Who deleted the sausage comment? I rather liked it. And there was I, thinking we might get together to play football, have a threesome under the mistletoe... or make a collaborative poem...subject matter to be thrashed out... Tis the season to be merry, tra la la la la, la la la la

Comment is about WOLOP for November (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Hi Gaia
Enjoyed last night.
Here's an oddish request/thought for the next Puzzle. A month or two ago, I posted a poem 'The Sun Shone' which Winston did an audio version of, just a week or two back.
The main part of the text would probably be better, read by a woman, with the male voice for just the first and last two lines. If you have a look at the Winston version, the reason will become clear.
Do you fancy having a go?
I will not be offended in the slightest if you decide not (honestly, underlined). It's just a thought.

Comment is about Gaia Holmes (poet profile)

Original item by Gaia Holmes

Absolutely brilliant Paul, a sad indictment on today's youth and the vacuousness and hopelessness of their lives, skillfully juxtaposed with references from the hopeful sixties. Bit bloody miserable though.
Cx

Comment is about Last train to Shitsville (blog)

This made me feel better on this wet, windy, mucky morning! Really enjoyable poem. Thanks to you and your mother! Off to have my toast now. ;-)

Comment is about A Wonderful Day (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hello Mike, this is a really powerful and tragic poem. I suppose if someone doesn't value their own life, they don't value anyone elses. I don't think it seems real to them, but just a computer game. That's the tragedy too.

Comment is about POLICE - DO NOT CROSS (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Gus, many thanks for your kind comment.
How come I have favourable comments from 2 of the most objectionable gits on the site ?(Aikman and Emmerson by the way). I begin to worry.
I read the poem at Sowerby Bridge last night, but was met with a degree of stone-faced hostility from a small female claque. Freda takes it in good part, and knows that it's so obviously tongue in cheek (or is that a bit risque).

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Ah yes, this one makes me think of the rythem of life. Beautifully written andy

Comment is about Patience (blog)

Original item by Andy Williamson

Hey, wassup paul. Nice poem, had me giggling. Stay well.

Mike

Comment is about Last train to Shitsville (blog)

Aye, took me time to find a woman as loyal and as loving as you obviously are. Many men would give thier right arm to find someone who would invest in them some human qualities. You are obviously that type of woman. Fantastic.

Mike

Comment is about He ain't heavi(ly pregant), he's my brother (blog)

Original item by Mia Darlone

Nice one yosh!

Mike

Comment is about MY LIFE, MY LIFE, MY LIFE.... (blog)

Hi, my first crush was when i was seven years old at Booth Hall Childrens Hospital. i fell in love with a 14 year old girl while i was recovering from operations to my feet. i still remember her, and cried all the way home when i left the hospital

mike

Comment is about The Rose (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Hi jeff, at the risk of stating the obvious, we have all been there from time to time. it only takes the pea to tip the scales, and people remember the pea and not the mountain of mayhem underneath. such is life. Be well

Mike

Comment is about volcano.... (blog)

Original item by JEFF.W

Thanks Isobel. I hope I did it right - I can't tell - not very bright. Thanks to whoever does nominating.

Comment is about DARK ART (blog)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

Think I could do with your mother in my kitchen. Icy rain sluices down my windows every day and it is hard to look on the bright side sometimes...
I like the way you can give such insight into a relationship through a glimpse into everyday household life. This reminds me of other poems you have written about your mother. Very subtle writing.

Comment is about A Wonderful Day (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Good evening Ann

Thank you for having a read of my stuff. I'll give blogging a go sometime yes.

I wasn't sure whether it was justanotherspaceforapoem or a place to subject WoL poets to the minutiae of my rather insignificant existence. I think it is the former.

Fortunately... for all of us!

Have a great tunesday


J

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I am so so delighted, I am goin to celebrate right now with some Chablis, apples and cheese.

I do believe you've made my day.

Thank you for reading and voting, who ever you may have been
Augusta xx

Comment is about WOLOP for November (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Thank you for kind comment on my cat poem - she is sleek and slim, and she always wears the purrfect little black dress!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Delightful little ditty. Sleek and thin, I presume. And, yes, I agree, quite 'spooky'. But these instant connections do happen in families. My fifteen-year-old grandson would totally croak if he knew how often he sounds exactly like his mother - vocabulary - timing - tone - thought processing!

Comment is about my cat's audrey hepburn (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

A great poem, Sian. I love North American mythology, with its spiritual connection to all living things, especially animals. Perhaps you do too. Mind you, I like MYTHOLOGY period, but especially that of the First Peoples of N.A.

Comment is about Alpha Male (blog)

Original item by sian howell

With pleasure. Please thank the fellow poet who nominated it and I hope the group enjpys reading.

Comment is about shapeless & transcendent (blog)

Original item by Steven Dark

Yes - sometimes it is the straw that breaks the camels back. We all cope with horrendous ordeals but it is the smallest of tasks that can tip the scales and make it all register. Your poem expresses this well.

Comment is about She Put the \\'Tog\\' in Together (blog)

Original item by John Aikman

Congrats on your WOLOP win! Not quite as good as our 'cat sat on the mat' extemporising but a great poem non-the-less.

Comment is about Marianne Daniels (poet profile)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

No - you haven't John. You have to edit the poem and stick WOLOP.nov in the tag bit at the bottom, then press update. Hopefully that will work. Cheers.x

Comment is about Under the Wire (blog)

Original item by John Aikman

Very good - what an old clever togs you are!

Comment is about She Put the \\'Tog\\' in Together (blog)

Original item by John Aikman

Hi Barrie - hope you are well. This was nominated as an outstanding poem for the month of November. Please could you be so good as to tag it with WOLOP.nov so that people can read it as part of a group. To do that you just have to go into edit on this poem add the tag at the bottom and then press update

Comment is about DARK ART (blog)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

Not dense at all - lots of people seem to have struggled. Just go into that poem and press edit - then at the bottom enter WOLOP.nov as a tag. When you press update it will do it for you. Thanks.

Comment is about Marianne Daniels (poet profile)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

All you have to do is - edit that poem and add the tag WOLOP.nov in the tag bit at the bottom and then press update. Easy innit? x

Comment is about John Darwin (poet profile)

Original item by John Darwin

And I can hear imagine your chest heaving and drenched - racked with such obvious emotion...
If anyone is struggling to tag a poem - all you have to do is edit your blog and add the tag at the bottom, then press update....

Comment is about WOLOP for November (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Aaaah, I think I've done it. Many thanks to Admin Paul.

: )

Jx

Comment is about Under the Wire (blog)

Original item by John Aikman

Spooky indeed. The pic reminds me of Greta Garbo. Dark and sultry.

Nice little conversation piece.

Comment is about my cat's audrey hepburn (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I own a picture/poster of a lone wolf which this poem bears a lot of resemblance to. I was instantly drawn to the image while reading it.
Thankyou.

Comment is about Alpha Male (blog)

Original item by sian howell

I'd love to tag it...but I don't know how...being a fusty old fuddy duddy 'n all. What does it entail?

: )

Jx

Comment is about Under the Wire (blog)

Original item by John Aikman

Hello Cynthia, many thank you's for reading and commenting on Copse. I think your comments are very flattering as I am not the most technically astute poet that you are likely to meet. Once again many thanks and regards.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I'd like to thank my mother and father, who are no doubt looking down proudly through the holes in the floor of heaven, my brothers for their ceaseless encouragement, my wife, who has stood by me through the dark years and my children whose pride shines through their eyes. My agent, Lenny, for putting me forward for this award and my OU tutor and mentor for his guidance and kind words, but, most of all I would like to thank you, the voting public, for this recognition of the toil and effort, and sheer blood sweat and tears that is this thing that we all love...poetry.

'Ere, hang on, whaddaya mean I came equal third?

: )

Thanks Isobel for all your efforts and your ceaseless good humour. I can see the twinkle in your eyes from here!

: )

Jxxx

Comment is about WOLOP for November (blog)

Original item by Isobel

John, darling. if I may use that word - tee hee - could you please tag this poem with WOLOP.nov so that people may read it as part of a group. It was nominated as a favourite poem in the informal competition that I run. Thanks.

Comment is about Under the Wire (blog)

Original item by John Aikman

sorry to be dense isobel, but how do I tag the poem as a Wolop poem?? thankyou.

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Fizzobel, I have no idea how to tag a poem, could you enlighten me?

thanks
John

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Hi Debs - please could you tag this poem with WOLOP.nov so that people can read it as part of a group. It was nominated by a fellow poet. Thanks.

Comment is about Kilim (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Please could you tag this poem with WOLOP.nov so that people may read it as part of a group. I run an informal monthly competition and this poem was nominated by a fellow poet. Thank you.

Comment is about shapeless & transcendent (blog)

Original item by Steven Dark

Please could you tag this poem as WOLOP.nov since it has been nominated as a favourite poem. Thanks.

Comment is about The Sons (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

I love this, it has a mystical feel to it, like an echo from a magical age.
TC ;-) X

Comment is about Alpha Male (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Hello Sian ;-)Thankyou for your appraisal of The Enigma poem, I thought John had a point, then when I read your comment's I was pleased with the way you interpreted it, as that was the way it was intended to be read.( I guess it's all in the perception ;-) ) So you get 2 Thaumaturgically Charged browny points and a free Tarrot read for liking my poem as is ;-) .TC X

Comment is about sian howell (poet profile)

Original item by sian howell

Hello Sian, thank you very much for reading and commenting on Copse (I seem to be gawping at nature a lot lately, must get onto people stuff again soon). Noticed your new work, will read and comment as always. Great to see your creative juices flowing again and in a different style I think. Well done and speak soon. Graham

Comment is about sian howell (poet profile)

Original item by sian howell

what an incredible poetry talent you are ....really special sian x

Comment is about Mothers (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

I think a poem should make you feel...and yours always does my lovely...so whether it has a dark edge or a sunny tint is absolutely fine and yours inspires feeling in others and thats what all good poetry should do. Sian X

Comment is about Drifting (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Love ya Mia... Poem is ace x

Comment is about He ain't heavi(ly pregant), he's my brother (blog)

Original item by Mia Darlone

I love this too, so haunting! "I am departed from the day". Wonderful and sad.

Comment is about The Ghost of Me (blog)

Original item by Alison

Thank you so much for your comments on my poem about my mum, from one daddy's girl to another! It's taken me about forty years to realise how I took her for granted. I really love your poetry. I hope you will put some more up soon This one (above) touched me very much, particularly the last verse "for on my own I don't know how" indeed! I think it's the time of year, but I have been feeling very much in the past and sad because of it, the last few days, missing those who are gone. Hope you are happy, you sensitive soul. Lots of love AFxx

Comment is about My Friend the Ghost (blog)

Original item by Alison

Hello Allan
I really enjoyed your spot at the Trafford Arts Centre, Sale, the other week. Sorry I had to dash off part-way through - I was frightened to death of getting fenced in the car park which shut at !0.00!
I thought your poem "That's
Me" was really good - all the better for the performance although I'm sure it stands up in writing.

Comment is about Gordon Zola (poet profile)

Original item by Gordon Zola

Hi there Mia. You completely vented your spleen on this one. Highly charged, full of venom, but I can empathise.

Deep breaths...........and.............relax !!!

Take care
Andy x

Comment is about He ain't heavi(ly pregant), he's my brother (blog)

Original item by Mia Darlone