thank you! I enjoy receiving comments!! x

Comment is about Appreciation (blog)

Original item by Maria Renea

Wow, love this. I can totally relate. Nice work!

Comment is about Repeat (blog)

Original item by MyDystopiA

Great use of repetition, nice flow. I much enjoyed.

Comment is about MAN (blog)

Original item by Dyphrent

Nice rhythm

Comment is about Passion (blog)

Original item by Ivo Cossa

Hello...it's always a pleasure to hear from you all.

Thanks, Suki. I suppose some things are better left unsaid to the masses--people usually think what they want, anyhow.

And, Juan, though I'm not a biblical historian of any sort, I find that to be an interesting topic. As the book of Exodus tells it, Moses broke one set of tablets in reaction to the making of the golden calf. As for the second set, David could be right--it could make for interesting research. About the wording--because "coming night" is part of a prepositional phrase, I don't think "has" will work--thanks anyway, though.

I appreciate that, Ray. It is a pause, in a sense--though, as they say, time waits for no man. The world keeps just turnin', man.

And, David...there are some things that never die, though the transitions we are forced to make would cause them to seem "deceased". I mean, it seems that doors close to some things of which we aren't quite ready to let go; yet, they still maintain a place within us.

Thanks to each of you for your comments. And, I'm glad you both liked it, Nicola and Adam.

elP

Comment is about missive (blog)

Original item by nunya

thank you so much! I will always continue writing! x

Comment is about Maria Renea (poet profile)

Original item by Maria Renea

I am tired of the saying "boys will be boys". Yes, i understand that boys are children and are not quite mature but children need to be taught that every person regardless of their gender, sexuality, race, religion or color is a human being. we need to educate, not place the blame. I try to hold hope that the future is going to be better for everyone.

Comment is about Object (blog)

Original item by Maria Renea

Luckily, i was raised how to think not what to think. I was also raised to accept and to listen not to judge those outside of what i see as the norm. I will always be the same, accepting, understanding and i will strive to see equality for everyone. and thank you raj, i will always keep writing! x

Comment is about Blame (blog)

Original item by Maria Renea

Thanks Suki for commenting, much appreciated.

Hope all is well with you.

Paul

Comment is about Enigma Variations (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

MC - I read your comment with interest having not long ago read Adventures in the Rocky Mountains by IB, the extracts version published as part of Penguin's Great Journeys series. What an amazing woman she was and a decent travel writer too. I'd love to read your screenplay.

This article brings to mind my great aunt Louise Thomas - sister in law to my great grandfather Alfred William Hill who I recently wrote about here on WoL. Her father worked as a railway tunnel miner as well and both the Hill and Thomas families lived in quite appalling shanty towns wherever the work took them up and down the country.

At the age of 2 in 1881 the Thomas family had moved to Portskewett in Monmouthshire next to the Severn Rail Tunnel workings. By 1901 she was in Newport working as a Board School Teacher. I reckon she must have seen an ad for a post as governess with the de Havilland family. After she started working for them she became friends with the younger children's older brother Geoffrey and they married in 1909.

As you probably know, Geoffrey became one of our earliest aviation pioneers and later founded the de Havilland aircraft company. In his autobiography 'Sky Fever' there is a charming photo of 'Louie' stitching the covering for his first aeroplane using a treadle Singer sewing machine. She must have shared a number of early flights with him as one is mentioned in the book when she and their 8 week old son were taken up. I have also unearthed possible stories of them flying to Wales to visit her Mother but I have not been able to verify this but it seems highly plausible.

She became Lady Louie when Geoffrey was knighted in 1944. They had 3 sons of which 2 died in plane crashes within 3 years of each other, one over the Thames Estuary on a test flight. It is said that she never recovered from these tragedies and passed away in 1949.

I made contact with her grand daughter a couple of years back but she claimed there were no family photos. I suspect this was not the case, but in fairness she had just given birth so maybe it was not the best time. I would love to write up her story one day as it is quite remarkable - from shanty navvy life to high flying Lady. I'm not aware of her being a writer though.

Thought you might be interested. Col

Comment is about Lift-off for anthology inspired by trail-blazing women (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Women forging their own path through life are nothing new.
I once wrote a screenplay of a journey by extraordinary writer/traveller and philanthropist from the latter half of
the 19th century UK: Isabella Lucy Bird - who thought
nothing of solo adventures in unexplored and uncertain
parts of the world. recording her experiences to become
something of an achieving celebrity irrespective of her sex.
In "pensionable age" she was on horseback exploring the
Atlas Mountains of Morocco...a woman far ahead of her own time and unhindered by its restrictions. Doubtless
there are others less well known who surmounted their
own personal obstacles in life beyond the social mores
and expectations of their time.

Comment is about Lift-off for anthology inspired by trail-blazing women (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Warmly welcome - a consoling consideration of what it
was to be young for many of us...with that unanswerable
yearning to return to the comfort of what we knew but
cannot come again...in tandem with the lines of "Blue
Remembered Hills" (from "A Shropshire Lad").

Comment is about Returning Home (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

If blame is to be applied, it should be reasoned and free
from irrational prejudice. There is a case for blame -
otherwise how is guilt to be judged and retribution
properly decided? We are all responsible for our actions
and must be prepared to defend, justify, or pay the
price for any outside the law.

Comment is about Blame (blog)

Original item by Maria Renea

So brilliant, and in spite of all the great comments I am at a loss to contribute any new facets Suki. I do love "tribal lanyards" just for one, but the images just leap out and hang together into a dark silk dreamscape.

Nothing could be better and i'm sure we all go back suitably humbled.

Ray

Comment is about Nocturne Dance (blog)

Original item by Suki Spangles

A poem of acceptance I feel of a view back through nostalgia and of course unsettling while pensive. You express the wonders that we all felt in safety.

Nice one Ian, especially with the repeated last lines each time.

Ray

Comment is about Returning Home (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

I sense a kind of pausing musing and delicacy here elP,
it seems to represent a never ending question for you (as if answers are a little out of reach. The results for me are always like water to a thirsty man. Making monuments don't necessarily satisfy us in a deeper sense.

Ray

Comment is about missive (blog)

Original item by nunya

You draw us in and we walk with you. This poem is real and celebrates the poetry that is in the moment. Indeed, I doubt if there would be any poets if we did not stop to reflect on some peculiarity of the moment. Thank you for sharing yourself. (and for cleaning up after your dog. We walkers appreciate it.)

Comment is about 'Drinking where the river bed is dry' by John Marks is Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

This reminds me of the 10 commandments chiseled into the stone tablets...what ever happened to them? is what this makes me think. Really interesting read.

The last line though elPintor did you mean 'night as yet...' or 'night has yet'?

Comment is about missive (blog)

Original item by nunya

Photo supplied by Frances Swallow, Head Teacher, Marsden Infant School.
Used with permission.

Comment is about Infant school poem in Marsden, Poetry Village (photo)

Original item by Marsden Write Out Loud

This is lovely LB.

Comment is about to my sweetest girl (blog)

Original item by Little Bit

those two lines and this song possibly my favourite from Joni. Enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS0wzDMfzOQ

Comment is about Nocturne Dance (blog)

Original item by Suki Spangles

Don' t waste your breath on him Maria.
Only losers blame.Rise above it.
Anyway, better out than in.

Keep writing!

Raj x

Comment is about Blame (blog)

Original item by Maria Renea

Thank you Keith it was hard but it helped me in the long run

Comment is about Abuse (blog)

Original item by Brian Belyea

Hi all,

What can I say - thanks so much for taking the time to read and leave your feedback - really appreciated.

Col,

I love the lines of the Joni Mitchell lyric:
A helicopter lands on a Pan Am roof/
Like a dragonfly on a tomb..

Which song is this. I would love to listen to it. I'm not too familiar with her music.

David,

This was partly inspired by where I work: lots of glass office buildings, with a few cafes. An oddly peaceful atmosphere (sometimes), other times quietly menacing/deceptive..

Night is also a great time for both reading and writing poetry - when our minds go a little nuts, and our biorhythms/circadian rhythms get all tangled, trip wired..

Stu,

You're really kind. I don't always have confidence, but just go with it - see what happens, and suspend disbelief; it's the only way..

Paul,

Thank you too. Always appreciate your feedback. I know you must still be especially busy settling back in and all..

Thanks all.

Suki

Comment is about Nocturne Dance (blog)

Original item by Suki Spangles

Hi Paul,

Yes - the only constant is change, or perhaps plus ca change..

Suki

Comment is about Enigma Variations (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

This poem is wonderfully mysterious - especially the last verse.

Lovely stuff elP.

Suki

Comment is about missive (blog)

Original item by nunya

I can speak both spanish and english, your spanish is very good! thank you for the comment! i will continue to write, i enjoy any comments. thank you for taking the time to read the feelings i have written down. gracias, tambien. de nada. x
-Maria

Comment is about Mujer de Elección (blog)

Original item by Maria Renea

its really sad, even educated men behave in this manner. i guess education is more about degree to create bank balance, it has nothing to do with humanity and kindness...phew!!!??

Comment is about Object (blog)

Original item by Maria Renea

Wow ...this is powerful

Comment is about He's Different Now (blog)

Original item by Rachel Miller

Love the profile poem and looking forward to reading more !

Comment is about Maria Renea (poet profile)

Original item by Maria Renea

Sadly not the greatest poems though

Comment is about TAKE ME BACK TO ROCKN'ROLL - a re-post for a reason (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

One of the greatest

Comment is about TAKE ME BACK TO ROCKN'ROLL - a re-post for a reason (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Nice for my profile to become a place for free speech!

Comment is about AM Cash (poet profile)

Original item by AM Cash

We are so lucky to be allowed in this "honoured space", our poems are creative offerings in return.

Comment is about Our Marble Womb (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

The gallery is a shrine with art its sacrament.

Comment is about Our Marble Womb (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

a great and wicked sense of humor..very much required for getting through this life with anything other than bitterness..

elP

Comment is about dear richard, (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Hi Greg. Enjoyable evening and well done to all for the enthusiasm thus displayed. Was a little acoustically challenged sitting so far back but really enjoyed meeting so many of the friendly guys. I think my poem about being seen in 'a bearskin' put ladies off. Will try to make the next one. :)

Review is about Write Out Loud Woking on 20 Mar 2017 (event)

Hola Maria,

Puedo hablar un poco en español. Para mi, usted tiene razón. Esta situación no es aceptable (espero que mi espańol tenga sentido).

I can speak a little Spanish. For me, you are right. This situation is not acceptable (I hope my Spanish makes sense).

Gracias,
Thank you,

Paul

Comment is about Mujer de Elección (blog)

Original item by Maria Renea

Suki, thanks for your comment. One of those weird ideas I sometimes get without being actually carted off by men in white coats.

Col: Another great clip, and a terrific musical ride Thanks!

Ray

Comment is about RHYMING ROCK (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Just to set the scene: I got these titbits from a book of 1930 called London Lanes by Alan Stapleton, with great sketches.
David, that area seems to come back to haunt us - your poem about the Frenchman and my Flete poem. Thanks for checking up - endless interest for me .

Col. definitely point taken, and the poetic forces are pretty much secondary as the poem rolls on. It's a tricky chance to take, but at least it got the curiosity juices going , and I hope you were suitably slaked! I lifted that quote. Did Chaucer write poetry? if so , rich pickings for a modern transplant. Thanks, and again sorry for any fallout due to Ernie.

Paul , nice to have you back in the hotseat again! Us poets are curious fellows.

Mark: Thank you for elaborations and detailing; apparently Marylebone Lane was the course of the Tyburn Brook, hence the twists and turns, and downward gradient. I gather that the Marble Arch itself had a police presence within the building? I used to do gigs at a section house near Portland Place, can't remember exactly. You know your history!

Thanks for all your interest. Ray

Comment is about THE LANES OF LONDON (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Intriguing stuff - and an attractive journey through some
byways of this old city. I worked out of Marylebone
Lane for some years (late 60s, thro' the 70s) - and got
to know the local area (where I still live) and its history very well. I still have an old postcard: of an Edwardian
police constable turning out of the Lane into Wigmore
Street, and placed the POV from the Cock and Lion pub on the opposite pavement of the latter street. I had a large framed copy made which I presented to that
pub after moving up the road to other work premises
nearer Marble Arch and the site of the infamous Tyburn
scaffold, with - nearby - the Mason's Arms PH where it's
been said that prisoners were lodged in its cellars before
their final sight of this world.

Comment is about THE LANES OF LONDON (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks Col, good to be back.

Thanks, too, David, such an apt quote from the Tempest (hope I'm right!). It fits the poem well. I wanted to convey the idea of all of life being an enigma with endless variations and constant change.

Thanks again chaps, lovely to hear from you.

Paul

Comment is about Enigma Variations (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

But there is another way
For a poet to supplement pay.
No need to fudge:
Get known as a judge,
Or a winner of their contests...OK?

Comment is about The Poet Won't Buy You a Drink (blog)

Original item by Joe Williams

I thought it started at 7:30 PM. And Pensioners are still £2, are they not?

The guests last night were terrific: young, dynamic and skilled in their writing craft.

An excellent turn-out for the two MC's who are working so hard to make this venue an active evening of Poetry for all. It's a warm, inclusive evening for writers and listeners of diverse interests and backgrounds.

Check us out next month.

Comment is about Write Out Loud Sale at the Waterside tonight (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

What a life to prove that AGE is NOTHING in pursuit of the literary Arts! Even in my limited capacity, I must never bang that drum: I'm getting too old for all this. Never.

Great article.

Comment is about Nobel prize poet Sir Derek Walcott dies aged 87 (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you both for reading and responding to my poem! Much appreciated!

Comment is about Relations (blog)

Original item by Dyphrent

well 'Hello You' and thanks for the lovely comment on my profile poem. Two clear weeks for catching up sounds a luxury to envy. Please feel free to dig and delve and comment if you wish Cynthia. My library door is always open.

I know what you mean about profile pics. Travandy's red typewriter is up at the top, iconic as a London bus. I don't recall the chap with the green eye but Suki's Polaroid pic is sheer pop art poetry. Mine changes occasionally with my mood. If I'm feeling particularly open you might get the full face but when I start mentally retreating it disappears to maybe just a cutout birdie. I seem to be halfway between at present - an equilibrium state perhaps. I quite like this one with the specs in an early Elvis Costello kind of way but that's just me being self-indulgent and laughing at my own jokes!

All the best to you Ms Aperitif.
Colin

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I actually have a copy of a VI Form Centre text book, 'Selected Poems of Edward Thomas', 1964, which I picked up in a discard pile (God knows when, where or how exactly). Seeing a book 'next to pitched', especially POETRY, nearly makes me ill. It's a real treasure.

Such variety of subjects and styles, and attitude. Very addictive to read, and often. I'm not surprised that he and Robert Frost were great friends; their minds and attitudes were surely complementary.

Comment is about Day of events at Steep to mark Edward Thomas centenary (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

A fitting setting to let your mind relax so far away from the stress and madness that people accept as normal in the outside world.

Comment is about Our Marble Womb (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Suki, a wonderfully imaginative poem that stands up well to re-reading. Quite brilliant observations and descriptive writing.

Paul

Comment is about Nocturne Dance (blog)

Original item by Suki Spangles