Thanks Po - ah a poem without a rhyme is still a poem for o' that and some 'poems' with a ryhme a line just ain't.
A fish who fishes men- now Po there's an idea for a poem.
Bed time, go well ><>

Comment is about Faces (blog)

Original item by afishamongmany

Hi Aly - beatifully and bravely writen. Psalm 147 verse 4.
Go well
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Comment is about Coming home from Saturn (blog)

Original item by Aly

Hi dk - a clear, uncomplicated, true, true write. A counter voice to the thinking that people who live the whole of their life in some country backwater are to be distained as having somehow 'missed out'.
Thanks
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Comment is about Looking Back (blog)

Original item by d.knape

John , a fine poetic expression of heartfelt depression.
But no not 'certainly'. Light is always the antidote to darkness.
Look for the dawn
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Comment is about My body is a pebble (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

This is my favourite of all their tracks, John. It inspired me when I was first out there as a musician. It has a feel like a gypsy dance to me being resoundingly in the minor key! This is a poem which stretches the imagination and flirts with a sort of inevitable sense of fear, magnetically attractive. I like the fact you put this innocuous question in there; It gives it a childlike innocence.

I challenge anyone there not to be drawn by this. Am I a rare spirit being attracted to work of talent?

Ray

Comment is about My body is a pebble (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Hi Stuart V - heartfelt with rhyming, running, rythm. Yea don't we all wish so much and so many things. But seeing and hoping are mutually exclusive as are wishing and believing.
Go well
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Comment is about Vision (blog)

Original item by Stuart Vanner

p o r t r a i t

by Tommy Carroll
Wednesday 20th November 2019 9:52 pm

Cheers Ray

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

Original item by ray pool

Hello A Peterson - A well written, heartfelt prayer letter.
I can tell you that He is found by those who seek Him. It isn't Him who is far away. It is us who are facing the wrong way.
He is only a (humble) prayer away.
Go well
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Comment is about Jesus (blog)

Original item by A Peterson

I enjoyed this, Stuart. But be careful what you wish for! (Unless it’s the winner of next year’s Grand National, of course).

Comment is about Vision (blog)

Original item by Stuart Vanner

Well said jason.....thought provoking about quality n quantity. ?

Comment is about Tick Tock (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thanks Po and Dorothy, it is a short life, so I reckon quality's crucial and quantity's a bonus.

J. x

Comment is about Tick Tock (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thank you Po. ??

Let them watch, i ain't Madonna or Julia Roberts.... Hehehe!!

Comment is about UFO's and me!!! (blog)

Thank you Kieth. That’s very kind of you to say. I’m currently working on its sequel.

You can get the book from all the usual outlets. Waterstones, Amazon etc.

You can also get a signed copy from me here.


https://www.paypal.me/RecoverySongs

Free postage for WOL members too.

Best,

Ralph

Comment is about Recovery Songs: Ralph Dartford, Valley Press (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Namaste Cynthia.

Yes there is the divine in each of us. If only more and more of us would accept and embrace our metaphysical self.

Thank you so much for your wonderful comments. I actually read them 3 times. Worth preserving -- and sharing!
And don't ever shut up. Let it flow.
Raj

Comment is about My Communal Dance (blog)

Original item by Chakraj

looking back
Is difficult
looking forward
even harder.

Comment is about A Peterson (poet profile)

Original item by A Peterson

Stage fright....could be.....hilarious Thalia ?

Hey donny dear......your Alice is speaking loud n clear....(sigh!!!)

Tears n hurt n pain
It isn't a good gain
Will you care to explain????

Comment is about Down the Rabbit Hole (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Hello Ralph,

This book has been placed on my priority list of purchases for Christmas. I have read a number of your poems on WOL and am able to relate to your formative years as they, in many respects, replicate my own. Keep writing Ralph as your personality and courage shine through. Your memory, keen observation skills produce very readable poetry.
Best Wishes
Keith Jeffries

Comment is about Recovery Songs: Ralph Dartford, Valley Press (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

My pic was a gif with Alice and Rabbit jumping down the rabbit hole. They froze when I put them on the WOL stage. Probably stage-fright.

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Comment is about Down the Rabbit Hole (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Font Bank Central hopeless. Janet happy communicate to me in blip...blip dialect and I will interpret. Sounds a good compromise

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Comment is about Down the Rabbit Hole (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

They chair the position to make money.....politics is the most lucrative business.... Easy money ? without any hard work.

Comment is about Parliamentary chaos (blog)

Original item by hugh

Thank you Robert!!?

Comment is about Untitled!!! (blog)

Can I help you Don to get the fonts??

Btw Don and fonts kindda rhyme.... Don't they??

Comment is about Down the Rabbit Hole (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

O Donny dear, i was hit by a ⚽ ball, it caused ✨ stars and moon ? to shine in my little wonderhead....phew!!

Comment is about UFO's and me!!! (blog)

You was dreamin' Do.......The WOL alien movement's getting to you

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Comment is about UFO's and me!!! (blog)

Po - I had a conversation once with Daughter No 2 who said she wasn’t going to vote because she didn’t understand the issues. I told her it was important she did. “Men have died for your right to vote” I said. “They’d Be dead now anyway” she said.
On a serious note, I have little advice to anyone who wishes not to vote. I myself have spoiled my ballot paper before. But if you don’t vote, don’t moan about your lot afterwards.
In one sense your vote is insignificant, in another the most fulfilling act you will ever contribute to society. As the Dalai Lama said “If you think you are too small to make a difference in this world, try sleeping in a room with a mosquito”.
As to who to vote for - do what we all do. Guess.

Comment is about THE FOUR-DAY WORKING WEEK (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Oh Font Bank Central have you
Sorted out my plight
I need a font just suited
For alien in flight


No they haven't got back to me Do.

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Comment is about Down the Rabbit Hole (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Hi Janet, hope allz good with you. Btw did you get the font? I know Don is busy, still he must have. Do lmme know, so tht when u speak i may know.

Comment is about Down the Rabbit Hole (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Each age has got a Lewis Do
Seems this age landed Don
Born by quirk of nature
Which WOL got thrust upon

A comfort zone push-outerer
Chuckling all the way
Tag along just for the ride
Have a happy day

Folks......?

Oh, Janet says hello Do.....

Comment is about Down the Rabbit Hole (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

This is the plight of the nation. Our country suffers at the hands of parliamentarians. Who can stand up to change the fate of our country? Heroes not being born these days in plenty. Villains are thriving, hero is dying. Country suffers, while villains make bucks?

Reality bites!! Well written hugh.

Comment is about Parliamentary chaos (blog)

Original item by hugh

You can't write like Lewis
Cos you are Matthews
Your writings are for now
Situations different
Lewis is past, people of then
Down the rabbit hole
Was good for them
For us Alien's n rollers work better
Cos they are more like us
Hehehe!! ?
Keep sharing your different write..inspiring, as always.

Comment is about Down the Rabbit Hole (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

That was awesome. You don't know what you have until its gone, eh?

Comment is about Looking Back (blog)

Original item by d.knape

I'm reading the lines on my 'puter
They're blurry Ruth, blurry as hell
As instructed I'm trying to read between them
And find those that're as clear as a bell

Still struggling here looking for clarity
My screen? it's all white, lines a blur
I'm s'posed to be a top-class Aussie poet
And everything looks fuzzy. Like fur

What's that Thale? Put me glasses on?......

Gone and embarrassed myself to the whole WOL community now Thale......

She says it was a serious poem...sorry Ruth

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Comment is about Poetic vision (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

“Defining sublimes”... brilliant verse Ruth❣️

Comment is about Poetic vision (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Love this one John, especially the last stanza. We are often told to let the past go, but you have captured perfectly how that is easier said than done. ?

Comment is about THOSE GHOSTS (blog)

Original item by john short

Wow! Glad you enjoyed the poem. Never occurred to me that the site needs redeeming. The best thing in my opinion is that it empowers people. Especially poets who are just starting out. They can express themselves and get responses to their work. I only discovered Poesis Novae Litterature through this site. A fledgling ezine that has quickly gone from strength to strength. I try to encourage people to submit their work because a poet who never submits is like a boxer who trains in the gym but never has any matches. It definitely improves your poetry but then again, people have different literary intentions.

Comment is about THOSE GHOSTS (blog)

Original item by john short

Unfloding bud
Unfolds the verse
Time gives the flower
New colour and dimensions
And to the reader
Better grasp of rhythm
Leading to blossoming

Comment is about Poetic vision (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

This is why we do it!

Comment is about Poetic vision (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

The answer it lies in migration
To a land way way over the sea
I'm afraid it costs more than 10 pounds now
Then greet me and shake real hands with me

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Comment is about NHS STRESS KILLS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

bli.....bli....

Janet's trying to make contact Fred. Just need to tune the frequency a bit more

blip......blip.....That's better. She's saying you sounded a bit echoey to begin with and thought you nearly got zapped at one stage.

She was shocked you called the ship she co-pilots a 'flying saucer'. The statement you don't believe in them is a risky one. You know what happens to unbelievers when Santa comes sleighbelling over their houses on Christmas Eve. I take no responsibily for her actions in matters like this.......

blip....blip.....

She'll forgive you this time Fred. O ye of little faith she says.......

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Comment is about Extra Terrestrial Poets (Audio) (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

So understand the frustration - where lies the answer I ask. Blessings. P.

Comment is about NHS STRESS KILLS (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Thanks all, I will watch out for Janet though. I’m posting some extra terrestrial follow ups, WTS.?

Comment is about I fell in love with an Alien (audio) (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

It so happened that October’s Write Out Loud Woking at the Lightbox coincided with Halloween … and a number of our wonderful poets certainly entered into the spirit of things. Compere Rodney Wood wore a Halloween hat, Geoffrey Pimlott went undercover, Kitty Coles, who specialises in the ‘spooky nature’ genre, admitted she was ‘spoilt for choice’; and Michael Cutchey provided a spectacular finale, donning Victorian garb – an undertaker if I’m not mistaken – to recite poems by Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allen Poe, and HP Lovecraft. We also heard a captivating set by our featured poet, Richard Hawtree, delivering poems with great humour and brio from his entertaining and engaging Dempsey and Windle pamphlet, The NIght I Spoke Irish in Surrey. Not to be outdone, Donall Dempsey enlisted the help of Heather Moulson to give us an enlightening piece of medical science involving a very long word that means the back of the knee. We are also close to Remembrance Day, and there were poems about war from newcomer Chris Britt-Searle – a remarkable epic with a savage twist at the end - Lorri Pimlott, and Karen Izod, while Anne Warrington delivered a powerful and angry poem about people smugglers and their trafficked victims. Thanks also to Pete Jardine, Nathan Hallam, Frank aka Charlie Cheerful, Ray Pool, Heather Moulson, Tony Demoncy, Peter Taylor, Louise Blake, Amel Oudjida, Eddie Chauncy, and Janice Dempsey. Apologies for not having pictures of Pete – I was busy filming him, of which more in a separate post. Suffice it to say that Pete spent much of the rest of the evening videoing poets in a trial run of something which we hope to take further. Thanks for all your efforts, Pete! Thanks too to comperes Greg Freeman and Rodney Wood. Commiserations to Karen Swaley and Andy BJ Low, who both suffered train mishaps which meant they were unable to join us as they had intended. The next Write Out Loud Woking at the Lightbox will be on Thursday 28 Nov ember – but no open-mic poetry at the Lightbox in December, as the last Thursday of the month is on Boxing Day.

Review is about Write Out Loud Woking on 31 Oct 2019 (event)

We enjoyed a wonderful guest set from Tom McColl at Write Out Loud Woking in September. Tom arrived just in time, fresh from the hurly-burly of his job at Westminster. Mr McColl is a welcome breath of warmth and sanity in these days of overheated language, even if he did feel the need to don a balaclava for one of his poems. He quickly established his usual rapport with his audience, and poetic highlights included his 21st century riposte to TS Eliot, and tales of dodgy goings on with fruit and veg in the heart of Soho. Our debut open micers this month were The Almost Poet, Mary Morgan, and Terry, and many thanks also to our wonderful regular poets Carla Scarano, Ray Pool, Pete Jardine, Elliot Msindo, Phil Whittick, Matthew Paul, Janet Collinson, Geoffrey Pimlott, Nathan Hallam, Michael Cutchey, Lorri Pimlott, Heather Moulson, and Kitty Coles. Also good to see Eddie Chauncy – hope you feel well enough to read next month, Eddie. Comperes Rodney Wood and Greg Freeman also had something to say, while Gillian Freeman stepped in again to collection Lightbox donations. The comedians had taken a night off, while the scientists tiptoed past us to look at the stars outside. Winter drawers on. It is already very bracing at the Lightbox after its usual opening hours, so wrap up warm when you come next month. Our guest in October will be that very accomplished poet Richard Hawtree. The last Thursday of the month is 31 October, so anything on a Halloween theme would be appropriate. Nothing else happening that day, is there? Let’s keep Write Out Loud Woking a B-word-free zone, if we can …

Review is about Write Out Loud Woking on 26 Sep 2019 (event)

Yes Brian. Time was I was charging £500 a day to tell companies what I thought. Fellow Facebook travellers don’t appreciate the value they’re getting out of me. FOR FREE!
Thanks, Po. Bland electoral promises should always stand scrutiny.

Comment is about THE FOUR-DAY WORKING WEEK (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

One of the best things I ever did was to join Write Out Loud in Stockport. I was at the very first meeting, and have been a keen participant ever since...
Write Out Loud is absolutely fantastic!

Comment is about 'Get on a website called Write Out Loud': Tony Walsh's advice to would-be poets (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi John . Smells in particular always feel very personal and seems do poignant in bringing back memories. Ghosts like smells are insubstantial . I like the framework of the poem and the way the last verse makes a strong case.
I think your work redeems the site at the.moment.

Rsy

Comment is about THOSE GHOSTS (blog)

Original item by john short

Powerful piece. ?

Comment is about The Eagle/By Alfred, Lord Tennyson/translation into Amharic By Alem Hailu/(ንስሩ/በሎርድ ቴኒሶን፡ ትርጉም በዓለም ኃይሉ ገ/ክርስቶስ) (blog)

Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos

Yeah, you did well out of that didn't you John...

Comment is about THE FOUR-DAY WORKING WEEK (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I kept the piano
but what can i say
pianos need players
yet I don't know how to play.

Comment is about A Peterson (poet profile)

Original item by A Peterson

Thanks, Tim. I will check it out.
On another front I could never dis the work of that valuable contributor to society, the management consultant, having pinched a lucrative living for 20 years advising companies of the bleeding obvious.

Comment is about THE FOUR-DAY WORKING WEEK (blog)

Original item by John Coopey