This is to me is fantastic! why didn't you get many comments it's brilliant. I love it, I want it for my own!

Comment is about My fear precedes me (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Wow!

Comment is about She held her self still (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

I must have clicked wrong, when I looked there wasn't anything, am glad you have more stuff though!

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Don't mince your words, Ray! For a start, if you're approaching this from an anti-monarchy standpoint, I'm your man! I also got hold of a copy of his latest "collection" (didn't pay for it, I hasten to add) and was shocked at its mediocrity. Just fragments, or things he'd found on Google. I thought, I could do that!

Comment is about Motion Doesn't Matter! (blog)

I love this, have you got anymore stuff, guv?

Comment is about Advice to men poets (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

This is so funny, think it's brilliant, surprised you didn't get more comments, but then I am but a novice and on page 22 of how to write poetry!

Comment is about Darkness lands with an ear-splitting bang (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

Hi Greg Sorry for slow response. I've been away for a few days. The book should be out at the beginning of next year. We could do it anytime really, but I'm giving it a a few months so that hopefully stuff coming out in magazines will have cleared. They always seem to take forever. I've managed to wangle a 'launch' at the Poet's Cafe in Reading next June which I'm chuffed about - especially as they will pay me!

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

oooh - good, good stuff Phil.. Got to see you posting here again.. Guessing this is for your production is it? If so, it should fit lovely!!!

Comment is about My ‘Rose’ in a Desert Storm – my poetic song (blog)

Original item by Phil Golding

Hi Cybthia, Rachel is fine I think she is just taking a short break. Hope you are well.

John

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

marvellous use of words & imagery. I wouldn't worry too much about rooves - for me our language is more interesting, not less with adapted/twisted words - for northern folks, what about slutch, mithering, mawping, sloppy daw-daw, manderous (mandrous?) and Isobel's favorrite = It's (sorry)

Comment is about Victoriana (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Hi Lynn-good one re rescue doggy-you are my kind of person for sure-see you soon-have a peaceful night and ta for all your comments-Stef-xx

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Ouais ! Elle est revenue ; )

'hiding the disease and wrapping myself in virtue.'
What an interesting line Rachel - love it!
x

Comment is about Victoriana (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

I'd second what Cynthia says. If not, the words are surely wracking you now girl! Keep em coming. xx

Comment is about Curing Poetry (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Herbedacious! wherefore art thou? hope you are keeping ok-look forward to your next poem-but it must be posted while I,m young-lol! best regards-Stef-xx

Comment is about bernadette herbertson (poet profile)

Original item by bernadette herbertson

Back with a bang. Great to see you posting again Rachel - your stuff is always a joy to read.

I get the impression of a woman full of repressed lust and desire - it must have been a bugger to live back in those times... x

Comment is about Victoriana (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Come out,come out wherever you are!hope you are okeydokey Lynn-it isnt all about poetry here you know-its the welfare of others as well-for example,if I told you I needed £1000 loan, I know you would rush round to our house within minutes-(to say get !!!!!)lol!hope to see thee on parade very soon-lotsa love-Stef-xx

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Cynthia. Thanks so much. Taking out Grandma is meant to have a double meaning. It's about my mother-in-law who suffered a series of strokes, vascular dementia and a slow death. Taken out in that sense.We hoped for a quicker end - Apocalypse - but got The Long March.
"disturbed by weight of water" refers to the handkerchiefs dislodged by rain but also implying, in my clumsy way,teardrops.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks Greg. You're right, same subject, same person.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hello Ann, thankyou kindly for your comments on my lil' ol' entries. It truly makes it worthwhile to see people are reading my 'musings' of sorts, I only hope in the not too distant future I can return the feeling.

However, as your already blessed with wonderful admirers - it may be difficult than first conceived, nontheless many-thanks and take care.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Sorry to hijack your blog, Rachel, but it is roofs/hooves, Ann, although the dictionary does concede you can also have hoofs. You had me worried so I double-checked! It's a strange and wonderful thing, the English language

Comment is about Victoriana (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

only need one word from me Rach-fantasmogorical! I,m not sure if thats a real word(lol!)-maybe shit-hot would be more lancashirely understood-brill! brill!brill! up the lancashire poets!! hoorah! Stef-xx

Comment is about Victoriana (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

I guess patent roofs look all wet and black and shiny, Ray. I guess it is roofs? Rooves sound better to me. (And is it hooves or hoofs? Greg - I think we should be told! ;-))

Comment is about Victoriana (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

I like the poem. Could be shorter perhaps but the sentiments are well expressed. I wonder about "crystal message", though. Is she not more warning than message?

Comment is about Grandma at the Window (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

this is quite close to prose, Rach I feel and maybe even flash fiction (I'm adapting one poem into that as a experiment) but either way this again is another cracker of a piece, and I think also you've got a real knack of strong last lines! Nice one! x

Comment is about Victoriana (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

really enjoyed this Rach.. Particularly strong ending I've gotta say.. One of the better things I've seen on here for a little while..Keep em coming! x

Comment is about Curing Poetry (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

I'd never heard of patent roofs before and I'm not sure what the "disease" refers to but there's an awful lot to like here. corset bound (needs a hyphen?)and flesh-pinched. I claw myself bloody. Well, the last 3 lines are excellent, I think.

Comment is about Victoriana (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

It is interesting that the only responses have come from women.What does it say about us? I thought I'd break the trend.It is very well observed with some cracking lines. My favourite was "shirts that hang limp as charity shops". Don't know that I've ever seen a brown leather blouson. But would I recognise what it was if I did?My only complaint about this is the big print and large spaces.Why?

Comment is about Men Of A Certain Age (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Just popped in to say "WOW!" xx (Have you come across my Doxy poem? She has a follow up too which I might post. Somehow this made me think of her. I want to do another bit where she's been "rescued" - but she doesn't like it! xx)

Comment is about Victoriana (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Changed it x

Comment is about Victoriana (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Ohhh you flatterer! :)
To be completely honest I just wrote this in the gap between breaking my WOL fast and seeing I had comments and so signing back in....the corsetty bit came in a half asleep state last night so I texted it myself before going to sleep. Obviously you lot are the cure for the cure....
I will change rooves to roofs as soon as I've pressed send on this.
it's good to be back, I've missed you lot, lots!
xxx

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Cynthia, many thanks for the comment on Curing Poetry....I have honestly found writing very hard work recently, stuff's been drying up but I hope the drought will be over soonish. Your comment was as always much appreciated, and gave me a boost.
Love
Rachel
xxx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Wow! What's all this about writer's block? Like "the street all oilcloth and patent rooves" - although it should be roofs! - that glistening look, and "the dead relatives withdraw to their paintings". Really powerful final line. So glad you're back and pushing the bar higher for the rest of us.

Comment is about Victoriana (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Annie poo,
I missed you too!
I love your picture by the way, beeeeyyotiful you are!
Spring Cleaning was always there and I'm glad you liked it...been reading some of your recent work and I'm entranced. Rose Quartz is incredible.
xxx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Good to see you back here, Rach, and good to hear about your work in schools. Sounds like fun!

Comment is about Curing Poetry (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

The poem is fabulous. I surely hope the essence is just imaginary. Interesting ruminations. Wonderful to see you back.

Comment is about Curing Poetry (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Fantastic. What are you eating for breakfast these days! I greatly admire the triplet stanzas and the rhyme scheme which show a lot of care but avoid the impression of contrivance. Your diction and melody are superb.

Comment is about No Place... (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Excellent, Stephen. All the prior comment express it all - the idea is novel and beautifully worded. I liked the 'understanding' underlying 'didn't want to offend', currently a PC restriction we all find hard to bypass for more sympathetic human contact.

Comment is about And finally... (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

John, where is Rachel?

Comment is about John Darwin (poet profile)

Original item by John Darwin

When I am old I want to be be 'soft-lipped' and still 'emotionally pliable', not rigid with regrets and bottled-up anger. Or was it stoicism, and physical pain that caged her in? Bravery that would not, or could not, be shared because no one was left who 'knew' her anymore? Does old age have to be a lonely business?

Comment is about Grandma at the Window (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Was Spring Cleaning there before? It is a great poem. So nice to have you back. xxxx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Yes, seconded! Missed you loads! xxxx

Comment is about Curing Poetry (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Rachel McGladdery? whose she then? (lol!)lovely to see you back Rach-hope you are well-no tutting and nodding from me-just one blummin big greeting card and thanks for gracing us with your terriff writing-lotser luv-Stef-xx

Comment is about Curing Poetry (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Good morning Larisa-I can,t wait for your songs,am I allowed to singalongaLarisa? bring it on!! ASAP! lots of love-Stefan-xx

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Hello, sorry I have been away for so long....had something of a block of late (blog poem may explain lol)so better keep me at arm's length in case it's contagious! :)
Rach
xxx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

lot of good imagery in this, steven... enjoyed this however the last line 'a raw and vacuous home' is jarring a bit in my head for some reason.

top banana otherwise, bud

Comment is about No Place... (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

possibly my favourite piece of yours to date, cynthia.. Loved it but it was very very sad

Comment is about Grandma at the Window (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Very powerful, Ian.

You can tell this came right from the heart.

I particularly enjoyed the drip, drip references and the ending.

Will keep my eyes open for more.

Top banana!

Comment is about Message (blog)

Original item by Ian Nenna

love 'bonkersness', Dermot in particular.. top banana (to quote dom) - enjoyed this!

Comment is about Darkness lands with an ear-splitting bang (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

i hinted at this on f/book last night, Georgina but this really has the feel of a song in it to me (would be a very short song of course however)... but you should certainly keep believing in yourself with your work... i remember what my work was like when i was your age and i'll tell you for nothing - it was no-where near as good! x

Comment is about Lucky Number Nine. (blog)

This made me feel quite sad really Cynthia, I expect a lot of people will relate to the feeling of wanting to reach out, but not wanting to intrude, or feeling it is futile, love it.

Comment is about Grandma at the Window (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas