<Deleted User> (13762)
Sun 3rd Dec 2017 19:34
enjoying your poetry Rich. All the best, Colin.
Comment is about Self Certainty (blog)
Original item by Rich
<Deleted User> (6895)
Sun 3rd Dec 2017 18:54
as you say jennifer we've been through this before and what with this Brexit and tweeting tales from Trump towers how much more can we stand? stand by your beds! :0)
P&S xx
Comment is about Happily never after? (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
John - Fun! Fun! Fun! True! True! True!
But still - I can't be too 'down on Christmas' when my grand-daughter says, 'It's the best time of the whole year. I LOVE Christmas. You are decorating, aren't you!' It wasn't a question. More like an edict. And she knew I was. Just worrying that 'maybe' I might not - OH HORRIBLE THOUGHT. Besides, I do have some lovely 'things' that see daylight only in December, really valued little treasures that mark my whole lifetime. Enough in itself to mark the season sincerely.
My word, this almost sounds like a 'poem'. Hmmmmmm.
Comment is about IT'S LOUSY ROTTEN CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Really, really good. The imagery is terrific, in its diversity, totally enveloping.
Comment is about The endless journey (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Very interesting. It could go 'anywhere' in personal interpretation - always a fine 'poetical point'.
Comment is about Renewed (Soon) (blog)
Original item by Miranda Fegan
Brilliant!
Comment is about Moon Haiku (or 'How Poets Can Pale Into Insignificance') (blog)
Original item by David Blake
Originality sings through these phrases. The 'sheer map and milk of her life' is just - amazing. IMO, superb!
What am I missing in 'YOUR-HOPE'? I know I'm missing something.
Comment is about your-hope (blog)
Original item by Terry Jones
And so do I! The craftsmanship that expresses the illumination of idea! Poetry as ART.
Comment is about Moth-Print Spring (blog)
Original item by Terry Jones
What a way with words! But the imagination has to come first: no thinking, no point in a stockpile. The combination is 'to die for' - almost.
Comment is about Apparitions (blog)
Original item by Terry Jones
I shall try to read more. That's an impressive BIO.
I looked up 'audabe', just to be sure. It was tickling at the back of my brain, but I wasn't positive.
'Spuds' is terrific. You must be a difficult man with whom to have an easy conversation, your poetic antennae working constantly.
Actually 'beyond recognition'?
Comment is about Terry Jones (poet profile)
Original item by Terry Jones
Very imaginative, with penetrating insight. The repetition works well, reinforcing the strange but captivating ideas. I really enjoyed it. A highly original take on a 'dawn song'.
Comment is about Aubade (blog)
Original item by Terry Jones
Jon, when I first saw the title I honestly anticipated a poem about the theatre. I thought the UK used 'bureau' or just 'drawers'. Like yourself, I grew up with 'dresser' in Canada and still use that word without hesitation.
Adjusting to local terms is always a fun journey. I don't call a tunic a 'jumper' anymore; although I find it hard to call a pullover sweater a 'jumper'. But I'm getting better with each passing year, and hard graft. 'Supper' has almost disappeared from my vocabulary. Unless I join the set who dine at 11:00 P.M. Ha!!! Not likely! (I do have that correct, don't I? Regional language is a bloomin' minefield!)
Comment is about 'The Dresser' by Jon Darby is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
That quotation of T.S. Elliot is superb.
Comment is about Adam Whitworth (poet profile)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
There are times at first reading when I don't always understand your poems Stu but I always admire them and the beauty of the writing. I think this also makes them more appealing as I have to work harder forcing me to read them with more than a casual glance.
I do pick up a real sense of fear and anxiety with this one together with the need for the individual to try affirm themselves in this piece with
'everyone is pretending now'
Nice one
Comment is about don't breathe (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
It is all very beautiful both poem and artwork. I have come across a number of artists who also write poetry and am always in awe of their abilities
Nice one
Comment is about Renewed (Soon) (blog)
Original item by Miranda Fegan
This poem has a very nice rhythm and form to it. Love it
Comment is about Love Remains (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
what a fabulous poem. The use of words here is wonderful. The description is so rich together with the repeated phrase
'my mother leaned against dreams.
Marvellous
Comment is about Aubade (blog)
Original item by Terry Jones
Hi Tina
this is a very brave poem to share. I admire you for being able to write it in the first place, but also to share it with others.
Thank you
Comment is about Rare Brain Disease (blog)
Original item by Chiari Warrior Soldier
I love poems where you can go through it ten times and take new things from it each time.
Comment is about Aubade (blog)
Original item by Terry Jones
The artwork is also mine. Hand drawn, digitally inked and painted.
Comment is about Renewed (Soon) (blog)
Original item by Miranda Fegan
Sun 3rd Dec 2017 09:29
Hi Adam, l like this ghazal, got to admit I didn’t know what a ghazal was so googled it. Seems to be a very dramatic form of poetry in tight constraints. I find that very interesting, so thanks for introducing me to them. Really good poem.
All the best des
Comment is about Love Remains (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
Bonkers
Right up my street
?
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about Ridiculous Rhymes (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Really good.
Hang in there, it changes.
Comment is about Mental Illness (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
A rewrite of my previous poem, this time in a form resembling a 'ghazal'.
Comment is about Love Remains (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
Fascinating! One wants to read it several times to take it in. (At least I do)! Beautiful images and Language.
Jennifer Malden
Comment is about Moth-Print Spring (blog)
Original item by Terry Jones
As I have previously said it is a amazing what memories can be evoked from a piece of furniture.
Well done Jon this is indeed a well deserved POTW
such rich writing
nice one
Comment is about 'The Dresser' by Jon Darby is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (9882)
Sat 2nd Dec 2017 19:54
"it can't own me all my life" keep bearing that in mind Damon and also give 'you' a pat on the back for having been able to identify not only the problem but also a way to deal with it no matter how long it takes (within reason of course)
good luck and keep writing its the best form of therapy as far as I'm concerned.
And make it soon!
Rose ?
Comment is about Mental Illness (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
Many thanks, Tom.
Comment is about IT'S LOUSY ROTTEN CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Beautifully expressed thoughts of existence and its challenges - very inspiring . It can be hard to find one's centre - many of us living on the rim .
Ray
Comment is about Yet here I am (blog)
Original item by Chesley
Nice Seasonal performance M.C. - You have excelled yourself. Cheers - T ?
Comment is about THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Nice work John. A real performance piece. T ?
Comment is about IT'S LOUSY ROTTEN CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Hi M.C. - Yes it is very commercial now. Still it is a good time for relaxing and reflection, no matter what your persuasion. Thanks for your comments. Seasons Greetings to you and your family. Cheers - T ?
Comment is about Christmas Is Back In town (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
I just wanted to say thanks to all of you for your kind remarks on The Dresser and to Write Out Loud for the nomination which I never expected. The piece means a lot to me personally, and to receive such comments from Poets far more gifted than myself is a huge honour.
Thanks once again
Jon
Comment is about 'The Dresser' by Jon Darby is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks, MC. I do "curmudgeon" rather well. "All I have to do is act naturally".
Comment is about IT'S LOUSY ROTTEN CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Fri 1st Dec 2017 20:57
Thank you Martin, your comment is very much appreciated thanks.
All the best des
Comment is about beautiful grave (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
Thanks Beno. Actually i'm not teacher but imagined the role of one only! I don't know why, it just seemed come to mind. I spent a lot of time in the autumn clearing and preparing the garden luckily and was nipping heads off daisies when the poem came to mind. The low sun makes it hard to see . There is sadness in the season which I hope I conveyed. I see you as a rather naturally sympathetic guy, it favours you well for writing.
So pleased you consider me helpful - I was starved of praise for many years and had to fight that corner, so here I am to redress the balance! The photo I dug out from one I took myself in 1964 - I 'll leave you to do the maths re age!
All the very best with inspiration - I know you'll find plenty.
Thank you guys for liking this one
David Kevin and David.
Ray
Comment is about LAST JOBS IN THE GARDEN (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Nicely put Desmond. I love the way you have rounded it off with
where love still flowers
in the field of memories
Lovely
Comment is about beautiful grave (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
I am not sure whether you are talking too yourself or somebody else here but either way it works really well.
A great poem
Thanks for posting Gabriellle
Comment is about Tired (blog)
Original item by Gabrielle Renee'
The years tell me that it's supremely commercial and for
sure its approach gets longer/earlier every year but the
magic never quite goes away, and that is something well
worth celebrating, no matter what your religious belief or
lack of it.
These lines stay on the positive side of the track and take
us to our respective destinations - past, present and
future. All aboard for the annual "Christmas Special".
Toot-toot!
Comment is about Christmas Is Back In town (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Surely one for a platform performance.
I think there's something of this is us adults, especially
with the age-weary mindset that makes us realise it's
never what it used to be. I can think back to Bob Newhart
(or Stan Freberg) and easily imagine each putting this over
in some TV show or other back in the day.
Bah humbug!!
Comment is about IT'S LOUSY ROTTEN CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for the supportive comment, JC.
It's due out on the promotional Country music CD collection
"Hotdisc" (December issue) and that gets circulated to the
European DJs who promote that music. For my own
pleasure I had a music video DVD made with some very
nice visuals to go with the song. A first for me and something I've been meaning to try for a while after seeing
various sorts on TV. Maybe I'll get in early in 2018 knowing
that Festive Season stuff has to be promoted pretty early
every year to give those interested a chance to do their
thing in good time for Christmas.
Comment is about THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Tight construction, MC. You should tout this to a recording studio. A Christmas song might make you a bob or two.
Comment is about THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Fri 1st Dec 2017 14:00
Hi Jon, the more I read this poem the more I get from it. That to me is the sign of a good poem.
All the best des
Comment is about 'The Dresser' by Jon Darby is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (18474)
Fri 1st Dec 2017 07:29
Ray, I liked this very much. I hope I've made the right connections with it and understood it correctly.
Are you a retired teacher?
There is sadness in the poem. I think you will miss tending your garden this winter like you miss tending your class room? Or am I reading too much here. I don't think this is going to be a very long winter Ray. Spring is just around the corner.
Your guidance and support on this website is very much appreciated.
You don't sound like your photo?
Comment is about LAST JOBS IN THE GARDEN (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thank you Beno,
Let me say I'm sorry for the late reply cuz I'm new to this site and I'm still working everything out and it's taking me time to get back to some of the comments because of me being new here but now to answer your question://
Yes this is a very sad emotional over flooded with words of hurt anguish, emotions, sadness, pain from her love which makes her feel so sad like she isn't wanted or needed or even loved so at night sometimes she cries without him waking up and the reason why he could sleep so easily is because he basically puts ear plugs in his ears and drowns the sounds of her crying completely out and he could care less whether or not his girl is so upset as she lays there beside of him in their bed crying at night because he makes her feel this way and this is a touching deep messed up piece that I've written with so much emotion to it and I hope I answered your question if not let me know and I will do my best to answer it the best way I can and I can I am so sorry for the late reply cuz I honestly didn't see it until now and thank you for reading my work and leaving me nice comments on them I do appreciate that ?
Sincerely Tina,
Comment is about Tears In Her Eye's (blog)
Original item by Chiari Warrior Soldier
John Coopey
Sun 3rd Dec 2017 20:31
Many thanks, Cynthia. If there is one time I dislike more than Christmas it's New Year's Eve. All that false bonhomie and listening to a clock telling you you're one year nearer your box.
Comment is about IT'S LOUSY ROTTEN CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey