Thanks for replying with the explanation, Louis. For all it's high-mindedness, the justice system is fraught with shortcomings.

elP

Comment is about Rage (blog)

Original item by Louis Audet

An antidote for when you're feeling "crabby"!

Comment is about Crustacean Crush (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Many thanks for your comment/joke on "Brian Rix Remembered". It lightened my day.
I like the one that won a prize at the Edinburgh Festival:
about the son whose father encouraged him to be an
organ donor. Have you seen/heard it?

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

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Ouch! Short and sweet? Perhaps more "sweet and sour"
and no less entertaining for that!
The reaction when pushed by the Sky reporter about the
incident at that NHS orientated press conference was
not well judged by the other JC who, in retrospect, could
have compared his alleged seat-less predicament with the
bed shortage and corridor queues they keep saying affect the Health Service.

Comment is about OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE? (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Jezza needs slicker PR people to take on Branson. Just a pity he didn't pick a busier train.

Well here we go again JC. At least the Arse have started badly.

Comment is about OH DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE? (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Bonjour LCP - Looks like I have got myself into a stew lol

Comment is about Crustacean Crush (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Hi Harry

It was something to get my claws into lol

Comment is about Crustacean Crush (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Hey, Stu..I'm glad Lanc brought this up because I almost forgot about it..the visual had me daydreaming all day long..I even made a wrong exit from the interstate..

Anyhow, it seems it must be all about good and bad vibes. But, it had me thinking about sine waves and properties of sound and..and I just couldn't stop coming up with things to think about.

Very stimulating for the noggin..

elP

Comment is about symbiosis visual poetry practice (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Ray..you throw away your music?! I hear melodies and more sometimes in the twilight before sleep and have always wanted to be able to transcribe them into notes..oh, that it were as easy as putting words onto paper.

elP

Comment is about RECYCLING IDEAS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Enjoyed this, Claire. We seem to have stemmed them with Call Guard.

Comment is about My Telephone Week (blog)

Original item by Mrs Claire Baldry

It's past your bedtime, Harry.
Nice tribute, MC, although he wasn't one of my favourites.

Comment is about BRIAN RIX REMEMBERED (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Maybe your timely comment will prevent my impulsive trip in the nick of time Harry. I did actually throw away a load of original hand written orchestral music that I knew no one would ever take on. Even more obscure !!
Thanks for reading.

Ray

Comment is about RECYCLING IDEAS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I wanted to say thanks for your liking 1977 - I tried to convey the feeling of the time and how we inherit things and watch them disappear in a cloud of memory. I respect your work so much, and reading in particular your Poem of the Week gave me much pleasure with its rapier wit and probing sense of fun.

Ray x

Comment is about Suki Spangles (poet profile)

Original item by Suki Spangles

thanks harry, much appreciated

Comment is about the rabbit (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Tom,
As witty and fresh a dish of sexy seafood as anyone
could desire.

(I particularly like the wild world of crustaceans and the selfish shellfish) ?

Comment is about Crustacean Crush (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Thank you for reading my very first piece and your comment. It is bittersweet that you also know about the shadows

Comment is about Shadows (blog)

Original item by Suzanne Kennedy

Ray,
My own way of dealing with this is to snobbishly sniff and tell myself that the world doesn`t deserve my stuff anyway.

(It doesn`t help really...not even myself)

Comment is about RECYCLING IDEAS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Stu,
I like the realness of this fourteen liner.

(Also the bit about the parents)

Comment is about the rabbit (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Heard a good one yesterday M.C.

Man with a glass eye leans out of hotel-room window - his eye falls out.

It is caught by beautiful blond four floors down.

She fetches it up to him in his bedroom.

He thanks her profusely...She looks at the bed.

Girl (coyly)...would you like to have sex.

Man (indignantly) ...Certainly not! you can`t expect me to
have sex with the first girl that catches my eye!

Comment is about BRIAN RIX REMEMBERED (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Cheers Graham - I will look out for that book when I get home. Must admit I've been too busy to read the ones I brought with me. I shall need a relaxing week in the Pyrenees to recover when I get back! Your comments any time are always very much appreciated. Thanks again.

Comment is about 'Lorraine Motel' by Colin Hill is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Steve - thanks for leaving your comment and liking this one - very much appreciated.

Comment is about 'Lorraine Motel' by Colin Hill is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I read this a few times; flowed well, great lines. Nice one!

Comment is about 1977 (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks for comments.

Harry, not sure I want to extend it, I'll give it some thought, but I take your point about 'resolutely', and have tinkered accordingly....

Comment is about Dreams In A Pale Mist (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Chilling..

Comment is about fallout (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

excellent, thanks ever so much. i will tinker with it this afternoon. i really am clueless when it comes to anything aesthetic.

Comment is about symbiosis visual poetry practice (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Many congratulations, Peter. It's refreshing and heartening to see names likes yours and Andy's in the Forward anthology.

Comment is about Write Out Loud POTW winner Peter Knaggs in Forward prize anthology (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Sorry for being one of the last to comment on this Colin, just returned from the South of France.

I am minded to remember Travels with Charlie (Steinbeck) reading your work. If you haven't read it, read it!

He was trying to do what you are doing. His conclusions might make you think.

Anyways good work as usual!

Graham

Comment is about 'Lorraine Motel' by Colin Hill is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Andy, thank you for reading 'Love Is' & for the kind words.

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Thanks elp, Andy and Ray
Much appreciated. Its poems like this is where I can feel exposed writing a piece like this. Your comments mean a lot . I think we guys need to be a lot more open, but it is never easy. More power to you elp
Thanks again
Martin

Comment is about Sons (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Thanks Guys
This was one of those spur of the moment poems which caught me by surprise. I often felt that we are all too easily seduced into buying 'things' that we really don't need.

Comment is about Retail parks (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

I really enjoy the way this piece works, and how it pulls together past and present, the grand sweep of history and small human kindnesses. Thanks, Colin.

Comment is about 'Lorraine Motel' by Colin Hill is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Great stuff Ray. Funny how all of those old names were performing like that in 77 whilst the Sex Pistols were stirring things up and playing God Save the Queen on a boat on the Thames during the Silver Jubilee year.

Did you go to NY with Debbie on the QE2? I can't help but think there is some scandal lurking between your lines! Did she marry Paul? Tell us more!!

Ooh I feel love, I feel love, I feel love...
(129 BPM btw)

Comment is about 1977 (blog)

Original item by ray pool

you will always win the battle of the beards - and drinking Jameson shots - and crazy wonderful wordsmanship - which my autocorrect has just shifted to swordsmanship.

What a gift and a curse you are Mr Dafoe ?

Comment is about jaimeson's rogues (ok: 08/20/2016) (blog)

Original item by Zach Dafoe

nobody writes like you my friend xx

Comment is about jaimeson's rogues (bad: 08/20/2016) (blog)

Original item by Zach Dafoe

Thank you for all your kind comments. I'm just catching up now having lost my WiFi in the canyonlands of Arizona.

David - staying safe and keeping clear of rednecks. Honestly, the company you keep!

Harry - unless there's an anniversary we don't get to hear much about this kind of history in the UK. So I'm glad my writing inspired you to listen to his speech again. I somehow felt my poem was a little out of step with all things currently newsworthy but maybe not. Same issues, different year.

Suki - I always read your poems with curiosity and think they make such a useful addition to the world of WoL. Thank you for writing 'fully deserved' in regards to this piece. Much appreciated.

Rachel - what I didn't mention in the poem was that the taxi driver had already helped an elderly white couple out of his cab and showed them where to go with much laughter and smiles. I was dawdling about taking pics and he offered to take one of me under the motel sign. At the time I just thought what a nice guy but later it seemed like he was meant to be there somehow. I dunno, his kindness and the experience of taking in that whole scene was very moving. Thanks again.

Comment is about 'Lorraine Motel' by Colin Hill is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

This poem makes me think how crazy it is that one bullet being fired can create such a historical landmark.
I really like how you included your modern/present day interaction with the taxi-driver at the end. Even though there is still so much hatred in the world, small but significant changes like the friendly interactions between different ethnicities show a positive change that people like MLK Jr fought for.
Congratulations on winning POTW!
Rachel ?

Comment is about 'Lorraine Motel' by Colin Hill is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Love the theoretical thoughts and poetic structure!
I used to wish that I could go back in time and do something differently, but then I wouldn't be who I am today. An excellent poem that helps make peace with the past.

Rachel

Comment is about 'Temporal Anomaly' by Trevor Alexander is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks Trevor , I'm glad you enjoyed this trip down memory lane. I did so many seaside venues and all the protagonists lost in the mists of time. Cannon and Ball and other stocking fillers, not to mention Paul Daniels. Good pros who knew how to work an audience.!

Ray

Comment is about 1977 (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Ah yes, nostalgia ain't what it used to be! (sorry!)

Lovely wistful look back to the seaside variety scene. Very enjoyable.

Comment is about 1977 (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I'm intrigued that usually most of your audience is made up of non-poets, Maggie. To persuade so many to turn out for poetry, clearly it helps to offer them a spoonful or two of something else as well. You certainly seem to have hit on a good mix!

Comment is about Getting in the groove at the Square Tower (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Stu is spot on Martin, it packs a psychological punch and has a healthy cynicism which I always enjoy. A clever and subtle idea.

Ray

Comment is about Retail parks (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

A very direct plea Martin for expression of the self inhibited as you imply by our forefathers. I feel it is an extra nail in the coffin where communities centred around the working man's club dispersed - places where drink eased the tongues and the jostling of acceptable emotions. The masculine role took a body blow not too long ago and now there is no hiding place. Probably a good thing in some ways.

Ray

Comment is about Sons (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

I like that line "each flake flecked and fanged with fire."
It really carries weight, and forces us to look up with a cessation of hope . Excellent Stu.

Ray

Comment is about fallout (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Trevor,
This is good. All - apart from that `resolutely` - in
sync with itself.

(respectfully) why don`t you add a couplet and make it an
un -rhymed sonnet?

Comment is about Dreams In A Pale Mist (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

I did talk to a lady at one point in my life where this basically happened and the prosecutor/police had the physical evidence but didn't want to go ahead and press the charges because of the he said/she said dilemma. I hope this poem is a warning to all women to be careful.

Comment is about Rage (blog)

Original item by Louis Audet

Hello again M C. I myself have whined over the most trivial things,but my daughter and grandson say my attitude is Vicorian and that I live in the past, but it's my past,and I'll cherish it for the rest of my life, have a nice day ?

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hellof Harry. Thank you for your welcome comment,and I can relate to the ice cold floors and the oil-cloth,we had oil-cloth on our living room floor and it showed wear and tear where feet used to tread,any cmoments will be appreciated, have a nice day ?

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

Original item by Harry O`N eill

I echo M.C. about the amazing speed of the change..when I got married this was the norm (even those gas mantles)
...and those cold bedrooms with their oil-clothed floors!...
Blimey cold?..lad you`ve never lived!

Then they were all knocked down and all of us were put into (nice) estates...Maggie Thatcher then `electorally` let us buy the new ones cheap and never ever put the money she got back into building enough new houses. So, the price of our new `brick assets` went up and up, and up.

So if any of you young `non home owners`are listening; That`s a large part of how we became the rich and prosperous baby Boomers and you are never likely to be able to afford to own your own house...(At least not till we croak and leave you our cash)

Comment is about The way we were. Part 2 (blog)

Original item by George lawson

Alison,
This needs music!

I`d like to say a word for the cockroach:

Like spiders they feel very much neglected.
Rats and mouses are deplored,
Fleas and millipedes abhorred,
And rattlesnakes have never been respected.

Oh, territory folk should stick together.....

(With respect to Rodgers and Hammerstein)

Comment is about Save the Snails (blog)

Original item by Alison Jones

Another firsthand reminder of how much has changed in a
single lifetime in this country. An entertaining and important slice of how things were - should we get
too whiny about the life we live today.

Comment is about The way we were. Part 2 (blog)

Original item by George lawson