good luck guys. both look great nights
Comment is about Guitar n' Verse Out Loud: Jeff and Andy team up at Cadence and Didsbury festivals (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I bet your wondering where on earth this poetic tale is going next, eh?!
Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Thank you Harry! I love your poem the infinite sadness of time passing. Made me hold my breath while reading it....
Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
Thank you Isobel! I had fun writing it : )))
Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
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<Deleted User> (6034)
Wed 12th Jun 2013 20:48
mmm it does have 7 four letter words.
Comment is about Love, loss, rock and roll, and other four-letter words (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (6034)
Wed 12th Jun 2013 20:35
naughty naughty! the four letter word exercise led to this poem and thats why I shared it....
Comment is about Love, loss, rock and roll, and other four-letter words (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Stark reality can strike if wooing danger takes a vicious twist, however innocent the intent. Somebody asked me if 'she' was deliberately committing suicide. I don't know. But the line about the 'nose' was meant to jolt.
Comment is about The Bath (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
If I'm not mistaken I think MC is saying that were man not now a domesticated creature, he would be hunting his own meat in order to survive. He is using this argument to justify hunting fox on horseback - arguing that perhaps it is necessary for us to keep in tune with our hunting instincts?
I've seen this argument raging on for a few days now and wondered whether to put my two penneth in - not that it's worth much.
I must admit to never having got that hot under the collar about fox hunting - mainly because foxes are natural pest and predator to other animals. I suppose it is distasteful to get a thrill out of watching something being torn apart - but then I also find two men kicking the shit out of each other in boxing quite distasteful also - particularly when it is known to cause brain damage.
Where I would agree with other side is in how we describe sick human beings who deliberately inflict pain on those weaker. Animals assert themselves, sometimes violently, but I don't think they actually get pleasure from torturing other animals. To call sadists animalistic is therefore incorrect - there is a word for this kind of incorrect labelling - but I can't for the life of me remember it.
Comment is about NATURE'S BLUE-PRINT (or putting the fox among chickens) (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thank you Ruby (let's hope you still look in) Alex and Julian - I'm touched this poem still speaks to people.
When we send out children out into the world, it's rather like sending them to war - I think that's partly what inspired the poem - that and an empathy for every woman who ever lost a child.
Thanks again for reading. x
Comment is about Preparing Lamb (blog)
Original item by Isobel
Interesting poem, Julie. But I can't help feeling it could do with more four-letter words. In fact, according to the rules, the poem should be made up of nothing but four-letter words, as I understand it!
Comment is about Love, loss, rock and roll, and other four-letter words (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Very sobering thoughts here - almost as much a prayer as a poem... May all your pleas be heard my friend. :) Best wishes, Dave
Comment is about Tomorrow I Will Retire (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Thank you so much for our conversation earlier my friend. :) Best wishes as ever, Dave
Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
<Deleted User> (6895)
Wed 12th Jun 2013 18:32
We certainly have nothing against Foxes being Foxes,only against the kind of people who think they can treat other people in the way they treat Foxes-(as seen on T.V.)
Very good poem Mr.W.xx
Comment is about Animals (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
<Deleted User> (6895)
Wed 12th Jun 2013 18:21
great piece Lynn.Good luck for the comp!xx
Comment is about 52 Hertz (blog)
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Wed 12th Jun 2013 16:58
<Deleted User> (6034)
Wed 12th Jun 2013 16:25
here's my poem:
3 miles of moss...
was enough
the steep wasn't steep as we'd imagined
though neither was the tuna
3 miles of curlews
of curved beaks
of blistered feet
and water courses
3 miles of binoculars
dogs called Holly and Bella
of sandwiches wrapped in foil
3 miles of silence
or paper tissues
of waiting for a bus
3 miles of one foot after another
of taking the escape route
and leaving the next 5 miles
to itself.
by Julie Rose Clark
Comment is about Love, loss, rock and roll, and other four-letter words (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (9882)
Wed 12th Jun 2013 12:46
enjoyed(albeit on a sad subject)
your poem very much by the way Ian-cheers.x
Comment is about Animals (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
<Deleted User> (9882)
Wed 12th Jun 2013 12:43
Oh! the oh so terrible thought of our seas and lands being swamped by all kinds of wildlife!
According to the masses of them from centuries ago,one would think it impossible for there to be any room left for present day humans on this earth.Obviously nature has its own way of culling,it is called the food chain,of which we are a natural(sometimes)part.We are not exactly having to shoehorn our ways in between them all.
If parents leave babies unsupervised and cant be arsed securing windows and doors where babies are concerned,and farmers dont build strong enough habitats for livestock,then surely they are asking for trouble,not only from usual predators in rural areas or 'urban'(bollox!)Foxes tempted into city centres or the like by piggish food waste littering humans,but also dangerous dogs,rats and even more dangerous,in the case of children-paedophiles.
So I say to all blood lust'rs-either lock up your daughters and hen houses,go and play with your guns and horses elsewhere or accept the consequences of your own faults.
I saw in my local paper recently the sad story of four lambs being mauled to death by a pack of dogs on the loose,...what does that tell you?
Comment is about Animals (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
What's going on there is just so tragic. Let's hope the people prevail - or all those women are on a slippery slope back to a place they really don't want to be.
Don't know whether I read it or was told it, but apparently they are cracking down on shades of lipstick air hostesses are 'allowed' to wear... it's just unthinkable - where will it end?
Comment is about Poets urged to show support for Turkish protesters (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Yes, there's a lot better life for a chicken than to be squashed into a tiny cage with it's bill clipped to reduce pecking injuries... Best wishes, Dave
Comment is about Hell From Leather (blog)
Original item by Dave Dunn
Well personally, I do not eat other creatures, fact, so I will never see eye to eye with fox hunts either.
Comment is about Animals (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Hi Cynthia - Great to see you posting!
Yes, you do create the mood here.
And as Isobel stated, that line jolted me as well - I think you can keep that same effect though by saying it in a different and more subtle way.
Comment is about The Bath (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Like your vowel choices in this.
(it would be a good performer)
Comment is about Assignation (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Ian,
Vividly themed and (as always) strongly rhymed.
The `doubloons` and `jewels` are colourfully apt
but harden the vegitative profusion of it a bit.
Lovely and clear though.
Comment is about Buttercup (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
Thanks fellas,
They couldn`t get what `basking` meant in the context.I never lived it down in our union office.
It was post-revolution but pre-freedom Hungary. The place seemed to be swarming with German salesmen
with folders.
Comment is about THE STORY OF THE POEM (blog)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
At least I know that part of my anatomy from my elbow MC what's your excuse? You seem to be saying its oK to act humanely to animals providing its on your list of justifiable causes. There is a difference between hunting for food & hunting for vanity or fun & if you can't see that you really are miopic - we won't see eye to eye on this - you have your view - enjoy the thrill of the kill - I'll pass thanks
Comment is about Animals (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
This is elegant, beautiful and, to an extent, terrifying. A powerful piece, I really like this.
Comment is about The Bath (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
To read words for someone is a privilege for the performer and the receiver. I am new to the poetry scene but have already been smitten by the word magicians I have been fortunate enough to meet. To be invited into their world on such a personal level is special indeed. my own style is more performance than page. When I first started to write I didn't know there was such a thing as "performance poetry" To hear a poet reading his own words, bringing them to life, is a treat for me. This inspired me to perform rather than just read my own offerings. Performance poetry should never be seen as inferior even to the purists. What would happen to a classic film script if it were only read from the page and never acted?
This from a newcomer to the poetry scene. I just know what I like.
Comment is about The Write Out Loud interview: Tony Walsh (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Missing the point? (as usual?) Hmm. You cannot absolve mankind from its part in the ways of the world. Man was, is and will always be a predator. The evolvement you speak of so glibly merely takes that inheritance to a more "sanitised" level. The biggest sin we admit to ourselves is "unnecessary cruelty" and define this according to our lights. If "Rat hunting" replaced "fox hunting", would the heated accusations be so readily forthcoming. I very much doubt it! Fashion dictates
profit and over the centuries various wild animals
have been targeted, only for the fad to decline to
its present virtually non-existent "desirability", whether it has been beaver (hats), fur (coats/stoles), or hide (shoes/bags) - as domestic replaces "wild".
We hunt and we eat other creatures - fact...yet - We ensure the survival of species - fact...and We alone can control the numbers of a species ensuring the survival of a habitat and that of inter-dependent species. And so it goes on. I have the personal knowledge of contributing directly to the removal of sperm oil from industry and its replacement with an artificial substitute...an action that led directly to the saving of a whole species of giant whale. Where were you?
Checks and balances - and you are welcome to dwell on that part of your anatomy you mention in the hope that nothing bites you there :-)
Lynn - "Only the humane"...help other animals? In a limited domestic setting perhaps. But in a wider context, it is done to ensure the proper regulation and survival of countless species and their worlds. Those so passionately involved are unlikely to adopt that word to describe themselves or their dedication.
Comment is about Animals (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
If there's one thing about husbandry I'd
willingly change,
It would be to make battery chickens "free range"!
Comment is about Hell From Leather (blog)
Original item by Dave Dunn
My tribute to the view from my former seafront flat in Roker, Sunderland - heightened by a few drinks while sitting on the balcony with a guitar.
Comment is about Living Life on the Ledge (blog)
Original item by Marksy
Well, the Gallery has absolutely CONFIRMED our meeting on the 17th, so additional June meetings are now unnecessary. The same start time, 7 PM.
Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)
Original item by Stockport WoL
LOL - now there's an award to scrabble for - the podium wouldn't be in one of your old wardrobes, would it? ;))
Comment is about John Togher (poet profile)
Original item by John Togher
Congratulations Isobel.
You win a free penis down your ear canal!
Comment is about John Togher (poet profile)
Original item by John Togher
I'm not surprised you're fatigued with all those festivals, Laura!
I can't see why the idea of a bath would be disrespectful - I love the way you have framed it as the place one might allow oneself to slip away - to just throw in the towel, if you'll pardon the pun.
I like the way you've compared it to a warm womb - the circle of life making its full turn - and I like the heaviness I feel in my senses - something you've communicated to me through your words.
If you don't mind me critiquing, I'd probably change the water up nose line - I think there might be a more subtle way of saying that.
I'm delighted you're taking part Cynthia - this a great contribution and I love your interpretation. x
Comment is about The Bath (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Meeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Comment is about John Togher (poet profile)
Original item by John Togher
Love this - incredibly atmospheric, beautifully phrased. I think I may be identifying with it more closely than I would otherwise though, cos have been going through patches of what can only be called 'fatigue', lately.
'Drugged by wet heat and sweet oil' mmMM
Comment is about The Bath (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Will leave it John will be seeing you tomorrow night and we can catch up then and see if anyone wants to come out another night from Write Out Loud.
Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Thanks Cynthia. Made some changes to make it more direct, like you said. Needed another pair of eyes on it, so thanks!
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Who's going to be the 10,000 visitor to my profile?
Comment is about John Togher (poet profile)
Original item by John Togher
I hope the idea of 'a bath' is not disrespectful. I find the very element of 'water' thought provoking, considering so much of 'us' is just that.
Comment is about The Bath (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
I hope the idea of 'a bath' is not disrespectful. I find the very element of 'water' thought provoking, considering so much of 'us' is just that.
Comment is about 52 Hertz - WOL Comp (blog)
Original item by Isobel
Thanks Cynthia. Yes, that's more direct.Isobel, don't get me started on a finely shaped ankle.
There's the connection with the word 'supercilious' as well in the title.
Comment is about Supercilium (blog)
Original item by John Togher
Lynn Dye
Wed 12th Jun 2013 23:02
Thank you very much, Isobel, Francine, Cynthia and Stef & Patricia for your kind comments. xx
Comment is about 52 Hertz (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye