Enchanting little tale...
I also love the photo - you have described her well!

Francine x

Comment is about the timid Valkyrie (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

This is really lovely, very vivid and sweet too. I also lurve that photo!
Racheroo
x

Comment is about the timid Valkyrie (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I have read this one several times... I keep coming back to it
because it beguiles me ; )
I love it Kathryn!

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I agree with Isobel...
I read this one, but didn't really know what to say - for once - LOL ; )

Comment is about OXO to Oranges - Safety Words for Loving Couples! (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

This takes my breathe away Mike!
So incredibly beautiful...

'But if I could, if I could,
I would travel my spirit to
The waters - cradling your being
And the beating of your heart,
And following God’s guidance,
Hold you in my arms.'

Francine x

Comment is about Womb Words (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Thanks for the comments Jeff...I know what you mean about the choppy lines in Stockings, I've been doing much shorter lines of late so it might get a revision at some point.....or I could start wearing ankle socks! :)
Cheers
Rachel
x

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

This was a joint effort between me and my other half (he provided the subject matter):) I didn't see it by the way, it was merely reported to me! I'm not THAT odd!

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Original item by Rachel McGladdery

This is absolutely beautiful Marianne!
So many wonderful feelings and images in this poem.

I love these lines:
'so to reach for a kiss, it has to make me whole.'

'I want to make you cry, standing as the breath on your neck watching a glacier,
tasting, maybe saying you shouldn't but not that you couldn't.'

Francine x

Comment is about Personals (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

This is fabulous Mike!
It does need to be read through slowly and several times
to to allow for the impact of such great thoughts!

Love the ending... very powerful:

'For at the centre of each soul
At the centre of all our very core,
At the end of each and every thing
And deed, and life-form,
Nothing could exist,
Without Universal Spirit cutting
Through the dangers of an
Un-eventful void.'

Francine x

Comment is about Many Gods But One (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Thanks Cynthia for another kind comment (Valkyrie). Maybe it's because I am a gemini that lots of odd thoughts pop into my head!I will post a poem called Butterfly Mind sometime, kind of sums it up. Much love Ann x

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Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I love the scope of your imagination obviously fed by an incredible interest in everything, just as it should be. Thank goodness nothing is sacrosanct; nor should it be.

The picture is a hoot. Out of an opera book maybe, of an early 1900's performance?

Comment is about the timid Valkyrie (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Dear Isobel
I'll write a little later, but thanks for the comment.
och aye the noo. Glad to see it made you smile
xx Steve xx

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Original item by Isobel

I knew you were a philosopher Mike. Can remember one of your comments on Barrie Singletons from way back. You have indeed written an epic poem - one that needs several reads to fully grasp (for us mere mortals at any rate). Would love to hear it performed and to chat about it. Will maybe see you at venue some time - in the meantime, I shall re-read, trying to shut off the cacophony playing in the background...

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Original item by Noetic-fret!

Dear Valkyrie
Where did that come from?
Anyway, thanks for the amusing 'comment'.
A sign of my old age? But I really did see a small child (or maybe a midget) on patrol in the middle of Huddersfield, in the middle of this week. Well, that's what I think I saw.
xx Steve xx

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

I guess there are polar extremes to every proclivity. Very many women may like a strong, assertive man. Can't imagine that many want to go your ex girlfriend's extremes, though Banksy - although like Mike says, who knows just what goes on behind closed doors. I guess anything goes so long as you know your partner well and trust them. I would imagine this is very dangerous territory for both sexes othewise.
A controversial poem Mike - don't expect many comments on it LOL - last time I commented on this same theme, I had a lot of back lash!

Comment is about OXO to Oranges - Safety Words for Loving Couples! (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Just beautiful. x

Comment is about Womb Words (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Yes - they do seem to get smaller and younger everyday Steve - and what does that say about us?
I like your humour. x

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Beautiful passionate words. So many images, I can really see that beak spearing from a thousand feet, and the marching library blowing raspberries. Great stuff!

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Original item by Marianne Daniels

A majestic epic indeed.

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Original item by Noetic-fret!

bloodybabybobbygreat! ;-) xxx

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Hi Mike

A remarkable poem, like a lot of the outstanding stuff you've produced recently. I think you would get more comments if you weren't so prolific, and some of us out here weren't so dozy. You've certainly responded to Isobel's suggestion to be more diverse, but maybe that was a challenge you were giving yourself anyway

You've probably answered this one before (sorry) but howcum Michael J Waite and Mike Robinson?

All the best

Comment is about Many Gods But One (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Mike, this is a wonderful poem. My grandchildren are liveing with me for a short time, and I treasure every moment with them, they are twins and 4 mo old.But holding them takes me back some 20 years and I think I marvel at it the more now. take care great poem.

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Original item by Noetic-fret!

i thought this was incredible, and touched on all that sends me into a fever. i love it! and shall return to it for i want to let the drive here linger and see what sparks. very inspiring. well done!
and thankyou for the kind comments but i am very much a minor talent to the likes of this.

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Original item by Noetic-fret!

Nice one marianne, i couldnt compete with poetry like this. Not that im here to compete, but writing poetry of this quality seems to elude me. We all have our own way of expression, yours is up with the best of them. A pleasure and a treasure to read.

stay well

Mike

x

Comment is about Personals (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Hi again, quite amusing how you've switched the emphasis, but I might have left it as a sad one and just used the first passage? And a happy new year! Cheers Jeff

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Original item by JEFF.W

Hi Jeff, just catchin up but said I would comment! Definitely some promising lines here, this poem showing more maturity in your writing.

just be careful with spelling, it detracts from good work - first line 'to' not 'two' and it's spelt 'plaque' mate, hope thats okay cheers Jeff

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Original item by JEFF.W

Hi Dan, hope youre well, really enjoyed this, some great lines and imagery of skyscrapers falling from attics, but hopefully not too often! cheers Jeff

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Original item by Daniel Hooks

Now as you mention it, yes! Great piece of writing, cheers Jeff

Comment is about THE SILENCE WHEN IT SNOWS..... (blog)

And why not! Ha, great stuff and very saucy! Good stuff, only one thing, only my opinion but it might have read better (for me anyway) if the longer lines were chopped up, but its your poem and theyre your stockings! Jeff

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Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Hi Kealon, fine writing as always, matter of fact as it is in this situation, love the last stanza, Jeff

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Original item by Kealan Coady

Hi Steve, hope you're well, not see you for a while. Anyway, am just catching up and glad I read this. Great writing, such a true story (unfortunately) but I think you've described it with such accuracy, description and feeling, nice one Jeff

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Original item by Steve O'Connor

Alcohol, so much to answer for, brilliant Dave, great work, cheers Jeff

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Original item by Dave Morgan

Hi Greg, as an angler I could well identify with this, can feel the struggle and eternal hope we have! nice one, cheers Jeff

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Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Dave, just catching up, really enjoyed this very tongue in cheek look at bog roll! cheers jeff

Comment is about Softer (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Lovely poem Rachel, really enjoyed it. I had the sunrise in my latest poem but in a bit of a different context! Best wishes Jeff

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Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Enjoyed this Ann. Good use of language for playful effect

Comment is about marriage tense (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Good evening Rodney.Thank you for comments on my poem-The cord severed.-all duly noted and most certainly considered-or as my old teacher would write in school reports(and I,m sure you know whats coming)must try harder! cheers-Stefan.

Comment is about Rodney Wood (poet profile)

Original item by Rodney Wood

A blast!

Comment is about Midnight wind (blog)

I like the way the ending seems to bring a blissful conclusion.

Comment is about marriage tense (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Cynthia

thanks again for reading and considered comment

steve x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Ann

thanks for taking the time to read and make comment on my work

steve x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

i like this, well done x

Comment is about marriage tense (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

This is adorable Ann!
I can so relate to the tenses... Made me smile : )

Francine x

Comment is about marriage tense (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Stef - really impressed that you read my poem so thoughtfully! I guess "brethren" sounds religious to me, like monks etc, and I felt that the swans would be like comrades battling against the elements as they flew all those miles. Also, re the ending of the poem, I wanted to have the play on words as in "swan's down" and "swans down", the first being short for "swan is down" and "swans down" being their soft featherinesses. And I quite like the way it lightens the mood - I think the poor old swan is taking himself a bit too seriously! Maybe he is a drama-queen swan! Don't know really! ;-)

Comment is about swan's down (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi again Ann-I wiil no doubt be anticipating a green wellied kick up the !.Due to the fact I need to ask you would'bretheren' be a better word in place of 'comrades'-that word seems a little war-like in what essentially is a(forgive the pun)featherlight poem.Also the last word seems too jokey in a moment of soft sadness.Are you putting the welly on?lol! 99*9%beautifully composed.-Stefan

Comment is about swan's down (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I like the physical structure of the poem mirroring the hourglass shape. And then the change of tense from present to past as the dropping sand becomes static, contained within the bottom globe; the hour has passed, and is, as commonly understood, never retrievable.

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hi rodney - it's chris who attended your group at the westy a while back here - liking this last verse...

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Original item by Rodney Wood

A fascinating one, Mike. An 'insight' into the paranoid schizophrenic which leads us to question just who is blind and what is madness...
Very original - love the thought processes. I also envy you your creative spell - it takes me so long to write anything half decent. x

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Original item by Noetic-fret!

Hi Kathryn. I agree with all these comments, a really good poem, subtle, seemingly simple, very deep and affecting. xx

Comment is about Hourglass (blog)

i loved this. you have an exceptional writing style - strong voice but yet with a lingering vulnerability.
I agree with francine.
x

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