As an american I will at least read the reviews
Comment is about New Book (blog)
Original item by d.knape
great words as ever martin, you do this kind of nostalgia very well
Comment is about city of birth (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
thanks cynthia - really hope to see you there!
thanks martin - might see you there as well!
Comment is about Azeotropic distillation (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Martin,
Just stumbled across this in a hive of your activity whilst I see whats been happening on our own Stockport site!!
Some fantastic imagery & wonderful lines. And wrapped at the end with an appropriate echo of the beginning.
Best wishes
Andy M.
Comment is about city of birth (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Thanks to Anya for liking and to Keith, Dorothy and Kate for commenting. I am glad this has touched you guys. This is about my old home town of Brighton, which is on the south coast of England. I go back there from time to time if only briefly to view both the sameness and the differences that have occurred over the year. Glad you likes it.
Thanks again
Martin
Comment is about city of birth (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Please go to see this if you can. I saw the show in Preston recently...
Two Little Ducks - Matt Abbott, Preston 13/2/19
Preston was alive with police horses, TAU vehicles and in the pall of a late winter evening when I arrived. My first sight was of a young man, down on his luck, being arrested, apparently for having a drink in the street.
“When she’s alone she feels horny
When they have sex she wants to cry”
Matt Abbott comes alive on stage. In person is shy and self-effacing. As a writer and performer he is anything but.
Two little ducks starts with a poem apparently lauding the virtues of Brexit. I don’t think the B word is mentioned throughout the show but it is a perceptive, thoughtful exposition of what happened in 2016 and beyond.
Matt does things that others may not be bothered with. Spending time in the jungle at Calais. Talking, living and taking in the lives of marginalised people. Refugees. People in desperate need. People who we should all identify with. He does.
Taking the stark truth of the death of deep seam mining and how it affected his own family history and his destiny as a writer and performer strikes the most human of chords. It works.
After the performance the audience gathered around him for questions. I didn’t hear most of his responses but all were in thrall.
Great night, great show.
I think Matt is doing more. Check his website and twitter feed for details.
I started this with a quote from Matt’s poem ‘Echoes from the bottom of a well’
Two little ducks. Not always comfortable. rarely nice, but quacking great. See it when you can.
DARWIN
Comment is about Matt Abbott to perform 'Two Little Ducks' show on Brexit and refugees in Marsden tonight (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I am really pleased that you are doing so well Cynthia.
This is a cracking poem. I am quite certain that your poetry is getting better and better every time I read it
' the scarlet maple in the sailing seed ' is a fabulous line
hope to see you soon
all the best
Martin
Comment is about Mild February In Manchester, 2019 (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Magnificent Stu . the title alone is enough tantalise the mind let alone this take on the wonders of the universe. Great
Comment is about Azeotropic distillation (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
This is mighty powerful stuff here Keith and beautifully fashioned reminding me of some fire and thunder sermons I have heard some years past. I always look forward to your work even if I don't get on the site as much as I used to.
Wonderful Keith
Comment is about Winnowing Fork and Millstone (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
steven arthur
Fri 1st Mar 2019 18:45
Silver
Last smoke
as youth
bids farewell
silver grey
full beard
older wiser
reflective thoughts
life drains
into death.
Comment is about Silver.jpg (photo)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Heartbreaking to realize we aren't as evolved as we like to think we are. Awareness is the first step. Thanks for sharing this poignant piece of your soul. ?
Comment is about Shame (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
Glad you like the group Valerie and it has helped you with your writing - - -
I have managed to write a poem for next month called The Wardrobe Killer!
Comment is about Valerie Judge (poet profile)
Original item by Valerie Judge
Thanks Ray, Thanks Cynthia - much appreciated. Always lovely to get nice feedback.
Comment is about To a Younger Self (blog)
Original item by Rich
Together with my Friend's kids at Fahaheel, Kuwait.
Comment is about Free Weekend Tour (photo)
Original item by Farag M. Afify
Fri 1st Mar 2019 16:54
more like
a Legend in
his own mind.
?
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Love this. Favourite line: "Too drunk to stand straight, too tired to fall."
Brilliant!
J.
Comment is about Behind the Thoughts (blog)
Original item by Ged Thompson
Two whole pages?
You crazy, maverick, renegade ?.
Loved it.
J.
Comment is about New Book (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Hello Louise, love your bio, "'A human being of questionable merit." Brilliant! There's a poem in that title if ever I heard one.
Great sample, really captures the moment. Favourite line: "Backdropped by a fading reddened sky." Really like your writing style so please be sure to write some more.
Thanks,
J.
Comment is about LDawg (poet profile)
Original item by LDawg
<Deleted User> (19913)
Fri 1st Mar 2019 13:15
It's nostalgic but goes much deeper Martin. There are so many expectation wrapped up in the places we consider home, and the places we choose to leave behind. I enjoyed this immensely, it really spoke to me.
Comment is about city of birth (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
<Deleted User> (19913)
Fri 1st Mar 2019 13:10
<Deleted User> (19913)
Fri 1st Mar 2019 13:09
Now that's poetry Ray. A beautiful end to a Friday for me.
Comment is about SKID ROW (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (19913)
Fri 1st Mar 2019 13:07
I'm sure any story you have to tell would be way more than two pages.
Comment is about New Book (blog)
Original item by d.knape
dk I applaud your new venture
The Life of a Poet, So What?
What an original title
Would you please help me with lessons you've got?
Two pages! including cover! mama mia
You've got it all wrapped up in box
Any chance of franchising your method?
I wanna be different unorthodox
Comment is about New Book (blog)
Original item by d.knape
d.knape,
May I place my order now? Man, poet and legend, all interest me.
Thanks
Keith
Comment is about New Book (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Ged,
A wonderful play on words with good humour. I enjoyed this.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about Behind the Thoughts (blog)
Original item by Ged Thompson
<Deleted User> (21487)
Fri 1st Mar 2019 10:36
Hard hitting from tthe first word to the last,
no words wasted
no sentence wasted
nothing left unsaid.
Dorothy
Comment is about Shame (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
<Deleted User> (21487)
Fri 1st Mar 2019 10:30
beautiful, heart felt, melancholy,
Dorothy
Comment is about His Eyes (blog)
Original item by Heart of Lead
<Deleted User> (21487)
Fri 1st Mar 2019 10:23
"steeped on three storeys
all front and trousers
their rears exposed"
"of bawdy seaside humour
ice cream sundays
knotted handkerchiefs"
Who needs photos with vivid descriptions like that.
Wonderful
Dorothy
Comment is about city of birth (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
<Deleted User> (21487)
Fri 1st Mar 2019 10:11
Don
I agree with Keith, the victims will never escape from their private prison.
I love the way this poem can be read to the 'tune' of the 'Pater Noster'
I much prefer your version.
Dorothy
Comment is about Cardinal Pell, Burn in Hell (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
A poem written from the depths of the heart. Beautiful indeed.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about His Eyes (blog)
Original item by Heart of Lead
Don,
Well said especially the last two lines. They used their robes and power as camouflage for heinous crimes. They will now pay the price but sadly the victims are those who bear the scars.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Cardinal Pell, Burn in Hell (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Martin,
A poem rich in nostalgia with affection for the past and the memories it contains. I had a similar experience over fifty years ago when I left home to join the Forces. I do remember the knotted handkerchiefs.
Thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about city of birth (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Fri 1st Mar 2019 09:26
I am back to writing
quietly or...
out loud.
?
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
Fri 1st Mar 2019 09:22
most poets ARE out of orderl
Repair to their rooms
to write
themselves.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Fri 1st Mar 2019 09:19
most poets are not Normal.
it comes with the territory.
haha
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
Fri 1st Mar 2019 09:18
Thanks for reading "Abnormal Behavior".
Poet's usually don't qualify. haha
Comment is about Lisa C Bassignani (poet profile)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Fri 1st Mar 2019 08:19
Thank you Erin for your encouraging comments, much appreciated. Thank you Rachel and Damon for the likes
All the best des
Comment is about child like (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
elPintor
Fri 1st Mar 2019 06:02
Thanks Stu--just a bit of psychic noise I had to set free so I could get back to sleep )
It's great to see you about...
..and, good morning David and Phil;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2lC47PQ3Z0
I can't be the only one who wakes up to music in my head.
Comment is about origins and distillations (blog)
Original item by nunya
E
It takes a lot of bravery
To come out on the screen
Expose our inner selves to all
Those we've never seen
It's called help by catharsis
We need it, you and me
We all need showing bravery
It is ones therapy
D
Comment is about Bravery (blog)
Original item by Elle Shaine
Reminds me a little of the Limerick that doesn't work,
There was a young man from Tralee,
Who was stung on the leg by a wasp,
When asked if it hurt,
He said, "Not at all,"
"It can do it again if it likes."
?
Comment is about Schemata (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
No more rhyming Tom, I mean it,
Anybody want a peanut??
(Really liked it by the way)
J.
Comment is about Schemata (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
I consider myself 'normal' and everyone else out of whack ?
Comment is about Abnormal Behavior (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Well done Keith , particularly last two lines:
'a new dawn, ordained of God
and not of man'
Don
Comment is about Winnowing Fork and Millstone (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Rhyme here Tom
You can't 'scape me
Inside I beat
Metronomically ?
Comment is about Schemata (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Taylor Crowshaw
Fri 1st Mar 2019 21:01
Such a complex relationship..great piece ?
Comment is about Dear Mom (blog)
Original item by erbc