Thanks for the confirming this Phil. Very useful to know.
Cheers,
Tristan
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- Fri May 03, 2024 8:51 am
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Beginners)
- Topic: hungry words (was: ‘each moment’)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 58
- Fri May 03, 2024 8:48 am
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Beginners)
- Topic: Uisge Beatha
- Replies: 2
- Views: 14
Re: Uisge Beatha
Hi Phil, I really like this poem, but suppose I would: I’m a great fan of Irish blended whiskies. Never been much of a fan of single malts. Do you need ‘The water of life’ as it’s in the title and it’s a weak way to enter the poem in my opinion? Much enjoyed, especially those final two lines and the...
- Thu May 02, 2024 8:47 pm
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: Noon Journal of the Short Poem
- Replies: 12
- Views: 62
Re: Noon Journal of the Short Poem
Much enjoyed your short Phil. NOON is such a quality venue for short poems. Probably the best.
Many congrats!
Cheers,
Tristan
Many congrats!
Cheers,
Tristan
- Thu May 02, 2024 8:45 pm
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: Snakeskin (May)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 34
Re: Snakeskin (May)
Many congrats to Ray, David, Fliss and John. Enjoyed all your poems. Another great edition of Snakeskin from George.
Cheers,
Tristan
Cheers,
Tristan
- Thu May 02, 2024 8:20 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Beginners)
- Topic: hungry words (was: ‘each moment’)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 58
Re: hungry words (was: ‘each moment’)
Thanks Phil. I agree about the final 7 lines being the best. I may prune a bit from the first 13 lines.
Cheers,
Tristan.
Cheers,
Tristan.
- Thu May 02, 2024 3:45 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Experienced)
- Topic: That Old Familiar
- Replies: 11
- Views: 78
Re: That Old Familiar
Hi Ray, enjoyed this poem and the irony of the end - worked really well I thought.
It also reads well and I like many parts of the penguin.
No comments for improvement.
Cheers,
Tristan
It also reads well and I like many parts of the penguin.
No comments for improvement.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Thu May 02, 2024 2:49 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Beginners)
- Topic: hungry words (was: ‘each moment’)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 58
Re: each moment
Thanks Ray. Pleased you enjoyed. I’ve changed sink . I’ll hold back from explaining ‘maybe never did’ for now.
Cheers,
Tristan
Cheers,
Tristan
- Thu May 02, 2024 2:17 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Beginners)
- Topic: hungry words (was: ‘each moment’)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 58
hungry words (was: ‘each moment’)
V4 people get separated from their words when they die until it’s no longer possible, if it ever were in the mind, to see your mother or father’s lips saying the things that you remember, and you find yourself feeding these words back into their now gaping mouths trying to keep them alive V3 people ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:05 pm
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: Black Nore Review
- Replies: 9
- Views: 107
Re: Black Nore Review
Really like this one Phil. Some of your best work I think. Love the sound of ‘into pelagic light’.
Many congrats.
Cheers,
Tristan
Many congrats.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:30 am
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: The Seventh Quarry (1)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 125
Re: The Seventh Quarry (1)
Many congrats Phil. Love the word ‘Mumpsimus’ and how it came into being. Fantastic find.
Thoroughly enjoyed the poem.
Cheers,
Tristan
Thoroughly enjoyed the poem.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:22 am
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: Byways (Arachne Press)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 111
Re: Byways (Arachne Press)
Many congrats Phil. The book looks lovely. A well deserved inclusion, I’m sure.
Cheers,
Tristan
Cheers,
Tristan
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:19 am
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: In The Ekphrastic Review
- Replies: 6
- Views: 82
Re: In The Ekphrastic Review
Many congrats John. Much enjoyed.
Cheers,
Tristan
Cheers,
Tristan
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:21 am
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Experienced)
- Topic: Spirit World
- Replies: 12
- Views: 139
Re: Spirit World
Hi John,
I really enjoyed this. The imagery is great. The poem made me think of Bruce Chatwin’s ‘Songlines’.
Maybe you slip a little into cliche here: ‘like some thief in the night’.
A very interesting poem. I’ll think more about it.
Cheers,
Tristan
I really enjoyed this. The imagery is great. The poem made me think of Bruce Chatwin’s ‘Songlines’.
Maybe you slip a little into cliche here: ‘like some thief in the night’.
A very interesting poem. I’ll think more about it.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:00 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Experienced)
- Topic: The Punishment of Marsyas
- Replies: 4
- Views: 275
Re: The Punishment of Marsyas
Hi John, These lines are both excellent and horrifying. Now, the easy hand that plucks the lyre, the drinking cup, the bow, peels Marsyas the way one peels a fruit. I have to admit my ignorance of Marsyas’s and Apollo’s story, but wiki soon put this right. Enjoyed the poem and researching its mythol...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:17 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Experienced)
- Topic: A Good Day for God
- Replies: 11
- Views: 420
Re: A Good Day for God
I like the idea that possibly God having a good day and singing somehow set all the planets, galaxies and electrons in motion. Enjoyed the poem John. It has your usual easy readability in terms of fluidity and flow, but not necessarily in terms understanding of meaning.
Nice poem.
Cheers,
Tristan
Nice poem.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 8:44 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Beginners)
- Topic: A Crop Has Taken Root
- Replies: 4
- Views: 373
Re: A Crop Has Taken Root
Hi John,
I like this poem. I read it out aloud and liked its rhythm. Highlights for me are: ‘from the long / descent to evening’ and ‘a spark /leaps from a cathode’.
Lots more to like, too, of course.
Much enjoyed.
Cheers,
Tristan
I like this poem. I read it out aloud and liked its rhythm. Highlights for me are: ‘from the long / descent to evening’ and ‘a spark /leaps from a cathode’.
Lots more to like, too, of course.
Much enjoyed.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 5:22 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Beginners)
- Topic: Even Better than the Real Thing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 447
Re: Even Better than the Real Thing
Hi John, When I read this I thought it was a parody, but then I read your comments to Phil and found out it was your reaction to the popularity demotic language in poetry. I fully agree with your viewpoint, but I’m not sure this is the best way of expressing it. Of course, you are right, the registe...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:19 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Experienced)
- Topic: He is taken in for his appointment
- Replies: 12
- Views: 350
Re: He is taken in for his appointment
Nicely done David. As others have said, this poem gently sings. Thoroughly enjoyed.
If this poem is written from personal experience, I hope you have recovered.
Cheers,
Tristan
If this poem is written from personal experience, I hope you have recovered.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 9:46 am
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: John, Fliss, Ray, David, and Tristan
- Replies: 10
- Views: 539
Re: John, Fliss, Ray, David, and Tristan
Pleased you enjoyed it John, and liked that sentence. I can understand why poets enter comps, but for me they are a waste of money when I could be buying a po mag or book. I’ve been reading through the latest edition of Long Poem Magazine and there’s so many interesting things people are doing in po...
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:04 pm
- Forum: Forum News and Support
- Topic: Renewal Time!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 750
Re: Renewal Time!
Made a contribution yesterday.
Cheers all,
Tristan
Cheers all,
Tristan
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:44 am
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: John, Fliss, Ray, David, and Tristan
- Replies: 10
- Views: 539
Re: John, Fliss, Ray, David, and Tristan
Hi Phil, I have to confess that I have entered po comps in the past but not for a long time. Pleased you found it convincing. But as you imply, you’d already come to the pieces conclusions. Hi Fliss, Pleased you enjoyed the piece. Po comps are definitely better when there are no entry fees involved....
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:23 am
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: John, Fliss, Ray, David, and Tristan
- Replies: 10
- Views: 539
Re: John, Fliss, Ray, David, and Tristan
Many thanks Mac and Celeb. Many congrats to David, Fliss, Ray and John! Excellent poems all round.
If anyone is interested I’ve had a short essay published in Litter Magazine about poetry competitions (https://www.littermagazine.com/2023/11/ ... oetry.html).
Cheers,
Tristan
If anyone is interested I’ve had a short essay published in Litter Magazine about poetry competitions (https://www.littermagazine.com/2023/11/ ... oetry.html).
Cheers,
Tristan
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:15 pm
- Forum: Forum News and Support
- Topic: Future of the Forum?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1713
Re: Future of the Forum?
I’ll wait too for the October post.
Hope you are doing well Kris.
Cheers,
Tristan
Hope you are doing well Kris.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 5:10 pm
- Forum: Ezines, Magazines and Publications
- Topic: Streetcake (1)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 431
Re: Streetcake (1)
Hi Phil,
I enjoyed this poem a great deal. It implies much about communication for me. Great image.
Cheers,
Tristan
I enjoyed this poem a great deal. It implies much about communication for me. Great image.
Cheers,
Tristan
- Mon Aug 07, 2023 6:26 pm
- Forum: Post-a-Poem (Beginners)
- Topic: Dead Reckoning
- Replies: 2
- Views: 152
Re: Dead Reckoning
Hi John, I enjoyed this retelling of Shackleton’s incredible journey and eventual rescue of his men, and all those ‘might bes’. I also liked the ‘Dead Reckoning’ idea as their method of navigation and that it can lead to an accumulation of errors as in the recounting of stories - clever stuff. Enjoy...