This is beautiful,

'I this time 'heck' it and

find Coltrane and Ballads

and coffee and gaze and

now I think of her'

Upon reading that I felt it in my stomach!!

Comment is about This time on a sunny day (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Beautiful!

Comment is about TENDER GODS. (blog)

This is lovely! This is my life! x

Comment is about Haiku About Poetry (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

Thank you Graham for welcoming me, I apologise for my tardy reply as I too have been on my annual holiday. I look forward to becoming part of the WOL community.


Thank you very much for taking the time to read my selection Andy, I'm glad you like them!

Comment is about Alexandra K. Parapadakis (poet profile)

Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

An accomplished piece of writing. Great use of rhyme and language.

Comment is about Armistice (Gods Of War) (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

62? Why 62?
They may have had weekly passes. All of them.

Comment is about Bus Pass Virgin (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Spooky indeed, Patrica and Stefan.
I could have even been on the same bus.
Many thanks for commenting

Comment is about Bus Pass Virgin (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I love the restraint of a Haiku and this is great. Really like it.

Comment is about Freedom Sky (Haiku) (blog)

Hi Chris, It has taken a couple of readings- and no doubt more- to get the gist of this work, obvious as it maybe. It resounds, almost a war poem, almost. Tommy

Comment is about There are no dead. (blog)

Original item by chris stevenson

oh how spooky'n'coincidental! we did one on the very same subject,(2nd August)called 'Upon leaving the scrapyard'.Inclusive of the very same 'card wiping' procedure.Yeah spooky eh.

Comment is about Bus Pass Virgin (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I do have peonies, as it happens, Iz. But the "stones" I invited my kids to see were really just stones!

Comment is about Turning Over Stones (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Excellent, Laura. Agree with Graham about that phrase.
Can't stop hearing "The Living Yeras" in my head now!

Comment is about Ward 3D (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

I rather prefer it that way, MC.

Comment is about THERE'S NO KNOWING (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Laura, I really like this a lot. The words come at you like a whisper. Wonderful words like "all tissue thin and chalk for bones" bloody well done. A lovely piece of work.

Graham

Comment is about Ward 3D (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Come on Laura spill the literal beans. What are you on abt hmm? tommy x

Comment is about Ward 3D (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Hello Mick - I too had a family member - a maternal uncle - who was killed in action in August 1916. Family research turned up stuff I never heard from my mother who was of a generation which kept its cards close to its chest when it came to what was talked about. My late father also served and survived through 1917-1918...and was in uniform again for WW2. To have endured and witnessed so much grief and suffering in a single lifetime is almost beyond my own comprehension.

Comment is about Mick Waring (poet profile)

Original item by Mick Waring

Hello Cecilia,

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you are enjoying the site and we're really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by other WOL-ers too.

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

Have a good look around, there’s always lots going on and 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.
There’s usually somebody who’ll help you out with any problems that you might encounter, so just ask and someone will get back to you.
WOL is a friendly, creative and unassuming place, so welcome from all of us once again.

The Write Out Loud Team.

Comment is about Cecilia Kovacs (poet profile)

Original item by Cecilia Kovacs

Thanks for comment on Beethoven, Candice. Yup, he gets to me: it's music first I think.
Dom.

Comment is about Candice Reineke (poet profile)

Original item by Candice Reineke

Winston- 'Once more unto the breach...' Thanks for the comment you left for 'This time on a sunny day'. Like you, I like a surprise. tommy

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Hi Winston ta for your comment on ''Anyone for tennis?'' I could argue that the simpler the dialogue the easier to understand and the more powerful your message will resound: ''Eat less move more'' ;) tommy

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Hi Natalie, ta for your comment here. I like the idea of a lack of build up, enter mid-scene, leave mid-scene. I was told by my English tutor that that was not real literature(some years ago) and that put me off. Natalie, I have a log-book of such including this ''Hockey'' excerpt. You have only to ask. tommy 11656

Comment is about Hockey anyone? (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Hi Winston ta for your comment. I could argue that the simpler the dialogue the easier to understand and the more powerful your message will resound: ''Eat less move more'' ;) tommy

Comment is about Hockey anyone? (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Thank you for your comment, Natalie!

Comment is about Tonight (blog)

Original item by Cecilia Kovacs

Loved before the busses. and the last line. great writing Tommy

Comment is about This time on a sunny day (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Some very interesting words inserted here Tommy to keep our interest in this narrative whilst making us change our step. Win x

Comment is about Algiers (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

I have never written a play but You are showing us how powerful a simple dialogue can be here Tommy. Not so simple to do as well as this though. x

Comment is about Hockey anyone? (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Thanks!

Comment is about Perceptions (aka bored at a Health and Safety training) (blog)

Original item by Cecilia Kovacs

no criticisms-just one word-BRAVO!..oh...
and-WELCOME CECILIA!x

Comment is about Cecilia Kovacs (poet profile)

Original item by Cecilia Kovacs

very very clever and effective use of simple words-
-a dish of a poem....



yumyum!x

Comment is about Perceptions (aka bored at a Health and Safety training) (blog)

Original item by Cecilia Kovacs

Thanks for liking my stones JC :)) x

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Welcome to WOL Candice - I'm glad you seem to be enjoying it. I've enjoyed reading your poetry - I'm not a great one for poetry about nature, but when it reflects emotions or moods, then I like it very much.

Comment is about Candice Reineke (poet profile)

Original item by Candice Reineke

Hi Harry - glad you found my poem entertaining one way or another - don't think she'll ever be singing that one - a less materialistic girl would be hard to find - I am very blessed! xx

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

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Thank you for commenting mon amie! Your comments always reassure me that I haven't quite forgotten all the french I learnt after all!

A bientot!

xx

Comment is about Francine (poet profile)

Original item by Francine

Thanks for your lovely comment on my poem Margaret - I'm much like you in that I'm not spending as much time on WOL as I used to - there is always something to catch my attention when I do though - we're very lucky to be a part of it!

Take care for now.

Isobel x

Comment is about Margaret Holbrook (poet profile)

Original item by Margaret Holbrook

All is wonderfully well with me and mine thank you Anthony :))

And thank you everyone for commenting!

This one wasn't meant to be at all sad - though I can see that it's open to interpretation. Full of hope? Yes - most definitely - life is a wonderful thing if you refuse to let it beat you!

John Coopey - do you have peonies in your garden too? I can remember my old dad totally embarrasing me in front of a school friend by using a similar line...

Comment is about Turning Over Stones (blog)

Original item by Isobel

You are very lucky to live near the sea!

I enjoyed the melancholy mood you created and then dispersed within the poem. People watching is a fascinating way to fill time and the beach a very calming place to be - you get that across in your poem.

Comment is about The Beach: My Remedy (blog)

Original item by Candice Reineke

Well accompanied poems. TC

Comment is about Death Of A Poet (Anthem For Doomed Youth) MUSIC VERSION (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Ian Hi, It strikes me as having a total lack of cynicism (skeptical yes, in parts and that's no bad thing at all) - which coming from your stand point is damn hard to do. Tommy

ps I'm surprised there are not a lot more posts for this work Ian :/ tc

Comment is about Armistice (Gods Of War) (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

. . . and her mother collects word, arranging them into wonderful and curious patterns . .

Hi Isobel, hope all is well with you & yours,
Regards,
A.E. x

Comment is about Turning Over Stones (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Je suis tellement heureuse de te voir écrire encore... cela ne pouvait pas être plus parfait ! J'aime beaucoup ce poème, triste, mais aussi plein d'espoir.

Bisous mon amie :-)

Comment is about Turning Over Stones (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Ahhh... Billy! :-)

Comment is about Billy Collins, Carol Ann Duffy, Paul Muldoon at Edinburgh book festival (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

We totally agree with Solar.Why this poem has'nt had the amount of comments it deserves,is surprising.Pure brilliance.xx

Comment is about Nero to Zero (blog)

Original item by Edie Hope

even to say this poem is fantastic,would belittle it.Excellent,excellent piece.x

Comment is about Nero to Zero (blog)

Original item by Edie Hope

Hello M.C . thank-you, the lines are for a relative who died in 1916 age 22 at Flanders, strange that unless you research the family tree these things are soon forgotten. It's also on the 'Letter to an Unknown Soldier' site .. search 'chris waring'.

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hello Dominique .. thanks for your encouraging comment ..

Comment is about Dominique Smith-Bryant (poet profile)

Original item by Dominique Smith-Bryant

thank-you M.C. .. I was thinking about how quickly a tragedy disappears from the news every day, and somewhere an unknown family grieves ..

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hello Cathy .. yes I can see your interpretation of people not being given the truth about numbers .. I was thinking about how quickly a tragedy disappears from the news leaving just the family to grieve .. chris.

Comment is about CathyLCrabb (poet profile)

Original item by CathyLCrabb

Thanks Roselaure!

Comment is about Unnatural Things (blog)

Original item by Dominique Smith-Bryant

The Great War has certainly brought some inspired poems. The final verse - with its opening line "The field grows quiet, the day grows faint" - with its ensuing evocation (to me) of a spirit rising from its place of death- is particularly moving. As is the
part of the poet to ensure such things are kept in
mind.

Comment is about The Silent Steps. (blog)

Original item by Mick Waring

Extraordinarily affecting in its use of suggested tragedy and loss set out in words
that are like ghosts...drifiting across the mind to leave a haunting memory of what was and
what might have been.

Comment is about There are no dead. (blog)

Original item by chris stevenson