Lovely piece Cynth. You do need to bulk up on your food don't you, while being treated? And I've always loved how you focus in on the small but essential parts of life. The little treats, the lovely blush :)

Comment is about Chemo Session 4 (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I promise not to bore you to death with 'chemo' stuff, but this little episode was so charming, I wanted to share it. Kind of a 'feel good' offering.

Laura, how did you pick this up so fast!! Like you're looking over my shoulder. JEEZ! This modern technology!. I love it!

Comment is about Chemo Session 4 (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I know what's beneath this. Got more than a few on my own friends list now.

Quite apart from that though, this is a really good poem about our current digital reality.

Comment is about Phantoms (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

There was a dialect prompt this month anyway Trev so you're fine! And this is a great piece of work.

Comment is about Ilkley Moor (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

I don't think it necessary to know the dialect - there is enough of a glimmer of understanding to decipher this poem that makes me feel I am outdoors. Pulsing with wit and Yorkshire grit -,thanks

Comment is about Ilkley Moor (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Lovely poem.

Comment is about Silence is…. (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

love this! i remember when we were younger we had 'how ta talk proper' pinned on the fridge with hull dialect translated. my favourite was always 'fern curls' - curls you make on tha fern

Comment is about Ilkley Moor (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

I didn't fancy the 'official' prompt today, so this is an attempt to write in Yorkshire dialect, even though I can't speak it properly. There may be a few unfamiliar words for those of you not of the Yorkshire persuasion, so there's a glossary of Yorkshire words here. https://imfromyorkshire.uk.com/yorkshire-sayings/

Comment is about Ilkley Moor (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Again, nothing but admiration. I was actually way too hungover on Saturday to write my own name, let alone learn how to write a sonnet and then write a bloody sonnet! ?

Comment is about Legacy (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Brilliant, well done Trev. I couldn't write anything like this.

Comment is about Winter’s Chill (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

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Review is about Austin Poetry Slam on 23 Apr 2019 (event)

Congratulations on your well-deserved Poem of the Week, Jonathan. Good luck with your plan to take poetry workshops into schools - a great idea to try to deliver antidotes to the Gove/Gradgrind model of education. And at the same time, one can only be envious of your privileged position on the Tripe Marketing Board.

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is 'Book End' by Jonathan Humble (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thank you, I’ve just revisited it as I forgot I’d written that one!?

Comment is about Rhymes and Reasons (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Thank you Martin, I really appreciate that

Comment is about 15 minutes of Sonnet 25 (blog)

Original item by Graham Parker and his musings

And so … we look back on a four-hour and 55-minute Poetry Day marathon at Woking literary festival, with all its hurly-burly. We had two glittering feature poets, Anum Salman and Robert Garnham, who in their very different ways provided marvellous moments. Nine newcomers to Write out Loud Woking - Ian Lee-Dolphin, Heather Cook, Tom McColl, 16-year-old Elodie Fenton, Trevor Breedon, Richard Hawtree, Rachel Woolf, Shirley Kirkoff, and Mary Pargeter. A total of 28 open-mic poets, that also included including Pete Jardine, David Russomano, Janet Collinson, Kitty Coles, Denise Bundred, Karen Izod, Karen Swaley, Daniel Jeffery, Janice Dempsey, Donall Dempsey, Ray Pool, Heather Moulson, Michael Cutchey, Geoffrey Pimlott, Andy BJ Low, Amanda Briggs, Lorri Pimlott, Chris Ross, and Matthew Paul. Grateful thanks to Frances Wood for manning the poetry bookstall throughout, and overseeing the sales of more than £100-worth of books. Not forgetting those indefatigable comperes, Greg Freeman and Rodney Wood. Thanks as always to the Lightbox for inviting us to be part of their festival, and awarding us a five-hour slot. If and when next year’s invitation comes around, I think five hours may be long enough!

Review is about Write Out Loud Woking at Woking literary festival on 27 Apr 2019 (event)

Smoking!

Comment is about My Fifty Second Birthday Treat (blog)

Original item by John McDonough

No! Dorothy But I can hear someone getting a ticking off.

Comment is about Tempus Fugit (short poem) (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thank you Write Out Loud.
So pleased to have this poem chosen as POTW.
Cheers
JH : )

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is 'Book End' by Jonathan Humble (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Love your poems they show so much emotions. Beautiful written

Comment is about Ana Dobrev (poet profile)

Original item by Ana Dobrev

I love your poems! Deep and thought provoking

Comment is about Ana Dobrev (poet profile)

Original item by Ana Dobrev

I absolutely love it

Comment is about Ending (blog)

Original item by Ana Dobrev

No Mae, tanka you ?

J. x

Comment is about "Tanka You Very Much." (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Er, I do believe I have Lisa, ?

J. x

Comment is about TANKA (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

Such a beautiful poem which makes you picture it in your mind.

Comment is about Whispering Night (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Such beautiful crafted poem and delicately written

Comment is about A Journey Forward (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Hi Keith - I have been visiting your writing and got to this which I think conveys the essence of where you are coming from. Besides plumbing the depths of despair, as in Born a Criminal, I perceive a love of life's natural wonders. Thanks Trevor

Comment is about The Harp of Summer´s Joy (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

True and difficult to do. You are very brave, more than most.
Thank you dear Jason?
Mae

Comment is about Ownership (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Awesome Jason! (Just like Elvis!)
Tanka you for this?
Mae

Comment is about "Tanka You Very Much." (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Must be the silly season. About this time last year I posted

Tennis
Dennis?

which received a lot of response. It was completely meaningless, as I suspect yours is Jason. Apologies if I am wrong.. Still, it passes the time doesn't it? Personally I don't care as I've just watched Worcester beat Gloucester so the tempus can fugit as much as it likes.

Comment is about Tempus Fugit (short poem) (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Brilliant alliteration, and though it was quite a hefty verse it was well worth the effort of reading it.
I see where Brian is coming from, and can understand why two lines could work, but I would leave it just as it is.

Cheers Kevin

Comment is about Tempus Fugit (short poem) (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thanks Ray. My schedule is a bit of a juggling act lately. But, it's good to hear from a familiar voice.

I'm always up for hearing interpretation, but surely allowing a glimpse into the personal can't be a crime.

Rachel

Comment is about answer (blog)

Original item by nunya

The magic is in the mix.. Indeed..
The mechanics of creating this magic is so surreal..
Great poem. ?

Comment is about A Poem (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Truly liked this..
Thank you. ?

Comment is about Rhymes and Reasons (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Hey Vautaw

Just read this. Very effective and a great read.
Congratulations on POTW!

Jon

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is 'Poetry Understands' by Vautaw (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Liked this! The older one, alas, gets the faster time flies. It's always Sunday!

Jernnifer

Comment is about Tempus Fugit (short poem) (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thanks Martin.

Comment is about THE RED WHEELBARROW (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

thanx for commenting on 'sonnet 91...' John - yes, I think even the die hard politically motivated are now thoroughly sick of it all. You sound surprised at me turning my hand to 'form' poetry - I think I do it more than most - I really enjoy writing to a style - sonnet is probably my favourite and most utilised form of it.
I appreciate your comments
Ian

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you all so much. I thought of this about two weeks ago and didn't post it then because I thought, "It's not really a poem, as much as a statement." But, in the end, every time I thought of it, it just made me smile, so hey ho.
You are right Bryan, the quotation marks are significant.
Once again thank you all so much.

J. x

Comment is about Tempus Fugit (short poem) (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Jason,
This reminds me of a one-word French poem which reads “pousse”. This is a word which was used in a game played by children when one of them wanted to get out of the game for a moment. I understood this poem to mean the (impossible) need sometimes to get out of our overwhelming lives. Always thought this was a most touching poem.
Well done,
Jeannot

Comment is about Tempus Fugit (short poem) (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

NO! Desmond
Ticks are good, have you ever heard of anyone tocking a box?

Comment is about Tempus Fugit (short poem) (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

This has a great lyrical feel to it Graham,


Nice one

Comment is about 15 minutes of Sonnet 25 (blog)

Original item by Graham Parker and his musings

Very clever John.
Nice one mate

Comment is about THE RED WHEELBARROW (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Go ahead! It's what we're here for!

Comment is about Unpopular Music (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

Today's prompt was for a 'metapoem'.

Comment is about A Poem (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

before you fall
catch yourself.

thx for visiting.

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

Original item by ray pool

The quotation marks are significant. It's not just a clock sound that's been heard...someone has said it.

Comment is about Tempus Fugit (short poem) (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

I love reading your poems about memories as when I read them I feel the emotions as if I was there.

Comment is about The oak tree (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I think tick should go,I think people could find it irritating.

All the best des

Comment is about Tempus Fugit (short poem) (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thanks, Steve. I am delighted to say that both of my kids are not quite right in the head too. Are you not posting anymore?

Comment is about THE RED WHEELBARROW (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

mmmm! you could shorten it further by deleting "Tock"

Comment is about Tempus Fugit (short poem) (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss