (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding