thanks for the comment, ann.. wasn't the most straightforward piece to write that one (has took a few weeks and a few drafts and at one point nearly became two separate pieces (let you guess for yourself which bits) but glad you liked it... Andy N xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Isobel; - glad you like my 'bite the bullet' - has took a few drafts and weeks to get to the bottom of this piece.. at one point - it nearly became two poems (i am sure you can work out which bits for yourself) but pleased you like it! (do have a few lil edits I want to make to it still but wanted to get it on here then emailed to Dave tonight) x

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

The long awaited bullet hits us!

Love the twist at the end Andy - twas most unexpected. Perhaps she was so exhilerated after finishing off her hubbie, she burst a blood vessel with the joy. I like the uncertainty of it all. It reads a bit like a Scarpetta novel... it is such a different take on the theme! x

Comment is about Biting the Bullet (blog)

Original item by Andy N

'We've all had enough of man and his shovel' - a line I can identify with..
I love your poetry Chris - you have such a gift for comedy. Just such a shame the wider WOL can't hear you perform - I can hear it in my head. You'll have to have a bash at recording. Izz x

Comment is about Is It To Annoy?..... (blog)

Original item by christine yates

Hehe

If it was guinness you were on, that's even better. Half beer, half food - a proper balanced diet

Comment is about An Eating Disorder (blog)

Hi Christine, I remember hearing you perform this at the Tudor, I really enjoyed it then and have had another laugh seeing it written down!John told us you had broken your leg... hope you`re feeling on the better side. At least there`s no going out for fish and chips for you for a while!!Cate xx

Comment is about Is It To Annoy?..... (blog)

Original item by christine yates

How sad.
Cate xx

Comment is about Requiem (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Very impressive Andy. Well done you! I especially like the "crime report" bits in italics. And it's got a real story to it too.x

Comment is about Biting the Bullet (blog)

Original item by Andy N

possibly a bit tellie in places for me, Anna but I do like this and I think you work well to the last line with this one.. Nice one..

Comment is about Aristotle clearly never met me (blog)

Original item by Anna McCrory

Nice snapshot memory here, Georgina... 'Boys like dogs on their hind legs' is my favourite line but I like the full piece, as it only tells us part of the story and leaves it to the rest of us to fill in the blanks.. top one!

Comment is about House Party ('09). (blog)

has a song like quality here, steve which would work with the last line certainly, but in the form of a poetry, it's probably too much with the extra 'How' I feel.

I particularly like gotta say 'How long can I deny the weeping eye?'

Nice stuff..

Comment is about How (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Yes! I agree. We have to be strong so that to survive in this world. I wouldn't like to speak about respect. To my opinion it has nothing to do with being strong. I don't really care what a gray mouse think about me, and I don't need his or her respect. I wonder what my friends think about me and those I respect. But! I am a woman and you are a man. Right? Even at my age I still don't know if I am strong or weak. There are so many different situations in life. Sometimes I win, sometimes lose.

Comment is about IF I AM STRONG (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Thanks both. I had a thing about symmetry too. I used to get half pissed on Friday night and half pissed on Saturday night.

Comment is about An Eating Disorder (blog)

This is different and that's good! Luckily I've had my tea already...

Comment is about An Eating Disorder (blog)

Hi larisa - I suppose being strong is what we have to be most of the time as people seem to respect it more - as long as it doesn't turn us into horrible people!!

Comment is about IF I AM STRONG (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

I think we do - they are just different from the norm and the guardians of normality come down on us like a ton of bricks every time - nice people that they are.

Comment is about Aristotle clearly never met me (blog)

Original item by Anna McCrory

ha, true- we did go up and down the stairs a few times that night though xx

Comment is about House Party ('09). (blog)

I like that line 'Eyes followed each other's backsides...' altho not sure whether thats physically possible :)

Comment is about House Party ('09). (blog)

Hello Winston, i'm sorry if this is the wrong place to be asking. I want you to remove my profile from the website. There isn't a problem. I am highly unlikely to perform at the events so it is surplus to my requirements. Thank you for your kindness.

Jayne

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Thanks so much to all of you for such lovely comments.
Laura, your comment is very relevant to me as I can't imagine being without my last son either!

Comment is about Empty (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Delete delete delete love it throw of the past and hello future bring it on xx

Comment is about Deletion (blog)

Original item by Isobel

thank you for your comment and would like to say love your poems thought full and provoking especialy "If I am strong" sometimes I think we can appear to be too strong afraid to show our vulnerable side xx

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Welcome to WOL Anna.

Comment is about Anna McCrory (poet profile)

Original item by Anna McCrory

Blimey - this took me right back to being a kid. I'm not sure how close to reality this is, but it deffo rings bells for me. I had a thing about being completely symmetrical in everything I did, and it swallowed entire days and weeks!

I really like this :)

e2a: so much so, you've inspired me to write something about that childhood obsession! Cheers!

Comment is about An Eating Disorder (blog)

- competing with a 'friend' of mine for more/for less but we only ever play each other 'in the minors', we both kind of know it could never be any more so we play games with one another. i guess the poem's about me finally having enough of just 'playing'/ being played by someone who i thought cares about me but musn't. it's the idea of i'll play but i always lose when it comes to them because they're better at it/they aren't a very nice person? Isobel's pretty much got me down to a tee (well done mind) xx

Comment is about (Played) In The Minors. (blog)

Hi, dear Lynn! Thank you so much for the comment on "Two souls". And....please,
do let me know if you notice some mistakes.

With love and respect, Larisa

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Thank you my dear friends for your beautiful comments. Love you.

Comment is about Two Souls (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Very nice Larisa - I do rather like the comparison to diamonds my friend - I like to refer to good times shared as Diamond Days :)

Comment is about Two Souls (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Are you in a cryptic mood here, Kealan??? lol

Comment is about now (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Hello mut - nice to see your slobbery face again. Has anyone managed to house train you yet? xx

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

I should probably give extra reasons for my choice of words Alvin. Meaning of words is often more important to me than their poetic appeal. In an ideal world, what you want to say would go hand in hand with poetry - but it just doesn't always work that way.

Rationalise has two meanings - to get rid of something unnecessary and to apply logic and reason. Both meanings were important to me. I didn't see purge and purify as too unpoetic and there is some alliteration.

Sanitised is probably an odd choice but there again, I wanted to tie in 2 meanings. One - cleansing, two - returning to sanity - which I accept isn't exactly a meaning of the word but could be assumed poetically. I accept that verse 2 is probably weaker than the last - I just write to express things sometimes and then move on.

Comment is about Deletion (blog)

Original item by Isobel

This raises many questions, too many to be answered here I suspect, Larisa, but i really enjoyed reading it. It is undoubtedly true that love is only returned to a lover - therefore it is conditional, not unconditional - apart from one's family of course, who you love partly out of self-love and partly out of duty (I feel the Maxims of Rochefoucauld coming on again...!)

Comment is about My Opinion (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

I like this one - the longing, the needing is so well expressed. I like the play on the title - I'm presuming the beloved is no longer there and there is a little bit of fantasy going on. Love the 'late in the breathing hours' line - also the 'bloods rhythm drowned' idea. I think it is an excellent idea to share earlier work - after all, there is quite a turnover on here. I might do the same myself when I hit a dry spell. x

Comment is about The Parting (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Quite scary in its plausibility...

Comment is about New Poem: Before Faking Your Own Death... (blog)

Ahh - i know what you mean there, Steven. Very well expressed. (In fact, it would be a perfect ad for the lodger of one's dreams!!)

Comment is about You (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

This is a brilliant performance piece Chris - have heard you do it a couple of times and it always creases me up. I love the humour in it - you have really managed to tune in to the funny side of all the crap these magazines peddle. I remember the refrain as being Chitter Chatter - perhaps I misheard it. Am so glad you posted it. It's a shame there is no audio - this one really needs to be heard. x

Comment is about Take A Break....Chit Chatter (blog)

Original item by christine yates

Take a Break and scoff a kit Kat while you're at it, nattering away like there's no today.

Comment is about Take A Break....Chit Chatter (blog)

Original item by christine yates

That's a Monty Python line, almost...

Another one is 'My brain 'urts...' which it did yesterday, I must admit.

Comment is about now (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

would that be a wigwam or a teepee or maybe even a yurt ??

Comment is about now (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

I like this, Larisa, I think perhaps in the first line you need to say "a many sided personality". Hope you don't mind me saying this, I really like it. Best wishes, love, Lynn xx

Comment is about Two Souls (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Thanks for the comment Alvin. Maybe I wasn't in a singing mood as I deleted my inbox.

Thank you again Steve - I read a tad faster than I would have liked and I'm working on trying to get my voice softer but I appreciate your opinion - I think I have come a long way since first joining the site. Amazing what reading other people's work can do for you.

My next recording will be something totally different - and my voice will be as low and slow as I can get it. LOL xx

Comment is about Deletion (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Why rationalised
Why purged purified sanitised
It doesn't sing like your other work

Comment is about Deletion (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Beautiful! Love your style of writing. Enjoyed reading it. With warmest wishes, Larisa

Comment is about Take A Break....Chit Chatter (blog)

Original item by christine yates

Love it.
I think 'pulses' - but I'd move it to the next line.
Cx

Comment is about The Parting (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Try imaginary friends reunited

Comment is about Imaginary Friends (blog)

Would that be something completely different?
Cx

Comment is about now (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

What do you mean by that?

Comment is about now (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Hi Lynne

Thanks for your comment on mine, and I'm glad to have helped inspire you to write this. My own mother had a stillborn daughter. If she hadn't been stillborn, I wouldn't be here - they only wanted two kids, see. Not massively relevant, but thought I'd share that. She didn't see her kid either, that was back in '67.

Comment is about Empty (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

I missed the innuendo in the title at first glance.I like "late in the breathing hours" a lot. You could lose "now" from 2nd line.
I can't decide which is "correct" -Through my fingertips pulses or pulse?

Comment is about The Parting (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

thanks for the version of 'they cut into the hill' - am well impressed with that, must admit.. you took it in a very different way to me but I love it...

I'm off next week - will text you later in the week to see when you are free for a pop in as this piece is probably going to be one of a series of poems!

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

Original item by Gus Jonsson