Bugger! He's everywhere, get a net!

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Ha - this problem is getting worse - has anyone tried looking at users on line?

We are all listed as missing arguments - there is some uncanny truth in that....

Comment is about warningwolverine (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I've spotted him too, Ann. That's a good way of fighting back! Of course, Isobel is quite right about tits. You can't be discreet with these creatures

Comment is about warningwolverine (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Can I just say that from a linguistic point of view - tits would have been better than nerves.

Well done Ann! Very amusing :))x

Comment is about warningwolverine (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Melanie
Thanks so much for taking time to read the poems I've posted so far, you're very kind.
I'm really glad you liked them.
Amy x

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

Original item by Melanie Coady

I like this, it's underscored with things unsaid; there's a story here and you're not telling, just nodding wisely...

Comment is about Summerset (blog)

Hi Elaine
thanks so much for taking the time to read my poem, i'm happy you liked it.
It's actually one of those poems I've worked on for a LONG time, and seem to finally have it tweaked to where I wanted it.
Am going to set aside some time to explore your writing now...
Amy x

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

Ooh, brutal. Love the last line< very ponderous for the reader!

Comment is about Ken (blog)

Great amusing poem< what is that "missing argument" all about?

Comment is about warningwolverine (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for your comments Laura on "Twisting Knives" - it's one of my darker pieces, thought I'd put one up, I have one or two (ha ha) as you can imagine! But at least it has hope at the end...

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Thanks Anthony and incidentally< what would you prune? ;)x

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

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Comment is about warningwolverine (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I liked that line too Elaine :) I've had nights like that myself

Very sad at the end, obviously - but better to have loved etc

Comment is about alpha et omega (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Ooo, I like how you put the dream in purple! Enjoyed this Anne - more dreams!

Comment is about on waking (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

thank you Elaine for your kind comments on Ward 11.
: ) I was just reading your Moon poem. I love the imagery,frail ancestral bone riddles with holes. I often stare at the moon(probably unwisely)but now will have your images in mind and see it in a new 'light' Did you see the perigree moon 2 nights ago? It was a lovely pale saffron colour. thanks again, Deb x

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

Hi Greg - re; Mal De Mer - tis true I was a merchant seaman in my youth - thanks for commenting

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks for your comment on the Betjeman poem, Elaine. I really like your Moon - the way you dissect it.

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

I agree with Francine - elusive but compelling at the same time and richer for the mystery

Comment is about Summerset (blog)

This is very powerful but it also makes the reader want to know more about the character in the final journey - which is the hallmark of a great reality poem

Comment is about Ken (blog)

lovely,lovely,lovely-who is the best Odessa poet Larisa-could it be someone we know I wonder? lotsa love-Stef.xx

Comment is about World Poetry Day (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Lost for words here, Ray - I can only come up with tried and trusted comments - VERY powerful poem. Makes me think of the Albrecht Duerer portrait of his father (ah! something original to say!). Seriously - the painting is so alive the sitter is almost breathing - that's the way I feel about about how you have "drawn" your Uncle Ken in this poem.

Comment is about Ken (blog)

Connections are what get us through. Look at us all here, blogging away! The darkness in life illuminates the light: doubt and despair, although undesireable, are part of the human experience, hence it's faith: "for now we see through a glass, darkly". Well, that's what your poem made me think about, Dave! Getting late - that deep-thought time of night approaching!

Comment is about No point; point (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Ah, I read this when it was blogged and wasn't sure of how I felt, after a re-read I feel it's deeper tones, perhaps I'm in a different place now and understand how the dream can often seem better & more real!

Wonderful images Kath, especially liked,

"the swell of corn yielding to a late breeze
made him think of home, the gentle waves
almost lapping at his feet" and

"knowing it was useless to dream,
he slowly started to flake.
Layer by layer he would wither away
until it was too late, until he was drained
of all goodness and he lay,
blackened and wasted on the ground"

Powerful stuff!

Comment is about Dreamer (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

Painfully poignant and I echo Andy, leaving "Forgotten" to stand alone is very powerful.

Comment is about i disappear (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

Finding this late in the day I know but glad I found it - so much to identify with. However no sooner have I written a poem and aired it in public than I am deeply unsatisifed and need to move on to the next! The right response for the right time is what it's about - patience to wait and listen doesn't come easy to us humans though - especially not the listening bit! x

Comment is about The Poem (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Some lovely pieces on your profile David, especially liked "Black Night Thing" and "somewhere the Sun"

Liked "Stay with me till morning" too. Wasn't keen on "The Bluest Blues" but then you can't please every one ;) I'm going to have to pop back and have a look at more of your pieces... x

Comment is about David Mac (poet profile)

Original item by David Mac

I like the elusive quality of this... very intriguing.

Comment is about Summerset (blog)

Wow Elaine, thanks for your comments I thought I was been rather self indulgent, glad it came across. Win XX

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

Hi Elaine,
Thanks as always for the kind comments.

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

Hi Isobel, Many thanks for the comments on my 'flood' poem.

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

An enigmatic, perfect moment in time you have captured here. xxx

Comment is about the perfect word (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks Elaine - actually what I was thinking was that no matter the atrocities mankind inflicts on one another - nature will be the one to have the final say

Comment is about Nagasaki Shadows (blog)

Original item by Nash

So nice to have you back posting, Anthony!
I also love the title to this wonderful, passionate poem. Of course 'smoke signals' is my favourite part, even though 'to ashes' describes vividly the emptiness of lost love.

Comment is about alpha et omega (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Hi Cynthia. Many thanks for the kind comments on my poem. In response to your question - it was 50/50. The majority of the poem came out quickly but several lines took a long time to finish. I'm not sure I ever got it right.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I like the way you pull the reader in, Dave.
I agree with Petrova... I too was asking myself 'What do they know?'

Comment is about Our secrets (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

very nice. i couldn't help but read this in cohen voice + slow synth drum backing.

Comment is about Clown (blog)

Hi Elaine, thanks for the feedback on "Twisting Knives", much appreciated.

With regard to "When nothing expected..." it's deliberate, "nothing's" is too neat & proper & I wanted this piece to be anything but that. Also the line is more like nothing ever than simply nothing is.

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

I absolutely love this. It reminds me of an early Jo Shapcott poem, though I forget it's name, and actually I prefer this.
The imagery is lovely; very astute with regard to lost love.
xxx

Comment is about the quality of silence (blog)

Hi - thanks for your comments Elaine (ammonites, etc)
all the best. B

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

I loved the understated way your poem addresses the horrific recent events. "I too am sharpening my pencil" is superb - pen mightier than the sword and all that.

Comment is about Endless Talk of Floods (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

This is lovely:
"The puny concrete cap
The draining salt bath saps away
And reveals the rods that sweetly sway
All happy upon their release"

Very provocative and very effective, i would say.
Would love to hear you read it.
xx

Oh and it reminded me of Threads too. Terrifying.

Comment is about I am Mox (blog)

I like the fact that your poem is short yet packs so many references in. Am I being picky / dense perhaps but it seems to me the waves aren't something benevolent that can wash away the horror. Would "wish" put a different spin on it rather than "think"? I guess the subject matter is going to evoke very personal responses. I very much like "cherryspit".

Comment is about Nagasaki Shadows (blog)

Original item by Nash

Nearly in tears myself - so lovely and touching but not soppy! The last verse grounds the poem but it's all subtly said without overkill. Good luck with the elastic!

Comment is about I Dreamt You Were Little Again (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

or is the cycle always complete

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Powerful and scary - evoking the right mix of emotions to provoke the audience (this will be / has been (?) brilliant performed). Loved "cooking of the kidneys" - horrible but also nice touch of black humour. Or is that just me!

Comment is about I am Mox (blog)

Would love to hear this performed, Dave. The rhythm of the repitition is wonderful. I think Petrova's comment "what do they know?" is likley to be quite a common response but that's the point of what you are saying I think.

Comment is about Our secrets (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Some very powerful images here: "They’ve emptied dictionaries tonight" - fantastic line.

Comment is about alpha et omega (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Everything we said last Tuesday - love this poem. Really appreciate how succinct and evocative it is. x

Comment is about FLOUNDERING (blog)

Loved the surreal feel - the clue's in the picture you posted with the poem! Perhaps it's the "On waking" and then in line 5 "I hold.." that might throw the reader - not quite sure if you really have woken or not.
I like how you end on a question. xxx

Comment is about on waking (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I'm so glad it left you wanting to know more. Believe it or not, the rest of the story is just the filler. I really wanted something small that almost took you into a story, then pulled back and left you with nothing but curiosity.

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