Thank You Anne x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

if only i could .... like this x

Comment is about Let me dance (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Good one, Alan, and its 'message' much needed. I like the easy, swinging style, rhymes and run-on lines. 'Vulgar/Common' are often much distorted these days, into just a denigrating sense. I am a fan of Mike Robinson too.

Comment is about I am of the Street (blog)

Original item by Alan Morrison

Ha! I've just come back from a car boot! I'm so glad it was on a nice grassy field - my feet are KILLING me! I like your take on this. You don't often hear it from the grass's point of view!

Comment is about After the Summer Fayre (blog)

Original item by C Richard Miles

Well done Kath!!!xx

Comment is about Shameless Plug (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

Ann, you are such a sweetheart. However did you log a comment so soon? I wasn't sure anyone would even notice my four lines! 'Golden Slippers' alone is a huge theme to be explored.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Yes, an inspiring poem indeed. And good luck to you (if indeed this is about you.) xx

Comment is about Beautiful girls with no hair... (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

A thrilling thought from Scandinavian mythology (in Haiku spirit). Footwear has an amazing history of influence upon people.

Comment is about Let me dance (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I'll let you! :)

Comment is about Let me dance (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Chris I think this is a well constructed poem exploring the effects of the dreaded C word. Certainly ladies in my family have had this alarming lump appear. This is life in the raw and people I work with in the latter stages of their existence show incredible courage when faced with such devasting discoveries. I'm pleased to see that some of the sitcoms are portraying examples of this too. Well done.

Comment is about Beautiful girls with no hair... (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

Hi

Quick thank you for FB sharing! much appreciated xx

Comment is about Alan Morrison (poet profile)

Original item by Alan Morrison

Inspiring, empowering, and sets in perspective the essence of life and living. The images are very effective and moving.

Comment is about Born to greatness. (blog)

Original item by Amy McCawley

Thank you for your time and interaction on my poem. I am appreciative of your kind words. Cheers.

Comment is about Amy McCawley (poet profile)

Original item by Amy McCawley

Dear Kath,

You are really getting it together! Kudos to you. I "shared" this on Facebook from the Lulu site.

Have you sent your poems to publishers which specialise in poetry? I think they could get snapped up by some enterprising publisher. Have a look in "The Writer's Handbook, 2011" by Barry Turner, Macmillan Press (800 pages). It has a whole section listing all the UK Poetry presses and magazines on pages 184-201. If you don't want to buy the book, you should find it in your local library.

Good luck. You deserve it!

Your friend-in-poetry,

Alan

Comment is about Shameless Plug (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

Not even a toaster!:)

Comment is about lap of luxury (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

was thinking Ronaldhino ste, the lads a dancer with the ball!

Comment is about Louise (blog)

What! No Internet or Yacht?

Comment is about lap of luxury (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=21731

I dunno whether you get the link above. Its further up the blogs page.

Big thank you Alan.

Much love

Mike

Comment is about I am of the Street (blog)

Original item by Alan Morrison

Hey looks like my palm tree that - just kidding I agree with all Dave has to say - as for me i'd be content with a pen and paper and a mind in tune with all around me.

Comment is about lap of luxury (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks, John. Nice to have you comment on one of my musings (especially as listening to some of your poems was one of my inspirations to join this site).
I do get waylaid into the sonnet form far too often for my liking, although as for knowing what I am doing - I do now, but some of my early attempts at sonnets scribbled on the bus (like many of my poems) were a bit of a mixture of Petrachan and Shakespearean as I'd forgotten the correct rhyme scheme for a sonnet and it was too tricky to rejig them!

Comment is about Sporting Success in spite of Rain (blog)

Original item by C Richard Miles

YAY : )
I am so proud of you!!!!!

Comment is about Shameless Plug (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

I like this one kenny and i can relate to it well and truly understand what you are saying here ... bernadette

Comment is about Whatever... (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

ta again Bernie-catch you soon.Off to bath ones Herculean torso(and fings-woo-oo!!) Stef.xx

Comment is about bernadette herbertson (poet profile)

Original item by bernadette herbertson

'that I am nervous,
capricious,and...
A little bit ambitious.

you forgot to mention...

beautiful,warmhearted
courageous,loving.

Stefan...xxx

Comment is about I Am the Only One (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Thank you so much John for your amusing comments on my poem'Abidance in subsidence'-S.W.

Comment is about John Embley (poet profile)

Original item by John Embley

Hi - thanks Bernadette (lost in translation)

Comment is about bernadette herbertson (poet profile)

Original item by bernadette herbertson

Hello David, Re: Highway to Heaven - life changing perhaps rather than intriguing and certainly scary for those who have them - mine being at the top of Ayers Rock in Oz some years ago but it came with a free ride to hospital in a flying doctor's plane. Many thanks for your comments.

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Naughty but nice

Comment is about Experimental Podiatry in 9 1/2 Weeks (blog)

Original item by Isobel

What a great idea for a poem. Manages to be fun and really interesting too.

Comment is about lap of luxury (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Bernadette - so glad you are still around and writing! Thanks for comment on my poem too. xx

Comment is about bernadette herbertson (poet profile)

Original item by bernadette herbertson

Hi-larious! Love the way you used music in this. ("lewd and torrid tantric teasing" my fave bit).Didn't understand most of it though - it went above my head - or below my size 6's!xx

Comment is about Experimental Podiatry in 9 1/2 Weeks (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Another writing "homework" from my writing group. I just googled what all these "famous" people had chosen. For me, I think I'd chose to take a beautiful full size harp. Lovely to listen too, and practice for my future incarnation!! ;) (Wings and halo to follow!) Either that or Tate St Ives including the view!

Comment is about lap of luxury (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

This is so clever and funny!
And the double entendres - oh là là !

p.s. Wonder if they pick up on the homage paid... ; )

Comment is about Experimental Podiatry in 9 1/2 Weeks (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Thanks all - and wow! Steve! So lovely to hear from you. And thanks for your truly appreciated comment. I know nature poems are not everyone's cup of tea. But I think I care about the natural world more than I care about anything.

Comment is about the sea by night (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for your comment Cynthia and for picking up that spelling mistake. I do know the difference but sometimes I just don't proof read well enough. I'd always much rather people pointed stuff like that out cos they serve as distraction otherwise. That is one of my favourite poems - I just love the rebelliousness in it. Girl power! x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Berni-lovely read-keep writing! love-Stef.xx

Comment is about The old mans fable (blog)

Original item by bernadette herbertson

Love this Isobel. Its sooo you! Its a funny and quirky re work of one of my fave poems...and a glimpse into your personality! I love the reference to old folk who " keep a tally of the peers." I remember my dad looking in his works magazine year after year when he`d survived his stroke, to see who else had "copped their lot" as he put it!
Cate xx

Comment is about Warning (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Do you have to have an "LS" post code to enter? Or, only people with an "LS" post can can be eligible to win the £50.00 leeds prize? Thanks.

Ian S.

Comment is about Lippfest poetry contest (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Apologies if I am missing something: but what is the date of this event?

Ian S.

Comment is about How To Approach Agents & Publishers – last call for places (article)

Original item by Julian Jordon

It's a great poem,Isobel, bulging with marvellous lines. I'm sure glad you acknowledged Jenny Joseph's classic; I have a copy of it in one of my anthologies. You want 'dye' I think, unless it is a mischievous typo. I sure don't know why everyone thinks older age equals irresponsibility; but maybe it's just in fun...or maybe not. I think red and purple are closely related, especially if you curl the spectrum into a circle - sex and power!

Comment is about Warning (blog)

Original item by Isobel

I really like 'creeping deeper than fate'.

Comment is about the sea by night (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Super poem, with a marvellous theme adroitly exploited. I was painting my toenails outdoors in the garden, when a neighbouring teenage boy said: That colour does not make your feet smile. I removed the polish immediately, and have never forgotten such a superb comment - it has become a family mantra.

Comment is about Piggies (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I like it too, very wry. So much of 'believing in God' centres around 'favours' and 'punishment'; IMO, extremely short-sighted.

Comment is about I believe I'm an atheist (blog)

Original item by John Embley

hi Ann ..hope you remember me after my long absence from wol ! I think this poem is so good and i really enjoyed it as it captures the imagination and the pic fits it well...xx bernie

Comment is about the sea by night (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Castrate them, circumcise them (though I think you will find that female abusers are in a minority) - do whatever it takes to erase them -and I'd happily weigh in with some steel capped boots.

The day paedophilia ceases to evoke strong emotions from sentient, serious adults will be a very sad day for our society indeed.

Comment is about Daddys girl (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

Hi Laura;

Thanks for your comment over Leaving Belfast... It's certainly a piece where the detail carries it I think, but am pleased you like it. It's one that has made the live set for me and Jeff's band, so you'll end up hearing it again at some point, but thanks for the encouragement.. x

P.S. - hope Sale goes well next week.. x

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

thanks for your comment over 'leaving belfast', i totally agree with your comment over it.. it's also made the set list for my band 'a means to an end' so you will likely hear it again at some point... speak soon - andy n x

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

Thanks Laura and Elaine for your comments on Leaving Belfast.. This is a story where the detail carries the piece without saying too much, but I am proud off it and it's now made the setlist for me and Jeff's band 'A Means to an End' so you'll probably hear it again soon... cheers - Andy n x

Comment is about Leaving Belfast (blog)

Original item by Andy N

I found this amusing and so typical of how people think then take on board guilt without even earning any - I especially liked your bit about Marlene's dog which reinforced the humour - well done

Comment is about I believe I'm an atheist (blog)

Original item by John Embley

I love it.

Comment is about Ring of Roses (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor