haha ill see you in tescos when your malnourished from eating nuts and drooling over the meat counter, hoping non of our veggie police friends can see you.
trapped on a desert island youll be screaming over your coconuts whilst i roast up a nice fish...unconditional love is based on sacrifice.

Comment is about Dance of graved hunger. (blog)

Original item by Danny Metcalfe

cheers for the comment over in dreams, gus... perhaps i should become of the dirty thirty but cathy would probably beat me up - lol..

hope you are good.

i'm working not that far from your studio.. should defo pop over after work when i can and you are around..

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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lovely, gus.. great stuff - always enjoy reading your stuff and this is no expectation...

Comment is about Into The Light (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

and he's still going strong, Win... don't normally write in this kind of speed - well not since i was about 20 or 21, but it's good fun doing it short term as if i am lucky - may get a few pieces that i can go back to and rework at a later date..

hope you are good

speak soon

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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thanks for the comment on in dreams Laura, yeah, I was in the lovey poem mode for the first one of these and Cathy loved it when she saw it.

The first part of the title is in reference to this - http://www.napowrimo.net where if you follow - you have to try to write 30 poems in 30 days... i've managed the first five even though if they are a little rough in places...

My blog over this is http://30poemsin30days.blogspot.co.uk.

No plans to publish all of the poems on here as it's too many but a selected few maybe a good idea...

speak soon x

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

thanks for the comment on in dreams Isobel, yeah.. i sort of wrote this when cathy was asleep - it made me blush big style - lol in particular the reference to my love remaining a constant.

the first part of the title is in reference to this - http://www.napowrimo.net where if you follow - you have to try to write 30 poems in 30 days... i've managed the first five even though if they are a little rough in places...

My blog over this is http://30poemsin30days.blogspot.co.uk.

No plans to publish all of the poems on here as it's too many but a selected few maybe a good idea...

speak soon x

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Actually I thought this has been knocked back a week this month - 16/04/2012..

Comment is about Write Out Loud Stockport: it's tonight (article)

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One day we will look back in disgust at how we treated animals. One day we will look upon the murder of animals as we look upon the murder of Humans. And I don't care if eating animals has a benefit of survival, what I care about is if what we eat can suffer. And the answer to that is yes, they can."I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't...The pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further."
Mark Twain
We do not need to eat meat to survive. We can easily live off , fruit, veg, nuts ect. And to quote Albert Einstein- 'Besides agreeing with the aims of vegetarianism for aesthetic and moral reasons, it is my view that a vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind."

And yes there are many forms of love. But there is only one true love, only one that is real. The rest are just fake, conditional, Tesco value copies.

Comment is about Dance of graved hunger. (blog)

Original item by Danny Metcalfe

OOPS I tried to add an audio file to the original entry and managed to delete it! So here it is again.
Technology is alright in its place but that does not appear to be under my fingers!

Comment is about Kushagarnie (blog)

Original item by Yvonne Brunton

I didn't have a penny so I sat cross-legged in the rearmost pew - Phew! An eye for an aye! and a wee for a pee. Or something similar, chow for now, Nick.

Comment is about KEEPING WATCH (blog)

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Snatch a moment then rip it to bits. The best shreds may be cherrieshed for a thousand years - then dumped uncerimoniously! Oops, over the top again! Chow for now, Nick.

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

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In hindsight good memories linger the best. A wonderful jerker if I ever read one. Ta most Sincerely, NIck.

Comment is about My Dad (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I didn't read the first version so I'm at a disadvantage. I did kind of think this might be about vegetarianism though - the fact that if humans were capable of love in its purest form, they could not kill or feed off another living thing? Or perhaps you intended it as a metaphor for people feeding off each other, rather than loving in a wholesome way.

There are clearly different kinds of love. I could do all of those things Rachel says to save one of my children - I'm not sure I could ever do the same for a man though - he'd have to fight it out for himself...

Comment is about Dance of graved hunger. (blog)

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It's what we wll dread isn't it, John - seeing our parents metamorphose into needy children, reversing the roles on us? The fond memories we have are tainted by an unbidden revulsion we struggle to conceal.
My dad could remove and replace bike tyres with his hands too (ps verse 3 line 5 should it read 'too hard'?
I enjoyed reading this . It awakened some treasured and bitter memories.

Comment is about My Dad (blog)

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i repeat: for love i would sacrifice a lamb and choke the neck of an adultress.for love i would kill. hunger the same. survival.

preferred shorter version, more power in it.

Comment is about Dance of graved hunger. (blog)

Original item by Danny Metcalfe

Hello MC. Glad you liked "A Trip to the Chemist" and "There's Allus a Dribble That's Left". I'll leave you to decide if any/both are autobiographical or not!

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

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Glad you enjoyed "A Trip to the Chemist", Larisa. I wasn't sure that some of the references would be easily understood by you. I hope so.
I enjoyed your joke!

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

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What's in the loo, MC?
You - where you were doi the recalling, or
His Words? - in which case you frequent loos with better graffitti than I do!

Comment is about KEEPING WATCH (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hi Yvonne Thanks for the kind comments on the pump poem!

Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)

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Thanks for your comments on The River, Lynn. All the best, Greg

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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This brings back childhood misconceptions. Thanks.

Comment is about KEEPING WATCH (blog)

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Thanks for kind comments on my Nova Scotia song Freda - and the advice too. (Some of which I've taken) I might sort it out more when I'm thinking of performing it. xx

Comment is about Freda Davis (poet profile)

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Thanks for kind comments on Nova Scotia song MC :)

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

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Thanks for kind comments on Nova Scotia song Yvonne xx

Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)

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Thanks for kind comments on Nova Scotia song Lynn - hope you are well :)

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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I've only caught up with this cos of Winston's recent poem. I think it's great in its . . . enigmatic-ness!

Comment is about He said (blog)

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Hi Tony - welcome to WOL. It would be great if you would add some of your poems to your profile.

Comment is about Tony Kehoe (poet profile)

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Sounds fantastic! Good luck with it all and welcome to WOL. :)

Comment is about Sundays at Sudley (group profile)

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Wow - great poem. Welcome to WOL Steve. I hope you become a part of the site and hope to see you posting a poem (this one?) on the blog section - where they do get more attention. I really found this poem very moving!

Comment is about steve pottinger (poet profile)

Original item by steve pottinger

This is terrific.
But I don't get your most recent comment to my profile. What have I missed? God knows, I'm missing lots these days.

Comment is about He said (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Thanks for kind comment on the poem, Glyn!

Comment is about Glyn Pope (poet profile)

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Thanks for comment on Pump poem GReg. I think I posted it before, but I wanted to post it on FB with my brother's photo, and it's very handy how you can put poem & image on WOL and then link it to FB. THe wonders of modern technology. I think you've got some new things here as well, which I must catch up with.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Enjoyed this very much, Ann, I found it quite reflective too, and well sung. xx

Comment is about song - nova scotia (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I found this very poignant and moving, Mike, well written and well read.

Comment is about Soldier, Sailor...........Late Night Experimental Dub Mix! (blog)

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Funny as ever, John, keep 'em coming! x

Comment is about There's Allus a Dribble That's Left (blog)

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Thank you my dear friends for the comments. They really inspire me. Special thanks to Stefan and Patricia. Thank you so much dear John. I am glad to know that you are acquainted with Russian literature. With love and warmest wishes, Larisa

Comment is about Poets Souls (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Enjoyed this, Yvonne, and yes wouldn't it be good to snuff the little devils out? :)

Comment is about inFLUence (blog)

Original item by Yvonne Brunton

"In this theme: personal and small
Sang not once,and not five
I circled of poetic squirrel
And I want to circle again" - These are the words from Mayakovsky's poem "About This". You can see them above in Russian. Yes, he was Russian Futurist poet (1893 - 1930), and Lily Brick is on the picture, his main love. He was in love with some other women. The last one was a married woman Veronica. He asked her to leave her husband and immediately move to his place. Veronica refused and at the moment when she was leaving, near the front door, she heard a shot. Lily with her husband was in Europe at that time.

Comment is about Poets Souls (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Missed this first time around Tommy, sorry

Intriguing...has hints of fear, tragedy, and you know what else it reminds me of, although it's been a bloody long time since I read it...The Age of Reason by Sartre.

Comment is about He said (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

posted something up in the blogs tommy. Win X

Comment is about He said (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Thank you John. I do carry a notebook but I often find my poems begin with a single line or phrase, or observation. I rarely use what I hear spoken by others although I do strive to write about things that one might call universal.

Comment is about The Great Outdoors (blog)

Is this picture of Mayakovsky? He looks a lot younger than he does in the photo I have in an anthology of his work I was given by a friend, who also introduced me to the other Russian poets Pushkin, Lermontov and Tyutchev.
Tragically killed himself, I believe.
Who's the lady? -- Lily?
A really nice poem.
I'll go and pick him off my bookshelf again, Larisa -- thanks for reminding me of him!

Comment is about Poets Souls (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

ps. We meant to ask you-
the Lady and the Gentleman
in the picture,are they Ukranian poet's?
xx

Comment is about Poets Souls (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

A lovely and quite deep poem Larisa.

"Understanding destroy's the wall's"
-Simple and beautifully effective!
along with so many other lovely line's.


Thank you for posting this.

our love to you.

Patricia and Stef.xx

Comment is about Poets Souls (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Three great poems Andy.

When on the train, do you carry a note pad? I do, I sit and listen to other talking, be it to others on the train or on their mobiles. I can gather some great stories and scenes from the snippets I hear.

Comment is about The Great Outdoors (blog)

Hello Yvonne and Stella. Thank you for your encouraging comments. Outdoor Pursuits has been around in various forms for years but only now do i dare consider it 'finished'. The other two are more recent and are consequently prone to editing.

Stella, was 'what really on last week'? The gig, or this post? The gig was, but the post is new.

Would it be more appropriate for me to reply to you individually via your profiles pages? I still don't know the etiquette. Please advise. Thanks again.

Comment is about The Great Outdoors (blog)

Well done Anne. This is lovely. There are, as has been mentioned, a few hiccoughs with the scansion but I love the tune you have as I agree with you that this is less a rollikin' song and has more a reflective mood with a hint of poignancy. xx

Comment is about song - nova scotia (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove