Thanks for all your kind comments today! xx

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Dave
We must always remember that there are all sort of people that make up a society. Some we may not be able to relate to but they are all part of the mix for good or bad. This made me sad Dave. You have done a good job with her voice and the issues. Some may not consider it poetic but for me thats not what its about. A thought provoking read. Win

Comment is about Emma (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

How could I miss this? Lovely. The understatement of emotion somehow heightens it and makes it more poignant

Comment is about Walking home on a summer evening (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Only just found this. Great! To answer Chris' question, it's difficult keeping up with all the blogs, and yes this one should have had more attention

Comment is about Joy to watch (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

Only just come across this Ann - I really must keep up. Excellent poem - nicely balanced and very thought provoking. In my (grammar) school we watched the astronauts bouncing around on the moon. Seems a long time ago now - perhaps because it was.

Comment is about moon girl (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Dave
You've written a very fine poem about the interesting times we live in.
Pascal

Comment is about Today (blog)

Original item by Dave Morgan

Just ran across this one. Different! Thought-provoking. What about sheer human inconsistency? Can nice guys really be nice every minute of every day for the rest of their lives?

Comment is about What I'm Allowed to Do (or should be able to) (blog)

I had meant to get back to this. I really like it. I wouldn't have called the curiosity 'morbid', just natural. The personification of death is as old as human thought, but it is never 'finished' or boring.
Every human being has to rethink Death again, and your ideas are just as unique as the next person's.

Comment is about Morbid curiosity. (blog)

Chill run up my spine, girl. Oh - the tone - the tone! To create 'bitter' so potently is a a real skill. The last line is a killer. Well done.
I'm assuming this is the 'answer' to your prior poem.

Comment is about Not quite goodbye. (blog)

Your poem is inspired, full of mood, entirely apart from the visual painting. I find it so hard to see only the romance; but you have captured a moment of beauty to be enjoyed of itself. 'I want ...' certainly expresses desire, perhaps to be 'a religious person'? I think you are very spiritual, responding to the best ideals of 'religion' evoked by this painting.

Comment is about Coming Home from Evening Church (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

This is good, Kathy. 'A steel manger' is superb. I'm presuming a forceps delivery, using the words 'torn out' and 'ragged seams'; 'screams' etc. Would you consider this typical of being 'Newborn'?

Comment is about Newborn (blog)

Great imagery and words flowing this infant journey. Like it

Comment is about Newborn (blog)

hi andy thanks for your comments on beau its good to know your words can reach someone else quite clearly and in this case another cat lover..thats greatx

Comment is about Andy Williamson (poet profile)

Original item by Andy Williamson

Good evening Ann-a lovely homely poem,accompanied by a lovely painting indeed! thank you.Stefx

Comment is about Coming Home from Evening Church (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Nice one Cynthia, I completely agree with this!

Comment is about To Fellow Poets (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thank heavens that we don't know Kathryn or else someone would do a reality show from beyond the grave. This is a nicely written curious piece and I loved the last line.

Comment is about Morbid curiosity. (blog)

You have expressed the sentiments of many Cynthia...

I especially like the first verse:
'if my mind worked
like your mind
where is the joy in that'

Comment is about To Fellow Poets (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hello Dave
Thanks for the comment. Really pleased you enjoyed the bobby blog.
Hopefully see you a week on Monday.

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

John - you never cease to make me laugh, belly laugh in fact...A lovely poem Cynthia - and I would agree very much with Greg's comment. I think reading the work of others has helped me enormously in writing my own. It is also fascinating to see the world through the eyes of others - even if they do see things very differently. Your poem sums it up beautifully without being obsequious.

Comment is about To Fellow Poets (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Well, ignoring the obvious sexual sub text, you are right! :)

Spare, clear and completely...errr, complete!

Wise.


Goodstuff.

: )

jx

Comment is about To Fellow Poets (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

The mood and content of this poem reflects the spirit of WOL at its best, and your own generosity in the way you comment on other people's work, Cynthia.

Comment is about To Fellow Poets (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Sing on, Ann!

Comment is about on finding a voice (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thank you!! xx

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Lovely!!!

Comment is about Coming Home from Evening Church (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi John! Thank you for your comment and if you want to learn Russian following the steps of your grandma- I am a person to help:))

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

I'm not a religious person, but this has always been my favourite painting. The poem is a very simple one, hopefuly echoing the simplicity of the painting.

Comment is about Coming Home from Evening Church (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Re the turncoat canary...that was part of the thing Gregg but I didn't think it would be spotted lol! thanks for looking .Win

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks for the wise words. You are absolutely right. Mind you, I've never met anyone who made less assumptions than you!

:)

Fondest regards

Jx

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Thanks for your comment on Game of Two Halves, Win, and for the link to the football poets. Auntie Mary's canary made me smile

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Hi John... thanks for the extra info. You know, when I read things I try not to assume anything. In the case of this one I did NOT assume that 1) these were real life events 2) there were 2 boys or a boy and a girl involved. Try looking at it from a strangers point of view and thinking there IS a girl and a boy. Quite a different take I am sure yu wil agree. Win x

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

Good evening Dave-ta re Scotty poem-yes its a country steeped in fascinating history and fantastic scenery beyond doubt-I absolutely love it.I was very impressed with my visit to the Wallace monument in particular.Also have had some lovely coach trips up there-brilliant occasion for socialising-and whiskey drinking! thanks again Mr. B.-Stefan.

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

She ran the Chippy too!

:)

Jx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

My grandmother (uneducated, ancient and Scottish) learned Russian in her 60's just so she could recite Pushkin to me on her knee. I never understood a word of it...but it sounded lovely...full of ssshuushes and pssschisshes. Worked for me!

:)

jx

Comment is about Natasha (poet profile)

Original item by Natasha

Ah! So his gran ran the local sweetshop! That's why you fell in love! It is all clear now! ;-) xx

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

Dear W. Thanks for the kind comments re 'Martin'. Sadly, we never played together ever again...his gran wouldn't let us. I think she suspected we had become rather too close for comfort that summer...and nearly blinding him was the final straw. In real life the spinner treble hook went straight through his ear lobe...but I was amazed when the local Doc actually cut his earlobe and returned my spinner intact...result!

:)

jx

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Thanks again for your considered comments.
The word 'eutectic' comes primarily from the realm of 'physical chemistry' and is about boiling points and melting points of compounds and mixtures...that was the first clue....but I wouldn't expect most folks to get that one...I took out a whole verse about how I had to bite the line through and consequently ended up rather close to his tearful face...which was how come I could taste his tears and his breath (he always smelled of sherbert...his gran ran the local sweetshop!). When I took out that verse it suddenly became just funny...rather than funny/sad/longing/...Ho Hum.

I have no problem with funny...just was aiming a bit higher...or lower. :)

Back to the drawing board. Thanks (as always)

:)

Jx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Re 'Martin'

The word 'eutectic' comes primarily from the realm of 'physical chemistry'...that was the first clue....but I wouldn't expect most folks to get that one...I took out a whole verse about how I had to bite the line through and consequently ended up rather close to his tearful face...which was how come I could taste his tears and his breath (he always smelled of sherbert...his gran ran the local sweetshop!). When I took out that verse it suddenly became just funny...rather than funny/sad/longing/...Ho Hum.

Back to the drawing board. Thanks (as ever)

:)

Jx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Thank you for your kind comments with regard to 'Martin'. Nobody seems to have picked up the slightly 'Brideshead' vibe that I had hoped to create...how come I know his tears were hot, and what his breath smelled of? I think I may have edited it a bit hard and taken out the obvious signifiers. Can a poem be too subtle? I hope to submit it as my final piece for the OU course that I've been doing and I think I may have inadvertently turned a tale of boiling unrequited love into a piece of whimsy?

Your comments are always valued.

Thank you.

Jx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Still amazes me that we get into these metal tubes with wings and launch ourselves into the blue... good to see you posting win.

Comment is about PIERCE (blog)

Original item by owen calvert

I guess looking back over the poem there were clues - but the humour in the poem tended to obscure them. I had planned to look up the word eutectic but never got round to it... like many things in my life!
A good read - hope the course is going well. x

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

Really enjoyed this. Nice to see something beautifully peacefull on here. win

Comment is about The Prettiest Music (blog)

Original item by Tom

liked this one Kathryn, etherial. Win

Comment is about Morbid curiosity. (blog)

Hi John... from the top drawer of the nostalgia cabinet this one. Nice story. hope the frendship survived between the 2 characters.

Comment is about Martin (blog)

Original item by John Aikman

Don't get him out of your system Rach, he is part of you. Sometimes our friendly ghosts pop back to haunt us for a while I think, just to see how we're doing!

Comment is about Man Overboard (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Lovely last verse! I echo all your thoughts here Cynthia. xxx

Comment is about To Fellow Poets (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I hope they are all trailing their comet tails behind them Kathryn, I really do. When I lost my person, I just had to go out into the Januaryt night and sit in the garden looking up for shooting stars. I saw two, and it helped! But that's another story - or poem! I think this poem is excellent. xxx

Comment is about Morbid curiosity. (blog)

I like this ;)

Comment is about To Fellow Poets (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi John - re your message to me about this poem - I guess the fact that Martin was the only one who you wanted to lend your stuff too is the only clue. Maybe you could have ended "You were the best thing I caught that year". And I must look up eutectic! You old showoff!! ;-) xxx

Comment is about Martin (blog)

Original item by John Aikman

This really is one of those poems worth collecting as 'favourites'. So many lines are so good: 'Approaching in Apache crouch' and 'your breath - sherbert and frightened dandelions' are just to support this point.

Comment is about Martin (blog)

Original item by John Aikman

Excellent Steve

Comment is about Baby Bobbies (blog)