Hi There, To read 'Jesus Unplugged, An explanation' please visit the blog entry. Thx. Win x

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I get this now you mention Ian Dury, Ray. Very much his style of lingering lovingly over words like "cornucopia" and "claustrophobia". Only wish I could hear him singing it. Will you have a go instead?!

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Hi There, To read 'Jesus Unplugged, An explanation' please visit the blog entry. Thx. Win x

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Hi There, To read 'Jesus Unplugged, An explanation' please visit the blog entry. Thx. Win x

Maybe its a jig saw because it was acutually 2 poems pasted together :-)

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

My paternal grandfather was an engineer, ie. driving an engine. Very glamourous job, it was. This is a delightful impressionistic poem that ricketty-racks along just as the trains used to do. Passenger trains would 'flash' by (HAHA!) and freights just 'lumbered' along forever across the intersections. I was terrified of the explosions of steam from the engine's entrails while 'parked' on the station platforms.

Comment is about Filling time at grandparent's (Childhood) (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

You're very kind, Cynthia. The feeling's mutual

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Janet, I enjoy the thrill of the philosophical which throbs through these recent works. Your present experiences must be a comprehensive learning curve.

Comment is about Here in My Childhood (blog)

Hello missus

Thank you for your, as ever, thoughtful comments on Baptism.

Yes, I've heard similar tales re young girls and budding sexuality. Makes me boiling angry, the hypocrisy of it all. How DARE they.

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

Isobel - you nailed Baptism! ;D Thanks for taking the time to read and comment thoughtfully. I do like to turn ideas on their heads.

Look forward to seeing you at the Tudor next week if you're going.

xx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

This is outstanding in its understanding, a quality I much admire in your work and in your very self. I was in hospital last week and was still recuperating for a few days; so I missed this first time round. Great piece.

Comment is about Poverty Is (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Otley Poets open mic Fenruary 2011 more info: http://writeoutloud.net/logic/eventshandler.php

Comment is about Otley Poets open mic February 2011 (photo)

As usual you have excelled yourself. Lonliness hits home in life, expecially immediately after breakups. I'll post one on this subject soon. I wrote it at Her Majesty's Pleasure; lonliness is rife then.

Comment is about Sweet and sour (blog)

I am doing Durham Waddington Street tonite, Crook Football Club tomorrow nite and Radio Tees on saturday morning.

Please advise how to book Covent garden cafe for a gig.

And good luck with yours.

Comment is about (blog)

Original item by Alain English

Great, John. I'd put a "then" before murderers.

Comment is about Hierarchy of Evil (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

These lines are terrific.
The first casualty is the body,
The venturer turns cartographer.

I'd say that these images conflict more than a little:

Poor clouds hanging down

The sky is moving quickly,
The wind tugging

You're naked? I like that penultimate verse very much.

The last two lines jar.

Considering for the first time
Of moving away from me.

Better without "of"?

Nice poem, and thanks for your comment on my poem the other day.

Comment is about Love Poem (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

Thanks all.
Chris. He isn't kosher is meant to be an Ian Dury-type refrain.

Steve.Aw, come on. An aversion to rhyme due to That's Life! That's like hating all Germans because of Hitler, hating all Muslims 'cos of.... you get the point.I always assume people are taking the piss until they prove otherwise.

Isobel.It did eventually focus on one particular person, though originally I was trying to emulate a poem of John Cooper Clarke's called 23rd.

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I was talking about this somewhere else, Lynn, and thought of your poem. There is an unease about the concept of English patriotism caused by misuse of the flag by extremist groups, I agree. These days we are, in a sense, many nations. And patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. On the other hand ... This may sound ridiculous, but for me, the theme tune to Dad's Army, Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr Hitler?, makes me feel very happy, patriotic, proud, and sentimental, as does the show itself. There's nothing else quite like it.

Comment is about I'm Sorry, I'm English (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Powerful, all the more so for its simplicity.

Comment is about Hampstead Heath (blog)

Original item by Dali

Fine pay-off line, Tom, and an intelligent and witty poem, even if it is recognised as such by someone who dropped out of philosophy at university. For some reason your poem got me whistling tunes by Peter Sarstedt and Al Stewart. Except I can't really whistle.

Comment is about Bad Faith (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

Hi, Tom! Thank you very much for the comment and your kind words. Much appreciate it.

Comment is about My Guitar (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Hi, Tom! Thank you so much for commenting on "Oh, my guitar!" and comparing my poem with Lorka. With warmest wishes, Larisa

Comment is about Tom Harding (poet profile)

Original item by Tom Harding

simple and beautiful, loved this piece, cant wait to hear more.

Comment is about Hampstead Heath (blog)

Original item by Dali

Hi Elaine

Thank you for your praise. ( Though i don't think i deserve thank you for writing it lol ) :-)

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

Ta muchly Ann x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Is this a euphomism? ;-)

Comment is about Hierarchy of Evil (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Ann,
Thanks again for the comments. I liked your 'Sad Observer' comment - it feels like a fitting tag line for me!

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks all for the kind comments. 'Sad observer' - i like that as a tag line.

Comment is about Easter Poem (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

very delicate, very nice. in keeping with the elegance of the accompanying pic perfectly.

Comment is about dove (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

this reminds me of a lorca- and beautiful for it. very nice.

Comment is about My Guitar (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Made to make your mouth water :-)
I too love that first verse. mmmm....

Comment is about Weight Management (blog)

Original item by Alison Smiles

Loved your fantastic hare poem at WOL tonight, can you post it up on here? Win x

Would it even be possible to post up a pic of the painting that inspired it with the words in the blog entry?

Comment is about Emma Decent (poet profile)

Original item by Emma Decent

The pattern of our lives as mapped out by society and grafted onto us by force - and if you refuse - scorn from those who submitted!

Comment is about If I Wanted (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

They do deserve the money they get (though don't always keep all of) considering what they have to do, by God. And regardless of pimps and drugs and so on, whores would still be there doing it as they always do in most socieities and ages...!

Comment is about I Want All The Whores In The World To Be Happy (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Excellent, Alison. Good luck.

Comment is about Weight Management (blog)

Original item by Alison Smiles

Fabbo...and brill. Yes, the writer's block seems to have vanished....replaced with a little gem of a poem. All my favourite characteristics. Not a word wasted, subtle internal rhymes (the 'curls/pearls' link is neat and...sensuous)

Thanks.

:-)

Jx

Comment is about dove (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

yes, the writer's block has gone alright - we did tell you !
Lovely

Comment is about dove (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thought your deconstruction of Winston's recent poem was a work of art in itself.

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Hi Ann - thank you very much for your supportive comments on Perambulations - look forward to your next masterpiece x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Greg: many thanks for your detailed comments on Perambulations - very much appreciated

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanksfor your kind comment, love the Cave poem.

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

Original item by Melanie Coady

Inspiring second stanza! But for some reason my eyes keep drifting back to the first one. (That reminds me, there's some trifle that needs eating up in the fridge). Skilful, entertaining, very funny.

Comment is about Weight Management (blog)

Original item by Alison Smiles

Really enjoy your work, Kath. Thanks for this - really excellent.

Comment is about i disappear (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

This is so atmospheric with many beautiful lines and images: "Unraveling it’s checkered belly" / "In dust creaking silence" / "To administer our boundaries" etc!
Really enjoyed this.

Comment is about Easter Poem (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

These poems are really special, Dave. Seems to be more of a nod to a Garden of Eden theme here. Like them a lot and again, as last time, agree with Laura.

Comment is about Beyond the Garden #4 (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Ann, thanks very much for your kind comments.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

i like. xx

Comment is about i disappear (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

There is a great sense of restlessness flowing through this. I like the title and the mood you reflect so well. I think we've all been there.

Comment is about In Times Of Wretched (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Thank you everybody. And Stef, I'll re-re-voke my will and leave you another Rolo, the one from under the settee - do you mind the fuff? x

Comment is about dove (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Yes - I'd agree that there are plenty of clever lines in here.

'He starts a war and then subsides
when the touch paper is lit'

I can remember many a time when this has happened to me. You strike out for a common cause and then all of a sudden find yourself all alone against the mob...
Plenty of aggravating traits in this person Ray. Is it someone you know or the personification of something - an element we all carry
within to varying degrees? No doubt you will enlighten us at some point. An interesting read.

Comment is about Kosher (blog)

Good stuff!
Cx

Comment is about Easter Poem (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding