thank you Lynn - though I prefer to call them mules rather than clogs

Comment is about alive (blog)

Original item by jeremy young

As you usually do, you baffle me with these words. The first six lines I find incomprehensible but the remaining nine are really quite lovely. You are a Rubik's cube poet for me.

Good to see you back again on here.

Graham

Comment is about Now (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

So Luke said to my wife, 'I can't eat this beef stew.' My wife said, 'Shut up! It's custard pie!

Comment is about 'Poetry should have bite and snarl, but it's better for joy and sadness than anger': Luke Wright (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I love this. You are a clever clogs.

Comment is about alive (blog)

Original item by jeremy young

:)

an interesting subject on which I dare not comment !

However, may I suggest that in line 3 the first 'once' is not needed?

x

Comment is about something i must hide (blog)

Original item by muse

typos too. x

Comment is about something i must hide (blog)

Original item by muse

Thank you, Quadrya.

Comment is about DREAMING FOR ALL TO SEE (blog)

Original item by THE PEN AND THE PAGE

Beautiful.

Comment is about DREAMING FOR ALL TO SEE (blog)

Original item by THE PEN AND THE PAGE

What a lovely memoir of an historic occasion, poetically speaking. I have just got in from hearing another poetry hero, Brian Patten, reading at the Live from Worktown festival. He talked of spending evenings chatting in his orchard with Adrian Mitchell, brandy and glasses to hand. You were there, and you remember it, David. Impressive!

Comment is about 'A tremendous sense of occasion': David Andrew on the Albert Hall Incarnation (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Yes and good ones at that ha :)

Comment is about THE BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I'm afraid these are just memories now, Helen!

Comment is about THE BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Now, now, Harry. Don't give in. We're both still Young Turks inside.
(An' what you doin' lookin' at yer scrotum for?)

Comment is about Don Juan in his decrepitude (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Made me laugh. A lot!

Comment is about THE BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Natalie, I really like this. It is very powerful and made me stop to question certain aspects of my own life. Great stuff.

Comment is about The Struggle (blog)

Wee sleekit cow'rin tim'rous beastie"! You're lucky you got one; they don't have a lot of moral rectitude!

Comment is about GOODBYE TO A LITTLE LIFETIME (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Very topical, with reports of even more "well known" people
under investigation for criminal acts against youngsters when youth and its urges were in charge of barely lived lives.

Comment is about FALLEN IDOLS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks - I am lost and raypool. It seemed somehow more
affecting that the little life should expire within view from
the regular "eyeline" from my chair rather than a hundred
and one other places out of sight and mind.

Comment is about GOODBYE TO A LITTLE LIFETIME (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

thank you Colin for taking the time to comment, heart warming that you like it , all true

Comment is about I realised i was me (blog)

Original item by David R Mellor

Lovely simple and direct style that is quite wistful and after my own heart! Nice title too.

Comment is about GOODBYE TO A LITTLE LIFETIME (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

nice one David, especially the 'creating Marvel figures before tea' line
x

Comment is about I realised i was me (blog)

Original item by David R Mellor

Thanks for the advice. I will give it a go at the next open mic and see how it goes :) x

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Yes indeed. This piece was inspired by that very beautiful song.

Comment is about DREAMING FOR ALL TO SEE (blog)

Original item by THE PEN AND THE PAGE

I like the way the poem was written. I can vividly imagine what happened there.

Comment is about GOODBYE TO A LITTLE LIFETIME (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I like this one...

Comment is about Silence (blog)

Original item by Hannah Metsker

ouch !

Comment is about Incision (blog)

Thanks for your comments on "Passing Feet". The poem
was inspired by my own need for a stick these days (until
the medicos get around to treatment on a back problem!).
It is even more noticeable how quick people walk when
limited to a slower pace!
Cheers.

Comment is about Steve Higgins (poet profile)

Original item by Steve Higgins

Reading, writing and music...and surely texting? Tommy

Comment is about Hannah Metsker (poet profile)

Original item by Hannah Metsker

Thank you for reading and your flattering comments, Cynthia. Your comments are very much appreciated :) x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

a lot of U's wasted that could have been emphasized ?

Comment is about ;) (blog)

We thank you Rose for gently rap rap rapping on our chamber door....wooooooh! xx

Comment is about Spooked! (blog)

thank you travis - suggestion noted and change made

it's one of the problems when you get caught between two horses - free verse that begins as a sort of villanelle, half way through wants to be a sonnet - and then decides to be neither - words hang around

Comment is about alive (blog)

Original item by jeremy young

May God give me strength! - a pointed pen against self-important academia - and a travesty of Aristotelian intent.

I almost want to puke.

Go Simon!

Comment is about 'Self-schooled poet' Simon Armitage bids to become Oxford professor of poetry (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

oo-er! hints of 'The Raven' Keep rocking P.S.(and S.W. of course..;o)...! )


Thank you.

Rose.x

Comment is about Spooked! (blog)

how about 'a dented can of who-knows-what is on the label?

Fantaz nevertheless.

Thank you.

Rose.x

Comment is about Unemployed (blog)

Original item by James Roper

Hi Michelle.This is stunning.Maybe leave 'its' out (between 'familiar' and 'edges')..?

Thank you.

Rose.x

Comment is about Here (blog)

Original item by Michelle

Bloody hell this is tense. One suggestion - ''as I gasp for the air or be drowned'' - Could the line not simply end in ''drown''? That said, i realise it's part of a refrain.

Comment is about alive (blog)

Original item by jeremy young

Nice poem James; succinct. Interesting that, though written by you, it seems to concern a female dreamer, unless i've misunderstood something.

Comment is about I Know (blog)

Original item by James Roper

Brilliant

Comment is about Here (blog)

Original item by Michelle

Agree with Lea. Clean lines, lovely.

Comment is about Futility (blog)

Original item by Michelle

I enjoyed this. The disjointedness does not take away from the imagery. Another interesting thing is it reminds me of one of those word association tests.

Comment is about You - (blog)

don't stop writing before writing tries to stop you. you got it bro. push through the pain and keep on bleedin. Daran Tomas...

Comment is about thirty years (blog)

Original item by jeremy young

Work in progress, snap

Comment is about Michelle (poet profile)

Original item by Michelle

Tight simple poems are often the best.

I must admit though, I wanted to read it as

Display happiness with
A. smiley face
B. slightly abuse
Or C. amuse with
A. winky face

Don't know why :)
x

Comment is about ;) (blog)

The view of Sir Geoffrey Hill about accessibility and
supermarket shelves etc. is an arrogance that offends
common sense and human interaction. If you seek to
produce puzzles that challenge understanding, using a
great art as some sort of mental hoop-la, you are merely
playing games. It regrettable but it's unlikely that much
contemporary poetry will stand the unforgiving test of time. It needs affection and relevance to make it
worth the effort.
Gray's "Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard" will
continue to resonate with each generation simply
because it connects with human experience on so
many levels. Sir Geoffrey's views remind me of the
following:
The intellectual seeks; the wise man has found.

Comment is about 'Self-schooled poet' Simon Armitage bids to become Oxford professor of poetry (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Sorry Cynthia. Re-looking my comments do sound terse, not meant, nor irritated. I always read your work.

Comment is about Moon Storm (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Very clever in idea and presentation.

Comment is about ;) (blog)

I do appreciate these comments.

I love cold rain. I used to lie on our hot summer lawn, like a weed in the grass, and feel the rain pelting me
from head to foot. Neighbours would peep through their curtains - thinking I was probably mad. But I didn't care.

Great pun, Hilary.

Freda, the poem is as it is. If it piques any wish for further detail, I think its purpose is already accomplished. How could I desire more?

Graham, I've alliterated you to irritation? Call some of it internal assonance - just musical sound - which may actually evolve natural and emotional imagery. A poem like this works best when spoken aloud.

Comment is about Moon Storm (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Morning Helen

Yeh, thought it might be your mum. The best poems are often the hardest to reach, inside of you, because of the pain. It's a beautiful piece.

Re performance - absolutely. One of my favourite poets ever, Steve Smith (who is on here) often performs his sonnets. I wish I could write like you and him but I can't. But yep they can be performed. They won't come out like a big-arsed 'performance' poem and you won't be fannying around on the stage, but they can sound haunting and beautiful. Try reading it out loud in as many different ways as you can muster. Find one that you like. Do it :) And good luck :)

Comment is about Helen (poet profile)

Original item by Helen

Makes me miss the rain, lucky I still have my silly thoughts.

Comment is about Moon Storm (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

@cynthia this poem was just a plea for toilet cleaning suggestions lol

Comment is about Whats Better? (blog)

Original item by Corr Lens