This glows with the warmth of a precious jewel I bet he wished he'd said "Yes, please".
Comment is about Man and Dogs (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
<Deleted User> (13947)
Mon 25th Jan 2016 21:18
Thank you for sharing your poem with me. It's short but powerful. I very much enjoyed it. I'd like to have it tucked somewhere inside of a book to re-read countless times. :)
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
<Deleted User> (13947)
Mon 25th Jan 2016 21:15
Beautiful and you made me laugh out loud. Your funny little line to the gentleman sounded so much like something I would have said. I am still smiling over it. Such a brilliant and complete story in your retelling of a brief encounter.
Comment is about Man and Dogs (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
I'm glad I stopped to read this poem, Cynthia. Beautifully observed.
Comment is about Man and Dogs (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Thank you for the welcome, folks!
WOL is a remarkable organisation, and I'm really proud to have joined a team whose skill, determination, and commitment has achieved so much already. I'm looking forward to rolling my sleeves up and getting stuck in.
And I'll do my best to post some poems every now and then, too. :-)
Comment is about Stepping up to the mic: Steve Pottinger is Write Out Loud's new chief executive (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Alex - haiku heaven. A metaphor for good and evil, life and death or merely a lepidopterist's keen observation. Welcome to WOL. Keep up the good work.
Rob
Comment is about a haiku (blog)
Original item by Alex
That would be me; just as soon as she's had a couple of gins.
Comment is about A Wonderful Opportunity (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for your comments on THE BIRTH, Ray, It is not my usual style as my instinct is to rhyme and so I am happy that an attempt at free verse should resonate.
Re THE RAGBAG SHEEPDOG I have had a couple of sheepdogs and a border collie previously and love the breed. Unfortunately now I have a shared drive and it would be too expensive to gate my property. Your imagery brought back happy memories.
Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)
Original item by ray pool
Ah, yes, John - you mean that cup of tea don't you? Definitely an important role - every birth scene on TV sees the hubby being told to make lots of boiling water!
Indeed not my usual style but for once I managed to break free from the shackles with which Marriott Edgar bound me in my innocent youth.
Comment is about THE BIRTH (blog)
Original item by Yvonne Brunton
love it. did not see the fourth verse coming, nice twist that shifts the whole piece and makes the re-read a completely new experience. clever bit of writing.
Comment is about Aisha with Beads (blog)
Original item by Jim Trott
Ah, but who makes the first cup of tea in the morning?
Comment is about A Wonderful Opportunity (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Hi Cynthia. I love the idea of writing about brief encounters. Short snapshots of everyday life. Man and Dogs is beautifully crafted, and I love the humour in there too.
I only joined the site today, and I'm looking forward to reading more of your work
Jim
Comment is about Man and Dogs (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
You clearly ignore the valuable and complex role played by the male in this process!
The free style surprised me but I was enchanted by the imagery, some of which I needed to re-read to appreciate.
Comment is about THE BIRTH (blog)
Original item by Yvonne Brunton
Welcome Steve.
(But, for Pete`s sake, don`t go all administrative on us,
Keep blogging your poems!)
Comment is about Stepping up to the mic: Steve Pottinger is Write Out Loud's new chief executive (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
We share the decision making quite equally in our house, Yvonne. I decide all the big stuff (which government we'll have, EU policy, should Scotland go independent) while Our Gert concerns herself with sweating the little stuff (should we get married, have children, move house etc). You might think this demeans her but it works for us.
Comment is about A Wonderful Opportunity (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A nicely related tale with all the trimmings Cynthia. It can't be overstated how bonded people can be with their pets. Quite sad and I like your empathy. A real goodie.
Ray
Comment is about Man and Dogs (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
The first poem of yours I've read, and it's a treat. An eloquent psalm to motherhood with all its grandeur and hopes and expectations. Really awe inspiring stuff, that men can't really expect to fully understand.
Ray
Comment is about THE BIRTH (blog)
Original item by Yvonne Brunton
Thanks for your appreciation Yvonne. I since found out he was injured in a quad bike (but that was before I saw him ) and I fell for him!
Ray
Comment is about THE RAGBAG SHEEPDOG (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thanks Wolfie - I shall aim to 'trust my gut' from now on! x
Comment is about Look Closer! (blog)
Original item by Pixievic
Immortality in women's poetry? If only there had been the women poets available for history to make a decision about immortality. That may change in decades to come.
Comment is about First the cheers, now the arguments over TS Eliot Prize winner (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Lovely images. I love
"tease your hair into a web that entraps my thoughts"
and the alliteration of " whisper the wind".
Comment is about Monsoon winds (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
The best thing about a mobile phone is the power I feel when I ignore it. you are so right about the big corporations preying on our base instincts for consumption.
Comment is about Digital Distraction (blog)
Original item by Chris Briggs
The beauty of this is such a powerful emotion so simply expressed. Thank you for sharing.
Comment is about You and I (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Cynthia - you have managed to combine acute observation, humour, poignancy and pathos into this lovely piece of work. I love the detail and the commentary. As a regular dog-walker I can also empathise with the characters. Bloody brilliant.
Rob
Comment is about Man and Dogs (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
it's often that I'll sit on jagged feelings that don't fit into nicer words. then they come out like a blunderbuss.
there are times where patience is too short a rope to link understanding and empathy, and I need to stop carrying so many fucking skins. There are times where I just need to be selfish for ten minutes and shed them. Alcohol and self-made promises are tethers too poor to stop the warehouse collapse of self-neglect.
Comment is about the absence of eloquence with time hastily borrowed (blog)
Original item by Zach Dafoe
I like this - no surprise there - but I'm struggling just a little with the 'precipice' metaphor. I'm not sure it's really what you meant as your poem develops its theme. It's just my opinion, always open to return flack. I'm trusting we are on such a foothold as to make this possible.
Comment is about tipping point (blog)
Original item by Twilbury Wist
quite right too!!
Think of all the decision-making angst she 's saved you from.
Giggle, Giggle.
Comment is about A Wonderful Opportunity (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Comment is about the absence of eloquence with time hastily borrowed (blog)
Original item by Zach Dafoe
Stu - thanks for the tip off about Haiku Journal. I have submitted some examples today. Will let you know how they get on. Cheers.
Rob
Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)
Original item by Stuart Buck
well drawn image of an old dog. I especially like
"With a streak of purpose and a flattened pose" a perfect sheepdog description.
Comment is about THE RAGBAG SHEEPDOG (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Alison Hill
Mon 25th Jan 2016 10:58
That's great news, a great choice and champion of poetry.
Well done Steve!
Comment is about Stepping up to the mic: Steve Pottinger is Write Out Loud's new chief executive (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
whoever she is, she just got burnt...
its so nice to see such a lack of restraint in a poem. often people hold back, you can see it (actually pinpoint in a poem where they wanted to scream but instead just whispered) but here you just fucking went for it. its reminded me of what can be done when we give up on a pretense and shoot fire from our fingers. i have been guilty in the past of holding back, even more so lately when i think ive tried to hard to be 'a poet' and not hard enough to write poetry.
chemtrails and vinyl. i know girls like that. they are nothing but trouble.
Comment is about the absence of eloquence with time hastily borrowed (blog)
Original item by Zach Dafoe
brilliant. such beautiful cynicism, makes me want to applaud and kill myself at the same time.
Comment is about The army and fucking (blog)
Original item by Eric Broke
a lot of strong emotions.
Loved reading it.
Keep writing.
Comment is about Nameless (blog)
Original item by Chandana
Hey Wolfie - thanks for your comments - I battled with the idea of letting the reader discover the acrostic themselves & wish I'd stuck to my instinct which was to not guide - I posted it that way on my other page & enjoyed the response when people figured it out! - I'm still learning to trust my instincts! But that's what life is about eh - learning!! Yes the 1st & 3rd verse are a deliberate contradiction as I think 'Love' is contradictory - & the LLC ....... I didn't want it to be 'about' someone - more about the nature of love - but I did have a person in mind who I was referring to. Thanks again for taking the time to comment - much appreciated x
Comment is about Look Closer! (blog)
Original item by Pixievic
Helps if you're already a distinguished academic, I suppose.
Comment is about First the cheers, now the arguments over TS Eliot Prize winner (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (13947)
Sun 24th Jan 2016 19:49
This brought up so many childhood memories for me. Very nicely written. I was committed to reading this all the way through. I needed to see the ending.
Comment is about BALLPOINTING FOR DAD (blog)
Original item by GeeProcessor
<Deleted User> (13947)
Sun 24th Jan 2016 19:46
<Deleted User> (13947)
Sun 24th Jan 2016 19:43
Breathtaking. I love "I will lure your smile with those fingered words" :)
Comment is about Monsoon winds (blog)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
<Deleted User> (13947)
Sun 24th Jan 2016 19:39
Brilliant! I caught myself smiling at this a lot. And then seeing some of myself in it (minus the Candy Crush Saga of course :) )
Comment is about Digital Distraction (blog)
Original item by Chris Briggs
<Deleted User> (13947)
Sun 24th Jan 2016 19:34
<Deleted User> (13947)
Sun 24th Jan 2016 19:33
I really like this. "and the summer is too slow to come" is a stunning line
Comment is about Loss (blog)
Original item by A.M. Clarke
<Deleted User> (13947)
Sun 24th Jan 2016 19:31
<Deleted User> (13947)
Sun 24th Jan 2016 19:29
I liked this quite a bit. There are some really clever and killer lines in there. My stand out favorite would be
"I’m washed up in pills and self loathing"
Comment is about On my end (blog)
Original item by Eric Broke
I would value Gray's "Elegy in a Country Churchyard" in
terms of the sum mentioned and more...and I wonder if
anything produced by this young lady will similarly
survive the test of time to immortality in the same way?
It would be certainly justify the payday and prestige she is enjoying in today's world of poetry and its rewards for the
chosen few.
Comment is about First the cheers, now the arguments over TS Eliot Prize winner (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
M.C. Newberry
Mon 25th Jan 2016 22:15
Poetry has had its female burning lights: Rossetti and
Meynell come to mind. And there are others who conjure
up delights like The Little Waves of Breffny (I stand to be
corrected on the title but that's OK).
Comment is about First the cheers, now the arguments over TS Eliot Prize winner (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman