Really good poem, Helen. I have never been to Glasgow but from your portrayal alone I can picture the scenes. Well done.
Comment is about These Streets (blog)
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Nice to have your response, Wolfie ; we all have our weaknesses and its big of you to take this wide open attitude to what is basically pretty condemnable. Perception is everything. I find the gun mechanically intriguing and there is a certain almost lascivious quality for me in the wonderful conception. Morally, crap and I tried to steer a clear line in the poem . As you know, I have to be honest. At the military fairs you get a certain kind that love dressing up . Saddos - probably piss themselves if you threatened them.
Love what you're coming up with - a hard act to follow, damn you!
Comment is about HANDGUNS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
I like the line - - -
The breeze through the leaves, blends a whispering sigh
and good luck with the children's book - - - you never know!
Comment is about Nicola Hulme (poet profile)
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Tue 12th Apr 2016 13:39
awww sorry Jan.I have to go now,but I will speak to you soon.Thank you for the offer,and lots of love to you and all of your family.Jemima.
Comment is about Shai Jan lehutjo (poet profile)
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Pink bottom bent over
transferring eyes now to
this excellent Collage poem.
Comment is about April 2016 Collage Poem: Riddles (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Tue 12th Apr 2016 13:25
what creams of the poetry crops you guys are! this is brilliant and so much enjoyed.Thanks.Jemima.
Comment is about April 2016 Collage Poem: Riddles (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Who Am I was read by Maggie
We all enjoyed it and sometimes another poet gives your own poem a slightly different feel to it when reading with another vocal pace to each line.
Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)
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Very kind, Harry, thank you.
Typo corrected too, thanks :)
Comment is about The Fox (blog)
Original item by David Lindsay
Trevor - thank you for opening my eyes to haibun and in such a beautiful example. I will now contemplate whether haiku is still enough for me! Thanks again.
Rob
Comment is about Spring Haibun (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Stu - expanding horizons into tanka now! You just had to go one better! Like this one a lot - unfortunately! Also - did you see Trevor Alexander's haibun? my brain is starting to frazzle.
Rob
Comment is about infinite tanka (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Ha ha Rob, see what you started. I'm sure there's space enough for both of us, and you have done so many gooduns, you have a head start :-)
Thank you
Lynn x
Comment is about Haiku: Skies (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
David,
An absolute - perfectly word-chosen - delight!
This guy is a furry, modern Scarlet Pimpernel!
Best bit of confidently affable poetry I`ve seen in years.
(slight typo (line 17) Must for `most`
Comment is about The Fox (blog)
Original item by David Lindsay
I like the questions you ask in all your poems. I like the pictures I see when I read this and them. Thank you.
Comment is about I'll try not to listen (blog)
Lynn - ok you can stop now! You are getting too good. xx
Rob
Comment is about Haiku: Skies (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Micheal - it strikes me that too many profit from wars for them to be stopped once and for all. The same 1% that hide their wealth away and let the poor fend off hunger, homelessness and poverty, sell war for a profit. War creates demand and someone will always be there to sell the products required, and not just the arms either. Keep up the good work as I appreciate the sentiment of this piece.
Rob
Comment is about Apocalypse Song (blog)
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Thanks for commenting on 'Tumbleweed' Steve - really pleased you liked it
Comment is about steve pottinger (poet profile)
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Aye up Stu - thanks for the kind comments on 'Tumbleweed' really pleased that you got that gothic western 'Preacher' style vibe - I was thinking more about the Johnny Cash video of 'The Wanderer' but that Nick Cave reference fits equally. Also the post-apocalypse of something like 'The Walking Dead'. Glad you liked it
Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)
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Hi, me again! Linda suggested I forward the "Who Am I?" poem I read on Saturday - if Maggie, perhaps, would like to read it?
Who Am I ?
We couldn’t be Drifters;
we wanted to:
too late – they already existed
in the USA
Those days in the Two I’s coffee bar,
strumming and singing
and longing for stardom
That came, sure enough,
and I practised my Presley
curling lip
and swivelling hip
and wore pink socks
and loved a living doll
But that was
when we were
The Young Ones –
Now
Shadows of strains
of a summer holiday –
all these are mine:
Mistletoe and wine –
Retired? – No - I’m just wired
For sound
Dorinda x
Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)
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Hello Cynthia! I really enjoyed listening to you on Saturday! Our eldest daughter gave you a lift to the station afterwards; your husband left a glove in her car. I will pass it to Martin, one of our 'Stockport lot' next month so that perhaps he can pass it to you when he next visits Sale WOL - hopefully with warmer weather he won't miss it in the meantime!
Love from Dorinda x
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
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Hello everyone! Yes, Saturday was great! Sorry I cannot be at WOL this evening; hope to catch up with you next time! Dorinda x
ps: Martin: Julia, our eldest daughter, gave Cynthia and her husband a lift to the station on Sat; he left one of his gloves in her car. Can I pass it to you at the next stockport WOL so you can give it to Cynthia next time you visit Sale WOL, please? Thanks SO much!
Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)
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Thank you Rob, I much appreciate your kind words.
Comment is about Haiku: Sunset beach (blog)
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Mon 11th Apr 2016 13:51
Very Marrakesh Katy.We loved it...man...;o)
P&S
Comment is about Cacophany in the Second City (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
Lynn - seems like my ramblings are bringing out the best in others. This is beautiful.
Rob
Comment is about Haiku: Sunset beach (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
While suffering keeping faith in God gets them through
paradise is the dream that keeps the pain at bay.
Comment is about Cacophany in the Second City (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
Many thanks folks! Glad you enjoyed it - I'm quite enjoying writing some light-hearted stuff after such a heavy emotional slog lately :)
Comment is about Arrested Development Haiku (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Hey Harry
Thanks for your note on Arrested Development - and thank you for spotting the 'arrested' thing! :D I'm still waiting for someone to spot the 'exit, pursued by bears' reference but oh well ;)
Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)
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PLEASE - PLEASE - PLEASE
CAN YOU- - - READ THIS POEM TONIGHT!
Comment is about 'Splash' - Inspired by 'Lakhota' by Doug Broadhurst (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Thank you for your kind comments, Rose.
Well, fortunately I managed to miss those two senior motorcyclists yesterday, phew!
Lynn x
Comment is about Haiku: Sunset beach (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Really enjoyed this, Helen. And as has been said, we all get periods when the muse seems to amuse itself by absconding on a sabbatical! But not on this occasion, I'm glad to say.
Comment is about The Has-Been Poet (blog)
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Mon 11th Apr 2016 10:06
you write in colours and movements and sounds which are sometimes unclear but need no further definition
Comment is about blacksmith (04/10/2016) (blog)
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Mon 11th Apr 2016 10:04
restrained? slightly less cluttered? always good tho.
Comment is about Minoan (03/30/2016) (blog)
Original item by Zach Dafoe
This is interesting, MC. I never give to beggars but I always give to buskers, entertainers etc even if their performance is dire; they are offering something.
Comment is about KNOCK LOUD AND LONG (blog)
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Sun 10th Apr 2016 18:07
Lynn I can almost hear the water lapping and the glugging sound of glasses being filled (g&t for moi)
And should you be venturing out this evening,keep your eyes peeled for two senior motorcyclists.I've heard that because of their jealousies,they love nothing better than running over lovely ladies!
Rose.x
Comment is about Haiku: Sunset beach (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Oh heck, yes... it, like, irritates me so!! :) Very good!
Comment is about Did "Like" (blog)
Original item by Dusty- Kennedy
Thanks for your precious comment :) @Lancashire Country Palatine Tourist Bard
Comment is about Idea of Being Me (blog)
Original item by Rims
David,
Ah, job opportunity wishfulness...If only, eh?
Just imagine what you could have done with some of these
politician`s heads these days.
Comment is about Keeper of The Heads (blog)
Original item by David Lindsay
Tara I really enjoyed this poem, great detail and captures the frantic yet calm atmosphere of medical interventions. Great that you have written honestly about your experiene of the job.
Comment is about Tara (poet profile)
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Sun 10th Apr 2016 15:40
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Sun 10th Apr 2016 14:41
and do you know why you received three notifications from us chuck? because.........
you're worth,worth,worth it/them....;o)
now,back to our motorbike.The pot-holed roads and sunshine are calling-helmets on!
P&S
Comment is about Haiku: Sunset beach (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Helen,
This is a fibbing contradiction of its own theme (in
excellently lively rhyme)
Keep `em comin`
Comment is about The Has-Been Poet (blog)
Original item by Helen
Those working class causes will go down in the anals of history, Harry.
Comment is about WHAT KIND OF STOOL AM I? (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
JOHN,
Talk about timin`!...I`ve just posted one about evacuating on Jonanthan Humbles `The End`.
However how about this one (which I got my lads to sing when we were fighting for longer breaks off the job in my old shop-steward days).
Give me some men, some stout hearted men
Who will fight for the right to sh..te, when they like.
It`s a bit militaristic - I grant...but?
Comment is about WHAT KIND OF STOOL AM I? (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Hull, home of Philip Larkin - and Mike Watts! Congratulations, Mike, and thanks for being part of Write Out Loud over the years. Looking forward to visiting the city in culture year, and maybe hearing you read somewhere, too
Comment is about Write Out Loud's first Poem of the Week: 'The lovers' by Mike Watts (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you so much Patricia and Stef for kind comments.
Incidentally, your last words must be right because I received 3 notifications that you liked my poem, ha ha! x
Comment is about Haiku: Sunset beach (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Laura Taylor
Tue 12th Apr 2016 16:14
Pretty much identical to my own streets Helen, although I was a good few years in front of you. I remember the streaks of blood along the carpet from the jukebox to the door in Maggie's, every Friday night.
Violence WAS normal to us. Everyone we knew was violent. I didn't question it until I ended up in court for it, pregnant at the time too.
Out of all the people I grew up with, I am the only one with a proper job, and a decent state of health, although getting this far was pretty amazing, given the journey! This poem chimes great big bells with me, as you may have guessed it would.
Comment is about These Streets (blog)
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