Ay?

What's that you say?

dk?

Comment is about Hearing Loss (blog)

Original item by d.knape

The words and suppressed anger to me is of loss and betrayal. There are accusations and knowlage of those responcible.
Ships and the drowned.
xx

Comment is about Hades' Ferry- A Sea Shanty (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Gosh. WOLers are getting sweet and succint now. I like it......

Comment is about 1 (blog)

Original item by Sophie

Sounds good, Mae. Since you pushed me toward a sonnet, and I pushed you toward a sestina. Perhaps you will present me form to undertake and we'll see what happens, because this is fun and challenging.

D

Comment is about Mae Foreman (poet profile)

Original item by Mae Foreman

thanks for always reading my poems
hope they don't have an ill effect
but WOL is pretty lenient
so what did you expect.
?

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thanks for joining in the fun on 'Nuff Said' Don. ?

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

Original item by Don Matthews

I never intended to upset you with a comment, Tommy. I, perhaps stupidly, underestimated the intelligence of the reader. I only sought to highlight a clever wordplay (as he seeks to remove foot from mouth).

D

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

A lesson in trapezoidal motion. Thanks gents.....

Comment is about Persephone's tangled legs (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Plus, I have struggled to find an adequate way of describing the shape of light through windows. Calling it what it is, geometrically, is an epiphany. Da bells started chimin'.

D

Comment is about Persephone's tangled legs (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

For the reader, Tommy, for the reader. I thought it a brilliant play.

D

Comment is about Persephone's tangled legs (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

To clarify?

Comment is about Persephone's tangled legs (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

To clarify, a trapezoid's non-parallel sides are called "legs". Nice work, Tommy.

D

Comment is about Persephone's tangled legs (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Thank you Ray - for all of those words - Ymmot

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

Original item by ray pool

Another poem with the characteristic Waring stamp. I love these poems that evoke childhood. Well I write them myself. Thoroughly enjoyable as always. Captivating images I can relate to. Look forward to reading more.

John S

Comment is about A Tale of Two Sandals (blog)

Original item by Paul Waring

Hi David

Enjoyed your sample poems especially Colonel Double-Barrel. Some wonderful images here. Look forward to reading your blog entries very soon. Thanks for these!

John Short

Comment is about David Redfield (poet profile)

Original item by David Redfield

This is a soliloquoy for the fullness of nature and its rightness, well expressed in fishing I'm sure. Those that follow it have a peacefulness about them, and this reflects that. A simplicity in the questioning makes it a small jewel of thought.

Ray

Comment is about And There Was (blog)

Original item by afishamongmany

I'm sure I could ramble a bit here, Mae..

Looking at my own life and how desperate people are to reach out, I wonder if most of us know how not to be alone.

It might be a cultural trait, truthfully. Maybe the idea of independence against all odds divides us against ourselves. Maybe that's only my short-sighted view on the matter.

To offer a bit of reference to what I'm saying, someone brought up to me the idea of individualist vs. collectivist cultures. I can't offer an educated view on the matter. But, I do know that, between the Western culture where I'm from and the Eurasian culture in which I reside, there is a difference that is remarkably apparent to even an untrained eye.

Maybe, sometimes, saying "friend" makes it so )

Rachel

Comment is about The 21st Century Paradigm (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

What can I say Peter. Rather challenging amidst the apparent worship of sound and sight. The last line is a revelation in itself going off at an angle and leaving us wanting more. If this is not gentle irony I am the grim reaper at the collecting plate. I love the whole idea of the accordion being allowed in.

Ray

Comment is about HANGING FROM THE RAFTERS (blog)

Original item by Peter Taylor

I'm always up for the musical stuff, and an image I had was a trumpet because of the word Valve which is also like another feminine word, to access which requires more than a sidestep.
It is a lovely lyrical idea and which works so well!

Ray

Comment is about Semi Tone (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

I came back to this again, Trevor, sometimes a quick reading is not enough. It has a quirky humour and a ready philosophy, and is like a reminder of who we really are, and not take that for granted, perhaps. Preferable to someone pointing out your errors.

Ray

Comment is about SORRY, MY MISTAKE (blog)

Original item by trevor homer

Thanks Brian and Don. At last my genius has been confirmed my the most stringent of readers . There are of course different types of love, and this isn't one of them..... nice thought though.

Mark, more thoughts indeed to chew over!

Trevor, I'm glad you enjoyed this. I thought of that first line and went from there, a fun ride .

Thanks Jon, Lisa and Heart of Lead for your likes, appreciated.

Ray

Comment is about TIES THAT BIND (blog)

Original item by ray pool

funny, silly poem

Comment is about When The Aliens Landed In Grimstone Low (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Haha! Thanks Devon! I'm grinning ear-to ear right now! It was a bit of a mind F@#k at first but I think I'd like to research more, maybe there's another form in which the ending sounds better rhyme-wise. Something that'll make it roll off the tongue better! I'm looking into it!
x.x.?
Mae

Comment is about Hades' Ferry- A Sea Shanty (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

"out of Grandma's mattress and into the slaver's pocket" - Yes, I think the message is clear. Regarding the cadence, I thought it a refreshing new beat on an old form. I was grinning ear to ear while reading it.

D

Comment is about Hades' Ferry- A Sea Shanty (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Mae, congrats on wrestling down the sestina with "Hades Ferry". Absolutlely marvelous.

D

Comment is about Mae Foreman (poet profile)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Yo-ho! My solitairy liker! I worked two days staright and it's still quaint and uneven and the cadence is off and so on! Something tells me I'll be editting for another three days! But yo-ho I did it! Hope it means something too, cause I actually had something to say. Do I get the message across? Also any suggestions?
Thank you Devon?
Mae

Comment is about Hades' Ferry- A Sea Shanty (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Look again Don. You'll see?

Comment is about What's in a Name (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

Mae, Yo ho that is great stuff. I hope you don't need a headache tab. That is one the toughest forms I know and you tore it straight down.

D

Comment is about Hades' Ferry- A Sea Shanty (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Rachel you're absolutely right. And not all internetic connections are meaningless. The words came to me amidst a discussion, so I was in that zone when I wrote it. That was my point, I just put the words down! I very well know I am a part of this as much as anybody. Nothing is ever either pitch-black or fluffy cotton-white. After all, that's why we are here, that's why we write at all. Communication. And we do it! On a site! I do see the irony! I don't judge, I do observe! And what I see is that this very alienation that starts with the afforementionned controversy is yet another manifestation of that thirst for communication! Regrdless of the negative outcome, which is not absolute at the end of the day!
And I confess it bears a little bit of myself and my personal tendency to seek solitude. As a perfect exhibit of that paradigm I may be loud on WOL but not so much in real life.

Thank you for liking and commenting dear Rachel, I'd love to hear more of your thoughts!?
Mae

Comment is about The 21st Century Paradigm (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

DK - when I saw the title "Hearring Loss" - I anticipated a blog
about our UK fishing stocks (herring) running low - slightly misprinted. I was doubly deceived!! ?

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

Original item by d.knape

"Almost friends"...

That word gets thrown around so much it is in danger of becoming meaningless, much like "love" or any other word that should be reserved for truly special experiences.

Thanks for the in-depth comment on your post--honest and well-considered communication helps to enhance the flavor of the site )

Rachel

Comment is about The 21st Century Paradigm (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

“Hell Graham, my old friend”.

Comment is about "ALL LIES AND JEST" (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Silence is the silent killer!

Comment is about Hearing Loss (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Don - maybe she's waving not drowning? ><>

Comment is about Friday, June 21, 2019 11:48 AM (blog)

Original item by hk

You have taught me to challenge these definitions,

as they are nuanced and full of exceptions.

I am to question them because they are

mere expectations,

fraught with societal lies ...

Yea you got it hk - Go well ><>

Comment is about Friday, June 21, 2019 11:48 AM (blog)

Original item by hk

Ooooh fab

Comment is about Her (blog)

Original item by Joanna Halliday

? too true blue!

Comment is about Hearing Loss (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Yea, good rap DeVaughn, Keep calling it out; ><>

Comment is about End Times (blog)

Original item by DeVaughn

DeVaughn,

The title of your poem immediately caught my eye as I believe the end times are being made manifest. The signs are amongst us. An abandonment of values, a resurgence of prejudice and a place where might is right are once more holding sway. Your poem is a clear statement of the end times borne out of scripture and the reality we sadly witness every day.

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about End Times (blog)

Original item by DeVaughn

It’s the Sound of Silence JC!

Comment is about "ALL LIES AND JEST" (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Branwell, this poem is in a similar class to those if K J Walker. His are very very funny. Keith

Comment is about My Family And Other Natural Disasters (blog)

Original item by branwell kent

“About time”, MC? Not at all. Your comments are always welcome no matter how much I disagree with them.
I find it amusing that a number of WOL contributors (and FB chums) no longer comment on my stuff following disagreements. Amusing because, by and large, they would see themselves (as I do) as liberal thinkers. It seems their liberalism doesn’t extend to being comfortable with diversity.

Comment is about "ALL LIES AND JEST" (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

JC - a final word from me (do I hear you say "about time"?).
From the time when a certain Ted Heath assured us that there would
be no loss of parliamentary sovereignty in what he was pursuing, to
the successive treaties signed up to by UK prime ministers that
tied us ever closer to the EU (without any referral to/mandate from
the public) and the 3 year delay created by Remainer May's
to-ing and fro-ing seeking a "withdrawal agreement" (dancing the
EU Tango!), a barely disguised effort to weary the country into
submission, we have witnessed something deeply worrying about
the state of democracy as it has been interpreted (subverted?) by the political establishment and its supporters - with the notable
exception of those whom the unlamented John Major called "bastards" when they objected to what was going on. Well,
the wheel has turned and while "project fear" is still in full flow, we
need only hold our nerve - if this country still has that quality!

Comment is about "ALL LIES AND JEST" (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

That was one excellent piece! Deep and steeped with symbolism, impeccable on so many levels! Loved it?
Mae

Comment is about Graham Sherwood (poet profile)

Original item by Graham Sherwood

see this morning's poem.

Comment is about Graham Sherwood (poet profile)

Original item by Graham Sherwood

Haha! Thank you Trevor!I It came up almost accidentally in a conversation I recently had with Devon Brock in the comment section under another poem I recently wrote it's called, "The Benefits and The Perils".
If you read the dialogue you'll get an idea.
Now I'm terrible at analyzing but I'll give it a shot cause I know how you feel! I've liked many pieces even though I didn't understand them!

So, my point here is that when the individual chooses solitude and alienates themselves from the rest of the people around them and that happens in a massive scale it becomes a social norm.
Now "the nation" may imply that I'm talking about the U.S. of A. If I'm not mistaken the American people refer to themselves as "The Nation", not unlike many people from any country do. But I am NOT referring to USA! Or else I'd have it in capital "T" and capital "N" .

What I mean by "the nation" is the entire body of a nation, any nation, a country and its society. People getting detached and alienated among themselves and not a country alienated from the rest of the world. (Always in a privileged, developed environment). This isolation of the individual I think is an aftereffect of the controversy that the social media cause.
I have a thousand friends in "Social Medium X" ! Most of them are perfect strangers who on the other hand daily claim they're crazy about me, they dig me so much even though they know so little about me! Ain't that swell! So I sit home all day, tending to my garden of acquaintances growing them to some day be my friends while I have no life outside the net. The "almost friends" phenomenon. You have a thousand friends? You're clearly popular and yet you never meet people, real people in the flesh. And those virtual friends are really strangers, so you never "go all the distance" with them. You keep them at arm's length because at the end of the day, they're strangers and you just never know!
Thanks for liking and commenting dear Homer?

Mae

Comment is about The 21st Century Paradigm (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Mae, I don't fully understand this but that doesn't stop me liking it. Thanks

Comment is about The 21st Century Paradigm (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Great opening that leads into an intriguing poem - Thanks Ray, excellebt

Comment is about TIES THAT BIND (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Lisa

There should be more fun like this on the site

Don

Comment is about That Gal Gladys (blog)

Original item by afishamongmany

Golly gosh! Lisa's sprinkled me with stardust
I'm blushing from head to my toes
I'm glad our techs have not yet skyped WOL
My blushings would all be on shows

It seems, Lisa says, I'm from Dominus
One of the masters of WOL?
I even go back to the Romans!
(My greatgreatgrand-daddy could've been Cicero?).......

Comment is about Don At Work – Please Do Not Disturb (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews