On Sunday 26th May 2013 we had the usual high standard of performance with incomparable M.C.ing from Gemma. The star turn of the night was Pete Slater who gave us a moving poem about the after effects of his little boy being scalded. We also had Nick Ambrister and Simon Rusty with great material. Two visitors from Birkenhead were excellent. A man on the road, who was going to walk the Rochdale Canal to Manchester and go to three events there decided he'd had enough, so headed back to Leeds.
We had quite a 'ripe' evening with plenty of deliscious ruderies, but then we are all adults. A man in his sixties[my age] did one on 'coprophilia' if I'm not mistaken, which is the love of shit!! Hilarious stuff!! I did a miserablist one followed by one by Simon Rusty 'I'm proud to be a vegan' that I have done before. Great Night1111
Review is about Write Out Loud - Middleton on 26 May 2013 (event)
Sorry you've disabled comments on your wartime memories piece Harry because I'm sure you would get lots. Fascinating and so vivid!
Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
Sad and powerful. Gets the reader's imagination going to fill in all the gaps
Comment is about Peter Goes West (blog)
Original item by Jonnie Falafel
Kenneth Eaton-Dykes
Mon 27th May 2013 08:50
Yes Pete I did enjoy it, so did everyone else.
Your presentation was excellent and very moving.
Ken.
Comment is about Pete Slater (poet profile)
Original item by Pete Slater
howdy Ian- ta for the comment on my last effort.
Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
once again A you have shown yourself to be a chap of style and discernment re my last effort.
Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)
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<Deleted User> (9882)
Mon 27th May 2013 00:07
<Deleted User> (9882)
Mon 27th May 2013 00:03
really enjoyed this great poem J.O.P..x
Comment is about Walk Loosely To The Light (blog)
Original item by J. Otis Powell‽ (with interrobang)
<Deleted User> (9882)
Sun 26th May 2013 23:54
tearfully yummy.x
Comment is about Of Katy and Narcissus (52 hertz) (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
Just my opinion mate...its still a great poem and I understand what you mean by the intention:)
Comment is about I AM (blog)
Original item by Richard Alfred
Thanks for quarrying Dave :)
This is a raw piece of emotional turmoil - I'm glad it's not a recent one. I imagine it's one that many people can identify with at some point in their lives though.
'All things must be borne
that love and life may flourish.'
That's a lovely phrase - if a sad one. x
Comment is about 52 Hertz (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
<Deleted User> (6895)
Sun 26th May 2013 22:31
we are with you all the way on this Mike.
Great audio.xx
Comment is about Leaving (blog)
Original item by Noetic-fret!
I read with interest your war time memories, Harry. It's great that you've committed them to paper - it's something I should get my mother to do.
She often tells me how bad Liverpool had it and remembers quite vividly the trail of refugees pouring out along the East Lancs Road. I should bring her to a venue some time - I'm sure you'd have a lot in common.
The note you end on is so true of much in life. It's amazing what you can get used to and live with day to day.
Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
Maybe your right John but the intension of the repeat is of extreme incredulity )
Comment is about I AM (blog)
Original item by Richard Alfred
Hi Tracey finally found you, love the quiet contemplation, and the deep thoughts that this poem evokes, was he in some way related is this your great grandad ?
Looking forward to hearing you perform.
Christine xx
Comment is about Tracey Bucknell (poet profile)
Original item by Tracey Bucknell
Kenneth Eaton-Dykes
Sun 26th May 2013 18:08
Hi MC
I've been over doing the not doing anything lately
need to find something less demanding.This comment has really taken it out of me zzzzzz
Appreciate your appreciation.
Ken
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I'm not sure I'm with the "right wing" or "left wing" view of poetry but I certainly suspect that the absence of rhymed poems indicates a worrying absence of the commitment to the discipline and command of the language that this type of writing requires to be done well. "Free" verse certainly has its appeal IF done well but it can often be a framework for sloppy, inaccurate and and unattractive use of the language.
As for competitions these days: like tends to follow like - and, as in other areas of creative endeavour, those who may lack the qualities I have described are very likely to go for the sort of stuff they themselves write. I remember the late famous script-writer Barry Took roundly criticising the BBC for its tendency to settle for the lowest common denominator (as he saw it) in such matters...noting again "like follows like". Quality is hard to define but we all know it when we see it, even if some prefer to ignore it for unscrupulous (professional/competitive?) reasons!
But - in time - the wheel turns.
Comment is about Richie Muster (poet profile)
Original item by Richie Muster
Brevity has a lingering power. A fitting tribute to a life of service savagely cut short in a London street.
Comment is about At the Beat of a Drum (blog)
Original item by Simon Austin
Enjoyed this Dave.Points to the shallow side of writing/performing that poets can fall into,I guess.'I'm getting noticed,and what? and why? and where? (is the love?)'
Comment is about ....of words or people (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
Haha! Nice one Richard....and why wouldn't she look like Kate Bush? 'she was a lady in a castle'Whether this is a real or imaginary castle,it's easy to imagine the setting,and even easier to understand the (commonly held) obsession.
Comment is about Never For Ever (blog)
Original item by Richard Alfred
Hi Richard,
Great poem and works even better when heard performed live! Particularly liked the last stanza,'If I carried a blade wrought and black,
to plunge written in hate,engraved with the words,'Always intended for you',then I would be all that you claim me to be,all that you say I am.'For me,maybe a bit too much repetition early on,(the multiple detached,removed,remote,etc,and later with the chrysalis repetition also.I think,with the greatest respect you could make your point maybe by just repeating the word once and the poem would read better for it.) Just my opinion though. Still a great poem that takes the reader on a heartfelt journey.
Comment is about I AM (blog)
Original item by Richard Alfred
The sad thing about both these plagiarists is that they diminish the poems they steal because they have no idea what poetry is about. They are the ultimate non-poets really. I wouldn't like someone to copy one of my poems and post it under their own name, but I think it would be even worse if they altered it so that it was just a bad poem.
Comment is about It's happened again: new poet unmasked as serial plagiarist (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (6895)
Sun 26th May 2013 00:35
very very clever poem
very very much enjoyed.xx
Comment is about Don't (blog)
Original item by Mike Morris
<Deleted User> (6895)
Sun 26th May 2013 00:33
beautifully mysterious.Now Mr.Wilde has to decide
(rhyme not intended,but retained for future use!)
whether to print this poem off,or..........
your profile photo?
oh! decisions! decisions!...yeah right!xx
Comment is about Of Katy and Narcissus (52 hertz) (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
"If you must write prose or poems, the words you use should be your own. Don't plagiarise or take on loan." - Morrissey.
Comment is about It's happened again: new poet unmasked as serial plagiarist (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Cheers for the welcome Ann and the comments Tim. Misfits was actually a song originally, funny enough, so it has been performed many years ago.
Would do performances but work nights at the moment. Maybe some day...
Comment is about Marksy (poet profile)
Original item by Marksy
Thank you yvonne. i see what you mean, but i was trying to describe the snow becoming thicker and higher as it covered the land. I think descends could work also. Thank you very much x
Comment is about The earth and her lover (blog)
Original item by tina
Hi Richard. I think the next Neo:Live will be on Wednesday June 19th but I expect Scott Devon will put up an event at the start of next month. Cheers for asking :D
Comment is about Dominic Berry (poet profile)
Original item by Dominic Berry
<Deleted User> (6895)
Sat 25th May 2013 01:00
I've got one you can have,free of charge-
I'll ride it out of my dream into yours!
Now back to TRYING to put together
my Tiger Cub,the one I took to pieces
fourty years ago.
Great poem,sleazy rider.xx
Comment is about I Wish I Had A Harley (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
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Sat 25th May 2013 00:45
Our thanks for all you did for this country Lee.
We will never ever forget you.
God bless you,young man.xx
Thanks for the poem Simon.xx
Comment is about At the Beat of a Drum (blog)
Original item by Simon Austin
My Thesaurus is an extension of my pen - but if the gremlin is on the warpath even that cannot always ward off the beastie. You may find a rhyme - but the meaning is not quite right or has wrong number of syllables - no wonder some folk use blank verse. But nil desperandum - enjoy the thrill of the chase I enjoyed your poem. XX
Comment is about The Word Gremlin (blog)
Original item by David Lindsay
excellent, descriptive, sensual piece and quite moving.
I just query the word ascends rather than descends in line 6. I kept re-reading that part and felt that, as snow falls, I was linking that image to 'descends' but maybe as the snow piles higher it is 'ascending '. Very enjoyable.XX
Comment is about The earth and her lover (blog)
Original item by tina
'elf 'n safety would probably have something to say about that - and woe betide those who have not had the correct training!
A good giggle - well done.XX
Comment is about Upside Down In The Sink (blog)
Original item by Dorinda MacDowell
Yes J C, so do I.
You'll soon pass through this stage and then start hankering after a sit-on lawn mower.
Comment is about I Wish I Had A Harley (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Kenneth Eaton-Dykes
Fri 24th May 2013 23:52
Religious rivalry is the root of most evil.
universal Pacifism is the only solution.
Comment is about At the Beat of a Drum (blog)
Original item by Simon Austin
Yes - this must be the poetic equivalent of that James Blunt 'you're beautiful' song.
I think there's probably safety in distance - you get to imagine all the good things without ever experiencing the bad.
Kate Bush was ever boy's pin up girl, when I was younger :)
Comment is about Never For Ever (blog)
Original item by Richard Alfred
That's a lovely poem. Very poignant.
'At the still of a heart,
The world stopped,'
Not many things are capable of making this happen - what a shame it has to be such an atrocity.
Comment is about At the Beat of a Drum (blog)
Original item by Simon Austin
Kenneth Eaton-Dykes
Fri 24th May 2013 23:26
Hi Pete.
I agree with Andy n.
Hope there's enough seats to go round on Sunday the 26th at the R.O.B. Middleton.
Ken.
Comment is about Write Out Loud at Middleton tonight (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks for your comments Simon. I like your Misfits poem. I reckon it's something that would work well in performance.
Comment is about Marksy (poet profile)
Original item by Marksy
This poem was written by J.Brodsky when he was 40.
Today is his birthday. So, we say:The bright memory!
Comment is about I entered the cage instead of a wild beast,... (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Thanks for the kind words Andy. Much appreciated mate. Looking forward to my first guest spot, just hoping people are entertained.
Cheers again mate.
Pete the Bus Driving Poet.
Comment is about Write Out Loud at Middleton tonight (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I believe this is a poem. A very good one indeed.
I think at one time or another we all fall in love with someone far away.
Very nicely written.
Shirley
Comment is about Never For Ever (blog)
Original item by Richard Alfred
Loving Carbon Footprint! Middle-class guilt personified.
Comment is about Tim Ellis (poet profile)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Simon Marks
Mon 27th May 2013 16:41
Great finishing line, Steve. Love twists and turns. Little Ben is great too.
Comment is about Ste J Bee (poet profile)
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