This is such a beautifully delicate piece of poetry. I love your work.

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Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Very sad Phil. It`s a common problem for those later in life to lose their partner, leaving them to face living alone in an increasing alien society.
Well written

Comment is about I see you, but you’re not there (blog)

Original item by Phil Golding

Very sad Phil. It`s a common problem for those later in life to lose their partner, leaving them to face living alone in an increasing alien society.
Well written

Comment is about I see you, but you’re not there (blog)

Original item by Phil Golding

Hi Janet
my word came out wrong I did not mean to imply you didnt know it was not about me ! LOL thats language my mistake poppet

Comment is about the farmer and the carrion bird (blog)

thanks Pete, i did realize it isn't about you this time or indeed any one person in particular.
That's what i like about it amongst other things.
As you know, all readers will "see" and "take" from any poem the things they can relate to or below the surface.
There's hidden depth to much of your work and i particularly enjoy your comparisons between the animals/birds and human nature aspect.

Love, light and peace to you for 2009,
Janet.x

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This reminds me of a very emotionally moving film i once watched but a reversal of roles.
In the film, the main character was in what he considered to be his "death bed" when he sensed a presence in the room.
His words were :-
" I cannot see you but i know you're there."
In the next scene, the presence manifested.
Janet.x

Comment is about I see you, but you’re not there (blog)

Original item by Phil Golding

Janet,
first of all, a Happy New Year to you sweetie popple xxx.

I am very touched that you take time to read and comment on peoples work. I'm especially pleased that you have chose this poem. In the up and down times of being creative, im sure that you know how difficult it can be to get a feeling across sometimes. You have to take that concentrated feeling and expand it, not too much, not too little but enough to convey the ideas, images and feeling. Its easy to became stuck into our own niche, for example my rant poetry, or even my getting old poetry.

It is very much like the experts have taught us in group sessions or by tutorials, poetry whilst can be a vehicle for our own catharsis, the real stuff comes from outside, or at least enough to get away from ones self and let the outer world in.

I hope i'm making sense.

the 'carrion bird' he is out there, as is the farmer, its not about me this time Janet.

Comment is about the farmer and the carrion bird (blog)

Hi Pete,
i love these comparable poems of yours and this one is particularly good. With the title very tongue in cheek.
Happy new year to you.
Janet.x

Comment is about the farmer and the carrion bird (blog)

Sorry about the dodgy typo, Nabila. No offence ment

Comment is about Santa's feeling grotto right now (blog)

Original item by Phil Golding

Very moving and touching . Best wishes Nabila

Comment is about Richer, tomorrow (article)

Nadia?

Comment is about Santa's feeling grotto right now (blog)

Original item by Phil Golding

loved reading these poems.
liked "I trace the wood as if I could find
the whorl of his fingerprints
somewhere in the grain" especially, wonderful choice of words. winston

Comment is about Maggie Sawkins (poet profile)

Original item by Maggie Sawkins

Excellent work. But I think you maybe shoud visit a few less graveyards.
Cx

Comment is about Becoming less like God (blog)

it was inspired by a journey to Carlisle (settle carlisle railway)

the ravenesque birds were getting quite tame to the farmer

the farmers life (at least from the carriage window) seemed meagre somehow, its so cold out there

i try and write what I like to read

thanks CJD and Carole

Comment is about the farmer and the carrion bird (blog)

when things cant get better , the only thing to do is live in the moment . and yes time does speed up but how ?

Comment is about Becoming less like God (blog)

i cant say why , but i really do like this pete i keep reading it again

Comment is about the farmer and the carrion bird (blog)

Nadia and Andy - there were a few extra words in there. Just managed to change Santa's Grotto

Thanks

Phil

Comment is about Santa's feeling grotto right now (blog)

Original item by Phil Golding

Winston!
Thank you for the awesome comment. Yes yes I am twenty-one, which is constantly a surprise to me and occasionally others (in every sense except one-to-one meeting peoples!).
I really enjoyed your stuff too :) nice images going on there!
Thanks again :)

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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lol - it's me 'eavenly light!

Comment is about the farmer and the carrion bird (blog)

hello there CJD
I see the colours have found you
recently.

X

Comment is about the farmer and the carrion bird (blog)

Very Poe-like - Edgar Allen that is.
Cx

Comment is about the farmer and the carrion bird (blog)

Hey Big Whats wrong with Funny... Try being Seriously Funny... have your work cut out there I can tell you.
Regards Gus

Comment is about Desire (blog)

try east ... definitely less frivolous.
Cx

Comment is about Desire (blog)

Tried to 'chat' again, but couldn't make it work - story of my life.
Cx

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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Ahhh thanks Gus! keep in touch this time!

Comment is about Listen up! (blog)

Who takes all the pics of you....and have you got any of any one else.... not that you're not a pretty boy....say cheese!
HNY
Gus

Comment is about Desire (blog)

January seems to have affected you darkly! and isn't this the second grave pic you've posted? - very serious.
Like the poem - do things recede into black holes? ... I thought they were pulled, inexorably.
Cx

Comment is about Desire (blog)

glad you like my stories and dramas !

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

ooooh... I have missed you...
Wonderful Wonderful....
Regards
Gus

Comment is about Listen up! (blog)

Thanks Simon. Glad you 'enjoyed' it. Strangely for a vegetarian, I do have a morbid fascination for road kill.
You'll notice there's no quorn in the poem!
Thanks for commenting though - it's appreciated.

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Cheers for the comments over Perfect Place and Windowscreens.. I like to leave things a bit vague on my poetry sometimes on purpose, and in some cases like Windowscreens I like to do character pieces (My brother is not like that!) lol

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Hi Andy
Thanks for your obs on 3 Stones
Gus

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Was blown away by 'Season to Taste' - atmospheric, weird, deliciosly lurid and with more than a faint whiff of lurking laughing evil intent. To go to the lengths of sewing stings into your victim's dental floss!
I feel I must learn more about rhubarb - as to 'its dark green to keep your sleep sound' properties
- will look out for any sound gigs you're doing in this vein - as always with clever touches.
and with all that septic sauce and frothed spit and phlegm you MUST, youMust...,..............'xcuse me.(I've got to make it in time to the sink, or maybe there's a large bucket to hand..)

Comment is about Listen up! (blog)

I agree with andy! The depth is unexpected.
Really enjoyed

Happy NY etc x

Comment is about Happy New Year (blog)

Hi Andy RE - Pictures on Window Screens. This poem says what I have been thinking on and off for a long time but with a difference. I often wonder at thi little things in life. the ants, the tiny flowers, the lichens. get close and they are amamzing (sorry , gettling all sloppy here) then bosh a dirty great big boot destroys all that perfection in an instant without a care and without insight. In your poem the difference is the beauty is also man made as well as the destruction (the wiping away) It captures that b..b..b..but instant before thewipe nicely as that info is only contained in the last two lines.
Another point - Isn't a window screen a mesh screen that keeps out flies and a windscreen the glass in a car? might want to consider this or tell me I have it all wrong. Winston

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Hi Andy

thank you for taking the time to read my poem Nothing to Say

i have changed a couple of words since i wrote it and feel that the piece now has a more balanced and complete feel about it

thanks again

steve

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Hi Phil,
Well deserved poem of the month. Now THIS is poetry of a personal nature. The powerful juggernaut of a serious illness met head on by your determination, I would like to join the others below in wishing you all the best for 2009 and beyond. Hope to see / hear you soon.
Winston

Comment is about Richer, tomorrow (article)

Oh yes, indeed this is a wonderful tribute for Phil in the start of another new year.
Fantastic choice Sean!
More than anything else in this sometimes dreary world we ALL need hope and Phil displays this and determination to overcome his obstacles he knows he needs to face.

Here's wishing you many more happy and pain free tomorrows Phil.
Love and light, Janet.x

Comment is about Richer, tomorrow (article)

I enjoyed this poem. I have to say my olnly time ever in a Travel Lodge, was as a child,over here you can count on them being clean and affordable. I can remember staying in them as they had a bear for their mascot. Other then that hotel a Best Western was considered good at the time and a step up. When the whole family would hop in the family van for a summer trip, it was those hotels we stayed in. I hope not all wives lie.If they do, I wonder why they feel they cant trust, who they are with?Whats a shag bag? I understand shag, but not the bag part. Why cant people just love eachother and be faithful?Im having heart troubles tonight. I have to go lay down xx

Comment is about Another Night in A Travel Lodge (blog)

I like this, Pete - the mp3 on it is a good idea also! Oddly enough I have never stopped at a travel lodge - not sure if I ever will after this! Good poem thou!

Comment is about Another Night in A Travel Lodge (blog)

This is a lot deeper than I originally thought it was going to be, good one!

Comment is about Happy New Year (blog)

Happy new year Andy,
thanks for your recent comment on my poem,
"Nobody ever visits any more."
Janet.x

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Happy new year Winston,
thanks for your comment on my poem "Nobody ever visits any more."
You picked up precisely on the image i wished to portray.
Janet.x

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Happy new year Antonionioni,
love the metaphors in this poem.
you are becoming quite philosophical for the start of a new year.
Janet.x

Comment is about Happy New Year (blog)

Good Day, Antonio

The poem shows reality of negligence if someone forgets how to drive in adverse conditions. You have captured few great points in this poem-Great Thinking!!

All the best to you and yours in the New Year 2009!

Cheers!
Zuzanna

Comment is about Happy New Year (blog)

Hello, Antonio

Great thoughts pondering in your write!
I am not sure if I can say that here about our weather, mostly COLD and snow right now. Hope the New Year will bring more happy times.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!!

Warm Regards,
Zuzanna

Comment is about Not looking forward or back (blog)

Fantastic work. Absolutely perfect choice for the first day of the year.
Cx

Comment is about Richer, tomorrow (article)

I found this poem a humbling experience to read - how quickly we forget how fortunate we really are...

So many images in this work Phil -

the one that stands out for me at this point has to be -

My future, a huge metal climbing frame
Twisted into impossible shapes

great choice Sean, thank you Phil.

Comment is about Richer, tomorrow (article)

thank you for being supportive and I hope we get a chance to meet soon - look forward to seeing the article once it's all up and running.

Also, it is good tomeet someone who believes in reading and education in relation to our own development of writing!

Comment is about Dermot Glennon (poet profile)

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near heaton park train station?

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