This is a great first pick and I personally had no idea how accomplished a poet Mike is. I seem to remember commenting on a couple of his previous poems with some encouraging words thinking him to be a relatively new starter, so how stupid do you think I'm feeling right now!
Am I also the only one that thinks there's a little bit of the late David Bowie going on in Mike's photo?
I'll get my coat!
A point for all other WOL poets to make note of for future reference would be to get your "acceptance speeches/answers ready because it could quite literally be you next time!
Comment is about Write Out Loud's first Poem of the Week: 'The lovers' by Mike Watts (article)
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Wed 13th Apr 2016 12:36
so Andy,you have gone from iron horse riding,to trolley bus trundling,possibly with the aid of a bus pass?
hope 'falling of the carousel' wasn't 'actual or,too painful.
Two very much enoyed poems.
Cheers.
Rose.
Comment is about A bit of fun (blog)
Original item by Andy Smyth
Thanks Nigel, I'm incredibly rusty and not up to your "banana" standard yet.
I'm already envisaging a wire basket overflowing with crumpled sheets before our next meeting!
Comment is about Nicola Hulme (poet profile)
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Ray - thanks very much for the comments about 'Memories of Mum and Dad'. An unfortunate subject, but getting it on 'paper' was cathartic. Thanks again.
Rob
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And about time too! Attila's long said it's something the south just doesn't have but really needs. Here's hoping there'll be many more.
Comment is about Write Out Loud invades the south at the New Inn tonight (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Aye, nice one chap :)
Comment is about Write Out Loud's first Poem of the Week: 'The lovers' by Mike Watts (article)
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Nah, you SHOULD be proud. I am. I'm also the only person I know from round here who actually went to uni, at the grand old age of 28! Those hard times definitely chisel a stronger human being. You can give up, lie down and die, or get back up again and just keep going.
I would love to meet you at some point. I do have family in Pompey - keep meaning to go down and visit.
Comment is about Helen (poet profile)
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Izzy - you're bard enough. Excellent suggestions. "Ain't no sunshine where that's from" also occurs to me.
Comment is about WHAT KIND OF STOOL AM I? (blog)
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great stuff ray. cold hard reptile face is wonderful, as is the idea of the firing pins being the separation of fact and fiction. i like.
Comment is about HANDGUNS (blog)
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Well I see you're still full of shit John ;))
Off the top of my head I think you could do something with 'unstrained Melody' or 'only poo.... ', or 'they asked me how I knew...(smoke gets in your eyes)....
Keep on smearing - you always raise a smile.
X
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Lynn Hamilton
Wed 13th Apr 2016 06:37
Especially this one. Lynn x
Comment is about Don't be the fool. (blog)
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Lynn Hamilton
Wed 13th Apr 2016 06:36
Hi Phil. Thanks for reading and commenting. I enjoyed reading through your work too. I wish there was a facility to print people's head pictures out to see how they compare! x
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Congrats Mike!
Comment is about Write Out Loud's first Poem of the Week: 'The lovers' by Mike Watts (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Brilliant and very well deserved :)
Comment is about Write Out Loud's first Poem of the Week: 'The lovers' by Mike Watts (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks for your comments on These Streets. It's a very bleak picture I paint, I think it has improved beyond recognition since then. I wouldn't know though, I tend to steer clear :) It certainly aint Arillas ;) x
Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)
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Thanks for your comments on These Streets. Yeah, you get it alright. I was exactly the same, always fighting, foul mouthed little cow. You had to be that way! I don't regret it. It fucked me up and made me stronger all at the same time.
It definitely makes me appreciate what I've got now. I feel bloody lucky. Like you, so many people I grew up with are either dead, on drugs, alcoholics or mentally fucked. I've gone down all of those routes (well except death lol) but I made it to the other side. I know it's a bit cheesy, but I feel proud about that :)
Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)
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I always though "scat" was what Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Laine did, Lancs, until I googled it and received some unwelcome images!
Comment is about WHAT KIND OF STOOL AM I? (blog)
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Pretty much identical to my own streets Helen, although I was a good few years in front of you. I remember the streaks of blood along the carpet from the jukebox to the door in Maggie's, every Friday night.
Violence WAS normal to us. Everyone we knew was violent. I didn't question it until I ended up in court for it, pregnant at the time too.
Out of all the people I grew up with, I am the only one with a proper job, and a decent state of health, although getting this far was pretty amazing, given the journey! This poem chimes great big bells with me, as you may have guessed it would.
Comment is about These Streets (blog)
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Really good poem, Helen. I have never been to Glasgow but from your portrayal alone I can picture the scenes. Well done.
Comment is about These Streets (blog)
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Nice to have your response, Wolfie ; we all have our weaknesses and its big of you to take this wide open attitude to what is basically pretty condemnable. Perception is everything. I find the gun mechanically intriguing and there is a certain almost lascivious quality for me in the wonderful conception. Morally, crap and I tried to steer a clear line in the poem . As you know, I have to be honest. At the military fairs you get a certain kind that love dressing up . Saddos - probably piss themselves if you threatened them.
Love what you're coming up with - a hard act to follow, damn you!
Comment is about HANDGUNS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
I like the line - - -
The breeze through the leaves, blends a whispering sigh
and good luck with the children's book - - - you never know!
Comment is about Nicola Hulme (poet profile)
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Tue 12th Apr 2016 13:39
awww sorry Jan.I have to go now,but I will speak to you soon.Thank you for the offer,and lots of love to you and all of your family.Jemima.
Comment is about Shai Jan lehutjo (poet profile)
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Pink bottom bent over
transferring eyes now to
this excellent Collage poem.
Comment is about April 2016 Collage Poem: Riddles (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Tue 12th Apr 2016 13:25
what creams of the poetry crops you guys are! this is brilliant and so much enjoyed.Thanks.Jemima.
Comment is about April 2016 Collage Poem: Riddles (blog)
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Tue 12th Apr 2016 13:18
Who Am I was read by Maggie
We all enjoyed it and sometimes another poet gives your own poem a slightly different feel to it when reading with another vocal pace to each line.
Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)
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Very kind, Harry, thank you.
Typo corrected too, thanks :)
Comment is about The Fox (blog)
Original item by David Lindsay
Trevor - thank you for opening my eyes to haibun and in such a beautiful example. I will now contemplate whether haiku is still enough for me! Thanks again.
Rob
Comment is about Spring Haibun (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Stu - expanding horizons into tanka now! You just had to go one better! Like this one a lot - unfortunately! Also - did you see Trevor Alexander's haibun? my brain is starting to frazzle.
Rob
Comment is about infinite tanka (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Ha ha Rob, see what you started. I'm sure there's space enough for both of us, and you have done so many gooduns, you have a head start :-)
Thank you
Lynn x
Comment is about Haiku: Skies (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
David,
An absolute - perfectly word-chosen - delight!
This guy is a furry, modern Scarlet Pimpernel!
Best bit of confidently affable poetry I`ve seen in years.
(slight typo (line 17) Must for `most`
Comment is about The Fox (blog)
Original item by David Lindsay
I like the questions you ask in all your poems. I like the pictures I see when I read this and them. Thank you.
Comment is about I'll try not to listen (blog)
Lynn - ok you can stop now! You are getting too good. xx
Rob
Comment is about Haiku: Skies (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Micheal - it strikes me that too many profit from wars for them to be stopped once and for all. The same 1% that hide their wealth away and let the poor fend off hunger, homelessness and poverty, sell war for a profit. War creates demand and someone will always be there to sell the products required, and not just the arms either. Keep up the good work as I appreciate the sentiment of this piece.
Rob
Comment is about Apocalypse Song (blog)
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Thanks for commenting on 'Tumbleweed' Steve - really pleased you liked it
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Aye up Stu - thanks for the kind comments on 'Tumbleweed' really pleased that you got that gothic western 'Preacher' style vibe - I was thinking more about the Johnny Cash video of 'The Wanderer' but that Nick Cave reference fits equally. Also the post-apocalypse of something like 'The Walking Dead'. Glad you liked it
Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Hi, me again! Linda suggested I forward the "Who Am I?" poem I read on Saturday - if Maggie, perhaps, would like to read it?
Who Am I ?
We couldn’t be Drifters;
we wanted to:
too late – they already existed
in the USA
Those days in the Two I’s coffee bar,
strumming and singing
and longing for stardom
That came, sure enough,
and I practised my Presley
curling lip
and swivelling hip
and wore pink socks
and loved a living doll
But that was
when we were
The Young Ones –
Now
Shadows of strains
of a summer holiday –
all these are mine:
Mistletoe and wine –
Retired? – No - I’m just wired
For sound
Dorinda x
Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)
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Hello Cynthia! I really enjoyed listening to you on Saturday! Our eldest daughter gave you a lift to the station afterwards; your husband left a glove in her car. I will pass it to Martin, one of our 'Stockport lot' next month so that perhaps he can pass it to you when he next visits Sale WOL - hopefully with warmer weather he won't miss it in the meantime!
Love from Dorinda x
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
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Hello everyone! Yes, Saturday was great! Sorry I cannot be at WOL this evening; hope to catch up with you next time! Dorinda x
ps: Martin: Julia, our eldest daughter, gave Cynthia and her husband a lift to the station on Sat; he left one of his gloves in her car. Can I pass it to you at the next stockport WOL so you can give it to Cynthia next time you visit Sale WOL, please? Thanks SO much!
Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)
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Thank you Rob, I much appreciate your kind words.
Comment is about Haiku: Sunset beach (blog)
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Mon 11th Apr 2016 13:51
Very Marrakesh Katy.We loved it...man...;o)
P&S
Comment is about Cacophany in the Second City (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
Lynn - seems like my ramblings are bringing out the best in others. This is beautiful.
Rob
Comment is about Haiku: Sunset beach (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
While suffering keeping faith in God gets them through
paradise is the dream that keeps the pain at bay.
Comment is about Cacophany in the Second City (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
Many thanks folks! Glad you enjoyed it - I'm quite enjoying writing some light-hearted stuff after such a heavy emotional slog lately :)
Comment is about Arrested Development Haiku (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Helen Elliott
Wed 13th Apr 2016 13:58
Hi Trevor :)
Thanks for your comments on 'The Has-Been Poet'. It was just my attempt of writing my way out of the old writer's block :)
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