thank you tony , i'm glad you enjoyed it :)

Comment is about The Language Of Love (blog)

Original item by Tracey Bucknell

Hi Cynthia, thanks for your comment. As a matter of fact this text on memories and oblivion is very recent and I'm going to work on it, trying to improve some lines, if I can... Maybe it results a little experimental and bizarre at the first readings. Or maybe it simply sucks :-)! Yet the "sprung" effects as well as the enjambements are intentional. I often use (also in Italian) lexical or semantic deviation as poetic licence (the "foregrounded figure" with the language on the background), verbs normally not related to a subject or an objet (like "listen to a gesture" "the seat of the point of view" or similar) and so on. But I' m not a native speaker of English, though I love this language, so your advice is always very precious to me. I agree with you, originality is important. Everybody should tell his or her own soul and not someone else's.

Comment is about The purple play (blog)

Original item by Carla Tombacco

thanks Dave :)

and thanks Cynthia.. it was just my line of thinking, pessimistic maybe, trying to be stoical if what seemed to be something turned out not to be or just changed along the way.Like some journeys turn out when you're not sure where you're going anyway,could go one way, could go the other,or yep both roads could well merge into one. Guilty of B&W thinking again,me.

Comment is about Walkabout (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

I like the way you wind through the seasons. Delightful.

Comment is about A story to the plants, that made them blush. Teaser (blog)

Original item by Dan Whitaker

Your point of view is expressed in a good sonnet.

Comment is about The Sanctity of Life (blog)

Original item by Tom Chapman

Sounds like he's about to do porridge.

Comment is about Cereal Killer (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

I agree- terrific, smouldering along with verbal angst.

Comment is about Thin (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Very well expressed with innovative images. Why is there a 'choice' at the end? Does one eliminate the other?

Comment is about Walkabout (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Forget warming the bottles up - just drink them!

Comment is about Progress and The Diggy Box (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Fantastic - philosophy and physics 'strung' inexorably together with real poetical skill. And I do believe totally that 'every infant is a time traveller'. I will read this many times.

Comment is about For A Short Time. (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

I like this - it's got style - percussive jazz with a lyrical violin.

Comment is about My Cousin Rosebud (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

It's a neat little thought provoker.

Comment is about The 3D Printer (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

For those who won't (for whatever reaon) be able to catch the poem on Radio 4, it can nbe found here:

http://plagiarist.com/poetry/5618/

I admit to not being familiar with the work, until reading it on the above site. Having read it, yes, there are profanities - but they are there in the form of reportage, and not at all offensive to my ears. I don't see the poem's purpose as to offend in any sense, but simply to record and comment on Harrisons own experiences and view of the world. Much of it is relevant to today's broken (and definitely not BIG) society. It's a clever, crafted poem, it's a long poem, it's a rhyming poem (is that a swear word these days?) and all the more skilled and eloquent in that in such a long work none of the rhymes are forced. Exponents of rhyme can learn much from Harrison's techniques in construction and especially enjambment. Anyway, what I am I waffling on about? Go read it for yourselves . . .

Comment is about Tony Harrison’s 'torrent of filth' poem on Radio 4 (article)

Original item by Julian Jordon

Plath's contemporaries said she felt an alien in West Yorkshire. The question to ask is whether Sylvia Plath herself would want to lie there. One feels the answer is no.

Heptonstall like Haworth is an oppressive place. The land doesn't want people there.
She should not have been left to whiten her bones in what is basically, a field.
Even then it looked like an act of anger rather than an act of love.

Her remains should have have been returned to the United States years ago and reburied close to her parents.
Hughes and the Hughes Estate have made money from her bones whilst neglecting her grave.
It is an unforgivable disgrace.

For awhile both Plath and Hughes gave each other the image of their own mind.
Plath must have been aware of Emily Dickinson's line... The poet marries herself.

It is possible that Plath might have taken her own life even if she had never met Hughes. It is tragic that she met a man who betrayed every woman with whom he had a relationship.

The truth is lost on the way to the cemetery.

Alan Pascoe

Comment is about Sorrow and joy: a pilgrimage to the grave of Sylvia Plath (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Nah, you've misunderstood me. But then so does everyone else. I'd have a liked a kite in the last verse. Any colour.

Comment is about One Night I Stole a Purple Balloon (blog)

Original item by Irina

Anabolic?! You'll be wanting steroid sound next!!! My digital TV has an inbuilt tuner and doesn't need the diggy box - which, by the way, should still enable an old TV to receive programmes. I've kept both items just in case my current TV ever breaks down and I need a replacement. Our first TV, when living on a hill in rural Wiltshire, was a Murphy 17" that worked with a single VHF radio aerial...we were THAT high at 500ft above sea level!!! I still remember the joys of Popeye and Olive Oyl in glorious black and white! Happy innocent days. Thanks for taking me back.

Comment is about Progress and The Diggy Box (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Nice work, danyul. This should get the birds. Mind you, with your face-for-radio you're gonna need a good poem! Good luck on wed - sorry i'm double booked and can't make it.

Comment is about A story to the plants, that made them blush. Teaser (blog)

Original item by Dan Whitaker

Thanks so much for your comments! Ray - I see what you mean, the beginning gives a promise of it being more sexually explicit, and I can understand why it feels flat. However, taking it to that direction would feel a bit like sucking up to a cheap audience. If an audience has a subtle appreciation for poetry, they'll be happy with the concluding end rhyme of intenser/Marks and Spencer (I hope). Cynthia - I'm so glad this made you laugh :)

Comment is about One Night I Stole a Purple Balloon (blog)

Original item by Irina

Carla, this is interesting. To be honest, as I was reading, I found myself skipping words, rearranging them even, digging for the 'meat' of your ideas, because this subject and your take on it really is interesting. It's a thought - perhaps you could edit it down to a shorter, stronger piece. Only my opinion, and always with respect. English may be your 4th 0r 5th language! Keep writing. It's original ideas that count the most.

'purple' seems to be back in vogue again; it makes regular cycles, although no one ever clearly defines its attraction.

Comment is about The purple play (blog)

Original item by Carla Tombacco

I don't think it falls flat - more like 'ominous'. I like how it ambles along, conversationally, but punching through really strong ideas. 'Thinking I should start decorating in yellow' made me laugh outright.

Comment is about One Night I Stole a Purple Balloon (blog)

Original item by Irina

Terrific mother-daughter work - really like 'unbalanced by middle aged love'.

Comment is about Siren (blog)

Original item by fiona sinclair

Many had a portable aerial on top of the TV, shaped like Tony Harrison's poem's title. More fun than watching the valves glow was the art of moving the aerial around the room trying to get the picture to stop scrolling, or to remove the blizzard from the screen. The unfortunate aerial bearers usually found just the right spot to be in the air behind the TV, so could not watch the set themselves, but had to stand there to that others could see the end of What's My Line, or Grandstand, whatever. For the greater good...
We had ours on rental from the Coop. I have a feeling the brand was Defiant, or similar. It was forever being repossessed because my mam had got behind with the payments. I remember once she made me go and keep the repossession man talking at the door so she and my Nan could watch the end of Coronation St. before he took it. Happy days, eh?

Comment is about Progress and The Diggy Box (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

looks very similar to the one that graced our front room. It lasted forever, or so it seemed. All of my friends had telly's on very thin legs that were so modern. Eventually the tube went, and could no longer be replaced, oh, and you could get the radio on it as well!

Loved reading about it.

Comment is about Progress and The Diggy Box (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Nice poen. Nice, er, metaphor. I'd have liked it to end on more of a bang. Falls a bit flat.

Comment is about One Night I Stole a Purple Balloon (blog)

Original item by Irina

A strong piece which highlights the loneliness of the addict and the waste of a life. I love the line :-
'And her iconic war paint scrawled ironic defeat in tracks
Down her pale skin.'
and the sadness of the phrase:-
'at the very end in her lonely home'

Comment is about Amy (blog)

Original item by Simon Austin

Clever. makes you think. technology still has limitations and what things are of real value anyway?

Comment is about The 3D Printer (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Ah that tune brings back memories.Neatidea to link both sons of the city.

Comment is about Jesse Boot (blog)

Original item by Marnanel Thurman

Hi John. I'll let our technical people know the difficulties you are having posting on Yvonne's wall. I'm able to post on it but it would be interesting to see if MC manages to.

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Yvonne,
They're trying to come between us!
I don't seem able to access your Profile page to post my thanks for your nice comments.
Also, there are a couple of posts in the blogs which seem to have your style written all over them but it doesnt credit a poet to them. Likewise I can't comment on them.
Will I forever be rejected? Will it forever be the winceyette nightshirt and "All is safely gathered in"?

Comment is about The Plays of William Shakespeare - (or Where I Get All My Talentfulness From) (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hello MC,
Many thanks for your thoughts on "Our Gert" and "The plays of William Shakespeare...". The former is as close as I've got to writing a love song! The latter was inspired by an old joke about a bloke who wrote some of the world's best melodies but they never got published, like, "Life is just a bowl of f****g cherries".
On another front I don't seem able to write my thanks on Yvonne Brunton's Profile page. It tells me I don't have the necessary permissions.
As a favour do you think that you might post on her page to say that I am unable to do so? I feel terribly impolite not being able to respond to the kind comments she makes.

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Yes, Thx Dave for running this. Win

Comment is about Cat Competition Result (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

An observation directly spoken at a recent Poetry Gig, including the use of 'Gay Dinosaur'.

Comment is about The Gay Dinosaur (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

lovely!

Comment is about I Remember (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

This months guest poet is Catherine Coward. If you would like to read her books there available in kindle, ebook or just to down load on your computer. Here's the link.


POETIC CHILL OUT by Catherine Coward
Permalink: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00B0XS0TO

Please also note Gemma Lees will not be returning this month but next due to double bookings. See you all Sunday!

Review is about Write Out Loud - Middleton on 24 Feb 2013 (event)

You can find more of my poetry including some videos by Searching on SUBACCHI+POET

Comment is about VALENTINES (blog)

Original item by David Subacchi

Looking forward to it Joy, sounds interesting to say the least! - As long as we don't get barred from the pub its fine! a Jeffarama! X

Comment is about Joy France at Write Out Loud Bolton on Sunday (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

thanks barbi x i have had the word dubh spelt wrong which is an error as its important the word dubh is interpreted as the colour black (irish gaelic) it also refers to the blackness of the eye...i had it spelt to mean something else. its tricky getting gaelic right, but there you go x

Comment is about cacti plant (blog)

Original item by Rachel Bond

that beast with a stretch

the length of a universe.

i like the way the imagery invokes ideas of time/space/distance and travel. i was thinking of colossal whales the colour of the night sky swimming through time, invisible through the camoflage of their sheer size. i like the vast spaces set next to tiny ideas like the 'giggle' and all the heart attacks there ever was. messiah sized.

good write although i think the latter half loses the dense imagery and is more explanatory.

:)

Comment is about For A Short Time. (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Warning - I'm planning a rather strange set. Weird shennanagins (whatever they are!), audience participation (not compulsory!), a penguin and.... well you'll have to turn up to find out. As many as possible please so that I'll feel less silly if lots of others are feeling silly too!!!!

Comment is about Joy France at Write Out Loud Bolton on Sunday (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I do like this- a modern take on age old pleas.

''It's marvellous this printing,
The future is here.
But can it print justice
or a good pint of beer?''
cheers Dave

Tommy

Comment is about The 3D Printer (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Thanks Cheryl! That's quite a compliment - and a heady mix of scenes. I'm looking forward to 4th March. when we've got two poetry features and one music feature, plus all the open-mic'ers, so we may be heading for standing room only again - get there early! Mike x

Review is about Until the Light Goes Out on 4 Mar 2013 (event)

Congratulations to Nick. An entertaining word-play. XX

Comment is about Cat Competition Result (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Thy talent'f plain for all to fee.
Thif ditty it induc-ed me
To engage in hilarity
And, yea, even to flap my knee!

Glad you re-posted this. XX

Comment is about The Plays of William Shakespeare - (or Where I Get All My Talentfulness From) (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Clearly more important than the one holding the handles!

Comment is about Depends (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Sorry...Bob or Thomas?

Comment is about THE PERFECT EXIT LINE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I agree with Ann. Couldn't have put it better

Comment is about Walkabout (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

suckled and viperish...under used lovely words.. i like this poem a lot and Neil Gaiman comes to mind somehow. peeling off the wall and never in a box your writing. i like that.

Comment is about Loudly into the cold (blog)

Original item by Steven Dark

nice, a dreamquake of a poem shaking the sleeper from her reverie... i like your style time traveller.

Comment is about yellow about the land (blog)

Original item by Steven Dark

thank you Ann :) i hope you and my ancestral homeland are well this winter :)

Comment is about Walkabout (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

they aren't dissimilar John i have quite nice little feet it has been said..
It's my railway line though.

Comment is about Walkabout (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey