I really like the images this evokes DG...
The last line - especially 'and stick to what I know' has me baffled...
Just what is it that you know?

Comment is about Some days, I am comforted by quietly despairing (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

Sounds like she would be kidding herself to think anything but the latter Cynthia, or perhaps I'm just a cynic, nice one anyway ( I do like short poems)

Comment is about Letters and Chops (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Some very powerful images in this that express loss, hopelessness and resignation...

Not sure what is meant by 'With each beat free'

Comment is about Summer (blog)

Original item by Louise Coulson

I am reading only this week some more about Bhuddism by Ninian Smart in The Long Search.
Your poem is delightful, and I agree, quite in keeping with the humour I am sure is intrinsic to true 'enlightenment' reached via any process.

Comment is about Guru (blog)

Original item by Dave Morgan

How did I miss this one! Holy Toledo, you're good. You stand out. I still haven't figured out the 'chat' business. Sorry ... technical not deliberate.

Comment is about Thinking back (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Most of us know exactly what you mean. You have made some good points. If I may be blunt, work this into a more 'poetic' format even if a tortured one. For example, set your margins and write your lines (without justification) to lie exactly within those boundaries, like fiction. Every three or four lines drop a double space to make a new 'verse'. It's a major cheat technique, but it's valid, and actually quite hard to do well. It often requires lots of regrouping to 'fit the format'. Try it.
Cynthia ... and thanks for your comments on my work, Daniel.

Comment is about unpublished (blog)

Original item by Daniel Hooks

It is a fact that sometimes we are judged by our appearance and looks and when those fade it is sometimes accepted that we are just not worthy enough and should expect to be discarded. Generally this unfortunately applies to women and of course is unfair ...but there you are. Happened to a friend of mine recently actually and it was all rather unpleasant. 'traded her in' for a younger model. Not nice. Great subject well written. Sian X

Comment is about Comfort Zone. (blog)

hi mike.. here I am back from whereever I've been and of course checking out your pieces ...as I am a fan and enjoy the pure emotion and dedication that shouts from the page. Hope all is well. Sian X

Comment is about Part Nine (Final) (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Hi Sian,
Thank you so much for your ...encouragement.. re 'Voices'... Yes there is no one more beautifully formed by love or nature than I to take on the lewd and rude...I was born naked.

However I do have a ...deeper side... possibly not as interesting..But I need to get it out of my system... so I'm compiling a book, collection, whatever they call it theses days, should be ready some day never...
So pleased to hear from u again, wondered where you're bonny chops had gone..

C u Soon
Gus xx

Comment is about sian howell (poet profile)

Original item by sian howell

This is a miniature novel complete with setting, characters, plot and tensions which drive the plot forward to conclusion; the ending will vary according to what the reader chooses, wants or demands for satisfaction.

Comment is about Letters and Chops (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I will make every effort to come to the bards tomoz... the sitution is a bit difficult at mo due to the fact I have got the builders in big style... causing havoc... still where theres a will.. thats not covered in plaster, there's a way.

Thank you for your comments re 'Voices'

Hope to c u 'pon the 'morrow.

P.S. I'll send u an email with my mobile No. 4 ur records.

Comment is about Steve Regan (poet profile)

Original item by Steve Regan

Hey up Steve,
Thank for all of your encouraging critique and edit advice, I think thatsa great improvement.

Great to hear from u.
Many Thanks
Gus

Comment is about garside (poet profile)

Original item by garside

The best use of a question mark ever? Some super words here too petition,plead,petals and perfume, wonderful.

Comment is about Searching for Chains (blog)

Original item by sian howell

A tender and poignant poem Sian. Some lovely imagery - it works with or without tense changes. It just works.

Comment is about Searching for Chains (blog)

Original item by sian howell

I love this one Sian, so glad you are posting up again. I have made some tense/punctuation changes, what do you think? Of course, as ever this is only my view and I have only taken time to do this as I really like the piece, great end, left hanging - Win x

You tumble home -
Your transient web weaves around my heart.
Silver weeds planted at my feet.
Rings of regret on my fingers.

Am I immune?

Even now I breathe you in
and my sighs ripple through the air.
Could I forgive your careless neglect?
As you petition and plead with petals and perfume
and your kisses freckle my skin.
I look into your eyes
for a glimpse of what it means –

I guess it's love… of sorts?

Comment is about Searching for Chains (blog)

Original item by sian howell

This is interesting Neil...
Was not expecting the second half...
Crazy how sometimes people see a situation so differently.

Comment is about Two Sides to Every Story (blog)

Original item by Neil West

You capture well the frustration of the emasculated male. You have a very subtle style and this one is very different to your others - but a harder subject matter to sell.

Comment is about The rains have not come (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

A curious little poem Cynthia - I like it.

Comment is about Letters and Chops (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Cynthia

I liked this. The questions hang there, reminding the reader of the search for love and all the puzzling run-ins with others it can contain

Comment is about Letters and Chops (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hmmm... trying to figure this one out could take forever...
and make you crazy in the process ; )

Comment is about Letters and Chops (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I'm more towards the Bolton/Wigan side of Manchester where there are many convenient hostelries sympathetic to the muse. I also work in education and would be interested to know more about the poetry workshops you do in schools :)

Comment is about Ash Dickinson (poet profile)

Original item by Ash Dickinson

Hi Len
Your 'blueyonder' email address doesn't work anymore - could you give me your new email address please - email paul@writeoutloud.net
Cheers
Paul

Comment is about Lenford White (poet profile)

Original item by Lenford White

Hi Neil, thanks very much for the praise, hope you're well.
No dates for Manchester at present, intend contacting a few places when I get a moment. Is there anywhere you'd recommend?
Keep channeling that inner goth!
All the best, Ash

Comment is about Neil West (poet profile)

Original item by Neil West

Hi Cynthia
many thanks for the kind words re 'Voices' and thank you for the observations ...you are probably correct.. just the first piccie I found..
Once again many thanks for your encouraging comment.

Gus xx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Dave, you have the 'touch'; it can't be taught. Technique will never make a poet ...readable lines, yes, pleasant even, but never the torch that really lights up life.

Comment is about The rains have not come (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Thanks although not full gear. Am just keeping myself to myself in my space and saying what needs to be said. Your comment brought a tear to my eye . x be well.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Jeff,
sorry it's late but thanks for your comment on my poem 'Comfort zone.'

Doubt i'll make it to any of the events, you know the reason for that. Still, never say never eh!

Hope you're well,
Janet.x

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

thankyou for the comments. Funny you should mention being psychic because I am a line manager on a pscychic text line for work. Maybe you are a little psychic yourself lol.

Comment is about Dawn Chorus (blog)

Original item by Freda Davis

Hi Ash. I really like GLASS COFFIN COFFEE TABLE WIFE, very funny but the language is very clever too. Any plans to perform in the Manchester area?

Comment is about Ash Dickinson (poet profile)

Original item by Ash Dickinson

thank you for your kind comment Tomas, she was a Romanian gypsy, ţigan, no not meant to be cigan, I think cigan is Slovenian and she was Romanian. ta, Deb

Comment is about Tomás Ó Cárthaigh (poet profile)

Original item by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

Hello Dave. Thank you for reading Love and Theft. It was a departure for me somewhat. However, I think from your comment that you may have thought it autobiographical. Happily not so, it was an idea I got from listening to some music lyrics. Thanks once again. Graham

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Val,

Thanks very much for your comment on 'You'. I really enjoyed 'Broken Heart', definitely paints a vivid picture of the pain of losing somebody close to you.

Rachel

Comment is about Valerie Cook (poet profile)

Original item by Valerie Cook

Def a male poem this AE..... ruled by his anatomy!!!!
Cate xx

Comment is about risk (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Hi Sally,
Enjoyed this very much. Clever words, images and rhythms illustrating the parallels between everyday and more spiritual anxieties. Would love to hear the audio.
Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about cleansed (blog)

Hi Val,
thanks for your comment on my poem ''Comfort zone.'' I like the sentimentality of keeping something which served well and was useful into the bargain. Shame your dads got put in the shed though.

Janet.x

Comment is about Valerie Cook (poet profile)

Original item by Valerie Cook

What's that Isobel? A single man in camp?
Anthony! you never said. I know. I didn't ask. :-)
joking apart, i like this poem too. The fool pic is very appropriate.
Don't be fooled.It can catch you out just when you least expect it.

Janet :-)

Comment is about risk (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

I just realised that last night's comment may have sounded like criticism, which it most certainly was not.
I meant that the poems of Langston Hughes give a fantastic perspective of lives of black people in the USA in the early 20th Century

Comment is about 200 years on (blog)

Original item by Lenford White

Thank you, Jeff. :)

Comment is about Rain (blog)

Hi Jeff, Thanks for commenting on my Glasto poem. It was really wierd... out of the gloom all these M . Jackson songs sprung up. I had no idea why, then of course I heard and again and again etc. Speak soon. Win

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

Hi Dave
Thank you so much for the time taken to read some of my poetry and the encouraging comments...

Many Thanks once again
Gus

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Melissa, some nice poignant stuff as always, yes your past is your best assest, you can't forget it but use it to tackle a new world Jeff X

Comment is about Rain (blog)

Hi Sian, feel quite tranquil after reading that, swept me away, thank you, good to see you in action again Jeff X

Comment is about Retreat (blog)

Original item by sian howell

The new picture looks good, was it on holiday?

Comment is about sian howell (poet profile)

Original item by sian howell

Thanks Thomas.
Glad you enjoyed The Woolly tale. I am impressed by your historical content - particularly as my knowledge of Poetry and Poets is severely limited. (I failed Eng. Lit.)

Comment is about Tomás Ó Cárthaigh (poet profile)

Original item by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

Hello Lenford
Have you read Langston Hughes? If not, his writing is pretty much really encouraged me to write, poor as my contributions may be.
When I think I have something half-decent, I pick up an anthology of L.H. poems and realise how far I have to go.

Comment is about 200 years on (blog)

Original item by Lenford White

Thanks for that correction Sandy - yes I'm a right Mrs Malaprop - a family trait unfortunately - as well as losing keys and marbles...

Comment is about cleansed (blog)

Oh Anthony - now I know why you are still single - you go for the floozies - nice is good - but maybe scarier still...

Comment is about risk (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

I'm gutted to hear this news Attila. I saw him only once, sometime in the 80's when I was a student at Liverpool University and he gave a fantastic gig in the Student Union basement bar (the Sphinx Bar it was called then.) He was the first of the "punk poets" I ever saw live, and I think think he started me off on a journey that I continue to this day. I think of your good self, John Cooper Clarke and Seething Wells as a sort of unholy trinity of punk poetry. Although I've watched you and JCC on several occasions over the years, I've often wondered - what happened to Seething Wells? Now I know. Farewell Seething Wells! You were great.

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

I absolutely love this Anthony!!!!!
C'est magnifique : )

Comment is about risk (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Rantism at its finest Elvis! And lest anyone be in any doubt, it is meant to be IRONIC and a skit on racism, hypocrisy and small-mindedness. I have been lucky enough to see Elvis in full redneck-style rendition of this piece a number of times and it never fails to blow me away.
I guess it is one of those poems which probably works best as a performance piece if it is open to misinterpretation as a page poem.
Anyone who assumes it is in any way racist (other thread) is missing the point that it is anything but, and is indeed genuinely pushing the boundaries against all that it rails against.
Keep up the poetic derring-do Elvis!

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