I'm left wondering if you have chosen this structure deliberately for a laugh at my expense. It definitely doesn't read the way I'd perform it...

I love the poetry - it's beautiful and paints such a picture - at the same time, leaving so many questions.

This style seems very different for you - are you experimenting?

Comment is about thin ice (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Isobel, Miss Jenkins is a delightful and very attractive entertainer. I hope you do see and hear her sometime. She is multi-talented in many music genres. It is entirely because she is outstanding that I was so taken aback by the overall production of her show, and the effect that it had on me. Anthony's excellent comments, and Graham's proprietary-ship were quite understandable. Thanks for the fresh look from all of you.

Comment is about Dear Katherine (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

LOL - perhaps I got you mixed up with someone else. I'm forever confusing you with Greg Freeman - after all both your names start with a G...

Thinking about it, it was probably Sid Vicious who commented on this poem originally. I think all men are in agreement that Katherine Jenkins is a bit of hot totty, though, so I'll tar you with that brush ;)

Comment is about Dear Katherine (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Will the exhibition be on over the Christmas period, Winston? I imagine it will be a harrowing experience, most things connected to the Holocaust are. I'd like to see it though. Visiting something that remembers is the closest you can get to paying your respects - or so I feel.

Comment is about Review - Das Auge Im Eis, neogallery32 Bolton (blog)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Isobel! What did I say?

Comment is about Dear Katherine (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Perhaps he is reaching through the dark Ann. You still talk about him, think about him and write about him. That's contact isn't it. As an unbeliever, I'll be happy if mine still talk about me afterwards. Poignant work!

Comment is about dowsing (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks so much for comments (Dowser)- have just added an audio (but it's a bit "thrummy"). I know just what you mean about Houdini - but then, maybe he just couldn't do it? We cross our fingers and hope maybe...

Comment is about Mikhail Smith (poet profile)

Original item by Mikhail Smith

Thanks so much for comments (Dowser)- have just added an audio (but it's a bit "thrummy")

Comment is about Cathy Crabb (poet profile)

Original item by Cathy Crabb

Thanks so much for comments (Dowser)- have just added an audio (but it's a bit "thrummy")

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Thanks so much for comments - have just added an audio (but it's a bit "thrummy")

Comment is about dowsing (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

If your spirits feel kinda droopy
And can't be lifted by John Coopey,
If you contribute to W O L
But don't feel better, truth to tell;
If you consider the Festive Season
Is for wasting money - no other reason;
If you accept life's not much fun
It's plain you're already a man, my son!
P.S. Nice one - especially the Cloughie whine, JC.

Comment is about If... (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

thanks all. more tickets have just been made available as they have moved to a bigger cinema within the Cornerhouse.Oo-er.

Comment is about Poem that inspired a film about dreams, family and loss (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I like the beat of your drum

Comment is about the beating drum (blog)

If - - - Shut

If shut
Doors locked
Staff gone
Pictures stored
Life trapped
Inside a
Glass bubble
Leaving expression
Free to
Burst itself
If shut.

Please read your poem out at the next meet on Monday

Comment is about If the art galleries shut (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Hello Anthony - yes, I signed-in, the 'dark-software' on here soaked into me and I wrote that - I avoid the 'Daily Mail' - don't know what I might write . m.s

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

PLEASE don't ever take any of my comments to heart Cynthia. I have never known what I'm talking about - let alone writing. Write what YOU feel, even if others won't necessarily see it from your viewpoint. Eye candy is not the same (or as enduringly rewarding) as I.Q. candy. The male's primary response, however, is hard-wired in the genes.

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Dear Katherine (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Ouch! Pure Arabica poetry - dark and bitter.

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about 4-12-12. (blog)

Original item by Mikhail Smith

Skunk'll - uncle, that mallet's been busy again I see John! Factual inaccuracy too; ALL politicians talk through their a***s! Tee-hee! (Loving it!)

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about If... (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I think you ARE a dowser Ann, you've certainly found something intriguing here.

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about dowsing (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Nice one John! Great audio! Take care, Tony.

Comment is about If... (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Another good one Ann. Take care, Tony.

Comment is about dowsing (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hee hee, how ironic- judging your poem as I did. What sort of a fool would do that?! x

Comment is about Prejudice (blog)

Original item by Chris Co

I really connect to this poem Ann. I can follow the thought process and I like the dismissive nature of the poem and the unspoken wish for it to be so- but it isn't.
I agree but wish it wasn't so. I visited a spiritualist church for the first time recently. I found the dead to be trivial and vague.

Comment is about dowsing (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

- deep private thoughts ? - how's the novel going ?

Comment is about Sun Fight (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

.. in 1975 I went to the Free Trade Hall to see Capt. Beefheart - first on was Henry Cow with Dagmar Krause - after 20 mins I gave up trying to understand their music and went to the bar - now I wish I'd stayed and listened ....

Comment is about Steven Waling (poet profile)

Original item by Steven Waling

... sad and excellent Ann .. before he died Houdini said if there was a way to make contact, he would - no word up to now ...

Comment is about dowsing (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I had to shake the sand out of my socks after reading this one Ann! Great piece.

Comment is about shrimping net city (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Hazel. I connect with this. Nice one, Take care, Tony.

Comment is about No Thoughts (blog)

Original item by Hazel Connelly

Yes - Sexual frenzy was the intention - glad you enjoyed : )

Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Thank you Anthony! Yes - I'm all for advocating hedonism and debauchery - isn't that what life is all about?! ; )

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Hi Nick. Thanks for your comments on my poems and audio of First Class Ticket. When I heard the audio of Thirst it caught my ears. Accomplished......Highly trained or skilled. I'm not highly trained. Hope I've got a bit of skill. You and your mates are skilled. More please! Take care, Tony.

Comment is about Nick Coleman (poet profile)

Original item by Nick Coleman

Just wish I had the chance to sit alone surrounded by my wealth -heaven.

Real great audio

Comment is about First Class Ticket. (blog)

The stronger the feeling the harder it can be to verbalise and risk the put down.
Too many walls.
"I Know you do"
"I do too"

we have to allow ourselves to be seen — really seen.

Comment is about However it may seem. (blog)

Don't apologise Cynthia - your earlier piece was just in a different style.

I see you have cut out a lot of words from the previous version which gives it more the feel of poetry without changing what you are saying.

It's all been very informative for me - I don't think I've ever seen or heard KJ before - but I'm likely to avoid doing so now. I think she's best left to the Graham Sherwoods and Anthony Emmersons of this world ;)

I like the way you end on ineffable Grace - the thing that makes someone true quality is often hard to put your finger on. I enjoyed this.

Comment is about Dear Katherine (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thx Cathy & Harry - both for reading and commenting.

The eye of the beholder. Interpretation sometimes is everything, isn't it?
Beauty and prejudice in one sense, may be said to come from the same place.

Hey Cathy, I was amazed at your interpretation, until I looked at the poem through the lens of your comments and reinterpreted the words accordingly. Not only is your interpretation entirely valid, as much as any intention I have had; it's also given me a huge smile. I can now see cues in the language that I had not considered, it allows for an entirely new angle on prejudice.

Thx :)

Hi Harry, it is amazing how we judge isn't it. I mean there is no logical contradiction between the appearance and intellect you mention is there? I guess as pattern seeking animals or creations (depending on your view;) we just naturally find it easier and more comfortable to generalise based on past experience. It is understandable and a degree of prejudice exists in us all I think. Recognising such and trying to think beyond it seem important to me.

Questions?

In this poem, what is the man with the tattoo doing and where is he?

Next

What am I doing, and where am I?

Hehe

Comment is about Prejudice (blog)

Original item by Chris Co

Alison,
It`s weird (or amusing?) to think that the `Red Wheelbarrow` school of imagary might consider your piece as an excellent `imagist` piece of work.

(after all,you can`t get more non-committal than a blank canvas).

Seriously, your words say all that needs to be said about it...well.

Comment is about Blank (blog)

Original item by Alison Mary Dunn

Like the classic style you've written this in Rach and the change in direction midway through to bring things down to Earth. Sounds like a prickly atmosphere after your comment to the girl, and great last line, leaves everything open to imagination, good stuff X

Comment is about Pearls and Swine (blog)

Original item by Rachel Bond

Years ago, when I used to go to the odd poetry
reading at the poetry society in Earls Court square during union visits to London, a scruffy old bag-lady- who had a triple first from Oxford - used to attend and make some excellent comments on the poems.

Comment is about Prejudice (blog)

Original item by Chris Co

Hugh,

`Zip-eedoo-dooda zip-ee-doo-day
Keep these last-liners coming our way`

Comment is about Zip error (blog)

Original item by hugh

It`s called self-reflectivity Tommy.

(And - by the way - why didn`t you tell us you were related to Rafa?)

Comment is about I, myself Tommy that's me (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Thanks for reading Me!Me!Me! I have made substantial changes as advised. If you have a moment, would you take another look. No pressure, honest.

Seasons Greetings! I value you loads.

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Here is a link to the winners;

http://www.coffeehousepoetry.org/poems

Comment is about Draycott and O'Donoghue to judge Troubadour prize (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you for the former comments which I took totally to heart. This is almost a new work, so I am bold enough to repost it. I was stewing in a mental mudpot before. I apologize.

Comment is about Dear Katherine (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Love this! Made me laugh! Thanks. Take care, Tony.

Comment is about 12 days after Christmas (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Beautiful and moving. Take care, Tony.

Comment is about Prologue to a final solution (Scenes from a film unfinished) (blog)

Original item by Andy N

HA! I love the quick judgements- camp and sharp. I can see pursed lips and gesticulations! Funny x

Comment is about Prejudice (blog)

Original item by Chris Co

Like the poem. Love the audio! Nice one! Take care, Tony.

Comment is about Thirst (blog)

Original item by Nick Coleman

I love the original - I like this too.

Best

Chris

Comment is about A Wirral Heritage – Ingimund's Vikings 902AD (blog)

Original item by Graham Robinson

Well the conscious and subconscious are part of ourselves and they communicate - they are on terms. And I guess we all have differing facets, each a part of who we are, yet each somewhat distinct and different. Maybe a Writer and their nom de plume, or a character actor and their latest role can be on speaking terms? Who knows?

What your poem hits on Tommy, in part is rapped up in the absurdity of grammar that can exist with conversations in the 3rd person. And also ones which switch from the 1st to the 3rd person.

That of course also contains within it the notion of trying to cross a class divide. It reminds me painfully of boxers from broken homes; talking about themselves as though they not in the room.

It's even weirder when words are used that come with other loaded class or cultural connotations. 'Busta Tonenail' ain't gonna consider opponents til January lol.

I also like the way you've used the ambiguity of language to confer a philosophical edge. As though perhaps we have more than one person here - the personality split.

Best stick to the 1st person, you might know who you are then (I agree). That might be good advice to social ladder climbers too though.

I can recall one or two socialists gone bad - who turned into champagne charlies that would have done better to have left 'the 3rd person well alone'.

Good read.

Best

Chris

Comment is about I, myself Tommy that's me (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Ha Ha i might paint itr bright orange :)

Comment is about Rachel Bond (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel Bond