<Deleted User> (6895)
Fri 18th Jan 2013 21:39
more than deserving of a lot more comments.
ah well..heres to instigating...xx
Comment is about 2012 (blog)
Original item by Ludo
<Deleted User> (6895)
Fri 18th Jan 2013 21:20
this poem IS talking to me.It is probable that
my eyes need to listen harder with each read.xx
Comment is about Tools of the Trade. (blog)
Oh good grief, I have just checked out the two poems more carefully. He has just messed it up in little changes, substituting Like for as, making the rhythm clumsy. What a plonker!
Comment is about Christian Ward's plagiarism 'mistakes' : is this no 4? (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (6895)
Fri 18th Jan 2013 21:13
a 'once-under-a blue moon poem'.
beautifully rare.xx
Comment is about Clock (blog)
Original item by fiona sinclair
It indeed is a beautiful, memory-laden ritual-of-sorts. A splendid poem that rings warm and true. It's also a sign that we step closer to Spring! Thanks for sharing.
Comment is about january fairy (blog)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
I sort of agree with you Chris here. I have been to women only poetry events and the atmosphere is very different from an event with a gender mixed audience and those taking part. Even reading to an audience of 50% women feels very different to reading to a mainly male audience. I really enjoy all different audiences and hearing poets in those different contexts.
The argument for a women only event varies. Women are not more scared of reading their work than men. But individual women may well be put off reading their work in a mainly men group, especially if they are writing very personal stuff. They may be encouraged to start reading if they feel it is a receptive audience who will share their experience. An audience where men are in the minority might be more reassuring. Once people have read a few times it matters less, unless they only want to address their work to women.
It is part of the nature of gender politics that men do not fear reading to a female audience more than to men. Also they do not tend to read really personal stuff, at least until they have got used to their audience. I say that from 15 years of sharing the running of Puzzle Poets, not from knee jerk assumptions about gender.
I would encourage all writers to read to audiences as mixed as possible, to see how they respond. I do really enjoy reading to an all women group though. Its the sisterhood thing.
Comment is about Loose Muse: redressing the balance for women writers (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
At least he didn't mess this poem about, just straight copy. What do they teach on creative writing MA's?
Comment is about Christian Ward's plagiarism 'mistakes' : is this no 4? (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
tony sheridan
Fri 18th Jan 2013 20:30
I have still got a plastic Father Cristmas that is over 60 years old. My nana gave it to me when I was a kid. Every year He takes pride of place! Take care, Tony.
Comment is about january fairy (blog)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
bianca emberson
Fri 18th Jan 2013 16:28
such a good description of all these prize-winning poets and their work, I would just like a few lifetimes to catch up with reading them all !
Comment is about Countdown to TS Eliot prize: how the contenders performed (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
White or Browne
Don't mind either
As long as
The name called
Fits on the
Fine horsehair sofa.
Comment is about Recycled Prophesies (January 2013 Collage Poem) (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
And well done for tipping the winner, Frances!
Comment is about Countdown to TS Eliot prize: how the contenders performed (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
From the comments, collecting these cards was obviously not a girlie thing to do. Brooke bond, greg? You may well be right.
Comment is about Honduras (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Oh go on! I bet you say that to all the girls.
Comment is about Countdown to TS Eliot prize: how the contenders performed (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Some far flung folk devour their doggies
While close to home they eat their froggies.
Let it NEVER be a matter of course
That here in Blighty we eat a horse!
Comment is about Tasty Equine Segments,Customer Outrage !! (blog)
Original item by hugh
cheers tony, and hope you liked it phillip, its very close to home.........teenagers eh!!!
Comment is about Skull Candy!!! (blog)
Original item by Kerry-Marie Fisher
thank you for that, its much appreciated, kerry
Comment is about No No (blog)
Original item by Kerry-Marie Fisher
I remember those packet tea cards...your post takes me way back! Then came the "Observer" series of books. I still have two of them in front of me as I tap this out. One is "British Steam Locomotives" - and the other is "Freshwater Fishes"...with its inscription from my brother for "Christmas 1957". Instant memories!!! Coincidentally, I've just signed an online petition from Avaaz about the genetically modified salmon the USA seeks to introduce and which could pose a threat to the present wild salmon stocks. Avaaz refer to it as "Frankenfish"!! The dark side of progress perhaps?
Comment is about Honduras (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Ah, freshwater fish! Tench, char, dace, and all the others. Funny I never became a fisherman. Brooke Bond tea, wasn't it?
Comment is about Honduras (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The row has put us on the (plagiarism) world's stage. I do feel sorry for him not having the confidence to write his own stuff, which woudl doubtless, with a bit of guidance, have been better than plagiarising.
I now worry about my satirical takes on others' poems.
This be Worse:
He fucked me up did Philip Larkin, etc.
Now the question is, has anyone managed to write any (original) poems about plagiarising?
Comment is about Christian Ward's plagiarism 'mistakes' : is this no 4? (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
I have a feeling
That Mrs BrownE
With an 'E'
Was a sad attempt
To appear
Better than
You
And Me.........
I bet she
Was Plain old
Mrs Brown
She who
Always
Wore
A
Frown
And I
Am happy
To say:
"Mrs BrownE,
Adieu
Adieu
To Your
Horsehair Sofa
And to you..........."
(Actually I could not recall the real lady's name, so I used Mrs Browne as it fitted: poetic licence?!)
Comment is about Recycled Prophesies (January 2013 Collage Poem) (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Absolutely bloody brilliant :D
Comment is about The Plays of William Shakespeare (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
British Wildlife, Birds of the World and Freshwater Fishes! The years roll back. I had the albums and used to pore over them. Haven't thought about them for ages. Whatever happened to those albums.....
Comment is about Honduras (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Harry - Perhaps mankind has been brainwashed into using religion as an "excuse" or "reason" for its actions and feels justified for base acts by using it is a shield. The bible is all about interpretation, is it not? Full of contradictory guidance, its sheer age - from woefully ignorant times - is another reason for being extremely circumspect when proclaiming any "faith" and using that faith for a guide for human conduct. As for "pious"...I never thought of that in terms of piety. The former (for me) conjures up eye-rolling hypocrisy and holy-joe humbug, whereas the latter seems very much closer to the real saintly thing that is so laudable because of its genuine rarity. The Church in Ireland lost much real influence when revealed to be partial in areas of political violence. No piety there then, but plenty of pious performers in the pulpit for sure!!
Comment is about MAN MADE RELIGION (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
tony sheridan
Thu 17th Jan 2013 19:37
Love the way you write. Keep on posting. Take care, Tony.
Comment is about No No (blog)
Original item by Kerry-Marie Fisher
tony sheridan
Thu 17th Jan 2013 19:27
tony sheridan
Thu 17th Jan 2013 19:20
Hi Kerry. Spot on! Take care, Tony.
Comment is about Skull Candy!!! (blog)
Original item by Kerry-Marie Fisher
Hi Greg, thank you for your kind comments..I know what you mean about the line . I was trying to demonstrate that I had to place the clock up to my ear because of the noise around me.
I shall give it a re-work
Comment is about Clock (blog)
Original item by fiona sinclair
Using the Collage poem I can now write out Mrs Browne's last will and testimony.
Taking Stock of Not a Lot.
Memories
fall
like
snow
when
recycled
in
paper
form.
Family
members
also
fall
out
on
who
gets
what.
In
Mrs
Browne's
case
I'm
afraid
not
a
lot.
Comment is about Recycled Prophesies (January 2013 Collage Poem) (blog)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Hi Greg THanks for kind words on my David poem. Yes, now you mention it we did have a conversation about 'postcard' poems. KIngsley Amis once famously said that ' no one wants any more poems about foreign cities'. If these little poems come to anything and I manage to publish them I'll use that as an epigraph. I don't agree with him and some of my favourite poets are always writing about foreign places: Jamie McKendrick, Michael Hofman, Bernard Spencer, CHarles Tomlinson. Anyway, these have ben quite fun to do. I'm up to 14 at the moment.
Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)
Original item by Greg Freeman
"Each second's death" is an arresting phrase, Fiona, and contrasts with the "resuscitated" of the previous stanza. Wasn't sure about the line "place it to my ear against". I would have settled for the more bog-standard, "place it against my ear", but then maybe the line wouldn't get noticed in the same way. And maybe there's more meaning in that line that I've missed.
Comment is about Clock (blog)
Original item by fiona sinclair
tony sheridan
Thu 17th Jan 2013 10:23
Another good one Ged! Take care, Tony.
Comment is about How brave a poet (blog)
Original item by Ged Thompson
An intense outpouring of personal truth. Thank you for sharing.
Comment is about Tears of the Bitter Man (blog)
Original item by Tom
We must all be brave. Poetry kind of grows us in courage as it is a valiant articulation of that which lay ensconced within our bosoms. Thank you for sharing.
Comment is about How brave a poet (blog)
Original item by Ged Thompson
Thank you for your kind words Yvonne - you know what it's like when you're the writer though - bloody things are never QUITE finished! ;)
Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)
Original item by Yvonne Brunton
Kenneth Eaton-Dykes
Thu 17th Jan 2013 02:22
Wish someone would plagiarize my stuff and win
something.
I was flattered when my work was described as
"being like Motions" some time ago, But on second thought,not quite sure what was really meant.
Never mind Christian,you've got yourself in the spotlight at last.
Comment is about Christian Ward's plagiarism 'mistakes' : is this no 4? (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
tony sheridan
Thu 17th Jan 2013 01:17
Hi Dave. Why? The Question that has no answer. WHY? Nice one. Take care, Tony.
Comment is about Why? (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
Thank you Ms B. methinks you enjoy a caravan by the sea?
Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)
Original item by Yvonne Brunton
Hello MC
Glad you liked penis Penis.
It was a rather laboured song just to make the point that Penis and Denis are eye rhymes.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Hello Dave,
Another one near the knuckle, and with only one poor joke in it - penis and denis are eye rhymes!
Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)
Original item by Dave Bradley
...and what's wrong with calling it Penis Penis? ("So good they named it twice")
Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)
Original item by Yvonne Brunton
Hey Yvonne, glad you liked 'Mum' and loved your villanelle.Don't get me started on Dylan Thomas, I love his work. Went to see his 'house on stilts' - the boathouse at laugharne some years ago, what a great museum and the staff are so nice. Heres my pic:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61207511@N03/5737365722/in/set-72157629746360284
best wishes, Steve
Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)
Original item by Yvonne Brunton
'brasso', yvonne? Very good. Spookily when i was at school a kid had a testicle removed and cruelly got nicknamed 'womble'.
Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)
Original item by Yvonne Brunton
Well if this ever came to the top of the blogs I must have somehow missed it.
I'd agree with Laura's take on the poem. It carries all the weight of snow bearing down on the world. The bareness adds to its effectiveness. There is nothing to counteract this kind of mood - it just has to be lived through.
It's a good poem - bleak, but so well expressed.
Comment is about December (blog)
Original item by Shoeless Carole
thanks Laura , of course I am now about to edit it , my fault for almost writing straight onto wol and then having another look. So I apologise if this makes it reappear at the top of the blogs as i think it sometimes does since things were changed here
Comment is about December (blog)
Original item by Shoeless Carole
Great picture of Debbie John. Don't get too cocky in 2013. As always, a great hoot! Can I request the Urban Spaceman for your next one?
Graham
Comment is about Penis Penis (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (6895)
Fri 18th Jan 2013 21:43
worx for uz dude!xx
Comment is about Ma Third Eye (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan