A wonderful poem made all the better for hearing you read it Andy. Although to be fair because I have heard you read so many times it is not difficult to imagine. there is a real richness in this piece
Love it
Comment is about Winter Sundays (blog)
Original item by AM Cash
Another winner here Rich. I love the sparseness of words that help to drive the poem along. Love it
Comment is about Night Life (blog)
Original item by Rich
heady days indeed when mail was delivered with such alacrity and due diligence. I can even remember to deliveries a day.
Comment is about MAIL (blog)
Original item by d.knape
I have been reading an article about the Amish this weekend which puts me in mind of antidote to such behaviour to constantly consume.
Love the poem Alan
nice one
Comment is about Escape velocity (blog)
Original item by Alan Travis Braddock
Well sustained Peter. It is easy to let poems like this peter out. Snow is beautiful at first fall but soon the virgin blankness is trodden into sludge, at least in my city.
John
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Waking up to Snow’ by Peter Taylor (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
Hey great poem makes my new one seem too boring
Comment is about Festive Fuel For Thought (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
<Deleted User> (18474)
Sun 16th Dec 2018 22:02
Consumerism.
We need more. Eat more. Spend more. And still we want more.
Are we any happier?
And at what cost? " We choke the weak". Our cheap £1 t-shirt made in Bangladesh by an 8 year old.
Were like locust. An infection. Eating away the planet.
We will burn out. But so will the planet unless we change our ways.
This is what your poem made me think about.
It made me think.
Love your work Mr Braddock.
Beno.
Comment is about Escape velocity (blog)
Original item by Alan Travis Braddock
Exceptional, the external triggers of internal wonderings and struggles. It has an elusive quality which makes it so special; and I feel that there is escapism in the book reading and the awareness of that is a return into the void of sensitivity and also of no sense . That is where went in the poem.
So pleased you're back with new material Tom.
Ray
Comment is about December 21st (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
A nightmare of the search for a reason. A bit like the old testament, Sheboah begat Ezkarah, begat Noah, etc etc. I like the concept of a worldigig!
Ray
Comment is about Escape velocity (blog)
Original item by Alan Travis Braddock
Big Sal
Sun 16th Dec 2018 21:40
Great last line on the second to last stanza, Alan. Whole piece really.
Comment is about Escape velocity (blog)
Original item by Alan Travis Braddock
<Deleted User> (18474)
Sun 16th Dec 2018 21:26
Similar sentiment to be found in Cafe Scene.
Just going through your back catalogue.
Comment is about DO NOT (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
You have done very well here. I echo all the others with my feelings.
I like the lines
'High above the grey clouds parted
By the smiling sun outsmarted'
Don?
Comment is about DEVON LANE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
<Deleted User> (18474)
Sun 16th Dec 2018 21:02
Everything does go. But when does someone start to think like that? 29, 39, 49, 59.
Think we should just enjoy all the beauty around us, whenever we can. Quite blatantly you see it all the time Maybe forget all the mundane crap of everyday life, and enjoy every breathing space. Maybe one day you will feel completely lost like your dad........ my dad, but worrying about it will only soil the here and now.
Every new page is a blank new day still to be written. Make it good dude.
Loving your work. Beno.
Comment is about December 21st (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
A wistful and optimistic eulogy for a place you obviously are proud of and look back to with fondness Mark. This has a real genuine power to convey a mood and transport us. Nicely rhymed, it all makes sense.
Ray
Comment is about DEVON LANE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Hi M.C. I always enjoy your poetry, but this is outstanding. A gentle journey of reflection. ?
Comment is about DEVON LANE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 16th Dec 2018 20:50
Great flow Alan to describe a mad pursuit.
Comment is about Escape velocity (blog)
Original item by Alan Travis Braddock
<Deleted User> (19913)
Sun 16th Dec 2018 20:32
Wonderful Peter, congratulations. ?
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Waking up to Snow’ by Peter Taylor (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
<Deleted User> (18474)
Sun 16th Dec 2018 19:26
I do feel the panic, and I can feel it slipping away, but rarely!!! Most of the time I'm drowning in it, and my trees are full.
Thankfully.
Beno.
Comment is about DO NOT (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
This has got to rank among your finest poems to date. There is an almost wistful mood to it that does not over play sentimentality.
Nice one
Comment is about DEVON LANE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 16th Dec 2018 17:42
MC - old Knapey's in the New World and in the dark ages.
Comment is about MAIL (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Little white van? I'm curious...where are you?
I can tell you that there - without fail -
It's always red for our Royal Mail.
Plus - the postie comes up to the door
And its letter-box sees mail drop on the floor.
Comment is about MAIL (blog)
Original item by d.knape
<Deleted User> (16837)
Sun 16th Dec 2018 16:00
Your poem reminds me of my childhood days.... Writing letters, sending greeting cards and postcards were so much fun....emails n many apps today has made conversation easy but that fun of waiting has gone.....nice work...i kindda enjoy ur poems...?
Comment is about MAIL (blog)
Original item by d.knape
<Deleted User> (16837)
Sun 16th Dec 2018 15:55
Another poem that touched my heart.....?
Comment is about REMEMBERING (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (16837)
Sun 16th Dec 2018 15:51
It's my favourite colour. Very soothing....your poem is beautiful!! ?
Comment is about LAVENDER FIELDS FOREVER (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Dear AM - reference your latest blog, you might want to
check the letters of the word "squirals" (red or grey!).
Cheers - MC
Comment is about AM Cash (poet profile)
Original item by AM Cash
Beautifully poignant and well crafted Jon. Hopeful and hopeless is a winning phrase.
Ray
Comment is about Lark song (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 16th Dec 2018 12:42
Lovely Christmas atmosphere
Comment is about The Ghost of Christmas Passed (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
Big Sal
Sun 16th Dec 2018 12:21
You're quite good at inserting adjectives and imagery into your work. It works very well as a style.?
Comment is about For You (That's Far but Near) (blog)
Original item by Suko Waspodo
Big Sal
Sun 16th Dec 2018 12:20
I remember this beauty.?
Comment is about A Gap in a Curtain (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Big Sal
Sun 16th Dec 2018 12:17
I quite like how you framed the day as an object to be broken. That line tethered the beginning to the ending.
Nicely done, Jon.?
Comment is about Lark song (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Big Sal
Sun 16th Dec 2018 12:16
Big Sal
Sun 16th Dec 2018 12:14
First line steals the show.?
Comment is about Mind the Gaps (blog)
Original item by Mark Mr T Thompson
Big Sal
Sun 16th Dec 2018 12:14
Well with the right code words and cart of items, you too can order thermite or a Czech flare gun from them!
I'm sure you could find a Russian bride on there too if you threw enough shit together on there.?
Comment is about Amazon.Com (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks again both. David, to your point- I agree the urge to say things explicitly sometimes is at the detriment of the actual 'poetry'. I know that urge just to give opinions, recently I tried experimenting with polemic stuff but found it really hard to get it right.
Comment is about DO NOT (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
Big Sal
Sun 16th Dec 2018 12:07
Where I live there is so much petrified wood and arrowheads it's hard to go into the mountains or cliffs without tripping over them.
You could feel the excitement build in this piece, well done. ?
Comment is about Graptolite (blog)
Original item by Alan Travis Braddock
Try Dewsbury Station cafe - the beer's good and the sandwiches are epic. (or were??)
Comment is about RAILWAY EXPERIENCE (blog)
Original item by Peter Taylor
Australia Post or Royal Mail
Did cause this long delay
Brian categorically states
Royal Mail? No way
Could card have sat in letterbox
Alone, forlorn, forgotten?
Postie didn't notice
It stuck fast on the bottom?
In final desperation
Poor card shrieked out "I'm here!"
Your postie wondered what struck him
He stumbled back (in fear)
Never in his rounds
Had letters responded thus
The card was therefore rescued and
Airlifted quick to us
Brian, now the problem
Lay with your wet postbox
Which wasn't nice on our card
Delivered it some knocks ?
Comment is about Late Arrival (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Don't get me started.!
Use old-fashioned nappies.
Hang them on the line as a symbol
Of your eco-modernist status.
AND SAVE MONEY!
Comment is about RECYCLING (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 16th Dec 2018 09:41
A subtle pop at the disposable nappy industry which we have all contributed to at some time or other I expect. As a new grandad I am acutely aware of how many she goes through. Good one Ray.
Comment is about RECYCLING (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 16th Dec 2018 09:36
As an ex-employee of Royal Mail with 36 years service I can state categorically that the delay was at your end Don.
Comment is about Late Arrival (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Sun 16th Dec 2018 09:12
nowadays
everybody orders everything from Amazon
this was satire on that process.
meow.
wink.
Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Sun 16th Dec 2018 09:10
just a joke
satire
on how everyone orders everything now
on Amazon
then worry with the return.
wink.
Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Sun 16th Dec 2018 09:09
just a joke
satire
on how everyone now orders everything from Amazon now
then has to deal with the returns.
meow!
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Sun 16th Dec 2018 09:07
just a joke
satire
on how people order everything now
from Amazon
then have trouble returning.
Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)
Original item by Don Matthews
Martin Elder
Sun 16th Dec 2018 22:41
Absolutely superb Tom. So beautifully crafted . I love the line
'as angels hang from the clock.'
Nice one
Comment is about December 21st (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding