Many thanks for your comments Laura! X

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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Hi Greg

I have no idea what you mean :-)

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Oh nice one Dave..wish I could have heard this and as Laura says some wonderful images..welcome back after what sounds a wonderful holiday .. :)

Comment is about Colours of California (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Found your audio of JC. I don't have facility to play it at the moment but will when I get home tonight.

Comment is about A DISTANT HAZE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Terrific poem, Dave; twitching in the wry. Have you got any more comical bird observations up your sleeve? Would make a great collection.

Comment is about Not a tit at all (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

To J.C. from M.C. - I don't mind using my fizzog on chuckle-cheek verse...but leave it out for the more serious stuff. I wouldn't
want to upset the mood - or the reader!

Comment is about The Spider (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Funny how our feelings can hang on something so
simple as a scent. The smell of wood smoke and
the crackle of burning timber never fades.
John - I uploaded an mp3 of an audio version I
have of DKJC - guess it didn't come off. But it's there to see. I have only just got
Adobe Flash 11 on my own netbook. More B.C.
than...
M.C. :-)

Comment is about A DISTANT HAZE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Eh up, rather than keep derailing your fab poem, thought I'd reply here.

Ah no worries re Sat - and deffo see you at the next Tudor mate :) Take care

Comment is about Neil Fawcett (poet profile)

Original item by Neil Fawcett

Enjoyed very much.
Incidentally, further to your comment on the word "fizzog", if that's yours at the top of the page I'd take it back. It's been well used!

Comment is about The Spider (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Aww, you had me all choked up last night when you read this. I think you were a little choked yourself too. Beautiful, so poignant. Really well read too John, always a pleasure to see you

Comment is about the day of her leaving (blog)

I only saw him twice, both times at Nottingham Forest.
When he first got the ball he approached Forest's full-back Peter (Mary) Winfield and feinted left, feinted right and feinted left again, only to find Winfield still there from the first feint! He didn't make the same mistake again.
On the second occasion he was earning a crust at the end of his career with Fulham. I left 10 minutes from the end with Fulham leading 2-0 to buy a pair of trousers before the shops shut. As I walked by the Trent I heard the crowd roar 3 times. Forest won 3-2!

Comment is about George Best - football legend (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Disagree with Steve. You're very good at this.
I appreciate the technical expertise to rhyme internally in such short lines and stay faithful to the sense.
Keep posting. (Where's the audio?).

Comment is about A DISTANT HAZE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hi Ann, thx for commenting on 'fit'. As I have said somewhere, for someone who doesnt know anything about (Or actively avoids) football, you would never guess that these creations came from a match report. Win

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I don't believe you, Dave. You'll be telling me next that Welsh Rabbit is cheese!
I can feel a Discussion coming on.

Comment is about Not a tit at all (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Ah, shades of Steinbeck run through this alongside the many colours. A great idea for a poem, and some wonderful images. Enjoyed this last night.

Comment is about Colours of California (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Incredible. Beautiful. Otherworldly. Can't string a sentence together ;)

Love it

Comment is about She Changes (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

That yellow text is a killer on the eyes Anne.

I much prefer the first haiku

Comment is about apple haiku (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Excellent Dave. Agree with the others re your stuff and the Tudor last night.

I dabble in a bit of incompetent bird-watching and the bearded tit is one bird which has always proved elusive. It's all those reeds it's alleged to hang out in. I don't think it exists, it's all a conspiracy.

Comment is about Not a tit at all (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Simple, pure, and - woodsmoke is my most favourite smell in the whole world, so you get a gold star for that alone :)

Comment is about A DISTANT HAZE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hi Greg, thanks for your comments on my recent Woking poem since slightly modified. Am learning more and more about the place with other work I'm doing in the quieter hours. Cheers.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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Fantastic, I loved this last night. Have been really very down of late, but you and Ian, amongst others, really made me laugh out loud. You don't know how much I needed that!

Sometimes I wish I could write funny, but there's no need, when you do it so well :)

Comment is about Not a tit at all (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Cheers Isobel - was more than a bit cathartic for me that

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

There should be a dawn chorus all singing "Lovely poem Dave!"

Comment is about Not a tit at all (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Thanks - I have added an alternate version.

Comment is about apple haiku (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Blummin hilarious, in true Dave Carr style! This raised more than a titter at the Tudor - you had us laughing like hyenas... xx

Comment is about Not a tit at all (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

I really didn't appreciate how good this was till I heard it performed. It's one of those poems you just have to hear. I would say that it is exceptional - for me the best serious poem I heard last night or that I've heard in a long time. x

Comment is about Clear Blue Air (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

thanx for reading/commenting Francine, its funny in an ironic way as we werent matched well and it would never work in this poem dated 2003.

Comment is about SO (blog)

Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER

So... as I was reading this I thought it quite funny, until I read the last two lines : (

Comment is about SO (blog)

Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER

Thank you for your kind comment, Steve.

Thanks Greg, I'm sure you are right about the sense of humour, but I've heard it works both ways too ;)

Comment is about Love Games (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

I can imagine Philip Larkin loving this!
M.C.

Comment is about The Real thing (blog)

Original item by ant

Hi there, thx for the comment. One definition of poetry might be a collection of words that instills an emotion or feeling. This seems to have done that so good I guess :-) Win x

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

aw Win - those little blighters! I love them!

Elaine - thank you!

x

Comment is about She Changes (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Glad you liked Doing it Twice, Neil. I blogged it some time time ago where I explained that the joke is actually told by an excellent after-dinner speaker called Steve Womack.

Comment is about Neil Fawcett (poet profile)

Original item by Neil Fawcett

Very well-observed, Lynn. Don't they say a sense of humour is the way to a woman's heart?

Comment is about Love Games (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Thanks, all. Some poems are very easy to write and this is one of them. I thought The People's Friend had vanished years ago, until the mother-in-law moved in with us!

Comment is about Unwound (blog)

I've just read 'Doing it Twice'. Laughed out loud, very funny, very clever, very true.

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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John, thanks for commenting on The Carpet-Fitter's Tale. Trust you had a good break!

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for commenting on The Carpet-Fitter's Tale, Dave. Yes, it could be one of an occasional series. Maybe if I overhear any interesting phone conversations on the train ... Greg

Comment is about Dave Carr (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Carr

Elaine's got it with that word fierce - a sort of Trappist ferocity, which would never harm anyone. Great.

Comment is about Clear Blue Air (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Thanks so much for your comments. I am so pleased with the responses to the poem - it was a sort of half dreamt poem to be honest and I didn't particularly rate it, just couldn't find anything else I was happy with either to post so thought I'd give it a shot. Thanks for your thoughtful words on it. Hope to see you soon. XXX

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Ta for the comment. Glad to hear email / poem followed so quick - great to splurge it out but not everyone can do that and not only make sense but also touch others as you did. Fantastic - shawoman (as opposed to shaman!). XXX

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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Dave, many thanks for the comment & glad it hit the spot! X

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Thanks, Win. I wrote this latest offering after half dreaming it so it wasn't so finished but I thought I'd post it as a kind of experiment and what wonderful responses I got. This is a fabulous site for support - stunning. Thank you. XX

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Wow, this is very fine, Marianne.
Btw, many thanks for your comment on my recent offering. XX

Comment is about She Changes (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Ode to a "Fun Loving tie and shirt"...a wry and
enjoyable "take" on reconciling our hopes and our realities. And they say we men have no
self-awareness!
M.C.

Comment is about GSOH (blog)

Original item by ant

Hi Andy, thx for keeping the memory of the Corby Candle alive. Win x

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

A great read Marianne which sent all these images whirling round my head. Have a look at this (But please try at least to ignore the overly american dumbed down commentary -

http://video.nationalgeographic.com.au/video/player/animals/fish-animals/spiny-rayed-fish/cichlid_movingyoung.html

Win x

Comment is about She Changes (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

The simplicity of this gives it impact with a lot being said by the imagery. I didn't see the earlier versions but I think the tense is right as it is.
Is there a future for The People's Friend?
Dave

Comment is about Unwound (blog)

Stella/Lynn - it's great to know how you latched on so readily to the title. I'm a huge
fan of the lyricists of yesteryear and wanted
to create something that brought back the
way they wrote. You are my kind of audience!
Who can ever forget a title like "The Night We
Called It A Day"?
M.C.

Comment is about WHERE DO YOU GO WHEN YOU GO WHERE YOU DO? (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I had it put to a tune of my own devising so I'll see if I can upload the mp3 on this blog.
I have always seen a strong connection between
the rhythm of words in verse and song lyric...
and this is a favourite of mine...modest soul
that I am.
Quite right, John - I am new to this site -
altho' I HAVE been received WOL newsletters via email for some time. Thought I'd post a selection of stuff to keep my hand in!
M.C.

Comment is about DADDY KNEW JOHNNY CASH (blog)

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