Gooooooooooooood morning Bernadette-hope you are well chuck-see ya soon! lorra love-Wildey-xxxxxx

Comment is about bernadette herbertson (poet profile)

Original item by bernadette herbertson

Good morning Lynn-from rainy Rossendale-hope you have sunshine 'darn sarf' off out now- catch you later-enjoy your day love-Stef-xx(B-xx)

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Hi Steve... Well Done with Sale WOL. I have been 3 times but before it was elevated to its present level of popularity by your good self. Good luck with the teaching career and hopefully see you at freed up or similar soon. Win

Comment is about Steve O'Connor (poet profile)

Original item by Steve O'Connor

Well written and heartfelt... I will never forget.

Comment is about Nine Eleven Tribute (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Thanks for your comment Val - I'm always really grateful for feedback. If it was about kids I would lose that line but it isn't. For some reason Im not sure of, I just have to leave it the way it was written. It'll be buried soon enought though... LOL
xx

Comment is about Valerie Cook (poet profile)

Original item by Valerie Cook

Another hard-hitting one- actually this is quite moving Larisa, especially if based on a real observation. It's interesting that this poverty and the struggle of the welfare state to cope with ever more mouths to feed, young and old, is causing a real crisis in many countries, including here in the UK.

Comment is about When I Was Going Home (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Yep Greg, it's a shame Frank doesn't have the same confidence for England that he does for Chelsea. I fear the same process is happening to Mr Rooney...

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Good evening oh very posh poem n pikky poster! now then girly! what about Mr potato heads suggestion of re-titling this lovely poem-'Rainbows and Roses' see how clever I yam!(NOT?)no charge chuck-peace,beads n bells n shiny things to thee fair Maiden-Stef-xx(B-xx)

Comment is about Summer Rain (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

It makes me think of robber birds like cuckoos who are not nearly so glamourous as this. Harpy is twitching all over my mind - bird? witch? nagging woman? I need to look it up. 'Knotted wind' is fab.

Comment is about Harpy (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Well, Jo has fallen completely under the spell of your amazing poetry, Marianne, - excellent taste on her part. 'trident chords' is superb in the 'sea' context'. The whole work sings with verbal beauty as you express your expansive ideas.

Comment is about The Eighty Eight Handshake (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Hi again Dave-still feels like a very bad dream to me-it was that terrible-almost too terrible to believe-if thses small minded fools think they are going to bring governments to their knees-they can think again-the journey to realisation is a very long and painful one in the meantime.thank you for remembering Dave-Stefan.

Comment is about Nine Eleven Tribute (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Hi Cynthia. Am on holiday - difficult to get on internet. So if you could remind people about tagging that would be great. Thanks!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thank you, dear Stefan.

Comment is about When I Was Going Home (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Your composition is excellent Isobel,it identifies and carries through well.But lose that line.
Good work

Comment is about Breathing (blog)

Original item by Isobel

I like this John, start to finish excellent.X

Comment is about The Psychology of Doodles (blog)

Original item by John Togher

aww! lovely Larisa! and how humanly observant of other peoples suffering instead of thinking only of ones self-well done!-Stef-xx(M-xx)

Comment is about When I Was Going Home (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

I enjoyed this, Dave, it sounds rather like our loft! Good one, Lynn x

Comment is about The Loft (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

ta, the poem refers to two different 'lads' who feature in my life. 'you' is simply a person who i have an odd attachment with and 'he' was somebody i was and still am very much in love with, the contrasts explain why really-the two are very similar though ha xx

Comment is about Nothing More, Nothing Less. (blog)

lovely stuff, in an I've been there I was that man but I couldn't have written it' sort of way

Comment is about The Psychology of Doodles (blog)

Original item by John Togher

Hi Larisa

it’s not a deal,

as we again feel to fly

these lines don't sound like conversational English - in other words, English people wouldn't use those exact words, but of course poetry doesn't have to be conversational or exactly as a phrase would normally be written. With the same point in mind, I'm not sure whether you would ever see 'anguishes' - it's usually just 'anguish' even when its plural. But again the rules of normal language can be broken in poetry!

I enjoyed the poem and certainly I had no problem in understanding any of the lines in it!

Comment is about Falls And Flights (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

I don't always comment on yours Thomas, but I always read them. I haven't found one yet that I didn't like, this one is no exception. Superb writing.
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Comment is about Kimberly (blog)

Original item by Tom

So many wonderful lines, so sad a life. Great poem.
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Comment is about Fading Out (blog)

Love it ... memories + alcohol + 'enter' can be a heart-breaking combination.
Cx

Comment is about Biting The Bullet (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Dave, perhaps you should remind people to TAG their Bite the Bullet poems as Bullet. There are only 4 showing, and it's inconvenient to search them out individually.

Comment is about Biting the Bullet. Prize follow-up to Pandora (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

This is very good, Max, an amazing metaphor of total commitment - to anything or anyone. IMO, the hyperbole doesn't evoke abnormal submission of sexual lust, more like mental and emotional annihilation. As for 'musculature', I quite like the 'cutting, sawing' sound of it as you spit it through your teeth; seems appropriate in context. Marvellous title.

Comment is about 'When A Thief Kisses You, Count Your Teeth' (blog)

Original item by Max Wallis

Can't add anymore to what's already been said - excellent stuff.
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Comment is about The Psychology of Doodles (blog)

Original item by John Togher

Wow, powerful stuff. I'm not sure you need the very last line - it seems to me to end at 'Take it all. Everything. Now.', and I'd change musculature (4 heavy syllables with an emphasised glottal) to muscles - softer, and you have some alliteration with smear.
Always enjoy your work Max, very mature writing.
Cx

Comment is about 'When A Thief Kisses You, Count Your Teeth' (blog)

Original item by Max Wallis

Great poem; I love how you encapsulate the three persons involved in biographical works - the person studied, the writer and the reader, an intriguing triangle of minds. Interesting book too. Perhaps other people might now read it also. Wasn't it weird that you already had it! How small is the world.

Comment is about camille, emily and me (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Georgina, is this 'tired familiarity' fighting with the memories of 'original loving attentions'? I get the feeling that 'You' and 'He' are the same person.

Comment is about Nothing More, Nothing Less. (blog)

Love it! - actually I think this is, for me, the best of the 'bullet' series, and a great example of how, sometimes, less is more.
Funny and sad simultaneously - great!
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Comment is about Bite the Bullet (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks for reading and commenting on 'Bite the Bullet' - your comments are always much appreciated.
Sorry you found it a bit obscure - I was looking at the two slightly different meanings and etymology of the phrase - the (misconceived but) common belief that it comes from the battlefield and used as a means to alleviate pain(ie pre-anaesthesia days but this is pretty much discredited), and the second, more modern meaning of suck it up/get on with it; and applying that to a relationship. :)
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Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Hi Greg,
Thanks for reading and commenting on 'Bite the Bullet' - very much appreciated.
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Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks for reading and your comments on 'Bite the Bullet' - much appreciated. Yes - I was trying for an attraction/repulsion sort of duality - like the reverse of a magnet.
Looking at the two slightly different meanings and etymology of the phrase - the (misconceived but) common belief that it comes from the battlefield and used as a means to alleviate pain(ie pre-anaesthesia days but this is pretty much discredited), and the second, more modern meaning of suck it up/get on with it.
Anyway - as with all dualitys - I'm in two minds about it ... :)
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Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Dark and disfunctional love captured in this one John. Again you seem to pick the most unusual images to set a scene. Win

Comment is about How To Fix A Broken Man (blog)

Original item by John Togher

Hi,
Thanks for reading and commenting on 'Bite the Bullet'.
Sexy, purry voice? ... usually the only time my voice sounds sexy and purry is when I also have a drippy nose, a sore throat ... and I'd rather have a rub with Vicks than a sexual encounter! ;)
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Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Hi John. Loved this one. Realism and mundane start and a dscriptive middle and then a perfect end. The last line is one of these perfect phrases that you think someone else must have used or you may be remembering reading it before. This linked with the clowns face the spiral and eraser images ties everything together in this gentle gem. Win x

Comment is about The Psychology of Doodles (blog)

Original item by John Togher

As I just said to Antonionioni - Stef - yeh! It's brill! (ornly jorkin'!) xx

Comment is about watching sparrows (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hey! It looks like the pussycat's watching sparrows! How serendipidateous! Not that dancy, but I LOVE IT!! Y'all have a nice bouncy Thursday now!

Comment is about dance around the kitchen cos it's . . . Thursday? (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

good stuff, dave with a particularly strong ending (i love the reference the dust off the things of youth) .. nice one - andy n

Comment is about The Loft (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

like the contrasts throughout this piece, Georgina - have a nice balance to the piece which is not easy to write atall.. be proud of yourself chick as this is top notch stuff, andy n x

Comment is about Nothing More, Nothing Less. (blog)

Dress run/ read through. 6.30 til 8pm tonight Museum of Wigan Life, Library St. used to be the History Shop/ opposite where they've knocked the baths down. See you later! Louise :) ps. off to open mic night after. Will definately come across to your end v v soon

Comment is about Steve Regan (poet profile)

Original item by Steve Regan

Qu'est-ce que tu me fais rire... j'aime ta biographie : )

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

really liked the style and structure in this one Georgina. Made me think. Great stuff. Win

Comment is about Nothing More, Nothing Less. (blog)

Hi again Lovely Lady-wow! you are kind!ok I will do my best to help you-but you are just as good as I am-probably better-and lots of other much better poets on here will always look out for your occasional little mistakes-but nevertheless I will do my best for you-let me say though, I think you have done extremely well,up to now-for sure! on this poem,personally I would still say

'we have not enough time
and time flies'
on the other hand you could possibly be trying to say'we have no time for the small things in life maybe? let me know-I,ll go and put a new brain in-in the meantime-lol! lots of Love to you wonderful Lady-thank you for very nice comments-I really appreciate them-Stefan-(see you in the morning-have a peaceful night-xx(M-xx)

Comment is about Falls And Flights (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Hi - "bullet" - well, maybe I'm just taking it too literally then ?
I thought - 1st verse = make a choice - marry or don't - there is pleasure and pain both ways.
2nd - possession is disliked but his obsession (with her) leaves no choice (fate) & Reality comes too late [to leave any other choice].
3rd - "and nobody cares" - you make your own choices, so if you want the wedded bliss you Bite The Bullet - you take the rough with the smooth. Maybe mine is too literal & you intended something else entirely? Still like it a lot though :)

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

this is a great poem john, and a description given earlier, it is succint.

i worked on an art project for college on the sketches of andre breton whose art looked at this kind of imaginative thought-dissociative drawing.
i used my doodles from the back of the yellow pages where i would scribble away many hours of phone conversation
there were some pretty black spiders and repetitive triangles that must have come from a conversation with authority of some sort...

i like your reference to the losing of illusion, of sight fading with night...changed perspectives.

brilliant xx

Comment is about The Psychology of Doodles (blog)

Original item by John Togher

I like the whole, but I particularly like the middle verse, Dave, it could be a poem in it's own right. Brill !

Comment is about The Loft (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Stefan! You've become my dearest and the best friend here. It's really strange, we may never meet, but... I will always remember that you were the first one who greeted me here on this site. Please, do me a favor! Write critical comments on my poems. English is not my native language and sometimes I don't feel some words, some phrases

Comment is about Falls And Flights (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Thanks Larisa - I look forward to some more fun on here with you. I'll try and give you the best jokes - but only if you do funny poems. If you do serious poems I'll make the most serious comments. (Of course I may miss some poems altogether, and in those cases I think I'll make no comment at all! x

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

hi john
i saw him today.
he cleaned away the dirt tracks near my tyres
and asked me not to pay,
then stood squinting at me in the sun
smiling.

in weather like this, on this day
he fell in love.

I hope he remembers to take home his bread and salt xx

Comment is about John Darwin (poet profile)

Original item by John Darwin