Hi Steve, thanks so much for comment on Empty, really appreciated! I did enjoy writing this, its completely different for me so glad you thought I used words well. It is Amy Mac's 'Run' - you're the only one to mention that so far! Cheers Steve, keep up the good work, Jeff I'm still bit behind but be catching up with your stuff soon!

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Original item by Steve Regan

yea....but if you think you are ONLY your perceptions: Try crossing the road with your eyes shut!

Comment is about Logic, Reason, Perception, Experience. (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Brilliant this Tommy. a corker. You have made every word count in a short poem which is bigger than its number of words alone. fantastic. Win

Comment is about I Leant Against The Wall (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Tee hee - on the whole, I enjoyed it too. Yes perhaps we are all emotionally hungry and maybe that's why we spend so much time on WOL.. or is that because our mothers didn't feed us well enough as children or because we all married the wrong people or because life is all about unsatisfied needs....an interesting and well crafted poem Dave - you seem to end on a positive note, which is encouraging.

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Bravo to the entire Web Team, and all that you do to run this site : )

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Hi Chris its Bernadette Herbertson here Im a new member to WOL have just logged on and hope you dont mind me commenting ! Just read What's it all about and really enjoyed it. It was full of fun and good humour...Bernadette

Comment is about What's it all about (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

loved the poem tc-persephone lay tangled? have ye not discovered verily ye newe mobile phone?tee-hee-tc! when do we get to see yer teef?

Comment is about I Leant Against The Wall (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Amen B, cheers.

Comment is about Norm. (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

Thanks as ever Jeff re your remarks re Shirley's Bedroom...


Your a star... but ya know that already!

Gus

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

Thanks amany Izo your kind and thought through comments as welcome as ever re Mrs Pragnell's Shop

Thank you
Gus xx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Thanks for your comments re Mrs Pragnells shop... Yes where would this world be if we had elected galvanised buckets into parliament... a better place I've no doubt.

Thanks again

Gus

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Original item by Steve Regan

Hi Gemma, can feel trapped reading this, very intersting, see ya soon Jeff x

Comment is about Keep Talking (blog)

Original item by Gemma Lees

Hi Alan, great imagery cheers Jeff

Comment is about City Canal (blog)

Original item by Alan McKean

Hi Dave, like your poems here and this lovely idea, with some great lines, best wishes Jeff

Comment is about Love Passes (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Brilliant, must have been an interesting get together! Best wishes Jeff

Comment is about British ? (blog)

Tons of deserved comments Nickt, very enjoyable, great read, best wishes Jeff X

Comment is about 'Siren' (blog)

Original item by Nicky Burrows

Nice one Steve, very subtly powerful, Jeff

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Original item by garside

Hi Steve, nice one, think I will meet her this weekend! cheers Jeff

Comment is about Siren on the Rocks (blog)

Hi Deb, no worries hope to bump into you soon, love this can feel the landscape, great words and atmoshpere, Jeff X

Comment is about Samhain (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Well, thats cleared that up! Nice one Kealan, like the concept and good ending, very philosophical! cheers Jeff

Comment is about Logic, Reason, Perception, Experience. (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

I liked all of this one Nicky... The amazing first line. Could be one of those famous firstlines of a book. smoothed cheeks was also a favourite. great read. Win

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Original item by Nicky Burrows

Sorry everyone for the jump, only a little one, but got in trouble off Mr Bradley as you can see for my spelling of Cicadas - habit because I call them chickadees.

They sort of become background music when you practically have them on your doorstep all summer long Dave. Maybe that's why I am slightly mental lol x

Comment is about Finale (blog)

Original item by Nicky Burrows

this is really good, i like the way you end the lines with conjunctions on several occasions making it accessable to read. Overall i really enjoyed it.

Comment is about Feed me, feed me now (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Nicky

another good one, dusk beautifully evoked. You do ring the changes in the atmosphere and feel of your poems don't you.
Two problems with cicadas - one is the spelling, the other is that although yes they do sound great for a while, after a bit they can drive you mental

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Original item by Nicky Burrows

Intriguing image links, bit like an interwoven illumination in celtic style..powerful voice and puzzle..like it very much and ask if you would add a word to "thermals" to avoid modern connotations. I like the last one on this theme too, but didn't have an adeqaute comment at that time.
Steve Smith

Comment is about I Leant Against The Wall (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

haha. Get it now!! How very clever of you. I'm impressed x

Comment is about Feed me, feed me now (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Sorry to re-blog this - usually avoid that. Initial letters now in bold. Live and learn

Comment is about Feed me, feed me now (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Seventy years? Do we have a fixation with the age seventy at the moment Mr Bradley? The line 'youth is no defence' lept out at me, and probably for all the wrong reasons, and made me wonder at what age, mentally we start to get younger, when does the mind begin to devolve?
Probably bears no relevance to what you meant and I am sure you will enlighten me. lol.

Enjoyed it though.x

Comment is about Feed me, feed me now (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Cynthia

Thanks for commenting as ever. The poem's structure (if that isn't too grandiose a word in the circs) flows from the importance of the initial letter of each line. I hoped that would be clear, but it seems to be another 'live and learn' one.

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Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

a prize you're not entitled to give as it wasn't sent to you. but thanks for re-affirming what i already thought about you.

Comment is about Steve Regan (poet profile)

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Hi Winston, I equate Mercury/ Hermes also with Woden. He has a rich collection of associations with smithcraft and technology. Also with language and communication. I think the Internet comes under his remit too.

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Original item by Winston Plowes

nice stuff - like the end in particular

Comment is about Finale (blog)

Original item by Nicky Burrows

Loved this one Cynthia... It is the smooth galaxy chocolate of the poetic world. Strange choice of last line I thought but I also thought that line really worked well. had the sense of being alowed to whitness a secret and personal ceremony. Win

Comment is about Girl in a Lake (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I think this is excellent!
You have weaved a seductive tapestry that has tangled me up in face of the siren - I am in awe!
There are many lines I really like but "swan path shifting seductive to the shore" lulled me in perfectly.
Brilliant work.
x

Comment is about Girl in a Lake (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

mimimal and i dont know why but i like it

Comment is about The stops (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

What do you mean 'more or less'? I don't want to think negative thoughts about it if that's not what you intended.
I do have to keep reminding myself that age does not always equal wisdom.

Comment is about Feed me, feed me now (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

I would like to know what people think of this. Mr Waling, it is much altered as you suggested.

Comment is about Girl in a Lake (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Freda, Thankyou foryour comments onthe Silver Surfer piece. As the Herald of Galactus, the surfer can indeed be seen as the Mercury role. Ancient myth and legends are still great stories today and if their themes can be recycled in a different format then great. I am interested in the surfer more than other superheroes as he is a tormented soul. Possessing such massive powers which ienvitable end in the destruction of lives and worlds. His character is more detailed and emotionally deeper than others also. I had not thought about the parallel with current global environmental issues but I guess that's there also. Thanks for your detailed views. Win x

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Original item by Freda Davis

Hi Jeff,
sorry again I wasn't in Hebden for your fundraiser gig, I hope it went well. Lately I have to keep going back north to keep some appointments. deb x

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

I am no good with a hammer. Thanks for your attention though.

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

exactly...to thine ownself be true!!

Comment is about Norm. (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

For me..its to paint beauty.

Comment is about The Conclusion. (blog)

Original item by Beulah

Yes , they enjoy the kill. But then the same happens to any animals we eat...pigs ..sheep etc. Worth remembering that we can survive without meat.

Comment is about The Dead Mermaid (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

this sounds a lovely place in the sun, although of course it is now nightime. After the heat of the day, the beauty of the night...

Comment is about A Day in the Life (2) (blog)

Original item by Andy Williamson

GONE?....your poems gone

Comment is about The stops (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Hi Kealan.

Thanks for your comments on "A Day in the Life". I just came back from Gentral America, where I penned a sequel. I posted it on here a few days back. Complete antithesis !!

Take care, Andy

Comment is about Kealan Coady (poet profile)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Hi Jeff
Thanks for your comments.

I live where the Glastonbury Festival takes place, and so I understand what you mean by the vivid picture you paint of the festival site. Maybe you're just 'trench' weary. Hope you decide to make it next year.

Take care

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

Hi Steve, glad you liked my poem 'Taken'...
Thank you for taking the time to read and comment.

What ever do you mean by this?
'It's a bit durrrty though!'
Hmmm... Does this reveal something about what's in your mind?
Because... I could have been describing the thrill of a dance (dance)... ; )

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Original item by Steve Regan

Steve thank you for your kind comments on eleven/eleven. I agree with your view on reportage.
strangely I had these few words in my mind "we break our men" for over a week. It wasn't until I suddenly thought of the juxtaposition of poppies (as in Flanders and Afghanistan that the other words came.

Comment is about Steve Regan (poet profile)

Original item by Steve Regan

Thank you Winston for your comments on my poem 'Taken'...
always greatly appreciated.

I did read Andy N's (as you had suggested) and commented.

I really like your latest, but a bit confused by the ending, so I am reading it a few more times...

Moi x

p.s. Is the typo in the title of your poem on purpose?

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