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

Thank you Isobel. Your kind words are appreciated

Comment is about We Chose Hooks (blog)

Original item by Paul Sands

Hi Yvonne,
Thank you for your comments on 'A Tradition Saved'
I am hoping to include this and other excerpts I may post on here in my next novel (which will be a sequel to 'Hunting The Great White Prawn')so all feedback is especially appreciated.
Cheers,
Ledger

Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)

Original item by Yvonne Brunton

I like this Paul. It flows, it leaves questions, it's poetry.

Comment is about We Chose Hooks (blog)

Original item by Paul Sands

http://paisleyrekdal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/on-plagiarism-open-letter-to-christian.html

Comment is about Christian Ward's plagiarism 'mistakes' : is this no 4? (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

M.C.(Had to come back)...when I think of some of the treacherous, snidey, robbing bastards who have `trespassed` against me in the past I find the idea of forgiveness a million miles away from `pious` - more like heroic....But ifthe situation in the Middle east or Ireland is to ever be resolved (for instance) someone is going to have to forgive someone.

And be fair, you can`t get in to most churches for the noise of the singin`

Comment is about MAN MADE RELIGION (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

We thank you Yvonne for opinions(Down)
and observations.xx

Indeed,mutilating does NOT work-why?
because two old duffers somehow
forget to add the word-itself-
immediately after it-zzzzzzzzzzzz!!

Cheers chuck.xx

Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)

Original item by Yvonne Brunton

Just as we thought Steve!
you ARE a big pussycat
or should that be Mums faithful kitten.

Nice,honest,moving poem-great!!xx

Comment is about Mum (blog)

Original item by Steve Higgins

Hi Steve.We hope thou art well and that you are maintaining that youthful,roguish smile.

'Tenebrous' has had the you-know-what
well knocked out of it on W.O.L

It is nearly as popular
and as nice as that word.....er
ah!

Higgins!

Cheers matey!xx

Comment is about Steve Higgins (poet profile)

Original item by Steve Higgins

It would certainly be Hell if this was to happen imagine the consequences!!!!

Comment is about soul scorcher!! (blog)

Original item by Kerry-Marie Fisher

Ditto - I don't get the same problem with other blogs though. I'll drop a line to the techies to ask them what the problem is. x

Comment is about Rachel Bond (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel Bond

Sounds more like the hell maker!

Comment is about soul scorcher!! (blog)

Original item by Kerry-Marie Fisher

Wow! Amazing This is hypnotic. I love it as it is I hope you don't change it As Issy says the internal rhymes add a flowing poetic value to it.

Comment is about Electric Blue (for Avital) (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Put on your dancing shoes
Put on your dancing shoes
Put on your dancing shoes
D @ T
and dance those blues away.

Comment is about Praise His Name With Dancing (blog)

Original item by Dorinda MacDowell

Ditto for 40 Rats blank page comes up!

Comment is about Rachel Bond (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel Bond

Strong and with depth. ta muchly Nick.

Comment is about Winter Yields (blog)

I like your poem about poetry. Ever thought about writing a poem about poems?. xx

Comment is about Poems About Poetry (blog)

I read a poem about poetry then re-read that poem about poetry to make sure that it was poetic. Should I get out more? ta muchly, Nick.

Comment is about Poems About Poetry (blog)

Good to see positive comments about a hospital. xx

Comment is about Accrington Victoria Hospital (blog)

Original item by hugh

Just read Winter Looms and like steal scissors slicing my face without a wound to show the whole poem reveals your true feelings in the memories shown.

Comment is about Winter looms, memories lost. (blog)

Original item by Naomi Hefter

Joy in hospital - oh good gracious - ta muchly, Nick.

Comment is about Accrington Victoria Hospital (blog)

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Do not go gentle into villanelle
The ling'ring lines will cast their spell
And where they take you, Who can tell?

So tell your tale with passioned care
With strength of heart for those who dare
Do not go gentle into villanelle.

Your wit will sparkle, fear no storm
with words both joyous and forlorn,
And where they take you, Who can tell?

So whether by the muse inspired
Howe'r imagination fired
Do not go gentle into villanelle.

Release your verses, let them fly,
No poems under bushels,shy,
And where they take you, Who can tell?

The power of writing has no bounds
From ink-tied words to spoken sounds
Do not go gentle into villanelle
And where they take you, Who can tell?

oops I didn't mean to write all that - it just fell out onto the page.( in the style of Dylan Thomas'famous villanelle 'Do Not Go Gentle Into The Night' one of my favorite verses.
I think your poem about Mum is so observant
love the line 'eating your meals with a view of the lawn because
a)it appeals to me
b)It cleverly ties the whole of the poem together.
XX

Comment is about Mum (blog)

Original item by Steve Higgins

Nicely put together, ta muchly, Nick.

Comment is about Ghosts (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

Raise a smile both broad and clean
for the best re-song that I have seen,
(figuratively speaking)
How many column inches should this rate?
10/10 ta muchly, Nick.

Comment is about Penis Penis (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

E by gum lass thou's got it rite on the button wid this un. ta muchly, Nick

Comment is about Praise His Name With Dancing (blog)

Original item by Dorinda MacDowell

love your work

Comment is about How brave a poet (blog)

Original item by Ged Thompson

Six lines to pinpoint politics of the day. ta muchly, Nick

Comment is about Benefit cuts (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Thanks Cathy, much obliged. I can't NOT write rhyming poems, if i'm honest.

Comment is about A Trick of the Eye. (blog)

A dark and pregnant poem this, carrying the weight of winter, with its bleak and cold blanket, which can sometimes feel oppressive. There's also an underlying grief here...

I like it Shoeless - nicely succinct, with a 'bare' feeling about it

Comment is about December (blog)

Original item by Shoeless Carole

Cheers Julian and Is

I wrote this quite quickly for the Bridgewater Hall competition, and for me, there's too MUCH internal rhyme, so I'm thinking of editing it. But cheers anyway :)

Comment is about Electric Blue (for Avital) (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Congratulations! The joy reverberates all the way to here :-)

Comment is about (blog)

Original item by Yvonne Brunton

Thanks Yvonne! I am glad that a connection was made, even without the aid of a cup of tea.

Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)

Original item by Yvonne Brunton

wow what a lot of rot i write!! haha will catch up. thanks

ive re read your comment. it is very beautiful.

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Love this, nice twist at the end too! Thanks Yvonne

Comment is about The Last Kiss (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Thanks for checking out 'the middle of the night' Yvonne. I rarely need the loo in the night but conversely when I'm sleeping in the day after a night shift I always have to go at 11:30!
best wishes, Steve

Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)

Original item by Yvonne Brunton

so sad and so real. The MOD mandarins are not fit for purpose.What is it about power that minds and one's very humanity are corrupted by it and suddenly pro bono becomes pro ego?
You deserve better!

Comment is about Gulf War Syndrome (Updated) (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

definitely OO la-la.But I'm not overly impressed with the bragging - penis, penis - You've got two of them???!!
Mind you I used to teach a boy whose nickname was Brasso and when I asked why, his mates eagerly told me that it meant a pawnbroker sign as the lad had 3 balls!

Comment is about Penis Penis (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

is this before or after the time you wake because you need the loo?
I enjoyed this, Steve

Comment is about The Middle of The Night (blog)

Original item by Steve Higgins

WOW! a book at bedtime. I really enjoyed this - props and all.
One of my favorite books as a child was 'The Greek Heros and Legends', so this was a joy to me.
It Is great to put a voice to all your poems too.
Thank you for this. XX

Comment is about Horatius (blog)

Original item by Marnanel Thurman

How delightful. How pompous some adults can be and how great to kick the traces. Keep on dancing Dorinda and keep on delight us with your poems. XX

Comment is about Praise His Name With Dancing (blog)

Original item by Dorinda MacDowell

well said, and so succinctly too! I like this.

Comment is about Benefit cuts (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

I noticed he'd made it worse too John LOL!

Ian - maybe he could have improved the poem if the father had been playing with his ukulele at the window, instead of gazing out at deer...

Comment is about Christian Ward's plagiarism 'mistakes' : is this no 4? (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I guess he didn't pick any of mine then ... ;-)

Comment is about Christian Ward's plagiarism 'mistakes' : is this no 4? (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I couldn't help noticing that his few tiny alterations to the poem all made it a worse poem. How could he imagine changing 'more graceful than the kingfisher
that darned the river south of Rannoch Moor' .to 'more graceful than the peregrine
falcon landing at Bossington Beach'. was an improvement? The blokes a clunking oaf!

Jx

Comment is about Christian Ward's plagiarism 'mistakes' : is this no 4? (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

a wonderfully written, superbly comprehensive review Frances. Thank you.

Comment is about Countdown to TS Eliot prize: how the contenders performed (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I suppose it all depends on who you are really writing for. If you are writing with the intention of being published seriously and selling your books to the masses (which is pretty rare even with great poets), then you are probably best saving your scribblings for THE book.

If poetry is your hobby, a means of engaging with like minded people, then I think the risk of it being plagiarised is a risk worth taking. Otherwise, what do you do with it - stuff it in a drawer? It would be like being a musician but never playing for anyone but yourself - for me there would be no incentive to carry on writing.

Also, I imagine that if someone is hell bent on plagiarising the work of others, they can do it from a book just as easily as they can do it from an internet site.

Comment is about Christian Ward's plagiarism 'mistakes' : is this no 4? (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

While I don't consider myself breathing the same poetic air as Helen Mort I do now wonder about removing pretty much all my online presence just in case somebody takes a fancy to the odd little tidbit

Comment is about Christian Ward's plagiarism 'mistakes' : is this no 4? (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you Steve

Comment is about tallulah zeitlos (blog)

Original item by Paul Sands

Leaves one thinking. I'm still working on "Ushers them stage front".

Comment is about Ghosts (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

I suspect that the Ministry of Defence (defending WHO is the nub!) has an unwritten mantra that soldiers are the last to get money spent on them and their needs, even less to help them fight wars beyond these shores. I doubt if any accounting of MoD spending over the past few decades would present a shining example of how to place taxpayers' cash wisely or caringly. I'd enjoy being proved wrong - especially considering the above account of experience in foreign fields of combat - but somehow think it very unlikely. I would love to see MoD employees obliged to form a territorial unit ("The First Regiment of Pen Pushers"?) - and be required to serve for a mandatory period in the theatres of war it is meant to supply.

Comment is about Gulf War Syndrome (Updated) (blog)

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