Cheers, Julian and Frances. In perhaps another indication of the importance of the Beatles to our collective national memory, there were newspaper taxis at the closing London Olympics ceremony last year.
Comment is about Newspaper Taxis - Poetry After the Beatles: ed. Bowen, Furniss, Woolley (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Ha ha - fancypants new title! :-D
LOVE the subject matter!
I think the revised version is stronger.
(SEE - I told you I had some catching up to do!)
Comment is about Prism in Shade (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Really love this - especially the last verse!
Comment is about Electric Blue (for Avital) (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
This has put a huge smile on my face! :-D
Comment is about Frowns of Silence (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Seething with sensuality. _ A rainbow sandwich?
Comment is about A little bohemia in Warwick (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
A simple truth, well expressed.
Comment is about seasonal liaisons ( senryu ) (blog)
Is this literally the neighbour from hell?
love the bit about whipping the washing in.
Very amusing. xx
Comment is about Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
No sympathy! bloody showing off that you can afford a cruise!!
Comment is about stay and cruise (blog)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
Be grateful for the single bed - it could have been the garden shed!( or if she thinks that's your retreat - in Rover's basket you must sleep!
Comment is about Frowns of Silence (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I love the way this flows and melts through the seasons
Comment is about And, naked (blog)
Original item by Marnanel Thurman
<Deleted User> (10123)
Wed 27th Feb 2013 22:43
Celebrations - off-key tree ornaments - silent alarm - cull - quad-verse thoughts seem a little dark to me. nice piece, ta muchly, nick.
Comment is about Warnings (blog)
Original item by Noetic-fret!
<Deleted User> (10123)
Wed 27th Feb 2013 22:33
Kum quat may I'll still like this, ta muchly nick.
Comment is about Let's Get Fruity (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
What are you calling "my auld cock"??
It's no older than me, thankyou very much!!
Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)
Original item by Yvonne Brunton
<Deleted User> (10123)
Wed 27th Feb 2013 22:27
We'll have to have words with the Veg-Police. Any filth is in the mind of the reader - I don't have a mind so can't find it at all naughty - more's the pity. ta muchly, nick.
Comment is about The Supermarket Veg Approach to Romance (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
Wotcha yerself, MC.
There really is a railway underpass in Castleford called "Tickle Cock Lane", so named for its use by "courting" couples.
I gather there was also Gropec*nt Lane, much frequented by ladies of the night, in London until the planners got their way and renamed it.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
<Deleted User> (10123)
Wed 27th Feb 2013 22:24
Only read it once and liked it. Then your phantom verse drifted to the great grave of wordage hidden in the cosmos, somewhere beyond the last day of the month me thinks! ta muchly, nick.
Comment is about VANISHING POST (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Hello Ian,
Many thanks for your kind comments on "Tickle Cock Lane". I'm not exactly a Cas lad although I worked for a good number of years at Allerton Bywater.
Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Lovely sonnet,T, in conventional iambic pentameter.
I particularly like the line "a summer-filled cathedral all of gold".
Comment is about And, naked (blog)
Original item by Marnanel Thurman
Nobbly, bobbly (and even the "bad" bits - which are easily trimmed) I can do. But "poo-blemished"? No way Jose. All those misshapen yet flavoursome beauties - nature's naughty sculptures - pile 'em on - carrot erotica, parsnip porn - it matters not, I embrace it wholeheartedly. But "poo-blemished"? Nope, not even for a Tesco double bogof and the Coop divi (with the GreenShield Stamps) would anything "poo-blemished" pass these fair and delicate lips. Trust me, poo-blemished = e.coli. Just don't do poo man, it's not right . . .
Comment is about The Supermarket Veg Approach to Romance (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
tony sheridan
Wed 27th Feb 2013 20:40
Nice one Jeff. Take care, Tony.
Comment is about Ghosts of Rivington Moor (blog)
Original item by Jeffarama!
Pensilvania
Green spots,apples aren't done
Red Motel,Blue restorant
Invite you
In a date with Piccaso
Comment is about Leon Qafzezi (poet profile)
Original item by Leon Qafzezi
Let's hope he's released soon. Locked up for words... words always have power and that scares people. Reminds me of the jailed Vietnam poets/singers/bloggers. I won't forget any of them...
Comment is about Qatari poet's life sentence cut to 15 years (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Unless we are talking courgettes and marrows of course - which you definitely don't want knobbly and blemished ;)
What an interesting analogy Dave. You are right. No-one is perfect - the secret is learning to love the imperfection as well - taking someone lock stock and barrel - or you end up all alone one day - alone and bunged up cos you never got your 5 a day.
Comment is about The Supermarket Veg Approach to Romance (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
Much sympathy on a predicament well expressed.
I have the middle flat (of three)...the ham in
the sandwich, as it were, but I've been so lucky with neighbours/tenants above and below.
Long may it remain so!
Comment is about Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Should this be titled...
Sea Cruise - An Allergy?
I've always maintained that travel is merely a displacement of the body - and not always to its advantage.
Comment is about stay and cruise (blog)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
Are you from the Big Apple?!
Except for the slightly disconcerting change in
line versification (3 and 4), loved the concept.
Entertaining and imaginative. I'm raisin my hat!!
Comment is about Let's Get Fruity (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
brilliantly done Greg. I really enjoyed reading this. Lots of memories evoked, he says with a sigh.
Comment is about Newspaper Taxis - Poetry After the Beatles: ed. Bowen, Furniss, Woolley (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Hi Emlyn,
I read and returned to this several times. I think it's a very clever and well constructed piece - which would obviously (to me) benefit by being heard - rather than read. It has great rhythm and the rhyme isn't so in yer face as to make it too twee. The title is great - it just "bounces" off the tongue. I could imagine this going down extremely well with a young audience. i don't know why, but I want to add a final line just to round it off - a pause, and then simply "In Bikenhead." But that's just me - and I freely admit to a few peculiarities.
Anyhow, I'd love to "hear" it, if you can get an audio up! Enjoyed.
Regards,
A.E.
Comment is about Baking bread in Birkenhead (blog)
Original item by Emlyn
I appreciate the nod Anthony, but 'erotic'? I never really got past the adolescent fumbling stage.
Comment is about 'Mildly erotic' anthology issues strict rules on metre (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Come on JC, stop messing about with these cover versions and pen a classic extolling the virtues of King Gareth!!!
Comment is about Frowns of Silence (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Chris, many thanks for your comments. Appreciated.
Marc, I find it impossible to thank you for yours, which, here, border on the libelous and, as such, are in contravention of our house rules - of the house rules of most community-based websites in fact.
This site does its best without any funding, and largely run by volunteers, to provide what seems to be wanted and needed by most people using it: a site that brings you a chance to share your work and discuss poetry and related matters online, the best poetry listings in the UK and an increasingly valuable news and features section. We welcome comments and submissions that add something valuable to all this. Yours don't and are clearly designed to simply cause offence. Please adopt a more relevant and positive tone or find a website that welcomes your type of comments. This is not one.
Comment is about Qatari poet's life sentence cut to 15 years (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Well yes, red would be perfect - indeed!!
Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Well I must admit, I'm tempted to submit....x
Comment is about 'Mildly erotic' anthology issues strict rules on metre (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
First of all Marc the poets name is Lemn Sissay, not Lemm Sissay. Secondly this is NOT a story about Lemn Sissay. Thirdly this has nothing to do with either a book fair or Pakistan, the latter of which has an entirely differing political system and culture. Forgetting all of the above, whatever your tenuous link might be; is there any need for the aggressive, off the cuff tone when speaking to Greg?
Don't bother answering, it was a rhetorical question. The fact is there was no call for speaking in that manner.
Thx to Greg and Write Out Loud...for bringing this story to the attention of poets, and thx again for following it up and updating us. A stark reminder of the freedoms we often take for granted. We can only hope that that Ajami is released and that there is some political progression in the country.
Comment is about Qatari poet's life sentence cut to 15 years (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (10123)
Tue 26th Feb 2013 18:27
It - is beautiful - I'm not 'ere often cos I'm away without a computer, Spendid, I have often tried to use the same first word but 'have suffered deferred success' you nailed it, with pentameter, with sinusoidal wordage, with all the goodies that I look for. ta muchly, Nick.
Comment is about It (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
<Deleted User> (10123)
Tue 26th Feb 2013 18:15
My pal Valentine says it don't matter. He would be more than 'appy to get something as thoughtful as that. ta muchly, Nick. ps. Is it concrete?
Comment is about The One I Love (blog)
Original item by Shirley Smothers
<Deleted User> (10123)
Tue 26th Feb 2013 18:04
Blimey, lots of comments 'ere. Can't see wot all the fuss is about. I exorcised my butler and after cleaning the RR and Bent and a couple of me sports cars set off across the country to a rat-hole-shit-trap for only £100 a week. So, wot's wrong with that? You're all ridiculous reds - Tory pro populous is an oxymoron - no less. Cats and pigeons eh Dave? ta muchly Nick.
Comment is about Bedroom Tax (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
<Deleted User> (10123)
Tue 26th Feb 2013 17:57
Is this one of those 'thingies' people are supposed to utter as last words? Whatever you do, don't make them your last. Grrrreat! tamuchly, Nick.
Comment is about seasonal liaisons ( senryu ) (blog)
<Deleted User> (10123)
Tue 26th Feb 2013 17:53
Neighbours from Hell, what a treat - I'm only poor and live in the back of beyond - beyond being able to write like wot you done - muchly ta, ps. is title a real word cos I ain't got a dictionary big enough to take that.
(not my fault I'm ignorent - ignorant ow! whatever.) ta muchly, Nick. pps. more please!
Comment is about Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
<Deleted User> (10123)
Tue 26th Feb 2013 17:46
Just grows and grows - 'tis wot the soldier sees,
inside the head - or a regiment disease?
now recognised by the pain of peace
shoved up the arse with government greece!
he said knowingly,
ta muchly, mine was years ago, but still lingers - it always will, ta muchly, Nick
Comment is about Seaward Citadel (blog)
Original item by David Blake
<Deleted User> (10123)
Tue 26th Feb 2013 17:37
Well, what can I say about this L.R.? I'm not normally backward in coming forward and so: rhymes and rhymes and more, it holds together reasonably but you have actually done better. but I appreciate the novel concept, ta muchly, Nick.
Comment is about I am yours not a fate... (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
<Deleted User> (10123)
Tue 26th Feb 2013 17:33
Week two ate a Thesaurus - Don't worry Harry you're not alone, we hurt too! But appreciate the thought. ps SAGA do it better, or was that bitter - sorry some bugger ate me Thesaurus.
ta muchly, Nick.
Comment is about stay and cruise (blog)
Original item by Harry O`N eill
<Deleted User> (10123)
Tue 26th Feb 2013 17:27
The backing's good. Ho,Ho, but seriously: If I'm naughty or dis-thoughtful, I am persuaded with 'burt salad'. I feel you're showing off - we haven't got a spare room - two spare houses and a chauffeur maybe - but no spare room. Nice one Cyril, nice one son let's have another one. Goodly as usual, ta muchly, Nick.
Comment is about Frowns of Silence (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Another bottle of red methinks to keep the party going!
Comment is about A little bohemia in Warwick (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
Agree with Dave Bradley on this latest inspiration tho' personally, I'd much rather suffer the "Sounds of Silence". It's called living alone!
Comment is about Frowns of Silence (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Simfonia e njollave
Muzika e fjales tende me zgjon
Dehjen e mbremjes ekzotike
Kur fryn dega e palmes reres kuqe
Ne nje perendim te lakuriqte lejla
Dhe shishja e wiskit zhytur reres
Me shikon me sy pirati blu
E afshi i lambades lekundet pistash
Ne diellin e nxehte tropikal verbues
E shkumbezon ne shampanjen e bardhe
Te dallges...
Per ta pire ngadale ne buzet e tua sensuale
Nen lekundjet e nje treni veror
Kur nis e bie mbremja
Leon Qafzezi-1996(copy right)
Comment is about Leon Qafzezi (poet profile)
Original item by Leon Qafzezi
Ian Whiteley
Thu 28th Feb 2013 10:58
thanks for your comments on my 'neighbour' piece MC. I may have exageratred the circumstances a little for dramatic efect ;-)
Ian
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry