Hi Colin,don't think anybody can get enough of theses ? So thanks, and here's one for you C?L. Have a nice day.

Comment is about The Last Leaf (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

Thanks very much everyone. I'm glad people like it.

Raj - it's about my Dad. There was nothing funnier to him than farting or fart jokes, it would crease him up laughing every time, and of course he was at that age where it would often just happen accidentally ?

Comment is about Tai Chi (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

you need one of these ? Desmond.

Comment is about The Last Leaf (blog)

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nice one Ray - a musical poem from our resident busker of words. I throw my pennies in your hat mate. Go buy a beer and some nosh for the dog. Have a nice day ?

Comment is about MUSIC POEM (blog)

Original item by ray pool

topical also for the groups of youngsters riding in packs through city streets pulling tricks and wheelies. I know it's dangerous but it looks kinda wicked too. I remember fitting them big wide handle bars to our bikes in the 70's which made us feel like we were in Easy Rider but they were too easy to snap if you pulled too many wheelies. In the end I think we had bars welded across to give them extra support. Those were the days. But I'm not condoning any of the unruly practices in your excellent poem Martin.
C?L

Comment is about cracked (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Interesting poem. I happen to think sin is important. Often, the worse the better. If it weren't for sins like indulgence we wouldn't have so many beautifult writings such as Bukowski and Hunter Thompson. Anyway, a well written piece. The only problem i saw is that part regarding 'destined to hell in which we already live' How can u be going somewhere u already are? Unless this was intentional? Nice piece overall though.

Comment is about Sins which we are (blog)

Original item by Silverrust

I like the idea of writing poems about / to your sleeping child - a theme that could be easily developed into an illustrated book. When it's published send me a copy ?

Comment is about Do you (blog)

Original item by yannahnorth

I would be impressed to find anyone in England who finds "no gap too small to fit"! Very evocative.

Comment is about cracked (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

I bet that smile upon his face was him dreaming there was a black belt for Tai Chi -- and he was just awarded one.
What a way to go!!

There's more than sweet conversation here.
I see an enduring friendship, stunning in its simplicity.

Nice one Laura.

Comment is about Tai Chi (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Lovely poem Hazel right from the opening line of
'the ink penetrates this parchment' right through to the end
Fabulous

Comment is about Message in a bottle (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

This is all attitude Martin. Even as a kid I remember the bravado of guys like this - they were called yobs. Often with turned up dropped bars (cowhorns). I suppose a forerunner of the bikers. Not to say there weren't genuine adventurers. The poem moves nicely and takes us back. In addition, it is topical in terms of the recent jailing of the fixed wheel twat with something to prove.

Ray

Comment is about cracked (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

This is a telling indictment of a secret world that quite a few people are in that the rest of humanity very often know little or nothing about. Thanks for posting this

Comment is about Cut (blog)

Original item by Meike

this is a beautiful piece Laura all based around a wonderfully simple conversation between you and him.
Nice one

Comment is about Tai Chi (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

love the interplay of decorating with music here Ray, particularly that opening line
'I scraped some music off the walls'
marvellous stuff

Comment is about MUSIC POEM (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Wonderfully simple and simply wonderful Laura. Not a great advert for Tai Chi, but the power of hope is in there.
So impressed by thy grasp of the medium!

Ray

Comment is about Tai Chi (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Mark, thank you for expanding the theme. So many stories flesh out that period and the civilian numbers killed far outweighed fighting troops. Off to Blenheim tomorrow home of Churchill and his glass case of toy soldiers!

Thank you Tony for following this. It is hard to capture the horror in poetic terms, but the moral dilemmas will always be there to be examined. As I understand, the fighting of the Japanese was so insane that they wouldn't surrender, maybe triggering the H bomb event. Of course as with all technology, it had to be used to be proven in a way.

Fascinating log of travel Col. I was a muso in Germany three times and went to the Reeperbahn, and other cities. They just seemed to have more funding available somehow than our lot!

David, you can only get a feel for the realities of life by meeting old and wiser heads, those affected which after all is shared in common with the enemy, rightly expressed. Chess with the masters is what's wanted with those two.

The future of war Martin - what's it to be? - probably germ based I imagine. Thanks for your full comments .

Ray Love to all.

Comment is about JUDGEMENT DAY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Lovely lyricism, this one flows beautifully, to lose your muse

Comment is about SunBeams (blog)

Original item by MyDystopiA

I couldn't agree more.

Free minds is what we're after.

Comment is about Teach (blog)

Original item by Rich

This is a very thought provoking piece Ray about which only a now aging population probably have direct memories of. But none the less present and future generations should not forget the fallibility of mankind. After all the first world war was meant to be the war to end all wars. slaughter of any kind on any scale can be very difficult to justify.
nice one Ray

Comment is about JUDGEMENT DAY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Nice and simple, easy to read and conjures up vivid images. Good work.

Comment is about All I have (blog)

Original item by Silverrust

Ha, I bet he did as well!

Thanks Graham.

Comment is about Tai Chi (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Tony - thanks for the companionable comments. There's something about autumn - the end heralding a new beginning - that strikes a chord deep within us.

Comment is about LEAVES AND LIVES (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Now he's left you wondering if he farted just before departing.
A delicately placed conversational piece, nicely written Laura.

Comment is about Tai Chi (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

thanks andy n

Comment is about Poetic Madness To Die For! (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

jane wilcock

Sun 22nd Sep 2013 15:04

Brill. (I fell over a chair in a pile of chairs at a gallery once and was rebuked for it. Difficult to know where it should go back I said). One persons luggage is another persons trash!

Post above written by Jane
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Comment is about jane wilcock (poet profile)

Original item by jane wilcock

i was born in a very different town to this Gavin but i can still relate to it loads.

excellent write (:

Comment is about My Town (blog)

Original item by gavin turner

true, true, true Nigel. It's a wonderful read (:

Comment is about Poetic Madness To Die For! (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Thank you for reading it Rich.

Comment is about Message in a bottle (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

excellent David, so much to read, reread and read into and your 'whatever' tag seems to add an extra dimension.

is it coincidence that The Police album Ghost in the Machine was released in 1981?

I desperately want to put a gap between that line and 'A bawling, squall, curtains' to make this into three verses.

agree with Tony especially 'Your thin leer the bend of years'. I like also the mental / physical dualism that's explored throughout.

thanks v.much for posting.
Col.

Comment is about Father (blog)

Original item by David Blake

September 1985 I was driving up through Germany to Hamburg to visit a chap I'd met in the south of Spain - we were both driving VW Beetles (his was convertible mine wasn't!) and we'd stopped and shared lunch on the roadside somewhere.

He was heading for Malaga and I to Gibraltar, Cadiz, Seville, Cordoba and back to Valencia where I had been staying with friends. He'd said if I ever made it to Germany then come visit him in Hamburg so I thought well why not.

It was towards the end of my two month trip having left Spain for France, Switzerland, Paris, Luxembourg and up through Germany. The only time I have ever visited the country. I stayed a few days in Hamburg, went clubbing, went to a food fest in the revitalised dock area and pondered the fact that we'd bombed the hell out of this city.

It seemed the Germans had done a better job of moving on than we had back home, both in terms of the economy and socially. But Europe was a different place back in '85 compared with today as we wage our Brexit war of words. Your poem Ray looks back on those awful events but in some ways there are echoes to the future too.

Col.

Comment is about JUDGEMENT DAY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Mon 30th Apr 2012 11:48


Cheers Win- I had struggled with the 4th myself and at 3am called it a night. Thanks for the comments and advice. Tommy

PS sorry for the delay xxx tc

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Dresden...Coventry...Cologne...Plymouth - and so on.
Total war being waged for the mastery of the planet
by a bestial tyranny supported by a population fed on delusions and the deadly determination to dominate.
I'm reading a book called "Resistance" by a French
woman who was middle-aged when she was
sentenced to 5 years slave labour in German hands
for involvement in distributing pro-Allied propaganda
in France after its fall. It is a testimony to what lay
in wait for those in other lands had Germany won the
war and the world had fallen into the abyss that
Churchill prophesied. We have the luxury of hindsight
now but nothing was off the table in the drive to
extinguish the expanding evil that existed in the
heart of Europe. Russia looked to her allies to match
her deeds and her sacrifice of so many lives and it is
likely that one city would have barely measured
registered with them had they advanced that far into
Germany - except for a shrug of the shoulders and a
reminder of the cost that had been paid achieving victory.

Comment is about JUDGEMENT DAY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Education is salvation
but the schools over population
Can not focus or concentrate
Become victims within the state

Comment is about Teach (blog)

Original item by Rich

I really like this.

Thank you.

Comment is about Message in a bottle (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

Thank you both for your comments. I was just wondering what my message in a bottle would be and along came these words,

Comment is about Message in a bottle (blog)

Original item by Hazel ettridge

Yes David. The training of entertainers before TV (as for musicians) always thrived in variety circuits - clubs pubs and theatres . You could say that the current crop of hopefuls has been more of less manufactured for a mass viewing market rather than people on the hoof. We are sadly restricted in our options now. Roy Castle was a victim and drove forward the anti smoking lobby, true enough. He was a devout Christian too but that didn't save him.

Thanks for your comments !

Comment is about IN THE FATHER REDCAP (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Great rhythm, flawlessly flowed)

Comment is about Calendars clocks and snapshots (blog)

Original item by David T Jones

Thank you Wolfgar. I'm glad you think I've caught the essence of art. Your comment is appreciated. ?

Comment is about Sunflowers (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

Great poetry, great people and great fun!

Comment is about Poetry Plus (group profile)

Original item by Poetry Plus

Thanks for your comment Hannah, a nice compliment - very welcome.

Ray

Comment is about 1930's STREET MAP OF LONDON (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thank you Hanna, for loving the poem?

Comment is about Sunflowers (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

Powerful poem. Read it 3 times .

Thank you for your comment on my poem The Grass. Really appreciated.

Comment is about 1930's STREET MAP OF LONDON (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Love this poem and that painting.

Comment is about Sunflowers (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

ok what is your number...?

Comment is about random feelings from the forgotten corner of my heart (blog)

Original item by Youthfullyxx

Hello Lexa, a good write both rhymn and form .glad i can incourage you. we all need it.

Comment is about White Night (blog)

Original item by Lyrical Lexa

A most enjoyable evening!
This was our fifth meeting and an enthusiastic group of people produced a wide range of poetry. Although completely unplanned, it seemed as if one poem almost slid effortlessly into the next.
Many thanks to all who contributed so much to make it a truly memorable evening!
Richard

Review is about Poetry Plus on 12 Sep 2017 (event)

I like the way you talk about your vulnerability and that of young people, how we can all get sucked into music that is popular. I agree young people need to hear more unpopular music. This piece also has a nice rhythm to it
congratulations on POTW

Comment is about 'Unpopular Music' by Robert C Gaulke is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

It is a very worthy winner, having an apparent simplicity that belies its layers. I also love the idea that Robert is a songwriter-poet, something we are hoping to explore in the Marsden the Poetry Village initiative together songwriters and poets in shared workshops.

Comment is about 'Unpopular Music' by Robert C Gaulke is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Terry,
I think every great artist or writer must have had at least one person that helped them realize that they had a gift. I could never thank you enough.

Comment is about Nobody Cares (blog)

Original item by Lyrical Lexa

An interesting comment David revealing truths - churches and pubs finding common ground in experience! You're right that all life is there in the unexpected - with often a dose of nostalgia. I used to do gigs in east end pubs and you'd always get a tale or two - especially claiming they knew a "genius" on the piano who could play anything , bollox of course. I fear there was a sort of safety if you were a known face, but musos were often liked and respected. I wouldn't have missed those days. Sad that many are going, leaving a bleak dodgy vacuum perhaps.

Ray

Comment is about IN THE FATHER REDCAP (blog)

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