John, We have had a variety of valentines poems on WOL this year and you have added to the mix with your contribution which shows that everything doesn't need to be sloppy ! (I had a little flower like tomentil in mind but the lotus is of course a classic) Win

Comment is about Letting Go of the Lotus Flower (14\\2/10) (blog)

Original item by John Turner

Sorry Ann - have to come in to support Tom on this one. Women do love to feel superior to us with our (allegedly) silly pranks and escapades, and the (supposedly) daft notions which give rise to them. Nice one Tom

Comment is about Defense Of The Drunken Poet (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

Beautifully written (as usual) Tom. But what is this "world famous female disgust for folly"? I hadn't thought of such a thing before. Do you think women are so sensible, or maybe a bit boring without souls to yearn for the impossible dream? I wonder! xx

Comment is about Defense Of The Drunken Poet (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

I guess we all have to move on, or away, sometimes. I like this poem, it has a mysterious quality to it. Hope your next flower is a sweeter and a gentler one.

Comment is about Letting Go of the Lotus Flower (14\\2/10) (blog)

Original item by John Turner

I kind of like this one mate, though it feels a little 'uneasy'? to me. Not sure why though? hmmm... x

Comment is about In Between The Raindrops (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

like this x

Comment is about On Guernica (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Kenny, cheers for commenting mate, you should blog yours, don't be chicken!! x

Comment is about Steven Kenny (poet profile)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Hi, thanks for your comment on ' the nine'. I have to admit it was kind of just thrown together though i think at the time it felt sort of right. It's about Slipknot. I was listening at the time and thats just how it was then. Tautological - i had to look that one up! You are right though - it is! ;)

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

I am not sure as to the ultimate meaning of this poem, but it is a thoughtfull and gentle poem nevertheless. Is he God?TC

Comment is about In Between The Raindrops (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Well I liked the Galvanic Rhythm bit ha ha... and the vaguely delusional allusion heh heh.. bit like me after the Tudor the other night ;-))...... TC X

Comment is about The Nine. (blog)

Yep it's hot... that's why so many blokes are commenting ha ha...(me too ;-) Good poem too though ;-))TC XX

Comment is about Carnality. ( apologies to those i may offend ) (blog)

Whay you do have is a bloody great voice ha ha...... I don't have any valentines either heh heh.... so you can be my valentine....hee hee
TC XX

Comment is about Valentine's Day Blues (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Nice tits heh heh...... but really wot U need is an 'F' cup trust me on that ha ha.....

Comment is about Going Tits Up (blog)

Original item by Mia Darlone

Definitely very daring of you to put this up here Kath! Next thing you'll be telling us you want to get up on stage and read your poems out! ;-) I like it though, I love the way it's got such an intimate subject matter but a great little rhythm to it! Your example almost made me put my 'carnal' poem on here, almost, but I just don't have the moxy for that just yet! :-)

Comment is about Carnality. ( apologies to those i may offend ) (blog)

nice one mia.. i enjoyed this.. that picture is incredible also.. my back is aching looking at that - lol

Comment is about Going Tits Up (blog)

Original item by Mia Darlone

I have composed my own VD poem in the blog section, but it's a bitter bite... not as sweet and lovely as your little 17syllable nugget. My flower is the lotus. Were you thinking of any particular flower when you composed the haiku?

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Sounds a bit 'chucked together' to me. Veracious and truthful? Tautological and the same. 'Rampaging lustfully into reposing'?

I can sort of see where you're coming from (so to speak) but it does have the air of something that was just tossed off (so to speak). Florid and torrid...and just a little bit horrid.

But don't be worrid.

:)

Jx

Comment is about The Nine. (blog)

There is no place for poison, be it words or actions, between two people who love one another.

Comment is about Letting Go of the Lotus Flower (14\\2/10) (blog)

Original item by John Turner

Hi Greg. Thanks for your comments on my latest - i don't think we've crossed paths before. You are an editor on a newspaper getting into poetry whilst most of us on here are into poetry but would probably love to get into editing on a newspaper - it sounds like an interesting career. I will try to get round to reading some of yours - am just feeling too poetried out at the moment!
Thanks again. x

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hello Joshua - I don't think we have met before. Thank you for your comments on my latest. Your analysis is correct. It is rather a sad one, doubting the existence of 'true love' - the evidence is so scant...
I see from your poetry that you are a very deep thinker for one so young - that is so good to see. I wish you every success with your songwriting and poetry.
Isobel x

Comment is about Joshua Van-Cook (poet profile)

Original item by Joshua Van-Cook

The more I read this...the better it gets. That, for me, is the sign of the really, really, really good poem.

Thank you.

Jxxx

Comment is about Upon The Quality Of Love (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Maybe Darren's one of those men who knows the difference between a penis and a bonus....the wife will always want to blow your bonus!

: )

Jx

Comment is about Carnality. ( apologies to those i may offend ) (blog)

Thanks Isobel ;)

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Not odd if you know Darren LOL! Also I'm guessing that not all married women are as hot as you Cynthia...I'd like to comment on certain lines that I particularly like but I daren't in case I give too much a way! I do like the way the last line doesn't tie in to the rhyme pattern - it makes it stand out - spent being the anti climax. A very bold and daring poem - as is the photo.

Comment is about Carnality. ( apologies to those i may offend ) (blog)

Thank you Cynthia, very much. Quite like the Bolero touch too! As for marriage, well, we're in our 8th year now so....!! :)

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I'm sure you aren't the only one Ann - I find a nice glass of red helps! Lol - I will toast you...

ps You have a lovely voice x

Comment is about Valentine's Day Blues (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Very different for you Andy! An intriguing one and a little sad. The fact that a life can just pass away without even the excitement of a gory murder, unnoticed, unmissed, unimportant. An original idea which successfully makes you think...

Comment is about Detective Novel (blog)

Original item by Andy N

cheers, Stefan, was meant to be a little more, but I guess that's the point.

Comment is about G'day Fromelles (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

this lightened up my day and made me giggle. men eh ;)Thanks for that x

Comment is about Going Tits Up (blog)

Original item by Mia Darlone

True I like it to, it can be a very intimatly arousing word. I very much enjoyed this dana x

Comment is about Vanilla Sex (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I'm glad you've posted this, Andy. I do think it is good. I hope more readers respond.

Comment is about Detective Novel (blog)

Original item by Andy N

It's very good, Kathryn. The rhythm and rhyme plunge on like a roller coaster, with "Bolero' in the background. Why on earth would anyone suggest you're not married? Odd comment, that. And whom are you likely to offend?

Comment is about Carnality. ( apologies to those i may offend ) (blog)

I like the way this poem shows how we don't change at all through life! Hope over experience I guess! xx

Comment is about Waiting For Alison Ennis (1996) (blog)

I'm really encouraged that someone is writing good urban poems and paying homage to our buskers. As a white collar worker I used to hear the symphony of subways and those brave enough to stick two fingers up to society not particularly having a direction but knowing the commercial option was a bad one. I remember a grizzled old boy playing a violin with needle marks through his arm that later I found out once made Daimler's. It inspired me to pen several poems on buskers so was delighted to read this well written poem on a similar experience.

A warm and accessible poem where i cared about the 2 different characters.

Comment is about The Busker (blog)

Original item by John Aikman

I was totally inspired to write this because of your poem Janet (yes, you are to blame! ;-))

Comment is about Chinese new year poem of the highly sexual rabbit and the ill-matched dragon. (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

hi val - thanks for the comments - ariadne's gift. morocco is one of the few places I must go before I pop my clogs.

Comment is about Valerie Cook (poet profile)

Original item by Valerie Cook

Hi Andy, some interesting imagery in this. I don't think it needs the stanza next to the last one and to be completely honest i'd be tempted to scrap 'with angels' from the ending for greater impact.
Of course you should stick with you're own ideas, after all, you are far more educated in the art of writing poetry than i am. I just comment on what i feel. ;-)

Good theme.
Janet.x

Comment is about Detective Novel (blog)

Original item by Andy N

Hi Ann, thanks for your response.
I'm a dog, like a faithful Labrador, loyal and a little too trusting sometimes which causes me all kinds of inner turmoil but as i grow, i'm becoming more accepting of who i am and a bit less accepting of those who would take advantage of my good nature and generally take the p**s. :-)

My whole outlook on life has changed very recently and i'm enjoying the changes so my poem does reflect that for my Chinese symbol.
The ''element'' does make a difference to characteristics in an individual. Some of the websites you look up only ask for the year of birth but the date and month gives a more 'in-depth' and i feel, more accurate assessment.

The poem was written purely as an exercise for me to practice writing in a more technical fashion. Not sure if anyone has noticed that or simply don't want to comment on the technical aspects. I can't blame them really. I've given them all some flack in the past on here. :-)
I wrote a piece which has a more spiritually guided influence but it wouldn't be suitable for this website as it isn't poetry.
Janet.x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Ha ha, looks like you took a leaf out of my book Ann.
Love this rampant little poem Very seasonal too. :-)

Janet.x

Comment is about Chinese new year poem of the highly sexual rabbit and the ill-matched dragon. (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Nice poem. Short, tight and precise. The balance is right!

Comment is about Carnality. ( apologies to those i may offend ) (blog)

Screw away Kathryn!
Hope you don't mind but some of the lines in this suggest to me that it could have been written FOR a woman OR by a woman for a woman?
Maybe it's the difference in language people use depending on where they come from, I don't know. :-)

I do like it though.It feels great to be in control and yes. Very carnal. Whooo! Hot!
Janet.x

Comment is about Carnality. ( apologies to those i may offend ) (blog)

Thanks for commenting. I hadn'y thought about the similarity until you said it. Kinda like the reference to it though! ;)

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Ha Ha! I have to say that it's very rare i don't get what i want!

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

The difference between this poem and some of the other 'poems' that have appeared on this site recently is measureable.

To spend 'blummin ages' on poetry is worth a writer's pain - otherwise the pain is transferred onto the reader.

Wonderful, disciplined metre and often when this type of verse is attempted there are a combination of words - words that are now considered archaic, and words that didn't arrive into the lexicon until fairly recently - which dilutes its sincerity (imo).

You've managed to avoid this and to good effect.I did hear (or read somewhere) that the line 'where for art thou Romeo...' does not literally mean 'where' but 'why' - as in Juliet asking 'WHY do you have to belong to THAT family' - something I've often thought myself - but as it's Shakespeare - nothing is ever as it seems.

Great piece Isobel. Now get some housework done.

Comment is about Upon The Quality Of Love (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Hi Belinda, must have been a sad departure, well described here, but no doubt good to be back! Did you still want an open mic slot at Buskin 4 Beer on 27 Feb (3 mins) let me know cheers Jeff x

Comment is about From Kurashiki to Manchester (blog)

Original item by Belinda

Hi MIke, really enjoyed this narrative type thing, thoughts I sometimes have but don't have time to think about them if you know what I mean, cheers Jeff

Comment is about To the Rescue (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

My money says 'you're NOT married'.

Comment is about Carnality. ( apologies to those i may offend ) (blog)

Ah well, as my granny always said, 'I want, never gets'!

:)

Jx

Comment is about Carnality. ( apologies to those i may offend ) (blog)

A great poem nary a word wasted and a fantastic metre. Shows as much of the quality of love as can be expressed in words and whist doing so exposes the misconceptions that only too often occur which confuse primal passion and true love. All in all, both thumbs up from me. - Josh

Comment is about Upon The Quality Of Love (blog)

Original item by Isobel

Don't quite know what to say Chris - except that I'm sorry WOLOP and its echos should be the cause of any suffering to you.I'm sure John's comment was made without remembering the poem content and with no intention of causing hurt. Your poem reached out to very many, including John, who voted for it. If I could do anything to take away or lessen your pain, I would - as would all of us. Life can be so fucking shit.
Take care - and I mean that.
Isobel x

Comment is about WRITE OUT LOUD OUTSTANDING POEM FOR JANUARY (blog)

Original item by Isobel