There is a sadness in this that it could be anyone. A person who goes through the motions... One who feels that their life is meaningless - that they have no real purpose.

Comment is about I Am (blog)

Best post this Christmas. All the best for 2010

Comment is about Merry Christmas (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Recently read your other stuff and love this! A sad reflection on our working lives in modern day Britain.Reminds me a bit of old punk songs,stuff by the Jam,etc.

Comment is about I Am (blog)

I totally agree with Chris; this is very engaging, and a great social comment. That 'fifteen minutes' of quiet preparation is intriguing. I considered 'teaching' might be your job, but fifteen minutes before class is likely not enough time, and a school is rarely quiet. The poem is thought-provoking.

Comment is about I Am (blog)

Thanks for the kind comments xx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

wonder who this is about Jeff! lol - Your stuff is defo getting better...

Comment is about all about you..... (blog)

Original item by JEFF.W

really enjoyed this.. really good sense off pace here!

Comment is about Bettie Paige in Snow (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

i enjoyed this too.. perhaps would have split up the last line into 2 lines and added a space to give it a pause but well wrote i think..

Comment is about STONES (blog)

Hi Dave

thanks for taking the time to read and make comment

steve x

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Andy

thanks for taking the time to read

steve x

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Hi Mike,
here's wishing you a peaceful Christmas and a wonderful new year.
Your writing is very powerful and your personal experiences in life make it so. Keep writing and do it your way. It does, and will continue to reach the ones who can connect to the content.

Starlight.

(Janet)xx

Comment is about Merry Christmas (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

I was happy to know that you do laugh and smile on occasion!
When someone writes about things that are so profoundly horrific - it is sometimes hard to know what to say...

I wish you love, happiness, and peace of mind...
Merry Christmas and a very Happy 2010 to you : )

Comment is about Merry Christmas (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

It could have been me on a bad day trying to pick a fight... However, I'm normally like you John - I like straight forward poetry that I can easily understand. Being on WOL for any length of time though, exposes you to so many different styles, that eventually you start to be more open minded. I can see the attraction of the unusual imagery and the sound of words - for sound's sake. Marianne seems to be so excellent at that.

Comment is about Violin (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

love this

Comment is about Names (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

wish bettie was in my snow...love bettie, love this.

Comment is about Bettie Paige in Snow (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Ilove this...and I don't know why. I think it was Izzy who criticised me for saying I had no patience with poems that didn't make much sense the first time you read them (apologies if it wasn't you Izzy...!) but any poem with the line 'he leans in parched kisses, swallowing kestrels...' in it, is going to grab me and make me read it again.

Lovely stuff!

Should 'whispers and armies of whales in the sky' not be 'and whispers of armies of whales in the sky'? Just a thought. It's another cracking line...whatever it means!

: )

Jx

Comment is about Violin (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

WIN! XD

Comment is about tales and thank-yous from the dark side.... (blog)

Original item by Danni Antagonist

The Violin seems to be an instrument with a split personality. One side beautiful and the other (if played badly) a horndous streaching thing. You have captured this here i feel and the personality of the musician. another great poem Marianne. First Cello now Violin, next Guitar?

Comment is about Violin (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Thanks for your comment on my horror poem!
All the best mate!

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Cynthia's comment sums it up. Well done

Comment is about Why So Blue, Sweetheart? (blog)

Original item by Tom

good to see you are writing nice cheerful pieces for christmas, Paul - lol.. I remember Dermot's piece well - whether everybody else of course is a different ball game but I reckon you'll mention that while reading this!

Comment is about There’s something going on making me feel fearful (blog)

is this your longest piece yet? lol

Comment is about price of christmas.... (blog)

Original item by JEFF.W

defo thinking your stuff is changing gears jeff.. keep it up!

Comment is about dust lust..... (blog)

Original item by JEFF.W

tis better to flash than be flashed.

Comment is about Frank Abrahms at the Tudor House, Wigan December 2009 (photo)

Hi Greg, many thanks for the reply on my profile and also for the comment on Little Clock!
Cheers
Rachel
x

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Cynthia

Thank you for commenting. Much appreciated as ever. It has been sobering to learn about that particular condition - the challenges that some people have in life! Every day of health is a gift

Happy Christmas to you and yours

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thought-provoking and to the point. I enjoyed reading this.

Comment is about STONES (blog)

I've still not worked out whether ripping the whole nail off is better than ripping half of it off. Becomes a particularly grey area when it rips in half lengthways.

Comment is about Opening (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

Thanks for your thoughtful comments on my poems. I'm sure the mayor will love my peon to Bolton. And I was as surprised as you to find Dermot and his Mrs in the attic.

Comment is about Dave Morgan (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Morgan

Hey Tom, nice poems. Hope to hear you in the flesh some time

Comment is about Tom George (poet profile)

Original item by Tom George

Happy Christmas, Cynthia, to you and yours. XXX

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

didn't know you, Dermot and his ex were all living together these days, explains a lot.

Comment is about There’s something going on making me feel fearful (blog)

Just catching up on your back catalogue Paul, this is one of the best, have you considered entering it in next year's "A Song for Bolton". Loved the sound track, the reading, the lyrics and the sentiment.

Comment is about Last train to Shitsville (blog)

Steve, thank you for your time and thoughts on my behalf. You have actually been much on my mind lately. May you have a rewarding Christmas respite to re-energise your innate glory.

Comment is about Steve Regan (poet profile)

Original item by Steve Regan

Because it is so universal, and you make the whole experience so painfully real. My own large cardboard box ripped off the whole nail of my big toe....and I screeched.

Comment is about Opening (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

You didn't speak that day at church? You waited for the impersonal keys of your laptop? Now, that is very interesting. And it is a good poem, certainly tuned into current courting.
The power of CHAT to allow people to drop their natural inhibitions is amazing. This happens even with longstanding relationships.

Comment is about Front Row At Church (blog)

Really good, Dave, poignantly brought into poetic form like this.

I also find myself reading and re-structuring verbatim special paragraphs into poetry.

Comment is about Huntington's Chorea (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Grim and powerful; a blow to the heart and head. Your way with words and your sense of drama are compelling. This is one of the best on this subject that I've read anywhere.

Comment is about Why So Blue, Sweetheart? (blog)

Original item by Tom

Rachel, glad The English Teacher brought back so many happy memories! The bloke in question lived well on into his 90s. I wrote the poem when I heard of his death.
I really admire your Little Clock for its consistent, patient rhythm and meticulous language, painstakingly dealing with a subject that in other hands could be too painful for words. Greg

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Ann

Thanks for your comments, I did laugh a little when submitting this piece here. But don't worry; I'm sure insight and thoughtfulness reside here in abundance.

Comment is about Goth Chick (poet profile)

Original item by Goth Chick

Hello mystery lady. Thanks for your comments on my miserable tract 'drenched'. You must have been the veiled lady supping bottled lager at that gig in Bury leaning on the champion poker player. You move in mysterious ways.

I like the second verse of Misstaken.

Keep on waxing.

John

Comment is about Goth Chick (poet profile)

Original item by Goth Chick

Welcome to WOL looking forward to more material Goth chick. Winston

Comment is about Goth Chick (poet profile)

Original item by Goth Chick

'Glennon' refers to Dermot Glennon (DG) who has written a classic poem about murdering his wife and keeping her body in the attic.

http://www.writeoutloud.net/poets/dermotglennon

Comment is about There’s something going on making me feel fearful (blog)

Hi Ann,
'Glennon' refers to Dermot Glennon who has written a classic poem about murdering his wife and keeping her body in the attic.
http://www.writeoutloud.net/poets/dermotglennon

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Mote it be, so it is, it is done ;-))
TC XX ;-)

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Who's Glennon?
I spent the whole poem thinking it would be a little squirrel! ;-)

Comment is about There’s something going on making me feel fearful (blog)

Thank you Anne for the comment and wishing you a Merry Christmas. Stephen Smith

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hey Cynthia

thanks as ever

steve x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Intense torment expressed here Mike...
Not an easy read.

Comment is about Once Upon the Darkness (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Powerful...
It puts into perspective all that we take for granted.

Comment is about Huntington's Chorea (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley