Hey!
this is alright!
Mister White-
ley

Sleep tight
goodnight
hope the bedbugs
dont bite.xx

Comment is about A Scarecrow Dreams Of Leaving (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Hi Joseph - a very warm welcome to WOL!

Comment is about Joseph J. Breunig 3rd (poet profile)

Original item by Joseph J. Breunig 3rd

Hello Starfish - thanks for the comment on "The Absolute Need".... Really made me laugh out loud. Glad you liked it. Please say more in your biography.

Comment is about Starfish (poet profile)

Original item by Starfish

I was wondering if there was any way of passing off some of my work as that of someone else?

Something I wrote last week was particularly bad.

Comment is about Forward prize contender in new plagiarism row (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hehe :) :)

Nice one again, chuck

Comment is about Equally bad (AKA Rantings of an antisexist man in a post-feminist world) (blog)

Original item by Mark Mr T Thompson

:) :)

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Thank you very much M.C Newberry, that really is very kind of you to say, I'm really glad you enjoyed it.

Comment is about Simon Austin (poet profile)

Original item by Simon Austin

Oh Winston, it clashes with Write Out Loud Sale! Heigh ho.

Comment is about Char March first guest at Shindig launch in Hebden Bridge (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hello Simon - If you never wrote anything else,
your poem "September Sisters" should ensure that
you would be respected and remembered. Your
use of the Shakespearean style for this subject is inspired. The drawback is, of course, how do
you top it?!
:-)

Comment is about Simon Austin (poet profile)

Original item by Simon Austin

Really enjoyed reading this at the beginning, then got a shock as the page scrolled down. Ha ha. Graphic and very well-written. Of course, I don't know what any of it means.
Starfish

Comment is about The Absolute Need (blog)

Original item by Jonnie Falafel

Ditto M.C. Newberry
A magnificent piece of work.
Starfish

Comment is about September Sisters (blog)

Original item by Simon Austin

excellent sample poem, Jade. need to have a flick through the rest of your blog, but this is a excellent piece

Comment is about Jade Eloise (poet profile)

Original item by Jade Eloise

Wonderful use of the Shakespearean style to
remind us of the horror of that dreadful day.
One of the best things I've read on WOL.
Deserves its place in any anthology.

Comment is about September Sisters (blog)

Original item by Simon Austin

I knew you'd like that line ;)

It was what I originally meant, but just said better at least in part thanks to our discussion.

Constructive criticism can lead to progress after all!

Comment is about Equally bad (AKA Rantings of an antisexist man in a post-feminist world) (blog)

Original item by Mark Mr T Thompson

Haha - phew - that was some debate eh Mark?! On fire! :D

Anyhoo, not got much time but I will say this...this line is very definitely improved:

"than what might be described inarticulately as more feminine qualities"

and that the rest of that verse is also much improved on the first.

Nice one :)

Comment is about Equally bad (AKA Rantings of an antisexist man in a post-feminist world) (blog)

Original item by Mark Mr T Thompson

Laura- for you, and only for you- I have self censored the image of the woman accompanying 'After the leaving' x
ps your request/enquiry has validity regardless of whom raised it x TC

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

The problem, as you might expect, is not confined to these shores. The Australian newspaper reports that a "little-known but award-winning poet", Andrew Slattery, has admitted passing off as his own the work of other poets. Slattery said in his defence that he was striving for a 'cento' effect in which lines from other writers' poems are incorporated into new, 'collage' poems. But, crucially, he failed to acknowledge his sources, or even say that the poems were centos when he submitted them to competitions http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/books/poet-uses-defence-of-collage-poetry-after-recycling-plath-lines/story-e6frg8nf-1226718041674

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/plagiarism-the-word-that-cant-be-uttered-20130913-2tpha.html

Write Out Loud warns: Don't try this at home

Comment is about Forward prize contender in new plagiarism row (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

The results for this competition are here http://batteredmoons.com/2013-poems-and-their-poets/

Comment is about Battered Moons contest offers £300 prize (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Starfish,
If you see that evil-eyed magpie that shit on our front step last week, give it the second barrell!

(loved that beflip-fopped feet!)

Comment is about Life's a Blast (blog)

Original item by Starfish

MC
interesting stuff,
The 'Reclaiming History' review is based on the 1000+ page full manuscript - whereas the 'Four Days In November' is a condensed version that covers just the 4 days of the 2 (3) murders. I haven't read the full manuscript but may well do now because, as you say, that review sounds very interesting.
Hope you enjoy the read - I came at it with an open mind and really enjoyed it - couldn't put it down and felt like I was watching every scene - a really good writer and a really good read - keep me informed on what you think and if it changes any of your perceptions - I would be interested
Ian

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Poets must gather round
to write a line
then for those who
had too many teas - - -

com all go pee

Comment is about September Collage Poem - The Sun (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Here's the original I've edit the piece above so that is now the 2013 redraft...

I may be a mister,

But sister, don’t get pissed yeah when I say in fact - I, am a feminist.

There seems to me to be a need for us to celebrate and debate the culture of nurture over greed,

Which appears an instinctively natural part of almost each and every female’s nature.

Maybe its origins historically are biological,

Isn’t it simple, obvious and logical,

That of the human races pair of parental partners

The very best gardeners tend not to be the human seed planters,

But instead, the seed tenders, the inside lending, DNA blenders,

Who, to bear a child, must share all that they have, all that they are,

Carrying a new life force in a physical pact that is still genuinely gender particular?



Now this is not a tract based on womb envy, because what I want to celebrate goes way beyond that.

It’s vital not to see this as a simple transgender pat on the back

Because these important female qualities have gone from being undervalued, to being under attack.

Some seem to want these special skills from us divided,

So much so that men who show these qualities of consideration, kindness and care are derided

Almost everywhere by guys and girls should show that they know better,

While young ladies become laddettes, painting their life pictures from palettes tainted

As they ape all that is vile and uncouth from the landscape of our modern male youth.



Equal but different were the targets for us I guess somewhere we must have lost focus,

In chasing dreams of equity

We came to be more equal but crucially

We became indifferent to the importance of difference.

Instead, the hard drinking, pint sinking, self serving, status quo preserving, aggression and violence of masculinity,

Came to be promoted as a better choice for you & me than the more feminine quality of equanimity,

In transactions of word, powerful projection is asserted as the only way to make sure that you’re heard,

Thus listening is lost as a skill, our conversations become nothing more than confrontational battles of will.



Our sexual revolution is no completed history - for me her story is at best half done.

For although heartfelt and hard fought were the battles that have been won,

If I am not going mad,

It seems the equal that we have so far become

Is simply equally bad.

Comment is about Equally bad (AKA Rantings of an antisexist man in a post-feminist world) (blog)

Original item by Mark Mr T Thompson

Thank you Solar Winds!

Comment is about Hygiene hats (blog)

Original item by Gareth Glyn Roberts

Hi Steve.A very late(and apologised for)thank you for your nice comment on my poem-
'Preparatory arsenal'x

Comment is about Steve Higgins (poet profile)

Original item by Steve Higgins

oh Starfish! and heres me thinking you were a kindly poet! if its not your big feet in action,it's your (big?)ariss-haha-cheers dude/dude-ess?.x

Comment is about Life's a Blast (blog)

Original item by Starfish

haha! yeah!x

Comment is about Hygiene hats (blog)

Original item by Gareth Glyn Roberts

my kind of rules!great stuff Marksy.x

Comment is about Please keep on the grass (blog)

Original item by Marksy

To see more of some of the great musicians that have played at ThePoetry Spoke;

www.wirralpoetry.com/musicians/

Comment is about ThePoetry Spoke September 19th - Poetry Night & Guest (blog)

Original item by Chris Co

as always MC, we seem to disagree.
I could shoot down (ouch) virtually all your suppositions about this murder - but it would simply be by referencing Vincent Bugliosi's book - so rather than fill space here I really would urge you to have a read of it and see if you remain so sceptical of the lone nutter theory.
Also - the Stephen King book 11-22-63 is a damned good read if you can stand the fictionalisation of events (but, I suppose you already have) - cheap shot :-) once you get started with the similies there's no stopping)
unlike some of our other disagreements of view - I'm not particularly precious about my views on this one - just pointing out a couple of damned good reads
cheers
Ian

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

What a brilliant idea Winston, and well done with the US connection. Come on you lot, you are good at found poetry.

See a poem and pick it up
and all the day you'll have ...

a found poem!

Comment is about Mark this: Winston Plowes judging US magazine's found poetry contest (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Wow, powerful stuff, Mike, agree with your sentiments, well written as always. Lynn x

Comment is about Headlong (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

I think we need a few more to merit a second book, Andy.

A few possible names for the collage 'poet':

COLLAGE POEM

Glacem Poole
Poole M. Glace
Glacem E. Pool
Glace M. Poole

Comment is about September Collage Poem - The Sun (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

good fun John and for once I remember what bit I wrote.

Miss doing these. Will be their be a second book of these poems?

Comment is about September Collage Poem - The Sun (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

WOW!
Thoughts mingle
And blend
We write
And
It
Is
Good................

IT IS GOOD

Comment is about September Collage Poem - The Sun (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

whhhhatttt!!!ignore a field mouse-never!
wear cotton wool wellies? always!!
awwww,accidents will happen.This comment comes from a so soft hearted Mr Wilde,who once risked his life by dashing out in between gaps in traffic on a bypass with his trusty shovel to lift a dead but beautiful fox off the road so he wouldnt get 'kersplatted' anymore and could be given a decent burial....sniff sniff.Be careful with those big feet Starfish! haha!xx

Comment is about Ode to a Field Mouse (blog)

Original item by Starfish

Very moving piece.

Comment is about stroke (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

thanks for commenting on 'stroke' starfish - unfortunately a true story which was difficult to get down in words without sounding overly sentimental - hopefully I got the tone about right :-)
cheers
Ian

Comment is about Starfish (poet profile)

Original item by Starfish

Hey MC
sorry it's been a while me getting back to you - been in sunny Dorset on holiday :-)
interesting stuff regarding the whole JFK 'drama' - must say that I am an avid reader on the whole topic and consider the ultimate 'bible' on the various theories etc to be 'Four Days In November' by Vincent Bugliosi (I highly recommend this as a captivating read - if you haven't read it already)- which basically disproves every crackpot conspiracy theory that anyone may choose to believe (good grief, I even read recently that they are theorising that vice president Johnson set it all up!)anyway - my own take on this - having read the books, seen the videos, listened to the theorists - is that it was, indeed, a lone nutter - and all the rest has been allowed to fester thanks to the ineptitude of the federal and local investigations.
I felt sorrier for the wife and kids - that picture of Kennedy's young son saluting the coffin has got to be one of the most heart-wrenching shots of the whole sad mess.
thanks for commenting - interesting stuff

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

The Sun Must Wait

Mirrored cool sunglasses
Extra large T-shirt
Silverfoil baggy shorts
Just hanging loose
Stuck at airport.

Comment is about Write Out Loud at Stockport tonight (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I like the use of red
with it a soft calm emotion
of a love so strong waiting
still searching the best to come.

Comment is about The Best (blog)

Original item by Katy Megan

Too true, and nicely said. Loved it

Comment is about Choices (blog)

Original item by Jonnie Falafel

During our chat at the book fair yesterday Clive Birnie of Burning Eye pointed me in the direction of a very interesting blog by Adele Ward, of Ward Wood Publishing, on the economics of publishing poetry. Here's the link to it http://adeleward.blogspot.co.uk/

Comment is about The ups and downs of publishing at the poetry book fair (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Really enjoyed this...and there's nought wrong with winceyette pyjamas, though flannelette are warmer!
Starfish

Comment is about MARRIAGE BED (blog)

Original item by Rodney Wood

Beautifully and effectively written on a difficult subject. Brilliant.
Starfish

Comment is about The Masterly Strategy of Inactivity (Not In My Name) (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

This is beautifully written and poignant.
Starfish

Comment is about stroke (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Hey Shirley, i'm glad you liked my poem 'Wise Sea'. I wrote it a few days ago when i was on holiday in Spain. There's a part of me that's a bit intimidated by the sea but i have a lot of respect for it. I appreciate your comment.

Comment is about Shirley Smothers (poet profile)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

Not quite sure how to respond to that. I know the poem seems bitter and sad. I think its a situation that is more common than we like to believe and tragic for all parties involved.

Last poem in the collection to be posted next week...then I don't know what to do next!

Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Thanks Andy appreciate your comments on THE RAIN.

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

The head of state is there by birth, not by selection, so I don't see her as a role model. We do have an excellent female poet laureate though - and I've never felt marginalised by men on the performance poetry scene. In fact I've seen plenty of excellent female performers.

If there are less of us, it's possibly down to a lack of confidence in performing or maybe the fact that many of us are occupied elsewhere looking after kids....

I do think subtle discrimination can exist in certain areas - private industry, where a lot of deals and promotions are cut on the golf course...

Comment is about Are female poets subtly 'excluded' by men? Discuss at black and Asian writers conference (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks to you, Greg! Great site!

Comment is about Adrienne Silcock (poet profile)

Original item by Adrienne Silcock