Thanks so much to all of you for such lovely comments.
Laura, your comment is very relevant to me as I can't imagine being without my last son either!

Comment is about Empty (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Delete delete delete love it throw of the past and hello future bring it on xx

Comment is about Deletion (blog)

Original item by Isobel

thank you for your comment and would like to say love your poems thought full and provoking especialy "If I am strong" sometimes I think we can appear to be too strong afraid to show our vulnerable side xx

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Welcome to WOL Anna.

Comment is about Anna McCrory (poet profile)

Original item by Anna McCrory

Blimey - this took me right back to being a kid. I'm not sure how close to reality this is, but it deffo rings bells for me. I had a thing about being completely symmetrical in everything I did, and it swallowed entire days and weeks!

I really like this :)

e2a: so much so, you've inspired me to write something about that childhood obsession! Cheers!

Comment is about An Eating Disorder (blog)

- competing with a 'friend' of mine for more/for less but we only ever play each other 'in the minors', we both kind of know it could never be any more so we play games with one another. i guess the poem's about me finally having enough of just 'playing'/ being played by someone who i thought cares about me but musn't. it's the idea of i'll play but i always lose when it comes to them because they're better at it/they aren't a very nice person? Isobel's pretty much got me down to a tee (well done mind) xx

Comment is about (Played) In The Minors. (blog)

Hi, dear Lynn! Thank you so much for the comment on "Two souls". And....please,
do let me know if you notice some mistakes.

With love and respect, Larisa

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Thank you my dear friends for your beautiful comments. Love you.

Comment is about Two Souls (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Very nice Larisa - I do rather like the comparison to diamonds my friend - I like to refer to good times shared as Diamond Days :)

Comment is about Two Souls (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Are you in a cryptic mood here, Kealan??? lol

Comment is about now (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Hello mut - nice to see your slobbery face again. Has anyone managed to house train you yet? xx

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

I should probably give extra reasons for my choice of words Alvin. Meaning of words is often more important to me than their poetic appeal. In an ideal world, what you want to say would go hand in hand with poetry - but it just doesn't always work that way.

Rationalise has two meanings - to get rid of something unnecessary and to apply logic and reason. Both meanings were important to me. I didn't see purge and purify as too unpoetic and there is some alliteration.

Sanitised is probably an odd choice but there again, I wanted to tie in 2 meanings. One - cleansing, two - returning to sanity - which I accept isn't exactly a meaning of the word but could be assumed poetically. I accept that verse 2 is probably weaker than the last - I just write to express things sometimes and then move on.

Comment is about Deletion (blog)

Original item by Isobel

This raises many questions, too many to be answered here I suspect, Larisa, but i really enjoyed reading it. It is undoubtedly true that love is only returned to a lover - therefore it is conditional, not unconditional - apart from one's family of course, who you love partly out of self-love and partly out of duty (I feel the Maxims of Rochefoucauld coming on again...!)

Comment is about My Opinion (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

I like this one - the longing, the needing is so well expressed. I like the play on the title - I'm presuming the beloved is no longer there and there is a little bit of fantasy going on. Love the 'late in the breathing hours' line - also the 'bloods rhythm drowned' idea. I think it is an excellent idea to share earlier work - after all, there is quite a turnover on here. I might do the same myself when I hit a dry spell. x

Comment is about The Parting (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Quite scary in its plausibility...

Comment is about New Poem: Before Faking Your Own Death... (blog)

Ahh - i know what you mean there, Steven. Very well expressed. (In fact, it would be a perfect ad for the lodger of one's dreams!!)

Comment is about You (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

This is a brilliant performance piece Chris - have heard you do it a couple of times and it always creases me up. I love the humour in it - you have really managed to tune in to the funny side of all the crap these magazines peddle. I remember the refrain as being Chitter Chatter - perhaps I misheard it. Am so glad you posted it. It's a shame there is no audio - this one really needs to be heard. x

Comment is about Take A Break....Chit Chatter (blog)

Original item by christine yates

Take a Break and scoff a kit Kat while you're at it, nattering away like there's no today.

Comment is about Take A Break....Chit Chatter (blog)

Original item by christine yates

That's a Monty Python line, almost...

Another one is 'My brain 'urts...' which it did yesterday, I must admit.

Comment is about now (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

would that be a wigwam or a teepee or maybe even a yurt ??

Comment is about now (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

I like this, Larisa, I think perhaps in the first line you need to say "a many sided personality". Hope you don't mind me saying this, I really like it. Best wishes, love, Lynn xx

Comment is about Two Souls (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Thanks for the comment Alvin. Maybe I wasn't in a singing mood as I deleted my inbox.

Thank you again Steve - I read a tad faster than I would have liked and I'm working on trying to get my voice softer but I appreciate your opinion - I think I have come a long way since first joining the site. Amazing what reading other people's work can do for you.

My next recording will be something totally different - and my voice will be as low and slow as I can get it. LOL xx

Comment is about Deletion (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Why rationalised
Why purged purified sanitised
It doesn't sing like your other work

Comment is about Deletion (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Beautiful! Love your style of writing. Enjoyed reading it. With warmest wishes, Larisa

Comment is about Take A Break....Chit Chatter (blog)

Original item by christine yates

Love it.
I think 'pulses' - but I'd move it to the next line.
Cx

Comment is about The Parting (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Try imaginary friends reunited

Comment is about Imaginary Friends (blog)

Would that be something completely different?
Cx

Comment is about now (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

What do you mean by that?

Comment is about now (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Hi Lynne

Thanks for your comment on mine, and I'm glad to have helped inspire you to write this. My own mother had a stillborn daughter. If she hadn't been stillborn, I wouldn't be here - they only wanted two kids, see. Not massively relevant, but thought I'd share that. She didn't see her kid either, that was back in '67.

Comment is about Empty (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

I missed the innuendo in the title at first glance.I like "late in the breathing hours" a lot. You could lose "now" from 2nd line.
I can't decide which is "correct" -Through my fingertips pulses or pulse?

Comment is about The Parting (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

thanks for the version of 'they cut into the hill' - am well impressed with that, must admit.. you took it in a very different way to me but I love it...

I'm off next week - will text you later in the week to see when you are free for a pop in as this piece is probably going to be one of a series of poems!

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

That's definately the other side of the coin Alvin, maybe a response poem from yourself is needed?

Andy, not performed it yet unless you count in a hotel room to my husband! Will have a go at the next Middleton WOL methinks.

Comment is about Crafty Crafters (blog)

Original item by Gemma Lees

people here have already said what i feel (isobel) really, but it's a piece that needs more than a few reads Marianne to me and i love challenges! x

Comment is about Bite the Bullet (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

there is something on and off on here for me, or perhaps it is something that one person wants than the other.

Perhaps the answer is in this line 'Secrets love to unfold themselves' which is my favourite line... It's a mystery that perhaps there is only one detective can unfold..

interesting stuff, i like it... x

Comment is about (Played) In The Minors. (blog)

i remember this well, cynthia.. perhaps it's something a few of us should do root back into our past.. mine are mostly crap, (earlier stuff) so perhaps not on my case, but it's a nice idea.. x

Comment is about The Parting (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

very very sad stuff, phil i felt and has a real lyricital quality behind it..

top stuff with a lovely ending..

top to see on saturday.. haven't seen you in ages! sorry to hear your news too..

Comment is about Be still your Tears (blog)

Original item by Phil Golding

enjoyed all of it, Gem in particular the first few lines... have you tried performing this yet? would like to see how this is structured live, must admit..

top stuff as always x

Comment is about Crafty Crafters (blog)

Original item by Gemma Lees

You were born with a silver spoon in your gob
You quickly spat it out - that’s a real good job
Now all your gold fillings are worth a few bob
And here you are juggling peonies.

You climbed Mount Etna in your pink swimsuit
At the north pole the Eskimos said you were cute
You play the 1812 overture on your plastic flute
And here you are juggling peonies.

You eat chips with the best caviar
Drink tizer and champagne when you’re stood at the bar
And ride with James May in a dinky car
And here you are juggling peonies.

You’ve got about twenty engagement rings
Your fingers are loaded down with the things
Men are there just to give you your bling bling blings
And here you are juggling peonies.

I reckon you’ve made about a million men cry
You’ve never had a tear in your eye
But you’d rescue a beetle when you pass one by
And here you are juggling peonies.

You ride into town with nothing on
Lucky the pony that you sit upon
My love for you goes on and on
Because here you are juggling peonies.

Comment is about juggling peonies (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I prefer rocket - and you'll get one Banksy if you keep on with these lettuce-related jibes! ;-) And as an extra punishment, here's a few more verses!!

Comment is about juggling peonies (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

It is good to get comments but it can be hard when people like different bits. One poem I did a while ago someone said "leave out the third verse!" then someone else said "the third verse is the best one". But we're all different aren't we? One day someone on here will write the perfect poem and EVERYBODY will LOVE ALL of it! xx

Comment is about ADIEU (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

I like cos, but then I like iceberg

Comment is about juggling peonies (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Powerful, sensual poem, Cynthia. Thanks from a comparative newcomer for re-releasing it

Comment is about The Parting (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I agree with Graham about cos and Greg about catfish scales. See Louis Macneice's poem Bagpipe music

"Their knickers are made of crepe-de-chine, their shoes are made of python,
Their halls are lined with tiger rugs and their walls with head of bison.

Comment is about juggling peonies (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Some might consider poetry a craft for the dextrously challenged who often value their work as priceless

Comment is about Crafty Crafters (blog)

Original item by Gemma Lees

Hi Ann, thank you so much for your truly lovely comments on "Empty". Touched me deeply. xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I really love this too, Ann, what a lot of visions to wake up with! I'd love some of your dreams! I once woke up with a song in my head, but only remembered two lines. Can't sing and can't play an instrument, so I can't see it ever being a "Yesterday" (which I understand came to Paul McCartney in a dream) xx

Comment is about juggling peonies (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

It is so interesting to read your comments my dear friends. One says I love the first line, another one says I love the last verse. But I would like to say: I love you all. Your comments are so important for me.

Comment is about ADIEU (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Hi Isobel, thank you so much for your kind comments on "Empty". I have written a few that started off in free verse, and then they ended up rhyming here and there. May have another go at it soon! Thanks again. x

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Hi Cynthia, thank you so much for your very kind comments on "Empty". Your support means so much. x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I really love this, Cynthia, and don't feel it needs elucidating at all! I'm glad you decided to share it with us again, being comparatively new to WOL. x

Comment is about The Parting (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas