hi, thanks for the comments. Will pop another look aother time.

Beulah Ben'Adam

Comment is about Early January Snow Blues (blog)

Original item by Andy N

I agree with Cynthia here, Dave but it is a nice change off pace in the second stanza.. nice one

Comment is about Coffin Life (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

interesting stuff - i wasn't expecting the poem to develop the way it did from the first line.. but i like it - last two lines in particular..

Comment is about the death (blog)

Original item by Beulah

Another splatter of wonderful images, I really love your poetry.

Comment is about Yellow (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

hI ANN, NICE POEMS!

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

hi dave, your poems are nice.

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Thanks for reading this there's loads more on my home page at: http://properjoes.blogspot.com

Comment is about GOT YOUR LETTER (STILL) (blog)

Original item by Andy Sewina aka Danny A Wise

Thanks for your comments Dave, I really enjoyed your Churchill poem and look forward to reading more of your poems if I can ever get this baby off to sleep! :)

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Welcome Richard. Nicely quirky -reads like a good performance piece. Looking forward to seeing more

Comment is about Richard Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Richard Thomas

Hi Emma

Checking out new poets and came across yours - have to agree with Graham - good stuff - looking forward to seeing some blogs

Comment is about Emma Robinson (poet profile)

Original item by Emma Robinson

Hi Emma, Yes I liked your samples so far. Enjoy the site. Maybe see you again at wigan. Winston

Comment is about Emma Robinson (poet profile)

Original item by Emma Robinson

A good rhythm to this one. what a great thing to do with your son. Keep it coming. Winston

Comment is about As yet untitled (blog)

Hi Barrie! Just noticed your entry, sorry-still getting used to this site., its "lost in" pretty much ( like all Russian sound rows, for example) but its got some new ideas and some of them I find interesting.. I ve got a lot work to do with translating my poetry but I am enjoying it so far. Its hard work through..

Comment is about Natasha (poet profile)

Original item by Natasha

Hi Richard, Welcome to WOL. Hope to see what you're writting at the moment on our blog posts. Winston

Comment is about Richard Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Richard Thomas

Hello Beulah
Just to thank you for taking the time to read and comment on Handle with Care. Very much appreciated
Steve

Comment is about Beulah (poet profile)

Original item by Beulah

Hi Nells,well done for getting stuck in and posting up 3 blogs recently. Some interesting stuff in there. enjoy the site. Winston

Comment is about Nells (poet profile)

Original item by Nells

Thanks Graham :)

Comment is about Emma Robinson (poet profile)

Original item by Emma Robinson

...hello Ann..thanks..don't know why it's in a paragraph?....'hand on your arm' is because she touched the coffin..they kept showing it on the news, after the plane landed.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Get well soon cherub!

Comment is about Man Flu Alert (blog)

Hi, just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has commented.

Comment is about As yet untitled (blog)

This is a telling poem, Dave. The premise is wholesome and hopeful, presuming you actually can execute the 'I wills ...'

Comment is about Coffin Life (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hello Kathryn and welcome to WOL.
I liked you poem but think that children's poetry is a really difficult genre to write in. To me they almost need to be like a pantomime (something in there for the adults too). Good luck and can't wait for more posts.

Comment is about As yet untitled (blog)

Hello Emma and welcome to WOL.
Just read your samples and admire your original approach. some lovely words in there.

Comment is about Emma Robinson (poet profile)

Original item by Emma Robinson

I'm missing you a lot Steve, so glad you are still out there, thanks for all your events, I hope to be feeling better soon and get out there and see you and the crew. Miss it so much, your warmth, passion and enthusuasim leads to the most nurtered of poetry nights, long live the bards and the Regan scene

Comment is about Steve Regan (poet profile)

Original item by Steve Regan

love the new style, direct and honest observations enable us all to get stuck into the words, monologue and poem fused, a performance slant, the reiteration sounds louder line by line, keep tapping into these themes Chris

Comment is about What I Share With A Screaming Toddler. (blog)

Bienvenue chez nous, Michel.
wonderful alliteration and imagery.
not to mention such erudition: I had to look up whipperwill and procellous.
one line had me puzzling though, and wondering if there was a word missing from it (find, perhaps?):
those who could now themselves strewn

did you write this in English? Do you have it in French, too?
J'attend ta réponse.
cheers

Comment is about Michel Francois (poet profile)

Original item by Michel Francois

Would that we could all live lives of such vibrancy and warmth; would that each humnan life was full of music, colour, laughter, shining eyes etc.

I fear too many of us live diminished lives - of the sort you suggest with the coffin metaphor of the poem (and the pic).

If, in reading it, people are tempted to break out of their coffins and live a little, then it will have done a lot

I think it has the power to do that.Steve.

Comment is about Coffin Life (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Yeah, that's fine. I feel 'nowt' detracts from the power of the poem but as with all assessments, mine is as subjective (and as faulty) as the next person's.

Comment is about John Turner (poet profile)

Original item by John Turner

..thanks for the comment John...yes, I wrote it very quickly and so won't be changing any words (including 'nowt')..if you look at chris co's comment he advised lots of edits which I don't understand...you can't edit a sudden verbal outburst, so why this?..having said that I am re-assessing stuff I wrote in my 20s...but I wasn't so concerned with life's mistakes and errors then..!

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Original item by John Turner

I missed this one as it passed through Andy, Watching snow fall evokes these feeling in me too, I always thought it was the excitment of the ever present child within, but as the years advance I realise it is more than that, it is the peace which falling snow brings with it that is also to be cherished. Great poem.TC

Comment is about Early January Snow Blues (blog)

Original item by Andy N

This is funny... Many men I think feel this pain ; )

Comment is about What I Share With A Screaming Toddler. (blog)

I love this Beulah!


The ending is powerful, and I totally agree...

'what ever I do I do alone
because the one I want
to sit, to stand , to walk
to be with me
is not here
and if I should die
I'd rather die alone
than to have you
when I cannot have her beside me.
i love you Fidelity..'

Francine x

Comment is about For Fidelity. (blog)

Original item by Beulah

This is fabulous Ann!

Love these lines...
'It would be so simple just to take,
but I must not.
I must not drag you in.
To enslave you in this hollow hell.'

Francine x

Comment is about The lovesong of a lonely vampire (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

touch of the Stevie Nicks!yumyum!

Comment is about Rachel Bond at the Howcroft, Bolton December 2009 (photo)

Superb pic one agrees with nick.

Comment is about Rachel Bond at the Howcroft, Bolton December 2009 (photo)

Hi Neil-extremely good poem.Wonder if there is an element of becoming hardened to suffering in this person.Dangerously all too common methinks,sadly.But the gloomy doomy news sometimes has that affect? But definitely a very good poem in its self-thank you-Stefan

Comment is about GRIEF VOYEUR (blog)

Original item by Nells

Hi Beulah. Thanks for your recent comments. I think all good poetry should sound "familiar" and to an extent it should appeal to the inner child. Thank you for your comments which I find mostly cryptic and difficult to interpret. But ta anyway. Not sure that the type face in "As Is. . "is the easiest to scan but hey ho.

Comment is about As Is--.He Is As He He Is. (blog)

Original item by Beulah

Nice to see you posting!

Comment is about As yet untitled (blog)

Lonely noble sentiments, delicately expressed. And thanks for commenting on my poem too.

Comment is about For Fidelity. (blog)

Original item by Beulah

The world is full of paradoxes, probably why there is so much conflict. Keep writing and posting Neil. Aye, read your blog on my showcase. Yes, it did, it really screwed with my head. I shall always live with an inner conflict within because of my experiences.

stay well niel

Mike

Comment is about ALL THESE THINGS I KNOW (blog)

Original item by Nells

Erm! Such a voice. I can even imagine the picture with your voice. Nice poem, voice to die for, good work ann.

Mike

Comment is about The lovesong of a lonely vampire (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Beulah, thank you for your thoughtful comments, and thereby leading me to your own work.I suppose I hide my real feelings, whatever they might be I'm not too sure, behind smart arse reportage. I admire people like yourself who can speak from the heart.

Comment is about Beulah (poet profile)

Original item by Beulah

A sad one Beulah. Wish I knew what else to say.

Isobel x

Comment is about For Fidelity. (blog)

Original item by Beulah

Hi Kathryn, i like it. Although i cant help but feel that a more comical ending could have been thought of. I can think of some but they would be bordering on milliganish. So i will abstain. Not bad though, a good effort. Keep writing and keep posting.

Mike

Comment is about As yet untitled (blog)

Aye Beulah, i have to say i agree with TC. The poem does seem simple until the last few lines where you do realize its complexity. Again i would add that it is tinged with sadness. Nice one

Mike

Comment is about For Fidelity. (blog)

Original item by Beulah

Very touching, and a bit sad too, the last line made me think a little too, because the poem was more complex than it first seemed to be...
TC XX

Comment is about For Fidelity. (blog)

Original item by Beulah

Saturday

the stoic regret of too much money spent
the cold stretch of sleep and weariness of Asda
And the stuck in wall boredom knowing that jeffs gone out and i am reading poems.

But this is a good one.

Comment is about A Week In Words. (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

I like this one too. Not sure that many men know how to articulate the important things - but that's maybe a jaundiced view. Like your new style Star Garter.

Comment is about What I Share With A Screaming Toddler. (blog)

I'd agree that discussion is good, and say that even that banter and mickey-taking are good in regard to other people's beliefs. What I was objecting to in this one were a) the idea of claiming superiority, and b) the strawman arguments (i.e. not finding out what another person's beliefs, making an assumption as to what they are, and then arguing against your own assumption).

Comment is about Dogmatism (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

I like it , it's cute, your son is lucky to have such encouragement.
Maybe 'Elly the Tiny traveller'??
TC X

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