it's got a sorta appeal that could catch on Don

Comment is about I am a SORTA Poet (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Or it could be a grisly tail! I've got a favorite skeleton dress ha, ha I'll find a picture of it later

Comment is about The Halloween Party (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Must jump on my bike and get to Spec Savers double quick!

Comment is about The Mystery Of Words! (photo)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

I have known about this tradition for many years but didn't know that the poet could influence the label and add a poem to the back label. Perhaps SA is the first?

I also did not know that the poet received 72 bottles each year for the ten years of his/her tenure as Laureate.

I wonder how much they fetch at auction?

Comment is about Poet laureate receives his sherry - and remembers the Marsden cuckoo (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

are you a sorta poet
or just out of sorts?

Comment is about I am a SORTA Poet (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

My consciousness has been awakened
but it prefers to go back to sleep.
Not sure what all this is supposed to mean.
Didn't New Age come out in the 60's?
we are now in 2019.
maybe New Age is not so new anymore.
Poems need to be understood to be effective.
Call them Old Age Poetry.

Comment is about My Second Adventure Into New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Such a great poem. Thank you for sharing.

Comment is about TRAVEL PLANS - ALSO RANS? (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Got my skeleton costume ready plus my grisly tale Ruth!

Comment is about The Halloween Party (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Ironic, perhaps even hypocritical, when one considers all the millions of young people taking part in the recent eco protests...and what do they all say they want to do? TRAVEL. Just for the hell of it. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for it...it broadens the mind. But don't then preach to the rest of us.

Comment is about TRAVEL PLANS - ALSO RANS? (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

You been walking down Market street again Hugh? I'm sure I'll bump into you there one of these days....but will you recognise me? Who knows! ?

Comment is about One good turn deserves another (blog)

Original item by hugh

Ah it's back, I just wrote on your wall that it had disappeared! Ha,ha I'm feeling a presence, but then again it may be a kindly spirit who brings a present. Nice bit of suspense going on either way there Nigel.

Comment is about The Halloween Party (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

That's what you call real spooky Ruth - - -

Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)

Original item by Nigel Astell

You had some good special effects going on there with the Halloween party. I went to read it and it said ' entry not found' and THEN wait for it......It actually Disappeared. Now. Isn't that the stuff that a proper ghostly Halloween party is made of! ?

Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Nigel I always enjoy the way you find another poem within the poem. Given me an idea for yet another genre of poetry, The Russian Doll effect!

Comment is about Winter knows (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

New-Age poetry is serious stuff. Mock it at your own peril. You wouldn't want to be struck by a cosmic thunderbolt powered by electromagnetic forces now would you? Of course not.

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Comment is about My Second Adventure Into New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Experiments in poetry can be fun. But I'm reminded of the column
"Pseuds Corner" in the UK magazine "Private Eye". Or - as a certain
foul-mouthed US tennis player was prone to shout -
You can't be serious! ?

Comment is about My Second Adventure Into New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Now listen up there poem
You're gonna take new course
No stanzas, meter, rhyming stuff
I'm gonna make you, force

I've got a fan in Nigel
I cannot let him down
I'll change your adjectives to verbs
Whatever's left to nouns

But Don our verse foundation
Was laid by poets old
Shakespeare, Keats and Milton
Please,please don't change our mould

Sorry poem. New-Age is in town. Kaboom.....

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Comment is about My Second Adventure Into New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Love can wait
then miss out

Love can go
then get hurt

Love can find
warm summer sun

Winter snow falls
butterflies keep warm.

Comment is about Winter knows (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Cosmos I hear you calling
Blip... blip... blip.... you say
These blips? what are they meaning?

(Ruth, I'm struggling. What are these blips saying to me?....

I don't want to let the blip makers down. They could be our friendly aliens wanting to communicate,,,,,,)

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Comment is about My Second Adventure Into New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

But we should remember that man invented maps so that they could
confuse women - and do! ?

Comment is about Men Don't Read Instructions (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Good luck Don with this
I see you as a new age poetry navigator steering poetry on a different course.

Comment is about My Second Adventure Into New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Ruth has turned her babbling
Into a career
Presenter on the radio
Oh dear oh dear oh dear

(Or, very good I hear...)

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Comment is about gobbledygook (blog)

Original item by Emilia Callahan

I applaud you Emila.(seriously) Even I, a New-Age dabbler of experience could not come up with such exquisite poetic gobbledygook as this.

If you'll allow me,with respect, to take away another interpretation of your gookspeak. After all this is what poets do is it not Emilia?

mai mai dah , ya ya ya
nyuh nyah ah eh yay
gee doh ooh ooh noo noo
Let's roll in the hay

(Behave yourself......)

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Comment is about gobbledygook (blog)

Original item by Emilia Callahan

I remember learning a lot about baby language for my English language A- Level and it really was one of my favourite parts of the course. It is fascinating learning about how babies learn to speak. My mum told me I started babbling very early on, and that's something that didn't change?

Comment is about gobbledygook (blog)

Original item by Emilia Callahan

I like this one, Don. I've been thinking a lot of the universe and afterlife recently as I explore connected themes.

Comment is about My Second Adventure Into New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

How to make a poem-
read the instructions!

Comment is about Men Don't Read Instructions (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Great imagery. Thanks for sharing.

Comment is about Autumn Rain (blog)

Original item by Chris Armstrong

Good one Nigel, yes it's all about keeping the flow of writing going, from the wonky first drafts to something more worthwhile. As Don says all we can but hope that the readers will be curious to read more of what we're writing, and want more!

Comment is about Do it anyway (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Sounds like the beginning of another story there Nigel!

Thank you Branwell, glad you liked this poem.

Comment is about Cold calling (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

This is the first New Age poem I've read. I did enjoy it. Lots of my non conventional diplomas, like Philipos are accredited by the New Age Foundation so this was right up my street. Don the cosmos keeps calling you to connect us poetic spirits together through your poetry.

Comment is about My Second Adventure Into New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Don I have explored many various new age routes as you call them (with course certificates to prove it) and the mind is an incredibly boggling thing. I often use the example of the three wise men who could traverse the desert sands using the satnav of the mind and well before satnavs even came into the equation of course. We might even one day listen to century old conversations logged into the memory of trees and of course the ability of trees to send chemical signals to other trees when forests fires kick off - so that fire retardant chemicals may start to emit. Well done you for getting this far. Impressive stuff. P.

Comment is about My Second Adventure Into New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thalia regards me as an adventurer into new genres of poetry, SORTA being my last creation (sorta this 'n' sorta that). After my last (rave-reviewed) venture into the emerging field of New-Age poetry (no poetic shape or form, metre, rhythm, rhyme, scansion etc laid down by our beloved poet giants over the centuries), I am back dabbling my toes in it's waters again.

You may ask “What's this New-Age poetry all about?” Fair question.

The poet works at exciting our imagination and stirring our emotions, which Google tells us is 'poetry'.

Think about it. The esteemed poetry site WOL welcomes New-Age, so ergo, it MUST be 'poetry'. “Logical” says Thalia.

I dedicate this imaginative and emotionally moving piece to New-Age neophytes John Coopey, Fred Nicholson and Emilia Callahan. May you be blessed......

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Comment is about My Second Adventure Into New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

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Comment is about Concetta (poet profile)

Original item by Concetta

Emilia and Don, I thank you both.
Emilia, thank you for suggesting I revisit 'the Visitor' and potentially rewrite this (maybe) poem, which I intend to do.
Don, thank you for keeping me on my toes, and helping to expand my poetic knowledge. The 2 definitions that follow were copied directly from Google. I did not add my own language.

from 'yourdictionary'(dot)com
poem Play po·em

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noun
The definition of a poem is a collection of words that express an emotion or idea, sometimes with a specific rhythm.


fron google(dot)com
po·em
/ˈpōəm,pōm/
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noun
a piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanzaic structure.

Similar:
something that arouses strong emotions because of its beauty.
"you make a poem of riding downhill on your bike"

Don, neither of the above (word for word) definitions include 'gobbledygook', so I may have to search elsewhere. ?

Again, thank you both, folks.
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Comment is about the Visitor (blog)

Original item by Fred Nicholson

Don, I think a piece only stating "gobbledygook" would lie somewhere along the lines of a piece of art that has only a single line running through the canvas, or a single shape on it. Pieces of art like that also spark arguments on if the piece is considered art, and what is considered acceptable art vs. not. I do think poetry is more than just rhyming, verse structure, etc.

Comment is about the Visitor (blog)

Original item by Fred Nicholson

Thalia here Nige - my Don's a top haik spotter/non-sptter....you betcha

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Comment is about The Betting Slip (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

I'm continually writing
One poem a day
Nige, hoping you're wanting
Lots more I do pray

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Comment is about Do it anyway (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Thanks for the comment on The Way I Write, Ruth. ? I do find it so interesting and would love others to let me in on their secret methods ? Maybe there are techniques we could all share and learn from...

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

very good poem

Comment is about Cold calling (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

I'm glad it was thought provoking guys thanks.


Thanks Becky, Jeannot and Ruth for the likes. Coming back here, thanks Branwell Jon and Hannah too!

Ray

Comment is about LOOK I'M ONLY HUMAN (blog)

Original item by ray pool

She What's it like down there

Him How did you know?

She They don't allow calls from high above.

Comment is about Cold calling (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

a chat to a friend
then a game to end.

Comment is about Dumb and dumber (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

If you wish
to be a writer
continuous writing makes
the reader wanting more.

Comment is about Do it anyway (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Great poem M C last two lines says it all

Ruth Poet's Pride is picking up the winnings
Poet's Lady is the gambling poet who did it!

Don it was a sure bet you would spot the difference!

Comment is about The Betting Slip (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Thank you dear Jason! Your words mean a lot!?

x.x

Mae

Comment is about The Barque of Us (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Just written -Once upon a time there were three nuns

Comment is about Oh Happy Days (blog)

Original item by branwell kent

Thanks, Becky. It seems to punch above its weight, this one.

Comment is about I DREAMT YOU WERE LITTLE AGAIN (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks Do.RoThy and Don. Emma thanks for you kind comments, how fascinating you were already working on a similar theme, I will look forward to reading it glad it inspired you.

Cheers Hugh, your poem made me smile. Happy to have got your cogs going on something.

Comment is about Cold calling (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

You inspired me to write-

Alive not dead

In my coffin on the way to the grave,
I pass a pub I hear them rave.
In my coffin I feel all alone,
I'm going to frighten them,where's my phone?

I hid it in a corner in a nook,
It's dark in here to dark to look.
I lift the lid and see the moon,
I feel around and find it soon.

I ring my son who is at the rave.
"I'm still alive don't need a grave!"
"But dad I've just been reading out your will,
And who's going to pay the funeral bill?"

The funeral rave could not go ahead,
When they discovered I was alive not dead.

Comment is about Cold calling (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Emilia/Fred

If I accept your definition of 'poetry'

Poetry is a very free art form, so the guidelines are pretty loose - and as you mentioned, the goal is to stir the reader's imagination and emotions.

Then anything which 'stirs the imagination and emotions' qualifies.

Therefore if I were to write 'gobbledegook', provided it stirs the imagination and emotions it would qualify as 'poetry' according to your definition. Yes? No meter, rhyme, scansion etc. I believe they are calling this rapidly emerging art form New-Age poetry. I happen to see a sample on WOL some time back. It got rave reviews. But sadly missed out on POTW.....

Comment is about the Visitor (blog)

Original item by Fred Nicholson