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Review is about Pink Lane Poetry & Performance on 13 Feb 2014 (event)
Fri 3rd Jan 2014 17:40
Hugely enjoyed,
(performing stanza two, you could vocally elongate the `morally` and get rid of the I)
Comment is about OFF (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
Dave,
Reproduction and enjoyment wise dead `fucking` true! (isn`t it great to actually use the word correctly?)
Mind, I reckon you`ve `sexed` your `Gods` opposite to what I would`ve.
but what the hell!)
Comment is about Building and hiding (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
or maybe you have just not paid your B.T bill, then wait for me to call round when I get no reply to ask why no answer, to which you just tap me up for the money owed - - -
I give it to you without any fuss so next time I phone I hear the voice I love so much.
Comment is about Dropped Phone Call (blog)
Original item by Andy N
I love the eternal optimism (ego?) of the north!
Never underestimate the Gunners when they are
finding fighting spirit and form. Wasn't it the
Man. City manager who predicted his team would
top the Premier League at the New Year? Hah!
Comment is about Ode to Woy (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I don't think so, Harry. I fear it's staying in Manchester.
Comment is about Ode to Woy (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Kenneth Eaton-Dykes
Thu 2nd Jan 2014 16:26
Never mind Harry, it was money well spent, you'll look smart laid out in that new "Granny pulling"outfit.
(Top of the heap)
Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
I wonder how our world must look on New Year's
Eve as successive midnights go by - and those
amazing pyrotechnics light up the sky. Would
aliens think we were attacking each other?
Comment is about Two Zero One Four (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
No injurin` Saurez till after we`ve won the Premiership!
Comment is about Ode to Woy (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Better actors too! And better at practising
taking penalties so they rarely miss when it
matters.
Comment is about Ode to Woy (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Jonnie,
Those last four lines a common comment on the mystery of evil. I wonder what Job would have thought seeing not only one but both hands (plus feet) nailed to it?
Me? I too think `it`s best to let it go` take a good, hard look (It`s a showing – not a telling) and think about the resurrection.
Comment is about Hung Out To Dry (blog)
Original item by Jonnie Falafel
...in fact, they are known in journalism as "10-man Uruguay".
Comment is about Ode to Woy (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Unfortunately, MC, these days their hard-nuts are every bit as hard as our hard-nuts. (And they have skill as well).
Comment is about Ode to Woy (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Play up and play the English game
Of good old mem-or-ee...
When men went for the ball like men -
And the crowd told the referee.
Now the ref's a big girl's blouse
And most foreign players too
And this home of football now kowtows
To those we gave it too!
Chorus
Hack 'em Hack 'em Hack 'em down
You know the ways of old
Hack 'em Hack 'em Hack 'em down
Never needing to be told!
Hack 'em Hack 'em Hack 'em down
And recall when we were bold!
................................
Comment is about Ode to Woy (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
nice stuff emmy again.
only concern i have here and it's only minor is the first two lines Heavy hands /on heavy hearts. while it works fairly well, i think it's really one line and as one line it's a bit clunky if you know what i mean.. you may want to consider a change for one of the heavies. perhaps wooden hands on heavy hearts or something..
just a suggestion as it's great stuff still.
Comment is about just that little bit harder (blog)
Original item by emmy92
can relate to this quite a lot, it perhaps a bit long for my tastes but the first half of the poem (taking nothing away from the rest) is magical. lovely stuff m8
Comment is about The Quiet Ones (blog)
Original item by Tom
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Thu 2nd Jan 2014 11:52
glad my comment made you chuckle,chuck!x
Comment is about just that little bit harder (blog)
Original item by emmy92
Hey solar winds thanks for your comment :) haha no I'm not 92, it's the year I was born to many people with emmy as their profile name.
Comment is about just that little bit harder (blog)
Original item by emmy92
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Wed 1st Jan 2014 23:34
lets hope your last line proves right!
good poem Emmy.You aint actually 92 are you?
my god! those anti-ageing creams are brill!x
Comment is about just that little bit harder (blog)
Original item by emmy92
Hi Greg Happy New Year yourself! Be good if you can make it to the Covent Garden gig. Yes, I have quite a few more in the Grimsby sequence. I was amazed by the quick response from Pennilessand the fact that they took the lot, although I was only expecting them to take one and wanted to spread them around!I thought they looked a bit Stand-ish, so I might have to try them with what's left. THough it takes them forever to get back and the lost time was a rejection!
Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I could have warned you, Ian, and saved you all the trouble!
Nice, light touch; a change from some of your more "thoughtful" stuff.
Comment is about OFF (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
Happy new year to you too, David. Not sure I'll get to the Ariadne launch, but will try to make the Screech Owl one, date depending. Very impressed with your Grimsby poems in Penniless Press today. Have you got any more of those up your sleeve?
Comment is about David Cooke (poet profile)
Original item by David Cooke
thanks andy. strange how memories can interact with others similar memories, but thanks for the comment. glad you like this.
Comment is about Surviving Christmas (blog)
Original item by Gray Nicholls
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Tue 31st Dec 2013 22:57
and the same to you Larisa.x
Comment is about Merry Christmas! (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Thanks for looking in Hannah.I'm glad you liked the last verses as they were the ones I really worked at!Best wishes, Steve
Comment is about Time is in the Moment (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
Hi Cynthia, thank you for your very perceptive comment on "Unwanted." It was written in anger for someone I love.
Have a very happy New years Eve and all the best for next year.
Cate xx
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Hi Greg Happy New Year! Glad you liked the stamp poem. I'm thinking of maybe going to the Ariadne launch in January. Do you fancy it? Also will definitely be down to the Poetry CAfe Covent Garden for Grant Tarbard's Screech Owl launch, if you're up for it. I'll be reading with other contributors including Bethany.
Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Cate, it seems to me that this isn't, in any way, a literal piece about messy people. I find your poem very powerful, angry and deliberately strong - more like a last-ditch stand against a very difficult person - swirling one of those spiked clubs around your head, with intent to let fly if necessary.
I hope it gets sorted. 'Do not leave a footprint on my life' is a brilliant line, and a ghastly idea.
Happy New Year.
Comment is about Unwanted (blog)
Original item by Cate
The recent poems are zeroing in with great intensity and intimacy, universally relate-able, and 'polished'. Keep posting.
Comment is about The possible dream (blog)
I know what you mean about the poem
Happy new year mate and see you soon at Stockport
Now to finsh those cans left over from Christmas!
Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)
Original item by Andy N
Kenneth Eaton-Dykes
Tue 31st Dec 2013 12:28
Hi Harry
Being a couple of octogenarians, next time we move the earth, will be via the Sextons shovel.
Happy New Year.
Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
Nice one Dave. Yes - I suffer from the same voices all the time and it can be a bugger switching them off.
Dave B says it all - you capture it neatly and that last line really sums it all up. x
Comment is about Voices Off (blog)
Original item by Dave Morgan
Tommy,
Wow this poem is very well written, while reading it was like a movie playing in my mind (in a good way haha). I felt the intensity that you are portraying through this poem with every line. The passion that you and your then lover,mostly U, show,is magnificent.
Everybody has different perceptions of a poem.Many have judged mine by telling me how to write it,hell,that's my job not their's! But even then,there's no stopping people from doing that.
You are right,affection is blatant in your poem,Theres no doubt about that whatsoever. The way you have put your emotions down to writing is really gripping and arresting,When I reached the ending,I wanted to yell out "Tommy don't stop!!" Haha I mean the only thing I didn't like about your poem is the fact that it came to an end!
--Shevaughn.
Comment is about Hold me - when does the giving ever stop? (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Enjoyed this, Tommy, good one :-)
Comment is about waiting wanting (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
thank you Hannah and M.C for your kind words
Comment is about A Gift X (blog)
Original item by David R Mellor
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Mon 30th Dec 2013 18:45
<Deleted User> (11750)
Mon 30th Dec 2013 18:44
I LOVE this. I'm new to this website and have been looking at numerous poems but this is the first one I've found that's really caught my attention. Do you have your own blog? I have just created one. Maybe you'd like to see it? http://lifeastoldbymypen.weebly.com/
Comment is about waiting wanting (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
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Mon 30th Dec 2013 18:42
I really like this, although I'm not so keen on the title. Do you have your own blog? I have just created one. Maybe you'd like to have a look?
http://lifeastoldbymypen.weebly.com/
Comment is about Patterns (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
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Mon 30th Dec 2013 18:38
I'm interested to read that you prefer the first two verses as I personally preferred the last two. I love the concept too.
Comment is about Time is in the Moment (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
Great questions, nicely put - among the most important questions there are. If 'God is' then clearly something is going on which is beyond human understanding. We do (as a race) appear to expect that we ought to be able to understand everything. Could be aiming too high.
Comment is about Hung Out To Dry (blog)
Original item by Jonnie Falafel
That's a familiar feeling and the poem captures it well. Nice one Dave.
Comment is about Voices Off (blog)
Original item by Dave Morgan
Pertinent and challenging.
What sort of "merciful" Father does that to his
Son? And to what purpose? It only adds mystery
to the witty observation by Ogden Nash -
How odd of God
To choose the Jews.
Why didn't He do the job on the Romans - or was
that a tacit admission that Might is Right - on
Earth or in Heaven? OK - I know the Romans had
their day eventually but that was more a matter
of human action or inaction as time went by.
After all, we all love a change! And we all
love a good story too.
Comment is about Hung Out To Dry (blog)
Original item by Jonnie Falafel
Hi Cynthia Glad you got the poems and sorry to hear that you've been unwell. Hope things pick up in the New ear and that you find some stuff in the book you like.
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Books arrived safely almost immediately. My computer wonked out just before sending you a message, and hasn't recouped until today (incorrect info from experts silenced my Christmas period - not a bad thing - and I was quite ill too, but better now. Better computer access - better me - what's not to like!) I will greatly enjoy your poems. Happy New Year!
Comment is about David Cooke (poet profile)
Original item by David Cooke
thanks for the comment m8 over that christmas poem. thankfully it was on a set rate on that day is all i am gonna say lol.
glad you liked it seriously however. bit of a jigsaw poem this one if you know what i mean.
Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)
Original item by Nigel Astell
thankfully it was on a set rate, nigel. lol.
glad you liked it m8. bit of a jigsaw poem this one if you know what i mean.
Comment is about Christmas Poem for Cathy (2013) (blog)
Original item by Andy N
C Byrne
Fri 3rd Jan 2014 19:01
Liked this - last verse is great. Got a feeling that there's possibly more of the story to add to this one.
Comment is about The Reluctant Volunteer (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman