"I sweep delicate memories of you into a bin that's never full". Beautifully written. A heartfelt poem and I loved every bit of it. Thank you for this.
Comment is about Cleaning Up Again (blog)
Original item by Mike McPeek
Skill and truth combined
Bravo, Stephen.
Comment is about Victims (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Congratulations Elijah on releasing an eBook! I downloaded it and have started reading it. I too am fascinated by consciousness, subconscious, memory, etc. Your presentation of African historical analysis, personal stories, and poetry written by yourself & other Africans makes a powerful read indeed. I hope your book finds its way into print and gets a wide distribution.
Comment is about The Conscious African Poetry eBook (blog)
Original item by Elijah enenche peter
Truly an opportunity missed, Stephen. And thanks for the Likes, Red Brick and John.
Comment is about Tell ‘Em What You’re Gonna Tell ‘Em, Tell ‘Em and Tell ‘Em You’ve Told ‘Em (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Stephen,
Thank you for this poem which deals with the unseen victims of all wars. Well written and to the point.
Thank you for this,
Keith
Comment is about Victims (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
A like the way sleep and dream merge with reality. Scary, though it is!
Comment is about Face the Fate (blog)
Original item by evelynisevergreen
Thanks, John. It was alright for our outside bog.
Comment is about THE DAILY MAIL (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
An interesting and thought-provoking poem. Thank you.
Comment is about Face the Fate (blog)
Original item by evelynisevergreen
I was once offered a training course on 'how to give a training course'. I didn't take it up because I was on a training course.
Comment is about Tell ‘Em What You’re Gonna Tell ‘Em, Tell ‘Em and Tell ‘Em You’ve Told ‘Em (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Dear Writeoutloud, I just released my first eBook on Consciousness and Poetry. The eBook, entails brief history of African civilization, literature, collection of poems.
I'd love you to download via https://selar.co/u2x5 or request for a free copy via my email enencheelijahpeter057@gmail.com
Thank you
Comment is about The Conscious African Poetry eBook (blog)
Original item by Elijah enenche peter
I love the determinism of the ending, Holden. Powerful poetry! I love "the sanctity of a sunrise," too. 😎
Comment is about Numbered... (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Beautifully written with the message that light and hope can destroy darkness. It's such a coincidence that even I've written about night today. Yours is great. Thank you for this Helena.
Comment is about All Is Light (blog)
Original item by Hélène
You’re welcome, Graham.
https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=129026#page_comment_276728
And Thankyou, Helene.
Comment is about Tell ‘Em What You’re Gonna Tell ‘Em, Tell ‘Em and Tell ‘Em You’ve Told ‘Em (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Nice piece John and shows the Mail has been consistently bigoted through many a decade.
You can always count on the Daily Fail to keep it classy. I recently found a copy I'd nicked from my parents in 1979. It had the death of Sid Vicious on the cover and some wonderfully daily mailisms e.g. "punk rock star Sid Vicious, the inadequate youth who turned a tasteless pop gimmick into pathetic real life" or "the adolescent who really believed punk joke". As a punk at the time, I was offended by this and I didn't even like Sid Vicious.
Comment is about THE DAILY MAIL (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Some people try to run away from their depression by taking heavy dose of sleep.
But it just appeared in their dreams.
Comment is about Face the Fate (blog)
Original item by evelynisevergreen
Got it! I think?
Comment is about Tell ‘Em What You’re Gonna Tell ‘Em, Tell ‘Em and Tell ‘Em You’ve Told ‘Em (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A poem on how being lost in passion, nature and creativity and the ancient things that heal us brings us back. Still needs a lot of editing to turn it to poetry, it reads a bit like a list, I need mythic notes and I might make twice as long.
Comment is about The cure all [ iasis] (blog)
Original item by Mirabel
Can you just tell us that again JC?
Comment is about Tell ‘Em What You’re Gonna Tell ‘Em, Tell ‘Em and Tell ‘Em You’ve Told ‘Em (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you, John and tryingthings. I think I'll have to write the script now for an episode in the new series with his nephew. I guess all the plots are fairly similar and it's the atmosphere created which makes it so watchable.
Thanks to Nigel, Telboy, Clare, Manish and Sailendra for liking.
Comment is about Law and Order (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Written with a wild yet thoughtful imagination. A poem worthy of several readings. I enjoyed every word.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about Alchemy of Love (blog)
Original item by Rob Cohen
Thanks, Helene. What a delightful comment. I shall treasure it! 😄
Comment is about Wild Strawberries (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
I agree with Keith here, JD. A superb poem with just the right amount of wry cynicism whilst considering deep philosophical questions. Bravo. 5 stars!
Comment is about Just a few questions before departure (blog)
Original item by JD Russell
Thanks Tom. That were quick our kid! John
Comment is about Ditty (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Thank you all so much for your kind comments! I love to write for my grandchildren, so I really enjoyed writing this - makes me smile to think of others smiling. Thank you! ☺️
Comment is about Sunny. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Welder Man
Yellow firedancers
Orange glow
Intense heat
Welder Man
Structure bonded
Job done
Scramble bike
Homeward bound.
Comment is about DSC_8850.jpg (photo)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Thanks Keith and Stephen
I’m happy it gave you food for thought
I got to the penultimate line of the poem and thought it was all over ,!
Then I wrote the final one and thought , it is now
Comment is about Line (blog)
Original item by Edbreathe
Tue 11th Apr 2023 09:47
The photo got me reading - transported me back to my afternoons in UK!
Comment is about Law and Order (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Love this! A fun read about tidying things up in the garden & the mind. Really good flow to the words. Love the conversation between the surprised garden & the equally surprised gardener, and then a jump into the poet's shoes. Really cool!
Comment is about Wild Strawberries (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
In memory of 617 Squadron, Scampton. We're currently fighting a battle against the government and the Home Office to save this iconic site and its heritage with a £300 million private regeneration deal with a heritage centre, museum, hotel, and aviation and aerospace projects, bringing 1,000 jobs to the 4th poorest area in Europe, rural Lincolnshire, and to stop the inhumane housing of asylum seekers in shipping containers on the runway. ❤
https://www.change.org/p/stop-raf-scampton-being-turned-into-a-detention-camp
Comment is about 617 (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thank you John.
I'd love to get a book published, but wouldn't have a clue how to carry on.
Glad you enjoyed this little "true" story.
Comment is about Armadillo... Draught British Sherry (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Mon 10th Apr 2023 20:37
Thank you so much, John, your kind comment means a lot! 😊
Comment is about Indistinct... (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Love this, Stephen. Had me intrigued from the start. I want to watch the episode, now! Intriguing ! 😀
Comment is about Law and Order (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thanks so much, Stephen. I'm not so sure about being a gardener, though 😂. Thanks for the likes, Clare and Nigel.
Comment is about Wild Strawberries (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
I can only echo John's words, Clare. A real pleasure, this one.
Comment is about Sunny. (blog)
Original item by Clare
A point well made, Uilleam. It looks like a rather sick own goal.
Some teenage scribblers have got to go, I reckon.
Comment is about Britannia in Cloaca Maxima Est-Britain's in the Sewer (blog)
I loved this poem, John. It is a story of achievement and redemption. OK, it's only a garden, but what a garden. And what a gardener!
Comment is about Wild Strawberries (blog)
Original item by John Botterill
A breathtaking poem, Pete. I like the way it builds and builds, until the finishing line we can't quite reach.
But did the ball cross the line at Wembley in 1966?
Comment is about Line (blog)
Original item by Edbreathe
A poem transformed into a litany until the vanishing line. Poems such as this require reading between the lines to discover the real meaning of a line.
A Clever piece of work.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Line (blog)
Original item by Edbreathe
Thanks for comments Manish, Stephen, & John! I so enjoy reading the tidbits of analysis. You make me notice things in the poems I didn't notice when writing them. That's one of the things I love about poetry and all forms of art...it often taps into the subconscious (even at times the "superconscious" (soul) level) perhaps?). A poet without a reader is like a song without a melody. Thanks to all writers & readers on WOL!
Comment is about Sacred Spaces (blog)
Original item by Hélène
A problem shared is a problem halved, as they say. A delightful, subtle poem, Helene. Such skill! 😀
Comment is about Sacred Spaces (blog)
Original item by Hélène
Aweso/e, KJ. Another classic. Get your narrative poetry book published. It would be a best seller! 💪
Comment is about Armadillo... Draught British Sherry (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Delightful poem, Clare. Whimsical and lyrical, but with a sprinkling of your wisdom, too! 😀
Comment is about Sunny. (blog)
Original item by Clare
Thanks John.. Yeah, I knew it wasn't full iambic pentameter but i enjoyed writing it still and glad you liked it too. means a lot. Cheers buddy
Comment is about Early Spring Sonnet (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Stephen Gospage
Thu 13th Apr 2023 16:56
Thanks, John. A rather nightmarish quality, so well described.
Isn't there a disturbing funeral scene in Bergman's Wild Strawberries? Maybe a link to your last piece!
Comment is about Passing Thoughts (blog)
Original item by John Botterill