Dave, I'm such a wimp. I hate voting for Good-Better-Best; I lose sleep over it. I may try, but I'm not promising. This has nothing to do with lack of interest in the poems, just a horror of being 'selective'. Five to ten suggested 'really good ones'in my opinion, I could maybe live with. We all have such distinctive tastes!

Comment is about Biting the Bullet - time to vote (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

I think you'll find that both versions of the great-value-for-money Bullets are technically vibrators, rather than dildos.

Ahem.

Now that you've said that though, I can see a whole other dimension to my OWN WORDS! *gasp* (*moan, pant* etc...)

Comment is about Biting the Bullet (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

I was thinking of a dildo, actually. Perhaps that's just me.

Comment is about Biting the Bullet (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Hi Kit Welcome to Write Out Loud. Winston

Comment is about Kit Lambert (poet profile)

Original item by Kit Lambert

great this one Ray. Win

Comment is about I Bit The Bullet (blog)

How lyrical Isobel... Loved some of the associations in this. In fact the first 4 lines have inspired a little poem of my own. Isn't it great how poetry of others can do this. Win x

Comment is about Bullet (blog)

Original item by Isobel

liked this one Thom. good story. Win

Comment is about Biting The Bullet (blog)

Original item by Tom

thanks for organising this dave, will vote soon, Win

Comment is about Biting the Bullet - time to vote (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Aww, shame we can't vote on yours - it's great! I speak as one who has had worrying moments eating a *checks over shoulder* poached pheasant!

Comment is about Biting the Bullet - time to vote (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Dave - I wrote a reply but it's turned into a complete epic, so I'm gonna email it to you instead

Cheers

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Enjoyed this one Ray - vivid, thought-provoking and fun.

Comment is about Cameo (blog)

ray - what kind of bullet are you thinking of?!

Comment is about Biting the Bullet (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Hi - ("Mischa")-thanks for the comments, but I don't quite know what to say about that !!
would you not mind if your daughter (say) was selling sex to feed her drugs habit ? or am I getting narrow-minded in my old age ??
all the best. B

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

Original item by Cate

Hi Win. Glad you liked Tomboy. Thanks, Greg

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

The explanations for your poems always leave me thinking 'oh'...

They seem like an elaborate set up to lead people down the wrong path. Had you chosen a male doctor perhaps we wouldn't have all jumped to the wrong conclusions. And perhaps Measles, Mumps or Chickenpox would have been a better guess than Sex and Death - or genital herpes even...

Comment is about Charades (blog)

Great way to kick off October, Ray! This is funny and thoughtful and moving too, with a real story. "From here to maternity" is a great line, but the one about Bob Dylan made me laugh, too. I think I had an earnest conversation with my lad about cricket when he first slithered out, as I remember.

Comment is about Cameo (blog)

Félicitations Anthony !
'lifelines' est un très beau poème... Isobel a bien choisi : )

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Thank you Larisa and Cate. Wrote this one for fun really. xxx

Comment is about Read My Lips (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Is this as rude as I think it is?

Comment is about Biting the Bullet (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Hello Anna.What I noticed about this is how much stronger the rhyming lines are than the remainder. What that indicates I don't know. Maybe make all lines rhyming ones?

Comment is about To the man who splashed me with a puddle this morning (blog)

Original item by Anna McCrory

Hi Laura

Thanks for coming back and explaining your take on the knotty question of allusions. There's no right answer is there. One thing that is troubling though is that some people fill their work with allusions because they are well read and love what they read - which I think is true of you. Others do it to show off. How to tell the difference?

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Second chances are never the same are they? Once the rose tints are removed, the "picking your nose" and the beery "pong" are no longer all that cute or in any way acceptable!
This amused me Lynn
Cate xx

Comment is about Read My Lips (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Thanks Laura - hey, that sounds like fun. Glug glug glug toilet glug glug toilet glug toilet glug toilet toilet glug toilet stagger home. We should do it!

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Thanks Cate for your comments. Yeah, I used yesterday to rework that poem significantly and that's the key I think - just spending more time on the arrangement. Time - something we rarely allow ourselves to just think and slow down a bit!

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

Original item by Cate

Hi Cynthia, Sean here, believe you wanted to get in touch. Haven't had an email. Try phoming the number on the website if you have a problem. Cheers, Sean.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Cynthia. Haven't received an email. Cybergremlins at work I think. I'll email the adress in your profile

Comment is about Sean Kavanagh (poet profile)

Original item by Sean Kavanagh

Sean, I sent you an email about coming to the Hebden Bridge weekend. Will you please let me know if you received it? My laptop has gone bonkers since I sent it. I used the link in the article. Cynthia

Comment is about Sean Kavanagh (poet profile)

Original item by Sean Kavanagh

Ha! Weird. I posted a comment on Jefferama's latest piece, which had to do with me being incurably nosy and examining the living rooms of those people who leave their curtains open wide :D :D I LOVE this!

Oh, btw, hello, and I'm glad you enjoyed my I-Museum :)

I think I might have seen you perform in the Tudor actually, not that long ago. Anyhoo - cheers, for this poem (which makes me feel like less of a nosy mare), and for your post on mine.

Comment is about Do You Ever Wonder? (blog)

Thanks as always for your comments on Tomboy, Cynthia. I really like the mood of Martini on the Rocks. I thought the lake must be in North America, but then remembered the fish and chips, and thought, maybe Lake District?

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

You paint a fine picture of dusk and serenity, Cynthia. I love the stillness of it

Comment is about Martini On The Rocks (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks again folks

Antonionionionionio - I don't usually say, but yeh, it would be the English version. If I was angry, it'd be 'pissed off', eh? And that'd NEVER work ;p

Comment is about Biting the Bullet (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Hard to read this without the "frission of fear" also hitting reader too. A powerful portrayal of an emotional moment in life.
Cate xx

Comment is about buying time (blog)

Original item by James Lancaster

A beautiful little poem. Economic but well structured and saying a lot in such a little.
Cate xx

Comment is about Portrait (blog)

Original item by James Lancaster

Inequality exists because we allow and even celebrate this kind of selfishness and greed in this country - or rather, the mainstream press and media and their billionaire paymasters do! Most people are more like you and just want fairness and tolerance - but despite having the numbers, we don't have the power!

Comment is about Us and Them (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

I like the ambiguity of 'pissed' - either the American or English meaning would work. I suspect tho that as we're in England, it's the English meaning, which is the funnier of the two...!

Comment is about Biting the Bullet (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

I think aggressive jaywalking is best -= scare the c**p out of those drivers in their safe little cocoons!

Comment is about To the man who splashed me with a puddle this morning (blog)

Original item by Anna McCrory

Ah - a nice fantasy, Larisa - or is it true?!! It's OK, you don't have to say in public :)

Comment is about It is so good..... (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

I enjoyed this a lot - humorous and acutely observed too about how we think and behave!

Comment is about A List of Words I Couldn't Say To You (blog)

Original item by Josh Coates

Hi Isobel. So glad you enjoyed Tomboy. I think you're pretty much spot-on on the way you read it. It came out of a chance encounter with a childhood friend on the train few years ago. She recognised me first, then launched into this "guns and roses" recollection which took me aback. She also supplied the "rifle under the bed" line which was so good I felt I had to try and build a poem around it. I do see her as strong, not weak. She was shy and quiet and became a single mother in her teens, but was confident and settled and moving up north - and a grandma!- when I saw her on the train.

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

No, Ann, Tomboy is not about the missus! I think she's strong - and, yes, there is quite a lot of truth in it.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Larisa! I like the honesty and the hope despite the disappointment expressed. The heart is of course really our private feelings and sometimes we show them and sometimes we don't - but we can still write about them and this is touchingly done here! x

Comment is about Don't Touch My Heart! (Biting the bullet) (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Hi Larisa - am having technical troubles tonight so I hope you get this message! Thanx for your comment. In case I can't comment on your poem underneath the poem, this is just to let you know that I read it and liked it!! x

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Lynn! You are my dear! It's just my style and the poem made me smile. Enjoyed reading it. With warmest wishes, Larisa

Comment is about Read My Lips (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Thank you, dear Lynn.

Comment is about Don't Touch My Heart! (Biting the bullet) (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

As I said on f-book, really like this and the nice twist at the end, look forward to performing it with you at Guitar n Verse next week! Thanx for comment on Night Drive.

Comment is about Biting the Bullet (blog)

Original item by Andy N

the image is called "dragon egg" :-)

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

I like this poem, Larisa. And thank you for your kind comments on "Us and Them". Warmest wishes, Lynn xx

Comment is about Don't Touch My Heart! (Biting the bullet) (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Good evening Bernadette-hope all is ok with you-hope to see you soon-best regards-Stef-xx

Comment is about bernadette herbertson (poet profile)

Original item by bernadette herbertson

Thanks for your kind comment on my latest blog piece. x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Isobel, Many thanks for your comments. I really appreciate your constructive criticism - it's what I joined for! I do like to try to go for a formal structure from time to time for the challenge but I absolutley agree with you. It's not always right for the feel of the words. This is quite an old poem - I am working on a couple of formal pieces at the moment. Looking forward to seeing you soon. x

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel