Harry Thanks for all your feedback, your critique really means a lot and is very valuable to me.

Thanks again

Ged

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Well said you! I just wish a few men could start wearing that niqab so they know how it feels, especially that Bruce Forsyth - it would improve Strictly an awful lot.

Comment is about Daily Mail (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I am impressed by the line-up, and pleased to see Robert Frost coming home in pole position with that natural voice. There are good recordings available of him, by the way, reading After Apple-picking, Mending Wall and other pieces... Thinking how one telling phrase in a poem can stick with us tightly as a melody, I think of Frost's persuasive delivery, and then I can't quite imagine Kipling doing so well with: "She knifed me one night, when I wished her white, but I learnt about women from her." But I digress.

Comment is about Robert Frost tops the list on BBC's Poetry Please request show (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

rgm,
If you`ve found a gal that can actually remember more of your sex sessions than you can, mate, cherish
her! cherish her!

(most of them have to make an effort to even remember the last one.

Comment is about The Mousetrap (blog)

Ged,

Good theme (mirrored in the form) of the usual
neccessity of us having to be `broken up` before we can start putting ourselves together again.

Isobel has got to the pith of it.

(I think John was really having a bit of a go at himself)

I`m interested in the `broke up` prose of it.
as a half way house between prose and poetry.

I tried it myself once and came to the conclusion that -for it to work poetically - it would need to gather impetus (speed or emotion-wise) as the `pieces` got to the end.

Needless to say, I couldn`t do it.



Nice insight here though.

Comment is about Soliloquy of the damned. (blog)

Original item by Ged Thompson

Went with Greg, this was the second time I've heard Little Machine. If you see an event where they are appearing well worth the trip.

Also, thought Rhythm & Muse event well run. Those reading kept to their time-slots: whole evening moved along nicely.

Comment is about Oh frabjous day! Carol Ann Duffy's words with a Dire Straits vibe (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Here are the results http://buzzwordspoetry.blogspot.co.uk/p/2013-poetry-competition.html

Comment is about David Morley to judge £600 Buzzwords competition (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Love this.

Comment is about louise (repost) (blog)

Original item by Rachel Bond

Love these; remind me of Auden.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you, Ankita.

Comment is about Forever Now and All I Might Have (blog)

Beautifully written with such a vivid imagery. :)

Comment is about Forever Now and All I Might Have (blog)

the opening three lines are a golden gateway to a great read-well done that soldier!x

Comment is about The Makings of Kings and Pawns (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Hi Cynthia,Thankyou for your lovely comments. They are very much appreciated. Hopefully we will one day be at the same performances but I think with both of us time probabley burns a fast wick.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

This is great. I love the conversational style allowing the philosophy. I have no idea what the Lagell reference is though. Well done.

Comment is about The Makings of Kings and Pawns (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Enjoyed these.

Comment is about Shelley Ann Dwornik (poet profile)

Original item by Shelley Ann Dwornik

Hi Greg, have one or two medical issues giving rise to concern ('nuther hernia op pending, plus other investigations. That aside, haven't heard much of you in recent times & I hope the muse goes well.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Enjoyed this very much.

Comment is about Monica S. Kuebler (poet profile)

Original item by Monica S. Kuebler

Enjoyed this.

Comment is about Polina (poet profile)

Original item by Polina

Thank you. It's very kind of you to say so.

Comment is about Frances Spurrier (poet profile)

Original item by Frances Spurrier

We may have our differences outside poetry, MC, and maybe within it, too, but I was warmed by your words about Edward Thomas. I admire Frost too, and his encouragement and friendship helped Thomas find his poetic voice. Hardy, another great. Thanks for spotting my typo, too. I will amend.

Comment is about Robert Frost tops the list on BBC's Poetry Please request show (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Shouldn't "Tim Gee" (see above) be "Tim Dee"?!
Fascinating - and truly relevant - how many of these favourite poems connect to timeless human
traits and shared sensibilities. I know all
bar one of the above (the Dylan Thomas poem),
and "Adlestrop" was committed to memory long ago.
Just reciting its words to myself conjures
up that landscape, with the imagined hiss of
the waiting steam locomotive and the clouds
high over the rural vista beyond. I am THERE
- with Edward Thomas - gazing out of an
Edwardian carriage at an England unaffected
by the results of the nightmare war to come.

Comment is about Robert Frost tops the list on BBC's Poetry Please request show (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I like the idea of conquest in the first three lines and the gender reversal that's implied; I'd like, personally, to see it carried through to the end.

Comment is about Transit (blog)

Original item by Katy Megan

I think I see where Ocean Trapped is going; enjoyed it. A modern cousin of Milton's Lycidas.

Comment is about Irina (poet profile)

Original item by Irina

Many thanks, Francine.

Comment is about Forever Now and All I Might Have (blog)

The first few lines are powerful. I had to read this several times because it just resonates so beautifully. Thank you for sharing :-)

Comment is about Forever Now and All I Might Have (blog)

Enjoyed this very much.

Comment is about Frances Spurrier (poet profile)

Original item by Frances Spurrier

Jet Set is wonderful.

Comment is about Sunshine Faggio (poet profile)

Original item by Sunshine Faggio

Liked the honesty of Error Report.

Comment is about Genevieve Walsh (poet profile)

Original item by Genevieve Walsh

Smart and honest.

Comment is about Jackson (poet profile)

Original item by Jackson

Hey Ged,

Thanks for your comments, I love reading them, you always seem to get my sentiment spot on :) You actually inspired me to start writing again this morning, not written in months :) so thanks for that.

Glad you enjoyed it, and keep up the good work, your poetry is great :)

Wez.

Comment is about Ged Thompson (poet profile)

Original item by Ged Thompson

I love this

Ive been very concerned with the rise in technology and the digital revolution and how it is causing tears in person to person interaction.

You go the bank: Machine
Tesco: machine
Try to talk to someone: earphones in

A virtual ocean full of of sharks and we immerse ourselves in its waters.

To the detriment of human contact we also lose the ability to read peoples eyes, the intuitive mechanism to decipher their motives for saying things rather than just hearing what they are trying to tell you and what they would like you to believe.

Conversations ensue with faceless avatars and while in the guise of a 2d illustration they often find detachment from compassion in the same way that it is easier to drop a bomb with a computer programme on a foreign land miles away than it is to cut a mans throat who stands before you. This happens on a micro level between individuals on line. Trolls poke at people at their most vulnerable and predators find prey in the innocent and unweary onliners.

Fuck me, got carried away there....Back to the poem. Brilliant as always Wez. Always like your stuff, its always very good.

Take care mate

Ged

Comment is about Prism (blog)

Original item by Wez Jefferies

Love this.

Comment is about Winter (blog)

Original item by cbyrne

Very well said. The judge's innate fairness--no matter how overblown by the tabloid press--reflects the genius of British common law.

Comment is about Daily Mail (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks:)

Comment is about RNCM Canteen (blog)

Original item by Neil Fawcett

Deeply beautiful.

Comment is about breathing (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Brilliant poem.

Comment is about Turning Over Tables (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Thank you for your suggestion in 'Naughty but Nice' gratefully accepted.

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Very fine.

Comment is about Heather Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Heather Taylor

Very fine.

Comment is about Catherine Smith (poet profile)

Original item by Catherine Smith

In heaven, Orwell's smiling.

Comment is about Anneliese Emmans Dean (poet profile)

Original item by Anneliese Emmans Dean

Box-office stuff - with a disarming (and slyly ambiguous) touch of humour to finish.

Comment is about The Mousetrap (blog)

Neat and petite...
That's quite a feat!

Comment is about Though I'm not a Shropshire lad (blog)

Original item by Marnanel Thurman

Poignant, especially when you think that technology as we know it today, will become museum exhibits in 10 years time. Will we go into reverse? I see they are bringing back the old Sony Walkman tape recorder systems. Books will never die. Thanks for questioning FK.

Comment is about Would They Have Listened, Then? (blog)

I agree with Charles B. This is a fine poem & should be celebrated. Am still ploughing through 'Misery begins at Home' BTW, in spite of many distractions.

Comment is about Ineffable (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

I can see you had a lot of fun writing this. Well done.

Comment is about Disco Nights (blog)

Original item by Steve Higgins

Poignant and tightly expressed.

Comment is about Though I'm not a Shropshire lad (blog)

Original item by Marnanel Thurman

Hi Ged, was out your way earlier in the year. Great City & people. Glad to see your poem attracting so much debate which I followed with interest. Thanks also for commenting on one of mine recently.

Comment is about Soliloquy of the damned. (blog)

Original item by Ged Thompson

Can't believe no one has commented on this yet. Very evocative.

Comment is about The Mousetrap (blog)

Harry, so topical with the world-and-his-dog having a slightly different take on it. We need only look to China to see (now regretted) mistakes of the past. Keep 'em coming Harry. It helps us remember.

Comment is about Lines of support for Anne Feradi (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Music to my ears. Enjoyed.

Comment is about RNCM Canteen (blog)

Original item by Neil Fawcett