<Deleted User> (18118)
Thu 5th Oct 2017 12:43
Poignant, I read it twice.
Thank you for your comment on my poem.
Hannah
Comment is about death poem (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
<Deleted User> (18118)
Thu 5th Oct 2017 12:37
Hello Laura, thank you so much for your comment on my poem Strong Vulnerability. It's a double thank you because it led me to your poem Dear Margaret.
A stunning performance. Very strong.
So sorry to hear of the passing of your father.
Indeed a very special relationship.
I look forward to discovering more of your work.
Hannah
Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Amazing imagery and wordplay as always Stu. I've never heard of immortelle before.
Comment is about death poem (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Perfect little snapshot. I speak to cats inside other people's windows, say 'hello' to them in that mincey voice I reserve for small animals. Needy? Or just mad cat people?! ?
Comment is about Needy? (blog)
Original item by Andy Smyth
Beautiful poem, filled with energy and hope. ??
Comment is about Recovery (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
<Deleted User> (5011)
Thu 5th Oct 2017 07:25
A magnificent review, Dave.
Comment is about Raining Upwards: Henry Normal, Flapjack (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Beautiful Kati. The way I see it every moment opens the doors to other moments. So enjoy the NOW.
My favourite line? "I opened my heart and soul to your infinite worlds of possibility."
Would love to see some more.
Raj
Comment is about One Moment (blog)
Original item by Kati Shea
It's a short poem Wardah but it speaks volumes.
It talks of a restless soul that's desperate to find
of comfort and trust; to touch deep meaningful love. And do I also see unfulfilled desires ? Perhaps time to move on...
This is turning out into a nice series.
Raj
Comment is about Insomnia (blog)
Original item by Wardah
Hi Greg,
Thanks for taking some great photographs of us all from William Cornelius Harris Publishing Poets on Saturday at the Free Verse Poetry Book Fair. Would it be ok to use one of them for some publicity and profile image? I will give you credit.
All the best
George
Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Wed 4th Oct 2017 22:31
Hi Karen, thanks for reading and commenting on "Death Poem", I appreciate it,
Lan
Comment is about Karen Ankers (poet profile)
Original item by Karen Ankers
Wed 4th Oct 2017 22:28
Hi Raj, thanks so much for taking the time to read and comment on my poems, I'm just coming back to it after a long time of disconnection, so feels both fantastic and a bit "clunky",
Thanks
Lan
Comment is about Chakraj (poet profile)
Original item by Chakraj
<Deleted User> (16099)
Wed 4th Oct 2017 20:18
loved this thought, I write in moments as well it is good to know that great writers think alike...
Comment is about One Moment (blog)
Original item by Kati Shea
I really liked this one. And you got the voice off to a T
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about A VISIT TO BLENHEIM (A Churchill speech) (blog)
Original item by ray pool
This has a resonance of an afterlife or our conception of what it might be I reckon Stu. It feels so strong as if the words themselves are dying. A very unearthly sense and especially interesting is the denim and the receipt like a figurative focus. The awareness of the birds is a sort of superiority compared with loss of faith. Am I close?
Ray
Comment is about death poem (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
HI David. Sometimes humour is a curse, as one won't be taken seriously as in acting awards; in my case the humour really comes through in the reading I guess. How could anyone today take that accent seriously? I think in retrospect many matters should be viewed with humour as it does come quite close to tragedy. Thanks I appreciate your double take of course! I did read this at the Keep and it did raise a titter. I did want to make a serious point in keeping with the spirit of the times.
Very kind Tony I am uplifted by one who knows the art of poetry and its pitfalls as well as its peaks. I felt as if the couplet was like a call from the grave.
Lovely comment Stu ! Glad you looked in really. It makes the site worth while for me.
Ray
Comment is about A VISIT TO BLENHEIM (A Churchill speech) (blog)
Original item by ray pool
many congratulations to all on this list and to friends I can spot on there too!
Comment is about Marsden's Poster Poems competition - here are the winners! (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Congratulations to all the winners but especially Stockport's own John Keane, who has two!
Comment is about Marsden's Poster Poems competition - here are the winners! (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
elPintor
Wed 4th Oct 2017 14:01
Hello, and good morning from South America.
A couple of weeks ago, I found myself in the early morning hours in an airport terminal looking into some of the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen. She was a young woman traveling with family and the eye contact was brief, but there was such a sense of the primal in her features that I don't believe I will ever completely forget.
Here, in this small South American town, are many dogs and they walk freely through these streets lined with vendors and cafes as any human would. Most are quite happy to ignore any attempts at contact without a promise of food for reward. But, I've seen the occasional wagging hindquarters signaling the recognition of a beloved caretaker.
There is a beautiful, muscular white creature with wolf-like features and bright pale blue eyes at the mouth of the alley where I am staying. As I pass, I signal with a short whistle and open my hand. He comes to sidle close at my thigh and his great head slumps toward the ground in relaxation for a few moments as I brush my fingers through the thick fur along his back. The exchange is soundless and he departs from me unceremoniously, but it is refreshing to experience such contact without expectation.
All of these things, together, have had me thinking about human behavior, instinct and its suppression, and even how we cope with weighing personal values against societal expectation. It can get pretty complicated, it seems...
Take good care, to each of you, and thanks for such generous comments.
Rachel x
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE4ISDUT4RM
PS
Hi, Cynthia. It seems that somehow my name came up during some exchange of comments and I haven't had the heart to go back to my WoL pen name. Truthfully I didn't put much thought into my pen name. As I am a painter (Sp. el pintor, "the painter"), and wanted to retain some level of anonymity, I found it appropriate. Thanks for asking and your recent comments are much appreciated.
Comment is about empty (blog)
Original item by nunya
<Deleted User> (9882)
Wed 4th Oct 2017 13:35
a beautiful blending of human understanding with and the appreciation of the all about ageless gift of nature in her finest hours
loved it Raj.Thank you.
Rose ?
Comment is about Going within -- and without. (blog)
Original item by Chakraj
captured a lovely sense of both frailty and strength. i love the way you use words so sparsely, it shows a confidence in your writing which i long to possess.
Comment is about empty (blog)
Original item by nunya
a rhyming poem which i enjoyed. one gold star. that couplet at the end. a second gold star.
Comment is about A VISIT TO BLENHEIM (A Churchill speech) (blog)
Original item by ray pool
love the ending here but great piece all around.
Comment is about Rested (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
the atttiude really shines through here with this Martin. You work really well to the ending. very good writing indeed.
Comment is about cracked (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
agree with all of the points here, Martin.
the honesty really shines in this poem.
excellent.
Comment is about Another birthday (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Thank you for the kind comment I'm glad that you liked it. Pure hearts are the rarest and most beautiful things.
Comment is about The Rest (blog)
Original item by Wardah
I like this Eva, as it brings to mind faded glory and I love "her face is the ghost of a lost love." Very effective line.
The ballroom is a great image in which to set the romantic past.
Ray
Comment is about Jam Sandwiches (blog)
Original item by Eva Elizabeth
I wouldn't dwell too much on it Cynthia. This poem belonged in the moment. That moment has gone.
Let's focus on the now. You probably have another poem germinating inside you now. Perhaps it's in your mind. Or even in your sprit.
Raj x
Comment is about Playing With Baby (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
You old smoothie, MC. And cheaper than flowers!
Comment is about THERE ARE WAYS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Tue 3rd Oct 2017 17:07
Thank you for your comments Cynthia,I very much appreciated them.
Comment is about Grim Faces (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
Thanks for providing me with a wry smile. Pithy and right
to the point of the reality we seem to face so often.
Comment is about The Rest (blog)
Original item by Wardah
<Deleted User> (18118)
Tue 3rd Oct 2017 16:04
So sad, heartfelt. Love can hurt.
Thank you for commenting on my poem.
Comment is about An hour ago (blog)
Original item by Eseosa
Very interesting. Terrific last three lines; they could stand boldly all by themselves.
How do these gentlemen know you as Rachel? I like that. I always have a problem with pseudonyms. So what exactly does 'elPintor' mean? 'the thinker? the warrior?the small one?'the giver of milk? I'm really interested.
I did check out the famous 'band' connection; but I didn't think that was it. Might be, though.
Comment is about empty (blog)
Original item by nunya
A gem of a poem Kim. You have laid your thoughts onto a spectacular map of the sky for us to meditate on - there is such a variety to freely gaze on that it can't fail to inspire us if we open up to it. To write poetry you have to get the heart of a subject, which you have done.
Ray
Comment is about Overwhelming Sky (blog)
Original item by Kim Whysall-Hammond
You really hit a point here Rachel and it reminds me of how the individual gets drawn in to the needs and wiles of the world even though bucking against it.
Ray x
Comment is about empty (blog)
Original item by nunya
Very hard-hitting, sustained and strong. It could apply to anything of deep consequence. The final stanza is a great conclusion.
Comment is about Grim Faces (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
David, you've gone to the heart of the subject as always. I did get involved in the seedy side of all that and found it a great responsibility and indeed still do when trying to give help of any kind. I larded it with cynicism but the sadness comes I think with juxtaposition of real and unreal or the perceiving or non perceiving of the truth. We are all gullible at times and susceptible to the threat of the future.
Thanks so much mate.
Ray
Comment is about CRYSTAL BALL (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Really good. Powerful and engulfing.
May I ask what 'I'll come back three' means? Likely a literary reference I don't know; and, yes, my loss. But I would like to know. I don't think you use any 'expression' lightly.
Comment is about Poem in Progress B (explicit) (blog)
Original item by MyDystopiA
Does anyone else ever get so divorced from a poem that it doesn't feel like your own anymore?
I know I wrote this. It came from my brain. But as I reread it, I don't want to get to the final line. I know it's there. But I think: this time it will be different. And it isn't. And I wrote it! How to explain such a thing?
Comment is about Playing With Baby (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Thank you David. I do feel that this is the best poem I have written so far. It captures how I feel whenever I look up at the sky...........
Comment is about Overwhelming Sky (blog)
Original item by Kim Whysall-Hammond
<Deleted User> (5011)
Tue 3rd Oct 2017 10:00
What a great, succinct review, Steven. Brilliant.
Comment is about Night Sky with Exit Wounds: Ocean Vuong, Cape (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks Cynthia Buell Thomas.You are right!
Some of the portrayals are drawn from personal experiences, while the last one from observations.
Here in my country,there was no internet connection for few days.That was why I was tardy in responding to your probing feedback.
Comment is about Fear wedded life (blog)
Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos
<Deleted User> (5011)
Tue 3rd Oct 2017 07:47
A superb interview. insightful questions. I enjoyed reading that. Thank you.
Comment is about 'The more painful and scary to write ... the more important it is to communicate' - Henry Normal (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Sounds like one of mine
They all tend to rhyme
Thought they'd change in time
But they didnt
Comment is about Why? (blog)
Original item by Andy Smyth
Cynthia Buell Thomas
Thu 5th Oct 2017 13:03
Superb personal blog, Rachel.
I should have picked up 'the Painter'. I do have a Spanish' dictionary too. Got stuck on 'pint' meaning 'small' - in English.
When I was serving at the counter of our shop in Bermuda, I bent over for something under the counter, and rose to meet the face of the most beautiful girl/woman I had ever seen. And I said, without a thought, almost a prayer: 'Oh, my God, you are beautiful!'
I think she was of mixed race, with a slight slant of eyes and an oval face. She was a bit embarrassed but not cross, and we continued without
any further personal comments. I'll never forget her.
Comment is about empty (blog)
Original item by nunya