There's always room for this sort of knowing yet inoffensive mickey-taking stuff that brings back memories of days before people got
offended by just about everything.
Comment is about Dawn (blog)
Original item by John McDonough
I'm reminded of the Sinatra ballad "Man In The Looking Glass" - no
bad thing in my terms of reference. But the reflected image isn't
what others see - which provides added interesting thoughts on the
message so adroitly put in these lines.
Comment is about Show Me A Saint (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Apropos the old story of the pot of gold at the bottom of a rainbow, I
like the associated image of dancing leprechauns - perhaps charging
up the colours of the rainbow with their gold-fuelled energy?
Comment is about A Pot of Gold (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Blimey, did I really write this? apparently I did.
Thanks Dorothy for following me and having all revealed !
Ok Dave, own up time!. Glad you saw the irony in it.
Rachel, that's a hell of a nice thing to say. You are in my club for getting my modus operandi. Why should we simply impose views on readers? Invite them to participate, see if they have a nose for it. On a more serious note, whatever purpose we create for ourselves should be an open framework not a cage or restraint dressed up as a way out. IMO.
I'm with you all the way David. As you say, there is no point in trying to penetrate a perfect disguise if only you can see it.
I guess there was a point to the poem if it struck a chord.
Thanks all! and Jon for the like!
Ray
Comment is about CEREMONIAL (blog)
Original item by ray pool
JC - with your top notch "track record" (excuse music-type pun), your
comment is MUCH appreciated - thanks. I'm hoping to get the song
taken up by members of the South Devon folk scene and maybe
even wider afield.
Comment is about DOWN BY THE MEWSTONE - folk song (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Derek Hatton dropped like a stone. Slamming 2nd vote into reverse. They're in trouble now, Tommy.
Comment is about ONE GOOD REASON (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks CVD for your comment on 'Not for me another love'
Tommy
:- )
Comment is about Cyprian Van Dyke (poet profile)
Original item by Cyprian Van Dyke
A true gentleman, David.
Comment is about An Aussie Farmer's Lot. (blog)
Original item by David Gabriel Caplan
Fabulous stuff, MC. Full of innocent Devonian charm.
I find it hard to believe that a gnarled old 'un like yourself could take offence at much these days.
Comment is about DOWN BY THE MEWSTONE - folk song (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Wise words, John.
It reminds me that when the kids were shpluttering something at me I used to say "Give us the news, not the weather".
Comment is about Dawn (blog)
Original item by John McDonough
Thank you all for the kind comments and likes ❤
J. x
Comment is about Yin & Yang (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thank you both so much, I really appreciate your comments ❤
J. x
Comment is about Show Me A Saint (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Muscular and robust, a lovely romp John. For me this has the direct good hearted feel of seventies comedy routines; I know as I worked with lots of pros as a backing musician. I'm also reminded of Mike Reid the comic whose girlfiend in character, said: if you don't get some spring in your arse we'll be here all night (in the back seat of the car).
You're like a dose of fresh air at the moment !
Ray
Comment is about Dawn (blog)
Original item by John McDonough
Incredibly revealing as it is obviously based on authenticity and a faultless research David. If we can suspend our biases and pre conceptions this sort of poem can truly throw light on cultural strains and expectations. It does seem like the lull before a storm.
Very best, Ray
Comment is about Iraqi Schoolgirls, 1932 (blog)
Original item by David Cooke
elPintor
Fri 22nd Feb 2019 18:51
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K2snTkaD64U#searching
..taking up a collection for a new pair of boots--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2SplWtMEFg
Comment is about göçebe (blog)
Original item by nunya
Congratulations Kate, very deserving choice for POtW. Really enjoyed this and feel inspired to see what other tree verses are lurking around. Tom ?
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Pay Attention’ by Kate G (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Don, stepping on toes and being misinterpreted is what it is all about. Keep on doing it. We need vibrant and challenging poetry not happy rhymers. Pen to paper Don.......sock it to them . Keith
Comment is about Why Do I Write? (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thanks for sharing Jon. Laughter makes the world go round. And yes it is infectious.?
Comment is about Infectious laughter (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
You never know how many people enjoy your work until you write a poem about a tree. Trees seem to 'bond minds' more than any other single 'symbol'. Well done. Glad I had a moment to pop into the site.
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Pay Attention’ by Kate G (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
I confess that my knowledge of Derek Hatton was restricted to what
was in the media - print, sound and vision. But he seemed too
extreme back then for a lad from the valleys: one Neil Kinnock.
The Liverpool lad didn't do himself too many favours perhaps by
looking somewhat worryingly like one of those well-heeled
personable villains who seemed to be much in evidence.
Anyway, fast-forward many years and he was back: then gone again! Life's a funny old game. Ditto politics.
Comment is about 'The trouble with Derek' (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Thankyou Keith
My trouble is I stand up and say what I think. Sometimes I'm misinterpreted. Sometimes I step on toes. Sometimes I jump in too quick. Ah, but maybe that's a poet's life...?
Comment is about Why Do I Write? (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Don,
Poets write not only as a means of personal expression or for cathartic reasons, but to draw people´s attention the world about us and the problems which beset us. We can be the voice of dissent, of indignation, of prophecy and warning. We shall never know who reads what we write or the impact we may have but it is our personal contribution, an offering with good intent. Poets have been imprisoned, executed and exiled for their work. That surely is an indication of the power of the spoken and written word.
Your poem raises a familiar question. Keep writing as you are good at it.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about Why Do I Write? (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (21487)
Fri 22nd Feb 2019 12:45
"with pleading hand, weakly, meekly outstretched"
What a good line.
"show me a 'Martyr,' I'll show you a fool,"
"The cracks of the ageing blemish the youth"
there is so much depth to this poem and it demands to be read over and over.
Comment is about Show Me A Saint (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Kate G you're making me blush! Thank you so much! ?To tell you the truth I do see myself as an observer of life...
Comment is about Wrongdoer (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Yes please do show us that man! Excellent! To quote a friend's words "I do love your poetry!" One of my favorites ?
Thank you?
Mae
Comment is about Show Me A Saint (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thanks Jon for all the support! You liked most of my favorite poems many of which as you might have noticed nobody else liked! It so appears that you get me! Your poetry is masterful and profound! Thank you?
Mae
Comment is about Jon Stainsby (poet profile)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
<Deleted User> (19913)
Fri 22nd Feb 2019 11:13
Mae, this is profound. A good poet observes and captures experiences that many feel but can't articulate. I'm genuinely excited at your talent. Wonderful.
Comment is about Wrongdoer (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Hey Jason! Thank you for all the support! I'm glad you like my reciting and writing and I'm so greatfulI for the encouragement! Your poetry is excellent!?
Thank you
Mae
Comment is about Jason Bayliss (poet profile)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Ok, well as far as I'm concerned, I was right. You have a beautiful voice for reading and for me, that was all the better for hearing you read it Mae. Brilliant. So glad I've got you as one of my favourites.
J. x
Comment is about Wrongdoer (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Thank you Jason! Reciting is starting to grow on me! Maybe there will be sound too! Tune in, I'd like your feedback! ?
Thank you
Mae
Comment is about Keep it Close (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Yeah, really love this Mae, powerful words and I love the way the pitch and rhythm kind of switch back on each other, and from something I imagine as quite quickly and clearly spoken in the middle it comes to a soft spoken, quite intimate end. Very clever how you can convey that image without, actual sound. Brilliant ?
J.x
Comment is about Keep it Close (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Hi Mae, nice poem. I do love your writing. X
J.
Comment is about Resist (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
We never quite know what to expect at Write Out Loud Woking at the Lightbox these days – and that’s how it should be. We had three new performers, two of them (Chris Ross and Eleanor Hobby) reading for the first time anywhere. The other, Richard Alleyne, a familiar poetry face but a debutant at Woking, delivered a moving and passionate poem about London stabbings. Heather Moulson, part of the Teddington-Woking-Guildford local open mic poetry axis, unveiled her debut collection, Bunty, I miss You!, to immediate acclaim. And Donall Dempsey, MC at the 1,000 Monkeys in Guildford, wound up the evening in spectacular style, rending open his shirt, and then embracing his wife Janice while she was still attempting to record his performance! We also warmly welcomed back Geoffrey and Lorri Pimlott, home again from the heat of Thailand and acclimatising to an English February, and an equally nippy Lightbox. Many thanks also to Pete Jardine, Karen Izod, Karen Swaley, Carla Scarano, Andy BJ Low, Janet Collinson, Eddie Chauncy, and Ray Pool, making a total of 16 readers on the night, plus compere Greg Freeman.
Eddie Chauncy is featured poet at Poetry Performance at the Adelaide pub in Teddington, on Sunday 3 March. The 1,000 Monkeys open mic at The Keep pub in Guildford is on Monday 4 March, with more open mic poetry at the Cranleigh arts festival on Tuesday 5 March, a night that also features Janice and Donall Dempsey, Heather Moulson and Ray Pool. Meanwhile next month’s Write Out Loud at the Lightbox is on Thursday 21 March, with guest poet David Cooke. Plenty more poetry to look forward to!
Review is about Write Out Loud Woking on 21 Feb 2019 (event)
Thank you, the comments are much appreciated
Comment is about Ghosts and Gods (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
<Deleted User> (21487)
Fri 22nd Feb 2019 08:29
Chilling and bleak. Food for thought.
Thank you
Comment is about Ghosts and Gods (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
This gave me chills. Giving thought to things like this can take someone down an interesting road.
Comment is about Ghosts and Gods (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
I love your use of space to help get across your meaning.
Comment is about Me vs. Me (blog)
Original item by Paris Tate
I'm with you on this Frances, wear your unique beauty proudly, and the world is all the more beautiful for it. Love your sample.
J.
Comment is about erbc (poet profile)
Original item by erbc
Stark, beautiful, rhythmic. Love it.
Comment is about The Plague Doctor (blog)
Original item by Heart of Lead
Never fear the mirror, never fear your reflection or your shadow. I have shared these thoughts but a long time ago. I know now that my shadow is as much a part of me as my reflection and I'm the master of both, but it took some finding. Brilliant piece!
J.
Comment is about Rusting Self-Image (blog)
Original item by Heart of Lead
Very interesting John. I think Hughes took a fundamentally anti-elitist point of view in many poems. He wasn't afraid of getting down to ground level nor (metaphorically and literally) getting his hands dirty. So I don't know what he'd make of literary theory.Hughes was very much the poet of the continuous present as in the masterly 'Coming down through Sometset':
I want him
To stop time. His strength staying, bulky,
Blocking time. His rankness, his bristling wildness,
His thrillingly painted face.
A badger on my moment of life.
Not years ago, like the others, but now.
Thank you again for an interesting piece.
John
Comment is about Ted Hughes, eco-criticism and the common reader (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
And again, I do this. Mind you, I'm not scared of my answers, (well, not all the time).
Comment is about The Other Voice (blog)
Original item by Heart of Lead
And another one goes on my favourite list. I love your style, the use of words, the rhythm absolutely mesmerising. Thank you.
J.
Comment is about Heart of Lead (poet profile)
Original item by Heart of Lead
"Predictive text?", "Yes autocorrect?"
Jason didn't use LOL
Instead he used PMSL
We shoulda changed to PLIMSOL
(We're slipping PT, shit AC.....) ?
Comment is about Autocorrect and predictive text ruined my chance of romance and sex (blog)
Original item by John McDonough
This really hit me hard in a way hard to describe. So often our perceptions are twisted by what we think others will think. In such ways we are bound to an image we created for ourselves. Thank you for this.
Comment is about Strong And Silent (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
M.C. Newberry
Fri 22nd Feb 2019 23:23
Travel in hope -
Arrive with pleasure ?
Comment is about Dating (blog)
Original item by Lysa d