A lovely and very touching poem written by Steve and performed beautifully by Isobel and Steve about Steves wife. It was such a shame it only got to be performed at the end of the evening. There were so many poets on , but I would have liked to have seen this done not as the last spot.
Comment is about Isobel helps out Steve Mellow at the Tudor House, Wigan December 2009 (photo)
Great to see you at the Tudor Steve..... you came such a long way. Hope you got back safely with all that fog!
Comment is about Steve Mellor at the Tudor House, Wigan December 2009 (photo)
Great to have the New Brighton crew down.... I enjoyed this spot.
Comment is about The Tudor House, Wigan December 2009 (photo)
Yes - you can usually count on Jeff for a funny turn... except when it isn't - much of his new stuff being more serious - but very listenable to nonetheless.
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Tue 15th Dec 2009 19:28
Comment is about Frank Abrahms at the Tudor House, Wigan December 2009 (photo)
Always great to hear Jeff give a turn,
Comment is about Jeffarama at the Tudor House, Wigan December 2009 (photo)
Great job of compering Steve..... not always easy keeping things running smoothly with us lot. Well done you!!
Comment is about Steve Regan at the Tudor House, Wigan December 2009 (photo)
A cracking rendition even - but it wouldn't surprise me if his rendering is cracking with all the ranting that must go on in his house...
Comment is about Pete Crompton in full flow at the Tudor House, Wigan December 2009 (photo)
Isobel contemplates what Pete`s got in his pocketses
Comment is about Isobel at the Tudor House, Wigan December 2009 (photo)
A cracking rendering from Pete about the misunderstandings between him and his dishwasher!!
Comment is about Pete Crompton in full flow at the Tudor House, Wigan December 2009 (photo)
Alan was on top form, and his Christmas offerings were as hilarious as usual.
Comment is about Allan Grey at the Tudor House, Wigan December 2009 (photo)
I think I recognise this girl........... woooooops yes..... its my daughter!
Comment is about The Tudor House, Wigan December 2009 (photo)
The Tudor Roses blast forth with Gaudete in four part harmony. Eat your heart out Steeleye Span!!
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Forget X factor, who is going to be the Christmas WOLOP. I think you're nailed on Dave. Flushed with success??
Comment is about Softer (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
<Deleted User> (7073)
Tue 15th Dec 2009 19:05
Blimey Sian !! that is so clever !! still you could have squeezed Bulging bellies between:-
'Halls a bounty'
'Boundless love'
But it might not have had the same ring to it ha ha...;-))
TC X ;-))
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Thank you muchly - you are a Christmas star! xx
Comment is about Frank Abrahms at the Tudor House, Wigan December 2009 (photo)
I also think this is good. The last verse says it all, clearly and honestly. Who could resist?
I found a little insecurity in the pronouns - as in what exactly was/were the referents in the first verse.
Comment is about Lay Down Your Guard (blog)
Original item by Tom
As in many of your other poems I really like your use of images from nature, makes it very visual for me.
Comment is about Aurora (blog)
Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey
what a great subject to skillfully write about...well done you. thanks by the way for your comments . Did you notice what i did with each line? I wanted to set myself a small challenge you see. Merry Christmas Sian X
Comment is about Softer (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
Absolutely lovely - tone is captured immediately and maintained throughout with great skill.
Comment is about Your Poem Is Still Young (blog)
Original item by Tom
Just read this for the first time and i love it, it is so haunting and the description of the natural setting of the poem is - well, I can see it and smell it.
Comment is about Samhain (blog)
Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey
Hi Cynthia, Thanks for the comment! You're right as well, it's a problem I come across time and time again not knowing when I've said enough! You'll probably see this again in other poems too, but I'll take it on board for future compositions. Thom
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If lines like this just drip off your pen, I am so impressed. They are refreshingly different and imaginative. Your mental sea of words from which you select your diction for any given poem must be washing around in your mind, constantly.
Comment is about Where the Wind Sweeps Down To The Sea (blog)
Original item by Rachel McGladdery
You should probably listen to Cynthia, Thomas, but I couldn't help (even as a believer in life after death) enjoying the whole thing. Reminded me a little bit of Blood Sweat and Tears "And when I die"
Comment is about Then Give Back (blog)
Original item by Tom
Thanks for sharing this blast from the past Cynthia, I enjoyed it. 17! Blimey.
Comment is about The Christmas Tree (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Brilliant, Tommy.
Comment is about Christianity and other myths (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Tommy I agree that Limbo is a barmy idea. The best presentation of it all I've come across is in The Great Divorce by C S Lewis
Comment is about Christianity and other myths (blog)
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A very embracing poem. I like the 'choral' repetition.
But I do think it is too long. I was won over, and then a bit let down. Sometimes lovely lines, whole verses, just have to wait for another poem. They may scream blue murder, but the writer is the boss who must be ruthless against 'stuffing'.
Comment is about Then Give Back (blog)
Original item by Tom
Just to say I found your poems today and liked them a lot . I assume that the hands Fassbinder is asking about must be your hands which now resemble your dead fathers hands. I have my fathers hands too. This is my assumption anyway!
Comment is about Anna Percy (poet profile)
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Unusual and thought provoking. I especially like your opinion of the church. My understanding of a christian after-world is that it is merely a ghost story to scare people into "acceptable" behaviour.
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Original item by Tommy Carroll
haha yea I know, It took me ages to try figure out which order to go in I suppose all four are in use at the same time?
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Lovely photos thanks Rachel. Paul - there are a few poets missing and the compere. Didn't you also take some Paul?
Comment is about Frank Abrahms at the Tudor House, Wigan December 2009 (photo)
K ''aha but behold, logic first then reason, then third down the line perception'' indeed, though the reverse is then appropriate...: )
Comment is about Kealan Coady (poet profile)
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Hi Dave, Thanks for the comment on my poem! Must say I particuarly enjoyed 'Old Texts' on your samples page, struck a chord with me. Great work. Thom
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<Deleted User> (7073)
Tue 15th Dec 2009 16:10
This is a lovely poem, to think you were just 17 too... wish I had my writing's going back to then ;-).
TC X
Comment is about The Christmas Tree (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Thre is a joy and a vibrancy to this, and an innocence which is counter-cultural to our modern, cynical, doomy world. There is also a Betjeman-esqe tone here that is a refreshing antidote to all the smarmy clever-dickery that passes for poetry these days. It cheered me up, Cyntha, and that takes some doing!
Comment is about The Christmas Tree (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Steve, great tour of sensory perception and human wanting, and of the role of coincidence and timing. I love this line
"Hope , like alcohol, is after all, addictive as all ritual,"
and the killer last two lines...
"I press the button to go down again.
I step out into another empty hall."
Good to see you at the Bards!
Comment is about Perfume in a lift (blog)
Original item by stephen smith
Forced rhyme? ...in a poem about arses, shit and toilet paper? - now that won't do...I suppose you could always swap it for the word numb...
Comment is about Softer (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
Dave, Ienjoyed this greatly when you read it the other night at the Bards - even though I'm scatalogically sensitive. Great rhythm to it and great use of rhyme. If I have one wee criticism it is for this line ..."made me glum", which is a bit pooterish and comes across (to me, anyway), as a bit forced... fnarrrr!
Comment is about Softer (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
A poem that brings out everyone's arse wiping anecdotes can't be a bad one! Let me see, what can I dredge up? Used to use many a dot leaf in my childhood, if I was in the woods and couldn't be bothered coming home. Often had to resort to newspaper. Times were hard so we used the Mirror...in fact, forget palm reading, you could have learnt a lot from my backside....A wonderful poem Dave - I thoroughly approve of toilet humour, as you well know. Cleverly crafted humour.
Comment is about Softer (blog)
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What do Andrex toilet tissue and the Starship Enterprise have in common?
They both circle Uranus - and get rid of Klingons . . .
Nice one Dave. (Prefer those "moist wipes" personally; very comfortable and civilised.)
Regards,
A.E.
Comment is about Softer (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
steve mellor
Tue 15th Dec 2009 14:32
Making a rare foray into the comment pages:-
'And Joseph beside her, the baby divine'
shouldn't that be 'and Jesus beside her, the baby divine'
or 'and Joseph beside her, with baby divine'
:-))
Comment is about The Christmas Tree (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Deborah Jordan Bailey
Tue 15th Dec 2009 14:10
thank you Andy, for your kind comment on Bedouin. about three quarters of an hour i think, i can't quite remember, i was in a strange trance at the time.debz xx
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Deborah Jordan Bailey
Tue 15th Dec 2009 14:06
thank you Anne, for your very kind comment on Bedouin, Debz xx
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Deborah Jordan Bailey
Tue 15th Dec 2009 14:02
thank you Gus, for taking time out from Grandfatherly duties and sending me your lovely supportive words once more,thank you, Debz xx
Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)
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I adore this. A lovely reminder for me (I have a natural tendency towards grumpiness) I love the domestic details, it feels homely and very real. The spatula exclamation mark is just perfect.
Rachel
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Comment is about A Wonderful Day (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Thank you Cynthia....it's a bugger for ventriloquists to read though! :) Thanks for taking the time to read and comment,
Cheers
Rachel
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Comment is about Sunrise Over England (blog)
Original item by Rachel McGladdery
Rachel, this is very engaging. 'blind - blossom - ribbon - boil' etc. has lovely internal music. The personification of the 'bolting trees' is novel. From fancy to reality is well captured by the 'hissing motorway'.
Now I shall read the other comments.
Comment is about Sunrise Over England (blog)
Original item by Rachel McGladdery
Cate Greenlees
Tue 15th Dec 2009 19:38
John performed with his usual elan and panache
Comment is about John Togher at the Tudor House, Wigan December 2009 (photo)