A Request For Extra Books
Where Is That Damn Pencil?
Two books wanted
Please please Julian
Two books wanted
For Linda too
Also for John
If I forget
You must remember
If you forget
I must remember
Then I can
Remind you to
Do what again
Oh yes that
While still registering
Inside brain cells
Write it out
On some paper - - -
Now where is that damn pencil!
Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)
Original item by Stockport WoL
If it was
A shower blind
In a dash
Not a splash
Could be fitted
While she waited
Then when done
Mother Superior says
In confessional tone
Please don't make
This a habit.
Comment is about A superior view (blog)
Original item by hugh
Neat...and good advice too!
"The past provides the worst and best
To show us how to live the rest!"
:-)
Comment is about Turn Around (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
A wry and pleasing bit of introspection, well
timed to chime with the approaching season of
false sincerity and holier than thou humbug.
Comment is about WINTER GIVING (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
This made me grin - with added cause via a coincidental reason. I've just had three new blinds fitted in my flat...but the Indians who did the job were no cowboys, even if this is the West(End)!
Comment is about A superior view (blog)
Original item by hugh
Once there was Tom Lehrer. Now we have John
Leery! Inspired mickey-taking of a higher order.
I was around for the original and I prefer this!
Comment is about Catch the Bins (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I can't believe 'Catch the Wind' came out 47 years ago, but it did. Nice poem, John, and thanks for stirring the memories.
Comment is about Catch the Bins (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
As it happens, you've caught me feeling dischuffed with my bin men John. The bastards came so early I never heard them this morning and mine weren't out. The annoying thing is that they only collect certain bins once every 2 or 3 weeks now and if it's composted food waste, then you're stuck with the stink and the threat of maggots.
I can't believe a Yorkshire man tips the binmen - that's one step of imagination too far :)
Enjoyed your strumming, as ever :)
Comment is about Catch the Bins (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Mmm - it's when they both face the ground that they stop being nice.
Comment is about Turn Around (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
A cheeky haiku!
Except that it's 'arse' in English, unless it's the animal, Larissa; or American.
Nice one, haiku that is, not a...
Comment is about Turn Around (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
tony sheridan
Tue 20th Nov 2012 19:46
Sentiments grand, but nothing short of revolution will do it. Those people will never get it, too insulated from the lives of those they purport to serve. Where are the statesmen of yesteryear?
Comment is about World Leaders. (blog)
Not every cento makes the Hit parade:
Your red scarf matches your eyes
You closed your cover before striking
Father had the Shipfitter Blues
Loving you has made me bananas.
Comment is about Write Out Loud's poetry workshop: the cento (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (7212)
Tue 20th Nov 2012 16:12
your best so far (IMHO). B
Comment is about Turn Around (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Marianne, of course I would love to meet you! My home WOL site is Sale Waterside in Greater Manchester. I have no car, so tram and bus are my only transport. There are many venues I'd enjoy visiting, but I am limited to the immediate area. I went regularly to the Green Room in Manchester, and sometimes to the Sandbar. There was an experimental venue, but too isolated to be safe for a lone woman after dark. I do also balance courtesy to my husband.
Comment is about Marianne Daniels (poet profile)
Original item by Marianne Daniels
Lol! I was flying British Airways!!
Katy
Comment is about Mikhail Smith (poet profile)
Original item by Mikhail Smith
<Deleted User> (8659)
Tue 20th Nov 2012 10:27
I can hear this one live Tony-off the page and onto the stage. Good one, your darts hit home without being aimed individually!
Comment is about World Leaders. (blog)
I wish, John ...! I do think there are some beautiful ones there.
Comment is about Railways cento (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
- Katy, here's a testimonal from Bahrain Air web -
"The aircraft is clean and in a good condition it’s in excellent situation, the crew is nice good and friendly. For sure I will let all my friends know that it was wonderful flying with Bahrain Air and I would like to fly again because of such nice crew and such competitive rates". -
-
- There was no need for you to cry Katy -
--
Comment is about On a plane to Bahrain (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
- You're brilliant. - Please write a novel. - Start now. -
Comment is about The Ugly Sister (blog)
Original item by Marianne Daniels
Hi Cynthia
Thanks for your feedback - it was right shoulder only because of where I was sitting on the plane at the time! Glad you enjoyed
Katy
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
(Yours was, by far and away, the best line, Greg)
Comment is about Railways cento (blog)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Tommy is thinking why posters refer to themselves in the third person. I have tried to, so has himself if speaking in the third person he finds one asking him why? can two people converse in the third person? Tommy finds it difficult to quote directly from a third person's point of view while speaking to the third-person themselves (or is it your imagination that we find ones mind co-joining)We wonder if one's first-person obligates the second-persons directly attributed pro-noun. I myself think that we should (Tommy is speaking directly here)avoid all confusion in such matters by using the first-person when writing or speaking to the reader as one will find that he or she wonders if themselves are also confused. Yours (or is it ones)Tommy Carroll himself.
Comment is about Katherine Shirley (poet profile)
Original item by Katherine Shirley
The future will come
if December twenty two
doesn't show us a bum
Thank you Tony for giving me an idea to write another haiku.
Comment is about Turn Around (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Why do you wish to face the future?
A future that will never come,
Whichever way you turn Larisa
The past has you in its grip
And its eyes upon your bum.
Comment is about Turn Around (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Funny,funny,funny!Love he bit about pictures of hands! x
Comment is about AN ODE TO DOREEN (blog)
Original item by christine yates
tony sheridan
Mon 19th Nov 2012 18:56
Love this! Take care,Tony.
Comment is about The Soul of an Artist (blog)
Original item by Ushiku Crisafulli
Intriguing - I'd love to know the inspiration for writing a poem like this. This is definitely adult argy bargying, but for some reason I'm tempted to stick an 'It's not fair' in there - we can all behave like kids at times, can't we? :)
Great idea for a poem, which I hope isn't based on your current real life :))
Comment is about Imaginary Conversations (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
What a super Haiku Larisa! It scans and it's funny and it makes a lot of sense all round :)
Comment is about Turn Around (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
I like this. I like this a lot. It's clever - I was unaware of it's Iambic/sonnet structure till I read Harry's comment because I was so wrapped up in the ideas. So often it's the other way round - the structure becomes a hindrance rather than a blessing.
Whether or not you think the piece should have ended on line 8 might have something to do with your religious beliefs. Like Harry, I appreciated the two halves - the one answering the questions raised in the other. It is of course a very personal expression of faith and belief - that doesn't stop me from enjoying it though.
Comment is about God in check (blog)
Original item by Marnanel Thurman
Great stuff - I sent this...
The Barbary Ape
There's a barbary ape who cuts my hair
And he makes me sit in the barbary chair
With the sides hacked off and the back all square
It's a bit of a mess but I don't care
Dave
Comment is about Your poems wanted for school’s poet tree (article)
Original item by Julian Jordon
<Deleted User> (8659)
Mon 19th Nov 2012 13:23
Thanks for your comments on Fool On The Hill (Vol 9) John. Yes, ants are very sociable beasts - and once one has decided to be a friend it'll never let you down.
Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)
Original item by John Coopey
Top bombing, Thomas.
I agree with Harry - elegant "turn".
Comment is about God in check (blog)
Original item by Marnanel Thurman
Inside the smoke
Is a spirit
You inhale it
That is why
When you look
He has gone.
Comment is about On a plane to Bahrain (blog)
Original item by Katy Megan
Looking back
Saucy bottom
Little cheeky
Forward thinking.
Comment is about Turn Around (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Nice one John fingers crossed for the outcome
Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)
Original item by Stockport WoL
Thank you for commenting on my last poem Isobel . I feel that my writing is taking alternate directions - sometimes becoming more experimental and sometimes more direct. Hope you are well. x
Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
Original item by Isobel
Thank you Cynthia for such a warming response to my poem. Hope you are well x
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Larisa
Nice pithy use of the haiku...and true too.
Comment is about Turn Around (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
M.C.
A belated thank you for your appreciated
comment on `Linda...`
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thomas,
Intriguingly strategical use of the sonnet form to let lines nine, ten and eleven answer the question you pose in lines seven and eight...how one half answers the other, and the last two lines invite comment on the point you have demonstrated, particularly the last two words.
An excellent example of a `game play` sonnet aimed at the intelligence.
You don`t get this `brain` stuff very often.
Enjoyed.
Comment is about God in check (blog)
Original item by Marnanel Thurman
Arse surely? I loved it too
Comment is about Turn Around (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Thomas I thought the first eight lines of this were exemplary. They could stand alone.
Comment is about God in check (blog)
Original item by Marnanel Thurman
tony sheridan
Sun 18th Nov 2012 19:31
Today is the first day of the rest of your life. I had a t-shirt with this on it back in the 70's. Great poem! Take care, Tony.
Comment is about Turn Around (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
An excellent piece of advice.Made me smile.
Comment is about Turn Around (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Cynthia Buell Thomas
Wed 21st Nov 2012 16:07
If you really think that a new friend is a true 'anam cara', a soul-mate, then you risk the courage to be honest and very bold.
Comment is about Letter to a Friend (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas