Thank you for your kind words John. It's good to know you found it uplifting as I wrote it for a family member and that's exactly how I wanted them to feel. M xx

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Thanks Dave, I really appreciate it. M

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Sharon

Welcome to WOL - hope you enjoy it here.

Just like to say that I really enjoyed all of your samples and think you should get them blogged :)

When you are logged in, there's a linky at the top right of the page, 'Make Blog Entry' :)

Take care, see you around here no doubt

Laura

Comment is about Sharon Larkin (poet profile)

Original item by Sharon Larkin

Hahaa John - yeh Ann, double dare ya! :D

Brilliant - made up for you :) Will try and listen to this!

Comment is about Ann Foxglove on the radio (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Really enjoyed this - thought at first the repetition was going to annoy me, but no - it worked well. Flows beautifully, and I love the symmetry of the first and last lines.

Comment is about you are not bukowski and neither am i (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

Hiya John

Cheers for your comment on Dissonance - I'm pleased it got you reading The Prophet again. It's one of my favourite books. It's kinda spooky but whenever I'm in 'need' of it, it falls open onto the pages that give me the most succour.

Anyhoo - the 'she'? Who do YOU think that is?

Comment is about John Embley (poet profile)

Original item by John Embley

LOL yes it would have been Ann!

Good luck (I did one for our local radio station not so long back it was great fun but I had to remember not to fidget or rustle my papers lol)

You will have a blast x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove on the radio (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

A nice read....

Comment is about I Adore (blog)

Hasta la vista, Larisa. I had my heart broken 3,4, and 5 years ago but I have recovered. I generally write poetry books about lost love.

Comment is about The Ghosts (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

'Doing it Twice.'
Is my kind of stuff John, I really enjoyed it.
I will read more when I get my new spectacles; but am struggling a bit at present. I like the audio suggestion. As a matter of fact I am now trying to put my "Strictly for the Birds" to my three chord guitar range, doing the Carter lick similar to "A boy named Sue." I do that some tmes
at my folk club.
I'll be in touch. Tom Mc D.

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

I gather from my forks porks that the Clyde Paddle Steamers have nothing to do with Glasgow?
Hey Ho! Glasgow's nice anyway.

Comment is about The Clyde Paddle Steamers (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Very gentle and light of touch, like all your poetry Stella.

'of a life left over after all have grasped their slice and more' echoed a bit with me :-)

Lovely. x

Comment is about On Ice (blog)

This is writing at its best: worlds in grains of sand, the universal in the particular.
Honesty, humanity, without sentimentality.
If you are not submitting for magazines, you should be.

Comment is about rallying (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

excellent as normal, kealan.

you want to consider splitting the last line into a stanza by it's self as it may have more impact by itself.

otherwise, keep em coming! x

Comment is about The Laughing Neanderthal (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Probably my favourite piece of yours Ann, first rate... you've carried this piece beauitfully and you can see it's a labour of love for you.

top stuff x

Comment is about rallying (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Must admit I went through my Bukowski phase I guess maybe 4 years later, but he's a poet that I've read lots of people try to be inspired by etc.

On your poem, I love all the movement and colour that is it. Are you going to try and perform it - it would tie me up in knots this if I tried it, I bet.

Top stuff however.

Comment is about you are not bukowski and neither am i (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

I really like the colorful imagery this brings to mind.

Comment is about you are not bukowski and neither am i (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

Thanks much for the comments on 'I Adore.'

Comment is about Tom Harding (poet profile)

Original item by Tom Harding

ditto Stella,s observations
but with golden knobs on!

cool one Robbo!

2u-the best

Stef.

Comment is about C U LATAZ! (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Bittersweet and somewhat sad. This is you at your best Ann.

Comment is about rallying (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Great timeless feel, good tumbling and building rythmn too.

Comment is about I Adore (blog)

This is lovely, wonderfully soft.

Comment is about On Ice (blog)

Hi Frances, good to have you aboard. Hope that you enjoy exploring and contributing to the site. Winston

Comment is about Frances Spurrier (poet profile)

Original item by Frances Spurrier

Nice one Ann. Win x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove on the radio (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you so much for the comment, Tom. But...what to do?
You can't delete the words from the song whether they are sad or joyful.

Comment is about The Ghosts (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Very effective larisa, very sad too.

Comment is about The Ghosts (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

This poem is about me and my husband who went to another world seven years ago.

Comment is about The Ghosts (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Wigan's a tricky one for me to get to of an evening to be honest. I can't really see many opportunities arising for me to perform this poem which is why I've stuck it on here. It did take some time to write so I'd be happy for people to enjoy it in any way they can - as long as I get a namecheck at the end! Glad you liked it Isobel and Terry. Many thanks for the comments.

Comment is about Wigan And Leigh, One Or The Other Is Where We Want To be! (blog)

Then you'll have to come to the Tudor in Wigan a week on Thursday and perform it for us - or get some of us to perform it for you. I could rustle up some Wigan accents for you - or even try to sink back into a broad accent myself.

There are a lot of funny lines in this as well as history but it needs to be heard. I'm not sure how it would sound with posh Lymm accents - you are right about that. My sister once tried to put on a scottish accent to read a poem about Scotland - it sounded awful - we persuaded her to do it in 'english'.

I did enjoy this and approve of anything that puts Wigan where it deserves to be on the map - bang in the cultural centre of the North West...

One thing missing was the warmth and fiendliness of the locals (older generation at least) - you'd love the Tudor I'm sure - but don't try over stepping you 3 - 5 minutes or we'll be throwing pies at you! xx

Comment is about Wigan And Leigh, One Or The Other Is Where We Want To be! (blog)

Apparently it was videoed but we never received a copy. Performing it was quite a mammoth task and a bit daunting as neither of us are from Wigan! We didn't know how to pronounce Mesnes Park. We're from Lymm near Warrington - I think it would be nice to hear it performed with proper Wigan accents.

Comment is about Wigan And Leigh, One Or The Other Is Where We Want To be! (blog)

Ah, I would have loved to heard that performed.

Comment is about Wigan And Leigh, One Or The Other Is Where We Want To be! (blog)

thanks ann! yes it's been awhile.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Now which make of bunny rabbit would that have been?

Well done you - hope you do us all proud - what a blast to be on the radio. I think your silky sexy voice is made for it! x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove on the radio (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Sorry my mistake - bloody heat's melting me head. Not The Pyramid - the Inheritors.

Comment is about The Laughing Neanderthal (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Beautiful - for me to say anything more with clumsy words as a comment would spoil it.

Comment is about rallying (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Simplicity and sophistication - your unique skill - and a violent tug at heartstrings with sincerity.

Comment is about rallying (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

na I never have but I'll have a look and thanks for the comment

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

yeah I didnt see that mistake there, I always miss one or two. But as always thanks very much for the comment. I think even back then there was the knowledge of something more than just reproduction among the genders. Today there is jealousy within a group of apes and you cant feel jealous if you dont feel love.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Alan, did you remove a very recent poem in praise of women? I went back for a reread and nothing is there - I was sure it was yours - but, maybe not.

BTW, I read several dictionaries and Roget's Thesaurus regularly, just for fun. Started in Year Six. (What a geek!) Bathroom literature is a thick volume Vocabulary Builder that has its own shelf,with a marker close by. I'm never bored. One amazing result of such reading is the understanding that you can't always put experiences and feelings into words, no matter how many fine words you have to explore, explain or exploit.

Comment is about Alan Morrison (poet profile)

Original item by Alan Morrison

Do 'em Diamante Love.
Dares ya!

Comment is about Ann Foxglove on the radio (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Very 'presocratic'! - fab word; superb title; amazing concept. Do you think they actually differentiated between friends and lovers? So DHLish, that phrase. Check 'gound' for 'ground' - a small error (I think) that does spoil the flow a bit.

Comment is about The Laughing Neanderthal (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

OMG - good job I didn't change my profile pic for that bunny rabbit, which I was considering - that would have been funny ;)

Comment is about Ann Foxglove on the radio (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I get your point completely, and like your response. I'm experimenting with the minimalist style, and quite like it. I've got many poems in two versions - the 'talking' one and the 'mind flash' one. They are only styles, after all, and the conversational one is often more reader friendly.

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

yes indeedy, Mr banksy, Sir - I'm back after a rather enforced hiatus...now all i needs is some of those word things

Comment is about Nash (poet profile)

Original item by Nash

SO ! - the Mighty Nash puts in an appearance ! :) (no flannel)

Comment is about Nash (poet profile)

Original item by Nash

Really funny, made me smile....

Comment is about MUSCLE (blog)

Thanks Stella! Helplessness would be the right word...

Nash

Comment is about Yellow Purple Blue (blog)

Original item by Nash

What a lovely tribute Ann - and a glimpse into another world, another life...
I found the title clever and very appropriate for the tone of the poem and I loved the last line also. All that went between was good too. X

Comment is about rallying (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I liked the poem immensely - it's my kind of poem. Humour in the face of adversity. Where would we be without humour? I also liked the way you didn't over do the pathos. It is always a difficult balance when you write about such things. It's always pleasant when you repost to see fresh perspective on it from new people - or just a re-appreciation by us oldies. :-)

Comment is about David Cooke (poet profile)

Original item by David Cooke

You ever read The Pyramid by William Golding?

I really like this one. Firing on all cylinders lately.

Comment is about The Laughing Neanderthal (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady