?! Thank you so much for your comments everyone

Comment is about Nettles (blog)

Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

White lives, black lives, hispanic lives, indigenous native lives...all are in the mix in that huge country. As for statistics produced by any newspaper, corroboration is
relevant, especially when figures demonstrating levels
of crime originating from any one ethnic origin are not
mentioned. If the prison population of America has a
disproportionate number of inmates from the black
and hispanic populations then that leads to the question
"why so?". Statistics need balanced attention to
achieve a proper fully informed spectrum of public
awareness when lives are lost in encounters between
law officers and those they face in their duties.

Comment is about Black Lives ✊ (blog)

Original item by Sakyah Campbell

Thanks Harry - here's the link to the form, if it's of any use?

http://www.thepoetsgarret.com/2010Challenge/form6.html

Was interesting giving it a try and might do so again. Maybe the next one will be about "toil" to make up for the absence here?!

Comment is about From Whence We Came (blog)

Original item by David Lindsay

A heart-tugging evocation of times past from a particular
place and point of view. Some lovely touches that
convey the loss and the never quite satisfied acceptance
of "the new is better" assertion.
Back in the early 1960s I worked/walked the dockland
streets of Limehouse, Poplar and the Isle of Dogs when
many homes stood like those mentioned in "Dove Row",
soon to be swept away by the advent of Canary Wharf
with its "new" East End, and I recognise the content of
this rewarding blog.

Comment is about "Sorts of Freedom" (blog)

Original item by Rick Gammon

Hi Rachel, Congratulations on winning POTW. BTW is the last line "you say you final goodbyes", or "you say your final goodbyes"?. My favourite line is "You feel her ghosting warm skin". Cheers!

Comment is about 'Nursery for the Old' by RM Carter is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Ray - Thanks for your feedback. Life is definitely a roller coaster lol.

Tom

Comment is about Farewell (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Thank you so much! you really helped me, I didn't realize I spelled something wrong?

Comment is about Risking Fantasies (blog)

Original item by Malissa

thanks ray, the inside of my mind is a delicate, evocative place at the best of times but you are correct, just recently i have been prone to flights of fancy .

Comment is about i no longer feel like god is watching over me (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Your poems are always touching, Tom and this is no exception. You just know how to hit the spot. This one is sad but leaves room for a future - a good philosophy.

Ray

Comment is about Farewell (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

A real roller coaster Stu. You seem to fully stretching your imagination recently and I look for a focus to settle on - I dare not interpret for fear of putting a foot in it.

Very enjoyable trip as always.

Ray.

Comment is about i no longer feel like god is watching over me (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

THanks Martin for commenting. It reminds me of "The air that I breathe" by the Hollies, come to think of it !

Ray

Comment is about MAKE LOVE TO THE AIR (blog)

Original item by ray pool

A wonderful tale of raw, tentative passion between two women. Fantastic work as ever, Alexandra.

Comment is about Nettles (blog)

Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

thanks both. im glad the repetition and rhythm worked out as its not really my forte.

they dont make you sound like a jerk elP, infact hearing that the writing is real makes me happier than just hearing that someone enjoyed it. id take unsettled immersion over scratch the surface entertainment any day. theres far too much greyscale rubbish around that just wants to be liked. thats not what poetry is about (in my opinion), its about being challenged, creeped out and unsettled.

Comment is about insomniac (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Hope that comment doesn't make me seem like a jerk..the writing just seems so real.

Comment is about insomniac (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Yes I did read it out - - - I hope you are feeling better.

Andy brought two more new Lady members to the group it turned into a good session!

See you next time.

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Elder

There's a video that goes with this poem: http://youtu.be/tMLzHCwemoI

Comment is about A Message to the New Government (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

A touching and well crafted poem. Well done!

Comment is about 'Nursery for the Old' by RM Carter is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Ideas are strong and sure, believable. Perhaps fewer words would make an even greater impact. The final line is a bit puzzling with 'theirs', but maybe I just don't 'get it'.

You might check 'loose' or 'lose'. If it says 'loose', maybe that's exactly what you wanted. If not, take care with spelling; it's important for page presentation.

Comment is about Risking Fantasies (blog)

Original item by Malissa

sounds interesting. will join in.

Comment is about Text POET: Winston Plowes in new community poetry ploy (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Short, effective, and fun.

Comment is about serene sea, lonely me (blog)

Original item by Ayrene

This is a re-post.

I later realised this poem had virtually evolved into 8-line stanzas without any conscious direction. So I made a minor alteration to 'finish' the page presentation, and I've re-posted it. And I hope, without offence to anyone.

Comment is about Families (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

This is a clever concept Alexandra. V3 and V7 easily the best for me.
Although it sounds like a rite of passage thing, it could equally apply to the loss of a friend or her friendship etc.

Comment is about Nettles (blog)

Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

She's still with you ?)

Comment is about A sister gone. (blog)

Original item by Albert

Hey Stu,

This one's a little too close to reality for me to "like", though I can certainly relate very well..I kept waiting for the alarm to go off.

It seems like I get my best sleep in that hour or so before that damn noise goes off that fits in such surreality with my dreams sometimes. I needed sleep so badly once that I dreamed that I was a basketball player and the buzzer was someone making a couple of points..I turned the alarm off and went back to sleep.

Weekends are great.

elP

ps
btw, the repetition of phrasing works very well

Comment is about insomniac (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

This is definitely up to your usual standard Nigel, did you read this one on Monday.

Comment is about Black Knight does not Hold Back (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Nice one Ray. I think you have summed it all up.

'if music is the food of love then give me excess of it'

Comment is about MAKE LOVE TO THE AIR (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Fab this one Stu, I love the pace and rhythm with it. It almost reminds me of an old black and white film where the ticking not only gets faster but more incessant.

teeth bared shining light

swinging bulb

Love it

Comment is about insomniac (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Inspired.... May just give it a go...

Comment is about A Violent Snub (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Thanks Greg ?
And you're absolutely right about attitude Harry! I can just imagine them both. I work the rock and roll nights at my local bar and the best dancers by far are the over 60s, and my granddad in his 70s still goes on the trampoline with the kids!

Comment is about 'Nursery for the Old' by RM Carter is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Belated congrats Rachel.

A very true poem for this land of the grey heads.

Mind, it`s not just the age - it`s the attitude...for instance...
last Saturday night at the Legion (average age 80) We were
scorching the floor polish (well...at least warming it up a bit)
...But you should have seen Cyril`s (92) and Betty`s (86) jive!!!!..?

Comment is about 'Nursery for the Old' by RM Carter is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Quite right to point that out, Chris, and thanks. Now remedied.

Comment is about 'Nursery for the Old' by RM Carter is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Maybe it's because my questions are really long, a link to the poem is included above though. :)

Comment is about 'Nursery for the Old' by RM Carter is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks Ray for your comment - - - if they make a sequence I'm sure Black Knight will return but will it be the same hot pussy getting plenty of action!

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

Original item by ray pool

guys the poem isn't showing on this page above btw! only the questions

Comment is about 'Nursery for the Old' by RM Carter is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Obviously pretty good!

I wasn't so taken with Arterial as Billy Collins, on the previous prize, but it is memorable. Not faultless, but personal, complete. I am reminded the whole big prize system seems oddly geared to the promotion of the chosen few - the happy few - so there are questions, but Abigail Parry can certainly write, good luck to her.

Comment is about Abigail Parry wins £5,000 Troubadour poetry prize (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Ray, I absolutely adore this one. The positivity in the words are perfection and echo my own feelings about music.

Comment is about MAKE LOVE TO THE AIR (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I thank you kindly for saying so, Stu..

How important all of our senses are in communication and how fortunate we are to be able to extend and receive such messages..

elP

Comment is about nearness (blog)

Original item by nunya

Oh the feeling of being in love with someone you haven't even met yet :/ I feel you bro

Comment is about heart (blog)

Original item by mindful.duo

Lovely air of claustrophic and inescapable fantasy . The very idea of all this happening is like rush of blood to the head, or is it the screen.

Nice one, Nigel.

Ray

Comment is about Black Knight does not Hold Back (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

It's good to write such powerful feelings on, I think it's often cathartic and allows others to reflect on their own devastating experiences. A brave poem and benefits from the new life you have generated , continuing with hope despite the sad memory.

Ray

Comment is about A sister gone. (blog)

Original item by Albert

Thanks Stu. A simple recipe that never goes off! It has certainly been my friend for years, if sometimes an adversary in instrumental terms.

Ray

Comment is about MAKE LOVE TO THE AIR (blog)

Original item by ray pool

David,
I`d not come across this form before...I see that you have used line fives and the repetitions for the human localities of salt (the form seems to have some good possibilities...maybe as a less complex way (than the villanelle perhaps) of stressing the theme)

Mind (thinking of that famous Churchill speech) it could be a good idea to get toil in there as a fourth.

Good to see some (illustrated) formal stuff on here.

Comment is about From Whence We Came (blog)

Original item by David Lindsay

We're are you from would most enjoy sharing a poem about but would have to know more am very good at writing about other people

Comment is about E.M.S (poet profile)

Original item by E.M.S

lovely ode to books. sad to say that with libraries closing or being run more often by volunteers (wonderful people but not librarians) i fear for books. however, independent bookshops are thriving so thats one good thing. particularly like the final part about pokemon go, which is a sad fad but nicely highlights the affect technology has on us. anyone who says that AI doesnt already rule the world is wrong i think.

Comment is about Let Me Sit Beneath An Old Lamp (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

great, sensual stuff and that last verse is excellent.

Comment is about nearness (blog)

Original item by nunya

how lovely and hopeful and what a friend we have in music. some times it is the only comfort we need i think.

Comment is about MAKE LOVE TO THE AIR (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hi Albert. Great to have your uplifting comment and to know you are swimming in that great ocean that has depth breadth and the sky to go with it. Thanks for liking my work - no amount of liking can remove self doubt I find but it certainly helps - we all share a seat in the great theatre of the unfathomable. I like your reaching out style- sincerely expressed. I'm an old beast, but still have the yearning. !!

regards, Ray

Comment is about ray reborn poet (photo)

Original item by ray pool

The Job Interview

Dull and boring wearing outdated suit

Miss extremely beautiful big blue eyes

Question
What fitness club do you work out in?

Answer
I can put your name forward for membership.

Question
When could you do that for me then?

Answer
In the office first thing on Monday morning.

Comment is about Beauty's Bounty (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Each dream presents us with a new path to take - - -
perhaps leading us to a better place.

Comment is about August 2016 Collage Poem: 'But a Dream' (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Feel free to comment on my writings i like feed back

Comment is about Jay (poet profile)

Original item by Jay