Harry - agreed! Is it asking too much of our hard-pressed
security services to keep tracks of those allowed to
roam among us when given the benefit of the doubt they
would never grant to their targets via a law that appears
to act in one direction and resembles a colander?
Comment is about HUMAN FRIGHTS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Love the rhyme choice altho' I can't comprehend that none
of the tunes ("Porter"/ "Berlin"?!) were "favourite things".
'They're the tops,
They're the best song-writing;
They're the tops,
With Gershwin, Schwartz and Whiting,
If you seek to find the cream of countless crops
There are plenty in the team but they're the tops!'
:-))
Comment is about MIDNIGHT IN MAYFAIR (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Liverpool and London, we cover the waterfront ...
Comment is about Ocean of difference? American and UK poets read together at the Troubadour (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (9882)
Wed 11th May 2016 14:06
The conclusion is just what I was thinking. Why doesn't the miserable old sod stay at home? Ha ha ha.
Good one, Laura, thanks for the laugh.
Comment is about Dear ‘Local Letters’ Regular Contributor (Name withheld) (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Ha ha, Harry - no problems, every one is safe on here!
This was one I woke up to find in my head, in the middle of the night, but it was following a Facebook conversation with someone who wanted to turn facts into being points of view.
I don't remember that anyone on Write Out Loud has does that :o)
Thanks Harry for comment.
Comment is about Questions of verity (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
I am an avid reader of the local free papers, with the letters page being a constant source of amusement and irritation. There is nothing a bored person won't complain about.
Oh, and for all the non-Northerners, to 'skrike' is to cry.
Comment is about Dear ‘Local Letters’ Regular Contributor (Name withheld) (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Hey Harry - if only!! I'd snatch the hand off anyone who offered me a job writing about brilliant gigs!
Comment is about Linton Kwesi Johnson and Hollie McNish in Liverpool, 2016 (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Ooo - Do icicles cling to your breath like diamonds?
Killer line that ^
Well done Chris :) Great poem.
Comment is about 'Tourdion' by Chris Stevenson is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
A pretty sad piece to start with, but am liking the rising rebellion :)
Comment is about A Marriage of Convenience (blog)
Original item by Chrissy R.
MMmm, yes please, I'll have a glass! Lovely piece this, but you just made me want to drink booze at lunchtime.
Comment is about Sunday Shiraz (blog)
Original item by David Lindsay
The title keeps making me laugh!
Subject matter though, I hear ya. Great story.
Comment is about A Pointy Reckoning (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Aha! You made it then! :D Great to see you on here Chris, and what an amazing start!
I feel a bit, erm, besmirched, after reading this! Hugely intriguing collage of images and secretions, emotions and not-qute-seen things. Excellent, such innovative use of language. I look forward to reading more of your work.
Comment is about UPON LEARNING (blog)
Original item by Chris Hardy
This feels very mystical but also very understandable, the different terms giving a exotic tune to the piece.
Very enjoyable to read through more than once.
well done,
Chandana
Comment is about Sound and Feeling (blog)
Original item by Chandana
<Deleted User> (5011)
Wed 11th May 2016 08:57
Well, what can I say? it sounds like one hell of a fantastic night; another Troubadour gig I have missed and feel I should have attended. One day, I shall get there, to see what my old mum enjoyed on those glorious folk evenings of the 60s and 70s. Maudlin state not aided by your inclusion of those lyrics. And another superbly written review, Greg. Someone should tell the Pulitzer people about you.
Comment is about Ocean of difference? American and UK poets read together at the Troubadour (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Howdo Stuart ... thanks very much for your comment on 'Tourdion' .. all the best .. chris.
Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)
Original item by Stuart Buck
A humorously pacific terrorism story by Ali Hugo First :)
Comment is about Satisfaction (blog)
Original item by terry ireland
Wow! Lynn,
You`ve opened one up here!
I see no one is biting (sez `arry, sneakin` away)
Comment is about Questions of verity (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
M.C,
It is certainly a situation that needs to be watched
Comment is about HUMAN FRIGHTS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
There`s something autumnal about this one.
Comment is about Sunday Shiraz (blog)
Original item by David Lindsay
The process of acclimatisation moves inexorably on Ian,
Comment is about A Pointy Reckoning (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Thanks both - boys' boarding school = fear, violence, religion, war, sexual repression etc. I use semi-quotes from the English Lit we ploughed through - Owen, Chaucer, Coleridge. The title is both ironic and accurate.
Comment is about UPON LEARNING (blog)
Original item by Chris Hardy
Laura,
You could earn a living at this kind of thing lass!
Comment is about Linton Kwesi Johnson and Hollie McNish in Liverpool, 2016 (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you Martin. A true story I'm afraid! At least I'm still here to tell the tale!
Comment is about The No Through Road Trip (blog)
Original item by Anna Ghislena
Helen,
A very personal poem.
I wondered - if that final `last` was perhaps changed to `more` - what the effect might be on the whole poem?
Comment is about I Bow To The Moon (blog)
Original item by Helen
Hi Ken .. thanks for your kind comment on ‘Tourdion’ .. … cheers .. best wishes .. chris.
Comment is about ken eaton-dykes (poet profile)
Original item by ken eaton-dykes
A very accomplished and impressive start to your account Chris (I'm very glad we got you sorted out).
Bravo!
Comment is about UPON LEARNING (blog)
Original item by Chris Hardy
Thanks Julian
It was an absolute honour and all my pleasure to be able to go and then come back to write this review. Amazing night, poets on fire! Was bouncing all the way home :D
Comment is about Linton Kwesi Johnson and Hollie McNish in Liverpool, 2016 (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Hi Cynthia
You may recall we met at the recent sixties themed event in Stockport; our daughter ran you and your husband to the station as it was chucking it down with rain! Your husband dropped one of his gloves in her car, and I have kept it safely for you, but since I'm not planning to visit Sale WOL in the immediate future, I cannot personally pass it back to you. However, if you'd like to let me have your address (is this allowed on WOL site?), I will gladly post it back to you. I'm just glad it's not freezing cold or his tiny hand would indeed be frozen! Thanks - Dorinda (WOL Stockport)
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Incredibly impressive with so much almost insane imagery and conjuring up a whole gamut of public school fantasy and reality - hard to separate them but that is the appeal for me. A real feast, with overtones of the very best poets I have read.
Ray
Comment is about UPON LEARNING (blog)
Original item by Chris Hardy
Hi there. Thank you for stopping by and reading two of my writings. I'm glad that you liked them.
Comment is about Monami Kundu (poet profile)
Original item by Monami Kundu
<Deleted User> (5011)
Tue 10th May 2016 12:56
Well, what a fabulous review of what was clearly a fantastic night, Laura. You certainly have us all jealous by creating a sense of the atmosphere, I am sure others will agree. Brill.
Comment is about Linton Kwesi Johnson and Hollie McNish in Liverpool, 2016 (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
hahahaha hahaha (wipes tears from eyes)
Comment is about HUMAN FRIGHTS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks for your comments on this piece.
LCPTB strangely I enjoy travelling on trains. It is as much about seeing humanity in a completely different environment.
Nicola I am glad you liked this piece. I was in two minds whether to post this or not and kept tinkering with it before hand to make sure it sounded O.K.
Thanks again guys
Comment is about In Dickens (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Thanks for liking Snail intelligence Vicki. A bit of nonsense but as long as it makes you think, that's okay !.
Ray x
Comment is about Pixievic (poet profile)
Original item by Pixievic
Aye up Ray - so pleased that you liked and took the time to comment on 'Splendid Is The Flower' I seem to be getting a bit reflective in my old age - glad you 'got it'
Cheers
Ian
Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)
Original item by ray pool
Hi Lynn , looking at the poem again maybe your right, thanks for comment
Comment is about First Love (blog)
Original item by David R Mellor
Lynn Hamilton
Mon 9th May 2016 21:12
Thanks Phil.
Confidentially assured, where necessary, at all times.
Lynn x
Comment is about POTW concerns (blog)
Thanks David A1 for noticing that; fancy not knowing I had them though !
Yes martin, my mum's house had them - murder to paint and as you say warped to hell and draughty . Room 101 basically. Thanks for that.
Comment is about HOW LOW CAN YOU GET? (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thank you guys. I wrote that in college and want to work on revising it some. But the form is so hard to revise. :)
Comment is about Nursing Home (blog)
Original item by Shonda Hurley Bell
I really like this, and could be wrong but I wonder if it is the love of a mother from one so young.
(Mind you, not judging by the picture! Haha.)
Comment is about First Love (blog)
Original item by David R Mellor
I really like this, Trevor. It must be how many homeless are feeling. Good stuff.
Comment is about See Me (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Two goodies here, Andy, well done. I very much enjoyed, and must admit, I often write just for fun too.
Comment is about Daft (blog)
Original item by Andy Smyth
This had me smiling. I can certainly go along with the thought of...
all those Mullahs and others not keen to leave this Earth
but busy sending others out to die for all they're worth!
Witty tongue-in-cheek stuff with a sting of reality.
Comment is about Satisfaction (blog)
Original item by terry ireland
Words to be born
read with uttermost seduction
poetry that will ravish
body yearning for love
now satisfaction is overflowing
in pure gothic blood.
Comment is about La Petite Mort of Creativity (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
This is a great poem Anna. I love the way it rips along at such a good pace with a wonderful rhythm and narrative flow all of it's own. A good one to perform live I would think.
Thanks for sharing this
Comment is about The No Through Road Trip (blog)
Original item by Anna Ghislena
Jemima Jones
Wed 11th May 2016 16:27
think everybody knows we need 'daft stuff' Andy.Thank you.Jemima.
Comment is about More silly stuff.... (blog)
Original item by Andy Smyth