You've changed your tent - you need more diamonds for a tent than a tit ... well perhaps not in my case ... I don't own a tent. :)
Love it.
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Comment is about BIG DIAMONDS (blog)
Original item by Shoeless Carole
Really like this - fourth verse particularly! though maybe take out the quotation marks and she says?
Well done.
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Comment is about the poetess (blog)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
I really like this, agree with Graham, very charming. I can also identify (if you swop the shes & hers to hes and his), which I guess most of us can at some time or other.
Well done.
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Comment is about I Wrote A Poem... (blog)
Original item by Steven Kenny
Hi Isobel,
Thanks for your comments on 'Play Me', glad you liked it.
I've never tried a didgeridoo ... I don't think I'd be able to blow one, I prefer something much smaller and with a little more sophistication to it - like my clarinet. I agree though that finishing on a diminuendo is lovely.
:)
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Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
Original item by Isobel
Hi Ann,
Thanks for your very generous comments on 'Play Me' - you're up the right tree, so to speak, though - no, sadly, no lover present.
You should definitely post yours! - I love Sheherezade! :)
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Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
Hi Andy - thanks for your comments on 'Play Me' - glad you liked it. Perform it live! ... I think I'd be way too embarrassed! I have only managed to perform one of my own live so far, and that was with Paul & Winston's support - utterly nerve-wracking!
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Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)
Original item by Andy N
Hi Larisa, Thank-you very much for your kind comments on 'Play Me'.
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Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
<Deleted User> (7212)
Wed 26th May 2010 22:45
every time I make love it's a haiku these days....
Comment is about the poetess (blog)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
Sounds like you've got your priorities right LOL - if he has a brother, do introduce me!
Comment is about BIG DIAMONDS (blog)
Original item by Shoeless Carole
And does he wear his hair long and let it all blow in the wind?
A quirky little poem Dave - I like the ending - there's more to all of us once you look inside.
Comment is about human being (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
I love this Ann - all of it. You pretty much sum us female poets up - we love with body and soul - and words are just so important.
The ending is perfect!
Comment is about the poetess (blog)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
This may be better without the third and forth verses. But as I hate making decisions I left them in! Maybe because they make her seem like a real person I wanted to keep them in there. xx
Comment is about the poetess (blog)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
Ah yes! All that you say is true! And I love the first verse. A poem on it's own. x
Comment is about human being (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
Can but agree with the others. Outstanding
Comment is about Bad Faith (blog)
<Deleted User> (7212)
Wed 26th May 2010 20:14
Hi there - thanks for the very kind comments on the last two - it's much appreciated. all the best. B
Comment is about Nash (poet profile)
Original item by Nash
Loved this Dave. I've always thought it better not to show people the picture on the box.
Comment is about Jigsaw (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
There is a prayer-like quality to this Ann. I liked it but was also unnerved by its rhythm, strangely.
Comment is about family (blog)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
This has really pleasing little hooks that amplify what is a quiet little piece. I found it tender and charming.
Comment is about I Wrote A Poem... (blog)
Original item by Steven Kenny
Helen Thomas
Wed 26th May 2010 17:59
Thankyou Rev and Ms Foxglove - I've not been on the site for agesam I putting this comment in the right box? But thanks for your lovely comments wherever you are!
Comment is about Two more youtube clips from me (blog)
I guess I was dreaming of a time when the lion would lie down with the lamb etc, and was given the idea by the little picture (top of this page) even tho' it seems more domestic animals are involved here. So I won't be applying for that job at London Zoo then!
Comment is about family (blog)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
...but why is an elephant wise? and a zebra playful? don't zebra's run to escape lions? who try to eat them? omg your mother eating your sister!...I shiver to think of you in charge-Johnny Morrisy like- of a zoo.
Comment is about family (blog)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
This is very good.
Comment is about Bad Faith (blog)
<Deleted User> (8243)
Wed 26th May 2010 12:52
Well, my point has been validated. My London geography is so bad that the place is not even in London. My knowledge of Liverpool is strictly limited to Brookside Close. Pretty shameful considering my Dad lived down there for 5 years or so.
Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Thank you so much, Chris, Ann and Greg. I am fond of the first verse myself, one of the better things I've done. Don't like the 2nd verse so much, though, especially the last 6 lines, never seem to get them right.
Comment is about Bad Faith (blog)
This is magnificent, Ray. A poem about reality, but still very much a poem; fine language, structure and rhythm. You can't pick out one line that's not excellent. The final couplet is very powerful.
Comment is about Bad Faith (blog)
What a fantastic poem! Had to log in specially to say that!
Comment is about Bad Faith (blog)
Utterly fantastic poem, reminded me of Tim Minchin's style, very sharp, no hiding behind bathos.
I do worry though about becoming a 'heart-sink' myself, as my list of ailments increases at each birthday! Ah well ... as you say elsewhere - a marathon, not a sprint. :)
Well written, enjoyed it very much.
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Comment is about Bad Faith (blog)
Thank you, dear Ann for understanding and your comment. xx
Comment is about I am as I am (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Hello, Ann! I would like to thank you for your comment. I enjoy reading your poems. With warmest wishes, Larisa
Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
yeah, i think the last stanza ties it together.. enjoyed it.. x
Comment is about family (blog)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
Yes indeed! If we can be content with who we are, we are happy I guess. I chop and change about how I feel, but I always enjoy your positive, womanly, strong take on life Larisa. xx
Comment is about I am as I am (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Re "Family" poem. Gordon Bennet! I don't have to make sense do I? ;-) Anyway, thanks for commenting. I guess, Tommy, I was trying to imply (possibly in a Native American animal spirit way - tho the animals are not from there - except eagles) how I would like to choose different characteristics from different creatures, to be my ideal family. I am not a very literal person!
Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Hi there Anthony!Thank you so much for you comments on my Family poem. Didn't know I could do whatnot tentrameters or whatever it was you said! ;-)xx
Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)
Original item by Anthony Emmerson
Hello Lynn.Thank you so much for you comments on my Family poem. xx
Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Hello Larisa! Thank you so much for you comments on my Family poem. xx
Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Gordon Bennet! I don't have to make sense do I? ;-) Anyway, thanks for commenting. I guess, Tommy, I was trying to imply (possibly in a Native American animal spirit way - tho the animals are not from there - except eagles) how I would like to choose different characteristics from different creatures, to be my ideal family. I am not a very literal person! xx
Comment is about family (blog)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
I liked this poem and understood it in my own way. Thanks for sharing. With warmest wishes, Larisa
Comment is about family (blog)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
Very impressive Ann! Trochaic tetrameter indeed. Longfellow would be beaming at this African variation of his epic.
Regards,
A.E.
Comment is about family (blog)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
Yes, I was about to write the same as Isobel. Interesting and cleaver idea for a poem. Win
Comment is about Jigsaw (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
<Deleted User> (7212)
Tue 25th May 2010 20:51
Hi Dave - many thanks for the kind comments on "about you". B
Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)
Original item by Dave Bradley
<Deleted User> (8243)
Tue 25th May 2010 20:49
Pretty tremendous really. I liked the phonetic Yorkshire dialogue and casual racism, particularly those bloody ‘jocks’. The punch line deserved the suitably OTT build up. Nice one.
Comment is about A Yukon Tale . . . (blog)
Original item by Anthony Emmerson
<Deleted User> (7212)
Tue 25th May 2010 20:48
Hi Cynthia - thanks for the very kind comments on "grasping at straws". all the best. B
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
<Deleted User> (7212)
Tue 25th May 2010 20:43
Hi Ann - not really my kind of poem - I thought, until the last verse, which needs the foregoing ones to put it in context - masterful !
Comment is about family (blog)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
<Deleted User> (8243)
Tue 25th May 2010 20:37
I am pretty ignorant when it comes to London geography as I am a half hearted militant Scot who rarely ventures south of the wall. It is a very hard hitting piece and created strong image of the area. If I ever find myself in Kensington I will take a print out of this poem instead of a map.
Comment is about Kensington (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Chris Dawson
Wed 26th May 2010 23:42
Lol - I think I've met him.
Croutonic? A little square and crusty? Floats in soup?
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Comment is about human being (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley