Thanks Ann, a dint is a dent in my local accent, plus it sounds better with rinse.
Just re-read what I've put there and it doesn't make much sense...or does it? Sorry, I'm tired!
Glad you liked it
Cheers
x

Comment is about Where the Wind Sweeps Down To The Sea (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

I really like this poem, it just flows so beautifully, very resonant for me personally too.
Rachel
x

Comment is about The man who dripped digitalis (blog)

Original item by Gaia Holmes

Hi Ann, thanks for the kind comments so far and the tip about posting gradually. I just wanted to get a handful up and then I'll add to them as and when I can in future (one at a time!). So far it seems like a great place to read and share stuff, so quite exciting really! Thanks again, Thom

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I know the Romans used toilet spoons - dread to think what for! (ex-archaeology student A.F.)

Comment is about Softer (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi again, a really nice poem and those bolts of trees stopping to have a rest - great and unusual image, really like it.

Comment is about Sunrise Over England (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Love the gull stalking the sand in a parody of tap! And a great first line too. What's a dint? I love the sea in winter too!

Comment is about Where the Wind Sweeps Down To The Sea (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

I really like tis, all about passion, yet you sound such a gentleman in that last line!

Comment is about Lay Down Your Guard (blog)

Original item by Tom

A beautiful sensitive poem, carefully thought out and full of love - and poetry.

Comment is about Your Poem Is Still Young (blog)

Original item by Tom

Hi Thomas - your poems are very good. I know I encouraged you to post some bloggs, but they would get more attention if you maybe put one up a day rather than several all at a time. I have found that if people see a stream of them together, they might not read them all properly, and some people even seem to almost resent seeing several bloggs in a row. As I feel I encouraged you in the first place, I don't want your poetry (which really is a lovely addition to this sight) to sink without trace all in one go. I know I'm sounding like your old mum giving you advice but I would actually delete them except the first one or two, then pop them back up individually over the days to come. But do tell me to but out if you like! lol AF x

Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

Original item by Tom

Hi Thomas

I was struck by this. Powerful, balanced, provocative use of language, and as Francine says, we can all relate to it. Also interested to read your profile. You certainly have talent - I hope you stick on WOL and keep posting

Comment is about One of These Years (blog)

Original item by Tom

Retirement is wonderful Steve, but I seem to be rushing round busier than ever. I can't answer Gus' question, but did visit the Bet Shean archaeological site in Israel in October. The display by the (mixed sex) 2000 year old public latrines there says that people used a leaf and twig. Hmmm.

Comment is about Softer (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Thanks for the suggestion Andy, also thanks for reading it! I spent aaaaages sorting and re-sorting the order of the 4 shorter lines to find out which sounded right. Do you know, I have just re-read it without the motorway bit (which seemed important at time of writing because I saw the view from the car and committed it to memory) but you're right, it sounds lots better.
Thanks for that
Rachel

Comment is about Sunrise Over England (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Is this what retirement has done for you?
Given you the time to contemplate that is.

Steve

Comment is about Softer (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

nice one, sian... enjoyed this

Comment is about Christmas (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Cheers Winston, it was written about Fleetwood (where I grew up) Whitby in January sounds brill...the sea side in winter is the best....feeling all nostalgic now! :)

Comment is about Where the Wind Sweeps Down To The Sea (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

very well wrote indeed.. bet this took a while to write! x

Comment is about Bedouin (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

enjoyed this rachel in particular the poem seems to get shorter and shorter lines by the end... have you considered removing the last line 'the motorway slides by...' as i think 'kissed with freckles' could be a lovely ending? x

Comment is about Sunrise Over England (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

A quite interesting history Dave for instance what did queen Victoria use? ... or Queen Elizabeth 1St... or for that matter the ordinary work a day man and woman through the ages......

I was used to Newspaper on a string when I was a lad..TitBits was my favorite publication...

kept me in the lav for hours...

Good Read
Gus

Comment is about Softer (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Sian

Re Christmas - yes definately better.

Comment is about sian howell (poet profile)

Original item by sian howell

Do you know? Now that you've pointed me in the right direction on this, it almost sings like a carol. I wanted to say at the end "and a partridge in a pear tree" really clever. Graham x

Comment is about Christmas (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Ah! you clever girl. what a lovely hidden little treat. I can se I'm going to have to watch a bit more carefully from now on.

Comment is about sian howell (poet profile)

Original item by sian howell

Loved this elemental offering Rachel... I love windy stormy costal holidays, going to stay near Whitby in Jan for a weekend and hope there are aspects of this poem of yours in my visit. Keep posting.Win x

Comment is about Where the Wind Sweeps Down To The Sea (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Thanks for reading Camel and I, Dave. I enjoy reading your site and the variety of your subject. I enjoy the reflective mood of Thinking Back as it really doea provide the image. Best, janex

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Many thanks for taking the time to read Camel and I, hoping I find you full of thought, enthusiasm and originality as always, jane

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

This is so true, it should be placed in everyones hallway as they exit to the trolls.

Comment is about A Wonderful Day (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks Cate you are most kind...did you notice what I did with each line? if not take another look, I was just trying to set myself a little challenge. sian x

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

Original item by Cate

Ah, I see what you mean, Cynthia, I hadn't thought of a giraffe interloping in on my nativity trail. However, its the twice mentioned neck length reference isn't it? Well, camels stand 7foot at the shoulder and can eat vegetation at 9-10 foot high so I think they might be able to peer upto a window. But mainly, having read Terry Pratchett books, I think they are very nosey!!. Best, jane

Comment is about Camel and I (blog)

Original item by jane wilcock

I think we can all relate to this one!

And here I have been meaning to study Spanish...
One of these days... Just not today ; )

Comment is about One of These Years (blog)

Original item by Tom

Sorry Thomas, I tried to email your profile email and it bounced back. Have you written it correctly?

Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

Original item by Tom

Hello Thomas, welcome to WOL. If this is a taste of what is to come, we're in for a treat. Your words are very well chosen.
If you'd like some initial criticism, I would punctuate your lines to give them more emphasis, so that we can read them as you do.
It helps this too if a poet doesn't start each line with a capital letter, although many poets do not think this important. It's up to you.

Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

Original item by Tom

This really is quite delightful, although perhaps a bit long. Loved the repetitive chorus, like "Chicken Lickin' " or whatever name is given to 'the sky is falling' story.
I do have a question: a couple of times I almost had the impression of 'giraffe' characteristics rather than 'camel' and I had to remind myself of the image I'm supposed to be seeing. Could be just me, but I did struggle with it.

Comment is about Camel and I (blog)

Original item by jane wilcock

Absolutely fabulous! I'm not a night owl - yet. This is so DYNAMIC. Love it.
You can check, you know, to see who the other person is.

Comment is about 1 user on line (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Some people just have to do it their way : )

Comment is about Biography of a Backward Man. (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

hi there matey thanks for your comments on the "recycling" poem

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

thanks for you comments on the "recycling" poem :)

Comment is about Kealan Coady (poet profile)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Thanks for your comment man. The crazy thing is he is actually experiencing life like that. It's actually not backwards he just does things in the opposite way of everybody else. eg. He was divorced three times because he was'nt truly in love ,then he found (real) love. He was a doctor first because he didnt have the grades good enough to go to college so he self taught. Hence doctor first.He died before making his masterpiece is implying that people only get really famous after they die. And he created a cult but never went to mass is him rejecting the church and choosing to take his own spiritual path. Etc.....

Comment is about Biography of a Backward Man. (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Hi Thomas - welcome to WOL. I think we all (unless we're super-bigheaded, not many poets like that surely!) have doubts re quality control! But I really think that if Pull Apart The Perfect Nest is the sound of your voice, then you are a poet! It's very good and very moving. And it's very original the way you've used images from nature, with moss and twigs and feathers, to describe this sad tearing apart of two people and their home and their hopes for the future.
I find that if you want some feedback, people usually read the blogg poems. Hopefully many also read the profiles, but there are so many poets on the site that you could get missed. So don't be shy, blogg away!

Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

Original item by Tom

Thanks for the blog on the Sentinel, you can delete this after if you like ;-))
Love TC XX

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

What Issy says is true Annipoo... foxglove ;-)) there is many a red eye scanning here not logged in ;-)) Keep your heart on your sleeve though ;-))
Love TC X

Comment is about 1 user on line (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Isobella, yes I enjoyed MCing at Wigan for the most part ... though I did sense there was some sniping in the wings, a little coldness of heart and meanness of spirit, which left me feeling saddened towards the end. Hope you are feeling better soon! You're welcome at the Bards anytime. PS someone told me Darren had put up a review but I never got to see it, as it was, as you say, taken down quite quickly.
Just why it was removed so quickly, I don't know. Though I could hazard a theory!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

thanks johnny, your more than welcome to a hit :)

Comment is about John Darwin (poet profile)

Original item by John Darwin

well man sori bout not replying earlier, i went to the hospital and left the computer on. howya?

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Hello again Ann,
I agree with the "on the bus" and anywhere anytime inspirations too. both "Copse" observed from the motorway and "From a train" etc are testament to this.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Or backwards!

Comment is about Biography of a Backward Man. (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

you are sometimes too clever for your own good, jeff but nice one

Comment is about recycling (blog)

Original item by JEFF.W

jeff - i know two people who has said you are silently but deadly in a different way - lol.. nice one otherwise!

Comment is about silent but deadly (blog)

Original item by JEFF.W

interesting stuff, kealan... would like to see you attempt to do that live..

Comment is about Biography of a Backward Man. (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Although insomnia is a devil if you've got to get up to work in the morning, I find many of my best ideas arrive in the quiet hours.

Comment is about 1 user on line (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Nice One Kealan. Interesting idea, I'll have some of what you're smoking :-)

John

Comment is about Biography of a Backward Man. (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Hi Steve. Thought you did a great job at the Tudor last week. Darren did a lovely review in blog format but for some reason removed it quite quickly so you probably never got to read it.
Hope to see you soon - not sure if I can make the Bards - no-one to go with and a bit under the weather at the moment.
Queen Isobel xx

Comment is about Steve Regan (poet profile)

Original item by Steve Regan