Photographs by Ian Edmonson
Copyright Cartwheel Arts/Ian Edmonson

Comment is about The Launch of "Dress Code" at Kulture Klub, Rochdale Oct 2008 (photo)

I look like I'm about to throw up!

Comment is about Gemma O'Neill is spotted at Kulture Klub, Rochdale Oct 2008 (photo)

thanks winston for your comments , no its me i am not good with punctuation, and steve knows this :)

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Yes it is very touching. Speaking from a womans point of view.
I think we all like to see the boy inside the man.
It makes him more appealing somehow and then....
There's always a twist.

Love your poem Peter.
Janet.x

Comment is about wrong side of thirty (blog)

I'm with Carole.
Ouch! but a little cringe followed.
All good.
Janet.x

Comment is about 3 x new short short new poems (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Hi Winston,
thanks for your comment on my profile.
I do tend to have a 'different' perspective when reading poetry and comment as such.
Some unfortunately don't appreciate my seeing other than what was intended but surely it's precisely that which makes for a good poem?

Life is rich! It's often our outlook on it which is poor.
Love Janet.x

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Like the new picture.
Cx

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Steve! are you asleep or concentrating lol!

Comment is about Nabila Suriya at the Waterside Arts Centre, Sale Jan 2009 (photo)

ouch,, it has that moment of i know i shouldnt laugh but ...

Comment is about 3 x new short short new poems (blog)

Original item by Andy N

i know a few people who could identify with the feelings i read in this poem . Its very touching in its quietness.

Comment is about wrong side of thirty (blog)

I love this, Pete.. I too would love to hear a recording off this!

Comment is about superb world of positivity (blog)

I agree with Janet over this is my gift and my curse line... I think it is probably is a bit rough in places, and I am not sure about the last line but I like the sentiment behind it! Would be interested in knowing your thoughts behind it!

Comment is about I am a poet I bleed ink (draft) (blog)

Original item by Daniel Hooks

Not what I was expecting Pete from this, but I like it.. Have you read this out live yet? Would be interested to hear people's reactions certainly

Comment is about wrong side of thirty (blog)

Photographs by Melanie Rees

Comment is about Crowd at the Gypsy's Tent, Bolton Jan 2009 (photo)

Now you mention it Pete, I do remember this but I don't know if you posted it anywhere.

Thou Shalt Henceforth Be Knowneth as "Prophet Peter - a pint, a poem and a prediction"

Comment is about credit crunch prediction (blog)

This is my gift and my curse.
Love that line. So true of many gifts.
Nice poem Daniel.
Janet.x

Comment is about I am a poet I bleed ink (draft) (blog)

Original item by Daniel Hooks

Excellent!
Cx

Comment is about credit crunch prediction (blog)

Roger that Chris
I'll do an audio
it really was a joke
too close to home
to near the bone me old mate a rooney

Comment is about superb world of positivity (blog)

Photographs by Rosalind Jones

Comment is about Annette at the Waterside Arts Centre, Sale Jan 2009 (photo)

Your first line sums it all up, Thomas -injustice breeds resentment, doesn't it? was there not a time in Spain when Hebrew, Muslim and Christian lived in relative harmony, in the common search for truth and enlightenment, a state of affairs which I think was known as the Convivencia? We must have hope, and work for peace, for the sake of all our children.

Comment is about Israe or Hamas: Which is Worst? (blog)

Original item by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

THANKS ANDY, I TOOK A BIT OF A RISK REPEATING THE TITLE BUT IT SEEMS TO HAVE GOT A GOOD RESPONSE. WOULD APPRECIATE ANY COMMENTS AS TO IMPROVING MY TECHNIQUE

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

The whip round for the bankers is such a good idea, the government have already organised one on our behalf on a non-voluntary basis.

Comment is about Rod Whitworth (poet profile)

Original item by Rod Whitworth

your poems are wonderfull to read
Anna xx

Comment is about Lenford White (poet profile)

Original item by Lenford White

I seem to be joined with Mr Malpoet ! Not sure if this is a good or bad thing? Winston

Comment is about Top Twenty Users (blog)

Well, I thought some how I had changed for the better.I realy tried not to be here, as I just cant write anything worth a rats butt! Then when I saw the list I thought, Thank God Im in the middle. Fool I am, I did not count, now I have counted, and well Im not in the middle. So I must still be sick.So my life is almost WOL, and its location is another country.sighs, Im not sure what to think now.Forever confussed, and lost without spell check, in America.

Comment is about Top Twenty Users (blog)

Very moving with some fantastic imagery.
Cx

Comment is about Giving the world to Venus (article)

Sort of sums me up being 13th place! lol

Comment is about Top Twenty Users (blog)

Very much moved by this - & identified too.
Cx

Comment is about Not Like the Rest (blog)

Original item by Seamus Kelly

I agree with Nabila. I am sorry about your friend. It’s all too easy to slip through nets with great big holes in.

Comment is about Not Like the Rest (blog)

Original item by Seamus Kelly

simply beautiful...

Comment is about Not Like the Rest (blog)

Original item by Seamus Kelly

thanks for your comment -however I do not reallylike the word 'foreign' :)

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

yeah , i think so chris , we should definitely travel to you , how about you put a wol night on for travelling companies somewhere in stratford ,,, PARTY TIME !!

Comment is about Top Twenty Users (blog)

Party in the midlands, eh? Very convenient for me, but don't most of WOL live in the NW? Stratford is very pretty though - would definitely recommend it - apart from all the tourists. And, of course, the pretentious arty types who gravitate here. :-)
Anyway - wherever - count me in!
Cx

Comment is about Top Twenty Users (blog)

there should be a WOL party of the website.
Held say in the Midlands somewhere.
then a ceremony with prizes for the top twenty.
Darren gets a gold plated vodka tankard

Comment is about Top Twenty Users (blog)

Yes, Katie, let's have more please!

If you ever get across to York and want to come to The Speakers' Corner, let me know (link is on my profile) - it's always good for us to welcome new people!

Comment is about Katie Sandham (poet profile)

Original item by Katie Sandham

Loved "Norwich Graveyard" - it's what you kept back that made it so powerful. More please!

Comment is about Anna Percy (poet profile)

Original item by Anna Percy

Thanks both. The world is full of weird people, thankfully. Being fairly odd myself I probably end up in the smae places as the others.

While Pam and I were eating in this restaurant and observing the other diners I was reminded of Betjeman's poem 'In A Bath Teashop' so I had to write this.

Comment is about In A Bath Restaurant (blog)

Original item by Malpoet

So true!

Comment is about Hail to the chief (blog)

Original item by Rod Whitworth

HI malcom, where do you see these people? You really do come up with interesting poems and stories. I do enjoy them very much!!

Comment is about In A Bath Restaurant (blog)

Original item by Malpoet

HI Tomas, I agree, and I did enjoy your poem and pictures. Years ago I did a college paper on the two rivals, I dont care for either one.Some days I pray for them, other days, I wish they would nuk eachother and be done with it. You can trace the problems between them back over 2000 years ago.As an American Im suppose to support Isreal. As a christian, I have pitty for them. Thats as far as it goes. Its a holy land of murder.

Comment is about Israe or Hamas: Which is Worst? (blog)

Original item by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

fantastic social observation
i thought it was just me that went off on thought processes like this Malcolm!

Comment is about In A Bath Restaurant (blog)

Original item by Malpoet

Winston, that means so much, you just dont know.
Thank you.
Very often come close to knocking it on the head, times like this, lifts the spirit, i doubt all the time, somehow it felt right, glad you liked, it moves me what you said, i respect your views, I love this community for what it brings to us all
thank you for being a part of it
im so glad I hung in else i would not know people like yourself and all the others tonight.

its quite a bond we are building
something solid for us all to work with

superb
great work at WOL SALE tonight from us all
a big success

Comment is about Plastic Sheet (neatly folded for Dee) (blog)

Heard this tonight at Sale WOL and yes... be proud. Be proud of this. Be proud of delivering it tonight and be proud of what you are and what you are doing. Tonight it stopped the rain from falling for a few minutes. Winston

Comment is about Plastic Sheet (neatly folded for Dee) (blog)

I is a bit new to this site and was getting disheartend by the lack of clever,funny, clever stuff on display until I read this.
It's a cracker. - JB

Comment is about Laura King (The Poet Laura-eate) (poet profile)

Original item by Laura King (The Poet Laura-eate)

May the Angel of The North shine his rusty rays upon your badbackness and bring about an Antonionio (Gormley) curissimo. If that doesn't work take lots of pills and keep up the poetryness.Hope you feel better soon,
Deborah : )

Comment is about Bad back (blog)

Well if there were prizes given out for the most blog comments in any one month, this has to get it for January.
Maybe someone from admin could send Darren his silver swimming badge?

Janet.xx

Comment is about Top Twenty Users (blog)

does logging off in a huff , get you extra marks :)

Comment is about Top Twenty Users (blog)

Well, I think you may have to go on the list of people who use English in an imprecise manner - you certainly gave me the impression that tossing, and indeed turning, was no longer an issue for you now that you know where you are on the list. And let me tell you - I din't get wur a yam 2day w/out no-ing wear i am on the list!
Now - if you'll excuse me I must go and clean out the cat's litter tray.
Cx

Comment is about Top Twenty Users (blog)

Who said anything about no longer tossing? I am of such a disposition that 'tossing AND turning' in my bed, is deemed the highlight of my otherwise dimly lit day.

Comment is about Top Twenty Users (blog)

Hi Winston:

Just enjoyed TWO CATS - I hadn't seen that ryhme-form before, and I like it.

David

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes