Lying underneath the petals
deep inside your scent
soft words of colour
that finds new love
which will slowly fade
the memories you hold.

Comment is about Unrequited (blog)

Original item by Katy Megan

Loved the twelve nights after Christmas

all the best mate for the new year

thinking of enrolling at Cambridge

but only to enter the free competition

on my first day I must find out

what rooms will be free for the photo shoot!

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Merry Christmas everyone and all the best for 2016
really enjoyed the last meet up for this year and now to work on a poem for January - - - or perhaps I won't be there to read it - - - with the theme being the end of the world!

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Thanks, Tommy. "My best yet" doesn't have a lot to beat!

Comment is about IF (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I enjoyed reading this.

Comment is about OPERATION OVERLOAD (or D<FOR DEMISE>-DAY!) (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Sorrel and worrel (what will)?! Your best yet John.

Comment is about IF (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Anita

Lovely xxx

Comment is about Elf in the shed (blog)

Original item by Anita Connor

Thanks, Julian.

I am over the moon, Harry. Thank you :)

Comment is about Poetry student Shirley-Anne Kennedy gets off to flying start (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks Cynthia! Think it was an inner child moment! Gnomes are summat quite different for me as I have quite a collection! Feeling inspired right now so thanks again!

Anita Connor

Comment is about Elf in the shed (blog)

Original item by Anita Connor

Thanks, Harry. Yes, "skunk'll" took a bit of knocking in to rhyme with"uncle".
(But "shit'll" and "it'll" are pretty good too)

Comment is about IF (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

John, I once did `shit`ll` and `It`ll` but I bow to skunk`ll
and uncle.

(The whole point of Osborne trying to grab that benefit money - which he will get anyway later - was to fix it in time for the next election...but he got his eye blacked)

Comment is about IF (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I'd best start smoking, .

Comment is about OPERATION OVERLOAD (or D<FOR DEMISE>-DAY!) (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Harry - I was about to log off after reading the "news"
section on WOL when your reply popped up.
I'm glad my wry take on the modern predilection for keeping
us in a high state of fear and alarm merely elicited the :-)
response from you - one of the old school who can doubtless recall more optimistic times when "smile through
adversity" was the order of the day.
Merry Christmas!!

Comment is about OPERATION OVERLOAD (or D<FOR DEMISE>-DAY!) (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Well, thanks very much M.C..I`d just been congratulating myself on being spared being stabbed by that guy on the tele tonight when I read this and find that I`m not safe after all.

I think I`ll have some chocolate and go for a walk (Oh, I forgot)

Like I said...thanks very much :)

Comment is about OPERATION OVERLOAD (or D<FOR DEMISE>-DAY!) (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Congratulations Shirley Anne,
Effectively ghostly piece, with the fog, the hissing gas-light the sound of the clogs and the silent mouthing of the mee-maws...You must be very proud.

Comment is about Poetry student Shirley-Anne Kennedy gets off to flying start (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Katy, I am going to be bold, because you know how much I admire your work. I think this poem has a splendid 'plan', but that it doesn't develop at the level of your talent. Keep the metaphor strong, but accurate to the reality of a 'rose'. The little 'gems' of poetry are often the hardest to capture, and offer the greatest delight to the writer.

Please, please know I'm not being 'nasty'; maybe wrong, for sure ... but not mean, or egotistic. By all means, disagree with my above comments.

Comment is about Unrequited (blog)

Original item by Katy Megan

I like this -I like your work, period. Perhaps I am unnecessarily confused ... but ... is this a play on 'There's an elephant in the room?' Or is that so obvious my question is ridiculous?

A really good conclusion; thought-provoking. Otherwise - maybe fewer words would make a stronger impact.

Comment is about trunk (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Hilarious, full of fast-paced fun, well-captured. It's not easy to be funny. Your background of associated literature is delightful to see, and recognise. 'Gnomes' never go out of style, in any age.

Comment is about Elf in the shed (blog)

Original item by Anita Connor

Eloquent and honest. The closing lines are very poignant, an excellent summation of the whole theme. There are new friends here, in this environment, and new horizons of exploration of your own writing talents. Are you in a position to join an interactive 'writing group' of any kind, one that stimulates both mind and body? If not, keep posting here, and commenting so wisely.

Comment is about Friends (blog)

Original item by Anita Connor

Well-thought and well-presented. Kudos for topicality too.

Comment is about In the beginning (blog)

Original item by Anita Connor

I once spent a night alone in my sister's very pleasant but very empty home. When she was called away that evening I had expected her to leave the big Lab bitch with me, an animal beloved, but my sister took her also. I was actually shocked. I had so anticipated the dog's warm companionship that I felt almost bereft... lonely ... and a teensy bit apprehensive. Of course, I knew the house layout, but not all the night sounds, inside and outdoors, with no familiarity to discern what were acceptable noises and what were not.

I told myself I was an idiot, dug a volume of T.S. Eliot's poetry out of my suitcase and began to read, aloud, just to myself. For hours. I was so absorbed, speaking it with fluency, that I laughed outright and even wept. There was beauty of words and sound lifting off the pages right into my mind and heart. It was a very unusual experience. I've not shared this with anyone before: I felt like a dork. But I sure learned a lot.

Comment is about After T.S. Eliot (blog)

Original item by Celia

Hi JJ, many thanks for your comment on my poem Friends. Loved it!

Comment is about Jojomon (poet profile)

Original item by Jojomon

Hi MC, thank you for your lengthy comment on my poem Friends.

Anita Connor

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

nice one

Comment is about Frances Spurrier (poet profile)

Original item by Frances Spurrier

Mind stays young as long as it wants to. :)

Our good deeds keeps us alive as long as we want to.

SMILE PLEASE! and DON'T STOP!

Comment is about Friends (blog)

Original item by Anita Connor

thanks celia! i enjoyed writing it. im fairly sure the grass is purple in australia so i'm saving up for a ticket.

Comment is about ∞ (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Very much suited to a humorous seasonal monologue.
In my mind I can "hear" Stanley Holloway's lugubrious
tones telling this Santastic tale.
Ho-Ho!!

Comment is about An Explanation To My Son (blog)

Original item by Jacqueline Phillips

A significant difference between the sexes is manifest in
these lines. Man is more suited to the solitary state of
mind - probably inherited from the genetic residue of
old hunter/gatherer days, whereas Woman is, by nature intended, the source of social gathering and nurture.
Today, in an age that permits, even encourages the
solo way of thinking and acting in many facets of life, the
onset of age can be a two-edged sword that can cut
deeply into a need for socialising and these lines elicit
that situation well. I note that my local council goes out
of its way to establish places and events that allow
older folk to enjoy company. Perhaps a good starting
point for anyone seeking that sort of solace in life.

Comment is about Friends (blog)

Original item by Anita Connor

this is excellent especially the first five words which could have been lifted from a classic novel.

Comment is about Snap Shot (blog)

Andy Nicholson would have been a much better choice for this role.

Comment is about 'Curious pedestrian' Luke Kennard to tour the towpaths as new canal laureate (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks for commenting on "my son,my love".
It's well appreciated:)

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Joe, do you remember when Lancashire mill women used to be able to talk to each other from a distance, like across a busy street, by speaking without a sound, moving their lips in an exaggerated fashion for the other person to lipread?
That's meemawing. It developed in in the cotton mills where the machines made ordinary conversation impossible. You might also remember that all the women meemawing wore headscarves, often with their curlers underneath.
Shirley-Anne, you are too young to remember this stuff, which makes your poem even more powerful in managing to evoke such images. Well done.
Joe, I remember the gaslights exaggerating the gloom on streets where I delivered morning papers, as the mill's nursery van picked up babies and toddlers so mum could go to her shift in the cardroom or on the MS2 spinning machines. Eeh! I'll go to t'foot of ar stairs.

Comment is about Poetry student Shirley-Anne Kennedy gets off to flying start (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

incidentally what are me maws ??

Comment is about Poetry student Shirley-Anne Kennedy gets off to flying start (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I like this :) very intriguing.

Comment is about strangers' meeting (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

TE...
I thought I should begin by stating that I have supported and contributed to Avaaz.
The world has survived thus far with or without any
actions by mankind. On the plus side, you might care
to dwell on the fact that for every downside registered
in the history of this planet, an upside has appeared to
balance things. Great planetary plagues have been &
gone, great natural disasters too, whilst Man's own contributions, good and bad, seem to appear in tandem.
The discovery of the possible loss of flora and fauna
has seen actions that provide means of ensuring their
safety and continuance across the spectrum.
The undoubted capability to destroy the world with our
nuclear knowledge sees the basic reality of sense allied
to self-preservation render that possibility obsolete.
The current campaign treating climate change as a man-
made phenomenon while downgrading the natural order
will attempt to see the balance restored to human satisfaction. Volcanic nature and the great solar effect
continue to go their own way as usual, far beyond our puny means of influencing, let alone controlling any of their actions and results.

Comment is about Noah was a modern man (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

Love this Lynn xx

Comment is about SHIT (blog)

If the world survives, M.C. , it will have been because some people had the courage to fight to make it happen.

Comment is about Noah was a modern man (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

I enjoyed this. I hope you can lie in purple grass somewhere.

Comment is about ∞ (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

This is very touching, and the structure holds it together very well. It also deals with the difficult problem of how much reflection is necessary in life, when it leads to truth and when it prevents one from seeing it. The poem may suggest that the path is through reflection to where it's no longer necessary, and I'd agree with that.

Comment is about The Last Verse (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

The world will survive and nature's truth that adaptability
is the secret of success will see it happen.

Comment is about Noah was a modern man (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

Hey Leah, a great write up of a great performer. Thank you.

Review is about WRITE ANGLE POETRY & MUSIC +OPEN MIC on 17 Nov 2015 (event)

Thanks Daniel. Chuffties :)

Comment is about Poetry student Shirley-Anne Kennedy gets off to flying start (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

nice haiku ian, even has the pivot line in the middle. so many 'haikus' ignore the rules, this becoming something else. although i suppose if we followed all the rules we'd all be writing about frogs and herons... anyway i digress. excellent and relevant.

Comment is about Herod (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Who is in Control?

High tech
computer machines
e-mails operate.

Mobile phones
text control
conversation limited.

It started
back in
the sixties.

When television
gave us
picture images.

Stronger airwaves
larger screens
channel selection.

We think
with the
remote control.

Pressing buttons
gives us
supreme power.

Watching within
our own
living boxes.

Human race
world audience
all programed.



The theme for Monday night is the sixties.

Comment is about Write Out Loud at Stockport art gallery tonight (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Captured visions of Lancastrian heritage.

Awakened by frost dressing rooftops
like a knocker-up tapping on glass.
Murmuring shades, ragged skeletal moths,
dancing slowly in hisses of gas light...

Well deserved. Nice one Shirley-Anne.

Comment is about Poetry student Shirley-Anne Kennedy gets off to flying start (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I love formal poetry Harry, but I find villanelles rather too repetitive usually, so this is one of a very few I've ever written.

Comment is about Bigfoot (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

I know the world needs a lot more than poems tonight, but here's another one anyway!

Comment is about Noah was a modern man (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

Hi Harry thank you for your comment on Blessed are we I had no idea what a quadrain was until ten mins ago and I admit it would have been a far better presentation and I have taken your advice on board. have a nice day.

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

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Interesting thoughts, MC.
The idea was prompted by something I heard on the wireless a couple of months ago. A woman was in exactly this situation and faced this dilemma. Ultimately she decided against but which of us could have cast a stone if she had decided otherwise.
A hypothetical question for almost all of us but very real for thousands of families.

Comment is about ANOTHER MORAL DILEMMA (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Chopra,
This terse style (which I call morse-code staccato sentencing style) is very understandable.

I keep getting the feeling that it could be adapted for some
sort of (urgent style?) modern poem.

Keep `em coming.

Comment is about (blog)

Original item by Sunny Chopra