There should be more silly songs on here like this, Shirley.

Comment is about A silly poem about hair. (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

Thanks for the comments, guys. As I said it's an old blog but I thought it appropriate to post it again. Apologies for the "repeat".

Comment is about A Breath of Fresh Air (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for your comments on A Breath of Fresh Air, Lynn. It was an old post but it seemed appropriate to run it again.

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Likewise I don't get depression but possibilities. I enjoyed the imagery:
"thrift an image on the wall" is excellent. One of those you think, I wish I'd come up with that one!

Comment is about Look Back (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

I seem to have run out of things to say about your work Marianne. "The music that green and grey make" etc etc. How do you do it?

Comment is about Panic Attack (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Marianne, I do get a sense of being disjointed, seperated from the world in your poem. Lungs filled with rain, reminds me of hyperventilating, the sense of being unable to breathe.
I do like your poetry and always look forward to reading your poems when I see your name on the blog. They often have a quality which is beyond words - I have a sense of experiening something almost, rather than having read something.
Hope that makes sense! x

Comment is about Panic Attack (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

PS Just realised the pun in the title linking to the lines:

Just
to churn it.

And the frailiy of butterflies too of course. That also can link back to the Matthew text. X

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But in stanza 2 you do have a "big idea":

"I just had one of

A shepherd as an angel.

Wrapped in the hand of God we were,

Timeless."

And then the infinite sadness of the next lines.

The lines:

"As important as the cows,

Just under the class of sparrows"

reminded me, just after your lines I've c&p above, of Matthew 6:26:

"Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them."

But at the end, in the poem, you write that basically no-one's listening.

This poem has touched me so much. It seems to me to be expressing just what I feel.

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Teasingly good Ray. It might be the contents of a mere blink, but sometimes they stick in the memory.

Comment is about Brrr! (blog)

Stella, wonderfully powerful poem. The opening lines really drew me in. I very much liked the two voices as it set up a tension and a story. And the mystery of the story - there is plenty there for the reader I feel. X

Comment is about Joan (blog)

The first two verses stand out for me in their wonderful simplicity. I love the idea of prancing to Autumn's romance.

Comment is about In the Wood (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Hi Ann. Your audio poem "Silly Housework Poem" inspired me to post my own silly poem "A Silly Poem about Hair."
Thanks for the inspiration.

Shirley

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for your comments on 'Townships' much appreciated.

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Wow! Beautiful poem.
Beautiful illustration. Is this your illustration?
Good writing.
Very satisfying read.

Shirley

Comment is about In the Wood (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Hi again, Greg, thank you for lovely comments on Crimson Lipstick, appreciated as always.
Just been appreciating your samples, I especially like Kingfisher and Hollyhocks. x

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

..hello Dave..yes it's a large photo, the queue extends further to the right, not sure what they're waiting for...

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

This like Laura resonates with me very much...love the mindset within great work Dave..

Comment is about Camped (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

I also enjoyed this Dave..nice work :)

Comment is about Communion (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

I agree. A new departure. "Cave-crouching morning" grabs your interest straight away.

Comment is about Communion (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Couldn't watch this video. It says: Embedding this video is disabled by its owner. Why?

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Original item by Alain English

Thanks, John. Or like they could have built another welfare estate around John Prescott.

Thanks, Steve. I'll tell you what a socialist isn't. It isn't anybody in New Labour.

Comment is about Safety Net (blog)

Wonderful tribute, John, extremely moving and so well crafted. Brought a huge lump to my throat. x

Comment is about A Breath of Fresh Air (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Another belter, Lynn. Tells a warm, humane story. Great final two lines.

Comment is about Crimson Lipstick (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

John,
What a manly, descriptive, sincerly felt, tribute!It rings so true that any talk about poetic `negative capability` seems a bit trite.

The rhyme scheme is perfect, the penultimate stanza superb.

It warmed the cockles of my trade union heart.

Comment is about A Breath of Fresh Air (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

don,t know about tattoo,s C.B.
but some of those 'celebs'...oh
does that title turn my ***k**g stomach-
should be branded,
with the words

'I,m good at fannying my way
into not having to work for a living'

I think you can guess what the male
equivalent of 'fannying' would be

think.....cocoa shunting!

enjoyed and ta dude.

Wildeys.

Comment is about Sleb Tatt (blog)

Sexist or not, Chris, I can't help but agree! I don't mind the odd tattoo but...! Enjoyed the poem

Comment is about Sleb Tatt (blog)

trying to find words
within words.

no easy task.

feeling for them
is probably another good way.

nice'n'concise Miss M.

our thanks.

P&S

Comment is about Verse (blog)

many thanks Lynn (armagh) B

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

oooh, how lovely you all are! I'm away to St Ives for a week - no 'puter access so - byebye. xxxxxxx

Comment is about owl (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Very tactile Ann. I can feel the air on my face. I agree with Harry about the soft words.

Comment is about owl (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I liked it too, Ray.
It's got that Ray Davies pictorial urban quality about it.
I don't know what I feel about "up to my ankles in twilight".
I lie. I do. I think it's excellent in its own right but doesn't belong in this poem. Maybe you should build a another poem round it (like they could have done with Glen Hoddle!).

Comment is about Safety Net (blog)

There are 3 killers in coalmines; roof-falls, inrushes of water and gas.
Gas can kill toxically, like carbon monoxide, or explosively, like methane. A methane explosion is exacerbated if it develops into a more powerful coaldust explosion.
I worked at this mine for a short period (not underground I hasten to add) having joined the Coal Board some 2 months after the incident it refers to.

Comment is about A Breath of Fresh Air (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Greg, thank you for kind comments on Teardrops in my Coffee, much appreciated. x

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Andy, thank you for kind comments on Teardrops in my Coffee. You may be right, it would work without the first verse, considering this, thanks. xx

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

It's a lovely poem, Ann.You a fan of Ted Hughes? I wonder if removing the two "Likes" might make it even better.

Comment is about owl (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hello Ann, thank you very much for kind comments on my latest, much appreciated. xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks ever so much, Cynthia.This will sound ungrateful, I guess, but I'm not all that fond of this poem! Now the previous one, Leprosy, that's a good poem.I think!But it's all very subjective, this poetry lark.

Comment is about Safety Net (blog)

Anne,
excelent use of soft words to sheath the razors...Also the use of children at the end. The whole thing has a downey feeling about it...good stuff!

Comment is about owl (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Cynthia! You make it worse.

Comment is about Length & Girth (blog)

Original item by David Mac

I don't miss mediocre, though suspect it misses me.

Can't fault Rachel's reply.

Comment is about Friendship (blog)

Hi Dave, thank you for kind comments on Teardrops in my Coffee. Fortunately not autobiographical at all, thanks for asking. x

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Thanks for kind comments on Teardrops in my coffee, John, also your comment on my profile which made me laugh - typical man! Lol. x

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

I reckon that the effluvia of liposuction could be put to better use by shipping it over to africa in those giant oil tankers to make cakes and biscuits and sweetmeats to feed the starving millions - you'd feed a village on your own (and me another )

Comment is about Liposuction (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

love it John

Comment is about Mutemwia (blog)

Original item by John Embley

Enjoyed this very much, Ann, love your descriptions. xx

Comment is about owl (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

reminds me of all of us. we were all stars. till we got smashed by a ton of bricks. i think the trick is to know it and keep fighting and remember that stars are light years away and theres no rush to die in.

Its also a bit mariliyn....the voice therefore sounds sleazy..

Comment is about Girl you could have been a star (blog)

I just like the words and their magic. The first stanza is outstanding. I do not find depression here - realism, maybe - existentialism - excitement - but not sadness.

Comment is about Look Back (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Balderdash! Besides, it was a stupid question. But very fetching poetry - in the 'short and punchy' style.

Comment is about Length & Girth (blog)

Original item by David Mac

'up to my ankles in twilight' is one of those genius lines that make reading poetry a sheer joy, and also 'every conceptual surface'. plus -- plus! This is great poetry in concept, imagery, diction and social reverberation. (I'm pretty sure that's the word I want.)

Comment is about Safety Net (blog)

Thanks, Neil. I guess "almost up to my ankles in twilight" is something akin to "not dark yet, but it's getting there."
I'd like the same tolerance and latitude extended to those who don't need it, to be extended to those who do.I'm a socialist.
What I bemoan most is the fracture of communities.At least graffiti is "home-grown", not purchased or downloaded.
I reckon you're right about the last line. I had my doubts beforehand, so it's going.

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