well done steve. dont know if you remember, but you recommended this site to me last year. i have since flooded it with so much guff its unreal and it has helped my writing immeasurably. congrats.

Comment is about Stepping up to the mic: Steve Pottinger is Write Out Loud's new chief executive (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Like this a lot, especially the longer lines in the middle there :)

Comment is about I (blog)

Original item by Celia

Careful though you don't want to be 'ARRESTED'
:-)

Comment is about Killing the Long Game (blog)

Original item by Jim Trott

P:S you have a wonderful imagination

Comment is about Latest musings (blog)

Original item by Andy Smyth

Your poem is immense, I'm never sure which one I am going to be 'whether it's me or myself' sometimes I just don't like me or what's happening to me and at other times I quite like myself so I laugh and joke all day which brings out the worst in others and drags me out again. :-)

Comment is about Latest musings (blog)

Original item by Andy Smyth

Hi Rubie Rose, you're right. Sometimes I wonder whether one needs to 'know' who one is. Whether it's better not to think about it at all. But most people don't know how to deal with you if that's how you are or try to be.

Comment is about I (blog)

Original item by Celia

Thank you so much stu, a comment by you is very welcome.. Very welcome indeed.

Comment is about Oyster (blog)

Original item by PatricioLG

Thank very much for the comments.. Very kind :-)

Comment is about Below the Surface (blog)

Original item by PatricioLG

lynn this is fantastic. nasty subject, nasty narrator, nasty tale. the best art (for me anyway) makes me feel guilty for enjoying it. good stuff.

Comment is about Sweet Heart (blog)

Lynn - I have to agree with David. The subject matter needs exposure and the more that is written, in whatever format, can only inform change. i did wonder where this piece was going: people trafficking, sex trafficking, paedophilia or a rescue story. Well written Lynn.
Rob

Comment is about Sweet Heart (blog)

oh ray, you old mystic. this is just beautiful. images and words combining. and yet another feather in your bow.

or arrow. or arrow in your quiver. i forget the saying.

Comment is about PSYCHIC VISION (blog)

Original item by ray pool

excellent patricio. there is all sorts going on, fragility, self loathing, biting sarcasm, cynicism, hope. a lovely read, and (cleverly), reveals more the more you look at it (quite like a pearl...)

Comment is about Oyster (blog)

Original item by PatricioLG

good yarn told well. redemption is found in many places. strangely enough, i also found it in a bar in berlin. i could never write about it this well though!

Comment is about Berlin (blog)

Original item by terry ireland

Hello Vicki
to my mind this is the best thing you have written. its succinct, hopeful and a little bit lovely.
It also flows beautifully, except (my opinion only) the 'our' in the last line.
'Love unbarred' would be just as acceptable and flow better. but thats only how im reading it.

Comment is about A Wish (blog)

Original item by Pixievic

Terry - like this one. No repercussions or emotional entanglements makes strangers the perfect sounding board. A point you have so eloquently made.
Rob

Comment is about Berlin (blog)

Original item by terry ireland

Vicki - new love? Not your usual message this one. Good luck!
Rob

Comment is about A Wish (blog)

Original item by Pixievic

Thanks Patricio - it's very sad :( xx

Comment is about RIP Mr Murphy (blog)

Original item by Pixievic

Appreciate that David. Thanks for being drawn in to my imagination, always a privilege.

Ray

Comment is about PSYCHIC VISION (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hi Cynthia, thanks for your very kind comment on Ad Infinitum- I feel very flattered :)

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I missed seeing this one when you posted it, I really enjoyed this, and can relate. My favourite part is the second verse, the idea of being programmed to want & be what we're not, is just so well said x

Comment is about Beige (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Hi Martin, thanks for commenting on Ad Infinitum, glad you liked it x

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Elder

Heh heh! Made me laugh so hard, very clever, and sounds like he deserves it x

Comment is about No Mercy! (blog)

Original item by Pixievic

Hi Vicki, thanks for commenting on Ad Infinitum - sorry you 'get it' - way too common an experience I'm guessing, but a little violent poetic revenge is always fun ;)

Comment is about Pixievic (poet profile)

Original item by Pixievic

for pine martens?

Could be!

Comment is about Suzanne Iuppa (poet profile)

Original item by Suzanne Iuppa

We thank you for your kindness David.xx

Comment is about David Blake (poet profile)

Original item by David Blake

Methinks the universe is thanking you for your poetry. I don't think this an emotional piece, but an emotional experience rendered poetic by the understated, controlled writing. It reminds of Elizabeth Bishop's One Art, in avoiding the theatrical, the melodramatic in favour of a restrained release of the narrative over time that permits us to share the experience as your confidants, as we hang on your every word waiting for the next stage of the story. I agree that to hear this promises to be even more powerful.

Comment is about The Melting of the Ice (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

As I read your poem I see myself due to the fact that its scary to be in a world where everything is moving so fast and everyone is so judgmental. its easy to lose yourself in all that I just want to let you know that its okay to feel the way you do just as long as you take it as a learning experience.

Much Luck

~Rubie Rose

Comment is about I (blog)

Original item by Celia

As they say
His money is twice tainted -
'taint yours and 'taint mine.

Comment is about SHARING THE WEALTH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

So would that allow anyone poor to take from anyone richer, Pat? And if so, could a third person, even poorer still, take it from them? These are some of the inconsistencies contained in Proudhon.

Comment is about SHARING THE WEALTH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Glad you caught it Stu and your warm words . Seam Less is Fb page were i do more introspective poems btw

Comment is about Seam Less XI (blog)

Original item by David R Mellor

So very Freudian, I like this a lot :)

Comment is about Below the Surface (blog)

Original item by PatricioLG

Well I can see your point however surely the rich have been grand masters of theft far too long, I call it balancing the wealth. (Just a little). :-)

Comment is about SHARING THE WEALTH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I agree. The verses work together - like those in a song.
And they stay in the mind with their message of human
optimism.

Comment is about Even when the light inside the Mind goes very dim (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

Where would you invest it, Tim? In the Stock Market? That's where it would be forwarded to the Corporations.

Comment is about SHARING THE WEALTH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Cheers David. A good friend of mine died yesterday and I was a bit devastated, hence the poem.

Ray

Comment is about VOLUNTEERS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I think it's incorrect to say there's only 2 things to do with money, spend or save. The third option is to invest, which is slightly different to saving. £100 grand would be plenty to start up a small business and if you're smart (or ruthless!) you could turn it into millions eventually without enriching the banks unduly. Or just loan it at a good interest rate to somebody else that's running a business - that's much easier. You are right though, in that most people wouldn't think of that, and it would all end up in the hands of those that did.

Comment is about SHARING THE WEALTH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Pat
Really pleased you enjoyed my little tale.
It is based on a happening which occurred on the A66, whilst returning to Scotland (temporary home)
Hopefully good memories for you

Comment is about PatricioLG (poet profile)

Original item by PatricioLG

Hi John
You caught the spirit, as usual.
Long time no-see, but am currently living in Scotland with new partner, and it was on the way back up north that the pheasant/quail met its end

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

I think that's called theft, Patricio.

Comment is about SHARING THE WEALTH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Unless they can afford to have some taken that is :/)

Comment is about SHARING THE WEALTH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Unless they can afford to have some taken that is :/)

Comment is about SHARING THE WEALTH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Sorry to hear of your loss.

Comment is about RIP Mr Murphy (blog)

Original item by Pixievic

Once a castle now no doubt a nursing home. Lovely poem, sadness whiling away the days.

Comment is about Tom's Battles (blog)

Original item by Jim Trott

Thanks Jim. Talking of Cream, I hope you don't suffer the same problems as Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker , apparently a stabbing at one point I think !!

I admire Police as well with that line up.
Happy days. I keep playing but in the big band format.
cheers Ray

Comment is about HEADLESS CORPSE WALKING (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thank you very much :) I try to keep up the style, although fighting with anxiety sometimes my work comes out a little dark. I like these kind of pieces much better, though. I would like them to be insightful for others who may be facing battles of their own :)

Comment is about Breathe in this moment (blog)

Original item by Eric Berard

No, MC, I don't think there ever was a time when wealth was distributed evenly. I don't think there ever will be and , if my dad was right, if ever there was it would soon find its way back!
I am a strong believer in a society fairer than the one we have today but my politics is not rooted in envy. I don't begrudge someone richer than me their wealth. My politics is left of centre but I've never believed that the way for me to become wealthier is to take it off someone else.

Comment is about SHARING THE WEALTH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I agree with raypool.
To put it simply - congratulations for giving us a reason to
remember and reflect.

Comment is about The Hat (blog)

Original item by Jim Trott

Has there ever been a period in history anywhere when
wealth was evenly distributed? It is the stuff of fantasy
and these lines remind us of that. The greatest gift
is the opportunity to make/obtain money in sufficient
quantity to provide peace of mind in accommodating the
day to day demands of life and the unknowns of the
future. If a talent enables real wealth - and we see
this every day in the realms of sport and entertainment,
(not to mention banking!), then that is the icing on the
cake. I don't often see reports of today's wealthy
being too quick to share their wealth - except in the
case of those "rich beyond the dreams of avarice" who
equate with the great philanthropists of yesteryear who
displayed a greater social conscience than those who
might be their modern counterparts.
Despite modern mankind having more of everything,
that seems to include envy and spite - the downside
of human nature and its natural quest to improve and
do better.
I'll never afford a Ferrari but I still appreciate the
quality that it represents and the fact that it is there
to be had if a talent or ablility provided me with the
cost price.

Comment is about SHARING THE WEALTH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Ray

If this is the future, then I'm glad I'm too old to see much of it! These moves towards conformity are worrying; not too many steps away from the Stalin era, I fear.

Yes, a bass it is. I play in a three-piece rock band (Hendrix, Cream etc) - and I'm the youngest member!! You're never too old to rock'n'roll...........

Stay well, and have a good weekend.

Jim

Comment is about HEADLESS CORPSE WALKING (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Ah, memories brought to explicit life with verve and style. Excellent. Can't fault this in any way, not that I'd want too!

Ray

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Original item by Noris Roberts