and now I'm imagining a chap gyrating his bum over the cup in order to create the authentic Mr.Whippy effect.
That's chocolate ice cream out for me for a while then! :)
- would you like a flake in that?

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Thanks for the thing you said about my Grandad being around, I was so touched. Maybe I just need to write it all out and then he'll go quiet for a bit.
Love
rachel
xxx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for the comment on my poo offering Dave, I beg to differ however, your 'Softer' was way more clever and complex than my poem,it worked really well, thanks for the lovely comment though,
Cheers
rach
x

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Dave, thanks for the comment on The Prettiest Music, hope you enjoyed it. Thom

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Winston, Many thanks for your comment on my latest blog, much appreciated. Thom

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Thanks for all your kind comments today! xx

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

hi andy thanks for your comments on beau its good to know your words can reach someone else quite clearly and in this case another cat lover..thats greatx

Comment is about Andy Williamson (poet profile)

Original item by Andy Williamson

Hello Dave
Thanks for the comment. Really pleased you enjoyed the bobby blog.
Hopefully see you a week on Monday.

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Thank you!! xx

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi John! Thank you for your comment and if you want to learn Russian following the steps of your grandma- I am a person to help:))

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

Re the turncoat canary...that was part of the thing Gregg but I didn't think it would be spotted lol! thanks for looking .Win

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks for the wise words. You are absolutely right. Mind you, I've never met anyone who made less assumptions than you!

:)

Fondest regards

Jx

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Thanks for your comment on Game of Two Halves, Win, and for the link to the football poets. Auntie Mary's canary made me smile

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Hi John... thanks for the extra info. You know, when I read things I try not to assume anything. In the case of this one I did NOT assume that 1) these were real life events 2) there were 2 boys or a boy and a girl involved. Try looking at it from a strangers point of view and thinking there IS a girl and a boy. Quite a different take I am sure yu wil agree. Win x

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

Good evening Dave-ta re Scotty poem-yes its a country steeped in fascinating history and fantastic scenery beyond doubt-I absolutely love it.I was very impressed with my visit to the Wallace monument in particular.Also have had some lovely coach trips up there-brilliant occasion for socialising-and whiskey drinking! thanks again Mr. B.-Stefan.

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

She ran the Chippy too!

:)

Jx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

My grandmother (uneducated, ancient and Scottish) learned Russian in her 60's just so she could recite Pushkin to me on her knee. I never understood a word of it...but it sounded lovely...full of ssshuushes and pssschisshes. Worked for me!

:)

jx

Comment is about Natasha (poet profile)

Original item by Natasha

Ah! So his gran ran the local sweetshop! That's why you fell in love! It is all clear now! ;-) xx

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

Dear W. Thanks for the kind comments re 'Martin'. Sadly, we never played together ever again...his gran wouldn't let us. I think she suspected we had become rather too close for comfort that summer...and nearly blinding him was the final straw. In real life the spinner treble hook went straight through his ear lobe...but I was amazed when the local Doc actually cut his earlobe and returned my spinner intact...result!

:)

jx

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Thanks again for your considered comments.
The word 'eutectic' comes primarily from the realm of 'physical chemistry' and is about boiling points and melting points of compounds and mixtures...that was the first clue....but I wouldn't expect most folks to get that one...I took out a whole verse about how I had to bite the line through and consequently ended up rather close to his tearful face...which was how come I could taste his tears and his breath (he always smelled of sherbert...his gran ran the local sweetshop!). When I took out that verse it suddenly became just funny...rather than funny/sad/longing/...Ho Hum.

I have no problem with funny...just was aiming a bit higher...or lower. :)

Back to the drawing board. Thanks (as always)

:)

Jx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Re 'Martin'

The word 'eutectic' comes primarily from the realm of 'physical chemistry'...that was the first clue....but I wouldn't expect most folks to get that one...I took out a whole verse about how I had to bite the line through and consequently ended up rather close to his tearful face...which was how come I could taste his tears and his breath (he always smelled of sherbert...his gran ran the local sweetshop!). When I took out that verse it suddenly became just funny...rather than funny/sad/longing/...Ho Hum.

Back to the drawing board. Thanks (as ever)

:)

Jx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Thank you for your kind comments with regard to 'Martin'. Nobody seems to have picked up the slightly 'Brideshead' vibe that I had hoped to create...how come I know his tears were hot, and what his breath smelled of? I think I may have edited it a bit hard and taken out the obvious signifiers. Can a poem be too subtle? I hope to submit it as my final piece for the OU course that I've been doing and I think I may have inadvertently turned a tale of boiling unrequited love into a piece of whimsy?

Your comments are always valued.

Thank you.

Jx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I guess looking back over the poem there were clues - but the humour in the poem tended to obscure them. I had planned to look up the word eutectic but never got round to it... like many things in my life!
A good read - hope the course is going well. x

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

Glad you enjoyed 'Martin' although I'm afraid it must count as a bit of a failure on my part. It's a true story and was meant to contain a bit of adolescent homoerotic longing as well as the story. I edited it out of a piece about twice as long. I was going to submit it for my final OU piece...but I think I've turned a semi-decent poem into a piece of whimsy by too much trimming. Still, the OU didn't say it had to be a 'serious' piece so maybe a comic piece will do. I've got to write 500 words about how I wrote it. 500 words on how I fucked it up would count?

Anyway...glad you liked it and many thanks for commenting.

:)

Jx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Glad you enjoyed 'Martin'. Thank you. Sadly (it is a true story) we never went fishing together again. No-one seems to have mentioned the homo-erotic subtext...which is a shame as I wrote it to submit as my final piece for the OU course I've been doing. I've obviously edited it too hard and removed the tension and longing from it. There was a verse where I bit through the line and brushed his cheeks with my lips...but that was just tooo flaming obvious. When I removed it it turned into a comic piece in a flash. It had sounded rather tender up unitl then.
Glad you liked it though. It's still a poem!

:(

Jx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I'm glad you enjoyed 'Martin'. It may be my final piece for the OU course I've been doing. Nobody seems to have 'caught' the adolescent, homoerotic subtext. Is it that invisible?

The original draft was packed full of adjectives and explanation and then I whittled it away to the core...perhaps I did too much whittling? It's a true story. Seems I can only do true stories.

:)

Jx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Hi Ann, many thanks for you recent comment. Means a lot. Regards, Thom

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Andy, thanks a lot for the comment, always appreciated. I agree about the final line too, not actually sure when that '!' got tacked on. Thom

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Och! wee McGladders! yeer tae bezzy wortchen pappy on tha pooper tae be drenkin annyways!de ya nae ken whys a be afterrr a wearin' a the wee respiratorrrr!ye mans always on tha parp am a thenkin'-Stefan'elp us all!xx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

re:letter to a genius. i love the language and the words. would love more of a clue what it's about. am i a simpleton? louise x

ps. not seen you for ages

Comment is about John Darwin (poet profile)

Original item by John Darwin

Yep, dirty bombs! :)
Rach
x = touche !
seeing as this subject is so close to many hearts, I'll post another in a very similar vein - you won't have to search too hard

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Thank you for your so kind comments. I may have added a two word last line since you saw this poem. Maybe let me know if you think it improves or detracts! (Or doesn't make any difference!!) My poems pop out all at once and then the thought of adding or changing anything gets me in a state of seething angst! (Well, maybe not that bad!)

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Hiya Greg, ta for the comment, you were close, it was(paraphrased from) one of my Grandad's experiences on a Flower Class Corvette in WW2,
Cheers
Rachel
x

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Ann- thanks for your comments & I agree - we all want to be loved; the ones who play it cool are only fooling themselves. Banksy

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

A very good afternoon,happy smiling Lady Jane-thanks for comments re-There but for the Grace.Yes I agree regarding this poem being performance piece-best regards-Stefanx

Comment is about jane wilcock (poet profile)

Original item by jane wilcock

Hi Freddy Welcome to WOL. good to see you bringing some of your words to this site... hope to see more soon. winston

Comment is about Freddy Macha (poet profile)

Original item by Freddy Macha

Hi Cynthia, thanks for your comment, helpful and insightful as ever. I've corrected the typo. I can't decide about the opening line, I did wonder about it for a while but then I just got used to it being that way. I may yet adjust though... Cheers, Thom

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Rach-haha too re poo! one day I swear! I,ll take you away from all this madness and bodily waste-we will grow old together like two old and mothballed camels,and sing hymns in the loo! excre'mentally yours-Stefpan.(nearly bedpan but not quite! shite!)

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Hi John
Mnay thanks for the compliment.
Feel free to give it a go. I won't tell anyone in York if you don't.
I suppose it is the type of poem that you could have written.
I'm very flattered for the time taken to leave your comment.
Steve

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Tommy
I'm not sure my baby bobbies are old enough to vote in the new ballot.
baby bobbies balloted by BA?
Steve

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Hello Cynthia, thank you very much for your comments on January. I suppose it's all to do with the looking back and forward at the same time, the Janus thing, January often being the most miserable of months for many. thank you again. Graham

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

ta Mrs M-re-only me n the queerhawk-ah! but for the failed wings of youth,the encroachment of time,the obligatory impression of Mr potato head,and ale spent coffers-wouldst thou surely have been falling at my size twelve-feet that is!but if I win the lottery-and have a head transplant with george clooney-i,ll get back to you.How dare that man of yours belittle your reputation on here-tell him from me,he is a cad and a boundah-this could mean flintlocks at dawn outside Asda-in your poo-em there was no mention of,when in times of constipation,calling for your betrothed to run up stairs with a pair of scissors and deleting the exposed, withdrawing the rest into the interior.funny poo-em though Mr and Mrs Mac!-Stefan.

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Thanks for the comments Jeff...I know what you mean about the choppy lines in Stockings, I've been doing much shorter lines of late so it might get a revision at some point.....or I could start wearing ankle socks! :)
Cheers
Rachel
x

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

Thanks Cynthia for another kind comment (Valkyrie). Maybe it's because I am a gemini that lots of odd thoughts pop into my head!I will post a poem called Butterfly Mind sometime, kind of sums it up. Much love Ann x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Dear Isobel
I'll write a little later, but thanks for the comment.
och aye the noo. Glad to see it made you smile
xx Steve xx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Dear Valkyrie
Where did that come from?
Anyway, thanks for the amusing 'comment'.
A sign of my old age? But I really did see a small child (or maybe a midget) on patrol in the middle of Huddersfield, in the middle of this week. Well, that's what I think I saw.
xx Steve xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Good evening Rodney.Thank you for comments on my poem-The cord severed.-all duly noted and most certainly considered-or as my old teacher would write in school reports(and I,m sure you know whats coming)must try harder! cheers-Stefan.

Comment is about Rodney Wood (poet profile)

Original item by Rodney Wood

Hi Cynthia

thanks again for reading and considered comment

steve x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Ann

thanks for taking the time to read and make comment on my work

steve x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hey, thanks for the kind words. I enjoyed reading your poems too, particularly the one about Chruchhill, I really liked the rhythm. I have just uploaded another poem and an audio clip if you want to check them out.
Cheers,
Rich

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley