<Deleted User> (13947)
Fri 18th Dec 2015 01:53
Cynthia, thank you for your comment and suggestion on Some Nights. You are always so kind and helpful. I truly appreciate it. I hope you have a Christmas season filled with love, laughter, and so many smiles :)
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Fri 18th Dec 2015 01:14
Hi Shirley.
This is some of the best news I've heard all year, I'm so pleased for you, what a way to end 2015. A well deserved reward for the all out effort put into the rich mix of everything you do.
You've put Middleton open mic back on the map. See you next month at the Ringers.
Ken xx
Comment is about Poetry student Shirley-Anne Kennedy gets off to flying start (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I see you`ve tried a bit of shaping with this Alem. I like
the possibilities but, bearing in mind that poetry is mainly
about the words, It is very difficult to fit the sense of what we say into a particular shape (which I think will always be merely suggestive) I think we would need much more sophisticated apps to make it really meaningful.
But - in the meantime - we should experiment now and again.
Comment is about Double victory (blog)
Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos
David,
my best memory is before Mass...striding along with some of my kids singing `We are the God squad`to the tune of `we are the champions`.
Another one is watching the men stumbling out of St Anthonys in Scotland road, lighting up desperately, and staggering across Scotty into the pub for a pint.
Comment is about AFTER MASS (blog)
Original item by David Subacchi
like it lynn! the format must cost you a fortune when you print stuff out
daz
Comment is about Bus Lane Twat (blog)
Tim,
I particularly like the clarity of this one, and that last line. You are very readable (and - I`m sure - easy to listen to)
Good luck in your Global ambitions and merry Christmas.
Comment is about Lagoons of sadness (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
The final one of the 17 poems that make up "Speak The Unspeakable", so I shall cease depressing you all and leave you alone now. Don't forget the complete pamphlet is available on Amazon and Kindle, or via my website www.birdbard.co.uk
I was delighted that the world leaders managed to sign some sort of agreement on climate change in Paris while I've been posting these poems; not so happy to hear our MPs voted to allow fracking under National Parks yesterday. The fight continues...
Wishing a happy festive season to everybody on Write Out Loud with whom I've exchanged comments recently, and let's hope the new year brings us a cleaner, healthier world!
Comment is about Lagoons of sadness (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Thanks Ravi and Harry. This poem is a part of the story in my book "On The Verge" as well as one of the poems in the recent pamphlet "Speak The Unspeakable", and it makes rather more sense if read in context.
Comment is about Tom's last poem (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
<Deleted User> (13762)
Thu 17th Dec 2015 20:01
Lmao - nice reply Lynn x
Comment is about Bus Lane Twat (blog)
Lynn Hamilton
Thu 17th Dec 2015 19:58
Nope probably not Colin. I'm starting to bore myself, to be honest, but that's the way it is. x
Comment is about Bus Lane Twat (blog)
<Deleted User> (13762)
Thu 17th Dec 2015 19:56
one day Lynn I half expect you will surprise us with a change of format.
just wondering x
Comment is about Bus Lane Twat (blog)
<Deleted User> (13762)
Thu 17th Dec 2015 19:53
the first time was the best thyme for me Tommy
Comment is about Thyme ll (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Jam has seeds which
Americans remove
Jam has skin which
Americans remove-
All hail the jam makers
Hold high the very pots
Of sugared fruit with
Seeds and skin.
Needless to say Cynthia I love the the jammy hiss and pop of your lid like verse. Spreadinium gorgeousnussness.
Comment is about Cherry Jam (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Louise performed this for us at Risk a Verse - see review - http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=45661
and it was probably the best piece of performance poetry I have witnessed. The capacity audience was mesmerised, so get along to see it as it is a brilliant piece of theatre and writing.
Comment is about Love is a Battlefield: Louise Fazackerley, Nymphs & Thugs (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Ian I think you pose a genuine query. Worthy of several readings. Tommy
Comment is about Bordering On The Rediculous (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
Newberry your ignorance is bliss (haha)
Comment is about Bordering On The Rediculous (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
And so do I really like this. It's beautifully written, .very sensitive
Only today my husband asked: Do you remember all the cats we've had since we were married? Right out of the blue, the question was. I went down the shortish list, reminding him of the when's and where's, each one in order, name, colour, etc. He was impressed, but he had missed only one. We are 'cat people' too, but we no longer have a pet. It seems odd that I have noticed this poem this evening.
Comment is about Cat (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
This is great Tom the words say it all ' lassoed in snapshot'
Comment is about A Quiet Night At The Telescope (blog)
Original item by Tom
Rob Cullen reading the short story The Choice at an event in Aberdare Town as part of the project A Fall into Grace - collection of Welsh love stories organised by the artist Jackie Chettur.
Comment is about 12096487_895091137246170_1936098560814082598_n.jpg (photo)
Original item by Rob Cullen
Cheers Steve - yeh, you're in for a real treat! It's beautifully produced too, and 'feels' like an album, in that the tracks flow into each other to tell the story :) NB: don't listen to it on a comedown ;)
John - wooo, didn't know about that! Will deffo be along for that.
Comment is about Love is a Battlefield: Louise Fazackerley, Nymphs & Thugs (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
You can find more of my poetry on line including some videos by simply searching on DAVID SUBACCHI.
Comment is about AFTER MASS (blog)
Original item by David Subacchi
Thu 17th Dec 2015 10:42
Hi Stu, thanks for commenting on Shining - bit of a rant without too much art to it, I think, but I do appreciate you taking the time :)
Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Thu 17th Dec 2015 10:36
Hi Cynthia, Thanks for your comment on Anticlimax. I'm always so pleased that you've bothered to read my stuff, so I don't think you're comment is dopey, and am just glad you enjoyed it.
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
this is great!
Women are smiles. Love wears wellies.
Telephones are sexy. Children are dead.
this is just my kind of poem. seemingly unlinked lines taken from various places then placed delicately to extract a tenuous (should that be subtle) overall link.
great stuff.
Comment is about Hats off to the 60s: December 2015 Collage Poem (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
very good. cant really add much to davids comment. as a society we consume news in much the same way we consume the x factor or strictly and, sadly, it is created for us in much the same way.
Comment is about Napalm death (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
It was good meeting you in St Fagans with David! What a day of readings and listening! I loved taking part in A Fall into Grace and there's talk of a continuation by some people and others who were not apart but attending!
Comment is about Suzanne Iuppa (poet profile)
Original item by Suzanne Iuppa
<Deleted User> (13762)
Thu 17th Dec 2015 08:09
nice words - thanks for posting this Tommy
Comment is about ...Thyme (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
thanks guys. martin iu quite agree. having lived in tallinn just before the euro and easyjet hit, then returning for my honeymoon two years later, the place was completely different. i havent been back in 3 years but it is now said to be the same as riga and prague before that. a great shame as tallinn is the best preserved medieval city in europe and is/was a quite extraordinary place.
Comment is about The Flower Ladies of Tallinn (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
I would certainly welcome a greater spend on those other areas you cited, MC, but not from the health budget. Welfare I don't understand, not having an informed opinion on it (as i suspect many of its supporters don't). Personally I would be happier to pay more tax to fund the areas you cite.
My last line I don't really buy into - it's just a good saying bought into by those who have never had to make hard decisions.
Comment is about IF (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A fantastic piece of work, hopefully to be performed on a much bigger scale (sort of) in Wigan next year.
Comment is about Love is a Battlefield: Louise Fazackerley, Nymphs & Thugs (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
This is like taking a peep into somebody's life through the window. Ray's right you do it so very well. nice one.
Comment is about Radstock road (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
simply but effective in all that it says and what it evokes. Love the difference between 'gloved in cold fingers and shivers of heat'
Comment is about Distance (blog)
This reads just as well as hearing you read. I am glad you read it Monday. Nice one
Comment is about 12 days after Christmas (blog)
Original item by Andy N
This is a gentle thought provoking poem Stu. I love the scenario of the flower ladies. Call me old fashioned but what I find sad as much as anything is the more cheap flight destinations are opened up the more places available for drunken Brits to invade. Good poem though Stu
Comment is about The Flower Ladies of Tallinn (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Memories never fade, they just take a bit longer to be remembered... : )
Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Hi Cynthia, your observations are bang on, as usual. This is a poem I wrote 20 years ago and found in a notebook on the weekend. A very different Katy back then....
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Thank you Mikhail, Cody and Cynthia! I know I was gutted that I missed the Christmas open mic! I was on my way back home Leeds that night. I'll be there in January, I'll have to introduce myself to this mysterious 'somebody Curless!!'
Have a good Christmas too :)
Comment is about Eva Elizabeth (poet profile)
Original item by Eva Elizabeth
Tim,
I so often read a poem on here and admire the theme but have doubts about the execution, that to feel the opposite is a strange feeling.
While agreeing that we should use reasonable resources to ensure we leave the world a better place for those coming after, I balk at a human dying for an arboreal. (even in such excellent rhymed and rhythmic verse)
I look forward to one day hearing that you`ve been crowned as the worlds foremost vegetative laureate.
Keep smiling :)
Comment is about Tom's last poem (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Wow... the last collage poem of the year was certainly a good one.
Comment is about Hats off to the 60s: December 2015 Collage Poem (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Neat?
You betcha' man!
Comment is about A Subaltern's Love Limerick (blog)
Original item by Marnanel Thurman
JC - to take up your point about taxation.
I would reverse and redress the %s paid to welfare and health.
There are thirteen other debits shown on my own tax
summary, including environment, education, national debt
interest, housing and utilities, transport, and defence.
For a start, the amount paid to environment is nearly
fifteen times LESS that the welfare debit; that paid
to education down to half that sum; that paid to the
national debt interest five times less; that paid to
housing and utilities over sixteen times less; that paid
to transport over eight times less, and that paid to
defence nearly five times less.
Any of these would obtain my approval for a substantial
redress in my pensioner's tax burden, in particular the
environment, education and housing/utilities.
Well, you asked...:-))
Comment is about IF (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Great review, Laura. Can't wait till my CDs arrive....
Comment is about Love is a Battlefield: Louise Fazackerley, Nymphs & Thugs (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I just laughed at your "as vacant as a hotel in Leigh" , and you appeared on-line ( spooky! ) .. nevertheless you've written on a serious and troubling subject for many people .. excellent.
Comment is about Eva Elizabeth (poet profile)
Original item by Eva Elizabeth
We missed you last Thursday Eva - and you missed a good one! We even had a newbie called somebody Curless... I thought you were related but he assured me you weren't.
Have a good Christmas anyway. xx
Comment is about Eva Elizabeth (poet profile)
Original item by Eva Elizabeth
I suppose it begs the question, MC, "What would you want your tax spent on?"
Comment is about IF (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Tommy Carroll
Fri 18th Dec 2015 04:22
Newberry do you make this stuff up?
Comment is about QUESTION (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry