A very good story, well written and flows well.
Bernie

Comment is about Why beach glass reminds me of Stan (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Nicky,
thanks for your comments on Kinsella and of course i would be absolutely delighted for you to use it in your project. Would it be possible for me to see the results?
I'm really chuffed! :-)
Janet.x

Comment is about Nicky Burrows (poet profile)

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Thankyou Cate and Andy.x

Comment is about Unkind Gesture (Haiku's) (blog)

Dave - i'm a woman so of course the devil is a man just as the devil is most likely a woman in your scenarios. Opposite side or darker side of our emotions. Somat like that anyway. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.

Nicky - Wow to yourself! I'd be chuffed for you to want to use Kinsella in a project like that and want to see the results too if that's possible please. Yes of course you can. I'd be absolutely delighted. Thankyou.

Antonionioni - thankyou too for your supportive comments.

Comment is about Kinsella ( parts v and vi ) (blog)

soooo good.

John

Comment is about Happy Dagger (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Greetings Dave, many thanks for your comment on For Whom The Wheel Turns.... see you tonight at the Tudor if you manage to make it.
Cate xx

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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Oooooo... just popped in here to thank you for your lovely comments on my last effort for Whom The Wheel Turns, and saw this comment from Graham! The naughty man! And here was I girding my loins { metaphorically speaking that is} and going in gung ho to defend your amusing poem!!!!!Cate xx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi Isobel, just catching up on my comments. Thanks for yours on For whom The Wheel Turns.
Cate xx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Hi Yo , just catching up on my comments. Thanks for yours on For whom The Wheel Turns.
Cate xx

Comment is about Yolande (poet profile)

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Hi Cate thanks for taking the time to read and make comment on 3am

steve x

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

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the last line was unexpected for me.. but nice one, tone!

Comment is about Pointless 7 (blog)

different to the other which i read first, but there is a punch behind these certo.. good stuff!

Comment is about Unkind Gesture (Haiku's) (blog)

havent done haikus in ages... you are getting me back in the mood for them.. nice stuff!

Comment is about Thaw (Haiku) (blog)

totally agree with bucket, it really has a lovely natural rhythm.. did expect this for some reason cant explain to go really dark at the end but nice stuff..

Comment is about Ideal (blog)

Original item by Lydia

nice stuff, tone.. shame the last line ran over as it makes the beat a little longer and perhaps is a little out compared to lines 1 to 3

Comment is about Pointless 8 (blog)

Think the devil could possibly be a 'she' dave, then again, for those who question theology, so could 'God'. We constantly mention 'Mother Nature'. Interesting thought.

Comment is about Kinsella ( parts v and vi ) (blog)

wow! have just read this, having a relaxing mooch after finishing working, saved it so i can peruse it tomorrow (hope you don't mind). would like to use Kinsella in one of my teaching sessions. scheduled a project for them to put images and music to poetry to create a mini film, would be amazing to see what they come up with, the imagery is so vivid.x

don't think we have seen the last of Kinsella.

Comment is about Kinsella ( parts v and vi ) (blog)

this poem gives me the feeling of a loss of control and disjointedness that makes me quite uneasy. 'semi-detached' sums it up quite well, that line from my personal and subjective viewpoint is the crux of the piece for me.

Like it. Brutal and to the point, but perplex and open for question. A thought provoking one.

Comment is about brain hemorrhage (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

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Comment is about Nicky Burrows (poet profile)

Original item by Nicky Burrows

a very sever 'cut up' Steve

Comment is about mind chin (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Great review, Dave. Thanks for your company. You need to get more practice at putting things up in the dark.

My guest blogging for Apples and Snakes on a website which spawned the My Place or Yours show continues at http://myplaceoryours.org.uk/ My own write up of the show will follow asap.

Meanwhile, I was well-chuffed with this review of my set at Big Chill in trendy indie mag The Fly
http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/blogs/5807/the-big-chill-round-up

Hope to see you soon.

Comment is about Big Chill Festival (article)

You cannot be serious Graham!!! Thankfully you're not or Cynthia might have thrown her tennis racket or mouse at you. Have just read your comments on Cynthia's profile - you are naughty but funny. Nice one Cynthia. x

Comment is about Three A.M. on an Old Computer (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Cynthia, I'm afraid that I have to confess to having been a little mischievous with my comments about the 3am poem. I was trying to test your reaction to some less than positive feedback following your comments in the discussions section.
The whole problem with so many different styles of poetry is that it is certainly almost impossible to balance what is good and what is obviously poor. With the more modern stuff, I think it's more like the emperor's new clothes, like modern art, if you don't get it, it's your problem.
So well done for being honourable, and a big slap for me for being disingenuous.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi Dave
Amen to your thoughts.
Thanks for the comment though, and apologies again for the Haiku (if indeed that is what it was)
Steve M.

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Cate
Thanks for the comment. I'm presuming chilling is ok?
This came to me after looking into a room used by Age Concern, where all the easy-clean chairs were set out around the wall. One other visitor couldn't bring themselves to go in to the room because of the memories it brought back, visiting her parents.
It just made me think
Steve M. :-))))

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

Original item by Cate

Thanks Cate.
Bernie

Comment is about Don't (blog)

Cheers Steve,
Bernie

Comment is about The Willows (blog)

Don't normally like short structured poetry but would agree that you capture 'fractured motherhood' very well. One I can identify with.

Comment is about Tainted Wings (blog)

Like this one Stephen - you sense the history, feel the desire - imagine the joy of such a reunion - all done very subtly.

Comment is about Re-union (blog)

Original item by stephen smith

So did I. Very succinct!
Cate xx

Comment is about Don't (blog)

Ahhhhhhh...... but the wheels turning...... lol
Cate xx

Comment is about Pointless 7 (blog)

Im with Dave on that one! This is such a chilling piece of writing Steve. God forbid any of us end up in a place like this!
Cate xx

Comment is about Old Folks Home (blog)

Anyone who cant accept the hand of peace isnt worth bothering over Janet. Forget them and move on.
Caye xx

Comment is about Unkind Gesture (Haiku's) (blog)

How rude Graham. Surely not everything has to be deep and deeper? I for one chuckled for ages over this. I enjoyed it. I was amused by it. I enjoy going back to read it. So did others. So its not a grand eulogy, or a treatise. But it`s successful in its intentions.
Cate

Comment is about Three A.M. on an Old Computer (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Naughty tooth fairy. She wants smacking and sacking!!
Cate xx

Comment is about Tainted Wings (blog)

Your poetry, Marianne is a runaway horse. Something captivating about it, something fractured and deranged. (All in the nicest possible way) Keep posting

Win x

Comment is about Lament (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Very thought provoking, Steve. "Worn-out people in worn-out seats" is an especially good line.
Let's hope our care homes have got computers and broadband!

Comment is about Old Folks Home (blog)

Hi Janet

I have enjoyed the tale very much - sorry to see it ending. One question - why is the devil always "he" ?

Comment is about Kinsella ( parts v and vi ) (blog)

Oh , I forgot, congrats on getting on to your Masters.

Comment is about Lydia (poet profile)

Original item by Lydia

Good bouncy poems ,good subject matter and it looks like you have the hat trick= reading what Dominic Berry has written. Hope to share a stage with you sometime.
Hip Hip Toodle Pip
Spencer

Comment is about Lydia (poet profile)

Original item by Lydia

A fascinating ending Janet - and nice to see Kinsella regain that inner calm. I would still like to see her grab a toasting fork and prod the devil up the hairy arse though - but who's to say there won't be a Kinsella parts 7 and 8 - I am sure Rocky managed it. We could perhaps rename it Rocky or Mission Impossible - if I were more of a film buff, I could come up with loads of possibilities.

Comment is about Kinsella ( parts v and vi ) (blog)

hiya Isobel, cheers for all your lovely comments on my poems, it's appreciated...i write to record my memories on feelings and it's good to dispense such feelings too/ theraputic?...plus i'm studying textiles, so writing has always been an interest of mine and another creative outlet. the WOLOP award sounds like a nice idea definintely xx

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Original item by Isobel

Bucket, Lydia thank you both for your comments.

Lydia it is purely fiction, the Fathers voice but could easily be the Mothers.

Brought up RC Lydia, something always remains.
Bernie

Comment is about I Curse You. (fiction) (blog)

liked this Lydia

Comment is about Ideal (blog)

Original item by Lydia

this has a lovely natural rhythm to it. Nice work!

Comment is about Ideal (blog)

Original item by Lydia

This was written about 4 years ago when I was in my first relationship... You know the feeling, loved up, happy and looking to the future. It is designed to echo the nursery rhymes of my youth. I don't generally write rhyming poetry, but it seemed appropriate for this one.

Comment is about Ideal (blog)

Original item by Lydia

the second stanza is so beautiful

Comment is about I Curse You. (fiction) (blog)

This is very powerful, very strong. If it is fiction, it is a fantastic interpretation of the anguish caused by the loss of a child. I find it very interesting that you use a capital letter for the name of God, an athiest, agnostic or general non believer would usually use a small 'g' so this tells me that, although the speaker will "never believe again", they still have some belief in a higher power.

Is this from a mother's perspective? Or a Father's, either way, I think it is excellent!
Lydia

Comment is about I Curse You. (fiction) (blog)

Hi Isobel, thanks for your comment on haiku's and other poems of mine too.
Your straight-forward and honest approach is both refreshing and joyful, and that goes for your comments on others work too.

Janet.x

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Hi Nicky, sorry i forgot to thankyou for your comment on the later edition of Kinsella and your encouragement.

Janet.x

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