Hazel, good response! Excellent point about the 'aphids'. Exactly.
TBH, my personal comment meant that I decided not to make a comment - leaving the piece alone - to sink or swim. Your remark is super, right in the spirit of this divisive intercourse.
I was discussing with a 10-year-old boy, last week, the finer understanding of the verb 'to argue', which generally has a bad reputation, not just with kids. He was really impressed with its true, basic meaning. Who knows what long-lasting results can come from a simple conversation. He was a delight; most children usually are.
Comment is about One Word (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Thanks all - I thought i'd add a bit more storyline, especially for Colin. I'll come back to this later, hopefully....
Raymondo.
Comment is about FILM NOIR (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Hey Cynthia, there's nothing insignificant about an aphid. Have you seen the damage they can do? And talking about humans......
I've been thinking along similar lines recently. I agree, it is what it is, but paradoxically, it is also what we think it is - because that's the only way we can experience it. Or is it? I give up. Perhaps I need to write a poem.
Comment is about One Word (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Totally captured the whole genre. Magnificent.
Comment is about FILM NOIR (blog)
Original item by ray pool
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Wed 2nd May 2018 07:51
<Deleted User> (18980)
Wed 2nd May 2018 07:23
Off at a bit of a tangent...Watching the Detectives by Elvis Costeloe came to mind.
Comment is about FILM NOIR (blog)
Original item by ray pool
you have the form that captures the audience.
thank you for sharing your work.
Comment is about Xoanxo (poet profile)
Original item by Xoanxo
Ah Graham, yes there was something I could not eradicate, even though he seemed to have trimmed all of his glorious mystery away like an overgrown moustache.
Comment is about Old Love (blog)
Original item by Hazel ettridge
Well ... ah, heck ... it is what it is.
Comment is about One Word (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
You are very kind Anya.
Comment is about Winter turns to Spring (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Big Sal
Tue 1st May 2018 21:04
Thank you Anya, Suki, Rachel!
Rachel, unfortunately the video link you shared does not seem to work but thank you for your comments!
Comment is about The wall (blog)
Original item by Xoanxo
elPintor
Tue 1st May 2018 17:06
Truthfully, this is not an experience I would wish on just anyone. Good to hear from you Suki..NA is one of my favorites.
Rachel
Comment is about telecommuter (blog)
Original item by nunya
Thanks everyone!
Comment is about ‘Killing the Piano’ by Joe Williams is Write Out Loud’s Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
thanks for commenting on 'pain killer' Keith - I appreciate your support and for taking the time to comment
Ian
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Ooo did you? I'm in love with the west myself - heading back over in August, cannot WAIT. Dublin to Doolin then down to Kerry.
Peat fires are so damned HOT aren't they?! ? And the smell, mmm. Hey, I'd love to read the one you wrote for 'Scent Memories'. Perhaps PM it to me? Did you ever see the one I wrote about walking the Cliffs of Moher? I was out of my mind with panic that I'd hurl myself over the edge - it's a 'thing' for some people, and I try to avoid high places mostly, but this was so utterly heartbreakingly beautiful that I forced myself to do it. Amazing exhilarating experience, and I wrote one of my best poems ever afterwards.
Comment is about Trevor Alexander (poet profile)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Many thanks Hannah.
I know exactly who it is about and stupidly thought it would be obvious to all, so removed a line which may have made it clearer. But hey, ambiguity is a Good Thing in Poetry, right? ?
Comment is about Snakes Don't Kiss (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
<Deleted User> (13762)
Tue 1st May 2018 09:14
Congratulations Joe on Poem of the Week. It is always a pleasure to read your work here on WoL and this one is certainly deserving of the headline treatment. Keep 'em coming! And good luck with the book.
Comment is about ‘Killing the Piano’ by Joe Williams is Write Out Loud’s Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
It’s true Hazel, you always remember your first. No regrets, experience is a wonderful thing in hindsight.
Was he worth remembering after you met again?
Comment is about Old Love (blog)
Original item by Hazel ettridge
Frances, Brian and Adam, thank you for the likes.
Comment is about Old Love (blog)
Original item by Hazel ettridge
Thank you for your comment Anya (and i always enjoy your comments on other people's poems too). This was my first great love in 1970! He opened my eyes to a rich and mysterious world and he still visits my dreams nearly 50 years on.
Comment is about Old Love (blog)
Original item by Hazel ettridge
HI WENDY - REALLY ENJOYED THIS , SHORT AND BITTERSWEET AND TO THE POINT!
Comment is about HUMANITY (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
elPintor
Tue 1st May 2018 02:37
This seems to be the eventual realization that we are all the pouring out of life and/or love despite our wishes for self-containment.
And, the audio--I'm glad that I read the piece before I listened because I never would have connected the two in the way that you did.
Enjoyed the writing, either way.
Rachel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5bB7QrTfD0&index=7&list=PLjulArign39tJJyV8msDbY78udf4cM3Om
Comment is about The wall (blog)
Original item by Xoanxo
I look forward to listening to more of this. Carry on!
Suki
Comment is about The wall (blog)
Original item by Xoanxo
Well, it works for me. Fabulous!
Thanks for sharing,
Suki
Comment is about Winter wish (blog)
Original item by Xoanxo
Hi Ray,
Yin and Yang, a game of two halves, and all that. I suppose we should try to take a slightly detached view especially when we feel we are thrown from pillar to post; the ups and downs.
I like the humour too:
the comely maiden's thigh
Nice one!
Suki
Comment is about TWIN PEAKS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Hi Rachel,
This could be a Radiohead lyric! Nice to hear National Anthem again, haven't heard that in a while.
Have a great week!
Suki
Comment is about telecommuter (blog)
Original item by nunya
elPintor
Tue 1st May 2018 00:49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bGPPBoh9E8
Comment is about telecommuter (blog)
Original item by nunya
Hi Laura. I too love a turf fire. I worked on a farm in north west Ireland for a couple of summers in my teens, and in the farmhouse we cooked on a turf fire. I also worked in the bog, gathering the turf - hard work! I recently contributed to a "Scent Memories" project, and wrote a piece about the smell of the turf fire based on those summers.
Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)
Original item by Laura Taylor
I was walking with you, while I was reading
Comment is about Autumn in the Wind (blog)
Original item by Wood
Cynthia, I certainly appreciate your love of Trees. Your description is delightful, and I can hear Trees also. Many Trees are Hundreds and even Thousands of years old. They are living records of history. Terry.
Comment is about Tree (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
<Deleted User> (18118)
Mon 30th Apr 2018 21:52
First time I've read you.
I like this poem very much.
Hannah
Comment is about Poets (blog)
Original item by AbSo2021
<Deleted User> (18118)
Mon 30th Apr 2018 21:50
A tale from a garden. It could have many meanings.
Intriguing. I love your work.
Hannah
Comment is about Snakes Don't Kiss (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
<Deleted User> (18118)
Mon 30th Apr 2018 21:05
A great charm to your writing.
Hannah
Comment is about A River, Kent (blog)
Original item by Chris Bainbridge
<Deleted User> (18118)
Mon 30th Apr 2018 21:03
Fantastic poem.
Really enjoyed it.
Hannah
Comment is about Beds (blog)
Original item by Chris Bainbridge
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Mon 30th Apr 2018 20:15
<Deleted User> (18118)
Mon 30th Apr 2018 20:14
Love this one, really made me laugh.
Some places do have skeleton staff, when others are 'on leave'.
Images in my mind now.
Hannah
Comment is about SKELETON STAFF (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (18118)
Mon 30th Apr 2018 20:10
Hi Ray thanks so much for your comment on my poem The New Love.
I look forward to reading more of yours.
Hannah
Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)
Original item by ray pool
Oh I absolutely love this one! I bloody love a good peat fire too - warmest thing ever.
Cracking piece this Trev - haunting, atmospheric, can almost smell the bog.
Comment is about Gathering The Turf (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Yes and I'm exhausted now! First time I've tried to do it all the way through, and even though I missed some weekends and the very start of it, it's still been a really hard slog. BUT I've come up with some that I've actually loved, some I found funny and enjoyable to write, and of course some absolute stinkers ? Been a lot of fun (and angst when the poems don't come haha).
Thanks Trev!
Comment is about Snakes Don't Kiss (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Thanks Trevor, glad you liked 'Killing the Piano'. You're right about the digital stuff - there's nothing wrong with them (I've got a few keyboards lying around my flat!) but there's so much more to a real piano than that.
Comment is about Trevor Alexander (poet profile)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
NaPobloodyWriMo done and dusted?! Great one to finish on - biblically speaking...
Comment is about Snakes Don't Kiss (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
A poignant tale. The piano serves as a nostalgic link to the past, but takes up too much space in a modern life. The modern, electronic ones stay in tune, sound pretty good (to an untrained ear, at least), but don't have the charisma of a 'real' piano.
Comment is about Killing the Piano (blog)
Original item by Joe Williams
....and that's a wrap for NaPoWriMo2018.
BTW, sleán is gaelic for the special design of spade used for cutting peat used for fuel.
Comment is about Gathering The Turf (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
<Deleted User> (18980)
Mon 30th Apr 2018 13:46
Congrats Joe
Comment is about ‘Killing the Piano’ by Joe Williams is Write Out Loud’s Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
Thank you, April...as you say, just a "snapshot"! Glad you liked it.
Comment is about A River, Kent (blog)
Original item by Chris Bainbridge
Cynthia Buell Thomas
Wed 2nd May 2018 11:55
Splendid poem, Hazel, tender and tough at the same time - like 'living' - period. Honesty first, beautiful phrasing next - the combination - sheer dynamite. Superb ending - beautifully conceived - so honest, and sad - definitely sad. But that was almost 25 years ago! I sure hope you are 'making your own breeze' these days.
Comment is about Old Love (blog)
Original item by Hazel ettridge