Laura. Thanks for your comments on Picnic.I'm a big Patti Smith fan as well.
http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=10439

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

So sad but so sweetly put. My parents are facing this with their cat, as she is getting very frail. I think your poem will comfort them, it is so bitter-sweet.

Comment is about a little journey (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

love this, its rhythm, imagery and style.
she dreams on tip toes... example of the way you make contradictory senses work. great
:)

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

Original item by Emma McCourty

Very tempting idea! Thought provoking. It made me smile to read it.

Comment is about Beyond the garden (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

This had to be read out loud! And what a pleasure. I found a very soothing quality in the rhythm very like the sound of the tide. A very beautiful poem.

Comment is about Wave Over Wave (To the memory of a very good friend of mine that I never met) (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

ta kiddo for tee hee reply to my really funny and very clever comment on 'Maybe'-stand by I might think of another in six munfz-Mr bazzin Wilde.....mwoah!

Comment is about alan barlow (poet profile)

Original item by alan barlow

Really good. I liked every bit of this poem. This line is very strong:
"Unwished for lessons arrive on punctual lines"

Comment is about Child's perspective (blog)

I too very much appreciated the title and as ever you've got me reading all sorts into it!

Comment is about When is the ground? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Laura, many years ago I did some number crunching based on 10 - based on the Bible. I was completely blown away - like I had discovered quantum mechanics. The figures turned on themselves perfectly - the results were completely predictable no matter how I approached them. I wrote the numbers down for fear I would not remember the sequencing, the rationale, the explanation. But next morning the numbers were unreadable to me. I have the paper still, with its number columns and anecdotes, but I cannot fathom it. I KNOW they were amazing the night before. Life can be weird.

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Must've missed this back in November. You have some great phrases and ideas which I really enjoy having now read a few of your poems. I look forward to reading more.

Comment is about Is Parting From Conflict Such Sweet Sorrow? (blog)

Original item by Joshua Van-Cook

Another great poem, for me. On to the next now!

Comment is about The Useful (blog)

Original item by Joshua Van-Cook

In the process of re-reading your poem. The first verse is wonderful and as Petrova and Cynthia say, many very strong phrases and ideas. Not sure if it can be cut down. Only you will know.

Comment is about Bigotry (blog)

Original item by Joshua Van-Cook

thanks for the comment winston i wasnt too sure whether it was finished or not but i shall rest happy after your comment regards al

p.s im very sure that my write could provide the panacea for yours ;-)

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Scallywag! Cliches have their part to play...just not strung together and presented as a 'poem'.

I often use cliches...the moon is a good example, how tired is that?

But...if you can 'make it new' then, fabuloso.

I'll never eat pit pony again without thinking of you!

:-)

jx

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

Hi Ann - re The Tumbler - daft I know but so incongruous I had to write about it - glad you liked it though x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for your comments on Night Mail, Val.
There's something almost alive about a steam train which is missing on diesels and electrics.
We go to the North Yorks Moors Railway (Pickering to Whitby) quite often which is magical - especially the Wartime Weekend (usually around October).

Comment is about Valerie Cook (poet profile)

Original item by Valerie Cook

Ann
Thanks for your comments on Night Mail.
I am, of course, joking about Auden's original - it's a rocker.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Ta for commenting on my true life poem, Pit Pony. What terrible days they were and how glad I am that they are over. Although I still suffer from coal blindness I'd really love to share a cuddly bunny curry.

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Thanks for your comment on Pit Pony, how I'm glad those days are gone - though the rickets still remain with me alas

Comment is about Valerie Cook (poet profile)

Original item by Valerie Cook

I know it's a cliche but thanks for your comment on my poem 'Pit Pony'.

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

hi young Davey lad! ta for Norma Jean info-news to me indeed.no she certainly was no bimbo-just vulnerable-keep well sir-Mr W.

Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Dunn

hi lynn-glad I majer laf! av put pikky now on same poem/thingy-should give you an even bigger laff-ta lovelychops-Stefano.xx

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

ta funnybird for commentarios on me giggle poem-now accompanied by an explicit foter of moi!-all the georgey-Stef'oldy.xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thank you dear friends for the comments. Best wishes, Larisa

Comment is about RZHEPICKS (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Excellent,I love steam trains and poetry. Well done.

Comment is about Night Mail (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Kate,

Just had a wee look at your profile and really enjoyed "He Is Veg Patch"
I'll have to pop back and have another look around, the poems on your profile a quite fun which is refreshing after so much deep and meaningful :) x

Comment is about Kate Tym (poet profile)

Original item by Kate Tym

sorry i hadn't realised i had posted multiple ones i have had a look and cant see anymore i hope they have been taken down by admin

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

thanks peeps and a special thankyou to mr Burns

Comment is about I have a few questions? (blog)

Original item by Daniel Hooks

yeh ill be there...see you then x (if i can get lift sorted!)

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Sounds lovely, and an interesting last line...

Comment is about Maybe (blog)

Original item by alan barlow

maybe this is the antidote to my latest one, (Mr and Mrs). Well written alan. Win

Comment is about Maybe (blog)

Original item by alan barlow

The last one is great - mean, but great!

Comment is about RZHEPICKS (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Thank you for your kind messages, so sorry that its taken such a long time to get back, please charge it to my mind and not my heart. I wish you a very happy new year

Comment is about Abi (poet profile)

Original item by Abi

Hi Greg - I have a family funeral at Ruislip that day so not too sure - if I don't get there please tender my apologies

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Cynthia, thanks for your comments on The Fairies. You're right, it can be terribly distressing for all concerned, whether the thieving is real or imaginary, and has caused family fissures in this case.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks for your comments on The Fairies, Ann. It is different, but is one of those that had to be written at the time. Please accept my belated condolences about Gemma - and hope your walking plans bear fruition this year! x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for your generous comments on The Fairies, Andy.

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Thanks for your comment on The Fairies, Dave. Glad you saw the dignity there.

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

This has some beautiful sounds in it Ray...

'through the shimmer and foamy torrent.
Much of her sinks and stains the bottom',

'I'd imagined a floral flotilla

serenely sailing to the distance...
floating closely in its slipstream'

Love the pink and purple petals too

Had to check the spelling on loth as I've always spelled it loathe. Whaddaya know?

Comment is about Picnic (blog)

Thanks for your comments on 13:35 Cynthia :)

Ah, that title...there's actually tons to get out of it, we were messing about with it last night. The verses are 3 line verses...and there are two 3s in the title.

You can add the 1 and the 5 to get 6, which is what the two inner threes amount to. Half of 6 is 3.

Also, 5 minus 3 = 2, as does 3 minus 1 = 2 (don't know if you yourself have a 'lucky number', but mine is two!). 1 + 3 = 4, 5 + 3 = 8, which is 4 doubled(8 is in itself 2 times 2, then times 2).

I like your thought on it too :) I am really quite interested in numerology anyway, and it all got a bit spooky last night!

Anyway, ta for taking the time to read, as always :)

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Ann, If I didn't write this sort of tosh I may well be bitter. A release valve maybe :-)

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Larisa, really enjoyed this little collection - the first one and the one about time are just so true! Love, Lynn xx

Comment is about RZHEPICKS (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Thanks for your comment Andy (on Pit Pony). As you know I'm a weak and sickly person old before my time due to my hard life up chimneys and down pits so any kindness is always welcome.

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Thank you for your cruel comments on my emotional poem Pit Pony. I would have thought you would have empathy with an old miner what with all your tin mines down there.
Ah tin... we used to dream of tins of something, it was so hard existing on coal dust mixed with muddy water- not very appetising admittedly but a good sourceof carbon.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thank you for commenting on Pit Pony. I was forced to go down the pit when I was too big to go up chimneys. It was such a hard life, I'm only 16 now.

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Thank you Stella and thank you Bernard :)

Stefan, thanks for comment, you are obviously so good at both!!

Yes Tommy, of course you are right, that it is the lengths the correctness goes to that is at fault, naturally it is extremely offensive to use the word you mention. No, I can't give you a verifiable instance on your comment on flags, but then my issue was not really about flags. We are not restricted from celebrating St. George's Day, there's just not many of us that do, for whatever reason.

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

Original item by Lynn Dye

Alan, thanks for your comments on Ghazal (your hair) No it is not my barnet! lol. Winston

Comment is about alan barlow (poet profile)

Original item by alan barlow

Andy . More on your recent ghazal comments. They made me think and I have started a related discussion thread -

http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/newsgroupview.php?NewsThreadsID=1150

Win

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Great poem! Love it so much. With warmest wishes, Larisa

Comment is about OpenMind Valentine's Day Poetry Slots available (blog)

Original item by Ushiku Crisafulli

Yes, where has all the romance gone! Chuffin' good poem. (I'll have to take another look at WHA's version but I do like the film that went with it.) xx

Comment is about Night Mail (blog)

Original item by John Coopey