lovely romantic build up to a brilliant and beautiful ending Lynn.Well done you!

Thanks again and so much for all your recent support.



Rose ?

Comment is about Your Voice (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

I love this, Cynthia, special and inspiring, all the better for being true.

Comment is about Three Kids Having Snacks (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

HI David . I think the irony is me doing the accent! As far as I know there is no specific humorous name for this moment but nihilism might be its description. If that is funny then I am guilty of it. There is irony in the agoraphobia as he is deprived perhaps of wider news.
Thanks for commenting.

Thanks Martin. Orson Welles another voice I wish I could do properly! I think Simon will have taken precautions ...

Rachel , i'm sure you do what is right for you with or without a major threat . Danger does quicken the senses though and rightly so!

Suki, blimey, I am well behind already, don't confuse me!
Is God on the mobile? I don't think so.

Nice idea Col ! My wife is reading Trouble with Lichen at the moment funnily enough. I do like a drop of Sci fi to season up our daily diet.

Love to all you out there. Ray

Comment is about TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Moggism/Twerpism:
• repeal of same sex marriage
• repeal of the Human Rights Act
• pro zero hours contracts
• climate change denier
• pro Brexit
• pro bedroom tax
• pro Trump
• pro death penalty
• compulsory teaching of Latin in schools

Comment is about Michael Gove quotes Larkin's lament for England in speech on environment (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

MC - I'm afraid Rees-Mogg's longest word record (floccinaucinihilipilification) was just recently beaten by a 16yr old during a Youth Select Committee inquiry. His word: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. As this is currently the longest word in the OED it looks likely he will never be beaten! However, the YSC is not a parliamentary procedure so not officially recorded in Hansard. Turns out Rees-Mog's record may yet be safe. Another twinkle in his eye maybe.

Comment is about Michael Gove quotes Larkin's lament for England in speech on environment (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

MC. Thank you for these words of insight which do bring hope despite any sense of disillusionment. Thanks Keith

Comment is about Human Nature (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

While enjoying JH's comments in poetic form here - and
whilst I can accept the duplicity politics can sometimes
see in its ranks (no names, no packdrill), I for one would
hesitate to rank Jacob Rees-Mogg as a "gormless twerp".
His manner is invariably careful and considered. and his
views clear and comprehensive. I was unaware until
very recently that Hansard acknowledges him as the
holder of the record for the longest word used in
parliamentary debate(s) - but that doesn't surprise
me. He would certainly have had a twinkle in his eye
when uttering it!

Comment is about Michael Gove quotes Larkin's lament for England in speech on environment (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I think I 'get it', I think I do. There is a change of 'voice', isn't there, from one to the other? I really like the line 'As love must not be a typhoon'.

Comment is about Sorrowfully (blog)

Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos

You get from me, Cynthia, congratulations but no surprise. You are a superb poet, wonderful reader-out-loud of your work and a generous supporter of others. A worthy winner this, with such superb images and appeals to the olfactory and the tactile senses. Wow!

Comment is about 'The Farmer's Wife' by Cynthia Buell Thomas is Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

In contemplation of the world,
With all the change and all the doubt,
I reminisced on times gone by
And went on mental walkabout.

I pondered on the 'common twerp',
Who seem these days so awfully rare;
One used to see them all the time,
In search of misplaced savoir faire.

In past times with their witless ilk,
The 'nitwit', 'barmcake' and the 'fool',
You'd see these chaps make endless gaffes,
And be the butt of ridicule.

But wait a mo', who are those boobs
Appearing on my old TV?
It’s Micky Gove and Jack Rees-Mogg;
A brace of gormless 'twerps' I see.

Thank goodness that we have 'The House';
A place of refuge for that group,
Where 'twerps' and 'fatheads' congregate,
With other types of 'nincompoop'.

Comment is about Michael Gove quotes Larkin's lament for England in speech on environment (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

What goes around...a satisfying precis of one's passing
years that takes us along for the trip to the final
self-awareness that life had and still has much to offer.

Comment is about Human Nature (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

JC - "a man's gotta know his limitations".
In any event, this was intended, with others, to be set
against a musical setting - and Pete Dymond, with his
experience of doing song demos for me in the past, was
the man for recording the project that I had conceived
for CD as "Poetry To Please".
Ray - simplicity solves so much in life, not least when
it serves to remind us of what once was and can no longer
be. A top example is AE Houseman's "Blue Remembered
Hills".

Comment is about YESTERDAY ONCE MORE - a re-post for the summer hols! (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Nigel, thank you so much: you are a scholar and a gentleman! (don't know who coined that phrase, but I love it!) D x

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Stuart, there is no Sale poetry evening in August; it is a 'holiday' month for the MC's. For us all. At least, that's what I understand. Just in case you were planning to join us again, please double check.

And thanks for your supportive comments, always.

Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)

Original item by Stuart Buck

I'm on line for just a few minutes, Jane, but wanted to thank you for your comment on 'The Farmer's Wife'. Welcome to WOL. I know you will enjoy the experience.

I note that we have a similar background (not archaeology, mind you, except through books and TV features on my part). I smiled when I read you have also been in a 'craft' business. It takes a certain kind of heart and mind and patience to 'make things'. But the result is so personally uplifting. ''I made this!'' I would still like to try pottery some day - producing something functional, yet lovely to look at, or to hold. I like the idea of something in the head flowing through the fingers. Which, really, is a lot like writing, isn't it?

You might enjoy my poem, 'The Question' - a few weeks back - with the Yorkshire connection.

Comment is about Jane C. Steele (poet profile)

Original item by Jane C. Steele

Going, Going is actually a mildly eugenic poem, lamenting the loss of Old England to rapacious 'cut price crowds'.

Comment is about Michael Gove quotes Larkin's lament for England in speech on environment (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Beautiful imagery Suki. Like the subconscious where dreams become reality to the individual - yours is more than adequate for the job in hand. At one time during meditation I experienced the third eye (apparently under the control of the pineal gland) and the colours were indescribably beautiful .

Ray

Comment is about The Undersea River (blog)

Original item by Suki Spangles

Hi Dorinda

I think a new list is coming out and your name has been added - - - there will be twelve poets on the open mic night
in Marple instead of ten but to confirm this is the e-mail address!

a.barlow@matthewjamespublishing.com

Nigel x

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Lovely postcard of nostalgia, MC. Made more effective by its simplicity. We're recited too. (But why not do the audio yourself?)

Comment is about YESTERDAY ONCE MORE - a re-post for the summer hols! (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Colin, Thank you. The pasture is still there and quite untouched. Keith

Comment is about Human Nature (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Of course, this is only one aspect of my experience (as with any poem), but it is one that was an un-looked for pleasant surprise and one that has really stayed with me. Hope all goes well for your sister.

Comment is about Cancer (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

love it - the picture is a take on the original I believe?

Comment is about The Poetic Death (blog)

Original item by Michaela Sheldon

Brilliant - made me think also of Wyndham's Day of the Triffids in which only a few survived the blindness. I could see Talf the Teeth playing the part of Arthur Wellesley the agoraphobic.

cheers, Col.

Comment is about TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED (blog)

Original item by ray pool

following Rachel and Ray - that innocence lost, your childhood has been served. If only we could all retain some semblance of wide-eyed wonder without getting caught up in the shitstorm of adulthood.

very much enjoyed this Martin.

Col.

Comment is about imagination (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

I love you just the way you are xx

Comment is about letters III (07/19/2017) (blog)

Original item by Zach Dafoe

Aitchoo!! 'tis the season to be sneezin'.

Love that opening line Keith and the rest just follows on nice and gentle.

Thanks, Colin.

Comment is about Human Nature (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

terrific - your writing
terrifying - the situation

curling up in a ball in a corner is one solution but perhaps not that socially acceptable unless one wishes to be locked up in the madhouse.

funny too - I can also see the title referring to an unmentioned TV set in the background playing 'the game' which mustn't be missed and only adds to the tension of noises.

Col.

Comment is about How's your game? (blog)

Original item by nunya

so easy to read - words like warm butter melting into a crumpet. Delicious and dreamy. Cheers for this Suki.

Comment is about The Undersea River (blog)

Original item by Suki Spangles

Hi Ray,

You might be more on the money than you think. If Planet X is real, and it might be, many people will not be looking up to the sky, but looking down into their mobiles. I'm guilty of this too.

Wait until Ocular tech comes out..

Suki

Comment is about TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hi Rachel,

The pretence is mind-boggling. I can't do it, that's for sure. So true. You have described it perfectly. Fab poem, and funny too.

Suki

Comment is about How's your game? (blog)

Original item by nunya

I had just a bit to say, but, dammit, David summed it all up--and probably better. It's a fantastic idea, Ray, that makes me wish I had more time to devote more effort to realizing the answer to life...

Rachel

Comment is about TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Kinda' like Ray, this has me thinking of a prolonged adolescence. At what time does dinner come--that time when we realize that our dreams are done and our lives' have come full circle...maybe for the fortunate of us--never.

Rachel

Comment is about imagination (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Hello Mohammed, I am a poet who subscribes to Write out Loud in the UK. I believe poetry to be a vital form of protest as it comes from the heart and mind of an individual who represents many others who might not dare or feel insufficiently articulate to protest. The poet often has first hand experience of the dilema or predicament more than most other people. The poet can inject humour where journalists are not able to do so. The question immediately calls to mind a brief poem written during the First World War by Siegfried Sassoon entitled the The Menin Gate. It speaks volumes about that war and reality of suffering. The words have never left me. Best Wishes Keith Jeffries

Comment is about Mohamed El Deeb (Egypt), English PEN: Is poetry the strongest form of protest? (photo)

Thanks, Ray. I suspect it may be some while yet before I get my garden party invitation.

Comment is about LIPOSUCTION (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Wendy.Like Rose I too am with you re the poem.On the news a day or so ago it was announced that some communities are asking their local authorities to close off certain streets for while in order that the kids from those streets can all play out together under the supervision of their parents.Brilliant idea! its a wonder nobody thought of it long before now.Thank you.Jemima.

Comment is about Another Child Abused (blog)

Original item by Wendy Higson

I like this Martin in its impossible scope it is the dream of the forming testosterone , or even before that I suppose.
It's like the spine of the Hollywood action. The last line kicks into touch any lingering idea of girls.

Nice one. Ray

Comment is about imagination (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

I love the line' Snuggling her corpse like a grave' in particular. The whole piece definitely has a nineteenth or eighteenth century feel about it.
Nice one

Comment is about The Poetic Death (blog)

Original item by Michaela Sheldon

This piece has rather a touch of Orson wells about it when he read the war of the worlds on the radio in the thirties. Let's hope there won't be people fearing that this is real except perhaps for Simon.
Nice one Ray, like David I love the Arthur Wellesley scenario!
Fab

Comment is about TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I can relate to this one only too well Keith. that feeling of being alone in a crowd.
Thanks Kevin

Comment is about Restless Inner Solitude (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thanks David you have quite rightly pointed out the injustices that came out of this sexual preference; prejudice runs deep in the psyche. We do well to examine our own feminine and masculine balances rather than cast them out.

Glad you like this Hazel, thanks.

Thank you Mark. You always bring personal views from experience - certainly "widens" the issue somewhat.

I'm glad you have peeked into my shadowy rooms Stu, nice and much appreciated.

Touche Col. You are the guardian of the threshold.

Thanks for the like Michaela. All the best for your new venture!

Just to say I have had some experience of this world on leaving school working amongst gay men in a theatre box office - quite daunting but there were upsides as well as backsides (sorry, downsides). I assimilated their strange world at the time which of course was always under threat. I would say they were tolerated by the boss who was straight as a die. Variety is essential in this life.

Love to all . Ray

Comment is about AFTER WOLFENDEN (blog)

Original item by ray pool

How very evocative and atmospheric. I am there in the barn, an intruder, an interloper, almost unwanted, except I'm invited in by your wonderful poem.

Comment is about The Farmer's Wife (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

If Buck Palace ever have poetry events this should be the first in the queue John. Outrageous would be an understatement in this supine offering. I could do the reading if you like with my Prince Charles accent.

Nasty but nice. Ray

Comment is about LIPOSUCTION (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A great sense of innocence right through a life Mark - I almost see Betjeman at the sea with trousers rolled up . Nicely poignant and really simple to reason with.

Ray

Comment is about YESTERDAY ONCE MORE - a re-post for the summer hols! (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/everyone-on-poetry-circuit-a-disgruntled-secondary-school-teacher-2015021795449

Comment is about Michael Gove quotes Larkin's lament for England in speech on environment (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks, MC. I try to address the big issues.

Comment is about LIPOSUCTION (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for the feedback Colin, glad you find my stuff 'fascinating'. That's not a word I've heard before, mostly 'strange' and 'needs the Turin Test'. I need to visit your work and have a read.

The poem in ?, and most of the others on my Blog, I grant you they're 'odd', maybe an ingredients list that needs cooking, but my attempts to lengthen sentences and boost narrative, fail. I know the story inside each one, and for me that's important, but some are better than others in reaching that conclusion. I've tried to get published this year, but so far all attempts have failed, maybe because, stylistically, they don't fit anything out there, or maybe they're just dross? Reading other poets work, particularly on WordPress, a few other places too, it often bores me, to be honest, lots of maudlin introspection, loneliness, more and more lost love, but occasionally I find something with an impact.

When it comes to the 'Beats', had always heard of them, but hadn’t read any works until a few years back, particularly after seeing a documentary on Herbert Hunke and another guy (name ?), and after seeing the movie 'Factotum' about Bukowksi.

I'm a History Grad & Post-Grad, until about five years ago, hadn’t read any more than a few poems, couldn’t even say I liked poetry, so you never know.

Comment is about Black Boy Jerome (blog)

Original item by Paul Welsh

Hi Keith - thanks for your appreciation on the post on 31 July which I've since replaced with this entry for August. I've acknowledged your message elsewhere.
MC

Comment is about YESTERDAY ONCE MORE - a re-post for the summer hols! (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

It must always be welcome when a government minister
feels able to relate to and recite poetry in the course of
popularising and explaining policy decisions...especially
when they affect our diminishing and irreplaceable
countryside and what that means to future generations.

Comment is about Michael Gove quotes Larkin's lament for England in speech on environment (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I came to this after hearing that my sister has had to
face something similar with ongoing checks and treatment
to come. I'm grateful for the smile it provided via its
positive theme and would like to think she could say the
same.

Comment is about Cancer (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

Wotcher Cock!
Another welcome piece of hilarity from a reliable source.

Comment is about LIPOSUCTION (blog)

Original item by John Coopey