Thanks for your comments on The Funny Farm : )

Comment is about fiona sinclair (poet profile)

Original item by fiona sinclair

Sex Symbol/Sensible Shoes is very fine

"localised smile" will remain with me

Comment is about fiona sinclair (poet profile)

Original item by fiona sinclair

Thanks for your comments on "The Funny Farm" : )

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Hello, M.C.! Thank you so much for the message. Yes, I agree with you: Argument is the food of vanity
Discussion is the food of knowledge. Wise words. It's pleasant to communicate with an intelligent man.

Best wishes,

Larisa

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

well i changed my life in a stupid way today. i lost my cheap mobile in a farmers field full of cow shit while i was out walking. spent 1hr looking and never found it. get new phone soon. cheap1. a lesson there. dont put phone in shirt pocket.

Comment is about HOW FED UP (blog)

Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER

A cracking denunciation of these long-overdue-for-a-flogging anchors [there's so many euphemisms we could use, aren't there?]. I'd say hang the lot but there's not enough rope...

...cheers for the comments re: 'A Sibling's Prerogative, by the way. Much obliged, MC.

Comment is about MERCHANT BANKERS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hello Larisa - what argument? :-))
Here's something I remember from a wise friend of many years ago:
Argument is the food of vanity
Discussion is the food of knowledge.
...............................................
As I recall - we were discussing something.
I don't think I've met any real argument on WOL...that's why I enjoy it so much.
Best wishes.
MC

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

A goody, this me ol' mucker [although I haven't decided/discovered whether that 2nd stanza is deliberately all over the place to echo its subject or that it was unintentionally a product of one of those senior moments!]

Re: your comments on 'A Sibling's Prerogative'; as you say, JC, horses for courses and why should rhythm/no rhythm be an obstacle? Me, I was/am a Beatles AND Rolling Stones fan...and Beethoven and Steve Reich and Big Mama Thornton and the KLF and Stravinsky and Extreme Noise Terror...in other words aye, both rhythm and lack of it work for me. As I tried to tell that wassock at the writers' group, I like atonal music as much as harmonious; it being atonal, or unmelodic doesn't make it 'not music', just as lack of rhythm or metre doesn't make words nonpoetic. He's orthodox, 'old school' though - if a book tells you what a poem is supposed to look like, then that's exactly what a poem ought to look like. [He even dismissed impressionism and van Gogh, arguing that they only became great artists after they were safely dead and public opinion decreed their work 'art'. Some people only know what's good because they've been taught what to like. Idiots, eh?]

Comment is about Dear Marge (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

An entertaining comment on how we interact today.
We may give each other "rights" and congratulate ourselves, but the trap is the
way we can use that to absolve ourselves from
acknowledging that human nature and its needs
remain the same...merely dressed in a different
set of clothes to suit the time.
Men will continue to wonder what exactly women want - and women will continue to confuse them!
It has always been so.

Comment is about The Formula of Love? (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

This reply echoes up from the bottom of my own personal well of darkness encroaching: I like both of the comments offered so far and think that a] you have created something touching and poetic, and b] raw truth isn't so easily expressed in polished words or phrases.

Re: Ray's question; I don't think you need that 'outside' in there either - it can be taken for granted that inside it's all about the personal, and therefore the opposite applies beyong the group's confines.

[It also reminds me of my time in group psychotherapy, spoilt by a therapist who tended to regard us somewhat patronisingly. She insisted we consider it a 'stranger' group i.e. we were supposed always to see each other as strangers, even to the extent of not speaking to each other if we ever met beyond the confines of the hospital, and would dress us down if we ever let slip that we'd so much as said, 'hello' to one another.]

Comment is about The Room (revised) (blog)

Original item by fiona sinclair

Imaginative - with an upbeat ending. Another welcome contribution from this writer who clearly relishes the use of words to paint a picture in our minds.

Comment is about Coincidence (blog)

Original item by Marnanel Thurman

An neat evocation of that confused state when
the mind plays tricks...something, I think, many of us will recognise.

Comment is about WHEN ONE NIGHT I DREAMT' I SLEPT. (blog)

Original item by Peter Asher

Those familiar with rhyming slang will interpret the title.
I've been a bank customer for fifty years and
came to understand the change from stalwart
public figure of repute to profit prophet when
trying to get a small business started using
a modest overdraft facility while approaching
retirement and finding myself mercilessly
"hammered" for exceeding my "limit" by a few
quid - despite the laudable reasons. My many
years with the bank and the money they had made
from me in that time counted for nought. At
THAT moment I was of little value to them.
Subsequent reports of their reckless risks came
as no surprise.

Comment is about MERCHANT BANKERS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Great lines, great enjoyment, great stuff. - did the someone fast ever materialise - could be serialised, I'd enjoy reading that too. Ta muchly, Nick.

Comment is about Forlorn (blog)

Original item by BT

Is there a poem out there that doesn't gripe about the "wonderful" work of the bankers (spell it with a 'W') The difference now is that they've been exposed! Ta much for bringing this out for us, Nick.

Comment is about MERCHANT BANKERS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Every rhyming stroke of the pen adorns your canvas rather nicely. Ta muchly, Nick.

Comment is about CANVAS (blog)

As a non-henpecked man I still don't know. Is this one of those unfathomable ponderings that can fill a lifetime? Woman are emancipated. They have equal, if not more, right to love and be loved in the way they choose. "times have changed" Ta muchly, Nick.

Comment is about The Formula of Love? (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

'Each word a smile brought forward' is really excellent. There might be a writer in action here! Ta muchly, Nick.

Comment is about Then (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Just read Ray's comment. There might be a case for raw truth to be flashed, where a more poetic approach would dampen or soften that section too much. I liked the overall effect. Ta muchly, Nick.

Comment is about The Room (revised) (blog)

Original item by fiona sinclair

The depth of loss for the seven hundred years comes shining through. And then the volta springs into possiblities, and a happy ending, Liked it, ta muchly Nick.

Comment is about Coincidence (blog)

Original item by Marnanel Thurman

I am puzzled by the clause

"where the dagger vex orgasm mourns"

I can't seem to parse it. I keep thinking "dagger vex orgasm" is a noun phrase, but then is "dagger vex" an adjective? Can you throw me a clue?

Comment is about She Reasons to Herself While Bathing (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Brilliant, loved it. Lashings of really excellent lines. Bravo, cheers, Nick.

Comment is about The Hall (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Good this. Manages to convey very well that sense of life as a machine which carries on doing the same old things to the same old people.
Do you need "outside" after personal? It's kind of left hanging there.

Thought this bit could have been more poetic.

after years of schizophrenic husband attaching

himself to her like a tag as she cleans , shops, pees…

Comment is about The Room (revised) (blog)

Original item by fiona sinclair

The timing on this is great, each comma clearly indicates the rhythm and makes it easy to enjoy. is this sum kind ov style like cadence or watever cuz the structure seems really organized, in a good way. nice one

Comment is about Catalepsy (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Is there a defined meaning to dreaming about dreaming? And is it more significant when placed awake in couplets? Most enjoyable, ta muchly, Nick.

Comment is about WHEN ONE NIGHT I DREAMT' I SLEPT. (blog)

Original item by Peter Asher

really good poem again, like the format, some great lines, especially, i was born for time running through, something about that line is brilliant. looking forward to reading more

Comment is about The Hall (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Hello Fiona,
I have enjoyed reading your posts - you have exceptional talent and have found this pieces incredibly moving and poignant.

Thank you.

Comment is about fiona sinclair (poet profile)

Original item by fiona sinclair

nice one laura and yeah i'll give them a shout, cant hurt

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

wonderful, loved the imagery, felt the speed of the careering bike.

Comment is about Vertigo (blog)

Thanks for your note on Tickling Fish, Cynthia. I'm turning over some ideas for a few more as I had so much fun writing it.

I was thinking about your nonsense poem the other day, and mine, and about different ways of writing, and it made me think of when I was a kid keeping those diaries...did you ever used to write in code? As well as the mirror writing, I used to make up endless series of codes to write in too. It was SOOO satisfying to do that I might do it again :D Really quite time-consuming though!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Incandescent are asking for submissions for their second edition chuck - think you should send something off to them. It's a book too, rather than a journal, on or offline.

Comment is about Kealan Coady (poet profile)

Original item by Kealan Coady

This sounds really familiar to me, but obviously it isn't. That's harsh - less than my worst case scenario. Did you choose it though, or did it choose you?

I love this piece btw.

Comment is about Then (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Hi Dave, if they're good let them know it. Ta muchly, Nick

Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Hi Larisa,
I was in error, Poetry should be read slowly so it is digested properly. I failed the first commandment. Naughty Nick. Bit too busy writing plays at the moment so I let things slip a bit, sorry! Keep going with your good writing, Regards, Nick,

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

ha ha ha...oh I hope you read this tomorrow John :)

Comment is about Dear Marge (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I really like this...good stuff :)

Comment is about Forlorn (blog)

Original item by BT

Had a good giggle at this, John. Pretty much agree with everything Isobel said.

Comment is about Dear Marge (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A wry, immediately recognisable "take" on the
difficulties met learning a musical instrument.
You could have fun with the ukelele! It was
the one musical instrument that could be strummed to provide an acceptable accompaniment
to many of the songs of yesteryear - and the old (and not so old) songbooks provide the
finger placings above the stave. I became quite good at "Camptown Races" (doo-dah, doo-dah!) and a few others that shall be nameless.

Comment is about My Violin (the Musician’s Tale 2 ) (blog)

Original item by Yvonne Brunton

Utter nonsense! And I mean that in the nicest possible way. Good luck with it.

Comment is about The wind of the wivering woggeldy woo (blog)

Original item by Jim Stewart-Evans

Hi John, strong images here, amplified I felt by choice use of neglected words, ones which I hope encourage unfamiliar readers to extend their vocabulary. :)

I will move on to part 2... Best wishes, Dave

Comment is about Terra Nostra (blog)

Original item by John Duffus

Dear John,

Mebbie if you directed your supple cock problems to page 3, you may find yourself rejuvenated and capable of applying two extremities to the job in hand...

I chuckled at your letter - particularly verse 2 where you seem to lose your rhyming scheme along with your marbles and your stick of rock.

Methinks rhyming schemes are the least of your problems though, John - so take what's left of your life in both hands - and enjoy it! x

Comment is about Dear Marge (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hello John - may I add my welcome to WOL to those before me, I'm sure you will enjoy the time you spend here. :)

My thanks to you for visiting and commenting on 'Arise Sir Pain' - much appreciated.

Best wishes, Dave

Comment is about John Duffus (poet profile)

Original item by John Duffus

Hi MC - my thanks to you for comments you made on 'Arise Sir Pain' - much appreciated. Best wishes, Dave

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Beautiful poem!

Comment is about CANVAS (blog)

And the beginning is really beautiful: In old days, those golden days... It's a song.

Comment is about MERCHANT BANKERS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Great poem! And ...so true. But...we are all look funny.

Comment is about MERCHANT BANKERS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thx for reading and commenting upon my Chelsea Haiku Win- appreciated. Sorry for the delay getting back...I didn't think anyone would have commented on the poem after the first week...only just noticed :)

Hope all is well.

Not sure what is happening your end of the world, though someone said that Hebdon had no event at the moment? I even heard a rumour you were moving or sailing to another spot? Is sailing the correct term for a barge, is barge even the right word for a houseboat?

Hope to catch you read somewhere soon over the summer.

My Best

Chris

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Aye reight good lights, but tek it t'who thee likes thoile get nowt for it! lol

One only hopes for clement weather to accompany our soiree and ale :)

Hope you can make it Stella...if not hope all is goin good this fine spring sunny day.

My Best

Chris

Comment is about ThePoetry Spoke Open mic poetry- Guests John Coopey and Alan Ainsworth (blog)

Original item by Chris Co

Thank you all for commenting, I'm not sure I'm entirely happy with it yet, but the main thrust is there. Best wishes, Dave

Comment is about Arise Sir Pain (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

I bet there is a legion of shop assistants out there who would pin this up! I'm not sure about the format but the subject matter is always contemporary and I like the pay-off.

Comment is about The Customer is Always Wrong (blog)