Eff?....
Yes luv....
Po says I die every night....
So?.....
Why do I wake up each morning then?.....
An' wot's this about a silver cord Eff?
It's that umblical thing you had danging from you when were born luv....
Oh?... you're a walking cyclopedia Eff........
?
Comment is about Out of body (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
Thankyou for bringing back these memories...
Sadly the art of letter writing has demised. Communication is now sent down the wire...
Or up (with this) in my case. Smell the scent of my fingertips Cynthia?.....
?
Comment is about Do You Remember Air Mail? (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Don,
I feel for you in Australia with the extreme weather and the fires.
Thanks,
Jeannot
Comment is about Winter in Florida (blog)
Original item by Jeannot
I like it Jeannot...
We're having a 40 degree heatwave at present so a slice of your weather would have a nice cooling effect.
Santa's not gonna like it.....
?
Comment is about Winter in Florida (blog)
Original item by Jeannot
I often walk on side-ways
Like sitting on them too
Which is why I'm upside down
Choogaloogaloo
I seem to see things different
On my side-ways seat
Looking down from where I sit
Are those two my feet?
They seem attached to me....
Ergo, they must....
?
(Excuse my humour Tommy. I'm upside down...but your verse prompted me....)
Comment is about t h i n k i n g s i d e w a y s (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
It's like the saying Po 'It's better to have tried and failed than never tried at all'....
Comment is about The Don'ts (blog)
Original item by Lucas Chihinga
Will he still bring Rudolph down to Australia with my present mummy?.....
I'm sure he's thawed out by now sweetie.....
The weatherman says we will be having a 40 degree heatwave ......
I'm sure he's installed the latest sleigh-conditioner sweetie. Santa's not silly.......
Mummy?
Yes sweetie......
Maybe Santa will bring Jennifer a new computer?.....
?
Comment is about A Night Fright (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Like Po says Eric ' You are not the best person to judge your work...'
Post away.....
Comment is about Sometimes I just feel defeated (blog)
Original item by Eric Berard
I do so like this Tom. But if it's just a 'rough dash' my mind boggles at what a 'revision' would be.....
Comment is about Leave Yourself Behind (blog)
Original item by Tom
I like it Tom....despite it being still young.
Comment is about Your Poem Is Still Young (blog)
Original item by Tom
Thanks both. It was just a rough dash of a poem to celebrate ten years of posting. I'll try and revise it over the next few weeks. Thank you both for your inspiration and encouragement along the way. It is deeply appreciated and I hope I can return the favour occasionally. ?
And thank you Blackrose for the like x
Comment is about Leave Yourself Behind (blog)
Original item by Tom
this poem has a remarkable honesty to it
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about Look At Us (blog)
Original item by Lucas Chihinga
Topical and tuneful as ever.
"The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind" - and Corbyn's
Labour has lost its Momentum! All - Gone With The Wind" - while
Boris's Tories breeze in. Like Trump across the pond, it will be fascinating to watch how it goes and if they stay in tune with the
electorate's chosen theme....from northern "Family Favourites"!
Comment is about "BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Just to say if I haven't given any likes or comments to others' work, it's because my computer is behaving very badly. I'll either try to get it sorted or get another.
Comment is about A Night Fright (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
<Deleted User> (23201)
Sun 15th Dec 2019 13:38
Thank you Vautaw for your kind welcome!
Comment is about Vautaw (poet profile)
Original item by Vautaw
Sun 15th Dec 2019 12:28
It's bad to eat too much
but it's better to go to heaven
on a full stomach
it's a long trip.
Comment is about We Live To Eat (blog)
Original item by d.knape
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 15th Dec 2019 12:03
Two thirds of the public decided they could not vote for one party and one man. We might be fuckwits but we're not completely daft.
Comment is about "BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I make these comments as a user of the site and not as an officer of it. I have been involved in WOL for many years and poets do come and go, for whatever reason they choose. The number who choose to leave outweigh those, (whom for whatever reason are expelled) by 1000/1. People/poets do outgrow the site, they feel that they have satisfied their requirements for feedback/critique and often join local clubs where the feedback is more immediate.
I too miss several poets who have decided to withdraw their entries and with whom I 'felt' a kindred connection. Indeed the job I have with the site was handed to me by an outgoing poet that I respected greatly.
Ergo, the site is what we make it, good, bad, humorous, serious, political, environmental, religious, atheistic, you name it.
All it asks is that we are all tolerant and respect one another and the wider conditions that the world imposes upon us with regard to the various 'isms' that are so prevalent today.
Comment is about Savaged Soul (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Too right, Kev. I thought they’d get in with a majority of 15-20.
The pity is the membership as it’s now constituted will replace one unelectable numpty with another unelectable numpty.
“When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?”
Comment is about "BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The Tories ran a fantastic campaign, and the result was inevitable, though I didn't forsee the scale of their victory.
They relied on the stupidity of the British public, and it worked out a treat.
Just think how big future margins may be once they start taking money out of education.
We're becoming a nation of fuckwits, and that's exactly what they want.
Comment is about "BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Not sure about a “poet’s rebellion”, Po. I once went to an evening of “Subversive Verse”. It was the most mainstream, conformist, left-wing tosh you’d come across in a long day’s march.
But a party? Now you’re talking. Will there be scones?
Comment is about "BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thankyou for your comments and likes......
Comment is about Write-Off (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Do.RoThy
Sun 15th Dec 2019 01:36
May you heal faster than you suffer...
Cheer up girl.....u r too young to suffer...pray your dreams to come true....work n stay constant....
Love your poems Cait?
Comment is about Suffer (blog)
Original item by Cait Abbott
Go for it, Po. I’m not a great believer in platitudes.
You too, Don.
Comment is about "BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Go Po.....
Political correctness
Let's knock it on the head
Ouch, you hurt me poet
Stiff shit PC I'm fed (up)
'E sounds a bit brutal Eff?.....
They breed 'em tough down there luv.....
Comment is about "BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Yes, I remember them also V , for better or worse......
Comment is about Savaged Soul (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
I wondered if/hoped you were referencing them. I don’t feel like it has been the same since they left. There was such a good thing going here for a while with their input. I miss them all too. I try my best to keep up with them on their Wordpress blogs but it’s not the same. I wrote one when David ‘left’ called ‘The Ropes Are Fraying and Soon I’ll Sail’. In departing Devon did encourage me to start my own blog which has been really rewarding. But I wish there was a path for them all to return and things to really have that spark again.
Comment is about Savaged Soul (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
A little harsh, Po. But I entirely agree.
Comment is about "BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
You’ve got me there, Brian.
It seems the game’s up, Graham.
And thanks for the “Like”, Trevor.
Comment is about "BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Blame it on the Brexit
Comment is about "BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I like this one. Thank you for sharing.
Comment is about Nature is our savior (blog)
Original item by Hasmukh Mehta
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 14th Dec 2019 17:39
When are we likely to hear the first strains of "Oh Becky Long Bailey"
Comment is about "BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Do.RoThy
Sat 14th Dec 2019 15:24
Once returning late night from a relatives place, twas a small town and jungle area in between...... Three black bucks, huge n hefty one after the other banged with great force over our high speedy car, windscreen shattered to pieces, the front tyres n engine all got smashed....how we just drove out of that area few kms. before v did find a mechanic to fix things up for further journey.
Your poem n the video reminded me of this incident.?
Comment is about Write-Off (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Spirits can enter dreams
just to say hello
mind and body awaken
heart felt memories retraced
but you don't know why.
Comment is about Out of body (blog)
Original item by Ruth O'Reilly
What insight you had on your first published poem Tom. Congratulations on hanging in there a decade! Thank you for sharing your gift. There is a line in this poem that your writing helps us do and that is to find ourselves and be proud of our art. I hope you have fulfilled your prophecy. “I needed to want to shake the hand of the man I hoped I’d find.” ❤️??
Comment is about Leave Yourself Behind (blog)
Original item by Tom
Thanks Tom. I was thinking about the poets I admire that have left WOL because they lost connection or worse, through censorship. Big Sal, Wolfgar, ElPintor, Devon, Whiskey... you are missed.
Comment is about Savaged Soul (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Sat 14th Dec 2019 13:33
don't agitate your wife
while in the vicinity of the stove.
Comment is about Then It Hit Me (blog)
Original item by d.knape
As long as you hand write your letter to Santa all will be well ?
Comment is about The Letter Writer (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
This nostalgic whimsey just 'floated through my mind' this past week.
And I liked it enough to try and capture it in words. Surely, I'm not the only one.
Comment is about Do You Remember Air Mail? (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
I clicked like, but thinking about it, I'd better clarify. I like the rant, but sorry about the car.
Comment is about Write-Off (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
I feel this. I hate it when the words disappear. So many poems I wish I could get back from voices I loved. Thanks for sharing.
Comment is about Savaged Soul (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Thanks, Po and Don.
(What have I started.)
Comment is about HE'LL HAVE TO GO (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Po
Did she pull the power out?
Had she had enough?
'I will hav... click' (goodbye)
Sorry Po, stiff tuff
?
Comment is about HE'LL HAVE TO GO (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
John Coopey
Sun 15th Dec 2019 22:38
Brian, MC, and Po - Many thanks for your thoughts, fellas.
My own political standpoint was complicated. I feel closest to the Lib Dem’s (SNP if I lived in Scotland) but voted Labour. A tactical vote to try to oust the local Conservative MP.
Comment is about "BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey