Look forward, not back, and like me you'll just carrying on making all the wrong moves . .short but sweet: I like it, Steve

Comment is about The way to learn fuckall (blog)

You want it all don't you - I love this, Steve

Comment is about I Wanna (blog)

. . . and thats just the chat up line I use in Wetherspoons on a Saturday night!

Comment is about In The Shadow of Your Smile (blog)

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W.W.J. have you been watching too many crappy progs?we ask that in case those cranium contents have melted down the back of the sofa.Good 'un! xx

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oh!you smoothie Steve! xx

Comment is about In The Shadow of Your Smile (blog)

Original item by Steve Higgins

Cheers Natalie.xx

Comment is about Shit brained angel (blog)

pass me that joint! ace! x

Comment is about He Inhales (blog)

Original item by Michael Napoli

Sorry Ian, I find it a challenge to listen carefully, take notes and get it all right. And take photos. Heigh ho. Pete Seeger was a lion of a man, politically, artistically, and in terms of his humanity.

Comment is about Not retro but metro: Write Out Loud Sale displays its range of poetic styles (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Infused from elsewhere, the country's full -
With less room and time for old John Bull!
It's plain to him (not exactly skittish)
That Blighty now seems more like "Blitish"!

Comment is about For old John Bull`s tombstone (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Winston, this is what it is all about. I take my hat off to you sir. Spot on. Well done! Let's see more of it. please come to my granddaughter's school and do the same.

Comment is about 'It's about what comes from your heart and soul': how 'amazing' project helped pupils learn to love poetry (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

given the bands influences - isn't it fair for him to pitch the ad at what he sees as the line-up? none of the bands mentioned have a female vocalist - I wouldn't have been offended if an all girl band stating the Go-Go's, Crucified Barbara and the Runaways had pitched for a female singer
just saying

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Original item by Greg Freeman

That's a good point, Laura. I think I will amend the job description on Angel Rivers' behalf. Technically this is a news item, rather than an ad, but I see what you mean ... Hmm, a woman poet that sounds like Leonard Cohen ...

Comment is about Wanted: 'poet-type' to front new band (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Why 'male' exclusively?

Does that not count as discrimination then, given it's in essence a job ad?

Comment is about Wanted: 'poet-type' to front new band (article)

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Thank you Martin for your lovely comment on Take Away love.

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What brought this on` was was reading again (on a coach trip
with my fellow old halt and lame) Leigh Hunts famous lines
/Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)/ awoke one
night from a deep dream of peace/ ...and someone`s (I think
Chesterton`s ) skit: /Abou Ben Adhem, may his tribe decrease
/by virtuous birth control and die in peace/...together with all
this UKIP stuff about immigration...and Western (and Chinese!)
ageing populations...and the fact that no one ever seems to ask
why there is room for all these immigrants.

As the grandson of Irish settlers who owes more than I can say to
someone who came over from Barbados many years ago to nurse
us, my own position is gratitude.

Comment is about For old John Bull`s tombstone (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

The description in this is beautiful,'Fluids mixed in a cocktail of haste a curdle of raspberry ripple we did create'
wonderful stuff

Comment is about Take Away Love (blog)

aye up Martin :-) thanks for the kind comment on 'Dockery Plantation Blues' glad that you liked it. Agree, it was good to meet up at Sale and have a chat - hope to see you again on the circuit somewhere
Ian

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Original item by Martin Elder

Thanks Rose and Michael.I get your point (no pun intended)Rose,but 'dick' is likely to have been used more in that era I think if you get my meaning.I know a lot of modern day Americans also use the word 'pecker'-that definitely wouldn't have suited.

Cheers both-Stef.xx

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Thank you guys! x

Comment is about eclipsed (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

last stanza particularly rings well with me but good stuff emma

Comment is about Thinking About Talking in Bed (blog)

Original item by Emma Roy- Williams

lot of i's in the lines here Nat, but it works. your work is really developing. good stuff again

Comment is about Don't. (blog)

Good to see you on the blog again Ann, it's been too long!

As a father and father-in-law with two grandchildren under one year old, there's been a lot of breast-feeding talk in our family for the last few months.

The eclipse reference is a lovely viewpoint. these babies may well be mummies when the next real eclipse comes by. A tender fleeting glance. Wonderful, well done!

Graham

Comment is about eclipsed (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

It was a privilege to be there, Maggie.

Comment is about Far from a comfort zone: Maggie Sawkins on a scary journey, and the friends she found along the way (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks for taking the time Greg. This is a wonderful record of the evening, and that last line is a real tear jerker.

Comment is about Far from a comfort zone: Maggie Sawkins on a scary journey, and the friends she found along the way (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks for taking the time to read "Undecided." I'm glad you liked it.

Comment is about wrestledwithjimmy (poet profile)

Original item by wrestledwithjimmy

Thanks for your kind words. I'm glad you liked it.

Comment is about Undecided (blog)

Original item by Clive

You can tell your poetry comes straight from the heart. Time helps a lot, so don't give up on that hope. And I hope you keep posting here, you write with real authenticity.

Comment is about (blog)

Original item by kaluw

This is lovely, I like how although things seem so dark at times, you still hold onto hope, it takes great courage and bravery ....I know :)

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Original item by kaluw

I really like this kaluw, it's a poem I can strongly relate to. You say here what I'm sure many people feel, poems like this make you feel not so alone, both for the writer and reader. Thank you for sharing this :)

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Original item by kaluw

I always like your poems with a Christian theme, well I like all your poems really, but I like how you're not afraid to say what you believe in, something that's not all that popular with lots of people these days. That this was a very real experience for you shines through and makes it all the more moving.

Comment is about The Day In the Sun (blog)

Original item by wrestledwithjimmy

Lovely poem. I love the glowey, yellow colour of this, it feels so warm. And I really like Dave's observation that it's in the nature of an eclipse to be a passing thing. But for a time, I think it's a necessary thing.

Comment is about eclipsed (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Wonderful ....had me grinning from ear to ear, start to finish.

Comment is about Song - Me Baby ... (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks!! Looking forward to sharing with others! Please comment on my posts :)

Comment is about Michael Napoli (poet profile)

Original item by Michael Napoli

Great! Interesting ending/title too. Eclipse has connotations of total exclusion. But it's in the nature of eclipse to pass. The man, and the reader, can take it either way

Comment is about eclipsed (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Welcome Michael.Nice to have you on board.Enjoy! x

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Original item by Michael Napoli

unless-prick or cock? x

Comment is about Shit brained angel (blog)

I actually like the use of the word "dick" in this context. I feel it provides the proper imagery Stef intended for the woman at the diner in a modern day time. Perhaps the woman is classless which would make sense if she's forgotten in a cloud of smoke. I enjoyed this.

Comment is about Shit brained angel (blog)

Stef,you might want to use 'sex' instead of dick.Dick could be misconstrued.As in nobhead/making a dick of oneself.And you wouldn't want that would you? ;o)


enjoyed nevertheless....x

Comment is about Shit brained angel (blog)

Hi Ann.Lovely to see you back again,and in such great form! I find this and lots of your poems,so spiritual.

Beautiful poem! x

Comment is about eclipsed (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

This is really good, you did a nice job with the idea. This poem totally works.

Comment is about Undecided (blog)

Original item by Clive

Thanks Greg. It was such a rewarding project to be involved with. A one off visit to a school, like so many that I do can be a great experience, but when there's a chance to build things towards a show in a theatre over several months then you really get a substantial reward for everyone involved. Funding for projects like this is rare so I feel especially lucky to have been able to play my part :-)

Comment is about 'It's about what comes from your heart and soul': how 'amazing' project helped pupils learn to love poetry (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I thought the poem in question was rather good.
As for Richard 111 - the discovery adds a valuable piece
to the jigsaw of the history of these islands. I suspect
that this monarch was very much a man of his brutal
time. Do to others before they do it to you! Or as
that noted Confederate cavalry raider Nathan Forrest
observed; (Make sure you are) Firstest with the mostest!.

Comment is about Carol Ann Duffy poem read at reburial of Richard III (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I must admit, some of the quotes from pupils in this piece about what they had learned from the project brought a tear to my eye. Well done to all involved, and particularly, poets Winston Plowes and Keith Hutson.

Comment is about 'It's about what comes from your heart and soul': how 'amazing' project helped pupils learn to love poetry (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you so much Preeti!

Comment is about Clive (poet profile)

Original item by Clive

Thanks Preeti!

Comment is about Lost (blog)

Original item by Clive

Oh, I can so relate to this one, Nat, thanks for sharing xx

Comment is about Don't. (blog)

Thanks Jeremy for commenting on Only (?) Human, glad you enjoyed it. I am really loving your poems, a little bit in awe actually :)

Comment is about jeremy young (poet profile)

Original item by jeremy young

Hi Wendy, thank you very much for your comment on Only(?) Human, I really appreciate it x

Comment is about Wendy Higson (poet profile)

Original item by Wendy Higson

Thank you, all ! Thank you for reading and leaving such lovely comments ! I express my gratitude...

Comment is about Stain (blog)

No matter where you may have reached, itz alwys possible to turn around, start fresh and stay strong ! Don't let your inner sun go down, ever.

Comment is about I Was Young (blog)

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