Thanks for directing me to this poem as it was a treat to read. Also loved "The Primrose", the one about Sue the dog and others. I shall certainly read more. They are the kind of thing I like to read.
Best Wishes
Starfish
Comment is about THE GALMPTON ROBIN (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Mr Newberry.
We disagreed on a previous occasion, to the point where I found your argument so objectionable that I asked that you do me the courtesy of not commenting on my work again.
I have never had to ask ANYONE not to comment on my work on this site, or any other before. But the way in which you seem to enjoy attempting to provoke argument with ill-informed, emotive and inflammatory remarks, was quite unique for my interactions on this site. I left all those comments there and responded, point by point, to opinions that in places I found condescending, but found I might as well have been talking to myself as there was little evidence my comments were having any impact, despite my real world experiences being very different to your own.
Yours were the only comments of their type and a least one other person seemed to to think your behaviour that of cyber troll. That is to say, confrontational, unpleasant and less interested in creating debate than sowing discord by upsetting people.
As a result I asked you not to post. You grudgingly agreed, whilst making a dig about how it was a waste of your time, but you did agree.
So when I find you making the same points, even referencing the same historical events, of which you know I am fully aware, I was shocked and saddened.
That you felt it appropriate to post five times in 62 minutes, mainly repeating yourself, makes it clear you feel you are an incredibly important person, to whom people must listen. It is not an opinion I share.
Please make this the last time we have any contact, unless you wish to end with an apology, which I sincerely doubt.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Hello Harry ~ Thank you for the attention you've given to my poem Apolide. It was so long in gestation (I work slowly) I eventually just wanted it out there... but your suggestion is right I do need to clarify some elements of the narrative. I could be some time! I'll give it a whirl!
Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
Dear Mr Thompson - I have never suggested to anyone that their comments are unwelcome on my own contributions...
and I have never deleted any that are posted. Say what you will. I don't have to agree - but that seems to something you find unpalatable.I have always resisted the inference - especially when it is misleading - that everything is "black and white" in this life.
MN
Comment is about Mark Mr T Thompson (poet profile)
Original item by Mark Mr T Thompson
Hello Starfish - many thanks for your comments
about my poem "Down By The Mewstone". It is a
personal favourite and it is one of those
delightful cases when it almost "wrote itself"
during my walk down that track to the sea.
Another that had "reality" inspiration was "The
Galmpton Robin" - out of a mid-afternoon November stroll by the River Dart - and in my head by the time I had reached home.
Cheers!
Comment is about Starfish (poet profile)
Original item by Starfish
Hello Steve - thank you for taking the trouble to comment kindly on "Down By The Mewstone". This is a personal favourite...for a number of reasons, and I'm glad it pleases others. It almost "wrote itself" as I walked that distant path to the sea some years ago.
Comment is about Steve Higgins (poet profile)
Original item by Steve Higgins
I visited this gig last year some time and it was superb if a bit shambolic in terms of people talking and wandering in and out. Jazzman John was at his best. I got interviewed by a local radio reporter but who, or where from, I never discovered. I, too, recommend it.
Review is about Talking Rhythm! Poetry and Music Open Mic on 24 Jun 2013 (event)
I also was upset to miss it. This is what we are, or ought to be, about. And she is a superb actor. I am told she is also involved in a big way with Salford's Museum of Working Class History.
Comment is about Maxine Peake, Shelley's The Masque of Anarchy, Manchester, 2013 (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Yes indeedy, fab poem there, thank you for that :)
Comment is about You've got the whole world in your hands (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Wigan Diggers doing their best to have Tony attend this year's event :) Great review!
Comment is about Tony Benn's festival appearance: the politics is in the poetry (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Congratulations Charlotte!
Comment is about Charlotte Henson wins erbacce-press prize for poetic 'essence' (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Loved this review - was gutted to miss the actual event, so thanks for this, and the links :)
Comment is about Maxine Peake, Shelley's The Masque of Anarchy, Manchester, 2013 (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Hi Isobel
Thanks for your comment on Rebirth. Looks like the competition went well! That was lovely of you to post someone's comment about one of my poems, I do appreciate it. I know my stuff isn't particularly accessible but once I've done my collection, I'm going to try and be a bit more mainstream : )
Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
Original item by Isobel
Thank you! I'm sure you would get that one published if you submitted it somewhere. I will let you know when I've done it, and try and get a link in to your wol profile.
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Love the rhythm of this. Brilliant!
Comment is about Pidgin poem about wondrous canal lock (blog)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
So deserved. Everything I've ever written has its origins in his inspiration. The true king of modern poetry, as a doctor, he will be able to cure me of all ills.
Comment is about 'Bard of Salford' John Cooper Clarke gets honorary degree (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Excellent. A nice rythym and rhyme mixed up with some nostalgic sentiment; everything I like. Best wishes, Steve
Comment is about DOWN BY THE MEWSTONE - A SUMMER RE-POST (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Jonnie,
From the geographic and religious `clues` I take this to be about a friend (Jewish) who unsure of his rightful native land.
I was a soldier in Egypt in 1948 (when all the army equipment from the newly declared Israel was being shipped back there) and visited Jerusalem recently.
My mother used to always say that the world would end `when the Jews go back to Jerusalem`and (given the powder-keg - situation in the region) I often wonder if she will be proved right)
Although the `clues` are there, I think that the poem would be more effective if what I take to be the poets sympathetic understanding of his friends situation to be made a bit more explicit.
Thought provoking.
Comment is about Apolide ~ (For Gregg) (blog)
Original item by Jonnie Falafel
Thank you Isobel, for commenting on The Borrow. You know a lot about me by now I guess. I have written quite a lot, and I thank you for keeping up with my words and work. Some of it is even passable : )
I don't like the way society is really. Like many I wish for a different kind of world where parameters of life do not include warfare or 'other' harsh brutalities. I have made many observations like you have, and I have come to the conclusion that we are 'all' wrong in how we run this world. The problem is, we are taught acceptance of things and if we denounce such things (like many do when awake), we are often targeted by the herd. The sad fact is, the herd too, is made of many unique beings, but they have grown with fear.
Thank you once again Isobel.
Nice one xxx
Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
Original item by Isobel
Thanks once again starfish for looking in on me.'Yourself' is a bit mean and cynical and not really me but sometimes I like to flip things round and look at them from the other side,
all the bes -Steve
Comment is about Starfish (poet profile)
Original item by Starfish
All right!
So this re-titled whittled-down oldie is not an epic!
(But it`s hot and I`ve just woke up)
Comment is about Pidgin poem about wondrous canal lock (blog)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
Classical street-cred achieved as far as I'm concerned. John Coopey, you are a card. "Grease" indeed!!
Best Wishes, Harry,
Starfish
Comment is about (blog)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
Truly beautiful and even more so because of the story behind it.
Best wishes
Starfish
Comment is about DOWN BY THE MEWSTONE - A SUMMER RE-POST (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
HI John
We've just been to another wedding - went in our wellies with trowel and plant pots! - there was a typo on the invitation!
Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)
Original item by John Coopey
Hi Shirley - I can easily identify with your
poem and its content. I wrote "My Mother"
after my own passed on twenty years ago - and
I can still recite it.
"It's a while now since she passed away,
And time has hurried on,
But still I hear her softly say
'You'll miss me when I'm gone.'
With each and every passing day
I sadly think upon
Those quiet words i heard her say:
'You'll miss me when I'm gone.'
Comment is about My Mother In Law, My Mon (blog)
Original item by Shirley Smothers
"We're NOT going on a summer holiday...."
Great stuff, JC. How can anyone not admire a
man who makes music from a mishap?!
Comment is about Route 46 (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I am already in my 70th year. I gain much pleasure from reading your posts. They remind me that WOL is actually a POETRY site, with the opportunity to enlighten and inform with words and imagery of a higher level of creativity and intellect. Thank you.
Comment is about SCRAPS (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
Post by M.C. Newberry 25th of April 2013
"If you are so resistant towards a POV seeking an analogy with attitudes to other equally appalling crimes, then I will be happy to oblige your request not to post comment on your contributions...as not worth my time."
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
So you are going to continue? Minus the Blakelock reference that you have already made? Take a long walk off a short pier
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I know you are the resident WOL troll, but please never post on my blog again. I have asked, almost politely.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Well-written and topical. Very thought provoking. Loved it.
Comment is about He saw a hooded figure (blog)
Original item by Mark Mr T Thompson
I think you have very interesting things to say and you say them in a very effective way.
Best wishes, Starfish
Comment is about Yourself (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
I totally agree with you, Roy. Loved reading this. Brilliant.
Comment is about SCRAPS (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
Glad you enjoyed the blog. It was a great day out at Ledbury. Julian's comment got me thinking about another popular British politician, Shirley Williams, who was once in the same party as Tony Benn. Another politician of integrity who took actions and stances in the 1980s that led to unintended consequences. Vote Benjamin Zephaniah!
Comment is about Tony Benn's festival appearance: the politics is in the poetry (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
The game of love is, as you say, urn like in shape. Totally unintentional - I just thought I'd centre the text and thats how it came out! Thanks for reading -best wishes, steve
Comment is about Starfish (poet profile)
Original item by Starfish
Yes Ian I rather like this very much.
Meaningful words and rhythm you can almost hum along to. Great.
Comment is about SCRAPS (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
Kenneth Eaton-Dykes
Sun 14th Jul 2013 21:55
Tony Marmite Benn,Bless him.
Could make the most impractical ideas sound workable
Comment is about Tony Benn's festival appearance: the politics is in the poetry (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Kenneth Eaton-Dykes
Sun 14th Jul 2013 21:34
Hi Charlotte. Congratulations on your well earned success,
From an old at regular at the Ring O Bells
Comment is about Charlotte Henson wins erbacce-press prize for poetic 'essence' (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Superb review, David and Greg. Great reading. I still don't trust Benn either though.
Comment is about Tony Benn's festival appearance: the politics is in the poetry (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Wonderful review Greg - it really gives a great flavour of the event. It's one I'd love to go to one day. I have ex in-laws living in the area - who knows - maybe one day it will all come to pass ;)
Comment is about Tony Benn's festival appearance: the politics is in the poetry (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
thanks for the comments on 'sticks' Isobel - yes, I'm tired and angry over what people put themselves through trying to attain 'beauty' - that words means virtually something different to every single 'beholder of beauty' so you're bound to be on a losing battle. Killing yourself to live seems such a pointless waste of energy :-(
Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
Original item by Isobel
I really like this Steve. It is very insightful. Is the shape of the poem intentional? It's urn-like.
Best wishes
Starfish
Comment is about The Game Of Love (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
Nigel, this is The Stone Tape Theory I was telling you about last Monday:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Tape
'The Stone Tape Theory is a paranormal hypothesis that was proposed in the 1970s as a possible explanation for ghosts. It speculates that inanimate materials can absorb some form of energy from living beings; the hypothesis speculates that this "recording" happens especially during moments of high tension or during intense moments of someone's life. This stored energy can be released, resulting in a display of the recorded activity. According to this hypothesis, ghosts are not spirits but simply non-interactive recordings similar to a movie.'
Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)
Original item by Stockport WoL
<Deleted User> (6895)
Sun 14th Jul 2013 10:13
second?...!!..no way dude!THIS is OUR number one
and you are the number one poet meistress!xx
Comment is about whalesong (blog)
Original item by Rachel Bond
I've just realised how the end ties in with the title - that's a brilliant touch and amidst the anger and the bitterness, there is great sadness.
Comment is about The Borrow (blog)
Original item by Noetic-fret!
Their pulse, was just a borrow.
That's a very powerful line to end on and you make your point so well.
There's a lot of bitterness and anger in here Michael and you raise many valid questions. Just why do we go to war in certain countries - and do we really improve things, whilst spilling the blood of our own loved ones?
I'm not a politician, so I don't always follow the wrongs and rights of it all. I just know that I'd die if my son ever joined the armed forces - it's the lack of control over one's own destiny I'd hate - and the danger.
I just thank God we are no longer in an era where World War is likely - at least not fought on the ground.
x
Comment is about The Borrow (blog)
Original item by Noetic-fret!
Scary stuff - but so true for many models.
I remember going for a night out with one in London once - she'd had nothing to eat all day and kept nibbling of a flap jack she had in her pocket, to keep the hunger pains at bay. She'd also had one of those operations where they suck fat out from under your skin.
I can't imagine anything worse than your career depending upon your beauty - you'd have to be made of strong psychological stuff.
nubs of hard gristle
and dry sticks.
What a great way to describe muscle and bone.
Comment is about Sticks (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
steve mellor
Wed 17th Jul 2013 07:55
Hi Isobel
Just a bit of nonsense, but it struck me how odd our language is
I'm not being too much 'performing' lately (if I ever did), but I hope to see you somewhere some time, and I'll thank you properly for the comment
Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
Original item by Isobel