reminds me of john hegley - a bit that with some of his shorter verses off luton..

sadly, i've only being on the outskirts off milton keynes, so can't tell you or protest - lol.

keep em coming!

Comment is about HEAVEN MUST BE A COLD AND LONELY PLACE (blog)

Original item by Nash

Interesting style, Cate. Like the use off dialogue here and the very short lines in places.

Keep it coming - would like to see more in this style! x

Comment is about The Night Worker (blog)

Original item by Cate

Les quatre vers finale ont derivé d'un démarche intellectuelle différent que le reste de ce poème. J'ai écrit les autres vers aprés une conversation, qui cependant je m'ai senti détaché par le reste du monde. Les quatre vers prochain ont arrivé quand j'ai consideré pourquoi.

Comment is about To drift (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

D'accord... Maintenant je comprends tout !
Euh... pas vraiment... mais je te comprends, et ça c'est déjà quelque chose n'est-ce pas ?

Hmmm... Mystic Ted gave me a really good review recently ; )

Comment is about To drift (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

Yes... 'For them', but at what price... to everyone - including himself?

Comment is about The Night Worker (blog)

Original item by Cate

Isn't it WOLOP Isobel... or are you re-naming it now too ; )

Comment is about That's what I call creative! (article)

Picture number 4.
I think there must be a mistake here - someone superimposed the sign on some other city. I don't remember seeing sky like that over Manchester in a long time. I can also read the sign - there is no torrential rain obscuring our vision...

Final Picture.

WALOP Winner Wannabee ponders list of commended poetry for May and thinks to himself 'what a wonderful world...'

(that last bit has to be sung in a low gravelly voice)

Comment is about That's what I call creative! (article)

hi antony. thanks for comments on 'ferryman'...wild and unabridged yeh a bit like me then x

Comment is about Antony Owen (poet profile)

Original item by Antony Owen

Thank you - it was just a piece of fun! Bizarrely possibly the closest thing I've ever done to rhyming couplets. Hahaha

Comment is about Lament to a trusty friend (blog)

Original item by Alison Smiles

thank you for your comment! You are too kind. I am sure that even in these few lines i made a lot of mistakes. But thank you again! It inspires me to write more

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I though 'Keep Talking' was outstanding and this is almost as good. It is so difficult to put oneself in the shoes of others at their darkest. This throws down the challenge to at least try, and does it very effectively.

Comment is about She's So Sick (blog)

Original item by Gemma Lees

p.s. I find the things you mull over fascinating, Cynthia - you are definitely a lady to lunch with...

Comment is about Dance (blog)

Original item by Shelley Ann Dwornik

I love the ideas behind this. I can identify with most of it and the bits I can't, I can imagine.

How often do I start a poem all fired up with a couple of lines and ideas. When I try to put flesh on the bones, give it structure, I seem to lose that fire and the poem doesn't get finished or changes shape all together.

I've often thought that love is best expressed by actions not words - it doesn't seem to stop us wanting to hear and express it though...

Comment is about Dance (blog)

Original item by Shelley Ann Dwornik

Really good, Shelley Ann. I enjoyed every aspect of this, from the concept to the varied construction in expressing it. What a brave idea to tackle; it is so ephemeral, almost defying concrete explanation.
Mind you, I think the power of sex IS the power of soul. I was mulling over this only yesterday.

Comment is about Dance (blog)

Original item by Shelley Ann Dwornik

Andy, thank you for comenting on In Grip of Silence. Is one of my un-crypric pieces, not my usual style. Glad you liekd it as I wasnt sure about it really. It seemed bland for me. I love your work , Had a good look at some of it above. Love the animals in their bags and the private space. Animals in their bags is brilliant! reminds me of toting toys to school in my bag as a kid, childrens imaginations are great and will extend to infinitate possibility. So touching that you had your butties. Maybe the animals in the bags ate the other kids sandwiches...em

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

When you really fly you touch stars.

Comment is about Shade-Walking. (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Brilliant! The images and the conversational style of a word-magician. You influence people.

Comment is about The Many Aspects Of Panic (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

A lament for a screwdriver! You are definitely my kind of girl. Plus the poem is so funny in its tortured rhyme, well-chosen diction, and tripped-up scansion. And to use the last word 'pathos' as a clincher!. Much enjoyed.

Comment is about Lament to a trusty friend (blog)

Original item by Alison Smiles

Hi Nash,
Really effective poem,and hauntingly true!

Comment is about Armistice Day (blog)

Original item by Nash

Connected only by mechanical visible words - a very 'unhuman' intercommunication. Yet, more honest feelings are probably shared in cyberspace than in any other medium since 'talking together' began. We might as well be ghosts in one sense; yet pure language has never been so powerful. I really enjoyed this, Isobel. If I start to sound like a jerk, just tell me.

Comment is about Invisible (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Of course, poetry can be informative. I should have been more accurate: I thought that parts of this poem began to read more like an essay. Welcome to WOL. You'll really like it.

Comment is about Green is.. (blog)

I thought your title was a comment about the number of blogs going up for a moment...
Another great poem - amazing what one little word can turn into. This reminds me a bit of your blue poem which I liked a lot. It should perform well.

Comment is about Submerged (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

i think its good that you've brought it to the arena for debate...a lot of people selfharm as a response to being unable to communicate pain in words...its good that you can do that in poetry . theres some great images here...like the stainless steel bite x

Comment is about She's So Sick (blog)

Original item by Gemma Lees

thanks very much for your feedback rachel. in this poem im attempting to capture both sides of the story, which i have experienced myself. both before when i didnt understand and since when i have to deal with other peoples lack of understanding.

Comment is about She's So Sick (blog)

Original item by Gemma Lees

i disagree with the sentiment throughout this poem. I see you are presenting 'other' perspectives on mental health issues. this does capture the way some people think.

The scars and pain we see on other girls arms tell more to our own revulsion to empathy and discomfort with anothers pain than with their owners stories.

Comment is about She's So Sick (blog)

Original item by Gemma Lees

i like the flow of the words around an awkward sublect like the feeling of gridlock while the bikers weave in and out.
your work is consistently good.

Comment is about The Many Aspects Of Panic (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Hi, Alison! Thank you for your comment on my poem "My wishes". Your poems are beautiful. With warmest wishes, Larisa

Comment is about Alison Smiles (poet profile)

Original item by Alison Smiles

Thank you, Alison! With warmest wishes, Larisa

Comment is about My wishes (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

I loved this. So full of hope and youth!

Comment is about My wishes (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

If I could write a meaningful piece involving a picnic scenario believe me I would, hehe thanks for the comment man.

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

It was missed bcause it was the last blog of April. Thanks for searching it out. winston

Comment is about Antony Owen (poet profile)

Original item by Antony Owen

Hi Anthony. thanks for the detailed observations. This story telling style is not a one I have used much. This was created in a poetry workshop which was refreshing, glad you liked

Comment is about Antony Owen (poet profile)

Original item by Antony Owen

i actually mis-read the title as 'the many aspects of picnic'. now truely would have being a nightmare - lol.

Nice piece otherwise, kealan. I particularly like 'Traffic attacks the street like a beast'

Keep em flowing.

Comment is about The Many Aspects Of Panic (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

GE dear, One has to be more sorry for poor old Milton, of course, who lost his sight "ere half his days in this dark world and wide..", so let's use our talents while we still have 'em, eh? MG 1003

Comment is about Lament in Middle Age (blog)

Original item by Graham Eccles

Thanks :P its only semi-plagiarism really, one of those times when you read a poem and it sets you to thinking. I think it was Rudaki though. (in the same book as Omars rubiyat) Poor bugger - was blind poet to the king and ended up dying in abject poverty, such is the way - probably be minted now f he had a penny for each printed copy of his stuff. Glad you liked it though. Cheers.

Comment is about Lament in Middle Age (blog)

Original item by Graham Eccles

Hi Andy, thanks for your continued support and encoragement. I like your recent writings inspired by the paintings. Looking forward to catching on the scene soon.

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

I'm sure there's a happy ending in there somewhere...

Comment is about Last day part ii (blog)

I like both parts - they go together.Childhood has it pluses - freedom, lack of responsibility and in theory stress. I think it often depends on what type of childhood you had. There were good and bad bits to mine. I was always acutely aware, in an adult kind of way, of just what was going on around me. I would never want to go back to it. I love the fact that as an adult, you are in control, and can make the necessary changes. It's fascinating when you think about it - our childhood shapes us as adults - if we want to regress then maybe that childhood has had its dark side that we choose now not to acknowledge.
The second part is more about losing yourself though - in dream, in sleep - just letting it all go - like most children do - in theory...

I like the image of the turtle mum also - and the gentle calm of the second part.

Fascinating stuff.

Comment is about Make me a child (blog)

Thanks for your kind comments folks. The cyber world is a strange one,isn't it? But it can provide comfort at times.

Chris - I would agree with you about the structure - I never gave it a second thought - this poem just plopped out like an unplanned birth. I keep meaning to plan them better - my best poem to date was a highly structured one. Best dust that Stephen Fry book down again LOL
Thanks again x

Comment is about Invisible (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Old Omar would agree with you here!! lol
Cate xx

Comment is about Lament in Middle Age (blog)

Original item by Graham Eccles

Some lovely childhood memories here Pete which all of us can relate to. There is a strong nostalgic flavour to this that I find very appealing.
Cate xx

Comment is about Make me a child (blog)

Smiley smiley.....there is something quite fascinating about logging on and wondering who else is out there. Like Pete says there is a strange comfort in the connection you get with other users.
Cate xx

Comment is about Invisible (blog)

Original item by Isobel

thanx for your comment, Andy! Yes, the latest piece is the sad one, and it's very jumpy in rhythm and uneven, passable lines are not supported by rubbish lines, but i suppose every now and then everybody writes just "steam-out" piece :-) Hope your computer is fine by now.

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

i read the sequel before this, chick - this defo feels like a prologue nicely to the second piece..

i hope there is more to come as there is a mystery building here or is it a thriller??????? lol x

Comment is about Last day (blog)

defo could be part off a book - you may need to look at your line endings here in particular, chuck as it is a bit odd in places.

However, the content is good stuff - orange light is nice and the ending while not lovely (if you know what I mean) defo has the feel of a thriller for some reason.

keep it coming! x

Comment is about Last day part ii (blog)

good one pete

Comment is about Make me a child (blog)

un-usual piece, isobel but i enjoyed this...

Comment is about Invisible (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Arsony, arsony, it has to be arsony. Infamy, infamy, someone's got it in for you.
Can it possibly be true that you are cancelling the Bards? Couldn't it possibly take place on the ashes? Was amazed to read about it on the home page - let's hope the character isn't spoilt when they rennovate it.
Hope to see you soon anyway. Isobel x

Comment is about Steve Regan (poet profile)

Original item by Steve Regan

I loved loved loved this poem! Im all for information, and it seems you have a clear understanding of the world of green and corruption.I was amazed and enjoyed the poem very much!

Comment is about Green is.. (blog)

sounds like part of a book. I like how you write.

Comment is about Last day part ii (blog)