Comments received on poems by Michael Edwards
WORDS WRITTEN
burning-embers said:
One line, less is more! wow. excellent. I think we\'ve all been doing the stray sheets as poets. Thank heaven for word processing, i now have a hard drive full of scraps.
August 1st, 2017 06:47
burning-embers said:
One line, less is more! wow. excellent. I think we\'ve all been doing the stray sheets as poets. Thank heaven for word processing, i now have a hard drive full of scraps.
August 1st, 2017 06:47
THREE SENRYUS
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
Thanks MICHAEL and what you say in comment is TRUE. The JAPANESE HAIKU is a very sacred Art Form as is the SENRYU & TANKA.
English HAIKU ~ SENRYU ~ TANKAS are indeed LIBERATED (Age of Aquarius) but I like to adhere to the 17 syllable rule and line pattern (575 for H & S) and 31 ~ 57577 pattern for T\'s ! Linked or serial H S & T\'s) are quite common but (as you say) each should stand alone. Thanks for sharing ~ Perfect Senryu ~ Perfect topic (the ANGST of love !) and each one complete in itself and yet a perfect trilogy. This SITE is becoming more CLASSICAL each day ! Please check \"A DAID ARMYDILLY\" (Written and sung by COLBUSAF) ~ It has won my Roadkill Award for Poem of the Day ! Love MPS (despite one glitch) it gets better every day ~ Yours BRIAN
August 1st, 2017 06:15
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
Thanks MICHAEL and what you say in comment is TRUE. The JAPANESE HAIKU is a very sacred Art Form as is the SENRYU & TANKA.
English HAIKU ~ SENRYU ~ TANKAS are indeed LIBERATED (Age of Aquarius) but I like to adhere to the 17 syllable rule and line pattern (575 for H & S) and 31 ~ 57577 pattern for T\'s ! Linked or serial H S & T\'s) are quite common but (as you say) each should stand alone. Thanks for sharing ~ Perfect Senryu ~ Perfect topic (the ANGST of love !) and each one complete in itself and yet a perfect trilogy. This SITE is becoming more CLASSICAL each day ! Please check \"A DAID ARMYDILLY\" (Written and sung by COLBUSAF) ~ It has won my Roadkill Award for Poem of the Day ! Love MPS (despite one glitch) it gets better every day ~ Yours BRIAN
August 1st, 2017 06:15
THREE SENRYUS
P.H.Rose said:
I have no idea what a senryus
Is Michael, I just love the poem
It\'s content and my imagination
Being used when reading
August 1st, 2017 03:22
P.H.Rose said:
I have no idea what a senryus
Is Michael, I just love the poem
It\'s content and my imagination
Being used when reading
August 1st, 2017 03:22
THREE SENRYUS
Fay Slimm. said:
These three beguiling Sens. make me want more Michael - good work.
August 1st, 2017 02:01
Fay Slimm. said:
These three beguiling Sens. make me want more Michael - good work.
August 1st, 2017 02:01
THREE SENRYUS
FredPeyer said:
Michael, your writing astonishes me. These three senryus are great. And since a senryu is supposed to contain some humor or satire, I am still debating which way you went.
August 1st, 2017 01:57
FredPeyer said:
Michael, your writing astonishes me. These three senryus are great. And since a senryu is supposed to contain some humor or satire, I am still debating which way you went.
August 1st, 2017 01:57
WORDS WRITTEN
P.H.Rose said:
Couldn\'t agree with you more
Michael ... Love the pic
I see a bull fighter....
His cape moving over and
Under the bull
July 31st, 2017 14:56
P.H.Rose said:
Couldn\'t agree with you more
Michael ... Love the pic
I see a bull fighter....
His cape moving over and
Under the bull
July 31st, 2017 14:56
WORDS WRITTEN
FredPeyer said:
As are the thoughts popping up at inopportune moments!
Great on-liner Michael.
July 31st, 2017 12:10
FredPeyer said:
As are the thoughts popping up at inopportune moments!
Great on-liner Michael.
July 31st, 2017 12:10
WORDS WRITTEN
Fay Slimm. said:
Oh too true my friend. I lose lots of fragmented thoughts this way.
July 31st, 2017 05:39
Fay Slimm. said:
Oh too true my friend. I lose lots of fragmented thoughts this way.
July 31st, 2017 05:39
WORDS WRITTEN
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
The moving hand doth write
and having writ moves on
alas so does the paper
I\'ve just written on
Basdillion Bronco will not do
I\'ve flushed the bugger down the LOO
It happens to the best of us
and even APPLES self delete
Always remember a POEM is::
Any words in any order (Morcombe & Wiseman)
Love the visual LONDON BUS meets TELEPHONE BOX !
You most astute COMMENTATOR ~ BRIAN
July 31st, 2017 01:34
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
The moving hand doth write
and having writ moves on
alas so does the paper
I\'ve just written on
Basdillion Bronco will not do
I\'ve flushed the bugger down the LOO
It happens to the best of us
and even APPLES self delete
Always remember a POEM is::
Any words in any order (Morcombe & Wiseman)
Love the visual LONDON BUS meets TELEPHONE BOX !
You most astute COMMENTATOR ~ BRIAN
July 31st, 2017 01:34
WORDS WRITTEN
orchidee said:
A fine write and pic Michael. Well , I use sherry bottle label if I can\'t find any paper around!
July 31st, 2017 01:31
orchidee said:
A fine write and pic Michael. Well , I use sherry bottle label if I can\'t find any paper around!
July 31st, 2017 01:31
WORDS WRITTEN
Goldfinch60 said:
I too like one liners, so much can be said.
Good write, I will have to get you a folder for those stray sheets.
July 31st, 2017 01:09
Goldfinch60 said:
I too like one liners, so much can be said.
Good write, I will have to get you a folder for those stray sheets.
July 31st, 2017 01:09
WORDS WRITTEN
Michael Edwards said:
Does anyone here watch the Japanese channel NHK. They\'ve just had a great programme on haikus which has inspired me - must tune in more often.
July 31st, 2017 00:45
Michael Edwards said:
Does anyone here watch the Japanese channel NHK. They\'ve just had a great programme on haikus which has inspired me - must tune in more often.
July 31st, 2017 00:45
WORDS WRITTEN
Heather T said:
I\'d love to have this on a wall in my home. It has an extra meaning for me, being teased often and for years over doing that very thing. I used to keep a box of verses and poem fragments. I\'d become inspired and write furiously on whatever was available. Paper towels, junk mail, leaves, coloring books...I even wrote on my own skin. Love this, Michael.
July 31st, 2017 00:22
Heather T said:
I\'d love to have this on a wall in my home. It has an extra meaning for me, being teased often and for years over doing that very thing. I used to keep a box of verses and poem fragments. I\'d become inspired and write furiously on whatever was available. Paper towels, junk mail, leaves, coloring books...I even wrote on my own skin. Love this, Michael.
July 31st, 2017 00:22
LATE JULY
P.H.Rose said:
This poem Michael
Actually put me inside
I walked the fields and
Could actually smell
All around....
Well done sir....
July 30th, 2017 17:59
P.H.Rose said:
This poem Michael
Actually put me inside
I walked the fields and
Could actually smell
All around....
Well done sir....
July 30th, 2017 17:59
LATE JULY
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
Thanks MICHAEL for another fine blend of Voice & Vision. I both saw and felt the scene you described and how blessed to have a GRANDSON ! Your \"free verse septet\" has so much rhythm that it rhymes ~ Yours BRIAN
July 30th, 2017 10:13
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
Thanks MICHAEL for another fine blend of Voice & Vision. I both saw and felt the scene you described and how blessed to have a GRANDSON ! Your \"free verse septet\" has so much rhythm that it rhymes ~ Yours BRIAN
July 30th, 2017 10:13
LATE JULY
Fay Slimm. said:
Your brush and pen fill both pictures with July\'s great bounty. A lovely read Michael.
July 30th, 2017 04:11
Fay Slimm. said:
Your brush and pen fill both pictures with July\'s great bounty. A lovely read Michael.
July 30th, 2017 04:11
LATE JULY
Goldfinch60 said:
Beautiful write, obviously in your mind your grandson made it a sunny day.
July 30th, 2017 02:23
Goldfinch60 said:
Beautiful write, obviously in your mind your grandson made it a sunny day.
July 30th, 2017 02:23
LATE JULY
orchidee said:
A fine write and pic M. Me own version goes: \'And fleecy dark thunder-shadows fall, And then we all got soaked\'! heehee.
July 30th, 2017 01:19
orchidee said:
A fine write and pic M. Me own version goes: \'And fleecy dark thunder-shadows fall, And then we all got soaked\'! heehee.
July 30th, 2017 01:19
LATE JULY
Michael Edwards said:
You were quick Fred - just added a few words which you might ave missed - thanks so much for your comment.
July 30th, 2017 00:05
Michael Edwards said:
You were quick Fred - just added a few words which you might ave missed - thanks so much for your comment.
July 30th, 2017 00:05
LATE JULY
FredPeyer said:
Michael you created a beautiful July scene here. Such a pleasure to read.
Mahalo
July 30th, 2017 00:03
FredPeyer said:
Michael you created a beautiful July scene here. Such a pleasure to read.
Mahalo
July 30th, 2017 00:03
SUMMER BEDDING IS NOT AN OPTION
P.H.Rose said:
Fantastic sir !!!!!!!
Just bloody fantastic....
July 29th, 2017 14:38
P.H.Rose said:
Fantastic sir !!!!!!!
Just bloody fantastic....
July 29th, 2017 14:38
SUMMER BEDDING IS NOT AN OPTION
FredPeyer said:
Michael, this must be one of your greatest poems! Reminded me of the Clean Water Act, or any other Govt. regulation (you can take your own pick) that has to be read about five times just to understand the basics.
Yes, I do like it, yes, I am smiling, even chuckled at the terminal tomatoes.
July 29th, 2017 11:13
FredPeyer said:
Michael, this must be one of your greatest poems! Reminded me of the Clean Water Act, or any other Govt. regulation (you can take your own pick) that has to be read about five times just to understand the basics.
Yes, I do like it, yes, I am smiling, even chuckled at the terminal tomatoes.
July 29th, 2017 11:13
SUMMER BEDDING IS NOT AN OPTION
Louis Gibbs said:
Couldn\'t wrap my brain around your poem, but get your point quite well. I concur ... a poem with verbiage beyond comprehension is a waste of effort on the part of both writer and reader. Thanks for the post, Michael.
July 29th, 2017 07:34
Louis Gibbs said:
Couldn\'t wrap my brain around your poem, but get your point quite well. I concur ... a poem with verbiage beyond comprehension is a waste of effort on the part of both writer and reader. Thanks for the post, Michael.
July 29th, 2017 07:34
SUMMER BEDDING IS NOT AN OPTION
Fay Slimm. said:
This read would make any mouth water my friend - ha - provided they understand all it implies. Loved this fun-write.
July 29th, 2017 05:33
Fay Slimm. said:
This read would make any mouth water my friend - ha - provided they understand all it implies. Loved this fun-write.
July 29th, 2017 05:33
SUMMER BEDDING IS NOT AN OPTION
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
Ohhhhhhhhhhh MICHAEL ~ You are my bestest friend ~ I thought I was the only one penning ODES in Scientific Gobbledegook but you have made my best efforts look like Comic Book Crap ! As with all ZEITGEIST you have left the subject of your excellent poem until the last DOUBLET & HOSE. This is a Problem we have long tackled in my Food Science Laboratory at College. Both a FULL ENGLISH and a CLASSIC MULTI GRAIN BAP are of a predetermined size therefore the obvious solution (To the non~Food Scientist) would be 1. Make the Breakfast smaller or 2. Make the Bap bigger. BUT ~ The laws of Food Science and the EEC ruling 0473267A (Baps & Breakfasts) permit neither of these bleedin\' obvious solutions !. I presented this problem to Harriet Hobnob ~ one of my PhD students ~ and her brilliant solution (after three years hard labour) was STACKING ! She now has a prestigous job (£7 per hour) in McDonald\'s. The reason it took 3 years was first the concept to go VERTICAL (instead of horizontal as on a plate) to accommodate the smaller diameter of the BAP and secondly (and this was the tricky bit !) the order of the deconstructed FULL ENGLISH in the stack and thirdly the stability of the stack from KITCHEN to TABLE. McDonald\'s ~ Burger King ~ KFC ~ Wendy\'s etc have all TRIED & FAILED ! There can be NO COMPROMISE ! The Full English must contain BACON ~ EGG POACHED ~ MUSHROOMS ~ TOMATOES ~ SAUSAGE (suitably shaped for this experiment) and BAKED BEANS \'(and NO HASH BROWNS !). The final order was Toasted Bap ~ Circle of Sausage ~ Egg (cooked to size) ~ Large circular Mushroom ~ Beans (inside mushroom) ~ Large circular slice of Tomato ~ Bacon cut to size ! ~ Toasted Bap The American way would be to \"hard poach\" the Egg and stick a skewer through the lot and serve ! BUT an English poached egg has to be runny (watch FOUR IN A BED) ! So to prevent \"The Collapsing Tower of Full English\" Harriet designed the Rigid Plastic Sleeve (She has received an Edible Nobel Prize for this) which encompassed the stack (and kept it upright) once it was stacked ~ Envisage this and APPLAUD ! Mission accomplished (you can do anything in a LABORATORY !) a FULL ENGLISH (Stable to the Table) on a standard MULTIGRAIN BAP ! BUT (and this is where Harriet earned her PhD & Nobel Prize) HOW DO YOU EAT IT ? Harriet\'s solution was to present the PLASTIC CONTAINED STACK on a HOT PLATE (OMG I\'m reeling with amazement now) with a METAL Knife & Fork condiments and sauces and instructions ! Reconstruct FULL ENGLISH onto plate (see diagram) season to taste and eat with knife & fork like a Gentleman or Lady. NB This is not available at McDonald\'s etc but at WILL an\' KATES DINER in Covent Garden ~ London ~ UK ! Stephen Hawkins has hailed it as the greatest Scientific Achievement of the 21st C ! ~ DOCTOR JOHN !
July 29th, 2017 04:05
BRIAN & ANGELA said:
Ohhhhhhhhhhh MICHAEL ~ You are my bestest friend ~ I thought I was the only one penning ODES in Scientific Gobbledegook but you have made my best efforts look like Comic Book Crap ! As with all ZEITGEIST you have left the subject of your excellent poem until the last DOUBLET & HOSE. This is a Problem we have long tackled in my Food Science Laboratory at College. Both a FULL ENGLISH and a CLASSIC MULTI GRAIN BAP are of a predetermined size therefore the obvious solution (To the non~Food Scientist) would be 1. Make the Breakfast smaller or 2. Make the Bap bigger. BUT ~ The laws of Food Science and the EEC ruling 0473267A (Baps & Breakfasts) permit neither of these bleedin\' obvious solutions !. I presented this problem to Harriet Hobnob ~ one of my PhD students ~ and her brilliant solution (after three years hard labour) was STACKING ! She now has a prestigous job (£7 per hour) in McDonald\'s. The reason it took 3 years was first the concept to go VERTICAL (instead of horizontal as on a plate) to accommodate the smaller diameter of the BAP and secondly (and this was the tricky bit !) the order of the deconstructed FULL ENGLISH in the stack and thirdly the stability of the stack from KITCHEN to TABLE. McDonald\'s ~ Burger King ~ KFC ~ Wendy\'s etc have all TRIED & FAILED ! There can be NO COMPROMISE ! The Full English must contain BACON ~ EGG POACHED ~ MUSHROOMS ~ TOMATOES ~ SAUSAGE (suitably shaped for this experiment) and BAKED BEANS \'(and NO HASH BROWNS !). The final order was Toasted Bap ~ Circle of Sausage ~ Egg (cooked to size) ~ Large circular Mushroom ~ Beans (inside mushroom) ~ Large circular slice of Tomato ~ Bacon cut to size ! ~ Toasted Bap The American way would be to \"hard poach\" the Egg and stick a skewer through the lot and serve ! BUT an English poached egg has to be runny (watch FOUR IN A BED) ! So to prevent \"The Collapsing Tower of Full English\" Harriet designed the Rigid Plastic Sleeve (She has received an Edible Nobel Prize for this) which encompassed the stack (and kept it upright) once it was stacked ~ Envisage this and APPLAUD ! Mission accomplished (you can do anything in a LABORATORY !) a FULL ENGLISH (Stable to the Table) on a standard MULTIGRAIN BAP ! BUT (and this is where Harriet earned her PhD & Nobel Prize) HOW DO YOU EAT IT ? Harriet\'s solution was to present the PLASTIC CONTAINED STACK on a HOT PLATE (OMG I\'m reeling with amazement now) with a METAL Knife & Fork condiments and sauces and instructions ! Reconstruct FULL ENGLISH onto plate (see diagram) season to taste and eat with knife & fork like a Gentleman or Lady. NB This is not available at McDonald\'s etc but at WILL an\' KATES DINER in Covent Garden ~ London ~ UK ! Stephen Hawkins has hailed it as the greatest Scientific Achievement of the 21st C ! ~ DOCTOR JOHN !
July 29th, 2017 04:05
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