Brought back to me memories of "the pathway" as the nurses around here have obligingly shortened it. You've done great work in bringing in the odd peripheral notices which seem so bewilderingly trivial but you can't help focussing on.

Comment is about The Care Pathway For The Dying Phase (blog)

Takes one to know one. My inhaler is sitting in the fridge, not having had to be used the last couple of years! Childhood asthma was a torment and a curse. Grown-up asthma... well, that is a whole new ball game. This poem allows the reader to experience and feel for the poetic persona. If only empathy could solve everything. I guess it is half the dilemma solved.

Comment is about Everyday Asthmatic (blog)

Yes... Those magic special moments of intense white blaze... a very special poem Carole.


Gus xx

Comment is about Standing in the 'lost child light' (blog)

Original item by Shoeless Carole

Only logged in to say - read your poem. Too powerfull for me to comment on really. These things need to be said and noted. As so often, you do this excellently.

Comment is about The Care Pathway For The Dying Phase (blog)

Hmmm, not a place I want to end up - a "barren shore"

Simple yet thought provoking

Comment is about Ilumination (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

Such melancholy, lovely phrases, "fluted palette", "thought assails my smile"

This is well written & flows nicely, a lovely read, thanks...

Comment is about If (blog)

Original item by Alan Morrison

Enjoyable, Cate. Is that last line perform-able?

Comment is about Naughty Digits! (blog)

Original item by Cate

A little gem which I managed to miss till now. Must get better at blog-spotting. I'm back at Fell Foot, reading this lovely poem. Thank you.

Comment is about Standing in the 'lost child light' (blog)

Original item by Shoeless Carole

Thank you Jules for the comment. I am fine. And how are you?

Comment is about Crystal Shoe (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Hi Dave was at Eastbourne recently where reflexology with fish nibbling at the feet was on offer not that I tried it - and not sure if this put me off fish more or the feet but thought it unusual enough to mention vis a vis your interesting haiku - regarding which the ways of the east do help us to think laterally in so many ways previously thought of as the occult but I see that even some Catholic churches are now taking on board yoga etc.

Comment is about boko-maru haiku (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

I bet that's the first time anyone has ever suggested that you love Maggie Thatcher! Teehee!xx(And xx to your good lady!)

Comment is about Why do I love her? (blog)

Original item by Crackling

I like your name!

Comment is about OxFringe comes to Town (blog)

Original item by Laura King (The Poet Laura-eate)

I am impressed....

Comment is about Latest Poetry and Speaking Appearances (blog)

Original item by Alain English

I am back and I liked it. How are you?

Comment is about Crystal Shoe (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

I had to read this. The last line is good....

Comment is about The Price of Freedom-(extended version) (blog)

Original item by Shirley Smothers

I like it. It made me laugh (sandals and her bike). Is it Maggie Thatcher. She used to like bikes....

Comment is about Why do I love her? (blog)

Original item by Crackling

Excellent imagery - as usual your talent excels itself

Comment is about Spring is here (blog)

Original item by Andy N

very erie and spooky making the hairs on your back stand on end

Comment is about Lost Shadows (blog)

Original item by Andy N

beautiful poem very deep I love you too

Comment is about Escape (blog)

Original item by Andy N

sounds like a typical english summer that cant make its mind up what season it is

Comment is about Summer is Here (blog)

Original item by Andy N

has a lot of feeling and is very sweet

Comment is about Leaving Belfast (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Excellent,really enjoyable/entertaining with a nice kwik rhythm - Dave (Sale,Rusholme and outside Contact - remember me?? thought not)

Comment is about Countdown (blog)

Original item by Brink

..hello Greg..thanks...it's from a selection I wrote when researching the family tree...cheers..chris.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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..hello Ann...yes, those quotes are from some old (year1900) postcards I collected ...did you receive my reply about your book query? ...not sure how 'send a message' works...chris.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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thanks for the comments Dave (earthworks) B.

Comment is about Dave Carr (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Carr

I LOVE this Dave - really pleasant.
Mais c'est Camembert pour moi.

Comment is about Femme Fatale (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Laura. took your advice downsized it. hope you can get your eyes round it now. Uncle Ken xx

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Oops ! bad move, I forget about her cooking !!

Comment is about Why do I love her? (blog)

Original item by Crackling

Hi Andy so glad you enjoyed Eastbourne Etchings and for your kind comments

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Hi Greg thanks for commenting on Eastbourne Etchings and glad you enjoyed Smart Casual in particular - my plans to visit Reading this evening foiled disappointingly by a tickly throat and cough which might prove problematic to readers but was truly grateful for the offer of a lift - perhaps next time

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

ha - did this spring from the undewhelming lunar eclipse tother night? We sat watching through our own rose-tinted glasses. Saw bloody nowt!

Red moon rising - lovely line

Comment is about Every cloud (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Thanks for the comment on Let the Beast Dance Alison - David
(Hope to see you at Sale on 28th)

Comment is about Alison Smiles (poet profile)

Original item by Alison Smiles

what oh what a most beautiful poem.One of your best in my opinion Marianne.Thank you so very much.x

Comment is about The Wind and the Water Kiss. (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

yeah the trouble with silver linings is, there's always a cloud...

I like this, Dave. cheers.

Comment is about Every cloud (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Good poem Cate. Didn't Beckham get red carded in the world cup for that?

Comment is about Naughty Digits! (blog)

Original item by Cate

Excellent summation with which I agree - David

Comment is about Was Wizard worth watching? - a review (article)

Ooo thanks Laura.... dont know how I came to make two spelling mistakes, its something I hate when I read a piece of work! Must be my naughty upper digits at work!

Comment is about Naughty Digits! (blog)

Original item by Cate

Hi Dave, many thanks & glad you liked it (zen)

In that case - if you are feeling "receptive" I posted another gem a while back, but not mine, - by a guy called David Harsent - you may know it already, but I wanted to share it with WOL community as a little nugget, but it never got a word! - Hope you like it.... for me, poetry doesn't get much better than this.

David Harsent

Red

The skim on the surface of your soup, or the cut on your plate

in the Café des Anges, juices swamping the willow-pattern skiff

as she dabs her mouth with her napkin, your blind, blind date,



leaving a smudge, lipstick-and-gore, though there’s still a worm

of gristle in the gap between her teeth.

Mood music, candlelight, wine, low voices in a world of harm,



the creature brought down, hindquarters heavy, hind legs

broken by the dogs, its head held up, eyes wide,

the tangle and drag as a gralloch knife unpegs



the bulk, all slippage and seepage, and the way she thumbs

a morsel into your mouth, or smiles your smile

back at you, lets you know that everything’s just as it seems,



then back at the small hotel, she strips off quicker than you

might have hoped, pink as a new-skinned cat, all too

eager to have you by heart. Her cry tells you nothing new.

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hope you are safe and well on this long trek. Yes, I may well be an innate pagan; I've often suspected so.

Comment is about Hymn both Ancient and Modern (blog)

Ha - I identify with this. I think I am actually incapable of keeping still or of subduing my impulse control!

Couple of typos, if you don't mind me pointing them out? I think 'reign' should be 'rein' if yo are on about constraining them, and not reigning over them, a la Her Maj

Also, it's 'endeavour' :)

Enjoyed this

Comment is about Naughty Digits! (blog)

Original item by Cate

Thx for the comment on my poem Patriots Steven- appreciated.

Chris

Comment is about Steven Waling (poet profile)

Original item by Steven Waling

Makes the reader feel like throwing caution to the wind and LIVE!

I like it :o)

Comment is about Naughty Digits! (blog)

Original item by Cate

Thank you Cate, for you comment on Old Glitter and Flip flops :o) glad you like it. look forward to seeing more of your work :o)

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

Original item by Cate

Thanks for joining in Cate. A lovely light hearted piece with great use of rhyme. My feet get me into lots of trouble too - it must run in the blood... xx

Comment is about Naughty Digits! (blog)

Original item by Cate

Please be aware, that my skills as a sound engineer are limited. Nevertheless, hats off to mister glass's work, it may get me into trouble, but i just wanted to accompany with words what is a fine composition. Risky I know, and I dare say there are better poets who could have done greater justice to his work, but, in essence, IT IS ART - Poetry to music that is, and is an angle that i think will gain better recognition. If anyone wants any music and poetry together, I can highly recommend Max Richter. Be well, this work may not stay on the site for long, if it does, then big thank you to Mister Phillip Glass. Big Thank You to him anyways. His work is outstanding.

Comment is about Facades feat. Noetic-fret (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Hi Cate, Glad you liked the melancholic reflectiveness of 1971, hope it was a better year for you than me! Win

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

Original item by Cate

Dave, many thanks for your comments. Much appreciate it. X

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

I so appreciate your comments, Isobel. The fact that you read it and came back to re-read and comment further was very thoughtful and of course I am glad it was interesting / enjoyable enough for you to do that. XXX

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Cynthia, many thanks for your very kind and supportive comments. You are right about Echo but I just liked it anyway and as you say it does contribute! xx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Laura, many thanks for your supportive and kind comments. Just go for wiki - it's about the best definition of Neg cap. XXX

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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