Thank you Juan. There is nothing like the power of the present!!

Raj

Comment is about The Moment matters (blog)

Original item by Chakraj

This is brilliant Hazel,

I must confess on the first couple of readings I read...Where all our love is done and not Where all of love is done.

I think I refer the former but it works either way.

Well done!

Comment is about The End is Nigh (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

The allegory of the village dying as well as the "dad" is wonderfully poignant.

Comment is about "Village Scene, Lincolnshire" (blog)

Original item by Rick Gammon

Last two lines are incredibly effective in syphoning the previous ones down into a pinprick. Love it!

Comment is about for love (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

It always interests me that many of us use the book analogy for our lifetime. My recent offering Book Lover similarly did this.

The best years/worst years idea too is well trodden, with none of us knowing how the "story" is likely to pan out.

Let's hope your last chapter is a long one Lynn

Comment is about CHAPTERS IN A BOOK (blog)

Original item by lynn hahn

Lovely, every moment does matter...such a powerful poem...
Thanks for sharing.

Juan

Comment is about The Moment matters (blog)

Original item by Chakraj

Clever concept, well written. I really enjoyed this one.

Comment is about one syllable love (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

I have chapters I sometimes wish could be redacted! But hopefully the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Great piece, which as you can see led me to my own introspection.

Comment is about CHAPTERS IN A BOOK (blog)

Original item by lynn hahn

Thanks Steve!

Comment is about Old Fred (blog)

Original item by Joe Williams

"the part of me that has no name" is where you really got me..that's the part that's the hardest reach...

and "thrum"--like throb and drum together--is a great word esp in the context.

elP

Comment is about for love (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thanks Stu: If I won the lottery my cynicism might just disperse; but I don't do it so that's it. Thanks for liking.
Hope you're well.

Ray

Comment is about TICKET TO PARADISE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Seedlings lie in sodden ground / their bodies splinter through the ceiling

that's an interesting perspective. I like that. There's a pleasing up and down feel to this poem accentuated by the staggered words. I also like the way those staggered words could be removed and you would still be left with an excellent poem - it works both ways.

thanks for posting Rhiannon.
Colin

Comment is about In the Orchard (blog)

Original item by Rhiannon

we're all envious of that chocolate line

Comment is about for love (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Col, I hadn't intended to be so PC on VD ??

Comment is about one syllable love (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

thanks for comment on That Tennyson, Harry, it's whatever seems right!
Dom.

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Rich and sensual Stu, nailed by the darkest chocolate line.

Paul

Comment is about for love (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

this is so right on man - love and peace on Valentine's Day - or put another way - VD.

Comment is about one syllable love (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

Thank you so much Juan Pablo and Steve, I'm pleased you enjoyed this and really appreciate your kind comments.

Paul

Comment is about one syllable love (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

only just read this and instantly want to read it again. you have captured squalor so beautifully, in the same way kerouac or bukowski did. very evocative and a real sense of movement, of being on the train whistling by, the darkness fading behind you but never quite leaving.

Comment is about 'Commuter' by Alexandra Rockwell Lorenz is Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Excellent. Just excellent.

Comment is about The End is Nigh (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

The last two stanzas pack the punch in this poem, Pauliegreg, and hit upon that sense of loss and wanting to turn back time. Thanks.

Comment is about A Picture of You (blog)

Original item by Pauliegreg

I'm liking this, Stu. That line 'melt you down like darkest chocolate'... Perfect. ?

Comment is about for love (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

I really enjoyed this when I read it in the OWF anthology, Joe, and I'm glad you've shared it here too.

Comment is about Old Fred (blog)

Original item by Joe Williams

Really like this one, Paul. Clever and insightful. Bravo!

Comment is about one syllable love (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

This is so kawaii - that's Japanese for cute. I really enjoyed counting the syllables myself.

Comment is about one syllable love (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

Wow....I'll be honest, some of these things fly over my head but I think I still gleamed how sad this post-truth world is. Emotions are so fickle yet people place so much on them.

Comment is about February 2017 Collage Poem: Mythology (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

I really enjoyed this because I can relate with this on so many levels.
I am not a fan of the prose form of writing a poetry but each sentence flowed very nicely into the next one. Great poem.

Comment is about Band aids off (blog)

Original item by Youthfullyxx

Writing a two line poem is quite bold...the subject matter fits with the briefness of this poem....

This is not to offend, just stating my views on the subject matter:
I personally don't believe that smoking cigarettes is a good habit looking at it from a physical and financial health perspective not to mention from a spiritual perspective as well.

Comment is about Needing a quick fix (blog)

Original item by Youthfullyxx

This right here speaks volume

Comment is about WHO ARE THE LUCKY ONES? (blog)

Original item by lynn hahn

Lovely.

Comment is about CHAPTERS IN A BOOK (blog)

Original item by lynn hahn

Wow, that is just so forceful. The ancient myths leave imprints in the poem's surface while the narrative drives on to its portentous post-truth conclusion.

Comment is about February 2017 Collage Poem: Mythology (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Hi Colin,

I composed this poem during a period of transition in my life. Among many other things, that time included discovering the power of poetry. Simply put, I just let fly without a safety net, so that the result reflects, as you suggest, an extreme of emotion that I later left behind.

Chris

Comment is about Lost (blog)

Original item by Chris Hubbard

Andy, you need to complete your profile before I can add you to our Stockport WoL group account.

Comment is about Andy Millican (poet profile)

Original item by Andy Millican

great stuff tonight guys and girls.

my friend who is doing the love poetry collection is jean sheridan (i'll be helping edit the book and sitting in to select what goes in there)

No minimum line length

Doesn't mind if printed before (but please advise)

Closing date is 28th February 2017

Send poems over to me at aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk and I'll forward them over.

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Beautiful ❤

Comment is about Creation's Quantum (blog)

Original item by Rich

Paul,
A belated thanks for your comment.

( I enjoy your stuff)

Comment is about Scient...ism (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Dominic,
Poets!...poets!...poets!

They`d make even an angel swear (but I liked your gentlemanly restraint when you got to Emily) ?

Comment is about That Tennyson (blog)

Original item by Dominic James

Stu, I cannot thank you enough for this praise. I am indebted to you. I remember clearly every encouraging comment you have posted about my poems and I keep in mind what you said about how being on WoL helped your writing to develop.

You are so perceptive to recognise that I feel I have found something so 'special'! I hope to continue writing and learning and to get more involved in readings, etc after I return to the UK next month.

Hats off to you kind sir,

Paul

Comment is about Kissing The Lips Of The Sea (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

Hello Colin
I checked out My Sharona which would do equally well on this theme.
I do have another one par-boiled currently which I may decide to post, "Moaning, Moaning" and which may be more familiar than His Bobness's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkMgs3lFwkQ

Comment is about TO REMOANERS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

my mind went to the feeling of truly being left alone with the last one that loved and cared about you dead.

thanks

Old Shoes

Comment is about "Village Scene, Lincolnshire" (blog)

Original item by Rick Gammon

you cynical old dog you! i fear you are quite right however, and have expressed this with your usual blackly comical touch. bravo sir.

Comment is about TICKET TO PARADISE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

few words but a real host of imagery and feeling. very good work.

Comment is about 5w1h (blog)

Original item by Rhiannon

what an excellent poem. claustrophobic and you get a real sense of the tightness and secrecy of the relationship. easier to translate than some of your other works, but doesnt suffer for it.

Comment is about threshold (blog)

Original item by nunya

this is an excellent piece of writing and the best part for me is the confidence that is seeping osmotically into your work. i like to think i have been there once or twice, where each line flows from the next and each word has a place and time within the poem. i know it feels good so i am happy for you, that you have found that special 'something' that each of us on here, and perhaps each of us in life, hopes to find, hopes to express.

Comment is about Kissing The Lips Of The Sea (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

brilliant!!!!

every fuck's a setting sun

one of the finest lines i have read in ages.

Comment is about The End is Nigh (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

two perfect lines. nothing more to be said.

Comment is about pieces (blog)

Original item by old shoes

extremely moving rick. a meditation on life, death and what comes afterwards, both for the lost and the lingering.

Comment is about "Village Scene, Lincolnshire" (blog)

Original item by Rick Gammon

Thanks, Graham. My only doubt about this one is that nobody's got upset at it yet!
We were lucky that Chelsea faltered but the rest of the pack caught up. Hopefully it's good news that we've only got 2 of the top 6 to come and they're both at home.

Comment is about TO REMOANERS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

We could have done with a couple of your bloody parodies at Anfield last weekend.
Keep going with the Bob stuff! Brilliant as always. A true man of the people ( I think). Send a kick up the arse to Potch while you're at it ?

Comment is about TO REMOANERS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks, MC and Harry.
As you may be aware I am a strong Remainer but I pride myself in being a loose canon. And I reserve the right to fire off my parodies in any direction, whether that's Stay, Leave, Left or Right.

Comment is about TO REMOANERS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey