Thank you very much for your kind comments, Mike :)

Comment is about Oceans (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Thank you, Dave - I so agree with your views! x

Cheers Martin, thanks for comment :) x

Comment is about Bankers With A Capital 'W' (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Winner or loser, we still dream, and we still live. :)

Comment is about Tracing Their Footsteps (blog)

Did he see the point of the exercise or was this just the tip of the iceberg? (or was it a wet lettuce?)

Very funny John, giggled all through it.

Mike

Comment is about Quelle Surprise! (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Graham - thanks for your kind comments on 'For the common good' - much appreciated. Whilst it paints a somewhat gloomy picture on the one hand, it nevertheless attempts to capture some of the atrocities in recent years. Like the reference you added re. Martin Luther King and Mandela - very apt! I do have a sense of humour as you might see from my other. By the way, Billericay poem is great! Tony

Comment is about Graham Robinson (poet profile)

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Looking forward to tomorrow night Graham, should be great with you, Petrova and a lively open mic.

My Best

Chris

Comment is about ThePoetry Spoke Open Mic poetry night- Guests- Graham Robinson - Petrova C Fairhurst (blog)

Original item by Chris Co

Thanks for your comments Dave, appreciated.

Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Wow - talk about a high-tech affair! A very
imaginative approach to the old eternals of human inter-action.

Comment is about Technical Hitch (blog)

Hey J.C. - wotcha' cock! :-)

Comment is about Quelle Surprise! (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Well RM thanks for that reply and lovely comment muchly appreciated..now a fession...made up yer see so all facts will be totally wrong tis bunkum..but drawn from a feeling of being out there..I was just tweaking it as you commented..Ray always has decent crit and he thought the language was slack and lost momentum so tried to tighten it up a bit..still I might finish after and grandmother will clean leaves..oh hell another decision I am not able to make lol...Hows you?.. :)

Comment is about Richie Muster (poet profile)

Original item by Richie Muster

..and a man can never have too many semi-colons.

Comment is about Richie Muster (poet profile)

Original item by Richie Muster

I would say that shows versatility. The ability to do the big and the little - how you rate what come out of it, is up to you.

Having the power to affect your audience is no small things in my books.

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Yes, indeed, Isobel. I seemed to have cracked the free verse formula:
worthy subject
lofty tone
little lines
Bingo!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

What ho, RM. "Lust for Life" is it? I'll tell the judge that.

Comment is about Richie Muster (poet profile)

Original item by Richie Muster

Thanks for your comments on Over by Christmas, much appreciated.

Cheers

Mike

Comment is about Richie Muster (poet profile)

Original item by Richie Muster

Thanks Dave,

This came about when I was following the Stephen Lawrence murderers trial and how things seem to right themselves with patience and belief.

Regards

Mike

Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Thanks Mike - yes my prosy poem is a work in progress - though I think I might leave it there. It just reflects me of the moment :)x

Comment is about Mike Hilton (poet profile)

Original item by Mike Hilton

Hi Isobel,

Thanks for your comments on Maternal Beacon I hope it has given you some positve vibes.

I've had this in my locker for some 20 years but have only just managed to let it flow/release, if you know what I mean. But I have found it to be a good theraputic walking stick!

I can relate to and like your 'A prosy poem'.
It hits the nail on the head for me, if only people in the loop would think the same!

Mike

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Ola companero,
re: the profile photo; I'm sitting on a very dusty front room floor trying, and failing, to get that 'moody, enigmatic' look. Neither noir nor 'phwoar!', eh?

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

It's people - sorry, scum - like these who raise the bloodlust in otherwise decent folk. We shouldn't be asking for it back: we should be stripping them of their assets and making them swim to their 'tax haven' of choice weighted down with sovereigns. [Then again, if they die at sea we can't dance on their graves.]

Comment is about Bankers With A Capital 'W' (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

A sad tale Mike - parents losing a child of any age must experience a void that can never be filled... Best wishes, Dave

Comment is about SPIRIT (blog)

Original item by Mike Hilton

Hi Katie, I can readily identify with your poem about mobility scooters - I use mine a lot in better weather, but few shops are really planned for access! We are fortunate with the dropped kerbs here though. Best wishes, Dave

Comment is about Katie Sheila Haigh (poet profile)

Original item by Katie Sheila Haigh

This is beautiful Mike. I couldn't possibly explain how it resonates for me x

Comment is about Maternal Beacon (blog)

Original item by Mike Hilton

A good poem on the trenches, Mike. I have a fascination with the Great War which compels me too to write poems about 1914-18. Just by the by, for my money the 20th century was the shortest [and, after the 14th., the worst] on record, only starting in 1914 [after the Victorian/Edwardian Great Binge] and ending in 1991, when the wars in the Balkans kicked off and the rest of the world decided 'enough is enough; we're just going to sit it out now and wait for the future i.e. the millennium to roll up, with its silver jump suits, pills for food and a personal jetpack for everyone.'

Comment is about OVER BY CHRISTMAS? (blog)

Original item by Mike Hilton

Let's not think of ourselves as dirty old buggers, rather as having a proper lust for life eh? I like this boyo: it's short, smart and succinct. Perhaps one or two semicolons too many though?

Comment is about Flora (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Marianne,

like others have said a nice flow, lovely imagine and a great sound to it. Cos I can hear the music!

Mike

Comment is about The Cellist (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Hi Lynn,

I was tempted to say I like the last verse but I like all the of them!

Lovely feel about it all.


Mike

Comment is about Oceans (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Thanks for your comments on The Cruet Set, John. I was interested in your family story about the Doncaster mining job. My wife's Scottish great-grandfather was blacklisted for seven years after the General Strike. It caused a lot of hardship in his family, and even a political divide. Then in his seventies, or maybe even eighties, he became a Communist councillor in his home pit village. There must be poems about both those relatives to be written, some day. Greg

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Death always makes you think about life - I liked this matt

Comment is about Fate Accomplished (blog)

Original item by Matt Carter

Lovely images, Greg.
I too have a very limited recollection of my grandad. One story though still sits in the family memory bank that he walked from Nottigham to Doncaster to find work in the pits because he was blacked in Nottingham.

Comment is about The cruet set (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks, Steve. It's a poor poem, to be sure, poorly executed anyhow. But there's a nice idea in there so no doubt I shall return to it one day to try mek a bad ting good.
It's at odds with much of my stuff but I like having a go at different voices, angles, forms.

Comment is about Devaluation (blog)

Somewhere beyond this day..nice..

:)

Comment is about Untitled (blog)

Oh I too enjoyed this one of yours Greg..yes well done your mum for not turfing away bits and pieces..I am always being told to get rid..but I do find it hard and especially photographs..nice work Greg :)

Comment is about The cruet set (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I know how keen you are on the Bronte sisters Edwin and the attention to detail here works well for me..you know so much of them it is nice to have something told that I didnt know..nice work :)

Comment is about Blake Hall, Mirfield (blog)

Original item by Edwin Stockdale

Yes you have those images well Yvonne..remember my nephew waking up with one of those camel spiders on his chest..loved that first verse..nice work Yvonne :)

Comment is about Gulf War Special (blog)

Original item by Yvonne Brunton

Hello Freda
What's a feminine ending? a la Longfellow

A few weeks ago I did a parody of Hiawatha's Wooing, telling of my wooing of my wife Annie. I tried to maintain a regular reference to Hiawatha as I was writing, but whether I achieved feminine endings I don't know

I removed my comments from your Liverpool poem. I thought John's comments were peurile, and may well distract from what you were trying to achive.

All being well, I'll see you at Sowerby. I don't think I'll be able to do my Hiawatha parody (luckily for you) as the first part is well in excess of 5 mins long, and part 2 is somewhere between 15 and 20 minutes. If I put it in very small print, do you think Sean will let me read 1 A4 poem?

Comment is about Freda Davis (poet profile)

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Hi Edwin. I'm not sure if I can tell you how to make a poem less prosy - or if I should even attempt. All poets have their own voice - yours appears to be a more literal one - and that's fine if it works for you and your readership.

I see that the River Dee Railway Bridge is in a similar vein to your Bronte poem. The writer is like an eye - describing a scene - with that curious sense of detachment - even when describing tragedy.

I do write prosy poetry too, sometimes. And then there are other times when I go for the whole musical beat thing :) Because I am into performance poetry, I tend to like stuff that will work on a stage - so it has to flow and be understood easily...

Comment is about Edwin Stockdale (poet profile)

Original item by Edwin Stockdale

Thank you for the comments on my poem. I'm glad you find it orginal and thought-provoking. If you have any suggestions on how to make it less prosy then fire away!

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

I love this poem because it's very lyrical! I like the short lines because it makes me read it slower and focus on the words.

Comment is about The Cat Asleep (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

Thank you for the lovely comments on my poem.

Comment is about Tom Harding (poet profile)

Original item by Tom Harding

Hi, thanks for the comments on my poem. I'm glad you find it an interesting write and original. If you have any suggestions on how it could be less prosy then fire away!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Thank you for your kind comments about my Bronte poem. I'm glad you liked it.

Comment is about Freda Davis (poet profile)

Original item by Freda Davis

Thanks for all your comments everybody!

Comment is about Blake Hall, Mirfield (blog)

Original item by Edwin Stockdale

Thank you MC for your kind and much appreciated comments on The Awakening. CHEERS.

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Past times are so nostalgic and make us what we are at present. The problem is we can never satisfy our curiosity for those who lived before and whose genes we share. Still a part of us and yet separate at the same time.

Is this going to be a serendipity poem BTW?, there seems to be a Genie-esque quality about the silverware. Very much enjoyed. CHEERS.

(And ta very much for your kind coments on The Awakening.)

Comment is about The cruet set (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Yvonne, the Acrostic was the framework for the tale - originally without the last line, with the short title CCT as an abbreviation of the acrostic words.

I will probably extend it properly in time - or maybe write a sequel. :)

Best wishes, Dave

Comment is about CCTV (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Thanks, Isobel. You're right, it was inspired by John Darwin's fine poem. http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=27821
I've spent some time sifting through my mum's flat; for me it's like finding buried treasure on occasions, particularly among the photographs. I've learned a lot about my family; well done, Mum, for not throwing anything away! The lido was actually called Surbiton Lagoon, an open-air pool that stayed open until the 1980s and is now a housing estate.

Comment is about The cruet set (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Dave, you certainly achieved that sense of detatchment. At what point did the idea for the acrostic occur?

Comment is about CCTV (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

powerful in it's simplicity! I Like!

Comment is about WHEN YOU WERE BORN (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Well now Yvonne, that is a powerful kiss indeed - a lucky man methinks! :)

Best wishes, Dave

Comment is about The Kiss (blog)

Original item by Yvonne Brunton