Im not the best on the meanings of poems but is it talking of a brittle love?, In any case I really enjoyed reading it , one of my faves, really interesting use of phrases and I think its shortness makes the words feel stronger :-)

Comment is about like paper (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I really like the meaning and phrases in this poem and thought the bit about a person not being just a book was very clever, nice read :-)

Comment is about Emotion (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Thanks guys. It was just a quickie based on a dream I had last night!

Comment is about like paper (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

short and certainly not sweet but was really really touched by it.. top stuff, ann - loved it x

Comment is about like paper (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Like it, drew parrallels with my second wife going off with a man with a Porsche who was interested in one thing. I could have been put away mself but chose a different path and am happier now.

Comment is about A funerals review (blog)

I agree good comes from bad, and I have been in bad places, and now I am here, ready to appear on Radio Teesdale this afternoon. Life is mysterious, glorious and precious. That's a brain hemorrhage and a baby born three years later talking.

Comment is about Thieves can be good (blog)

Brilliant. I believe choices are predetermined, I believe in fate

Comment is about Choices (blog)

I am impressed Charlene by the content and the rhyme

Comment is about Lies (blog)

I lived in Scotland for 2.5 years and loved Calmac, and the Isle of Barra. I stopped in The Argyll Arms Hotel in Inverary where Rabbie wrote one of his poems on the window

Comment is about Burns Night (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Leaves me wondering what was on the paper

Comment is about like paper (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I like it, I wish I had wrigtten it. I like the rhymes, and the last line is really appropriate. It says go for it. I wrote a similar poem called I love It

Comment is about Emotion (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Dave - big apologies. You always seem to comment on my poems ages after everyone else, and for some reason, I keep forgetting to get back to you and say thanks!!

so, err...THANKS :D

Comment is about Dave Carr (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Carr

Thanks for commenting on my prostitute poem. Though 'mainlining heaven' in this instance is to die.

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

Thanks for commenting on my prostitute poem.

Comment is about Shoeless Carole (poet profile)

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If we're going that far back it would be Black Beauty and Teddy Robinson for me. Ah, Teddy Robinson! And The Fishing Kittens! But that awful bear in the yellow check trousers always used to freak me out!!

Comment is about books haiku (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

What is your new profile pic? Is it a stealth Fox?

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

You could try putting a paper bag over hour head - works for me! ;-)

Comment is about turtle haiku (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Excellent - but what was the Macleod reference to?

Comment is about Burns Night (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Hi Elaine - many thanks for your comment over 'Before the Curtains Open' - it's one of those pieces which kinda wrote itself if you know what I mean but glad you liked it xx

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

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Hey! Wazzup! xx

Comment is about Crackling (poet profile)

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Hi Daniel; - thanks for the comment over 'Before the Curtains Open' - kinda surprised me too that piece but glad you liked it... a

Comment is about Daniel Hooks (poet profile)

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Hi Isobel; - thanks for the comment over 'Before the curtains open' - the person this was wrote for loved it in particular the soldiers bit.. thanks again - Andy N

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Hi Kealan - thnaks for the comment over 'Before the Curtains Open'... It's defo a mood piece, and the person who this was wrote for loved the bit about soldiers too... glad you liked it - Andy N

Comment is about Kealan Coady (poet profile)

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Hi Dave;

cheers for the comments on 'Before the Curtains Open' - sadly there was no balancy - wrote it while to feed two hungry cats - lol

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Val;

thanks for your comment on 'before the curtains open' - yeah, i agree with you over the last stanza - the person who i wrote it liked that the most too so great minds think alike - lol x

Comment is about Valerie Cook (poet profile)

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Hi Marianne - thanks for the comment on 'before the curtains open' - yeah, i can see your point there oddly enough - wasn't planned thou - lol x

Comment is about Marianne Daniels (poet profile)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Hi Laura - thanks for the comment on 'before the curtains open'.. i wrote it first thing in the morning oddly enough as you may have guessed - lol.. glad you liked it - means a lot to me x

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

thanks to all for your comments - i'm really touched - never expected a reaction like that.. maybe i should stick to writing love poems in future! lol x

Comment is about Before the Curtains Open (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Great poem Dave. I think I got all the references but am amazed to see a funny poem about the Scots without mention of sporran or lack of underpants! Very original - och aye. x

Comment is about Burns Night (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Of course I did! And thanks for the comment. x

Comment is about dirty dog (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I got some of the name references but suspect I missed a few - very clever. I love Macadam hitting the road! I think it sounds like a jolly good night - can I come next year? Ann McFoxglove.

Comment is about Burns Night (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Whenever doubt creeps in, you always wonder... to what extent? ; )

We all crave unconditional love.

Comment is about What would you do? (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

You should do an audio of this!
(Though it may be too long!)
Love your rants!

Tu sais ce que je suis en train de faire... ; )
xxxxx

Comment is about you paid for it (blog)

This is so unique with the quirky images and wonderful use of words and phrases! I loved reading this - made me smile : )

Comment is about Reality is Five by Seven Miles (blog)

Original item by Emma McCourty

I too enjoyed reading this, Marianne - several times!
It has such a lovely and romantic feel to it...
My favourite lines:

'shuddering; salty kisses falling on her lips.
Her smile, her smile, he held bewitched
in ripples eclipsed in the dewy light'

Comment is about Neptune's Daughter (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Wonderful poem, Emma. Need to re-read it again to enjoy it again!

Comment is about Reality is Five by Seven Miles (blog)

Original item by Emma McCourty

Cheers Dave, for your comments on East Budleigh. I guess you must have stumbled upon it while scanning through the childhood poems. In all honesty I don't think there was any justification in keeping that particular line open, but there were plenty of better-used ones that never should have closed.

Comment is about Dave Carr (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Carr

These poems are just great, Dave. And it is so true that much of children's literature is very dark indeed. I can imagine these poems in a beautifully illustrated book with rich, lush colours.

Comment is about Beyond the Garden #3 (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Beautiful poem, Cynthia.

Comment is about The moon weeps (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

You've really packed so much in here - wonderful.

Comment is about kiss haiku (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Wonderful poem, Andy. Some beautiful images.

Comment is about Before the Curtains Open (blog)

Original item by Andy N

A microcosom of life - this is what we are but the poem is great in making us stop and ask the question - what am I doing, really?

Comment is about La dee da dee da (blog)

Original item by Isobel

thanks man i missed that

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

Very beautiful language and imagery.

Comment is about Neptune's Daughter (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Very powerful. Excellent use of language to convey difficult experiences but you keep it at bay somewhat with the use of colour so that it isn't too harrowing for the reader.

Comment is about My childhood rainbow (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

Glad I followed the link to read this. What an excellent poem! Very clever & effective.

Comment is about Burns Night (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

A jolly good yarn, superb ;)

Comment is about Burns Night (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Great theme.

Comment is about Here in My Childhood (blog)

Hi Freda,

Thank you for taking the time to read and comment on my 'childhood' poem. Much appreciated :-)

Comment is about Freda Davis (poet profile)

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