This is a good reminder of the man and his music. He was certainly unique and wrote some cracking songs that didn't pull any punches.
Nice one Ian

Comment is about Blockhead (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Hello Joe-Conor

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you have a good time exploring the site. We're really looking forward to reading some of your work and I know that you’ll get a warm welcome from the other WOL-ers too.

Thanks for uploading a picture of yourself, it’s really good to see what our fellow poets look like.

Have a good browse around, there’s work here on virtually any subject and there’s always lots going on. If you have the time to make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free to do so, it’s often the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.

If you experience any technical problems there’s usually somebody who’ll help you out so just ask and someone will get back to you reasonably swiftly.

WOL is a friendly, creative and unassuming place, so welcome from all of us once again.

Graham @ the Write Out Loud Team.

Comment is about Joe-Conor Williams (Saboteur) (poet profile)

Original item by Joe-Conor Williams (Saboteur)

'Barney at Mo's' are two characters in 'The Simpsons' ;) (my drawing, Barney looks for the toilet)

Comment is about in bits (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Hi Tommy,

I'm not too sure what "Like Barney at Mo's" is, but this felt very Bukowski-esque to me. (I mean this in the best possible way). And yes, I'd love to hear your suggestion.

Jane

Comment is about in bits (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Hello Rashmi

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you have a good time exploring the site. We're really looking forward to reading some of your work and I know that you’ll get a warm welcome from the other WOL-ers too.

Could you please upload a picture of yourself, it’s really good to see what our fellow poets look like.

Have a good browse around, there’s work here on virtually any subject and there’s always lots going on. If you have the time to make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free to do so, it’s often the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.

If you experience any technical problems there’s usually somebody who’ll help you out so just ask and someone will get back to you reasonably swiftly.

WOL is a friendly, creative and unassuming place, so welcome from all of us once again.

Graham @ the Write Out Loud Team.

Comment is about rashmi (poet profile)

Original item by rashmi

Hello Ro,

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you have a good time exploring the site. We're really looking forward to reading some of your work and I know that you’ll get a warm welcome from the other WOL-ers too.

Thanks for uploading a picture of yourself, it’s really good to see what our fellow poets look like.

Have a good browse around, there’s work here on virtually any subject and there’s always lots going on. If you have the time to make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free to do so, it’s often the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.

If you experience any technical problems there’s usually somebody who’ll help you out so just ask and someone will get back to you reasonably swiftly.

WOL is a friendly, creative and unassuming place, so welcome from all of us once again.

Graham @ the Write Out Loud Team.

Comment is about Ro Ashley (poet profile)

Original item by Ro Ashley

Natalie thank you for reaching out and sharing your vulnerability. Your work is wonderful.

Comment is about Ro Ashley (poet profile)

Original item by Ro Ashley

Hello Izo

Thank you for reading a commenting... yes a little on the dark side...but that's just the way I am these days.

However I hear every thing in your garden is rosy and long may it continue.

I hope you are well and look forward to seeing you soon.

Regards Gus xx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

I am in tears over this beautiful piece of work ! its relatable to my own self-sabatosh. thank you for putting me emotions into words i can digest.

Comment is about Arsonist (blog)

Hi Daniel

Many thanks for picking up on my poetry and paintings,,,

I'm very touched by your comments and hope you are well and look forward to seeing you soon,

Regards Gus

Comment is about Daniel Dwyran (poet profile)

Original item by Daniel Dwyran

Thanx as usual for your kind words Andy.

The painting is as you are most probably aware one of my own...and approaching poetry in a similar fashion is very much something I try to accomplish.

Once again many thanks for commenting, I hope you are well and hope to see you soon.

Regards Gus

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Thank you so much for your very kind and appreciated remarks.
Gus

Comment is about One Day Every Day (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

This is a gorgeous piece, and very reminiscent of bygone unrequited love!

Comment is about Blink (blog)

Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

Hello Krissy,

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you have a good time exploring the site. We're really looking forward to reading some of your work and I know that you’ll get a warm welcome from the other WOL-ers too.

Thanks for uploading a picture of yourself, it’s really good to see what our fellow poets look like.

Have a good browse around, there’s work here on virtually any subject and there’s always lots going on. If you have the time to make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free to do so, it’s often the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.

If you experience any technical problems there’s usually somebody who’ll help you out so just ask and someone will get back to you reasonably swiftly.

WOL is a friendly, creative and unassuming place, so welcome from all of us once again.

Graham @ the Write Out Loud Team.

Comment is about Krissy (poet profile)

Original item by Krissy

Hi Travis,

Short, succinct, beautifully formed economy of words to pose a simple question. A super distillation of ideas,

Regards,

A.E.

Comment is about SHELVED. (blog)

Hi Harry,

A gret hymn to your home town - and that coming from a lad born in Manchester!

Regards,

A.E.

Comment is about welcome majesty (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Hi T.W.

Enjoyed this complex take on simplicity - a big subject in small words.

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Simplicity (blog)

Original item by Twilbury Wist

i particularly enjoyed the first two stanzas here, alexandra but an really good piece all round. would hate to try and perform this however as the language is that rich, it would tire me out! lol

Comment is about Blink (blog)

Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

jane, enjoyed this although gotta say the piece went in a direction i wasn't expecting.

good stuff.

Comment is about Fire Escape (blog)

Original item by Jane Ozkowski

clever, clever becka. i'm with Cynthia here. lot of thought in such a little poem.

welcome onboard, look forward to reading more of your stuff.

Comment is about Math (blog)

Original item by Becka Brush

excellent stuff, gus. feels like a painting to me in words.

Comment is about One Day Every Day (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

more a case with him i respected him rather than actually liked his stuff, ian but this is still stirring stuff m8. excellent.

Comment is about Blockhead (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

nice last stanza.

lot of tenderness in this i can relate to.

excellent.

Comment is about Such were the joys (blog)

Original item by Ad Astra

Hi Jane,

An intriguing glimpse of the internal dialogue and how the mind rationalises the absurd with the mundane. Imaginative, well structured and thought provoking.

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Fire Escape (blog)

Original item by Jane Ozkowski

Prose and rhyme - both have their time
And can sometimes get in the way.
But the really great just communicate
- we hear what they need to say.

My sympathies Harry!

Regards,

A.E.

Comment is about Sound advice (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Wonderful work on the man who gave us all 'reasons to be cheerful'. He left a legacy for both the abled and a beacon of hope for physically challenged in that you could do, and achieve, whatever you wanted to.
A most gracious, honest and in your face piece of writing on a punk era icon.

Comment is about Blockhead (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

'Soft falling snow
All is silent not a word spoken
Sweet stolen breath of time....'

The picture is a supreme compliment to this very lovely piece.

Comment is about One Day Every Day (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Enjoyed this subtle and thought provoking piece Harry.
I read a recent discussion on the forum and in my humble opinion validates your 'Sound Advice'

'Rhyme in poem or song has been known to make people weep as well as laugh aloud, and that
surely says it's time to assert its
importance'..... M.C. Newberry

(I hope you do not mind me quoting this MC)

Comment is about Sound advice (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

HI Dave
Good to see you at the workshop last night, and to see your work here. Did you discuss The Masque of Anarchy with Ms Peake when you were with her?

Comment is about Dave Booth (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Booth

Hmm, lovely stuff, though the cynic in me suggests that even love is vanquished by time.

Comment is about One Day Every Day (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

'YOU CAN'T WIN ANY WAY'can you,eh HARRY?...;0)x

Comment is about Sound advice (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

loved this.Is the title meant to read 'Beautiful discover' or is it a typo,and should have been either,Beautiful discovery or Beautiful discoverer?

either way-it is FAB!x

Comment is about Beautiful Discover (blog)

Original item by iLmm

Harry - perhaps those particular Romans were
sad clowns - their situation best described as
"virgin on the ridiculous"!
(The old jokes are the best!!)

Comment is about LOVE'S CONFUSION (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Strong and poignant Steve. I really like this. Love shown in this piece hits the reader right between the eyes. Nice one.

Comment is about Mother (blog)

Original item by Steve Higgins

Just feeling a bit mischevious at the time of posting it. Very short piece and play on words to bring some humour to the forum. (Razor blades, tablets, map to the bridge... all in Room 101)!
Thank you for your kind appraisals... a smile on your faces... my work is done. :)

Comment is about LAST CHANCE SALOON (blog)

Original item by Daniel Dwyran

You use a heavy weight vocabulary Aiane, to my mind the directness of, say, Together, is more effective, "I grip the blade/ I can't cut/ I handle the rope/ Unable to tie the knot" and effective it is. I liked "Fragments... began to scatter like narrowed tears," but when I come across fleer, I am reminded of As You like it, and Leonato rounding on Claudio: "Don't fleer at me boy!" All the same, your verse carries weight and authority and I certainly don't baulk at or resent worth a damn, looking up a word or two... delitescent eh? Best wishes, Dom.

Comment is about Piecing of the Broken Heart (blog)

Original item by Agony Aiane

I get this Alexandra, but for me the middle section is a little confusing. It may be the verse breaks but for me there is a definite conflict, sorry.
As to content, the words are strong and the ending is perfect.

Graham

Comment is about Blink (blog)

Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

re ''In bits'' like Barney at Mo's? Tommy

'Barney is a character in 'The Simpsons' and 'Mo's' is a bar.

You have mail.

Comment is about Jane Ozkowski (poet profile)

Original item by Jane Ozkowski

Nice `self aware` one

Comment is about Arsonist (blog)

M.C.

The puzzling thing is (assuming they were `legit`)
why did some of the Roman temples have virgins?

Comment is about LOVE'S CONFUSION (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hi Jane (ta for your comment re ''In bits) May I be so cheeky Tommy

Comment is about Fire Escape (blog)

Original item by Jane Ozkowski

Hello Agony,

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you have a good time exploring the site. We're really looking forward to reading some of your work and I know that you’ll get a warm welcome from the other WOL-ers too.

It would be great if you could upload a picture of yourself, it’s really good to see what our fellow poets look like.

Have a good browse around, there’s work here on virtually any subject and there’s always lots going on. If you have the time to make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free to do so, it’s often the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.

If you experience any technical problems there’s usually somebody who’ll help you out so just ask and someone will get back to you reasonably swiftly.

WOL is a friendly, creative and unassuming place, so welcome from all of us once again.

Graham @ the Write Out Loud Team.

Comment is about Agony Aiane (poet profile)

Original item by Agony Aiane

Hello Ievos,

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you have a good time exploring the site. We're really looking forward to reading some of your work and I know that you’ll get a warm welcome from the other WOL-ers too.

It would be great if you could upload a picture of yourself, it’s really good to see what our fellow poets look like.

Have a good browse around, there’s work here on virtually any subject and there’s always lots going on. If you have the time to make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free to do so, it’s often the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.

If you experience any technical problems there’s usually somebody who’ll help you out so just ask and someone will get back to you reasonably swiftly.

WOL is a friendly, creative and unassuming place, so welcome from all of us once again.

Graham @ the Write Out Loud Team.

Comment is about Ievos Fox (poet profile)

Original item by Ievos Fox

Hello Admin,

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you have a good time exploring the site. We're really looking forward to reading some of your work and I know that you’ll get a warm welcome from the other WOL-ers too.

It would be great if you could upload a picture of yourself, it’s really good to see what our fellow poets look like.

Have a good browse around, there’s work here on virtually any subject and there’s always lots going on. If you have the time to make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free to do so, it’s often the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.

If you experience any technical problems there’s usually somebody who’ll help you out so just ask and someone will get back to you reasonably swiftly.

WOL is a friendly, creative and unassuming place, so welcome from all of us once again.

Graham @ the Write Out Loud Team.

Comment is about Admin (poet profile)

Original item by Admin

I love the way your sample piece tumbles over itself: trying to listen as the self-observant stuff worries us, despite ourselves. Whether reporting a romance or just, trying to listen, the poem has a good hold on that fractured quality that can invade our thoughts, this mania. I think it is a very good poem.
Dom.

Comment is about Jane Ozkowski (poet profile)

Original item by Jane Ozkowski

I felt a little drunk while I was reading this. I really enjoyed it. Great job!

Comment is about in bits (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Hello Nina,

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you have a good time exploring the site. We're really looking forward to reading some of your work and I know that you’ll get a warm welcome from the other WOL-ers too.

Thanks for uploading a picture of yourself, it’s really good to see what our fellow poets look like.

Have a good browse around, there’s work here on virtually any subject and there’s always lots going on. If you have the time to make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free to do so, it’s often the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.

If you experience any technical problems there’s usually somebody who’ll help you out so just ask and someone will get back to you reasonably swiftly.

WOL is a friendly, creative and unassuming place, so welcome from all of us once again.

Graham @ the Write Out Loud Team.

Comment is about Nina Bean (poet profile)

Original item by Nina Bean

and heres me thinking all Anglesonians were a pure breed!tell me Daniel,does butter really not melt in your mouth?....yeah right!! haha!!...x

Comment is about LAST CHANCE SALOON (blog)

Original item by Daniel Dwyran

pretty and ponderable poem.x

Comment is about Coin 37 (blog)

Original item by A.M. Clarke

thank you for the welcome. i am glad that i have a place to write something n get a feedback on it.

Comment is about kj (poet profile)

Original item by kj