Hi Isobel. My daughter got a kick out of your comment on my poem "Haiku about a Stolen Poem."
We are from the United States and from the south so sometimes we add syllables were it's not supposed to be. LOL!
As for the poem it's a short one and it was posted word for word. As I told the websites administrator. I have no problem with someone posting my poems I just ask that they give me proper credit. Well I've ranted enough.
Thanks for all your support.
Shirley

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Why have you posted someone else's song?

Comment is about television. rerun. still on. still relevant. in case you missed it. (blog)

Original item by Rachel Bond

Beautiful and so sad.
Rest in peace, Ann Dacie.

Comment is about A short poem for a girl who lived for only 50 minutes (blog)

Original item by Peter Asher

Excellent - agree with Stella, what a spark you are!

Comment is about it (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thank you - what kind thoughts you share, and much appreciated. I am very humbled by this.

x

Comment is about War Quiet (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

tommy, watched the pop star video.
good satire. quite scathing and true. a sign of the times.

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

tommy

good satire. quite scathing and true. a sign of the times.

Comment is about kaleeM rajA (poet profile)

Original item by kaleeM rajA

watched the 'Hicks' vid good-ee. :o)
Nearly finished 'Love all the people'

Nickelback Rockstar Spoof - Popstar

http://youtu.be/7uSlqI1AVUk

Comment is about kaleeM rajA (poet profile)

Original item by kaleeM rajA

I like this. The combination of words is interesting and for me that’s enough. Whether its ‘poetic’ or not. All sorts of sub plots and questions asked. Win

Comment is about Scanner Soap (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

its a song: disposable heroes of hiphoprisy: television the drug of the nation. you tube.

Comment is about television. rerun. still on. still relevant. in case you missed it. (blog)

Original item by Rachel Bond

thanks for the comments. I'm doing a rewrite, and maybe post it.
Glyn

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Really?..If so where?.

Comment is about Non Traditional Haiku about my Poem (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

Oh you have captured this well Cynthia.

We do need somewhere for our primal beast to roam free and easy. May only be a part of the whole but it sure growls loudly!



Enjoyed the whole :)

Comment is about it (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Are you serious?

Comment is about Non Traditional Haiku about my Poem (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

Hm, a rewrite is in process in my head Cynthia. Thanks for the comment, much appreciated.

Comment is about no title (blog)

Original item by Glyn Pope

I like this, and enjoyed the chatty, meandering style appropriate for the subject. I didn't mind the length actually because you covered such diverse persons, but I did wonder at the one-line 'of'. Do a quick spell check of 'impending, whose'.

Comment is about Friend List (blog)

Glyn, this is such a good theme, and a good idea for formatting. IMO, you have excess words that could be cleanly dropped; I cannot see any merit in small inconsequential words making line breaks of themselves, especially articles and conjunctions. I would tighten the poem up, and make the real words/ideas leap out at the reader.

Comment is about no title (blog)

Original item by Glyn Pope

You sure have said a lot. It's a great theme, and needs to be addressed. If you cut this back a lot, I think your 'argument' would be much stronger.

Comment is about Flippance is a Goodbye Song (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

hello mike, thanks.. your 'the haunted future' wishes the pen were mightier than the sword and we could fix everything...unfortunately we're in the hands of univ' graduates playing while england sinks into a sewer...then they'll disappear on their memoirs.

Comment is about Noetic-fret! (poet profile)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Hi Again , changed the 'You' to 'They', thx. better I think. Win

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Cynthia , changed the 'You' to 'They', thx. better I think. Win

Comment is about Easington Colliery (blog)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Cynthia, very useful comments on 'Easington Colliery' some small changes could add a great deal of clarity perhaps. will have a look. thx Win .

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Mike

For your info -

1. Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert died aged 42; they had 42 grandchildren and their great-grandson, Edward VIII, abdicated at the age of 42.

2. The world's first book printed with movable type is the Gutenberg Bible which has 42 lines per page.

3. On page 42 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry discovers he's a wizard.

4. The first time Douglas Adams essayed the number 42 was in a sketch called "The Hole in the Wall Club". In it, comedian Griff Rhys Jones mentions the 42nd meeting of the Crawley and District Paranoid Society.

5. Lord Lucan's last known location was outside 42 Norman Road, Newhaven, East Sussex.

6. The Doctor Who episode entitled "42" lasts for 42 minutes.

7. Titanic was travelling at a speed equivalent to 42km/hour when it collided with an iceberg.

8. The marine battalion 42 Commando insists that it be known as "Four two, Sir!"

9. In east Asia, including parts of China, tall buildings often avoid having a 42nd floor because of tetraphobia – fear of the number four because the words "four" and "death" sound the same (si or sei). Likewise, four 14, 24, etc.

Win X

Comment is about Noetic-fret! (poet profile)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

May her innocent soul rest in peace. this has tought me to appreciate life!

Comment is about A short poem for a girl who lived for only 50 minutes (blog)

Original item by Peter Asher

A good poem this is! I'm inspired.Television is indeed poisonous to the people, especialy the young.

Comment is about television. rerun. still on. still relevant. in case you missed it. (blog)

Original item by Rachel Bond

Helo. Why was it taken down?

Comment is about Non Traditional Haiku about my Poem (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

Am much relieved to hear that it isn't ours. I'd contact the administrators and query it, if I were you.

Comment is about Someone has stolen my poem (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

LOL - now you've made a nonsense out of my comment.

I think you could make this haiku funnier. How about a first line of

'MY POEM WAS NICKED!'

then nudge it along with your outrage....

Comment is about Haiku about a Stolen Poem (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

Perhaps it's one of those words that can be pronounced differently and affected by one's regional accent. Reet... glad to hear you are writing out your annoyance - it always helps.

I've found that poets are inspired by other poets' ideas. I've posted on a certain subject and then seen poems come up on the same theme soon after. Unless people are lifting chunks of my poem, I'm not too bothered - glad,in fact, that I may have been an inspiration. I think poets all have uniquely different styles and the same subject can be handled so differently.

I have been influenced to write a poem by reading the work of others on here. I would normally mention that somewhere in comments though. It all depends to what degree and how much has been borrowed. If I write something really good (which happens very very occasionally), I always have this fear that I might have seen it somewhere else and had it lurking in my subconscious. It must be a worry for most poets, I imagine.

Nice talking, anyway. Isobel x

Comment is about Shirley Smothers (poet profile)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

So what's wrong with my face? ;;)

Life has been a little hectic of late. Things should hopefully get back to normal at some point and I'll try to make a few venues. It would be good to catch up. xx

Comment is about Still a Little Crazy (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Hi Isobel. The funny thing about this is my daughter says poem is one syllable and I say two. I have adjusted my poem,"Haiku about a Stolen Poem."
And I am about to post the more gentle poem about the same subject.

Thanks
Shirley

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Thank you Isobel... yes it does sing along.. the internal rhyming plays out a tempo... I can undrstand that ...yes an audio clip is possible... I 'll try it in a day or so .

I hope you are well, miss you, especially your legs..... no no no ...I mean your mind!!!!

Loveya ta bits hope to c u soon!!

Gus xx

Comment is about Still a Little Crazy (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

hi Mike well its a city in a book called aestival tide by elizabeth hand. chase it ip if you can on amazon. a good read. lets hope it never happens yes:)

Comment is about Araboth (blog)

Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER

What lovely words about a very sad occasion.
This should be on her gravestone. Very touching.XX

Comment is about A short poem for a girl who lived for only 50 minutes (blog)

Original item by Peter Asher

Hi Marrianne,

This poem speaks of those who've died during war from winters grip. I particularly like the 4th stanza that ends 'the tip of each snapped finger'......trigger finger perhaps? Or frostbite.

Brilliant work yet again. I suppose many think your work is difficult to understand and in the main it does make you think of many different meanings. But all the better for it.

Nice one Marrianne,

Keep posting.

Mike

x

Comment is about War Quiet (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

I have to say christine, although well written, and fantastic imagery, I am struggling with how to interpret it with the use of the word 'box.' It kind of takes on a flippant meaning one would think a jilted wife would write of her dead husband. At least, that's what the last few lines imbue upon me.

still though, a good read whichever way one interprets the piece.

Stay well

Mike

x

Comment is about The Scarf (blog)

Original item by christine yates

Nice one Ann, a woman after mine own heart. I too, would rather be on a crag, or by a cairn atop a high peak, with sandwiches and flask for two.

Brilliant.

Mike

x

Comment is about Waiting for Maxim . . . (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

This is quite a humbling piece. It puts into perspective just what it is to be alive. My hope is she lives and plays in a better world, a better place than this one.

Best wishes

Mike

x

Comment is about A short poem for a girl who lived for only 50 minutes (blog)

Original item by Peter Asher

Good grief Nick, and here's me thinking my wordage was too negative! Aye man aye, I can particularly understand the line that mother Earth will seek her revenge, it is appalling what man has done to her and I for one inwardly weep at that.

Nice one, but let's hope this does not happen, that man catches himself before he goes further.

Mike

x

Comment is about Araboth (blog)

Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER

Hi lynn, this is a very touching and sensitive piece. I like the way you leave the option open to interpret 'those words.' Many could put in their own words then.

Really touching piece, almost pleading.

Nice one. Keep posting.

Mike

x

Comment is about Suspicion (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Ta la :o)

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

holy shit!
shit 'ot!

Comment is about Polishing a Turd (blog)

Brill! muchly.

Comment is about Popping the loveberry (blog)

Original item by Katy Megan

Hi Lynn, just wanted to say thx for reading and commenting upon my poem. Glad you like.

My Best

Chris

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Sad,beautiful.

God bless Ann Dacie
we have no doubt that she rests in peace.

Comment is about A short poem for a girl who lived for only 50 minutes (blog)

Original item by Peter Asher

I have no problem celebrating the 60th anniversary of a notable monarch. Unlike republics, a monarchy offers a figurehead to rally around when things get unpleasantly political - as is so often the case. The fact that a considerable number of countries choose to be members of the Commonwealth tells us there's an institution worth preserving here - so why not celebrate something that clearly works? Now - as for the content of this book, Ms Duffy's collection gets a 3 out of 5 star review in one high circulation red top, with a noteworthy critical comment - and I quote:
"My personal gripe is that there is simply not enough of the rhyming stuff here. As the late great Adrian Mitchell memorably said: 'Most people ignore most poetry, because most poetry ignores most people'".
Aha - I am not alone in my view!
Those following the discussions on the novel as poetry, take note,

Comment is about Sixty poems to mark Queen's 60 years (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Quote
surely room for "common ground" as no politician is to be totally trusted and no politicaldecision ever necessarily admirable/altruistic. My only misgiving in the general sense is the tendency to demonise "the right" and confer saintliness on the other lot...as if the latter were busy plucking their harps for us whilst the former were busy consorting with the devil
unquote

I mostly agree with the above and I have been known to attack the politics of the centre and the left...though to a lesser degree, because I do feel that the politics of the right are inherently more often problematic when considering social issues (of course we don't have to agree on that).

To be clear although that poem was about the a person whose views were informed by certain newspapers. The point was about the tabloid right, not the right generally. I mean I haven't had a go at the Times or The Telegraph. Both of those newspapers like the Guardian and the Independent operate to much higher journalistic standards. Whether your politics are on the left, the centre or the right, whether or not you agree with much printed in those papers...they are much more responsible in their politics.

Anyway I do agree with your point in the main and I have hammered politics of the the left and centre in the past where logistically they have been pants, for want of a better phrase. I also despise liberal fascism, something I myself have been on the end of.

Thx for posting, good to chat

Best

Chris

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I enjoyed this, Christine, well written imo. x

Comment is about The Scarf (blog)

Original item by christine yates

Christine this is a lovely piece. I love the idea of the posh cabinet (Waring and Gillow to give emphasis) being used as a tool box, priceless. How things once exulted can be reduced to more utilitarian form is a superb metaphor for many things.
I would keep the word box personally.

regards,

Graham

Comment is about The Scarf (blog)

Original item by christine yates

And how much is afternoon tea?

Comment is about Waiting for Maxim . . . (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove