An interesting metaphor being on a roller coaster ride with just an umbrella. Affairs of the heart can be a tad difficult at times to say the least. Nice poem Lynn
Comment is about OPEN UMBRELLA (blog)
Original item by lynn hahn
Another (unavoidably) belated thanks to all.
Cynthia,
Thanks for the typos (I always fall for that it`s). I also changed it a bit. I`d say this was the final version...if
I wasn`t such a liar ?...(it`s that middle stanza). Cynthia, I think your poems and your comments are a great help to this site, long may you keep them up.
Comment is about Aubade (blog)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
<Deleted User> (13740)
Sun 8th Oct 2017 16:21
Some times the timing is wrong between people. Best regards.
Comment is about Misunderstandings of the Heart (blog)
Original item by Wardah
Some very fine thoughts creatively expressed.
Comment is about The Pinnacle of it all (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
Very compelling. I'm not sure I understand all of it, but enough to feel it strongly. Superficially, I did think of the dreadful technical accidents at 'Entertainment Parks'; but that may be way off-track.
I've never seen 'Into the Woods'. So I may be missing a major cultural idea. But I think the poem stands alone, without referencing anything else.
Comment is about Horror (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
Wardah, Thank you for this intimate poem with its contrast between the darkness of night and the coming of the day: with all that is harrowing in those dark hours. The title of the poem really caught my eye. Keith
Comment is about Praying for an end to the Night (blog)
Original item by Wardah
Nice poem, with a simple honest feeling. Just found the ideas in the third stanza a bit disconnected and hard to grasp. Anyway, you make a good point - no one can decide your life from birth. Your life is your own. We just have one life to discover who we are, and it's not easy.
Comment is about A NEED, TO KNOW. (blog)
Original item by Runti promise
You grab the subject matter by the throat Laura and shake the words out into the sphere. ..poetry with edge
Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)
Original item by Laura Taylor
It might have been... However it was not to be.
Comment is about Misunderstandings of the Heart (blog)
Original item by Wardah
Thanks Nicola I appreciate the comment ? its one of my favourites.
Comment is about I dream only of You (blog)
Original item by Wardah
patricia Hughes
Sat 7th Oct 2017 20:32
That first line just grabbed me by the throat.
Jealous I am,I am.
Comment is about HUNTERS' MOON (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Randy I have just come across the following quote:
"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."
LW.
You precede me . tc
Comment is about Wittgenstein (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Thank you Ray, I appreciate your comments.
Comment is about Overwhelming Sky (blog)
Original item by Kim Whysall-Hammond
Bang to rights David. I didn't have a clear idea how this would finish, often the case. I think Ray is a bit like London itself, impressive in a quiet way and a bit self contained. Acting wizardry he ain't . Apparently when he was a baby Reggie Kray held him over his head , only for Ray to piss on it. I believe that.
Thanks Martin, appreciated. A lot people know that by the way.
Ray
Comment is about YOU SEXY BEAST (blog)
Original item by ray pool
BORIS! BORIS! WHO THE F**K IS BORIS?
I have to say, MC, I found it very difficult to find any picture on the internet of them sat together.
Comment is about SITTING NEXT DOOR TO BORIS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Excellent poem Tony. It definitely has a very strong undercurrent of suspicion and paranoia. I liked the image of the flowers twitching nervously and the second stanza is particularly dark. It's what is suggested rather than spelt out, of course, that makes it powerful. Also, great last line.
Comment is about 'CCTV' by Tony Hill is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Regarding Laura's comments: I saw a recent late night BBC TV programme featuring performance poetry and a mention
of Attila, if my memory serves me correctly.
Comment is about Can you earn a living as a poet? Discussion offers advice on how to pay the rent (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Pluck me! That tune is now stuck in my mind.
I saw Boris next to Rudd,
Surely an admission of guilt, m'lud!
Comment is about SITTING NEXT DOOR TO BORIS (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
BTW, I do like your 'sample' above. 'Speechless with a mouthful of syllables' is super!
But you can never experience the inadequacy of speech until you've known the span of perception and thought; words are just the trolley car. Which statement is pretty weird, but I bet you know what I mean.
When I took part in a 'Poets' Club', writing, reading, discussing etc. I met a fellow member one day, in a shop elevator. She opened her purse and took out a slip of paper, saying, 'Look, Cynthia: 'The Parting'. I keep it with me always.' I was so touched I wept.
The 'poem' was a real experience; and perhaps that is what truly resonates.
Comment is about Kati Shea (poet profile)
Original item by Kati Shea
Nice. I think Wittgenstein is best discussed in poetry.
Comment is about Wittgenstein (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Drifting into Listening
Marsden Poetry Jam
uplifting glasses salute
creative poetic voices
ale to taste
words to listen
drifters to stay.
Comment is about Can it get any better? Write Out Loud's poetry jam at The Railway in Marsden (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Hello you! Thanks for commenting on Glaswegian. Can't seem to write anything much these days so it was nice when that one came to me.
How are you? X
Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Hi Ray Glad you liked the 'Cities' poem! They're all going up on my FB poetry page now (with others):
https://www.facebook.com/aslowblues/
Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)
Original item by ray pool
Re; marsden competition results; i didnt win...but its writing the poem and entering thst counts.... not winning ... smiley face emoji
Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Sat 7th Oct 2017 07:33
Thank you for your comments John. Much appreciated.
Comment is about Feral Man (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
Believe in yourself Wardah, you will see brilliant light break through the gloom of darkness because you deserve it.
Agony will turn to ecstasy. Be patient. This is the period of transition.
Raj
Comment is about Praying for an end to the Night (blog)
Original item by Wardah
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Sat 7th Oct 2017 04:38
Lovely, there is always an end to the night! and nights are necessary they provide rest x
Comment is about Praying for an end to the Night (blog)
Original item by Wardah
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Sat 7th Oct 2017 04:36
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Sat 7th Oct 2017 04:36
<Deleted User> (13740)
Sat 7th Oct 2017 04:31
This sounds like two people at loggerheads who needn't be who are both living a lie
Comment is about Misunderstandings of the Heart (blog)
Original item by Wardah
<Deleted User> (13740)
Sat 7th Oct 2017 04:27
Dan, It was only yesterday that I came across your profile and was able to read several of your poems, not to mention your profile. As a gay man myself your ability to craft poetry is truly excellent, the rhyming is so good. You are indeed accomplished in being able to express yourself through this genre. I would love to read more of your work so please continue to write. With every good wish. Keith
PS Stanza 7 hits the nail on the head. I can well relate to this.
Comment is about Promiscuous Problems (blog)
Original item by Dan Marino
I agree with David. Ray Winstone is always playing himself. Just like John Wayne.
Nice one Ray
Comment is about YOU SEXY BEAST (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thanks for the likes Patricia and Desmond, really appreciated.
David, a master stroke of utter irony. That will definitely be on the agenda mate. A poem like a slave can serve several masters by the way.
Ray
Comment is about NOT WINNING COMPETITIONS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
That is true patience and care but as long as it's reciprocated. One cannot keep giving an ocean of affection in exchange for mere glasses in return.
Wardah
Comment is about Going within -- and without. (blog)
Original item by Chakraj
Thanks you Victoria - one word like that is plenty!
David, I've gone all Eastwood. He could ride out disappointment in fact could use it for a purpose; my writing this was a catharsis and worked a treat. I re read my offerings mentioned and did found them a bit contrived so fair dos I reckon. By the way , I don't do requests.
Thanks.
Laura, I take that as read. Thanks !
Ray
Comment is about NOT WINNING COMPETITIONS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
There is a natural sympathy with what's not immediately apparent David at play, and a brooding intelligence of the unseen. Scrabbling polities I like a lot and the two last couplets add a dimension of what nature will do with potential.
A great read, thanks. Ray
Comment is about Cities (blog)
Original item by David Cooke
i saw about 20 homless people congregating around charing cross train station, wrote this back 1997.. nothings changed ... thank you for listening
Comment is about Station to station (blog)
Original item by Phils Words
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 6th Oct 2017 21:45
A brilliant piece. Reminds me of London streets.
Sad and true.
Hannah
Comment is about Station to station (blog)
Original item by Phils Words
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 6th Oct 2017 21:36
I like this poem very much.
Dreams are very strange, we have no control over them and yet we do . . . don't we?
Hannah
Comment is about Dreams (blog)
Original item by David Lindsay
Wonderfully read, crisp, clear ...wonderfully lead... into the five petals of elderflower .. think i will listen again...
Comment is about Title poem of my new collection The Five Petals of Elderflower. (blog)
Original item by Angela Topping
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 6th Oct 2017 21:28
That is an amazing piece of writing.
Hannah
Comment is about Grave Thoughts from Above Ground (blog)
Original item by mike booth
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 6th Oct 2017 21:20
This is Incredibly sad and beautiful... I love it. I'm really enjoying reading your work.
Comment is about Control (blog)
Original item by Wonderer
If you want to hear me read, there are other videos on Youtube as well as this one.
The sound track for this video is from my recording on Vintage Radio.
Comment is about Title poem of my new collection The Five Petals of Elderflower. (blog)
Original item by Angela Topping
Hi Gordon
Good to see you on this site!
Looking forward to hearing more of your wonderful poetry in The Red Lion, Manningtree, on Tuesday evening.
Best wishes
Richard
Comment is about Gordon Hoyles (poet profile)
Original item by Gordon Hoyles
Hey - well done all you lovely WOLers!! Putting poetry out there in the world and removing it from the sphere of the elite is something very dear to my heart. And to my mind, music and poetry go hand in glove. Nice one ?
Comment is about Marsden's Poster Poems competition - here are the winners! (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Martin Elder
Sun 8th Oct 2017 17:35
lovely poem Chris with some brilliant description particularly of the soft and terrible sails that drape the stars.
Nice one
Comment is about Aurora (blog)
Original item by Chris Hubbard