This is good, all the way through, with idea, rhythm and cadence. It almost 'dances' in deliberate contradiction of its serious subject.

Comment is about The Marionette (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Hi Cynthia It's starts off just being about a stroll along the sea front at Cleethorpes and walking past the corny illuminations, but it ends up being about my loss of religious faith. I was brought up as an Irish Catholic. I hope that makes some sense.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Brilliant. Real poets see and hear and feel and understand and share so much, so aptly. Let the world beware.

Comment is about The Birthday Comb (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Tommy, this is really good. I didn't say anything before until I had time to read it many times. For me, the tone is bleak, but not self-indulgent. 'marbled hurt' is quite unusual, offering many possibilities. 'wants of wishes sated' is also a twist of ideas, provoking thought. Separating 'her' and 'self' in the title is subtle yet strong.

Comment is about She held her self still (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Hiyacynth! Nobody told me parody was supposed to be deep. Not sure what you mean by 'How do you know this?'

Comment is about BAD BRIEF ENCOUNTER (blog)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

The play on words is clever only, not deep. 'gaffe' seems much too mild a word for the incident which, I think, will have major repercussions.
How do you know this? Was it in a newspaper?

Comment is about BAD BRIEF ENCOUNTER (blog)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

I like work based on literary characters; it's always very 'in'.
This is interesting. I presume the last verse is not sex with the dog, however 'in' that seems to be lately. You might enjoy Kosinski's "The Painted Bird".

Comment is about phosphorous (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Well Banksy wrote a poem called calcium and . . . . .

Comment is about phosphorous (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks Cynthia

Comment is about just a couple of questions (blog)

Thanks for laughing-with. For your next imagining: 'Lunch with the man I never met'?

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Dad brought a tear to my eye. So tender and so true. It's tragic and hilarious and brilliant. Thank you.

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Teehee! Grumble pie! Jolly good!

Comment is about BAD BRIEF ENCOUNTER (blog)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

Welcome to WOL Martin. You'll get plenty of feedback here if you ask.

Comment is about Martin Miles (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Miles

Welcome to WOL Tim. Liked your samples and will keep an eye on your work.

Comment is about Tim King (poet profile)

Original item by Tim King

Hi Kealan Just catching up with your poem Modern Saviour. I enjoyed and found the last stanza particularly intriguing - maybe it's because I'm a lapsed Catholic with a Muslim daughter.

Comment is about Modern Saviour (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Hi Cynthia Thanks again for your comments. I've enjoyed your last couple of poems too. I appreciate the 'objective' style.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Ann - Edward - I dont think he's died. Calcium - I really dont know - it's just the feeel of the word - the shape of the word in your mouth. A bit like how some guys look really dapper in a bow tie & others just look a complete tw*t. And he does look like a chemistry teacher - dont you think? all the best. B

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for commenting recently on me poems John. Glad you like Shirley and Dolly. And Sandy Denny, "Who Knows Where The Time GOes" is one of the best songs ever. Re adding a bridge to Blackthorn - I would have added a bridge but I didn't manage to get planning permission! Tehe!

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

I would've added a bridge but I didn't get planning permission!

Comment is about blackthorn (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Oh, I get it! :-(

Comment is about Win a Trip of a Lifetime to Reykjavik (article)

“FROZEY TOESIES” (Kids' Poem)

So the TV gave a warning that the snowy clouds are forming

And they said it's global warming but it's feeling cold to me!


And the wind is really blowing and “Yippee! it's started snowing!”

So I think that we'll be going to the park, my Mum and me


We'll be turning off our tellies, putting warm food in our bellies

and then pulling on our wellies - we like sledging when it snows


And with so much lovely snowfall we can roll a giant snowball

'Til our snowman starts to grow tall with a carrot for his nose!


And we'll meet with my friend Billy, we can giggle and be silly

We'll get cold and wet and chilly and throw snowballs at our Mums!


And then when the big park closes we'll go home to blow our noses

And we'll warm our frozey toesies and we'll dry our soggy bums!

© Tony Walsh 2009

Comment is about Win a Trip of a Lifetime to Reykjavik (article)

Rachel - you are so clever - I never noticed! And they are both bits of music that I like too. I'd love to get some of my love poems printed and call the great tome "Two Steps On The Water", do you think Kate would mind? ;-)

Comment is about behind a dark moon (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

i like the way it starts with kate bush and ends with pink floyd. like my music tastes fro 1976-1985.
a nice read.

Comment is about behind a dark moon (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Enjoyed the rhythm and rhymes, Ray, many of them unusual connections.

Comment is about Analgesia (blog)

A lovely reading - spooky yet seductive.

Comment is about behind a dark moon (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for nice comments on Dark Moon. x

Comment is about Dave Carr (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Carr

Ha ha 'Bored witless poet' AND 'saving Shithaiku' ; )


Tu es folle...
xxx

Comment is about Bobbing Haiku (blog)

Original item by Isobel

It's interesting to see this rueful take on this innocent piece of your childhood. Very pared down and wistful?

Comment is about Going home (blog)

Some lovely juicy (sorry) lines in this one Isobel. I love the thought of boy scouts jobbing or robbing and bald heads in damp beds and the sticky £5 note.
By the way is the last word a misspelt mushroom. Bravo!

Comment is about Bobbing Haiku (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Visceral images which are hard to consider, but necessary to remember. Well done.

Comment is about hiroshima (blog)

Original item by Daniel Hooks

Forceful and provoking, in a racy casual style.

Comment is about Just people (blog)

Original item by Daniel Hooks

This is great. Full of literary connections for me. I'm sure I've missed some.

Comment is about behind a dark moon (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Left me sobbing

Comment is about Bobbing Haiku (blog)

Original item by Isobel

What a powerful story you weave, true or not, almost the element of tragedy - preventable disaster.

Comment is about Crying In Your Wedding Dress (blog)

Original item by Tom

The tone is very bitter, but the scenario is too true, and the poetry itself is really good.

Comment is about Beneath the mask. (blog)

Hi Cate Thanks for your kind comments about the poem. Glad you like it.

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

Original item by Cate

Ann, thanks for your kind remarks on Analgesic. I'm not a smoker myself for 20 years. I do feel, though, that the focus on smoking has gone over the top. I think it's a form of displacement; we'd do far better to restrict the use of the motor car.Wine is the most wonderful thing in the world. Apart from football.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I would say this Haiku is bob on Isobel!!
Cate xx

Comment is about Bobbing Haiku (blog)

Original item by Isobel

John Darwin was there-doing a fabulous set too! But not sure what happened to the pic...

Comment is about Guest poet, Louise Fazackerley, at the Secret Writers Club Launch, Wigan April 2010 (photo)

Hi Kealan! Thanks for your comment on Scream, glad you appreciated it! I just hope Alan Moore doesn't sue me! :-)

Comment is about Kealan Coady (poet profile)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Of course you can Marianne! xx

Comment is about Marianne Daniels (poet profile)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

I love this! Can I borrow this when I run around cemeteries at midnight in midsummer pretending to be Kate Bush??!
"An angels wroth the deaths head moth" is such a joy to say.

Comment is about behind a dark moon (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I like this too.

Comment is about Going home (blog)

I can relate to this...powerful stuff.

Comment is about Beneath the mask. (blog)

I am quite a fan of your work.
This, to me, says so much of loss and abandonement,and nostalgia for a time that you can never have again, so perfectly in so very few words.
Excellent.

Comment is about Going home (blog)

i really understand this poem, you dont need an army for a war it can all take place within one persons mind. the ending is perfect, conveying the constant circle of dissapointment that is life. You didnt try any complex metaphors which worked well because what you are saying here is profound enough. good work

Comment is about Scream (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Yes - I am lucky that I don't put weight on easily, despite eating everything that's bad for me. I do have a definite marsh mallow bottom though - thankfully the pics on here never show that!
Re the male body - you and me both on that score! LOL

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

you wouldnt catch me in a wedding dress...i just wrote a little scenario about a bride spilling red wine on her dress on someone elses comments....theyre interesting images/symbols those dresses eh?..infused with so much meaning...

Comment is about Crying In Your Wedding Dress (blog)

Original item by Tom

Thanks for your kind and funny comments on Marshmallow. You always look very slender in your pics on here. As to writing about the male physique, I can't remember what one looks like! If you see what I mean!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Isobel you always look very slender in your pics on here. As to writing about the male physique, I can't remember what one looks like! If you see what I mean! Better keep eating salad though or the follow up will be called Blancmange!!! Heheheheh!

Comment is about marshmallow (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove