Enjoyed this John. I still remember the sense of shock at John White's death - he was a great player in a great team. I saw Spurs beat Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 7th April 1962 and wish I could remember more about the day - I think he was playing but Google won't confirm.
Dave (Evertonian)
Comment is about The Ghost of White Hart Lane (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I can't remember one of yours that I've liked as much Jeff (doesn't mean there isn't one, I've got a rotten memory). I go up on the hills in these sort of conditions and am barmy enough to enjoy it and it really brought memories to life for me. Excellent!
PS You could try a GPS unit but maybe the poetry would suffer
Comment is about Ghosts of Rivington Moor (blog)
Original item by Jeffarama!
Found this and thought it excellent then noticed you posting another one as I write, which is completely different - experimental. Both of them work for me.
Comment is about Quoting Mikey Wong: "Poetry Is Gay" (blog)
Original item by Gemma Lees
Hi Amy, like the two part thing, some great lines as I would expect from you, now you had best get some gardening done! See ya soon Jeff X
Comment is about Death of a Thistle (part2) (blog)
Original item by Amy McCawley
Hi John, I had tears in my eyes the last night at Burnden Park, in those immortal words Kenneth Wolstenholme, life long Bolton fan said 'They think its all over, it is now' Theres a sadness that wipes out an old football stadium things can never be the same.
I didnt know Spurs had a ghost in John White, bit before my time - I thought Martin Peters was the ghost! Anyway really enjoyed this, nice memories of great times and players, know you like my poem about Nat, all the best Jeff
Comment is about The Ghost of White Hart Lane (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
John White - struck by lightning in 1964.
Comment is about The Ghost of White Hart Lane (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Really like this mate, conjures up fond images of a seaside holiday, love the analogy with the Beatles song and nice ended, nice one! Jeff
Comment is about Ticket to Ride (Blackpool Mystery) (blog)
Original item by Andy N
Fantastic poem Stella, took me back a good few yesrs, lovely lines and images, really enjoyed it. Mind you main thing I remember is the bloody tide coming in too quick just as I had sorted the flamin moat out! Jeff X
Comment is about Sandcastles (blog)
Lizzie
Thu 21st Jul 2011 20:50
Thanks.
I think the paragraphs represent the sense of urgency I felt when I wrote it.
Comment is about Untitled1# (blog)
Philipos
Thu 21st Jul 2011 20:19
Delightful - thought you wrote recently about writer's block somewhere or am I thinking of someone else!
Comment is about Sandcastles (blog)
Philipos
Thu 21st Jul 2011 20:08
Hi Cynthia - I agree with what others have said and water never fails to inspire me either be it coastal or inland rivers
Comment is about Ocean Thoughts (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Mysty Brett
Thu 21st Jul 2011 19:43
Hi Cynthia,
replying to your comment on my page; yep that is really weird! It was nice to meet you yesterday, and I look forwards to reading some of your poetry here soon.
: - ) Mary
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Thanks for the comments.
Ray. I wasn't too happy about the double use of all although they are in a different context. W.B Yeats gets away with it twice in 'He wishes for the cloths of heaven.'
I could change it to
All for one and one for all, pull together is the call
Maybe that sounds better.
"Tread softly because you tread on my dreams"
Dave
Comment is about Political Statement - The Latest Decree (blog)
Original item by Dave Carr
Nothing else can compare - I have already told you how much I LOVE
this one - so happy to read it again : )
xxx
Comment is about The School Play (Re-post) (blog)
Original item by Isobel
'Excess Memories' is a compassionate write.
Especially liked these lines:
'At a man she then barely knew who tried to overwrite
Jaundiced views of men gained from events afore that night
Shaking from exhaustion as dryness came to end that spell
Face bathed with flannel and water to freshen her well'
Hope you are well...
Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)
Original item by Dave Dunn
What an interesting form. Knowing nothing of it previously, I suspect these are good examples of it - they certainly work for me.
Comment is about Ocean Thoughts (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
You can read so much into this... Descriptive and intense.
These lines stand out for me:
'unfurnished heart'
'slick and vindictive'
'torpid, into the gulf'
Comment is about Untitled (blog)
Original item by Kath Hewitt
I like this very much, Stella
Comment is about Sandcastles (blog)
Beautiful little gems, Cynthia, written about things I love.
I have felt so uninspired to write anything lately...
I will try a few Diamante's : )
Comment is about Ocean Thoughts (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Stefan is right. This is brief and powerful - I like 'toxic like kisses' which brings 'kisses' into place to highlight 'misses'. Well done. How did the exams go?
Comment is about Second haiku (blog)
Interesting vehicle Cynthia. I might give it a go.
It works well. It make waves both pictorially and, more importantly, audibly.
Very enjoyable, especially the alliteration of rippling, rocking, rolling (sounds like Chuck Berry!) and the sibillence of lisping, slipping, glistening.
Comment is about Ocean Thoughts (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
A simple form of Diamante
1 noun
2 adjectives
3 present participles
4 nouns
3 present participles
2 adjectives
1 noun
I find it a great exercise to stimulate figurative vocabulary, to practice musicality within words, and to develop poetic precision. There are other 'parameters' also used for this type of structure.
Comment is about Ocean Thoughts (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Tommy, what have I got all wrong? I don't recognize the quote. I even scouted a bit, but no go. It's fab to have you back on blog.
Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)
Original item by Tommy Carroll
Thanks for reading Laura - always appreciate your comments - I think we are similar in some respects :) x
Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Is there any end to your perversions Coopey? You'll have to write a poem about it. Am I glad to be your muse? I shall have to think about that one!
Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)
Original item by John Coopey
Wow that was quick Laura. Thanks for the kindness of your comments mi lady. yes this is a poem about a bloke I found dead in an olive grove many years ago.
Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Howdy John - yeh, my brother always used to get in first with the accusatory finger pointing and the 'SHE started it'
Did him no good mind, we both got a battering for it.
Comment is about John Embley (poet profile)
Original item by John Embley
I like the ethereal feel of this. For what it's worth I think it would benefit from a bit of trimming.
What's life minus soul.
Soaking up rain and still dry to the core.
Bathing in sound but caught in encompassing silence.
I feel drops on my cheeks,
then the thirst subsides.
I am deafened by waves of laughter.
I shower in life's rain.
Comment is about Life's Rain (blog)
Original item by Amy McCawley
Women Like Stars- gorgeous poem. Like it all, but especially the last line-brilliant!
Comment is about Amy McCawley (poet profile)
Original item by Amy McCawley
Ooo I shall look forward to that then darlin...am proper intrigued now! Something much deeper going on here then. Mmmm.
Comment is about Death of a Thistle (part2) (blog)
Original item by Amy McCawley
Hola my dear - many thanks for your comment on Crucifixion. I was brought up an atheist, but might have mentioned to you that I've been reading the bible over the last year or so, and it's really hit me hard. Had sooo many ideas from and about it, and organised religion in general. Been a great source for material have to say!
So! when you doing your first open mic then? ;p
Comment is about Amy McCawley (poet profile)
Original item by Amy McCawley
I'll second that, John!
Dave, we could've done with you reading this at the Durham Miners Gala -- we were missing Tony Benn and Ken Livingstone this year, Milliband didn't show, and what with the rain and all, the thing was pretty flat -- this would've woken them up!
Comment is about Political Statement - The Latest Decree (blog)
Original item by Dave Carr
Very pictorial, Iz.
I can't help look back on School Nativity plays and such like with a warm nostalgia. I'd swop back to those times in a heart beat.
(You don't still have those knickers, I suppose?)
Comment is about The School Play 2 (blog)
Original item by Isobel
mmmm ... I recall seemingly endless summer holidays spent on the beach stretched out before us as school ended, and it never used to rain, either, did it? ;)
Lovely images,Stella - got the ould nostalgia bug again!
Comment is about Sandcastles (blog)
Enjoyed this, Dave.
' Course, it helps to be a pensioner already. You young uns - keep pushing on the wheel! I need your contributions for my pension!
Comment is about Political Statement - The Latest Decree (blog)
Original item by Dave Carr
Hahaa!!! Love this bit:
Then I wonder if it is me
Could I inadvertently
have worn the same knickers
three weeks running
then forgotten to shower?
hehe :D I like the ongoing piss references actually, that's my favourite part :D
Comment is about The School Play 2 (blog)
Original item by Isobel
Aww, I always loved the school plays. I was a bit embarrassing though - always started snivelling during nativity plays. They get me every time.
I once played the Virgin Mary you know, when I was 5. No lines, but Joseph smelled of lovely posh soap. I remember that clearly.
Comment is about The School Play (Re-post) (blog)
Original item by Isobel
A bit different from most of your previous stuff, Richard.
I missed some of the emphases first time I read it but then listened to the audio which helped me out.
I bet it performs well.
Comment is about Meadow Melody (blog)
Original item by C Richard Miles
Yup - done this myself, it's how I got busted over tooth fairy AND father christmas - she interrogated me over the veracity of the tooth fairy claim, and well, one thing led to another. Funny how an 8 year old can humiliate a parent into confession, innit? ;D
Comment is about Tainted Wings (blog)
Original item by Isobel
Ha - bang on Dave. Hey - you would be the most perfect person to write something about the Murdoch hearing tother day - did you see it? Jesus, I nearly choked laughing :D
Enjoyed this - you've got a great sense of humour and rhythm :)
Isobel - half FULL room according to Dave ;D
Comment is about Political Statement - The Latest Decree (blog)
Original item by Dave Carr
So is this linked to Birth of a Rose then? With there not being a part 2 of Rose, or part 1 of Thistle? Interesting, if so.
Tiny typo? In the line 'She withers, to stem as petals fall to soils to [should this be TOO?] hard to nourish'
Across the sea...why am I thinking Mary Queen of Scots? Thistle reference, must be.
Interesting piece Amy - lots to think about in here.
Comment is about Death of a Thistle (part2) (blog)
Original item by Amy McCawley
Excellent again, CD.
Pity more don't use the discipline of form - it really does add to and not subtract from the whole.
(I too loved "sashayed", even though I had to look it up!).
Comment is about A World away (blog)
Original item by Christopher Dawson
Some lovely lines in this...particularly like:
Crumpled sandcastles rebuilt
with lolly-stick towers,
shell battlements
and a bucketed moat,
sea filled, then derelict,
as we ran the blonde grit
never looking back
Comment is about Sandcastles (blog)
It is indeed. Thank you to Fatima for translating part o fthe offending poem. now, where are all the poems about the Murdoch scandal? Or has he paid you all off?
Comment is about Jailed Bahrain poet is freed (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Is there a particular reason why you've chosen not to structure this in lines? I mean, rather than the paragraph style shown here?
I like that last line...assisting my soul in being saved. More common than I thought, that feeling.
Comment is about Untitled1# (blog)
Hahaa - that's a killer last line :D
Beautiful imagery in here, and 'sashayed' is a criminally under-used word!
Great poem, really enjoyed it :)
Comment is about A World away (blog)
Original item by Christopher Dawson
Thanks for your comment on Tainted Wings - yes - it was probably more than 2 - and it's happened more than once! I think it kind of led to the premature realisation that there was no tooth fairy. I never screwed up with father christmas though! x
Comment is about John Embley (poet profile)
Original item by John Embley
John Embley
Thu 21st Jul 2011 23:41
Just been reading a book on the 'Anthropic Cosmological Principle', which seems to argue, in its strongest case, that the Universe exists as it does because we're in it ... I can't quite get my head around that one, so wrote this, trying to reason it out ...
Comment is about Eye of the Beholder (blog)
Original item by John Embley