I wrote this because amidst all the fuss over one baby, the other 369 000 born that day were being written out of history. Which is what always happens. I wanted to shift the perspective a little.
Thanks to Poetry 24 for publishing it today.
Comment is about 369 000 (blog)
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What a great new profile photo Ann.
Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)
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Hi and thank you for your comment. :-)
Comment is about Richard Alfred (poet profile)
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Thanks Laura
Capitals are there because I'm too lazy to edit when I copy from word!
Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)
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Thank you Cynthia
your poem held much resonance for me, so I did want you to read mine :)
Regards
Richard
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
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I take your point, Richard. 'The Bath' was written some years back, and slightly reworked before posting. But your particular lines 'This bath feels deeper....such danger in being alone' definitely flow along the same thought channel as my idea.
You have a good poem here with great diction developing a strong mood. I did wonder why the issue was clouded between 'drowning' and 'cutting'. I'm also surprised that there are no other comments. But I missed it weeks ago also. Which only emphasizes that good poems often slip under the radar. Never take it personally.
Comment is about Padlock (blog)
Original item by Richard Alfred
Yes, I'm a stubborn mare as you can probably guess! : )
Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)
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Thank you Dave, your comment has really given me a boost, Katy x
Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)
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Very powerful. There's a poem of mine somewhere on WOL - '1968' - about the one year that the armed forces saw no action. Let's hope there are more 1968's.
Comment is about The Borrow (blog)
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Hi Cynthia
I have just blogged your poem The Parting on www.katypoetess.com and put in a link back to your profile here. Hope that's ok!
Katy
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
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Hello Noris,
Nice writing.
Keep posting!
Mike
x
Comment is about I waited ... (blog)
Original item by Noris Roberts
.........I like this poem, it touches me.
Mike
Comment is about IF (blog)
and I'm not telling you where to hold a saddo's balls ;-)or did I misread your intention?
Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)
Original item by John Coopey
I bet this did the trick, Ian. You'd have been mustard when you were younger!
Comment is about Twilight Hours (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
A Saddo's Ball? Where do they hold them, Ian? I could do with a night out.
Comment is about The Ballad Of Billy Nomates (blog)
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As an art student many moons ago I used to travel from Ealing to Cockfosters and back every day and it happened to me on several occasions. I just used to pretend I was asleep!
Comment is about Beautiful (blog)
Original item by Isobel
Hi Laura - not quite sure how to do what you said - but if you go onto Soundcloud then the stuff I've been doing recently with Paul Healy is under the A4453528 account number. I think the last 4 things are me and him - previous stuff just by him. Hope you can find it!
Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)
Original item by Laura Taylor
light flickers
darkness stays
switching off
that memory
if only
you could.
Comment is about One Year Apart (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
Will you - won't you?
"The answer my friend is blowing in the wind..."
:-))
Comment is about The Rhymes They Are A-Changin' (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Well done Laura its a fab poem and your timing was spot on, looks great on 24 ,
you should be chuffed I am chuffed for you :)
Comment is about Regal Potential (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
A haunting piece this Kath, and I do like the layout, although those pesky capitals at the start of the lines have no business being there!
Comment is about Sycamore Babies (blog)
Original item by Kath Hewitt
Many thanks for your comments, fellas
It's been published today by Poetry24, which I'm a bit chuffed about :)
http://poetry-24.blogspot.co.uk/
Comment is about Regal Potential (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Hiya - found it! Ta :) What a great poem, and your voice sounds so good on the CD. Blimey though - you wrote a LOT of poems that year!! :D
You could maybe just send me the link to it. Right click on the URL of your soundcloud page, copy, then paste the link onto a message on my profile :)
Aye, thank you, all is grand with me. Great to see you experimenting with the music - look forward to hearing some!
Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)
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A time when the sun shone
Long in the day, smudging
Its shadows
very nice, the lines above well done :)
Comment is about Sycamore Babies (blog)
Original item by Kath Hewitt
Rhyme is perfect for comedy - which is your preferred genre.
You have proved that you can use it to good effect in serious poetry too - your 52 Hertz poem was lovely.
Rhyme only sounds crap when it's forced or overdone - which doesn't matter so much in comedy but can ruin a serious poem.
I like free verse - but good free verse is so hard to write. Variety is the key - be versatile - or just keep on doing what works well...
Comment is about The Rhymes They Are A-Changin' (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Ha ha - you didn't even do it for this one! Keep on...
Comment is about The Rhymes They Are A-Changin' (blog)
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Yes, this is funny and would perform oh so well.
Comment is about Beautiful (blog)
Original item by Isobel
Lots to take in on this - has to be your longest one. I love it for its layered beauty and sadness. XX
Comment is about Sycamore Babies (blog)
Original item by Kath Hewitt
This is funny.. i think Dylan should know about this. And the moral... don't let anyone tell you how to write your stuff..
Comment is about The Rhymes They Are A-Changin' (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for seeing the depth Dave. There's a little bit of the inner me in all the froth I write :)
I'm really looking forward to performing it. I think there's definitely room for audience participation, particularly on the choruses...
Thanks everyone for the feedback - it's much appreciated! xx
Comment is about Beautiful (blog)
Original item by Isobel
hello MC,
Thanks for your thoughts on "Morning Star". As a trainspotter in my juvenile days give me "Evening Star" any day.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
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Hello Greg,
Many thanks for your thoughts on "Morning Star"; a find, indeed, in Harrogate!
Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)
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Praise indeed ;-)
I believe the best putdown in such circumstances is 'no thank you, I tend to roll my own' :-)
Comment is about Beautiful (blog)
Original item by Isobel
Hello Old Fruity,
Many thanks for your thoughts on "Morning Star".
I shall have to test the provenance of a Wigan pie. Cultural cuisine over here focuses on a Barnsley Kebab, 3 pork pies on a skewer.
Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
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cheers John - I'm 'not just a hat-rack' eh? I have no idea what you're on (about)but you are quite correct - my rack is not just for hats
;-)
Ian
Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)
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Let me add my appreciation too, plus all of the comments below.
You're not just a hat-rack.
Comment is about The Jesus Gene (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
I enjoyed this a lot, Freda. Great observational piece. :-)
Comment is about My Dragon Husband (blog)
Original item by Freda Davis
The Royal family are just an anachronism in today’s democratic world and I’m glad to see someone putting forward an alternative view of the royal birth. I wish the little guy health and happiness but its time he and his family made their own way in the world!
Comment is about Regal Potential (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
thanks for commenting on 'the Jesus gene' Cynthia - much appreciated.
I do like a good read - mostly the 'wrong sort' of books such as Steven King, John Connolly, Terry Pratchett and other of their ilk.
I also read a lot of 'alternate theory' books - UFO's, aliens, ghosts and the supernatural - amazing where your mind can go when you have it stretched
I'm also a good (lapsed) catholic boy with a wide range of literary and poetic leanings - mix 'em all up and something like the Jesus Gene will emerge
thanks so much for your comments - much appreciated
Ian
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Cynthia
a typical Yorkshireman is..........
male and
comes from Yorkshire ;-)
as a friend of mine once said - he 'likes what he does and he does what he bloody well likes'
he seems 'dour' and 'unfeeling' yet has a heart of gold and a soft centre - carefully hidden beneath a hard veneer.
he looks like a brickie but has the heart of a poet
he is......YORKSHIRE :-)
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
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This is really superb. And intellectual too! The references are very stimulating to much thought. As is the originality of your ideas, as David says. I liked 'his mother is a virgin in all but hymen', because it is so ambiguous, and spreads out countless possible connotations. You must be a wide reader of many interests.
Comment is about The Jesus Gene (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
What is a 'typical Yorkshireman' then? Will you give me some clues?
Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
I nearly wrote a poem today on this very subject and you beat me to it, well done its great :)
To all the young mothers up and down this country with no future, no father for your children, sat watching a child born into extreme wealth trying to fathom any kind of connection. You all deserve so much more,
they so much less
Comment is about Regal Potential (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Well never come between a man and his sport, well I will make sure I see you when you do your spot with Jeff and I sure hope to see you at mine :)
Regards as ever
R
Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)
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Electric storm
lighting strikes
flashing mic
poetic fuse
Kro Bar
current tweet
simply reads
total blackout!
Comment is about Stockport Write Out Loud to give arts trail a reet tweet (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
steve mellor
Tue 23rd Jul 2013 12:27
Julian (Admin)
Thu 25th Jul 2013 15:01
is that an anagram of <entail lager pot>? If so, is it code?
nice one Laura. Put it on Guardian's website.
Comment is about Regal Potential (blog)
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