Point taken, Don; I'll increase my font size.

Comment is about Tick-Tock (blog)

Original item by Chrystel Roberts

Incredible to read. Resonates with those who are awakeing. You are indeed what you think until you think beyond the possibilitys of anything greater than thy self. To then realise there is nothing greater than you. For you are your own creater. Magical if you will.

Comment is about Talking to Myself (blog)

Original item by Dean Fraser - The Quantum Poet

Brilliantly put ?
Very enjoyable. To capture the essence of validation and approval without caring to much is unique. Well done

Comment is about Good comments (blog)

Original item by Hasmukh Mehta

Don't know what size font you're using Chrystel but it's very small on my screen?....

Comment is about Tick-Tock (blog)

Original item by Chrystel Roberts

I'm looking for a publisher
To like and print my verse
To print it for posterity
Before it gets much worse

I'm looking for a publisher
(Who's sillier than me)
To publish my wit/wisdom and
Broadcast 'round world to see

It would be very nice I feel
To light and let me fire
Excite all silly-lovers 'round
The world 'fore I expire

Where is my publisher?.....

Comment is about Bipolar Fragments (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

A piem what rhomes? That's an interesting one
Why ever haven't I thought of this yet?
Italicised critic's saying Don go create
Go piem, go rhome, and go get

I'm a simple downunderer Adam. Just leaning the ropes....?

I know 'i's and 'o's can easily be mixed when you type fast. You're firgoven....

Comment is about Parting (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

I want to write a piem that rhomes
Uses tones of homophones
Causes laughs with homographs

But I find that most the time
I just end up with a poem that rhymes.


Don, I will try to edit more carefully.

Comment is about Parting (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

Oh Ruth I like this. A poem does something nothing else can. It's unique in it's 'connection techniques' if you get what I mean.

I liked your clever use of rhymes/slant rhymes also....

Comment is about ConVERSEation (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Hey, Adam's invented a new word
Poem renamed 'piem'
It's not a new word, just a typo (ital- which the techs can't manage)
'i/o' adjacent, see 'em

Huh?......

Comment is about Parting (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

Thank you all for your comments. I really like this piem and I am glad you do as well.

Comment is about Parting (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

Martin, Wolfgar, and Mae

I haven't logged in for a while and just read your comments. Thank you. I really appreciate them.

Charles

Comment is about the passing of a king (blog)

Original item by Charles Schlee

An interesting poem blackrose with a lot going on.

Both yours and Adam's comments raise an interesting point about the site. Some of us are very open and don't mind questions/ambiguities/replies thrown up on a public stage. Some are newcomers and just feeling their way. The private message system maybe caters for what blackrose terms ' can we continue this somewhere else??'. Both systems have been helpful to me - says the great WOL advisor of old......?

Comment is about My tea cup? (blog)

Original item by Black_Rose

I too loved the poem Tom. I like Jason's view that we're still beautiful but in a more weathered way. Jason - you are even poetic in your comments ' time takes great pleasure in drawing on your face'. I'll have to lift my game.....

Comment is about We Were Beautiful (blog)

Original item by Tom

Yes Adam, Don's hint worked perpectly....

Hey? Who are you?.....

The one you italicised....

But you ain't.....

You'vo got a typo...

Wot?.....

So've you......

What?......

Why can't you two be serious for once. You're embarrassing me......?

(Adam in a tripoeticdialogue I would suggest bold for the third. Maybe the more dominant character?. For multiples it gets more exciting cos you then get to choose various fonts, colours, sizes from your poet's palette. You could create a new genre. A poetic 'theatre of the absurd' type maybe? Food for thought.....

Comment is about Parting (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

Thankyou all enjoying this. As you can see I wrote it two years ago and each time I read it it puts a smile on my face.

MC - Spike and I went to the same College of Silliness. He was a few years ahead of me so we didn't cross paths. I only achieved a Grade 3 Pass whereas he came top of the College (being in a higher level of Silliness). We did however share one thing in common - we were both bipolars. Funny how BPD strikes down the most creative. Such a pity.....

Mae - Rhyme and rhythm
Bounce along
All enjoy
My sweet song

DoRoThY - OK, I do have a very weird sense of humour (which is why I get so many blank looks) - but I'm glad you like it ?

Ray - yes, much thought went into it. My mind went down this winding track and I followed to see where it went (carrying pen at the ready). I smiled all the way. I still do when I retrace that path of 2 years ago......

Jason - Do you happen to know any shoelace publishers?......

Other Likers - Thankyou for clicking the button - post reading ........

Comment is about Playful Shoelace Ha Ha Ha (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

I think that, "the rain turning to snow," is a beautiful metaphor for a chilling of tears, a heart growing cold enough to freeze those tears. Love it.

J. x

Comment is about Parting (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

Peter - Woodbines and thank you so much for your comments - especially as I thought this one would slip through the net. Blessings. P.

Comment is about Peter Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Peter Taylor

Very nice Adam. You have the captured the moment here and I feel as if I have actually lived it.

Comment is about Parting (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

With some illustration, that could be a childrens book. Brilliant, absolutely love it.

J. ?

Comment is about Playful Shoelace Ha Ha Ha (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Great piece Don! Excellent! Perfect rhythm and rhyme! Thank you for sharing that enjoyable poem!?
Mae

Comment is about Playful Shoelace Ha Ha Ha (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Adam, the quintains in this piece are fantastic. In the first, I can read the discomfort of the situation, the avoidance of eye contact and focusing on a minute detail like staring at a button. In the second, the mind drifting away, another subconscious avoidance technique.

Very well done.

D

Comment is about Parting (blog)

Original item by Adam Rabinowitz

Yes Ray, actually it does make sense, me and Sal have quite similar styles. I think it comes from loving lyrics for me. My first experiences of poetry were musical, I think that's maybe where the similarities lie.

J. ?

Comment is about The Tempest (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Hi Philipos - You spin a good yarn, as they say. Saw your mud and blood piece on G Studdard.Kennedy. Don't usually like too much of that blood n' guts' stuff but that's a quality poem.
Go well
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Comment is about afishamongmany (poet profile)

Original item by afishamongmany

Quite an achievement to use words that lull us into the poem and present ideas in an unbroken form that you've used here Jason. There is a bending of reality to fit the words which is fine. My honest opinion ! I sense an alignment with the poems of Big Sal if that makes sense.

Ray

Comment is about The Tempest (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

You are a true Unicorn in my eyes Lysa.

Wonderful piece, expressed with such honesty..
It's unadulterated character is so liberating for women across the globe. The thoughts flow smoothy too.

Well done.
Raj

Comment is about A lady in the streets but a freak in the bed (blog)

Original item by Lysa d

An enjoyable rib tickler Don. Much thought gone into it - none wasted!

Ray

Comment is about Playful Shoelace Ha Ha Ha (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Highly readable and laudable in every way. I assume you share that humor you mention, if so I applaud it too. Here we have a true essence of the wilder side of America, highly unlikely in the UK.

Ray

Comment is about Putting Him Away, a Poem by O.L. Buzzerd (blog)

Original item by d.knape

First off I'm happy to say I'm back on voice again after ferretting out my mp3 player, which worked ok. Happy days.

Don, that was a nice comment thanks. May I say it seems to be well rounded and balanced appraisal !

Spot on David. You know me so well. I do like to mask deeper considerations in strange disguises, not least for their entertainment value, but you may be right; inThe Entertainer (Archie Rice) played by Laurence Olivier you have a tragedy working out. Or indeed Tony Hancock as the Punch and Judy Man. A well thought insight as always!

Thanks Brian - yes the swazzle was an essential bit of kit which we always associate with "That's the way to do it." Performers are fairly insecure to start off with, often averse to parting with money for that very reason.

Graham, thanks for reading and giving this your seal of approval.
I'm fairly comfortable in this genre, pretty weird shall we say.

Thanks all - have nice days.

Additionally I appreciate the likes from Des, Taylor, Devon, Adam and Blackrose.

Ray

Comment is about THE SANDS OF TIME (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks Jason, I'm impressed you read it aloud and that you get what I was trying to do with this. Yes I'm definitely just trying to explore my unbounded imagination. And Death card rarely means someone is going to die but more be transformed?

Comment is about Death Card (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Very observant on those keys in the picture Nigel, yep them there keys unlock every secret in the cupboard

Comment is about Death Card (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

I can look back at a time when this applied to the youthful, "Us."
But though the years pass and time takes great pleasure in drawing on your face, I think we're still as beautiful now, just in a different more weathered way. Love the poem.

J. x

Comment is about We Were Beautiful (blog)

Original item by Tom

There is a lovely off beat flow to this, it's really pleasurable to say out loud, and yes, some things are inescapable and undying, but imagination is unbounded, intellect is untamable and understanding is underestimated. Beautiful.

J. x

Comment is about Death Card (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

❤ I have now been on this site a whole week and have written either a poem or 2 each day, from scratch. Glad I set myself that challenge amongst like- minded poetry lovers. Big Thank you to all who took time to read or comment on what I have written I really do appreciate it ❤

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Thanks Ruth, but don't forget to listen for the soft confessing wind, it's all part of the rich symphony.?

J. x

Comment is about The Tempest (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

I like the way this poems sounds Jason it's got a definite tone to it. The next time it rains here....which will be very soon I'm going to make a conscious effort to hear the message being tapped out, what a powerful line.

Comment is about The Tempest (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

So when your illness was cured you could eat ice cream again? It almost sounds like the virus possessed you for a time! A very interesting poem, it is the first I have read of this nature. By the way, yes I agree about Manchester's skyline, there was a time when I was mainly looking after my mum so not passing through town too much and it did have that effect on me, but is because we have so many Victorian buildings. The contrast is adding character and I do love Salford Quays these days. I think it's saying we are just as good as the European cities but retain our sense of self as a city, at the same time!

Comment is about SCHIZOPHRENIA (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Well Ruth, as someone who is in the autumn years, I'd have to say this is beautifully written and I love the flow of it.

J. x

Comment is about Seasonal Variations (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Thanks for the feedback, Don. I'm glad you enjoyed the poem.

Comment is about HELL, NO! (blog)

Original item by Chrystel Roberts

Thanks MC, and indeed they do not. Don't know if we can keep up, as much as keep a, "weather eye," on it.

And thanks for liking, Blackrose and El pintor.

J. ?

Comment is about The Tempest (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Opting out. Well done MC on what you do with the funeral plan offers. We have to make our stand.

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hi David,

You're correct, I actually do not subscribe to the theory of evolution... not that it matters!

By the way, I enjoyed reading your biography.

Comment is about HELL, NO! (blog)

Original item by Chrystel Roberts

Thank you Do.RoThY , seeing Autumn sneaking in again just gets you thinking about how quickly everything is changing.

Comment is about Seasonal Variations (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Aww Thank You Adam, That's exactly my thought to this is one of those poems that I was tempted to write ' to be continued' at the end of! Glad you enjoyed reading it

Comment is about Glass slipper (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Nice one, Don!

I see that you too have a sense of humour!

Comment is about #wonderful (blog)

Original item by Chrystel Roberts

thank you,but its okay none taken,,,i do appriate your question though,,,but can we continue this somewhere else??

Comment is about My tea cup? (blog)

Original item by Black_Rose

You’re quite right, MC. When this was a pop song I was at infant school. But I do remember it getting an airing once or twice as an oldie on Two Way Family Favourites.

And thanks for the “Like”, Blackrose.

Comment is about BORN TOO LATE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I like the sound and emotion of this poem. It feels wistful with regret and a lump of desire stirred into the liquid. Thank you for sharing.

Did you mean the double negative in the why haven't you not? (always a bit scary to ask this sort of question here...please don't take offense...i always wish people pointed out ambiguity or questioned things I wrote).

Comment is about My tea cup? (blog)

Original item by Black_Rose

So fun a poem. I hope one day the love of his life came in to the shop looking for that slipper he had at the top and once she had put it on they lived happily ever after.

But I'm a sucker for happy endings.

Comment is about Glass slipper (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

I actually had to read the comments before I realized it was whine and not wine that was being enshrined. Not the poet's fault I just don't have my glasses on ...I'm getting older and everything is getting more difficult and I'm in lots of pain anyway and...oh wait...sorry.

Great poem M.C.

Comment is about THE SHRINE OF WHINE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I thought the dog was Pissed....

Comment is about Putting Him Away, a Poem by O.L. Buzzerd (blog)

Original item by d.knape