Wonderful how you split the stanzas into Acts. Another great one.?

Comment is about How Late Is Too Late? (blog)

Original item by Aly

Thank you, Taylor, for commenting on my work "Triptych #1: Coffee, Paper, and Storm". I appreciate the feedback. ♥

Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

I listened to you read the Million Dollar Babe, and it touched me. I cried a little when your voice broke. Thank you for sharing. ♥

Comment is about lynn hahn (poet profile)

Original item by lynn hahn

only one word?
at least give me two.
I work cheap but...
not that cheap.

wink.

Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Thank you so much. When her other eye started to go the doctor said it's time. I just could not do it. She was so sweet! I finally got brave one night after she had a very bad day. I called the doctor and she came right over. Betty passed at home in my arms. Still hurts but worth it... its better to have loved and lost than not to have loved at all.

Comment is about Betty (photo)

Original item by lynn hahn

Glad you stopped by Ray, thanks.?

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

Original item by ray pool

Mac, you're a dear--I can only hope what you say is true.

And, David, that's a lovely comment, too--fantastic: words that multi-task.

..here's to hoping for a quick recovery from a somewhat exhausting week, and the luxury of clarity with which to communicate.

Rachel x

Comment is about hiding places (discernment) (blog)

Original item by nunya

A very affecting poem Hazel - simple well sculpted and is an intriguing facet of life. Laterally thinking, there is a kind of similarity with uric acid stones in the kidney or the gall bladder, such as my wife had with very painful results. Forgive my diversion !


Ray

Comment is about The Pearl Fisher (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

Interesting take, MC. My issue is not with Corbyn’s politics on this issue - I don’t believe he has a racist bone in his body. My issue is with his leadership. Not to see how this was bound to end shows huge naivety on his part. Not a quality I would want in a prospective Prime Minister.

Comment is about “VOTES” WINS EVERY TIME (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Mac, it isn't bad at all.

Backstabbers and backbiters and people who speak out of both sides of their faces--whatever happened to the golden rule? I have more to say about it than I probably ever will here, because it's, as they say, "singin' to the choir".

..good to see that people are concerned, though terrible that there exists the necessity for it.

Rachel

Comment is about Not a Perfect Man (blog)

Original item by Mac

It's simple, it's complex, and it's poetry.?

Comment is about Married but (blog)

Original item by TROY

I don't want to be famous and this song is okay I can do better it's music then lyrics and thank's

Big A little of both.

Comment is about Basement Thumping (blog)

Original item by Mikey V Kinsey

Is this sung, or rapped?

Comment is about Basement Thumping (blog)

Original item by Mikey V Kinsey

Hard to precisely analyse and yet it holds a mystery we would like to penetrate, John. It feels like a frustration of communication on a personal level. Something I can truly identify with. I almost sense a bit of Larkin here, and his isolation in a way.

Hope i'm close. Always I like your work. It has an unpretentious honesty to it.


Ray

Comment is about TRAP (blog)

Original item by john short

A gargantuan effort but some really interesting myth and magic in the making Shirley. All sorts of ideas start to come out if we follow the torture and the begging and pleading.

Ray

Comment is about Human (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

Wow you guys, I really thought this was pretty bad! I am so excited for your comments.

W: I'm not a huge fan either but come on, don't kick her when she's down! And her words were amazing. In fact, most of these things said people would never say in public but somehow social media gives license to the worst.

B: Yes, trolls are trolls are trolls are thick are thick are thick ...regardless of education or background. Of course, there are many out there who disagree and think I am thick, or worse, but I don't really care, do you. Truth will prevail in the end. I just need the end to come soon.

BS: Ha, BS! As always, thank you!!! It means so much.
Come to the desert and I will share my wine. Drinking in your positivity! Never too cold here! But Winter is definitely coming! ?

Comment is about Not a Perfect Man (blog)

Original item by Mac

HI Don. Object achieved, a bit of musical description goes a long way (like Australia). Thanks a lot.


Hi David, that's an astute point - some achieve variety with mouthpiece choice on a sax, but a trumpet has an advantage of mutes for mood. In one band I was in, the saxes were referred to as novelties. Some interesting points of analysis you make for comparisons, maybe to be discussed over a pint.


Hi Taylor, did I stumble on a truism ? If you think so I am doubly pleased. Cheers !


220 August, funny how a line sort of seems better when it's quoted in a comment. How does that work? So thanks for pointing it out, glad you liked it.

Special thanks to Peter Kevin Jennifer and Anya.

Ray

Comment is about PLAYING THE SAXOPHONE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hi Jennifer, i'm so glad you enjoyed this; I got a bit carried away but it was a journey into the undergrowth - who knows may emerge?

Ray

Comment is about SUCCESS STORY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Terrifying atmosphere, lovely lesson Shirley, well done on this. ?

Comment is about Human (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

That's the thing about social media...thick trolls are equal to university professors or military heroes.

Good piece Mac.

Comment is about Not a Perfect Man (blog)

Original item by Mac

Bloody Tory government...stopping greengrocers using paper bags!

Comment is about The Voice of the Commons (blog)

Original item by Janey Colbourne

I loved the rhythm it kept. Sounded like it could be a song, a series of limericks, or even the best thing - A POEM!

You did good with this one, and I liked how you kept the sound of one rhyme until the end. I read it 3 times and each successive time found it just as funny and deserving/memorable in all aspects as the first.

When you gonna pour me a glass Mac??
Winter is coming for the year, and it's gonna be a cold one in America. I may need more food for thought and rhythms to drink in! ?

Comment is about Not a Perfect Man (blog)

Original item by Mac

Thank you! I hope it is something wonderful. Glad you liked it.

Comment is about HOME (blog)

Original item by lynn hahn

I love it too. "silently screaming" ...

Comment is about Moon Shadows (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

"No image, sound or experience is guaranteed safe
from being found… inspiring" --> goosebumps
Actually the whole thing!

Comment is about Poetic Warning (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Great sample too.?

Comment is about TROY (poet profile)

Original item by TROY

After that first line, I could not help but smile the entire way through this Lynn, until the last line then my smile turned to a lump in the throat. Nostalgic, full of memory, and just the right amount of melancholy.?

Comment is about HOME (blog)

Original item by lynn hahn

Thanks Sal for sharing what you felt! ❤

Comment is about Soul stirrer (blog)

Original item by TROY

First line sets the scene and doesn't let go.?

Comment is about BLENDED (blog)

Original item by Joshua Balogun

Last two lines nailed it home.?

Comment is about Soul stirrer (blog)

Original item by TROY

So sweet! I especially like "Arya, goddess of faces" and "sun hiding, her radiant light"

Love your words! Unlike our potus, you have many, many really good words.

Couldn't resist the dig.

Comment is about BIRTHDAY WISHES - TO A NEWFOUND FRIEND (blog)

Original item by Phillip Kelly

True...?

Comment is about The Alternative (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Beautiful music David. Grains of sand also beautiful.

Comment is about The Pearl Fisher (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

Don't think anyone would argue with that Knapey...it's what happens when you die that people can't decide.

Comment is about The Alternative (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Nice Hugh although I hope I don't dream of her...?

Comment is about Diddle,diddle dumpling (blog)

Original item by hugh

Should it read programme instead of brother?

Answers on a postcard to...?

Comment is about 1.0 Love (blog)

Original item by Mark Mr T Thompson

Good gully good gully good gush
MC he doth speak like a bard
Reciting for us on WOL's Globe-like stage
Bidding misery stay way, don't be hard

?

Comment is about WOL Poet Tops Board of Gushiness Exam (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Particularly encouraging for those starting out or unsure about what they have to offer.
Imagination and words are the tools of the trade,
Which - carefully chosen - will never fade.
Treat them respectfully and you will find
That greatest of gifts: that they stay in the mind.

Comment is about Poetic Warning (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

The trouble with politics is that you can't please everyone,
and risk pleasing no one - and no end of explanation or excuse sees you forgiven or forgotten.
How, in this country with its acceptance of various needs and faiths only too happy to say yes to what is offered, have we come to such a scenario of intolerance and distrust being played out within these shores of historical hand-out- to-help-out refuge to those in need?
Indeed - tread warily, for you step on my dreams.

Comment is about “VOTES” WINS EVERY TIME (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Good afternoon beautiful lady. I shall keep these words very much in the fore thoughts of every day.

thank's chuck!



Rose ?

Comment is about How Far Can One Go (blog)

Original item by Wendy Higson

How do they get enough tomatoes? Do they save up rotting ones all summer season?

Comment is about Brian Jets Off To Tomatina (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Sorry it's taken me this long to have sufficient internet access to watch the video. What fun! I hope they paid the necessary licensing to the Doctor Who franchise!

My call centre nightmare is those voice-activated ones, as living in France my accent is too foreign for them to deal with. My recent experience with the helpline for the internet connection sums it up: I was asked to respond "oui" ou "non" and the system just somehow couldn't hear my response. My husband had to do it - so I don't know if it has a problem with foreign accents or female voices... Surely I can't muck up the pronunciation of "oui"?!

Comment is about Our Call Centres in Australia are Clever (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

with regards to your poem Peter it is one in my humble opinion that deserves to be called

Poem of the year!

what an absolutely beautiful and magnificently crafted piece of work which I read again and again
with very very green eyes!?

well done matey!



Rose ?

Comment is about ‘Just before sleep’ by Peter Taylor is Write Out Loud’s Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

A worthwhile entry for ANY "Thought For The Day"!

Comment is about How Far Can One Go (blog)

Original item by Wendy Higson

How that grain of sand does agitate...

..quite funny how the nature of any such tiny piece of matter changes with perspective.

Comment is about The Pearl Fisher (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

Hugh and Don and Brian Mary-on
Can - between them - be relied upon
To bid misery farewell - be gone!! ?

Comment is about WOL Poet Tops Board of Gushiness Exam (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

A poetic diamond full of dark and sparkling words.

Comment is about An Adage (blog)

Original item by Starfish

I was wondering how you would apply your exam knowledge here? ?

Comment is about WOL Poet Tops Board of Gushiness Exam (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Try saying Guinness when you've had a few and it sounds like gushiness.

Comment is about WOL Poet Tops Board of Gushiness Exam (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Too right, Brian. You can’t push the toothpaste back in the tube.

Comment is about “VOTES” WINS EVERY TIME (blog)

Original item by John Coopey