Hi Stella,I've just joined write out loud and your poem What Price Love? was the first one I read. Liked it a lot. Created a good picture.

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HI Greg Glad you liked The Wren Boy. I've had a little creative ripple recently and also posted another one you might like to have a gander at - Last Orders.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

You've led me right up and down the garden path with this one Stella!

Now I don't feel quite so outraged or judgemental. You can get away with so much more in youth. If this had been about a middle aged man with a wife and kids, it just wouldn't have been as acceptable.

Comment is about What Price Love? (blog)

It is a he (updated again) my lad, my youngest lol x

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Yes - I think fuck sums it up better than love. Does the 21 refer to the age of the girl or the man? I imagine 21 would be a grand dame over there...

As women, we are really so lucky to have been born in the West.

Comment is about What Price Love? (blog)

Cheers for your time Nick..I think the first draft was just too ambiguous..I tend to do that..sighs.. lol :)

Comment is about Nick Coleman (poet profile)

Original item by Nick Coleman

good. (and this update even better)

Comment is about What Price Love? (blog)

Yes there is a story behind the write Dave and I have just given it a major edit after waking with inspiration? (hmm) lol Cheers for you comment.

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Cheers Izz..funnily enough I woke up with an edit going round in my head and have just changed a whole verse and the titile!....ha ha ha, yes I saw some sights.. ;)

Ps this is a true story!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Yes - not many people do love poetry - and few with the raw honesty to be found in yours. x

Comment is about Hands in my pockets (blog)

Original item by Andy N

But would you call it love Stella?

I bet you saw some real sights on your trip to Thailand. The sex trade/marriage industry over there, where young girls tie themselves to ugly old men, is nothing short of economic exploitation. How they live with their conscience, I've no idea.

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Really enjoyed this Andy..you have that feeling just right..and each time I read it I smile.. :)

Comment is about Hands in my pockets (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Your poems are so vivid Andy - you've got a distinctive voice on WOL - could have picked this as one of yours with no name on it.

Comment is about Hands in my pockets (blog)

Original item by Andy N

There's a story to this. An arresting write, Stel.

Comment is about What Price Love? (blog)

Hi Val, Just found this poem. It's lovely and so true that seconds of experience can seem magnified in time and wonderous. I should have this above my desk at work! All the Best for 2012

Comment is about WOL Competition (blog)

Original item by Valerie Cook

Oooh! A gorrilla suit and too much alcohol - floats my boat!

Comment is about Diary of a Spoken Word Bird: boobs, rude words, and a gorilla (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Well Mab - I hope your sore throat is better. And Steve - I hope your head ache's gone ;)

Comment is about Diary of a Spoken Word Bird: boobs, rude words, and a gorilla (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi again Isobel Thanks for comments on The Wren Boy. Glad you liked my 'spiders'!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

enjoyed 'noir'. might experiment with this style meself...

Comment is about SimonW (poet profile)

Original item by SimonW

John, this is a very powerful message. Well delivered in the link. Good luck with all your projects in this area and keep us up to date via more blogs like this. Winston

Comment is about The Samaritans charity's YouTube channel links to my Video poem 'So Sad WAS I' (blog)

Hi Isobel Glad you didn't think I was giving a lecture or teaching you how to suck eggs! I'll check out your other poem. I've actually made a small change to the first couple of stanzas so that it's a bit less 'chopped up'. I'm also putting on another one I've been working on which goes back to some distant memories of a Christmas holiday I spent in Ireland when I was 7 or 8.

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Well, good luck to Mab in her apearances at gigs etc., but I'm somewhat perplexed as to why this wry account of a poet's "gigging" should merit a slot as a home page-hosted "news" story ...

Comment is about Diary of a Spoken Word Bird: boobs, rude words, and a gorilla (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Isobel
Thanks for your comment. It seems by your writing you see the world the way you want to and I admire that quality in a poet. Look within. Look beyond. Look out! Happy New Year to you too.
J. Otis

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

'new me.' sometimes i read back old poems and they have become that. outdated thinking, old thought processes. i like to clear em out and start again with a fresh page hoping for inspiration. thanks for asking x

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Superb. My compliments on this wonderfully evocative piece. One I shall read over and over again though its meanings to me may be a little different distant from the homage that inspired it.

Comment is about DANCING (blog)

Original item by Ian Gant

Yes, you were, Larisa! I have sent you an email as requested.
I enjoyed your poem xx

Comment is about Winter Kiss ( Competition) (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Whoops!
nearly missed this beaut,

Good on yer guv'nor!

(could the coasts not have
extended to Blackpool then Harry-ha!)

best regards
Two buggerluggsies.xx

Comment is about JANINE AT THE SEA`S EDGE (blog)

Nick - as a conciliatory sort of guy I'm prepared to think I may have been a tad harshon the species as an entity and have modifiedmy verse accordingly. As for your comment - I've heard that used about our police force...perhaps more accurately as they are drawn from a far wider spectrum of society than those whoenter politics and are thus likely to be more representative of that society.Cheers.

Comment is about SOME POLITICIANS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

And they say we get the politicians we deserve!

Comment is about SOME POLITICIANS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Isobel
Very kind of you to comment.
I have to admit though that my nickname at one of my previous employers was 'Teflon', because when any shit came flying, I made sure it didn't stick to me
Be good

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

I really like this.

I’m learning to love without habit
To see without judgment
And listen without
Needing to agree or understand

the essence of 'maturation' I'd say, though I haven't quite managed it yet.

Comment is about Maturation (blog)

Original item by J. Otis Powell‽ (with interrobang)

I love this:

"And what kind of poems do you write

Skinny poems"

Comment is about Juke Joint Named JAZZVILLE (blog)

Original item by J. Otis Powell‽ (with interrobang)

"Trust me I'm a doctor"

Comment is about Julian Jordon at the Hole in the Wall, Hebden Bridge, January 2011 (photo)

I am so grateful for not only for your acceptance, but your open arms and ability to see me for who i am, or at least who i am capable of being. So very much love and respect to you.

Comment is about Maturation (blog)

Original item by J. Otis Powell‽ (with interrobang)

Apologies all. For some reason the total number of entries that come up for 2011 + 2012 when searching the WOL Comp tags is 17 - and three of those are my announcements. And yet . . . and yet I now count 21 entries (not including my announcements) . . . I have now rectified the list/links so if anyone who has already voted wishes to amend their votes please do so. Please let me know of any more unintentional omissions.

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about WOL Comp - The Entries . . . (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

I'm not at all bothered, but just wondering why mine isn't listed.Wondering if anyone else has been missed? I def tagged it WOL comp. Happy to just vote.

Comment is about WOL Comp - The Entries . . . (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

I know exactly what you mean about chopped up prose. A lot of modern stuff is just that - with no thought to structure. Mine vary. Sometimes I can pay a lot of attention to structure but if I am telling a story it can become prosy. If it is something I want to perform, then I write it the way I will read it. I may post one that I've written recently in Iambic pentameter - I wrote it for a Christmas charity poetry anthology. It's about the local venue I attend - but also about what many performance poets have in common. No need to comment on it - it may be a bit old fashioned and not your cup of tea. It shows my version of Iambic Pentameter though.
It is good that we all have different approaches - it makes us question what we do and think things through. Thanks for having taken a look at mine - and having found some rythm in it :)

Comment is about David Cooke (poet profile)

Original item by David Cooke

Hi again, Isobel, Just checked out some of yours. Yes your lines are more 'end stopped' than mine, but within the lines your rhythms are quite complex and your sentences often flow over the line endings. I don't think what we're doing is that much different. I maybe just go for what looks like a more traditional looking form but let my speaking voice play against it. The line breaks give you the opportunity of giving added emphasis to certain words. THat's what I think I'm doing - but then who knows!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Hi Isobel Interesting comments. I don't really think I'm 'distorting' language in order to fit it into some unnatural scheme. Just a question of rhythm. If you read any kind of poetry from rap to Shakespeare you have to get a rhythm going that's different from normal speech or prose. The iambic beat is the natural rhythm of English poetry. My problem with lots of 'verse' these days is that it isn't verse at all just chopped up prose. I also don't mind the sentences flowing over the verse lines either, just adds a bit of interest. It's a bit like the difference between jazz and pop - a bit of syncopation!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Another charming poem Harry. I'm guessing you are a one for the ladies!

Comment is about JANINE AT THE SEA`S EDGE (blog)

I think you've done really well with this. I must admit, when I saw the criteria, I thought you might be struggling :)

Comment is about WOL Comp - The Entries . . . (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

I hadn't realised it was iambic pentameter. I must say - I don't get it when people change the natural order of words/sentence structure to fit a classical structure of poetry. It seems a bit like the tail wagging the dog - like enjambement gone mad. I tend to think that a structure should fit to the words, not visa versa. That's just my opinion though - plenty do it. It might be a good subject for a discussion thread...

Comment is about David Cooke (poet profile)

Original item by David Cooke

Good poem. Good thoughts! However, it is very hard to be grateful FOR everything in some dark days. IN would be easier than FOR.

Comment is about BE GRATEFUL (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Pertinent, pithy and succinct.

Regards,

A.E.

Comment is about Qualm 2 (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

I will be posting a list of direct links to all entries very shortly!

Regards,

A.E.

Comment is about Last call for WOL Comp! (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Thank you everyone for your lovely comments. :o)

Isobel, so agree about the unconditional love of a pet. I suppose it may also have helped her that her hubby was not at all bad looking!

Harry, it is indeed a joyful book. I have read it twice but never with dry eyes... :oD

Comment is about Emma was her Eyes (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Hi Isobel glad you liked my 'bar' poem. Yes, he was certainly a character. The structure is more or les iambic pentameter & I try to get it sitting on the page so that it looks right for me, but of course you never know what other's will make of it. I also like reading my own stuff to an audience, so maybe I should start loading up some MP3s - although that is all a bit technological for me!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Just realised that it's because I have special priveledges!

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Really like this Marianne - it has a great rythm and sound like fighting talk! (And dare I say - Happy New Year?) xx

Comment is about Hear, Hear, New Year! (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Thank you for your considered comment Isobel. I, too, am just going with the flow at the moment in terms of what I write and while I feel it is taking a disjointed turn again, I am happy that you are able to find something within it. The feelings you describe, I hope I have in a way.

Happy New Year.
x

Comment is about Hear, Hear, New Year! (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels