<Deleted User> (18980)
Mon 10th Jun 2019 10:35
I think people just run out of things to say and feel the need to pack up their things and leave. Why don't they just leave their profile open and recommence posting when they're ready? Who knows.
Then there have been others who post dozens of pieces over the course of a few days then buzz off, never to be heard of again.
The fact is Don, Anya and Kate G both went with no reason given so it's not possible to blame it on a toxic period. And has the poison gone away?
Comment is about Do You Remember Anya, Kate? (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
This is where it all began! Thanks everyone.
Comment is about Bored in Study Hall. The Nonsensical Wanderings of a Teenage Mind (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Thankyou kind sir to think I'm demure
In fact I am starved and I'm bored
But...
I make millions of dollars for doing this stuff
So will continue being starved being bored
Comment is about Models on Catwalks (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
This almost ahs the fell of a sea shanty or folk song. Either way it is still a mighty fine poem Phil.
Nice one
Comment is about Ah' Chris mate. 8th June 1982.Ah' Chris mate. 8th June 1982. (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
It is just a pleasure to see your poetry develop and unfold. This is a beautiful piece of understated and I suspect by you underrated verse.
Love it
I look forward to more
Comment is about Meaning Lost (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
This is simply a lovely poem John.
Thanks for posting
Comment is about INVOLVED IN SWITZERLAND (blog)
Original item by john short
I think the word you maybe searching for her is demure. Though frankly the words should be bored dismissive and contemptuous
. But as Brian says a starvation diet is not going to help
Comment is about Models on Catwalks (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
I love the almost shopping list style of this. It works so well.
Nice one
Comment is about Bored in Study Hall. The Nonsensical Wanderings of a Teenage Mind (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
There is a some great description in this poem Tom. My favourite being that on the long grass and the analogy of the sea.
love it
Comment is about Ant Poem (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
This is a beautiful poem from the very beginning through to the end.
Nice one Alexandra
Comment is about My Point is Circular (blog)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
A wonderful moment captured here.
Nice one
Comment is about Gambling with grandad (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
I love the whole notion of the third stanza making reference to all those ideas of
'Tide tables, sailors signals' and so on
Nice one Chris
Comment is about Signals (blog)
Original item by Chris Bainbridge
The fact is that with every puzzle piece there is a place for that piece to fit. but we end up spending so much time trying to find where we fit we all too often end up putting ourselves back in the box. I feel that it is as much up to the other pieces to help and show the way to the missing pieces. The other sad option is we feel the cut of the knife to cut off the parts that don't fir to make us fit. I had better stop now as I feel I could go on and on....
none the less it should not detract from the fact this is a great analogy Ray
love the poem
Comment is about SEARCHING AND FINDING (blog)
Original item by ray pool
I have often considered that trees last a lot longer than us. many lasting for hundreds of years and yet we too often take them for granted. Lovely poem Chris
Comment is about Death within Life (blog)
Original item by Chris
Mon 10th Jun 2019 00:49
On ordering a Mouse:
next time I purchase
I'll research its purpose!
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
WOW that was amazing! Great work.
a contemplative poet,
chris
Comment is about My Point is Circular (blog)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
"Sadly puzzles being what they are
back in a box you go at last
leaving a memory on the cardboard horizon"
Really like that last part of the cardboard horizon, well stated.
a contemplative poet,
chris
Comment is about SEARCHING AND FINDING (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Brilliant poetry and message! ?
Comment is about My Point is Circular (blog)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
Thanks for the comments, so helpful and welcome. Incidentally, sorry for my prolonged absence, glad to say I'm back on the scene!
Comment is about Essence (blog)
Original item by Chris Bainbridge
Thanks for the comments, so helpful and welcome. Incidentally, sorry for my prolonged absence, glad to say I'm back on the scene!
Comment is about Essence (blog)
Original item by Chris Bainbridge
Hi Jennifer and thanks! Some runs were quite scary, I just about remember the London trams. I believe the Edinburgh ones were royal blue and cream. Great memories. Funny that many cities have now re introduced them - albeit single deckers articulated like the European ones. Two poems in one really. Glad this appealed to you!
Ray
Comment is about MAKING CONTACT (blog)
Original item by ray pool
This is a really strong piece with a powerful message, I particularly enjoy it when read out loud. Perhaps we could get one of your recordings of it on here.
Comment is about Money (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
I edited this...but you've used the old version lol
Comment is about Sir Frances Drake (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
You starve us Alexandra. We need more work like yours here on WOL.
Comment is about My Point is Circular (blog)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
thanks Brian......my mistake .....my daughter is a Frances - her great grandfather a Francis....so a freudian slip!
Comment is about Sir Frances Drake (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
thank you so much for the comments.
I think it's important for the history we learn to be frank and honest. Researching this poem gave me a new perspective on Elizabeth the 1st as well.....she was certainly her fathers daughter and not the glowing image of girl power I was taught at school......mores the pity!
Comment is about Money (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
Again beautiful writing, from the green room, dusky shade and roses bloom. As i am sure you know the word Paradise comes from the old Persian word for a garden. Apologise for the errors but my keyboard is kaput.
Jennifer
Comment is about Eyrignac (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
Beautiful writing, really enjoyed this.
Jennifer
Comment is about Uchtryd's Summer Place (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
Don't tell all those charities out there! ?
Comment is about Money (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
Great poem Trevor. Glad you were all able to be there for her. In my life all the older generation have gone now, and my mother was a hub for transfer of the news, which I don,t get now and which I miss.
Jennifer
Comment is about Waiting (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Beautiful poem that requires to be read again and again.
Jennifer
Comment is about The Potter´s Hand (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Fantastic Ray. Like Dorothy, loved the idea of Uncle Fred................... ...........Have to confess I remember Edinburgh trams as a child, but they made sparks and terrifying metallic noises, and always seemed to me to be quite out of control! The names are also great it is like a film scene.
Jennifer
Comment is about MAKING CONTACT (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Loved this! Can remember hot boring afternoons like this when anything that came into your mind was welcome rather than listen.
Jennifer
Comment is about Bored in Study Hall. The Nonsensical Wanderings of a Teenage Mind (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Congratulations Dorothy! Very clever writing, as better critics than I have already said, it starts out almost like a nursery ryhme, using few words and reapeating them. It becomes every more worrying and then the end! Really loved it.
Jennifer
Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
dk , the scary one's returned
To help you with your mouse-search
Advice I'd give to you with Amazon
Next time is do your research ?
Comment is about Ordering A Mouse (blog)
Original item by d.knape
I'm pleased to see a return
Of you as your original self
Was getting a bit worried
You'd fallen off the shelf
?
Comment is about Models on Catwalks (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Some beautiful comments here, thank you so much all
Comment is about Cafe Window (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 9th Jun 2019 12:21
If you were on a starvation diet Don you wouldn't look too happy either!
Comment is about Models on Catwalks (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 9th Jun 2019 12:19
Sun 9th Jun 2019 11:53
Very clever. I too loved the metaphor.
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about Gardening (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
If this was in Doncaster he'd have brought back a smack-head that stinks of piss.
I liked the idea of the "tart with a heart" better.
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about LATE INDULGENCE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
What a precious gift. It's so true when people say "it's the thought that counts".
Comment is about Little girl's dream (blog)
Original item by Ankita Srivastava
Cynthia, I bookmarked this earlier and have been looking forward to reading it all day. I just needed to set some time aside and I’m so glad I did. There are so many great lines, so much detail. “I was not putting my fingers under a snarky hen!”, “yes! All in capital letters”, and “teeth click” all made me laugh - many other others made me quite sad. Is it all true? I know what you mean about long poems, but having read this I just want to know what happened next… Thanks so much for sharing. Tom.
Comment is about I Hope There Is A Heaven For That Pretty Pink Dress (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Thank you dear Jason! I don't really worry, I think the whole thing may be summer finals-related! Side effects may include: frustration sense of lack of stimulus, distress...Tedium is an understatement here!
Thank you my friend?
Mae
Comment is about Meaning Lost (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Deliciously dark - well done on attaining POTW.
Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Mae Foreman
Mon 10th Jun 2019 10:49
Thank you so much for the kind words dear Martin! You are correct... I don't think much of this piece but at least I know why! Lately I feel like I'm stuck (if not treading backwards!) so your words bring me comfort! I hope there will be more and better pieces...in good time!
Thank you ?
Mae
Comment is about Meaning Lost (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman