We all create our own rhythms in life, and attract similar rhythms to us ?
Comment is about Rhythm (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
The last two lines resonated with me, beautiful poem
Comment is about The word is love (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Artwork by: Belinda Williams ?
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Comment is about 痛み / Itami (blog)
Original item by Your Royal Poetess
Thank you John, Hugh, Stephen, Stephen and Holden for responding to the poem. This was a poem about my father in law, a rather personal episode for all concerned.
Ray
Comment is about STANLEY IN THE HOME (blog)
Original item by ray pool
A poem of a pastoral scene beautifully told. The photo is an appropriate image. The two go together.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Tangled Web (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
A poem which describes eloquently the goodness to be found in ordinary people.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about A Better Place (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks for your expert view on this, Ruth. (For the benefit of readers, Ruth Aylett is a professor of computer science at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, where she specialises in affective computing, social computing, software agents, and human–robot interaction, as well as being a poet). But in defence of our 'nonsense piece', we would point out that we asked the question, Can a robot write poetry? in the headline and the story, rather than saying definitively that it could. And this begs another question - who decides what is poetry, anyway? Whatever this robot comes up with might be viewed as exciting, innovative, experimental and valid in some quarters. I even wonder whether some AI entity hasn't been honing its craft on the Write Out Loud blogs for many years, encouraged all the time by the supportive community we have here. Well, you never know. ?
Comment is about Can a robot write poetry? Ai-Da responds to Dante (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Ruth Aylett
Tue 16th Nov 2021 22:53
This is a nonsense piece treating a piece of machinery with some attached software as if it were a person, in the interests of marketing hype. There are plenty of generative poetry programs around - all of which produce pretty poor stuff because they have no grasp of semantics. Bundling one in with a not terribly functional robot - largely pre-scripted and teleoperated - makes for a fun demo but cannot be described as a 'creative robot' still less as presenting poetry that 'she' has written.
Comment is about Can a robot write poetry? Ai-Da responds to Dante (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Heart-felt without being maudlin, Mike.
Comment is about Planes Over Speke (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
Beautiful with a sinister hint ( or is that just the way my mind works?) ?
Comment is about R.I.P. (blog)
Original item by Brian Hodgkinson Jr.
I have done a deal with God, Stephen; he won’t come for me till I’ve read all my books. But I’ve outflanked him - I keep them topped up from the charity shops.
Comment is about OLD FRIENDS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
They say 70 is the new 60, John! So if you're booked in to pop yer clogs at 80, you'll actually live until you're 90! Happy days, Happy Birthday ?
Comment is about OLD FRIENDS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The title complements this perfectly, Julie.
Comment is about Fiery Hues (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thank you so much, John. Love poems are difficult to write and I decided to try a different angle with this one, concentrating on the word rather than the emotion.
Comment is about The word is love (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
And deny the world my senile awkwardness? Not bloody likely, MC.
Comment is about OLD FRIENDS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The words "put to sleep" offer an understated but true consolation for an act of mercy. An animal is unable to tell
how much it is suffering and it is quite proper that we should
take heed whilst also making certain there is no option other
than relieving the effects of terminal malignancy. Life becomes
a sentence in itself when suffering is its remorseless inescapable companion.
Comment is about Good Boy (blog)
Original item by Chris Bunton
Tue 16th Nov 2021 13:58
Thank you very much for your comment, Keith! ?
Comment is about Delight (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
I always enjoy the age-related comments from you young sprogs.
Did you hope to die before you got old? ?
Comment is about OLD FRIENDS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Has the pace and energy of someone running full tilt. Vivid and moving! John Botterill
Comment is about Headlong (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
dk.,
When you put your mind to writing good poetry you produce some fine work. Try and avoid the frivolous. You are a good poet.
Keith
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
I think this is brilliant, John. It satirises our modern desire to reduce every story into its 'controversial' elements.
Though perhaps that tendency is not modern at all? John Botterill
Comment is about EDWARD II (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Yes we need to look deeper into all things to discover an innate beauty.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Delight (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
What’s ironic is that Simon and Garfunkel will also know how terribly strange it is to be 70, Graham.
Thanks for the Likes, Stephen and Holden.
Comment is about OLD FRIENDS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
This was almost too much to bear, Chris. A beautiful, sincere poem. I wish you all well.
Comment is about Good Boy (blog)
Original item by Chris Bunton
Tue 16th Nov 2021 03:15
I think you have a Monarch in your hands right there.
wink. wink.
Comment is about Chris Bunton (poet profile)
Original item by Chris Bunton
Tue 16th Nov 2021 03:14
Thanks Keith for your comment on "Last To Leave".
I was rather proud of the way the poem turned out.
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Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
No-one understands grief more than someone who has held a dog in their arms as it was put to sleep and that final look back into your eyes as the weight changes.
This captures one of the most horrible decisions one ever has to make. Good work Chris!
Comment is about Good Boy (blog)
Original item by Chris Bunton
Absolutely beautiful and very poignant.
Comment is about Good Boy (blog)
Original item by Chris Bunton
I’m not a dog lover at all, Chris. But this really hits the spot. Powerful and evocative.
Comment is about Good Boy (blog)
Original item by Chris Bunton
Yes, Keith, your instinctive understanding never lets you down. Hugh, does it mean something like "Great longing and cruel nostalgia/ Every day is heartbreaking." I don't know whether hiraeth is a curse or a blessing, I just know it is. Mark, I don't know much about south Wales, I've just visited Cardiff a few times, but I do know north Wales, especially Ynys Mon (Anglesey), where people are very friendly to those who make an effort to speak, even a few words, of their language. John
Comment is about HIRAETH (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
Monarch! I love it! Poor fella. I saw one just like this and thought the same thing.
Comment is about Last To Leave (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Mon 15th Nov 2021 15:11
Thank you so much for the kind words, John! ?
Comment is about Absurd (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
A beautifully crafted poem with a certain poignancy as one recalls the delicacy of the natural world.
Thanks for this
Keith
Comment is about Last To Leave (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks for your comments, David, and for the namechecks of those younger open-micers. And you are absolutely right, too.
Comment is about Fireworks and fiery words at Spoaken Word in Lewes (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
DAVID BOOTH
Mon 15th Nov 2021 10:20
Everything you say is true. I was impressed by the younger free-mikers, Marcia, Emma, Ellie Kofi, Luciid, and others, brave enough to put their feelings into poetry and to confess their confusions and sentiments to strangers, appealing equally to mind and heart and producing laughter and tears. These are the real poets in residence in Brighton and East Sussex.
But most impressive was the sympathetic, supportive and enthusiastic audience who willed them to succeed.
This event is bound to flourish.
David.
Comment is about Fireworks and fiery words at Spoaken Word in Lewes (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
julie callaghan
Wed 17th Nov 2021 19:06
Thanks for the kind comment Keith. Thanks also for the likes
Comment is about Tangled Web (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan