sorry Hatta, just had to show you some of me rellies!

Comment is about family history - for hatta (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

What a can of worms I have opened! Does EVERBODY have a carpet fitters' story?

Comment is about the carpet fitters broke my pot (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

A carpet fitter once stole a pound off me. We had warm air central heating at the time and the pound was lodged in one of the floor vents - quite visibly. I hadn't fathomed out how to open it up.
When he had gone, I noticed that the pound had also gone. It wasn't the money so much as the principal. I think someone should write a poem about lousy carpet fitters.
'I'm not a carpet fitter
I'm a carpet fitter's son
And I'll filch more than a penny
When the carpet fitting's done.'

I agonised over whether to go for filch or spend...

I wasn't so sure about this poem when I first read it Ann - but I've now warmed to it. It shows humanity in all its frailty and has caused me to smile.

Comment is about the carpet fitters broke my pot (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

The Carpet Fitters' Creed


In every home we're called to lay
Carpet or linoleu-ay
We break an object made of clay
To appease the god of Underlay

How very mean of them to fail to tell you. The cowards. Every time I see a carpet fitter's van go by I'll make a gesture at them in remembrance of your pot. xx

Comment is about the carpet fitters broke my pot (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

im glad you liked the poem and that both of you could relate to is message. rev two-sheds thanks for the possitive feed back on the line you liked. ill be posting more up soon so keep your eyes peeled and i hope you enjoy them just as much if not more. cheers.

Comment is about whisky drinking world (blog)

Original item by chris dommett

Wow! Some really vivid images here, I can almost feel what you feel - this must represent something very painful to you. It's very heavy and laden with emotive thoughts. You're writing has demonstrated something uncontrollable in a really controlled way - fantastic! x

Comment is about the red (blog)

Oh no Anne...your poor pot! I can't believe they did that - the cheek! I'm sure living in Cornwall makes up for that sort of thing? :-) I think this piece is lovely, you've made a full story from a little incident (not that your pot was a little incident, I don't mean that) I like the way the style of writing compliments your annoyed feelings, short and sharp but there's also a playful element in some of the language - smashing! x x

Comment is about the carpet fitters broke my pot (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I have a friend who took up taxidermy recently, she posts pics of them on facebook. She puts them into theses bizarre tableaux which tell little stories...I should give you the link!
Rachel
xxx

Comment is about Ebay raven (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for your comment Isobel (Mapping). Always appreciated. It makes me sound a bit arrogant, re not changing anything. Hope I don't come across that way! ;-) I expect, knowing me, I'm just off writing the next one and the bird has flown, as it were. I think as I grow and improve as a poet I will take more notice of what people say. I'm only grateful that they bother to read it! xx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Thanks for your comment Isobel. Always appreciated. It makes me sound a bit arrogant, re not changing anything. Hope I don't come across that way! ;-) xx

Comment is about mapping (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hullo Winston, Thanks for the lovely comments, they don't half cheer me up! I.T.A.L.Y. is 'I Trust And Love You' by the way though I prefer S.W.A.G.L. (sealed with a gooey lick) :)
Cheers
Rach
xxx

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

I like some of the imagery in here, the idea behind it and the lovely ending! For once I won't chime in on the cliche argument. You have made it clear in the past that your poetry stands, as is.

Comment is about mapping (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

This story is sad but true, it happened in London many years ago, but as you can see I am still scarred by the experience. But since moving to Cornwall I have found carpet fitters to be delightful!

Comment is about the carpet fitters broke my pot (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I can't afford a Martin Brothers bird, my bird is of the taxidermy variety. He is 100 years old and he looks it! But he spent his first night under my roof last night and now we are firm friends. His name is Cedric. xx

Comment is about Ebay raven (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I like this. I felt I needed a comma in the second line after "slow music" to get it to scan right when I read it. I love the last bit, from "Love is " esp the last line which is haunting and makes the poem deeper in meaning as it suggests there is a lot more behind it. Maybe the word portrait made me think of that My Last Duchess poem, which I love.

Comment is about Death to Slow Music (blog)

Hi Kathryn-no disrespect to you but I don,t normally like long poems-on this occasion you kept me gripped to the end! brilliant! thanks-Stefan.

Comment is about the red (blog)

Our Gert is a fine laff - I could hear that one in my head :)

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Wow, how nice everybody is. Regarding using "familiarising", I like it because it is a soft word, when spoken. Saying something else like "getting to know" sounds harsh, just those sharp consonants. Familiarising sounds sort of oozy, though it looks a bit long when written down. (Like this explanation!!)

Comment is about mapping (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I Know SWALK but now ITALY ? Win x

Comment is about Darling Sweatheart (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

This is amazing Rachel . Missed it somehow. grabbed me by the throat (P.S. Thats a good thing). Win

Comment is about Man Overboard (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Rev

Thanks, it is also a true account of events, and many of its protagonists are/were real persons. I think the glossary is an essential inclusion.

I like your profile picture!

Comment is about J F Keane (poet profile)

Original item by J F Keane

Hi Ann - this is like a "good" film which, when watched to the end, turns on the final moments & ends up being a masterpiece viewed retrospectively. brilliant!BTW - I cant agree with garside - and I've been told that exact same standard advice - but IMHO to go out of your way to avoid a "cliche" or a corny turn of phrase (if it fits) seems too contrived when (in demotic poetry/language) those simply ARE the phrases we would all use. For me it works just as it should. B

Comment is about mapping (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hola Issy thank you for the blog on Teardrop much appreciated you hot piece of totty ha ha ;-))
Love TC XXXX

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Thank you for commenting on Teardrop, is there any chance for some training on a Nose Flute ha ha..... Lots of Love TC XXXXX

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

Original item by Cate

Hi Ann - thanks for the 2 recent comments. Tinseltown = just the US west coast generally - L.A, Hollywood, SanFrancisco. Based around a true story of the Golden Gate Bridge "jumpers" as they're known to the local 911 services. B

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Dave, this idyllic lifestyle is utopian in theory I think,but when real life kicks in and your child falls seriously ill or you need an op etc a bit of penicillin doesnt come amiss! However I like the ethos of this {and not wanting to sound last century or ride my pennyfarthing into battle defending a lost cause} think that we have lost touch with mother earth somewhere along the line.
Cate xx

Comment is about Wwoofing (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hello Ann. I liked this, especially opening 3 lines. As pointed out, there's a few cliches creep in."familiarising" seems a long word for where it is.

Comment is about mapping (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Really like the conversational style to 'Dance On' and the carefully chosen images. You sculpt an atmosphere well Greg, portals to another time with good language and narrative.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi! Thanks for commenting on Mapping. I know what you mean about some of the phrases but I was trying to make what is a cliche when applied to the landscape something new when applied to a human body. That was the idea anyway. But I may think of an alternative.

Comment is about garside (poet profile)

Original item by garside

Hi, yes. I know what you mean but I was trying to make what is a cliche when applied to the landscape something new when applied to a human body. That was the idea anyway. But I may think of an alternative.

Comment is about mapping (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I love this Raymond - and what a great ending!

Comment is about About Jamaica (blog)

Original item by Raymond Antrobus

a brilliant poem

Comment is about Adrienne (blog)

Original item by Tom

i like your idea Ann and some of the images - the pale hill of your hip i like very much

would wherever possible avoid cliche -

off the beaten track

the lie of the land

Comment is about mapping (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi all -Yes, there *is* a lot on this site! And I am v busy also... So, please forgive my s l o w reply.Thank you all for your v kind comments and compliments. Glad you enjoyed the poems! I just found out that Beautiful Girl will be poem of the month on this site in May! So, thats v nice *blushes* :)Hope to check out *your* profiles soon as I have a spare minute, too!!!And, yes, hopefully therell be a blog... Until that time, please check out www.mabjones.blogspot.comTra 4 now! x

Comment is about Mab Jones (poet profile)

Original item by Mab Jones

Happy St Pirans day to you ;-) I confess I had to look it up as it is a Celtic Cornish festival ;-)
Love TC XX

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Mab, excellent stuff. I especially love Beautiful Girl.

Comment is about Mab Jones (poet profile)

Original item by Mab Jones

Hi Mab

Why haven't I noticed you before - there's too much happening on this site. I very much liked The King is Dead, which does a great job of making sanity entertaining. Will you be blogging? Hope so

Comment is about Mab Jones (poet profile)

Original item by Mab Jones

I would agree with Andy, Kathryn. This needs a bit more work, but is powerful and promising enough to repay it - hope you agree.

Comment is about Jimmy the tramp. (blog)

i like the sentiment in this piece, kathryn and there is some good use off images (carrier bag belt) but there is more here I think to be explored - I would like to see a poem in his eyes (if it's fictional).

Be careful with one or two of your lines here too like 'and his stink is the worst i've smelt' - thats really telling us which certainly if you showed us it could carry even more impact.

good stuff thou.

Comment is about Jimmy the tramp. (blog)

Brilliant Owen. Inovative and entertaining. Win

Comment is about pest inspection (blog)

Original item by owen calvert

Kenny,
i like the first couple of verses, particularly 'fickle quirk of fate' but for me the rest of it seemed to almost seperate from them and sort of spoiled it for me. Does that make sense?
I do like the idea behind it and understand completly what you are getting at. x

Comment is about Shelf/Life (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Re - ZZZZZ. Brrring ! Wake up Mr Darwin and post us more poems. Win x

Comment is about John Darwin (poet profile)

Original item by John Darwin

Very light human nature poem.
Nice one, i can almost taste the gingerbread. mmmm...

Janet.x

Comment is about World Book Day (blog)

I quite enjoyed this poem, thankyou.
I know so many people like this.

Janet.x

Comment is about whisky drinking world (blog)

Original item by chris dommett

Seen this knee before!! wonder where it was... got any other tips ? ha ha...
sensual poem Annipoo ;-)
Love TC XX

Comment is about the back of my knee (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Like this one, we used to keep ducks chickens and geese way back.... no pigs though ha ha.. like the ethos back to nature ;-)
TC

Comment is about Wwoofing (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Thanks for the comment Ann. No I wasn't living with the pigs, but they did a lot of grunting outside my little caravan, especially the night they had been given a load of silage, which they seemed to treat mostly as play material

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hey Andy, thanks for the comment - good to see you're still poetrifying! How's York treating you?

Comment is about Andy Humphrey (poet profile)

Original item by Andy Humphrey

Thanks, Andy! There are more of my poems on my personal site (http://www.faithhope.co.uk) along with recordings and stuff.

Now I'm off to have a keek at your profile! :)

Comment is about Fay Roberts (poet profile)

Original item by Fay Roberts

Yes, you're exactly right -- some people are profoundly irrepressible. You can attempt a vasectomy (or similar analogy) but they're going to bubble up anyway and follow their own path. You're spot on. Which is a relief since I'm delighted you like my mini poem!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel