that's a lot of washing machines Pete...
what's the warranty part of the deal?

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Wonderful Emily

This is a very touching poem. i particularly liked the saving the vowels from scrabble. Clever, but very sweet.

Mel
x

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A lovely poem Phil

mel
x

Comment is about Emotional Rainbows (blog)

Original item by Phil Golding

Wow!!

So much power in so few lines

Mel
x

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Original item by garside

Brilliant Bel

You are clearing turming Japanese...turning Japanese I really think so.

miss you

Smelly
xx

Comment is about Mantra (blog)

Original item by Belinda

Wonderful, witty and a incy bit wicked Mia.
x

Comment is about Driven (blog)

Original item by Mia Darlone

Wonderful Steve and not an expletive in sight..tee, hee. I heard you perform this at the green room and thought it was a powerful and thought provoking performance, but it works equally well when read on the page. I really like the shape and for some reason i've taken quite a fancy to the word 'sluiced'.

Mel
xx

Comment is about Spare Filth (blog)

Original item by Steve O'Connor

Hello, Phil

Very well written, short and sweet - There are plenty of emotions in your words.
There is zest for life express too. Awesome write!!

Have a safe and Happy Halloween to you and yours!!

Thank you,
Zuzanna

Comment is about Emotional Rainbows (blog)

Original item by Phil Golding

Dear Melissa

The poem is amazing! I can relate to that as well. Life is truly a train ride. At times it is slow and some days speed in the opposite direction. Hope that your train will eventually get you to the destination of your desire. WONDERFUL WRITE!!

Happy Halloween to you!!

Thank you,
Zuzanna

Comment is about Midnight (blog)

Dear Mia

Thank you for the comment 'A Genuine Friend'. Your comment is genuinely appreciated.

Have a safe and happy Halloween!!

Take care...Zuzanna

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Original item by Mia Darlone

Comment is about DIVING FOR SHINY THINGS by Lisa B (article)

I have been reading Steven's work since I first saw a comment of his which irritated me. I cannot make much sense of any of it. This collection of clichés jumbled together with weird punctuation, spacing and capitalisation says nothing to me at all. Is it a case of the Emperor's clothes or an empty vessel shouting loudly. I don't know. Maybe the admirers of the work would enlighten me.

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Dear Jeff,

Thank you for your wonderful comments on my poetry. We seem to be kindred spirits, and yeah, despite our mistakes, we have to move on. We cannot stand still.

I look forward to reading more of your work. Take care.

Melissa

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Original item by Jeffarama!

What I enjoy about your poetry Mr jgh, is that, it takes such a long determined suck before you arrive at the good bits. Rather like those stubborn boiled sweets with delicious soft-centers.
Like my mother once said, if anything is worth suckin' - it's worth suckin' well.

NB - please don't be perturbed about the potential for euphomism in the above!

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Original item by John G.Hall

That is something I already do. I write plays as well as poems and if a section/stanza doesn't work for something I'll write it on an index card and keep it in case I can use it again.

Comment is about The luxury of being a writer (blog)

Original item by Martin Nelson

Hi Mia - Hope you've sorted out your dripping sump and are fit and well for the H.A.T.S ?

Comment is about Driven (blog)

Original item by Mia Darlone

Hi Melissa - I cannot argue with the sentiment and emotive choice of language that you are using. What happened is obviously very personal and deep within you. However, I do get that feeling that I have read this before. Not in a plagarised sense but in a sense of repetition. It maybe the choice of words - most are the type we expect to read in a poem of this sort and that can be off-putting to some readers. Not all, as the other comments show. Yet we need to be mindful of is that 'a sense of loss' is the fuel for many, perhaps too many ,poems.
How can we make ours stand out from the wallowing, maudlin crowd and still be sincere? Well, if I knew that one...
You know I enjoy reading your work and it's obvious others do too.
Let's run naked through a 'Webster's' and see what fantastical words follow our lead!

Comment is about What I Miss (blog)

I agree Martin, keep on scribbling and never throw a scrap of writing away or you may come to regret it one day.

Comment is about The luxury of being a writer (blog)

Original item by Martin Nelson

Although I prefer traditional metre and/or rhyme, I like the line "Liverpool rain oozes from the skies crying eyes", Katy.

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Original item by Katy Konrad

Thanks Val for your kind comment see you again soon....
Gus

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Original item by Valerie Cook

Thanks Once Again Moira... Can't wait for Christmas now!!
Gus

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Original item by Moira Eribenne

Brilliant. I just couldn`t stop, the momentum carried me on to the end.I hate this celebrity culture. Very funny would go well in performance. Well done

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Great Mia. Well done

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Original item by Mia Darlone

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Hi Melissa, I enjoyed this very much. I do understand this poem and your feelings very well. all good things come in there own time, all things worth anything will come.You dont want fast love. You want real love, a friend, a person with whom you can talk to and be friends with and grow to love and count on. Whne your not looking, it will happen. so live and be the beautiful you, and be happy. It will happen. your friend clarissa xx

Comment is about What I Miss (blog)

This is a lovely poem, choppy and catchy, swollen with imagery; I particulary like the powerful closing line.

Comment is about THE ALL-PURPOSE STARS (article)

Hey Andy,
Thanks for your message. Yes, I do plan on putting a few more poems up at some point.
I enjoyed your poem 'Pictures on Windscreens'. I liked the simplicity of it and the fact that the final line was rather telling of your brother's character.
Have a good one!

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Original item by Andy N

Hi Richard,
thanks for letting me know what you're up to.
I had a feeling you were busy with study. Just wanted to let you know you haven't been forgotten.
Hope you found all the inspiration you need for your course work. Good luck with it.
Love Janet.xx

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Original item by Richard Brooks

Hi Steve,
this packs quite a punch.
Should be a great live gig poem.
Very nicely written too.
Love Janet.xx

Comment is about Spare Filth (blog)

Original item by Steve O'Connor

Hello dear Mia

This poem is Fabulous!! I like the twists and turns in your wording. It could be mysterious as well. There are some lines that the reader may read differently from what is written...I am not sure if you know what I am thinking of...Not really a dirty mind, but close...Smile... :) I like Jeff's comment” Look forward to a top gear performance!" - I think this is true; the real performance will be a thrill to see on stage.

Thank you,
Zuzanna
xx

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Original item by Mia Darlone

MIa, This is great!

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Original item by Mia Darlone

Hi Jeff :)

Thanks for your continued support!
Have I been touring the NW? Nooo, I'm from Merseyside, love the Pool but live in Moss Side so you know heh
Thanks again
Beth

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

I like this one Daniel. May you continue to give way to the words....

Comment is about Poets never die they just fade way into their own words (blog)

Original item by Daniel Hooks

Ha! Yes great stuff and can see it's pre-watershed material Mia!

Lots of cheeky inuendos though and good analogies with the car stuff, could breakdown with you on the hard shoulder anytime!

Just thinking though, you could add in something about getting a good servicing, or is that me being a typical bloke?

See ya soon - Look forward to a top gear performance! Jeff X

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Original item by Mia Darlone

Hi Steve, how true, the haves and have nots, well observed, cheers Jeff

Comment is about Spare Filth (blog)

Original item by Steve O'Connor

Hi Melissa, can feel your regret here and the last 7 lines could have been written for me, and to make it worse i was my fault. But you (like me) have to accept at some stage and move on hopefully, best wishes, love reading your work as you know, Jeffx

Comment is about What I Miss (blog)

Thanks Janet. A 6pm gig has given me the need for something a little cleaner! And I think I need to try a few things in my own voice and stop shying away totally from serious lines. But the crude stuff will continue without a doubt! x

Comment is about Driven (blog)

Original item by Mia Darlone

Oh the joys of men and motoring.
This is really good Mia.
I love the twists and turns in your work. They really are nothing short of brilliant.
Language is pretty tame by your usual standards, or is it to spare the blushes of the young and innocent?
Either way, it's great.
Love Janet.xx

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Original item by Mia Darlone

Hi Belinda,
Oh how i would love to be on the rocks in your picture, repeating my own mantras.
Bliss... bliss.. bliss...

I guess it'll have to be at home for now though.
Love, peace and light.
Janet.xx

Comment is about Mantra (blog)

Original item by Belinda

Hi Melissa,
I can relate to some of your thoughts and feelings here.
I believe missed opportunities are not for dwelling upon. When pure instinct becomes too strong to ignore. That's when an opportunity shouldn't be, but once you've taken action, if it isn't appreciated, all you can do is let it go.

Love and light,
Janet.xx

Comment is about What I Miss (blog)

Ha ha ha, this is very funny.
I would normally steer clear of anything to do with christmas until November, but oddly enough, i've noticed a couple of my own poems recently, and there is another one on here too.

Anyway, after my little digression there, i'll come back to your very original, humorous poem.
At every famous name, i couldn't help but "see" all those false characters with very cheesy grins.
Especially at the end with Jeremy Beadle and his needle.
So where are the drugs to cure my madness?
At work over Christmas!
Love Janet.xx

Comment is about My Christmas List (blog)

Im glad you all enjoyed the poems. Zuzanna, these were written over the past few years, I just gathered them all together for the first time. I missed out a couple, which I will post soon.

If anyone is on Facebook, look for an application called Poetry Dedication - it has a good few of my poems on it.

Comment is about Some Seasonal Poems for Halloween (blog)

Original item by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

Hi Tomas,
Very descriptive and potent poems for the season of Halloween.
Love Janet.xx

Comment is about Some Seasonal Poems for Halloween (blog)

Original item by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

Hi Ray,
this poem is very clever.
Good rhythm and beat going on.
On the whole, i quite like it. Good show.
Love Janet.xx

Comment is about Killing Time (blog)

Hi Kate,
welcome to the site for budding and experienced poets/esses. I'm one of the former.

"I see red..." is very real. I like the way you've asserted your thoughts and feelings without bitterness. I always find that difficult to do, even though any bitterness there was, is long gone.

Good luck with your poetry, hope it's as successful as your childrens books.
love Janet.xx

Comment is about Kate Tym (poet profile)

Original item by Kate Tym

Hello Tomas - I am Catholic by faith so some of your poems are close to my heart. We were not celebrating Halloween, rather ALL SAINTS DAY when my parents were still alive. You have done a lot of writing lately about the oncoming Halloween night. It is fun for kids but can be dangerous too. I know for a fact that as precautions the parents take the kids for Trick or Treat to the big Shopping Centers. It is much safer then around the neighbourhood. Thank you for sharing some of your tradition with us.

Happy Halloween to you!!

PS: Thank you for your comment on my poem 'BIG SURPRISE'- Just like you commented...Oh, well I was young at the time and learning life...Smile.

Thank you...Zuzanna

Comment is about Some Seasonal Poems for Halloween (blog)

Original item by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

Powerful and thought provoking! Each reading sets my thinking bouncing around metaphorically.

Dafydd

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Original item by garside

Love it Steve. Highly original, and yet...

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