Ray, Thank you for this. It goes to show that the most insignificant of possessions can possess a profound significance to a person´s identity. Keith
Comment is about SHE LOVED THAT CARDIGAN (blog)
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Shaakiera, Thank you for this cameo of wisdom and advice. Keith
Comment is about Still (blog)
Original item by Shaakiera Schroeder
Thank you Cynthia. I know you have a fondness for texture and detail and I see it in your comment! I must admit I invented the story , I just appealed to me. I do enjoy a twisted ending!
Ray
Comment is about SHE LOVED THAT CARDIGAN (blog)
Original item by ray pool
I really like this Tom, lovely idea and imagery.
Comment is about Late Summer (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
Thank you Col, Tom, Cynthia, Ray and Keith for your comments, I really enjoyed reading them and so pleased you like this one.
Paul
Comment is about A Tale of Two Sandals (blog)
Original item by Paul Waring
Brilliant. I love the intellectual, moral and emotional honesty here Laura. Undiluted truth.
Raj
Comment is about True Colours (with apologies to Cyndi) (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Good day Keigth
Thank you for all the kind comments you always leave on my poems.
Such positive feedback always makes one want to write more.
Kind regards
Neill Barnard
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Nicola Beckett
Sat 19th Aug 2017 04:56
In which way
Comment is about All Poems of Shaakiera Schroeder (blog)
Original item by Shaakiera Schroeder
patricia Hughes
Fri 18th Aug 2017 23:21
Stunning,love the line "with roses burning out your ears"
Comment is about Prove Us All Wrong (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
patricia Hughes
Fri 18th Aug 2017 23:03
Your writing just gets better all the time.
A disturbing poem but such is life.
Comment is about The Brain of a Killer (blog)
Original item by Michaela Sheldon
<Deleted User> (17789)
Fri 18th Aug 2017 22:04
I truly love this and " Love will suffer" I feel as if i can actually feel the hurt. Amazing.
Comment is about I Suffered (continuation of Love Will Suffer) (blog)
Original item by Olivia Bentley
Yes we are Tom...with our emotions on our sleeve.
Comment is about POETRY (blog)
Original item by lynn hahn
Paul, I like this series of slightly disjointed cameos of one´s formative years. I was immediately taken back to my childhood and the school summer holidays I spent with my Nan. An evocative poem cleverly using three lines a stanza. Keith
Comment is about A Tale of Two Sandals (blog)
Original item by Paul Waring
Hello Neill, Thank you for this latest poem. I am drawn to it as it so open with no inhibitions. Keith
Comment is about How I will know true love? (blog)
Original item by Neill Barnard
I love this poem so much. I do not know why but it is my favorite poem i have ever read. it makes me smile every time.
Comment is about My Garden (blog)
Original item by Andy Smyth
Thank you for this beautiful composition and in particular the line, ¨ Love is quiet and considerate, subtle and reliable, present without grandeur in a most ordinary moment ¨. It shows maturity of thought and emotion. Thank you indeed. Keith
Comment is about Beyond It's Disease (blog)
Original item by J. Otis Powell‽ (with interrobang)
Eseosa, Thank you for your kind comment. Keith
Comment is about Trust (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
David & Kevin, Thank you for your comments which are always appreciated. Keith
Comment is about Trust (blog)
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<Deleted User> (16099)
Fri 18th Aug 2017 18:51
enjoy so much the poems you write me you truly are a inspiration to me...
Comment is about lynn hahn (poet profile)
Original item by lynn hahn
Hello Cynthia
Thankyou for you kind words - about my poem and my poetry group!
It is great fun having a monthly poetic get-together but I think I'm probably more highly valued as an organiser than as a poet - but hey, I'll take whatever appreciation I'm given in life!
Best wishes.
Richard
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
MC. I like this as I am very suspicious of those who deny history or attempt to distort it. A nation should learn to live with its history whether it be good or bad and learn from it. Pulling down statues is infantile. Thank you. Keith
Comment is about PULLING DOWN STATUES (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Powerful and to the point. Keith
Comment is about The Brain of a Killer (blog)
Original item by Michaela Sheldon
Beautiful and thoughtfully composed. Thank you. Keith
Comment is about Dedication (blog)
Original item by Antoine Le'Batute De'Pucpuc Papandopolos
What a shame. He'll be sadly missed.
Thanks Kevin
Comment is about DANCING IN THE DARK (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Beautifully, honestly conceived and very provocatively rendered. A superb subject to take up in any art form, and especially poetry.
Comment is about In That Minute (blog)
Original item by Karen Ankers
I like the way your mind works, like a stone dropped into a pool, and the ripples circling outward. You ride the water. Or something like that. IMO, the final two lines are outstanding.
Comment is about Fascist Haircut (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Wow. Now you must surely feel better! An excellent 'take' and very funny as well.
Comment is about Bodies of Questions (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Terrific. Sharp thinking, knife-edge vocabulary and always on the edge of a spinning circle. Very interesting, and clever. Great ending.
if you don't follow me, don't fuss it; I'm not sure what I mean, exactly.
Comment is about Cocooning (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
A delightful story, well told. It was probably real wool. And as much a part of her daily comfort as her own skin, full of her own body scent. A piece of clothing like that is a true treasure. I'm glad you cremated her in it.
Excellent ending! HA HA! With a fine shaft of double/triple meanings to consider, if inclined.
Comment is about SHE LOVED THAT CARDIGAN (blog)
Original item by ray pool
You take me back to the same thoughts and feelings
Comment is about Mona Lisa (blog)
Original item by Lyrical Lexa
Thanks old chum.. The trick with thoughts is to get them wallpapered on the page with the right patterns, as you know. I chose a cardigan as a kind of comforter - it's not rocket science. I agree about fire, cathartic and final. A sort of hot mercy. Funnily enough I went to a spiritualist circle years ago and a lady said she could see me as a Viking in a previous life - how are the mighty fallen! I didn't know a license was necessary for pyres, for one who expires. That does bring it down to earth I suppose. Cardigan Bay is a great place too !
Cheers Col. Read as above!!
Thanks Paul. I practised this reading to slacken it off a bit.
Glad you enjoyed it mate.
Tom you do me justice thank you.
Thanks Michaela and Patricia too for the likes!
Love to all. Ray
Comment is about SHE LOVED THAT CARDIGAN (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thank you so much for your comment! Yes, it should be barren thank you for picking that up! With all of these horrible events taking place lately, I feel like I want to understand why people make these horrific choices... We are all the same flesh and blood yet people are killing people who have nothing to do with their affairs. I don't think I can ever understand it
Comment is about The Brain of a Killer (blog)
Original item by Michaela Sheldon
A really great spread of choices to observe and good amount of humour here Paul. I love the grandiosity of the first line as it evaporates into the real world - bathos. As an aside Ilford was graced with unique trolleybuses which went to South Africa in the sixties. So what, you say and rightly so. It's just that the poem engaged me, so there! I do like the three line technique. I am drawn to that myself. It's nice to see it working so well.
Raymondo. Ayth.......
Comment is about A Tale of Two Sandals (blog)
Original item by Paul Waring
I had to read this three times, but it was worth it, as I think I have followed your thought. A very sad, poignant, little work expressing huge emotion.
Perhaps you might leave out punctuation altogether, letting the reader sort out the likely breaks.
Comment is about Her (blog)
Original item by Olivia Bentley
I just feel there is a kind of overspill of thoughts into the wonderful sense of being adrift in familiarity , and the first line may hold a key as a father sets the life in motion - and the poem is about that too. We carry so much and you have lightly presented it but with so much infusion of feeling.
Nice, Tom.
Comment is about Late Summer (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
Welcome to WOL. Great to see that you are 'running' a poetry night in your area. Good luck on the enterprise; I'm sure you're highly valued.
Comment is about Richard Hartley (poet profile)
Original item by Richard Hartley
Superb; a great story told with empathy, wit and humour. Much enjoyed.
Comment is about Fishing for Poets (blog)
Original item by Richard Hartley
It turns a traditional them on its head and gets its own back on the story and its implications. Puts you in charge within the dream, self induced. A very clever and interesting poem which is like a revisit without the return ticket.
Ray
Comment is about Wonderland Nightmare (blog)
Original item by Jacklyn Turner
A simple tale simply told and simply full of LIFE! Superbly captured. The ending is excellent, bringing to the fore expertly, 'childhood'.
Comment is about A Tale of Two Sandals (blog)
Original item by Paul Waring
A great sensitivity at play here Michaela, an attempt to identify with the unthinkable. What is tempting is to try to understand the transformation into such a person and how that is suddenly the right thing for them. From studies of serial killers it seems often that there is no remorse for ever after. Apparently a mix of influences can bring out the poisoned chalice. The last line is the key if there is one.
May I pick up the first line - should it not be barren?
All the best to you. Ray
Comment is about The Brain of a Killer (blog)
Original item by Michaela Sheldon
Your usual mastery of the simple image made golden by your imagination, and then sympathetically encapsulated by your creative imagery. Tom, you are a fine writer.
Yes, I know that sentence is weird. But, never mind. It might have been worse. Excellent photo to accompany the work.
Comment is about Late Summer (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
Welcome back! Lovely photo.
Comment is about Jacklyn Turner (poet profile)
Original item by Jacklyn Turner
A very interesting take on a famous story. Imaginative, with a fine feel for best words to create effective imagery. Well done. 'Coyly slinks the crescent moon along the branches' is just fab! Among many lines.
Since it's page poetry, it's always a good idea to check for spelling. If you're not sure, perhaps someone else might proof it for you? If not, send it along anyway, and your work will still shine with the power of your chosen vocabulary.
Comment is about Wonderland Nightmare (blog)
Original item by Jacklyn Turner
Poetry Party
Oldknow drinkers
all agreed
once the
poetry party
had started
no-one wanted
to leave!
Comment is about Oldknow Picture 16/08/2017 (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
This is lovely, some really strong imagery here. I can feel the summer heat.
Comment is about A Tale of Two Sandals (blog)
Original item by Paul Waring
ken eaton-dykes
Sat 19th Aug 2017 15:18
Hi Keith.
Many thanks for your comment. It's much appreciated
Ken xx
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
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