Hi Laura (Leiberfraumilch), you had me worried for a moment. Thought I'd trangressed an unfathomable rule somewhere. I go with my observation as you know and what I wrote was about a refreshing group of young foreign ladies at the local Wetherspoons who quite uplifted the atmosphere from the usual retired stolid folk who sit around. Hope you're OK though.

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

love this the language is so thick, like the presence of death. i like the reference to the body and the importance of skin and identity in the passing of spirit.
Love the inclusion of natural 'juices' milk, honey...and their placing with indian ink. its integral part of nature.

top class

Comment is about Hasta Mañana (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

I enjoyed this Laura - quite moving in fact.

Comment is about Hasta Mañana (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Charming cameo this Stella with lots of images to raise a familiar smile - liked especially the 'fickle four-legged friends' but left to wonder at the wider implications of the scene.

Comment is about Beach Buddies (blog)

So inspirational! Amazing what you, I mean YOU, can create out of the seemingly ordinary.

Good luck with the book. You deserve all the accolades!

Martin R.

Comment is about "Love You Millions" A Cut-Up Type Poem (blog)

Original item by Gemma Lees

It is all one big cock-up really isn't it?.. :/

Comment is about Catch 22 (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Aww thanks Laura..actually wrote this for my lad when he was in Iraq..

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Thanks Laura for the comment and informing me r.e. Dory Previn's lyric.

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Ha - I used to get told I had eyes like a shithouse rat. Not very nice thing to say to a kid that is it?

Funny poem

Comment is about Out Of The Mouths ... (blog)

Have you ever heard a song by Dory Previn called Left Hand Lost? This reminds me in part of that. Interesting poem.

Comment is about Left Hand Pathos* (blog)

Excellent piece Chris, nice one

Comment is about Animals (blog)

Impressive Tommy. Love the structure, the choppiness of the language, and the overall 'message'

Comment is about Arab spring (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Some lovely sonics in here Stella...love 'seroxat fix'. Can almost see you on the phone to him, tracing his picture :)

Comment is about Being Overly Dramatic (blog)

Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment, folks. I edited it slightly and put in a stronger ref to Ezekiel (thanks Bob!)

x

Comment is about Hasta Mañana (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Lenin! hurrah!!

Comment is about Animals (blog)

Ann, many thanks for leaving such a nice comment on being overly dramatic.. :)

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hiya :)

mm playing about with emotions/moods at the moment..having a hot flush too!...jeeeeeeez...

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

I think to be able to write something like this takes a special person Laura..well done..it is lovely :)

Comment is about Hasta Mañana (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

This brought a wry smile to my face..I used to be told I had ears like a baby elephant! (don't think it was the size though)

enjoyed this :)

Comment is about Out Of The Mouths ... (blog)

Catherine
So good to find a soul sister on WOL
J. Otis

Comment is about Catherine Smith (poet profile)

Original item by Catherine Smith

Andreas,
Your poem "I have abandoned blood" reminded me of the following poem by Huey P. Newton so I thought I would share it with you:

One day I suddenly realized I had forgotten, name age sex address race, I had found myself
What is greater than love or hate, I will tell you then,
what is greater than love is the relationship I have with the tip of my finger.

Want me to break it down? I can break it down.
It's a simple concept.

If I define myself as my thumb, I deny myself my fingers.
If I define myself as my fingers, I deny myself my hand.
If I define myself as my hand, I deny myself my arm.
If I define myself as my arm, I deny myself my body.
If I define myself as my body, I deny myself my universe.
I diminish myself.

Peace after revolution,
J. Otis

Comment is about Andreas Grant (poet profile)

Original item by Andreas Grant

Sophia,
The wisdom in your poems is so soft footed I hardly heard it coming.
Peace
J. Otis

Comment is about Sophia Dimmock (poet profile)

Original item by Sophia Dimmock

haha- ta Win- :o)

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

.... and there's a pile of tectonic plates a-waiting in the sink :D

Comment is about In The Shadows Of Mountains (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

pretty damn good IMHO

Comment is about We'll meet again (blog)

Original item by Dali

Hi Plowsey.

re alcedo atthis poem
I very much thank you sir.

also re a kingfisher in your porthole-
keep taking the tablets-lol!

seriously though Mr P,yes indeed
a fabulous bird that apparently
not many folk get to see.

there again not many people
are fast enough sighted to keep up!

cheers Winston.

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

I'm not sure that the title implies hope - I'd say more of a playing down of the sadness - maybe a wry nod to the fact that us poets are prone to the dramatic and that this is, as the poem suggests, just a mood. I like the way you express yourself - the restlessness you convey - the idea of music being torn is a vivid one. You do carry the reader with you in that mood.

Comment is about Being Overly Dramatic (blog)

Yes - I'd agree with Steve here. The only way we can live on (as far as can be certain) is in the love and memory of others. I would love to be remembered in words like this - to have someone write me a poem. I found this moving.

Comment is about Hasta Mañana (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

I too like your style of saying things!x

Comment is about Being Overly Dramatic (blog)

A beautiful poem Laura.xx

Comment is about Hasta Mañana (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Yikes - thanks for the explanation Ray. It does make scary reading. You forgot to add 'care' in the community though...

Comment is about Voodoo (blog)

enjoyed the trip here Hazel

Comment is about NO THOUGHTS (blog)

enjoyed very much..especially the poular friction of time surging forward on all sides..lovely..

nice work :)

Comment is about In The Shadows Of Mountains (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

What a collection of curiosities Ray, a great resource for a poem. Win

Comment is about Voodoo (blog)

I did recognise some of the so called cures Ray..many I did not..that last line of yours finishes things off so well..

Comment is about Voodoo (blog)

Should I know her?..I have a feeling that perhaps I should but for the life of me..I dunno!

The poem is full and rich and rather lovely too.. ah the way to a mans heart is mash..mish-mash?..I shall shut up..

Comment is about Cooking for Infidels (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Hello Isobel. Ta for commenting. They've all been used as cures or treatments for mental illness, even the lungs of a lamb on a shaven head.

Comment is about Voodoo (blog)

I don't really understand this one Ray - unless perchance it is about the torture and murder of an innocent patient by a voodoo doctor...

Hopefully you'll explain at some point. It's an intriguing one.

Comment is about Voodoo (blog)

Hi There, just listened to 'face of a child' on youtube. great delivery and the music was perfect. Win

Comment is about J. Otis Powell‽ (with interrobang) (poet profile)

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

Hi Anthony - hope you can make it (Poetry Mine) one day - and thanks for letting me know. At the moment it is such an unknown - will anyone turn up at all? But I am looking forward to it. I think . . . . :)

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Hi Ann,

I hope all is well with you. Just to let you know that I won't be able to make St. Agnes next Tuesday as I will be away in Cumbria. I was really looking forward to your event and to meeting you. Nevertheless I wish you great success with the evening and hope that there might be a repeat - which I will be free for!

Best regards and sincere apologies,

A.E. X

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Margaret, Welcome to WOL. Like the way you describe your work here. Wouldn't it be great if our system were able to fully capture the esscence of your work. Maybe one day. Winston

Comment is about Margaret Gosley (poet profile)

Original item by Margaret Gosley

Hi Tommy, An odd one this. Nothing unusal then form you. lol. Great oblique observations. The 'shifteng of weight in time' and all of the opening stanza are great images. As to who it is in the picture... A mystery to me

Win

Comment is about Cooking for Infidels (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

hi again Jonboy.

not too sure about my own suggestion now-lol!
perhaps the complete last line,second verse-

'and his portrayal of a smiling peacock?

don,t go away-I might be back-haha!

cheers dude.
Stef.

Comment is about The Secret Place (blog)

Thanks for the comments Stef. I agree with the 'bursts'instead of burst. Poss the peacock line too. Always good to get feedback. Thanks for your comments!

Comment is about The Secret Place (blog)

I suggest with the upmost respect
that a little more thought given
to various lines
i.e. "his peacock painted face"

that to me reads
as though he has painted
the picture of a peacock on his face.

my suggestion-
facially portraying a peacock?

also suggest on the last line-
bursts not "burst"

nevertheless it is still a great poem.
hope you dont mind my 'umble opinion.

thanks for sharing.Stef Wilde.

Comment is about The Secret Place (blog)

I really love your use of capitals
in this lovely concise piece.

the title reminds me
of a bodily item
I/we (as in I/we sixties flower children)
wore during those sadly disappeared times-
boo-hoo!

thanks Ms.M.x

Comment is about Mojo (blog)

Hi Isobel. Thanks for your comment. I'd never read The Highwayman so I looked it up. It's amazing, certainly there's a surprisingly similar theme but I'm enormously flattered you'd make any comparisons between the writing in Noyes work and my own effort. Maybe I'm old fashioned but I feel I should get the hang of traditional structures before I would be confident to try something more contemparary, maybe it's a bit of a security blanket!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

my thanks to you Lynn
for comments on 'forfeiting'

I hope you find the next poem
I do,a little more cheerful.

we both send you our best regards
as always.

thanks love.

Patricia and Stef.xx

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Hi Peter.

appreciated your correctly
descriptive comments
of the feelings
put to the reader/s of my poem-
'forfeiting'

thank you so much.

Comment is about Peter Asher (poet profile)

Original item by Peter Asher