Background scene is set
Lines then go wrong
Script is completely misplaced
Role play itself stops
The trap door opens.
Comment is about Exit Stage Left (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
Man - the primary predator who, unlike the other animals, saves what the other animals do not; preserves when the other animals don't
know how, and steps in to rescue those not of his kind when the other animals pass on by
Checks and balances.
Comment is about Animals (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Anyone going to the Elizabethan for a drink - -
oh yes a chat about the Heaton Arts as well.
Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Hi Nick
Just come across your poetry. I love the diversity of them. There's some great imagery in your poetry. I particularly like the start of 'Pathway' and 'Epiphany On The Edge.' 'Reed' is another great poem.
George
Comment is about NICK ARMBRISTER (poet profile)
Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER
This resounds for me - I can so imagine how that creature must feel.
Love the 'booming through the murky darkness' and the 'leaping, soaring, diving, plunging into depths of solitude'
Thanks for taking part again Lynn. x
Comment is about 52 Hertz (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
thanks for your comment on 'vermin' Lynn - it's one of the few things that gets my goat, when man thinks he can apply morals to animals and then kill them because they don't act 'human' grrrrrr lol :-)
Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Hahaa :D Yehhh, know THAT feeling!
Comment is about Just one more time, please (blog)
Original item by Ged Thompson
Very true M.C its a crazy bandwagon that we ride upon. The full truth can never in this case be confirmed...
Comment is about Jimmy Who? (blog)
Original item by Brian Wood
Good one, Ian, enjoyed this and your sentiment.
Comment is about Vermin (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Clever stuff indeed Tommy. Now got you on my short list of favourites!
Comment is about Assignation (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Thanks for commenting :) Yes I look for the positives as it is evident that negatives only lead to more aggravation... best wishes, Dave
Comment is about Love Vines (blog)
Original item by Dave Dunn
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Sun 9th Jun 2013 21:30
always the optimist Mr.Dunn!
good on'yer!x
Comment is about Love Vines (blog)
Original item by Dave Dunn
I wasn't sure whether you were talking to me or the germ there for a moment Isobel - I thought I might be getting an invite round to yours ;-)glad you like 'domestosterone' it's one of my cleaner rhymes *groan*
Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
Original item by Isobel
thanks for the comment on 'domestosterone' John - I'm not acquainted with any 'flash' ladies I'm afraid - perhaps you could point me in the right direction ;-)
Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)
Original item by John Coopey
also thanks for the observation on 'I wish I had a harley' age cannot be avoided mate - it's how you cope with it that counts :-)
Comment is about Marksy (poet profile)
Original item by Marksy
thanks for commenting on 'domestosterone' Marksy - trust me, it would need to be a very big duck in our house ;-)
Comment is about Marksy (poet profile)
Original item by Marksy
thanks for commenting on 'domestosterone' Dave - if you can't kill the 0.1% why bother with the rest? it's the 0.1% that'll get ya ;-)
Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)
Original item by Dave Bradley
the sonnet as straight-jacket - eh? straight-jackets can be fun if you don't mind taking your time to get out of them - i'm thinking of going on a 'form' rampage over next month or so and really getting into some of the less known structures etc - if I don't escape the straps before I drown, it's been nice conversing with you ;-)
Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
I took this photagraph today from the wall of my garden looking out on the meadow beyond,
What more need for inspiration !
Ian Gant
Comment is about Buttercup (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
thanks for your comment on 'the aparkle' harry - I hear you :-)
Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
Pretty much the way I see it Ged. Doesn't seem to mean much if it's not real. I can only write if I feel it, happy, sad, comatose or glad. I sit, I think, I write ..... that's it. Every word a piece of me ... good or bad. Like a mental toilet flush. Love the poem by the way. Will read some more. Didn't realise you were on WOL. Cheers mate.
Comment is about How brave a poet (blog)
Original item by Ged Thompson
Thanks Alex. I still can't see my profile picture - why is it I wonder, that everyone else can see it before I can?
The picture is the sign in front of an old derelict care home, walking distance from where I live. It's been derelict for years now and I'm amazed no-one's built houses on it yet - it's only a question of time - but I see beauty in the emptiness and the history - I shall really miss it, when it no longer exists.
The more the merrier at the Tudor - I'll be flitting around cos I'm compering and I have a number of family members coming along for moral support. I believe Laura is going though and a few others you must know by now :)
Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
Original item by Isobel
I consider the work of this poet to be a "must read" on WOL. Hugely stimulating and well-crafted, this is another feast for the mind.
N.B. I read "...capture light" (1st line/6th verse) as "...captured light".
Comment is about DREAMING (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
But I wish the man had been here to face his accusers and speak for himself. There is something worrying about the haste with which we condemn in retrospect those who are not around to defend themselves or their reputations. And what about those in their family who have to live with the shame of this "rush to judgement"
after death?
Comment is about Jimmy Who? (blog)
Original item by Brian Wood
Going along with JC, I easily imagine that H. O'N had another life - in Elizabethan times.
Courtly and caring,
Courting and daring;
In love and living,
Well faring and sharing!
Comment is about THE STORY OF THE POEM (blog)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
I have the original (Eric Burdon's still around!) and this is surely JC's best so far! A wonderfully adapted version of a memorable top pop from my youth...even managing to get in the " blue jeans" reference and using it with a great "stitch up" analogy. Right on the money!!
Bravo, Master!
Comment is about The House of the Rising Damp (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Fit To Work: Poets Against Atos was named the winner http://ftwpoetsagainstatos.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/for-the-win-poets-against-atos/
Comment is about Voting deadline nears for Morning Star's Protest in Poetry award (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks Kenneth, appreciated.
C.
Comment is about Sommerhaus (blog)
Original item by Christopher Dawson
ps the more details link has stopped working.
Comment is about Manchester's Poets and Players launch first competition (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
It's interesting that all of them are about loss and two of them about lost love in particular - that old chestnut never ceases to inspire, does it?
I liked the 'outwardness' of the winner - for me it was a subtle reference to what we are doing to our planet - I often lament the loss of species that were quite common in my childhood - moth hawk caterpillars - we had hours of fun with them.... I suppose everyone will have their own take on it though.
Comment is about Manchester's Poets and Players launch first competition (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
You can find out the results and read the winning poems here http://poetsandplayers.co/results-of-poets-players-competition-2013/
Comment is about Manchester's Poets and Players launch first competition (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Your life is guaranteed in my house mate, as is the dust mite, so you have no worries ;
Enjoyed your rhyming ditty.
Comment is about Domestosterone (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Great poem - great analogy for life gone wrong.
I hope it's not what inspired Stella to exit centre left though - she's a classy poet and will be missed.
Comment is about Exit Stage Left (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
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Sun 9th Jun 2013 00:06
Great thinking..really like this :)
Comment is about Exit Stage Left (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
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Sun 9th Jun 2013 00:04
Kenneth Eaton-Dykes
Sun 9th Jun 2013 00:01
Who what where, that's nostalgia for you.
Wonderful!
Comment is about Sommerhaus (blog)
Original item by Christopher Dawson
Sorry Mr Eaton-Dykes.Typo error
Comment is about Carol Ann Duffy's poem to mark 60th anniversary of coronation (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks Isobel, you are right, it is interesting to see how many different takes there can be. :) x
Comment is about Solitude (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Thank you very much everyone.
Dave, they really don't have a clue, good luck when you finally get to see them.
Isobel,I am not against claimants being reassessed as such, so I agree, I do think it should be down to GP's or consultants, and not Atos - their tick box assessments were outlawed in America and 6 other countries.
I wish your relative well with the benefit he has never received! :-)
Comment is about Wake up Britain and smell the coffee! (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Thank you Francine, it didn't really get where I wanted to go, I felt.
Tag who what where?
C.
Comment is about Sommerhaus (blog)
Original item by Christopher Dawson
Harry, oh Harry!
I bet you were a bugger with the ladies before you became old and wrinkly!
Lovely touch and structure - abab rhymes are especially difficult when you're tying to keep the whole on message.
Sweetly done, H.
Comment is about THE STORY OF THE POEM (blog)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
Glad you enjoyed North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Simon.
Comment is about Marksy (poet profile)
Original item by Marksy
*Just had a thought, there will be people who come to the Art Gallery who may not follow this Blog and will turn up on Monday without knowing about the change of date.*
I moved all our online correspondence to this site to make organizing events easier. However, if people won't join it, or even open an email account, it kind of defeats the object.
Comment is about June Meeting moved to the 17th (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
I think she did some neat side stepping with this one. I imagine writing poems for royal occasions comes with the job and the millions she's made from being poet laureate.
But I can't imagine she's much of a royalist at heart. I can appreciate the cleverness of what she's done though - considering the weight of the job rather than turning sycophant.
It does have the feel of a poem that isn't heart felt though. I'd hate to be in her shoes at occasions like this - but I'd wear them if someone paid me :))
Comment is about Carol Ann Duffy's poem to mark 60th anniversary of coronation (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
The Arts Trail proper is on the 27/28 July. However, a few twaiku at the Heatons Summer festival (16th June) wouldn't go amiss. Of course, we will discuss our Arts Trail contribution at our next meeting.
Comment is about June Meeting moved to the 17th (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Kenneth Eaton-Dykes
Sat 8th Jun 2013 16:11
Is the word 'solute' intended or a misprint?
A birthday solute, is a birthday dissolved.
Comment is about Carol Ann Duffy's poem to mark 60th anniversary of coronation (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Part of the problem is that poetry is perhaps easier to plagiarize than other art-forms. As the man said - alter the line-breaks, change a few names and you suddenly have a reasonably autonomous-looking piece of work. And then, DTP software and the Internet have made it incredibly easy to copy and rearrange individual poems. That isn't really the case with music or the visual/plastic arts.
Comment is about The Write Out Loud interview: Ira Lightman (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Nice work Carol Ann Duffy your poem for the Queens 60th. Nice to see the inspiration I past on to you in May 2009 has not fallen on stony ground; Worth her saltThe splendour the pride a birthday saluteGuards marching bye to horse guards on route Crowds gather round to see the displayFrom all round the world people will payTo enter the house of the Queen is an honourGraceful and regal this life bestowed on herRespected forever and long will be seenGod save the country, long live the Queen Broady
Comment is about Carol Ann Duffy's poem to mark 60th anniversary of coronation (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Just had a thought, there will be people who come to the Art Gallery who may not follow this Blog and will turn up on Monday without knowing about the change of date. Does anyone have up to date email addresses so that they can be told directly about the change of venue? I'm afraid I dont have an up to date list myself.
Thanks John for sorting out the 17th.
Maggie
Comment is about June Meeting moved to the 17th (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Lynn Dye
Mon 10th Jun 2013 16:11
Another good one, Ian :)
M.C. Only the humane among us humans help other animals. Dolphins and dogs have been known to save human lives. :)
Comment is about Animals (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley