Imaginatively conceived - and constructed!

Comment is about MOUNT OLYMPUS (blog)

Original item by Yvonne Brunton

Seams about par for the course for Barclays. Plenty of ambulance chasing firms out there would be keen to help Bert.
Good poem for bringing people's attention to injustice

Comment is about Barclay's in Bletchley-sliding doors shut on 85 year old ! (blog)

Original item by hugh

There should always a place for the human question
"Why?"
But what is remembered now: the violent incitements of a Malcom X -
OR "I have a dream..."?
We have to be careful what we wish for and how to get it. There is unspoken "luxury" being able to live in a country that has the word "fair" in its vocabulary and the freedom to ask "Why".

Comment is about A civil war, where the mind is as powerful as the gun (blog)

Original item by Wez Jefferies

Mark certainly sounds like an energetic poet and fair play to ANYONE trying to make a living out of it!.
Sadly having lived in MK for thirty years I feel that the pressures of having to compose stuff about civic events (instead of getting under the skin of the melting pot that is this wannabe city) somewhat dilutes much of the content.

Aren't these positions more like court jesters than poet laureates?

Comment is about The Write Out Loud interview: Mark Niel (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

yes i know the chinese slang would do that in todays pc barmy world. it goes with the piece. the chinese rip everything off. planes, dvds etc. thanx for reading.

Comment is about Bellyache (for Weird Harold) (blog)

Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER

Hi Yvonne. Thanks for your kind comments on my blog post about "Pretty Fragments."

The prediction is a really fun thing to take part in, it was the one thing that got me writing seriously again 3 years ago. The folks that take part are very welcoming.

Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)

Original item by Yvonne Brunton

'I am also developing a keen interest in photography, as I am fascinated by the attention to detail it involves, such as the emphasis on aspects such as light and shade'

your poetry presents you well in this aspect of your self observation David - welcome to WOL :-)

Comment is about David Blake (poet profile)

Original item by David Blake

i really like this poem - the word sounds move the poem on as a journey - the narrative is consistent as it moves from light to dark

leaves me with a peripheral feel for Dante and Blake, twisting together to provide some light for me in these rooms of your ambition

:-)

Comment is about The Dream at the Party (blog)

Original item by David Blake

The muscles are varnished, the tension glazed with light tooled over, a physician's eye working through the parting day. No awkward grimace, no drooling lip


taut and examined within the prism of night

Comment is about body (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Cheers Tom- things are just so- :o)

Comment is about Tom Harding (poet profile)

Original item by Tom Harding

I like this, no no no thats the wrong word, I enjoyed the darkness of this and the way your descriptive language almost paints a picture in the minds eye.

Oscar Wilde said that to think deeply is the privilege of those that have been hurt.

I feel a lot of pain in this which stopped me from liking it as much as enjoying the poetic skill employed when writing it. You are extremely gifted. Well done and God Bless XXX

Comment is about Winter Hour (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

some alchemist lost in untimed lands

I love this line XXXXX

Comment is about Meta (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

clever piece, so much said in so few words. well constructed. I enjoyed it.

Comment is about Legally Tender (blog)

And so to bed - alone. Nice one.

Comment is about The anti - promiscuity calypso (blog)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

*and criticised Arab governments that restrict freedoms*

Unlike the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, of course, who restrict freedoms by populist demand.

Comment is about Qatari poet jailed for life to hear appeal verdict this month (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

A true anarchist bookshop would not be automatically left wing. Libertarians are right wing anarchists, after all.

Comment is about Poets urged to help bookshop after suspected arson attack (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Lovely rhythm, this rolls out nicely.

Comment is about The paint and the past (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Hi M.C.
Belated thanks for the comments on Ghosts.

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

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hi Ann, a belated thanks for your comments on Ghosts. Much appreciated as usual!

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Ged, a belated thanks for your comments on Ghosts.

Comment is about Ged Thompson (poet profile)

Original item by Ged Thompson

Tom,
You have my admiration (and sympathy)

Good start!

Comment is about Day 1 - Mirrored Glass (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

Even more binding when you think that money is
usually exchanged for some sort of service.

Comment is about Legally Tender (blog)

Clever piece, and well written. :)

Comment is about Legally Tender (blog)

Really good Michael, well written and very poignant piece of social commentary.

Comment is about No Gainful Loss In War Except the Feeding of the Purse (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Thanks John, yeah I guess it is a little messy in the middle but this one was mainly written as it came into my head and I wanted to keep it fairly unstructured. And yes it is about an ex!

Comment is about Way Back Home (blog)

Original item by Wez Jefferies

Thx for the feedback on my latest one Laura.

Cheers

Chris

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Thx for the feedback on my latest John.

Cheers

Chris

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Thx Laura, John.

Rhythm was certainly an important consideration in putting this together, so I'm glad it shows and works for you both.

Cheers

Hey Laura, I hadn't thought of marriage vows at the time, but yes I can certainly see it in that light now you mention it. Great to get differing interpretations.

Thx guys

Best

Chris

Comment is about Life (blog)

Original item by Chris Co

Thank you Yvonne -again! lol

Comment is about The paint and the past (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

MC :o) ta

Comment is about The paint and the past (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Fabulous flow brilliantly creating the atmosphere of a new member entering the prospective mother-in-laws domain and the last four lines ,magic !!Transmitting the acceptance and full approval of the new flower in your son's life.Your comment ,"I adore her" says it all.I hope she reads it .

Comment is about My son's first love (blog)

Original item by Cathy Crabb

Isobel- I adore her! Thank you x

Comment is about My son's first love (blog)

Original item by Cathy Crabb

Strane idee
Nella buio della note
Come una fragile menzogna
Ci vola nel spirito del tempo
Come un farfala sincera
Ma tu non sei...
E partita con le nuvole di matina
Quanto io stavo dormendo
La mia Africa nera

2february2012

Comment is about Leon Qafzezi (poet profile)

Original item by Leon Qafzezi

Toledo
Strade con silenzioze catedrali
Come in Paradiso
Senza passegiatori,solo hermetiche ,machine
Affondate all buoi della notte..
Come fratti contemporani arrivati
Da un altro pianeta
Che entrano inttimiditti
Al "Garden of Hope"di James Gurney
Per cacciare le cigarette sperdutta
Che sono lachiati dagli angeli..

Book"Funerali i te gjalleve"1912

Comment is about Leon Qafzezi (poet profile)

Original item by Leon Qafzezi

Wow! I love words. My thesaurus is my bible so this poem says it all for me. Love it.

Comment is about The Collector (Roget's Soliloquy) (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Thank you Ann. I appreciate your kind comments so far.

Comment is about David Blake (poet profile)

Original item by David Blake

WOW! Love this. Well done. Take care, Tony

Comment is about Paradiso (blog)

Original item by Ludo

Drink can wobble the brain a bit! Keep writing mate! Take care, Tony.

Comment is about Sun or moon ? (blog)

Original item by hugh

Yes, Isobel, I think he's an inspiring figure. The interview came about as a result of a brief chat with Mark during the interval of his gig with The Antipoet - two other splendid chaps - at the Bar Des Arts in Guildford, which Mark described as a "lovely, relaxed performance space". And so it is.

Comment is about The Write Out Loud interview: Mark Niel (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks, Isobel.I'd forgotten all about poems disappearing at the ends of the month so I've moved it, poem and comment, to Feb.

'Nobody could bury the hatchet becausewe’d forgotten the word for spade.'

Both patients and staff use oblique language - don't call a spade a spade - the patients are deluded etc. and less deserving of censure.The staff have become so imbued with psychiatric jargon and labels and talk at cross purposes.

Comment is about Wards (blog)

Original item by Ray Miller

I really get the begining and end of your poem but got lost in the middle. nice work though I'll read through a few times maybe I'll get it.
Is it about an ex maybe?

Comment is about Way Back Home (blog)

Original item by Wez Jefferies

Thanks Yvonne, Hugh and JC. Both poems are based in real life. When I replied to the poet/publisher and his sanctimonious pretension over a perceived derogatory attitude to "sentient" animals, I drew his attention to Siegfried Sassoon's line..."We're cursing his staff for incompetent swine"(from "The General"). There was no response.

Comment is about FEELING FELINE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

very effective imagery, Travis. The most effective of all though is the image of the smell of toast. (there must be a word like "imagery" that refers to senses other than the visual!)

Comment is about Toast. (blog)

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Fascinating insight Ray.

I love how the title weaves its way through the poem, the names seeming so incongruous for that type of hospital. It also introduces some humour into the poem, and a humour that doesn't undermine the serious nature of the subject matter.

'Nobody could bury the hatchet becausewe’d forgotten the word for spade.'

Your final two lines made me pause for thought. Are you talking about the staff or the patients here?

Comment is about Wards (blog)

Original item by Ray Miller

Love the rhythm in this, Chris.

Comment is about Life (blog)

Original item by Chris Co

2 very different in tone, MC.
I particularly enjoyed the first (although, I confess I'm not a great cat-lover).
Someone will mention "cooking fat" sooner or later so it might as well be me.

Comment is about FEELING FELINE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

A very enjoyable interview. I like Mark's motivation - it's very in line with how I feel about performance poetry - blowing the dust away and altering popular perceptions,or should I say mis-conceptions.

Thanks.

Comment is about The Write Out Loud interview: Mark Niel (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Glad you let that cat out of the bag,an enjoyable read.

Comment is about FEELING FELINE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

My comment was made on the last day of Jan and has been sucked into the archive hole. So here it is again.

Lovely, but sad too. The repetition is so effective.I love this it has such an ephemeral feel to it.

Comment is about The paint and the past (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

I like the delicate touch you have used in poem 1

Comment is about FEELING FELINE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry