before I get accused of plagiarising your idea, I wrote something very similar a couple of yrs ago - I'll post it sometime - called Plastic Surgeons, Rubber Dolls. all the best. B

Comment is about Mannequin (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

I like this Cynthia. It expresses our common humanity and optimism about life in a beautifully simple way.

Comment is about Creation (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

To live is to think and to reflect... and to fully be alive, is to feel.

Comment is about Self indulgence (blog)

Original item by Alison Smiles

Beautiful... I can so relate.

Comment is about If (blog)

Original item by Max Wallis

Félicitations, Rachel !!!!!
Quel honneur...

You are on a roll : )
xxx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Thought I'd check if you put anything on here.

This is a very amusing haiku, last minute-ism is underated :p

Comment is about How not to write an essay (blog)

Original item by Anna McCrory

Thanks, this was a response to an Animal Writes workshop in Manchester on the theme of naked.

Comment is about Afraid to Dance (blog)

Original item by Ushiku Crisafulli

Sure its spitting with rain now though, Win x

Comment is about 2010 records (blog)

Hi Luv your poems :) I'm ok ta hope you are well too tc JL oh like the bike btw

Comment is about Marc Anthony (poet profile)

Original item by Marc Anthony

Thank you dear Stefan.

Comment is about Your Eyes (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

you are such a free spirit!!! lovely poem-Stef-xx

Comment is about Your Eyes (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

lovely poem indeed,but there are lots of terrible alternatives that might just take your mind into a state of gratefulness for ALL you have at present-(meant respectfully)best regards-Stefan

Comment is about Self indulgence (blog)

Original item by Alison Smiles

Thanks Winston. Please get in touch when you're about. I'm organising a slam for the 29th November if you're interested. It's on the calendar.

Comment is about Hayden Cohen (poet profile)

Original item by Hayden Cohen

Hi Hayden, Welcome to WOL. Maybe see you in Leeds sometime, :-) Winston (Admin)

Comment is about Hayden Cohen (poet profile)

Original item by Hayden Cohen

Hi Jean,long time passes,trust life is treating you kindly...more of my poetry for classification.be safe.Marc x

Comment is about jean lucy thompson (poet profile)

Original item by jean lucy thompson

Ta everyone. No Stef I certainly don't look in the mirror and say "000h! I LOVE you!" How funny! I think I was meaning that two people, though far apart, can be thinking of each other at the exact same time - maybe they're both kissing their pillows? ;-)

Comment is about only you (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hiya Laura, like your biog, yeah you didnt bottle it you did a top performance, glad you loved doing it and enjoyed the night, you're more than welcome anytime Jeff X

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

I don't think feeling this way is self indulgent, even though well-meaning friends sometimes say it is, just to chivvy us into a more positive state of mind (which they may even be doing for their benefit - they are fed up with their friend being sad.) We all heal at our own rates, it's natural. xx

Comment is about Self indulgence (blog)

Original item by Alison Smiles

How spoil-sportingly(or should I say wet-blanketly)funny Janet-thanks-Stef-xx

Comment is about 2010 records (blog)

I don't want to think about these things...
I only want the laughter, which you manage well.

Comment is about Epitaph (blog)

Original item by Isobel

I LOVE this one, Ann!
For me, it is perfect in every way.

Comment is about only you (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

You have real skill with writing vivid imagery. I'm presuming this is offered here as poetic prose. Once again the inter-mixture of ongoing actions and immediate visual observations make an interesting whole experience.

Comment is about St Mary's (blog)

Original item by Lenford White

I love this, and the title. It carries the attention right through detail after detail, slickly because it embraces prosaic visuals and a stream of inner half-thoughts. Speaking of: is it French 'stick' you may have wanted?

Comment is about The giggling girl (blog)

Original item by Lenford White

There is something other-worldly about the moonwraith in the sky during the day. Its juxtaposition lures limitless ideas; this metaphor of 'guilt' is truly evocative and provoking.

It's really good to have you back.

Comment is about Sometimes... (blog)

Original item by John Aikman

OK, forgot to mention: I think you should jettison 'afar'; IMO, 'splayed before me' says it all without chancing cuteness, or the use of a very old form not really needed here for 'setting'. As Isobel rightly pointed out, I am never 'nice'. But I make a huge effort not to be nasty (which would though be so exhilarating!)

Comment is about Autumn Fen (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

well I think it's beautiful Ann. :-)

Comment is about only you (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Oh god no! No way am I going to your funeral if I have to cry!
It is to be hoped you will live long enough for me to be able to smile in celebration of your wonderful life and the only tears be ones of my own sadness at the loss of a friend :-)

ps. You can't die tonight..the sun is shining over Manchester today. That's a first for the 6th of November ;-)
Good luck.xx

Comment is about Epitaph (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Thanks for those encouraging thoughts girls! Now you've put the thought of dying on stage in my head, I'm all nerves...
To cap it all - I lost a nail last night - it pinged off into the laundry bin. Maybe I should pull another one off. One for sorrow and two for joy...
Ho hum, bring it on! xx

Comment is about Epitaph (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Ok lots and lots of words in your coffin Isobel cos youre a very wordy person!!! And lots of tears.
Like Anne says lets hope youre on top form tonight, save your dying for another day!!
Cate xxx

Comment is about Epitaph (blog)

Original item by Isobel

and reading this... this came to mind - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLRyYETnoIE&feature=related

Comment is about only you (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I was going for philosophy Greg - must have taken a wrong fork.
Chris - your Cosmological Constant is showing! See you in the trenches when the aliens come.

Thanks to you both.

Comment is about NOT A PATCH ON US (blog)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

Good Luck Tonight! Have the most fab SLAM ever!Sorry I won't be there to cheer you on but I'll be rooting for you from a distance and the vibes should carry. Go, Isobel, Go! Love Moxy xxx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Wishing you an absolutely marvellous SLAM tonight! Have fun -- you'll wow Ms Duffy for sure! Sorry not to be there to support you in person but I'll be sending my thoughts/vibes/fluences your way! Moxy xxx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

I see we're back to death and decay then! ;-) When you had the line about the Cats Protection I thought you were going to say
"- if I get savaged to death by a cat"!

ANYWAY, hope it's not for many years to come - and I'm sure you won't "die" tonight - GOOD LUCK!! xx

Comment is about Epitaph (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Shut yer face! ;-) (What's Vic Reeves got to do with anything?)

Comment is about only you (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

you know what you need Ann?
....(rubs thigh a la Vic Reeves)

Comment is about only you (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Wecome to WOL. I like your sample poem; powerful, descriptive and thought provoking.

Comment is about Nigel humphreys (poet profile)

Original item by Nigel humphreys

Excellent stuff.
Cx

Comment is about NOT A PATCH ON US (blog)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

Hi! How you doing? I like your audio, and the link to your blog, esp like Home, Wedding Nights and Beggeress. Good stuff! x

Comment is about Michael Scott (poet profile)

Original item by Michael Scott

Got fed up with all this death and decay - here's some loveylovelove for the weekend! xx

Comment is about only you (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Larisa, I been an ugly duckling in the past (some gits would argue I still am), anyway, needles to say my bird is The Swan, for many reasons. I have travelled and been around a bit, just like The Swan, and my old units emblem, is the Swan. I like the verse, if i was to believe i was a penguin, i would not have jumped from planes and dived so gracefully. Anyway, I am waffling, but thanks for the tip off. Maybe soon my wife and I can grace the skies with flight to far off places again. And I can reclaim my wings.

Just when I was beginning to think I was demoted to a sparrow, you put things in perspective for me.

Nice one again

stay well

michael

Comment is about The Petrel And The Penguin (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Hello Carmine, not seen you on here before. If its your first entry on here, then welcome to WOL. I had to comment, as I like the verse. From a critical point of view, I feel that there is too much punctuation and for that it breaks it up. But I love the content of the poem and there are many metaphors within it. Nice one Carmine.
Stay well and keep posting.

Mike

Comment is about "Your Game is their Game" (blog)

Original item by Carmine Grimshaw

Thanks Win, I owe you a poem about elastic bands from our blank page workshop. Hope everythings good up there.
Mx

Comment is about Dance (blog)

Original item by Michael Scott

Another commendably angry poem from you, Barrie. Sorry for not picking up on this earlier. Another week gone, and hundreds more dead in Iraq

Comment is about JOURNEY'S END (blog)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

Powerfull stuff Michael. A sympathetic interpretation of a very hard hitting exhibition (as far as I can tell from your account).

my calf hide brogues
still laced in their straitjacket womb
strange fruit unripe,
suspended

A great section but liked it all. Win x

Comment is about Dance (blog)

Original item by Michael Scott

I feel your anger here, Barrie. But I'm sure you feel and agree that for most Remembrance Sunday is not the glory, but the sorrow and pity of war

Comment is about NOT A PATCH ON US (blog)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

Thanks for your kind comment on Currawong, Cynthia. This one has sat around for a couple of years, marinating, as they do sometimes ...

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Ann, thanks for your comment on Currawong. You're right, the second verse is a little different from the rest, more about the family we stayed with when we were out in Australia two years ago.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

No, my dear! I didn't mean "rubbish", I meant "litter". But! If "rubbish" and "litter" are synonyms then it's ok.
By the way, you have a very good memory. And....it looks as you are very much interested in my poems. Come on! Read the rest!

Comment is about The Petrel And The Penguin (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Hi Mike, i'm in agreement with Cynthia. Your voice in poetry is indeed haunting and i love the internal rhyme and imagery as well as some fantastic lines in this one.
If i'm honest, i would have left out the hatred stanza. I found it detracted from the rest and i had real difficulty getting through it when reading.x

Comment is about Going Home By Candle (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!