Your piece was great. Respect for the honesty in your rhymes.
Comment is about My Inspiration: My Daughter (blog)
Original item by Amanda
I love it
Comment is about Step On (blog)
A timely and rewarding journey through the seasons
of a lifetime, with autumn the period of harvest plenty
before the threadbare trials of winter - in nature as in our
brief lives in its keeping.
Comment is about A Song For Autumn (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
I enjoyed this narrative - and could imagine Pete Seeger
or maybe Woody Guthrie singing it to a haunting country/
railroad lament.
Comment is about OLD SETH (blog)
Original item by ray pool
a very persuasive poem and finely put Lynn. Simplicity is always powerful and the fact that it is in question form says it all. Ray
Comment is about Step On (blog)
<Deleted User> (13762)
Sat 24th Oct 2015 19:59
very good Lynn
Comment is about Step On (blog)
thanks guys! i like this one too. your positivity keeps me writing!
Comment is about brine (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Lynn Hamilton
Sat 24th Oct 2015 17:40
This poem should be preserved Stu, really lovely x
Comment is about brine (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Thank you so much . It was a good evening. so nice to see some more new faces. You were of course in good form as always. Hope to see you next month
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Martin, I really enjoyed your readings at Sale last Tuesday.
Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)
Original item by Martin Elder
Preeti Sinha
Sat 24th Oct 2015 11:17
Wow! Just wow. Thanks for NOT being a pretentious fucking idiot ;)
Comment is about Eat it (blog)
Original item by Corr Lens
Preeti Sinha
Sat 24th Oct 2015 11:16
thanks for the comments, always very helpful.
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Fri 23rd Oct 2015 22:17
Thank you, I appreciate that Martin Elder.
Comment is about Hypothetically speaking (blog)
Original item by Dara Smith
A pleasure to find one of your posts again. So refreshing in its rhythmic simplicity and contrast to much of the "worthy" and self-indulgent stuff that gets posted on this site.
Comment is about A Song For Autumn (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
This hits me like a brick, reminding me that I have listened to the same thing before from many people who do not feel like they are being heard. A brillant poem .
Comment is about Hypothetically speaking (blog)
Original item by Dara Smith
This will be a great read, Alison has worked to. bring these women's experience to life in poetry . Looking forward to getting my copy.
Comment is about Poet's tribute to women pilots who ferried planes in the war (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
This is a great poem , I particularly like the line
'But the past hugs me like a ghost'
Comment is about Nothing but Regrets (blog)
Original item by Chandana
A heady brew . This one Stu. You seem to be getting more and more into your stride. cracking!
Comment is about brine (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
<Deleted User> (8659)
Fri 23rd Oct 2015 19:08
Hi Ian-many thanks for your feedback on Bobby The Bonehead Bouncer. Ledger
Comment is about Ian Gant (poet profile)
Original item by Ian Gant
thanks Patrico, thanks for taking the time to comment and heartwarming you like it
Comment is about Every Mobile is on Silent (blog)
Original item by David R Mellor
very true Adam , i always find those moments of pleasant chats with strangers very life affirming , thanks for the comment
Comment is about Every Mobile is on Silent (blog)
Original item by David R Mellor
<Deleted User> (8659)
Fri 23rd Oct 2015 18:08
The Cave
Down on Brighton beach
a place so dark
the grey rock hides
what goes on inside.
But if out fishing
and your net empty
sandy bodies will invite
eager for a catch.
Comment is about Night fishing (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
The Morning Train
Catching the right one is what I have to do
but if everyone I ask frowns then keeps shaking head
must be on the train that has the mystery trip!
Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)
Original item by Andy N
thanks anna! i took ages deciding wether to use the c word but for me it works. im glad it oozes a heady mix! i was trying to stimulate the senses. that feeling of discovery, the smell of spices and the start of a relationship.
Comment is about brine (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Love the sensuous feel of this poem. It oozes a heady mix for the senses. Really good.
Comment is about brine (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Fri 23rd Oct 2015 12:14
Interesting.... It could also be seen as it being a conversation with someone whom the author has an interest in, and wants to make sure that the other individual would be able to handle what's being said without acts or thoughts that are based solely on physical contact, but instead a deep mental stimulation.
Comment is about Hypothetically speaking (blog)
Original item by Dara Smith
Fri 23rd Oct 2015 11:11
Thank you! You are correct on so many levels and always seem to get the authors words or shall I say my words.
Comment is about Hypothetically speaking (blog)
Original item by Dara Smith
Cheers Ray, re 'I stood and stared'. It was during one of my moments of contemplation, and, catching my reflection as I stared out of the window. I do have the original mirror on the original wall and the original foto too. ;-) Tommy
Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)
Original item by ray pool
Cheers Ray, re 'I stood and stared'. It was during one of my moments of contemplation, and, catching my reflection as I stared out of the window. I do have the original mirror on the original wall and the original foto too. ;-) Tommy
Comment is about l stood and stared (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
A flaming good rant Patricio. One could envisage this on a stage in a club. :-) Tommy
Comment is about Machines that go to war (blog)
Original item by PatricioLG
Thanks for your comments Stu and Huw. yes Stu I have performed this live and it seemed to go down well. I have to say at that time of my life I had little success with chatting up girls due to own social ineptitude. But this is based on Saturday summer nights in Brighton.
Comment is about Night fishing (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
<Deleted User> (8659)
Fri 23rd Oct 2015 08:17
Hi Ray, thanks for your comments on Bobby The Bonehead Bouncer-a poem written in anger but given that comic book approach as a piss take of that breed. As a working musician I've no doubt you've seen more than your fair share of their thuggery!
Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)
Original item by ray pool
Thank you, Martin, for your comment, very much appreciated. I am glad you enjoyed reading it.
Comment is about The Cucumber Plot (blog)
Original item by Anna Ghislena
Very nice deep message.
Comment is about Every Mobile is on Silent (blog)
Original item by David R Mellor
what a nicely drawn out metaphor. this stands as a fine piece of writing and would be good live methinks. i use to go clubbing a lot and saw these types all the time. i never partook myself as i was a) socially anxious and b) full of drugs. but i can relate to what you are saying.
Comment is about Night fishing (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
thanks ray! i guess i have plenty of reserve to pull on when it comes to my youth. but dont we all i suppose. its just something i find quite easily flows.
glad you enjoyed this one.
Comment is about 11 (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
I love the surgical approach to this poem with the almost sinister overtones.
Comment is about The Cucumber Plot (blog)
Original item by Anna Ghislena
I just love how this unfolds, with questions of how and why as I can only view your inner meaning with curiosity. So many choice lines that I can't name them all!
A real nightmare scenario yet with nostalgia built in. How do you do that?
Thanks by the way about Chalk Pit. Sometimes you can overdo description so I wanted to pull the eye in and leave it wanting more. cheers Ray
Comment is about 11 (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
This interesting poem reminds me of a strong silent type that may seem self contained, and the mirror keeps your secret. Would I be right, or is it not auto biographical Tommy? yours with respect.
Comment is about l stood and stared (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Hello Colin
Glad you like the Airblade. Next time you use one you'll be thinking, "Now do I need to wash my hands again?"
Comment is about THE DYSON AIRBLADE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (13762)
Thu 22nd Oct 2015 20:24
whenever I use a Dyson Airblade I always imagine withdrawing my hands and finding just the bones have been left. Must admit your option has crossed my mind too. I'm sure you could get one installed at home and enjoy to your heart's content. Thanks for making me laugh John. For me the poem is the last three lines:
“Am I missing a trick?”
I thought that the Dyson Airblade
Was put there for drying your prick.
Comment is about THE DYSON AIRBLADE (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (10990)
Thu 22nd Oct 2015 18:22
Some lovely lines, Katy, full of fine imagery and internal assonance, to bring to life your thoughts. And they do 'breathe'.
Comment is about Benediction (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
More tissues needed, Nigel
For a few stray tears
Because
Of your
Kind words.....
(trying to write 'Nigel-style:
Can't do it!!!
It's yours
And yours alone...!...)
D.
Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)
Original item by Stockport WoL
A compelling observation, well-considered and constructed. Perhaps it is enough to have the poem, and not the enlarged explanation. Anything remotely 'faith-fixated' will always stir reaction, which is not a bad thing, unless it takes you by surprise. Keep posting.
The other observations here are part of an on-going process of certain persons getting to know each other through their works and diverse comments. Other writers tend to have strong opinions, as you have yours.
Comment is about I can't help to ask (blog)
Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos
A very good one, Tommy. That is you in the photo, yes? Or a close relative? Penetrating eyes - aquiline nose - saucy moustache - got to be family.
Comment is about l stood and stared (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
a wedge of fossils pressed into service
in the great death moan of watery time
damn fine.
a snapshot of mere moments enhanced by verbosity unmatched!
hurrah.
Comment is about CHALK PIT (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Graham Sherwood
Sun 25th Oct 2015 09:26
This piece raises an interesting subject about just how much one can find out about people (on the Internet) without really knowing them.
Interestingly, I think reading people's poetry can give enormous insight into different lives (a little like thumbing through someone's music collection).
The stalking, watching, watching, watching in a Zen like state can also mimic the passivity of staring at a computer screen, trance-like.
But do you really care? or are you really saying you don't.
This is truly ambiguous.
Comment is about Zen and the art of deletion (blog)