Enjoyed it Isobel a lot.. Some of the images in particular involving the Nuclear Power Station on the news have left me shivering almost down to the ground considering a friend has a home near a nuclear power station in Morecombe.

I should write something too (this reminds me) but i loved this x

Comment is about Human Nature (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Well written. Really makes you think about how strong of a hold we really have on this planet. We take so much for granted every day and think we've tamed this rock we live on.

Comment is about Human Nature (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Yes.
For those who take for granted... For those self-absorbed... Mother Nature reminds us to reflect upon that which is of real value.

Comment is about Human Nature (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Thought-provoking and well-written Izz. The Japanese ambassador on the radio today twice used the phrase 'humbled by Nature'. It's so easy to forget the huge energies bound up in the planet beneath our feet.

Comment is about Human Nature (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Thanks for your interest in Touch Wood, Cynthia. The title was a writing group homework. I came across the story of the whipping yew while away for a couple of days on the Welsh borders. We found the actual tree, and could see how it had been used. The thought of people being left there all night was horrible. As I wrote the poem it dawned on me that the fellow was innocent of the crime for which he was being punished, but maybe guilty of other, unconfessed misdeeds that had been preying on his mind for a long time. Whether the burden was lifted - or whether he was still alive, or sane at the end of it - I don't know!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

This is well nice Melanie lovein it..

Comment is about One Day (blog)

Original item by Melanie Coady

Deep deep words,

that travel through my veins,Changing lanes in my head,

these line are killer...

Comment is about Beautiful You (blog)

Original item by Melanie Coady

Excellent Beautiful

Comment is about My Flower (blog)

Original item by Melanie Coady

Really liked this-like a soulful blues. Do not agree about cliched; in the times the poem describes you fall back into "easy phrases" for comfort and they are more than counterbalanced by the original phrasing elsewhere.
Nice one

Comment is about the quality of silence (blog)

hi Melanie

thanks for comments on The Devine curse. I'm really grateful for your feed back and all your comments, they are fuelling my passion for writing more than ever. Never thought i'd get so much out of a web site that i only singed up for to shut my mate up . I'm really glad i did. Thanks xxx

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

Original item by Melanie Coady

The first three lines are great, the last two lines are good. The fact that the title is in the past tense and the poem is in the future is v clever!

Comment is about How We Met (blog)

Original item by Melanie Coady

Have read your other blog poems and this is my favourite-I love this girl!

Comment is about The Dream-footer (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Lots of re quotables here like Black box for a brain innovative use of metaphor

Comment is about Bastards (blog)

Original item by Melanie Coady

Very droll this Kealan - I enjoyed the read

Comment is about Interview. (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Some times the small things stack up into mountains - you tell this story wittily and well - liked the small roll of fat over the jeans bit

Comment is about For You, Babe (blog)

Original item by David Mac

Ample-bellied cats eh - we've got a few round here - I only have a small back garden and they use it for a loo - something to do with territory - though I digress - interesting poem yours stacked with re-readable witty phrases

Comment is about Wildlife (blog)

Nice feel to this Andy with its brevity of language and the piccy with a lovely lady sets a soothing tone

Comment is about Spring is Coming (blog)

Original item by Andy N

HaHa-thanks, but No, no shaman round ere folks - thanks for comments & compliments.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks for your comments on The Uncertain Narcissist-it was a bit of a departure for me! : )

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

That is very kind of you Cynthia!
I was kinda inspired by picking up a collection by Gavin Ewart, a brilliant rhymster much admired by top poets in his day, and a comment by a friend about clone culture amongst gay men. But hey, we're all a little bit "bi" so I'm told : )

Comment is about THE UNCERTAIN NARCISSIST (blog)

Original item by Gareth Writer-Davies

Hi Cynthia - thanks for commenting on Half-Light - you mentioned re-reading books which is something i very seldom do - are you working on a magnus opus with your reading or just for enjoyment? x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Ann - thank you for commenting on Half Light - perhaps we share an odd side that likes peering into the dark x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hello Anthony!
Thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment on
'Berry Bridge'... It is a very special poem that was written for and influenced by someone very dear to me...
(I had deleted all of my other poems from 2010 in a fit of anger and sadness).

The Berry Bridge is a real place... but can also be any other place you so desire ; )

Hmmm... My secrets...?
I am extremely optimistic.
I am confident.
I am driven. : )

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

hi laura, thanks for your feedback on the list.
I've removed the poem as I don't like to catalogue all my work..just give it an airing and get some feedback. its not often i have a piece that i think is finished.
i am bitter and my poems are all streaked with ascerbicity (good word!) Anyway i have a place i go to to write good poems, from the heart so to speak, but its so heavy i fear its morbid outpourings. hence writing more cerebral stuff that allows a dispassionate view. its just this writing lacks depth and seems to be mainly of interest only to myself.
anyway i might rework the other poem but will be more likely to just write something else. maybe this time from the spleen and really get the bile flowing.
i respect your opinion so thanks again x

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

I like this a lot, Pete, for its haunting quality of the little things: 'every single sip from rainbow lip' and 'silk slips', 'smother sharp senses' etc. I've used these for the richness of your diction, rhythm and internal rhyme. You have used all the senses. I really liked the metaphor of 'all those rays that belonged to us' as transcending the physical into the emotional. Greatly enjoyed.

Comment is about the quality of silence (blog)

Outstanding in mood and tone, built skillfully with your revealing insights and special charm with emotive words.

Comment is about Booklover (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

This is really good, Gareth, well-crafted and thought-provoking. The opening two lines are a compelling 'hook' and then the poem goes from strength to strength with choice diction and fine imagery eg. 'like golden earrings flatter when they match' 'his beauty reflected in the grin of a bad boy's eyes'.

Comment is about THE UNCERTAIN NARCISSIST (blog)

Original item by Gareth Writer-Davies

Was Voltaire's 'garden' metaphorical? Seriously, uncovered ponds can be dangerous to small kids. But, if it's on your house lot, and access is private, enjoy the froggy freedom. All hail Common Sense!

Comment is about Wildlife (blog)

You have lots of admirers, the sock on the head is very funny.

Comment is about Tiny Talk (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Charlene, I think your whole poem is contained within the first two lines, which are very good. IMO, good writing is knowing when to stop before you actually weaken, or destroy even, an excellent point. You are so right, the phrase 'Good effort' is insidious.

Comment is about Good effort (blog)

Hi Fergus.. Like the phenomenon of the unruly child. I rarely adopt a snobish position but have I think caught myself doing this under these circumstances. Looking forward to seeing more. Win

Comment is about Fergus McGonigal (poet profile)

Original item by Fergus McGonigal

Hi Fergus, sorry for the delay. Welcome to WOL. Hope you enjoy interacting with the site. Winston

Comment is about Fergus McGonigal (poet profile)

Original item by Fergus McGonigal

I like this, Andy. I could feel the spring coming on Saturday. Then woke up to a frost this morning!

Comment is about Spring is Coming (blog)

Original item by Andy N

I'm afraid, Ray & Anthony, there probably is no 'straightforward' answer as to why the words are placed this way. Something to do possibly with the visual effect (smoke rising from a burning building?) Or perhaps I wanted you to consider each word, to slow down the reading. But if truth be told, I did it because it 'felt right.' In the end, that's the only thing that matters.

Comment is about Breakfast Roll (blog)

Original item by Steven Waling

good stuff, dave.. can relate to this a lot m8

Comment is about The Poem (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

love it, cate... makes me think of my own family! x

Comment is about Uncle Ned (blog)

Original item by Cate

not sure if i like the no planning permission bit, anne but i love the visualness of the rest of the piece.. made me feel like i was there.. love it x

Comment is about little dog digging (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I hope you've got a shallow end!

Comment is about Wildlife (blog)

The way things are going Greg you may not have to wait that long! Very hectic here at the moment but will get to your latest offerings in due course.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Clever to make something so minimal out of something so mind-blowingly vast. But to me it makes it a bit heartless? (Though I'm sure that you are not.)

Comment is about Breakfast Roll (blog)

Original item by Steven Waling

I like this. (Is she the other side of your Night Mare?) I love the way you've described the endearing traits of a loved one. It can just be the tilt of an eyebrow when somebody smiles - and all is forgiven, the world a brighter place.

Comment is about For You, Babe (blog)

Original item by David Mac

Thanks for your thoughts Steven. I wondered about Ray's point too, but perhaps in a different way. I would be interested to "hear" how you read it. Any chance of an audio?

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Breakfast Roll (blog)

Original item by Steven Waling

Thank you for commenting on Half Light Greg but isn't John Clare the one who got banged up for being nutty - spare a thought - but your encouragement very much appreciated

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Melanie, you're carrying too much for someone so young.

Comment is about Bastards (blog)

Original item by Melanie Coady

Enjoyed v much Ray.
Particularly impressed with "scare us he/heresy" - read out loud the rhyme is effortless.
Thought the rhythm of the passage from "treatment with a white tablet" ...."relieve heartaches" was a bit hiccuppy to engineer the rhymes. Didn't stop me enjoying it though.

Comment is about Shadow Boxing (blog)

I's'll etta woch aart!
Tha diggin' in mi tatie patch!

Comment is about Uncle Ned (blog)

Original item by Cate

David, I'm not sure what I was on when I commented on Chalk this morning. Too fresh from reading the paper, I suppose. Like you,I love the idea of the Med emptying and refilling. I've always wanted to see the world with the plug pulled out and the oceans emptied for a few hours. Just to see what it looked like.

Comment is about David Cooke (poet profile)

Original item by David Cooke

A clever and very much likeable poem.x

Comment is about Good effort (blog)

abso-bloody-lutely brilliantly funny. I wish I had written it.

Comment is about Interview. (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

You know what I think already. Age in no way lessens talent; apathy does, and self-pity and laziness. A fresh mind never wearies; it is impossible.

Comment is about The Poem (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley