Love your poetry. Love the imagery - 'Sybil-out-of-Fawlty-Towers-hair'. Love the social commentary. Love the cutting remarks.
Comment is about Elvis McGonagall (poet profile)
Original item by Elvis McGonagall
Definitely in a different league - you should busk outside B&Q until they pay you money to go away ;)
Love the guitar in the background - it sounds so pretty. Do you ever write any serious stuff John? I'd love to hear it if you do.
Comment is about Your First Hut Is The Cheapest (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Very clever and witty. I love it Cathy.
Comment is about Cathy Bryant (poet profile)
Original item by Cathy Bryant
I still recall the photo that caught that Texas
politician giving LBJ a wink as the latter took
the presidential oath before a blood-stained Mrs Kennedy on Air Force One.
"Patsies" are nothing new in American murders,
useful in misdirecting investigations away from
the primary guilty party or parties.
Comment is about in my head, scribbled down (blog)
Original item by Marnanel Thurman
Cat Stevens wrote it, PP Arnold had a hit with it, and I'm fond of Rod Stewart's version, too. But John, yours is in a different league ...
Comment is about Your First Hut Is The Cheapest (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
John, you've gotta play that next time you're at PPP! Love it!
Comment is about Your First Hut Is The Cheapest (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for your kind comments on "I Had A Bream", Harry
Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
Glad you enjoyed, "I Had A Bream", MC.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nmq7WkMCxA
(Clarence Frog Man Henry - Aint Got No Home)
This the youtube link. We found it on a 50's compilation CD. It's great isn't it? I can imagine it as backing track to a a Quentin Tarantino film where everyone gets butchered :)
I can also imagine you writing to this theme John - you're probably one of the few who'd be able to write something funny :)
I'm glad to hear you like the theme Rachel/ Alex. I've already written something little. It's a piece of thought rather than a poem and I won't post it for a while or enter it into the comp - I just couldn't resist doing something.
Comment is about 52 Hertz (blog)
Original item by Isobel
If you get one, Harry, ask if she's got a sister.
On second thoughts, I can't cope with the one I've got. What would I be like with two?
Comment is about A poet at prayer (blog)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
We have some things in common! I used to live in the West Midlands (Kenilworth) and I'm a vegan too. I don't know if you were raised Catholic as well, but your poems, particularly Hung Out to Dry, really struck me. Wonderful work. Best wishes. x
Comment is about Jonnie Falafel (poet profile)
Original item by Jonnie Falafel
Thanks Jonnie! Moustache-twiddling is very important. :)
Comment is about Cathy Bryant (poet profile)
Original item by Cathy Bryant
I love this! Very entertaining... now fancy myself as a member of the metrical profession! I will don a beret and twiddle my moustache.
Comment is about Cathy Bryant (poet profile)
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<Deleted User> (9882)
Sat 11th May 2013 19:59
one forgot to mention the fact that the said three inch,eight legged monster was,as they(daughter and son-in-law)were,living in Arizona at the time.
Who knows? they might have been sent divine intervention from Shy Ann! tee hee.x
Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)
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<Deleted User> (9882)
Sat 11th May 2013 17:52
you are'nt as good looking as G.Clooney Harry,but how much is in that sock under your pillow?
really good poem!x
Comment is about A poet at prayer (blog)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
sounds like a great idea.
Comment is about Mad experiment on Write Out Loud – translating poems online! (article)
Sounds like you are at breaking point,conveys the inner struggle were peace no longer exists x
Comment is about Two a.m. (blog)
harsh,unrelenting,atmospheric.Nice one,Kealan.
Comment is about The Last Star (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
no problem alex. yeh it was a good night ;)
Comment is about Rachel Bond (poet profile)
Original item by Rachel Bond
<Deleted User> (6895)
Sat 11th May 2013 10:29
re spiders and the like.Twas only recently that my Daughter and Son-in-law nearly became names on headstones had they not been alerted by the dog to the presence of a highly poisonous Sun spider wanting to tuck into bed with them!! phew!xx
Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
<Deleted User> (5011)
Sat 11th May 2013 09:12
Thank you Dorinda. My maternal great grandmother was French, too. I am hoping to get some French poetry on the wiki soon.
However, the idea of 'playing around' with the initial draft translations, or the word-for-word translations is definitely a part of this exercise. In the workshops I found a great deal of interest in using a translation to create a new version of something, as well as the original idea of trying to translate the poet's intentions.
I hope to see you on Monday at Stockport Write Out Loud.
Comment is about Mad experiment on Write Out Loud – translating poems online! (article)
<Deleted User> (5011)
Sat 11th May 2013 09:05
this is really harder than I imagined because I have no sense of the original. Perhaps, Saleema, you could read it as an audio and upload it? You need to create an audio file then upload it using update media
Comment is about link
hi danny...i read back my comments on your vegetarian poetry. im very sorry i gave you such an onslaught of criticism over the subject. the poem was very good indeed as i remember. please write more xx
Comment is about Danny Metcalfe (poet profile)
Original item by Danny Metcalfe
<Deleted User> (6895)
Fri 10th May 2013 22:03
you are at it again Jonnie!
And how thankful we are,
that you are!xx
Comment is about For A Second I Forgot (blog)
Original item by Jonnie Falafel
<Deleted User> (6895)
Fri 10th May 2013 21:55
good one Guv'nor!xx
Comment is about Meal ticket (blog)
<Deleted User> (6895)
Fri 10th May 2013 21:52
its Running Bear
that always leads to the Big Horn
is'nt it Mr.Wigwham-bam-thank you Ma'am Whiteley?
tee hee!xx
Comment is about Shy Ann (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
I hadn't heard a thing since my acceptance and didn't know it was out! What wonderful company to join in publication.
Comment is about Write Out Loud poets line up with famous names in Heart Shoots charity anthology (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
And I was just thinking this week - I wonder where Ann is - and there you are - poetical guns blazing - like some ancient Celtic sorceress.
Comment is about breathing (blog)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
What language was this in originally? And where is the 'word for word'? I don't want to make changes that simply rework a fellow English translator's efforts. Or is this the 'purist' original, adhering closely to the arrangement of the first language, keeping the idea as intact as possible?
What am I missing? I cannot access Version 2 to make any changes. I had no problem with the prior poem.
Comment is about link
<Deleted User> (6315)
Fri 10th May 2013 15:52
Thanks for that comment on my write..pleased you found something within that struck a chord.
I have been enjoying your writes, I saw on tv those elephants in Blackpool, holding tails. :(
Comment is about Richard Alfred (poet profile)
Original item by Richard Alfred
<Deleted User> (6315)
Fri 10th May 2013 15:50
A cracking couple of finishing lines there..enjoyed the whole :)
Comment is about Re-Gather (blog)
Original item by Richard Alfred
Hi really enjoyed the poem on your audio clip Blue is it?
Well whatever the title I enjoyed )
cheers
Comment is about Fay Roberts (poet profile)
Original item by Fay Roberts
Sorry to disappoint you Jonny, but it was Paul Blackburn. A very handsome man indeed, but probably 30-40 years your senior :))
Comment is about Jonny Rodgers (poet profile)
Original item by Jonny Rodgers
I absolutely love the last line of this.
Comment is about regret (blog)
Original item by Emma Roy- Williams
Julian, I recall you talking about this some weeks ago at WOL Stockport, and I remember thinking what a brilliant idea it was! In fact (since we are 'going global'), as a lovely Jewish friend of mine would say: "When I tell you let me tell you, I wish you well to wear it" - that is, the new mantle of crowd translation, poetry shared with many a nation....
I do not have a second language, so perhaps I could help a little with turning 'drafts' into better English (I have a great love of the French language - my maternal grandmother was born there - but my skill at speaking it is sadly lacking, I am sorry to say).
Well done for this; I would be glad to help.
Comment is about Mad experiment on Write Out Loud – translating poems online! (article)
Salutations from a space invader )
Comment is about Gordon Zola (poet profile)
Original item by Gordon Zola
Well done for all your hard work on this, Julian, and congratulations on the technical work to aid it carried out by Paul and Michael behind the scenes. I see that Cynthia has already dipped her toe into the poetry translation water ...
Comment is about Mad experiment on Write Out Loud – translating poems online! (article)
Don't worry if you can't make Matthew's launch on 10th May. There's another chance to hear him read at Poetry by Heart, at the Heart Centre, Headingley on Wednesday 29th May 7:30pm Free admission.
(Plus five other top class poets)
Comment is about Book launch and anthology in 'literary backwater' Leeds (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I agree with Freda, the observation - and compassion - is spot-on. You see everything, as in a film.
Comment is about The Night Bus Driver (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
well observed Dave, and well expressed. Todays news. excellent.
Comment is about The Night Bus Driver (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
bi polar is not usually a condition that 'kills itself' drugs and alcohol have a high percentage hold of that one. people with bi polar usually ride out all of the above creatively and with tremendous resource. id leave suicide to rock stars with too much money for heroin o.ds and make room for a manic depressive with a shotgun pointed firmly from the hip at those who would misunderstand them ;) ive never heard of higher rates of suicide than within the rooms of NA and AA recovery...but yeh interesting article. 50% of 'successful' suicides are drawn out, painful and a result of substance misuse rather than mental illness..but of course the question remains, what is mental illness anyway? an what is suicide?... GUILT usually plays is part either real or percieved.guilt can destroy a person..is guilt a mental illness? you seem to be saying with that post that life is so difficult for the mentally ill that suicide is an easier option. which is kind of funny. life is complicated. suicide is not an easy option. good topic.
Comment is about Kealan Coady (poet profile)
Original item by Kealan Coady
<Deleted User> (11064)
Fri 10th May 2013 00:08
exelent poem it realy says a lot :)
Comment is about For A Second I Forgot (blog)
Original item by Jonnie Falafel
<Deleted User> (9882)
Fri 10th May 2013 00:00
<Deleted User> (9882)
Thu 9th May 2013 23:48
'something in the fridge'-
a mouth silently tells a stomach?
great poem nevertheless Frederick.x
Comment is about Meal ticket (blog)
<Deleted User> (9882)
Thu 9th May 2013 23:38
Ian Whiteley
Sun 12th May 2013 12:02
Fantastic John - when's the album due out?
Comment is about Your First Hut Is The Cheapest (blog)
Original item by John Coopey