You must be having a good laugh. Super job on the spelling and grammar errors.

Comment is about dont post a poem (blog)

Original item by Corr Lens

The last I heard JC was that it was going to be a long recovery. Never a good sign, could mean anything. Wasn't he about to invested into the THFC Hall of Fame. Can't believe he isn't in it already. I saw his one man show a few years ago in Northampton. Brilliant whit. Let's hope for the best.

Comment is about THE LITTLE MASTER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Lovely.Like this :)

Comment is about He's a Poet (blog)

Original item by Michelle

I'm not sure John, but I think Rooney's record (so far) includes far more friendlies. If taken into account Greaves feat is even more impressive.

Comment is about THE LITTLE MASTER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Although he's out, Graham, I don't see any reports indicating much of a recovery.

Comment is about THE LITTLE MASTER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Come on Jimmy

Comment is about THE LITTLE MASTER (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I'm hoping to perform it live soon. A bit angrier than my usual stuff but I'm just drawing off what I'm seeing around me in the city. Thanks for the kind words.

Comment is about Bleed (blog)

Original item by Joe-Conor Williams (Saboteur)

Thank you. Kind of you.My day a bit hectic, making lots of fresh starts and tying up ends.

Will read some of your poetry soon :)

Comment is about Michelle (poet profile)

Original item by Michelle

excellent stuff, lynn. has a good beat to this piece. top stuff..

Comment is about EMOTION (blog)

looking forward to reading this guys. thank you

Comment is about Poetry School ebook (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

I have altered it
thanks

Just a bit tied up at the moment doing another called - - -
Enter the Forbidden Zone

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Alex the simplicity of this is endearing and the matter of fact albeit caring way you have dealt with death, quickly adds to its authenticity. One suggestion, vineyards.

Comment is about Vineyards (blog)

Original item by Alex Smith

Hi Cynthia, thank you for your kind comments. They lead me to share your own writing which I found passionate and exotic sitting here in Lancashire's cold July drizzle:)

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Indeed, Harry. Thanks

Comment is about THE BALLAD OF THE FRIGHTENED EAGLE (blog)

Original item by THE PEN AND THE PAGE

In line 19..is it "bondage" rather than "bonage".
Please excuse my salacious curiosity...:-))

Comment is about Camp At Butch Farm (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

I'm not sure what this aaabb form is called, Harry. I first encountered it in an Alfred Noyes poem, "When Daddy Fell Into The Pond". It is a great comedic vehicle with its faux cliffhangers, especially the 4th lines.

Comment is about BARN DANCE (PROGRESSIVE) (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you Stu for reading Emotion and your comments. My take on this was that just occasionally you have to pull the shutter of emotion down so that you can deal with a situation that needs to be dealt with or alternatively adopt a Paddington Bear hard stare!

Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thank you Stu for reading Emotion and your comments. My take on this was that just occasionally you have to pull the shutter of emotion down so that you can deal with a situation that needs to be dealt with or alternatively adopt a Paddington Bear hard stare!

Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)

Original item by Stuart Buck

this would sound great live. i'm all for desperation manifesting in good art.

Comment is about Bleed (blog)

Original item by Joe-Conor Williams (Saboteur)

John,
Liked the rhyme scheme (The humour`s not bad either)

Mind, our lot could beat this lot any time.

Comment is about BARN DANCE (PROGRESSIVE) (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Mark,
Thanks for your comment on the Astronaut thing.

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Oh..girls...stop it! (we don`t believe a word)

Comment is about Made up (blog)

Original item by Michelle

Darren,
Solved!...(with a smile) :)

Comment is about THE BALLAD OF THE FRIGHTENED EAGLE (blog)

Original item by THE PEN AND THE PAGE

Hello!
The ghost orchid, or palm polly, does indeed smell although many orchids dont.
you are completely correct regarding the cinematic bombastifying of this scene (is that a word?) and i have taken this on board for my first rewrite. i am guilty of not editing poems before they appear on here, but i do genuinely take any criticism on board and rejig as neccessary.
the perspective of this piece is important to me, and you have a great point about staying true to it. thanks!

Comment is about palm polly (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Beautiful, brave and bountiful. I look forward to more of your sensitive and embracing thoughts. I'm glad I went back a bit to catch up on missed entries.

Comment is about 'Yes, I Will Wear One' (blog)

Original item by Abigail Elizabeth Ottley Wyatt

Thanks Cynthia. Your suggestions do make sense. Thanks for the read and taking the time to comment. Much appreciated as always. Michelle

Comment is about Made up (blog)

Original item by Michelle

Strong message, strongly expressed. Excellent opener to stimulate reader interest.I got a bit confused at the end but tried to sort it out. I think it is the comma after 'Demand ' that messes me up.

Comment is about A Tit for a Tat (blog)

Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos

'Orchids grew where we stood' is a lovely poetical line. One among many lovely images.

I am being really picky here: do orchids actually smell? Darned if I'm sure, thinking about orchids.

And also, if you are so engrossed in your kiss, how do you know 'people stared'?

I guess what I'm considering is that, if you create a certain given perspective, it is always better to be true to the initial idea and not turn it into a movie scene. Do you follow me?

Comment is about palm polly (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Well done, much enjoyed. You are so right, just a mask, and most often ugly - just plain ugly - like grasshopper legs and arms - a stick insect on body-destroying stiletto knives.

Consider:

'mascara, black, layered like lace
no trace of truth in a made up face'.

It runs sharply to your conclusion, without the bumps in 'layered heavy as lace', and still says, I think, exactly what you want. It also pulls the 'ay' sound through the last two lines unimpeded, like punches to your final point. Just a thought.

Comment is about Made up (blog)

Original item by Michelle

Thanks MC for your appreciation. I was struggling in those early days with song copies, as I had a limited repertoire apart from classical stuff (off limits). this taught me to improvise . I was definitely invisible, but your experience is very relevant and it is sad so few examples of that art remain, however tawdry. The East End was full of singers and old music hall songs. Great!!

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thanks MC for your appreciation. I was struggling in those early days with song copies, as I had a limited repertoire apart from classical stuff (off limits). this taught me to improvise . I was definitely invisible, but your experience is very relevant and it is sad so few examples of that art remain, however tawdry. The East End was full of singers and old music hall songs. Great!!

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

thank you ali

Comment is about Humming bird (blog)

Original item by mollie learmonth

I have many happy memories of the piano in a pub - to my
mind an essential part of what made a pub worth a visit...
depending, of course, on the skill and repertoire of the
keyboard artist! Back in the 70s I used a pub here in
Marylebone that had the advantage of a very skilled
pianist who was there Fri-Sun and was a real "draw".
It was always a kick to walk into the bar to be greeted
almost at once by "your" favourite - like a signature
tune. My own was "Time After Time" and it still has a
fond place in my life.

Comment is about WHEN PUBS HAD PIANOS (blog)

Original item by ray pool

the more emoption you show, the more likely you are to be punished. sad but true. a lovely read with an uplifting ending.

Comment is about EMOTION (blog)

Did you read the report from a few years back which said there's more Chinooks in Odiham than in Helmand?

Enjoying your work.

Comment is about CHINOOK (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Hiya Mick, I checked out Office Dance. I liked it. Has a Beck sound to me and I dig that. Thanks for directing it to me. I am glad you bumped DESK up as I really enjoyed reading it.

Comment is about Mick Waring (poet profile)

Original item by Mick Waring

I never would've imagined an office setting could be this sexy! Nicely done. You slayed me with "You scatter pages, you scattered me."

Comment is about DESK (blog)

Original item by Mick Waring

I like

New shirt from Top Shop
Then down to the abandoned underground.

Sounds like that's where all the spoils of shoplifting from Manchester are hidden.

Comment is about July 2015 Collage Poem (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

If not tempted
perhaps a snake-bite instead
you can be the snake.

Comment is about Katy Megan (poet profile)

Original item by Katy Megan

I thought it tasted a bit off...

Comment is about scythe (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

great poem Stu - hope it wasn't the salmon mousse

Comment is about scythe (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

An inspired word-rich imagination at work here.

Comment is about Any poet`s answer to the Astronauts (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Thanks. Jazz and poetry. Like cheese and crackers.

Comment is about lost highways (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thanks again Stu for your comments on The rhyme of no reason. A bit different from my usual stuff. Glad you like it. It represented a stressful time for me but now I can write about it!

Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)

Original item by Stuart Buck

liked this one dan, i like the more balanced view. i have doe one on the same subject and struggled to write outside of what i saw on the news, feeling like i need to preface it first to explain that thats what it was based on. i was 18 at the time and the news reports i saw bothered me. i think you did a better job than i did!!

daz

Comment is about TRUNCHEON FOR LUNCHEON (blog)

Original item by Daniel Dwyran

''Folding into each other like a deck of cards'' - a great line Stu.

''Hi-hats leading us through the looking glass'' - gotta love a hi-hat.

Comment is about lost highways (blog)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thanks for your thoughts, MC.
I am merely an apprentice among these friends.

Comment is about BARN DANCE (PROGRESSIVE) (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

It is always worth being reminded of lesser known
victims of war and sacrifice and this does a good job in
this particular era.
I pass the Brookwood cemetery when taking the train on
visits to my brother in Surrey. Each time I pass its
extraordinary wooded and overgrown vastness I think of
it as the last resting place of the "Bravest of the Brave":
Wing Comdr. Frederick Yeo-Thomas GC, Croix de Guerre -
the famous "White Rabbit" of the SOE who suffered
unimaginable tortures at the hands of the Nazis after
being betrayed in Paris. The book bearing his SOE code
name should be essential reading for anyone who seeks
to understand the nature of war and the suffering
caused to man by man.

Comment is about A Foreign Wood (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

The content is far from depressive
And can hardly be read as regressive!
JC...
even without musical accompaniment, this is top fun!!
P.S. I'm not sure though about the company you keep.

Comment is about BARN DANCE (PROGRESSIVE) (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Great expression of time. I especially like the last two stanzas.

Comment is about Time (blog)

Original item by Lewis O'Brien