someone and somebody
surprisingly becoming
somehow, one body

*pick-up line has 6 syllables but going with it anyway

Nothing is without
Within is where it happens
Love, loss, joy, sadness

I demand a recount and not by Lizzy.
Why are you Lord and I'm only Sir. Not oneupmanship I hope?

I beg to differ - unique = you neek = 2 syllables, at least where I come from. Fine? In Aristocratic Circles we pronounce it with a raffish upward lilt at the end. I was unsure how ordinary people mangled it, but your elucidation is most welcome and provides me with an intriguing glimpse of the wor...

I beg to differ - unique = you neek = 2 syllables, at least where I come from. Fine?

damellon wrote:
Wordless poetry
silent songs, motionless dance
are oxymorons

Are oxymorons
comparatively unique
calculated risks

Diane wrote:and summer sunny?
and winter bleak and bitter?
could it be re-versed?

Could it be re-versed?
fourteen lines repositioned
to make a sonnett

Hi Lazariuk Thanks for what you wrote. I have been thinking about it You wrote I think that the third party intervention does not require both parties to know that it is happening. Or indeed either party to know what or that it is happening. I agree. However if I cannot pinpoint where or when or the...

What haunting is this
whispering softly to me
'yes, he is the one'

William wrote:the restaurant door
opens on a theatre
of warring couples

of warring couples
and compromise, the robin
warbles his sad song

Not really my idea of fun...........but......OK! At what stage of decomposition is it?

William -
I welcome your comments but I suspect you are being mischievous here!! Three of you agree on one thing - these verses don't sit well together. I bow to your better judgement but why can't I see what you guys see? I'll never get the hang of this poetry lark.

Hi Mat Sorry to have ignored your comment. I've been away for a while. You make a similar point to Manna's about dropping the first stanza. I think I have a problem. I can see that the tone of each stanza differs. When I try to show the workings of the mind and the workings of the heart in the same ...

Manna Your comments are welcome. The poem you would like to see comes from a different perspective. Here it takes an effort to see much beyond the self. Preoccupation would preclude any interest in the appearance or mannerisms of any others in the group. You think the first part could be dropped bec...

Jill I agree with you that people say inappropriate things. Can you imagine someone saying to a man ’you look so much handsomer when you smile’? Though their suggestions are way off the mark, I would credit them with at least making an effort. Often people are at such a loss that the only effort the...