and I echo Fred's word's Wendy.Take care love.





Rose ?

Comment is about Why (blog)

Original item by Wendy Higson

Linda, we all believe in you. You're an extremely talented and an altogether amazing lady. I'm proud to call you my friend!

Comment is about Learning to write better poetry - and having a drink - with Carol Ann Duffy (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

great imagery martin and a beautiful recollection. bet this sounds excellent live.

Comment is about Tramping (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

very clever piece, reeks of nostalgia and heady notes played joyfully on well strung instruments. as it were.

Comment is about DUO (blog)

Original item by ray pool

this really is quite wonderful. powerful and heartbreaking. the battenburg is a clever metaphor and i like the way it sits in the background while the straightforward language conveys the strength. beautiful. read it twice.

Comment is about Remembering James (blog)

Original item by Jon Darby

brilliant. i'd vote this for POTW if such a thing was permitted. sort of john cooper-clark meets the divine comedy (the band not the book of course). witty and sad. the perfect match.

Comment is about Drunk in the museum (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

excellent. reminds me of the band Sikth and the lyrics that are throughout their album The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Wait for Something Wild. great atmosphere here and i love the brevity of it, says what it needs to say then slips back in to the shadows. excellent. said that twice now.

Comment is about Limbs (blog)

Original item by Sara Dombrosky

this is my favourite kind of POTW. i hardly ever read past the first line or so of 'relationship poetry' (my own snazzy phrase) and had to bring myself to read this through. i found it hugely rewarding once i did so, and thats what POTW does i think. lovely piece.

Comment is about 'Cooling Towers' by Tom is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Great work here Tom, brought back many memories for me of the 60s. Many thanks

Comment is about 'Cooling Towers' by Tom is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks Emer and Malika for liking and Thanks to Colin, Lan Ray and David for commenting

Glad you appreciated it Col it does in fact have memories of the south Downs as well as other parts of Sussex near my Gran's house just outside of Burgess Hill for me. I still like to go on the downs when I can if I get the opportunity to visit my mum.
yeah Lan
I am afraid I could never leave those blisters alone. If I am honest I still can't!
Ray I am glad you liked it . You are right I do seem to be rather caught up with the past and my boyhood at the moment
Thanks for your reading and comments David it is always a pleasure to get comments from yourself as well as all the other fine poets who are listed below.

Thank you all once again I am humbled by your acceptance of my work

Martin

Comment is about Tramping (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Really enjoyed this down to earth realistic piece. Thank you.

Fred

Comment is about Why (blog)

Original item by Wendy Higson

Thanks Col,I’m on a paddle steamer,steaming somewhere down the river time.

Comment is about Traveller (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

talk to me

Comment is about Afrahh (poet profile)

Original item by Afrahh

Hi Saniya
Well crafted poem...I especially love the line " I can be ,I can find me, I can breathe and I can live."
A real sense of hope here.
Well done

Comment is about Light (blog)

Original item by Saniya

As Nicola says, we are all proud of you (and always were). Excellent piece too. I look forward to the next instalment.

Comment is about Learning to write better poetry - and having a drink - with Carol Ann Duffy (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Ray, when this happened to me it was the headmistress
.She produced the cane, bent me over a little chair, and gave me a good whacking (for sagging school for six weeks)...sadly it was fully deserved.

Comment is about DUO (blog)

Original item by ray pool

And you, Judy, when reviewing, are like Greg Freeman with a scalpel. Terrific piece. Glad I wasn't there.

Comment is about Posh new publisher, same brilliant Hollie McNish (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Written in response to a theme of alienation. The Church can sometimes isolate the people it says it's reaching out to.

The person this poem was inspired by thought he'd found a place of acceptance initially after many long,sad,lonely years.

Sad to say this kind of treatment is far more widespread than we sometimes understand it to be.

Comment is about Remembering James (blog)

Original item by Jon Darby

Hi Andy
Love this poem...great picture too. I find family memoirs like this fascinating. It made me laugh and made me reminisce similar times in my own family.
Love this part in particular, " I had been crying my eyes out, wanting to be in one of those boxes". Also,beautiful language here; " Each tear imprinting itself in the shadows of the alleyway,At the back of where we once lived".
A touching piece.

Comment is about Sister in a box (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Coo blimey Col. I couldn't possibly comment - on the other hand though - maybe more possibilities? Thanks.

Comment is about GROSS ENCOUNTER (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Blimey I missed your comments Col and Hannah, sorry. Col, I feel Larkin is a strange one , but he props up the floor of St. Pauls so owzat!

Thanks Hannah glad you liked this one. He may have been just an eentsy weentsy bit narcissistic, I wonder?

Ray

Comment is about LARKIN ON FILM (blog)

Original item by ray pool

nice one Ray - you had me walking the corridors of my own primary. My headmaster was a lovely chap who probably never owned a cane but instead instilled a different sort of discipline based on hard work and respect and religion. That last one only rubbed off on me for a sort time. He also helped me through some dark times so I have much to thank him for. I was crap at the recorder though. C?L

Comment is about DUO (blog)

Original item by ray pool

ooh, like this Desmond - kinda fits nicely with my current writing mood. Ta for posting. C?L

Comment is about Traveller (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

Sorry to hear that, Philip. Especially as I always thought it was Man U fans who got a monk on when they lost.

Comment is about ...but lost to Huddersfield (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Ray,

Isn't it amazing how childhood memories stay with us, so much so that we can easily evoke such times as if they happened yesterday. It's a cliché, but it's true.

Wonderfully read; the right side of wistful. A beautifully descriptive piece, and a lovely story too.

in trepidation I ventured forth
through unfamiliar blunted corridors..

Top of the class!

Suki

Comment is about DUO (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks to David and Stu for their generous and encouraging words. I honestly do not know how I generated this image, but in any event, it seemed like an excellent way to start a new day!

All the best,

Chris

Comment is about The Eye of Morning (blog)

Original item by Chris Hubbard

A sort of eulogy on a past youth with its frustrations and expectations, and the heat adds flavour to those surly feelings. You seem to be a master of this retrospective stuff Martin, and we all love it. It gives us something to cling onto.

Ray

Comment is about Tramping (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

I love this poem- so much feeling. A true love story.

Comment is about Matching Hands and Hearts (blog)

Original item by Reese

Loved this. It created great imagery. Thank you.

Comment is about The Song Of Trees (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Love that

Comment is about Ruby Dog (blog)

Original item by Reese

Mmm familar story that Reese

Comment is about Faded Half Shell (blog)

Original item by Reese

Every gun to a knife fight yeah like that

Comment is about Sweatshirt Weather (blog)

Original item by Reese

Belief will give you momentum

Comment is about A Day (blog)

Original item by Reese

thanks for commenting on 'Safety Off' Harry - you got it
Ian

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

What a lovely atmospheric poem. Paints a picture on several levels.
Really bitter/sweet.
Jx

Comment is about 'Cooling Towers' by Tom is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Made me laugh.

Comment is about Baby Beard (blog)

Original item by Duncan McKenzie Ross

That is great. I am sure a lot of people could identify with that.
In my case, why do I always say 'sorry' to my laptop when I make a mistake, it never says sorry to me.

Hannah

Comment is about Technophobic Dream (blog)

Original item by Duncan McKenzie Ross

It must be one of the most difficult jobs.

Comment is about PITY THE MANAGER (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Beautiful poem.

Hannah

Comment is about Dreamy Dreamer (blog)

Original item by Wardah

A beautiful wistful poem. Enjoyed reading it.
Thank you so much for your comment on my recent poem, very much appreciated.

Hannah

Comment is about An Angel (blog)

Original item by David T Jones

I note there is a couple of Tottenham Hotspur fans... in light of recent events and its not that am a sore loser but im taking my ball back... in this instance, my like

Comment is about ...but lost to Huddersfield (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Too true, MC.
And in fairness that was the most gracious I have ever seen Mourinho in defeat. So my "they blamed the pitch; they blamed the ref. Oh, how United squealed" is about Man U fans but which was untrue of Jose himself.

Comment is about ...but lost to Huddersfield (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A true fan's talented take on an extraordinary result.
"How are the mighty fallen"
are words that seem so sweet,
But the way that men are measured
are by their manners in defeat.

Comment is about ...but lost to Huddersfield (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Well done Steve and the team. I remember finding a few dodgy listings when I was researching for my US trip last year. Never made it to any in the end but hey-ho.

There is a link to this article on WoL's Facebook & Twitter pages and I would suggest anyone involved in open mics, spoken words, Poems & Pints etc might like to share with their friends and relevant groups to help make the guide as comprehensive as possible.

https://www.facebook.com/writeout.loud.1/

https://twitter.com/WriteOut_Loud

Col.

Comment is about We've spruced up Write Out Loud's Gig Guide - but we still need your help! (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks, fellas.
Just subscribed, Greg.
Ray - Living in Nottingham until my 20's and Yorkshire since, I really only got to see Spurs play away at the likes of Forest, Derby, Leicester, Barnsley, Leeds etc. I was delighted to have been invited on a "corporate" by a Man City fan when Peter Crouch scored late on to give us a win. It got us into the Champions League at their expense.

Comment is about ...but lost to Huddersfield (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I think this is JC at his best; as the poem just rolls on like a ball into touch. Very pleasurable. I used to walk to the Spurs most Saturdays in 1970. I spent more on shoes than on the tickets. All changed today of course - those days of light tan sheepskins and random smoking all gone. In those days it was like going to a ballet to watch the choreography. All the best John!
I'll get my coat.

Ray

Comment is about ...but lost to Huddersfield (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

You might consider posting this rather wonderful poem here as well, John, if you haven't already done so http://footballpoets.org/ They'd love it. Well, most of them would.

Comment is about ...but lost to Huddersfield (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

That is one lovely photo on your bio. I'm hoping it's you. Re: your bio - like it too. I'm actually both, or was. No! Still am.

Comment is about Helen (poet profile)

Original item by Helen

Such great images - love this. I so remember the satisfaction of bursting blisters, well worth the discomfort ?

Comment is about Tramping (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Hi Robert,
I really like this. My favourite lines are ‘A certain impulse/ To go for the throat,’ which probably says more about where I’m at than anything else, but I really enjoyed all of it - love the end as well, thanks for sharing it.

Comment is about 'Consins (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke