i enjoyed the progression, Shirley.

Comment is about Brevette Poems (Second Edition) (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

Very evocative, MC. I particularly like the image of the horses. - "They had dead forbears of their own".

Comment is about THE MENIN GATE -11 November 2013 (Music Setting) (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

thanks for the comment on 'breathing in the dusk' David - I thought it was simple but effective :-) I'm well thank you - hopefully you are too - and looking forward to those balmy south coast summers :-) I'm down there in June for a week - dorset :-) :-)

Comment is about David Blake (poet profile)

Original item by David Blake

thanks for the comment on 'bruises of the norman yoake' Dave - yes, I thought the link between the diggers and the fracking protests was obvious - but no one seems to have picked up on it, so I thought I'd give it a go :-)

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Cheers Is for your note on Rebellious Senescence :)

Yeh, I wanted 'resurrect' as it kept with the biblical feel of it, although 'rise again' had been considered :)

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Yes, No
No, Yes,No, No,No, Yes

Good one 'Gray' except perhaps you could make it more universal keeping the 10 lagers and the horrible job, leaving off the hot curry?! When I'm 64[the Beatles] comes to mind.

Comment is about Imaginary letter to older self (blog)

Original item by Gray Nicholls

Touching - and given a pleasingly sympathetic reading.

Comment is about The Tall Green Grass (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

Hello Shirley - delighted to see the new post.
Thanks for the message on my profile page.
Happy Easter!
MC

Comment is about Shirley Smothers (poet profile)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

Love the picture in my mind of an escapee clambering up a tottering pile of best-sellers!
"Book him, Danno!"

Comment is about Offenders and books (blog)

Original item by Louise Etheridge

I am 64 and only just getting started with performance poetry

Comment is about John Cooper Clarke: 'Poetry is not something you retire from. There is no heavy lifting involved' (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

A swinging bridge of only one rope
wild river taunts my vulnerable self control one slip the white foam waits below
reaching out hanging on not letting go.

Comment is about April Collage Poem (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Thanks Isobel xx I tried all night to get this photo to post on here but twitter and flckr have it tethered to them.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/digicarl/9228737685/in/photostream/

It was creepy, but I have heard that jackdaws revisit people who have looked after them so it is plausable he watches us. I hope so.

Comment is about Quoth Both (blog)

Original item by CathyLCrabb

It would be lovely if it were always so - but sometimes ego inspires creativity and that creativity is debatable and the end result can have nothing to do with love.

If you don't believe me, take a trip to the Liverpool Tate.

Your poem is an interesting stream of thought though and no doubt true for most.

Comment is about Brevette Poems (Second Edition) (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

This is lovely Cathy - so many lovely touches to it.

She fed him her loving eyes
Bread in tweezers
And named him Poe

Funnily enough I've written one about my daughter trying to save a bird so I can totally empathise with all the anxieties. I love the way your poem leads on to something else altogether.

Comment is about Quoth Both (blog)

Original item by CathyLCrabb

Thanks Martin, great to see you and enjoyed your poems, hope you can make it to Bolton WOL sometime ;-)

Comment is about Snakeskin Sid! (blog)

Original item by Jeffarama!

This is a great poem and it was a pleasure to hear you perform it live last night at sale.

Comment is about Snakeskin Sid! (blog)

Original item by Jeffarama!

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