Yes Win, I think nature knocking sums it up. It wasn't meant to be a poem of despair, just the feeling of the almost overwhelming poignancy of spring. Just posted a cheery spring poem now! And thanks to all you lot below too! ;-)

Comment is about blackbird's song (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks both. I still struggle not to rhyme.....most of the time.
Mushy peas will be next to the faggots, I guess, but that's Brighton for you.Can't believe that a multiculturalist,all-inclusive, right on dude like myself just said that. But I can't resist a laugh.

Comment is about Greens (blog)

Not bad for a rook-ie!

Comment is about Stupid crows (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

That's funny - I was going to write a poem about crows too! I've never seen an albino one. I hope he/she survived!

Comment is about Stupid crows (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Aha, glad I have found this, cabin feverish. nature knocking song. post imbolc bedtime tune. Win XXX

Comment is about blackbird's song (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

liked this Steven, nothing wasted. Win

Comment is about BackChat poetry/jazz project (blog)

Original item by Steven Waling

Yes... Simple, honest, and true.
You have expressed a genuine desire to know someone without any hint of ulterior motive.

Comment is about Discovery (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

(waiter)
has anybody seen the eyes yet?
Thanks for the comments.
Ann - his name was Al - Al Dente - I gave him a tip, I said "more salt in the spaghetti" -but it didn'ae work

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Let's be honest - you want to get in her knickers :D

Comment is about Discovery (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

I love this Ann - all of it - and a nice twist.I also find myself marking every passing week & month these days - life just seems to shoot by for me. I wouldn't go wishing those weeks away Ann - we're all a long time dead tha' knows - there'll be plenty of silence soon enough. xx

Comment is about blackbird's song (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Read this several times Cynthia, and although Im not sure Ive got all the meaning, relatively speaking, in this quantum time continuum, I can honestly say I have enjoyed this piece of space/time collaboration.
If Love takes the Vole bring it on I say!
Cate xx

Comment is about the Ultimate Vole (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

A very touching poem which is obviously crafted from deep emotion.
I like the simple format, and the use of repetition "Is that why" which gives impact and pathos to this line.
Cate xx

Comment is about Is that why (a poem by a shy friend; please be gentle) (blog)

Original item by Mark Mr T Thompson

Excellent - fate is fate, life is life, death is death and a smile is a smile.

Comment is about All Luck Runs Out, Some Does Not (blog)

Original item by David Mac

A very moving poem,I agree with Dave well crafted.

Comment is about Is that why (a poem by a shy friend; please be gentle) (blog)

Original item by Mark Mr T Thompson

Hi - thanks for the comments (someday)- Dave - longing is what it is - I hadn't realised though how I had got that across, but pleased I did. B

Comment is about Dave Carr (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Carr

Hi - thanks for the comments (someday)- Dave - longing is what it is - I hadn't realised though how I had got that across, but pleased I did. B

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

This is so sad Ann...if this is personal to you, then I really hope you feel better once Spring comes along. Don't give up.

It's a beautiful and sad poem - so even if you are feeling blue, then you have managed to make something delicate and poignant out of it

Comment is about blackbird's song (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Touching in its simplicity Steven
Cate xx

Comment is about Discovery (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Upsa daisy doo...

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Original item by Kealan Coady

Lovely humour Ray and good to see rhyme alive and well on here. Having struggled not to rhyme, I now find it really hard to do.
Tell me - where do mushy peas sit in all this?

Comment is about Greens (blog)

Thank you, dear Stefan! Your opinion is very important for me. Hugs and warmest wishes, Larisa

Comment is about Dreams (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Hi Mark, Thanks for the comment on 'You'll Be Old Yourself One Day".
Yeah,sod the alternative, getting old is fun!

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Original item by Mark Mr T Thompson

I like this and the first poem the most out of the series.

Very different in terms of prose in style from your usual poetry.

It makes me think;

I would like to read you write prose stories/a novel.

My Best

Chris

Comment is about Beyond the Garden #6 (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

I love the opening two lines.

Although the poem is very good I would have been tempted to have ended it after the first two stanzas.

I think the first two stanzas say everything that needs to be said and captures the moment...subjective of course.

Anyway- good poem Ann and one that must come from the heart.

My Best

Chris

Comment is about blackbird's song (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I, too, like the last verse. Good poem.
Cx

Comment is about blackbird's song (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Ann, this is a heart-wrencher from Line 1, expressed with thrilling sensitivity and great poetic skill, the enveloping despair a feral twist on the 'blackbird' norm. IMO, the final verse is outstanding, and the whole poem is one of the best I have ever read.

Comment is about blackbird's song (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

My poetical eye and tongue are doing verbal somersaults, not to mention following the thought process through the vernacular. This is funny, bristling with irony,I think, even in higgledy-piggledy format.

Comment is about Greens (blog)

Thanks for your comments on my mouse.
Of course, a gentleman would wipe it!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Hello Ann. I read your comments on the altered states thread. I think it's something we all go through, that state of self-consciousness. It's important to remember why you are writing, yes. No reason - in theory - wht writing can't be therapeutic and brilliant!
Here, I thought the opening image, pulling the curtains on the blackbird, was terrific and for 9 or 10 lines a good poem - you might try "echoes" for brings back.
I thought it fell a bit flat after that, though.

Comment is about blackbird's song (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Great little poem, so few words say so much, great stuff. As I remember whenever i did get to the sea it was throwing it down anyway! all the best Jeff

Comment is about Bucket and Spade (Childhood) (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Reds? Brentford? Rotherham? Don't know who you mean!

Nat who, cheeky swine! ha, nice one Gus great to see you, Jeffarama!

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

It's beautiful, feels like two poem's in one, one about the freedom of a relationship and the other about the very nature of freedom itself as a concept. Deep stuff bro.

Comment is about I CALL HER FREEDOM (blog)

A good poem, Ann. The blackbird's song is poignant indeed. If it was rarer we'd travel to hear it. But the poem continues the recent thread of sadness. I hope that's an 'altered state' which alters.

Comment is about blackbird's song (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I like this poem a lot its full of meaning with very few words . Sometimes less is more.. top marks.

Comment is about My generation (blog)

this poem suits my usual preference John,short and neat-very! its worthy of a kiss-but I aint got me lippy on.

Comment is about The Hunter (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

a really nice positive poem Larisa-one of your best ones yet in my opinion-thank you-Stef.xx

Comment is about Dreams (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

dude this rocks man.. reads like a song good rhythm like it loads.. (if i'd have written this it would be a song) Rock on....

Comment is about Stage Freight (blog)

Original item by Burns

Stef - this poem is deffo not about me - I'm always crying and certainly not blemish-free! And I'm also beginning to resemble an old boot! Or maybe an old bat! And I ain't no way tough! xx

Comment is about scar tissue (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I like the way you create a sense of just being in the moment and enjoying it... : )

Comment is about Perfect Place (blog)

Original item by Andy N

I love candles and the aura they reflect.
Your words create such a lovely feeling and image.

Comment is about Candle (blog)

Original item by Elaine

I have a six inch scar on my head. I keep my hair short deliberately. I am tough inside.

Comment is about scar tissue (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Brilliant, whitty and clever. I like the painting and the name you use

Comment is about YOU'LL BE OLD YOURSELF ONE DAY. (blog)

Very nice poem, where is chivalry in this day and age?

Comment is about Walking Home (blog)

Original item by Anna McCrory

Two great talents collaborating - what's not to like! Your haiku is expertly crafted with word-sounds, reading like music. 'flames' and 'gentle' never quite connect for me; but that is a personal angst, to find 'fire' penetrating, even with candles. The soft light so created is another matter.

Comment is about Candle (blog)

Original item by Elaine

I agree with the others - this is lovely, Andy.

Comment is about Perfect Place (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Your poetry has come on leaps and bounds over the last year or so... IMHO,... another quiet gentle , lulling piece ...wheras I'd just go through her handbag and look up her skirt ...

Great poem Andy


Gus

Comment is about Perfect Place (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Hi Ann, finally managed a wind turbine poem! see todays blogs. Win x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

This is really nicely put together. The first line particularly is cracking, but so is the last.

Comment is about Candle (blog)

Original item by Elaine

Like it John.

Comment is about The Hunter (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

very nice, never quite solid (if you know what I mean) good for that, Win x

Comment is about Candle (blog)

Original item by Elaine