<Deleted User> (13762)
Sun 22nd Apr 2018 08:50
yes it's hard to avoid euphemism when writing garden themed poetry, whether intentional or not. Monty would be proud of your efforts no doubt. Enjoy a day of rest with your feet up with the Sunday papers Ray. Sounds like you earned it one way or another. Wink wink say no more. Col.
Comment is about IN THE GARDEN - AGAIN (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (13762)
Sun 22nd Apr 2018 08:39
excellent backup poem elP - hope all is well with you. Col.
Comment is about timeline (blog)
Original item by nunya
<Deleted User> (13762)
Sun 22nd Apr 2018 08:33
poetry is the best prescription - keep writing.
Comment is about Homegrown Pain (blog)
Original item by Damon Blackery
<Deleted User> (13762)
Sun 22nd Apr 2018 08:29
I felt the same recently Yajaira and then I realised my heart had gone into atrial fibrillation and I had to spend the night in A&E. Take care of your beating heart. C?L
Comment is about HiGH TIMES (blog)
Original item by yajaira
<Deleted User> (13762)
Sun 22nd Apr 2018 08:24
an interesting idea for a poem Binte - thanks for posting. Colin.
Comment is about Silhouettes (blog)
Original item by Binte Afroz
I’ve done my time on those in the gym, MC, when the weather’s bad. I’m currently building up to do the Selby Bike Ride for charity.
Comment is about YOUNG HOOLIGANS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you so much... I am sorry for not responding sooner, I am a newbie and still finding my way. And Frances, lovely to get an exile's view - I left the North East in 1967, aged eight! But it won't leave we alone...
Comment is about Chris Bainbridge (poet profile)
Original item by Chris Bainbridge
It's not my design for life, or a manifesto. I reference the Tolpuddle Martyrs, The Suffragettes and the Chartists And am bloody proud to do so. It's just a little poem!
Comment is about Rebellion (blog)
Original item by Chris Bainbridge
<Deleted User> (16099)
Sun 22nd Apr 2018 01:41
absolutely amazing and beautiful and truthful to your soul..I will read this again and again and again...my friend
Comment is about Fear (blog)
Original item by Chiari Warrior Soldier
elPintor
Sun 22nd Apr 2018 01:15
One of several I'll be posting. I hadn't previously considered making them public but then, sometimes you just feel like making a backup.
Comment is about timeline (blog)
Original item by nunya
Beware of the sudden front tyre burst JC. The result can
see a rider relegated to an indoor bike!!
Comment is about YOUNG HOOLIGANS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
These words should find many nodding in recognition -
especially those of the immediate post-WW2 generation.
.......................
Having read them, the following occurs to me:
There's this to say about love and war,
They both seek to change what went before.
Both often serve to put us to the test,
But too often what follows is not for the best.
Comment is about War Games (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
The story of those who, having found success, lose sight
of how, when and why - and proceed to waste what that success gave them - well caught in these lines. It is
pleasing to see names from the past pop up in new
ways to further their show-biz lives. Long live panto!!
Comment is about Falling Star (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
A very clever bit of satire on modern information accessibility and the freedom to explore while arriving at nothing of any real consequence (IMO). Also it is entertaining which I thin good poetry should sometimes do. Good stuff for live reading, of course. Go for it Ian!
Ray
Comment is about Pub Quiz Theory (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
The savage cult of celebrity perfectly depicted Trevor.
Comment is about Falling Star (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Thank you to all those who so kindly commented on this poem. It is much appreciated. Keith
Comment is about War Games (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
<Deleted User> (13762)
Sat 21st Apr 2018 09:23
he should take up poetry - there's always room for him at the WoL Hostel.
Comment is about Falling Star (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 21st Apr 2018 07:58
An absolutely exact statement of fact.
Comment is about Trees- be these. (blog)
Original item by CathyLCrabb
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 21st Apr 2018 07:56
Very good Trev...you keep pulling them out of the bag.
Comment is about Falling Star (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 21st Apr 2018 07:53
Short but compelling. Well done Binte.
Comment is about Rumination (blog)
Original item by Binte Afroz
Thank you, Chris for taking the time to read my words - for the likes and the comments.
I've thoroughly enjoyed 'Northumbria', it's knowing-ness and it's internal rhyme.
I was born in Blythe but left (with my parents) when I was 4 1/2 to go to Africa. Returned with my mum in the early 70's to see her old home but wished we hadn't as it was turned into 5 flats and the garden taken up by a huge intersection. So sad...
Comment is about Chris Bainbridge (poet profile)
Original item by Chris Bainbridge
Pat Hughes
Fri 20th Apr 2018 23:45
Those last few lines are sad,age isn't a barrier to love,I hope.
Comment is about War Games (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
elPintor
Fri 20th Apr 2018 23:11
I quite like the switch up, Stu, as it is suggestive of differing possibilities and perspectives of the same. And, if I could like a comment, I would send out one for "i am not who i write for".
Rachel
Comment is about it is a sphere (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 20th Apr 2018 23:07
Keith - there will always be love. Sadly it seems inevitable there will also always be war. Keep your chin up!
Comment is about War Games (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
thanks graham
believe it or not, they are my favourite three lies!
however, one thing i have realised in the last four years is that i am not who i write for. if that makes sense.
so yes, i will have a gander and see what i can do.
thanks for the usual good will
Comment is about it is a sphere (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Thanks Brian. We worked together for a number of years. I had enormous respect for her. Keith
Comment is about A Woman of Substance (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Fri 20th Apr 2018 18:52
Congratulations Frances, lovely poem. Poetry, pubs and poets. Could it ever get any better!
Comment is about 'Epitaph for Gregory O'Donoghue' by Frances Macaulay Forde is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I would die of shame, Brian. Perhaps when I am 75.
Comment is about YOUNG HOOLIGANS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Nyakio Njagi
Fri 20th Apr 2018 18:30
OMG! I just had to read this poem out loud ? ?
Comment is about Less (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 20th Apr 2018 18:19
Hi Keith Feels like some personal connection in this. Quite moving.
Comment is about A Woman of Substance (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Cheers Brian. I am usually the one who loans it. Keith
Comment is about The Rock of Friendship (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 20th Apr 2018 17:23
A good story Nick. I was surprised that a bi-plane was used in WW2
Comment is about Biplanes Attack! (blog)
Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 20th Apr 2018 17:15
Hi Keith You missed the bit about being able to borrow money
Comment is about The Rock of Friendship (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
? Nicely done! It's an old trick but it's a good one ?
Comment is about Less (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 20th Apr 2018 14:53
Not that you're bitter ?
Rip it out their cheating bloody hands next time! Shouldn't be allowed!
Comment is about Pub Quiz Theory (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
It comes down to what suits us these days. If it suits us, we're happy enough to "do as we're told". But it's just as
well we're forced sometimes, otherwise think of how easy
it could be to restrict one's future opportunities through
not bothering to go to school. And that's just one example
that comes to my idling mind.
Comment is about Rebellion (blog)
Original item by Chris Bainbridge
I don't understand the change from I to we in line 8?
I love it until that point, would you consider reviewing the last three lines, ideally make it a little longer too
As usual quality work form you Stu!
Comment is about it is a sphere (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Thank you all for your feedback, much appreciated. I performed this piece by request a year ago in Manchester, at the memorial event for Betty T.
Comment is about Rebellion (blog)
Original item by Chris Bainbridge
Maggie Sawkins
Fri 20th Apr 2018 10:43
Hi Mike - I've organised Tongue&Grooves in Portsmouth since 2003 and would be up for your survey.
Maggie Sawkins
hookedonwords@gmail.com
Comment is about Mike Took (poet profile)
Original item by Mike Took
In this piece I mention Magna Carta because I wanted to highlight the difference between change that is handed down to people from the lords and masters on high, with the kind of change that comes from "below", grass roots...change that people can bring about for themselves. As Alice Cooper once sang "If that don't suit ya,That's a drag"! Have a lovely day ? folks.
Comment is about Rebellion (blog)
Original item by Chris Bainbridge
<Deleted User> (18980)
Fri 20th Apr 2018 08:44
Chris, I like the poem but the sentiments probably belong in the last century now with its great strikes...miners, car industry, newspapers etc
Comment is about Rebellion (blog)
Original item by Chris Bainbridge
<Deleted User> (13762)
Fri 20th Apr 2018 08:01
if it's good enough for Betty it's good enough for me!
Comment is about Rebellion (blog)
Original item by Chris Bainbridge
Big Sal
Fri 20th Apr 2018 04:06
If sleep is the cousin of death, I wonder what the father of life thinks of it! haha, nice one. Again!
Comment is about reversed (blog)
Original item by racha
Big Sal
Fri 20th Apr 2018 04:02
Appreciate your kind comments, and I especially like how you set this poem up to be read. Threw me off guard, but damn does it look good.
Comment is about Transparency (blog)
Original item by AbSo2021
keith jeffries
Sun 22nd Apr 2018 09:20
MC.,
Thank you your comment which has a good deal of wisdom attached to it. Keith
Comment is about War Games (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries