good spot John - amended on the blog.
Regards his skull - the rumour is that his skull was stolen and is not in the grave - but the church won't allow excavation of his tomb - stating the 'curse' as old Bills obvious wish not to be disturbed - which means we won't know for sure - handy for the church eh? *wink*

Comment is about 'Cursed Be He That Moves My Bones' by Ian Whiteley is Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

thanks for the kind comment on 'sun bleached bones' Helen - a sorry chapter in this countries law and order - I appreciate you taking the time to comment
Ian

Comment is about Helen (poet profile)

Original item by Helen

thanks for the comments on the 'Sun' *spits* piece Tommy - it's a worthless rag and should be shut down - and their petulant decision not to cover the hearing outcome should be the final nail in their sorry coffin
Ian

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

cheers Ray - I appreciate t your comments
Ian

Comment is about Cursed Be He That Moves My Bones (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Haha! Awesome! That was kind of my intention I guess. Glad you both liked it ;) xx

Comment is about Dirty little butterfly (blog)

Original item by Matt

..very vivid and heart-rending. I'm so glad that I read this. Your references to the curse of hatred and the eternal flame are especially welcome.

Thanks so much for your account, lived through a heart touched so deeply by the suffering of others.

elPintor

Comment is about Why? (blog)

Original item by Dorinda MacDowell

Nigel, you are too kind, but thank-you for the vote of confidence.

Comment is about Nicola Hulme (poet profile)

Original item by Nicola Hulme

Simply beautiful Martin....

Comment is about sleep (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

It starts so pretty and kind of fluffy and then quickly moves to a sensual dirty land. Very well done.

Comment is about Dirty little butterfly (blog)

Original item by Matt

Very moving.Trapped by the ones you love, but hopeful the pain will turn into a scar.

Comment is about Scar (blog)

Original item by Paige

Very beautiful. I feel tired sadness and hopeful beauty in the poem.

Comment is about sleep (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

this is lovely martin. a complete change of tack and you pull it off really well.

Comment is about sleep (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

cheers mr pintor, much appreciated. i am enjoying your work as well, good to have a new voice on here.

Comment is about shard (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Hi Fatima,

'What Is It' is my poem and was published on line by 'Writers for Calais Refugees' on 26 October 2015.

The poem says it all.

Thank you for liking it.

David

Comment is about David Subacchi (poet profile)

Original item by David Subacchi

Big big day for the Foxes! Sian you will HAVE to write a piece about today. Every football supporter in the land and beyond will be cheering you on. What an amazing event in prospect. Come on you Foxes!! Tommy

Comment is about Sian Bird (poet profile)

Original item by Sian Bird

Hi Matt

You have made me feel uneasy. Apologies if that wasn't your intention but the words worked for me!

Lynn x

Comment is about Dirty little butterfly (blog)

Original item by Matt

Thanks for reading and commenting Thomas

Lynn x

Comment is about Woodchip (blog)

Hi Stu

Thanks for reading and your very kind comment. I hope your new arrival has settled into the world well. It makes me do all sorts of emotions too. This is just the tip of a very large iceberg!

Lynn x

Comment is about Teaspoon (blog)

Thanks everyone for the encouraging words. Your responses are greatly appreciated.

elPintor

Comment is about getaway car (blog)

Original item by nunya

MC, I already have a referendum parody in the oven, so to speak, which will be presented on here shortly.
On the Jezza/Ken matter, I love these political paradoxes whereby uncritical followers of (in this case) the left don't know what to think. Do hardliners side with Jezza or with Ken; Tommy (below) obviously didn't know.

Comment is about KENNY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

l read through this days ago when you first posted it and it has stuck with me since. The work has a notable temporal quality and movement from its beginning. I'm looking at your last comment and it seems funny to me that you mention memory loss because it seems apparent to me in "gaps"..like a concussion changes the manner of thinking.

Great reading.

elPintor

Comment is about shard (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

This is an amazing example of your pacing and internal rhythm. I thoroughly enjoyed this piece. We need more =)

Comment is about Alone (blog)

Original item by Mem

I can't say thank you enough for your kind words on Three Word Admission. I really appreciate the feedback.

Comment is about Mem (poet profile)

Original item by Mem

Excellent pacing and rhythm. I loved the adjustment to the time period. Really enjoyed this.

Comment is about REFERENDUM CALYPSO (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Keep up the exotic verbage. It's intellectually energizing.

Comment is about getaway car (blog)

Original item by nunya

This is such a simple and yet vivid description. I appreciate the pleasant pace and imagery.

Comment is about Woodchip (blog)

This had really pleasant pacing and a poignant point placed perfectly at the end. Bravo

Comment is about A VALE OF TEARS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I really enjoyed the overall tone. I can feel a certain intensity even though it's concise.

Comment is about guilt cage (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

It's been a delight browsing through your work. I'm impressed at the large body of poetry and can't wait for more. Thanks for contributing!

Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)

Original item by Stuart Buck

I love that you have a profile as a reader. It's good to have you!

-Thomas

Comment is about Valérie Trottier (poet profile)

Original item by Valérie Trottier

cheers both. we have a plague of jackdaws in the village and our house has huge windows. its a match made in heaven (or hell i suppose for the jackdaw)

Comment is about the jackdaws... (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

JC - I saw "Red Ken" on a late night political programme
very recently and was impressed to see him stand to
attention and mouth the words when Katherine Jenkins
sung the national anthem. Perhaps remembering Corbyn
not doing likewise.
if you join a disciplined UK force to serve "Queen
and Country" then the oath of allegiance is enshrined in
the procedures. Elsewhere, it is modified to suit the
accepted constitutional arrangements of a country and
its history - as in the USA among others. When in Rome...?
I know the tune but not its name. At least the content
of your blog didn't encourage the use of "The Leader
Of The Pack"! :-)

Comment is about KENNY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

On occasion, I find my sleeping mind creates a theme and
eventually the words - often well on the way to completion
when I finally totter from bed. This has also been the case
with song/lyric - which I why I've found a cassette tape
player VERY useful. I know from experience that if I don't
act immediately and get something on tape, then it will be
lost IF I drop back to sleep, often a test of will power
when duvet comfort calls!

Comment is about To Find The Muse (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Hello MC,
I've never had much time for Livingstone. But he and Corbyn are meant to be political allies. I bet Corbyn could murder him right now.
I've just read Allegiance. As you might expect I disagree with the premise but still enjoyed the discipline of the poem.
Are you familiar with this tune? Twinkle's 1964 motorbike accident song, "Terry".

Comment is about KENNY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

JC - whatever the pros and cons in this "free speech"
spat (we're all too busy tip-toing around other folks'
sensibilities nowadays), you are, as usual, right on the
money with both rhyme and presentation.
Talent ( encouraging a wry chuckle) is always to be welcomed. Thanks.

Comment is about KENNY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

your final line here is breathtaking.

Comment is about the jackdaws... (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

After all the rhetoric, copy inches, TV coverage, radio tributes, press conferences, bios, etc the one word I haven't seen mentioned is forgiveness! It's a shame there isn't room for it yet. It will need to come out before this sorry mess can be laid to rest.

Comment is about Hillsborough ll (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

lynn this is brilliant. its disgusting and surreal. i dont get on here as much as i used to now, due to baby stuff, but im glad i came on today because this has made me do all sorts of emotions.

Comment is about Teaspoon (blog)

cheers guys. as so often happens, as soon as i sat on it i wanted to change it, but hey ho, these sort of problems i will take all day over the stresses and strains of a normal life.

lancy - i hoped to convey a sense of the victims mind and memories slipping, i hope i succeeded(ish)

Comment is about shard (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Hi greg

I knew Adrian very well, first met him at streates coffee bar, I use to go round on a sunday and have tea with him and joyce, he was a wealth of knowledge, in fact introduced me to the joys raymond chandler. Adrian stayed in my parents house after a cnd march, when we were in london. In his painting christ entrance to liverpool I'm next to arthur dooley near the front. I participated in his happenings at the hope hall. We nearly caught up in Cookham Berks, he had come down for a poetry reading, I was rehearsing my big band in a church in cookham, he I believed went to the wrong church. Oh yes, it's me on the saatchi site, I've always dipped the brush, Adrian did have one of mine,
fondest regards

mike weinblatt, jm weinblatt, lord shosti o'kovitch and once was mike vincent

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I think we got our wires crossed there sweetness :~) Tommy

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

So whose position do you support on this, Tommy? Kenny's or Jezza's?

Comment is about KENNY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Not all Jews are Israelis and not all Israelis are Jews.

Comment is about KENNY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Peter, can you check your WOL emails, please? Just click on Inbox at the top of this page. Many thanks, Greg

Comment is about Peter Knaggs (poet profile)

Original item by Peter Knaggs

Thanks but please - - -

Only when the ink goes dry
dare you ever consider that sin
there is no corner to hide
for someone with your poetic talent!

Comment is about Nicola Hulme (poet profile)

Original item by Nicola Hulme

Thanks Martin. Your comment is sincerely appreciated.

Lynn x

Comment is about Diamond Faces (blog)

Thanks for stumbling upon and commenting on this article, Mike, and great to meet - online, at least - the author of that poem quoted. Did you know Adrian Henri personally in those days? And you mention that you write, but what about art ... is this you? http://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-lord-and-lady-shosti-o-kovitch/89719/1403772/view

Comment is about 'Poetry suddenly could be fun ... it was all very Liverpool' (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

love it Corr-absobloodylutely!

Rose.

Comment is about Splinters (blog)

Original item by Corr Lens

Hello

I am a student studying the refugee crisis and I have read a poem I believe that you have written called "What is it". Will you please share your views on the influx of refugees into Europe?

Thank you very much

Comment is about David Subacchi (poet profile)

Original item by David Subacchi

Love your ambition Stu :) Some interesting stuff here. My favourite, for its brevity and cleverness, is the strobe haiku.

Comment is about shard (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck