Thank you for getting the gist!
Comment is about Must Your Gratitude Be A Knife? (blog)
Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos
lovely ray. you paint a picture of someone who fell in love with music but then realised the worst place to love music was in a band. gentle recollections but tinged with sadness i feel.
Comment is about MUSICIANS ON THE MOVE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Your tales of life on the road, Ray ... I see the beginnings of a collection here
Comment is about MUSICIANS ON THE MOVE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
thanks michelle! i actually went to school with michelle, and she did have an awful compulsion to turn off switches. However, I am happy to report she lives with a husband and two kids in Berlin now. I agree, kids are extremely cruel!
Comment is about switch (for michelle) (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Just came across this. Love your writing Stu. This should be a compulsory read when you arrive at Secondary School. M:)
Comment is about switch (for michelle) (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Thank you for your ongoing feedback Cynthia, it is really appreciated. I enjoyed writing that one and it still makes me smile when I read it : )
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Thank you Nigel, your comments and feedback always drive me on too
Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)
Original item by Nigel Astell
yes a second to that from Stu Buck.
the last two that i posted here are meant to be written with an epic scale :) i m trying to push the boundaries i do love a big poem. in scale in theme :) these excerpts are also interesting in themselves.
I have never got all the way through Milton's Lost. these days its all about the netflix series haha.
good stuffs
Comment is about the muslim's tale xii (blog)
Original item by jeremy young
I've commented on the next part..
It is very similar to the 'lady of Shallot' in ways like that of which they are locked away and waiting for a man to come.The style is similar.
The verse concerning the broken horses is a particular wow..i wrote a poem with these lines
'...at the glacious stare of the long dead, long suffering, lacerated mare. Mating flies and festering there...gruesome horses indeed.
i think this is great writing.
Comment is about the muslim's tale xiii (blog)
Original item by jeremy young
wow this is great.
i love the form and the telling of the tale.
some great imagery.
'they knew enough of bees and flowers
and the stamen touched in midnight hours'
its reminiscent of Tennyson.
brava
Comment is about the muslim's tale xiv (blog)
Original item by jeremy young
<Deleted User> (13947)
Sat 6th Feb 2016 01:39
I look forward to it Gee :) No apologies. Use all the words you want xx
Comment is about THOSE DAMN DUCKS (blog)
Original item by GeeProcessor
thanks stu.
i have written much for this site for a while. a few years ago i was writing all the time here...anyway with my degree and actual life i don't have as much time for poetry. But it has been nice to be welcomed with your comments on the 'miracle' and nice to remember how much fun there is in feed backing others stuff.
you're poems are cool.
(congrats on baby) please don't write loads of gooey poetry about it tho hahah only joke xxx
Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)
Original item by Stuart Buck
I understand why you are annoyed Laura but I am confused by your declaration of clarity
you appear to believe that there is some version of islam is just like the quakers - and in doing so you disrespect the bravery of mr fayadh, in writing what he did - and the other poets imprisoned for writing in a similar candid fashion
Comment is about Poet reprieved from execution but still faces 800 lashes and long jail term (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
RM I have GOt Life complete will load up after weekend.. and thanks for your words.. means much.. i apologize for taking excerpts of your work.. it was soooo good... peace..
Comment is about THOSE DAMN DUCKS (blog)
Original item by GeeProcessor
What would any bloke have in his fridge, Stoopid!
Comment is about 70m DASH (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
You are right, Stu. But you will have to use your imagination as to what he did on his stag night that attracted the attention of the police.
Comment is about The Wedding (blog)
Original item by Yvonne Brunton
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Fri 5th Feb 2016 20:11
hence the better choice of being vegetarian.
Comment is about Must Your Gratitude Be A Knife? (blog)
Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos
i love the line 'a dream in a froth of white'
personally i think it wraps itself up nicely. not a whodunnit rather a satire on marriage.
Comment is about The Wedding (blog)
Original item by Yvonne Brunton
a cracking bit of razor sharp satire.
Comment is about The Gnome and his Snakes (blog)
Original item by Jim Trott
All the assiduously rehearsed protocols for first contact
Evaporated in the suddenly deafening silence.
“Hello,” I said.
thats brilliant. i love the melding of science and poetry and this is a fine example.
Comment is about Event Horizon (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Fri 5th Feb 2016 19:01
Neat and very sweet Rachael.Thank you.
Comment is about Rib Cage (blog)
Original item by Rachael J. Low
Nice poem Peter, love your description of supermarket trollies. welcome to WOL
Comment is about Peter Ray (poet profile)
Original item by Peter Ray
Thanks guys much appreciated. Anybody know an accordion player,I might have to do a tour!
Comment is about Drowned (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
I'm caught on the horns of a dilemma now - but Laura has exposed my weakness, so I must take stock and use effects wisely! Stu
Thanks for noticing.
Comment is about A RESTORER'S LOT (blog)
Original item by ray pool
you're on Greg! It's really not that embarrassing as you get old enough - people probably think "poor old bugger"
but then that's only Prince Charles. I also have a Brian Sewell hopefully forthcoming. Coffees, anyone?
Comment is about IN THE PIZZA EXPRESS TRINITY ROAD WANDSWORTH (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Graham - Apparently the shot putter Geoff Capes held the 100m world record for a long number of years. But it was the specialist discipline of Carrying a 300lb Fridge for 100m.
I daren't believe, Graham. I just daren't.
Comment is about 70m DASH (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Trevor,
A good job I read this after watching `What is reality` on tele.
I am intrigued by the way you have pinched your metaphors from the modern space spiel to describe an attraction and meeting in a crowded room.
I have`nt time to go into this just now, but the bits I like best are lines sixteen and seventeen.
Get back later.
Comment is about Event Horizon (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Get Me to the Church on Time
Scary Monsters
on a trip to Mars.
Modern Love
to the church on time.
We could
be heroes ashes to ashes.
Star Man
in the sky looking down.
The theme for Monday night is a poem to celebrate the life of David Bowie.
Comment is about Write Out Loud at Stockport art gallery tonight (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Loved it. Can identify with it as well although I like to think most of the nearly people can get their chance to shine now and then.
Comment is about (blog)
Original item by terry ireland
Very nice! Really like the images and feelings it evokes of a hot far away land and expectant young women waiting for what might never come...
Comment is about the muslim's tale xiii (blog)
Original item by jeremy young
It can't be easy running with that defibrillator strapped to your back JC!
No3 believe believe!!!
Comment is about 70m DASH (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Harry says that you are not invited unless you bring your boots and crop. He says he needs the encouragement these days.
Comment is about 70m DASH (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Oh Yes, I know this man, his Lodge his Rugby Club and where he has his unpaid petrol account.
In my opinion He's a pathetic specimen but so much the common beast.
Comment is about My Noble Valentine (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
It gets me thinking- yes, what has been done? what's the big deal? married, not married- nothing has really been done.
Comment is about The Wedding (blog)
Original item by Yvonne Brunton
hi rachel
thanks for giving my stuff a read and commenting. always nice to wake up to a few interesting points.
cheers
stu
Comment is about Rachel Bond (poet profile)
Original item by Rachel Bond
Thanks Jemima, yes that is what I wanted to convey. However always pleased to receive input, so thank you Ray for your observations - I do see what you mean - but on balance prefer to keep it in line with my first thoughts
Comment is about Dog (blog)
Original item by Michael J Piggott
I look forward to you reading a poem in the voice of Prince Charles at Guildford some time, Ray!
Comment is about IN THE PIZZA EXPRESS TRINITY ROAD WANDSWORTH (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Fri 5th Feb 2016 10:51
Hi again Michael-glad you left this poem as it was.I think in a funny way the 'ands' add to the doggy momentum.A sort of canine 'Night mail' rhythm,if you know what I mean.
Comment is about Dog (blog)
Original item by Michael J Piggott
Fri 5th Feb 2016 10:43
The mystery deepens.Will we ever know? Is there going to be a follow up Yvonne? Hope so!
Comment is about The Wedding (blog)
Original item by Yvonne Brunton
Yvonne - We make a handsome pair, David and me. He is competent and undeterred; I am incompetent and easily deterred.
Actually I underplay my own contribution to our efforts. You see the bright light focused on the fuse box? Well, I held that.
Comment is about MY BEST FRIEND (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
WELL??? Don't leave me like this, Yvonne. What had he done?
Comment is about The Wedding (blog)
Original item by Yvonne Brunton
Let's be clear about who is punishing him. The Saudis follow the ultra-conservative and brutally fundamentalist branch of Islam known as Wahhabism (and ISIS has definite roots in this branch of Islam). The imposition comes from them, our 'allies', the very same people who murder their citizens and use heinous punishments yet hold a chair on the UN Human Rights Council.
We should not be 'relieved' or happy that the death sentence has been commuted. This man has been accused and convicted in such a way that it even breaks with Sharia law. If he survives those 8 years in a Wahhabi institution, and the 800 lashes (50 on 16 separate occasions, using implements we have no knowledge of, and strength of blow that cannot be foreseen) it will be a miracle.
Comment is about Poet reprieved from execution but still faces 800 lashes and long jail term (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks so much for the comments. This is my first poem since school! I was searching for a subject whilst watching our two labrador dogs - then bingo!
Comment is about Dog (blog)
Original item by Michael J Piggott
Oh my goodness. The heart break and sadness transcends. Simply amazing and wonderfully written.
Comment is about Chimes of silence (blog)
Original item by Noris Roberts
That poem was extremely intense and so beautiful. The sadness and the gloom of the poem makes it remarkable.
Comment is about And the Walls did Weep (blog)
Original item by Jim Trott
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Sat 6th Feb 2016 14:44
"Differences make themselves" Tommy x
Comment is about Just in Time (blog)
Original item by Pixievic