hello laura :) found ya .. now i am going to read your poetry and not comment !! (evil little witch aren't i eh ?) x

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Hi Ann,
I think you've summed up the afterglow of the weekend well, one minute surrounded by like-minded (well some of them!) people, the next waiting on your own to leave. You were lucky to see some of Hebden Bridge, I saw the hostel and the Spar and there's no poem in that.

Comment is about coda - hebden bridge (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks Ann, almost makes 24 hours there and 36 hours back worth it. If I shut my eyes I can still smell that bus ten years later.Mx

Comment is about The shortest route to you (was via Cusco) (blog)

Original item by Michael Scott

Hi Winston,(Peek a boo):-) thanks for your comment. It's really appreciated.

Just been reading your samples here. 'On Mondays I fall in love' and 'coming home without you' are superb. x

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Rachel, this is amazing, raw and true. Started reading and found it rather 'unpoetic'? without a flow but then it had me and when it kicked in athe end... well ! stunned. Win x

Comment is about Heartbreaker (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Nice to see all sorts of poetry on here LAura, and enjoy most of your postings inc this one. liked the rhyming scheme but it tends to be less strong towards the end for me. Win x

Comment is about Shopping List Edit (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

fantastic economy and expression in this one Janet. Win

Comment is about Poem (blog)

well done Dave, Win

Comment is about Halloween haiku (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Thanks Steve. Interesting... Also forgot to say I liked this one. If you scan it quickly it sort of reads quite smoothly. Win

Comment is about The Word No Is A Long Sentence (blog)

Original item by Steven Waling

Ah, yes, I remember eet well !
dee dee dee deee dee deeeee...
dee dee dee dee... dee dee dee-dee
(dee dee dee) [ad infinitum]
Blue Peter - Konnie Huq - now what can I think of that rhymes with HUQ?? ahhhh... if only.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Have to agree with the others - a lovely evocative poem that really works on the imagination to summon up all sorts of images.
Have you ever been to the Canal Museum at Ellesmere Port? A good visit

Comment is about Tom Pudding (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hmmmmph! xx

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Hello David - yes, I've just posted to Greg that I enjoyed Treading Water too. I don't know if you know Selby but he's nailed the ambience and landscape spot-on.

Comment is about David Cooke (poet profile)

Original item by David Cooke

Thanks for your thought on Tom Pudding. I thought it needed the help of the audio and picture so you Southern softies didn't think it was some kind of Yorkshire offal delicacy.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Banksyperson - I didn't say I liked it madly (HB), tho it was OK. It was more about the weekend and my feelings I guess. Tho I will remember it fondly, cos of all the WOlies I met there! Why don't you come next time - but I guess you may have been there - incognito! (Maybe dressed as Valerie Singleton!) (Maybe you ARE Valerie Singleton! I always found her faintly annoying! Quite fancied Peter Purves tho. But my FAVE was - do you remember the french version of Robinson Crusoe? Ooooooh! Heaven. I can hear the sig tune now! What a dish! ;-)

Comment is about coda - hebden bridge (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Nah, Hebden's one of them places best seen in the rear-view mirror or fondly remembered many many years later :)
You'll be telling us you like Burnley next. XX

Comment is about coda - hebden bridge (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Meant to say ages ago that I really like this John. Lots of atmosphere and a sense of nostalgia. xx

Comment is about Tom Pudding (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I really like this Mike, the romantic nature, the way so many details are remembered. And it's a real story too. I love the first hummingbirds of love hovering! And the idea of fate taking a hand in arranging a meeting that was meant to happen! xx

Comment is about The shortest route to you (was via Cusco) (blog)

Original item by Michael Scott

Thanks for your comments Josh, you are always so generous with them and they are much appreciated.
I haven't had chance to comment yet but I've been reading your new work with interest - they seem to be quite different from things you've posted before - a new self-assurance and maturity about them which is very appealing. Bit bogged down with stuff at then moment but I'll give them a proper read in the next couple of weeks.
Hope all is well with you?
Cx

Comment is about Joshua Van-Cook (poet profile)

Original item by Joshua Van-Cook

Thanks for comments. Graham, I did not envisage a "you" character, I just asked. That's how I envisaged it anyway. Any meaning : the crystal stood for someone's soul. The seal was their solid body. The thunder storm was the mystery to me (as all three things were found/seen on the same day). Maybe a mental state?

Comment is about three signs (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Typical, the sun showing up just as you were leaving. I have the same curse. Like this very much.

Comment is about coda - hebden bridge (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi John As Greg has dedicated it to you I thought I'd let you know how much I enjoyed his Treading Water poem. The details are really well controlled and evocative. Excellent.

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

And now to yours! I think your poems are getting really strong. Having read again the sestina I find it more and more impressive. I also really like Treading Water. The descriptive details are brilliantly controlled. I love the sickly air from the beet factory and the surprise of the abbey.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Greg Your comments are greatly appreciated. I wasn't sure that these two would have much appeal to anyone else. The first one is very formal and the second one probably presumes a bit too much background knowledge about the weird conjuction of Islam and Ireland in my family background!

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Isobel;

easier answering you on here instead of the forum over editing.. the bit I told you about me giving one of the pieces to other vocalists in my band wordmusic is quite common for us lot as we swap it round a lot, and i have ended up reading other people's pieces before now... it is a great experience..

my new band (word music is on hold for a bit now)is operating on a similar level as it will be more moody and dark! lol x

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

haha - schooldays Eh?
well, I for one am glad that they make em use Izal - a valuable lesson in
"life aint fair-so get used to it"
- might as well wipe your arse on a carrier-bag: Izal doesn't clean anything, just spreads it around a bit :)

Comment is about Crafting Your Own (blog)

Original item by Isobel

(Ramblers Assoc)
Fight!!!!!!!
sorry Isobel, but you are in there - just look a little closer :)

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Lovely old-fashioned station at Hebden Bridge, isn't it, Ann? This tinge of sadness reminded me of that feeling after Open University summer schools. Sounds like it was a great weekend

Comment is about coda - hebden bridge (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I love this!
My 'interpretation' is as follows (loosely you understand)
Love on an ocean wave and behold the applause :-)
Seals cannot drown.x

Comment is about three signs (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Cynthia, thanks for your comment on 'Poem.'
I am enjoying this new phase in my writing. Not sure how long it will last but hey, no worries :-)

Janet.x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Isobel, thanks for the welcome back and your comment on my entry, 'Poem'.
Not sure how long the minimalist style will last but i am enjoying it for now :-)

Janet.x

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Thanks again for your comment on my recent poem 'Poem.' :-)
x

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Thanks everyone, i'm beginning to like the new me. Not sure if they will all be this sparse but i am getting there :-)

Yes Ray - not all Lowry characters were matchstick men and match stalk cats and dogs :-)

Comment is about Poem (blog)

Great poem Isobel. A wealth of thought and ideas in this.
The last verse is particularly haunting. The iniquity in which women live in some cultures should be commented on and not swept under the carpet. We as you say are the lucky ones who have a voice and can comment on our opinions, good or bad. We have the freedom to do so.
Cate xx

Comment is about Cry Freedom (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Sean - you might be interested in a poem I put up on the blogs - about Conscientious Objectors' Day

Comment is about Sean Kavanagh (poet profile)

Original item by Sean Kavanagh

Winston - I quite like to see what people make of it before saying where it's from. That way, it makes me see more if it works.

Actually, this was all taken from graffiti in Richmond Castle Jail and from a transcript of a case put before the Tribunal in the 1st World War. I'd originally included some of my own words. I spotted a couple of bits where I'd actually still used my own words - they'll have to go.

Comment is about The Word No Is A Long Sentence (blog)

Original item by Steven Waling

No tricking and treating for you then Dave? lol
Clever three lines. I like to think of my lost love ones strolling "through realms of splendour"
Cate xx

Comment is about Halloween haiku (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Note for Banksy
Well the poor little devils still have that tough cheap izal stuff that scratches and rarely absorbs any moisture{thats when there`s any left!} Crafty teachers are not just allowed to use the left over roll to cut and paste and make straw dollies {and such like } anymore. So sayeth our powers that be. {In case they catch germy wormies!}
Cate xx

Comment is about Crafting Your Own (blog)

Original item by Isobel

enjoyed this josh.. maybe a little long in places but i did enjoy this! x

Comment is about When More Has Been Said Than Done (blog)

Original item by Joshua Van-Cook

like this janet.. sparse suits you well, i felt.. x

Comment is about Poem (blog)

like this janet.. sparse suits you well, i felt.. x

Comment is about Poem (blog)

nice one, luce.. offer more comments on here when the comp is finished, but glad you have entered and it is nice to see you on board here (text you next day or so about the new band too!) x

Comment is about Freedom Competition Poem (blog)

Original item by MissLucy

Hahaha!! I'm not the only traumatised one then :P

Comment is about Freedom Competition Poem (blog)

Original item by MissLucy

Hi Steven, Nice to see some of your poems on WOL. So... what to make of this one? Well, it seems a mixture of 3 elements 1) slang outbursts (perhapse from a squadie) 2) Religous references. And then the largest part 3) the rest... which seems to make gramatical sense if you switch word order a little and add a few short words for continuity (not for meaning) which seems to be an account from a conciencious objector. This 'analysis' is interesting as I am pondering if pieces like this and my last one (A-g I) are more interesting with some info about their origins (As I included). If I have deduced the origins of this one correctly then I tend to think that such background information is unecessary. If I haven't and what you offer illuminates BETTER than my efforts than I tend to think that the inclusion of such info is a good idea. RSVP. Win x. P.S. Wonder what Sean would make of THIS War Poem?

Comment is about The Word No Is A Long Sentence (blog)

Original item by Steven Waling

Thanks Cate. Much appreciated
xxx

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

Original item by Cate

I like this. How to read the world? Watch out for the priests and gurus...

Simple, imagistic elegance.

Comment is about three signs (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Sticky-backed plastic !(BTW I meant "poor kids" as in unfortunate - all of them)

Comment is about Crafting Your Own (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Why - what did you used to wipe YOUR arse on?

Joking apart - you are right. I am lucky. I tend to think that we often make our own luck though. A childhood like mine, where there were no silver spoons, prepares you for life better. You learn to do things for yourself - not to expect the world to fall around your feet. So many kids could do with learning that one.

Comment is about Crafting Your Own (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Oh, I forgot!
"you should be so lucky,
lucky lucky lucky".
- that's you, that is.

Comment is about Crafting Your Own (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Love it dave !

Comment is about Halloween haiku (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley