Wow Sian... simply exquisite

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Original item by sian howell

What a tease!
I'll only tell if you tell first ; )

Comment is about my botanist (blog)

Darren has said much i agree with. it is a very sincere piece of work. I feel there may be an overuse of punctuation, i found when i took out some of the punctuation it flowed more easily to the tongue. I did write quite a lot of verse in this style, i have developed a little since then and I'm sure your work will. A nice poem all the same.
Mike

Comment is about 'Angel' (blog)

Nice read, very sensitive, something caught by your intuition has inspired you for this one i think. I have been there, seen people that inspire me to write, when i dont know them. Strangers, people, you are an observer. Nice work.
Mike

Comment is about 'The Lady By The Sea' (blog)

Yosh man, i agree with clarissa, it could quite well be put to music. I think if you could team up with someone who can programme some choonage you could fair quite well and get a fantastic amount of satisfaction from it. It has its relevance in todays society, i did feel as if one or two of the lines were rather cliche, but then they do say, 'cliches are cliches for very good reasons.' Yup, top notch poetry here Yosh man.
We all have angles, i am just wondering what material influences you, and further, i have a sneaking suspicion that you could even write more somberly, adding punches that would be more mind grabbing in the right places, as opposed to a continual shout. If you see what i mean. Hard hitting and relevant. Keep em coming blue!
Mike

Comment is about SOMETHING TO BELEIVE IN.... (blog)

WOW! The wordage and imagination in this is fantastic. I cant say i remember any of your past writings but i damned well goona look out for them now. Such fantastic talent. I read it several times and found new depths each time.
Frightening and beautiful.
Nice one!
Mike
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Comment is about Faces (blog)

hello Sian, this one put me in a calm place. i felt as if it was an inner voice of the writer, and though solemn, there is a quietness about it that niggled. Almost as if, sedation against ones will couldnt ignite the scream inside. It seemed to me, a heart forlorn and lost. Nice work Sian, deeply touched me.
mike
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Comment is about Lily (blog)

Original item by sian howell

I'm so humbled by this one i cannot think of anything to write. Except to say, it's too touching for words. Be well!
Mike
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Comment is about ‘Sympathy Synchronicity' (blog)

Sian, thank you for your comments on chess. however did you know i would comment on this one. It is obvious, a nice erotic piece that had me............sporting wood!
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Comment is about Gone to Earth (blog)

Original item by sian howell

shucks thanks Francine, Steve, Clarissa, Sian
I wonder what you saw in this?
It has some hidden stuff..................

Comment is about my botanist (blog)

Hi Sian
If you look at all your blogs you'll see some of them listed in previous months
P

Comment is about sian howell (poet profile)

Original item by sian howell

hi paul, I just wondered where all my other entries are...I have only rough draft copies and I'm wondering why I cant access the ones before my last two. Sian x

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Hi again yes it is a woman's magazine but literary of course and it' s very good i subscribed to it years ago and read it often as i learn a lot from the writers in it . Good luck with it if you do and thank you for being so receptive. :-) i read all your poems they are very powerful with a subtle voice and i like that.

Comment is about Lily (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Hi steve...Yes i wish to perform! More than anything! Do you have some info for me please? And would you mind if i tagged along with you some time?....Yosh(shane)

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Original item by garside

I don't know how you feel about this - just a suggestion - have you thought of sending this off to Mslexia?

Comment is about Lily (blog)

Original item by sian howell

excellent ....really like the movement of the words on the page too. Like this as I am very visual with poems as a reader. Adds another dimension to it.

Comment is about Springtide (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Sorry Rodney, I posted my reply in the wrong place, new to all this, but I am sure I'll catch on. Once again, thank you for your comments, I welcome them from all, good and bad. After reading your profile, and your 'myspace' link, you have given me inspiration to write my next piece of work. ??

Comment is about Rodney Wood (poet profile)

Original item by Rodney Wood

lovely - Ido like your work it has a gentleness but power in it and is quitely strong and assured which is the strength of your work

just wondering about dress and suit - is it not either dress or suit?

(Hope marital advice poem worked ;))

Comment is about Lily (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Hello to you Mr. Wood.
I am sorry that you see the poem, 'Sympathy Synchronicity' as 'just advice'
It wasn't written in that context, it's what is happening to me 'now', and as a poet, I put my thoughts and feelings into words.
I didn't choose to get cancer so I could write about it, in fact, this is the first thing that I have written, about it, since being diagnosed, over two years ago.
I write, depending on my mood, yesterday, I was in a 'silly mood, so I wrote, 'Please Leave Me Alone'
Today I felt like shit, so I wrote, 'Sympathy Synchronicity'
I well, you please everyone, and i don't try to.
90% of what I write, and have written, over the years, is based on 'experience' which I find is the best way to express poetry.
Experience in life, counts for a lot, if you choose to write poetry, in my opinion.
I find, 'Mind The Gap', is good advice, when travelling on the underground, but it is something, I have yet to experience, so I won't be writing about it.
Thank you for your words, please keep the comments coming, if you feel yhen need too, good or bad.
Take care & be happy.

Comment is about 'Angel' (blog)

Thank you Darren, I completly understand what you mean, I have tried, at times, to write, 'third party' but find I am inable to, due to my poetry being based on personal experiace's. It's a bugger, I know, but i have to do what works for me. I find it very hard to de-personalize, when I'm writing about thongs that have happened to me, in life. But please, keep the comments coming, good or bad.
Take care & be happy

Comment is about 'Angel' (blog)

I am sorry that you see the poem, 'Sympathy Synchronicity' as 'just advice'
It wasn't written in that context, it's what is happening to me 'now', and as a poet, I put my thoughts and feelings into words.
I didn't choose to get cancer so I could write about it, in fact, this is the first thing that I have written, about it, since being diagnosed, over two years ago.
I write, depending on my mood, yesterday, I was in a 'silly mood, so I wrote, 'Please Leave Me Alone'
Today I felt like shit, so I wrote, 'Sympathy Synchronicity'
I well, you please everyone, and i don't try to.
90% of what I write, and have written, over the years, is based on 'experience' which I find is the best way to express poetry.
Experience in life, counts for a lot, if you choose to write poetry, in my opinion.
I find, 'Mind The Gap', is good advice, when travelling on the underground, but it is something, I have yet to experience, so I won't be writing about it.

Comment is about IT'S JUST WRONG (blog)

Original item by Rodney Wood

Love this Sian
Reading through a few times gives off an echo feel a sepia colouring flickering film image.
Love the gentle dreaminess of the piece.

Regards
Gusx

Comment is about Lily (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Oh Siany Siany Siany...Riding a bike in a safety helmet is akin to wearing oven gloves whilst rolling a joint...as well you know!
Many thanks
Gusxx

Comment is about sian howell (poet profile)

Original item by sian howell

It says all the right things but in the end it's just advice put into verse.

Comment is about ‘Sympathy Synchronicity' (blog)

Lovely hazy feeling - like the wings of a dragon fly.

Comment is about Lily (blog)

Original item by sian howell

right from the first line.."concave footprint" I thought this is special and it is...well done another lovely offering- a beautiful ocean journey. Sian X

Comment is about Springtide (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Pete - like this very much

steve

Comment is about my botanist (blog)

You have just such a clever, natty way of being able to write pieces of utter originality...it takes my breath away Pete. Sian X

Comment is about my botanist (blog)

This made me cry...

Comment is about ‘Sympathy Synchronicity' (blog)

Thanks as always for your interest in my poetry, yours is such a good read ..I always look forward to your next offering and Chess yet again shows a a depth of spirit which you effortlessly exhibit. . Hope you are well. Sian X

Comment is about Chess (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Its interesting, reads well.

Comment is about my botanist (blog)

very nice read!

Comment is about 'The Lady By The Sea' (blog)

Hi Yosh, very good poem here, it reads like a song almost.

Comment is about SOMETHING TO BELEIVE IN.... (blog)

YES - IT'S T O N I G H T

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE

Comment is about Huddersfield Poets Still at Albert (article)

Hi Gary (hope you don't mind unsolicited comments - even though I'd promised myself I would stop making them).

An intimate piece soaked in sincerity. You can feel the hurt inside your words, but from a literary perspective, the overuse of some tried and tested cliché can appear to dilute some of that sincerity that you no doubt feel.

Have you tried writing in the 'third person'?
Sometimes when we do this, it can be more appealing to any potential reader. Although you may feel that it can de-personalize (?) your work, it shows a great empathy for others. Which is nearly always a winner in the popularity stakes.

I can relate to some of what you write about - and that, I enjoy.

D.

Comment is about 'Angel' (blog)

Hi Yosh - I ignored the punctuation and almost instantly picked up a rhythm. It 'sounds' similar to stuff from the spoken word artist 'Polarbear', who, when in full flow, is second to none in his delivery and choice of assonance rhyme.
Maybe in the not too distant future, you can give him a run for his money?

Comment is about SOMETHING TO BELEIVE IN.... (blog)

I like this.

I read it as a you returning to a social scene after an unforced period of absence, like the breakdown of a relationship? How you conceal your true emotions and insecurities and how you behave as you're expected to behave. Two identities almost. The person people believe you are and a real self buried deep within.
Well crafted. No sharp words with a good flow.
'Whispering sipped from rumours'? I like the notion of this, but is the whispering the subject or the rumour? I tried it in my head as 'Rumours sipped from the whispering' and it made more sense to me.
I Like your stuff. Thoughtful and profound and always worth reading.

Comment is about Lily (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Flows beautifully like the waves onto the shore...
sad and mysterious...

Comment is about 'The Lady By The Sea' (blog)

Thanks Jeff for reading and commenting Re Chaque Femme Est Belle.. By the way I pleased to see you are now, poetically speaking of course, a new and shining beacont in the darkness. Mind you I think Bolton needs more help than a Lighthouse...
See you soon
Gus

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

another beautiful poem . you have a special way with describing nature , the feel of the expansive power and movement of our world

Comment is about Springtide (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Just luuurrrved that one, Pete.

Comment is about my botanist (blog)

Superb outstanding... love all of the delicate detail...
I want to put the words in a box and save them.

Wonderful...wonderful
Gusx

Comment is about Springtide (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Wonderful...just superb.

Gus

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If anyone wants a full size copy of their image Seamus will be happy to email it to them if they contact him on mail@shaysart.co.uk

Comment is about Cayn White at The Hole in the Wall, Hebden Bridge April 2009 (photo)

Hi Marc,
I found this an interesting piece of work. The unusual title drew me in, and after a while I found myself listening to the credo of the non-commital and analysing each statement you make. The wish for anonymity, and what might be described as a banal existence is well stated. The last line hints at a desperation, the avoidance of any controversy - and even a striving for mediocrity. I didn't work out the "point", but still found it thought provoking.
Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about The poverty of the light touch (blog)

well done there

A breath of fresh air

Winston

Comment is about Michael Wilson is the Write Out Loud 2009 Bolton Slam Champ! (article)

Amazing poem.
Amazing and dreamlike picture to go with it.
Excellent.
Fantastic dream like imagery worthy in any poetry collection.

I second all the emotion

the waves are always like the breathing
the stones and the gentle roll
up heaves the weariest spirit
I love being on the beach
this could be read in a storm
or on a calmest day
this is refreshing and uplifting.
beautiful.

Comment is about Springtide (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

This is absolutely beautiful Deborah!
I go to the beach often and you've described the beauty of it so eloquently : )

Comment is about Springtide (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Hi, thanks
you just centre the paragraph thingy ma jig!

:-)

Comment is about my botanist (blog)

Love it!
Full of metaphors... and interesting shape... how did you do that?

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