Funny I wrote about leaving too ;)

Comment is about Left Luggage (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

This needed to be said. And the time factor adds to the disclosure. Your (intended)use of cliche has it's place here, adding to the weary abuse he and his mother and family suffered. And I hope you don't mind my adding a 3rd victim to this episode, Stefan's mother who died shortly later.

Well written Andy.

Comment is about For Stefan Kiszko (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Cheers Chris, I agree and shrug sometimes, ta Tommy

Comment is about chris stevenson (poet profile)

Original item by chris stevenson

Hiya Alex, I'm here to say ta for the thanks on a work I did. I must read more stuff on this site as I am engulfed with writing and words. Cheers for your post. Tommy

Comment is about Quiet Comet (poet profile)

Original item by Quiet Comet

...and you Laura are the mistress to fortune, or something, anyway ta la! ;) for ''Hockey anyone?''

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

...and you Laura are the mistress to fortune, or something, anyway ta la! ;)

Comment is about Hockey anyone? (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

haha - a Milton/tenacious D mash-up eh? could be worse ;-) thanks for the comment on 'crooked road' mate
Ian

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

When I am old and sad
I just don't give a fuck
Who wipes my dirty shitty ass.

Comment is about A for Apathy (blog)

Original item by J F Keane

The will to win beats all

Comment is about Return of the Will (blog)

Original item by J F Keane

Writer to books
Poet to W O L
Years that pass
Show that decisions
Right or wrong
Make you one
Of the best.

Comment is about Indecisions (blog)

Original item by J F Keane

Glad you liked the Northern Soul poem. Yes I've seen the recent docus which obviously helped me a lot. I used to dance to Tamla and stuff at the Top Ranks suite in Reading in the 60s when I was 14/15, but like you knew nothing about hat northern scene. There's quite a lot in my own ubringing that helps me identify with it. DOing a crap job all week and then getting away for the weekend.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I like this a lot, David, particularly "Hallucogenics /and hopeless solos / warped the walls in bedsits / of never-never-land,/ but lads in bags and polo shirts / danced all night till morning." A phenomenon I didn't have a clue about until years later. Did you see the recent BBC4 documentary? Part of Wigan's heritage, almost as much as the pier.

Comment is about Soul (blog)

Original item by David Cooke

Ahhhhh. I just wrote this a few days ago. Silence is the loudest noise!!

Comment is about What if (blog)

Original item by Ged Thompson

Wow. Ok. This really, really touched me.
I love your mind

Comment is about Her & Bear (blog)

Original item by Ged Thompson

Beautiful and inspiring Ged.

Comment is about Whenever (blog)

Original item by Ged Thompson

Thanks Ken and Candice. Really appreciate the comments :)

Comment is about Pre-Loved Skin (blog)

Original item by Shirley-Anne Kennedy

This is amazing

Comment is about The Sound of Night (blog)

Original item by Lopt the Treacherous

Thank you! I appreciate it

Comment is about The cry of the black birds (blog)

Original item by Rollo

I like this one, the idea that it is thought - thought and memory - that you meet on the field puts the whole thing in the mind, which is right, I think. And I'm also aware in any battle Odin sometimes has the better man fall to more quickly fill his shield-tiled hall. good stuff.

Comment is about The cry of the black birds (blog)

Original item by Rollo

Nice, Daniel :)

Comment is about WHERE DONKEYS' POO (blog)

Original item by Daniel Dwyran

This is great Daniel, I was chuckling every time I read 'Where Donkeys poo and seagulls screech'. my favourite line is 'Grandma's at Bingo every night
her handbag with her like a leech.' Nice one

Comment is about WHERE DONKEYS' POO (blog)

Original item by Daniel Dwyran

Shirley-Anne, I agree with Ken. This is a beautifully candid conviction.

Comment is about Pre-Loved Skin (blog)

Original item by Shirley-Anne Kennedy

Hi Shirley-Anne.

This is a wonderfully presented poetic description
of one of the many monstrous levels to which mankind is capable of sinking. I hope the confidence lacking Cretins wearing these products, take notice.

See you at the Ringers on Sunday?

Comment is about Pre-Loved Skin (blog)

Original item by Shirley-Anne Kennedy

thank you for the comments.

Candice - i wish I painted it! It is gorgeous yes? It is by Thomas Lamb

Comment is about Pink Tree (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Thanks both :)

Well Ian, each line runs into the next, so 'this' isn't in isolation if you know what I mean. Although, have to say, that is the one word in the whole lot that I do think is weak, so nice one for spotting :)

Comment is about Twisted Harvest (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Cheers for the feedback, Cynthia. It's good and enriching to recognise the achievements of poets around the world, I think, and to remind ourselves of the conditions that many of them have to work under.

Comment is about 'Lioness of Iran' Simin Behbahani dies aged 87 (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you for your lovely comment Cynthia.

Comment is about TENDER GODS. (blog)

Hi Tommy .. thanks for commenting on 'there are no dead' .. I was thinking about how quickly a tragedy disappears from the news every day, and somewhere an unknown family still grieves ..

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Hey hey,
Awesome quotes from your profile.
Taking them in before proceeding with a very enjoyable read.

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

great stuff Laura - I like the minimalist approach - a lot said with very little - and no spare, leftover words - 'cracking' (the only minor bit I'm not sure about is the line after 'running' - 'this' just seems a bit vague when all the rest is so pin point and threatening - not sure if there's an alternative that brings out that dormant threat more (?) but as I say, that's a very minor quibble :-)
Ian

Comment is about Twisted Harvest (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Thank you!
One day when we least expect it I'm sure!

Comment is about The same but different (blog)

Original item by Quiet Comet

Ah thank you, Your comments are really appreciated.
Strange how night time can make small problems so troubling.

Comment is about Wide Awake (blog)

Original item by Quiet Comet

Haha! Now that's a thought :0

Comment is about COMFORT (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Haha! Loved it :)

Comment is about SHAFTED (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

This is brilliant. Fantastic. Couldn't have been said better :)

Comment is about LAST POST (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

This is delightful! But I love football :) Diving adds to the drama :0

Comment is about FOOT IN MOUTH (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thank you MC Newberry for your lovely comment on "Nature" :)

I am so happy to be here to learn from all of you!

Preeti

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

What brilliant imagery.

Comment is about Twisted Harvest (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Hi Laura,
Thank you for your comments on "Nature". I have added another verse and it does seem more complete now :)
Thank you for reading.
Preeti

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Really nice..

Comment is about A Woman's Charm (blog)

Really nice...

Comment is about A Woman's Charm (blog)

I don't know how I managed to miss this as I scrolled down, but thanks to Cynthia commenting I've now read it. Can only echo what others have said Is - a lovely poem, this. And I know just what you mean ;)

Comment is about Turning Over Stones (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Isobel, I have missed your work so much. And especially the ones that relate directly to your kids. They just scintillate with the common experiences of us all, brilliantly interpreted through your own skill. This comment is downright OTT, but I don't care.

Dig Fancine's French! It looks impeccable. (Not surprisingly, of course, and only as near as I can remember.)

Comment is about Turning Over Stones (blog)

Original item by Isobel

I once got locked in a supermarket overnight, took all my strength not to start necking all the expensive booze and smoking all the ciggies, I did end up exiting through one of the fire doors though setting the alarms off pmsl needless to say the manager wasn't happy the next day :)

Comment is about Growing Old Disgracefully (blog)

I wrote one about it all and still perform it to this day. Mine has a line about faking dementia in it too :)

I plan to steal as much as possible and drink expensive booze from the tesco shelves, blame it on my dementia ;)

Comment is about Growing Old Disgracefully (blog)

Pauline, you're working your finest in these lines - countless original expressions evocative of time and place, with cutting precision. And, I think, posturing 'what exactly is the definition of "society" and "work"?' I find that your poems always have an agenda, outright, or thinly disguised.

I'm sure glad that I'm backtracking a bit. Check out 'lacquered'; I'm pretty sure it has a 'c' - but could be wrong. Or maybe either is acceptable.

Comment is about How to leave Soho (blog)

Original item by pauline sewards

I think most of us want to grow old in that way Laura, I can see myself becoming more and more like Compo from the last of the summer wine in my twilight years or something from a Benny Hill sketch ;)

Comment is about Growing Old Disgracefully (blog)

Now why does this make me think of Tribute by Tenacious D?! :D

'his wings unfurling' puts me in mind of Milton's Satan too.

Comment is about The Crooked Beast At The End Of A Crooked Path (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

I've sometimes wondered if I'm God too. Really. And I know that hunger of wanting to be everything, everywhere. Perhaps we ARE God!

Comment is about Wishes (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

You are the master of such teasery though Tommy - it's something you excel at. The reader never ever gets the whole story - and I for one love that.

Comment is about Hockey anyone? (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll