allow me to gather my most poetical thoughts in order to review this piece.

ace as fuck.

Comment is about On Not Wearing Purple (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

This poem spells out a world on the edge very well.

Comment is about Cruel world (blog)

Original item by sasha

It is so hard to explain to some people that you sometimes prefer to be alone. This poem is a true snapshot of how that feels.

Comment is about Give Me Silence (blog)

Original item by Karen Ankers

Hannah & Desmond,
Thank you for kind comments. As always they are much appreciated. Keith

Comment is about Loneliness (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Suki, you're right - it can never be otherwise. Thanks.

David, you have detailed so many aspects of this and thanks for doing so. I suppose the first weapon would have been our bodies, limbs being extensions of harm. Interestingly an argument is often used for gun ownership in the US based on self defence, providing justification. The argument on nuclear defence still hangs over countries. If nonchalance is the viewing disposition , that seems a pointless exercise to me; I did find the programme confusing though and giving so many strands to draw together, really to no avail. I take your point however; in comparison with active soldiering, the mere watching of programmes must seem fairly impotent.

Thanks Beno, your point is a serious one and deserves its voice. May I say in defence that my poem was meant to align the masculine thrusting (of bullets) or penetration with the idea of domination, which is traditionally a male preserve. However, women can be aggressive in positions of power. which you rightly point out. I was using a poetic metaphor rather than making a political point. Thank you for troubling; I appreciate it.

I appreciate your likes, Laura and Rich, cheers!

Ray

Comment is about WEAPONRY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Supermarkets beware.
I love this witty, great, defiant poem.

Hannah

Comment is about On Not Wearing Purple (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

This is a stunning poem, sad and brave.
I should imagine many would feel this but would be unable to express in such an eloquent way.

Hannah

Comment is about Loneliness (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thanks Martin. A plot line - I like the idea . I'll keep that in my mind maybe !

Thanks for liking , 220 August.

Ray

Comment is about MUMMY AND DADDY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Cheers m'dears ?

Ray - seriously, this actually started out as a plan I'd had for years, about how to survive my dotage whilst living in abject poverty. I have no actual pension plan, no savings, no back up. I'll never pay my mortgage off. So - how to get drunk, eat well, and have a laugh in the meantime? This way ? And if I DO end up in the clink, it won't matter a jot. I won't be trying to get a job anymore, won't matter! Trick is to target a different supermarket each week - I won't end up on a Wanted poster that way.

Normality never liked me much tbh Leon, we were never bedmates to begin with ?

Comment is about On Not Wearing Purple (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Thank you John for all your hard work, friendly comments and enthusiasm. You will be missed. I don't live close to Wigan but hope that, although you won't be hosting there in future, we will still hear plenty from you here on the writeoutloud website xxx

Comment is about Celebrating 10 years of Write Out Loud Wigan: organiser John Togher looks back (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

"chuffed to little mint balls." I had to look that up. That's funny. Thanks!

Comment is about Oh what express – what (blog)

Original item by 220August

ahh! but you have done something 220 that does matter as far as I'm concerned you have written this excellent piece of work for which your mint-balls ? should be chuffed to bits!

Comment is about Oh what express – what (blog)

Original item by 220August

It's a great fear
Having lived so much,
Feared so much,
Loved so much
Said so much
It's a great fear
That I have done nothing that mattered at all

Comment is about Oh what express – what (blog)

Original item by 220August

having read this I somehow get the impression that you don't like normality, Laura.

My advice? don't ever let those bastards of the establishment ever stop you from getting your rock's off !

What am I saying? I'd like to see try!

Comment is about On Not Wearing Purple (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Blimey, you gawn and dun it now gal! Deliciously seedy and with a measure of protestation to boot. (That's something we men are supposed to get late in life). Like a breath of fresh air on WOL Laura, no punches pulled FFS.

Ray (mired under bleeding cloud dahn ere).

Comment is about On Not Wearing Purple (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Cheers David ?

Hahaa - aye, like that's the worst you can think of, Jenny?!

It used to be a regular in my set but I dropped it for new stuff. Might bring it back in again. Without FAIL, after performing it, there would be someone shouting out or standing up...dressed in purple ?

Aye - that seriously chuffed me did that, about the course. Couldn't believe it. But then...of all the poems I've written...THAT one?! Be churlish to complain I suppose ?

Comment is about On Not Wearing Purple (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

This is an old one of mine, shamelessly resurrected upon the death of Jenny Joseph. It's also being taught on a degree course in a Liverpool uni - the lecturer turned up at a gig to tell me last year!! Something to do with intertextuality!

Comment is about On Not Wearing Purple (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Yep I have to agree with everybody else that certainly is a killer of a no opening line which draws the reader along through the rest of the piece. Excellent poem Ray

Comment is about COAT HANGERS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

This is certainly a very thought provoking piece and I guess for some who press a lot of buttons. can't help feeling this would make and interesting short story or maybe a T.V. drama

nice one
Martin

Comment is about MUMMY AND DADDY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thank you Douglas.

Comment is about No historical statute by S.A. Scope. (blog)

Original item by PatricioLG

Thankyou for all your kind words love Wendy X

Comment is about OOP'S I'm In A Mesh (blog)

Original item by Wendy Higson

Captures the sadness of a relationship that readers can undoubtedly relate to.

Comment is about Emanuelle Can’t (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

Vivid mental images. The descriptions of the corpse and magpies especially.

Comment is about No historical statute by S.A. Scope. (blog)

Original item by PatricioLG

Thank you, Hannah. I like your poems as well. Good structure.

Comment is about TRAVERSE (blog)

Original item by Douglas MacGowan

Hello Jon, Thank you for your comments on the two poems Enraged and Loneliness. They are much appreciated. Keith

Comment is about Jon Darby (poet profile)

Original item by Jon Darby

Such a sad, story yet no rest, marvellous, incomplete?

Comment is about Emanuelle Can’t (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

Hi Keith
Shocking to read and heartbreaking..So many atrocities committed for land, power, religion without a thought for the vulnerable.

Very powerfully put.
Jon

Comment is about Enraged (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Hi Keith
Some interesting ideas in this, as ever very well put across and plenty food for thought here. Well done mate.
Jon

Comment is about Loneliness (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thanks Ray much appreciated. I have tried to capture just a snippet of peoples attitudes to witnessing the aftermath of what goes on after an accident or fatality.
Cheers mate
Martin

Comment is about is he (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

I think the masculine references do an injustice to the increasing role of women in front line politics and foreign policy. I don't think Condoleezza Rice has been too shy at distributing her phallic symbols.

Comment is about WEAPONRY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Your poems are very powerful. I enjoy reading you.

Hannah

Comment is about The Beautiful Men (blog)

Original item by Douglas MacGowan

Powerful and poignant.


Thank you for your comment on my poem.

Hannah

Comment is about TRAVERSE (blog)

Original item by Douglas MacGowan

Oh Woww!!! I am totally freaking out right now. Thank you soooooo much David for reviewing my poem and I hope that you actually liked it and that I'm not just hallucinating! I hope to become better and much more approachable in the future. I hope you'll like the other things I write as well.
Huge thanks
Sidra

Comment is about Limits (blog)

Original item by Sidra Shahid

Hello Desmond, Thank you for this. It is deep and thought provoking. The last two lines speak out. Keith

Comment is about Deeper (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

Oh my God! Thank you so so so much for your comments Collin and Stu! It was really a very personal poem and to think that other people especially MEN thought of it as a good written idea, it is just an awfully huge deal for me.
Best regards
Sidra

Comment is about Limits (blog)

Original item by Sidra Shahid

Nick, Thank you for your comment on my poem Loneliness. I really appreciate that. Keith

Comment is about Nick (poet profile)

Original item by Nick

Hi there Ray,

Perpetual war - well, it never ends - it's good business..

Suki

Comment is about WEAPONRY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Nick, keep writing. You are good. I look forward to more. Thanks. Keith

Comment is about Tiny Round Friends. (blog)

Original item by Nick

Hi Hannah. It's good to have your voice here, opening up more avenues of thought. It seems life can take many twists and turns, upending received wisdom. I especially like to get younger readers' opinions such as yourself, as they give fresh views and make me feel I've done something useful.

Ray

Comment is about MUMMY AND DADDY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

How little do our parents really know us. We grow up with their ideology without question for a while, it's just like another story they read to us, then suddenly it changes.
Brilliant piece.

Hannah

Comment is about MUMMY AND DADDY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I can't imagine feeling numb but I can understand from your words that it is not a good replacement for pain.
Your words reach out and would touch anyone who reads it.

Hannah

Comment is about Tiny Round Friends. (blog)

Original item by Nick

Sad and poignant.

Hannah

Comment is about I asked (blog)

Original item by Kenneth James Keller

Lovely writing Martin. Almost like an incantation and in a sort of journalistic flow that keeps filling more detail in as it goes by. A really good poem for me.

Ray

Comment is about is he (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Rather disturbing and compelling David; I like it a lot. There's a sense of ritual I feel, and unearthliness.

Ray

Comment is about Ebbing (blog)

Original item by David Blake

Life's too short, so enjoy the splendor with poetry to celebrate, and people to celebrate with.

Comment is about The Difference a Day Makes (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

leaving a comment Stu was the next best thing to tagging people and I agree with what you say wholeheartedly. Thanks for posting Sidra.
Colin.

Comment is about Limits (blog)

Original item by Sidra Shahid

MC. Thank you for your interesting comment. It is much appreciated. Keith

Comment is about Loneliness (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

I cannot pretend to understand why any poet should feel
a sense of annoyance - to the extent of personal exclusion - about a poem that has earned them a place in public
affection. Too many with something worth that reward
never get to enjoy it.

Comment is about 'When I am an old woman I shall wear purple': Jenny Joseph dies aged 85 (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Certainly stimulating in its view of life and our often
uncertain place in so-called society.
Lonely is a state of mind more than body...existing when one feels alienated from others. It is not the same as
solitary which extends into a preferred state of mind as
well as body. The trick is to understand and accept what
relates to one's own existence.
In the wider animal world there are species which live a
solitary existence, with no sign of seeking to do
otherwise. The human species can learn from that and use the lesson to its advantage through self-acceptance.
If we are not content in our own company we cannot hope to be content in the company of others.
To think otherwise is self-delusion and perhaps causes much of the misery in human relationships...especially in
formalised arrangements like marriage.

Comment is about Loneliness (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Wow, thank you Keith for the kind words. I don't usually write in the plans of people reading my work but reading your comment, I'm glad you have. I really appreciate you keeping up with what I write. Thank you for making me feel less alone.

-Nick

Comment is about Tiny Round Friends. (blog)

Original item by Nick