Classic Coopey I think - though I must admit to guessing the punchline as soon as I read the title ;)

I loved the networking/creeping synonym - it made me laugh - there's a lot of truth in that. Golf should be banned from all corporate social activities ;)

Comment is about Justin (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Unexpectedly touching, John.

(Whether autobiographal or not)

And clearly brief.

Comment is about Flora (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for cheerin` me up M.C.

(As if I wasn`t frightened enough?)

Shivery man!

Comment is about NIGHTMARE DEPARTURE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thanks to Mike, Pat & Stefan for your kind comments - glad you enjoyed this one. :) Best wishes, Dave

Comment is about Good Dreams, Bad Dreams (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Thanks folks,
I thought I could write one of those hard to `get` poems with enough `clues` in it to be `got`...This wasn`t it. I can`t.

But I tried.

Ah well! maybe next time.

Comment is about MY OLD WHITE SPACE SUIT (blog)

That`s right Graham confuse us.

Witty, man, witty!

Comment is about My Next Poem... (blog)

Original item by Graham Robinson

Thanks Dave as always

Long time no Guinness, hope you are well.

Hope to see you soon.

Gus

Comment is about Dave Morgan (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Morgan

Good Evening Cynthia

As always you are on the red button!


Yes, I felt the piece, The Last Ferry was just a little overloaded and would as most pieces often do benefit from edit and rewrite.

Once again and as always many thanks for reading and comments

Gus

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thank you so much M. C. for your comments re The Last Ferry.

I am delighted that my poem brought back those fond memories so vividly

Once again many thanks.
Gus

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Good Evening Chris
How nice to hear from you and if only I could get the old pony and trap across to the heart of Liverpool we would see much more of one another.
Thank you for your reading and critiquing of The Last Ferry and your request to hear more of my childhood memories from the Island and particularly those that include my aunt Norma.
The poem was written from a current standpoint with my memories, longings and sadly the fact of growing older and hopefully demonstrating that memories want to be prominent within your own minds eye so much so that they can be heard clearly and smelt and , although just out of reach, touched. Unrequited they follow me to my bed and fill my nights with dreams and echoes of the past.
It will be very good to see and hear you again sooner than later I hope all is well in love and heath.
Once again many thanks for your comments,
Gus

Comment is about Chris Co (poet profile)

Original item by Chris Co

Thank you for introducing me to Famous Blue Raincoat. I had never heard of it before. It is amazing!

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

I have read these opinions and I do understand Adele's point about the much younger audience -though in my experience there seem to be very few very young people in poetry venues. Perhaps we should be actively choosing to open early evening or weekend meetings, encouragement at a young age is such a bonus.
I am opening a new venue 'Beyond Words' in a side room of The Gipsy Hill Tavern on Tuesday 6th March and I have yet to see the effect a pub venue will have on the poetry. It is a completely separate room from the pub proper so I suspect the availability of a glass of wine at hand will outweigh any difficulty over the fact of it being a pub. I will post again after my first night !

Comment is about Nearly no More Poetry; or, who'd be a poetry organiser? (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

But will Jon Anderson be required reading? I think not.

Comment is about Jarvis Cocker to give free reading in Cambridge (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Loved it - interesting words, structure, imagery - just great.

Comment is about The Cellist (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

I love the sentiment behind this poem, it's totally brill.

Comment is about Fashion Womble (blog)

Original item by Donna Scott

An eternal question - phrased with imagination and sensitivity.

Comment is about Love or Just Lust... (blog)

Original item by Graham Robinson

Nice one Lynn. Tonight when this pub closes, the revolution starts.

I heard of a succinct definition of capitalism the other day: Buy more shit or we're all fucked.

Sums it up really.

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

Original item by Lynn Dye

Hi Mike - My thanks for your kind comments on 'Good Dreams, Bad Dreams' - glad you like it . :) Best wishes, Dave

Comment is about Mike Hilton (poet profile)

Original item by Mike Hilton

Howdy Marianne

Wow - thank you, that means more to me than you will know. I decided to kind of 'force open' the creative doors recently, rather than waiting and letting it come as it pleases, cos I've got some spare time on my hands and I can't think of a better way to use it!

Anyway, been trying all manner of things (as is apparent!) and bouncing between feeling it's good, and total self-doubt, or rather, Satan, as my bloke Bob would have it hehe ;)

It's really good to hear your thoughts on it all, and also to hear that it's inspiring you. Wow - that's a HUGE compliment, coming from you.

I am really looking forward to seeing where you go :) :)

Comment is about Marianne Daniels (poet profile)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Hey Laura,

Just a little comment of appreciation sent your way because its always nice to hear - been reading alot of your stuff recently and found it a real inspiration. Prose Upon The River is simply brilliant!

Apologies for my gushing but evry much enjoying your words at the moment and have had me thinking of where mine will go...

Marianne

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Hi Antony, thaks for your kind comments on 1971, much appreciated. Winston

Comment is about Antony Owen (poet profile)

Original item by Antony Owen

Thanks Ray, trippy feet are always safer on public transport!

Yes, Emma is the organiser and regular MC.

Comment is about Fashion Womble (blog)

Original item by Donna Scott

Enjoyed it, you do rhyme well. I think the rhythm is dodgy in a couple of places

in charity shops. They’ve got quite a range

and wedding gown after gown for rag student dress up;

is what I'd suggest.
Nice line, this

things that were cheaper in Primark when new,



Bilston Voices, eh? Is Emma Purshouse involved in that?

Comment is about Fashion Womble (blog)

Original item by Donna Scott

Interesting piece - I like how you've placed the unasked and unanswered questions in there...there's a sense of 'hidden' and making the reader work and think, which is always a good thing!

'I am fixed upon his expression' - that's a great follow-on from your father being fixed on tree limbs (but I struggled a bit with that couplet tbh).

That line 'with a gulp I swallow them down' reminds me of a line from the first poem I ever saw Rachel perform...the one that spurred me into writing in the first place. Her poem was about her dad, and the line went 'I learned to swallow lumps for breakfast' - and it crucified me at the time.

Great poem :)

Comment is about Questions I Never Asked (blog)

Original item by BT

A really good read Dave, very clever poem.


Mike

Comment is about Good Dreams, Bad Dreams (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

gibbering what an awful verb. gibberish as a noun is kind of cool suggesting something has come of it, all that gibbering. it reminds me of monkeys chattering. probably from gibbon or something.i often wonder what theyre on about with each other chirping away with no opposing thumbs and shrieking every now and then.

i was just throwing ideas at you like the primates throw stuff in zoos.

uninteligible is a good word. i dont know how to spell it :)

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

;p

It's one of my most favouritestest words in the world, is fucksticks - has a fantastic choppiness to it - that extra kicking consonant just adds to the beauty of the word FUCK ;)

I'm in a pretty good mood as it goes Michael - it's Freeday! Just stupid buggering chat keeps shiting up on me grrr

Comment is about Mike Hilton (poet profile)

Original item by Mike Hilton

Hey Barbibarbie ;)

Ooo I've only just seen your note re BO heh - handy hint of the day...if you're replying to me, do it on MY profile otherwise I most likely won't see it unless I keep checking yours. If you reply on mine I get an email message :)

Anyhoooo...thank you very much for your notes on If and Inauthentic. I'm trying new things at the moment, have forced open the mental/creative doors that usually open just when they fancy, in order to use some spare time 'wisely' (that'll make a fucking change then), and blast out as many ideas as poss. Trouble is, now I'm fucking DELUGED with words and ideas and some are good and some are shite ;D but they won't leave me alone!!!

Ahh and I've just read your note to Anthony Emmerson up there - seems we may be doing the same sorta thing!

Haha re BO and standing next to people :D I usually nip to the shops on my way home from festies and I get the same reaction...people literally swerving around me with their faces wrinkled up :D Hehehe :D

Reet, seem to have written an epic! Best go do some work then. *cough*

Comment is about BT (poet profile)

Original item by BT

FUCKSTICKS Laura!

Another interesting word. Do you smoke it, eat it,snort it, insert it or throw it away?

Are you in a bad mood today?

Fiddlesticks!

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Very powerful.

Comment is about DOG FOOD (blog)

Original item by Ian Gant

Hi Val - a warm welcome to WOL! Hope you enjoy exploring the site. I love your poem! What an interesting take on a rather sad subject! It's full of vitality! I'm sure if you put it on the blog section you would get some good feedback.

Comment is about Valerie Laws (poet profile)

Original item by Valerie Laws

Hi Edwin - welcome to WOL. Some fine poems on your profile page! If you feel like putting one on the blog section I'm sure you'd get some feedback.

Comment is about Edwin Stockdale (poet profile)

Original item by Edwin Stockdale

im worried about the fish now...:) are they ok?

Comment is about Chip Away (blog)

yes i saw the program a bit ago, a Lancastrian plane. found bodies etc. i read a good book called the last sunrise by robert ryan. fiction but good. i read when i was a kid, gold was thrown out of a curtiss c-46 commando to save the plane. i thought alps but probably the himalayas. must research it.

Comment is about ICE FLY (blog)

Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER

Kill the rich and move on.

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

Original item by Lynn Dye

Ps great to be reading you Edwin.. :)

Comment is about Edwin Stockdale (poet profile)

Original item by Edwin Stockdale

Hey Edwin hiya and welcome to WOL..press on make a new entry to put your stuff up..if you copy then click on I think it is the fourth or fith from the left it should work for you...can be a bit tricky but it is worth it as it is a great community with many fine poets on here..good to know you are getting out and about to other venues too..How are you? :)

Comment is about Edwin Stockdale (poet profile)

Original item by Edwin Stockdale

Excellent piece Thom. For some reason it dredged up a memory of Paul Simon's 'Blessed'. Good luck - You wouldn't get me back in London for a brass clock.

Comment is about Can You Hear The People Sing? (blog)

Original item by Tom

concise and effective. I think the title adds a lot too!

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

Original item by Lynn Dye

Hello Harry....

People said to me for years for god sake Gray please write a book..you have a good book inside you!! lol

With you Harry (dear poetic friend) you have half a bloody Library inside your head.. 'framed in it's mist of quietness a thousand times'...nice shape to the formed poem Harry...I would love to see you write either a novel or your 'autobiog'...I really would!

Regards and hope to see you soon - Graham

Comment is about MY OLD WHITE SPACE SUIT (blog)

Hee hee, good name for them, Stef!
Thank you for your comment. xx

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

Original item by Lynn Dye

so warm. i love my home too. my body a bit tired but i love my personal space. the internet is intrusive if we allow it. your poem makes me want to turn it off and have a nice hot bath :)

great writing.

Comment is about Meridian Lines (blog)

Original item by BT

Brill poem.
Brill reading.
Brill beard!

Take care Monsignor!

P&S.xx

Comment is about Good Dreams, Bad Dreams (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Hi Chris and everybody out there in 'Poetryland'...I have shared the above on both my own and PC fb page... and look forward to my 15 minutes worth of fame at the great venue that is 'The Poetry Spoke' next Tuesday!

In a Poet Laureate voice - ' could be a good night if you read your poems right' (sorry that should be a Bruce Forsythe..voice!) lol

Regards - Graham Robinson

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

Original item by Chris Co

Interesting piece as mike said. I thought that title might describe me - but fortunately the last line conclusively proves I wasn't the inspiration - I don't drink milk. ;) Best wishes, Dave

Comment is about An inoffensive old man (blog)

Original item by Peter Asher

Thanks for your thoughts isobel and you stel..there's not much more to think or tell..except to say thanks for your comments and I think you are both really swell.
lol


Graham xx

Comment is about I Think (blog)

Original item by Graham Robinson

Epic intriguing poems - look forward to reading more - and thank you also for your kind comments PS

Comment is about BT (poet profile)

Original item by BT

I think this is very good, Thom. Enjoyed.

Comment is about Can You Hear The People Sing? (blog)

Original item by Tom

The theme of this poem Lynn
is such a hot potato these days.

What gets us,is the bloody
hardfaced cheek of these
white collar thieves.

RBS-Robbing Bastards/Snatchers!

Good one girly.xx

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

Original item by Lynn Dye

Nice of you to back pedal
and very kindlly comment
on'unseen visitor'
and'before I went jogging'poems.

Greatly appreciated!

Comment is about Steve Higgins (poet profile)

Original item by Steve Higgins