I can identify with this too! I used to love my Alfie poem - still do, though I don't ever perform it now. I always thought nothing could compare - but in the end, you move on. Now when I look at it, I think it is naive and doesn't work on the page. With performance poetry, you just have to hear it live to get the electricity and the emotion. Us poets are really mad - we attach far too much significance to the written/spoken word - but we are all rather wonderful too. I'm glad I've discovered other people even madder than me. I love the poem - there is so much to identify with. x

Comment is about The Poem (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

I agree with John. It came over very powerfully when you read last night Chris. This is a clever social comment and a poignant condemnation of the justice system in our country.
Cate xx

Comment is about Mr and Mrs (blog)

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Hi Ann - re: SOUTH EAST LONDON TRIO and Scent of a Maiden - really do appreciate your kind comments on both of these xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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This is something all us poets can relate to in some way or another. Writers block can just hit out of the blue and you can seize up for weeks, months and sometimes years. You just need something to kick start you again to get back up in the saddle again.
I really like the idea behind this Dave.
Cate xx

Comment is about The Poem (blog)

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Hi Anthony - re: SOUTH EAST LONDON TRIO - much obliged for the supportive comments

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

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Hi Dave, Re; SOUTH EAST LONDON TRIO - much obliged for the supportive comments

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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Hi Melanie re: SOUTH EAST LONDON TRIO - much obliged for the supportive comments x

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

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Hi Ray
I think I can see what you're trying to say in this about dependence on medication instead of facing up to reality.Are you saying the character in question is using the system manipulatively though? Enjoyed the last verse especially "the world outside is full of knocks,better off inside a box".

Comment is about Shadow Boxing (blog)

brilliant hun i really enjoyed it,quite sad,reminded me of an experience of my own..nurses,pills..etc etc..xx

Comment is about Shadow Boxing (blog)

Hi Melanie, thanks for commenting on my latest effort "100 ways to fold a Serviette" I have added a bit more explanation on the blog entry page if you are interested. Glad you liked. Win

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

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Hi Ann, thanks for looking in on 100 Ways to Fold a Serviette. Full explanation on blog entry page. Win X

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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omg im still laughin k lol xx fukin brill as always xx

Comment is about Interview. (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

david hnstly hun im th exact same..i dnt knw nethn abt writing poetry or style r nethn lol i literaly just write it th way it is in my head,i dnt think abt how im writing r nethn like dt it comes out th way it cme's out darlin xx

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

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thanks david hun xx

Comment is about I Want to be you (blog)

Original item by Melanie Coady

That I would like to see!

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

Original item by Melanie Coady

shit man, there's some really hot lines in this. real good.

Comment is about Existentialullaby (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

nice. just right.x

Comment is about I Want to be you (blog)

Original item by Melanie Coady

hey Red, cheers for the comments on my stuff lately. i myself don't really give comments or feedback coz i don't really know enough to talk about things. i do enjoy what i've read of yours. you got that spontaneous feel to yours and i really like that when i read poetry, as most of my own poems come out raw and stabbing out, bleeding for the daylight, and i don't have nothing to do with it. x

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

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Hello Dave, Thanks for your comment on 'Reasonable Behaviour'-I am now enjoying discovering your work. Ledger.

Comment is about Dave Carr (poet profile)

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ah stefan sweety soppiness comes from the heart not from age my dear..im def a soppy git lol...i look forward to reading more xx i would love to meet some people that are on here at poetry nights but alas i live in waterford so not so easy lol..im def planning a trip to manchester soon as my bro kealan lives in bolton with my mam at the minute,so when i do go over ill head to the poetry nights that go on in wigan etc xx

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

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good afternoon Melanie-hope you are well young lady.sorry for late reply re'unloved'(was on four hour droning drive-then a long steam in the pit!)my word! you are not supposed to get soppy till you are as old as me-lol!.But sincerely sorry if it hit a raw nerve.I really do hope your time on here is enjoyable for you-I really do! be kind to yourself in the meantime-lotsa love-Old Mizryguts.cya ltr.xx

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

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love it hun...and probably so true xx

Comment is about Our Poems (blog)

Original item by David Mac

laughed my lily white ass off hun xx

Comment is about Mi Firstest Poems (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

beautiful hun just beautiful..i have a poem i feel this way about,im going through some torment at the minute because nothing i write seem to match up,maybe because when i wrote the poem im on about i ended up in hospital for a week after it lol its called eight neglected wonders of a womb xx

Comment is about The Poem (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

thank you for reading and the kind comments regarding my poetry i also write a monthly poem and music reviews for penny black music please feel free to have a good read - Love the hair

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

Original item by Melanie Coady

hello chuck

re your comment on banksys page about dreams - are you sure you don't get 'night terrors'? sounds very similar tbh.

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

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Hi Melanie,
Thanks for the chuckles on 'Charming'. :-)

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

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Thanks for this John-it started my day the laughter way!
Thank you also for your comment on that utter foolishness which is 'Charming!'-it is a fun one to get an audience joining in on the refrain!

Comment is about Mi Firstest Poems (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I think I may have blundered. I think I might have posted this already some time ago before I mastered the audio attachments.
Not to worry - you can't have enough kulcher.

Comment is about Mi Firstest Poems (blog)

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Thanks Greg (Total Immersion)x

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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hahah! :)

Comment is about Mi Firstest Poems (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I agree with Steve it is your unusual take on life that is so interesting - nice one

Comment is about Our Poems (blog)

Original item by David Mac

Winston liked this. And he should know! Winston

Comment is about Existentialullaby (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

I don't often comment, but I do love your quirky sense of humour, John.

Comment is about Mi Firstest Poems (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Never crap John. Anything that raises a smile is worthwhile. May your saddlebags always hang easy!

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Mi Firstest Poems (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Incisive Melanie-thank you!

Comment is about THE UNCERTAIN NARCISSIST (blog)

Original item by Gareth Writer-Davies

Very touching

Comment is about Goodbye Childhood (blog)

Original item by Melanie Coady

Too much culture fo my taste, L d l B!
Just kidding - liked it, of course.

Comment is about CHARMING! (blog)

Thanks for your kind thoughts on Works of Art,
Melanie.

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

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Thanks for your comments on Works of Art, Cate.

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thanks ann hun xx ur work's amazing

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

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thanks ann hun xx ur work's amazing

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

Original item by Melanie Coady

The central image of this poem is a very moving one, Ann. Your response to it is straightforward and heartfelt.

Comment is about total immersion (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I love this Marianne. It is erotic and lush, yet "bookish" and esoteric. There is an intimacy I think in reading a second hand book in bed, when you don't know who held it in their hands before. Not sure if this thought has anything to do with your poem but that's what I get from it.

Comment is about Booklover (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Thanks for commenting on Total Immersion - and welcome to WOL! You are a very positive and vibrant presence!

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

Original item by Melanie Coady

Enjoyed it. The language not so extravagant as usual but still vibrant. Last line is very good. Dunno why, made me think of Jane Austen. Which is a worry.

Comment is about Booklover (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

I find it a powerful and moving poem too, this bit is excellent:
My black dreams ground their razor heels

Into my soul,

and I like this:

Weary years when I had to decide

What to see –what to feel – what to ignore.

I found, in contrast to several others, that I liked the last verse least of all. I guess it's the I am my own hero line.It's a bit overblown and recalls too much the M People song.Which I loathe.

Comment is about Trilogy of Heroes (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

cheers big ears(anthony) lol..thanks for th intro&ur comment..hpe to hv fun soon lol..as for th hair it was th lst colour left for me to try hee hee

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

Original item by Melanie Coady

thank you chris xx der was definatly anguish!

Comment is about goodbye (blog)

Original item by Melanie Coady

a sad rendition but so simply put,I can feel the anguish in this poem,well done xx

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