Also, just seen your e-mail about the changes to Giggling Girls.
One of the lines from "The Boy and the Man" is a bit awkward - "The career of The Man". This takes a bit of knocking in!
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
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Thanks for the comments on "The Ballad of The Boy and The Man". There's been times over the past 40 years when I'd have played Mackay even if he was 60 years old!
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
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Hello Greg. Thanks for commenting on "The Ballad of The Boy and The Man". You certainly wouldn't have fancied Jones's chances if he had got hold of Mackay like that!
Thanks also for your thoughts on my clumsy attempt at Guitar Tango on Facebook.
Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)
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Hello Dave. Thanks for commenting on "The Ballad of The Boy and The Man". I saw Mackay play a few times when I was a lad - mostly when Spurs visited Forest. He has the reputation now as the Hard Man of that midfield, the foil for Blanchflower. But I think this vastly underestimates his footballing skills. He was much more complete than just a Hard Man.
I only saw the highlights of the Spurs/QPR game and Parker certainly looks a "steal" (along with van der Vaart).
Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)
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yes, it is a poem and it is not a rant. Excellent Freda. OK, prehaps I was hasty in asking where it all was, instead of seeing what we have here on this site!
Comment is about Tax the Rich (blog)
Original item by Freda Davis
We are struggling for a venue again, so closed this month I am afraid. More news when we have it.
Review is about Hebden Bridge - Write Out Loud on 2 Nov 2011 (event)
Harry, yes this is very moving,an apple that wanted picking but the hand reaching out to it froze.
And Thanks for comments on Womb. Ditto I am an old fart who really does not want to labour too hard to 'get' a poem (and I dont do sudoku either.)
Comment is about FOR ROSE (blog)
Philipos
Mon 31st Oct 2011 17:21
'An Englishman's Home' thanks Larisa appreciated your comments although the eucalyptus tree in question is in next door's garden and guarded by 2 black Labradors whose teeth can cut through bone.
Nice to hear from you though.
Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
I'm old enough to remember the original reported incident. This is a nostalgic bit
of sporting verse that brings it back so well.
Well up to your usual high standard, J.C.
Comment is about The Ballad of The Boy and The Man (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Well done Ann (and the 12 disciples).
Review is about Poetry Mine on 4 Oct 2011 (event)
<Deleted User> (6315)
Mon 31st Oct 2011 14:38
hehee...very well read John.. :)
Comment is about A Bloke's Back Brake Block Broke (blog)
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<Deleted User> (6315)
Mon 31st Oct 2011 14:36
wow..was reading it so fast because I wanted to find out what happened lol...great work John, I thoroughly enjoyed learning about something new too! :)
Comment is about The Ballad of The Boy and The Man (blog)
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<Deleted User> (6315)
Mon 31st Oct 2011 14:34
enjoyed the the will she to me as me to she and as Larisa says full of hopeful expectations..it reads very well out loud too.. :)
Comment is about favourite poems (blog)
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Speech Motion
Monday 30th October, 2011
If your favourite type of event is an open, welcoming, relaxed, bohemian, multi-genre happening; if it involves pulsating poetry with professionally home-brewed short film, a well-plucked ukelele, an internationalist, Bordelaise, Berlinesque flavour; all compered by the incomparable Auld-Reekie-fringe-slam-winning Catherine Brogan who, in spite of her hitching record managed everything without a single one; all two minutes from the closest station; where on earth could you go? Erm.
Stoke Newington, of course! To Speech Motion, in fact.
Highly recommended for open mic readers.
What not to expect: rules, timekeeping, known finish time, posh seats, real ale.
What to expect: friendliness, quality, top alternative arts on draught.
Review is about Speech Motion: Film & live Performance on 30 Oct 2011 (event)
<Deleted User> (6895)
Mon 31st Oct 2011 13:35
Good afternoon Lynn.
(angel on horseback and not a witchypoo)
just popped on to say
we will be a.w.o.l till Friday
going on a little break.
no tears now-haha!
off to pack my old kitbag.
Have a nice week Lynn.
love
Patricia and Stef.xx
Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)
Original item by Lynn Dye
indeed, fact or fiction? do we want to know the truth?
Comment is about ABDUCTEE (blog)
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<Deleted User> (9635)
Mon 31st Oct 2011 13:19
this is very good john, you could easily put a tune to this. I think its the sort of thing Danny Baker would like on his saturday morning show.
Comment is about The Ballad of The Boy and The Man (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9816473
Well, I am a political poet, and proud of it! Politics is people's lives - now more than ever before.......
Comment is about Roy Harper and the politics of poetry (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
This poem was penned and read aloud at the open-mic session in Nelson last Friday 28 Oct:
St Paul’s Letter to the Anti-Capitalists
(for Giles Fraser)
by Richard MacSween
Charity suffereth long and is kind
But this has gone on long enough
Charity is not easily provoked
But there are health and safety issues
Charity never faileth
But this is a major tourist attraction
When I was a child, I spoke as a child
And let’s face it: you’re mostly kids
But when I became a man, I saw it was more complicated
Put away those canvas things
Now we see through a glass darkly
The lights are out and we’re losing money
Now abideth faith, hope and charity
But greater than these is turnover
Charity suffereth long
And if you don’t leave, so will you
Comment is about Roy Harper and the politics of poetry (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
What a great subject for a poem, John. It's a wonderful picture; even better than the one of Vinnie Jones grabbing Gazza. Greg
Comment is about The Ballad of The Boy and The Man (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Brilliant. Really enjoyed this, John. Did you catch Harry Redknapp's comment that Scott Parker stands comparison with Dave Mackay playing like he did on Sunday?
Comment is about The Ballad of The Boy and The Man (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Well done, Lynn, for putting your head above the parapet. There's more money to be made from Halloween than Guy Fawkes - that's one reason why it's being pushed.
Comment is about Halloween Party Pooper (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Thank you everyone. I am not normally such a grouch, just don't think much of Halloween!
Stef,(Uncle Fester!) you are right about Guy Fawkes - he seems to have died a death, lol, or rather been forgotten about, although fireworks seem to last a whole month... oh dear, I'm starting off on another tangent now... lol. Night night from Mrs.moany Witch xx
Comment is about Halloween Party Pooper (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Winston, youre welcome to this if it is suitable
Remembrance Sunday
Sunday 18th November 2007 8:41 pm
Yesterday being Remembrance Day
I made a point of remembering
And joined several hundred other rememberers
On the Town Hall Square
Where I bumped into Alec Simister
Who I hadn't seen for ten years
Now there's a man who could wear a bowler hat and rolled umbrella
As well as any city banker, retired guards officer
Or Orange Lodge member
His high cheek bones and straight black hair suggest he could be of the same lineage
As Vlad the Impaler or maybe Chinghis Khan
I was pleased that he remembered me
"I pissed my sides" he said "when I saw you in the paper,
Writing poetry, is that your latest scam?"
He was never one to mince his words.
A man constructed of dinosaur bones
His crushing grip staying on the hand for minutes
Then I drove to Stoke to visit my brother's grave.
It seemed a good thing to do it would have been his birthday today
Our street, which was falling down when we were kids
Is still falling down, the 70s makovers washed away by time
The entries seem to get narrower
But the cobbles, ever more subsided
Are still covered in dogshit
Our local pub Scrimmies, was as full as on any Sunday in my father's day
No miners now but everyone still looks old
Were these the people I went to school with?
I didn't remember them.
And they didn't remember me.
But the Bass tasted just like it used to!
Comment is about Poems for Remembrance Day (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Ahhh... the anxiety of what to do when faced with temptation!
Comment is about This is not a vodka; ginger, ice and lime (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Philipos
Sun 30th Oct 2011 19:01
Nice experience shared with the excitement of a new purchase. I like the word gossamer but Fleur Adcock in her poem of no-no's says it's taboo - what does she know anyway.
Great piccy too.
Comment is about Bought (blog)
a sparklingly clean 'long John'is absolument in requirement...
Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
Original item by Isobel
Thanks. I finished it with the deadline for submissions looming, and therefore I had little time to polish it.
If it bombs (and the competition is always massively over-subscribed, so I am not holding out any hopes!) I may take it and give it a few tweaks.
I wanted to write a story in which nothing really happened, just to see if I could do it.
Comment is about Sunday Girl (blog)
Original item by STEVE RUDD
Stella! This is quite a thought-provoking and interesting read!
My favourite part:
'He tames his world with fire and ash,
pollutes Mrs Berman's white sheets grey,
excited by flames this man with a match,
it snows in our yard in the summertime.'
Comment is about At Home With Adolf (blog)
steve mellor
Sun 30th Oct 2011 12:57
Hi M.C.
Just wanted to thank you for taking the time to comment on Gen. Sec.
Actually the 'ain' isn't a mis-type, though I don't mind in the slightest your mental 'gain'. I used 'ain' in the Scottish vernacular(meaning own)i.e the Gen. Sec's main concern is his own
Like you, I'm always struck by the union officials who I am sure are substantially better paid than those they represent - hence the ditty
Again, many thanks
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
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Hey Laura!
Graet poem! Crafted for reading aloud. I can sense anger,frustration,and relief inthis one.
Nicely read too! x
Comment is about Clear Blue Air (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Philipos
Sun 30th Oct 2011 10:07
Hello Nick, 'Shop Closed' appreciated your comments ta v. much. Like your profile piccy and the 4 legged lady who peers inquisitively at everyone on WOL. Also enjoyed your profile poetry.
Comment is about Nick Coleman (poet profile)
Original item by Nick Coleman
I enjoyed the mixture of nostalgia and hoped-for young romance that brings this story to life.
I felt that some of the punctuation (and a few
"and"s) could have be given more attention and
words like "holey" and "slobbering" needed no
repetition) - but -
the tale itself, the imagery and many of the
descriptive passages were well done.
I wanted to keep reading to see what happened -
always a good sign and the ending was very
imaginative.
Good luck with it.
Comment is about Sunday Girl (blog)
Original item by STEVE RUDD
Curmudgeonly!! But I quite understand where you are coming from - and I love the self-deprecating pay-off at the end.
Comment is about Halloween Party Pooper (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
<Deleted User> (6315)
Sun 30th Oct 2011 00:08
I thought I had replied to this one before obviously not!
What a journey you paint here. Sometimes there has to be a time to stop..oh yeah I thought..nice work sir :)
Comment is about My Shooting Stars By Alice Age 6 (blog)
Original item by ant
Thank you for stopping by, Marc!
Your poetry combines the mental and emotional really well - I enjoyed reading! Have you ever thought to post a few in the Blogs section?
Comment is about Marc Anthony (poet profile)
Original item by Marc Anthony
Thanks for the recipe Tommy. I alway drink anything I've taken effort to prepare. I'm very choosy about what I drink out of though :)x
Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)
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<Deleted User> (7212)
Sat 29th Oct 2011 21:10
I sometimes don't know myself what the next line will be. lol
Comment is about Rzhepicks (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
LOL Thank you dear Stefan and Patricia.
Comment is about Rzhepicks (blog)
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<Deleted User> (6895)
Sat 29th Oct 2011 19:02
the thing I love best
about your poems Larisa,
is that I never know what to expect
from one line to the next.
adds to the excitement of the read.
thanks and love from us.
Patricia and Stefan.xx
Comment is about Rzhepicks (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
<Deleted User> (6895)
Sat 29th Oct 2011 18:57
sad,superbly succinct!
Comment is about Dinner Party (blog)
<Deleted User> (6895)
Sat 29th Oct 2011 18:51
we loved the whole poem Harry
especially the way you hauntingly ended it.
thank you.
Patricia and Stef.
Comment is about FOR ROSE (blog)
<Deleted User> (6895)
Sat 29th Oct 2011 18:35
hey Lynn-
on one hand you think(mistakenly)
that you would make'an excellent witch'
not as good as the 'Uncle Fester'
I would make-hee hee
I agree with the comments by Philipos
it is mainly an excuse for scrounging.
or
having your windows put through
if you don,t cough up-haha
you never seem to see many kids pushing
the effigies of Guy Fawkes
like they used to?
Tricia says she would make a bomb-
(forgive the unintended pun)
with me because I,m a little effigy.
she did,nt say what of though-haha.
enjoyed light heartedness
of the poem very much.
keep 'em coming
Mrs. Nofear!
love (don,t look behind you)
MorticiaPatricia
and FrankenStef Wilde.xx
Comment is about Halloween Party Pooper (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
I put my comment on the discussion thread so it feels like I was talking in a different room.
Comment is about Roy Harper and the politics of poetry (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (9801)
Sat 29th Oct 2011 18:04
Spooky! you made me laugh, Been there done it haha xxx
Comment is about Halloween Party Pooper (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Terry White
Sat 29th Oct 2011 18:02
Hey Andy, thanks for the comments on Dinner Party, I was wondering how long it would take someone to give a Bukowski reference.
Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)
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Yes mate thanks for your comment
i use to live near hyde road n.reddish
i live near brooks bar at the moment
the poem was about the weight of the readers comments , glad you liked it
i need to write
i think as writer's we should be careing people
thanks for the support
much welcomed
Comment is about Noetic-fret! (poet profile)
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<Deleted User> (7212)
Mon 31st Oct 2011 21:05
whaddya mean ?? - I'm the good-looking one in the family
Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)
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