Haha - spot on, lad! See also my other bugbear, 'peasant food'. This means cheap food that we used to eat BECAUSE it was cheap being written about in a Guardian article by some fat-mouthed tv chef, and then the cost of it all rocketing.
Comment is about Hey Hipster (blog)
Original item by dazzer
What a lovely piece Wendy :)
I'm glad you find WOL to be a little oasis. That's how it should be. We various poets arrive here, mostly with something huge in our histories, and we write our lives. It takes guts to put it out there in public, but I truly believe that creative output is the best therapy there is.
Great to see Stu's comment there too :)
Comment is about Thankyou (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
here here. this website has given me a voice and helped me through a lot in the few months ive been using it. its now my homepage, knocking off the might of google.
Comment is about Thankyou (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
lynn i love this. its bondage, dirty sex, submission, marilyn manson style leather and metal and everything thats great about putting so few words down and having them mean so much. its brave and bold and i like it a lot hence the amount of ands in that sentence.
it also reminds me of this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ4S9ydkMG4
...which is no bad thing
Comment is about Polyvinyl Acetate Pig (blog)
cheers guys, had to get that off my chest. i love tea, but hipsters just leave a bad taste....
Comment is about Hey Hipster (blog)
Original item by dazzer
God doesn't slam one as a price for something good He did.I am talking about the God that created all gods including Satan.
"Examine all roads and follow the original one ,"says the bible.What do I care about religions dished out by the day?
Our children may come with a religion we have no inkling about and that may require the scarification of human beings.
There is also no poem flawless even among those crafted by famous classic poets.The advantage of a blog unlike books is poets get an immediate chance to remedy errors.
I wrote this poem because a wealthy merchant, with a bagful of dollars, next door to the one I lodged in Bahir Dar,shot a bullet into his head.You see he was dealing with Satan going to Blue Nile river.
Satan might have asked him to sacrifice his child or his wife.
Unlike God at last Satan ask a price for what he did.
But as you said I may change the word fools as it could be provoking and my intention is edifying
Comment is about Devil could not be God (blog)
Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos
Thanks Ledger. This was something I wrote a long time ago as a very long poem of explanation about different views and perspectives on life. I decided I didn't need the explanation!
Comment is about Bow window (blog)
Original item by Anita Connor
Thank you David. Never realised so much can be said in so few words.
Anita
Comment is about Bow window (blog)
Original item by Anita Connor
Thanks Ray...you see through this as a scribe you are. :-)
Comment is about The November line (blog)
Original item by PatricioLG
Earl Grey to Builders... the coffee shops killed us.. milk and two sugars... sod the buggers!
I vote for Dazzer. (Nice rant mate).
Comment is about Hey Hipster (blog)
Original item by dazzer
This wonderful work you promised did not dissapoint Anna.
"In thirty rows of harvested youth
Brushed by rays of life-giving fingers
I stand humbled by your fall
Your sacrifice and your love"
Beautiful words and a wonderful humble tribute.
Comment is about Field of Youth (blog)
Original item by Anna Ghislena
Lynn Hamilton
Tue 3rd Nov 2015 21:56
Thank you for reading and commenting. I'm a tad tired tonight so forgive me for not thanking you individually but your comments are very, very
appreciated.
Comment is about If I Were A Word (blog)
the atmosphere you have conjured here in scant lines is amazing. coincidentally the poem i just posted attempts to summon much the same atmosphere, albeit a little darker. enjoyed reading this, when i started out i assumed it would be a long, macabre tale (which you write so well) but i really liked the fact it is so short and sweet. lovely.
Comment is about THE FOG (blog)
Original item by ray pool
In the stillness of the afternoon
My beer grows warm,
In the sun . .
Comment is about In the stillness of (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
A whole in one David. Plus the "correctness" of pointing out the acceptability of death to a child when she already knows the basics perhaps- Who knows? or as I've said before "who cares?" We'll see if anybody else picks up the scent . I have my doubts, but I'm as cynical as I am imaginative.
yours til the brain implodes.
Comment is about LITTLE GIRL IN LOVE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Patricio, many thanks for your comments on Cur. You may have been on the right track there, but then again? Regards, Graham.
Comment is about PatricioLG (poet profile)
Original item by PatricioLG
Martin thanks for reading and commenting on Cur.
Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)
Original item by Martin Elder
Ray, thanks for your comments on Cur. Suffice to say "you won't".
Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)
Original item by ray pool
Stu many thanks for commenting on Cur. It's a real bugger getting the ink to stick to the screen and quills are getting really expensive ✒️
Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)
Original item by Stuart Buck
so much wonderful, evocative descriptive work abounds here, but the killer lines are the last, and most simple. theres a lot of heat and melting going on here giving the whole thing a really nice, subtle metaphor.
Comment is about Summers such as these (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
What a great songwriter, loved his stuff. Also check out Alone again naturally . quite poignant. Ray
Comment is about If I Were A Word (blog)
Thank you for your very kind comments on 'The Place Where Only Dead Men Sleep' and 'Truncheon for Luncheon'. Very much appreciated Pat.
I like your biography, the world is for you, and you have a
great body of work.
"It is not important to the wicked seed It's always the bloody same
for the Devils need to feed on a tattered remain, the Devils need to feed is what keeps them all sane"
So very true.
Comment is about PatricioLG (poet profile)
Original item by PatricioLG
Glad you are both enjoyed and liked this piece. For those involved in the carnage of trench warfare their daily grind must have been the worlds greatest laxative.
Thank you for your kind comments. 'Lest we Forget'.
Comment is about THE PLACE WHERE ONLY DEAD MEN SLEEP (blog)
Original item by Daniel Dwyran
"Mods in Parkas... riding Vespas"... that was the 'hook' for me Martin. (Went to WOL at the Brooklyn on my Vespa.. wearing a Parka to perform my first poems last year)..
Great visions of when summers were always hot, happy and went so fast and tragedy was only an overtake away.
'Colonel Bogey air-horn'... can hear it as I read it.
Comment is about Summers such as these (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
Fish in the fog?... Brilliant! Nice image.
This fog is so unnatural
And very worrying too
'Cos it's found inside my fish tank
The waters just like stew!
Write and share... non-stop is good or we would not have express trains and long-haul flights!
Great title and content. Loved this.
Comment is about Fish in the fog! (blog)
Original item by Anita Connor
Thank you very much for you comments on 'The Place Where Only Dead Men Sleep'. It is difficult to imagine the savagery,fear and horrors of trench warfare so to write it in the first person was a piece of escapism.
Glad you liked it and I look forward to reading the one you penned after your visit to Northern France Anna.
Kind regards
Daniel.
Comment is about Anna Ghislena (poet profile)
Original item by Anna Ghislena
<Deleted User> (8659)
Tue 3rd Nov 2015 14:37
<Deleted User> (8659)
Tue 3rd Nov 2015 14:36
Wonderfully evocative Martin, not a word out of place to distract.
Comment is about Summers such as these (blog)
Original item by Martin Elder
<Deleted User> (8659)
Tue 3rd Nov 2015 14:33
I can only agree with Ray Lynn, these lines keep drawing me back to read over again.
Comment is about If I Were A Word (blog)
a satisfying play on words, Lynn and great in its simplicity - your trademark. A pleasure to see such concise use of thoughts.
Lovely. Ray
Comment is about If I Were A Word (blog)
I like this a lot Patricio. It resonates with the mysterious part of the self that should keep an open mind even if this may be a bargain with the devil - who - if this exists in some form may know a lot more about us than we might admit. (For the devil substitute God as an option).
Comment is about The November line (blog)
Original item by PatricioLG
sex on the edge of sleep for a start is a wild and wonderful thing. I remember it vaguely. But the idea of separation for the day is a reminder that the night can be wonderful as well and life is a preparation for dark forces.
horny bastard. Regards, Ray
Comment is about sleep quarters (blog)
Will keep that in mind. Thank you!
Comment is about Marianne May (poet profile)
Original item by Marianne May
Just read you profile Marianne. My advice for someone starting out in poetry would be this.
Make every word mean something. There are lots of words that fill in gaps but don't actually say much themselves. Make every word count.
Graham
Comment is about Marianne May (poet profile)
Original item by Marianne May
Lost at sea...and the fear of surviving? Welcome Marianne. Tommy
Comment is about Turbulence (blog)
Original item by Marianne May
Interesting first piece Marianne, look forward to seeing more of your work.
Comment is about Turbulence (blog)
Original item by Marianne May
Thanks to everyone who came out on a foggy, miserable Monday night in Leeds. Your generosity meant we raised £90 for Real Junk Food, which will go towards helping them continue their work. Special thanks to Mark Connors and all the open-mic poets. Brilliant.
Comment is about Poets support cafe that inspired global food movement (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Desert island poems- is that when you only get to read one third of the verses? Tommy
Comment is about What are your favourite 'desert island' poems? Poetry group launches public poll (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Liked this! Sometimes less is so much more!!
Comment is about THE LAST OF THE PAST (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Comment is about THE LAST OF THE PAST (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
infected suture indeed! Pithy to the point of pithiness!
Comment is about THE LAST OF THE PAST (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
most of the time I'm on the edge of a sword so to speak that's why I write, to me it's nice if it's appreciated, it's also good if someone can see my interpretation or not!. The main thing is that you write and enjoy it, even if it is a simple tale of a Wednesday morning watching a butterfly flittering around the garden, even if their is nothing to interpret. so keep doing it, keep writing and keep sane. Well done.
Comment is about Fish in the fog! (blog)
Original item by Anita Connor
Good point.
"A sign...a sign!" - to borrow from a well-known source.
Comment is about A Mime Rhyme (blog)
Original item by Shirley Smothers
Thanks Cynthia for liking On the Northern Line!
I noticed your profile picture is by Picasso, and I was reading an article about Sylvette David, his last muse in a magazine called The Oldie. Well worth a read. She has a current exhibition of her own paintings in Devon. Regards Ray
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Well thank you cynthia. My poem was just a jotting of a memory! Sorry you see non stop as a pain in the arse but I can only write as I know how. If I stopped to look at my work to analyse how others might interpret it then I would lose my courage to share it! I used to write in the form of short stories so please forgive my ignorance and lack of form.
Thanks
Anita
Comment is about Fish in the fog! (blog)
Original item by Anita Connor
Lol serious undertone mind you..you are a very good poet
Comment is about Bill Lythgoe (poet profile)
Original item by Bill Lythgoe
Thanks for your comment patricio. I'm afraid I'm not that clever! It was a real memory, of a moment in time. When in a dilemma I have to be flippant! I do find it interesting how others can see more. You may have given me inspiration for something else to write!
Many thanks
Anita
Comment is about Fish in the fog! (blog)
Original item by Anita Connor
Stu Buck
Wed 4th Nov 2015 10:18
no acid! just a diet of early norwegian thrash metal and multivitamins.
i admit to being a fan of early, scandinavian black metal (the title of the poem itself is taken from a burzum album) not so much for the music but for the history. they routinely burnt churches, murdered other band members (really) and just have a really interesting past.
i guess i was just in the place and the time and wanted to get something down. im glad you like it, i enjoyed writing this a lot.
overall i think its about a church burning followed by a sacrifice. neither of which i have ever directly been involved in!
Comment is about Hvis Lyset Tar Oss (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck