Thank you Cynthia for your comment on No Man's an Island, I used to work with elderly people a number of years ago.
Hazel
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Sat 20th Apr 2013 23:21
nice one Dave and nice to see you back.xx
Comment is about The Language Of Love (blog)
Original item by Dave Dunn
Paul, I find this extremely powerful. As Cynthia says, the Oh sounds dominate. Shades of Theroux's the 'O' Zone.
Comment is about MQ-9 (blog)
Original item by Paul Sands
Thanks for taking the time to give me feedback Cynthia.
David
Comment is about IMPATIENT SPRINGTIME (blog)
Original item by David Subacchi
Saleema, have I got this right? Is the writing on the right a Panjabi version of the Urdu?
Comment is about link
Cynthia, thank you so much for your kind words
Comment is about MQ-9 (blog)
Original item by Paul Sands
Darn, I wanted to say this!
Comment is about Upon Originality (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Cynthia says it for me. Poignant, soulful and well-written
Comment is about Happy Endings (blog)
Original item by Alison Smiles
hey, many thanks for your comments on my latest, always appreciated for the thought you consistently put into them. Sorry to have missed your slot at WOL Sale, I've been nursing a knee injury and not got out much.
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
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Shucks! I missed it, and I did one myself this past winter! But only in rough since I missed the poetry meeting that was 'testing out' the form as a group enterprise. I must find it and compare consecutive lines with the correct 'beats'. I really should have twigged because I picked up your repeated stanza format.
Comment is about Golden Fibs (blog)
Original item by Graham Ramsden
I liked this a month ago. Sorry I did not say so then.
Comment is about IMPATIENT SPRINGTIME (blog)
Original item by David Subacchi
Humorous, and an easy read. We've all lauded something that makes our bellies purr.
Comment is about AMERICANO (blog)
Original item by David Subacchi
This is very well-written, fast and funny, as Newberry says, with potent, political points. It's not easy sustaining such a pitch for so many stanzas. But you get on a kind of 'roll', don't you, like galloping over smooth turf; you just want to 'fly'. Or, another one - like bubbling lava out of the throat of a volcano; you just want to 'explode' with words.
I'm done. Be glad. It's the sunshine today!
Comment is about A HELLISH ENCOUNTER (blog)
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Hello Cynthia - thanks for your measured comments on my "little old lady" poem.
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This is very touching, Hazel. It sounds like an important personal experience. But, if it wasn't, no matter, because you still have made a very strong, humanistic point for us all.
Comment is about The Tenant (blog)
Original item by Hazel Connelly
Hi Steve - thanks for taking the time to comment on my "little old lady" poem.
Comment is about steve pottinger (poet profile)
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Very good, Indigo. The punctuation is essential to the expansive thought. Perhaps another font would highlight the marks a bit more, so that they have as much prominence as the words themselves.
Comment is about Spring Tanka (blog)
Original item by Ushiku Crisafulli
Steve - so much emphasis has emerged from certain quarters about the expense of this event that it seemed financially viable to make comparisons. I'm surprised someone hasn't made something of "money to burn" and her cremation!!
Comment is about £10 million for this? (blog)
Original item by steve pottinger
This is very effective,well-structured with a fast pace, clear imagery and a shrewd plot. It strikes home to the heart of all women. I really enjoy it.
Comment is about Happy Endings (blog)
Original item by Alison Smiles
Interesting! I recall the lines in "Me and Bobby McGee"..."Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose...". Not that I agree with that but it's a point of view that can be understood. At least there is no confusion here between solitude and loneliness...two different things entirely. One is a state of being, the other a state of mind.
Comment is about freedom (blog)
Original item by HIDDENGIRL
Some very romantic images, whether real or imaginary, a lovely moment. What is an 'aromatic smile'? I am intrigued - Wine? Cigarettes? Cherry-flavoured lipstick? It is an unusual combination.
Comment is about Moonlight, Roses and You (blog)
Original item by Mike Hilton
Looking good. Do you want 'from nights' or 'through nights'? Just curious. 'through' possibly gives the idea of lengthy time passing, like 'getting through the night', as well as 'many nights passing', if that was your intention.
Comment is about Traces of you (blog)
Original item by Andy Ainsworth
May the iron lady rust in peace.
Comment is about steve pottinger (poet profile)
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cheers for your comments on my poem for the iron lady.
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This has a certain panache, Andy, perhaps a bit wordy, but still emotionally sincere.
Comment is about Hillsborough (blog)
Original item by Andy N
I like this - powerful diction for emotive images - so laden with the sound of 'oh', it is surely intentional, like groaning? 'crone wept bones' and 'pebble-eyed children' are very innovative expressions.
Comment is about MQ-9 (blog)
Original item by Paul Sands
thank you marianne, so glad you like it. your comments are always valued xx
Comment is about Marianne Daniels (poet profile)
Original item by Marianne Daniels
thank you marianne, so glad you like it. your comments are always valued xx
Comment is about go to the woods (relist) (blog)
Original item by Rachel Bond
Superb, dangerously infectious writing, yet superbly controlled. Thank you.
Comment is about Virus (blog)
Original item by Marianne Daniels
I enjoyed this, Ged. Nice work, beautifully expressed.
Comment is about Ripples of Detriment (blog)
Original item by Ged Thompson
A proper good rant. Well done, sir!
Comment is about Class Action (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
I enjoyed this, MC. Despite my politics. ;-)
Comment is about St. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL - APRIL 17, 2013 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I especially love the punch of the first two lines, Julian. And chuckled at the reference to her turning....
Comment is about We have become a dead grandmother (blog)
Original item by Julian Jordon
Another good one David - there's something very mysterious and other-worldly about historic sites - and you've captured that mythical air really well
Good 'un
Ian
Comment is about History (blog)
Original item by David Blake
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Fri 19th Apr 2013 22:37
So accuracy of definition becomes semantics = to suit. The problem with much that is posted.
Comment is about St. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL - APRIL 17, 2013 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
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Fri 19th Apr 2013 20:48
Blimey!that corner shop image
reminds us so much of our old one
where we used to spend Uncle Vic's
half-a-dollar on Jubblies
and Uncle Joe's mint balls.xx
Comment is about OLDEN DAYS (blog)
Original item by Pete Slater
Harry, thank you for your comments on my review of Cynthia's performance. YOu are dead right about the fact that she clearly rehearsed it and created a themed set, although it was less that I think than a single piece in five parts (not six, got carried away). Whatever, it did demonstrate the difference between knocking out a reading, and preparing for a quality performance. If you got something worth saying, it is worth saying well.
again, thanks for your comments. Much appreciated.
Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)
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A simple walking pace - like the horses - and an excellent observance - 'a little old lady' was exactly what she was, smothered in that flag.
Comment is about St. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL - APRIL 17, 2013 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Delicious. The opening six lines are a quality 'catcher', the hardest skill to hone.
Comment is about Virus (blog)
Original item by Marianne Daniels
Hi Larisa,
Thank you so much for the comment on my poem "I'm Not Perfect". I wrote this poem because I'm not perfect and I don't want to be. The many mistakes I've made have made me stronger.
Thanks
Shirley
Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Very sad and very moving Tom. especially for anyone who's been there.
'except those hands we gripped
would not grip back'
Those are hard lines to write about one's mother. John's right about the simplicity being powerful. A few words can speak volumes.
Comment is about As She Lay Dying (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
Whether it was state or whether it was ceremonial is just a question of semantics - the point I'm making is that the tax payer paid for it - not the family - that gives the public cause to air their grievances and their thoughts - that is what is causing the controversy.
Comment is about St. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL - APRIL 17, 2013 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Her view at the time was undoubtedly coloured by the deeds which are conveniently forgotten
as history takes charge. But, as the saying goes; those who never change their minds, never correct their mistakes.
Mandela knew enough to be seen with her in
later days in very amicable circumstances that
continued thereafter. He too was a politician,
after all.
Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Isobel, I don't doubt that the Lady wouldn't have been enthused by my reference to her as a "little old lady" -but, unlike her larger than life personality in her pomp, nature had certainly reduced her to that stature in physical terms - as it does all of us who attain great age. It's just a fact of life that serves as a telling contradiction between what she was and what she became as illness and age took its toll.
Correction: this was a ceremonial funeral. The funeral of that other famous politician, Sir Winston Churchill, was a STATE occasion. I was there and the difference between the two was (and is) obvious.
Comment is about St. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL - APRIL 17, 2013 (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thatcher called Mandela 'that grubby little terrorist' She used the Malvinas war to bolster sagging popularity- hey she did ok for her class.
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Thatcher called Mandela 'that grubby little terrorist' She used the Malvinas war to bolster sagging popularity- hey she did ok for her class.
Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Sadly, even in death mis-information is maintained.This was a ceremonial funeral NOT a stateoccasion. I was present at the STATE funeral of another politician - Sir Winston Churchill, planned under the operational title "Operation Hope Not" by the man himself - and the difference between the two was obvious.
As for Mandela's "foe" - cue the photograph of a clearly
delighted smiling Mandela shaking her hand outside
Number 10.
But I like the louche sardonic wit employed in the EM poem in question. Shades of "Private Eye".
Here's another - seen elsewhere.
"What is a socialist?
One who has yearnings
For the equal division
Of unequal earnings.
A dreamer, an idler - or worse,
All too willing
To put down his penny
And pick up your shilling."
Comment is about The Iron Lady's funeral blues poems (article)
Original item by Julian Jordon
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Sun 21st Apr 2013 02:19
Thank you so much Cynthia for commenting on my latest offering. Clever is not a brush I am painted with very often! :)
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