Powerful language with a stark clarity of purpose.

Keith

Comment is about The Row (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

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Comment is about Extra Large Sized Men's Padded Hooded Parker (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

Brilliant poem Sarah. Am gonna get myself a large hooded Parker. I love your work.

Comment is about Extra Large Sized Men's Padded Hooded Parker (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

There is a strange kind of innocence in these opening lines that draws the reader in to something a little more macabre.
Nice one

Comment is about Clickity Clack (blog)

Original item by Heart of Lead

Beautifully put together John. There is something rather special about wild life , big cats in particular.
Nice one

Comment is about Rhapsody (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

You have summed up here the amazing effects a type of clothing can have both on the wearer and others.

Nice one

Comment is about Extra Large Sized Men's Padded Hooded Parker (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

Johnson has only ever been interested in climbing higher. He's reached the summit and can climb no higher. Now there, he doesn't know what to do. Well done Boris.....

Comment is about No Deal (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

Thanks Brian, although on the matter of a No Deal I’m more Corporal Jones: DON’T PANIC!! DON’T PANIIIIIC!!

Comment is about No Deal (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

Different than my usual entry but I do this ABCB stuff also. Wondering if the purpose comes across or what the readers thiink the purpose that all beings have is. Thanks for any feedback.
A.

Comment is about Thank You (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

I like the way the words roll around the tongue and your rhyming here HOL........

Comment is about Clickity Clack (blog)

Original item by Heart of Lead

Brian I'm disappointed
You've contributed none
New-Age knocked you over
Back you can't come?

(Sorry 'bout that......)

Comment is about First Efforts at New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Hey Rose you're infected
Your bolloxing right
You've done gone come down with
What's called Rhymer's Blight

And yes, it's contagious
Spreads like a disease
Gets one's wave functions
Oscillating with ease.....

Comment is about First Efforts at New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thanks, guys. I guess it touched a chord with those of you who, like me, have reached a certain age...

Comment is about Imagination (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Thanks for the words on Marbles. Total nightmare all this info bombarding us wherever we go - what used to be addictive is now becoming a total nuisance. So info overload - go take a jump somewhere squishy. ?

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thanks Heart, wrote it this morning over a coffee. Whilst all our lives are huge to us, on a universal scale, we're bugs on a windshield.
I'm not deterred though, because our lives are still the biggest thing that we'll experience.

J. x

Comment is about Acceptance (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Hi David, thanks ! A poem that hinges on an idea that goes from mineral to animal! That road is a long one by the way.

Very kind Tommy. Glad it appealed.

Cheers Don. One that I was pleased with myself.

Thanks Mark. Yes that would be the best place to meditate while you're stuck up an exhaust pipe. Maybe they'll finally excavate that tunnel. It works well on the A3 at Hindhead.

Cynthia, Lisa, David and Devon, thank you for reading and liking.

Ray

Comment is about MOAN ALONE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

if there's one type of fella I adore and it's so true
tis those who don't give a flying F!
Don Dares just like you!

bollox! you've got me at it! ?






Rose ?

Comment is about First Efforts at New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

cooler than the north and south pole combined.









Rose ?

Comment is about J (blog)

Original item by C.m.c.

Really good, as always. I thought at the end it would be some aspect of the small dent we have, but it is simply that we can hardly observe it all, much less have an impact. Beautifully written.

Comment is about Acceptance (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thanks for the “likes”, Kev and David.
Political correctness is a fashion like platform soles and kipper ties. We do well to remember that the sentiments here would have been at the PC cutting edge 3000 years ago.

Comment is about "FOR THESE" SAID THE FATHER "ARE THE THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW" (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Wow Don you done gone bang a new gong!
Seriously mate, though I don't agree with much of what you're saying (new-age ain't me), your ability to say it is impressive. Remember, for the verbal artist (ie poet) it's never either or, it's whatever gets the job done.
Interesting that you flag up the time and effort needed. But hey good to sweat and toil a bit ?
Yea impressive
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Comment is about First Efforts at New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

It's Haibun time! Well done. What I find remarkable about this form is that it displays what is contained within the Haiku - which are often given short shrift by western readers who think it is merely the syllable count and line breaks that make a quality Haiku.

D

Comment is about Spectator? Participator? Instigator? (blog)

Original item by afishamongmany

Good one John EM and just the right image. Like how the poem's structure seems to be leaves blown about by the wind. Who/what is the audio?
Go well
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Comment is about The season of the witch (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Tim - I like the poem as a piece of work and I hope others will like it, or not, for the same reason. I expect however it will get support because of its Boris-bashing theme, which let's face it is quite a predictable theme at present. It also puts you in the Private Fraser camp...we're doomed, doomed!

Comment is about No Deal (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

It always makes me laugh, how in control people think they are when really were just just trying to fill a minute with 60 seconds run, to paraphrase one of the greatest poets of all time.

And yes, there is comfort in our smallness, it reminds us that we're not responsible for everything.

Thanks Devon.

J. x

Comment is about Acceptance (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

I did take a closer look MC
Why comments you got all of nine!
Poor Eve it seems got in a tangle
I think she was into the wine.......

Comment is about THE GLOBAL MEDIA (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I like this my friend......

Comment is about Finding Places (blog)

Original item by d.knape

PS Ann wrote to tell me that I'd misremembered her account of the Mayan midwives. So, to put the record straight, here's the proper story:
When Ann read "My blue hen" in St Ives, she explained that each time a baby is born the Mayan midwife makes up a song for that baby and sings it every time she visits the mother before the baby is born. As the mother goes into labour the midwife sings the baby out into its own song, one that will make it feel safe as it has heard it for 9 months inside the womb. The other mothers sing the beat of the mother’s pulse and all the women of the village breast feed the baby so that it knows it belongs to the whole community and is safe there.

Comment is about Poetry that really matters: Ann Gray (part two) (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks Don for the Hey hey hey

and thanks for the likes from

jennifer Malden

David Irvine

Angel whispererer indigo child x ( 21746 )

Comment is about The Ambush (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Speaks wonderfully on the resilience of nature DK. Let's hope it is always the case.

D

Comment is about Finding Places (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Jason, sometimes we need to reminded of just how small we really are, I certainly know that I do. In that smallness is comfort and liberation, I find. Thank you for this.

D

Comment is about Acceptance (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Don, let me say that this blows my mind. Wowsa. You really pushed hard against your own constraints to bust out into this. I hope you found it worth the effort.

Prose poems have been around for centuries, you may find it helpful in your quest to check some out. Baudelaire could be a good starting point. A link to my favorite: http://www.100thmonkeypress.com/biblio/acrowley/downloads/translations/which_is/which_is.pdf

D

Comment is about First Efforts at New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Unfortunately I'm lacking
a lucky charm
Also I'm lacking
a snoring alarm

With thunderous snoring
I'm fearful of harm
Unfortunately I'm lacking
a port in a storm.

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Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

Original item by Don Matthews

It was a sentence, MC, which, as I read it, I thought “It has a certain rhythm. I could make a poem out of that.”
(And I think I was born out of my time).

Comment is about "FOR THESE" SAID THE FATHER "ARE THE THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW" (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I can imagine these lines being used as the preface to a novel of
the long-ago.. Like a curtain drawn back that dispels the mists of
time and reveals a world gone by.

Comment is about "FOR THESE" SAID THE FATHER "ARE THE THINGS A BOY SHOULD KNOW" (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Don, you're not slipping the form is a tad quaint! And you're right. Personally I forgive poeple even when I can't forget their transgression. To be completely honest my memory is a little too sharp. That doesn't mean people have to pay for that!

Adam, don't let this scare you! I usually am honest and mellow, but like any human being sometimes I get pissed! I lash out in literary ways which allows me to maintain calm, balanced, as honest as they get relationships with even those who have really hurt me, at least those who deserve it, when the good qualities outweigh the flaws!

Thank you both gentlemen ?
Mae

Comment is about Well Enough (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Poetry, read or spoken, can be said to be composed of complementary forms. The page is indispensable for varied
reasons yet the enjoyment to be had from listening to a fine vocal
rendering of poetry (a Burton, a Gielgud - to mention just a couple)
that is available via the medium of recordings can be profound.
I have some old LPs of poetry - one of the late James Mason reading
"A Shropshire lad" - and the experience of hearing the words come
alive in those famous tones never palls. The current open-mic
system seems to attract new talent and that has to be a good thing.
Long may it prosper.

Comment is about Let's hear it as spoken word reclaims the stage: poet launches book on its rebirth (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Don - a brave effort to accommodate current fashion - salutations!
Well, it is said that poetry reflects the age in which it is created.
That would surely account for what is turned out so often nowadays.

Comment is about First Efforts at New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Efforts not wasted. A great way to usher the new age pieces. With time you will outshine all new agers. Continue writing. Quantum theory on the buzz. Quite a rock n roll.

A+

Comment is about First Efforts at New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thank you so much Merey, life is such a fleeting thing, it's surprising how few times we stop and allow all of our senses to inform us, and when we do, we often wonder why we don't do it more.

J. x

Comment is about Acceptance (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Extremely motivational. Uplifting the spirits incredibly. Beautiful expressions and imagery used and nature harnessed meticulously.

10***

Comment is about Acceptance (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

It takes skill to captivate with one line.

J. x

Comment is about ... The Way I See Things (blog)

Original item by Mikey V Kinsey

Oh Rose so glad you like it
'Twas so damn hard to do
I now challenge all WOLers
To New-Age toogaloo....

This bloody genre New-Age
While so damn hard to do
Produces inner peace (yes Rose)
Toodle oodle ooo.....

Comment is about First Efforts at New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

One of the most beautiful things is to read a poem that takes you on a journey. Samples shows the vulnerability, courage, and strength take me as I am. While loving the perfect imperfection you made. Love it dope poem.

Comment is about Dyphrent (poet profile)

Original item by Dyphrent

Hi David,

I don't know where to start concerning angels. Their images have been so completely propagandized as to make them ridiculously impotent. I much prefer to imagine them as fiery creatures that don't lend themselves as pretty little statuettes to Sunday school teachers and flaky spiritualists.

My imagination has gotten me nowhere so far...

Anyhow, I don't suppose that it's rare for quite gifted people to end up "on the fringe". I can imagine that it could be very frustrating to be energized by some unconventional idea and to be unable to get others to make the connection. On one hand, it's probably true that everyone needs a grounding force of sorts, but imagine if all of the Einsteins were born to fundamentalist religious families who teach their religious texts from literalist points of view--that's so grounded that it may as well be buried.

I'm going to lose you to the analogy if I keep going.

Thanks for opening up with the comment--I needed that )

And, thanks to all for reading.

Rachel

Comment is about rare birds (blog)

Original item by nunya

Brian - I have moved to a higher plane. This New-Age poetry is leading me to undreamed-of experiences. I am not expecting POTW as I imagine it would be difficult to judge the poetic merit of my piece. Can only try.....

Gosh Brian, this New-Age stuff is tough. I don't know how other WOLers do it?......

Comment is about First Efforts at New-Age Poetry (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

What a shame that they cancelled POTW
Cos I think that you'd cracked it this time
Even Brian admits that this one isn't twaddle
And I have to say it's sublime

Comment is about Resow (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Its frankly quite a shocking story this one which started my interest in this topic years ago. Look forward to sharing my poem at Manchester Central Library tonight.

Comment is about Remembering Peterloo: reading by Manchester poets and Shelley recitals to mark 200th anniversary (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Mae,

so succinct and direct. I wrote for hours yesterday about consequences of loving too much, yourself or others or power or words, that is what I was trying for in my sestina. It seems like there is a consequence here and it shouldn't be overly pursued.

Comment is about Well Enough (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Devon,

I am just happy to be here and happy to get some eyes on my words. I so enjoy your poems. Hope you had a great day. I enjoyed writing the Sestina but will probably not attempt an other though it was a good drug...took my mind in many cool directions.

Kind of hung over from it though. I had no poems in me today.

Comment is about Consequence - A Sestina (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz