You aren't by any chance going to the Vanilla Lounge on Tuesday? It sounds like a few Wigan poets may be there. I'm determined to meet you one day! x

Comment is about Kath Hewitt (poet profile)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

I would say those are quite ominous musings - you haven't just read the Rapture by any chance?
I like your ideas - as you say, nothing lasts forever, not even our sun... man is just an insignificant grain of sand in the universe ... a cheery thought for a Sunday morning! xx

Comment is about Dead End (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Ta for your comments, Anthony. The Mad History thing is part of a spoof series on mental illness. Sometimes it's hard to overtrump the facts and I've had at least one person take the Egyptian story at face value!

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

I read this last night Cynthia, and couldnt get a take on it, but it lingered in my mind so Ive come back to have another look this morning. That must be a success story! Im still not sure but Im gonna take it that theres hope for all us aspriring poets!
Cate xx

Comment is about Pandora's Box (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

This is quite beautiful Nash. I shall go and research the poet you recommend... he must be worthwhile if hes inspired this piece of writing!
Cate cc

Comment is about Puedo Escribir (tonight I can write) (blog)

Original item by Nash

A good early Sunday morning to you and family Dave-re the great minds-yours taking the lead without doubt!spooky though all the same thought eh!ok,another telepathic venture..er....think of six winning numbers,my email adress is.......lol! Stefan.

Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Thanks for your comment Ann, much appreciated.
Cx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks again, much appreciated.
Cx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Quite brilliant! Im not sure how it stands as a poem though.... it seems to me to be prose broken up into lines. But this didnt matter as I found it quite riveting to read.
Cate xx

Comment is about Mad History: The Early Egyptians (blog)

Hi Winston, thanks for your comments on 'Dead End' - best wishes,
Dave

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Te he he....thats a poxy story!
Catexx
ps luv it!

Comment is about . . . of varts and tickers (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Yu did a good kon job on us there! Luved it1
Cate xx

Comment is about A Yukon Tale . . . (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

I like this Nash. Simple but quite profound.
Cate xx

Comment is about Pandora’s Box (blog)

Original item by Nash

I have to agree with everything said Marianne. A very powerful piece of work.
Cate xx

Comment is about Pandora's Box (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

A lovely reading of your interesting take on the title. I like your first four lines... they cleverly lead the way into the rest of the theme.
Cate xx

Comment is about pandora's jar (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi, Winston. My dreams are a definite source of inspiration, spiraling into a million thoughts.

Thank you. :)

Comment is about Exist (Based on last night's dream) (blog)

Loved this Melissa, good to see a recent one from you, and inspired by a dream too, fab. You could go anywhere from those first 3 lines which grabbed my attension briliantly. Win

Comment is about Exist (Based on last night's dream) (blog)

On the whole Dave, I agree. Nicely put. Win

Comment is about Dead End (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Short sweet and clever!
Cate xx

Comment is about Pandora haiku (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Liked this Pandora poem very much. as it has been said "Gentle / powerful / sad" Win :-)

Comment is about Pandora`s Box (blog)

Original item by Cate

I enjoyed reading this Ansy... a modernistic and clever take on the theme.
Cate xx

Comment is about Pandora's lost Box (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Hum... its like saying we `re not responsible for our own actions cos its all in the genes! A clever take on it though.
Cate xx

Comment is about Pandora's Box Rap (blog)

Hi Josh, welcome to WOL. Enjoy.Maybe see you at Bolton WOL. Winston

Comment is about Josh Coates (poet profile)

Original item by Josh Coates

Hi cynthia welcome to WOL. I hope you enjoy the site and find something that interests you. Winston

Comment is about Cynthia Greenwood (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Greenwood

Found this today, made me laugh out loud...

"For those of us who cannot spell
I name this website ROL"

x Win

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

spooky comment for you Dave-I was in mind of doing poem on triassic period-'prehistoric memories in shifting sand caverns'-etc etc-just before you popped this good one on.Enjoyed nevertheless-Stefan.

Comment is about Dead End (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

I have to agree with the powerful imagery at work here Marianne...
so many exquisite lines. Brilliant!

Francine x

Comment is about Pandora's Box (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

LOL Anthony!
I love your comment on my poem 'Pandora's Affliction'...
It made my day - You have a wonderful sense of humour! I wrote the poem first, which in turn inspired my choice of photo.

Francine x

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Thanks Win, mine neither, I walked to school, but there was always THAT girl at school who was more grown up than everyone else, who was always otherworldly.

Comment is about BACK-SEAT BRENDA (blog)

Original item by Nash

Indeed, A.E., seems like we never learn. Those girls are always ahead of us every step. Cheers, Nash

Comment is about BACK-SEAT BRENDA (blog)

Original item by Nash

Thank you, Isobel and AE!

Comment is about Pandora’s Box (blog)

Original item by Nash

Thank you, Dave. I didn't realize it was a scientific fact. I wonder if remembering dreams from a long time ago is better in women than men too.

Comment is about Exist (Based on last night's dream) (blog)

.... but please don't feel you have to comment again.
Cx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Thank-you - removed it 'cos I thought it isn't much good ... but then again I'm not having the best of days. I shall put it back. :)
Cx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

What an intriguing and atmospheric poem. Apparently it is a scientific fact that women are better at recalling their dreams than men. Recalling the facts is one thing but the mood and feelings is another, and this does it very well.

Comment is about Exist (Based on last night's dream) (blog)

Hi Anthony - thank you for your kind comments on my voice! Maybe I could do those voiceovers for the M&S food commercials they used to have - " mmmm broccoli" - with lots of practice I might be able to make it sound sexy! (Maybe not!!) ;-) (And hey!"a voluptuous vixen, both feisty and foxy" - are you talkin' about me? Just jokin'! It's a good line tho, might add it to my poet's profile! LOL!)

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Hi Anthony, thanks for the input on my last scribbling, theres a word I invented in there and a spelling! but yes we need to keep the worship a secret dunwe? hoping you ok.

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

I love this photo - reading poetry whilst the Howcroft burns ... at least you're not fiddling.
Cx

Comment is about Howcroft, Bolton February 2010 (photo)

Thanks for commenting Anthony. And for the (?)compliment. Too young? I'm in my 50s but do remember Michael Miles and Hughie Green, the TV titans of their era. Strange, looking back, what we were gripped by.

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Yes, Many great lines in this Andy...

'like listening to a row of dominos
crashing down in totally
the wrong order.'

'trying to give the impression
of Greek goddesses'

'they will return to everyday life
like a pair of overstuffed vampires,'

And the ending too : )

Comment is about Pandora's lost Box (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Anticipation...
Love these last two verses Cate:

'Within my hands
I hold the key
The future
All that is to be'

'I slowly open
Up my eyes
The world in waiting
Gently sighs..'

Comment is about Pandora`s Box (blog)

Original item by Cate

Hi Alison,

Clever, crafted - and a little cruel! Brings the tale right up to date.

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Pandora's Box (blog)

Original item by Alison Smiles

Hi Gus,

A worthy intro to the theme. You're right of course - you can't win the cake - but this might take the biscuit!

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Pandora's Box (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Hi Nash,

Simple profundity - just so long as you don't confuse it with the chamber pot! :-)

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Pandora’s Box (blog)

Original item by Nash

Hi Marianne,

You juggle words, sounds and meanings seamlessly. Particularly liked:

"the one that smiles in the stretch of the sleeve"

"she is a folly of seasons"

and others previuosly mentioned. I would still love to hear an audio of your reading, as I'm never convinced I'm hearing it as you intend it. Go on, treat us all!

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Pandora's Box (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Hi Ann,

Can't add much to previous comments unfortunately; except to say that I loved your conclusion (and you already know I love the voice - move over Ms Lumley!)

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about pandora's jar (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Cate,

got here late so I can't add much I'm afraid. Liked the reference to Blake and the partial enjambment though!
Will she/won't she? She's a woman - of course she will! ;-)

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Pandora`s Box (blog)

Original item by Cate

Hi Steven,

You certainly "felt the dark side" with this one. Uncle Darth would be proud.

Near my roots in the Peak District there is a village called Hope. I would love to move there; not because it's a wonderful place to live, (it probably is) but simply to be able to open a conversation with the words "I live in Hope."

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Pandora's Box (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Hi Dave,

I'm sad I got to this after it had been ably dissected! Maybe she should have "taken the money." But I suspect you are way too young for that particular reference!

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Pandora haiku (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Andy,

Loved "a row of dominos crashing down in totally the wrong order." By the way, you don't happen to have their address by any chance? ;-)

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Pandora's lost Box (blog)

Original item by Andy N