“Speaking just bubbles” is a good image.

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Original item by E.M.S

Thank you, Big Sal and Ray.

Comment is about Eternal Relief (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

A good poem capturing a common reflection of going into a new year.

Comment is about Connectedness (blog)

Original item by Larissa Pereira

A really beautiful poem that gives nice sensory details about a strong titular woman.

Comment is about Persephone (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Yes. Who to trust. Everything revolves around this Lyn ?

Comment is about MONEY AGENT (blog)

Original item by lynn hahn

Thank you ?

Comment is about Break away (blog)

Original item by Larissa Pereira

Good wishes and good luck are due
To anyone who tries to do
What isn't easy to complete...
Moving off a windblown street. ?

Comment is about LETTER FROM THE STREETS part 2 (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Douglas, It is crazy right now. I wish we had the good old pension system.

Now you have to know when to hold 'em, know when fold 'em, know when to walk away and know when to run! And you need to know who to trust!!

Comment is about MONEY AGENT (blog)

Original item by lynn hahn

Best wishes for the New Year, Lynn. Hope your holidays went by with ease and joy.

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Original item by lynn hahn

There's a juxtaposition of redemption and resolution in this.

Nicely done.?

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Original item by Vautaw

I think of the story of Prometheus when I read this, Jon.

That is epic. Like a trickster pretending to be God while disguised as a man.

Excellent and concise.?

Comment is about Eternal Relief (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Great piece.

I'm sure you already know though - that 6th-7th line is an excellent proverb.?

Comment is about Break away (blog)

Original item by Larissa Pereira

That last line is like a pedestal propping the rest of the piece up.

Well done.?

Comment is about For A While (blog)

Original item by E.M.S

I sense a sweet mercy tethered to the cusp of humility. Conscious of others even when suffering oneself.

I particularly like how you entitled this one, "part 2", as I do enjoy follow-up pieces - especially if they carry the torch like this.?

Comment is about LETTER FROM THE STREETS part 2 (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks, Ray. Sometimes people need to bask in the little things and not fret over the big ones.

Little things like scents of lavender and smiles in the cold.?

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REVIEW: OPEN MIC & JACKIE JUNO AT DECEMBER WRITE ANGLE – BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE

It was a very miserable, dark, windy and wet evening, yet it brought a good turnout to Write Angle's Christmas Special, with Jackie Juno, coming the 360 miles from Dartmoor, three and a half hours away while at the open mic, three newcomers joined Write Angle's splendid regulars. (more below)

Jackie is funny; undoubtedly a commedienne. The jokes between the poems come tripping off her tongue. And the poems themselves are funny, yet contain truths about the world around her. She uses a wide range of voices and accents; and her expressive face changes to add to the meaning and humour in each of her works. She had everyone roaring with laughter as they participated in her A Blokey One-to-one, with most of the words having the sound of one or two, with each half the audience representing one or the other.

A private school commissioned her to produce a poem for a posh event (even though she was nervous about it) and her poem poked fun at the upper class language – and they loved it and had her repeat it. When her daughter became a vegetarian and announced that 'virgins don't eat dairy', Jackie wrote Hardcore Vegans about all the historically reputed virgins – Mary, Queen Elizabeth the First and so on. Then there was her song, My Favourite S&M Things, sung to the tune of Julie Andrews' song in the Sound of Music. Then a change of tone with This Much I Know, a realistic love song, dedicated to her husband: “I know that you love me, warts and all.”

At the open mic, Richard Hawtree held up the proof of his poetry book, The Night I Spoke Irish in Surrey, due out in January; read the title poem and another old favourite. Although the poem was serious, Richard’s natural humour always raises a laugh. His publishers, Donall and Janet Dempsey also performed; and Donall did speak Irish, in Hampshire, not Surrey! He wrote of his dead brother in a novel way, having his ghost come visit, telling him not to cry. Janet wrote a letter of complaint: Dear God: “...when anybody calls, you're mostly incommunicado.”

Fred Werner's Ladder Crew gave us a taste of New York City as heard from his hotel window, complete with sound effects, the wail of the fire engine siren (now it’s his mobile ringtone!). Mike Spilberg's Plaint to the Executioner had a tongue-in-cheek quality of humour as “I lie in a basket now and stare up at the sky.”

Sue Spiers, Diana Arnold, Leah and Bruce Perry, (usually on hammer dulcimer or reading wonderful short stories), chose instead to do a descriptive selection of poetry. They all added sparkle and some not always serious, festive poems to the proceedings, as well as more serious offerings.

Jezz, on guitar, and Jack, on accordian, closed off the evening in their usual harmonious, lilting and rousing manner. The raffle sponsor was The Half Moon, an excellent pub in Sheet, with a Sunday lunch for two.

Review is about WRITE ANGLE POETRY & MUSIC +OPEN MIC on 18 Dec 2018 (event)

Really good stuff to read Tommy. Up close and personal and evocative in the best possible way that memory can serve it.

Ray

Comment is about Then 19 (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

A great deal of power in this Jon. It punches above its light weight. Completely unexpected - I'm glad I stopped by

Ray

Comment is about Eternal Relief (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

That goal was one of its kind, Tommy. It was Goal of the Season for 1970. I think they banned two-footed "donkey-kicks" after that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtuFE9eRiXs

Comment is about THE BIG MATCH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

So many of us are in this situation and scrambling.

Comment is about MONEY AGENT (blog)

Original item by lynn hahn

Ernie Hunt and that goal from a flick- from Willy Carr - I watched it that night. Superb. Gorden Milne (ex LFC) x
Tommy

Comment is about THE BIG MATCH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks, Brian and Po. I've never quite forgiven Coventry for beating us 3-2 in the 1987 Cup Final.

Comment is about THE BIG MATCH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you Po you are so right!

Comment is about MR TAX MAN (blog)

Original item by lynn hahn

Thanks, Po. Yes, it is. I was not in a good frame of mind when writing this. Was not sure whether to post or not, but I did. We all have our different sides. I am glad this one doesn't come out very often.

Comment is about Eternal Relief (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Getting sent to Coventry, though not quite.

Actually Coventry city centre is quite dismal...you're better off in the pub.

Comment is about THE BIG MATCH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

This poem is really rather lovely and a perfect end-of-year prompt to get more down on paper next year. Thanks for your gift to us all.

PeterT

Comment is about Our Poem of the Week is ‘Sunflower’ by Alexandra Rockwell Lorenz (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

So true. Thanks, Brian.

Comment is about Eternal Relief (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

I've been struggling over the last few weeks Brian, so I tried writing to some prompts. This was one.

Comment is about The Kiss (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

A nice little piece Jon. It doesn't take many words to convey a meaning.

Comment is about Eternal Relief (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Different to the norm Trev...another string to your bow or a new direction?

Comment is about The Kiss (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Hi John. I wanted to say that I appreciate your comment about rhetoric on my poem Letter from the Streets. I felt that there was probably enough flak to basically undermine any merit the poem had, based purely on an idea and not supposed to be a treatise on the subject. This is why I have contacted you directly. I think rhetoric should add views certainly, but I'd had enough in this case. I hope you will understand!

Ray

Comment is about John E Marks (poet profile)

Original item by John E Marks

Plant a thought
Grow a poem.

Comment is about Seeds (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Dear All,

Thank you for your comments and appreciation of this poem. MC., your response was particularly interesting and illuminating. These banks ride rough shod over us and do so with our money, a good portion of which helped save their bacon.

Keith

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Original item by keith jeffries

I really feel for you Don having to put up with a hot climate.

Not.

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Original item by Don Matthews

So clever dk ?

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Original item by Malpoet

Time and value recounted so succinctly.

Comment is about Poets In Our Midst (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Great capture of the middle of a relationship.

Comment is about Then 19 (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Angi, I think that reincarnation is a substitute for lonliness and it is a trap, a wasted chance to progress. A good write at exporing the subject. Tommy

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Original item by angi largatzis

There's something post apocalyptic about this Robert. Dark and delightful.

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Original item by Robert C Gaulke

Unique and very meaningful.

Hannah

Comment is about Christmas Eve Miracle (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thank you!!!

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Original item by ha'azinu

Thanks for this Cynthia and happy new year to you too! ?

Comment is about Christmas Eve Miracle (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Congratulations, Alexandra

Comment is about Our Poem of the Week is ‘Sunflower’ by Alexandra Rockwell Lorenz (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

I've had my own "up and down" with my bank recently - over
fraudulent online transactions. Their default position was that I
was the guilty party - despite numerous reasoned letters setting
out why that was not so. Finally, after producing word for word the
admission from the online source involved (no names no pack drill)
that my account had been fraudulently used, the bank finally accepted my version and even paid me a small sum as a "nod" to
their wrongful assumptions. Fortunately, I was no stranger to
writing detailed fact-based reports in my working life and this
experience helped considerably when faced with their intractable
insistence that I was at fault and liable. I think that someone less
able to put their position forward when facing such an attitude
might have folded under the pressure brought to bear by the
bank on this customer - of many decades standing, I have to add!. All a very long way from "customer care" - so sadly
absent nowadays.

Comment is about Banks (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Beauty in the little things, Ray.?

Comment is about LETTER FROM THE STREETS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Well done.

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