As amazing as the first time I heard any of your stuff
I wonder what your doing with it
Comment is about Going Back To Askeaton (blog)
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Thankyou Martin. Yes Lego is great and I also recommend that other building system "K-Nex".
Comment is about Bedtime Of Doom (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
nice ray. amazing i was actually thinking of buying a suede jacket the other day. you've almost sold me.
Comment is about DOWN MEMORY LANE (blog)
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hey suki thanks for the recent kind comments, much appreciated!
Comment is about Suki Spangles (poet profile)
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Patricia and Stefan Wilde
Thanks so much for your comment, means a lot to me that you enjoyed my poem ??
-Joanne
Comment is about True Face (blog)
Original item by Joanne German
I love this Tom, particularly the line
'once drove a camel through the eye of a needle'
It is great to turn ideas on their head. great sense of expression her
Fab
Comment is about The Opposite Of A Poet (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
what a wonderful poem this is Keith. I love the rhythm of it and how it tells a tale in such a way to capture the reader.
Nice one Keith
Comment is about The Barrack Room (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
I love this poem. Its amazing how lego has now surpassed its early popularity to be everywhere and so versatile.
Comment is about Bedtime Of Doom (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
Memory lane has such a wealth of memories to look back on most of which are rich like this one. I don't remember ever having a suede jacket but I do remember having and old RAF great coat I was very attached to and then left it at college and lost it.
Lovely poem Ray thanks for posting
Comment is about DOWN MEMORY LANE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thanks for the 'likes' and the comments chaps - sorry it's been a while in replying - pleased that you took the time to comment/like
Ian
Comment is about This Flower (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
thanks for commenting on 'This Flower' Francine - I'm pleased you liked it - apologies for delay in replying
Ian
Comment is about Francine (poet profile)
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thanks for commenting on 'This Flower' Cynthia - I'm pleased you liked it - apologies for delay in replying
Ian
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
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thanks for commenting on 'This Flower' mate - I'm pleased you liked it - apologies for delay in replying
Ian
Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)
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thanks for commenting on 'This Flower' John - I'm pleased you liked it - apologies for delay in replying
Ian
Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)
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Different approach from your usual pensive self Tom. All string to your bow. This seems to be the division of masculine and feminine in the psyche, crikey! (and how ridiculous are the artificial divisions thus thrown up).
I read somewhere once that the world is heating up due to the predominance of masculinity in mass thinking. (Gulp)
Ray
Comment is about The Opposite Of A Poet (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
Ray, thank you for this. I think it was perhaps the happiest time of my life as it was a carefree existence shared with some very genuine and good people. Thank you again. Keith
Comment is about The Barrack Room (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Your experience seem to have been a pleasant one Keith.
I don't know if this was merely a prelude to darker times, but if not the positive side obviously served its purpose.
Ray
Comment is about The Barrack Room (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
First off guys, my own space for comment was unwittingly like the joker card, leaving nothing in place - cockup of course.
Col, I picked up on that poem of Rick's , very colourful and in great style. I think there is a certain bitterness in the building over of nature's bounty - but of course with rising populations what can we really do (go underground maybe). Thanks, mate.
Rick, I spent hours to the north on coaches - just mind numbing, as you say. Cheers. My overall heart sinking moment is in the Solstice Services near Stonehenge. I remember a patchwork of fields there in 1960 on a bike.
True enough, Mark - equally sad news . Thanks.
Thanks Suki. I wasn't sure if that line would click, but it's nice that you like it! I think the political spectrum has been mined out with it's names, but how about various named cul de sacs to match their progress.
David, nice to hear from you. Grandiosity doesn't cut it does it! (They paved paradise, put up a parking lot).
Ray Love to all.
Comment is about LAID TO REST (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Kim, I like this poem but do not share your persepctive. I am particularly drawn to the line
Intellect and compassion? The question mark is telling. Thank you. Keith
Comment is about Our strange stay here on Earth (blog)
Original item by Kim Whysall-Hammond
Kim, thank you for this. It is written from the experience of having served in Her Majesty´s Forces for ten years. A humbling and levelling time and a lesson in humanity. Thank you again. Keith
Comment is about The Barrack Room (blog)
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Very good unforced rhyming! And a fine poem too... ?
Comment is about The Barrack Room (blog)
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Hello LaToya thankyou for your comments I love writing my thoughts down it does make you feel good for years I could not spell but since getting an iPad there is no stopping me now . It makes you forget your troubles and boy does it make you feel good when some one notices what you have said thankyou kind regards Wendy X
Comment is about LaToya Chavers (poet profile)
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Thanks for your appreciated comments, Kevin.
Thing is, you've hit the nail on the head with many of my verses, in as much as I like to take 'classic' jokes and rewrite them in rhyme (I've dubbed them 'Chestnuts Reroasted'), so chances are that you may know the stories I cover in some of any future offerings I'll be putting forward!
Glad you enjoyed this one.
John
Comment is about Keeping 'Mum' ! (blog)
Original item by John Andrew Nield
Thank you both for your kind comments.
We were at Wadi Rum, Jordan, in 1995. We slept several nights out in the desert. Lots of adventures, snakes, camels and empty space. I remember it all so vividly.
Comment is about Desert Sky (blog)
Original item by Kim Whysall-Hammond
I think you can be assured that the Poetry Society is built on stronger foundations, MC. Have you ever visited the Poetry Cafe in the past? Of course, you're right to raise the matter of the planned poetry bookshop, as others have done, although it has nothing to do with the Poetry Society. Here's a link to the most recent news about the plans https://lunarpoetryblog.wordpress.com/
Comment is about London's Poetry Cafe reopening after nine-month refit (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Mithun, This poem is good, very good especially stanzas 4 and 5. I agree with much of what Colin has said and hope you don´t mind a little constructive criticism. I also look forward to reading more of your work. Kind Regards. Keith
Comment is about A Poem (blog)
Original item by Mithun Nair
<Deleted User> (13762)
Tue 6th Jun 2017 08:31
some lovely lines in here Mithun. I particularly like
I did wish
for the dusk of the moment to linger awhile
but wishes are fishes
they swim away
I think in the next verse 'glance' should really be 'glances' to make full sense - or you could change the line to read something like 'for one more glance' which would keep the rhyme with 'dance' intact and neat.
my only other quibble is the word 'eon' in the last line but only because it is a somewhat odd word that seems a little out of place. However I cannot think of a suitable replacement although you could use the alternative spelling of 'aeon' - I believe 'eon' is more commonly used in N.America. Or even possibly make it plural - 'to stay warm for the aeons ahead'.
having read this through several times now I have to say I like it very much and hope you don't mind me making these few suggestions. Thanks for posting. I look forward to reading some more from you in due course.
all the best
Colin
Comment is about A Poem (blog)
Original item by Mithun Nair
Re 'first drafts' - it takes a week of working on before a pome becomes 'first draft' - then months of fretting and editing - this will go into my new book - as and when I get the stuff collated and edited ?
Comment is about About A Motorway. (blog)
Original item by Rick Gammon
In Barcelona we did the tourist thing and went to the Sagrada Familia - from the outside it is eerily wonderful - it is being 'finished' but to me it's being finished off - the newer bits, while well intentioned, lack the verve, passion and eye ripping virtuosity of the parts that Gaudi over saw.
The guys who went with me were amazed by the building - I was dismayed.
Comment is about LAID TO REST (blog)
Original item by ray pool
I could see the punch line coming a mile away. But enjoyed it nonetheless.
A good story, well told.
Nice one, Kevin
Comment is about Keeping 'Mum' ! (blog)
Original item by John Andrew Nield
Thanks for posting Keith. I really enjoyed this one. I could just imagine you all squashed into it.
Comment is about Motorbike and Sidecar (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Hey Ray,
Love the line
Bricked up versions of memory's incursions..
Don't worry, soon we will have:
Simon Cowell Avenue
Arianne Grande Close
And we will all wave plastic candles as we walk down the street, singing Candle in the Wind.
Oh man, you've got me going now..
Suki
Comment is about LAID TO REST (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Hi there M.C,
The third line is interesting, in that it can be "read" in a few ways - and a thought to ponder..
Thanks for sharing.
Suki
Comment is about HATE IS NEVER LATE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Hi There Rick,
Hope all is well with you.
You say this is a first draft?! Damned fine first draft then.
My favourite verses are the last two, but it's all subjective isn't it?
Cheers!
Suki
Comment is about About A Motorway. (blog)
Original item by Rick Gammon
Hi Tom,
There's nothing wrong at all with this kind of semi stream of consciousness poetry. Sometimes it can be fun, especially when humour and irony are thrown into the mix.
Thanks for sharing.
Suki
Comment is about The Opposite Of A Poet (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
Hi Tom,
Really enjoyed the (dry!) wit here. Lovely poem.
Congratulations on winning POTW.
Suki
Comment is about 'A Day Such As This' by Tom Harding is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Most meta poem ever? ?
Got to admit, I've never seen this movie...
Comment is about The breakfast Club Review (blog)
Original item by Ebonaya Smallwood
Hi ray, thanks for the kind comment on my potw much appreciated!
Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)
Original item by ray pool
Hi Harry thanks for your kind comment on my potw, much appreciated
Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
Beautifully written, Keith.
I could imagine this piece giving comfort to many who read, when in a sad place.
Thank you.
Comment is about When it is over... (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Hi all thank you for the kind comments, they're very encouraging!
Comment is about 'A Day Such As This' by Tom Harding is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Having contributed to an Indiegogo fund raiser for a poetry
bookshop here in London that was publicised on WOL but never actually materialised, I would like to think this project
is more successful and worthy of the financial efforts and trust of contributors.
Comment is about London's Poetry Cafe reopening after nine-month refit (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
The toe and shoe's girth are bid welcome by the earth,
But what's in concrete to comfort the feet?
For the hardness was made for the turn of the wheel...
The need for more speed and its handmaiden: steel!
Comment is about LAID TO REST (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Hello space girl - I want to be your rebel rebel lol :)
Comment is about How an Ode to Glitter Became an Elegy to Ziggy Stardust (blog)
Original item by Dana Lyn
<Deleted User> (13762)
Wed 7th Jun 2017 07:29
there is something very compelling and enviable in the simple life of a gardener or peasant farmer which many of us only rarely get to glimpse and wonder at - our own complicated hurdy-gurdy lives having spun off in multitude directions that never quite connect sufficiently with the soil for long enough or in meaningful and lasting ways.
The title could almost be the name of a Greek village or holiday villa - in fact what a great name for a villa or a boat or bungalow back home. So much to wonder at here Tom and admire too. Thanks for posting.
Col.
Comment is about Kairos (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding