Bodi Onafun
Thu 20th Jul 2017 23:12
July's FANTOMIC event was a lot of fun and a great social. It was great to see familiar faces from Liverpool's busy poetry scene as well as hearing from first time readers. Five hours after opening doors at seven we called it a night and everyone agreed FANTOMIC is the most relaxed gig on the calendar. Well done to everyone who found their way to Hyslop Street to share something of themselves with us. We cried with laughter and then some of us plain cried. It was quite a ride. Thank you all. FANTOMIC.
Review is about Fantomic (the phantom mic) on 19 Jul 2017 (event)
This is such a heartfelt poem indeed, a mother always loves her child from the moment of her child's existence, such a pious bond she has with her child. The way you've conveyed this important message is clever and genuine too. Love it, kudos ??
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Oh wow, thank you all! Really. It means so much.
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patricia Hughes
Thu 20th Jul 2017 20:50
Your writing just keeps getting better and better.
Comment is about Raw Meat (blog)
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Hi Rachel pretty much spot on. I think we are drawn in and engulfed by eyes, or rejected. memory too resides in the eyes, as the hands remember actions. Glad you like it.
Col you have hit a spot there I forgive but I can't forget. Once heard that voice really embeds itself. I have strayed onto alternative territory.
That's a great line David. Not heard it before - is it your own, if so to be applauded. Lots of extra possibilities there. Thanks also for likes, Michaela and Patricia!
Love for all Ray
Comment is about YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH EYES (blog)
Original item by ray pool
In efforts to contrast the song, "wake me up" by Avicii. This song was designed to follow the same rhythm and melody of Avicii's song, however, the meaning is quite different.
This song was designed to relate to all the people who have dreams in their life that seem so far away, yet when they close their eyes or go to sleep it becomes a surreal reality. We want to live our dreams as we wish forever, as we play the game of life being challenged daily. And if we win the game, even for a minute, the prize we obtain is the love we deserve and have worked for.
Comment is about Let Me Sleep (blog)
Original item by Joseph Calderon
Thu 20th Jul 2017 19:27
Much enjoyed.
I'm posting a 'sea' poem this afternoon - pure coincidence! Just wanting to let you know. I almost decided against it, and then thought 'no', I'll still do it. It's a huge variation on my usual works. Small world, isn't it?
Comment is about Far Out (blog)
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Fast and fruity.
I'm really not sure where 'cups' comes in. Would you be willing to explain?
Comment is about Queen of Cups (blog)
Original item by Emma-Jane Stradling
Sad, long story. A more common situation than we might think.
Comment is about Yes i love him... (blog)
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<Deleted User> (6895)
Thu 20th Jul 2017 17:29
Michaela,thats the beauty of meals on wheels.No,not the ones-delivered-on wheels,the ones from McDonalds we eat while motorcycling.
dead easy-no hands!
P&S xx
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<Deleted User> (6895)
Thu 20th Jul 2017 17:22
Lynn,watch they don't disturb the satellite dish,otherwise no songs of praise for you lady!
P&S xx
Comment is about THERE ARE ELEPHANTS ON THE ROOF (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
I acknowledge the concerns about mankind's perceived
detrimental influence on the climate >that may have its
origins in the smoke-filled skies of the great industrial age,
now perhaps being replicated by emerging "giants" like
China and India.
One thing has always intrigued me and has never been
properly answered: the situation in Antarctica, a region
vulnerable to volcanic activity and about as far from any
human industrial activity as you can get, with no explanation
- or proof? - of how mankind's industrial pollution actually
finds its way to that most remote "bottom of the world" location.
Comment is about Mercedes Benz (blog)
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<Deleted User> (17847)
Thu 20th Jul 2017 15:56
unusual piece.Kind I usually love and in this case do.And I agree about busy days no matter what season.
Comment is about Raw Meat (blog)
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Ok, I'm always up for a challenge! Here is my attempt at a poem for children - Tim Taylor
Kevin, the Chameleon Astronaut
As he sat in his space ship
young Kevin knew that soon
he’d be the first chameleon
to walk upon the moon.
He clambered down the ladder
in his special reptile suit,
his high tech lizard helmet
and his little welly boots.
He wandered round the surface
picked up a rock or two
then Kevin came to realise
there wasn’t much to do.
See, chameleons eat insects.
They zap ‘em with their tongue.
This didn’t seem the kind of place
Chameleons belong.
There were no beetles anywhere
or even centipedes.
All he could see was dust and rock,
nothing that Kevins need.
He thought he’d change his colour
to a lovely shade of green,
forgetting that inside the suit
his skin could not be seen.
His boggle eyes went searching
for somewhere he could play
but all there was for miles and miles
was grey, and grey, and grey.
It had all seemed so exciting
to be the first in space.
Who would have thought the moon would be
a very boring place.
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A belated thanks to all.
(John, it`s double edged...I`ve just spent hours and
hours putting Lego-bits together...so she can get the
newly discovered thrill of un-clipping them apart and
then giving me back to put together again...and again
...and again...and again...she`s merciless!)
Comment is about N`Shya.....and me. (blog)
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Duet poem written in a distinct style, challenging and fun to do.
Comment is about Polarity (blog)
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Thank you very much! It was a quick one thats for sure. Busy summer days make it hard to write poetry in time before the day is over!
Comment is about Raw Meat (blog)
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I agree that we could help the planet somewhat if we all stopped eating beef, Wolfgar. On the other hand, I've always been sceptical about the "cows cause more global warming than cars" theory. True, they produce methane which is a more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2, but the source of the carbon in methane is atmospheric CO2 via the grass and feed that cows eat, and methane in the atmosphere eventually oxidises back to CO2 with a half life of about 7 years, so over the long term this pathway causes no net increase of greenhouse gases. The problem with burning fossil fuels is that we are taking carbon that has been safely stored underground for millions of years and adding it to the atmosphere. Also bear in mind that before humans started farming livestock, the plains of the world were covered in vast herds of bovine species - buffalo, bison, aurochs, yaks etc which would have been producing methane as part of the natural carbon cycle, and domestic cattle have merely replaced these.
Comment is about Mercedes Benz (blog)
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This is a powerful number Michaela, and open to interpretation. The title in itself brings possibilities to mind,
which it would be indelicate to put on paper. Intriguing i'd say..... none of your stuff can be lightly dismissed!
Ray
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Always love seeing Canadians on here .. keep up the vivid words!!!!!
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<Deleted User> (13762)
Wed 19th Jul 2017 21:56
I admit to reading this in the voice of John Bercow. Please forgive me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70opw7t6d5Y
Comment is about YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH EYES (blog)
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Hi Phillip Kelly! oh wow, thank you so much. I really appreciate how you analysed the poem❤. Thanks for the encouragement, I have a few (poems) in my pc but I have been so hesitant to post them, fearing they are not very good, my English is not perfect ?. Thank you very much though?
Comment is about I love you the Sky (blog)
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Tight, powerful, well executed. ?
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This is beautiful ❤ Eyes are really more than what we see in the physical sense, you can fall in love by eyes and remain in love. At least that is what I understood from your poem
Comment is about YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH EYES (blog)
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Wow i really like this poem.... The similes and metaphors comparing people to sea and shore and sky..... The way you almost personify them...... And the way u struture the poem .... Like here............. ....... No regrets, I adore you
You and I
You and me
You are me
“I am she” SZA
The Goddess of forbidden love
Truly amazing work.... Please write more.... Love the narrative style
Comment is about I love you the Sky (blog)
Original item by Rachel Mhlongo
The power of this poem is in the interesting effective structure .. Which puts emphasis on the man and your love ...... And the first two lines are truly remarkably amazing and convey the importance and value of this mans love
Comment is about Believing (blog)
Original item by Saniya
Love the repetition and parallelism in this poem..... And the way u compare love to time and ot being eternal always existent
Comment is about Love is beautiful (blog)
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You've managed to captivate me with this poem Michaela. There is a boldness in where you go to describe the normal things of life , likening feet to bread eg. Every line has a potential to draw us in.
You'll soon have Harlow bang to rights !
Ray x
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Original item by Michaela Sheldon
Poetry Event Samuel Oldknow in Marple August 16th
The list of Ten
First on the mike
then a quick dash
first at the bar
drinking just a few
otherwise poet one will
be far too intoxicated - - -
to hear any poetry
flat on his back!
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Russell Thompson
Wed 19th Jul 2017 10:34
Attila is being noticeably silent, I see...
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<Deleted User> (17847)
Tue 18th Jul 2017 23:20
this new boy suggests somebody needs to pay respect.Am I right?
Comment is about Hermione's sly wink (blog)
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Thank you Kimberly, Rose, Jemima and Kim, much appreciated.
Comment is about THERE ARE ELEPHANTS ON THE ROOF (blog)
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Reading glasses are the worst, Phillip, I have 4 pairs and still manage to misplace them all, ha ha.
Thank you very much for your kind comments, much appreciated.
Comment is about SCATTERBRAINED (acrostic sonnet?) (blog)
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Lovely heartfelt poem, Jeff. Constant pain must be hard enough to bear without the doubters.
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A very clever poem!! Love the personification of brains with wings flying away.... Plus.... My brain is scatterbrain.... Im always putting things down then 5 mins later forget where i put it
Comment is about SCATTERBRAINED (acrostic sonnet?) (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Harlow to Newfoundland would be my preferred choice!
Comment is about 'Study Abroad' by Michaela Sheldon is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Hear hear ---and a fine poem too.
Comment is about Re-clad (blog)
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Thanks Suki for your thoughts. Yes, i'm quite looking forward to a freezing of assets - not my own of course! The cat name was probably inspired by Gormenghast who knows.
Graham, yes I agree about the facelifts in London - gradually starved of character and the death of small business ; after all it was all an amalgamation of small villages at one time. I think the Black Friars would be well put out. I have some photos of my mum and dad courting on Epsom Downs! Thanks so much your comments are appreciated.
Eagle eye Col. Quite right sir about nametag! What have you been on recently? How about Gutentag the friendly German. Glad you liked the cat - I only put him in as a sort of adjunct to an otherwise bleak offering.
Love all round. Ray
Comment is about THE NINE ELMS CAT (blog)
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I think sadly what you are referring to here Mark is the rise of the amateur - everyone king for a day mentality. It is tempting to think there is a voice for everyone, but is pissing in the wind to be recommended? It is if people think it is acceptable. Maybe vast profits have something to do with the conception. I have seen the sinking down of the professional in all walks of life, as I'm sure you have. In a larger sense, it is very convenient to have people's energies dispersed in this harmless way and not put to more sinister causes. Are we sleepwalking? Not 'alf!!
Ray
Comment is about MUCKING ABOUT (blog)
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Thanks so much!! I agree. ?
Comment is about Later, I Promise (blog)
Original item by Michaela Sheldon
Harry - thanks, as always, for your welcome comments.
I enjoy and respect them
At the outset - once the trading deceit was discarded,
I was of the view that Parliament - without a proper
mandate thereafter - was aiding and abetting the
surrender of its own primacy to the evolving political
edifice across the Channel, at best impotent and at the
worst unwilling when successive governments insisted
on signing up to treaties binding the UK ever closer to
the EU. This progress was the most reprehensible time
in recent UK political history as the electorate was
duped and drawn into the EU web by the process.
No wonder any talk of referendums was mocked and
rejected as contrary to the "primacy" of Parliament!
We need not spend too much time on the reasons when
the actions taking place saw the occupants surrender
their mandate to represent the people whilst keeping
from them the truth of what was being agreed and done - and what was being planned - in their name.
Now, much is made of the primacy of Parliament and you'll
forgive my asking where was it when it was needed and
the occupants were acting in a manner that Cromwell
himself would have rcognised when he addressed the
Parliamentarians' behaviour of his day and called upon them: For God's sake, GO!
As for the US aid in WW2 - essential indeed - but then
the reality was no doubt understood by the American
government: That with a powerful Nazi Germany on
one side and a resurgent Japan on the other...the
reality would be the likelihood of a devastating linked
attack on the US from west and east by those two countries at the height of their military powers IF the
UK and the Commonwealth were left to act alone,
with the real risk of surrender by the latter being the result.
Self-interest has always been at the forefront of US strategy but fortunately we have been able to achieve
advantages through our joint history when push comes
to shove. Long may it remain so.
Comment is about THE VIEW FROM HERE (2) (blog)
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"Sin and simpletons are clearly synonymous-
Logging online and remaining anonymous!"
I love your style and honesty.
Comment is about MUCKING ABOUT (blog)
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In a land of pure imagination, everything sure seems to have gone grey.
Comment is about What Have We Become? (blog)
Original item by Azreal
M.C.
(I`m in perpetual `catch up` mode at the moment.)
In the referendum Parliament surrendered it`s precious primacy to the vote of the people.
While the leavers were promising us that (none existent)
weekly three hundred and fifty pounds for the N.H.S. the Remainers were forecasting fearful uncertainty.
Fearful uncertainty is where we are now ...and -seemingly - will be for some time in the future.
When Chamberlain tried to appease the vastly superior might of Germany he was (despite the later `ashamed` criticism) right to do so. We only declared war when we had no other option. (and Hitler promptly confirmed the wisdom of Chamberlain by promptly whacking both the French and the British armies off the face of mainland Europe.)
Of course the American `Hats` - enormously aided by the might of their industrialised `cattle` - came over (after the Nazis joined Japan in declaring war against them) and rescued us.
British virtue during those difficult years was endurance -
not this swashbuckling stuff that the leavers are talking about.
The rest of Europe has well learned the lesson of what it was that was ailing them in those former years and are taking steps to mend themselves...I hope Britain stays with them.
(Is it just my imagination...or does the word Nationalism sound more belligerent than the word patriotism ?)
Comment is about THE VIEW FROM HERE (2) (blog)
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Sorry - I know this is a serious subject - but I laughed myself silly right to the end!
Comment is about It's you (blog)
Original item by CathyLCrabb
Tue 18th Jul 2017 11:05
great to see you back Lynn and thanks for the laughs.Jemima.
Comment is about THERE ARE ELEPHANTS ON THE ROOF (blog)
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Graham Sherwood
Thu 20th Jul 2017 23:42
Priceless and all true I would think! JC
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