Brilliant! Love your style x

Comment is about Salute (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

I like this - very descriptive - each word stands alone well done x

Comment is about The Gone World Gone (Poem for a Dead Man) (blog)

Original item by David Staruh

Thank you LD! It was a funny experience!!

Comment is about A Strange Encounter (blog)

Original item by Pixievic

Great - I look forward to it!

Brilliant book that, I applaud your literary taste ;) Have you read the Border Trilogy? Great first two books but I found the third more than tricky.

I can see now where you've come from with this. What a joyful read over the festive period ha :D

And yes, felicitations backatcha :D

Wooo - exciting!

Comment is about this is the end (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

challenge accepted! i like that line too. i wrote this after i finished reading 'the road' by cormac mccarthy. a fine book indeed. yuletide felicitations. hope you had a great festive period. mine was exhausting. only a month until little buck #2 arrives. must catch up on sleep!

Comment is about this is the end (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

I picture these flowers in repose, awaiting spring. Wonderful piece.

Comment is about A Winter Garden (blog)

Original item by Patrick Rushe

Nice alliteration, loved this.

Comment is about Village Gothic (blog)

Original item by David Blake

I found myself chuckling to the very end... Good for you!

Comment is about A Strange Encounter (blog)

Original item by Pixievic

"Out there,

Rainbows thrive by day,

While shooting stars

Light the night sky,

And warriors give up their lives...."

A powerful write.

Comment is about Salute (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Fantastic.

Comment is about The Gone World Gone (Poem for a Dead Man) (blog)

Original item by David Staruh

A nice piece of bewitchery Harry to cull your term!

Quite romantic in a slightly seedy context, may I say?

Ray.

Comment is about Octolunes (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Good man, Harry. You're right, it has a dependable feel and is ripe for humour. Leave it with me!
Thanks for the input. Ray

Comment is about RAMSBOTTOM BICKERDYKE AND Co (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks, Harry. I cn c owit mite bea bit UVA puzla without the mp3.
I've pinched the structure from Kipling; you might recognise "Din, Din, Din" etc.

Comment is about ODE TO JOHN THE HAT (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

There is one glorious line in this Stu that I think you could turn into a poem of its own. The imagery in this particular poem seems a little...haphazard and abstract.

The line I mean is this:

i kick through people’s lives like autumn leaves


I think this sums up us poets nicely ;)

Comment is about this is the end (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thank you Patrick x

Comment is about A Strange Encounter (blog)

Original item by Pixievic

Thank you for reading me Patrick & for your kind comments! It was truly a strange encounter!

Comment is about Patrick Rushe (poet profile)

Original item by Patrick Rushe

Enjoyed this, Matthew. I like the tone and mood you conjure up. I see you're from Swansea. This is reminiscent of the great man himself, in my view, in the poem's layout, and ambition of language. Thanks for posting it here.

Comment is about A Lifetime Of Nights In A Welsh Town (blog)

Original item by Matthew Jones

aye up Harry
I'll add these comments to the blog 'Rich Pictures' too - as it may prompt more discussion.
As you say - it's a tough one to describe images that the reader can't see, which is why I love the opportunity on WOL to include an image with the words - not always necessary - but it can help understanding.
This piece is part of a collaboration between the photographer (Richard Nixon) and 3 poets - myself, Laura Taylor and John Togher. We are using (Mainly) black and white source photographs that strike a chord with each of us individually. In the main we are being either descriptive or relaying how the image makes us feel.
This poem was my attempt to capture what the whole experience meant to me - and the thing that strikes me about Richard's pictures are the way he manipulates light with organic and inorganic subject matter - and his use of 'soft' shapes and 'hard' lines and angles. Because of this there will be some conflict in my own use of language, because it encompasses the whole, rather than any one image (Hope that makes sense).
For anyone interested, type the words 'Richpix' in the tag search field and all the pieces we have done so far should magically appear. That may give a better idea as to why summarising the whole project this way throws up conflicting imagery in the words (I hope).
Thanks for the kind comments - I appreciate it as always
Ian

Comment is about Rich Pictures (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

aye up Harry
I'll add these comments to the blog 'Rich Pictures' too - as it may prompt more discussion.
As you say - it's a tough one to describe images that the reader can't see, which is why I love the opportunity on WOL to include an image with the words - not always necessary - but it can help understanding.
This piece is part of a collaboration between the photographer (Richard Nixon) and 3 poets - myself, Laura Taylor and John Togher. We are using (Mainly) black and white source photographs that strike a chord with each os us individually. In the main we are being either descriptive or relaying how the image makes us feel.
This poem was my attempt to capture what the whole experience meant to me - and the thing that strikes me about Richard's pictures are the way he manipulates light with organic and inorganic subject matter - and his use of 'soft' shapes and 'hard' lines and angles. Because of this there will be some conflict in my own use of language, because it encompasses the whole, rather than any one image (Hope that makes sense).
For anyone interested, type the words 'Richpix' in the tag search field and all the pieces we have done so far should magically appear. That may give a better idea as to why summarising the whole project this way throws up conflicting imagery in the words (I hope).
Thanks for the kind comments - I appreciate it as always
Ian

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

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Great piece of writing...I enjoyed the story in it....

Comment is about A Strange Encounter (blog)

Original item by Pixievic

Bit strong, Alum?

Comment is about What a dialogue ! (blog)

Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos

John,
What are you doin` to me ? I`ve just finished hurtin` me head about pictures and the written word, and now you`ve got me worryin` about sound and the written word.

I advise anyone who wants to savour the full value of this one to read it as they listen..it`s a corker!

Scouse would get nowhere near it.

Comment is about ODE TO JOHN THE HAT (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

David,
So that`s where all those jerky, jack in the box fights in those Chinese films comes from.

Comment is about Fire Monkey (blog)

Original item by David Lindsay

Tom,
I wondered at first about this (estranging?) idea
of a light house looking back and forward, then realised that a lighthouse light circles.

It`s comforting somehow.

Comment is about The Lighthouse (blog)

Original item by Tom

Ray,
Hang on to that Ramsbottom Bickerdyke and co.
roll it around you tongue and savour it, it has a feel of future greatness about it. Start thinking humour in the style of the great Victorian monologues) I`m sure you could do it. :)

Comment is about RAMSBOTTOM BICKERDYKE AND Co (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Ian,
These descriptions of what (I presume) are individual photographs remind me of some thoughts I had once when we had a long - argumentative - thread about ` The Red Wheelbarrow` and imagist poetry.

I wondered afterwards why no one had brought up the idea of still life in painting as a reason for the imagist idea.

I tried to imagine each of the photographs you describe, but couldn`t get rid of the thought that the two types of representation are incompatible.

For instance your stanza four has the `active` terms fractured, exploding, strobes and cast which, I can well imagine, describe the effect the photography had on you yourself, but wonder if it really `conveys` the photography itself.

I`ve often noticed that a poem about a sunset which includes a coloured photograph usually loses hands down against even an ordinary picture.

As someone who`s actually had a go at trying it what do you think?

Comment is about Rich Pictures (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Loved this poem...

crocheted, closed for solar influence

Comment is about Village Gothic (blog)

Original item by David Blake

As in the comic?! Yes!

Comment is about Bravado (blog)

Original item by Pixievic

Vicki have you ever read 'The Viz'? Lol

Comment is about Bravado (blog)

Original item by Pixievic

Thank you again - I like to play with words! And I like a reference to wine if I can get one in! xx

Comment is about Bravado (blog)

Original item by Pixievic

You put that so well! Captured perfectly. Thank you : )

Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)

Original item by Nigel Astell

"twist with the corkscrew" imaginative play with words Vic. Tommy

Comment is about Bravado (blog)

Original item by Pixievic

agree with graham, no need for it. ruins the flow i think. having said that, I have used it in the past. i'm warming towards all lowercase more and more, in my mind it flows better.

this poem is good by the way!

Comment is about Just another cover up (blog)

Original item by David Addington

Excess baggage - my excess baggage is in a locked closet complete with unidentified boxes on shelves.
Interesting how we are parallel in thoughts.

Comment is about Pixievic (poet profile)

Original item by Pixievic

I started reading strange encounter, and just like that I was hooked in to the encounter :)

Comment is about Pixievic (poet profile)

Original item by Pixievic

wow!! really felt your poem "waiting to happen".
You have a way with words, making them come alive!

Comment is about Pixievic (poet profile)

Original item by Pixievic

Welcome to WOL. :) I am thrilled you are loving my words. I look forward to spending some time diving into yours xx

Comment is about Pixievic (poet profile)

Original item by Pixievic

Thanks for the comments Graham - I'm gonna try to avoid this capital letter thingy me bob. It makes no sense like you say.

Comment is about Just another cover up (blog)

Original item by David Addington

Thanks for the comments Graham - I'm gonna try to avoid this capital letter thingy me bob. It makes no sense like you say.

Comment is about Just another cover up (blog)

Original item by David Addington

Thanks again J x

Comment is about Learning How To Swim (blog)

Original item by Pixievic

There are clearly times when we can all feel as lost as the people we went to help. This has been so eloquently put.

Comment is about The Lighthouse (blog)

Original item by Tom

A poem (to me) of comparisons...I enjoyed this...

Comment is about The Lighthouse (blog)

Original item by Tom

This is a lovely a powerful piece about what morphine can do to people summed up in the lines
'you're falling into morphine warm and wide'
excellent

Comment is about Morphine (blog)

Original item by Tom

Thanks again Tommy for reading & commenting in your wonderfully unique & insighful way Xx

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Be warned indeed! Although I'm not adverse to being handled! Just with care!! X

Comment is about Waiting to Happen (blog)

Original item by Pixievic

Told with great affection and a touch of wistfulness...I enjoyed this poem...

Comment is about Michael (blog)

Original item by Freda Davis

Thanks again Martin for liking the poem I left in the comments of 'school' - it was originally written as therapy but I quite like the way it turned out! I might be brave enough to blog it!

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Elder

Bewarned, for a woman who knows what was, is and will be must be handled with care for she may not wished to be handled. Tommy

Comment is about Waiting to Happen (blog)

Original item by Pixievic

Thanks Stu for your support. Always nice to have the input.

Comment is about SOME BRIGHT SPARK (blog)

Original item by ray pool

thanks very much for commenting on Black Christmas - really pleased that you liked it. As always, an insightful response, no mother would ever want her son down the pits - but, in an age when the stigma of the dole shamed hard working men from going on it, the mines were often the only alternative to earn a living - as many of my classmates found. Luckily, I didn't need to. Apologies for not responding sooner - I really must get my act together in 2016. Cheers
Ian

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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