A different form of Valentine Thom, but it works.X

Comment is about Still Waiting (blog)

Original item by Tom

Chris you captured the moments so well. The last six lines say it all.

Comment is about A-HEAD-OF-ME. (blog)

Original item by christine yates

To all you genius's of love - wherever you may be! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Comment is about happy valentines day guys! (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Oooh, how evocative, great imagery but with enough unsaid to make me wonder and create, in my own mind's eye, reasons for the tears... lovely.

Comment is about The moon weeps (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks for your comments on my untitled piece Cynthia, much appreciated x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks Chris, I really enjoyed the Tudor, was a great experience both reading and listening to others.

Well done with hosting :) x

Comment is about christine yates (poet profile)

Original item by christine yates

it made the two old duffers pictured and 'anchored'together laugh as much as our old bodies allowed-haha...ohhh! wheres me tablets!

Comment is about SAILORS ARE VERY STRANGE MEN (blog)

Highly amusing!

Comment is about SAILORS ARE VERY STRANGE MEN (blog)

good one on the repaired tootsie young lady-catch you later-love-Stef.xx

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

wow! a lot of hard work here Lynn-all very picturesque images-lovely!-Stef.xx

Comment is about Image of Colours (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

lovely to see you back Lynn-phew! you had me worried I must admit-thanks for reading and commenting on 'stay'my best to you(psst-hows the toe now?)..SWxx

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

I think this must be the poem that so moved my cousin, Chris. This stirs a lot of memories of my father also. You words evoke so much. x

Comment is about A-HEAD-OF-ME. (blog)

Original item by christine yates

For me, it's an excellent poem - but IMHO doesn't need the last bit.
I think it could end very well like this, or similar

....how my life has changed
I need you to walk the cliff path with me again -
I get lost when I’m out there on my own.

xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I thought it sounded familiar. I was beginning to think that your girlfriend must do a lot of sleeping... LOL. This is sweet and perfect for the time of year. x

Comment is about Perfect Place (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Enjoyed your poems. I don't get to travel much and will when my kids are older. If you're ever in London come and read at Camden and Lumen.

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Hi Andy

I enjoyed your poem and your bio. I spent a few years in Manchester as a little girl as my Dad was from there.

If you're sometimes down in London I help out at two venues called Camden and Lumen where they have regular open mics. You can find them on Facebook.

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Thanks for the warm welcome, and thanks for entering the contest Winston. I'm curious to see the poet Carol Ann Duffy selects!

Comment is about Adele Ward (poet profile)

Original item by Adele Ward

So many many words,"headlines turned hard and dry and brittle"the imagery is thought provoking xx

Comment is about paper mache (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

aww... that's really sweet. Lovely images ;-)

Comment is about Perfect Place (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Hi Cynthia, thanks for comment on 'Nightmare' :-)

I appreciate your honesty here because i actually felt it was lacking something sensory but i couldn't seem to make more of it so went ahead and posted anyway.x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Elaine, thanks for lovely comment on 'for the good times' :-)
much appreciated.x

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

Hi Andy, thanks for comment on 'for the good times' :-)

as for performing it? well...maybe one day.x

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Hi Laura, so were you singing manic monday all day? ha ha

Thanks for comment on 'for the good times' :-)

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Hi Cynthia - re: Down to Earth - many thanks for the detailed analysis your comments always valuable - like yourself I have quite a varied background with mine straddling a Master's in Philosophy amongst other qualifications and 3 significant career paths followed by adventurous living overseas - poetry though has always been precious to me and some might regard me as aloof because I always seem to be working on the next muse - although I do have a whacky sense of humour probably born of my northern origins in the face of adversity x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Ann - I can see that you've disabled comments on your latest - a lovely sad poem - but I thought you need to know that this is superfluous, as its obvious from the rest that they're gone - just my 2 cents !! xx

and as sit and think all this,

I realise that all the people
that I want to see today are gone

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Kath, this is a lovely description of breaking clouds, full of imaginative adjectives making common images freshly original. Apart from the obviously visual, I presume this poem can be applied metaphorically to just about any situation in life. I think good poetry is just the first turn of the spade in an endless hole.

Comment is about Luster lost (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

Ann, your interest in archaeology so fits with my admiration of your deep imagination, I am flabbergasted I never considered the association before: a digger of the past, and digester of the seemingly insignificant to make a comprehensive whole. It was screaming at me. I greatly support the explorers, but often quail at their preconceived conclusions.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Cheers Andy, it was daunting but I was definitely on cloud 27 all day Friday ;) x

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

people people who's anybody anyway just people people who p*** us off ha ha love it xx

Comment is about La dee da dee da (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Hi Isobel great sentiments in this poem and love the photo I have one like that !!xx

Comment is about Poverty Is (blog)

Original item by Isobel

sod the cartridges- it's 'madam Guillotine'!

Comment is about I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Parliamentarian (blog)

Original item by jane wilcock

Jane, you 'man' the barricade, I'll read you works of Federico Garcia Lorca, and pass you the cartridges.

Comment is about jane wilcock (poet profile)

Original item by jane wilcock

love this Isobel I too love the things that children say so innocent and accepting of our explanations on life and yet we at times are more insecure than they are brill xx

Comment is about Water Into Wine (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Hi Adele, just entered your comp. Thanks for the heads up. Win

Comment is about Adele Ward (poet profile)

Original item by Adele Ward

Hey John, with regards rhymes, if you think about it, at that period of time language was much simpler so perhaps it's right that you didn't use rhymes ;) x

Comment is about The Red Lady of Paviland (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

welcome abroad adele.. enjoyed your sample piece. x

Comment is about Adele Ward (poet profile)

Original item by Adele Ward

your verse serves well!

Comment is about the Ultimate Vole (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hello Ann.
Thanks for the comments on Red Lady of Paviland.
I think if you studied about the Red Lady you'd know that the supposition on which I base the poem (killed by a mammoth) is a bit of a stretch. More likely a regal ritualistic burial.
Also, the cave was miles (perhaps hundreds of miles) from the sea.
Anyway, once again, thanks for your thoughts.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hello Cynthia.
Thanks for your thoughts on Red Lady of Paviland.
The pressing rhythm I tried to achieve by the unremitting trochaic metre and then vary the line length using alternate full and truncated tetrameters. Simples!
I bet Lomgfellow would be awed to be in the same sentence as me!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks for your thoughts on Red Lady of Paviland.
I was inspired by the recent Neil Oliver programme on Ancient Britain.
There's bit of a poetic licence stretch in that the cave is at the bottom of the sea cliffs, where I set the poem whereas when the Red Lady was alive the sea was miles away, probably with South Wales continuously joined to the West Country (maybe even Brittany).

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

I dont know about cute, but I sure am "cuddly" - since I stopped smoking 6 yrs ago !! xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Lots of rich imagery in here Jane and some lovely ideas. I don't as a rule enjoy nature poems, preferring things that engage more of an emotional response. However I can see that a lot of effort and craft has gone into this. I enjoyed reading it. xx

Comment is about Solar Energy (blog)

Original item by jane wilcock

Hello you! Long time no hear...
Thank you for your comment. Hope to see you at a Bolton gig some time soon. Can't make tomorrow but hopefully next month, if I can write something. x

Comment is about jane wilcock (poet profile)

Original item by jane wilcock

Hi Isobel, Just found this and thinks its good fun. Poverty of many sorts is always with us but some relative poverty can be nauseating!! Hoping you are well and inspired, much love, Jane

Comment is about Poverty Is (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Hi Jane THanks for the comment on Empty Nests. Glad you liked it. I'll have to check out some of yours. David

Comment is about jane wilcock (poet profile)

Original item by jane wilcock

Thanks for your comments on Solar Energy, Cate, much appreciated. This is good. I had lots of dens and good friends too. I'm not sure whether a Wii and a mobile phone substitute for the exploration you describe, but then I'm not a child today so I couldn't say. The poem runs into the last verse wonderfully. Best, Jane

Comment is about Under The Stairs (blog)

Original item by Cate

I'm afraid it's more the orthopaedic shoes these days Mr Banksy! ;-) xx

Comment is about paper mache (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Lovely poem, I think there might be another series about that path( if he finds it) and where it leads judging form this one! best, jane

Comment is about Beyond the Garden #6 (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

This is great and I absolutely agree with the sentiment.Jane

Comment is about Middle East Friday (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Hi Cynthia,
It is lovely to hear from you. I very much appreciate your comments. Many thanks. I got caught up in producing a childrens poetry performance last summer and then looking at script writing. I have now entered a parellel universe of "space" and hopefully will write more. I love tea( really and really!) and I like this a lot- what an ultimate "to live beyond evil"

Comment is about the Ultimate Vole (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas