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Comment is about Spring (blog)

Original item by Charlotte

I know what you mean Harry lol

Thanks for comment Jai - keep laying it down

Comment is about Eminem Ain't Amused (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

I wrote a right-long comment, Harry. Posted it and the bloody internet cut me off!
So this time I'll just say "Crackin".

Comment is about High-rise city centre Fairy Tale (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

M.C`S point about television signals is very profound.

In this era of scientism we have all been kidded that an account of how we arrive at some technical `wonder` or other is a sufficient explanation of its existence - when the reality of it being existentially possible in the first place
is more mysterious.

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Comment is about BILLY CONNOLLY (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Particularly like that last line.

The `sleight` and `sleeve` fit it okay...but the
`plough` made me long for for a `cleave` in it
somewhere. :)

Comment is about CLOCK HANDS. (blog)

Ian,
effective tragic use of the Villanelle,
(perfectly matched by the picture) Regarding John`s comment can only think of something like `home-bound`.

(And think it might be sadder if the last stanza was also addressed to the now dead husband)

Could be a goer for the Wilfred Owen thing.

Comment is about Home By Christmas (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

A fine example of the job of a poet - making us see mundane things with fresh eyes.

Comment is about CLOCK HANDS. (blog)

Hello Jane

Welcome to Write Out Loud.

We're really looking forward to reading your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by fellow WOL-ers here on the site.
It's good to see that you've added a picture to your profile, it’s good to see what our fellow poets look like.
Have a good browse around the site, there’s lots going on and if you have the time make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free. It’s the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.
Any problems, please ask. There’s always someone who’ll get back to you. It’s a friendly place, so welcome once again.

Graham Sherwood

Comment is about Jane Ozkowski (poet profile)

Original item by Jane Ozkowski

a political protest poem must not be too lofty
then no one will no what the poet means

Comment is about Poetry of protest: what are the rights and wrongs? (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

what a great idea

Comment is about 'Pollution-cutting' Simon Armitage poem gets airing overlooking A57 (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

There seems to be quite a debate on how this can be done.

Comment is about Google Never Forgets (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Interesting analogy, MC - the television signals.

Comment is about BILLY CONNOLLY (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

good one...(y)

Comment is about In Our Hands Everything - But Worlds (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Thank you Cynthia, i think it might need some tweeking though, so watch this space.

Comment is about CLOCK HANDS. (blog)

Instead of one it is turned into many masterly lines of supremacy.

Comment is about May College Poem (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Love it. All sorts of images of a crowded cluttered happy home come to mind.

Comment is about On Task (blog)

Original item by CathyLCrabb

Thank you both very much. I stopped doing something to write the poem. I think it was the dishes. My fella is the only one with domestic skills in this house Cynthia, and he is usually out taking pictures. But we do love this tip of a house and those dragged up children, oh yes, we do.

Comment is about On Task (blog)

Original item by CathyLCrabb

To be honest, not quite. I challenge the premise that you, the writer, are inherently 'evil', revealing the 'true nature of the beast'. It sounds sort of soppy, or 'sophisticated'.

You should look up the origin of 'sophisticated' and 'sophomore'. When I first did so, I laughed for days; it was so appropriate, and I had so completely misunderstood it before. It sure cut me down to size.

BTW, I like your work.

Comment is about The poetry of people (blog)

Original item by Twilbury Wist

This is really good, downright quotable. That first verse is an instant 'catcher' in its outstanding imagery and thought; and then the second rolls right on as a splendid ending requiring reflection. I salute you, Sir.

Comment is about CLOCK HANDS. (blog)

I like to drop bombs at the end
Although I do like the resonance of the words it is the significance of the statement that is important. It is intended to form a harsh contrast with the rest of the poem - almost as though the narrator draws the reader in, offering a softness and a calm only to end with the true nature of the beast as it were.
I think the suggestion is that if something so evil can think like and see like that, it shouldn't be so difficult for everyone else. see?

Comment is about The poetry of people (blog)

Original item by Twilbury Wist

You can't beat a good old mythical poem!

Really like the sounds you have used - "ghastly, void, vacant" is such a lovely thing to say even though the personalities of the words are so bleak.

I have also written a poem recently called Hydra.

Good stuff!

Comment is about Hydra (blog)

Original item by David Blake

A reflection of my ambivalence, my equivocation, and/or my fear and cowardice.

Comment is about BETTER K/NOT. (blog)

Really good villanelle, Ian. The repetitions drop in perfectly with the sense of the poem.
I find the rhythm of "returned" a bit of a hiccup.

Comment is about Home By Christmas (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Hi Isobel,

Thank you for your comments on my Brevette Poems(Second Edition). I don't necessarily believe the poems I wrote. The original was a writing challenge for a Christian newsletter. But I try to keep a positive outlook. Sometimes this does not work. LOL!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Hello John,

Thank you for your comments on my Brevette Poems (Second Edition). The original one was a writing challenge. M.C. Newberry suggested the fourth poem. I don't write as much as I used to but I keep trying.

Thanks,
Shirley

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Hello Dominic

Thank you for your comments on my Brevette Poems(Second Edition)
The original set was a writing challenge. M.C. Newberry suggested a fourth poem. I don't write a lot but it's fellow poets like you that inspire me.

Thanks,
Shirley

Comment is about Dominic James (poet profile)

Original item by Dominic James

Another witty take on modern life from this reliable
source.
And one can only wonder about the reasons for the
EU action. Surely nothing to do with its own
activities and being unwilling to be financially
scrutinised by accountants?!!

Comment is about Google Never Forgets (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I might text Ian I did the fest last year. Yea bit of a low profile of late. Have posted a new poem yesterday though. Catch you soon I heard you were on in Wigan and may get to Tudor soon

Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

I'm good Richard thank you - haven't seen you for a while - have our paths failed to cross or are you keeping a low profile :-) - I'm at the Cadence festival afternoon in June and going to Bolton on Sunday - are you at either of those?

Comment is about Richard Alfred (poet profile)

Original item by Richard Alfred

Hey Ian how's it going

Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Really like the parting missed this somehow. Cool

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

good choice Dave,
I love the moose, she sure is plain.

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Succinct :)

Comment is about BETTER K/NOT. (blog)

Love it! Especially love the last verse and line - very subtle - nothing wrong with YOUR metaphors :)

Comment is about On Task (blog)

Original item by CathyLCrabb

thanks for the comment on 'under the bridge' harry - it is a type of person I can't abide - the troll - dregs of humanity - hope that came across loud and clear in the narrative - cheers

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Fabulous, fast and funny, and gut-wrenching in its truth. I often wonder if men really do 'get it'. Surely some must.

Comment is about On Task (blog)

Original item by CathyLCrabb

There are so many known 'personalities' under severe scrutiny at the moment, I'm not sure which one is the 'target'; but that may be a good thing. The poem has a universality in it that might be spoiled by a specific allusion. The final two lines are really sharp.

You poke insightful barbs at societal inconsistencies really well.

Comment is about Plausible deniability (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Your innate skill for unusual associations and outstanding imagery continues, ever, it seems, more polished than the last poem. 'the navy scurry of office legs' and 'pinned folklore' are corkers. And the sound quality throughout is really breathtaking. As is the sustained mood, highlighted by the precise use of 'terrible', in 'the terrible bird'.

As 'biro' was about six years ago,'lacuna' is one of those 'in' words these days. Your usage is challenging.

I can see why commas were integral.

Comment is about Raven (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

I'm presuming 'fall' in the last line, refers to the season? I like the concision of this piece - it has the restraint and depth of a haiku. The contrast of the American 'fall' and the more English 'pavement' is indicative of the time you say you spend between New York and London. Short and sweet - nice.

Comment is about Seasons (blog)

Original item by Charlotte

Excellent Richard can feel the struggle, see ya soon Jeff

Comment is about Listless (blog)

Original item by Richard Alfred

brilliant! Love it!

Comment is about Listless (blog)

Original item by Richard Alfred

Dave,
Those pot-holes are there to break crank-
shafts - not ankles!

Hope you have a speedy recovery back to your beloved walking..

Yvonne and I recovering (slowly - but steadily)

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

thank you!

Comment is about Raven (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

I like this a lot )

Comment is about Raven (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Hi Dorinda.

I don't have your email address! I know you emailed me once but because I replied rather than created a new email, it mustn't have saved your address.

Lucky for me, people were saying last night how comments posted here go to our inboxes, so I had the brainwave to write here.

Email me at cosgrifflinda1@gmail.com and I'll send you the details.

Linda x

Comment is about Dorinda MacDowell (poet profile)

Original item by Dorinda MacDowell

Thank you, Martin, for your comments! (I wonder if you are the same Martin who attends our Stockport WOL?) Whether you are the very same, or not, thank you so much again!
Dorinda

Comment is about Dorinda MacDowell (poet profile)

Original item by Dorinda MacDowell

Hello Cos,



Welcome to Write Out Loud.



We're really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by fellow WOL-ers on the site. 
If you haven’t already added a picture to your profile please try and do so. It’s good to see what our fellow poets look like. 

Have a good browse around the site, there’s lots going on and if you have the time make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free. It’s the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.


Any problems, please ask. There’s always someone who’ll get back to you. It’s a friendly place, so welcome once again.



Graham Sherwood

Comment is about Drapetomania (poet profile)

Original item by Drapetomania

Hello Shauna



Welcome to Write Out Loud.



We're really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by fellow WOL-ers on the site. 
If you haven’t already added a picture to your profile please try and do so. It’s good to see what our fellow poets look like. 

Have a good browse around the site, there’s lots going on and if you have the time make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free. It’s the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.


Any problems, please ask. There’s always someone who’ll get back to you. It’s a friendly place, so welcome once again.



Graham Sherwood

Comment is about Shauna Cornor (poet profile)

Original item by Shauna Cornor

If unsure and very undecided
is itself a vital clue
on the theme that we
have been given to do!

Comment is about Write Out Loud at Stockport art gallery on Monday (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

This sounds like fun. With poems on the London
Underground making poetry widely available to
a travelling public, what a good idea to promote
the equivalent (of a sort) to a shopping public.
Congratulations to Waitrose for this imaginative
in-house concept.

Comment is about Check out Roger McGough's poems at Waitrose, and have a go yourself (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman