Your (wonderful) poem reminds me that I should be braver. I have tried to write such provocatively exposing stuff...but have failed. This is a triumph. A real gem.

Thank you.

Jx

Comment is about rejection (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Love your poetry Rachel - you make yourself understood so beautifully. Not sure I've ever been there - but yes - relationships do break down and people do disappoint. The reader feels with you...

Comment is about rejection (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Ann, the is a wonderful ,moving and may I say well-crafted poem.You have braided memory ,loss,love ...and sound.
Steve Smith

Comment is about my mum (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for your comment on my blog Andy, I didn't think it would trigger empathy - perhaps criticism for being harsh so it was nice to read your comment.

Patience is very true - I'd have to have added stuff about throwing technology against the wall, screaming expletives and caning gin whilst manically finger tapping...

Mia x

Comment is about Andy Williamson (poet profile)

Original item by Andy Williamson

Thanks for your comment on my blog Andy, sadly, yes, this crettin does exist. Your poem about animals in bags is so random - I gather you were on something when you wrote it?!

Mia x

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

oh Rachel, we've all been here I think! A beautiful poem - maybe he just had too much christmas dinner? If only men and women could be telepathic sometimes! (Not all the time!)

Comment is about rejection (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

You are amazing; great poem; all fabulous lines like: 'flared like a cello at the hip'; 'Your meaty arm flung slack'. I'm presuming anal sex isn't necessarily the end goal. Not making fun - couldn't resist. Probably it's the standard curved position of two persons sharing a bed, for the 'tuck' of body contact.

Comment is about rejection (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Hi Isobel, haven't looked at any intrnet things since Xmas Eve, so only just seen your latest message. I think MOreton Arms have skipped their December night and will start up again in January. I am seeig Ieaun tomorrow, so I'll make sure he gives you the correct dates.

Don't forget we launch LIVERpoetry opn mic in the 3rd room of the Everyman Bistro in Hope St, LIverpool on Thu 7 Jan, 8pm start. Be great to see you and your sisters at that - and it's a bit easer to get to than the Wirral!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Hi Barrie, Hope you had a nice holiday/winter festival/Christmas.This globel warming is very nice for us here, we had snow and expect more in a few days.I tried being blue touch paper in my writting and got no place real fast, so I went for the gunpowder and got a fight, now as an American I dare not post, for the evil socialist/neocons on this site attack, but cant stand the fire or a real gun battle, when I bring back solid evidence. xx keep up they great rants on BO , Ill read them.

Comment is about Barrie Singleton (poet profile)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

Hi Win, re Chis Co - Nearly Love - glad you agree - great minds think alike!! Ha, cheers mate and all the best for 2010 Jeffarama!

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Hi Jeff - Posted on Chris' 'Nearly Love' poem -
Well 'Serial' can be 2 syllables, or rather emphasised parts (Can't remember the technical term) Yes I also like the extra HAS for the reason Jeff says and you could have this and keep the sylable count in my version (just). Win

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

A MATTER OF SYLLABLES? Addressing your point Cynthia: It is written the way I pronounce it - Milit'ry. Were I 'doing a Gilbert and Sullivan' it would be 'mil-it-ar-y' (as in Major-Gen-er-al). (:o)

Comment is about JUST ANOTHER WAR (A message to Barack Obama - Nobel Peace Prize) (blog)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

Kealan, vivid, a poem worthy of a passage from 'Bleak House' worthy of ANY of the 19th century classics. ''Hungry for trespassers'' especially delicious!

Tommy

Comment is about View Of Stale Harbour. (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Merry Christmas to you Steve. Was thinking about venturing out to the Moreton Arms tomorrow with a couple of sisters. Just wanted to check it was still on, as it is quite a treck...

Comment is about Steve Regan (poet profile)

Original item by Steve Regan

Thanks Ann for looking in on my profile page.
The wren was a very enterprising little bird that rode on the eagle's back until it got too tired to fly any higher. So although some would praise her for tenacity and cleverness, enduring the trial issued to her, others would say she cheated. The thing i love about the wren is that she doesn't gloat. She simply goes her own merry way with grace and humility.

Starlight.xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I guess it doesn't just have to be your back Dave....I'm with Cynthia on the plastic though - you can't beat nails....

Comment is about So sensual (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Just how often does the joy and wildness of my children drive me nuts....This really does make you think - as Francie says, we all take so much for granted.

Comment is about Huntington's Chorea (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Once again, many good points made with poetical verve.

I don't agree that the whole issue is just about money. Idealism can be just as dangerous or more so. I just regret that such an unwise comment was made at all. I was instantly shocked by the ramifications of such a statement; but I acknowledge that honesty is better than hypocrisy.

Talk about a 'pea under the mattress', just check 'military' and perhaps substitute 'militant' - keeps the rhythm driving on.

Comment is about JUST ANOTHER WAR (A message to Barack Obama - Nobel Peace Prize) (blog)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

Thank you Dave. Have changed deems to deigns. Have a happy new year.

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Its all about money!

Comment is about WHAT FOR (blog)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

Bo will change nothing, hes just another bush, hes NWO, hes IMF, hes CFR, hes corporate created greed, hes the face on a milk carton to sell to the masses that think they control things, when in fact we the people control nothing. Hes federal reserve, hes trilateral commission,hes illuminate, he sucks Rockefeller ass ,as all elected have done for the past 30 plus years.Hes bought and paid for by ruling family's that own the banks.You will see little change, except that we shall lose more and more personal freedoms. I may share that your elected are one and the same ass suckers and will lie to get elected and get very little changed.They had Kennedy killed because he wrote a bill that still stands on the books to end the illegal federal reserve.This will be war against the big guys and you better have more then a stick and some rocks to fight them.Ron Paul was probably the only guy to tell the truth in a long time that ran for president here, but because he told the truth they made him out as a nutter and his followers, and gave him very little air time.Now every day, we see, the media sees that what he said was true, and so we are seeing a backlash from some in media against government and liars and well our wonderful change in a bottle B.O. Vent all you want about false change, 1/2 of America is pissed off.Till the other half figure it out, nothing will change.
No one is free we are all slaves!

Comment is about JUST ANOTHER WAR (A message to Barack Obama - Nobel Peace Prize) (blog)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

Thanks for your comments Jeff, glad you liked it.
I've had a very good Christmas thanks, hope you have too.
All the best,
Cx

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

Only slightly cynical? I do love reading your comments John - you always have me reaching for the dictionary - curmudgeon indeed...I think you are an old charmer at heart - even Augusta seems to be warming to you - though not too sure what that bum comment means. Glad to hear that you enjoy the site - it is important to very many, I think. I love the variety of characters you get on here - they make me laugh. Happy Christmas anyway. x

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

I do believe it John , please, please have a very merry Christmas. and I hope all goes well for the New Year and what ever follows.

PS I hope ypur Bum gets better soon !...
Augusta xx

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

Original item by John Aikman

Chris has drawn this poem to my attention and I have to agree it is very striking. Particularly pertinent to me as I've just escaped being a wage slave.

Comment is about I Am (blog)

'CHAMELION GOAL' - nice!

Hi Cynthia, thanks for comment on my polemic re Christmas Day Euro Millions.
You ask: "What did you think of Obama's comments on 'some wars are justified' and 'there is evil in the world'?"
Synchronistically, I am AT THIS MOMENT 'marking' young Barack's homework: (printout of his Nobel ACCEPTANCE! speech). His slippery elision from great pacifists to 'sole-arbiter America' (in the matter of Just Wars) and enemies who have 'no rules', tell you what a dangerous man he is. Once again it is 'fool or knave' time. Which appellation will he choose? As for evil in the world, 'He might say that, I couldn't possibly comment.'

Comment is about The Velvet Conversation (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Cynthia

thanks for taking the time to read and make comment

steve x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Ann
thanks for taking the time to read and make comment

steve x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

"Take me" is VERY good.
Apricot Man - great as it is - left to our collective imaginations.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Well-spoken, concise and clear in clipped rhymed metre.

What did you think of Obama's comments on 'some wars are justified' and 'there is evil in the world'?

Comment is about WHAT FOR (blog)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

Cheers Jeff and all the best for you and yours next year!

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

This one for me is full of sorrow and loss. Missing people, lost moments, half forgotten dreams searching for a home.

the wooden breath of the ashes left
in the vestments of an empty room, alone, but
chipped with Rooks and Queens

was particularly strong for me. Maybe this one should be ain a book of some sort ;-)

Win x

Comment is about Lachrymose Nesting (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

I'm sorry this poem hasn't had any comments yet (time of year I suspect, everyone's been busy). I hope it gets read. It is so concentrated, dense and thick with images and meanings that it is not the sort of poem that instantly appeals to me as a rule, but I've reread it a few times and I think it's a wonderful poem!

Comment is about Lachrymose Nesting (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Hi Gaia, intersting concept with unusual delicate imagery! best wishes Jeff x

Comment is about I am lifting the piano with one hand (blog)

Original item by Gaia Holmes

Hi Paul, are you a fan of The Fall by any chance? Great stuff, all the best for 2010 Jeff

Comment is about Last train to Shitsville (blog)

Hi Sian, I dare say you get a few wolves around your way, great writing as always, best wishes Jeff X

Comment is about Alpha Male (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Hiya Katie, great stuff, sounds like the Bolton - Manchester train/s most mornings! Jeff X

Comment is about Daily Grind of Commuting 24/11/09 (blog)

Original item by DKlastro~*

Hi Mia, well no puches pulled here! Brilliant hard hitting and honest, I do like it when you write seriously.

Anyway, hope you're well, xmas going good, hope to see you soon and best wishes for the new year, Jeff XX

Comment is about He ain't heavi(ly pregant), he's my brother (blog)

Original item by Mia Darlone

Great work Marianne, not sure I understand it all but what the hell! Great use of words though best wishes Jeff x

Comment is about Mothers (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

what a lovely photo:)

Comment is about Tudor House, Wigan August 2009 (photo)

yes... 2,000 miles and then 2,000 ,more I seem to remember. They must have been pretending. win

Comment is about The Pretenders (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Liked this Tommy. Winston

Comment is about Ballad of Beelzebub (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Well, it's going OK so far...and three books of poetry as presents already!

Blimey, is that the time? Time for an Xmas drink....have a great day everyone!

:)

Jx

Comment is about HAPPY CHRISTMAS (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Here's to a special time over the festive period to everyone on WOL. If 2010 is as lively as 2009 we are in for a treat. Win x

Comment is about HAPPY CHRISTMAS (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Merry Christmas Ann, awww your message gave me a big smile and a little sentimental tear in my eye! I agree,
Best Festive Wishes
Rachel
xxx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Happy Christmas Annipoo ;-))
Luv TC XXX ;-))

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Happy Christmas, wish you lived next door, I'm sure we would be best friends!!

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Everyone can be miserable now and again. Happy Christmas Mike.
Isobel x

Comment is about Merry Christmas (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Strong stuff Thomas, well written. And on a lighter note - HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

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

Original item by Tom

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)