like this :-)

Comment is about Escape (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Really enjoyed the poem it was a pleasure to read

Comment is about Alabaster (blog)

Original item by John Darwin

It's a yes and no from me - cynicism is not ideal and we should all look on the bright side. Unfortunately the cynics are often seen to be right after the event whereas as the optimists are sadly disappointed - as a Libra
with bipolar it ponders many questions for me.

Interesting subject, well penned - David

Comment is about The Cynic (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

What a lovely poem. Very touching.

Comment is about Escape (blog)

Original item by Andy N

I should have said, Increasingly Unwell. typo there! I really am suffering so much. take care of yourselves. Michael

xxx

Comment is about Think Twice (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Nice one Dave. I think this is a fascinating subject. Perhaps every generation thinks the world is jaded and so people feel compelled to see all life's machinations with an eye that is suspicious and perhaps has a jaded filter fitted.

I think the distinctly cynical British sense of humour is definitely a plus though. I like it, even though it does lend itself to these lines from your poem.

"the familiar unspoken conspiracy of superiority,

the familiar stale charm and shallow cheer".

Cycnicsm, smart-arsery etc are good laughs most of the time. And they are closely related to the brilliantly human actions of smirking and sniggering. But when the smirk slips into a sneer we lose something of value, I'd say.

I think many people are capable of sniggering and smirking while also having great positivity and spiritual insight.

Any road, your poem made me think!

Comment is about The Cynic (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Lovely well written poem Alison - David

Comment is about Untold story (blog)

Original item by Alison Smiles

I once spent a lovely afternoon chatting to Jeff Nuttall, famous as the author of Bomb Culture,in a café/bar in Abergavenny, where he lived and gigged.

Not a lot of people know that.

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Original item by Greg Freeman

I love this Cynthia - I like the dark stuff as you know - great imagery!! David

Comment is about Worshipper of the Moon (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

recent interview
http://www.rawroots.com/interviews/item/406-kat-francois/406-kat-francois

Comment is about Kat Francois (poet profile)

Original item by Kat Francois

Thanks for your comment. This afternoon I have written ten poems about airports! The first is called Arrivals....

Comment is about Daniel Hooks (poet profile)

Original item by Daniel Hooks

Only 15? This is good, Cynthia - lots of vivid imagery. The roller-coaster teenage experience is strongly present, but let's face it that continues for many of us.

Comment is about Worshipper of the Moon (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Please don't gag over some of the words; I was only 15, steeped in Early Poetry and the Romantics. Much of that Period Work was beautiful stuff, and I never regret that it was, and is, part of my esteemed Poetry Heritage. Besides, the title is absolutely true.

Comment is about Worshipper of the Moon (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I enjoyed this too, John, and agree with Greg's comment about Lidl etc. Good flow, and a good abab too! ;) x

Comment is about Trainspotting (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I like it too, Alison, very much. x

Comment is about Untold story (blog)

Original item by Alison Smiles

Nicky, this is just plain spooky! I was thinking of you on the weekend, and told myself: Find a few minutes to contact Nichola just in case she still pops onsite occasionally. I am fine generally; had a close call with an appendectomy in late January but recovered remarkably, and am still spitting fireballs at everybody - about everything (just spitball-size - no dragon stuff). How are you doing with your enlarged family? Your work will be so welcome when you are able to share with us again. Never give up jotting things down, even on envelopes. Just keep them jammed in a clear plastic bag if necessary, for future reference; they will be valuable fodder for your skill. Enough from me. Love always.

Cynthia

P.S. I love the picture too. What do you think - a coveted persona? Like so many of us women? Interesting thought!

Comment is about Nicky Burrows (poet profile)

Original item by Nicky Burrows

I was born in November

Comment is about from a distance (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

We have both escaped the dirt

Comment is about An Advice (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

I like it. I wrote one called My Phonebox. It is on here somewheere...

Comment is about the telephone box and second sight (blog)

Original item by Daniel Hooks

good and real

Comment is about Hourglass (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

like it...

Comment is about Untold story (blog)

Original item by Alison Smiles

cynthia, what a fabulous profile picture.How are you?x x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks Greg. It does seem a world away in terms of its innocence, doesn't it? I remember going to London on the train several times with my mates to go to Waterloo or Paddington to see those "foreign" regions. 13 years old and going to London on our own? These days you daren't let you kids go to school on their own till they're 21!

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Really enjoyed this, John. If you 'cabbed' one it was a C with a ring round it, n'est-ce pas? The saddest, most poignant line in this for me was "Lidl replaces the old Hucknall Central". If anyone wants to know how and why the country's gone to the dogs, they should read this poem.

Comment is about Trainspotting (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I think striving to be something/someone you are not is a hopeless task.

Comment is about Sheridan (poet profile)

Original item by Sheridan

Love this, Ann, very poignant. xx

Comment is about from a distance (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks! :)

Comment is about from a distance (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for comments Elaine.
I haven't read Femme Fatale.
Perhaps next time I'm in the French quarter of Wigan...

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

Hi Isobel. Thanks for the comment on Femme Fatale.I've never read it out at the Tudor - only just wrote it but you gave me the idea some time ago.CheersPS I liked your Yeung Sing Hotel poem.I think I've stayed in one like that.Dave

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

over-egged... it's no yolk

Comment is about ode to a egg (blog)

Original item by John Embley

Tribalism 1, Football 0

Comment is about Manchester United 0 Barcelona 2 (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

This opens up a whole new world of possibilities... If you really fancy someone you don't stand a chance with, you can stand close to them and immerse yourself in their dead skin cells instead - lovely...like the ideas in this poem. x

Comment is about Atoms get around (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Your Ian Allan was your bible. You entered up new spots back at home from your jotter, with carefully ruled underlines. I got my first one in 1963 - it cost me 11/6.

Comment is about Trainspotting (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

AE
Re Fergie - it goes down well at Anfield though

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

+1 for mr blacks' comment

Comment is about WITHOUT AND WITHIN (blog)

Original item by Rodney Wood

class

Comment is about I AM HOLDING AN OBJECT OF SIGNIFICANCE (blog)

Original item by Rodney Wood

no- this is a first posting :o)

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

:o)

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

:o)

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

:o)

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

You'd better go to work on a poem called Ode to a Banana now. And shape it like an egg!

Comment is about ode to a egg (blog)

Original item by John Embley

got it in one Isobel- :o)

Comment is about Did you brush it from your hair? (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Don't cut it Ann. Can I send you an email with some observations?

Comment is about from a distance (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

(-:

Comment is about ode to a egg (blog)

Original item by John Embley

Hi Dave,

You're right, I did have some of you - but I coughed it up and spat it out! :)

Scary idea - well expressed.

Regards,

A.E.

Comment is about Atoms get around (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

No - it's not naughty Cynthia - you are right and you are also the second person to pick me up on that.

I've just been brought up by a Victorian mother and have a school boy sense of humour so struggle to talk about the intimacies of sex - have never managed to write about them. Alan's poem is wonderful because he manages to write about it without sounding smutty or corny.

Orgasms rule - every man and woman should have them - multiple if possible!

Comment is about Orgasm (a sonnet) (blog)

Original item by Alan Morrison

thanks as always cynth, for ur very kind words and constructive critisizm. theyre always welcome and appreciated.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks chaps. Poem wrote itself I guess. I did edit a few bits and pieces out. Then found some clues that give it a bit of meaning (for me) though still keeping it enigmatic. I was going to say "leaning into the wind" but "leant to the wind" I like; it sounds like you could mean the person was lent to the wind, their spirit maybe, or ashes. We are only lent to each other after all. Message in the bottle could refer to trying drinking as a refuge too.

Comment is about from a distance (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

@Cynthia: I went there. I hadn't seen that one before. Yes. The same horn. Absolutely. Makes me go weak at the knees. I commented accordingly.

Comment is about Orgasm (a sonnet) (blog)

Original item by Alan Morrison

Nice one. I get it. I totally get it. Spaced-out post-coital chat where nothing really needs saying. She always knows that - feels that - more than he ;-) but often guys (both amazed and dazed) blurt out something somewhat crazed). Her face: seraphic. Yesss. Perfect. (Oh, how I love those moments - long for them - live for them!)

Comment is about the perfect word (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas