Hi again Max. Just listened to 'For Help'. A commanding reading on your website. You know that you can upload an audio to accompany any blog entry

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Original item by Max Wallis

Anne Thank you so much you are very kind... I've tried to get a Longfellow feel to my poem... so consequently it needs to be beneath instead of Neath... Yes that would be lovely lets go Dilly Dancing on Friday...

Once again many thanks.

Augusta xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thank you - you have combined my voice with my favourite voice on WOL. xx

Comment is about Death Wish (article)

I like this, Steven. Your vocabulary evolves a darkly moody, introspective tone, albeit self-indulgent. Your observations are quick, quirky but precise, and true. And the touch of self-humour is delightful, drawing the reader in sympathetically, sort of. Makes one want to say 'Boo-hoo for you!' which I think is exactly what you intended. You are very clever.

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Original item by Steven Kenny

Kealan, you are fucking brilliant! This poem is remarkable. (I could throw in another 'fucking' but that would be OTT, wouldn't it?)

Just adjust 'Its...' no apostrophe, and 'disappearing' to keep this work top class.

Comment is about As The Moon Prevails. (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Winston - I write on average about 8 poems a xeek at the moment as well as prose. My website is http://somethingeveryday.tumblr.com x

Comment is about For Help (blog)

Original item by Max Wallis

I look forward to the next insallment Max. A couple of things.1) Obviously you care about how the font size and layout looks on the page. I am afraid thatthe WOL text editor box is not so accomplished :-( . you could create some blank lines before the first line of the poem and then it wont be pushed over by the pic in the blog entry. 2) Great idea posting a series. Try and put up one every week or few days as if you put them up all at one people tend to get a bit flooded. Keep writing. Toodeloo. Winston

Comment is about For Help (blog)

Original item by Max Wallis

Welcme to the site Max... interesting stuff already! Winston

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Original item by Max Wallis

Dear Donna,

Well spotted! The closing date for entries is the Fiday April 23rd

Entries can be made in the comment box at the bottom of the page and only one entry per person.

Comment is about Hadrons and Hustings (article)

Donna from Barnsley writes:

Dear Dermot,

Is the Reykjavik competition still open and when is the last date for entries?

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Thanks ever for your comment on Old Flame Cynthia, you got it spot on about the voices and the choice of 'improper'. Cheers, Thom

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Happy April Fool's Day to you, too! Hope you play lots of tricks and don't get fooled yourself. xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Ann you mad bat! Lovely poem

John

Comment is about the bat (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Precioussss will do nisscely, she says, hissing in her very best Gollum impersonation...

Comment is about Beautiful Minds (blog)

Original item by Isobel

LOL
Well then how would you suggest making the point perhaps a bit clearer?

Tu me fais toujours rire... et en plus je t'adore ; )
xxx

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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i know Is...nice is a terrible thing to say...blasphemous! we will not fight near your poem because it is protected only by the finest of silk threads it is so precious.any better?

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Original item by Isobel

This is beautiful. I've been reading your work and you have a great style - I like your word choice, format/flow and subject matter. There's always a little mystery to what you're writing about, but I'm like that too. Or maybe I'm too dense to figure it out. In any case, I like your style.

Lisa

Comment is about At Least We Tried. (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

What a wonderful way to interpret this - thank you!!

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Re:Poem 'Alone'
'Well jeez Gus... the girls get it ; )

'Saw the reflection' can be both his and hers - an understanding/connection of their souls...

'Felt the connection
As he glanced right through'... Too intense so is afraid to acknowledge the connection...

It was written to be interpreted as either only her perception or a shared perception...

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Great poem ...great performance.


Very well done!

Gus

Comment is about For Dicks (blog)

Original item by Max Wallis

Hi Cynthia - thanks for the kind & constructive comments - "laying on of hands" & I agree that it would work as well without the added words & I only told it as I saw it. I do generally agree with the maxim to cut it to the bare essentials, but here the guy is stepping out into the post-coital sunshine & breeze & these were his sentiments in that scenario, but you do have a valid point. BTW Cyn - I wouldn't feel too sorry for the woman - Scarlett Johansson - I just thought that the image fitted the words. B

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

My father gave me a cricket bat when I was a lad... years later we found it hanging upside down in the back of the wardrobe.

The lines...
...spread the webbed gabardine of your wings
and twitter your secrets to me.

...are superb observations.

Well done!

Gusxx

Comment is about the bat (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Enjoyed this Lisa. Something wild and beautiful breaking into a tame and ordered world and being rejected. Well written

Comment is about I Thought White Was Beautiful (blog)

Original item by Lisa Milligan

A gentle and unusual take on something that actually has huge potential to disrupt lives, and that is yet common to us all. I do like your stuff Thomas

Comment is about Old Flame (blog)

Original item by Tom

Hi Ann - "laying on of hands" - thanks for your kind comments. all the best. B

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Thank you for your kind comments on "I Thought White Was Beautiful" - and I got a kick out of your story!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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sea shell gardens

Comment is about 'Driftwood Parasols & Seaweed Trees' (blog)

I feel like I was there ?

Comment is about 'Silver Moon' (blog)

Hi john.. gave a nod to The George and Dragon on Monday as I passed on my bicycle (Twice)Win :-)

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Original item by John Coopey

Very interesting. Lovely inclusive lines. Do I feel three people talking here? The omniscient narrator sets the scene generally; another person speaks in stanza 2; and finally, the poet, who responds in stanza 3? Would love to know.

BTW I'm presuming 'improper' is used only because the person being thought about is an Old Flame, and not a current girl/boyfriend, or even wife/husband?

Comment is about Old Flame (blog)

Original item by Tom

Merci toi pour tes commentaires sur mon poème 'Alone'...
Tu me connais assez bien, alors tu sais ce que je veux dire
la plupart du temps ; )

xxx

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Original item by Isobel

This is really good, Lisa, an idea beautifully developed with fine imagery. This 'story' will engage the reader regardless of experience.

Comment is about I Thought White Was Beautiful (blog)

Original item by Lisa Milligan

Ann, lovely - sheer loveliness in format, choice of words, images and brevity. 'fusty' and 'rusty' make a brilliant tie-together to envelop the poem.

Comment is about le weekend (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thank you so much for your very astute observation Cynthia... I left it as 'Saw the reflection' and not 'Saw his reflection' so that you could interpret both ways, even though my thoughts were very much on his reflection...
a meeting of souls - the connection of their souls.
What did you mean by you didn't think the poem really needed it? Knowing whose reflection, or the entire stanza?

Your comments are always greatly appreciated : )
Francine x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Super poem, Ann. Your imagery keeps pace with your imagination - both delightful. Not all poets can do this. In fact - not many.

Comment is about the bat (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

LOL
You certainly know how to brighten up a girl's day!
It is very reassuring to know that I can count on you in my time of need...
You are definitely the go-to man for any plan ; )

Comment is about Dear Dermot (article)

Ann
She puts me in the shed!

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Beulah
Many thanks for commenting on "Greavsie and Me". I think that's what they call "Damning with faint praise"! Anyway, better that you commented than not at all.
I took the opportunity to look at your page and enjoyed your entries but was surprised that your poetry has such a theme of sadness in it. Judging by your picture you seem too young to court sadness.
Keep posting.

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Original item by Beulah

Hello Chris, quite a journey, I followed most of it, though you lose me at the end. Be good to hear it spoken. I liked the Barnsley fans "chanting raucous remixes of popular classics" and "Zac cashed in his last genie wish". I think the meaning's sacrificed for the rhyme a few times but that's showbiz.

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Original item by Chris Jam

Thank you very much for your kind words about the poetry. I write a piece of creative work every day at http://somethingeveryday.tumblr.comif you are at all interested in reading more of my stuff. Max

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Original item by Greg Freeman

Max, in both the poems that you've posted the words are carefully chosen, accessible and adept. I like poems that refer to the net, because so many of us spend so much time on it, and it changes the way some of us behave. Good luck with your collection. Greg

Comment is about For Help (blog)

Original item by Max Wallis

hello Ann, I am glad to be back too!
I emailed my friend who does taxidermy and she said she'd be happy for me to give you the link to pictures of her work..but it's on facebook and I don't know if that'd be useful to you or not. Let me know and I'll comment the link to you.
x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I'm glad you're enjoying experimenting with different poetic styles, Cynthia. I mostly write in free verse myself, but try to place it within some sort of informal rhythmic/aural structure if I can. I enjoy trying more formal poems occasionally. Last summer and autumn I wrote a few sonnets in fairly quick succession, as though it was something I had to get out of my system! I find the formality of it, the ten beats and the rhyme, pushes you in directions you had not expected to go, although I don't pretend to get the stresses right. That's a step too far for me. And it's always good to have a rhyming dictionary to hand! Greg

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Glad you found the links useful, Ann. I suppose it would be a long trek for the newspaper boy, up to your row of cottages! As it happens, there is no mention of either award in the print version of today's paper - just yards of politics and other stuff. Greg x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Splendid! A pair of handcuffs and a police issue taser are on their way to you as we speak, Francine, and if you need an plain white transit van, some burly henchwomen and balaclavas to make it work then I can send those too (reminds me: I must have a clear out of my garage). All you need now is a victim (reminds me: I must have a clear out of my chest freezer).

Comment is about Dear Dermot (article)

Hi John. And where does your wife go to get away from you? I hope she has a shed too! ;-)

Comment is about Sheds (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A lovely poem Mirna. Very romantic and rather sad.

Comment is about A Journey Through Me (blog)

Congrats on making the shortlist on the Hippocrates Prize - does it entitle you to any special medical procedures?

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

If you're in Manc around the 22nd April I'll be performing this and a few others.

Comment is about For Dicks (blog)

Original item by Max Wallis

Thank you Chris! :)

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