lovely - Ido like your work it has a gentleness but power in it and is quitely strong and assured which is the strength of your work

just wondering about dress and suit - is it not either dress or suit?

(Hope marital advice poem worked ;))

Comment is about Lily (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Hello to you Mr. Wood.
I am sorry that you see the poem, 'Sympathy Synchronicity' as 'just advice'
It wasn't written in that context, it's what is happening to me 'now', and as a poet, I put my thoughts and feelings into words.
I didn't choose to get cancer so I could write about it, in fact, this is the first thing that I have written, about it, since being diagnosed, over two years ago.
I write, depending on my mood, yesterday, I was in a 'silly mood, so I wrote, 'Please Leave Me Alone'
Today I felt like shit, so I wrote, 'Sympathy Synchronicity'
I well, you please everyone, and i don't try to.
90% of what I write, and have written, over the years, is based on 'experience' which I find is the best way to express poetry.
Experience in life, counts for a lot, if you choose to write poetry, in my opinion.
I find, 'Mind The Gap', is good advice, when travelling on the underground, but it is something, I have yet to experience, so I won't be writing about it.
Thank you for your words, please keep the comments coming, if you feel yhen need too, good or bad.
Take care & be happy.

Comment is about 'Angel' (blog)

Thank you Darren, I completly understand what you mean, I have tried, at times, to write, 'third party' but find I am inable to, due to my poetry being based on personal experiace's. It's a bugger, I know, but i have to do what works for me. I find it very hard to de-personalize, when I'm writing about thongs that have happened to me, in life. But please, keep the comments coming, good or bad.
Take care & be happy

Comment is about 'Angel' (blog)

I am sorry that you see the poem, 'Sympathy Synchronicity' as 'just advice'
It wasn't written in that context, it's what is happening to me 'now', and as a poet, I put my thoughts and feelings into words.
I didn't choose to get cancer so I could write about it, in fact, this is the first thing that I have written, about it, since being diagnosed, over two years ago.
I write, depending on my mood, yesterday, I was in a 'silly mood, so I wrote, 'Please Leave Me Alone'
Today I felt like shit, so I wrote, 'Sympathy Synchronicity'
I well, you please everyone, and i don't try to.
90% of what I write, and have written, over the years, is based on 'experience' which I find is the best way to express poetry.
Experience in life, counts for a lot, if you choose to write poetry, in my opinion.
I find, 'Mind The Gap', is good advice, when travelling on the underground, but it is something, I have yet to experience, so I won't be writing about it.

Comment is about IT'S JUST WRONG (blog)

Original item by Rodney Wood

Love this Sian
Reading through a few times gives off an echo feel a sepia colouring flickering film image.
Love the gentle dreaminess of the piece.

Regards
Gusx

Comment is about Lily (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Oh Siany Siany Siany...Riding a bike in a safety helmet is akin to wearing oven gloves whilst rolling a joint...as well you know!
Many thanks
Gusxx

Comment is about sian howell (poet profile)

Original item by sian howell

It says all the right things but in the end it's just advice put into verse.

Comment is about ‘Sympathy Synchronicity' (blog)

Lovely hazy feeling - like the wings of a dragon fly.

Comment is about Lily (blog)

Original item by sian howell

right from the first line.."concave footprint" I thought this is special and it is...well done another lovely offering- a beautiful ocean journey. Sian X

Comment is about Springtide (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Pete - like this very much

steve

Comment is about my botanist (blog)

You have just such a clever, natty way of being able to write pieces of utter originality...it takes my breath away Pete. Sian X

Comment is about my botanist (blog)

This made me cry...

Comment is about ‘Sympathy Synchronicity' (blog)

Thanks as always for your interest in my poetry, yours is such a good read ..I always look forward to your next offering and Chess yet again shows a a depth of spirit which you effortlessly exhibit. . Hope you are well. Sian X

Comment is about Chess (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Its interesting, reads well.

Comment is about my botanist (blog)

very nice read!

Comment is about 'The Lady By The Sea' (blog)

Hi Yosh, very good poem here, it reads like a song almost.

Comment is about SOMETHING TO BELEIVE IN.... (blog)

YES - IT'S T O N I G H T

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE

Comment is about Huddersfield Poets Still at Albert (article)

Hi Gary (hope you don't mind unsolicited comments - even though I'd promised myself I would stop making them).

An intimate piece soaked in sincerity. You can feel the hurt inside your words, but from a literary perspective, the overuse of some tried and tested cliché can appear to dilute some of that sincerity that you no doubt feel.

Have you tried writing in the 'third person'?
Sometimes when we do this, it can be more appealing to any potential reader. Although you may feel that it can de-personalize (?) your work, it shows a great empathy for others. Which is nearly always a winner in the popularity stakes.

I can relate to some of what you write about - and that, I enjoy.

D.

Comment is about 'Angel' (blog)

Hi Yosh - I ignored the punctuation and almost instantly picked up a rhythm. It 'sounds' similar to stuff from the spoken word artist 'Polarbear', who, when in full flow, is second to none in his delivery and choice of assonance rhyme.
Maybe in the not too distant future, you can give him a run for his money?

Comment is about SOMETHING TO BELEIVE IN.... (blog)

I like this.

I read it as a you returning to a social scene after an unforced period of absence, like the breakdown of a relationship? How you conceal your true emotions and insecurities and how you behave as you're expected to behave. Two identities almost. The person people believe you are and a real self buried deep within.
Well crafted. No sharp words with a good flow.
'Whispering sipped from rumours'? I like the notion of this, but is the whispering the subject or the rumour? I tried it in my head as 'Rumours sipped from the whispering' and it made more sense to me.
I Like your stuff. Thoughtful and profound and always worth reading.

Comment is about Lily (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Flows beautifully like the waves onto the shore...
sad and mysterious...

Comment is about 'The Lady By The Sea' (blog)

Thanks Jeff for reading and commenting Re Chaque Femme Est Belle.. By the way I pleased to see you are now, poetically speaking of course, a new and shining beacont in the darkness. Mind you I think Bolton needs more help than a Lighthouse...
See you soon
Gus

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

Original item by Jeffarama!

another beautiful poem . you have a special way with describing nature , the feel of the expansive power and movement of our world

Comment is about Springtide (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Just luuurrrved that one, Pete.

Comment is about my botanist (blog)

Superb outstanding... love all of the delicate detail...
I want to put the words in a box and save them.

Wonderful...wonderful
Gusx

Comment is about Springtide (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Wonderful...just superb.

Gus

Comment is about I went to the picture house without you (blog)

Photographs by Seamus Kelly www.shaysart.co.uk

If anyone wants a full size copy of their image Seamus will be happy to email it to them if they contact him on mail@shaysart.co.uk

Comment is about Cayn White at The Hole in the Wall, Hebden Bridge April 2009 (photo)

Hi Marc,
I found this an interesting piece of work. The unusual title drew me in, and after a while I found myself listening to the credo of the non-commital and analysing each statement you make. The wish for anonymity, and what might be described as a banal existence is well stated. The last line hints at a desperation, the avoidance of any controversy - and even a striving for mediocrity. I didn't work out the "point", but still found it thought provoking.
Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about The poverty of the light touch (blog)

well done there

A breath of fresh air

Winston

Comment is about Michael Wilson is the Write Out Loud 2009 Bolton Slam Champ! (article)

Amazing poem.
Amazing and dreamlike picture to go with it.
Excellent.
Fantastic dream like imagery worthy in any poetry collection.

I second all the emotion

the waves are always like the breathing
the stones and the gentle roll
up heaves the weariest spirit
I love being on the beach
this could be read in a storm
or on a calmest day
this is refreshing and uplifting.
beautiful.

Comment is about Springtide (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

This is absolutely beautiful Deborah!
I go to the beach often and you've described the beauty of it so eloquently : )

Comment is about Springtide (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Hi, thanks
you just centre the paragraph thingy ma jig!

:-)

Comment is about my botanist (blog)

Love it!
Full of metaphors... and interesting shape... how did you do that?

Comment is about my botanist (blog)

Hello Anthony, thank you for reading Springtide and your kind comments on Springtide. Thanks also for introducing me to another new word, sibilants, it sounds like some of those minions with exoskeltons but I'm sure it isn't, so I'd better look it up. They could be green with ten claws and live under shipwrecks.. or maybe I just had too much wine at Hebden last night.. thanks again, Deb : ))

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

LOL Anthony!!!

right thats it!!!!
I'm doing a dualit poem!!!!!!!

My terrorist toaster and I
only see eye to eye
when it pops the bread
I called it a terrorist
for blackened was the offerings.
was it Luther who said
free at last?
I'm happy for bread ejected freedom
so liberating when your hear the click of freedom
from the bars and elements
they used to glow with anger, calm now subsided
less and less the divided lines
we can sit on both sides of the tracks
blackened bread is just that, a colour
love people not colour
and yet easy to forget it seems..in some corners
of the earth

I performed the ritual
atop the breakfast bar
trying to turn black to white
with a scraping,Frankenstein stroke of a knife
quarter to nine, nearly late for the world
and its wife
waiting for marmalade and
wondering where and why poor golly went
he did no harm
just the political incorrect, madness arm
happy to severe it
in the name of dualit duality
white bread
is incorect
im not sure whats really going on
I never thought about it as a child
I only know i go wild
when he burns the bread
I argued with the toaster
bread I said
bread
that is all.

Comment is about RE:BLOG ETIQUETTE (blog)

"Dualit toasters!" You posers! Mine was £5.99 from ASDA - and it's on its third ASBO.
Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about RE:BLOG ETIQUETTE (blog)

fair enough. Some valid points.
You never mentioned about writing for therapy, would like to know your feelings on that.

I used to attend an expensive psychoanalysis class (NHS waiting list was an incredible 2 years), most of what was purged was lost, i'm not sure if that was a waste. Whilst it was cathartic and therefore beneficial, I felt that the system of purging/expressionism/art therapy ( I used to attend the painting classes) was lost. I felt that the output in the form of the concious stream was a kind of art. These days it is formed into many of my poems. Therefore my poems are therapy.

I cannot reiterate enough Art is therapy no matter what the subject matter, you cannot stop the thoughts from entering your head

some people I fantasise about swearing at.Some I fantasise about loving. I never do, I bottle the anger or frustration and convert it into a poem of sorts. Usually called rants, often called love poems.

I always wanted to be an actor or be involved with stage and drama, I love words and I love expressing myself in an honest and raw way.
I prefer that to trying to be a page poet because I think the excitement of live performance poetry is more satisfying in an immediate way, and I'm a lover of quick hits and queeny driven drama, claws out and all. I think that's why I'm a roller coaster enthusiast. I receipted poetry atop the now demolished roller coaster at southports pleasure land, they knocked it down. I don't think they liked the rant.

Comment is about RE:BLOG ETIQUETTE (blog)

Hi Deborah,
I enjoyed this. An imaginitive way to look at the forces which shape our world, and ultimately our lives. Lots of hissing and shushing sibilants - especially here: "She inhales and all her minions in exoskeletons scrape together the seabed." and "she pauses, and then, rolls out her sigh. The lone surfer rides the sigh as it travels" - almost a sound track accompaniment, which would make it very easy on the ear. I could also hear the "washes across the pebbles making them rattle and dance." A much more staccato sound. Great idea very well expressed.
Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Springtide (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

I think this is a beautiful poem, Deborah. I enjoyed hearing it at Hebden Bridge, and reading it here gives me chance to linger longer over its rhythms and its beauty. Thank you.

Comment is about Springtide (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

A bit spiritual, transcendentalist; can a little tin robot be that ? You appear to be trying to raise yourself above the concerns of everyday life, both the trivial and not so trivial. Lots of food for thought.

Comment is about The poverty of the light touch (blog)

Are you a heraldry fan, Freda ? clever use of imagery, and a positive outlook, nice one.

Comment is about On a Field Azure (blog)

Original item by Freda Davis

Anthony, I enjoyed Your IDOL homage to George Best - written with passion - and the footnotes. You write in a variety of styles. Not everybody does that but I think it's good.

Football is amazing. At root, it is an immense waste of cerative energy - 22 men chasing a bloated baldder around a field and trying to slot it between two posts. But beneath the apparent banality there is ... beauty, poetry, magic, athletic grace, tribalism, and, yes, passion. Keep writing. Be the best.

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Anthony, I enjoyed this homage, written with passion, and the footnotes. You write in a variety of styles. Not everybody does that but I think it's good.

Football is amazing. At root, it is an immense waste of cerative energy - 22 men chasing a bloated baldder around a field and trying to slot it between two posts. But beneath the apparent banality of it all there is ... beauty, poetry, magic, athletic grace, tribalism, and, yes, passion. Keep writing. Be the best.

Comment is about IDOL (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Some good advice there Yosh. I'll try to put it into practice, and spend less time behind the bars of my mind !

Comment is about GET OVER IT!!! (blog)

I am touched by your support . Thank you. It is not an easy time for me on here i am often the only voice being drowned but i do not actually drown and you know that don't ya lol

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

This is so sad as it reflects the feelings of someone whose dreams have been shattered and who feels they have no purpose in life...

'The sorry shell which he’s become

Contains an endless vacuum

Drawing out his heart and soul'


Very powerful and profound...

Comment is about The Beggar Man (blog)

Original item by Andy Williamson

Some words that grabbed my attension in this Phil,amongst them "flame sticks out its tongue, licking paper." Keep posting. Winston

Comment is about The Grip of ‘Midnight’s’ Glove (blog)

Original item by Phil Golding

Hi Sian, a brilliant if difficult piece (I would imagine to write - done a few myself). I felt claustrophobic reading it which I assume is the awkward trapped feeling you wanted to portray, great stuff, Jeff X

Comment is about Loose Ends (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Hi John, sounds like a right session!

I’m offered a whiskey tumbler;
taste my soul in its afterbreath

Love these lines and the others a good job done with a difficult concept - for me anyway!

Cheers see you thursday Jeff

Comment is about The Importance Of Magic In The Void (blog)

Original item by John Togher

Thanks very much Janet.

The poem DID have a point... but I was having so much fun writing it, the point get lost somewhere.

So... if anyone can work it out, please let me know!

Comment is about The poverty of the light touch (blog)