Thanks for reading "The Provider" Harry. Loved your comment mate, made me chuckle. Hope you liked what you read.
Cheers
Pete.

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Hi Shirley. Thank you for reading THE FOLLY OF YOUTH. Your comments are much appreciated. Ta!!

Comment is about Shirley Smothers (poet profile)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

Thank you for your comments on THE FOLLY OF YOUTH MC. Much appreciated. I was that youth. (Still am inside my head, just wiser I hope)

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Greetings - and many thanks for the Youtube link provided on my profile page.
A wondrous montage of shots of predominantly
human activity over the face of our world - but
not the downbeat message "in total" I feared.
The extraordinary achievments of Mankind in leaving its mark on our planet is there to see
but not all bad by any means. The cycle of
life goes on; even our human excretory product
can appeal to other life forms! I was amazed
only this evening to learn how reindeer are
drawn to human urine because of its salt content.
I guess we're back to human numbers - and, as with
other life forms, these must be carefully watched to guard against betraying the essential balance
of nature. Otherwise, everything increasingly
points to the sky; with our greatest modern buildings seeming to grab hold of the heavens.
As for the whale at the end of that Youtube clip
- was it saying "we're still here, pal!" - or
waving "goodbye to all that". Being an optimist I prefer the former. As one who successfully
lobbied against the use of sperm whale oil in
the leather industry back in teh 70s - resulting in the adoption of a synthetic substitute, I believe that it rescued a species "on the brink"; and I well remember many doom & gloom-mongers
readily predicting how the atom bomb would see
humanity bringing down the curtain on all life.
But au contraire...it has provided a sentinel
for global safety and a supply of power. And
there are other examples to provide optimism
for the future. By all means, let us be on
our guard against excess in whatever form - but the hope is surely in the knowledge that we
are AWARE of the dangers in line and in time
with their appearance and threat. We cannot
say we have not been warned!
Onwards and upwards....

Comment is about Noetic-fret! (poet profile)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Hello there,

thank you for your comment regarding 'The Thief of All Creation.'

I have posted a link for you here which i think you will enjoy. I wanted to post this on the actual poetry blog itself. As someone who mentions from looking above, i think you will enjoy this post. But, don't reach for the handkerchief until the end, when you may just 'get it.'

Aye, we always seem to come back from the brink, but i fear this time, we have moved too fast and too ignorant to restore this planet to its former glory.

Enjoy the link

Mike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBMIra45lU

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Rachel uses nature as a good background and it comes across so well in all her work.

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Thanks Peter, I am well again. Depression is bad thing to have but when the switch turns back on life is great. I have made contact with my daughter and friends again and back in a routine and writing poetry too. I don't do this when down.

I am due to read on Bishop FM soon. I am taking part in a reading of Anglo Saxon Poetry at Escomb 12th Century Saxon Church on 7th Sept as part of Lindarsfarne gospels events. I read a poem at The Puthon Gallery in Middlesbrough on Friday night. You may have heard of the poets Mandy Maxwell and Nominally known as Morbid. Anyway I have put the poem on sound cloud. Cheers....

Comment is about Pete Slater (poet profile)

Original item by Pete Slater

Thanks Harry (Lavender man) - my voice is just not right for the song - it should be sung by Tom Waits really! I was trying to get across some sort of idea of addiction (for lavender read drugs/drink/sex) - failed miserably as the kind comments show :)

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

This is the excellent artist from the Heatons Arts Trail I was talking about at the last meeting:

www.rachelcooke.co.uk

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Thanks for listening Margaret! (Lavender man)

Comment is about Margaret Holbrook (poet profile)

Original item by Margaret Holbrook

Thanks Starfish! (Lavender man)

Comment is about Starfish (poet profile)

Original item by Starfish

Yep, right again Nigel!! I'm starting to think you should be my therapist : )

Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Thank you for your comment Andy - much appreciated, Katy : )

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

thanks for your kind comments on 'she wears pink' and 'overdose' Starfish - yes they are my songs - you can hear more of them on the audio link on my blog page - glad that you liked them :-)
Ian

Comment is about Starfish (poet profile)

Original item by Starfish

hey - missed one :-(
thanks for commenting on 'golgotha' - I would love to have performed it at diggers - but Jeff tells me the open mic might be at risk now :-( - going on hols for a couple of weeks so will only be back the day before the diggers - but looking forward to it - will deffo be in attendance at your gig
Ian

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

thanks for your kind comments on 'she wore pink' John - I honestly believe we would have had a safer and more prosperous world had JFK had the chance to shape American policy more - no Vietnam, racial harmonisation and a policy to rid the country of poverty - perhaps that's why the bastards shot him :-)
Ian

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

thanks for commenting on 'she wore pink' Laura - I am intrigued/fascinated by the JFK years in America - if you like a good thriller (not horror) and haven't read it - try 11-22-63 by Steven King - it's set around the assassination but has a weirdly twisted sci-fi element that tells you the story of the days before and after the assasination, seen through the eyes of a time traveller - it's really good :-)
Ian

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

thanks for your comments on 'she wore pink' MC - appreciate it
Ian

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Mike
really sorry to hear you're struggling at the moment - I have had recent touches with someone who shares some of your feelings of despair and depression - not a nice thing for the one suffering or those who can do little to help. I suppose I would say to you what I said to the person close to me - don't give up, look for the positives in things and express yourself and share your hurt. That could sound hollow if you are in a really bad place - but I hope you appreciate that it comes from a good place in me and I really do mean it.
Meanwhile - your poetry seems to be helping you express your inner demons and, whilst it is quite 'heavy' I'm sure a lot of people 'get it' and thank god they aren't similarly afflicted.
Never the less - your poetry is thought provoking, stark and intelligent - and the back track is very fitting for the subject matter.
Keep at it mate - don't let the bastards grind you down - keep creating - because creativity just might help you recover some of what you feel you've lost.
Take care of yourself sunshine
Ian

Comment is about Noetic-fret! (poet profile)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Thank you Ian for commenting on ‘In Only A Contented God.’

What can I really say? I suffer a great deal of mental and physical ill health. The physical problems I can contend with. But the mental ill health is such that on most days I wish for my life to end. It’s harrowing contending with voices that only seek to drag me down from what was once a positive perspective on life. In the past they have caused me to try to cease my life. Before operations in the Gulf conflict of 90/91, I was fit, active and very positive, but nowadays I feel I have been shat on from a great height. I try to gain help when it is offered, but in the main most people do not understand. Even my own family don’t care much for what is left of me. I keep going with what has been a bad set of cards been dealt ever since I was very young. But I often think of the hardships I go through and I sincerely want revenge upon callous gods not only for what I go through, but for what many people endure here in this realm. I cannot believe the universe is some trillion years old and this status be the sum of all our being since creation. Therefor I know within myself this realm is purgatory for the majority. But this particular condition I would not want upon anyone. I am beaten up day in day out by constant voices, and I suffer the physical ailments too. But to top it all, for serving my country in faith I feel that the authorities have shat on me too, and yet, they live within this world as well as I. I am not altogether a bad person, but the way life is treating me is tearing me apart inside. I was once so full of optimism but now, I just want to sue life, and rip the almighty’s head clean off with my bare hands. It just doesn’t make any sense to suffer this way, let alone be at the mercy of environmental and economic poverty. One day, by hook or by crook, I will get revenge and there, you may say I am being delusional, but to live like this is beyond my comprehension of benevolent gods, benevolent gods that in all honesty, do not exist. It just doesn’t make any sense.

Sorry for the rant. I thank you once again and hope that your life is far better than mine. There’s just too many coincidences to say it is down to luck or karma. It bloody stinks.

Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Ian,
Thanks for the encouraging comments on `Susan`

Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

John
Thanks for your (kind) comments on `Susan`

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Isobel,
Thanks for the comment on `Susan`

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Hi John.

Came across the aquillrelle anthology from a couple of years ago that my daughter bought for me after I'd had a poem published. Wondering if there were any other W.O.L poets listed, I looked,and there you were, your contribution being the excellent little epoch about the mine disaster.

Wonderful entertaining stuff yours! never read a bad one. I get the impression you find it easy?

Unlike me, many more pages deleted. than survive.

Ken.

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Surrered = suffered?
MC

Comment is about Shirley Smothers (poet profile)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

Hi John,

I do agree with you about the word "Did" in my poem "Daddy". I posted a second version "Daddy edited version." I just left out the word did.
Thank you for your kind comments. But actually my Dad passed on Dec.9 2009. I have only recently been able to write about it.

Thanks,
Shirley

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Hello M.C.

I was unsure about the word "Did" in my poem "Daddy". Thanks for your input. I have a second version "Daddy edited poem". I just left out the word did. Thank you for the nice comments.

Shirley

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hi Andy

We all miss you at Stockport hope to see you soon.

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Hi Ann

Ian has just joined Stockport Write Out Loud and came along to the last meeting.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Go for it MC.
F**k the detractors.

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hello JC - I can get the words and a tune
together but you have that extra ability to
accompany and perform your own stuff. Long may
it be so!!
P.S. I'm having DKJC promoted on a Hotdisc
compilation that gets sent to Country music DJs
around Europe and beyond in September. Nothing
ventured...nothing gained - as they say. Plus -
it's also promised a few online plays on www.ukcountryradio.com then. Bring it on!!

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

apols for the delay Cate - thanks for reading :-)

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

Original item by Cate

Harry - delighted you found and enjoyed "Daddy Knew Johnny Cash".
I knew I was on to something when a pal of many
years - a published suthor of a book about the
origins of the Oxford Dictionary and a retired
lecturer in English at a Canadian university - told me how much he had enjoyed it. Just shows you never
quite know who - or where - your audience might be!!
Now -an annoyed P.s. - however much I have tried to make the above lines neat and tidy - they are
reproduced here like the product of some wayward sub-editor's untidy mind. Most aggravating.
Apologies!

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Hello Isobel,
Thankyou for you thoughts on "WriteOutLoud Women Blues".
Glad to see that the depths of my crudity do not disappoint you! Of course, I don't know what half of those poetry terms mean - I had to look them up.

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Hello Foxy,
Thankyou for reading "WriteOutLoud Women Blues". There's a lot goes on in my head (not much outside!)

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hello MC,
Glad you enjoyed "WriteOutLoud Women Blues".
I have to say it's not a patch on your Johnny Cash tribute.

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hello Starfish,
Thankyou for reading (maybe listening to) "WriteOutLoud Women Blues". I didn't mean to alarm you with my manifesto!

Comment is about Starfish (poet profile)

Original item by Starfish

Oooh, sorry if I've got mixed up! Looks like you've done plenty! (Who's Ian?) :)

Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Ann I think you mean Ian or do you want me to do a bit more?

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Ann - thanks for the 'hello'. :)

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for your comments John and for listening to my lastest entry.

Rhyme is not dead yet and though it might be outmoded in some quarters, the proverbial man on the street still enjoys it. I do hope your rhymes are not changing!

Karen.

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for your comments on Grumpy Summer and thanks for listening.

Karen.

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thanks for listening to "Grumpy Summer" and your comments. I appreciate it. You highlighted the lines I rather like myself!

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Thanks for your comment on my Beautiful poem - I'll try to perform it next time I'm at the spoke - and I'll expect you to join in on the chorus!

xx

Comment is about Ged Thompson (poet profile)

Original item by Ged Thompson

hi m.c. - thanks for the comment regarding peterloo. it's a piece that means a lot to me and is still in flux a bit but pleased you liked it.

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

hi harry - thanks for the comment regarding peterloo. it's a piece that means a lot to me and is still in flux a bit but pleased you liked it.

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Hi Nigel - a very warm welcome to WOL. Hope to see some more of your work on here soon. And hope you will enjoy being a part of the site :)

Comment is about Ian O'Brien (poet profile)

Original item by Ian O'Brien

Great to see you on here - and I love your profile page poem. I remember you well on that course - a wonderful poem about your mother making you some clothes? And you have a lovely voice! Hope to see more of your work on here soon. Enjoy granma-hood! And so glad you are doing well with your poetry! x

Comment is about Anne Maney (poet profile)

Original item by Anne Maney

Hello Anne. It is good to see you on these pages. I have noted the showcase event in my diary. Glad the course was useful.

Comment is about Anne Maney (poet profile)

Original item by Anne Maney

Ian, re Digital Equality - thank you! I preferred that version of the last stanza myself :) I've now dropped One and Two, tried out First and Second but they didn't quite scan right in my head. I think it's definitely improved it. Some come so easily don't they, and others...others are a right bugger!

Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)

Original item by Ian Whiteley