Nice poem, I especially like the last stanza as I can really relate.
Comment is about The Lost Girl (blog)
Original item by Shuchi Batra
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 30th Dec 2018 16:51
If he stopped being rhymey
It would be a blinking crimey
Think I've outdonned Don, blimey!
Comment is about I Gotta Rhyme 'Bout Something (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Sun 30th Dec 2018 16:47
whoa. madeupwordsthatthrillandenthral?
did you run out of space?
Happy New Year!!
Comment is about Welcome To Poetry (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Sun 30th Dec 2018 16:46
Thanks Don.
Happy New Year to ya!
(control yourself.)
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (18118)
Sun 30th Dec 2018 16:36
Never stop rhyming.
Happy New Year,
Hannah
Comment is about I Gotta Rhyme 'Bout Something (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (18118)
Sun 30th Dec 2018 16:33
If a painting could speak.
Captured forever,
Brilliant.
Hannah
Comment is about Victorine (blog)
Original item by Alan Travis Braddock
<Deleted User> (18118)
Sun 30th Dec 2018 16:28
Love this.
Wondered what it was going to be.
Great.
Hannah
Comment is about The Magic Cure (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
<Deleted User> (18118)
Sun 30th Dec 2018 16:26
Amazing writing.
Stunning.
Hannah
Comment is about compile: root manic (12/;/2018) (blog)
Original item by Zach Dafoe
Big Sal
Sun 30th Dec 2018 16:21
Finally got around to doing this. Hope others don't have to follow suit and don't treat it like Christmas shopping like I did and do it last minute.?
Comment is about Last day to enter the Write Out Loud WoLF poetry competition! (article)
Original item by Mike Took
<Deleted User> (18118)
Sun 30th Dec 2018 15:52
Binte, I will try to catch up with more of your work in this coming year. Chemo has limited a lot of my energy, but not all. That is a lovely picture of you. I get the vibes of a passionate woman with both grit and empathy; your eyes are strong and your mouth is soft; IMO, an excellent combination.
And I, too, like to read books from all cultures, both current and past, as a citizen of The World. But, apart from French which has lapsed terribly, I have to trust translations. I've always considered this to be a definite weakness. But, still, I make the effort.
As for genres, I absolutely hate 'spy stories of international intrigue'. I don't deny their truth (up to a point) but I refuse to sully my mind with their inherent viciousness. I choose to be ignorant of that venue of power.
And I have no clue whether that is a good thing or not.
Comment is about Binte Afroz (poet profile)
Original item by Binte Afroz
Alan Pascoe
Sun 30th Dec 2018 15:44
Very compelling Alexandra. One can see the influence of SP.
Try and write through someone else's gaze. Apart from meeting TH, that was one of Plath's tragedies. Most of her poems are written from within her own gaze.
Art is essentially the lives of others.
Do what Goya did two hundred years ago - say something about art and life, about love and death.
Again - a real craft for language. A superb eye for editing your own work.
Write as though there is no horizon.
Good wishes,
Alan Pascoe
Comment is about Our Poem of the Week is ‘Sunflower’ by Alexandra Rockwell Lorenz (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
You've just over 24 hours left to get those entries in, people! ?
Comment is about Last day to enter the Write Out Loud WoLF poetry competition! (article)
Original item by Mike Took
Thanks, Brian. It's always cheering to get good wishes from our
REAL friends and allies across the pond. I wish the you same in
reply!
Comment is about NEW YEAR CHEER - a lyric (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Brian Blanchard
Sun 30th Dec 2018 15:20
From across the miles...Happy New Year Mark!
Comment is about NEW YEAR CHEER - a lyric (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thanks Kate. I always wonder what the models think of the finished paintings. Victorine Meurant was the model for this (as well as a lot of others including the - at the time - notorious 'Modern Olympia'.). And she also was a painter.
I gave her a cockney accent, which was perhaps unfair because I think she was quite a sophisticated lady.
Comment is about Victorine (blog)
Original item by Alan Travis Braddock
Big Sal
Sun 30th Dec 2018 13:16
Excellent analogy and what a great piece.
Comment is about Black Red Rose (blog)
Original item by Cassandra Magan
Big Sal
Sun 30th Dec 2018 13:14
Welcome to Write Out Loud.?
Comment is about Shuchi Batra (poet profile)
Original item by Shuchi Batra
Big Sal
Sun 30th Dec 2018 13:13
Thank you, Kate.
A Happy New Year to you and yours, too.
Comment is about Three Pennies (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
<Deleted User> (19913)
Sun 30th Dec 2018 12:57
Incredibly powerful Taylor, one of your best and clearly a heartwrenching topic. Big hugs and congrats for penning it. Happy New Year to you, thanks for being so supportive in 2018. Cheers, Kate
Comment is about A Gap in a Curtain (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
<Deleted User> (19913)
Sun 30th Dec 2018 12:53
I love this Mandy. A sentiment close to my heart. Happy New Year.
Comment is about Appreciation (blog)
Original item by Cassandra Magan
<Deleted User> (19913)
Sun 30th Dec 2018 12:35
Wonderful Tommy. I like the idea of marbled hurt.. great lines. Happy New Year.
Comment is about (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
<Deleted User> (19913)
Sun 30th Dec 2018 12:33
Happy New Year Don.
Comment is about I Gotta Rhyme 'Bout Something (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (19913)
Sun 30th Dec 2018 12:32
Delightful and colourful, like a Manet Alan. I love Dejeuner sur l’herbe”, it must have caused quite a stir in its time. Happy New Year!
Comment is about Victorine (blog)
Original item by Alan Travis Braddock
kJ you say your brew
Is good and British crafted
But these two Brit reviewers
Give it the 'go get shafted' ?
https://youtu.be/flghMyWcH9I
Comment is about I Gotta Rhyme 'Bout Something (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (19913)
Sun 30th Dec 2018 12:18
Hi Jon, the pain of losing a child... Just too much to contemplate. Wonderful as usual.
Happy New Year to you and yours.
Comment is about Three Pennies (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Thank you, David, Kevin and Brian.
Comment is about Three Pennies (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 30th Dec 2018 10:46
Julian - I was having problems using my phone to donate but found it okay via laptop...so donation now made.
Comment is about A Christmas message, and an appeal (article)
Original item by Julian Jordon
You have 40 degrees of Christmas sun
And cars driven by a pup
I'd almost think, you've got it all
Till I think of the fizz that you sup
Vegimite or marmite
We prob'ly won that one too
But I know we beat you hands down
With good old English brew
Comment is about I Gotta Rhyme 'Bout Something (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Also worth noting that you don't need a PayPal account if you would like to donate. After you enter the amount, just press "Donate with a Card" and you can enter card details without needing to open a PayPal account.
Comment is about A Christmas message, and an appeal (article)
Original item by Julian Jordon
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 30th Dec 2018 10:21
Jon - a classic 19th century feel about it.
Comment is about Three Pennies (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
The direct links to PayPal are time limited. I've updated the links in the story to go to our donations page. Please use that if you would like to make a donation. Thank-you.
Comment is about A Christmas message, and an appeal (article)
Original item by Julian Jordon
Thank you so much, Big Sal and Jane for the comments, and Damon and Don for the 'likes'.
Comment is about Three Pennies (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
<Deleted User> (19836)
Sun 30th Dec 2018 05:49
Bravo Jon! Definitely one of your best...profound!?
Comment is about Three Pennies (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
dk? po'sgoneandbeatme
Ya know these twoforone's?
Catawampus/wherewhithal
I also bought me some
I know the store you're talking 'bout
They sell these crazy words
To spice up all our poetry
Words that one's never heard ?
Comment is about Welcome To Poetry (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Big Sal
Sun 30th Dec 2018 01:18
Goddamn buddy it's simply beautiful. Breathtaking in substance, and could bring a tear to an eye.
You are the master of conveying epics in such concise form, Jon.
Best of luck to you in this New Year, and keep up the great work with that metaphorical pen and pad of yours.?
Comment is about Three Pennies (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Big Sal
Sat 29th Dec 2018 22:25
Thanks man! Your words are appreciated and mean a lot.
Glad you enjoyed.??
Comment is about AM Cash (poet profile)
Original item by AM Cash
Thanks Ray, Big Sal, Po, Taylor and Martin for getting in touch. A healthy and happy new year to you all!
For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."
(Little Gidding)”
― T.S. Eliot
Comment is about John E Marks (poet profile)
Original item by John E Marks
Big Sal
Sat 29th Dec 2018 21:37
I like your "live a life" poem and its message, Cassandra.
Comment is about Cassandra Magan (poet profile)
Original item by Cassandra Magan
Well said! For too long, the "high street" and its importance has
been neglected/discarded by authority = local and national.
Much of the blame (when that malleable word can be adopted) is to be found at the local council HQ...all too ready to grant planning
permission (via suitable offers) for out of town shopping centres
- encouraged by Parliament and its big business influences....
at the expense of the local shops/high street, whilst doing little to
reduce the financial penalties suffered by the smaller businesses
trying to survive and make town centres worth visiting. The present
government has woken up sufficiently to provide nearly £700 million
in financial help for these neglected areas and one can only hope
it makes some difference before it is too late for many.
Comment is about Freeman Street, Grimsby (blog)
Original item by David Cooke
Isobel, re Advice to Men poets you have a clarity of vision ?
Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
Original item by Isobel
Cassandra Magan
Sun 30th Dec 2018 19:31
Thank you all ?
Comment is about Black Red Rose (blog)
Original item by Cassandra Magan