Thanks man i wrote 'at least we tried' when i was about 15, some of my worst work but i thought i'd just put it up anyway because it was harrassing me.

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

this is a clever piece Jeff, short and sweet.

Comment is about recycling (blog)

Original item by JEFF.W

I think very many of us could identify with this one Anne. Haven't got round to getting any sleeping tablets yet - mainly cos I haven't got time to go to the GPs - I tend to wait until I have a few ailments and then blitz him with a package. Don't be fooled by that users on line box though. For every one user on line, there are probably another 20 not logged in.

Comment is about 1 user on line (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Had another looka at this one and really like the structure. It made an impact without feeling 'forced' maybe it could be taken further or condensed into a 3 liner. I may have a go. The only weak link in this chain (and it does seem like a chain to me) is the line sounded bells. though I am stuck for something better. Is this a well known format? not seen it before Win x

Comment is about Christmas (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Hi Ann - I'd endorse Greg and Christine's comments. Insomnia is a bugger, and this electronic universe we inhabit is a strange one - well done for being so open about it. The GP's given me some Zopiclone which works and has no side effects but I try to take it as little as possible. Take care

Comment is about 1 user on line (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Vivid. Lovely. Enough to make you start breaking into zoos!

Comment is about Camel and I (blog)

Original item by jane wilcock

Don't feel guilty about your internet addiction, Ann - in case you do - we've all got it to a greater or lesser extent. And if you weren't online so much we wouldn't have such a sprinkling of wonderful poems from you. This one encapsulates something we all recognise. Keep them coming! Greg

Comment is about 1 user on line (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Forgot to say when commenting on the lovely drawing that I like the poem too (the one with the camel). The well is at Madron in Cornwall, though the poem was inspired by Alsia Well, my fave well, but didn't have a picture. But I love all wells.

Comment is about jane wilcock (poet profile)

Original item by jane wilcock

This is a tantalisingly beautiful poem. Mesmeric (if there is such a word).

Comment is about Bedouin (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Hi Ann
Now why did I have a bet with myself that you'd be the first to comment.
I just fancied an antidote to the usual claptrap about Xmas

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Nope! Still up. Sounds like I might have got more than you though - I didn't get up 'til 4!
Cx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Myabe only one use on line - but not the only insomniac on WOL .... hope you get some sleep.
Cx

Comment is about 1 user on line (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Exquisite!

Comment is about Bedouin (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Beautiful.
Cx

Comment is about Bedouin (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Whatever the stance I think she got a hole in one Gus.

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Powerful and very potent and so very well written Debs.

Starlight.x

Comment is about Bedouin (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

this is wonderful x

Comment is about Camel and I (blog)

Original item by jane wilcock

....Dont ya think she shoulda da had her right thumb over her left showing her V pointin to her shoulder ... swing back slowly... an follow thru... then shewoulda had him good an proper...

Comment is about Tiger in the Dark Woods (blog)

Original item by Malpoet

Who would have imagined that 2 poems could be posted on camels in one day? No humping going on in this one though eh Jane? The poem takes you into the imaginary world of children well - a magical tale with a lovely ending. That is what Christmas is all about. x

Comment is about Camel and I (blog)

Original item by jane wilcock

Wonderful, wonderful piece of writing... XXXX

Comment is about Marilyn (blog)

You are so right cate... but suddenly I realised I was only 12 and what do boys do... sorry... love Christmas really ..
just don't like all the sticky sweetness ..

Thanks again

Gusxx

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

Original item by Cate

...I am not worthy... this is just so wonderful.. you always amaze me with your words I could live and die within them ... just beautiful...
Gus xx

Comment is about Bedouin (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Have a lovely Christmas Sian. It is a wonderful time to be unrestrainedly sentimental and I praise you for it. Graham

Comment is about Christmas (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Hi Emma - thanks for printing your poem - it will do there. For future reference, all you have to do is go back to your original blogged poem, edit it and put WOLOP.nov or whatever month we are on, in the tag section, then press update. Your poem was nominated by another poet - I just collect the emails from people and publish the results - it was a good poem though. Hopefully you may like to get involved on the voting side next month - I am trying to drum up support. All you have to do is let me know your favourite December poem by 6th Jan. My email is farmoorgirl@yahoo.co.uk. I will send a reminder out on blogs beforehand though. Merry Christmas. x

Comment is about Emma McCourty (poet profile)

Original item by Emma McCourty

Hi Isobel, I posted the HUMAN poem for you to see. Thank you for nominating it in to the competition! please let me know if i posted it in the right place for you. take care. em.

Comment is about WOLOP for November (blog)

Original item by Isobel

HUMAN-3

Feelings piercing skin
Tensing bone
Nothing stored for yourself
control stolen, hope lost
the 5am struggle to sleep
Not a speck of time
to breath

Head space packed and swelling:
abusive ideas with heavy fists
bashing fragile flesh and tender mind
damaging and destroying
assembling self doubt
feeding insecurity
starving souls

Struggling to like yourself,
lie to yourself
and paint the world positive
cope with the shape of existence
cringing at lifes texture
And dreading!
the colour of tomorrow

Desperately Seeking logic
in rubble of feelings
miss-spelling life as 'shit'
searching and searching
for hope

rawness, tenderness on skin
pores constrict, hairs curl up
pain laqueres skins surface
expecting, anticipating
injury

until you are a shaking tiny ball
defenses finely tuned
and you sleep and dream
and hope and pray
not to wake

Comment is about WOLOP for November (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Hi Isobel! I just got your message about a poem I wrote called HUMAN. do you want me to enter it for a competition. wow! it brilliant that its thought so highly of. let me know asap. sorry im late getting back to you. my internet access isnt regular.Take care. em

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Many thanks, Cate, I am glad you enjoyed Camel and I. My children are grown up so I am resorting to my niece to read it to. My daughters friend, Grace, has produced a few illustrations for me. Your comments are always vaued. Best, Jane

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

Original item by Cate

Thanks for reading Camel and I, Ann. My daughters best friend, Grace, does me the pics for my poems. I love them, too. I enjoyed reading Sacred Well recently and wondered if it was Mother Shiptons cave, Naresborough.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Pics for my poems are courtesy of my daughters best friend, Grace. Thanks for the commentand taking the time to have a look

Comment is about Camel and I (blog)

Original item by jane wilcock

I love the little picture - did you do it?

Comment is about Camel and I (blog)

Original item by jane wilcock

What a magical tale told from a child`s point of view. The repetition gives the feel of travel and movement, and there is some lovely imagery in here.
Cate xx

Comment is about Camel and I (blog)

Original item by jane wilcock

I know that look.... my mum practised it on me, and I practised it on my children!
Cate xx

Comment is about A Wonderful Day (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Just come across this Cynthia, it`s a clever one . It can be taken two ways depending on who owns the letter in the drawer. The fact that it is open to interpretation makes it compulsive reading!
Cate xx

Comment is about Letter in a Drawer (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I love this, a great image!

Comment is about I am lifting the piano with one hand (blog)

Original item by Gaia Holmes

Well Im not ashamed to admit I love Christmas too. It may be uncool, and it may be too commercialized, and it may be religious { oh anathema!!} but your poem says it all for me!
Cate xx

Comment is about Christmas (blog)

Original item by sian howell

A definite feel good poem - makes you remember all that is good about Christmas, which is sometimes hard to remember in the build up.

Comment is about Christmas (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Nice one this Sian. It reads like a Christmas wish list.
It creeps up (or down in this case) on us once again. Happy festivities to you.

Starlight.x

Comment is about Christmas (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Of course Homeward Bound has a north-west connection, doesn't it? Was it Wigan or Warrington station Paul Simon was sat on? As an S&G fan and a railways buff I'd like to get it right

Comment is about Bobby Dylan (blog)

Photographs by Rachel Bond

Comment is about Frank Abrahms at the Tudor House, Wigan December 2009 (photo)

Beautiful.I love the line:
"You quickly jumped outside the frame
into a world just out of sight"
It captures the speed and surprise of death, not surprising that your visual imagery is intense , given you're a painter. I loved this and was left feeling comforted rather than sad. Also the photo reminds me of being in Meribel in the early 90's

Rachel
x

Comment is about My Friend the Ghost (blog)

Original item by Alison

I love your writing. I'm not much cop at lit-crit so I'm never sure exactly why things grab me, but your writing does, it makes me sigh.
Rachel
x

Comment is about Gaia Holmes (poet profile)

Original item by Gaia Holmes

Thanks very much for taking the time to have a lok at and comment on my stuff. It's very much appreciated.
Cheers
Rachel
x

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

Lovely stuff this,it had me laughing , (why is such a vastness called a 'mere') and then seconds later gasping in sadness. I really felt it. I also love the imagery, it had me right up on Beacon Fell. Thanks for the emotional work out.
Cheers
Rachel
x

Comment is about Under the Wire (blog)

Original item by John Aikman

;-))) You missed 'Bulging Bellies' ha ha
Very festive ;-)
TCX

Comment is about Christmas (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Merry Christmas, nice idea for the structure in this Sian. and a good contrast to the previous blog post! Win x

Comment is about Christmas (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Quite right - don't apologise. A real "It's a Wonderful Life" poem. Bedford Falls on Christmas Eve. Excellent. Happy Christmas!

Comment is about Christmas (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Losing someone so important to you from your life it does feel like all the pain in the world is yours, glad you're feeling a bit better now.
Movingly hard to read work,
Cx

Comment is about Bereavement (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove