Yes - I do think your poetry is getting stronger and stronger. Perhaps that is an indication that you are in better spirits - pardon the pun! x

Comment is about This is not a vodka; ginger, ice and lime (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Great stuff. Its marghrita time. (Why is there no spell check on this pointless thing) Win ;-)

Comment is about This is not a vodka; ginger, ice and lime (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

The best part of the poem is the last verse. Until then I wasn't really hooked in. That last verse really kicks you in the stomach and leaves you hurting. Putting a brave front on is perhaps something I can more identify with. I love the baldness of it.

Comment is about BELIEVING THAT I LIED (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

laura's comment says it all!Raw.

Comment is about BELIEVING THAT I LIED (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Oh Francine - you would have loved it!

Graham - I'm so sorry I never got to chat to you - hopefully our paths will cross at some other venue! Your photo was brilliant - but it wasn't one of the months, so hard to reference. Next time, do make my year by hitching a lift in the opposite direction ;-) xx

Comment is about Calendar boys: Write Out Loud at the naked launch (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks a lot John.

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Sounds like a fabulous night out - something I know I would have enjoyed!

This is such a wonderful, creative, fun way for poets and photographers to collaborate and fundraise for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Great review, Isobel. : )

Comment is about Calendar boys: Write Out Loud at the naked launch (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Brilliant review, thank you. :)

If i'd have known that you were 'Isobel', I'd have been out hunting Grapefruits especially so you could join in. There were grapes, but that might have been too revealing. :)

Comment is about Calendar boys: Write Out Loud at the naked launch (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Ooo raw

Comment is about BELIEVING THAT I LIED (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hey, thanks Cynth for your note on Biblical Imbecility, glad you liked it :) Yeh, kind of what I was getting at,the lunatic interpretations of what is essentially a bulgy-eyed hysterical part of the whole - although have to say some of it's great! Was thrilled with the 4 horsemen!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Cheers ears re Biblical Imbecility :) See ya soon chuck x

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Hello :) Welcome to WOL - liking your work mostly so far - hope to see more of it

Cheers

Laura

Comment is about Richie Muster (poet profile)

Original item by Richie Muster

Check out Richie Muster's blogs - I think you'll like them

Comment is about BELIEVING THAT I LIED (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Even more power out of little lines! Economy of effort is superb. (You must have a bloody big cog in that brain of yours).

Comment is about BELIEVING THAT I LIED (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

You manage to get maximum power out of minimal words

Comment is about TWO SIDES OF A COIN (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Tommy- long-time 'listener'- first-time 'caller' I heard you on BBC radio other day :o) I was wondering why the 'West' were eager to invade Libya but are reluctant to intervene with Syria, I checked the oil reserves of both country:
Libya oil reserves = 46,400,000,000 Barrels
Syrian oil reserves = 2,500,000,000 Barrels
...!

Comment is about Mission Creep (with audio!) (blog)

Original item by Attila the Stockbroker

Thanks Winston, but you do know that the old Lord will be swivelling in his grave.

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Thank you Darren - that means a lot.

If Joy and I look flushed on that picture, that's because we were. Phworrrr - what a great night we had!

When are we going to get another review off you anyway? I miss reading them. The humour and style is totally inimitable.

Comment is about Calendar boys: Write Out Loud at the naked launch (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Mark, Welcome to WOL. Winston

Comment is about Mark Mace Smith (poet profile)

Original item by Mark Mace Smith

Hi Rob, it was Wigan I think! True you are much more handsome in real life. Thx for adding sample , Win x

Comment is about Robert Goodier (poet profile)

Original item by Robert Goodier

Hi Jonny, Welcome to The Site. Winston

Comment is about Jonny Rodgers (poet profile)

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Enjoyed reading this - thanks Isobel.

Comment is about Calendar boys: Write Out Loud at the naked launch (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Richie. I can see you ! lol. Thanks for putting up your pic. Winston

Comment is about Richie Muster (poet profile)

Original item by Richie Muster

excellent, lucy.. my favourite of yours so far.. wasn't sure if you had packed in writing but i guess you've been too busy.. good seeing you the other night too x

Comment is about You belong to the wind now... (blog)

Original item by MissLucy

I'm no better here, chuck - if you see where i live - it's a bomb site almost literally - lol..

enjoyed it too..

Comment is about A little bit more. (blog)

i know some who would object to this, Stella but i particularly like the use of the short lines..

top stuff, my dear xx

Comment is about In Hope of Wonder (blog)

Crackin' cheese, Gromit!
I wish I'd written this - I might yet pretend that I have!
And you performed it brilliantly at the Tudor last week.
Just one thing - what's an app?

Comment is about There's an App (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Intriguing and thought-provoking. Also enjoyed your St Paul/ political one.

Comment is about DEFINED (blog)

Original item by Yvonne

Thank you for your lovely comments on my poem 'De-friend...'. Yep, I too have fallen victim to the curse of being a facebook parent. For some reason, my daughter is always very unimpressed with my postings :) When I get to the stage of facebook grandparent...I hope to have just as much spirit as the star of my poem.

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Thank you for your comments on my poem 'De-friend...'. The lady in question is the grandma of a friend...sadly! I want one just like that :)

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you, thank you, thank you....for your generous comments on my poem 'De-friend...'. I don't give my work a lot of thought, I just let it right out - I feel that you saw that.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Good poem Chris.
I can't disagree with the sentiment.
Dave

Comment is about Why does mankind wage war and kill? (blog)

Thanks for your thoughts on Golf Clubs, MC. A friend of mine used to do her surveillance pootling around on a mobility scooter, then whipped the tartan blanket off to leg it when needed!

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Glad you enjoyed Golf Clubs, Lynn.

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Hi Dave, been having pc probs, so missed this one. Very much enjoyed it, brings back memories!
Also belated thanks for commenting so kindly on my anti Halloween poem. x

Comment is about Hippies (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Awww, thank you, Cynthia, what a lovely thing to say.

Comment is about Life in the Mad House (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

It is safe as houses, perched on the edge of the Abyss ;-) so long as you do not look, read and see between the lines. TC xx

Comment is about Blip Blip (blog)

Original item by Beulah

Hi John.
Thanks for your comments on my "A Small Story about a Small Town"
I actually got the idea for this watching the History Channel's "Life After People".
Although I did grow up in very small towns.
About recording my own poem, I don't know, I make too many mistakes.

Thanks
Shirley

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Cynthia 'Bare Bones' your suggestions spot on thank you and these have been incorporated into the amended poem. I knew a tweak was needed but couldn't quite work out where, being too close to it.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Made me chuckle! :-D

Comment is about Oh eck! (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Really scary are those who make interpretations of Revelations according to their own agendas, and declare themselves 'masters of the universe and all therein'.

I did smile at 'i finished my bible today' as though anyone ever 'finishes' the bible. And the quirky take on Shakespeare was fab.

Comment is about Biblical Imbecility (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Nothing wrong with pointless poetry.

Comment is about Oh eck! (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

I like 'and the lies you're fed'. A very pertinent poem on a strong theme - which can metaphorically 'go anywhere'.

Comment is about You in the gilded cage (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Not pointless cos it made me smile and I've not felt like doing that for a while.

I just love the way the last line doesn't scan. xx

Comment is about Oh eck! (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

love a good scruff. this piece is very succint, very tidy. i like it

Comment is about A little bit more. (blog)

Aha aha .... thank you dearest Beulah for turning that key ;-) Great poem too WOL is a wealthier place with you in it ;-) Now to slay that Dragon ;-) xx

Comment is about Thaumaturgically Charged (blog)

Original item by Beulah

Cute and catchy. Those little moments always reflect the big picture, don't they? Especially our own personalities. Poetry is so 'telling'! I've always thought you must be a delightful person to know.

Comment is about Life in the Mad House (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Lots of sweetness from you RB :) xx

Comment is about Short but not so sweet. (blog)

Thank-you for your lovely comment on my poem. X

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Newbury, I totally agree. An excellent little structured poem to jolt a lot of thought into gear once again. I too think 'motivation' is the core 'ideal' in any use of the word; and then, 'who' uses it. I can never reconcile people sent deliberately to their certain slaughter with no chance of survival whatsoever, a strategy engineered since time out of memory. How are those poor souls 'heroes'?

Comment is about TWO SIDES OF A COIN (blog)

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