Look forward to some more wonderful poetry when the month is up! Bye for now.xxxxxxxx

Yup! I tried to give up for one week. After nearly 6 days I sneaked back! We'll miss you. lots of love af xxxxx

Thanks for your comment Isobel (Mapping). Always appreciated. It makes me sound a bit arrogant, re not changing anything. Hope I don't come across that way! ;-) I expect, knowing me, I'm just off writing the next one and the bird has flown, as it were. I think as I grow and improve as a poet I will take more notice of what people say. I'm only grateful that they bother to read it! xx

Hola Issy thank you for the blog on Teardrop much appreciated you hot piece of totty ha ha ;-))
Love TC XXXX

Yes, you're exactly right -- some people are profoundly irrepressible. You can attempt a vasectomy (or similar analogy) but they're going to bubble up anyway and follow their own path. You're spot on. Which is a relief since I'm delighted you like my mini poem!

Hi Isobel, thanks for the comment. I'm playing catchup (a la Henry Kelly)with comments cos I have had scant computer time recently since Chris discovered Facebook (insert rolly eyed smiley here.) Very glad you enjoyed the poem.Rachelxxx

Isobel, thank you so much for your lovely message regarding the un-named poem. Im so glad you like it. I love the title suggestions thank you and will pich to call it "shelved" I think. Thankyou!
take care ~~~ em ~~~

I spent half my school days walking back to school from a bus stop a mile further on. I blamed the road's potholes.
These days it takes a lot more than potholes.

Thanks for the comment about Piggies.
I'm not admitting to it being entirely autobiographical, but I did do it on a train going to Edinburgh; it was only going to be a couple of verses long but I got carried away (and because I couldn't stand up, had to stop on till Aberdeen!).

I liked your reading of the quality of love in the same way I like to see/hear the Northern Broadsides theatre company perform Shakespeare. It's the vowel sounds which convey the emotion so well

Hi Isobel, thanks for commenting - Man Still Ponders' is very definitely a tongue in cheek (maybe 2 tongues), primarily written to cheer my friend up, but it also drew a lot of reaction from others so I posted it around a little :) Best wishes

DAve

Hi Isobel

thanks for reading and making comment on my poem

steve x

'Held' has a cracking first stanza.

Hi Isobel, Thanks for your comments on 'Ghazal' recently. More detailed comment left on the blog entry if you wish to view it. Thanks Win x

Thank you Isobel! x

Hi Isobel,
Thanks for commenting on 'one more for the cellar', even though you didn't like it. I appreciate the honesty. X

Thanks for commenting on 'There to Here.'
Detailed interpretation of how i see it in comments below poem if you want to see it. :-)
You were very close.

Janet.x

Hi - thanks for the kind comments.
- "I'm not at all sure that true love exists. I think it is just a dream that people chase" - I think this is really sad - I just sat here 20 mins thinking what else to say, but I'm stumped.

Thx for the feedback Isobel...appreciated.

You were correct in what you said...I toned down Cluso or at least made him less and more romantic via edit and read.

Chris

OK - I'll post a lovey-dovey dewy-eyed one just for you - if I can find one amongst all the filth, that is.

After all the fun of the fair, a woman really wants to be held. That is often where it all falls apart... Yeah - but still gaggin for it - right?

15 weeks to go and counting!Whatever happened to the stork??!xx

Thanks for your message, Isobel. It's true, working on a paper over the years has usually been absorbing and always kept me on my toes. But I rediscovered poetry a few years ago after not writing any since my teens, and am lured by the things it expresses that journalism can't. You may be surprised to know that I find time to monitor WOL fairly regularly, even at work! It keeps me thinking about poetry every day. (Sounds a bit like a laxative?) Greg

Hi Isobel, Great Pic!! You look fab. Whose the glamourous mum now hey!! Good to be back. Have missed you all. Anything interesting been going on?xx

I very nearly fell for that - and I thought you were being sincere: Definitely a 'feel good' poem Banksy - you do have a heart. Will restrain myself from writing anything rude - I am capable of leaving bog standard comments, you know...
oh yeah? "bog standard"? - perv!

"Was she tied up an gagging for it at the time?"

- you really do have a one-track mind..... = a perfect woman :)

Thanks Isobel, I like Wigan actually, you're never that far from greenery are you?
Cheeeeeers,
Rachel
xxx

My latest is written in Iambic Pentameter too with some eleven syllable lines with weak endings. Not strictly rhyming. I'm not sure i got some of the line endings right or some of the Trochees and it might be out a bit on some of the punctuation. I really don't know and to be honest, i'm not even sure i care any more. It wears me down.

Janet.x

Hi Isobel, thanks for commenting on my Chinese New Year poem. I'll let you into a little secret... I was born in the year of the dog and have other animal instincts linked in. :-)

I doubt very much that ANY of my poetry will EVER be described as 'wonderful' meter etc.... but if that was the only reason for me writing anything, i probably would never write again. It's just not my genre...
but YOU have a gift and a wonderful talent for writing which is recognized by many on this site and so the comments are well deserved. Keep it up but most of all enjoy it.

Janet.x

The chat was working, I'm just not fast at typing. Soz.

Thanks Isobel, I appreciate it. Best of luck to you and your poetry too.

- Josh

Thanks Isobel ;)

Thanks for your suggestions for rhymes...most invigourating. I've just been railing (on another thread) against the tired pairings of words that tend to inhabit some poet's canons. I can see you've given it some serious thought!

: )

One day I really will get to grips with something really sensual...honest, I will, but every time I have tried so far it has always seemed just...I dunno...naff. I need to loosen up a bit. I tried writing some 'Agusta lite' the other day...and it just ended up sounding like...Augusta lite. Certainly wasn't a poem, by any of the measures that I employ anyway.

Might send you some one day...and see what you think.

Keep up the great work.

Jx

Dearest Izz-how can you drink,when we both know from your photograph that your lips are superglued together-hehe...or do you take it intravenously? and nay, I was not drunk ociffer.Stefanolicxx

Naughty but nice Banksy. I bet the only gaps you find now are in your hairline or teeth... in fact looking at the evolution of the species, you might just struggle to fit a palm anywhere, let alone without touching. After reading you and Cynthia, I definitely feel inspired to write something risque... xx
Some women just do have that particular "gap" morphology.
Write away - we're all waiting to hear what women really want - we now know what cynthia wants ;)

believe me - there's a lot more than 2 of us out there: what a crying shame you haven't "come" across more of them :) B

Can't decide whether you are inspired by another poem on here or challenged by it...
If you are darker still, I'm guessing there's more to come. Best keep my eyes open!
No - I was just telling cynthia that I also had a poem by the same name in my list & I'd post it if it wasn't too pervy :)

Hi Isobel thx for the feedback on that latest oddity Hehe.

Not my best writing- just keeping my hand in with some conceptual stuff.

Really enjoyed your poems last night, particularly the love poem.

It was great to see you and Steve.

Dave said he will do the drive to Liverpool for this Wednesday's Liverpoetry event, which helps me and my dodgy leg out and avoids me going into any meltdown about having to hike to Liverpool gigs (oh dear- hehe)

Anyway I appreciate this event could be a bridge too far for you given Monday and Thursday; but if you can make it- the three of us would have a good laugh/nice night.

P.S

It'll be great to see/hear the love poem on wol- real quality.

Chris

Hi isobel, I'll try to remember to bring a few copies tonight. Don't pay me owt, though, just have it as a present. Great, I'm so pleased you're coming tonight!! I haven't got a moby number for you so I couldn't send you a text alert.

Thanks for including me in the WALLOPS. xxxx

Tu me fais rire!
D'accord... Tu m'analyses et je t'analyse ; )

xxx

Thanks for the comment on 'For You', I know, it makes me so sad that they grow up so fast....I watched a programme on telly once, years ago about putting children in tupperware to keep em fresh....hmmm maybe a pretty Cath Kidson one? ;)
Rachel
xxx

What's it all about is a great introduction to your thinking - I'm inclined to respect all true religions as each are seeking a path that ought to benefit their communities. I remain a humanist myself though, so brotherly love is something I like to encourage in the interests of all. Best wishes, Dave

Soft and gentle?
actually i prefer Sure :-)

Only joking, new year, new look.
Might try a different one but still smiling. Thanks.xx

Ya little tinker.... you only have to ask..God I can feel my sap risin as I speak...

Gusxx

Thank you Isobel for your comment on my poem 'untitled'.

Re 'Martin'

The word 'eutectic' comes primarily from the realm of 'physical chemistry'...that was the first clue....but I wouldn't expect most folks to get that one...I took out a whole verse about how I had to bite the line through and consequently ended up rather close to his tearful face...which was how come I could taste his tears and his breath (he always smelled of sherbert...his gran ran the local sweetshop!). When I took out that verse it suddenly became just funny...rather than funny/sad/longing/...Ho Hum.

Back to the drawing board. Thanks (as ever)

:)

Jx

I hope to see you at The Bards Isobel?

Steve Mellor mentioned going and I would hope Dave Bradley comes along too..

Thx by the way... x

I'm glad you enjoyed 'Martin'. It may be my final piece for the OU course I've been doing. Nobody seems to have 'caught' the adolescent, homoerotic subtext. Is it that invisible?

The original draft was packed full of adjectives and explanation and then I whittled it away to the core...perhaps I did too much whittling? It's a true story. Seems I can only do true stories.

:)

Jx

Dear Isobel
I'll write a little later, but thanks for the comment.
och aye the noo. Glad to see it made you smile
xx Steve xx

Hi Izzy, thanks for your comment on my latest ;-)) Hope all is well with you in the Wilds of Wigan ;-))
Love TC;-)) XXX

Thx for the feedback on Pier Poem Isobel. I will post the words up.

Thx for the kind support as well; really appreciated. X

Chris

Hi Isobel, just to say thanks for your comment on my latest blog.
Your encouragement is always appreciated and the time you spend you reading and commenting on peoples work on here.

Take care,
Janet.x

Thx for the comments on my last two Isobel.

I have have replied in each blog.

I know what you mean about the Untitled poem as it is very difficult.

The 'Where Did You Go' monalogue was easier on the heart strings for me and hopefully a little more upbeat than some of my writing..

Thx again

Je t'adore Isobel !
Merci beaucoup pour tes commentaires sur mon poème 'Bound together'...
Tu me touches toujours avec ta générosité...
Et tu me fais constamment rire - qu'est-ce qu'on va s'amuser quand je viens visiter : )

xxx

Hi Isobel, thanks for commenting on my poem about Miles Platting.
I enjoy personifying places and birds/animals too.
It's a while since i wrote one.

Janet.x

Oh, it's merely the cooking whisky! all gone now too, there was only one measure left, might have to sup the sherry next! then the listerine! No purple teeth for me tonight then!
Nope I did think that about the flow of it to start with....honest!
rach
xxx

Hullo Isobel,
I totally agree about the rhyme thing. I am messing around with styles and stuff at the mo and I'm not really comfortable with rhyming. it feels like I'm trying too hard and having to leave out stuff I want to put in but just can't tesselate. Practice at the jigsaw table for me I think. Lol!

Thanks again for the comment...also I am pretty sure the first few lines just don't work rhythm wise ...I will mess some more with it at some point.
cheers
rachel;
x

Hi Isobel,

I loved your performance last night, it was by far and away for me the highlight of the night.

Just a few poems and performances have hit me like that.

The poem is brilliant IMO and the reading, intonation etc couldn't have been better if you had done a dozen takes; it really was wonderful, powerful, human and the poem speaks of truisms.

I know I talk a bit too much at times and some nonsense too, but not on this..

Thanks for your kind comments on my Warm me Twice poem, it means a lot. x

Hey up Izo,
we could do a little duo, make music together next outin, you singing an me on the horn, could be good... could be very good.
Thanx as usual for your comments, constructive and well read as always.

Gus xx

Hello Isobel,
I am very pleased with my nomination for Dec WOLOP
I have tagged as requested.

Not just pretty legs then...mmm

Augusta x

thank you for thanking me for thanking you.. this could get silly... : )
it means, in Icelandic...the same as the title of the song in the link.deb x

Hi Isobel, glad people liked Cosmic Fairy. How do I tag the poem to Wallop? happy new year! em.

Hi Isobel.Happy New Year. : ) Love your new pic, you look so young..and innocent.. and thank you for your kind comments on Villtur Augu.One day I'll write a happy poem and suprise you..and me .. Debz xx

Hi Isobel - I totally agree about the last line, but I couldn't resist the rhyme! Might change it. Happy Noo Year!

It will be great to see you perform Alfie Isobel........it's a great poem.

sorry Isobel,can,t be doing with your christmas cake look-get back in battledress asap.and as for those superglued lips!!! to think,i once wanted for mine to alight upon them!

Listening to what's it all about again and it's still great IMO Isobel.

Black is black
I want my panties back

Thanks fer yer cheery banter,,, yes you are right size 18 is a bit Bridget...even 4 me.. poor Francine possibly size 4 ladies squeeze into very little these days ... so I am given to understand.

Happy New Year

Gusxx

Thanks for the comment Isobel.
Love the new pic. Makes you look all young and innocent and yet....

Happy new year.
Janet.xx

Thanks for your kind comment on Cinders. Sometimes it's good to play the bastard although for the record I've been happily married for 36 years.

Hi Isobel, thanks for commenting on my work. You're spot on as is chris co. I have left a comment on that will clarify what the army speak means. By the way, i like your work.

thanks once again.

Michael

x

Cor....lovely! I'll miss the ankles...but love the wry smile...and beautiful face.

: )

Jx

wehey - hello matey - finally found that 'One Woman Crime Wave' text for that poem that won't upload... [dunno why - der???] anyway ~ happy new things to all

x

Hi Isobel, thanks for your comments on cycling home (no hands). It started as a daft jaunty piece but ended as it ended.

Happy new year to you.

John

Massive thanks Isobel, for taking the time to read and comment. It really is appreciated.
Rachel
x

Hi Isobel, haven't looked at any intrnet things since Xmas Eve, so only just seen your latest message. I think MOreton Arms have skipped their December night and will start up again in January. I am seeig Ieaun tomorrow, so I'll make sure he gives you the correct dates.

Don't forget we launch LIVERpoetry opn mic in the 3rd room of the Everyman Bistro in Hope St, LIverpool on Thu 7 Jan, 8pm start. Be great to see you and your sisters at that - and it's a bit easer to get to than the Wirral!

Thanks for the kind comments xx

Hi Isobel, Your comment on Win's "Decree Absolute" regarding '....it's all his fault' had me grinning from ear to ear. Nice dry touch. I've posted a follow up comment, too.

Dzien dobry !!

Thanks lotsly for the comments Isobel, they're hugely appreciated. Glad you put your stockings on (virtually) with me....now then, people seeing this comment who haven't read my poem will be Sooooo Intrigued by that comment won't they? tee hee!
Thanks again, and glad you enjoyed the poems,
Rachel
x

Thanks for adding your fairy dust to my last offering. A review is not a review...without your view! I always keep an eye out for those shapely ankles.

: )

Jx

Hi Isobe - you wrote "I think the picture is great cos that could be either sex - very tortured and hard to look at though - much like the poem is hard in some ways to listen to" That's a brilliant comment to me as it is exactly why I chose the pic... haunted drowning neither sex difficult to stomach. Thanks Win x

As 'Head Girl', and someone who can be relied upon to offer trenchant views, undefended by petty jealousies and perspicacious in their critique...whaddaya think of my last one?

I miss your observations...and crave your approbation.

Or you could just say it's shite....'The only thing worse than being talked about...is not being talked about'! (is that one of Wilde's?)

: )

Jx

P.S. Yes I had to change to photo really... didn't I. done that . Win x

correct. I was slow in updating... doh (Done it now). Win x

Hi Isobel,
thankyou for your comments... just added the words [ ...of sorts ] to 'Panning for Vibes' for you in my blog thing...
kind regards
R2$

Hi Isobel
Here, here.
I just left a comment on Cate's site. Why do you look good on the photo, and me like a dummy? OK I know the reason really.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Steve xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Isobel,

I enjoyed the singing at the Tudor...should have said earlier....spent a few days in a poetry semi-alcoholic haze Oops.

Many thanks for taking the time to read Camel and I, hoping I find you full of thought, enthusiasm and originality as always, jane

Thanks for the blog on the Sentinel, you can delete this after if you like ;-))
Love TC XX

Hi Isobella, yes I enjoyed MCing at Wigan for the most part ... though I did sense there was some sniping in the wings, a little coldness of heart and meanness of spirit, which left me feeling saddened towards the end. Hope you are feeling better soon! You're welcome at the Bards anytime. PS someone told me Darren had put up a review but I never got to see it, as it was, as you say, taken down quite quickly.
Just why it was removed so quickly, I don't know. Though I could hazard a theory!

Hi Isobel! I just got your message about a poem I wrote called HUMAN. do you want me to enter it for a competition. wow! it brilliant that its thought so highly of. let me know asap. sorry im late getting back to you. my internet access isnt regular.Take care. em

Thanks for the comment on my poem - glad it amused you

now then gorgeous Isobel, about Mr P's pocket! ..........one can spill the beans.........................
ha! loved it. x

thank you Isobel for your kind comments about Drifting. summer will come, debz xx

sorry to be dense isobel, but how do I tag the poem as a Wolop poem?? thankyou.

Fizzobel, I have no idea how to tag a poem, could you enlighten me?

thanks
John

Be warned. If I stick my head above the parapet, you'll know all about it (wishful thinking)

I am teetering on the edge of several double-entendres.
I have erased most of this thanks, but I'm sure that you aren't amongst the clitorati.
I have to go now before I am tempted ...........
xxxxxxxxxx

Hi Isobel - after your kind comment on Queen Pin, I thought I'd have a look at your profile, and I was delighted by the poem - 'What's it all about'? indeed! Don't put yourself down about the singing either - the quality of the sound clip is excellent and does justice to the rhythmic verve of the poem. Terrific reading!
Cheers.

dear red shoes - Thanks for looking at Social Algebra Alphabet. I lost it at the begining! don't look too deeply at this one it was just a bit of fun. Win

How diligent and observant you are Isobel, of course I was utilising the stresses rather than the syllables, ( I'm fibbing)

A king’s ransom spent on my education too…

I have made amends.

Thank you.
Augusta X

thanks Isobel. As usal there is more in the mortar than the pestle. Bet the young ones don't know that saying. Have two auditions coming up. Now if I get there then I have to get a part in one show at least. yeah.

Hi Isobel,
i'm visiting wol for a few days. Got the loan of a mobile dongle but god it's so slow!!!!!!!
Just thought i'd pop in and say hi and hope you're well. :-)

Janet.x

Thanks for your kind comments on my "Apologies to..." poem. Don't think those are hob-nailed boots you're wearin' tho!

many many thanks for your kind comments Isobel, I am trying out a new style and I'm glad it seems to have hit the right note....to be honest I really wasn't sure I was going to even post it so there you go X

Hi Isobel
It's ok, I met Chris last night, and I'm sure they wouldn't hit a sick man.
Now get down to some writing.

You are right of course Izo,

Gary Glitter .mmmm.... Whatya’ like in bunches and a gym skirt.... ooooh

Anyway, I digress, back to my gang.

The problem solved causes yet another series of problems I am well aware, however it at least enables likeminded poets a diversionary route. If the whole thing became a parallel blog then it can be terminated.

Yes, I agree with you on the WOLOP idea and that Paul, the old silver fox, is beautifully formed and has genius foozling from ever orifice.

I'm just happy that something is at least being attempted to make the site less wieldy.
In the event that no one wants to join my gang then I will probably spend my twilight years in the Far East until I'm arrested for cloning Paul Blackburn

Many Thanks
Gusxx
PS As Gang Leader I am letting Girls in...but not out

Cheeky
I could only comment on the 'Date Rape' drivel because I could understand it. Normally, I can't understand the other 'drivel' posted.
xxStevexx

Hello Isobel
Thank you for your 2nd comment and support re JA remarks , to which I have replied,

You are lovely.
Augusta x

Thank you so much for your comment Isobel.... and hope you enjoyed your shower. the girl in the poem is both confused, excited , aroused and afraid... very afraid....at the end she feels miserable and used... and ashamed at her totally lack of control... or ability to ever take charge and have a sexual liason on her terms or at the very least agreed terms.

Was it rape... I don't think so... but I don't know for sure

Once again many thanks for critique it is as always welcomed warmly.

Augusta x

Hi Isobel...

I should have known via the style of the piano that it was Elton John (Doh!). Now you have mentioned it; his style stands out a mile.

My only defence I guess was that I was more in tune with the poem and the singing refrain than in the musical world and only though on that later.

I actually wondered if it was a song you had recorded.

You added the audio to What's It All About? :)

IMHO you should repost the poem as a blog given the new audio performace/dimention otherwise people risk missing out on it.

I absolutely love it!!!

(in my top 5 poems on the site now).

So many clever angles and impressions and truisms on life. You've exposed so many hypocrisies in religion, faiths, family, ethnicity etc etc

You refused political correctness without falling into the post-political-correctness-trap of attacking obvious targets and at no point is their any 'ISM' going on....it's just true.

The intonation and timing of the vocal are perfect for me and it is mocking and distainful to just the right measure.

Seriously brilliant...

I have read more brilliant poems on WOL or been exposed to such via related poetry nights in a few months than I had in reading published anthologies of national poets for the last year or more. :)

Thanks amany Izo your kind and thought through comments as welcome as ever re Mrs Pragnell's Shop

Thank you
Gus xx

Hi,
Ta for the comment on my new poem. I think you'll find a lot of the stuff in the poem is fictional and is not targetted at anyone in particular. Just thought I'd clear that up.

Hello Iso :-) No it wasn't me, it was Orhan Veli Kanık, a far better poet than me, and nearly everyone else. Of course, I am better looking, naturally.

Merci toi pour tes commentaires sur mon poème 'Taken'...
Tu me fais toujours rire!

Euh... MOI un singe?! ; )

Moi xxx

Hi there, Thankyou so much for your comments on my latest blog entry, more detailed comments left on blog page. Winston

Hi Isobel. I am now part of the WOL web team. My role is that of New Members Organiser. Its great that you take time to meet and greet new members already, just carrying on doing that please if you can and this will help a great deal Winston

Hi Isobel, thanks for your comments and encouragement, you always put a lot of effort into the site blogs for us all! thanks x

Dear Muse
Glad you enjoyed it.
It takes one to know one (that's a complement by the way - just in case)

the women were congested but all had new batteries!

The double image of love lust and love is a difficulty we all come up agains.

Is pain pleaure or is pleasure pain.??

Thanks again so very much for reading my poem.

Augusta x

Hi Isobel,Just read 'A Poem Not For Guy'.Enjoyed the message behind this about seizing the moment,Well done!

Try copy and paste the link into address bar. It should take you to a youtube clip of Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading "The World is a Beautiful Place" He has a more rambling approach to poetry. He is 90 this year and has certainly loved life.

Cheers for your remarks, Isobel. Much obliged. I have been off the site for a while now but am happy to be back. I like the 'Update Gigs' feature that is now up. I will be posting some more poetry over the next few weeks on different themes, so look out for that.

See you soon,

Alain

hi again 'the izz' love your latest poem-had a sleep in between verses,lol! next time i,ll bring 'me oxygen tank.going to blimp Dave Bradleys 'candle' if you will pardon the expression-take care o gritty one-steffers

Good Morning Isobel

It's so difficult at times to write of 'Love' in a joyous way... usually the venom of love has its way with my pen and restless nights...

Thank you again for such an indepth critique of my poem.

augusta x

Hi, Isobel, thanks for commenting on Perfect, and Jenny!! However, this poem is a romance, not about motherhood. Love, with an image of an eclipse of the sun as I know of nothing else which would eclipse it. I love your site as you know and the red shoes. best Janexx

Hi Isobel,
Thanks for reading.Comments left on Ronaldo blog. Win

ISOBEL, I wish I'd scooped up the bra and taken it back home to New Brighton with me. Then I'd be able to produce it for performance purposes, smears and all. When are you coming back to perform at the BARDS, me dear?

My only worry is, Isobel, they could well be adding to global warming - from under-the-collar!

incongruous?... Well Shirley is Australian... and it sort of sounds right because of the closeness of truth... but was it her only name??...just read the Auntie Norma item between the lines ...clue.?

Thank you so much for reading.as always
Gusxx

something else rhymes with pretty.

I am now ashamed :-O

sorry

What news -
New shoes!

;-)>

Stunning stuff Cilla

Oh Isobel
How kind youare moreover how beautiful your legs are...are they yours?... and what adorable shoes...
Thank you so much for reading and commenting on my poem..

Augusta x

Thanks for the comment. We all really enjoyed your set at The Tudor.

love the legs Isobel :-) Very chic pic x

Thanks for your comment, Isobel -yes, the point is the bogey man is not in another country, not a 'foreigner' and to pretend it is is a hoax in order to dominate their country while people here fear for their own children on their own streets.
Steve Smith

Moi also on the vanilla front.
I shall be partaking of the experience later today

Hi Isobel,
just want to say thanks for your support and comments on my poetry. I'm going to be an absent friend on wol too for a short while so i wish you well with your own work and will most likely see you at an event.

Janet.x

why sad?

Sign of a good actress Isobel? lol x

I appreciate your comments on my poem, I am very happy. Thank you, Aziza.

Irony? Me? lol.

the darn thing just wrote itself in between the washing, drying and ironing so thought it deserved a bit of an airing.

feel very cathartic now that I put it to good use. what do you say? x

hi izzywizzy-love a duck your mind is wonderfully busy-as for this toe-dipper,re distance-if poetical quality was a place-you dear hatted lady would be the earths core,and i would be on the peripheries of space-i will catch up! will you still be around in a milleniums time?LOL!

Thank you Isobel as always for taking the time to read and comment.
I tweaked it a bit...
Yes, it's been a while... so busy trying to get caught up... I won't be until it's over though.

Moi x

Hi Isobel,
Dates on Blogs? As far as I know or can remember nothing has changed.

Hi Isobel, thanx for your comment on Cemetery Gates, yes you're right it is about the dilemna of moving on in life which people struggle with.

I dare say your friend (you can decide if they should read it :-) )and lots of others would identify with it. Its no-one I know, just something I observed.

The only bits that refer to me are the lines about lingering with the dead and skeletons in real life. I'm not so bad with death, its other things I struggle with!

Anyway, glad you like it, your comments and support appreciated as always see ya soon Jeff X

Hi Isobel, Thanks for the comments on CAFCASS Survivor. Good observation. Thanks. Win

Hi Isobel. Sorry I've not been paying attention but I wholeheartedly agree with the choice of Anthony's 'Beyond the Equinox' for notable poem of the month, if I hadn't been burying my head in the sand lately I'd have voted for it too - good choice. By and by, thank you for your comments on An Anti-Love Poem, I'd intended it to come over as positive and affirming but perhaps I need to suffer a little more yet. I know, I'll post an opinion about next month's POTM:)

Hi Isobel, thanks for commenting on CAFCASS survivor.made a couple of tweeks on the blogs page. Win

Thanks Isobel, gobbledegoookeeoohgooksomemoregoodecrap.
nkidsssdeermmmpackitineeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrmdehobbllledegookgookdeermdeeebedtime

You know what I mean.

nicky x

hi isobel;

good points over P.O.M. - I agree with you.. I must admit I haven't any of them in months and months - it seems to have gone off in a direction I don't like anyhow to the sort off poetry I don't read or particularly enjoy anyhow. Hope you are good! x

Hello Isabel
Many thanks for you comments on my submissions - I'm really new to this and feel like a fish out of water. Everybody seems to do such "weighty" stuff and mine's dead simple.
Anyway I checked out yours and I really like them both, especially "What's it all about?"
I look forward to more.
John Coopey

Hi Isobel
I doubt you've seen it, but Ernesto has left a little message on my Profile page, and Neil West's, saying that we'll be surprised at next month's POTM
For some reason the kack seems to have been spread in our direction. How did that come about?
A gentle soul like moi
Speak soon
Steve M.

Hi Isobel
My pleasure.
Re Ernesto:-
Did you ever consider going into the diplomatic service as a child?
As ever ;-))))))))))))))))))))))))
Steve M.

Just seen your latest on the POTM thread. You can do better than that - tell him where to stick it! :-)

Hi Isobel, thanks for the comments on 'Pearl Stitch'. Had a great time reading them and took a long time to answer them. Am all worded out now. love your take on it.

Take care

Nicky x

Hi Isobel
I'm all wrung out, but that's another story.
Steve M.
;-)))

Isobel
My humble apologies, I was only joshing you.

Steve M.
;-))))

Hi Isobel
'a deluge of light-weight poems' !!!???
I thought you were the one to pour oil on troubled waters LOL
x Steve M. x

haha!....too shay!

Thx for commenting on my poem Ne Me Quitte Pas

An' Yoo Hoo to you too!

GusXX

Yea Isobel,

I would imagine that the lorra lorra Cilla and Alfie singing bits could benefit from audio.

That said the political sensibility or rather humanist sensability reads very well as it is.

I must dig out a poem for you that is totally different from yours and yet has something about it that is...well still not the same and yet is a bit hehe..

The bit on the communists (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn would approve), the bit on Islam in relation to women..I approve of;

Gawd seeing women indoctrinated into arguing for their own subjugation :(

Oooh but the Qu'ran says it's so.

Errrm actually no it darn well doesn't. There is nothing whatsoever in the Qu'ran that states women should dress differently from men, it just speaks about modest dress which in turn has been interpreted by men in a misogynist, controlling manner.

Also who on earth takes fashion tips from a document that out of date...bar me?

I prefer to skin/peel oranges and potatos or is that the other way around...not Jews though, even if Chris De Burgh does like the Nazi clothes and regalia.

I'll try and find that poem....

Chris

Hi Isobel, Glad you liked "On meeting a poet", and found you could make your own interpretation and be happy with that. Thx for commenting. see you soon. win x.

Hi Izo....U R correct....a great deal of sadness in the last line.. very intuitive..

Many Thanks
Gusxx

Hi Janet
Are you talking about me or the poem?
x Steve M. x

I like your poem "What's It All About?"I read it prior a few days ago.

It wasn't something that for me would hit it's mark with any immediacy...it needed to drip in.

Coming back to it I now have more of a feel for it, some of the imagery is excellent and I like it's sensibility and the way it has shown an understanding of the hypocrisies that unfortunately exist in life.

This is one I would like to hear also.

Must have been posting a comment on your profile while you were posting the comment on mine.

I am thinking the same thing. Thanks Isobel. I may do it as a personal thingmybob out of pure curiosity, can't even come up with a title for it! Think maybe it will always be ' the poem that never mean't to be a poem' .x

Hi Isobel, thank you for your comment on the piece, I am quite taken aback at the response.

Would like to know what you think about Darren's suggestion that I change it to the third person? do you think that it would reduce the alienation aspect that a reader may feel or would it at the other end of the spetrum, lose it's rawness in the substitution of she for I. I am struggling with this one.x

Hi Chris - not really sure how to get in touch with you since you don't have a profile yet. You left a comment on my profile. I am touched that you bothered to read my poetry - particularly after my crass comment. To read past poems you need to go to the bottom right hand corner of the current blog. The previous poem will be highlighted in blue. If you click on it it will take you back and you can go right back through a poets work that way. I'm glad you liked the one you read - that one meant quite a bit to me.
Most poets on this site have had some trauma in their lives, though perhaps not on the same scale as yourself. Emotional turmoil is often what brings us to poetry in the first place. We are therefore, on the whole, very understanding and supportive of others. This site, in some ways, mirrors life. You will find the good, the bad, the ugly and the mischevious....but above all, a home for everyone. I hope you join and enjoy it.
Isobel x (will delete this once I think you might have read it)

Hi Isobel,
Hope all is well with you. Thanks for your comments on "Beyond the Equinox." I have to confess that it's not a new one - retitled and slightly reworked. I just thought I ought to post "something." Got a couple on the backburner at the moment - would you mind if I asked you to take a look at one of them? I know the nature stuff isn't your bag, but this one may be. How is your muse? I notice you haven't posted for a while too.
Regards,
A.E. X

I am new to the site.I liked one of your poems that I read earlier but I can't find how I got to it..so I guess this is in the wrong place.It was a poem about a woman scorned for her atire and called a tart and managing to emotionally deal with such treatment.

I liked the poem and hopefully I will find my way to it again once I am less new here.

Chris

Isobel, I shall let you into a little secret. As my two year old son would say 'I luff you'. lol - obviously not in a romantic sense - but in a ' someother sense' I cannot quite find the correct word. Really enjoy the discussion, although, as I said, I fear I may have created a monster. I suppose that is the way discussion threads go - and I do not like the elitist take on the thread - however, thats by the by. I mean't to leave a comment for you earlier on your profile, (but dinnertime took over and I am struggling with a certain project I have going) to say 'this comment is not personally aimed at you' regarding the reference on the engaging with the website thread, before you took up your guns and started aiming at me again, lol, but you beat me to it. No 'handbags at dawn' tonight, to quote Russell I think, was it? I would like to discuss something with you, do you mind if I contact you direct by email? Please let me know either on profile or by email.

Nicky x

How is the humorous prose going? I see you have a habit of upsetting the punters, you are right though about talent on this site, in pure/harsh publishing terms only a handful would be considered good enough.

Hi Isobel, thanks for your comment on my poem ''A gentile river.'
To be honest i wasn't sure what it was about myself. It was one of those which came to me while relaxing with no actual intention to write anything. It was the day after it was written i looked at it again and i realized it has several things running through it. There might well be something of myself in there but if so it came from within and not consciously.
When i first read it back to myself i doubted i should even post it. Now i'm glad i did. The various comments helped me to see something else in my own work. I think it was just one of those poems which are meant to be shared for the sheer pleasure of the imagery.

Janet.x

Hi Isobel, thank you for all your comments on my poems, you made me realise i might need to try my hand at writing a happy poem! I really like your poem 'Words'

Jessie x

I don't know, I find I'm imagining sandwich based snacks most of the time, I think bacon for supper, yum ;)

Hi Isobel, thank you for your kind words, in fact the story is true and happened to a friend of mine, I feel that these extraordinary things that happen to ordinary people deserve to be recorded and expressed somehow so it can become a shared experience - and as it happens he grew up to be a fairly well adjusted music teacher!

Hi Innocent
You have to remember that I was born in Yorkshire, where the pace of life is a little slower than on your side of the hill.
We obviously do things slightly different.
It wasn't totally auto-biographical. You'll have to guess which bits are which.
Steve M. :-)))

The red wine is purely for medicinal and cosmetic purposes, to control the onset of insanity and reduce the speed of aging, and it gently calms the nervous system the more glasses you consume - on a totally socially acceptable level of course. haha.

The only pic of me that I like, probably because its out of focus.

Love that poem, empathise with it 100%.

Hi Isobel
Were I to 'rant' Life-Line, I think I would have to add in an extra 2 lines after Superannuation:-
Oration
Defecation

It was bad enough just reading one of poems at Hebden! I don't even know how to 'rant' or even just rant.
Your comments are gratefully accepted however.
Steve M.

Hi Isobel, thanks for your comments on Catharsis, funny you gave me the inspiration for it during a discussion. So, if my catharsis ever ends up on someones dusty shelf, hey, you'll be gathering dust with me too. lol.x

Hi Isobel,

thank you for your kind comments on my poem Shoormal. It's strange you found loss in there also, I hadn't intended it so much but I think it came through from another place. It was more about a passing moment, finding myself in one place within another, kind of..
thank you : )) Deb xx

Hi Isobel - It's a little belated but thanks so much for your comments on 'that cough' it's great to see how differently it's been interpreted and the impact it has.
Thanks
Cat x

Ill get a vote in soon...

Thanks for the comment Isobel. I appreciate it.
Steve Smith

Hi Isobel, just catching up on my comments. Thanks for yours on For whom The Wheel Turns.
Cate xx

hiya Isobel, cheers for all your lovely comments on my poems, it's appreciated...i write to record my memories on feelings and it's good to dispense such feelings too/ theraputic?...plus i'm studying textiles, so writing has always been an interest of mine and another creative outlet. the WOLOP award sounds like a nice idea definintely xx

Hi Isobel, thanks for your comment on haiku's and other poems of mine too.
Your straight-forward and honest approach is both refreshing and joyful, and that goes for your comments on others work too.

Janet.x

Whatya mean Izo?... a sorta period piece?

Gusx

Hi Isobel
Now there's a thought!!!
If I wrote an arse poem, I could probably use the same photo.
x Steve x

Well that was a bit less work on the white finger of scrolling. :-)
Sad you say? I'm sad too Isobel, i print mine
before deleting them too.

Thanks for comment on Kinsella, i don't like sad endings either. I commented further in the comment box under the poem.
Janet.x

Have deleted my comments cos my profile was getting a little long. I have saved them all somewhere though cos I'm sad like that - will visit them one day when I'm feeling lonely. I saved Moxy because she is an absent friend. x

Absolute gleaming, multi-faceted gem of a poem -- will reply in verse. Draining peas sounded vampiric.... You poetry molecular gastronome and virtuoso dynamo, you!

Oh, poor Song of Sixpence! Did it die from an inflation related malaise? Has it been taken into custody by Mr Darling? I am very sorry that there is now an hiatus where there was once something beguiling and valuable.