Very vivid description of Wigan's King Street this Ian!

I enjoyed reading this but wasn't sure if 'urinates' is as appropriate as all the other language? 'Alleyway' and 'gutter' aren't too far away in the layout - surely it can tolerate a 'piss'!?

More! Let's see some blood and guts!

Comment is about Bucks Row (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Meloncholically romantic.

I enjoyed reading this Larisa.

Comment is about Unforgettable Tune (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Sometimes an argument over nothing.............Escalates.........................in accidental time.......................Two hotheads rubbing up, each other, the wrong way

Comment is about joe ranter (poet profile)

Original item by joe ranter

wow!a lot of hard work,resulting in a wonderfully formatted shape of great poetry,xx

Comment is about Shaping Up (blog)

Original item by Ian Beckett

We think he works for CIA,Solar-
-Cash In 'And! haha! as for that Brownie you mention,is it that colour because hes been dipping it in someone elses cocoa? haha take two!

Spookily ripping yarn Ian.xx

Comment is about Bucks Row (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

YES!.x

Comment is about DREAMING FOR ALL TO SEE (blog)

ayup!!Jack's on the loose again!
and Ripper Whiteley..you've done it again!
not only taken a photo of my 'ouse this time,but..
the whole effin street!

Begone I say!
and take your little black bag with you.
(Even if does only hold your Brownie-tee hee)

The boy's done good once more!x

Comment is about Bucks Row (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Laura,my advice regarding this fabbo.Take the temperature of freshly laid shit(the temperature only,one hastily adds)and in comparing,you will find this 'top holer'not one fucking tad less hot!

So there! lol.x

Comment is about Smoke Rings (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

The recitation seems some way removed from
public incitement to disaffection and hatred,
even less when any wider distribution via
Youtube was NOT the action of its author.
How tragic that a country can be ruled and the
law enforced by those so fearful of poetry spoken
in private.
These same souls would no doubt insist on being
thought civilised and treated as such by more
advanced nations. They should be ashamed.

Comment is about Campaign renewed after jailed Qatari poet in solitary confinement loses appeal (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I like this evocation of what it can be like to
be young.
"Ah, those halcyon days of our youth,
When being young was the only real truth!"

Comment is about ENDLESS SUMMER (blog)

Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER

Félicitations Harry et Isobel, ainsi que tous les autres qui ont contribué !

Comment is about Touch and Go. Result (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

You can find more of my poetry on line including some videos by searching on 'SUBACCHI POET'

Comment is about NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (blog)

Original item by David Subacchi

Hi Laura, 'Beano' many thanks for the kind words. I never actually met Ian Drury but if he is the one I think you mean well rather a sad ending. BTW, I haven't been to Thanet either. That was just a name that came to me. Just been checking out some of your poetry links, gosh impressive. Glad you are still posting. x

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Congratulations Harry! I'm happy for mine to go to the Philippines disaster fund, Dave - and it's very kind of you to organise.

This comp might not have had a large number of entries, but I have enjoyed reading each and every one of them. I've also thoroughly enjoyed performing mine.

Cate (who is a bit behind the times) has just finished hers!

Comment is about Touch and Go. Result (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Maggie I like your toast to the Queen of royal blue!

Dreadlock and John seem to share the same view
myself included.

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Lovely seeing you Cynthia! Hope Stanley is feeling better. xx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Late to this but congrats to Harry and Is!

Comment is about Touch and Go. Result (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Thanks Pete and Steve

It's not the greatest poem by any means, but just wanted to capture that bittersweet end-of-festival summer feeling. Now to get through the sodding winter...

Comment is about Smoke Rings (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

totally agree with all comments Mike,especially the ones made by Solar-without any doubt.xx

Comment is about Thembi (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

lest we forget eh Steve?-fat chance!!.xx

Comment is about War (blog)

Original item by Steve Higgins

*A few spoken word poets will be representing Contemporary poetry at the palace, Kadijah Ibrahim, Ali Gadema, Joelle Taylor and Myself will be adding the urban flavour.*

Great. I feel included, now.

Comment is about Invite to the palace: are you on the list? (Nov 2013) (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I have found the group on these pages again! and I have also made a comment on the Home page about Poetry Invite to the Palace. Thanks for everyone who helped me find my way back.
Maggie

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

HRH was down the road today
Getting on the royal train
From Heaton Chapel Station.
I meant to pop down and have a word
Or even a whole poem
But I forgot and had instead
A cup of tea and small slice of
Royal Battenburg.

Comment is about Invite to the palace: are you on the list? (Nov 2013) (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks for the link – that poem has a reference to the Beatles also. My education continues. As for the expression "Bag of Cats", I liked it enough to write a 'poem' about it.

Comment is about David Cooke (poet profile)

Original item by David Cooke

I like the repetition of "those" and especially the last two lines.

Comment is about War (blog)

Original item by Steve Higgins

"under dark and diamond skies ,
in the flaming of the days"
"friendships anchored in the dancing"

Great lines Laura.

Comment is about Smoke Rings (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

A poignant tribute to the fallen.

Comment is about THE MENIN GATE - 11/11/2013 (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Love this, love the shape but not quite as much as I love wine!

Comment is about Wine (blog)

Original item by Ian Beckett

Who says she's a ranter? That's brilliant missus, paints a wordy picture of the end of festival summer, and brings back memories of sunburnt ears, misty muesli mornings, lost dogs and lost innocence ...... s-i-g-h ........

Comment is about Smoke Rings (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Heartfelt and the more powerful for the reality
behind the words. Your Uncle Percy would be
proud of your poem.
My father survived WW1 as a young subaltern,
then the Anglo-Irish War of 1918-1922, only to
find himself in uniform for WW2. It beggars
belief what his generation endured and I wonder
occasionally what he would have thought about
those who complain so readily these days?
Oh - two small queries.
Verse 5 - shouldn't "came" be "come"?
Verse 6 - wouldn't "But" be more logical in
context in line 2? - otherwise the meaning
seems confusing.
Cheers.

Comment is about Tracing Planes (blog)

Original item by A Means to an End

"Life can seem crappy
When you're not very happy;
But spare that resentment
And aim for contentment!
Remember - like sin
It comes from within
Be thoughtful and kind
And you'll win peace of mind -
and contentment!"
Oh - in the first line of the 4th verse: is "quite" meant to be "quiet"?
Best wishes.

Comment is about Happiness? (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

I bet this pub sees some entertaining evenings!!
No wonder you're so "bitter" -
With such a "pale" rival
But bear up "stout" feller
Be a "mild" thing, not a wild thing!
:-)

Comment is about Jilted John (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I like this oine, Starfish. It's a great expression!

Comment is about Bag of Cats (blog)

Original item by Starfish

HI again. I googled the Farley poem, so here it is. So now you've got all the top poems about the Year of the Big FReeze!

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/jan/26/poetry.features

Comment is about Starfish (poet profile)

Original item by Starfish

Hi Starfish Thanks for the kind comments on Annus MIrabilis. Glad you spoted the Larkin connection. I did it on purpose. Both poems are about 1963 and start of with a Beatles reference and 'problems' with girls. Paul Farley has also done a gone one about that year, but he focuses on the death of Sylvia PLath. If you want o try to find it, it's called 1th February, 1963 and is a collection Called THe Ice Age.

Comment is about Starfish (poet profile)

Original item by Starfish

Thanks for the reminder, Dave. Have just got my votes in on time. Phew!

Comment is about Touch & Go Comp. Last chance to vote (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Funny girl YOU! I especially like the ending. (I'm glad you didn't add France in there, even though it happened to me plenty of times there too!)

Sent you a message on your phone...

I had no idea there was a comp! Have to agree with you and Cate about extending it... The more people involved the merrier! And Cate, last time (not Isobel's comp) I was half way through writing mine too and it was over before I could finish, so I never did.

XX

Comment is about Touch and Go (blog)

Original item by Isobel

I don't think CAD would get half way through one of mine. I have well over a thousand but all I'll ever win is the Backward Prize. Boo hoo.

Comment is about Carol Ann Duffy to judge book and pamphlet competition (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Nice poem.
Couldn't agree more. If we could just accept each other and not slam each others religions we'd get along a lot better.

Shirley

Comment is about Your God and My God (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi John,

Thanks for your comments on my "Another Two Line Horror Story." LOL! I think of myself as twenty years younger. That is until I look in the mirror.

Thanks,
Shirley

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Great pun Cate! If you want to be cosmically blown away, search 'Electric Universe'. Visual stuff will have you writing poems till you drop.
"It is the Thunderbolt that guides the Universe." Heraclitus

Comment is about SWITCHED ON (blog)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

I would have agreed with Isobel. Im half way through mine...... oh well gives me an excuse to lay down the old pen!! ps Ive sent you my vote.

Cate xx

Comment is about Touch & Go Competition - Voting (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Cate. Fortunately I tend to finish in one hit - I guess it shows . . . I do tidy afterwards of course. But for you to be left with an unfinished entry, that is cruel!
I suppose I should be checking the comp. I wonder if I know how?

Comment is about Barrie Singleton (poet profile)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

Michael,not only am I astounded by the quality of your poems,but also the quantity of hard work and time that you most certainly do put into each piece,my friend,you are a great credit to this site.And as for your kindness to others?..it overwhelms me!lots of love to you.x

Comment is about Thembi (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

I do hope these days have not passed you by yet, H,

Comment is about Touching...and going (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Hi Barry,just popped on to look at the competition.... I'm half way through mine and Ive seen its finished already! Thanks for your comments on The Last Song, and Uncle Ned. I`ll have to get writing again. its ages since I posted something!
Cate xx

Comment is about Barrie Singleton (poet profile)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

A changed world? I dont think so! No daughter of mine will be travelling alone in Portugal, Italy or Spain in this life and probably not the next either!!!!!
Cate xx

Comment is about Touch and Go (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Short and enlightening.... I like it!
Cate xx

Comment is about SWITCHED ON (blog)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

Soooo funny! Perhaps not for the lady you inadvertently groped, but made me laugh out loud!!
Cate xx

Comment is about Touching...and going (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Hearty LOL.

Comment is about Jilted John (blog)

Original item by John Coopey