Thank you :)

Comment is about The Black Fog (blog)

Original item by Ivory

Hi Paul - thanks for the kind comments regarding 'Mama' - yes the Old Courts is a good venue for reciting the spooky stuff isn't it? I appreciate you taking time out to comment - see you next month
Ian

Comment is about Pauliegreg (poet profile)

Original item by Pauliegreg

Thanks very much for commenting on 'Mama' Jackie - I'm pleased it spooked you (if you see what I mean)welcome to WOL - I appreciate you taking the time to comment
Ian

Comment is about Jacqueline Phillips (poet profile)

Original item by Jacqueline Phillips

Thanks for commenting on 'Mama' Harry - sorry I'm slow in responding. I know what you mean about the order of the stanzas, but I was trying to conceal the big reveal that it's about actual children rather than dolls. Not sure if that worked - but that was the plan. Performed it in Wigan at the Old Courts last week - a suitably spooky environment and it seemed to go down well - so looks like it may have legs as a performance piece. Cheers

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

Original item by Harry O`N eill

This is fun!
Recently, I tuned in to an early morning programme on the BBC Parliamentary TV
Channel and was entertained and informed by a speech from the chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee - Margaret
Hodge MP - about the work of the committee and how it could be obstructed
by action & inaction from those
who should be serving the public
interest watching over expenditure from the public purse. It could have been titled "Ducking and Diving"!
This was fascinating stuff and in this politically left-leaning lady the public have a doughty no-nonsense champion.

Comment is about TALKIN' DAVE AND GEORGE BLUES (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hilarious! And did they not hear the thunder of approaching hooves? But probably too late to register.

Comment is about Oops (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Lovely. I love the contrast between the unsophisticated and the refined. (I wrote a haiku one time about one of our native song-birds pouring liquid gold :))

Comment is about Songs of Liquid Gold (blog)

Like this very much and so agree with the sentiment.

Comment is about The Cathedral (blog)

What an absolutely lovely poem. It feels like being wrapped in a warm blanket. Just love these lines - In love we're assembled ...in comfort and kind shelter. Keep 'em coming! :)

Comment is about Kindly Here (blog)

Original item by wrestledwithjimmy

Oh, I like your voice here (see third stanza)!

Comment is about Inexistance (blog)

Genuinely moved. Nice words.

Comment is about Pile of Hopeful Dreams (blog)

Original item by Caitlyn Olszewski

Yeah, that's the guy! But I hadn't heard the recording yet. When I heard it I actually got a soul vibe. Thanks for taking it there, bro.

Comment is about TALKIN' DAVE AND GEORGE BLUES (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Beautiful

Comment is about Kindly Here (blog)

Original item by wrestledwithjimmy

You couldn't have said it better.....It is my state every morning before work !
Lovely little piece

Comment is about half asleep (blog)

Original item by wrestledwithjimmy

John, thank you for your lovely comments on my work ! I feel privileged at your comparison with the Romantics!

Comment is about wrestledwithjimmy (poet profile)

Original item by wrestledwithjimmy

I like your style a lot, your work is very entertaining!

Comment is about spinning wheel (blog)

Original item by Twilbury Wist

Do you mean Donkey Oti?

Comment is about TALKIN' DAVE AND GEORGE BLUES (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

This is cool. I follow you.

Comment is about night crawlers (blog)

Original item by Twilbury Wist

Omg, i don't know what to say, but it made me laugh a bit! Reminded me of Don Quijote. :)

Comment is about TALKIN' DAVE AND GEORGE BLUES (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Beautiful lyrics, special.
You hooked me immediately! Divine!

Comment is about Seen (blog)

Original item by Fae

I think this is lovely, Rose. The title is perfect too.x

Comment is about Inexistance (blog)

Clever. So true. I like it :)

Comment is about BATH NIGHT (VERSION). (blog)

Nice one Nigel. I am intrigued by the smiling Boobs. have they taken on a life all of their own?
Good poem, up to your usual standard.

Comment is about Beautiful Stranger (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Be oh so proud
as the words you
speak gather pace
take flight
and fill each
and every part
of that open space
seven miles
and beyond

Comment is about 7 Miles Out open Mic (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

'violated' bit strong Rose? howsabout 'Forsaken'?
or something along those lines.For us,its the only point we fault in an otherwise beautiful piece of poetry.Try and catch you on chat soon?

xx

Comment is about Inexistance (blog)

Hi Ally, thanks for the comment and great to hear from you. Think I've lost my writing mojo a bit over the last few years; still doing it regularly but less happy with the output. Still, got to keep trying right? :) I hope that whatever you're doing, you're creating! x

Comment is about Alison Mary Dunn (poet profile)

Original item by Alison Mary Dunn

On the Fringe
Bellow those lungs
Shout so loud
Seven Miles Out.

Comment is about 7 Miles Out open Mic (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

A chance encounter was lost when the train was on time!

Thanks for your comment.

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

May I share your garden? It sounds so peaceful :)

Comment is about wrestledwithjimmy (poet profile)

Original item by wrestledwithjimmy

I was pleasantly surprised to find your poem. It's such a powerful image! Thanks!

Comment is about Knowing the moment (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Lovely language Harry.

Comment is about For my love on Valentine`s day (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Indeed Philip. I do a mean line in smug myself but this lot take the biscuit.

Comment is about SUNNY AFTERNOON (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks, Lynn. I don't profess to agree with all the views of any of the parties - I'm more of a maverick, considering each issue as it arises. I get criticised by both Left and Right (which is how I like it). But this I find disgraceful.

Comment is about SUNNY AFTERNOON (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Ha ha, love it, John. Very topical, and as MC says, extremely sharp. Thanks for sharing.

Comment is about SUNNY AFTERNOON (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Nice. The enjambment works well with the "gathered momentum" of the situation. Made me smile.

Comment is about Laughter (blog)

Hi Harry

Funereal thoughts not yet surely, you've too much to offer. Cheers and thanks. KED.

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

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Well this would work for me, Harry. You old goat.

Comment is about For my love on Valentine`s day (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

It seems Franklin was wrong about death and taxes, MC.

Comment is about SUNNY AFTERNOON (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

No, her style hasn't changed a great deal, lol.

Comment is about Hollie McNish: 'My mum worked night shift as a nurse and had two kids. This is nothing!' (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Harry,make sure it IS a lone bird,and not a LOAN bird.You wouldn't want the man from Satsuma knocking on your door when your 'segments'(pardon?)run out


Any chance of giving me your address in case your loved one hits a rocket jam while passing Venus?

Because my girly gang and I are having our knocking shop refurbed....


Happy 'Vals' H................x

Comment is about For my love on Valentine`s day (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

spookydukes,but we like it-a lot.xx

Comment is about The Black Fog (blog)

Original item by Ivory

Day to day eroticism on the move...with humdrum
reality all too likely to close the scene.

Comment is about Beautiful Stranger (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Sharp as a tack - and "singularly" so! No kinks
in these lines.
Well up to your usual standard, JC.

Comment is about SUNNY AFTERNOON (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

surprise,surprise Rose!their interest rate has now jumped another hundred percent!

whhhhaaattt!xx

Comment is about 794% APR?....bring it on! (blog)

don't happen to have any spare whitewash do you,Rose? xx

Comment is about Clear out (blog)

It is indeed sad when such events happen,especially for the families,not only of the victims,but also those of the perpetrators of violence.If Phil had his way and possessed the same Magnum (not the crunchy lolly,but the gun,one hastens to add)that Dirty Harry(not of the O'Neill surname!)has,the streets and A&E's would be very quickly emptied-bigtime!You don't possess such a weapon do you Phil?-please say no!

xx

Comment is about Death of a gang member (blog)

Hi Thom, I've not been on WOL for a long time and felt curious to see what you've written recently. Really like 'ECCENTRICITIES', it's the very reason we All find ourselves lured here, eventually. Feeding our addiction to that deeper other self ;) Never stop x

Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

Original item by Tom

What an imaginative and romantic poem, Harry. Lovely words. :-)

Comment is about For my love on Valentine`s day (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Thank you Jackie, I'm glad it made you smile. This is actually a true story about my brother and his wife, many moons ago. :-)

Comment is about Oops (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Hi Nat, I love 'while shoals of fish/ flashed past portals/ in tinsel flickers/ of inky light'...thanks for sharing x

Comment is about Submarine Dream (blog)