hi Lynn
and oops!

nearly forgot to thank you
for comments on 9/11.

thank you.

Stef&Tricia.xx

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

you look good for your age
Mr.Miles!
as good as your poem writing skills
which are excellent!

but compared to us
you are still a youngster

thanks for sharing-sonny-lol

Stef&Patricia.

Comment is about Another Birthday (blog)

Original item by C Richard Miles

You can't beat the look back with fondness times. Such nice memories and poem too.

Comment is about Amber Moon (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Enjoyed this despite, or because of, its disconnectedness
I've seen her walking
dressed for bed

That's such a simple phrase yet here it's very powerful.

Comment is about Joan (blog)

Nice humour Ray. A very original poem - how do you think them up? Though I can't quite feel the same about polar bears since that last mauling!

Comment is about Tipping Point (blog)

I can well imagine this being one of a series. The poem reads like the beginning of a story - a setting of the scene. I suppose the 'In hindsight' of the first line leads us to expect more. Very atmospheric Andy! xx

Comment is about The End of Summer (II) (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Thanks Stef'n'Tricia. :) Love, Lynn xxx
(Wondering now whether to follow it with a poem of what he's like to live with now!!)

Comment is about Amber Moon (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

fumin' eck Lynn
this is one really nice
and honest poem

we love it-the poem of course!

Stef'n'Tricia.xx

Comment is about Amber Moon (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Thanks Greg - maybe an idea I can indeed work from then! (Give it more depth if you forgive the pun!)

Comment is about drift reservoir (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I like that. A sense of looming catastrophe, and what's hidden below, but might emerge at any time. Big themes!

Comment is about drift reservoir (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for your comments on Bagni di Lucca, David. I see just above this another remark from me, about your trip to Australia. Maybe your wife will win another competition soon! Very interesting point you make about the clocks in Malta. Let us know when you're down south again on the poetry circuit ...

Comment is about David Cooke (poet profile)

Original item by David Cooke

Hi Ann Glad you're into Strictly! Yes, Lulu looks good. I think I might be suppoorting Holly, but it will depend who is the best at dancing. I hate the 'cult of personality' and hope the GBP won't keep voting in some joker!

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Yes, I saw your fb link. I haven't watched it for a couple of seasons but I think I will this year. Summer's been such a wash-out weatherwise I can't wait for autumn now, and it seems a nice thing to watch snuggled up by the rayburn! As to credibility - my fave prog these days is Bargain Hunt. I record it to watch in the evenings when there's nothing on. (I was almost going to be on BH but I missed the phone call!) Going back to Strictly, I'm supporting Lulu - she's EVEN older than me (though she doesn't look it!) Good for her!!!

Comment is about David Cooke (poet profile)

Original item by David Cooke

Hi Greg - yes, I agree on both counts (Drift Reservoir)! In a way it's maybe like a sketch in a sketchbook, but you don't know if you'll ever make a proper painting of it. But I had to write something about that place. I think that with reservoirs, it's the tension that there is this great wall keeping all that weight of water in, what if it was breached? Also, what is underneath all the water, could be a submerged town, anything (though not in Drift - but maybe a cottage or two). That's why I thought those scenes in "Deliverence" were so brilliant, when the guys with the diggers are removing the coffins from the graveyard, cos a reservoir was going to fill the valley.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Greg - yes, I agree on both counts! In a way it's maybe like a sketch in a sketchbook, but you don't know if you'll ever make a proper painting of it. But I had to write something about that place. I think that with reservoirs, it's the tension that there is this great wall keeping all that weight of water in, what if it was breached? Also, what is underneath all the water, could be a submerged town, anything (though not in Drift - but maybe a cottage or two). That's why I thought those scenes in "Deliverence" were so brilliant, when the guys with the diggers are removing the coffins from the graveyard, cos a reservoir was going to fill the valley.

Comment is about drift reservoir (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Ann, I feel these are really notes for a poem, that it's not quite finished yet. I don't like reservoirs ... that volume / depth of water gives me the creeps. I prefer them when they're half-empty because of drought; more vulnerable. You get the odd wading bird along the shore then, too.

Comment is about drift reservoir (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Greg, it was the small matter of a syndicate trying to defraud UK banks (from the outside). Exciting days of looking over my shoulder all the time and staying in posh hotels. Got publicy commended by Judge Gerrant REES when it all came to fruition. Seems surreal now of course but looks good in the family memoirs.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Andy Thanks for the comment on Chez Maxe.

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Thanks very much for your comments on Bagni di Lucca, Andy. I wrote the notes for it on holiday just over a month ago, so maybe should have left it longer to marinate. Still not happy with the last stanza.

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Hi Ann, thanks for your comments on Bagni Di Lucca. I do think that the fifth stanza rather fades away, and I keep tweaking it every time I look at it. Work in progress!

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

enjoyed this, Nikki although I would have considered if it had been me to split it up into stanzas if possible as it left me a bit red faced by the end off it - lol.

my favourite line is 'Smiling his Sunday best Sterident smile' x

Comment is about Rose (blog)

Original item by Nikki Whittall

:o)

Comment is about MissLucy (poet profile)

Original item by MissLucy

absolutely, both of your observations were my intentions in the writing.

thanks for comments, i was hoping this poem wouldnt stand in a field saying no more than moo with the herd ;)

Comment is about butter flies (blog)

Hi Lynn - cheers for the comment on end of summer II , yeah - this is a little series leading into a new project for next year but am dead pleased the way they are going so far.. watch this space for more to come and will be updating Part 1 on this 2moro

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Hi Laura - cheers for the comment on end of summer II , yeah - this is a little series leading into a new project for next year but am dead pleased the way they are going so far.. watch this space for more to come and will be updating Part 1 on this 2moro

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Hi Jeff cheers for the comment on end of summer II , yeah - this is a little series leading into a new project for next year but am dead pleased the way they are going so far.. watch this space for more to come and will be updating Part 1 on this 2moro

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

cheers everybody for the comment, yeah - this is a little series leading into a new project for next year but am dead pleased the way they are going so far.. watch this space for more to come and will be updating Part 1 on this 2moro

Comment is about The End of Summer (II) (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Hello Melanie. Glad Kizzy made you go 'Ahh..'

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

Original item by Melanie Coady

loved this clever little poem, well done steve. Win

Comment is about Boxes (blog)

Hi Ann Glad you liked 'Chez Maxe'. I posted it on WOL so that I could then link it to my Face Book page in order to celebrate the new series of STRICTLY COME DANCING. I've probably destroyed my reputation in certain circles, but I'm a real fan of it!

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Ann. Thank you for responding to my comment.
I listened to your "Silly Housework" poem. It's great. I love your voice.
Being from America I don't get to here voices like yours often. My accent can best be described as slight southern. I grew up in Texas and Arkansas.
Your poem has inspired me to add a silly poem of my own. It will probably be in about a week.

Thanks
Shirley

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

No problem. As far as I can tell the link works.
I would never copy anyone's comments without their permission. I will not copy any one comments period.

Thank you for this information.

Shirley

Comment is about Online Poetry book (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

I wish you'd blog/post something Nikki! You write beautiful stuff!

Comment is about Nikki Whittall (poet profile)

Original item by Nikki Whittall

Almost a mini thesis on packaging. I enjoyed reading this.

Comment is about Boxes (blog)

Wittily amusing - enjoyed.

Comment is about One Bum To Another (blog)

Original item by David Mac

don,t pack yourself away just yet Steve,
before I tell you how much we enjoyed
your poem-

thanks.

Stef&Patricia

Comment is about Boxes (blog)

And I get the impression of an indifferent world where no-one is listening. The likening to cows chewing down on cud is a sad one. It brings to mind subjugation, repetitive life style and a certain lack of hope.

Comment is about butter flies (blog)

ahhh... women's arses !

the best arse in the world of course belongs to Jennifer Lopez - mmmmmm

Comment is about One Bum To Another (blog)

Original item by David Mac

its been published several times Andy:)

Comment is about DARK TOWER poem (blog)

Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER

Hi Shirley
I am glad you find our site worth putting your information on; you and thousands of others per month.
However, given all the effort and time that goes into making the site what it is, I am not sure we would appreciate its contents then being copied onto someone else's site, which is why we make that a condition of use. How about setting up a link to this page - http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=23949 and/or to www.writeoutloud.net on Scott's site?
I hope the book goes well.

Comment is about Online Poetry book (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

poor Julie - I bet she went apeshit

Comment is about Charles Loves Julie (blog)

Original item by John Togher

excellent stuff, Stella.. really enjoyed this in particular the end x

Comment is about Joan (blog)

I'm thinking of Roland too actually, but enjoyed this Nick.. get submittng this around man

Comment is about DARK TOWER poem (blog)

Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER

Great pic. Well done Louise. Was this a melancholic piece? sorry I wasn't there as it sounded like a great night, Win

Comment is about Louise Fazackerley wins Commonword / Write Out Loud slam at Wigan (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Evening, David. How are you? Here's you, me and Mr Black all indoors on a Saturday night. Ah well. I did Hamlet at A level, so I know all about country matters, so to speak. Although, come to think of it, when I was that age ... never mind. I think quite a few people would know the reference - I'd hope so anyway! - and so I feared italicising it maybe overdoes the double entendre. Small thing, but you're right, I don't like italics. I always take them out of copy if they'e just there for emphasis.

Comment is about David Cooke (poet profile)

Original item by David Cooke

Good to hear from you again,Greg. Have you been under the radar the last week or so? Thanks for comment. 'Country matters' is a double entendre (based on its first syllable) quoted from Shakespeare, so I thought it needed to be in italics - but you're the editor! I must confes thatI do get a bit confused about when or when not to use them.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you dear Lesley for your kind words.

Comment is about TENDERNESS (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Well done Stephen, was a very imaginative read....

Comment is about white cat hunting (blog)

Original item by stephen smith

I listened to the poem and my.... it gave me goose bumps and got me imagining it for real in the 'tall green grass'. very good x

Comment is about The Tall Green Grass (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

Thanks Shirley for your nice comment on my Drift Reservoir poem - I think the swan's death was accidental, maybe due to some sort of fishing line or something. Reservoirs do seem to be popular with fishermen. Perhaps I should have reported it? I didn't think of that till I read your comment.

Comment is about Shirley Smothers (poet profile)

Original item by Shirley Smothers