Good fucking morning Rachel.Thanks a fucking lot for the fucking com-fucking-ments!You slay me!Thank the Saints for peeps like you! enjoy your day chuck.-Stefanxx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

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Hiya David, I loved reading your samples and adored 'Visiting' in particular. I quite honestly can't get the
'were ponderous chunks
of granite, notched
carelessly for fingers'
line out of my head. Beautiful.
Can I have your head when you've finished with it please?
Rachel
x

Comment is about David Cooke (poet profile)

Original item by David Cooke

A look at Valentines day from a strange angle this Dermot. Looks different doesnt it. Not for traditionalists but strangely interesting. Win

Comment is about Hearts and flowers and shit (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

I don't often do txt spk but sometimes only PMSL will do!I loved this!
Rach
x

Comment is about Hearts and flowers and shit (blog)

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Hi Dermot... Loved this. You have encapsulated the inbetween world where people dont fit, a broken and frozen morning skillfully described in this piece. Is Britain broken? I think bits of it have always been broken (And have been in a worse state than they are now) Can we mend it? Probably not, just rearange the broken pieces to look different. win

Comment is about Smashed fragments huddled for warmth (blog)

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Thanks for the comment on 'For You', I know, it makes me so sad that they grow up so fast....I watched a programme on telly once, years ago about putting children in tupperware to keep em fresh....hmmm maybe a pretty Cath Kidson one? ;)
Rachel
xxx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Yes, Tony to both poems.

Comment is about A couple of poems for Haiti (blog)

Original item by Tony Stringfellow

Another for the illustated book!I can see it so clearly. I totally related to the feeling a little vanilla compared to the exotic Jessie, lovely poem!
Rach
xxx

Comment is about JESSIE (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Very good Ann.

Comment is about The Candle Game (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I loved this too. it felt very real and warm, bet I could beat the amount of different sorts of mug though! :)
Rachel
x

Comment is about fourteen years (blog)

Bleak but strangely pretty. I really liked the 'one a penny..ten a penny'bit and just thought the entire poem was incredibly evocative. Fantastic.
Rach
x

Comment is about Smashed fragments huddled for warmth (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

time flies within a tear.
paris dies with a flapping of a pidgeons wing
That is chaos theory.

Comment is about Come on in and have some fun! (article)

if only.

Comment is about Roses Are Red (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

good rythm and the repitition of the yawning sky works well to keep the stanza'a open to each other.

Comment is about Smashed fragments huddled for warmth (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

Hi, thanks for your comment on 'fourteen years'. I have to say tho i have never painted my front door that much lol x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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What's it all about is a great introduction to your thinking - I'm inclined to respect all true religions as each are seeking a path that ought to benefit their communities. I remain a humanist myself though, so brotherly love is something I like to encourage in the interests of all. Best wishes, Dave

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Lovely poem and a nice idea. God, you have painted your front door a lot! ;-) xxxx

Comment is about fourteen years (blog)

Hi Emma,
Thanks for your comment on 'fourteen years'. Glad you liked it!

Comment is about Emma Robinson (poet profile)

Original item by Emma Robinson

Clever poem Steve.Liked it a lot,but according to your poets image,I must tell you-watch out for low door frames!Cheers-Stefan.

Comment is about A Day At The Beach (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Lest we forget to remember.Nice piece Chris.ta-Stefan.

Comment is about G'day Fromelles (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

Rock on all Grand-parents eh, Dorinda! and all those adorable little monkeys! I could not fail to like this poem.Thanks-Stefan.

Comment is about A Little Touch of Heaven (blog)

Original item by Dorinda MacDowell

Aw Kath!no mention of bedroom shenanigans!good poem nevertheless-thanks-Stef.

Comment is about fourteen years (blog)

Evening Emma-Ta for F/time commentsI,m sure you will enjoy your time on here-best regards-Stef.

Comment is about Emma Robinson (poet profile)

Original item by Emma Robinson

I love this one Kathryn, it's my favourite one of yours I've read, think it captures what's behind the stuff in a relatioship, ace! :)

Comment is about fourteen years (blog)

I like it too. I can't help preferring rhythm and rhyme. Also I can understand it (which I can't always with some of the more oblique poems).
John Nice-but-Dim

Comment is about JESSIE (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Nice poem.
I like the switches between stanzas, then and now. Good rhyming too i think.

Janet.x

Comment is about A Day At The Beach (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Soft and gentle?
actually i prefer Sure :-)

Only joking, new year, new look.
Might try a different one but still smiling. Thanks.xx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

My smile sweet enough for you Dave?

Sweet little seasonal poem.
Janet.x

ps. note my new email address. I can't receive from the one you have. :-)

Comment is about Roses Are Red (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

edited the first version :)

Comment is about the sign.... (blog)

Original item by JEFF.W

Hi Gus - thanks for commenting on Botany. I didn't really want to say microscope so much as magnifying glass but it didn't fit! I wanted to describe a sort of Victorian botanist identifying the flower. What else could he use? A note pad maybe?

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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I like this .... I like it enough to suggest that you replace the word micrscope....it's an ugly word clangs rather than rings... just my opinion a delightful poem nonetheless

Gus xx

Comment is about Botany (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Glad u liked A Thousand Oceans Andy

Despite it's title and references to all things undulating... the subject matter is illicit sexual lust.... What have you bin doin on the sea front at Blackpool mmmmm

Thanks again
Gus

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

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Ya little tinker.... you only have to ask..God I can feel my sap risin as I speak...

Gusxx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Thank you so much for your comments Ladies... and of course yer good self Andy... The poem is better performed.. I'll record an audio soon.

Thanks again
Gus

Comment is about A Thousand Oceans (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Hi Ann - a really good poem - something special this one.

Comment is about The Candle Game (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Nice to see another Rhythm 'n' Rhymer, Dorinda.
Keep posting
(You're not the only one in the world to "enjoy" the Festive Domestic Season!)

Comment is about Dorinda MacDowell (poet profile)

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I'm not seeing too much of a change in tone! Love it Gus - no-one does sex quite like you - so to speak... You must have had a lot of practise! I perhaps need to get my 'Ode less Travelled' book out and swat up! xx

ps I like the pirate imagery in here - the idea that we steal from each other - original and probably true.

Comment is about A Thousand Oceans (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Lovely play on the theme Steven.

Comment is about A Day At The Beach (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Kathryn,
Haiku is a really difficult form to get right. I always feel compromised when trying to write it because one always wants to add-to or embellish an idea but the disciplines won't let you. Mind you when you come close, the satisfaction is x10 normal.

Comment is about Waiting. (blog)

seems a bit off a change in tone for you, gus. i adored this.. speaking as a person who loves wandering around sea fronts.. i adored this as i could really see this!

Comment is about A Thousand Oceans (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

The forbidden is enticing... such guilty pleasure indeed ; )

xxx

Comment is about A Thousand Oceans (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Thanks for your comment Ann! :-)

Comment is about A Walk in the Snow (Response) (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Gus, this is great! Love the poem! xx

Comment is about A Thousand Oceans (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Towering time,
a pigeon toed stare
and escalating tears

Comment is about Come on in and have some fun! (article)

Thanks Graham, i did know about the 5 -7-5, though a few websites had said slight changes were sometimes ok?
I did try for the 5-7-5 and sort of talked myself into leaving it because i thought it sounded better?! As i said it is my first venture into Haiku so i will have to just see if it grabs me!
Thanks.

Comment is about Waiting. (blog)

Thanks for the comments girls! Emma, glad you thought that about the ticker tape, it was what I was aiming for! :-)

Comment is about Outside the Box (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Hi again Rachel.You a grumpy mum?
as much as I am a poet! haha-rest well tonight.Sithi'thoon!-Stefx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Hello Kathryn.
Only one criticism is the number of syllables that you have used. It is generally accepted that Haiku uses a 5-7-5 structure, whereas yours is 5-9-7. Words look good though.

Comment is about Waiting. (blog)

Evening Rach-aw welcome to the soppy club! don,t the bowsers just break your heart?.nuff said.thanks for comment-Stefanx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Hi Andy,
Thanks for your comment on 'Rainbow Bright' - I can't believe I maintained concentration long enough for that poem! It certaily is longer than my usual 10/15 liners!
Catch ya soon, Cat x

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