That is true patience and care but as long as it's reciprocated. One cannot keep giving an ocean of affection in exchange for mere glasses in return.
Wardah
Comment is about Going within -- and without. (blog)
Original item by Chakraj
Thanks you Victoria - one word like that is plenty!
David, I've gone all Eastwood. He could ride out disappointment in fact could use it for a purpose; my writing this was a catharsis and worked a treat. I re read my offerings mentioned and did found them a bit contrived so fair dos I reckon. By the way , I don't do requests.
Thanks.
Laura, I take that as read. Thanks !
Ray
Comment is about NOT WINNING COMPETITIONS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
There is a natural sympathy with what's not immediately apparent David at play, and a brooding intelligence of the unseen. Scrabbling polities I like a lot and the two last couplets add a dimension of what nature will do with potential.
A great read, thanks. Ray
Comment is about Cities (blog)
Original item by David Cooke
i saw about 20 homless people congregating around charing cross train station, wrote this back 1997.. nothings changed ... thank you for listening
Comment is about Station to station (blog)
Original item by Phils Words
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 6th Oct 2017 21:45
A brilliant piece. Reminds me of London streets.
Sad and true.
Hannah
Comment is about Station to station (blog)
Original item by Phils Words
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 6th Oct 2017 21:36
I like this poem very much.
Dreams are very strange, we have no control over them and yet we do . . . don't we?
Hannah
Comment is about Dreams (blog)
Original item by David Lindsay
Wonderfully read, crisp, clear ...wonderfully lead... into the five petals of elderflower .. think i will listen again...
Comment is about Title poem of my new collection The Five Petals of Elderflower. (blog)
Original item by Angela Topping
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 6th Oct 2017 21:28
That is an amazing piece of writing.
Hannah
Comment is about Grave Thoughts from Above Ground (blog)
Original item by mike booth
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 6th Oct 2017 21:20
This is Incredibly sad and beautiful... I love it. I'm really enjoying reading your work.
Comment is about Control (blog)
Original item by Wonderer
If you want to hear me read, there are other videos on Youtube as well as this one.
The sound track for this video is from my recording on Vintage Radio.
Comment is about Title poem of my new collection The Five Petals of Elderflower. (blog)
Original item by Angela Topping
Hi Gordon
Good to see you on this site!
Looking forward to hearing more of your wonderful poetry in The Red Lion, Manningtree, on Tuesday evening.
Best wishes
Richard
Comment is about Gordon Hoyles (poet profile)
Original item by Gordon Hoyles
Hey - well done all you lovely WOLers!! Putting poetry out there in the world and removing it from the sphere of the elite is something very dear to my heart. And to my mind, music and poetry go hand in glove. Nice one ?
Comment is about Marsden's Poster Poems competition - here are the winners! (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Your perception of the poem is quite accurate. Yes perhaps it is time.
Thanks Raj I appreciate your comments as always.
Comment is about Insomnia (blog)
Original item by Wardah
I like the equilibrium of his caps, Desmond. Good post.
Comment is about Feral Man (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
Attila the Stockbroker has made a good living from poetry - no workshops involved. I'd recommend any poet to read his autobiography, which I reviewed for WOL:
https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=50949
for tips on how to do it. It's also a hugely interesting read besides that.
It's serious graft, but it can be done.
Comment is about Can you earn a living as a poet? Discussion offers advice on how to pay the rent (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I love this place so much, it's in the dedications bit of my book ?
Big love to you Cynth ?
Comment is about May I say, today ... (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Oh I like this. Proper resonates with me. I've always been painfully aware of the now, it pounds into you without mercy should you ever take your eye off the ball.
There's a lovely flow of sonics in the first three verses.
Comment is about Now is all we have (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Many thanks all for taking the time to read and comment, appreciate that.
Comment is about No Sacrifice (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Beautiful and compelling - in a league of its own. A poem that feels like a release of life force Laura. Need I say more? Probably not, as I get carried away with comments.
Embroidering memory especially spot on.
Ray x
Comment is about No Sacrifice (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
And so say all of us - electronically. Thanks Cynthia received with warmth for that natural sincerity.
Ray
Comment is about May I say, today ... (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
<Deleted User> (13762)
Thu 5th Oct 2017 20:48
Hi Lyrical Lexa and thank you - seeing your comment made me smile after a busy day. C?L
Comment is about 'At the sink' by Colin Hill is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Stop and look.
Love this.
Comment is about Clouds, cloudy, clouded (blog)
Original item by David T Jones
<Deleted User> (17847)
Thu 5th Oct 2017 19:50
for me POTW-defo! very very much thought provoking not to mention a tugging or more at the heartstrings
Comment is about No Sacrifice (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
<Deleted User> (18118)
Thu 5th Oct 2017 19:43
Brilliant poem. That mouse poison was just too tempting.
Comment is about The First Lady of Strangeways (blog)
Original item by Albert Van Skywalker
<Deleted User> (17847)
Thu 5th Oct 2017 19:42
on the presumption of being included in your praises may I as a newcomer say 'and the same to you' Cynthia
Comment is about May I say, today ... (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
<Deleted User> (18118)
Thu 5th Oct 2017 19:40
I am a great lover of clouds too, especially with a blue sky. Really enjoyed this one.
Hannah
Comment is about Clouds, cloudy, clouded (blog)
Original item by David T Jones
<Deleted User> (18118)
Thu 5th Oct 2017 19:37
<Deleted User> (17847)
Thu 5th Oct 2017 19:37
great piece.The fifth couplet is a cool curved ball
Comment is about Baggage Claim (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
<Deleted User> (18118)
Thu 5th Oct 2017 19:36
You pose a very interesting question here.
Someone said , you can always tell when a politician is lying, their lips move !
Hannah
Comment is about GRASS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Great job, Colin!
Comment is about 'At the sink' by Colin Hill is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Definitely got your thumbprint on this one. I think I know what it's about, and I'm happy for you.
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about Recovery (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Cheers Kevin nice of you. The older I've got the easier the impression has become. Congratulations for your Marsden poem too!
Ray
Comment is about A VISIT TO BLENHEIM (A Churchill speech) (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thank you Hannah. When we hand anyone the reins we give power to that person; and I am of two minds as to the interplay in these situations. In church, or in a surgery we bow to supremacy (maybe imagined). I'm very pleased it worked for you! To inspire is my desire by the way.
Comment is about CRYSTAL BALL (blog)
Original item by ray pool
I feel the ocean within you.
You're perspective and exploration of consciousness through words is beautiful and inspiring.
Thank you for your comment on my work, I will definitely keep sharing.
Love and light ?
Comment is about Sweet Surrender (blog)
Original item by Chakraj
Wow your first sample "The parting" is so poignant. I can't count the number of nights I have laid alone, remembering sweet nothings that still mean everything. Thank you for sharing, and thank you for your comment on my work "One Moment". You're an inspiration!
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
A splendid poem Tony . I love the whole idea of the ivy listening. As ray says there is definitely something Orwellian about CCTV and how all those images are used in public sites that are a definite mixed blessing.
Comment is about 'CCTV' by Tony Hill is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
cheers all! yes ray, you are close. i'm actually not entirely happy with the layout of this, the words are fine but i'm definitely not the best at using space and placement. im going to play around with it i think. lovely words as ever though thanks!
(immortelle was a new one on me but i loved the word as soon as i read it)
Comment is about death poem (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Delightful. I chuckled.
Join the 'cat club'; impossible not to respond.
Comment is about Needy? (blog)
Original item by Andy Smyth
'the conscious vibration of the universe'? OK.
Welcome to WOL and a host of fellow thinkers. You will enjoy this site.
Comment is about Kati Shea (poet profile)
Original item by Kati Shea
I was struck by 'meeting every tender word with thought rather than feeling'. A major problem succinctly put, and often an insurmountable hurdle in a relationship.
Comment is about One Moment (blog)
Original item by Kati Shea
Compelling, intrusive of mind, and altogether splendid.
Comment is about No Sacrifice (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
<Deleted User> (18118)
Thu 5th Oct 2017 13:12
I love this poem. These women are always powerful and any encounter intriguing. Through your words I envisaged the whole scene.
Thank you for your comment on my poem
Strong Vulnerability. I find your words inspiring.
Hannah
Comment is about CRYSTAL BALL (blog)
Original item by ray pool
raypool
Fri 6th Oct 2017 23:03
Thanks for the likes Patricia and Desmond, really appreciated.
David, a master stroke of utter irony. That will definitely be on the agenda mate. A poem like a slave can serve several masters by the way.
Ray
Comment is about NOT WINNING COMPETITIONS (blog)
Original item by ray pool