Poetry Forum

Superb news, Fliss, You're like the bard for the broken people and this poem really shows off your talents. Congratulations. Thanks for both your responses, Morph; I haven't worked out how to quote more than once yet, so here we are. Hooray for the broken people, many of whom became my friends. And...

I remember your poem Fliss. It got me quite emotional. Great to see it being published and shared in the wider world. Many congrats MacPhil 🍾🍓 Well, bless you, MacPhil of the champers and strawberries, don't-mind-if-I-do, lols. It's been a bit of a rough road with this type of poetry, so I'm chuffe...

Greetings, FLiss and Coo, And many congratulations! Amethyst is I think a fine journal. Your close packs a punch, as does the line "on sturdy legs." All in all, great stuff. Cheerie, John Greetings, John, Hooray! Thank-coos! Yes, we agree about Amethyst . Happy to pack a punch, especially...

No worries, MacPill; wise words from Mrs MacPhil as always! Just tea is always pleasant. And Chortles can keep a cake aside for you, I'm sure

Bw,
Fliss

Greetings, John!

Hooray for R-T. I'm glad you find the suggestions interesting; there is never any rush to respond to members of the Coo-mmunity. We hope all went well in the airport this afternoon (^v^)

Cheerie,
F & (^v^)

I have a poem in Amethyst today, my first in this journal: https://amethystmagazine.org/2023/08/31 ... ty-teague/

Many thanks to the regulars in The Chortling Boar for the support and encouragement

Bw,
Fliss

Congratulations, MacPhil, on an excellent poem. And the photo 'to boot' again!

Ooh yes, World Literature could certainly benefit from blancmange! It features in the Book of Coo, for example (^v^)

Cheerie,
F & (^v^)

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Greetings, John! I think we remember this one from Rhyme-Time too. We like the title, of course. The imagery is strong throughout, and we hear echoes of 'plough the field and scatter' at S1 L3 (^o^) (singing) We wonder whether S2 could open more naturally, whether deleting 'can yet' might open the l...

Biffo writes that you are very welcome, John, and he always enjoyed the chocolate pudding and blancmange himself, even though it wasn't pink. Thank-coos for the video! Here is a little something we've just been watching following a hard day in Business Strategy (^v^) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

Greetings, F & C! Yes, this poem did indeed feature on Rhyme-Time! I am glad you enjoyed the vivid colors and the birds and the relatinoship. I think you idea - we were - is fascinating! I shall try it out. As you say, it is thetwo together who failed, as a sort of team effort, not either in pa...

Greetings, John! Ooh, a professor of philosophy; that is interesting. Biffo is a professor of blancmanges (^v^) It's pleasant to have weird dreams and write about them. Thank-coos for the information concerning the Feast. Did it include blancmanges? They'd have to be placed in bowls and on the floor...

(*v*) -- Exercise goals for FT.

Greetings, John, We recall this poem from Rhyme-Time. All Coo-mmunity members appreciate the opening imagery with its vivid colours. This moves well into S2, delightful with its birds in song and speech, and the portrait of a disappointing relationship. We wonder whether 'we were / another disappoin...

Greetings, John, Now, a dream; well, we are not averse to dream-poems here. And weird is good, naturally (^v^) We're intrigued by the Dutch person; yes, the phrase is a little legal. We hadn't heard of the writing on the wall of Belshazzar's feast and are intrigued, likewise by various contrasts in ...

Woo-hoo! Thank-coos kindly, John. Biffo is still in dancing mode! That said, he has just stopped to whip up a banana blancmange and present it to you in a ceremonious manner. I've just remembered a real treat Mrs T used to make sometimes: chocolate pudding and hot chocolate blancmange! The pudding r...

Well, muchly ta, MacAfters! Hooray for sweet treats! Biffo informs me he is going to partake of everything and dance the night away :lol: I think these are the blancmanges we used to have for puds sometimes: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pearce-Duff-Strawberry-Raspberry-Blancmange/dp/B0051C0Q92 I'm sure ...

Greetings! Members of the Coo-mmunity are happy to report that our poem 'A Toy Story' appears in the September Spotlight. Thousand thank-coos to everyone who assisted with it, from all of us, including dear Biffo (^v^) Mike wasn't sure about the scansion of 'blancmange treat', so Biffo suggested 'pa...

Greetings, John! And thank-coos for your ongoing interest in the Tea Room. We're pleased to report it has been another cool and agreeable day here, with some desk dancing, which we recommend (^v^) Penguins are indeed tremendous swimmers; Jumblies, less so, although they were wise to bring the pinky ...

Greetings John, Now, alphabets. It's interesting to consider their usages in Heaven and Hell. The word 'case' takes us to Law, although the sentence is more biblical than anything one might read in a legal document. It's pleasant to think that all things written in Heaven are honest, somewhat less s...

Greetings, John! Ooh yes, mid-afternoon, very pleasant. It's coming up to 8pm here now, and still cool and agreeable in the Tea Room, hooray. We've been exercising quite a lot and are rather tired, but we thought we'd just pop in briefly before our evening morphine (*v*) We continue to appreciate th...

G'night then! Cheerie, John G'night, John! Oops, boops, we mean general greetings; it has been another long day here, but we're not quite ready for sleep yet. We enjoyed reading this poem, which strikes us as somewhat musem-esque, taking as its starting point a piece of music (*v*) We're pleased to...

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Fri Aug 25, 2023 8:43 pm

Greetings, F & C,

I think you have the makings of an ovine philosophy here! As you say, they are in absolute want of anoraks and umbrellas, and the occasional tree cannot be relied on. So, rain it is!

Cheerie,
John

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