My own inferior tribute to the great man.

http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=41355

Comment is about Performance poet Jess Green's attack on Michael Gove and plea for teachers is runaway YouTube hit (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hello M.C.

Thank you for your suggestion about my BREVETTE POEMS. I took your suggestion and wrote another edition.
The first was a writing challenge.

Thanks,
Shirley

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Wow. It's very similar isn't it? I was given the theme of 'flesh' by a friend, and I came up with mine, but looking at yours...very similar indeed!

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Yes,I agree.It seems natural and yet it is a poem,,, which will favour time spent musing on it

Comment is about April Collage Poem (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=16842

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

I loved your writing style in this poem. It made me feel like you were speaking to me rather than writing. Also, your description created great images of rivers and flowers. I could imagine myself in your poem. I was a beautiful poem.

Comment is about April Collage Poem (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

That is so true

Comment is about Do not judge me, as my sin deserves (blog)

Original item by Noris Roberts

Ahhh yes - I remember! Where is that one now?

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Excellent concept, Greg.
I hope she got a queue of lads knocking at her door when they came home.
I'll never pull a Christmas Cracker without hope again.

Comment is about To My Unknown Soldier (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I confess I've driven miles steering with my knees while I've eaten my fish and chips.

Comment is about HIGHWAY CODA. (blog)

Of course that's what they were up to, Louise!

Comment is about Offenders and books (blog)

Original item by Louise Etheridge

I thought I had already settled this debate once and for all.

http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=9022

Comment is about Shakespeare Authorship Debate (blog)

Original item by Alain English

This is high quality Ian. Liking it. Hope you are well lad.

Comment is about breathing in the dusk (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Hi Larisa.Thank you very much for your concerns.Yes we are very much aware of the troubles in Ukraine and rest assured you were the lady we thought of from the very beginning of that terrible situation.We were hoping that you were safe and keeping out of harms way.Thank God that you are ok.You have our pity for what is happening out there.We send you and your country our love and hope the problems get resolved soon.Take care Larisa-your friends Patricia and Stefan.xx

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Great to read your comment, Roy!
Thank you so much!
Best wishes,
Larisa

Comment is about Only Once the Spring Comes (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

very much enjoyed David.xx

Comment is about Coalition (blog)

Original item by David Blake

Thank you dear Roy for commenting on my poem "Only Once the Spring Comes. It was great to read your comment.
With warmest wishes,
Larisa

Comment is about Roy Chetham (poet profile)

Original item by Roy Chetham

Thanks for commenting Laura. Your last one prompted me to dig out my own on dust and read it at the last Tudor. Catch you there one day hopefully.

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

I thought the breaks were slightly, but reading back through your comment I see your actual point. No worries :) Thanks for the latest comment. You are very humbling!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

What a background to bring to poetry - law and business and aesthetics! I can see the correlation between architecture and poetry, the art of construction for purpose, the right 'line' to support or decorate. etc. etc.

This poem is really powerful in tone, well-constructed, with tight selective diction etc. and, most of all, exploding with imagination. I like the depth of your ideas, their relativity according to the reader's experience.

Why do you say 'from whence'? I thought 'whence' means 'from where'. Moreover, if it does, the line is even better without the 'from'. I may be wrong about the word; I haven't looked it up.

BTW, that 'eye' is totally brilliant! Sexless - ageless - historically timeless - all-encompassing - fixating. A master stroke.

Comment is about Coalition (blog)

Original item by David Blake

Your line breaks are not clumsy, and I did ask about only one situation (which still works well as written.) I really look forward to catching up on your work; my laptop is finally cooperative.

Comment is about David Blake (poet profile)

Original item by David Blake

What a great idea for a poem. And beautifully executed too, Greg. So poignant.

Comment is about To My Unknown Soldier (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Lovely, Dave, and a sentiment I wholeheartedly agree with, as you know.

Comment is about oo i ow (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

wonderfully wistful.x

Comment is about Coalition (blog)

Original item by David Blake

Cheers Cynthia for your latest comment. And the feedback is taken on board; I do agree the line breaks look a bit clumsy!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

This ad is out of date. The gig is no longer running. I have messaged the organiser to ask him to remove it.

Review is about Poems in Pubs on 17 Apr 2014 (event)

Great to read something beautiful and normal amongst all the doom, gloom and weirdness.

Comment is about Only Once the Spring Comes (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Glad to see you mastered the "blog section". Sorry I was too late to help.

Comment is about The Hat (blog)

Original item by Twilbury Wist

Hey Poetry Lovers: This event is on the LAST weds of the month..... everything is correct but the date; It will be on the 30th of April. See you there :)

Review is about Uncle Errol's Poetry Jam on 23 Apr 2014 (event)

JC - I see elsewhere that an Essex poet called John
Cooper Clarke (how's that for coincidence in nomenclature?!) says that Farage is the only
politician whose language he remotely understands.
Perhaps the man on the Clapham omnibus is about to
make way for the man from the City exchange?!

Comment is about Nigel Farage (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hello Twilbury and welcome to Write Out Loud. I’m 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 Twilbury Wist (poet profile)

Original item by Twilbury Wist

Hello Neil and welcome to WOL. I hope you'll find it a stimulating site, there's plenty to dig around in. I'm sure your fellow poets would appreciate your constructive criticism and some will be happy to critique yours too if offered.

Enjoy,

Graham

Comment is about Neil Clarkson (poet profile)

Original item by Neil Clarkson

Enjoyed this Ian. Linking the Levellers with fracking - great idea!

Comment is about Bruises Of The Norman Yoake (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Inside the Sunlight Wish
a theme is hidden
have a wild guess
don't tell a soul
using what you think
perhaps write one yourself
then bring it along
to Stockport Monday night!

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

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks for the comments guys. In Portugal with Nigel at the mo so couldn't respond immediately. I can't help seeing "something of the night" about him, mc.

Comment is about Nigel Farage (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I enjoyed your review of the Middleton night, Peter. It is great to get participants' comments - especially when they are so positive.

Comment is about Pete Slater (poet profile)

Original item by Pete Slater

A good night - I'd agree with Dave, very well compered by Darren. It had the appearance of being enjoyably disorganised whilst running to time - no mean feat.

A high standard of poetry interspersed with moments of madness.

Bohemian
clockwork

lol

Comment is about Poets in all their glory at Write Out Loud Wigan tonight (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Sunlight Wish

Concentrate hard
Make one
Fingers crossed.

Open eyes
Keep wishing
Spring Summers.

Autumn winds
Winter snow
Flight delayed.

When they
Never arrive
Cancelled indefinitely.

Only then
Do you
Really know.

That wishes
Can sometimes
Come true.

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

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you Harry! :) :)

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

Original item by Harry O`N eill

What an enjoyable evening. Very well compered by Darren whose anarchic verbal duelling with hecklers was a delight. Joy, Louise and Dave Carr stood out for me but there were also excellent contributions from Chris Co, Steve Smith, Julian, Ian W, George, Baz, Shaz and many others. I was especially struck by Rachel's poem about Saharan dust and Isobel's about her daughter's stone collection. I've never seen Matt so uninhibited. Darren gave his "we are MEN" another fun run out and then morphed it into we are ...poets...Wiganers... There was no limit to what we could be, and we believed him. All rounded off with another mystifying offering from John T which even Darren couldn't understand. I believe Greg's coming next time - he's in for a treat.

Comment is about Poets in all their glory at Write Out Loud Wigan tonight (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you, dear Lillian, for commenting and understanding.

With warmest wishes,

Larisa <3

Comment is about Only Once the Spring Comes (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

I could feel your sadness through this poem. I thought the writing was quite impressive. I enjoyed the way you expressed the emotion in the poem but still managed to keep a kind of pattern to your stanzas. Also, I thought that your connection to spring really pulled the poem together and made it very interesting to read.

Comment is about Only Once the Spring Comes (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

I truly loved this poem. It was very deep and the writing conjured up wonderful images. I loved your starting line. It set the mood of the poem even though the poem had barely begun. Also your break choices amplified the poem's mood, and imagery, and made it feel as if someone was speaking, not writing. I thought it was a very well written poem.

Comment is about Chapter One (blog)

Original item by David Blake

thanks for your comments over my last few poems on here.

the ghost story is taking some thought as i am trying to write one a day throughout april, but it is getting there but by keeping them fairly short - i am tending to find they have more impact.

to answer your question over 'silhouetting in Wagner'. i picked up a story regarding Wagner been played in one of the camps fairly recently (a work of fiction), and i put silhouette in by accident in front of it (was going to put in something else) and it seemed to work.

thanks for the comments again x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

thanks for reading and commenting hope you are well keep writing ! peace and love

Comment is about fitzroy herbert (poet profile)

Original item by fitzroy herbert

I think this says it all Ian. Thank You

Comment is about the red regret of Thomas (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Thanks, Graham. I stumbled upon this "message in a box of ammo" practice in a book of social history; I had never heard of it before. It was in a section about behaviour between men and women becoming less laced-up during the war. The "canary girls" were those whose skin became yellow as a result of exposure to sulphuric acid in TNT while manufacturing shells; the women workers generally were known as munitionettes.

Comment is about To My Unknown Soldier (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

This is a very charming, poignant and clever reverse on the unknown soldier idea Greg. There's a lot of this stuff on the TV lately, and although I didn't lose a known relative (at least at this point I don't think I have) the thing that captures me is the way that people coped, handled, endured the pressures whichever side they were on.

This is quite lovely, harmless and a totally believable message in a bottle thing.

Well done!

Graham

Comment is about To My Unknown Soldier (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Great article Greg - and performance from Jess, who's really found her voice.

What she says about teaching and Gove is bang on, from my experiences of working in and around teaching, at any rate.

Comment is about Performance poet Jess Green's attack on Michael Gove and plea for teachers is runaway YouTube hit (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Superb. Well spotted Greg!

Go, Jess! Gove: go! And take Ms Miller with you.

Comment is about Performance poet Jess Green's attack on Michael Gove and plea for teachers is runaway YouTube hit (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman