Personal stuff... letting go is part of our healing process

Comment is about Letting go (blog)

Original item by Wardah

Thank you Jemima really appreciate the comment.

Comment is about Back and Forth (blog)

Original item by Wardah

Jon, this is one of the most beautiful and touching poems that I have ever read. Thanks. Keith

Comment is about Remembering James (blog)

Original item by Jon Darby

Stupid fucking photo shot twisted image.

Comment is about Falling backwards (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Martin ta... cheers mate x

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Elder

such a neat little piece Wardah.Thank you.Jemima.

Comment is about Back and Forth (blog)

Original item by Wardah

really great read Connor.Thank you.Jemima.

Comment is about Beyond the Plastic Pole. (blog)

Original item by Connor Lannes

Love this Fred.What is the saying? "there's nowt as queer as folk" Thank you.Jemima.

Comment is about Split Personalities (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Hi David
A really nice read this. Love the last few lines in particular,

Comment is about Masks (blog)

Original item by David Coldwell

Hi Keith..Hope your're well mate. Great poem. A sense of peace and yet passion can be felt throughout.
Nice one ?

Comment is about Dark (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

short simple and very very effective
nice one
Tommy

Comment is about Grammar (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

You caught m up with this from the start and just left me wanting more. Marvellous poem Connor

Comment is about Beyond the Plastic Pole. (blog)

Original item by Connor Lannes

what a fabulous poem all the richer for having a personal meaning for you
Nice one Chris

Comment is about The Traveller (blog)

Original item by Chris Armstrong

Like it Desmond , it leaves the reader hanging on as if waiting for more. but more would be too much.
Nice one

Comment is about Gaoler of dreams (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

It seems that everything and everyone is marketed as a brand including rock groups, which is probably nothing new.
a very astute observance Robert.

Comment is about We're the news (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

It's got a good rhythm to it though. A lot of mine are based on true stories and events.

Comment is about Wigan Pier (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

He was a lovely man, and doted on my boys - bringing them far too many sweets!

Comment is about The Traveller (blog)

Original item by Chris Armstrong

Hi Eric,

Love the phrase "whispering tambourines". Nice poem!

And thank you for the feedback you left on my "Telepathic Parrots.." poem yesterday.

Cheers!
Suki

Comment is about One Aspen (blog)

Original item by Eric erb

That's so nice that you took the trouble to check my profile, thank you Cynthia. I hope in a small way it fleshes out what i'm generally trying to say on WOL! After a couple of years at this lark I am still surprised by lovely comments and try to offer a spark to other writers. We need to make a daisy chain and dance around poetry after all.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

No tune Trevor, just based on a true story. ?

Comment is about Wigan Pier (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

No voice is more real than your own, literally or poetically.

(Just did a recheck on your bio. There are so many fine works on WOL, I like to refresh my memory of the actual writers too.)

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

Original item by ray pool

Yes Suki, my favourite too as well as ‘Dead Souls’. Cheers

Comment is about The Undersea River (blog)

Original item by Suki Spangles

Wonderful Fred what tune was it set to, 3 came to ming: here we go a wassailing, Here we go round the mulberry bush, and I saw three ships.

Comment is about Wigan Pier (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Thanks very much Stu. Much appreciated . I had thought about reading it loud but I think you are probably right.
Cheers

Comment is about Tramping (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Along the honey coast... Brilliant image there

Comment is about Host (blog)

Original item by Carol Falaki

Bloody parrots! I'll have what you're having

Comment is about Telepathic Parrots Can Read Your Dreams (blog)

Original item by Suki Spangles

Ah yes those pesky fears

Comment is about Devil Has The Advantage (blog)

Original item by Jeff

Ah, the mountains! Nice write

Comment is about A Mountain Cameo (blog)

Original item by Chris Hubbard

Thanks Jennifer; nice to see a new contributor! I'm glad you liked my unusual poem - I wasn't very confident with it, but it seemed to satisfy my warped humour. Interesting how Poe wrote poetry with a certain flavour. David often makes penetrating comments based on his own experiences of life and I do feel there is a validity to it but thanks for making the observation.

Ray

Comment is about GROSS ENCOUNTER (blog)

Original item by ray pool

HI folks. This idea came about due to my son's daughter just going to university - they are on their own and came over bringing their angst with them! Palpable really.

Thanks you Cynthia. Well observed of you to point out the randomness - I suppose I must have got that by osmosis!

It's good of you to comment David in view of what you say and a compliment of course. As for Garden centres, I seem to have touched a nerve - I find them mind blowingly nondescript and samey. I feel sorry for myself at all times on entering.

Thanks for the list Philip - that about covers everything.
It wasn't quite the vibe I was aiming at, but you make a strong case for a possible heart attack. As for alzheimers, some older friends of ours just emigrated saying it was "an adventure before dementia."

Isn't Jeremy aging Suki - have you noticed? State of mind is key in preventing age, so you make a fine point. I think room 101 for garden centres everybody.

Kevin and Ryn thank you both for liking the poem.

Thanks all. Ray

Comment is about UMBILICUS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thank you so much for your comment on my poem The Bound Bird.
I really appreciate what you say.

Hannah

Comment is about mike booth (poet profile)

Original item by mike booth

Amazing writing, every line a gem.
Still smiling after reading it, great stuff.

Hannah

Comment is about Burn and Rave (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Hi Laura, thanks so much for your comment on my poem The Bound Bird.
It was great to hear from you.

Hannah

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Thanks Cynthia. ? its not to be taken literally at all but in all honesty I was trying really hard not to laugh out loud in the dead of night when I wrote it.

I was just expressing frustration with a few friendships/situations. I'm not even in a relationship ?

Glad you liked it I had a good chuckle writing it and reading it still makes me smile.

Looking forward to reading your work.

And thanks Ryn I'm glad you liked it as well?

Comment is about Lost Souls (blog)

Original item by Wardah

Thank you Ray so much for your comment on my poem The Bound Bird. Really appreciated.

Hannah

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

Original item by ray pool

reads like a log fire full of dictionaries and love

Comment is about The Undersea River (blog)

Original item by Suki Spangles

Thank you Fred, really appreciated. Oh, by the way, yes I have "Control" on DVD. Great film isn't it. I agree too that Curtis was a poet. I know it's subjective..

My fave Joy Division song is New Dawn Fades, but there are many others.

Cheers!
Suki

Comment is about The Undersea River (blog)

Original item by Suki Spangles

Beautifully descriptive, very therapeutic just reading it feels relaxing. Thank you.

Fred

Comment is about The Undersea River (blog)

Original item by Suki Spangles

Hi Laura,

Thanks for your reply.

No, apart from TTIP, I doubt I could defend him on anything else at all. I wouldn't want to. It's been a long first year, and we have three more to go..

Regards,
Suki

Comment is about Hashtag Arrogance (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Cynthia you are so right! Thanks for the suggestion. I will change that.

Comment is about TIME IS RIGHT (blog)

Original item by lynn hahn

Many thanks Suki and Wolfgar. I still listen to the music of Joy Division now and Peter Hook with The Light still performs all their songs on tour. Ian couldn’t take the epilepsy thing anymore, and with the medication and everything else I think maybe he just decided to bow out. I will get Debbie’s book thank you. Did you both see the movie ‘Control’ with Samantha Morton? Really good. Ian was a poet really some of the words to his songs were and still are beautiful. Fred

Comment is about Divisions of Joy (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Thanks everyone for the comments and support. Thanks to Graham and WOL team for nominating my poem. I'm really honoured. I've been posting here for 8 years and have always felt very encouraged and supported by other members to continue writing and sharing. Looking forward to seeing what will be POTW next! ?

Comment is about 'Cooling Towers' by Tom is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Suki

Not bad thanks for asking.

For someone who is not a fan of Trump, your post does come across as a defence of the fool. No point talking about HC now is there? And also, this isn't about her, it's about him. Sorry to state the bleedin' obvious but I didn't think I'd have to. Lots of lines and phrases in here are taken straight from the idiot's mouth. I've just put them into this order.

I think he's the worst one so far tbh. And there's some ripe ones to compare him with!!

Comment is about Hashtag Arrogance (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Hi Ray

Garden centres..what a nightmare. That's death, isn't it? Like all those sad old sods who worship at the philistine alter of Jeremy Clarkson: bitter, angry and obese..

Fab poem, a good reminder. We all need to be careful out there.

Suki

Comment is about UMBILICUS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hi Laura,

First thing, most importantly, I hope you are keeping well.

Let's remember, presidents aren't elected, they're chosen. Sorry if I sound cynical.

I'm no fan of Trump, but Hillary, unlike Trump, supported the Invasion of Iraq, and was a significant player in the invasion of Libya, bombed that country into the Stone Age and left at least 300,000 dead. Bernie Sanders should have been the Democratic candidate, but it wasn't to be, because of the shenanigans of Hitlery's criminal fraternity at the DNC.

One thing I will say in Trump's defence: he didn't sign TAFTA/NAFTA - an economic agreement that would have provided corporations the legal instruments to sue elected governments. Hillary would have signed that, I imagine.

Trump could well end up also being a war-monger too. Let's see what his puppet masters tell him.

All mainstream media is fake isn't it? Some prefer CNN, others Fox, others BBC.They are all full of it. I for one am not falling for the bait-and-switch: Bush, Obama, and probably Trump will all leave behind similar legacies, and plenty of carnage. I hope I'm wrong.

Take care,
Suki

Comment is about Hashtag Arrogance (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Hi Fred,

Nice tribute. I recently read a biography of Ian Curtis by his wife, Deborah, "Touching from a Distance". Recommended.
Poor guy had epilepsy, and it seems it was the medication prescribed that did him in..

Suki

Comment is about Divisions of Joy (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Thanks David

Yeh I know what you mean about him being too easy a target, but I feel we have to document it for a later date, cos people just wouldn't believe how bad he actually was otherwise! Absolutely - he does require ridicule. I am beyond astonished that people actually support him, despite everything that he's said and done. My eyebrows now live on the back of my neck because of him.

I have to genuinely force myself to watch him speak on the telly, grinding my teeth, he winds me up that much. There were another 5 haiku to this but I cut them out - could rant all bloody day!

Hehe. Yeh but what a party it would be on that day eh? ?

Glad it made you laugh ?

Comment is about Hashtag Arrogance (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Hahaaa - I know, poetry just runs right through me Philip ? I won't say like what ?

Comment is about Hashtag Arrogance (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

HUFFING ORANGE TWAT.. now thats poetic...its just a shame that a Autumn and summer colour/color like orange is being associated with you know who... huffing twat or TWAT is descriptive enough

Comment is about Hashtag Arrogance (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Forgive the swearing but " i fucking love that piece of writing" as with all your work, you take the reader on a journey, fantastic story telling, i felt like an looker as visualized each scene. Thanks for sharing Jon

Comment is about Remembering James (blog)

Original item by Jon Darby