<Deleted User> (14820)
Sun 20th Dec 2015 06:41
I would love to be brave enough to perform and have my voice heard. Like you, I find writing cathartic as bottling up emotions is always a bad move. Maybe one day I will perform. Your poetry has the strength of sincerity and passion. I enjoyed reading your profile.
Comment is about It went; (blog)
Original item by Daniel Wardak
A very fine rendition of the human condition Martin. I recall that photograph, full of frozen motion and horror.
Unfortunately, there is a curiosity in the nature of humans that says - thank God it was not me. I think that is the gut reaction - then to try to civilize the reaction . That is the true horror as I see it. More than that I can't honestly say.
Ray
Comment is about Napalm death (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Beautifully descriptive Martin. A love affair of a poem. I like the way the poem is not forced, but just flows with its sensitive story.
Ray
Comment is about Church of stone (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
This has such a lovely flow to the words that it's like being in the present of the trees themselves Martin. I had to make a lifestyle choice of who to be with once, and I sat under a big oak to help me make that decision. I believe it was the right one - so thanks again.
Comment is about Trees (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
MC Hammer - keep it real innit, m'man.
Comment is about CHRISTMAS WRAP (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
There was nowhere to run for people suffering the growing pains of our western civilization.
Assad might not quite be the ideal man for the job but with help could be more successful in keeping those reactionary Genies in their bottle till even they see sense?
Casualties in present conflicts are insignificant compared to the millions slaughtered building today's western society. A time when there were no alternative safe havens, let alone cherry picked choices
Humanity will have it's period like all the dominant species, and will inevitably be destroyed by the consequences of mans greed, coupled with the inability to agree about anything at all.
Comment is about QUESTION (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Cynthia you made my day with your appreciation - a study of warmth and cold basically. Cold hands, warm heart. Thanks so much
Have a good Xmas too!
Comment is about ANTARCTIC CHRISTMAS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Now the rivers are flowing once again and the only way to stop the flood is leave the common market perhaps.
Comment is about Hats off to the 60s (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Thanks John enjoyed last night
I think he was gathering information to use for his speech!
If you can make it Wednesday are we doing the play?
Comment is about J F Keane (poet profile)
Original item by J F Keane
Safety. And hope. And perhaps a job too.
What would *you* want, MC, if it happened to you?
Comment is about QUESTION (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Well written Ray well said Brandon. Tommy
Comment is about ON THE LAST DEEP COAL MINE CLOSING (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Words used to decorate the memory in the best way.
Comment is about AFTER MASS (blog)
Original item by David Subacchi
What mother would not be delighted to receive these
words from the heart?
Comment is about I Love You Mum (blog)
Original item by George Stanworth
What fun...almost worth framing.
If you despair of trying to please those who print, go for self-publication. It costs, but you have the reward of
knowing you have your own conviction of purpose to fall
back on - as well as the product itself waving two fingers
as it were to an unkind and unappreciative publishing world.
Happy Christmas!
Comment is about the anxious poet opens his rejections (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Reliable as always to give us that most welcome of gifts -
at ANY time - a good laugh, allied to admiration of the
skill this contributor inevitably displays.
Thanks - and a pre-Rap "Cool Yule" to you, JC!
Comment is about CHRISTMAS WRAP (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
This piece was great. Thanks for truth in rhyme. They(wealthy few)are going to need another sleeping pill tonight with your words in the air.
Comment is about ON THE LAST DEEP COAL MINE CLOSING (blog)
Original item by ray pool
A welcome "paean" of praise to one of nature's great
creations, standing guard over life itself. I agree with
every line of this affirmation of our worldly dependence
on their existence.
Comment is about Trees (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
The passion and presentation deserve the accolades.
For myself, I am intrigued about the "romancing" of an
occupation that has close connections with burying
oneself beyond the light. Surely no man would have
willingly chosen to mine the earth had there been other
means of obtaining a living? Men were not designed to
burrow like moles.
Comment is about Black Christmas (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
If simple safety is the aim
Why play the "Choose Your Country" game?
Comment is about QUESTION (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
That is a great poem in its own right.
Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech was made in 1968, not the 70s:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/3643823/Enoch-Powells-Rivers-of-Blood-speech.html
Interesting that Powell spent two years in India as a young man yet never saw any contradiction between this and his own political position.
Comment is about Hats off to the 60s (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
I agree with what has already been said regarding this poem . I love the rhythm and flow of it especially with lines like. A bond of men,tighter than brothers,thicker than blood,darker than midnight.
Fabulous stuff Ian
Comment is about Black Christmas (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Yes poetry is a creative art.I was trying my hands on the physical appearance of the poetry.Thank you for the comment!
Comment is about Double victory (blog)
Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos
Excellent review Laura.
I saw Louise perform 'Love is a Battlefield' earlier this year and was spellbound throughout. I think it is a poetry masterpiece which will become a classic.
Comment is about Love is a Battlefield: Louise Fazackerley, Nymphs & Thugs (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Aww... Thanks Ken :)
See you in 2016 x
Comment is about Poetry student Shirley-Anne Kennedy gets off to flying start (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Delightful, just delightful - the unusual concept, the clear imagery, the soft feeling within the heart upon the final lines with their old-fashioned diction and structure.
Season's Greetings!
Comment is about ANTARCTIC CHRISTMAS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
An excellent work, full of depth and passion, expressed with a creative finesse - even if you hate that word. Such style still crosses boundaries, and surely, that is your intent.
The ending is superb, fantasy and truth flung against each other head-on, challenging which is which.
You are such an enigma, a fascinating man. Just keep writing in your own powerful way. Merry Christmas.
P.S. I do sometimes wonder if you have any idea what I'm talking about. Because I'm not always sure that I do myself.
Comment is about Black Christmas (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Very imaginative, edgy with insight. I really enjoyed all of the interpretations, I anticipated some 'sameness' with the 9 and 6, wondering where you might go with the inverse idea. Good flip. 'Sudoku' limits the numbers to 1 - 9, yes?
And the whole world spins about on the '0', or rolls around erratically. But that's not possible, is it? Zero/nought is probably the most important number of all.
'Numbers' are a never-ceasing source of creative thinking, in both concept and written structure, and have been since ancient times. It's easy to understand why the fascination never wanes for the intellectual and imaginative mind.
I admire your input in all areas so much. You inspire me. 'Season's Greetings.'
Comment is about Sudoku (blog)
Original item by Freda Davis
Tommy,
You are a man of many facets, sharply cut, like a fine diamond. Greetings of the Winter Solstice - the blessed promise of renewed warmth and light - to you and yours. Be safe. Be happy.
Cynthia
Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
I can see why reading Eliot would have that effect. The reading experience is never short of intense, metaphysical, uplifting. I used to recite Eliot to myself when I was a teenager as a sort of protective spell from a world to which I felt ill adapted, and as a reminder of greater meaning in it, and it worked. Here I was inspired by two of my favourites, La Figlia che Piange and A Dedication to my Wife.
Comment is about After T.S. Eliot (blog)
Original item by Celia
Thanks J. And Graham. Its hard to explain the attraction of wrestling with numbers. They strike everyone differently I expect.
Comment is about Sudoku (blog)
Original item by Freda Davis
Lynn Hamilton
Sat 19th Dec 2015 08:08
Thanks Martin. x
Comment is about Bus Lane Twat (blog)
Lynn Hamilton
Sat 19th Dec 2015 08:02
Thanks Darren. Fortunately, I don't print out. You've got me wondering now if I should? x
Comment is about Bus Lane Twat (blog)
What Lies Beneath
The sixties
we remember
colourful music
free love
popular liberation.
Below surface
darkness hides
flowing unseen
till disturbed
forgotten heartaches.
Collage light
shines truth
poets telling
actual events
different format.
History books
manufactured words
acceptable viewpoints
without question
till now.
Comment is about Hats off to the 60s (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Harry no need to laff, more read and ponder what you write, more's the like. Tommy
Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
J Graham
Sat 19th Dec 2015 01:21
Great representation of each sudoku number.
Comment is about Sudoku (blog)
Original item by Freda Davis
Very clever indeed Freda.
Has a little of the twelve days of Christmas about it too.
Comment is about Sudoku (blog)
Original item by Freda Davis
A gritty poignancy in this Ian.
I like the fossilisation comparison of the dinosaurs/miners/coal itself.
Your analogy works incredibly well 5th stanza particularly.
It has dignity too.
Comment is about Black Christmas (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
thanks so much for your kind comments on 'Herod' Stu - sorry it's taken a while for me to respond - I've been in Austria on holiday - just got back. I know what you mean about Haiku's - I think folk try them because they are 'just 3 lines', but they're bloody difficult to do properly - I write a few, and publish fewer - they either work ands every word counts - or they don't and are banished to haiku hell ;-)
Ian
Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)
Original item by Stuart Buck
thanks so much for your kind comments on 'Herod' Harry - sorry it's taken a while for me to respond - I've been in Austria on holiday - just got back.
Ian
Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
thanks so much for your kind comments on 'Herod' Jackie - sorry it's taken a while for me to respond - I've been in Austria on holiday - just got back.
Ian
Comment is about Jacqueline Phillips (poet profile)
Original item by Jacqueline Phillips
Your house is on fire, and those who *could* help glare
"The road isn't burning. Why don't you sleep there?"
Comment is about QUESTION (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Tommy,
It might be just me...but somehow the music of the song seems to infuse it with...what?...I can`t help feeling it`s poignancy somehow.
The whole thing `fits` together.
(laugh if you like...but...)
Comment is about Thyme ll (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Sometimes knowing the enormous number of the things that you don`t know (and yet clinging to those moments you do know) is the very best kind of knowing that there is (there is a kind of humility in it)...and in this.
Comment is about The View (blog)
Original item by David Lindsay
Laura,
where`s the bit about when your mother got you home, washed your mouth out with soap, and tanned your little botty? Or the bit were St Joseph`s dad called around to `reach an understanding` with your dad? :)
Comment is about Nativity ‘73 (a re-post) (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
If the question makes you feel uncomfortable, ask yourself why.
Comment is about QUESTION (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
"Where ignorance is bliss
Tis folly to be wise".
Interestingly, Thomas Gray's famous original words have
an application here. Only the self-delusional would claim to be wise in such a convoluted state of affairs. In the
meantime, I bear in mind Dean Koontz's view: "Ignorance
isn't bliss but sometimes it makes it possible to sleep at
night."
Comment is about Bordering On The Rediculous (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
Daniel Wardak
Sun 20th Dec 2015 06:54
Thanks both of you. Its lovely to finally get some comments coming in. A good place I would reccommend going to is an open mic poetry night, where people have open minds and accept all kinds of creativity. It builds a HUGE amount of confidence from the get go, especially if you bring a few friends along and make a night out of it. Keep writing Jill, I'm eager to see more from you.
Comment is about It went; (blog)
Original item by Daniel Wardak