dont know about you being called W.Gummidge..I know what I call you-and its nearly all expletives! such as....Chudgy-Wudgy...possibly arsepain..hee hee..keep making me laugh,I might be under the patio soon...Mr. Sillypants.xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

A right menagerie, Ann! ... And have you got a bird feeder?

Comment is about company (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

This is exceptional writing. Precise. But beautiful."Witnesses can tut and tsssk, queue to sign my page for free...Shout out loud that they've been there," I like what that alludes me to...and "The most liquid of loves now warm my bones." - brilliant. I'll top up my glass to that one.

Comment is about Maudlin (blog)

Good, I think it's about lost love. I like the jailbreak line.

Comment is about Maudlin (blog)

Amusing

Comment is about company (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

great piece of work

Comment is about Bigotry (blog)

Original item by Joshua Van-Cook

What a gorgeous piece Andy;
"listen to the nervousness
of my every touch"

"leaves dancing all
over the pavement."

"limping over the shore
before stumbling
to a sudden stop."

"across a landscape
of random impulse"

I absolutely adore these lines
My only contention is with "rain falling down from the sky" The direction and point of origin seem redundant to me as rain can't do anything else unless its going sideways which then paints a different picture but other than that lovely images and a superb dreamy quality. Thanks for sharing your tenderness :) x

Comment is about Before the Curtains Open (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Well I've got damp in my loft so shortlyI'll be having a man on my roof...

Comment is about company (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Actually I lied about the mouse - but it might be a rat in the loft!

Comment is about company (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Cheers Andy, I see what you mean about the first two stanzas, they could work switched - interesting :) x

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

excellent stuff, second what rachel says - lot of good images on this line..

surprised you put only as a last word on the last line however but it doesn't really remove the power i felt..

Comment is about Out At Sea (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Hi Larisa - I think I've thought of a rzhepick!

"I'm fussy -
that's why I'm lonely"

"I'm not fussy -
that's why I'm happy!"

What do you think? I'd have to call mine a Foxerick I guess! I always enjoy yours. x

Comment is about RZHEPICKS (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

It depends who you're standing close to. There's nowt wrong with a good feel under the right circumstances. It's hard getting the right circumstances tho - a bit like waiting for Jupiter to line up with Saturn - or whatever planets it is that line up once in a blue moon. No jokes about Uranus please...

Being serious for a mo, you express well the anxieties many of us feel. Rejection can lead to a loss of trust and faith - so hard to get that back sometimes.

Comment is about Standing close (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

I love the sentiments conveyed in this, Isobel...
So true!

Comment is about La dee da dee da (blog)

Original item by Isobel

I can sense the anxiety in this. It made me laugh initially, but it also has a seriousness about it. I need to have a certain amount of personal space too. Feelings can make you crazy... I sometimes get so overwhelmed with feelings that I just have to withdraw and get away.

Comment is about Standing close (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

wow enjoyed your Prague poem..neat work sir.

Comment is about John Togher (poet profile)

Original item by John Togher

This is such an original idea. I love the write.

Comment is about Reward (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Brilliant opening stanza you have leading into a most lovely read! nice one..

Comment is about RZHEPICKS (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Thanks for your feedback John on "Writer's Block"
The poem isn't really about that unwanted phenomenon but rather a wounded and sore heart and therefore the fear of further pain becomes a block to future pleasure ;)

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

my assumption of you being hinterested in taxidermy was due to the fact i could see straw sticking out of your ears and nose..or is it just grey hairs...hee hee..or brain endz? the latter more likely(only jesting one very quickly hastens to add) oh you make me larf...sometimes...ooer! ta chickamungus...fingy.xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

you are definitely getting better and better..so?...dont stop! lotsa love-Stef.x

Comment is about RZHEPICKS (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

aww what a shame about yer Aggie-so your cottage featured eh..did,nt know you lived in Hostria..re the beacon? some kind of stuffed dummy? well heres a nydea...when I joss it you can have me stuffed and take its place-then when you get hangry you can come up and kick my straw filled ariss.,hee hee...a lerv thing...thats me!xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

It might well have been how you were feeling at that dated moment in time but Isobel get right off the fence ... yeah yer so right
Poets drowning
Invisable Poets drowning


Well done Isobel
Gus xx

Comment is about La dee da dee da (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Hey Ho yerself then ... The reason for the poem disappearing is quite simple ... Twas a ditty posted by the scantily clad Augusta Darling... Titled A Ragged pair Of Knickers...or something like that..

How are you its been far to long since we've seen each other.

Gus xx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Thanks all x

Comment is about Standing close (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

Rather lovely this, but yes - I too can see it making good song lyrics.
Cx

Comment is about Never alone (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

Keep coming back to this one. Much prefer sniggers to snickers, but it still jars a little to me ... or perhaps it's supposed to?
Lovely poem.
Xx

Comment is about The moon weeps (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Beautiful
xx

Comment is about kiss haiku (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Always like your stuff Dermot - 'remembering exclusion – sustaining exclusion' - good line.
And you're quite right too - no bloody point in them.
Cx

Comment is about Standing close (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

Hi Steve - many thanks for commenting on 'Alarm' I do appreciate your views and acknowledge being remiss and unconventional - best regards

Comment is about garside (poet profile)

Original item by garside

Yes indeed!

Comment is about RZHEPICKS (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Yes, some nice lines in this Andy Some really good images popping up in your stuff lately!

Comment is about Before the Curtains Open (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Nice work Larisa. I love the first one in particular. Not always practical, of course!

Comment is about RZHEPICKS (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

It made me laugh! I find it's often the attitude of people on any site, not just this, that is all about me me me and they don't give anything, except to curry favour, which isn't really giving, it's trying to take. It should be about the poems themselves but the way some people skim over lesser known people without commenting or encouraging (if it's deserved) is pretty nauseating.

Comment is about La dee da dee da (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Blimey - YOU feel like that? You wouldn't like to be me then LOL. (Sorry, don't mean to trivialise this, I really like it.)

Comment is about Standing close (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

We would all like to be narcissists though if we could. I wish I could be - altho admittedly I probably was a bit when i was younger!!

Comment is about Are you a narcisst (blog)

Original item by Daniel Hooks

Hey, some really top quality observations there Larisa!

Comment is about RZHEPICKS (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

great poem and imagery very well written i will be checking out the vid

Comment is about Before the Curtains Open (blog)

Original item by Andy N

So who's a big romantic then? I would be very touched if someone wrote this for me. x

Comment is about Before the Curtains Open (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Then I'm an idiot for not realising that Dan and I will happily add you to my FB friends and get you to take my piccie if we ever meet! ;)x

Comment is about Are you a narcisst (blog)

Original item by Daniel Hooks

thankyou for your comment!

Comment is about Kealan Coady (poet profile)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Hi Isobel the poem is a spoof and a meant to be funny or humouress i hope it suceeds in its aims it was brought about by one of my female friends joking that she was an narcisst and I wrote it for her for a giggle

Dan

Comment is about Are you a narcisst (blog)

Original item by Daniel Hooks

I can't. I have too many clothes and my friends think I'm great. They wouldn't be my friends if they didn't :)
I'm very punctual though cos I see it as disrespectful to others not to be - so perhaps I'm not a total narcissist.
I can see elements in the poem that would be very objectionable in others - I can't see the motivation in writing such a poem though. I would just say let them get on with it - they're not ruining my life.

Comment is about Are you a narcisst (blog)

Original item by Daniel Hooks

i can confidently say no to all the aboves but i can more confidently say yes to the greatness of this poem. it has a deserving disgust at the perpatrators of the theme

Comment is about Are you a narcisst (blog)

Original item by Daniel Hooks

I was going to comment on the last poem you posted but it has gone now. I'd meant to come back to it when I had more time and thought that it had been buried by ten tons of.... as happens on here.... but I see that it has quite simply gone.

There was a lot of great imagery in it - parts of it were a bit repulsive though - the worming cold tongue and all... couldn't make my mind up whether it was old man with young girl or two old people - the female being a nicer person :)

Ho hum. It was different anyway. x

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

ta Mr Burns for night walking comments-glad you like-as I do yours to be sure-just keep rockin is all I ask..fanx-SW

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