I like it

Comment is about Paulyn Lloyd (poet profile)

Original item by Paulyn Lloyd

I have been read 3 times. I enjoyed it but it is a money mking exercise. We all want to hear good things

Comment is about Blind Alley (blog)

I like it too

Comment is about World Affairs (blog)

Original item by Alison Smiles

I hyave a poem in Hexham Abbey about my m um called An Obscure Dream

Comment is about Me mam (blog)

Original item by christine yates

I was homeless for two weeks once and enede up in prison in Greenock

I always talk to Big Issue sales people

Comment is about Tramp (blog)

Original item by Paulyn Lloyd

ta for comments on 'Patch' poem Lynn-he,s my grandsons dog-smooth haired Patterdale.His teeth are like razors! as for the question of your hair-each time I hear Debussy,s 'Girl with the flaxen hair,I shall think of you-night night-thank you-Stef.xx

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Love the message - persistence is key - so true!

Comment is about Don't Quit (blog)

Original item by Paulyn Lloyd

ha ha very funny we had a family get together recently and we must have gone to the same restaurant"drip feeding the dinners till they suffer from tourettes"lol (-:xx

Comment is about The Yeung Sing Hotel (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Thank you, Francine. :)

Comment is about Blind Alley (blog)

A thoughtful but scary poem John. It is funny how little we start to record our own lives once we have children. It all becomes about someone else and that middle bit of our lives gets swallowed up by all the stuff in the 4th verse of your poem - building a nest for children...

I'm hoping my life doesn't drip, drip away too soon - I've only just kick started it again LOL. I love your observations. x

Comment is about memory box (blog)

Yes - I loved the contrasts in this poem. It performed really well at the Tudor and resonated with the audience. I like the way you turn the nostalgia on its head at the end. We were all expecting a nice sentimental poem bemoaning the loss of your mam - what we got was comedy - a good laugh. Not trying to diss the relationship you had with your mum. I'm sure it was a good one - I just enjoyed the humour you injected into what could have been a sad poem.

Comment is about Me mam (blog)

Original item by christine yates

Great performance number - performed well last week. You are so inventive with rhyme LOL! x

Comment is about It's a King Thing (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Very funny you performed it brilliantly as always ha ha xx

Comment is about It's a King Thing (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Such a funny poem and so real ...is that really a photo of Uncle Ned ??xx

Comment is about Uncle Ned (blog)

Original item by Cate

Now these sound more like fantasies than dreams Lynn... how much tequila you been drinking LOL?

Comment is about Dreamland (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Thank you for your comments much appreciated XX:-)

Comment is about Me mam (blog)

Original item by christine yates

Thank you for your comment ...seems like we are both dreamers...ha ha yours are a tad more exciting than mine though :-)xx

Comment is about Dreamland (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Hi Ann - loved the rugged sense so well portrayed in this which captures the scene brilliantly - made me wonder how a townie like me would cope - and I sensed a tingle across my shoulders - brill.

Comment is about on lundy (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Greg - thanks for your comments on London Tube Map - underground trains are certainly spooky at night - writing about the map brought on other thoughts allied to claustrophobia such as getting stuck in a tube tunnel when powers fails - yuk

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

yes indeed Lynn-expecting you to stay out of the Sun was asking too much-but let me know when he comes out of hiding.Thanks for nice comment on 'Hope above loss' only been there for ages..haha!(only joking)whatever colour your hair goes,tis of no consequence-its the colour of your heart that matters-and that will always be golden! thanks for your ongoing kindnesses.Stef.xx

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Hi John and a warm welcome also.Thank you very much from your kind advisory comment-points noted.I love the usual style of your sample poems,hope to see plenty more.Enjoy the site.

Comment is about John Embley (poet profile)

Original item by John Embley

Lovely poem, Christine, I too like the different emotions, and this is one I can fully relate to as well. x

Comment is about Me mam (blog)

Original item by christine yates

Really enjoyed this, Dave, very witty. x

Comment is about It's a King Thing (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Enjoyed this, Cynthia, a lot of fun.

Comment is about escape (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Much admit Kath.. Would be tempted to use the first line as a title here, but this is a top, top piece - again you've jumped a gear with your writing here.... guessing this is going to be entered for the escape competition.. If not, it should be! x

Comment is about Stronghold lost (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

Bit of levity that's what we need - well done CBT

Comment is about escape (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

These lines say it all...

'I thought about the pieces
that fell away from my life
to leave me with nothing.'

'I have lost myself
because I can’t see past where I am.'

Comment is about Blind Alley (blog)

And I just recently went through this experience...

Comment is about memory box (blog)

A crazy fun read indeed!

Comment is about escape (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I love this... for obvious reasons : )

Comment is about Stronghold lost (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

Make a noise?

I have read several of your USA Tour poems though did not comment...
Some are quite amusing really - sounds like you had a great time!

Comment is about Trev's USA Tour 2011 (blog)

Original item by Trev the Road Poet

have read this a few times..find it powerful and well described..nice work :o)

Comment is about (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

Hi John, welcome to WOL . You are now free to use all the different aspects of the site, Winston

Comment is about John Embley (poet profile)

Original item by John Embley

Hi Danny, Welcome to WOL. Hope you enjoy the site. Winston

Comment is about Danny Hughes (poet profile)

Original item by Danny Hughes

Very enjoyable - as the others have said, this went really well live. Excellent.

Comment is about It's a King Thing (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Apologies for the shit title!

Comment is about Stronghold lost (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

really enjoyed this cynth, a smirky read of it and the conasance (speeled wrong) is brilliant. catches clarity clearly, could cry constantly keeping karma corrosively coherent.

Comment is about escape (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

love this 'their bodies full of greeny briny bonded claws and cannibal eyes' and the whole poem is brilliantly evocative,
Picking up on the comment of Winston I always feel it is better to cut down on the non essential adjectives so the others stand out, but on the other hand I like the complete picture this builds up
In general I love the 'painterly' effect of the poems of yours I've read. it's a delight to come across these and I shall be folowiing your work
pauline x

Comment is about Rowing Across Herring Gut in a Purple Boat (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Not to have that physical feeling there is horrible but you countered that with such good memories. I like this very much :o)

Comment is about Me mam (blog)

Original item by christine yates

thanks guys and sorry for being absent for so very long..life and all that jazz gets in the way sometimes..but I have put things back into place somewhat..yes Win I am going to change that bit for it bugs me too lol..thanks again

Comment is about Maudlin (blog)

a lurky kink quirks! Nonsensical,yes,but definetely fun! How we struggle for our art,Cynthia!

Comment is about escape (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

well I thought it good fun too!..infact gonna go back and see how fast I can read this..it would sound great read out loud :o))

Comment is about escape (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

haha! Very funny and very topical Dave! Enjoyed this at The Tudor.

Comment is about It's a King Thing (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Nothing would come to me-NOTHING. So I opted for stupid. But it has been fun.

Comment is about escape (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Really enjoyed hearing you read this last night at the Tudor Chris. It is warm, funny and nostalgically sad at the same time. A charming piece.
Cate xx

Comment is about Me mam (blog)

Original item by christine yates

I really enjoyed hearing this last night at the Tudor Dave. Its a clever and very witty poem which worked really well as performance poetry.Cate xx

Comment is about It's a King Thing (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

These lines stand out and say it all...

'taking on
the yearnful soul of everyone
who looms into my sight
like a softly psychic sponge'

'For everybody's pent-up pain
pervades my path
invades my throne
cuts my fusion to the bone'

Comment is about The Cuckoo's Strut (blog)

Original item by Alan Morrison

Great stuff - and well delivered at the Tudor despite adversity. Hope your leg heals soon. Take care.
Dave

Comment is about Me mam (blog)

Original item by christine yates

The cognisconti, congishetni, cognosscanty. Them that know will recognise I meant Donbass and not Donblass. I was confusical with Wolf Blass with which I am more familiar.

Comment is about Sobibor (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

thanks Cynthia, I have omitted stictch, I can't have it twice and thanks for the ppointers, its appreciated.

My 2nd collections just come out, check out pighog press, its called the dreaded boy

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Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas