Hi Rach - are you going to tag your poem? Are we supposed to? Are you too modest? I haven't tagged mine, but Isobel asked me to. But I wouldn't do it unless you tagged yours, as you won. This sounds like a schoolgirlish plot behind the bike sheds. But I have just had a glass of champagne - all the booze left in the house with being snowed in and all, so I've gone pleasantly potty! I love you! I love everyone on WOL! ;-)

Comment is about rejection (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

HOW do you get the text in different sizes etc? I wish I could do it! What are the magic words?

Comment is about Claire (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Hi Marianne, i read this poem several times to fully digest its meaning. Each time i read it there was something more to follow. To me, and though the clue is in the title, its speaks of death, both as its victim and its witness, perhaps the death of love. Very touching. brilliant in fact.

nice work.

Mike

x

Comment is about The Assassination (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Love the imagery in this Rachel. You are quite brilliant at inventing new ways of describing things. It doesn't quite flow well enough for me as a rhyming poem and I don't know why. I'm not great at critique - just know that I couldn't perform it. Perhaps it has something to do with the number of syllables per line. I hesitated before commenting cos the feedback you have got is so positive and I love your work. I think that I prefer your non rhyming stuff though. I think it is a very touching poem though. A love that can survive a lifetime so intact, demands a poem to be written about it. x

Comment is about Darling Sweatheart (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

A little bit of brute force works wonders... who's got time to bother fiddling around.... . Having said all that, I did, last night. Enjoyed listening to this at the Everyman - it went down well - and no the puzzle really didn't take me more than half an hour to sort out - I just got distracted by all those poets who wouldn't shut up....

Comment is about More than a puzzle (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hey up Izo,
we could do a little duo, make music together next outin, you singing an me on the horn, could be good... could be very good.
Thanx as usual for your comments, constructive and well read as always.

Gus xx

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Original item by Isobel

A touching one Ann - in time memories can bring warmth as well as sorrow - simply yet beautifully expressed. x

Comment is about warm me twice (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Yes - I can hear the saxaphone Gus - you should try setting it to music. You might get on the jukebox then....It has the feel of song lyrics - lots of repetition. An unusual one for you in that this one actually deals with love and deprivation of it, amongst other things of course - not something I can remember you writing about before. It feels like you are looking through someone else's eyes rather than your own though. An interesting one. x

Comment is about Claire (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Dear Ann,is there chance you 'wood' like warming for a third time? me and the queerhawk(Mrs Wilde)are just loading loggintons on the fire-and filling the sherry glasses up.love this neat little poem-cute! and yes,wherefore art thou thermaturgicals? sadly missed indeed-prob with your pictorial fire is,it looks nice,but you can,y make holy ghost on it-lol-Stefeatures

Comment is about warm me twice (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

It goes something like ...very bluesy... La la la laaaa la la la da da da ....lots of wailing gob horn

Comment is about Claire (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Lovely poem Marianne. "still and built with absences" and the rusty locket do it for me. You are a very poetical poet!

Comment is about The Assassination (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Hiya Tommy, thanks for the comment and yes, Miles Platting is a great name which was my reason for personifying the area.. Apparently a shame about the place.

Janet.x

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

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Hi all,
Thanks for your kind comments.

Comment is about Comparing Mythologies (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

Demanding and fussy little creatures but so adorable. How can one refuse? :-)

It took three days to get mine to go out in the snow but it's used to it now. I wonder if the grass will still be as favourable when we can see it again.
Nice work.
Janet.x

Comment is about twit-like (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks Rachel for yet another great poem.And I agree with the last line very much-we grandys have real love-sewn up! comes with(ugh!)age-Stefan

Comment is about Darling Sweatheart (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

and it all comes together when we just get on with doing it and stopped trying to figure it out. I think that's why children find them so simple.
It has nothing to do with logic. :-)
Fascinating!
Janet.x

Comment is about More than a puzzle (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

This really is so very sweet and beautiful, both in sentiment and emotion from a third persons point of view.
It has a great rhyme running through it too.

Ooooh, i love nostalgia.
Janet.x

Comment is about Darling Sweatheart (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Some great lines in this Ann.
Loved the confetti of moths line and image.
Nice poem and a lovely stroll.

Thanks for sharing,
Janet.x

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

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I've read this over and over and it's deceptive in its simplicity.
Very enjoyable to read and contemplative.

Janet.x

Comment is about Comparing Mythologies (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

This is great.
Imagery in the moment of staring into the sun and blindness that causes, then the realization that you're not alone. Wonderful.
I like the twist in the last lines. They are what give it the edge.

Janet.x

Comment is about The bright bright sun (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Bach Flower remedies are very much an interest of mine and herbs play a huge part in my family history. I'll be reading these with fervour because i also adore the Haiku form.
I'll let you know what i think of them in due course. Thanks for the link.

Janet.x

Comment is about Bach Flower Remedies : 38 Haiku (blog)

Original item by Paul Conneally

Hello Isobel,
I am very pleased with my nomination for Dec WOLOP
I have tagged as requested.

Not just pretty legs then...mmm

Augusta x

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Kealo, I'm glad you have worked them out :-)

Comment is about The Politics of Gender (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Wow mike!!!! I love this poem.........i really love this poem......

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Wow mike!!!! I love this poem.........i really love this poem......

Comment is about Freedoms Of.............. (blog)

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Go ahead... Spoil the fantasy, Isobel - LOL

Comment is about The Politics of Gender (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

...and disappointment knows no gender...

Comment is about The Politics of Gender (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

No Winston...
He is right on with both : )

Comment is about The Politics of Gender (blog)

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Hmm. lol. Maybe the first but not the scond! Win

Comment is about The Politics of Gender (blog)

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Her skin resembles now the papered brown

He'd written on in childish rounded script

She doesn't even need to take them down

The words so often thought , so often lipped


I love this poem, Rachel.

Comment is about Darling Sweatheart (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Thank you for reading and commenting on "Timeline". You are too kind.

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Thank you for reading "Timeline". Your kind comments are most appreciated.

I like "Force Seven".very much. I'm from Georgia, U.S.A., and I know a lot of people recognize us for our accents. I am just as intrigued by accents and expressions different from what I normally encounter in my part of the world. I especially like "Higgledy-piggledy"; Brilliant!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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This is great, I especially liked "Fairy Tale Poem"!

Comment is about A F Harrold (poet profile)

Original item by A F Harrold

Hi Rachel, The synopsis of the synopsis is: lost love from a third person's perspective who later writes a novel detailing the affair of her sister and a young man. War intervened. But the author changes the end to make it a happy reunion. The novel is written some 50 years or more after the meeting of the lovers. Brilliant book (2001) by Ian McEwan and later a beautiful film (2007) .

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Thank ye kindly for your comments and advice - don't worry, we pirates make more withdrawals than investments!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Arr, thanks for your comments Ann! Never mind me leaks - I've been captaining a sinkin' ship for some time!

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

"That stretched like silver wire around the world "

Worth it just for that one line...lovely stuff. Rachel, you are a wonderful find. Thank you.

: )

Jx

Comment is about Darling Sweatheart (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Thanks Ann, sorry it made you sniffle, most chuffed you liked it though.
fankyoo,
Rachel
x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks Tommy, for the comment.I am exposing my ignorance here but I'm not familiar with Atonement. You'll have to expand pretty please!
Cheers though
Rachel
x

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Aw thanks Guys!
Rachel
x

Comment is about Darling Sweatheart (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

I like your style! :)
Particularly like, finding a man who can dance, and Twit-like.
Really hope you get to perform soon, is there a night near you?

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

This made me smile Ann, I think cats have a weird sense of humour... I had ten cats for a while (two sisters both produced little versions of themselves at the same time) and they were all twit like at times..but yep..i'd have gone out in the snow too for them..I think they think we are the twits..deb x

Comment is about twit-like (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Ann,
I love the song too and I wish I could say that I was responsible for it in some was but alas, I cannot. Other than the title means the same as the title of my poem and I feel a deep connection to the song and her voice. I play the wooden flute though so maybe I could learn the song as well and put my version of it out there in cyberspace one day. Hope you're ok in this snowy weather : ) deb xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Cynthia , I am not Welsh. I will have to look at the Celtic reference's regarding coffin and plural. As always an interesting point.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi, cheers for the nice comments guys!
The idea of univocalism was introduced to me by one of my friends (also a poet).
Basically it's just writing a piece which only includes one vowel all the way through. I highly recommend giving it a go - it's lots of fun!

I would be very interested to hear anyone's attempts at univocalism in 'U' (very difficult!)

Comment is about Jenni Pascoe (poet profile)

Original item by Jenni Pascoe

Yep, a nice descriptive poem that makes you feel as if you are taking the walk by your side. It also makes you feel good too, about the summer because we are in the grips of a frost. its been time since i took a walk like this. Nice poem

Mike

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

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Dave, it does seem as if many are just out for betterment of each other. Maybe that's why so many say there is something wrong with human nature. I just want to say, i like your poem, and to be honest, i been at the rubiks cube for 32 years and i still dont have a clue.

stay well

Mike

Comment is about More than a puzzle (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi rachel, if this is a new style that you are experimenting with; it works. It is a beautiful poem, and i think this style seems, natural. I like it. Nice one rachel. Keep posting

Mike

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Comment is about Darling Sweatheart (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Yo, so good, love the One about Gordon Brown...

Comment is about Jenni Pascoe (poet profile)

Original item by Jenni Pascoe

Hi Jenni, Liked your selection here. Never heard of univocalism... interesting. Would make a good what I do thats new article in the features section - check it out. Liked the goth moth. Win

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