So true!

Comment is about Wandering expositions (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

"Hammer" it home, Ian! A roller-coaster ride into horror,
revenge and dread. I'm uncomfortably reminded of that
US mass murderer who used clown performances at kids'
parties to achieve a respectable cover to lift him into the
"I would never have thought it" section of the unsuspected.

Comment is about That Which Autumn Leaves (REPOST with Audio) (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Almost stately in its formulation and progression - leaving
the reader to put his/her interpretation on the messenger.
P.S. Thanks for introducing me to a word previously unknown - penumbral. Now firmly lodged in my
brain!

Comment is about Get to Know Me (blog)

Original item by Randy Horton

Nice simple sentiment MC.

Every year I am at Worcester Cathedral cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. I don't have any direct connections to the armed forces but it's my way of paying homage...to the unknown soldier if you like.

Some on WOL have been critical of those who do this. I can't think why. Would they rather that we just forget it?

Comment is about FOR A SOLDIER (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

An intriguing analogy with some human relationships! In
nature, this is not uncommon - with parasitic life-forms
using hosts to their profit.

Comment is about Strangler Fig (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

It's also said that those born then are given "second sight"!
But at least we have the benefit of second opinions to
remind us of its real origins.

Comment is about Moonlight Halloween (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Didn't it originate in Celtic/pagan harvest festivals that were taken over by Christianity? The 'ghoulies and ghosties' are a hangover from those origins.

That aside, an enjoyable poem. ?

Comment is about Moonlight Halloween (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Thank you.

Jamie tragically died of MND, and so young?

Comment is about Jamie’s Place (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Hi Rose - Fang you very much. I will be waiting impatiently for your knock on my door this evening lol. ??

Comment is about Hallow Halloween (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Hi Hugh - Trick or treat - here we come - ready or not. ?

Comment is about Hallow Halloween (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

A picture very well painted. Beyond a festive poem Ian, this is a poetic tour into terror - not horror. You could feel the creeping intensity building up until not only did it not blow over, but it kept its build-up until the end.

You are the master of storytelling in rhyme. Have yet to read a musician or a writer reach that type accuracy on each line. Many writers (myself included) often resort to more abstract lines to fill in a poem once all the emotion has been verbalized and put down. It can cause 'leakage' in which the meaning is often overlooked by the inconsistencies of what fills the lines. You have no such problem my friend, keep kicking ass and taking names with all these pieces! ?

Comment is about That Which Autumn Leaves (REPOST with Audio) (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Happy Halloween from Amelia the young witch from Sabden

Comment is about Trick or eat (blog)

Original item by hugh

Hi Silviu

Yes, I liked this poem. Like the others I've read, it manages to be paradoxical and mysterious and surreal. It also forces you to think. Nice one, well done.

Comment is about Gun like a flower (blog)

Original item by Novae Litterature (S. Craciunas)

more than tasteful Taylor-no chance of this one 'crumbling' from my mind....yes!, I am getting my coat! ?






Rose ?

Comment is about The Last Apple on the Tree (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

frighteningly enjoyable Tom.


Leave your neck uncovered tonight
I might drop in for a bite! ?





Rose ?

Comment is about Hallow Halloween (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

unfailing quality as ever Keith. Fabulous!






Rose ?

Comment is about Equal Opportunities (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

nothing less than brilliant TW





Rose ?

Comment is about This thing we call living (blog)

Original item by Twilbury Wist

great loss Fred, and a great poem!





Rose ?

Comment is about Jamie’s Place (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

a somewhat Ted Bundy-like conclusion to what has been for me a great ( though teetering on the spooky ) up and down carousel ride of good memories and murky ones mooching in the shadows-ooer Ian!

now keep your Carolli arse in the ring matey
we need to be further entertained!

?


Rose ?

Comment is about That Which Autumn Leaves (REPOST with Audio) (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Great song by Julia Brennan.Inner Demons.Thanks for sharing.

Comment is about Relationship Decay (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Best Halowe'en poem so far Ian!

Comment is about That Which Autumn Leaves (REPOST with Audio) (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

thanks for commenting on 'a sting in the tail' Ray - glad you liked it mate :-)

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

Original item by ray pool

Hey Hugh you have gone and downgraded
Amelia's phone that she had
A brand new Epensive 6G one
For a common old 2G, so sad ?

No wonder the boys said I want that
Epensive ones cost a fortune
Could you please tell me where I can get one
Cos I'm wanting to upgrade mine soon ?

Comment is about Chickened out by Amelia the young witch (blog)

Original item by hugh

I gotta get my hands on
This new Epensive phone
It's one I've never heard of
A real cool new ring tone?

I'm sure it must be 6G
Or else it's out of date
Apple's gotta keep ahead
And not be running late

Epensive phone? I'm flummoxed
What colour it portrays?
Multicoloured? fleckle-toned?
Surely not shabby grey?

The name Epensive brings to mind
A phone in serious thought
I gotta go and get one
This phone, I gotta bought ?

Comment is about Chickened out by Amelia the young witch (blog)

Original item by hugh

Hugh - if Amelia had been on her broomstick instead of on foot all this unpleasantness could have been avoided.

Comment is about Chickened out by Amelia the young witch (blog)

Original item by hugh

I'm not a believer myself, but if I were I would have to have great faith in a holy ghost, holy spirit...call it what you will. How else could God be on every believer's shoulder whenever needed? It must be comforting.

Comment is about THE HOLY GHOST (blog)

Original item by ray pool

An excellent scary description of Halloween,which fortunately just comes round once a year.Thankfully the kids that knock and scare are still at school.But come 4 o'clock they will be home to roam and scare.

Comment is about Hallow Halloween (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

As MC says nice to see something positive on the site ?

Comment is about Don't say this struggle's all in vain (blog)

Original item by Marnanel Thurman

Great poem Ray.
Very clever and amusing too.

Hannah

Comment is about THE HOLY GHOST (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hi M.C. - You are right. Halloween has definitely been hijacked and commercialised. I never went trick or treating as a kid. Although I did take my own children. A Christian festival stolen by pagans. What the devil. T ?

Comment is about Hallow Halloween (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Hi Taylor - I will be knocking on your door later lol. ?

Comment is about Hallow Halloween (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

A stunning poem full of colour and light..
Congratulations Jennifer

Comment is about ‘The Legacy’ by Jennifer Malden is our Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

Hello Dave...it was a terrible tragedy and I am aware of Vichai's standing in Thailand, I have lots of Thai friends and they confirm what you say. Hopefully this was purely an accident, only a full and througher investigation will will reveal what really happened. My thoughts go out to everyone touched by this awful event. Thanks for reading and taking time to comment. Regards Mike

Comment is about The Fox (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Love the rythm and rhyme of this poem Ray..?

Comment is about THE HOLY GHOST (blog)

Original item by ray pool

A wonderful poem Fred. Very moving. Thank you for sharing. ❤

Comment is about Jamie’s Place (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Congratulations.
but on that island thing,
why did you pick your brother-in-law?
and not your husband?
your long-suffering husband,
beaten out by his own brother...
this raises many disturbing questions.

Comment is about ‘The Legacy’ by Jennifer Malden is our Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

Thanks for the constant readings and support, Jon. ?

Comment is about Jon Stainsby (poet profile)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Even the 369th Infantry of the US were never paid proper dues by their own country for their ferocious skill and contribution in wartime during the Great War.

Great poem, John, as I'm sure you can tell from the warm reception.?

Comment is about Anthem for all all these damned Youngsters (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Great word choice in this.?

Comment is about Questions for the Seasons (blog)

Original item by Prikcab

Thank you for taking part in something great. I will update you on anything of the book if you wish, just let me know.

Keep writing gems and keep going the distance.?? Your delivery and well-thought out flow make for something great.

Comment is about Becky Who (poet profile)

Original item by Becky Who

I remember Pharlap - Aussie wonder horse of yesteryear
whose demise was said to be skullduggery because he was TOO successful (for the crooks' liking!).
You have another down there now, I hear - a mare, I believe, who seems unbeatable. Fingers crossed for her!!

Comment is about Chautauqua We Salute You (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

At least we never feel conned
When Hugh waves his magic wand!?

Comment is about Trick or eat (blog)

Original item by hugh

My reference work on phrases and fables makes NO mention of All Hallows Eve being anything to do with witches
and the rest so popular nowadays. It does mention the word as a derivative of that describing a holy man in the past, logical since All Saints Day follows on. There are
mentions of customs like bobbing for apples but NONE of
the current stuff. So, are we victim of some imported
additions that have no connection with out own calendar
date but provide useful commercial opportunities far in excess of mere fruit? Who can we blame? Let's do it soon!!

Comment is about Hallow Halloween (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Data protection? But then I have a sneaking feeling that if I
were an employer, I would wish to choose those working for me...not have it done for me by legal process or its threat. I can see why "family" firms like to keep it in the family, to see their plans and intentions through and not
waylaid by the imposed participation of others whose
commitment and reasons for applying may not be what is
sought by those with most sacrificed and most to lose.

Comment is about Equal Opportunities (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

A useful and timely reminder of the wider participation of
those who took part in our conflicts against aggressive tyranny.

Comment is about Anthem for all all these damned Youngsters (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Hurrah for the positivity - and the trouble taken to put one
of Churchill's favourite poems into a more modern idiom.

Comment is about Don't say this struggle's all in vain (blog)

Original item by Marnanel Thurman

Neatly constructed with a nod to our human fallibility -
Followed with a blind devotion
That surrenders logic to emotion.
But it seems that (near or far) fate
Will see us meet the devil incarnate!

Comment is about THE HOLY GHOST (blog)

Original item by ray pool

November is a month of Remembrance of which All Souls Day and Remembrance Sunday are particular solemnities. A fitting month I have always thought as the season is also indicative of death. A powerful indictment on our inability to create a better world out of such sadness and inequality.

Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about All Souls' Day (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Life should be that simple Mark, but we need to be awkward and challenging as well as anodyne in our work. Nevertheless the sentiment is a good one.


Ray

Comment is about DO NOT... (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Good for him.
Horses are beautiful and they shouldn't have to run round in circles forever.

Hannah

Comment is about Chautauqua We Salute You (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews