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L to R, Dave Dradley / Winston Plowes / Isobel / Becca / Yvonne / Debs / Belinda. Photo by Sara

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I love this and I dislike it too. There is such a weight of sentiment in the words but it feels so thinly woven. Did you mean this?
I loved what you were doing and the leanness of some of the narrative "At dawn I swam" but I so wanted more. You tease us all Ann, you're too secretive. how you've improved!

Comment is about on porthcurnow beach (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Very evocative, Steve. Ripping good read.

Comment is about Edwr and the Hart (blog)

Original item by STEVE RUDD

Thank you, Lynn, I'm so glad you enjoyed "Fences".

Lisa

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Hi Dave - thanks for reading and commenting on "Fences". I'm so glad you picked up on the awkwardness I was trying to portray with the structure. Much appreciated!

Lisa

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Thank you for taking the time to read and review "Fences".

It is a relationship that ultimately is not meant to be, even though there's love between them. Maybe you have to experience it to make sense of it. There are some obstacles that just can't be overcome - like if one wants children and the other doesn't. Hiding in denial, and being afraid that communicating will bring about the end of the relationship so they avoid comunication, are what the fences are made of...denial and fear.

I appreciate that you consider it well-written.

Thanks again,
Lisa

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks xx

Comment is about arrival (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thank you. xx

Comment is about china horses (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thank you. xx

Comment is about on porthcurnow beach (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Love the way you've captured this dull no-mans-land period of time. I keep coming back to the phrase about the horses heads - never thought of it that way. I like that, hearing something described in a really new way.

"Long heads reaching outwards
Like something lost at sea."

And the last line, loaded with tension.

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Original item by Tom Harding

Twas' another good night at the Ring'o Bells. It gets bigger and better. A cerebral massage for the hard of rhyming. Still a new comer to the open mic scene I am thoroughly enjoying the experience and have met new and interesting like minded folk. Always look forward to the next one. Thanks everybody!!! Cheers. Pete the soon to be retiree!!!

Review is about Write Out Loud - Middleton on 28 Aug 2011 (event)

- 'Economics are arithmetical': (1+1 = 2)and unless we assume (dialectically ) that all statements are subject to inference ('it depends upon the context of the sayer and the listener and a myriad of other influential factors) then we can rely upon Formal Logic to serve us in this instance. My remark is that Politics IS the philosophical 'duster' that smears the very real truth of events - HISTORICAL happenings- and not the interpretation of those events. If I take an egg and crush it in my hand- it is an event- indisputable- and only becomes a matter for 'dispute' when a sentient being 'intervenes'. When a star explodes in a far off galaxy it happened whether a human is aware of the fact or not- it happens regardless of our witnessing it. Historians (not historical events) are - as you say 'want to be subjective'- and use 'politics' to rearrange the objective reality of an action.
The foto is one I have used recently with such 'Rene Magritte' abandon on Facebook with 'I see no apple; I see no plate.' and various plays upon the phrase.
We should correspond more.
Tommy

Comment is about Starkey: (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Hi Cynthia

thanks for the comment on gap effects, more left on the blog entry.

Win x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hello Cynthia

"Lights" in this context = lungs, part of the offal or "umbles" of the deer that the ordinary proles ate while the hobnobs got to eat venison.

Thanks for your comments. The poem was inspired by having just spent three weeks on the Isle of Arran with more neolithic monuments than you could shake a stick at, and of course strong Viking connections (King Haakon quartered his fleet in Lamlash Bay in 1264 prior to the battle of Largs) While we were there, we lost the dog (she turned up again) and spent a lot of time round the camp fire (but not eating chunks of dead animals) and I guess it all came out in the wash...

Comment is about Edwr and the Hart (blog)

Original item by STEVE RUDD

I like confidence, especially with just cause. This is really good.

Comment is about El condor no pasa. (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

But Math can be manipulated to suit the scheme. And History will always be challenged because even current reports are biassed by opposing sides, and interfering analysts. So-called facts - time, place and antagonists - are often skewed unintentionally, or purposefully.

Good theme. I miss the inference of the apple in the bowl, maybe red on white too.

Comment is about Starkey: (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

another great but sad poem. i like the simplicity of the verse working against the more lyrical 'strange seas!' a nice effect.

Comment is about on porthcurnow beach (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

thanks all!

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Original item by Tom Harding

hi ann, thanks as usual for your kind comments on my office poem- yes make believe is a wonderful thing- and rather disturbingly doesn't seem to lessen for me the older i get!

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

But you never become lethargic to the beauty around you. But,to enjoy the pleasure of friends in that which you have to offer, whatever that may be, is richness indeed. Understanding gratitude is a rare blessing.

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Cynthia, Re; Colours, strangely enough I found some of the conclusions reached in that programme iffy to say the least.

It's a shame that nobody else commented on your poem I would have liked to see the discussion widened.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I really enjoyed this. The mood is true right through, filled with provocative detail that creates the developing scene and dynamic energy of the men. What are the deer's 'lights'. Eyes, maybe? Photo is very humourous.

Comment is about Edwr and the Hart (blog)

Original item by STEVE RUDD

I thought I would be embarrassed by rereading this today; but - I'm NOT! It's actually very interesting, and I like it.

Philipos, I sent you a 'personal' reply. Thanks for reading.

Comment is about Considering Colour (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Works well for me. :)

Comment is about All night gas station (blog)

Original item by Michael Scott

Hi Dave, re 'gap effects', you may also ask "Why on earth.....?" but thats just the way it is. Win x

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Since you asked I am suggesting 'or a lost female seeking a truer path', although I have no quibbles with what you have already written.

This is a lovely poem where,'spellbound by humanity,and centuries of Christ.Yet secrets hide behind huge doors....' has imagination running riot.

Comment is about My Florence (blog)

Don't know the place but thought the poem was great.

Comment is about on porthcurnow beach (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for the comments all of you. Do consider buying the book - there's plenty more where that came from!

Comment is about El condor no pasa. (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

So pleased my write made you feel as if you want to visit Dave..the place was very atmospheric..but I did not enjoy it as much as Lisbon..now there is another place poem I have to write lol..catch you soon Dave.. :)

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Hilda, good to see you here, dead good poem!!! And thanks for the mention!

Comment is about Hilda Sheehan (poet profile)

Original item by Hilda Sheehan

Very atmospheric - some lovely use of language here.

Damn - now I want to go there. It can be expensive reading poems about places.

Comment is about My Florence (blog)

thanks for positive comments on my poetry. will try write some more soon x

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

love this. ive never been to florence, but i know the intamacy and exclusion of city love and life.
i respect and admire your writing stella, always have x

Comment is about My Florence (blog)

Not sure of the last line of the first verse, the or a lost woman who follows a different path..left it in but will find out *hopefully what others think..

Comment is about My Florence (blog)

This holds such beautiful longing Ann,,wonderful stuff x

Comment is about on porthcurnow beach (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I'm a sucker for poems involving the ocean as many of your images justify me for being so.

Comment is about He Heard The Stars (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

...this is excellent..reminded me of a warm night in a small Toledo bar in the medieval city walls..overhearing a girl ordering tomatoes with olive oil...huge heavy wooden doors hiding shadows..

Comment is about My Florence (blog)

Hints of unfinished business here with that fulfillment of desire kept potently out of reach. I enjoyed it.

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Original item by Lynn Dye

Most amusing piece on pooches I've heard in a while and even though I like dogs choose not to keep one.

Cute Yorkie too.

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Original item by John Coopey

Hi Andy, minds that think alike eh? Yes Autumn will soon be here and unpicked blackberries will freeze on bramble bushes once again.

Hints of melancholia in your poem to get us in the mood although I didn't find summer too bad this year which is good for me because I can't handle too much heat these days.

Nice one.

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

Original item by Andy N

Hi Cynthia, this is quite an essay on colours were you motivated to write this in the light of a recent TV programme which focused on the topic?

Language was found to be an interesting starting point remembering that some tongues failed to identify certain colours though others could.

I seem to remember when studying aspects of colour in yesteryear that some African tribes had over a dozen descriptive words for different shades of brown.

Your poem certainly left few stones unturned. Well done.

Comment is about Considering Colour (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

So many great lines it's hard to choose from but I will opt for 'I flow over daybreak’s weir' as my fav.

Comment is about All night gas station (blog)

Original item by Michael Scott

This is so cleverly expressed well done.

Comment is about El condor no pasa. (blog)

Original item by Tim Ellis

A really nice poem Ann and I enjoyed reading every word.

Comment is about china horses (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I love Porthcurnow Ann, like I love your poem.
I spouted a poem in the Minack once; the only response I got was from the strange seas.

Comment is about on porthcurnow beach (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

WOW, what can I say to that... You show alot of emotion in your thoughts and bring them across quite strongly. You explain life as you find it... Well done! ;-) BY the way, I was commenting on your 'sample'.

Comment is about SPACEGHOST (poet profile)

Original item by SPACEGHOST

Hi Jude, Welcome to WOL. Winston (Hebden Bridge) :-)

Comment is about Jude Fowler (poet profile)

Original item by Jude Fowler

Hi Hilda, welcome to WOL. I too am intrigued by your sample piece, Winston

Comment is about Hilda Sheehan (poet profile)

Original item by Hilda Sheehan

Anne...Nice?

Aw!!! SHUCKS!

Thanks

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Original item by Ann Foxglove