Absolutely Don....?
Comment is about Sexism. Racism. I'm Sick of the these Words (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thanks you guys. My grandparents like it very much also ??
Comment is about Grandparents (blog)
Original item by Caoimhe June Jane Ryan
too right!!
Comment is about Sexism. Racism. I'm Sick of the these Words (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Well said.We are all sick of this social maladies.We should come out these evil 'ism's.
Comment is about Sexism. Racism. I'm Sick of the these Words (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Fri 19th Oct 2018 06:29
Congratulations Joanna, well deserved POTW.
All the best des
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Missing Soul’ by Joanna Halliday (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
Thu 18th Oct 2018 22:30
For all you nice folks who respond
to my poems
I want to say I cannot respond to each
and every one of you but
i am so happy to get your comments
and impressed that you
would ever care
I thank you sincerely from the bottom
of my heart.
Comment is about Shopping Cart (blog)
Original item by d.knape
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 18th Oct 2018 22:24
There's definitely something that makes us special, different from other races such as the French but je ne sais quoi.
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Comment is about Rule Britannia? (blog)
Original item by mike booth
<Deleted User> (18118)
Thu 18th Oct 2018 21:12
This is exceptional.
Brilliant piece.
Set me thinking, using my mind.
Belated happy birthday wishes.
Hannah
Comment is about MIND (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
<Deleted User> (18118)
Thu 18th Oct 2018 21:02
How beautiful.
Filled with love.
Hannah
Comment is about Grandparents (blog)
Original item by Caoimhe June Jane Ryan
Love it guys. See you in November (:
Comment is about Cultivate Life - October 2018 Collage Poem (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Wow. Strong words.
Nice talent
Comment is about Firefly Battle of Lasagna Mountain (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
Thanks big Sal! Means a lot ?
Comment is about Caoimhe June Jane Ryan (poet profile)
Original item by Caoimhe June Jane Ryan
Your words and and comments are highly respected. But the bloke in the trenches had no luxuries and died for no good reason at all other than to satiate the greed and ambition of aristocrats.
Keith
Comment is about The Damned - 1916 (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Brian - I think that's the hope: string it out, scare enough
people and look as if you care when secretly you hope it
will all go back to the stealthily conceived political plan it
was at the outset when the magic words "common market"
seemed such a logical idea. Ironic then how "trade" is now
being used at every turn to delay and complicate matters.
As a resident of this great city, I take umbrage at these
"me me" marches blocking the streets and causing so much
aggravation for the rest of us who actually pay towards
what goes on here.
MC (central London resident/rate payer)
Comment is about WESTMINSTER WALK (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thu 18th Oct 2018 18:04
Great article. I often write what I deem as poetic prose.
Comment is about Prose, Poem, or Prose-Poem? Does it Matter? (article)
Original item by Mike Took
Congratulations on poem of the week.. Well deserved..?
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Missing Soul’ by Joanna Halliday (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
Well done! A huge topic that you have held together with purpose, style and impact.
Comment is about Nothing else matters (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Very demanding. Much enjoyed.
Comment is about What it isn’t (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Welcome to WOL. Interesting BIO. No indication of country - a world citizen, then.
Ah - the cranial thrust of Doctor Seuss and times tables! Totally agree. Are you watching the World of Mathematics currently being aired in the UK?
Comment is about Pagan Poetry (poet profile)
Original item by Pagan Poetry
A very comprehensive spill of 'life', with spirit and imagination. Check 'sew' in 'reap what you sow', just to keep your intensity grooving without an unnecessary hiccup. Probably just a typo.
Comment is about Day in the Life (blog)
Original item by Pagan Poetry
Completely engaging - the detail is superb. A privileged read.
Comment is about The Sailors' Homecoming (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
In the greatest thoughts, even epiphanies, women rule! This is fantastic.
Comment is about BENJAMIN BRITTEN (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 18th Oct 2018 16:34
Mark, as you know I'm a committed leaver but at the rate it's progressing I'm beginning
to doubt if we will ever leave.
Comment is about WESTMINSTER WALK (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 18th Oct 2018 16:31
Spot on Tim. There are big things that we individuals have no control over and can only lobby etc. But each of us is able to use our cars less, walk/ cycle more. Use less home heating etc.
Comment is about Nothing else matters (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Thanks Graham - i'd like to be a royal lollipop man. Cut backs have increased their rarity as you say. Another public servant that can no longer serve - but I can dream (in another character). I imagine the Russians have plenty of protection here!
I accept the flower Anya ! Sometimes we tread on eggshells in comments, while others are like official stamps or rejections. Worry not. It's all a learning curve.
Thanks Hannah. An interesting aside, your story. I have worked in Buckingham Palace as a pianist and seen the whole royal assemblage close up. It is a closed world from which they look out, while we look in . It can't be any different, except that now the younger royals are really stretching themselves to relate. It can't be easy for them. I think they are aware of the gulf . We all our crosses to bear.
Thanks for the like, Taylor!
Ray
Comment is about ROYAL DISAPPOINTMENT (blog)
Original item by ray pool
It wasn’t my idea of how to become a porn star, MC.
Comment is about HARRY POTTER (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Big Sal
Thu 18th Oct 2018 14:32
I love the last stanza of your sample.
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Comment is about Caoimhe June Jane Ryan (poet profile)
Original item by Caoimhe June Jane Ryan
Big Sal
Thu 18th Oct 2018 14:23
Prose is written with intention, poetry is done with intuition.?
Comment is about Prose, Poem, or Prose-Poem? Does it Matter? (article)
Original item by Mike Took
Interesting subject - always good for discussion.
I consider "communication" and the ability to remain in
recall as priorities in poetry, including both verse and
prose poems among personal favourites...with the former
ahead on sheer memorability and the pleasure of the "heartbeat" rhythm a good example should possess.
There can be a modern tendency to forget that words are
the tools of a writer's trade, to be chosen and treated with
care in both presentation and spelling. Too many slapdash
efforts suggest that this discipline is sidestepped, bringing
no credit to the writer or his/her product. If the lack of
effort is apparent, how can they expect anyone to bother
following through? Respect for one's craft works both ways. Love what you do, have something worth saying, respect its worth - and those you hope will want to read and/or hear it.
Comment is about Prose, Poem, or Prose-Poem? Does it Matter? (article)
Original item by Mike Took
These lines bring the memory of a guy who used to be around my local streets and who could be the model for them - heavily bearded and hairy so that age was difficult to
discern; wearing heaven knows how many layers of clothing
under his jump-suit style outer garment - and the custodian
of a trolley from a well-known supermarket filled with all
sorts of stuff clearly collected from the street on his travels.
He was never any "trouble" from what I saw of him, just
a feature of the local landscape. This poem made me
realize I haven't seen him around for some time. I wonder
now - what happened to him? A worthwhile job by the
writer. Well done for the "blog-a-jog!"!
Comment is about Shopping Cart (blog)
Original item by d.knape
As a certain popular comic of yesteryear used to say:
"Oh, you are awful...but I like you!"
This is inventive, inviting, vigorous, vulgar, salacious and seductive. Porn for today's platform poet.
Comment is about HARRY POTTER (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
It's become a fact, I fear,
To chase us far away from cheer,
And keep us stressed from day to day,
So power and money can have its way.
Remember fridges and CFCs -
And tales of how they warmed the breeze,
Melting the Antarctic ice and snow?
No mention of volcanoes on the go
That occupy Earth's southern tip
And have its atmosphere in their grip.
Science is a flexible thing
And whilst we may its praises sing,
It also loves its own loud voice
And when it does, it can rejoice
At how the powerful and the wealthy
Listen closely - and (hardly stealthy)
Bang the drum and sound the alarm
About how we're doing expensive harm
And must rely on investing in science
Before we're doomed: "for strict compliance"! ?
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Comment is about Politicians Praying. Instead of Acting (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Great poem! I grew up on a dairy farm. I get confused sometimes when I feel for somewhat attached to the animals but then I still sit down for dinner in the evening eating what is in the yard. It doesn't make sense why we do this . I really like this poem ?
Comment is about From pasture to plate (blog)
Original item by hugh
A referral to my late father's copy of "The Fifth Division
In The Great War" published just after the conflict, and to
which, as a member of 1st btn/DCLI, he was attached, I am honour-bound to add the rank of Lt. Colonel to front
line casualties. And even as late as September 1918, the
above history noted that "The Division had been fighting
almost continuously since 21st August, during which time
it had advanced close on 14 miles. The casualties had
been severe - 210 Officers and 4085 Other Ranks...no less than 10 commanding officers having been killed or wounded.".
Undoubtedly, the high rate of attrition among officers saw
field commissions and the promotion of able non-coms
to take the place of lost officers. My own father was the
temporary brigade intelligence officer at the age of 19!!
Carry on the good work with your WW1 items.
Comment is about The Damned - 1916 (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Thu 18th Oct 2018 11:16
A shame Peter that I am not the one who decides as to which poem deserves to be POTW, but had I been, this beautifully crafted piece would have surely been at the top of my list. Thank you. Jemima.
Comment is about BODIES (blog)
Original item by Peter Taylor
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 18th Oct 2018 10:53
Hi Hugh - you've described exactly what happens in dairy farming, except that dairy cows at the end of their productive period do not end up in restaurant meals...more likely dog food. Nevertheless I can't find a deep message if that was your intention. Otherwise a good rhythm and as always, strict rhyming.
Comment is about From pasture to plate (blog)
Original item by hugh
Good poem Hugh and it makes a valid point..I live in a farming community.. I eat meat I am more concerned about their welfare whilst alive..from 'pastures green to plate' does seem a good life. The cows in UK and Ireland are fortunate indeed to live in that way. Unfortunately that is not always the way. ❤
Comment is about From pasture to plate (blog)
Original item by hugh
Lovely Peter and a little sad, the march of time....?
Comment is about BODIES (blog)
Original item by Peter Taylor
They don't act unless money is the motivation...
Comment is about Politicians Praying. Instead of Acting (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (18980)
Thu 18th Oct 2018 08:49
If all else fails...pray!
Comment is about Politicians Praying. Instead of Acting (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thanks Don. No question those kids have grown up a bit.
I was particularly pleased with the phrase”squelchy squatter”. Visual, onomatopoeic and alliterative, as well as conveying a certain baseness.
Comment is about HARRY POTTER (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (19836)
Thu 18th Oct 2018 06:44
Thank You Jon!
I enjoy your reading your poetry as well.? Jane
Comment is about Jon Stainsby (poet profile)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
The majority would like all voters to get what they voted for and not thought to be not worthy to have their say . We voted out and all hope we get what we asked for a future for our families not a dictatorship. Love Wendy x
Comment is about Not Trusting Our Votes (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
<Deleted User> (19836)
Fri 19th Oct 2018 08:05
Bravo Don! Well said. We are all just humans wandering this Earth trying to find our way! Those who think otherwise or believe themselves to be superior are shallow! The Universe doesn't care what tone your skin is or what language you speak or how well you performed in school or if you're rich or poor or about sexual preferences. It's all about KARMA...
Love & help people, laugh, cry, hug, dance...before the Universe takes your chance of doing these things away!!!
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Comment is about Sexism. Racism. I'm Sick of the these Words (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews