Boom-boom!
You certainly had us reading and thinking
Before your winking that saw us blinking!

Comment is about The Lighthouse (blog)

Original item by Wayne McLellan

i love your work - so glad you are PoTW - congratulations.
Dorothy

give my love to Fred (fine figure of a man) just in case he gets upset

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'Scared of Spiders' by KJ Walker (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thanks Chloe

I wasn't sure about this poem - if people would really get anything from it. Your positive response has given me the signal it probably will be okay to submit somewhere. Look forward to reading more of your stuff.

Comment is about BEACHED (blog)

Original item by john short

Thanks Mona, Don and Devon for the very generous comments. Delighted to hear i use poetic devices!!!! (Do get it.)
Devon - I did add another line - 'hoping to see the dawn again', but preferred the original as perhaps it gives a sense that something, anything, or nothing might happen. This is a place we go to, and at night I always have a sense of expectancy - exactly for what i don't know.

Thanks again. jennifer

Comment is about When night comes (blog)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Great writing, someone with no illusiions at all about himself, and no hypocrisy either - 'people sin and i join in'.

Jennifer

Comment is about Don't Look Into Their Eyes (blog)

Original item by Tom

Lovely! Jennifer

Comment is about Birmingham's Bhangra Babes (blog)

Original item by eve nortley

Hi Don - as till laughing! Going 'edge' and being nice aren't compatible i would have said.

If he wants you to edge
he can jump in a hedge
Did he go to a Colledge?

Just joking!!!!!!

Jennifer

Comment is about Maryon Wants Me To Write Edgy (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Lovely poem. I feel like this about gardens - man -made and natural too. They really do pit against the tide of so much that offends the eye'. I feel sorry for people who can't see the beauty. The Botanics in Edinburgh are fantastic gardens, even though carefully planned.

Jennifer

Comment is about HANGING GARDENS, HASLEMERE (blog)

Original item by Peter Taylor

Really liked this - the use of words to describe a broken heart is very clever - pick up the pieces- shattered so many times little more than sand - tears causing the fragments to cling ..... petrified that the tiny grains would slip through my fingers. None of the usual sentimental guff!!!!!

Jennifer

Comment is about Broken (blog)

Original item by ByteSize

Yep! using Brian would have been nicer Don.

Comment is about Maryon Wants Me To Write Edgy (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Well, the green shoots of edginess are there Don....the switch to referring to me by my surname.

Comment is about Maryon Wants Me To Write Edgy (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Loved the topic and it flowed with such easy . Great read?

Comment is about A Letter Of Resignation (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Omg ... you have the greatest bio I’ve seen so far ( It’s so creative and well put together ). Gives a tiny glimpse into who you are

Comment is about afishamongmany (poet profile)

Original item by afishamongmany

I love this poem. Very vivid

Comment is about BEACHED (blog)

Original item by john short

Thank you guys so much for the compliments !

Comment is about Musically mine (blog)

Original item by Chloé

Skillful and beautiful use of poetic devices. Love this..

Comment is about When night comes (blog)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Thank you, Devon. I appreciate your comments.

Comment is about carver of a tree (blog)

Original item by Charles Schlee

Shit Brian! You setting me a challenge? You know what happens when I get too edgy. They kick me off the site for some R and R.

Seriously, that's what we're both on about. Too much doom and gloom, fluff and flowery stuff. Get out of comfort zone, out of safe topics. (Personally I still regard certain 'unsafe' topics verboten as you are aware)

I'm asked to write an edgy
Poem for the scary
One that's in the icon
But am a bit tad wary

Comment is about Outside the Rink. Unfettered (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

I like this. Especially the level playing field.

Comment is about Extra Time (blog)

Original item by Chris Bainbridge

Well said. Continue refusing to fade.....

Comment is about Beauty is in the eye (blog)

Original item by ByteSize

thanks Martin the Elder.
by the way,
is that your wife's sweater???

?)

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Elder

Trying to make sense of a dream, it seems to read. Love the recursive nature in the questioning.

Comment is about carver of a tree (blog)

Original item by Charles Schlee

Martin and Devon,
Thank you both for taking the time to read and comment; very much appreciated
Jeannot

Comment is about Coming to terms (blog)

Original item by Jeannot

"Searching for truth is out of the question

I am after

An agreement"

Love this line. What is and is not is open to debate and consensus.

Comment is about Coming to terms (blog)

Original item by Jeannot

Very clever D.K. love the analogy of being left to their own devices.
Nice one

Comment is about Devices (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Forgive me if I am wrong but I sense a searching in this poem which reminds of the u2 song
'I still haven't found what I'm looking for'

At any rate what ever the motivation it is a fine poem
Nice one

Comment is about Coming to terms (blog)

Original item by Jeannot

There is a real sense of dealing with judgement and naivety in this piece which makes it very real .
nice one

Comment is about Don't Look Into Their Eyes (blog)

Original item by Tom

Tom, this is beautiful.
I am also a realist.
And human.?

Comment is about Don't Look Into Their Eyes (blog)

Original item by Tom

Thanks Leon. I also feel that this could be a song. I have a chorus line that I play around with....just need a musician to work the magic...!

Comment is about Ethereal Wisps (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

They were always there Don!

Comment is about Ethereal Wisps (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

Thanks Keith and Ray. As ever your comments are much appreciated.
Cheers Kevin

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'Scared of Spiders' by KJ Walker (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

if only simple pleas were so simple, Ray--never beg for something that's free

mostly people understand emptied spaces
and obstacles

blast em out
notch them out with words and ink
let erosion find the shapes of them
in the rock of time
they are still absences all the same

meh

..sorry, man--it's an obvious paradox but I'm feeling a bit the nihilist.

Cheers, anyways, to you and the kindness of your comment )

Rachel

Comment is about X-Y (blog)

Original item by nunya

Buster Gonads is a friend of mine!

Comment is about Manspreader Ha-cha-cha-cha (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Okay Don, I wait with bated breath for your edgey stuff..

Comment is about Outside the Rink. Unfettered (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

very worthwhile read of what could also be made into a great song

Comment is about Ethereal Wisps (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

loved the swerving journey this piece took me on

Comment is about Love Poem (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

Now MC that would be telling.....it depends on what you assumed the ending was?

Comment is about Boy what a Lady! (blog)

Original item by Wayne McLellan

What a really lovely wind of fresh air you bring here with this beautiful poem Hasmukh. We thank you so much and very much look forward to your next poetic offering Being bird lovers too, this is right up our street!

Patricia and Stefan Wilde.

Comment is about Chatterer (blog)

Original item by Hasmukh Mehta

Stupid devices
Loss leads to crisis
Just buy a cheapy
Then you won't weepy ?

Comment is about Devices (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Don't embarrass the guy MC ?

Comment is about Boy what a Lady! (blog)

Original item by Wayne McLellan

Brian

You should know poets can choose to write whatever they want. It doesn't have to be groundbreaking. It doesn't have to be written for an audience. It can simply be written for the enjoyment of playing with words. As this was. If others like it fine. If not-still fine. I enjoyed doing it. That what counts. To me.

Comment is about Outside the Rink. Unfettered (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Life can be full of surprises.
Which begs the question - did you stay or did you go? :?

Comment is about Boy what a Lady! (blog)

Original item by Wayne McLellan

Don - writing a poem about the poems you write is hardly ground breaking, particularly as you do it at fairly regular intervals. Come on Don...walk the walk!!!

Comment is about Outside the Rink. Unfettered (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

I see your pain coming out on my screen. It takes a lot of courage to do this.

No one wants to hear it
No one wants to see it
No one wants to know it
So be quiet...
Put back your mask...
Keep wearing that smile that doesn't match the eyes on the verge of tears

So true of many of us - don't want to know, don't want to talk about it, don't bother us. Go away. Makes me angry.

Comment is about Surrender to the truth I wanted to ignore (blog)

Original item by ByteSize

Thank you, Mae. ?

Comment is about Colour - Red (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Thank you Lisa, Mae and Ray.

Comment is about Holding on (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Many of us have demons hiding within us. Silently waiting to strike when we are vulnerable. Keeping them in their place is the hardest thing. I share and understand your difficulty.

Comment is about Demons Never Leave (blog)

Original item by ByteSize

Ethereal wisps
Entwine my bod
Which does seem
Rather odd

Before this poem
They were not there
Now I don't feel
Fully bare.....

Seriously, I did enjoy you're poem. But you know me....?

Comment is about Ethereal Wisps (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

Thank you dear Jason ?

Comment is about Thank You Mother (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

So good Jennifer. Yes, I can see the space, waiting in anticipation for it's comma - or hyphen ?

Comment is about When night comes (blog)

Original item by Jennifer Malden