Don't you just love it when they mutter through that face mask that
looms over your staring eyes. You do your best to understand
what is being said, straining every faculty to accommodate their
words - only to realise that they are directed to their assistant
lurking out of sight just behind your other shoulder!?
Comment is about A TRIP TO THE DENTIST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Great prompt today eh? I love the premise of this.
Comment is about Down At The End Of Lonely Street (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Frances Macaulay Forde
Wed 17th Apr 2019 15:05
Yes, his book is called 'Blackbird Singing' and available on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Blackbird-Singing-Poems-Lyrics-1965-1999/dp/0393324095
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Comment is about Girl's Letter To The Beatle (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
N'awww, what a lovely write.
Comment is about Fleeting persistence (blog)
Original item by Graham Parker and his musings
Yes, all in bloom here in Holland.
Comment is about Girl's Letter To The Beatle (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
A neat pleasing summation of the old adage: practice makes perfect.
Comment is about 'A racquet whisked through the air like a wand' (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
thanx for the comment on 'from the attic' Laura - yep stilling having a whale of a time - don't know what the feck i'm going to do on 1st May ?
Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)
Original item by Laura Taylor
cheers Jason - glad you liked 'from the attaic' laughing and sinister just about describes me - so glad that came through ?
Ian
Comment is about Jason Bayliss (poet profile)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
cheers Keith - glad you liked 'from the attic' I never go in ours - I am unsettled by the noises that eminate from it even though there's nothing up there. A bit like my head! ?
Ian
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thanks guys! I appreciate you reading and sharing your insightful thoughts. Jason, I have to remind myself too! Don, sometimes I spend as much time finding a song as I spend writing the poem, which is fun for me as I love music almost as much as poetry. I'm glad it flowed this time! Love that Ginsberg quote Keith. Yes, poetry is an outlet for all my emotions too. Poetry is my magic carpet ride through life! ?
Comment is about Poetry Understands (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Lovely flower Jon what is it, a tulip? Lovely, just lovely! ?
Thank you my friend?
Mae
Comment is about Girl's Letter To The Beatle (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Keith,
Thank you for reading and sharing such a thoughtful insight about the poem..?
Comment is about The Tree (blog)
Original item by mona s
Heh, still having a whale of time I see ? Nicely done!
Comment is about From The Attic (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Ha - love that last line ? Great poem, identify with it.
What prompts are you using, out of interest?
Comment is about The Burdened Bookshelf as Will and Representation (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
d.k.,
This is a poem from the mind and why not? We are all, whether we like it not, rememberancers. The past is like a celluloid reel inside our head and at will we can replay the past and relive it also. To ignore the bad, the mistakes and failures may not be a good thing as it is from those experiences we learn, as opposed to the good memories where we simply wallow in nostalgia. The future, a mystery, is far more exciting.
A well thought out poem
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about The Time Before (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Dentists must all be fluent in wergly werg, Izzy.
Comment is about A TRIP TO THE DENTIST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
When I had finished reading this poem the words of Allen Ginsberg came to mind, "Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind". For me poetry is an outlet of all that sits within me, from anger and dissent to an appreciation of beauty and all emotions. We often go in search of inspiration when its source lies within us waiting to be given a voice or written with a pen put to paper.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Poetry Understands (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Hazel,
What a fascinating poem about the dilema of personal identity. The inability of not being who we really are and acknowledging it can only distort our view of others and their view of ourselves. From experience I have come to realise the easier option is simply to get in touch with the real inner self and project this so that others are under no illusion as to who you are. Then behave accordingly. However, this can readily put you at odds with others which will require courage to deal with. The majority of people wear a mask to conceal their true selves. These masks change due to circumstances. One mask for the family, the other for the employer and so on.
This poem will have us all in modes of self reflection.
Well done
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about You and Me (blog)
Original item by Hazel ettridge
Hello enthusiastic Lisa
I like people like you
Full of bounce and energy
Toodle-doodle-do ?
Comment is about Lisa (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
There's a book of his poetry? I had no idea! I gotta get me one of those!
Thank you so much Frances?
Mae
Comment is about Girl's Letter To The Beatle (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
I wasnt quite sure how to write this poem. I think there could have been a richer use of language, but I also wanted it to be really simple.
Comment is about You and Me (blog)
Original item by Hazel ettridge
Thank you for commenting, Keith, Frances and John.
Whenever I go down to the beach I am always inspired by something. This woman just caught my imagination. She was probably some ordinary soul on her tea break!!
Comment is about her husband's clothes (blog)
Original item by Hazel ettridge
<Deleted User> (21487)
Wed 17th Apr 2019 10:01
Don
Wise words - so well said.
Dorothy
Comment is about Mind Cultivation (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Nathan,
Thank you for a poem which also speaks to us as much as about the poor cat. Complacency or apathy are the drugs of today to tranquilise us. Only by being outside of the box or cage will we experience all the benefits of liberation.
Good poem
Keith
Comment is about Complacency (blog)
Original item by Nathan Saylors
I don’t see your point, Don; drivel is my speciality.
Comment is about WRITE OUT LOUD WOMEN BLUES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Lol a vivid picture of what most of us experience when we're trapped in the dentist chair.
On my last checkup I apologised cos I hadn't brushed my teeth immediately before going in. The dentist laughed. She had one family with kids who all shared one toothbrush. Another patient who only brushed his teeth once a year, the day before he came to see her. Not you by any chance John?
You have to feel sorry for them, in spite of their big fat salaries!
Comment is about A TRIP TO THE DENTIST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Frances Macaulay Forde
Wed 17th Apr 2019 04:44
He was always my favourite too, Mae.
Actually I've just bought his books of poems and lyrics... love it.
Thanks for this. ?
Comment is about Girl's Letter To The Beatle (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
What is the prompt for today I do ask?
Trev's verse doesn't give me no hint
Guess I'll just have to go prompt myself up
Cos I didn't look up prompt, no I didn't
Comment is about NaPoWriMo (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Ah, so good Vautaw
I liked your first repeated line then what it understands beneath. The video added to the experience
Comment is about Poetry Understands (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
I'm pleased Longfellow didn't let you down. And so quick!
We're using up valuable drivvel space here John. It's not all our fault. Hazel set the wheels in another direction
Comment is about WRITE OUT LOUD WOMEN BLUES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Loneliness is sometimes the exact place we need to be, so that we can properly see, the one with which we are meant to be.
J.
Comment is about Lonely Heated Killer (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
Yes it does, and thank you, for reminding me of something very important, poetry understands.
J. x
Comment is about Poetry Understands (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Loved your biography and if your goal was to make the world a slightly better place by gifting a smile, then for me, job done my friend, job done.
J. x
Comment is about Ankita Srivastava (poet profile)
Original item by Ankita Srivastava
What a beautiful story, a beautiful poem. I've never seen the rainy season but if this is how it looks, it must be breathtaking.
J. x
Comment is about The thirsty earth (blog)
Original item by Ankita Srivastava
I love to have fun! Thanks
Comment is about And the Mouse Said... (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
It's the magic of my Longfellow, Don.
Comment is about WRITE OUT LOUD WOMEN BLUES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Very clever, a couple of lines made me laugh and then it turned very sinister. Loved it.
J.
Comment is about From The Attic (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Gosh John, You are branching out. WOLer orgasm-assistance. And all for free I believe.
Comment is about WRITE OUT LOUD WOMEN BLUES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Mine as well! MacCartney is my favorite Beatle too!
"All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise"
Thank you Jason ?
Mae
Comment is about Girl's Letter To The Beatle (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Hi Jeannot,
Thank you very much, it took a lot of writing and is never the easiest of ones to perform, for obvious reasons, but it is one of my and my mother's favourites.
Comment is about Graham Parker and his musings (poet profile)
Original item by Graham Parker and his musings
Mona,
This is splendid work. Poetry in perfection. To take on the identity of another and express emotions and feellings is an accomplishment and you have achieved this in a poem of high quality.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about The Tree (blog)
Original item by mona s
"Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly." One of my all-time favourites.
Beautiful poem Mae.❤
J. x
Comment is about Girl's Letter To The Beatle (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Hello Nathan,
Welcome to WOL. Your poem Unbroken is food for thought. May we read some more of your work.
Kind Regards
Keith Jeffries
Comment is about Nathan Saylors (poet profile)
Original item by Nathan Saylors
John Coopey
Wed 17th Apr 2019 15:42
It never occurred to me that their mutterings were incomprehensible, MC. I can barely understand what I’m saying myself when I’ve a mouthful of fingers and suckers and probes.
Comment is about A TRIP TO THE DENTIST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey