Great to see you on here Judi - with some lovely stuff! xx
Comment is about Judi Strega (poet profile)
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Hi. In response to your invitation to help re your work, I would avoid stock phrases such as "beating heart" and "soar with the wings etc". Avoid at all costs (joke) and you will find a truer voice. Tommy
Comment is about Spoken_Thoughts (poet profile)
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Thanks for the positive comments Cynthia. I try to post a poem on here roughly once a month but don't always succeed. :)
Comment is about PLASCRUG (blog)
Original item by David Subacchi
Having seen the TV clips of the shop mobs - I go
along with the sentiment in the targeted sense.
Humanity in crowds can be uplifting but the beast
is often in the anonymity provided by numbers
when tempers fray.
Comment is about Black Friday Stampede (blog)
Original item by tina
<Deleted User> (9882)
Fri 28th Nov 2014 19:28
oh! those news clips!...UGH!UGH!UGH!
Comment is about Black Friday Stampede (blog)
Original item by tina
<Deleted User> (9882)
Fri 28th Nov 2014 19:25
Beautiful.Comforting.x
Comment is about Poem: God Within (blog)
Original item by Joseph J. Breunig 3rd
Bang on Tina. I watched footage of the black Friday sales on the news tonight; it was horrifying to see people (women especially) brawling over TV sets. Anyone with a conscience and sense of reality ought to be well and truly ashamed - but I guess they don't and they're not. Consumerism at its greedy and selfish brainwashed worst. Well said.
Regards,
A.E.
Comment is about Black Friday Stampede (blog)
Original item by tina
Pollution Strikes Butt Tips Shower from the Sky
Comment is about Anti-Smoking Project (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
This is splendid. I'm so glad you have shared it. We haven't seen much of you lately; and, yes, that is a complaint.
Comment is about PLASCRUG (blog)
Original item by David Subacchi
And it is really funny. But only'to five'!
Comment is about Count to five (blog)
Original item by Fae
Living with you must be very interesting, never being sure of what your observations are, or where they will take you. I do like the implication of 'Silver or Tin'; (although tin is really far more intrinsically valuable than silver has ever been.) Perhaps I misinterpret the intent- no relationship to 'all that glitters...' at all.
Comment is about Silver and tin (blog)
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Preeti Sinha
Fri 28th Nov 2014 16:27
Thank u Cynthia ! I feel much encouragement by your reading. You are so kind and helpfull.
Comment is about Dowry, or shall we call it voluntary gift (blog)
Just plain delightful, edgy and fun. I almost had to draw a map, to sort the 'scheme' out. Very enjoyable.
Comment is about Morning, Neighbors (blog)
Original item by Tim Wright
Dave, Harry has said it all, eloquently. It is a privilege to read a good villanelle. And it is never too late for such a sentiment.
Comment is about My Bullet (blog)
Original item by Dave Carr
Oh, Preeti, brains AND a scathing sense of humour. How glorious!
Comment is about Dowry, or shall we call it voluntary gift (blog)
I'm really glad you have brought it back. Concluding a long but flowing poem in metaphor, the final stanza is arresting in its personification of the 'physical world beyond out own selves.
Tuck an apostrophe into 'the mind's limbs', just a typo, I'm sure.
Comment is about The Night Battle (blog)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
Dave,
In the midst of struggling with this bloody Windows 8.1 what a refresher to come upon this lovely villanelle!
It is a very true poem, which (humbly) lays bare the aftermath of our human propensity to often decide things by lethal means. It speaks about the personal (which of course is never -and cannot be - considered in times of crisis)
I particularly liked that:
`Each pallid, ghoulish face without a name`
and the sad rhythm of
`Shuffling along my street of shame`
I very fine poem indeed!
Comment is about My Bullet (blog)
Original item by Dave Carr
The 'conscious act' of death - now there's a humdinger of a thought. May you be so blessed.
I totally echo M.C.'s sentiments. Rhyme and meter are refreshing.
Comment is about THE SHUFFLING GAIT. (blog)
Travis Brow
Fri 28th Nov 2014 14:59
That's a very nice comment M.C, thank you. I wish the topic wasn't so grim but there you go...human decline is rarely joyful.
Comment is about THE SHUFFLING GAIT. (blog)
Thank you for your comment M.C, I just got angry at the way people where ripping items out of each others hands, and pushing others to the floor. It made my heart heavy x
Comment is about Black Friday Stampede (blog)
Original item by tina
I surprised myself by enjoying the "hip-hop"
style of the sentiments expressed - and the
content will always carry weight. However, there
is no country with as comprehensive a range of
charitable organisations as can be found in the UK
- and the phrase "compassion fatigue" can come to mind on occasions when out in the real world.
Even the bible posed the question "Am I my
brother's keeper?".
Stimulating stuff!
Comment is about Black Friday Stampede (blog)
Original item by tina
It's always a pleasure to read the contributions
from this source. Disciplined yet wide-ranging
in vocabulary, inventive and thought-provoking
...worth anyone's time.
Comment is about THE SHUFFLING GAIT. (blog)
<Deleted User> (9882)
Fri 28th Nov 2014 13:15
Tina-soooooo rantingly clever!And count me in with-the guilty as charged.
Every word rings true,and needs to stick in our 'grabbing claws and scoffing jaws'
x
Comment is about Black Friday Stampede (blog)
Original item by tina
glad you liked 'arroyo' MC - I found the focus on the picture and tight form requirements lead to a very descriptive piece - there's little room for excess fat on this terza rima form - thanks once again for your continued supportive comments
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
thanks for the kind comments on 'arroyo' Martin - the focus on the picture and the strict rhyme pattern really helps in getting a descriptive, tight set of stanzas - glad you liked it
Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)
Original item by Martin Elder
thanks for the kind comments on 'last orders' Cynthia - that poem is short but sweet - just like your good self ;-)
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
thanks for the comment on 'last orders' Dave - hopefully we can lay those ghosts to rest at the old courts - hope to see you there in a couple of weeks time for the Xmas soiree (?)
Comment is about Dave Carr (poet profile)
Original item by Dave Carr
thanks for the kind comments on 'last orders' Isobel - yes, we're all going to be a little sadder for the Tudor's passing :-( good luck with the panto........he's behind you!!!!!
Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
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thanks for the comment on last orders Andy - I believe I'll be seeing you on the 7th for 'only obeying orders' (?) look forward to that
Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)
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Preeti Sinha
Fri 28th Nov 2014 09:55
Thank you for giving me regular feedback which will surely help to improve !
Preeti
Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)
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Karen Little
Fri 28th Nov 2014 07:58
Really well done Sarah.........brilliant idea well executed!
Comment is about Nerves in York, laid-back in Brum, triumph in Blackpool: Quiet Compere looks back on her poetry tour (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Hello Tom,
Read a couple of pieces on you blog, very impressive indeed. Good to have you here.
Comment is about Tom Phillips (poet profile)
Original item by Tom Phillips
Hi Marianne Glad you liked my version of Rilke's Swan.
Comment is about Mitternacht (blog)
Original item by Marianne Daniels
Thank you, Cynthia. I find it quite difficult, even daring, to delete a word or even a line or two. It is something I remembered from painting that however much I might like a particular passage, if it doesn't fit, I have to let it go.
Comment is about Anniversary (blog)
Original item by Judi Strega
Preeti Sinha
Thu 27th Nov 2014 13:18
Change is needed i think. You are using good quotations !
Comment is about Changing Times (blog)
Preeti Sinha
Thu 27th Nov 2014 13:16
And it still keeps happening and girls also want it ! It is a total shame that people cannot kill this social evil of our country but a change is coming slowly slowly :) Thank you for taking interest in my work and offering valuable input's
Comment is about Dowry, or shall we call it voluntary gift (blog)
Hello Martin
Thank you for reading and your kind comments :)
Comment is about Mitternacht (blog)
Original item by Marianne Daniels
Haha...un bloody believable.
Comment is about Dowry, or shall we call it voluntary gift (blog)
The idea of "We are the beautiful creatures"
reminds me of "We are the music makers...we are
the dreamers of dreams" and is ideal for
portraying the place of poets and poetry in the
scheme of things...while the final line leaves
us with a question to ponder.
Comment is about Beautiful creatures (blog)
Original item by tina
Love the title! This will surely resonate with
anyone who has experienced the likelihood of unsought/unwanted encounter while out and about.
Comment is about Tesco Ignore (blog)
Original item by Gareth Glyn Roberts
Praiseworthy for its skilful depiction of the
ordinary in poetic terms. I agree with ME about
the last lines...and take particular pleasure
from "Cobbled streets the colour of an old bruise".
Comment is about Arroyo (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
"The more things change, the more they stay the same". Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
Comment is about Changing Times (blog)
Preeti Sinha
Thu 27th Nov 2014 12:02
Thank u for reading !
Comment is about Changing Times (blog)
Preeti Sinha
Thu 27th Nov 2014 12:00
I understood the concept of your poem but I don't know who robbie burns is.....But it is very lovely, your poem
Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Ann Foxglove
Sat 29th Nov 2014 12:38
A beautiful poem Judi xx
Comment is about Anniversary (blog)
Original item by Judi Strega