Thanks for all the comments guys! Really appreciate it
Comment is about Blood Knot (blog)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
Hi Vicki Glad you liked my warrior!
Comment is about Pixievic (poet profile)
Original item by Pixievic
Hi Ray Glad you liked my warrior!
Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)
Original item by ray pool
Thank you Rob - that's a lovely comment!! Xx
Comment is about Somewhere (blog)
Original item by Pixievic
so pleased you liked this David as it needs a calm mind to get into it. I was inspired into it by a bit of telepathy and trying to describe that, and how it might seem in a poetic context.
Cheers Ray
Comment is about THOUGHT FORMS (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Haha!! That's ok I'm aiming to be privately funded by a rich old man!!
Comment is about Humans & Poets (blog)
Original item by Pixievic
Gulp. You'll never get an Art's council grant with that attitude Vicki - Tracey Emin has cornered the market.
Comment is about Humans & Poets (blog)
Original item by Pixievic
Thanks for that John
We have all become part of a project that has highlighted our very own hearts of Stockport.
Comment is about Unpicked-Restitched Exhibition (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
The theme of the changes in life - whether in mind or body
- or both: captured for us to consider, each to his/her own.
Comment is about 'The older we get the stranger my husband becomes' (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Vivid! One of the elemental forces readily available to us
in whatever place we happen to be at the time - but there
is that comforting "close the door" that allows us to shut
it out when seeking refuge.
I recall being high on a bare Scottish Highland hillside when
one of those dry storms - with looming pink skies and
distant drums of thunder - seemed likely to materialise
overhead. Quickly placing my backpack down, I moved
away and made myself as small as possible for someone
of 6'4". Thankfully, the conditions improved around me
and I was able to go on my way...with a muttered
prayer of thanks.
Comment is about Storm (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Alexandra - just found your work and I'm impressed. I will read through your pieces on here and promise to leave comments, constructive criticism and collected thoughts where appropriate.
Rob
Comment is about Alexandra K. Parapadakis (poet profile)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
Alexandra - I avoid reading the established hierarchy of dead and dying poets as I refuse to have my work influenced by unrealistic romanticism. I like your dig at accepted convention. Keep it going.
Rob
Comment is about Writing 'proper' poetry (blog)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
Alexandra - who is this raptorous female, and when can I meet her? Love your use of the darker traits in your work.
Rob
Comment is about Grisly Girl (blog)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
Alexandra - strangely compelling piece. Read it and read it again for maximum impact. Love it.
Rob
Comment is about Blood Knot (blog)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
freckled in a shellshocked fading sunlight
colouring in the sky two lines in between stations does it for me - - - again well read mate on Monday night!
Comment is about Inbetween Stations with David Bowie (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Vicki -I am picturing Victorian ladies in crinolines and lace,
bosoms heaving and faces blushing behind fans. Ladies on the lookout for a gentleman of their dreams. This piece has a feel of the romantic poets of old. Very nice Vicki.
Rob
Comment is about Somewhere (blog)
Original item by Pixievic
Eric - I am currently watching a box set on Sky called Aquarius. Its broadly about the Charles Manson era and the settings and characters are reflected in your piece. Not sure your intention was a hippy trip back to the sixties, but it has that feel. Very well done sir!
Rob
Comment is about Isla Vista (blog)
Original item by Eric Broke
Thanks Stu, appreciate the comment.
I'm still playing about with the ending on this (not something I usually do, but not quite happy with it)
Comment is about Census Report (blog)
Original item by David Lindsay
That is a poem in itself Mr C! Thanks xx
Comment is about Somewhere (blog)
Original item by Pixievic
<Deleted User> (13762)
Sat 13th Feb 2016 12:25
yep - I like this too - the title caught my attention because I'd written a short story about a guy who drove from Isla Vista to Denver Colorado - reading this made me take a look at some of your other work which I also enjoyed. Thanks.
Comment is about Isla Vista (blog)
Original item by Eric Broke
<Deleted User> (6895)
Sat 13th Feb 2016 11:14
A plug? You mean a news item, of course, David! Of course we're usually interested in a new publishing venture, especially with such a Larkinesque name. Do keep us posted.
Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)
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Hi Greg. Good to hear from you again & Hi Ray Thanks for encouraging comments about 'Manganese'. In passing I am soon going to be launchuing my new online journal and publishing venture The High Window along with co-editor Anthony Costello. I'll be in touch again in case you want to give it a plug. Might need a poem or two in due course as well!
Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)
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Hi Harry Thanks for encouraging comments about 'Manganese'.
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Hi Ray Thanks for encouraging comments about 'Manganese'.
Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)
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Fri 12th Feb 2016 19:27
nevertheless Nicole it is still very readable as a poem too.Thank you.Jemima.
Comment is about Take it Back (blog)
Original item by Nicole
Fri 12th Feb 2016 19:19
right up my street Daisy! Thank you.Jemima.
Comment is about Black Lines (blog)
Original item by Daisy Lancaster
Sometimes my poems are more like song lyrics. This is one of those times
Comment is about Take it Back (blog)
Original item by Nicole
Capturing the imaginations of the young is worth the
effort and poetry - cannily chosen - is a primary example
of what can be achieved. There are numerous examples
that can catch the attention of inquisitive open minds.
Properly "taught" they can trigger the desire to learn by
heart.
Some - like Sassoon's "The General" and Houseman's
"Blue Remembered Hills" - have qualities best suited
to the concept/process but there are numerous other
examples that could work towards a lifelong love of
poetry and appreciation of its value in enhancing the human condition across the generations.
Comment is about 'Taking the poem inside you': pupils battle it out for place in Poetry By Heart finals (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I had that on my list but being bitten made me think of the horse and the fact that when time comes to retire and it is tired of fighting the horse is put out to graze!
Comment is about February 2016 Collage Poem (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Hi Joan
You're welcome. Be my guest :)
If those poems are demanding that loudly to be heard, I think you'd better let them! ;)
Comment is about Shall I compare thee to a selfie stick? Dos and don'ts of first-person poetry (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you Jemima, Martin and Colin, I loved your feedback. Have a great weekend. Anna x
Comment is about I can't take my eyes off those silver boots (blog)
Original item by Anna Ghislena
Thanks Ray much appreciated . There have been a number of sad female singers including those you have mentioned and of course Janis Joplin
Comment is about Amy (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Joan Hewitt
Fri 12th Feb 2016 08:39
I went offline for a day and returned to this quality questioning and answering.Thank you.Laura, very inspired by yours- may I quote it in my own page as a lead- in to recommending writeoutloud. Greg, I respect your doubts...I waited till my parents had died. But it is harder to keep back the poems 'about' my adult daughters . I do. But I am 70 now, maybe one more book in me, and I hear the poems whimpering in the drawer to be let out- they promise to disguise themselves and no one will recognise them.Should I trust them? I wedge the drawer shut. I received a very helpful answer from poet friends on the ethics of poems resulting from working with prisoners or healthcare/ dementia patients. See my Facebook page.
Comment is about Shall I compare thee to a selfie stick? Dos and don'ts of first-person poetry (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Fri 12th Feb 2016 02:51
Snap Snap Snap Snap Snap
Comment is about Blood Knot (blog)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
Excellent this one Martin. A fine tribute to a sad sad girl. There have been others of course, like Edith Piaff, Billie Holliday and Judy Garland. It's a very hard life to be successful in their field, and they did come up the hard way very often. exploited, abused and over worked.
Ray
Comment is about Amy (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Gothic undertones, unsettling and compelling, with all sorts of subtle references just under the surface.
Fine work. Ray
Comment is about Blood Knot (blog)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
Always a somewhere
Always a someone
Always a sometime
Maybe a somehow.
Comment is about Somewhere (blog)
Original item by Pixievic
Very good guess, Nigel - but the original Anglo-Saxon riddle refers to a SHIELD.
Comment is about February 2016 Collage Poem (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
This discussion interests me.
In my most recent blog on here (about a fairly universal fear of old people in these seeming `hanging on forever
days) I related it to a `he` and `him` (specifying it somewhat)...This - beside a rather `iffy` metaphor - stopped me from sending it to a comp.
This makes me wonder what the effect would have been if I had made it about `we` and `our`...would it have been a bit more universal?
Or what would be the effect of making it a specifically personal `me` and `mine`...would it have seemed more-or less-universal?
Just a couple word word changes would have done it
By universal I mean emotionally accessible to the reader.
Comment is about Shall I compare thee to a selfie stick? Dos and don'ts of first-person poetry (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (6895)
Thu 11th Feb 2016 17:47
did you get Donald Trumps autograph Jean? if so,can you tell me how he signed it while he was wearing a straight jacket? or should have been.U2-top band! my fave track by them?-One love-Great to see yer back in the fold,thanks for the laugh.
Stef.
Comment is about When I went to America (blog)
Original item by jean lucy thompson
The message is clear, the words well-crafted and the
rhythm infectious. Like both lyric and tune.
N.B. An interesting historical footnote.
Originally, infant boys wore pink, the girls - blue.
Comment is about Nonbinary song (blog)
Original item by Marnanel Thurman
John, whatever you are in this riddle, one thing remains:
We of WOL Stockport had a marvellous time on Monday evening! Thoughts and words and voices blended and flowed like a river, unstoppable and beautiful in a fusion of delightful and diverse creativity....I just love our group!
Comment is about February 2016 Collage Poem (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
the last line works perfect here, Alexandra. another cracker! x
Comment is about Blood Knot (blog)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
excellent stuff, alexandra. keep posting. good to see you back here again xx
Comment is about Grisly Girl (blog)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
But it's stolen in her laughter, interweaved between the gaps of her teeth.
She sold it in her songs,
She traps it in her pocket and only blows it out into the wind
Magnificent lines Alexandra - I hope to read more of your work.
Comment is about Grisly Girl (blog)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
jeremy young
Sun 14th Feb 2016 12:32
this has a very nice cadence, and a certain dignity
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Original item by Eric Berard