Many thanks Cynthia re: your encouraging comments on "Post Past". Lovely to hear from you.

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Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks for your support of mi brackets in Post Past! Glad you enjoyed it. x

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Very atmospheric.

Comment is about Space - Between the Lines (blog)

I think I have already explained. Rzhishevska is my surname . So, I've decided to call my funny short poems not 'limericks' but 'rzhepicks'. Isn't it nice?

Comment is about Rzhepicks (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Sorry Dave - with all those W's I just couldn't help it. I'm not the only one drifting off-subject here though, M'Lud...

Comment is about Rebuilding the Tower of Babel? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

win win situation. Win

Comment is about Rebuilding the Tower of Babel? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Um, actually this wasn't about WOL or WOLites at all but according to reception theory in which I've now been instructed (thank you) it's what people receive that matters.
The fact that it was written about the World Wide Web is neither here nor there.

Banksy's comments are getting more and more enigmatic. How did Michael Palin aka Pilate get in here?

Comment is about Rebuilding the Tower of Babel? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Oooo - lovely!

Comment is about space (blog)

Original item by Shoeless Carole

A Woler is a mint poet with an ole in the middle - or I guess it could be the head, depending on the poet.

Comment is about Rebuilding the Tower of Babel? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Oi! - who are you called a woler??
(I'll whip out me thesaurus if yer not careful)

Comment is about Rebuilding the Tower of Babel? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

I would just get up and leave...
But, I would probably have the last word. ; )

Comment is about Groundhog (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

That would have to be the Tudor then!

Comment is about Groundhog (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

A blind man unknowingly wanders into a dyke's bar, settles down with his beer & shouts out
"anyone wanna hear a blonde joke?"
Sure mister, says one, but, before you do, you'd better know that the blonde to your left is a wrestler, the blonde to your right is a construction worker and the blonde who just served you also works on the dock... now, do you wanna tell us that joke ?
Nah, he says.
Oh? and why ever not then ?
Cos I don't want to explain it three times. :)

Comment is about Groundhog (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Actually I was thinking of winos, wasters and wankers - not necessarily in that order. I am far too nice a person to cast such aspersions on my fellow wolers though...

Comment is about Rebuilding the Tower of Babel? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

I like this, Dave... it's wicked, wild, and worldly.
Now I want to write a poem using...

Comment is about Rebuilding the Tower of Babel? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Two blondes walked into a Hotel... you'd think one of them would've seen it :)

Comment is about Groundhog (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

A groundhog walked into a bar and said "Ouch!" "Ouch!" "Ouch!"......

Comment is about Groundhog (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Isobel - wot about Ho Ho Ho ??

Comment is about Rebuilding the Tower of Babel? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Welease Wodewick !!

Comment is about Rebuilding the Tower of Babel? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Yeah - para - bet it's all that wacky backy - if you've got too much, just mail me some :)

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Thanks Cyn (when I grow up)
all the best. B. xx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I like the optimistic ending!
(Better than Rotten Ratfaced Rascals Riting Rubbish!)

Comment is about Rebuilding the Tower of Babel? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Who you callin a whore then? Weirdos yes - they are a plenty - I could probably add some lines to this - tee hee...

Comment is about Rebuilding the Tower of Babel? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Empty Space - thank-you.
;)
xxx

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Original item by Shoeless Carole

really enjoyed this geoffrey... ideal this time for me...

one little thing which i maybe wrong is on the last line of the first stanza 'Still it is voiceless', you may want to reconsider 'it is still voiceless' but it is stirring stuff either way..

top one..

Comment is about ONE MORE FROST (blog)

you are defo on a good role, Janet here.. one of my favourites so far on this space theme... x

Comment is about Space - Between the Lines (blog)

like it dave.. i would hate to try and perform this however (would tie me up in knots i think!)

Comment is about Rebuilding the Tower of Babel? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Your haiku efforts were excellent and very well received. I think I'm coming to your conclusion that less is sometimes more.

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Original item by Shoeless Carole

Ooo, very short and compact. Empathy? I'm going a bit mad on structure lately...I would have liked to have seen another one word line at the end there.

Just my symmetrical obsession rearing its ugly head again ;)

Comment is about Space - Between the Lines (blog)

The 'whores' bit really stands out, given its initial sound, I guess you meant to do that?

This feels like it's a comment on the population of WOL! (almost)

Comment is about Rebuilding the Tower of Babel? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

It's deja vue all over again..

Comment is about Groundhog (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Very haunting mood, developed with much finesse, using vivid details like 'unlit, but heated' 'voiceless'. The warmth of 'neighbourly care' and 'fields are familiar' is a tugging contrast with the cold reality of the present. 'I name my navigators among the departed' is a stirring line.

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Hi - Dave's poem - sorry, I don't know what you're banging on about there - but you're more than welcome to the Cpt Kirk joke - it's not mine anyway :)

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

A great poem, Ray, dynamic and seething with gripping images to carry your theme. I feel that the 'no punctuation decision' drives the poem forward at breakneck speed, grabbing at you like a burr. The sarcasm just drips from the adder's tongue.
One very small point; I do like 'paprika sunset' (as a break from 'iodine'), also including the idea of 'peppery' as well as colour; but I would not put in 'canvas'. IMO, it's rhythmically interruptive, and introduces a new 'feel' to the tirade, deliberate construction.

Comment is about venomous (blog)

i think haiku might be too hard for me lol , after my efforts

Comment is about Space Beat Haiku (blog)

Original item by Isobel

*readit*
*readit*
*readit*

or was that a frog :)
made me smile

Comment is about Groundhog (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Hi Dave - no, I never did read any of the Red Dwarf books - sorry. B

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Dave - I like a lot of yours & it's very interesting about the photons & news to me. I posted a poem not-so-very-long-ago (old father time) positing my view that there really is "No Such Thing as Time". This is my firmly held belief, which, if true, might help to avoid some of the anomalies & problems which particle physics currently seems to be struggling over. just my 2 cents. all the best. B

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Original item by Dave Bradley

...."I keep hearing 'I've got you Babe' all the time. A double please"

Comment is about Groundhog (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! I am so curious to know what did he (it) say? I am very curious. I am super curious. I am just .....I am just..... I am just.... I am just.....

Comment is about Groundhog (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

I thought that was yesterday. Was it the day before or the day before that a groundhog walked into a bar and said...

Comment is about Groundhog (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

I think this reflects the ageing process quite well Larisa and yes, it is world weary but i'm sure some would say some realistic perceptions, false or otherwise too x

Comment is about Rzhepicks (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Excellent. I like the feeling of void and blankness. It also reminded me of a bit in the Hitch Hikers' Guide to the Galaxy (one of my favourite books) where the perspective vastness of the universe is mind blowingly demonstrated by comparing it to a piece of fairy cake. I think the naf atom is Helium. (I'm sure you know that) Dave

Comment is about Inner Space (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Oh, Dave, Dave ! didn't you just love Isobel's last sentence ?..."the very positive note you end on". She puts such an interesting "spin" on your musings. Now - if you could choose to be any subatomic particle at all, what would you be ?? I venture that you'd choose a strange-flavoured quark; me, I'd go for cheese 'n Onion - but no surprise there then :)

Comment is about Inner Space (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Perfect.

Comment is about Space - Between the Lines (blog)

Very atmospheric - the static adding to the feeling of isolated desolation.
Hope you don't mind if I add one or two suggestions too? Not about the poem - about the recording, really minor points but - just be aware of the sibilance of your 's' sounds - unless it's the effect you want, try to minimise it otherwise can sound a little bit hissy; also - you cut the recording very abruptly after you finish speaking, just a very few seconds of ambient noise would have finished it very nicely.
Incidentally - the static/white noise you can hear when you 'untune' your radio or tv is the noise from the'big bang' - another reason, I think, why the atmosphere on the recording really works with the poem.
Cx

Comment is about space (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Wot! No final frontier? Good one Janet! Concise. xx

Comment is about Space - Between the Lines (blog)

Hi Isobel,
Thank-you ever so much for reading and commenting on 'Empty Space' - much appreciated.
I have decided to leave it as it is - unpuctuated, partially for the reasons you said. :)
Cx

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Original item by Isobel

Hi Ann,
Thank-you ever so much for reading and commenting on 'Empty Space' - your comments are always appreciated.
Cx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Got shivers listening to this Ann! Agree with everyone re your voice - sounds just beautiful on this. Really conveys the desolation of space.

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Original item by Ann Foxglove