I like this Steven, altho am not particularly fond of the daffodil / cloud reference, but I see why you thought of it in this context.

Comment is about How (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Well put together - I like the structure, Andy!

Comment is about Biting the Bullet (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Thanks for all your words of encouragement, much appreciated. When I've shaken this stinking cold I'll have a proper nosey around this site and take time to read your work. x

Comment is about buying time (blog)

Original item by James Lancaster

Thank you Ann and Andy. I loved the teeth bit too! It really shows you that a child wrote it. Funnily enough I don't have to nag her Andy - she just loves books and writing - her only problem is that she has too many all on the go at once. I only ever read one at a time - I can't multi read.
Thanks again all. xx

Comment is about How Clever is my Daughter? (blog)

Original item by Isobel

lovely piece, isobel.. has a lovely flow to it.. defo a natural writer / poet there... (keep nagging her!!!!) xx

Comment is about How Clever is my Daughter? (blog)

Original item by Isobel

"I want to be remembered

For fighting a dragon

Not for forgetting

To brush my teeth…"

My fave bit from a wonderful poem! She sure is a poet!! xxxx's to both of you!

Comment is about How Clever is my Daughter? (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Absolutely Fabulous!

Comment is about How Clever is my Daughter? (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Tes, daughters are cleaver things when they choose. Mine is also 10. Should there be a section for younger members? now there's a thing! I thought we decided that this is not an adult site but that it was ok for young adults if supervised. Win x

Comment is about How Clever is my Daughter? (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Thanks to both of you. Yes I am proud. The only help I gave was to type it up and lay it out the way a poem would be - I added the ellipsis. The words and ideas are 100% hers. It will be marvellous to see how her poetry develops in the future. So far she seems to be the only one who has inherited my love of language and capacity to day dream... essential things for a poet I think - though I'm not sure it gets us far in life!

xx

Comment is about How Clever is my Daughter? (blog)

Original item by Isobel

This is so good, Isobel, incredible to realise it is by a 10 year old. No wonder you are so proud of her! xx

Comment is about How Clever is my Daughter? (blog)

Original item by Isobel

You are an excellent poet James - you express yourself so well. I hope that WOL works for you. x

Comment is about James Lancaster (poet profile)

Original item by James Lancaster

Bravo Maria !
You should be so proud... And you too Isobel ; )

xxx

Comment is about How Clever is my Daughter? (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Hello Elaine - I enjoyed your poetry. Welcome to WOL - hopefully I will get to hear you one day - you seem local enough - I would describe myself as equi distant to those 2 cities. If you are looking for venues, do try out the Tudor in Wigan, 2nd Thursday of every month. x

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

Hi Elaine, welcome to WOL! really enjoyed these two different styles of poems, the first a day most people can identify with and very well described; the second a beautifully written poem of love, look forward to reading more Jeff X

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

The last four words hit with meaning, almost like a blow inside the reader's head. The banal and the tragic live side by side: the small triumph of finding enough change juxtaposed with the fragile figure, conjured up by the words "prone in a paper-thin gown". The control we like to think we have in life is revealed as ultimately futile. I very much appreciate this poem.

Comment is about buying time (blog)

Original item by James Lancaster

Thanks for the welcome both! Ann, I've had a browse and really like your stuff! The bat poem's very neat indeed - great imagery. Anyway...cheers.

Comment is about James Lancaster (poet profile)

Original item by James Lancaster

An incredibly powerful poem James. I too like the way you have said so much with so little and mixed the momentous with the insignificant. It is amazing how in real life, one can focus on the stray thread of a garment or the slightest bump on the wallpaper whilst going through the most excruciating hell. Your poem sums that up neatly.

Comment is about buying time (blog)

Original item by James Lancaster

I like your elliptical style which captures the way ordinary and extraordinary moments in our lives mingle and you have packed a lot in to a small poem which is something I value in a poet.

Comment is about buying time (blog)

Original item by James Lancaster

Welcome to WOL James. I really like your poems.

Comment is about James Lancaster (poet profile)

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I like the allusions this brings about - your choice of words is very interesting - Groping, 'frisson of fear', fluff, detect, final, prone, 'thinking about buying time....'

Comment is about buying time (blog)

Original item by James Lancaster

Yes, you leave enough for the reader to imagine feeling the depth of anguish and despair...

Comment is about Requiem (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

This is good. I like unfussy language in poetry, it can be very effective. Also, this tells a story but keeps just enough 'below the waterline', so to speak. Good job.

Comment is about Requiem (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

old school application of last minute pen and paper rush to create the masterpiece of an era known collectively as the 'letters to a gimp'.
Witnessed here by Michael Wilson who has been known to make his own honest little master works in a similar 'write it at the gig' last minute fashion.
'spontanaeity sponsors do it fasterer'.
;)

Comment is about Jamming with Jeffarama, Salford Sept 2010 (photo)

Hi Winston, thank you for your comments. Just getting the hang of the site now!

Comment is about Carol Fenwick (poet profile)

Original item by Carol Fenwick

Hi there Linda, welcome to the site. Hopr you like what you find here. Winston :-)

Comment is about Linda Cosgriff (poet profile)

Original item by Linda Cosgriff

hi michael.
good to hear of your new event at fuel bar...dunno if you remember me from the NW heat of the BBC slam...anyhow just wondering if there is an open floor section on Oct 4th?

Comment is about michael wilson (poet profile)

Original item by michael wilson

Hi James. Welcome aboard. To a large extent I also agree with you philosophy in your biog section. Hope you enjoy the site. Winston

Comment is about James Lancaster (poet profile)

Original item by James Lancaster

Hi Fraser Welcome to WOl. Hope you enjoy contributing to the site. Winston

Comment is about Fraser Southey (poet profile)

Original item by Fraser Southey

Hi There Elaine. Great stuff. Living where you do means you are ideally placed to attend so many open mic events. Have a look at the gig guide. Hope you enjoy WOL. Winston

Comment is about Elaine (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine

Hi Carol, Liked your Hepburn sample. Welcome to WOL Hope you enjoy exploring the site. Winston (Admin)

Comment is about Carol Fenwick (poet profile)

Original item by Carol Fenwick

thanks for the comments isobel and ann... wasn't a easy piece to write this one (let alone finish).. needs a little more tweaking but it's getting there x

Comment is about Biting the Bullet (blog)

Original item by Andy N

thanks for the comment, ann.. wasn't the most straightforward piece to write that one (has took a few weeks and a few drafts and at one point nearly became two separate pieces (let you guess for yourself which bits) but glad you liked it... Andy N xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Isobel; - glad you like my 'bite the bullet' - has took a few drafts and weeks to get to the bottom of this piece.. at one point - it nearly became two poems (i am sure you can work out which bits for yourself) but pleased you like it! (do have a few lil edits I want to make to it still but wanted to get it on here then emailed to Dave tonight) x

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

The long awaited bullet hits us!

Love the twist at the end Andy - twas most unexpected. Perhaps she was so exhilerated after finishing off her hubbie, she burst a blood vessel with the joy. I like the uncertainty of it all. It reads a bit like a Scarpetta novel... it is such a different take on the theme! x

Comment is about Biting the Bullet (blog)

Original item by Andy N

'We've all had enough of man and his shovel' - a line I can identify with..
I love your poetry Chris - you have such a gift for comedy. Just such a shame the wider WOL can't hear you perform - I can hear it in my head. You'll have to have a bash at recording. Izz x

Comment is about Is It To Annoy?..... (blog)

Original item by christine yates

Hehe

If it was guinness you were on, that's even better. Half beer, half food - a proper balanced diet

Comment is about An Eating Disorder (blog)

Hi Christine, I remember hearing you perform this at the Tudor, I really enjoyed it then and have had another laugh seeing it written down!John told us you had broken your leg... hope you`re feeling on the better side. At least there`s no going out for fish and chips for you for a while!!Cate xx

Comment is about Is It To Annoy?..... (blog)

Original item by christine yates

How sad.
Cate xx

Comment is about Requiem (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Very impressive Andy. Well done you! I especially like the "crime report" bits in italics. And it's got a real story to it too.x

Comment is about Biting the Bullet (blog)

Original item by Andy N

possibly a bit tellie in places for me, Anna but I do like this and I think you work well to the last line with this one.. Nice one..

Comment is about Aristotle clearly never met me (blog)

Original item by Anna McCrory

Nice snapshot memory here, Georgina... 'Boys like dogs on their hind legs' is my favourite line but I like the full piece, as it only tells us part of the story and leaves it to the rest of us to fill in the blanks.. top one!

Comment is about House Party ('09). (blog)

has a song like quality here, steve which would work with the last line certainly, but in the form of a poetry, it's probably too much with the extra 'How' I feel.

I particularly like gotta say 'How long can I deny the weeping eye?'

Nice stuff..

Comment is about How (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Yes! I agree. We have to be strong so that to survive in this world. I wouldn't like to speak about respect. To my opinion it has nothing to do with being strong. I don't really care what a gray mouse think about me, and I don't need his or her respect. I wonder what my friends think about me and those I respect. But! I am a woman and you are a man. Right? Even at my age I still don't know if I am strong or weak. There are so many different situations in life. Sometimes I win, sometimes lose.

Comment is about IF I AM STRONG (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Thanks both. I had a thing about symmetry too. I used to get half pissed on Friday night and half pissed on Saturday night.

Comment is about An Eating Disorder (blog)

This is different and that's good! Luckily I've had my tea already...

Comment is about An Eating Disorder (blog)

Hi larisa - I suppose being strong is what we have to be most of the time as people seem to respect it more - as long as it doesn't turn us into horrible people!!

Comment is about IF I AM STRONG (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

I think we do - they are just different from the norm and the guardians of normality come down on us like a ton of bricks every time - nice people that they are.

Comment is about Aristotle clearly never met me (blog)

Original item by Anna McCrory

ha, true- we did go up and down the stairs a few times that night though xx

Comment is about House Party ('09). (blog)

I like that line 'Eyes followed each other's backsides...' altho not sure whether thats physically possible :)

Comment is about House Party ('09). (blog)

Hello Winston, i'm sorry if this is the wrong place to be asking. I want you to remove my profile from the website. There isn't a problem. I am highly unlikely to perform at the events so it is surplus to my requirements. Thank you for your kindness.

Jayne

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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