It is fantastically meta.

Comment is about Garbled thoughts (blog)

This is as gorgeous as you!
Love it.

Comment is about Just the three of us. (blog)

Original item by Charlotte

"Just to taste

for a moment, what it is like

to unfold the meaning of it

all with colour."

This is beautiful, delicate and so tender.

Love it, Charlie :)

Comment is about Evenings, when in love with an artist. (blog)

Original item by Charlotte

Brilliant in its simplicity :)

Comment is about Enveloped and doped (blog)

Original item by Quiet Comet

So simple and yet so effective!

Comment is about A million little pieces (blog)

Original item by Quiet Comet

I love this one, Alex

Comment is about Our home, our castle (blog)

Original item by Quiet Comet

This is wonderful, a little dark.

Comment is about The words of God (blog)

Original item by Quiet Comet

Haha! Poor you :)

Comment is about The Dreaded Haircut (blog)

Original item by Quiet Comet

Lovely.

Comment is about Mind Game (blog)

Original item by Quiet Comet

Hi Alex,
Thanks for reading my poem :) Glad you liked it!

Preeti

Comment is about Quiet Comet (poet profile)

Original item by Quiet Comet

Dave,
Like your `doubling` word play in this

and the sunny optimism.

(just catching up)

Comment is about Life is boobytrapped (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Good man Steve!
Wait till your sent for.

(Like the humour of stanza three)

Comment is about Status Update (blog)

Original item by STEVE RUDD

STEVE,
As someone who has recently been conferring with God (and the N.H.S.) about my prospective mortality I like the `stand to` feel of this.

I like particularly the disillusionment of stanza five and the word-play about desertion and its consequences.

The whole thing rings true about the essence of courage.

Thanks.

Comment is about Sentry Duty (blog)

Original item by STEVE RUDD

''...full and heavy'' weight. Tommy

ps maybe pressing, perhaps pointing. tc

Comment is about Overcast (blog)

Original item by sian howell

what? eh? hm? ...and? (giggle) Tommy

Comment is about Charlotte (poet profile)

Original item by Charlotte

:)) x

Comment is about Garbled thoughts (blog)

Thanks for your thoughts on "Garbled" :)

Comment is about Charlotte (poet profile)

Original item by Charlotte

Thanks Charlie :) So glad you agree ;)

Comment is about Garbled thoughts (blog)

Ahh thank you for spying that! x

Comment is about Actions vs Words (blog)

Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

McGonagall and McGonigal on the same bill? Has that ever happened before?

Comment is about Yes or No, Elvis McGonagall is on his way to Worcester (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

This is great and funny! I would be exactly the same haha.
Wonderfully written x

Comment is about Garbled thoughts (blog)

You've really succeeded in capturing the essence of this black hole the subject is in. The whole work feels suppressive and dense. Well done.

Comment is about (blog)

Original item by dieana

The idea of a gentle storm smudging is a really nice touch and the comparison of a kiss and the storm, very clever.

Comment is about Overcast (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Hello Dieana,

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you have a good time exploring the site. We're really looking forward to reading some of your work and I know that you’ll get a warm welcome from the other WOL-ers too.

It would be great if you could upload a picture of yourself, it’s really good to see what our fellow poets look like.

Have a good browse around, there’s work here on virtually any subject and there’s always lots going on. If you have the time to make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free to do so, it’s often the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.

If you experience any technical problems there’s usually somebody who’ll help you out so just ask and someone will get back to you reasonably swiftly.

WOL is a friendly, creative and unassuming place, so welcome from all of us once again.

Graham @ the Write Out Loud Team.

Comment is about dieana (poet profile)

Original item by dieana

Guest poets on the night will be Fergus McGonigal, current Worcestershire Poet Laureate, Claire Walker, runner-up Worcestershire Poet Laureate 2014, and Maggie Doyle, Worcestershire Poet Laureate Emeritus. Should be an excellent evening.

Comment is about Yes or No, Elvis McGonagall is on his way to Worcester (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks Martin and Tommy :)

So "kind" of you to read and comment!

It made my day.

Preeti

Comment is about Nature (blog)

No one can judge you more mercilessly than yourself.

Brilliant read :)

Comment is about Look at me (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

So true. How we all need some validation, appreciation. Just some company!

Comment is about Tall tales (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Hi Martin,

Thank you for your kind words on "Nature" :)

Preeti

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Elder

Did you have a near-death-experience here?
Very interesting with a clear sense of danger in these words.
Preeti

Comment is about This is how I nearly died (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Tommy, thank you for comments on "Nature" :)I was trying to get a rhythm going there.
Preeti

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Hi Daniel
Thanks for your comments on tall tales. I can remember many moons ago when there would always be somebody older and apparently wiser in the pub dispensing words of wisdom or tales of what they had or hadn't done. just hoping I haven't got there ....yet

Comment is about Daniel Dwyran (poet profile)

Original item by Daniel Dwyran

Hi Laura
I'm doing O.K. how about you. Thanks for your comments on Tall tales.

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Hi Preeti, '

''How kind the rain
to tiptoe
down
my window pane...''

''How kind the breeze
to whisper
past...'' this is sweet.

Tommy

Comment is about Nature (blog)

Hi Preeti

I like this poem. the way each verse starts with 'How kind' , particularly how kind the rain.

Comment is about Nature (blog)

We love this poem Alexandra.One little repair needed-I can wear them-WOUND-around my wrists.xx

Comment is about Actions vs Words (blog)

Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

'I fight for the imagined Us'...wowsers! xx

Comment is about Us in Imagination (blog)

sooo nice to see you back-and!-in style!xx

Comment is about Overcast (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Glad you liked it Preeti.
The "Squaw" thought Hawkeye was 'fan-dabi-dozi' :)
...and she was a bit promiscious in real life. (Allegedly) ;)
Thank you.

Comment is about HAWKEYE THE NOO (blog)

Original item by Daniel Dwyran

I do like this sort of controlled absurdity!
How about a shorter title? say - "A Handle On Kent"?
(Using the phrase meaning "to manage").
Cheers.

Comment is about The handle to raise and lower Kent (blog)

Original item by Marnanel Thurman

Loved it! So the squaw was wearing only a hanky. Interesting :)

Comment is about HAWKEYE THE NOO (blog)

Original item by Daniel Dwyran

You crack me up, Philip :)

Yes, very active. Sexually ;)

Comment is about (blog)

Thanks Philip. Your praise means a lot to me.
Thank you so much for reading :)

Comment is about Evenings (blog)

Carloline Riley has sent me an e-mail saying how much she enjoyed last week.

She also said anyone in the group who wants her to use their poem can e-mail it to her.

I have asked for details of the website our poems might go on.

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Hello Sian,
many thanks for your very flattering comments.
I don't know about you but I am finding writing particularly harder as time goes by.
I write monthly for a living and it seems to drain something out of me, leaving little left for creative work.
When I am inspired it pours out but the waiting is unbearable.

thank you once again and KEEP WRITING

Graham

Comment is about sian howell (poet profile)

Original item by sian howell

Ha! "truth junky"...we should start using that expression in everyday lingo when referring to someone who is 100% genuine plus generally bad-ass. I love it, Natalie!

Comment is about Truth Junky (blog)

Stark, concise, brief and almost plaintive. Like this for its brevity

Regards, Graham

Comment is about You and Me (blog)

Original item by sian howell

I'm going. Hope others can make it.

Will be a lively weekend. The pub where it is held has much character. Countryside roundabout is beautiful.

Comment is about Literary magazine Tears in the Fence marks 30th anniversary with festival (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Fair enough, T.C. But could it be that the further north you are, the more you are "involved"? As for the Pistorious trial -
surely a prime case of the media making hay
while the sun shines. Priorities all gone to pot in the much abused "public interest".

Comment is about SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE - an English perspective (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thx Shirley-Anne,

That in essence was what I was hoping for, so it's good to know it has come across like that.

Lovely to hear you read last night at the Baum (great poetry nights). Maybe next time we'll get chance to chat. With a bit of luck me and Nat will be at the Ring O Bells.

Best of

Chris

Comment is about 9/11 (blog)

Original item by Chris Co