A big thank you to Julian and everyone who made this happen. It was a brilliant turn out and the poetry was superb.

Comment is about The Beat is Back: poetry mixes it with jazz at Marsden (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Touch and Go - I imagine John Coopey could make something very smutty out of this theme :)

As an aside, I saw John perform at the Marsden jazz festival today and he was simply magic. Not many people can move from comedy to tragedy and take the audience with them - but he did - and a very moving performance it was.

Comment is about Competition. Touch and go (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

You've sung an aria in the martyrs' voice ,Laura - great art and craft in the rhythm and assonance!
An dose of Harpic for the troll-grunting yeomanry!

Comment is about Assembly (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Cate Greenlees came first, Rachel Bond second and myself joint 3rd with John Coopey. I believe John got his in the post. The rest of us got ours in a typically rumbustious night at the Tudor. There's a photo somewhere.

Comment is about Competition. Touch and go (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Who won the inflatable whale? (I wonder what they did with it!)

Comment is about Competition. Touch and go (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Paul - a belated welcome to the site.

Comment is about Paul Hawkins (poet profile)

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Hi Al - welcome to WOL! I have got a bit behind with my welcoming duties! Sorry about that.

Comment is about Al Barz (poet profile)

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Hi Dominic - welcome to WOL. I like your profile poem - if you put something on the blogs section you are more likely to get some feedback if that's what you'd like :)

Comment is about Dominic James (poet profile)

Original item by Dominic James

Hi Kevin - a belated welcome to WOL!

Comment is about Kevin@Empath_Coach (poet profile)

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Hi Rich - welcome to WOL!

Comment is about Rich Davenport (poet profile)

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Hi Emmarichenda -a belated welcome to WOL. I hope you will put some more of your poetry on here. I like what I've seen.

Comment is about emmarichenda (poet profile)

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Hi Steve - welcome to WOL!

Comment is about steve james (poet profile)

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Hya Confirmstatushere - welcome to WOL.

Comment is about confirmstatushere (poet profile)

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Hi Ian - welcome to WOL. Perhaps you might like to try putting a poem on the blogs section - more people seem to see them there. I like the tortoise story!

Comment is about Ian Beckett (poet profile)

Original item by Ian Beckett

Hi Norton - a very warm welcome to WOL. Hope you are enjoying being on the site. Maybe put a poem on the blogs section - more folk tend to see them there than on the profiles.

Comment is about Norton Hodges (poet profile)

Original item by Norton Hodges

Hi Renetha - a very warm welcome to WOL. Hope you are enjoying the site!

Comment is about Renetha Fergus (poet profile)

Original item by Renetha Fergus

Hi Satyajit - a very warm welcome to WOL. I think if you put your poem on the blog section on WOL you might get some more feedback if that's what you would like. I really like your poem. It has real honesty and charm! Hope to read more soon.

Comment is about SATYAJIT BEHERA (poet profile)

Original item by SATYAJIT BEHERA

Hi Sash - a warm welcome to WOL. Good to see you taking part in the site!

Comment is about sash (poet profile)

Original item by sash

Hi Mr Dean! Welcome to WOL - hope you're enjoying the site - good to see you blogging!

Comment is about Dean Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Dean Carroll

Perhaps they should print your poem on cigarette packets instead of the scary photos Dean - it's a very good message well put!

Comment is about Smoke Till Your Hearts Content (blog)

Original item by Dean Carroll

Good one, Larisa. I especially like the first two lines (and last lines) Very true! x

Comment is about There are many..., There are a few... (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Hi Char

Thanks for leading me to Write Out Loud

Robert

Comment is about Char March (poet profile)

Original item by Char March

I am so sorry that I couldn't reply at once. But...your comments mean so much to me. I would like to thank you and... tell you that... your comments inspire me to write and think. With love and warmest wishes, Larisa

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thank you so much, my dear Starfish for your comment on my poems. Love, Larisa

Comment is about Starfish (poet profile)

Original item by Starfish

Thank you so much my dear friends for your comments. With love and warmest wishes, Larisa

Comment is about There are many..., There are a few... (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

A stirring imaginative piece in "the old style".
In many ways, the martial thinking is still
projected in the modern world. But at least there
have been the benefits of great art and science
to make life more than just a savage existence,
and Man more than just a primitive creature, out to
fight off the competition.

Comment is about "For These" said the father "Are The Things A Boy Should Know" (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you MC Newberry and Patricia ad Stefan Wilde.

I grew up living in an urban centre with the sounds of the streets all around me as I tried to sleep each night. How I miss those sounds today.

David

Comment is about URBAN LULLABY (blog)

Original item by David Subacchi

Well done Joy..."simply the best"... truly deserved ... so proud of you, get in there !!!

Comment is about Joy France triumphs again as Commonword slam champ (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you, Dierdre.

Comment is about My Old Soul (blog)

Very moving.

Comment is about My Old Soul (blog)

the joys of growing older,and-colder! sad state of affairs becoming sadder by the day t'would seem.

Well written Dean.xx

Comment is about Mental Health Victims (blog)

Original item by Dean Carroll

Hi Jenny,

How are you? I love your Univocalisms they are great and inspirational. Yes I have managed your challenge to do a Univocalism in U. It was hard to do and wacky? Will try it out at the Waddy. Kind regards, Ian McGregor Hart

Comment is about Jenni Pascoe (poet profile)

Original item by Jenni Pascoe

The silly dances of those two immortal motion
picture clowns are perfectly captured in these most perceptive and enjoyable words.

Comment is about the cuckoo waltz (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

The sadness of mental illness is tempered by the
advances in its treatment over the last century
or so. We can only hope that the pictures
painted in these powerful lines are mellowed by
further progress in the most difficult and often
disguised of all human afflictions.

Comment is about Mental Health Victims (blog)

Original item by Dean Carroll

I know you better than most john and now I think I get your poetry and truly see your direction at long last :)

Comment is about Years (blog)

No suprise to see you doing so well Joy, love your work. It would be great to see you at Stockport WOL again soon.
Maggie

Comment is about Joy France triumphs again as Commonword slam champ (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Otis, I'm sorry it's taken so long to respond...

Thanks for the excerpt - lush! :D More poems need duende... :)

Comment is about Fay Roberts (poet profile)

Original item by Fay Roberts

Richard, that's very kind - it's a recording of a live version of "Kaleidoscope". :)

Comment is about Fay Roberts (poet profile)

Original item by Fay Roberts

Thanks, Charles! :D

I'd never really noticed that before, but yes - it does work like that, doesn't it? :)

Comment is about Fay Roberts (poet profile)

Original item by Fay Roberts

Tee hee - I imagine your request wouldn't have been dissimilar, had you won...


A humorous piece with some fine erotic description (I liked the bracketed sex bit - very evocative)but I found the way you chose to cut up your sentences a bit odd, towards the end.

Comment is about Bones (blog)

kinda reminds me of hugo williams in this piece, style wise but it's a excellent story and the dialogue at the end really brings it together.

top stuff, m8

Comment is about Touching the hem of the robe (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

That's for reading. I particularly like "For My Love I Live".
Best Wishes
Starfish

Comment is about sash (poet profile)

Original item by sash

I'm not familiar with this story Dave - though there's probably a lot about it that a modern woman wouldn't appreciate. I'd like to know the story better before I commented. You seem to have worked it into an effective poem though - with plenty of room for questions at the end - especially for those unfamiliar with Matthew and Marks reflections.

Comment is about Touching the hem of the robe (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Yes Sue - it's an open mic - just turn up and let Julian know you want to perform. He's normally the one in the loud Hawaiian shirt :)

Review is about Write Out Loud Poetry Jam at Marsden Jazz Festival on 13 Oct 2013 (event)

I like the way you focus on the sheer skill of what they did, when they come across as two bumbling idiotic innocents. Nice one Ian

Comment is about the cuckoo waltz (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

How does it work?
I have friend who is a fantastic poet and has just had some of her poems published. Can anyone take part and perform?

Review is about Write Out Loud Poetry Jam at Marsden Jazz Festival on 13 Oct 2013 (event)

They may call Chaplin a genius, but these two are the guys that make me laugh out loud! Enjoyed this, thanks Ian

Comment is about the cuckoo waltz (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

The 21st century poet: reading the poem from your phone . .cool . .

Comment is about Gemma Seltzer (Bromley) (photo)

Thanks for dropping in on 'Pretty Girl'
Impressive cv by the way. I see you've moved on from Stretford, many years ago I used to drink at the Bulls Head chester rd, (perhaps more Sale than Stretford,) often wonder what its like round there these days,
best wishes,
Steve

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Thanks for dropping in on 'Pretty Girl' MC,
best wishes, Steve

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

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