Love this, Isobel. Reminds me of my little niece, who is always handing me a new stone or shell and explaining why she chose each one.
Comment is about Turning Over Stones (blog)
Original item by Isobel
Nice Helen! It's so fitting that you have women living five years longer haha ;)
Comment is about If I Ruled The World... (blog)
Haha, so true. It's taken me quite a while to learn this too.
Comment is about Saviour No More (blog)
Enjoyed this, Helen. If it catches on, so might celibacy.
Comment is about If I Ruled The World... (blog)
Good to see you writing again Izz. I enjoyed this - it speaks of the magic that's in the world and the magic that's in a young person's curiosity. I love the idea that each stone has a history.
Comment is about Turning Over Stones (blog)
Original item by Isobel
Powerful, timely poem. I don't like to pick up on something so striking and poignant but are there meant to be two 'was's' in the 3rd line?
Comment is about THE HOLE - remembering WW1 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Here's the list. Perhaps I should get out more. But in my defence I started fiddling with this when I had a fractured ankle and you have to pass the time somehow.
Some Lake District hills -
Sale Fell
Carl Side
Yoke
Green Gable
Longside
High Street
Little Man
Grey Friar
Low Pike
Raise
Old Man
High Raise
Kirk Fell
Birks
Gavel Fell
Silver How
Meal Fell
Wandope
High Stile
Sallows
White Side
Barf
Sergeant Man
Ill Bell
Heron Pike
Cold Pike
High Pike
Sail
Broom Fell
Black Fell
High Seat
Great Gable
Stone Arthur
Lord's Seat
Arthur's Pike
Pillar
Steeple
Steel Fell
Middle Fell
Great End
Barrow
Grike
Haystacks
Haycock
And last but not least...
Great Cockup
I think that's 45. It's different every time I count it
Comment is about Hills in Lakes... but how many? (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
But what about late starters like me, Helen? There'd only be the mingers left!
Comment is about If I Ruled The World... (blog)
Very pictorial portrayal of timelessness and longing.
I keep a little pile of pretty stones in the garden. When I ask my kids if they want to see my best stones they look at me with a sad expression.
Comment is about Turning Over Stones (blog)
Original item by Isobel
A gruesome but nevertheless real picture of that particular hell, MC. We are indeed fortunate to live in these times and not those.
Comment is about THE HOLE - remembering WW1 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
No problems, Izzy. I thought it was top-bombing. At the end of the set there are a few trailers, one of which is about dogging.
And in respect of your new-found hobby, I can feel another parody coming on, "How much to go doggin' here at Wilmslow?"
Comment is about RYAN AIR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I too had a dream that poetry would find a local magazine stand every month....
Comment is about Reaching for the moon: Lunar Poetry magazine is launched (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I think infidelity is good for the soul
And keeps you on your toes
Take nothing for granted
Own but little of this mundane world
Yes, even people are disappointing
When we have high expectations
Let us embrace polygamy
And therby expel the jealousy
That binds us in Hell!
Comment is about If I Ruled The World... (blog)
Very moving Ian - and I like the way you've gone for a more formal structure to fit in with Owen's style.
Comment is about Death Of A Poet / Anthem For Doomed Youth (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Sorry John - I ummed and aaghed about posting it - but it's so funny and visual that I knew you and others would like it.
I'm sure if we dressed you up and got a grand piano behind you, you too could put on a very entertaining show - you've got enough material!
xx
ps: If you like that clip try searching for 'We Went Dogging' on youtube by the same group - and you can blame John Aikman for introducing me to them - and by them I mean Fascinating Aida :))))
Comment is about RYAN AIR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
You've lost me - somewhere in the Lake District...
Comment is about Hills in Lakes... but how many? (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
This looks interesting - and worth checking out via an order for a sample copy...with a view to more of the same.
Comment is about Reaching for the moon: Lunar Poetry magazine is launched (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks Cynthia. Glad it was entertaining. I think the answer is 43 by the way (Lake District hill names included). But even I've lost count and I wrote the thing.
Comment is about Hills in Lakes... but how many? (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
Hello J.C. Thanks for the comment on "Foot In Mouth". Enjoyed your response. It reminded me of another view -that soccer is a game for gentlemen played by hooligans and rugby is a game for hooligans played by gentlemen.
Ho-ho.
Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)
Original item by John Coopey
Daniel, thanks for the comment. The tune I poached it from is an old Tom Robinson number called "No Whisky" (it's probably a cover by him too!). I had it on an LP around 30 years ago called "Firepoint". I've never been able to find it on You Tube but I think it's on Spotify.
Comment is about RYAN AIR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
It's hilarious. How did 'Arthur' get so far north; what have I missed? It does jump around - like stirring a witch's cauldron of weird ingredients. And 'pike'? Isn't that also the thick wooden staff used in early hand combat? Or am I muddled? I didn't connect 'fish' until the grey friar' was sick, even though the title is about 'Lakes'. The spoof is maintained well. Highly entertaining.
Comment is about Hills in Lakes... but how many? (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
Thanks Dave and Helen.
Isobel's link is a real class act. Dave _ we actually fly quite a lot with Ryan Air and, if you accept that it's "No Frills", is fine for us.
Comment is about RYAN AIR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Hello again Daniel - thanks for the comment on
"Foot In Mouth". I keep up with the "footie"
via my brother-in-law and sister who are avid
Arsenal fans (for their sins!).
Comment is about Daniel Dwyran (poet profile)
Original item by Daniel Dwyran
Terrific!
Which is to say, of course, that there is no such animal as 'objectivity'. But we all know that; so just enjoy the writing and the plaudits when you get them. Someone has connected. What more can you ask?
Comment is about THE VANITY PROJECT. (blog)
Looking forward very much for your recording project. Hopefully this and 'Boots' will be a apart of it.
'A week beyond that fatal canal dawn
a peace is brokered and the guns fall still.
In Monkmoor Road a joyful early morn
is destroyed and a mothers tears will spill.
Outside the bright clanging Armistice bell
chimes “Wilfred Owen has a tale to tell”.
Superb!
Comment is about Death Of A Poet / Anthem For Doomed Youth (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
A wonderful and moving modern tribute. The detail as relevant today as it could have been 100 years ago.
Comment is about Somebodys son (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
'So let the sinners keep on sinning
And the saints will surely thrive
The men folk dead by fifty
The women fifty five'
Very witty. More mellow than The Visitor but equally as good. Nice one,
Comment is about If I Ruled The World... (blog)
Wow... just read this.
I agree with Phil. Very hot in every sense.
'Release is mine to savour
Discharge him now I've had my kicks
My fantasy, my saviour'.
Superb!
Comment is about The Visitor (blog)
Martin. Glad you didn't get it straight away and thank you for your very kind words. I have been telling people about your observation about brass rubbing in York. Still giggling!
Comment is about BEACH FIGHT (blog)
Original item by Daniel Dwyran
If one engine broke you could be late... if the other one packed up you could be up there all day!
Loved it both in the written form and on your guitar with the blues-riff. Great stuff John
Comment is about RYAN AIR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Just when you thought you had enough 'diving' at the Commonwealth Games!
A great take on the impending football season.
Thanks for your kind words on 'Beach Fight'.
Maybe it was the wrong type of sand for the Health and Safety Executive.
Comment is about FOOT IN MOUTH (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
<Deleted User> (6895)
Tue 5th Aug 2014 10:25
neat!xx
Comment is about All too late (blog)
Wonderful. Nice one John.
http://www.ihateryanair.org
Thanks for the introduction to Fascinating Aida, Izz
Comment is about RYAN AIR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
They say football is played for 90 minutes by players pretending they're hurt while rugby is played for 80 minutes by players pretending they're not.
Comment is about FOOT IN MOUTH (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Now then, Graham.
Why oh why do we do it? Personally i think the close-season should be 11 months long. My nerves are in shreds from August to May. They should ban the fucking game.
Isobel - that was pure gold. But why did you have to post it on my blog. Mine is so amateurish in comparison.
Comment is about RYAN AIR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The gum chewing reminds me of Sir Alex Ferguson watching intently, flanked with coaches each side.
Overpaid prima-donnas, well they are countless. (maybe not all with acting skills)
Really enjoyed reading this! :)
Comment is about FOOT IN MOUTH (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
thanks for the further comments on 'TILF' MC - 'formidable performance Poet?' - nah - I would prefer passionate about some, but not all, topics. But VERY passionate about looking after those who have so much to lose against those who do not. Interesting quote - and 75 years on from the second world war - we still do not learn eh?
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
thanks for commenting on 'TILF' Harry - not worried, just wary and angry about the cynicism of the tories (as usual)
Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
Thank you,Tommy!
Comment is about WATCHING THE WILLOW SWAY WITH THE WIND. (blog)
Original item by MEMOIRS OF THE LOST SON
Wistful and poignant and effecting, cheers Tommy
Comment is about WATCHING THE WILLOW SWAY WITH THE WIND. (blog)
Original item by MEMOIRS OF THE LOST SON
Heh heh - I enjoyed this and it's a rich theme for exploitation!
Have you seen this clip by Fascinating Aida - it's one of my favourites - we should get a WOL choir together :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAg0lUYHHFc
Comment is about RYAN AIR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I hope you're still sounding so benevolent after the first two or three games of the season JC. Here we go again!!
Comment is about RYAN AIR (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Anyone who can get oesophagus into a rhyme deserves eternal respect. Well done Daniel
Comment is about BEACH FIGHT (blog)
Original item by Daniel Dwyran
Thanks Graham,for welcoming me to this great circle! I hope I'll enjoy the journey with others!
Comment is about MEMOIRS OF THE LOST SON (poet profile)
Original item by MEMOIRS OF THE LOST SON
Isobel, are you really that busy?? We need some new work please!!
regards,
Graham
Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
Original item by Isobel
Alex, just checked out your redbubble stuff. Good to see another MK poet on WOL!
Keep up the good work.
Graham
Comment is about Alexandra K. Parapadakis (poet profile)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
Hello Alexandra,
Welcome to Write Out Loud. Please accept my apologies for this tardy welcome, as I have been away on my annual holidays and unable to communicate easily.
I hope you are enjoying the site. We're really looking forward to reading some of your work and I know that you will be warmly welcomed by other WOL-ers too.
Thanks for already uploading a picture of yourself.
Have a good browse around, there’s lots going on and if you have the time to make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free. It’s the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.
There’s always someone who’ll help you out with a problem, so just ask and someone will get back to you. It’s a friendly place, so welcome once again.
Graham Sherwood
Comment is about Alexandra K. Parapadakis (poet profile)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
Hello Ron,
Welcome to Write Out Loud. Please accept my apologies for this tardy welcome, as I have been away on my annual holidays and unable to communicate easily.
I hope you are enjoying the site. We're really looking forward to reading some of your work and I know that you will be warmly welcomed by other WOL-ers too.
If you haven’t already added a picture to your profile please try and do so. It’s good to see what our fellow poets look like.
Have a good browse around, there’s lots going on and if you have the time to make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free. It’s the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.
There’s always someone who’ll help you out with a problem, so just ask and someone will get back to you. It’s a friendly place, so welcome once again.
Graham Sherwood
Comment is about Ron Savory (poet profile)
Original item by Ron Savory
Candice Reineke
Tue 5th Aug 2014 18:23
Dominique, I've definitely had "those days" too. Thanks for sharing :)
Comment is about Those Days (blog)
Original item by Dominique Smith-Bryant