A little gem of a poem Pete. So much said in so few lines.
Cate xx

Comment is about Tingle (blog)

You`ve got to think about this one Janet, but I like the flow of words, not sure if I`ve interpreted it correctly though!
Cate xx

Comment is about The Healer (blog)

I like this one very much Andy, and agree with Isobel and Janet that it describes loneliness and isolation so well. Very few of us havn`t been "at the edge of the world." its a case of gritting your teeth and hanging on till you come through it. A fine poem!
Cate xx

Comment is about Edge of the World with Billy Mackenzie (blog)

Original item by Andy N

I like this one Janet. It is not obvious but I would call it fathomable and very subtle.

Comment is about The Healer (blog)

A sad one Andy - you do capture the extreme isolation that unhappiness can give you. Am wishing that I could reach out and give you a hug - you'll have to settle for a cyber one. I'm hoping this was just a moment in time for you - cos we all have plenty of those and you have captured it well.
Isobel x

Comment is about Edge of the World with Billy Mackenzie (blog)

Original item by Andy N

A very sad one - she must have been very special - rose tinted glasses or no.

Comment is about Tingle (blog)

Great expressions - many will find this connects well with their own lives.....

Best wishes

Comment is about Tingle (blog)

I really do like this Andy. It has so many mixed emotions. I really did feel like i was on the edge of the world. Trust me, i've been there spiritually.
Quite amazing. Some sadness too.

It does it for me :-)
Janet.x

Comment is about Edge of the World with Billy Mackenzie (blog)

Original item by Andy N

nice few lines, pete... i can relate to this a lot..

Comment is about Tingle (blog)

Spragged to the floor sounds quite drastic - wasn't that the technique for propping up the roof in mine shafts? Loved the 'Marathon days and snickers ways ' line.. :)

Best wishes

Comment is about Small talk. (blog)

thoughtful piece, Janet.. change in pace for you I felt after the last few I read but I like it!

Comment is about The Healer (blog)

Hi Cynthia,
i love the final stanza. It's so true. Unfortunately.

Janet. :-)

Comment is about Martini Moments (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I don't normally like this style of lay-out but i do so connect with the content which makes a difference in my approach to it.
I'm glad i read it through to the end.
Nice analogies.

Janet. :-)

Comment is about SCARS (blog)

Original item by Tony Stringfellow

This strikes me as being well written.
'A crippled ship
i drift the depths
of navigators error.'

Super stanza.

Janet. :-)

Comment is about The End (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Hi Pete,
i've been there a few times. Rose tinted specs are well and truly off now though. :-)

Nice work. Hope your leg is healing well.
Janet.x

Comment is about Tingle (blog)

good Evening Anthony, Ref:Crazy Girl

Thank you so much much for your kind and
encouraging comment, I'm so sorry I have been unable to reply, I have been away for a week or two in Yorkshire. very pleasent and quiet..managed to catch WOL Slam at Hebdon, the town was as quaint and interesting as the poetry.

Once again so many thanks for your most considered interest in my work.
Augusta x

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Like this one Cynthia. Weve all had our "martini moments" at some time, when words just trip off the tongue with a life of their own!! I like the format too, and think the ending is particularly strong.
Cate xx

Comment is about Martini Moments (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Dave, thanks for your comment Old Photographs, sometimes simple is best!!
Cate xx

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Cynthia, thanks for your comment on Old Photographs. Very astute of you to pick up on the broken lines and fractured rhythm. This was an attempt to symbolise the breaking and fracturing of their lives in the future. I did try reading this last week keeping this rhythm, and like you I wasnt sure if I could pull it off, but it seemed to scan ok!!!
Cate xx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thank you for your comment Beulah - yes that was the point.
Steve

Comment is about A poetess worth words (blog)

Original item by stephen smith

Hi Freda,

Thanks for your comment on 'The BNP Manifesto'. It is definitely intended to be ironic, I have no sympathy with the comments. I was concerned this may not come across, but I was hoping that the third verse may be enough to signify that I was not supporting these views. I may have to review it!

Rachel

Comment is about Freda Davis (poet profile)

Original item by Freda Davis

Hi Tomas,

Thanks for your comment on 'After Happily Ever'. I really like 'The Great McGonagle'...Very funny!

Rachel

Comment is about Tomás Ó Cárthaigh (poet profile)

Original item by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

Thank you for your compliments about my new poetry Cynthia! Martini's never did much for me.... but Margarita's... now... thats a different story! love

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

A lovely poem. Yup - what is love, we'll never get to the bottom of that one. First of yours I've read, but will definitely be back.

Comment is about Searching for Chains (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Re: Chat: Dammit, NO! And I'm looking forward to it too.

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Julie, these are terrific - imaginative, well crafted, 'tight', poignant - everything good poetry should be. Each one is complete, doesn't need another thing. Isn't that a great feeling!

Comment is about newstuff (blog)

Briiliant and f.fantastic!!!

Comment is about This Land's Not Your Land (article)

As it is, it seems the 'poet's country' is awarded the words and not the Poetess of the title.
Umm, very interesting the orgasm of life leading to..

Comment is about A poetess worth words (blog)

Original item by stephen smith

Hi Cate, good to see you in NB! Great news you're up for the gig at Wigan!! Excellent you're on, look forward to hearing you!! Jeff X

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

Original item by Cate

Cheers for your comment Louise. When we going to see you perform some of your stuff?

Comment is about Louise Coulson (poet profile)

Original item by Louise Coulson

So nice of you to include Wigan on your list of sleazy cities! Put me down for a slot on Friday - I'll perform you my new poem - haven't posted it yet - it's hot off the press cos I want to do sound this time. Look forward to seeing you there.
Also - put Cate down for 3 songs on the 25th - I knew she's be persuaded - she's a born performer.
Isobel x

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

Hi Attila

I heard you announce this at Glasto and was shocked and saddened. My sympathy that you've lost a friend,

Swellsy, mate - thanks for the memories - many years of great writing. RIP.

Tony

Comment is about RIP Steven 'Seething' Wells (article)

Powerful reading Michael, makes it all make sense.

Comment is about .................And I Say Unto Thee! (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Hi Ric, great to hear from you mate and good to see you back hope the exams went well! What you been studying? It's a lot busier on WOL now so more to read, i put about one on every fortnight.

I've been dead busy too, you will see from my profile we are doing a poetry and acoustic tour, be good if you could make one of the dates, if you fancy any let me know, will put you on open mic, cheers Jeff

Comment is about Richard Brooks (poet profile)

Original item by Richard Brooks

You're my guru Dave, or should that be Guru Dev?
Love
Tony

Comment is about Guru (blog)

Original item by Dave Morgan

I am a little spent... from too much school...
I meant biography... LOL

Comment is about Baz (poet profile)

Original item by Baz

Hi, thanks for the comment on my work.
I’ve not read the book but I’ll look into it.
I’ve seen some of you’re work on the site and especially liked ‘Dream Tied Up’,
Thought the imagery you brought out in the piece was fantastic.

Comment is about Marianne Daniels (poet profile)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Baz, top one at the Tudor last week, loved it.

John

Comment is about Baz (poet profile)

Original item by Baz

Hokey pokey Izz
This is the middle posting....
Thank you, you last 300,213 people for you kind comments.
Only another 600,425 to go.
As for my first, thanks Francine. Me too.

Comment is about Baz (poet profile)

Original item by Baz

Hi Andy - thanks for commenting :) I would say this is at the longer end of my spectrum, more book than performance poetry perhaps.
As for open mike, well that will have to wait a while as I'm waiting for some spinal surgery to get me mobile again first...

Comment is about GREY (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

lot going on in this poem, dave.. i like it but i think it is possibly a bit too long in places for my taste, and i write long long poems sometimes...

have you tried reading this out at a open mike yet or something? It may give you more of a idea then...

Comment is about GREY (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

interesting stuff.. need to re-read this a few times as on the first two reads - i get the feeling i have missed something, but i like it!

Comment is about Te decet hymnus Deus (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Love the twist, Janet - I took it the other way that everybody else did I think in the sense of it is a bad relationship.. Loved it still!

Comment is about Comfort Zone. (blog)

a much softer poem for you, Pete.. I've got tons like this too, m8.. I would never throw them away! I loved it!

Comment is about lonely (blog)

nice ending in particular - Cynthia... Really enjoyed this piece...

Comment is about The Piano Concerto (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

This is a beaut. The mood of quietness and reflection it creates perfectly reflects the experience of aloneness. The reader feels the dilemma of the lonely and is coaxed gently into identifying. That's an uncomfortable one because it's all of us sometimes if we're honest. I'm saying that after a 4-day social whirl personally but it's true nevertheless - just hard to admit.

Comment is about lonely (blog)

Hi Jeff! How are things? I can't believe its been this long since I was on WOL. Been so busy the last year with my degree but graduated now so will be trying to catch up on peoples work.

Drop me a line Jeff. Hope your well.

Ric

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

Love your bibliography Baz : )

Comment is about Baz (poet profile)

Original item by Baz

Don't know what to say but I have to say something else I would be ignoring it, which I can't do. Sometimes commentary seems trite. If a poem gets to me emotionally, I don't see the nuances of how it can be changed/improved - I just get lost in the feelings. That is not to criticise those who do - we need more objective people around else we'd all be very samey.
I love the poem - the imagery is just so different. Glad you explained the ending - I wouldn't have known you were talking about a person - I thought you meant the acceptance of being on your own. The alternative meaning makes the poem much more uplifting.

Comment is about lonely (blog)

About bloody time Baz. You do make me laugh so I'm looking forward to all your postings.
Isobel xx

Comment is about Baz (poet profile)

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