I wholeheartedly concur with this Cynthia and find it incredulous that still today that there are men that look at women and treat them in such a way. As to the woman you mention alas amongst allsorts of beliefs there would appear to be such lack of understanding regardless of race faith and gender.
As Laura says it should not still need to be said but sadly it is.
Well done

Comment is about Worthless Women (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

How true it is! Great poem.
Jennifer Malden

Comment is about Ageing (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thanks Colin Hill
Yes it may need to know the context to understand and appreciate a poem,special having a strange voice.

Comment is about What a lesson? (blog)

Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos

I am so impressed with your scope, your imagination and your writing ability to express such strong ideas so expertly, in the vernacular of common imagery. Your titles are masterful, punching the reader's mind to expand.

But it all starts with 'thinking', doesn't it? Analysing. Balancing. Bringing together seemingly disparate ideas. Associating. Everything is interesting. Nothing is irrelevant.

You are well-bitten by the 'poetry bug'.

Comment is about Split Pea Soup (blog)

Original item by Tia Lattanzio

Great format, like an arrowhead shot on target. Brief and sizzling, and honest. And hard. All in 15 short lines. The title is superb in its 'black humour'. IMHO, you have real talent.

Comment is about Pinup Girl (blog)

Original item by Tia Lattanzio

I'm laughing - LAUGHING! An iron fist in a velvet glove! With well-constructed reasoning. And a bottom line. Well done, Tia.

Comment is about "I" (blog)

Original item by Tia Lattanzio

I KNEW you were 'cut from the same cloth!' Another Libran! With a great balance of 'hard-head' and 'soft-heart'. And a drive for creativity.

The photo so reminds me of sitting on the shoreline of Bermuda, just looking out to sea, and wave watching, marvelling at the 'connective energy' of our planet. I found such moments both peaceful and stimulating at the same time, awe-inspiring.

Comment is about Tia Lattanzio (poet profile)

Original item by Tia Lattanzio

I want to read your 'Sample' with enough time to actually 'see' it. But, once again, not today. The 'Biography' is clever, and interesting.

Welcome to WOL.

Comment is about 220August (poet profile)

Original item by 220August

I gather so, Hannah. He was my son-in-law's mate. I merely wrote the poem for him. Thanks for your thoughts.

Comment is about HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

thank you for posting this poem and link Alem. It just goes to show what can be achieved despite debilitating illness and disability. And with the right tools too. I run a workshop from my home which is part of a charity which sends refurbished hand tools and sewing machines to training projects in Africa. These projects often work with young people with disabilities or who are HIV+ or have been orphaned or widowed. The training and tools they are given help them to become self-reliant, lifting them out of poverty and usually as a consequence enabling their children to continue their education beyond primary school level. Our small group of volunteers have recently completed four large tool kits of carpentry, building and bicycle repair tools which were passed on to our head office yesterday all ready for shipment. Unfortunately the charity doesn't work in Ethiopia but you can read about their projects on the following link and the group I run here in Wales. All the best, Colin.

https://www.tfsr.org/

https://www.facebook.com/Tools-For-Self-Reliance-Llanelli-Carmarthen-113734792073268/

Comment is about Psychological dome (blog)

Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos

Love the last couplet Keith

Comment is about Ageing (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

I always enjoy reading your poetry Alem - you are a much appreciated voice from another continent from where we often hear so little and understand even less. Thanks for posting. Colin.

Comment is about What a lesson? (blog)

Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos

A wonderful poem Sidra,well written and conveying lots of feeling.

All the best des

Comment is about The Subjects Don't Change, The Effects Do! (blog)

Original item by Sidra Shahid

Wow Ray,

How you must have suffered!

To be fair, this corporate gob-speak makes me laugh; I quite enjoy reading all that guff. Being a "creative" it all helps with my blue-sky poetry evolvement - and, moving forward, I am always open to any key learnings such "opportunites" provide!

Suki

Comment is about A Notice To All Interested Stakeholders Of This Blog (blog)

Original item by Suki Spangles

Hi there Ray,

Wonderful humour!
where ghosts and guides of old confessors
share the soil with dead professors

Last verse too:
in accusation of earthly souls
who regularly fall from celestial grace
though occupying this holy place.

Pithy and witty..

Suki

Comment is about ST.ANDREW'S PARISH CHURCH (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thank you very much for the comment Trevor.

Comment is about That kind of a day (blog)

Original item by Wardah

Now I think about it, I believe you're right. Perhaps it's just that there is a kind of ease and flow in an exercise that is essentially open to a roaming mind.

As I recall, all I did in writing it was conjure up this arrogant but insightful character and see where his ego lead me. His voice then took over from my own, and the rhymes seemed to appear from this conversational style.

Cheers,

Chris

Comment is about Tone Poem (blog)

Original item by Chris Hubbard

Ray, I just love this. Thanks. Keith

Comment is about ST.ANDREW'S PARISH CHURCH (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hey Tia,

I'm a college student (grad student now) in the States too!

Welcome ?

Comment is about Tia Lattanzio (poet profile)

Original item by Tia Lattanzio

Hi Cynthia!
I also wrote a poem about the moon, years ago when I was a young child- my first poem in fact.
I love this, the flow of it and the subtle humour of it. It mad me think deeply and laugh at the way human minds work.
Thank you for a wonderful poem!

A fellow Libra,
Tia Lattanzio

Comment is about The Moon is a Thing (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Martin Elder,
Thank you so much! Your comments mean a lot to me!

Comment is about Pinup Girl (blog)

Original item by Tia Lattanzio

Guitars particularly have been the embodiment of emotion for so long that they should come from a womb rather than the workshop. A lovely inspiring piece of writing 220August

Ray

Comment is about Missing you from me (blog)

Original item by 220August

Powerful.

Comment is about Cancer (blog)

Original item by invisible

Robin, my favourite bird.
Loved this.

Hannah

Comment is about Feeling Blessed (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Congratulations on your poem of the week Trevor, and also on amply demonstrating that verse that is direct and easy to understand will always garner praise. I wish I could leave my cynicism behind when I muster a poem, but regrettably I find it impossible. So, well done!

Ray

Comment is about 'Early Train' by Trevor Alexander is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

The terror in the dark. Brilliant.

Hannah

Comment is about A Criminal Mind (blog)

Original item by Tia Lattanzio

He sounds like a lovable character.

Hannah

Comment is about HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks guys. ?

Comment is about 'Early Train' by Trevor Alexander is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Tony. I do like the mixture of paranoia and menace which sits so well with the neat borders. Your cat is a familiar, I think. Excellent poem.

Comment is about 'CCTV' by Tony Hill is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Lovely, I can relate to this - really well put.

Comment is about A Haunting Within (blog)

Original item by Toriana Williams

Trevor,
(Comment from N.H.S - land)

Nice rhymed poem with a very, very good choice of the right
words.

Comment is about 'Early Train' by Trevor Alexander is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Great sample...

Comment is about Tia Lattanzio (poet profile)

Original item by Tia Lattanzio

Nice one Tia. I love the way this one bounces a long to its own beat
Fab

Comment is about Pinup Girl (blog)

Original item by Tia Lattanzio

As has already been mentioned we writers of poetry do seem to grab a good deal of inspiration from people watching, which I know is certainly true of me . The weird the wonderful, the beautiful and those who simply melt into the wallpaper.
congratulations on POTW
Martin

Comment is about 'Early Train' by Trevor Alexander is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

JC - we appear to be suffering a delayed action version of
human responses: as if waiting for an appropriate time to
make complaint. Why now? The reasons are open to conjecture but
the damage, especially to those in public life, is timeless.

Comment is about JULIA HARTLEY-BREWER (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

The lines leave us saddened for the loss experienced by
both and the infliction of hurtful honesty at a time
when ease of mind was deserved by both.

Comment is about 'You think you know them, these creatures robed in your parents' skins' (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

You say you think it's funny, but I suspect that isn't really the case. In your place I think I would be pretty damned annoyed! I hope I'm not like these men you portray.

Not to trivialise it, but I couldn't view this poem without making a comment. I think it's a well written, but sad indictment on the male species.

Comment is about Objectify Me (blog)

Original item by mikaylamez

A timely reminder that sometimes we don't have to 'do', just 'be'. Nicely written.

Comment is about That kind of a day (blog)

Original item by Wardah

Hello Toriana, This beautifuuly written poem comes from your inner self and contains a great deal for people to ponder on. Most, I think, will have some sense of affinity to this. Thank you. Keith

Comment is about A Haunting Within (blog)

Original item by Toriana Williams

There needs to be more bilingual poetry out there such as this.

Comment is about Carla Tombacco (poet profile)

Original item by Carla Tombacco

Although not a train (in my case it was a bus) this is my love story so it struck such a chord and will with loads of people. As we poets develop our people watching skills, these encounters drift in and out of our lives quite often.

You have captured it perfectly Trevor!

Comment is about 'Early Train' by Trevor Alexander is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

amazing ? I really loved the Urdu version. This is a very beautiful Urdu poetry.

Comment is about Arzoo (02) (blog)

Original item by Mirza Sharafat Hussain Beigh

yes, excellent.

Comment is about Missing you from me (blog)

Original item by 220August

ooh yes - marry the dark one / be happy come what may! Nice lines Fred.

Comment is about Hideaway (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Congratulations Trevor on achieving the lofty status of second time WoL POTW winner. In many ways this poem is highly relatable to us dreamy poets who momentarily allow our over furtive minds to wander, sometimes inappropriately! But hey, isn't that how all great works of fiction come about? If you don't allow your mind to wander your writing stands still. Cheers, Col.

Comment is about 'Early Train' by Trevor Alexander is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

in setting out to write something fantastical do we find rhymes easier to discover as our minds are less restricted
to a defined purpose or message?

just wondering out loud Chris. A wonderful poem.

all the best. Colin.

Comment is about Tone Poem (blog)

Original item by Chris Hubbard

Thanks Des.

Comment is about 'Early Train' by Trevor Alexander is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Peter. We did have the number of days in the countdown wrong just after the competition opened. Well noticed. It was our mistake so no need for apols. It has been fixed now.

Comment is about Deadline nears for Wolf poetry competition (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

this is easy "I gift you" always..

Comment is about I wish.. But (blog)

Original item by Ankita Srivastava

For some understanding (perhaps):
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/220/testosterone

From a woman who became a man...

Comment is about Objectify Me (blog)

Original item by mikaylamez