To me it looks like the effect of too much housework! Housework=yuk!

Comment is about RZHEPICKS (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Oh, no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just wanted to show the world of a drunker.

Comment is about RZHEPICKS (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Is that you in the photo Larissa? ;-) xx

Comment is about RZHEPICKS (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

I offered my insight and made what I thought was constructive criticism. I did so because Marianne asked John Aikman what he thought was stereotypical about her writing.I like Marianne's writing. However, I don't feel as thrilled by it as I once did.As Cynthia implied, these sort of exchanges can be healthy.

Comment is about Colourless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Is it elitist to offer up an honest opinion on someone's work whilst acknowledging what is good about that work? Was I rude? I thought we were having an adult conversation. I'm a lot of bad things, perhaps, but I'm not elitist.

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Good Morning Ann

I really think you should be putting less salt with your cooking if your dinner smells like the sea...

Thank you so much for your wonderful and well thought through comments’;

‘Wave over Wave’ is very simply about a man who’s long life and eventual death was always within a kiss and a wish of the sea.

Once again I thank you for reading and taking the time to comment on my work.

Gus xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Good Morning Cynthia

Thank you so much for your wonderful and well thought through comments’;

‘Wave over Wave’ is very simply about a man who’s long life and eventual death was always within a kiss and a wish of the sea.

Once again I thank you for reading and taking the time to comment on my work.

Gus xx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Good Morning Marianne,

I have been following with interest your running battle with certain would be elitist poets on the site.

Stop trying to justify your always brilliant work....you really have no need.

Thank you so much for your wonderful and well thought through comments’;

‘Wave over Wave’ is very simply about a man who’s long life and eventual death was always within a kiss and a wish of the sea.Once again

I thank you for reading and taking the time to comment on my work.

Gus xx

Comment is about Marianne Daniels (poet profile)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

'mornin Andy

Thank you so much for your wonderful and well thought through comments’;

‘Wave over Wave’ is very simply about a man who’s long life and eventual death was always within a kiss and a wish of the sea.

Once again I thank you for reading and taking the time to comment on my work.

Yes I hope to see you soon, perhaps Butterflies on Sunday ?

Gus xx

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Lots of wonderful images and very well written, love the personification x

Comment is about The Icicles (blog)

Hmmm
Just read the pieces on your profile and will come back to read your blogs, like very much what I've read so far x

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Dave,
You're right, there are some things words can never really express...

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

smashin'...first stanza(forgot?)is the sword mentioned metal or pork? my preference is the latter-beats the pen pants down everytime..woo oo!

Comment is about The pen is mightier than the sword ? (blog)

Original item by alan barlow

God, I'm such a dummie - I sent the reply to you into my own mailbox - Duurr - here it is -
HaHa - I could only tell you what I personally find totally irresistable (and I don't think there's any secret as such) & it'll doubtless be a lot different to what those football-swilling, lager-watching "lads" out there want... but I do know it's not the whiff of burning broccoli :D
I bet you wimmin are the same as us men in this respect - sometimes I see a woman and, even to me, she's not even "pretty", but by God - I really could jump her bones... it's a good job we're all different.
david warner - he just played wallander's dad in the kenneth branagh version - and very good he was too. But if I wos a wimmin - I'd go for something really obvious like Al Pacino, Robert Downey, etc - Sean Connery .

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Oh! I thought you meant BOBBY Womack!

Comment is about Doing It Twice (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

i would like to say that marianne is a prolific writer and her work 'develops' in style as it is naturally inclined to. Personally some of her work I can relate to, some I find difficult and some i marvel in the sheer wonderment of the way she arranges words and images, much like an abstract artist as she says herself alluding to Dali.(and yes a big fuck off to his critics from him i think)
I think theres a beauty in finding an obscure allusion and even if it out of our personal semantic range then it is compelling.
at a basic level if you dont like it, just leave it...there are far less considered pieces on this site and the authors of such are oblivious posting 5 poems a day (at an extreme) of sometimes interesting but mainly rubbish work(IMHO)..their work is never challenged.
I dont always like marianne's poetry but as she says..so what? i dont expect anyone to like mine and am usually stunned if they do and then resentful if i get less than 10 comments (joke)
Some of marianes phrasings resound in my mind, as if from her own unique language, I dont know what they mean but i love them like new vocabulary...

i think constructive criticism is helpful if it grapples with the language and offers insight .

keep writing your poems Marianne, you are inspiring to a lot of people, some of whom may not comment.

Comment is about Colourless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

love this carole...tempts my tongue to pleasure deep in this submissive flesh...corrr raspberries eh? ill never look at them the same.
i have no idea how to write fibonacci...will google and have a go. inspiring x

Comment is about Raspberry fib (blog)

Original item by Shoeless Carole

thanks for the acknowledgement :)
I actually have a pair of ruby sparkly slippers that I have worn only once for a very special do. now they are incased in a glass cabinet with their matching sparkly purse and a banksy graffiti piece picturing dorothy's basket being raided by the police drug squad. (the real banksy not our (phony) banksy!)along with some salt pepper shakers painted with the american flag. The whole thing is a postmodernist masterpiece depicting notions of home, stability, glamour and deception for the modern woman.
So im really pleased that somehow we have exchanged ideas on a space/ time thought continuium. Wow.Laura is also in on it as she took all the drugs ;)

Comment is about click click click (blog)

Original item by Shoeless Carole

hi carole. thanks for your comments on my stuff.
I have just read your poem for Joshua. A very beautiful, powerful poem ( i had the goosebumps)
i find reflections of my old emotions
in the words of other men
and so sing with them
I know this emotion in your words. Tremendously sad, but so well expressed xx

Comment is about Shoeless Carole (poet profile)

Original item by Shoeless Carole

you were dead good at the tudor..but I am a berk so dont listen to me :)you looked a bit like Jo caulfield.

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

night Dave-hope alls ok with you-catch you soon-take care mate-regards-Stef.ps-or should that be good morning-ha!

Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Sincere thanks to everyone for your kind comments. For me, this was mainly about the relationship of the conscious to the unconscious mind, but like many poems - especially those which draw a picture - it can be received in more than one way, and there is no 'right answer'.

Comment is about Beyond the garden (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Enjoyed this too, Dave.
Anyone who gardens knows that it's not a place for nature; it's a battle against nature. The stuff you want to grow there doesn't want to (it's Japanese, or South African) and what does want to grow there (nettles, dandelions, buttercups) you don't want.
I worked for a bloke once who said "In a 1000 years it'll all be the same"

Comment is about Beyond the garden (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

I agree, Ann. Like Banksy says - corny but nice. I liked it. I hope writing the poem helps a little for you.

Comment is about a little journey (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I've heard this joke before, to be honest, but the way YOU told it, I was pissing myself. Bravo !

Comment is about Doing It Twice (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Love it Dave - the different interpretations as well - although I like the "face value" one of just walking off naked into the jungle. Lovely !

Comment is about Beyond the garden (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Lovely - and every bit as corny as mine (on here a while ago) - he was black as well ( I think you know ?
http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=11352

Comment is about a little journey (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for your thoughts on Doing It Twice. Give me a call if ever you stub your toe!

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Many thanks Cynthia for your thoughts on Doing It Twice. Once is an achievement for me these days.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

cheers gents

(and done)

Comment is about She (blog)

Original item by alan barlow

great poem Josh-loved fourth stanza in partic'-not sure bout Ann in shin pads though-you never can tell with that lovely poet'ess-lol! cheers Josh-S.W.

Comment is about Absent Friends (blog)

Original item by Josh Coates

I enjoyed reading this Dave - very well put together

Comment is about Beyond the garden (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

oh those divine sheets! lovely poem Charlene-best regards-Stef.x

Comment is about Slumber (blog)

very good poem Al.I especially like the line 'a haven of sincerity' lovely! thanks Stef.

Comment is about She (blog)

Original item by alan barlow

I enjoyed reading this Alan - in the 4th couplet may I suggest you ditch 'doth' and 'hits' and pluralise the end words for a crisper effect - well done

Comment is about She (blog)

Original item by alan barlow

Aw, so sad, just beautiful, Ann, condolences. xx

Comment is about a little journey (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

"well-behaved, curling plume of smoke"Even the smoke is neat in this garden! What a fabulous image, I too would wander off into the jungle though, diving in head first :) x

Comment is about Beyond the garden (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Aw, pulls at the heartstrings, I'll be devastated the day my dog shuffles off this mortal coil...

Comment is about a little journey (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

and why not ?
beautifully written
and sorry about gemma

Comment is about a little journey (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

i like the returning to nature spin at the end great read

Comment is about Beyond the garden (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Unashamedly sentimental!

Comment is about a little journey (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

one of my current favourite topics i have been looking into all things greek and historical of late, do i assume that you watched 300, troy and alexander the other week as well ???

i like it by the way was it the yeats line that inspired the write ? i love it when a simple quote or picture inspires you and you dont have to go "looking" for it i like it

Comment is about Lullaby for Thermopylae (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Great to meet you at last, Marianne. This is the best interchange, ever. I didn't think anyone would ever prod an answer from you re: your poetry. I am so glad to have seen this interchange of ideas. I do think that deliberate obscurity, identifiable only to the author, can be very off-putting as a steady diet. I love your work, you know that. Thanks for your input here.

Comment is about Colourless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

I'll never get this foot thing! Takes all sorts! x

Comment is about Doing It Twice (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Very funny, John; love the foot-in-mouth humour. Well-constructed too.

Comment is about Doing It Twice (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Fabulous poem, Dave, totally wrapping me up in its magic.

Comment is about Beyond the garden (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Yes it should John! Fixed it!

Thank-you very much for your comment

Comment is about Lullaby for Thermopylae (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Brought a lump to my throat, that last verse. A bit rough round the edges but hit the spot.

Comment is about Absent Friends (blog)

Original item by Josh Coates

Wow! Never happens in my garden! Lovely poem and a lovely idea.

Comment is about Beyond the garden (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Dream a once ago that had been kinder...storming line..amongst many..thoroughly enjoyed the read Gus :)

Comment is about Wave Over Wave (To the memory of a very good friend of mine that I never met) (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson