Brother, you just rocked it. Keep it up and keep writing more. We are waiting for your blogs❤

Comment is about Ocean And The Sky (blog)

Original item by shashank

Indeed, Graham. I also missed The Big O's "It's Rover"!

Comment is about NO MORE DOGGIN' (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks Andy, for your kind praise.

Just in case I've inadvertently revealed myself as Perv No.1, I better hurriedly offer more clarification. I wasn't thinking exclusively of my own sexual fantasies when I wrote this (he said, coughing nervously, hoping his words sound believeable). ?

Thanks again Andy, always good to hear from you.

Paul

Comment is about Undress Rehearsal (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

very engaging.

Comment is about David (blog)

Original item by Karen Ankers

Move over Rover, let Jimi take over!

Comment is about NO MORE DOGGIN' (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks, Kevin. I did it again last night at Poems, prose and pints new venue, The North Bar, Harrogate. Daughter and I are up to £400 so far.

Comment is about SAMMY B GOODE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I missed that one, Kevin. Cheers.

Comment is about NO MORE DOGGIN' (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Bhai tu kab se poet ban gaya magar mast haa ????

Comment is about Ocean And The Sky (blog)

Original item by shashank

Reminds me of the man who entered his dog at Crufts,

And got six months.


Cheers Kevin

Comment is about NO MORE DOGGIN' (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

For me, pace Ray, it's the last verse that does it. Ace.

Then i read your own comment; it saddened me to read 'about those we'd love to have sex with but, sadly, can't'. How long's your list? Mine's quite modest, i think.

Comment is about Undress Rehearsal (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

Good luck with the fund raising.I heard you do this on at The Tap, brilliant.

Kevin

Comment is about SAMMY B GOODE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Paul, you paint an acutely painful picture of a dying relationship; it's a hard read, but a great poem.

Your profile pic is arboreal, as is the metaphorical nature of the poem. Do you have an affinity with trees? I do, specifically Beech trees, coincidentally my mother's maiden name.

Comment is about Felling Us (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

Great start brother?.
Such a lovely poem❤.
I hope to see you with another amazing poem.

Comment is about shashank (poet profile)

Original item by shashank

Hello Eli, your poem is cry from the heart, beautifully expressed. You must write more. Thank you. Keith

Comment is about The evolving problem (blog)

Original item by Eli643

I wasn't sure how correct this was David, but if you like it i'm more than happy. I thought maybe there was a certain humour in it that perhaps sat wrongly with the gravity. How can that be? Thanks for the compliment. The voice quality really works on this gismo!

Ray

Comment is about SACRIFICE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hello Cybil. I'm glad to see that you liked, 'My Father's Green Eyes.' Welcome to Write Out Loud, I hope you stay and share some more of your written pieces. I look forward to reading a lot of your blog entries in the near future.??

Comment is about Cybil Shah (poet profile)

Original item by Cybil Shah

thanks martin, i really enjoyed listening to your work again. i will definitely check out both those dates and keep in contact!

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Elder

Hi Stu
It was great to catch up with you last night. your poetry was fantastic as usual. As I mentioned last night it is worth attending Marsden Jazz festival in October. Julian will be publishing it no doubt closer to the time. Also around the same time is the Chorlton literary festival which is around the same time and will also be on the WOL web site nearer the time. Both of these events get packed so they are good places to get known. All the best with the book. I look forward to more posts. Hope to see you again soon
Cheers
Martin

Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Hi Cynthia
Was really good to see you last night. You were on fire with your poetry last night. aside from the fact it was fabulous poetry as always, your delivery was fantastic. I would have told you but you were gone before I could do so. Great night
see you soon
Martin

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Daniel
it's good to see you posting again and with a most worthy piece. I love the whole nature of this poem, I think we all feel this way from time to time.
congratulations on POTW.

Martin

Comment is about 'The Insignificant Poet' by Daniel Dwyran is Write Out Loud Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks Keith. I appreciate the support. I read through a few of yours and one that caught me in particular was:

Shell Shock
Wednesday 12th April 2017 7:06 pm

I spent 15 years in the service and did 5 tours in the desert. It choked me up and was exceptionally well written. Thank you for such moving words.

Comment is about Larry Smith (poet profile)

Original item by Larry Smith

Hi Cynthia,

Thanks for your positive comments about my poems which makes a change from the usual indifference (of editors). I started to read a few of your poems - bit too soon to make any sensible observations.

John S

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Cynthia,
Just wanted to say how lovely it was to meet you tonight. I have long admired your work and to hear it read was just super. I especially enjoyed the final piece, what a wonderful structure and use of language.
I look forward to many more nights of wordsmithery, and thanks for making me feel so welcome.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

thanks all! sorry i have been late in replying, im really glad you enjoyed it. i look forward to reading more of all your work once i have a bit of time to give it the concentration it deserves!

Comment is about what god has joined together let no man put asunder (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

I can't stop reading this Stu.

Comment is about what god has joined together let no man put asunder (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Hey, David..thanks for commenting. I realize that I don't often approach things straightforwardly, so I can appreciate the fact that anyone might want to hold off until a little light can be shed.

Silence is hard to read, obviously. As to whether it is a conscious choice or imposed by some internal force can be impossible to decipher from the outside. Maybe a better question than what silence may indicate of a non-speaker, is why they do not speak. That is, are there external circumstances that exacerbate persistent silence from an, otherwise, capable speaker?

Just more questions and fuel for the fire..thanks for expanding.

elP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuQQIawCqBA

Comment is about selective mute (blog)

Original item by nunya

Hi Cait,

Welcome to WOL! Thanks for checking out my blog.

Looking forward to having a read through your entries ?

Comment is about Cait Abbott (poet profile)

Original item by Cait Abbott

Hi Ray and Col, very grateful to you both for thinking that clever clogs are required to decipher this one but, actually, ordinary shoes will do fine. It's about sexual fantasy, including long-term fantasies, about those we'd love to have sex with but, sadly, can't. Hope this clarifies things.

Thanks as always chaps, much obliged to you both.

Paul

Comment is about Undress Rehearsal (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

this is very clever but I'm not the clever clogs that Ray is after. It took me a while to get past the first line which I kept reading repeatedly - like closing one's eyes tightly in the sun and seeing images floating.

And I love the record. rewind. watch. edit. lines which are inspired. There are parts of this that remind me of several classic British movies - Blow-Up and The Ipcress File for example. Certainly intriguing.

Col.

Comment is about Undress Rehearsal (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

and I was tempted to comment because I was wondering is that Betty's tearoom in the picture? I've only ever looked in at the window here and in Ilkley. Being a non-tea drinker always seemed a reason not to go in. That and the prices!

Enjoy the Happy Harrogate status for there will surely be bus loads of depressed people heading your way for the cure!

thanks for posting,
Colin

Comment is about The Happiest Place (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

Shagging dog story, Paul.

Comment is about NO MORE DOGGIN' (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I like it a lot Rick. Dead end verse with the possible and feasible beaten in with the hammer of logic. What more can I say?

Ray

Comment is about We Live in Hope But (blog)

Original item by Rick Gammon

I am encouraged to comment Tim because I was an oft times visitor to Harrogate to play in a band at the Majestic hotel, and was very ill drinking here once. Put two and two together and you have an opinion, perhaps!
A hell of a drive there and back in a day from London by the way. I sensed a certain genteel grandeur there.

Ray

Comment is about The Happiest Place (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

I'd call this a riddle Paul, and some clever clogs will no doubt hit the point - it has a certain drive to it. The last verse hold the key I believe. I would love to discover it aythangyow.

Ray

Comment is about Undress Rehearsal (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

a shaggy dog story ??

Comment is about NO MORE DOGGIN' (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Ray - when I'd googled the picture of the Lincoln woman who had sex with dogsI had serious thoughts about getting done for it.

Comment is about NO MORE DOGGIN' (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

That's £7.50 plus p&p. Thank you Neil and Write Out Loud.
Dom.

Comment is about Pilgrim Station: Dominic James, SPM Publications (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Happy for any more suggestions, Graham.

Comment is about NO MORE DOGGIN' (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I was in tears after this John. ( not to think of what I've been missing by the way.) There was plenty of it in the early VHS days probably from Denmark (rhymes with bark). Such as Canine Capers.
I bow to you as an expert . Did one of the dogs send flowers via Inter Flora by the way?

My own hoary attempt once began:
Mrs Grimley's pekinese was often held between her knees
in which position she came to fruition,
he was a most obedient dog.

Comment is about NO MORE DOGGIN' (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Daniel, well in my experience this is not the case. At all the poetry gigs I've been to, people give their full attention and it's the norm to turn mobiles off. If people behaved like this I think I'd change venues.

Regards John S

Comment is about THE INSIGNIFICANT POET (blog)

Original item by Daniel Dwyran

lot said in a few lines. enjoy this a lot x

Comment is about Belief (blog)

Original item by Cait Abbott

I read this poem live on BBC Radio York this morning. You can listen to it, and the full interview at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04z048h#play starting at 1:37

Comment is about The Happiest Place (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

Fur Kennel JC! I think you got 'em all!

Comment is about NO MORE DOGGIN' (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Ray....."special womb of the poetic mind" you should have saved that for a future piece yourself. but we know what you mean.

G

Comment is about Unseen (blog)

Original item by Karen Ankers

All the things a poem should do are here -beautifully sensitive and lovingly restrained, resulting in a piece that enters that special womb of the poetic mind.

Ray

Comment is about Unseen (blog)

Original item by Karen Ankers

This is a wonderfully poignant piece Karen. A fine thread runs through this like a hem.

Good work!

Comment is about Unseen (blog)

Original item by Karen Ankers

Thank you Frances, so glad you enjoyed this.

Sting was the one watching singing "I'll be watching you".

I wouldn't dream of climbing a mountain, a hill maybe.....if someone offered me chocolate ?

Paul

Comment is about Here's The Sting (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

Beautifully portrays who the innocence of childhood grows through the realisation in adulthood, truly captivating

Comment is about Unseen (blog)

Original item by Karen Ankers

Larry, As a new writier you do so from your inner self which is where we love, suffer pain and despair. Write on my good friend. I would like to read more. Thank you. Keith

Comment is about Larry Smith (poet profile)

Original item by Larry Smith

Hello Harry, hank you for your comment on the poem Here for a while. What you say is interesting and poses some questions. In nature we see cycles of events which focus on birth, death and resurrection. The seasons bear witness to this. It is no coincidence that Easter is celebrated in Spring a time of new birth and life in the world about us. A thought which inspires hope. Thank you for this. Keith

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

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