Really enjoyed this Louis

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Original item by Louis Audet

I found this interesting. You must have spied my answer to the first interview question. An island? I would rise above the pleasures of the flesh as Brian would. I would ask for more mind-worthy things. Paper and pencil. Correction. Computer and internet connection to the world. Sun-powered generator etc etc. Gina to do my proof reeding. And of course the FUN BUS to take me anywhere I wanted to?

Comment is about The Interview (blog)

Original item by d.knape

It's always much easier to express ourselves in written form first, read it aloud, and then go from there. Writing is one of the best therapeutic mediums there is, next to runner's high.

Good pieces you have thus far.?

Comment is about (blog)

Original item by uncover

There's some great lines in your sample.?

Comment is about poetic_muse (poet profile)

Original item by poetic_muse

Love the sample.?

Comment is about reinmari (poet profile)

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Beautiful poem Martin.?

Comment is about Mountains climbed (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Could almost smell the sweetness of the holidays approaching again. Chocolate anyone?

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Comment is about Home for the holidays (blog)

Original item by Maxine

Love the bilingual taste of your poetry. I sometimes throw Spanglish in my poems because growing up, my Grandma would always speak to us in Spanglish assuming we would know what she meant. I can understand when she speaks to me, but I cannot speak regular Spanish back to her. It's good to see poets who haven't lost their language still use multiple ones like this.

Well done.?

Comment is about International Bake-off: Britain 1 - France 0 (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

love the analogy of plant life here Lynn. a hearty congratulations for POTW.
Well done
Martin

Comment is about 'Love Garden' by Lynn Hahn is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Mike Took

Great poem Becky! I really liked that last stanza. It brought all your words to a grand closing. ?

Comment is about When I get mad I write poetry (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

so pleased for you Lynn - well done indeed. All the very best. Col.

Comment is about 'Love Garden' by Lynn Hahn is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Mike Took

Well done Seamus.
Have tweeted this article and bought a copy of your book. Looking forward to reading your poems.

Link to purchase book is below although take care as I just noticed it's not a secure site.

http://arkbound.com/product/no-homeless-problem-seamus-fox/

Comment is about No Homeless Problem: Voicing the Struggles of Homelessness (article)

Original item by Mike Took

Thank you for your supportive comments Taylor and Rose ?

Comment is about Winter is the best time to die (blog)

Original item by Red Button

Thank you Taylor for your lovely comment on "Piano Man"
Always appreciated!?

Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Thank you ray for commenting on "Piano Man". Always appreciated!?

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

Original item by ray pool

Thank you Jon for the lovely comment on "Piano Man". Glad you enjoyed the imagery!?

Comment is about Jon Stainsby (poet profile)

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"tunefully written"...I liked that Hugh. Thank you for the wonderful comment.?

Comment is about hugh (poet profile)

Original item by hugh

Thanks a lot

Comment is about We Are Humans (blog)

Original item by Kporho Raphael Oyeke

Hannah, 'not so plain' was the first thing that set me off laughing as these lines stewed around in my head.

Thanks for the comments, everybody. I had a good time with my head buried under the duvet, chuckling away. What really annoys me is that there is always a 'come-back' of some kind of interfering 'analysis'. It can be a pain. I seriously wondered if the latter lines were totally unnecessary.

Comment is about Good Old Plain Porridge (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Yes it's funny isn't it Knapey...when people are asked the desert island question they never give the obvious answer as you have done.

Comment is about The Interview (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Wow powerful...sad...but wonderful poem ?

Comment is about I Am a Broken Down Factory lyrics (blog)

Original item by Mikey V Kinsey

Good thoughts and lines here Becky ?

Comment is about When I get mad I write poetry (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Really interesting thought provoking poem. Enjoyed it thank you..?

Comment is about WHY? (blog)

Original item by Peter Taylor

Enjoyed this Becky poetry is a release..?

Comment is about When I get mad I write poetry (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Sunflowers would be good, “ brightens things up”. Congratulations.

All the best des

Comment is about 'Love Garden' by Lynn Hahn is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Mike Took

Hi, thanks for the like and and comment of "When I get mad I write poetry".

Comment is about Clive (poet profile)

Original item by Clive

Thanks everyone. I nearly called it "is this rhyming scheme even allowed?" as it seems so irregular to me. Makes a change I guess.

Comment is about When I get mad I write poetry (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Hello Silviu,

Thanks for the message (which led me to this poem).

Generally it's a good piece and I liked the melancholy atmosphere and also the way it seems to have a deeper level of meaning.

Two small observations: I don't think brink is the best word and perhaps the twilight cusp or moment might be better - just a suggestion.

Also I don't know what "with a bullet to chat" means, so I failed to understand that line.

Best wishes

John Short

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Original item by Novae Litterature (S. Craciunas)

At time we need not know why
We simply do as we do
Just so we could satisfy
The emptiness that makes us blue

Comment is about WHY? (blog)

Original item by Peter Taylor

Such a wonderful poem.

Comment is about When I get mad I write poetry (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

I always try to save the birds my devil cat tries to kill. More often than not I fail in doing so, but I always find it worth it to try. Good poem.?

Comment is about Deadly Birdy (blog)

Original item by Daniel Kohnen

Loved every bit of this one. The inspiration behind it, the accurate depictions of poetic proportions, and the insight to leave the knife for a pen.

Very well done. Keeping anger in only poisons the mind and soul, but writing to vent that steam can mean the difference between life and death for many that do it. Great one!?

Comment is about When I get mad I write poetry (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Another one glad to have read before it was posted as Poem of the Week. Good job on it.?

Comment is about 'Love Garden' by Lynn Hahn is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Mike Took

Here in the US, for a copyright to be seen as 100% valid and enforceable by US law, the work must be registered with the US Copyright Office for full protection, and more importantly to be able to bring a lawsuit for infringement should the need arise. As far as I know, the Berne Convention only dictates the bare minimum here in the US, has very little influence over the US Copyright's current decisions, and has more sway overseas for other signatory countries than it does for the US. The US didn't even join until like 100 years after it was implemented (which should tell you how backward everything is here).

https://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl100.html

http://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/copyright/

https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html

As a matter of fact, the Copyright Office even has an acknowledgement on their page that says a poor man's copyright (i.e. sending a sealed envelope to yourself) has no provision under copyright law here.

Yes they add that a work is copyrighted the second it is created, but to bring a lawsuit for infringement in this case, they require the work to be registered with them.

Hope this clears up some of the confusion, everything in the US is convoluted these days.

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Well constructed piece Becky.

Comment is about When I get mad I write poetry (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Congratulations Lynn on getting POTW!

Comment is about 'Love Garden' by Lynn Hahn is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Mike Took

Well observed Graham. I feel you are right; as to an extent major decisions do come with a lot of angst often, and once made that I suppose disperses. It's also relevant I think that mass murders that are planned as in America are followed by self destruction.

Thanks for your comment.

Ray

Comment is about AT THE END, OR IS IT THE BEGINNING? (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I always look forward to your little works of delight Hugh

Comment is about The three wishes (blog)

Original item by hugh

Merry meet again Ray

Thank you again for your comment with regards to my post. It is always inspiring to hear from a fellow enlightened one and your kindness is very welcomed.
I agree with you in regards to most people only seek the help of the cards when they are in troubled water. Understandably most people do not have that connection with this Divine Tool like some and also the stereotype stigma that has been place upon the cards has also not made it very easy for folk like us who do indeed work with them. To hear and interpret these messages from the Divine world's beyond often gets look upon as unusual so most people shy away from it.
However it is a wonderful thing to have this connection and I am intrigued to hear that you also have the gift of Divination as well. To some having this gift is indeed daunting but I personally find that it has so much reward for those who do try to connect with them.
I also agree with you, It is a great honour be able to interpret the language of the Divine and should be treated as such. It is due to this sacred quest of enlightenment which has set me on this path to bring forth the message and meaning behind these cards to those who do wish to hear, or at least I can bring my interpretation to a broken heart or an unsettled soul and even a wary mind. I feel it is something the world should hear, which they have lost their connection to the spiritual realms and it saddens me to see that some people can get so completely lost within this mundane existence and so many feel utterly alone when they really shouldn't. There really is so much more out there than what meets the mundane eye and I feel sympathy for this world that is in so much chaos and cannot see it.

Although, I am quite passion about this subject so I could really go on and on,...which would probably leave you feeling rather tiresome hehe ?

But thank you for your best wishes. I really do appreciate it. I am taking a chance on "as you said a unique challenge" and I also hoping for the best. Here's to holding thumbs ?

I look forward to hearing from you again.

Until then
Remain safe and take care

Raven
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Comment is about 3 The Empress (blog)

Original item by RaVeN Mathews )0(

Hi folks. This was written after going into London and re-tracing my first time going there in the early fifties. Much more hustle and bustle and a strange industrial environment then, great for kids. As you know everything seems more intense when looking back, so it is a poem about nostalgia and expectations I suppose.


Rachel, anything you contribute is very welcome, I like the idea of freeing the mind from words rather than pinning them down. I think poetry should be a form of dreaming - for me anyway. I never got to see Donnie Darko, but the trailer seems like strong stuff. Thanks a lot.

Thanks Peter, you old romantic, you! Almost a poem in itself.


Taylor, yes exactly right. That medium was all that available in my earliest days.


Cheers David. I popped that line in as an edit; I thought of how our life pans out, and like a seed has to expand into experience, then looked back on. I'll take your observation with a pinch of garlic! The northerly platform at Vauxhall was a milk train storage facility, full of pipework; the milk siphoned off into the arches below - I remember the round milk container trucks.

Shall I get my coat?


Hannah, and Darren, thanks for enjoying the poem, and Des, Jon and Anya for the likes !

Ray

Comment is about MEMORIES IN THE MIST (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I often think that before any suicide however violent or sedate there is an infinitesimal moment of serene calm.

Comment is about AT THE END, OR IS IT THE BEGINNING? (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hi Hannah, thank you for your thoughtful comment. I think of those lines as a sort of irony, the use of which can often reveal many layers - in his case a death sentence!

Ray

Comment is about AT THE END, OR IS IT THE BEGINNING? (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hi Jon. Very nice that you enjoyed this - I think it was a matter of timing and reflected our hopes for rain. Cheers.

Ray

Comment is about Reconciliation by Ray Pool is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Mike Took

EXCELLENT! and then some.





Rose ?

Comment is about The House Looks Like A Painting (blog)

Original item by Tom

Congratulations Anya !
Strong poem, deserves to be POTW.
You are an inspiration to writers here, very supportive.

Hannah

Comment is about ‘The Black Heart’ by Anya is Write Out Loud’s Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

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Comment is about MEMORIES IN THE MIST (blog)

Original item by ray pool

my daily start - with almond milk (soak the oats overnight) - add some fruit in the morning, eat cold... Yum

Comment is about Good Old Plain Porridge (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

The title fit the piece in more ways than one. Enjoyed reading this, well done on it.?

Comment is about Pining (blog)

Original item by Erin Renee Moore

Thank you so much @Big Sal for your guidance and kind words. I'm still figuring this site out and how to use it. Sorry it took me so long to respond.

Comment is about Erin Renee Moore (poet profile)

Original item by Erin Renee Moore

Your voice is so important.
I hear voices myself. Scary.

I also tried to reach out and touch someone.
I got my face slapped.

Poetry is not the answer.
It is the question.

wink.

Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)

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