I'm old enough to remember the original reported incident. This is a nostalgic bit
of sporting verse that brings it back so well.
Well up to your usual high standard, J.C.

Comment is about The Ballad of The Boy and The Man (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Well done Ann (and the 12 disciples).

Review is about Poetry Mine on 4 Oct 2011 (event)

hehee...very well read John.. :)

Comment is about A Bloke's Back Brake Block Broke (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

wow..was reading it so fast because I wanted to find out what happened lol...great work John, I thoroughly enjoyed learning about something new too! :)

Comment is about The Ballad of The Boy and The Man (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

enjoyed the the will she to me as me to she and as Larisa says full of hopeful expectations..it reads very well out loud too.. :)

Comment is about favourite poems (blog)

Original item by Marc Anthony

Speech Motion
Monday 30th October, 2011

If your favourite type of event is an open, welcoming, relaxed, bohemian, multi-genre happening; if it involves pulsating poetry with professionally home-brewed short film, a well-plucked ukelele, an internationalist, Bordelaise, Berlinesque flavour; all compered by the incomparable Auld-Reekie-fringe-slam-winning Catherine Brogan who, in spite of her hitching record managed everything without a single one; all two minutes from the closest station; where on earth could you go? Erm.

Stoke Newington, of course! To Speech Motion, in fact.
Highly recommended for open mic readers.
What not to expect: rules, timekeeping, known finish time, posh seats, real ale.
What to expect: friendliness, quality, top alternative arts on draught.

Review is about Speech Motion: Film & live Performance on 30 Oct 2011 (event)

Good afternoon Lynn.
(angel on horseback and not a witchypoo)

just popped on to say
we will be a.w.o.l till Friday
going on a little break.

no tears now-haha!

off to pack my old kitbag.

Have a nice week Lynn.

love

Patricia and Stef.xx

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

indeed, fact or fiction? do we want to know the truth?

Comment is about ABDUCTEE (blog)

Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER

this is very good john, you could easily put a tune to this. I think its the sort of thing Danny Baker would like on his saturday morning show.

Comment is about The Ballad of The Boy and The Man (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9816473

Well, I am a political poet, and proud of it! Politics is people's lives - now more than ever before.......

Comment is about Roy Harper and the politics of poetry (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Beautiful poem. Love it.

Comment is about favourite poems (blog)

Original item by Marc Anthony

This poem was penned and read aloud at the open-mic session in Nelson last Friday 28 Oct:

St Paul’s Letter to the Anti-Capitalists
(for Giles Fraser)
by Richard MacSween

Charity suffereth long and is kind
But this has gone on long enough
Charity is not easily provoked
But there are health and safety issues
Charity never faileth
But this is a major tourist attraction
When I was a child, I spoke as a child
And let’s face it: you’re mostly kids
But when I became a man, I saw it was more complicated
Put away those canvas things
Now we see through a glass darkly
The lights are out and we’re losing money
Now abideth faith, hope and charity
But greater than these is turnover
Charity suffereth long
And if you don’t leave, so will you

Comment is about Roy Harper and the politics of poetry (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

What a great subject for a poem, John. It's a wonderful picture; even better than the one of Vinnie Jones grabbing Gazza. Greg

Comment is about The Ballad of The Boy and The Man (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Brilliant. Really enjoyed this, John. Did you catch Harry Redknapp's comment that Scott Parker stands comparison with Dave Mackay playing like he did on Sunday?

Comment is about The Ballad of The Boy and The Man (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Well done, Lynn, for putting your head above the parapet. There's more money to be made from Halloween than Guy Fawkes - that's one reason why it's being pushed.

Comment is about Halloween Party Pooper (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Thank you everyone. I am not normally such a grouch, just don't think much of Halloween!

Stef,(Uncle Fester!) you are right about Guy Fawkes - he seems to have died a death, lol, or rather been forgotten about, although fireworks seem to last a whole month... oh dear, I'm starting off on another tangent now... lol. Night night from Mrs.moany Witch xx

Comment is about Halloween Party Pooper (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Winston, youre welcome to this if it is suitable

Remembrance Sunday

Sunday 18th November 2007 8:41 pm





Yesterday being Remembrance Day

I made a point of remembering

And joined several hundred other rememberers

On the Town Hall Square

Where I bumped into Alec Simister

Who I hadn't seen for ten years

Now there's a man who could wear a bowler hat and rolled umbrella

As well as any city banker, retired guards officer

Or Orange Lodge member
His high cheek bones and straight black hair suggest he could be of the same lineage

As Vlad the Impaler or maybe Chinghis Khan

I was pleased that he remembered me

"I pissed my sides" he said "when I saw you in the paper,

Writing poetry, is that your latest scam?"

He was never one to mince his words.

A man constructed of dinosaur bones

His crushing grip staying on the hand for minutes

Then I drove to Stoke to visit my brother's grave.

It seemed a good thing to do it would have been his birthday today

Our street, which was falling down when we were kids

Is still falling down, the 70s makovers washed away by time

The entries seem to get narrower

But the cobbles, ever more subsided

Are still covered in dogshit

Our local pub Scrimmies, was as full as on any Sunday in my father's day

No miners now but everyone still looks old

Were these the people I went to school with?

I didn't remember them.

And they didn't remember me.

But the Bass tasted just like it used to!

Comment is about Poems for Remembrance Day (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Ahhh... the anxiety of what to do when faced with temptation!

Comment is about This is not a vodka; ginger, ice and lime (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Nice experience shared with the excitement of a new purchase. I like the word gossamer but Fleur Adcock in her poem of no-no's says it's taboo - what does she know anyway.

Great piccy too.

Comment is about Bought (blog)

a sparklingly clean 'long John'is absolument in requirement...

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Thanks. I finished it with the deadline for submissions looming, and therefore I had little time to polish it.

If it bombs (and the competition is always massively over-subscribed, so I am not holding out any hopes!) I may take it and give it a few tweaks.

I wanted to write a story in which nothing really happened, just to see if I could do it.

Comment is about Sunday Girl (blog)

Original item by STEVE RUDD

Stella! This is quite a thought-provoking and interesting read!


My favourite part:

'He tames his world with fire and ash,
pollutes Mrs Berman's white sheets grey,
excited by flames this man with a match,
it snows in our yard in the summertime.'

Comment is about At Home With Adolf (blog)

Hi M.C.
Just wanted to thank you for taking the time to comment on Gen. Sec.
Actually the 'ain' isn't a mis-type, though I don't mind in the slightest your mental 'gain'. I used 'ain' in the Scottish vernacular(meaning own)i.e the Gen. Sec's main concern is his own
Like you, I'm always struck by the union officials who I am sure are substantially better paid than those they represent - hence the ditty
Again, many thanks

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hey Laura!
Graet poem! Crafted for reading aloud. I can sense anger,frustration,and relief inthis one.
Nicely read too! x

Comment is about Clear Blue Air (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Hello Nick, 'Shop Closed' appreciated your comments ta v. much. Like your profile piccy and the 4 legged lady who peers inquisitively at everyone on WOL. Also enjoyed your profile poetry.

Comment is about Nick Coleman (poet profile)

Original item by Nick Coleman

I enjoyed the mixture of nostalgia and hoped-for young romance that brings this story to life.
I felt that some of the punctuation (and a few
"and"s) could have be given more attention and
words like "holey" and "slobbering" needed no
repetition) - but -
the tale itself, the imagery and many of the
descriptive passages were well done.
I wanted to keep reading to see what happened -
always a good sign and the ending was very
imaginative.
Good luck with it.

Comment is about Sunday Girl (blog)

Original item by STEVE RUDD

Curmudgeonly!! But I quite understand where you are coming from - and I love the self-deprecating pay-off at the end.

Comment is about Halloween Party Pooper (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

I thought I had replied to this one before obviously not!

What a journey you paint here. Sometimes there has to be a time to stop..oh yeah I thought..nice work sir :)

Comment is about My Shooting Stars By Alice Age 6 (blog)

Original item by ant

Thank you for stopping by, Marc!
Your poetry combines the mental and emotional really well - I enjoyed reading! Have you ever thought to post a few in the Blogs section?

Comment is about Marc Anthony (poet profile)

Original item by Marc Anthony

Thanks for the recipe Tommy. I alway drink anything I've taken effort to prepare. I'm very choosy about what I drink out of though :)x

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

marvellous !

Comment is about A Bloke's Back Brake Block Broke (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I sometimes don't know myself what the next line will be. lol

Comment is about Rzhepicks (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

LOL Thank you dear Stefan and Patricia.

Comment is about Rzhepicks (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

the thing I love best
about your poems Larisa,
is that I never know what to expect
from one line to the next.

adds to the excitement of the read.

thanks and love from us.

Patricia and Stefan.xx

Comment is about Rzhepicks (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

sad,superbly succinct!

Comment is about Dinner Party (blog)

we loved the whole poem Harry
especially the way you hauntingly ended it.

thank you.

Patricia and Stef.

Comment is about FOR ROSE (blog)

hey Lynn-
on one hand you think(mistakenly)
that you would make'an excellent witch'

not as good as the 'Uncle Fester'
I would make-hee hee

I agree with the comments by Philipos
it is mainly an excuse for scrounging.
or
having your windows put through
if you don,t cough up-haha

you never seem to see many kids pushing
the effigies of Guy Fawkes
like they used to?

Tricia says she would make a bomb-
(forgive the unintended pun)
with me because I,m a little effigy.
she did,nt say what of though-haha.

enjoyed light heartedness
of the poem very much.

keep 'em coming
Mrs. Nofear!

love (don,t look behind you)

MorticiaPatricia
and FrankenStef Wilde.xx

Comment is about Halloween Party Pooper (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

I put my comment on the discussion thread so it feels like I was talking in a different room.

Comment is about Roy Harper and the politics of poetry (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Spooky! you made me laugh, Been there done it haha xxx

Comment is about Halloween Party Pooper (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Hey Andy, thanks for the comments on Dinner Party, I was wondering how long it would take someone to give a Bukowski reference.

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Yes mate thanks for your comment
i use to live near hyde road n.reddish
i live near brooks bar at the moment
the poem was about the weight of the readers comments , glad you liked it
i need to write
i think as writer's we should be careing people
thanks for the support
much welcomed

Comment is about Noetic-fret! (poet profile)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Much impled in so few words. Such a wry ending too. Enjoyed.

Comment is about Dinner Party (blog)

How moving Harry. An enjoyable read with some really good images.

Comment is about FOR ROSE (blog)

Nuther excuse for scrounging some say Lynn. But even the toffs our way send their kids round knocking on doors with welcome trickers.

Guess we all like bogeymen stories, depends on the area I spose and whether or not it is allowed to get out of hand. And yes, blame the yanks.

Thanks for sharing.

Comment is about Halloween Party Pooper (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Hmm - interesting read this Nick, abductions phenomenon or fact! Jury still out I guess except to the lady in your poem and some of course say even Ezekiel was an abductee.

Comment is about ABDUCTEE (blog)

Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER

Very good Jack and very true. Although I was never a Punk I was and still am everything Punks went against (I just didn't like the music) I had always understood what they were saying. There has never been another youth movement (rebellion) since 1976. Today it’s all manufactured, music fashion and attitude. Popular music died many years ago, it's been regurgitated ever since. But it obviously doesn’t need me to tell you that.

Comment is about Punk's Dead (blog)

Original item by Jack Pascoe

Cynthia....apologies (I forgot to look up my profile) The political thing was on the home page (Julian)

I`m puzzled at the paucity of self criticism in what today passes as political poetry (what there is of it)

Also...the poor? What constitutes poverty in these days of wall to wall cars lining terraced streets? Why (exactly) are people poor these days?...Did the actions of the social security scroungers have no effect on the recent credit crunch troubles? So much of the poverty rhetoric these days is so dated.

I appreciate that your own efforts are more philosophical than political...but in all spheres man is a political animal.

I think the politic thing as now also on the discussion section.

Sorry for the delay.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Andy, (Evening) you've changed your profile pic I see? Thank you for the comment, much appreciated. Will post this on your site too.

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Isobel I've borrowed the following from Lynn's site: lots of ice;
1 measure of lime;
3 measures of premium vodka;
top up with ginger ale/beer- stir.
Try placing a sliver of ginger-root in glass before ice.
Tell the drink of your love for it, close your eyes and take a deep-mouthfilling- glug...hold cocktail in mouth to warm slightly and swallow-ALWAYS swallow!
:o)

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Lynn- lots of ice; 1 measure of lime; 3 measures of premium vodka; top up with ginger ale/beer- stir. Try placing a sliver of ginger-root in glass before ice. Tell the drink your love for it, close your eyes and take a deep-mouthfilling- glug...hold cocktail in mouth to warm slightly and swallow-ALWAYS swallow!
:o)

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye