Yes, absolutely, a wonderful poem. And Anthony's reading of it on his audio makes it even more moving.

Comment is about Write Out Loud Outstanding Poem for May (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Félicitations Anthony !
C'est très bien mérité : )

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Original item by Isobel

Congratulations.
A beautiful poem, illustrated with images of those tentative things, touching and sad.
A worthy winner.

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Original item by Isobel

Enigmatic but powerful, Deb. Yes our lives are only a whisper in the age of mountains, but .....we are here. Like it.

Comment is about Carpathian (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

The rich and selfish would be indefinitely buried alive beneath their fortunes.

Comment is about poetic Justice (blog)

Original item by Daniel Hooks

You must go back as far as I do, Greg. I remember '66 and Rattin. What price a Heskey hat-trick in the final?

Comment is about What a Wonderful Game (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks, Greg.Hilary Mantel has written about mental illness, hasn't she? There wasn't a Thomas Cromwell ward at that hospital but funnily enough, a few years later in another area I worked at one of the Care in the Community homes called Cromwell House. I do write a lot about mental illness, this, however, is distinct from the Mad History series I'm attempting.It was absolutely true of Central Hospital that there was a historical progression in the ward names - the worse your prospects were the further back in time was your ward name.

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Hello Dave, thank you for finding the vintage piece, you're right, it is made from a vintage two- lined thought..circa 1995.. and some of those recycled words we spoke of, held together with a brand new giant tube of Pritt and an olive on a stick(the twist).I'd like to make a small Dali-ish house out of those lovely builders yards full of reclaimed materials in the same way,and then you'd find a strange little alcove where you weren't expecting it,or an elephant on verrry long legs peering in thru the upstairs window..trying to rrrreach that pinball machine with his trunk..ping.. ; ) xx

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Original item by Dave Bradley

great poem. i love this kind of story telling.

Thats also a great pic to choose for it.
I have 8 different men kissing my feet and trying to eye up my skirt and make me cook for them..some of them just ignore me and others i turn the tables and pursue like a hound.
But only one just loves me. hes great.
however i will always be single and never defined by a mans attentions no matter how goodx

Comment is about A PARABLE ABOUT A REAL WOMAN (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Thanks for your comments on Research.
40 years ago my English teacher said we should always write what we know about!

Comment is about Kath Hewitt (poet profile)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

This is good and i didn't expect the outcome, made me laugh. Well written x

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Original item by John Coopey

I keep going back to Visting Neil -I cant quite believe how good it is. Given that we are all on here working with words, it seems that adequate words escape us when we are smitten by words put together like these. This is one of my all-time favourites, up there with Robert Frost, John Burnside, etc. I'm not saying this just to be kind, but it is very rarely that one comes across a work so moving or so "right" in every sense. I think you can be very proud of yourself. all the best. B

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Original item by Anthony Emmerson

An interesting parable Larisa - I like the ideas behind it.

Comment is about A PARABLE ABOUT A REAL WOMAN (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

The Hiroshima poem is a very powerful piece. Great work Peter.

Comment is about Make me a child (blog)

I'm going to read this agian later - I know it's going to be good! But I haven't had my tea yet!

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I hope everyone who is reading this parable now will understand me. I didn't want to say that she really had 6 or more men. I wanted to show you what true love is. We are all human beings and it's not a surprise that we are all very different. Everyone understands life, love, happiness in his or her own way.

Comment is about A PARABLE ABOUT A REAL WOMAN (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Cheers for your comments on Waveney, Andy. The swallows did it for me. I could have watched them all afternoon ...

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Original item by Andy N

This is funny, shrewd and compassionate, Ray, and also extremely interesting. You learn a lot here. I liked the ward names "receding to obscurity" like poor young Lady Jane Grey, and of course, the irony that a lot of the patients believed they were these characters. I know of course that it's part of your sequence of poems about mental health care. I was also struck by your final two lines: we had a local former psychiatric hospital that was converted into homes, and one of the people who lives there now is Hilary Mantel, Booker-prize winning author of the historical novel Wolf Hall, that attempts to get inside the skin of Thomas Cromwell. Was there a Thomas Cromwell ward, perhaps?

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Money's a bit tight
so I wondered if you might
be my own shining Knight
and fix my rear light
(the penultimate right)
then I'll be safe out at night
spouting poetry shite...

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

That's the trouble with old bangers - they slowly fall apart without you realising. Never mind LOL - shoes can be reheeled so cars can be repaired. I shall get them to sort it out when I do my MOT. Thanks for the tip. x

Tee hee - have only just realised that was a poem 'what you wrote' on my wall... was wondering why you'd chosen to post it on WOL!!!

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Learning to fly the sky of one's imagination, is one of the most beautiful journeys we can commence -

It is wonderful to see you spread your wings in word, and reach great heights!

Michelle

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Hi Izz

We noticed last night
that your rear red light
(not the one on the right)
has given up the fight

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

So much to enjoy in this, Ann. The music of "linoleum" and "delphiniums", the spelling of "forget-me-knots", and your story about a tidal wave that emptied the seabed. I've always wanted to see the oceans, their underwater mountains and chasms, with the plug pulled out, if just for one day!

Comment is about lost pebble (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Dave! it was very nice meeting you as well.. I am usually too busy for more active participation ..but I will try my best:))

Comment is about Natasha (poet profile)

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Hi Natasha

Enjoyed meeting you at the Tudor. You should blog more here - I'm sure it would be appreciated

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Original item by Natasha

Just for the record, this went really well at the Tudor last night - it's a great performance piece. Enjoyed meeting you Dave

Comment is about Pandora's Box (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

beauitful stuff, mike.. really touching...

Comment is about My Wife and Child (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Inspired by Stefs poem about his schooldays - mine were a bit quieter!

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

ah, Gus...care to join me for some subtle and achingly funny call and response poetry at the next possible WOL night in Hebden?
Meri :)

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Original item by Gus Jonsson

there's only one Jeffarama! :)

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hehe, yep 3,2,1 and she's back in the room!
good to see ya Win :)

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Original item by Winston Plowes

I'm not entirely sure I get all your references - especially the mouse, but I always look out for your work - it's always interesting!
Well done
Cx

Comment is about Detachment (blog)

Original item by Joshua Van-Cook

Hello Alison,

glad I came by to read your work. Above all I am moved by your honesty and eloquence. You put your finger on things with some astuteness. bw.

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Original item by Alison Smiles

(Beautiful family!)sad statements here in the poem re racism Mike.Shame is,that those small minded idiots are always going to be with us unfortunately.The ordinary worries for young families must bad enough these days without the extra burden of racism.Very worrying for the future as well.I think though that the fight against bigotry is slowly being won-compared to the old days.I have Nigerian brother in law who lived in Stoke Newington.On my visits there in the sixties the crap we had to face on the street then was outrageous! But being the laid back type of guy he was(deceased now)he handled it very well-but boy!,do I miss his sax playing-cooool!good luck for your familys future Mike-things have a habit of working out ok in the end-look after yourself for their sake and avoid any tangles when you can-not worth it.Thanks-Stef.ps-brilliantly read Mike-so much poignancy! moreso in the last line,where the lump I got in my throat nearly made me choke on the cream cracker I was eating at the time!what a posh Scouse? voice there Mike.

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Original item by Noetic-fret!

I don't think she saw me scribbling in my notebook, Ann! That poem and the one I've just posted tonight came out of two days of travelling on the trains of East Anglia. They're only fragments, really, and I suppose I should have worked on them more, but what the hell! Glad you liked Angel Hill

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Yes, Greg, folk-song like is a better description!WOL can certainly be an unforgiving forum.Often it's the ones you rate highly which get ignored! Is it the only place you post your poems? I am so excited about the World Cup!!!

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Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Andy, thank for your comments on River Mermaid. I know i'm int' wrong place to say this but i never think of performing when i write because as most ppl who've seen me will tell you, stanzas wouldn't make any difference cos i read too fast for anyone to notice the breaks. that's why i haven't done it for months. I should remember to breathe at least. thanks again, deb : )

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Original item by Andy N

Ha, hope you've gone each way Ray and you win behind England lifting the trophy!! cheers Jeff

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Aye Larisa, this is nice work. I think that you could develop it though, so you are not bound by rhyming couplet. Your work is certainly worth developing. Keep writing Larisa.

Michael

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Comment is about How much we would like to say... (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Hi georgina, i wouldnt mind reading some more work of yours. Have just read this, it is short and sweet but makes me feel that you are capable of writing more elaborate work. Maybe you have, i will just have to trawl through some to see what else you write. Nice simple piece that does say more than its few words.

Mike

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Comment is about My Feelings. (blog)

Hi anne, i like this from a whimsical point of view. But i have to say that it is not your best work. Some of your work far outshines this piece, although it is clever, and sentimental, romantic even. You have greater poems that i really like. Nevertheless a good read. Stay well ann.

Mike

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hello Larisa, Thank you for commenting on my poem; My Wife and Child. You really put me in a fantastic frame of mind today. To know that you have touched someone in a good way is what life should be all about.

I have read this poem that you have written a couple of times now. I have to say, that i have been on this site for several years, and i don't make as many comments as i used to. I kind of sift through and if any catch mine eye i engage. Yours has engaged me. It's nice to see and feel the fresh breeze that runs through your soul as you read these words. I particularly liked the references to the future, futures that at present we dont seem to be able to see. You can follow empirical knowledge to its conclusion though, and claim hindsight. I however, do feel and believe in phenomenology. And my guess is, that some (not many), can see into their future. My guess is, that you are a sensitive and slightly psychic person. From reading these words that is how i feel.

I am rambling on a bit, but, that's because this poem is in itself, and inspiration. I will read more of your work.

Thank you for sharing this.

stay well

Michael.

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Comment is about It could be so nice (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Ha Ha, quite touching really. Nice one, hope you're in for a windfall. Hand of God permitting of course.

Nice one!

Comment is about Argentina! (blog)

ta andy n.

Comment is about My Feelings. (blog)

Welcome to WOL Elaine, Hope you enjoy exploring our site. Win

Comment is about Elaine Speakman (poet profile)

Original item by Elaine Speakman

Welcome to WOL Alec, Hope you enjoy the site. (Nice pic!) Winston

Comment is about Alec Bell (poet profile)

Original item by Alec Bell

Beautiful, beautiful, and once more: beautiful! God bless you, your child and your wife. Damn all those racists who scream for blood. You are the best soldier who takes care of his family. Our home, our motherland starts with our family. With warmest wishes, Larisa

Comment is about My Wife and Child (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Good morning Wytchy-absolutely no offence taken-and-tis good to see you back! thanks-Stefan,

Comment is about ... and where is your God? (blog)

Original item by Steven Dark

He created me without knowing
Invisible blindfolds smoke and mirrors
Trust easily won by love
Carries the grace inside her
I was once a baby
No laughing in purple heaven
No heroes in your tragedy
A hand no to hold
A school prize between covers
I follow in dark footsteps

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un-usual? usual? i am confused...thankyou for comments though.

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Original item by Marianne Daniels