Thanks for the comments. It's something I've come back to two or three times so it's a bit of a puzzle to me. But certainly Cinderella combined with an aging actress looking back with regret. That's a very nice compliment, Greg.
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Hadn't intended to log in, but had to, to say how wonderful this is. Lyrical, inspirational, and well-written. Congratulations to Jacqueline on the MBE!
Comment is about DANCING (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
She sounds like quite a lady and I bet you make an awesome couple, on or off the dance floor.
A very poignant read. This is lovely. x
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Original item by Ian Gant
steve mellor
Fri 6th Jan 2012 07:44
Julian
I'm booking my ticket today, so please put me down for a 'spot' in the open-mic
See you on the 17th
Comment is about Northern grit: tribute tonight for a dialect poet (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
When I looked up "WOL comp" on the list of the most popular subjects of last 30 days it only lists the poems posted in January (about three of the fourtenn or however many). So you have to go looking for the December entries in last year's bloggs and they don't appear in the "most popular subjects of 2011). Maybe this should be pointed out somewhere? How else can we find them?
Comment is about Last call for WOL Comp! (blog)
Original item by Anthony Emmerson
Thank you dear Lynn! You are the most kind person in this world.
Comment is about I Thank You (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
Hello, my dearest friend! Thank you so much for your comment on " I Thank You". Very much appreciate it! But....please!!! If you have time let me know your opinion on my poem "Winter Kiss" . My e-mail is:
rzhepishevska@gmail.com With love and warmest wishes,
Larisa
Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Am I in time?
Comment is about Winter Kiss ( Competition) (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
<Deleted User> (6315)
Thu 5th Jan 2012 22:00
How wonderful for you both and what a great write for your wife Ian.. :)
Comment is about DANCING (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
Hi Nick Thanks for comment on the Supervielle. I like him,although I'm not a great fan of a lot of modern French poetry. I have taken a few liberties, but I try to produce something that sounds reasonable in English.
Comment is about Nick Coleman (poet profile)
Original item by Nick Coleman
Yes Cinderella in the retirement home. Great poem, Ray - so poignant. Laughter and bitterness in the same line is insightful!
Comment is about Dame (blog)
This is a homage to my wife Jacqueline who despite being damaged at birth, who despite having hands arms and legs that do not do her bidding has given over her life to public service and who for that was awarded the MBE in the 2012 Honours List.
Not bad for one of those the majority of our society would write off as sub-standard.
Comment is about DANCING (blog)
Original item by Ian Gant
I really enjoyed this poem. (Actually the syllable count is similar to some of mine...!)
Well written M.C. :o)
Comment is about TREES (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
This is a lovely tribute to your late husband, Larisa.
Since you have asked, in verse 2, it should read either "there was always a prank" or "there were always pranks".
I really like the verse of whether to hug and kiss or to just chat!
Love, Lynn xx
Comment is about I Thank You (blog)
Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska
And I see the curtains disturbing the xmas tree decos and seeing them fall. Liked this. Win
P.S. My tree this year is only 2ft tall :-(
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Well, I took it as Cinderella in an old folks home, and I think it's one of your best, Ray. Taking that universal romantic theme, and acquainting us with the reality of disillusion. Don't take this the wrong way, but I think it's the kind of thing Carol Ann Duffy might have come up with at one stage in her career. I mean that as a compliment!
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This isn't an obvious one Ray. The stuff in speech marks doesn't sound like stuff that would come out of anyone's mouth so it's had me puzzling.
It sounds to me like the death bed confessions of an old lady, reminiscing over a love that was never allowed to be - ill timing (that bastard that clobbers us all) stuffing things up for her. The last two lines made me wonder. Perhaps, not being able to have the one she really wanted, she had all the wrong ones instead...
I like the pantomime imagery - it works for me. x
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<Deleted User> (6315)
Thu 5th Jan 2012 15:43
Many thanks for that lovely comment on the Thai Girl..a little fratting with the locals does no harm..well not much..if you are careful ;)
Comment is about Marc Anthony (poet profile)
Original item by Marc Anthony
thanx Lynn yes as the game standards are very good now so war can be fought on a tv screen or computer. a war game of georgia/russia war 2008 is on a computer witha 2nd part that never happened. a war with iran and the us navy can be on a computer game. i like weapons and it would be a cool game. no1 would die tho except in the made up game...
Comment is about MISSING (blog)
Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER
A 7/6/8/6 syllable count - which I've not come across before. A nice paean to nature. I like the old men with coats of snow.
I can't help but tinker with other people's poems
Autumn trees are red and gold,
Majestically they stand
And in their colours bright and bold
Commemorate the land.
Comment is about TREES (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Kenneth Eaton-Dykes
Thu 5th Jan 2012 13:31
Hi N-f. After watching Wallander I think Sweden
would be the perfect place to confirm ones euthanasic, intentions.
Ken.
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Kenneth Eaton-Dykes
Thu 5th Jan 2012 13:18
Hi Isobel
Wish I could be so quality prolific like you.
Ken xx
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Kenneth Eaton-Dykes
Thu 5th Jan 2012 12:55
Glad to have brought a smile to your face.
Ken x
Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Very enjoyable, Kealan.
Comment is about Love On Pearl Harbour Night (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
Agree with the sentiment, Nick, if only it was a game. Well written, good one.
Comment is about MISSING (blog)
Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER
This IS totally charming! So incredibly beautiful and touching, Kealan!
I think it is awesome that you wrote something a bit different (for you), AND that you entered the Comp!
Comment is about Love On Pearl Harbour Night (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
<Deleted User> (8043)
Thu 5th Jan 2012 02:15
Thankyou! 'Ship Containers' is one of my favourites too, I think (as much as as you can like your own work...). It is a very honest poem, I think, and for me its all about spaces and movement - about navigation, and its probably the only poem I've ever written than managed to pull off a good sense of movement and perspective...
I'm pretty loaded up on essay/portfolio work at the moment, but will have a good look through your poems when I have some spare time!
Comment is about Marianne Daniels (poet profile)
Original item by Marianne Daniels
thanks for your comments mike, i will write you a poem when i feel the inspiration.
keep writing x
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<Deleted User> (6315)
Wed 4th Jan 2012 21:39
Harry this is lovely.
:)
Comment is about JANINE AT THE SEA`S EDGE (blog)
<Deleted User> (6315)
Wed 4th Jan 2012 21:37
I find myself a stranger in everybody’s eyes,
love it..
Comment is about The Abstract of Confusion (blog)
Original item by Noetic-fret!
<Deleted User> (6315)
Wed 4th Jan 2012 21:33
Dave
Takes careful reading, but a good message.
:)
Comment is about User Guide (blog)
Original item by Dave Bradley
English humor is too hard for me. lol
Comment is about CROSSED LINES (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
I`ve never read the book either, Lynn, but it`s hard to imagine it being so succinctly rejoiceful as this.
Well done!
Comment is about Emma was her Eyes (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Yes - I know lots of people who hate New Year. It's a timely reminder that you are getting older, that you maybe haven't achieved all the things you hoped you would last year, and that as you get older,people are disappearing around you. There is nothing sadder than auld ang sine (forgive the spelling)if you have just lost someone.
For me personally, having always hated New Year, the last two have been the best ever. I think it's a question of being where I want to be, with the people I want to be with and having an uncertain future to call my own. Plenty of booze and a good party also helped.
Am I improving Marianne? I'm not trying to interpret - I'm just going with the flow and finding my own reaction to your poem :)
Happy New Year x
Comment is about Hear, Hear, New Year! (blog)
Original item by Marianne Daniels
<Deleted User> (6315)
Wed 4th Jan 2012 17:50
Haha! Insightful and funny Chris. Nice one!
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<Deleted User> (6315)
Wed 4th Jan 2012 17:30
Ha! Could see it all unfolding..tssk..watch out for those flying frying pans! :)
Comment is about CROSSED LINES (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
This is a bit of an unusual one for you Kealan. I wonder if it is based on a true story - I've heard one about somebody in a Jewish war camp who was kept alive by a young girl outside, who he later met and married in America.
This has a bit of a fairy tale feel about it. It's hard to believe in. Perhaps that is what you were trying for - perhaps that's what we are all striving for :)
Comment is about Love On Pearl Harbour Night (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
<Deleted User> (6315)
Wed 4th Jan 2012 17:13
This is totally charming.. :o)
Comment is about Love On Pearl Harbour Night (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
It's incredible how an animal can enrich a person's life - and I'm not just talking about the physically disabled. I think it's because they offer unconditional love, which can be very precious when other areas of life are not running so smoothely.
What a lovely recreation of the story, Lynn. I'm glad she managed to fall in love with her husband all over again. It would have made a sad end, if she hadn't.
Comment is about Emma was her Eyes (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
<Deleted User> (6315)
Wed 4th Jan 2012 17:10
Don't know why Chris but this made me laugh albeit a short one..Rings a lot of truth for me and I like it as it is so typically you..can hear you reading this :)
Happy New Year to you and Nat x
Comment is about All things considered (blog)
Love the summary Greg. Great idea, executed with your normal aplomb.
Comment is about Politics, protests and wheelbarrows: the WOL review of 2011 (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Que l'année 2012 soit remplie de merveilles et d'amour !
Comment is about Happy New Year (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Larisa - we have a saying here that "a man chases a woman until she catches him". A man
likes the chase but a woman seeks more...often
a cause of problems! My verse sought to say
something similar - with "tongue in cheek".
A book of English "phrases and sayings" can be
a valuable acquisition for anyone trying to understand the mindset and humour of U.K.
folk.
Rachel - know what you mean. But nostalgia ain't what it used to be...:-)
Comment is about CROSSED LINES (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Ah, word skill or words kill
Comment is about Bill Burroughs Cut Up Reality (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
I can see your point K.
Comment is about Bill Burroughs Cut Up Reality (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
Ann Foxglove
Fri 6th Jan 2012 09:55
Really liked this poem. To me, seeing her again would be at the moment of his death though. Still perhaps a fairytale ending?
Comment is about Love On Pearl Harbour Night (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady