Hi David Glad you liked 'Thales' which is maybe a bit on the obscurish side! Yes, the 'verticals' are literally just anything upright which a fire can burn down.
Comment is about David Blake (poet profile)
Original item by David Blake
Joy,
That's fantastic!
Congratulations & best wishes
Dave
Comment is about Joy France triumphs again as Commonword slam champ (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
This is fine, every line
Makes me feel better.
If you find the one you love
Don't seek a shove - go get her!
Comment is about Goodbye Girl (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
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Thu 10th Oct 2013 16:28
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Thu 10th Oct 2013 16:25
Rules to obey
slaves of command
human freedom invaded
censorship must end.
Comment is about Linda Cosgriff's South Africa poem in human rights anthology (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Hey again and thanks, to be honest this was just a rant with very little thought or structure. It may not always be a good idea but I like to write quickly then just bung it on here warts and all. Maybe I did intend what you surgest but to be honest again I cant truly remember :) ps I do in many ways feel this way about friends and friendship
Comment is about Friends (blog)
Original item by Richard Alfred
I really like the first three stanzas and the general idea of the poem's message. I sometimes think less is more though, and think this could have been neater and more well-rounded if you were to lose a stanza, as there are a fair few lines which seem a bit like baggage (unless these were meant to be taken as a metaphor for some friends, if so, that's genius ;) )
Comment is about Friends (blog)
Original item by Richard Alfred
Only for today
keep this space
hidden from view
when the time
comes around again
grab the moment
do it again.
Comment is about Just For Today (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
Thanks very much for the feedback, folks. Much appreciated. :-)
Comment is about Lampedusa (blog)
Original item by steve pottinger
hi andy yes just 2 in the series, you saw them both. done in 2003 or so.
Comment is about EDGE 1 (blog)
Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER
Well done Joy, hugely deserved. :)
Comment is about Joy France triumphs again as Commonword slam champ (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
really enjoyed this, Steve. top stuff m8. maybe not as good as Pippin Hill but still works really well. You should try more in this vein!
Comment is about Goodbye Girl (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
really enjoyed this, Nick. Part of a series i take it?
Comment is about EDGE 1 (blog)
Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER
really powerful, steve. defo deserves being published by Poetry24 this morn.
Comment is about Lampedusa (blog)
Original item by steve pottinger
Wow - I'm speechless - what a triumph! So sorry I wasn't there to see it - been trying hard to get rid of this pesky cold.
Am absolutely delighted it's gone to someone a style all of her own. xx
Comment is about Joy France triumphs again as Commonword slam champ (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Henceforth to be addressed as 'Slam Champion Joy France' :D
I am incredibly proud and made up for you Joy. I think you should also hold the title of 'Hardest Working Poet in the Bizniz', cos you put the rest of us to shame!
Brilliant x a bajillion :) :)
Comment is about Joy France triumphs again as Commonword slam champ (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you Tommy.
I am glad you thought of Godard. I am pretty chuffed with that for I am a fan!
Comment is about Paris Falls (blog)
Original item by Marianne Daniels
Well done, Linda!I am thrilled for you!
Comment is about Linda Cosgriff's South Africa poem in human rights anthology (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you for your comment on Just For Today, glad you liked! Katy
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I like (good) graffiti and i like this too.
Comment is about Graffiti (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Hello MC,
Thankyou for your kind comments on "I Collect Money" and "Venn Diagrams". I've just posted a rugby poem in a 'tribute' to Johnny Cash. I see you've already commented for which I thank you.
I knocked it up while I was on the rowing machine at the gym - they say we men can't multitask.
Keep bouncing back.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
This is what I was really after -thanks for looking in chez Steve though;
As I was going up Pippen Hill,
Pippen Hill was dirty;
There I met a pretty Miss,
And she dropped me a curtsy.
Little Miss, pretty Miss,
Blessings light upon you;
If I had half-a-crown a day,
I'd spend it all upon you.
(thought there was more to this but apparently not . .)
Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)
Original item by John Coopey
thnk u ol so much!! ur comments are rly encouraging...seeing u r ol so mch more wl establishd!!
Comment is about For my love i live. (blog)
Original item by sash
Thanks John -not as good as Pippin Hill though!
Comment is about Goodbye Girl (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
My mother used to say that a small blue flame bursting from burning coal meant a stranger would come. A more scientific explanation was that it was burning methane. I preferred my mother's interpretation.
Comment is about Ange (blog)
Original item by Christopher Dawson
The very irony, MC, is that many of those who would delete your views (and, as you know, I do not always agree with you politically) would be surprised to know that the Marxist dialectic requires an antithesis as well as a thesis to produce the synthesis.
Alternatively, you might use the open hand ("karate") to smack them in the mouth.
Comment is about AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Excellent idea Steve - a nursery rhyme. This really works.
Comment is about Goodbye Girl (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
like this, especially 'those who bargain with time wasting it'
best wishes, Steve
Comment is about Ineffable (blog)
Original item by Marianne Daniels
A closed fist is a closed mind
an open hand is an open mind -as my old dad used to say
Comment is about AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Really love this, Mike, great stuff! x
Comment is about Tones Of Love (blog)
Original item by Noetic-fret!
A heartfelt hymn of praise - but to whom? The
lines are powerful but I would like to know whose
voice the author is hearing and praising with
such emotion?
Comment is about Tones Of Love (blog)
Original item by Noetic-fret!
A stimulating essay into the concept of "letting
it go" and leaving, if only temporarily, a
mundane and humdrum existence.
Comment is about Just For Today (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
Clearly written with the all love it describes so
well.
Comment is about For my love i live. (blog)
Original item by sash
An enjoyable (and identifiable) observation on
modern town/city existence.
Comment is about URBAN LULLABY (blog)
Original item by David Subacchi
I like the thinking behind these lines.
Get up in the morning and let your mood stay up
through the day!
(Misery loves company!)
Comment is about Bag of Cats (blog)
Original item by Starfish
Let me be the first to say - "terrific"! As a
fan of the Man In Black I loved this true Brit
version of a famous Johnny Cash song. One of
your best so far!
Comment is about Rugby Fatboy Blues (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you, Steve. Unfortunately, this one isn't based on a figment of my imagination. Though I am probably more of a "bag of kittens".
Comment is about Steve Higgins (poet profile)
Original item by Steve Higgins
This is true. Well observed and written.
Best Wishes
Starfish
Comment is about There are many..., There are a few... (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Thank you for commenting on my poem. Thanks too for the link - 'twas a gem.
Starfish
Comment is about cbyrne (poet profile)
Original item by cbyrne
Yes, at least it lives on in its seeds. As do we. Lovely, thoughtful poem.
Comment is about The Spirit of The Tree (blog)
Original item by Steve Higgins
Splendid preview Isobel. More power to Joy's elbow!
Comment is about Joy France in Manchester, 2013 (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I am delighted but not surprised Linda. Well done you!
Comment is about Linda Cosgriff's South Africa poem in human rights anthology (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
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Tue 8th Oct 2013 22:16
Thank you again, Cara.
Comment is about Forever Now and All I Might Have (blog)
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Tue 8th Oct 2013 22:09
This is dazzlingly powerful. A dreamscape. I am there, amidst the deer and trees and mist.
Comment is about Forever Now and All I Might Have (blog)
Julian (Admin)
Thu 10th Oct 2013 18:28
What a star you are, Joy. Well done.
Comment is about Joy France triumphs again as Commonword slam champ (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman