Frances Macaulay Forde

pleased you liked 'the beast beneath the beck' Frances - I seem to be in a fantasy/myth vein of inspiration at the moment - I'm sure mr angry will be back soon 😉
Ian

Thanks for your comments today Frances. I'm glad to hear you liked the poems, and particularly that 'Killing the Piano' has got you feeling inspired. If you end up writing something because of it, do let me know!

thanks for commenting on 'let the night fall' Frances.
Ian

Hello Frances,
Thank you so much for your comment on my poem 'Moonlight Sonata'
Always a pleasure to hear from you.

Hannah

thanks for your kind comments on 'back to the park Frances - I'm so pleased that you liked it
Ian

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Hello Frances
Thank you so much for your likes on my poems.
It means a lot.

Hannah

Hi Frances,
Happy New Year !
Thank you for your comment on my poem .
Much appreciated.

Hannah

thanks for your kind comments on 'Safety Off' Frances - pleased that you liked it and took the time to comment
cheers
Ian

Hi, Thank you for your comment on my poem Mail Order Bride.
I am so happy to hear about your son and his wife.
I wasn't trying to be judgemental in my poem.
I do believe I was trying to show the alienation and loneliness people sometimes feel, even with other people.
I look forward to reading more of your work.

Hannah

For goodness' sake, Frances, I didn't appreciate that yours is one of the first names I met on-site in 2008. So many delightful 'friends' have come and gone since I started here on WOL. But there you are - one of my first 'site friends' from years ago. Back then, I was so nervous, and unsure of 'the 'net'. Actually, still am. The 'poetry crowd' here is very valuable to me, even those who come and go rather quickly. I often think about Ann, and wonder how she is. Bonds really do develop.

I'm so embarrassed. I just found 'Roots and Wings' on this thread. I am the type of person who loses their glasses when they are on their head. (I don't wear glasses but if I did, I would do that).
It's a terrific poem, I love the juxtaposition, the sense of a genuine appeal to the human spirit, it's great.
Take care and thank you.

Hi Frances. Thanks for looking at a couple of my poems, and for your kind comments. Having discovered your Zimbabwe background, I've added a poem 'Midnight Train From Bulawayo' on the samples on my Profile page, in case you might be interested in looking at it. Best wishes, Greg.

Hello Frances,
I have searched for your poem 'Roots and Wings' but can't find it. Perhaps you could inbox it to me? I'd love to read it.
I have no connection to Africa, I haven't even visited, but I'd like to.
To be honest, I'm not even very well researched on Africa, but i know that my country (UK) is responsible for countless atrocities there.
I also know that for a long time, Zimbabwe was named after the colonialist: "Cecil Rhodes", as in Rhodesia. I know that this disgusts me- I am very much in favour of felling the statue. I am bitterly disappointed that so much effort was put into keeping it. It makes me ashamed of my ethnicity.
- I originally posted this on my page but just realised that you wouldn't see it haha
Peace x

Thanks for commenting on 'After The Storm' Frances - I appreciate you taking the time to provide feedback. I've sent you a PM as I wanted to make a couple of points clearer - hope you don't mind
Ian

'An Easter Tragedy' really speaks to me stylistically. I thank you for setting an example, that one can write dignified, elegant verse with starkly stated brutality.

Thanks for that Frances and you never know, One day I might be big in Western Australia!

It's a small world - at least where poetry's concerned. David.

Hi Frances I didn't realise you were in Oz. I was actually in Perth briefly a few months back. We did a cruise around the whole of Oz for my 60th birthday treat. The weather was mostly brilliant but it poured when we got to Perth so we didn't get to see it at it's best maybe. Do you know a poet called Jackson in Perth? I think she organizes poetry events in the city. I hope my publisher can get the book out to you. David

Hi Frances You said to remind you when my new book is out. You can get a copy from the publisher here: http://www.culturedllama.co.uk/books/after-hours
or if you contact me directly I can get you a copy. Best wishes David

thanks for commenting on 'This Flower' Frances - I'm pleased you liked it - apologies for delay in replying
Ian

Frances, thank you for exceptionally kind comments. It was very nice to come home from work and read this and also read your blog entry! Thank you! I've been reading your writing and will read more over the weekend, you have a great lyricism and style so compliments from yourself are greatly appreciated.

Hello Frances, thanks for your kind comment. Hope I'm not inspired to any more like that ! cheers.

Hi Frances, thanks so much for your comments about 'Bitchin' .....' and, please, feel free if you'd like to link it on your blog, that's very kind of you.

So grateful to you for your encouragement Frances. Hope all is going well with you and with your writing.

Paul x

Hi Frances,

Thank you for your interest and information about the poetry scene in Perth. I'm certainly aware of KSP in Greenmount, the Fellowship of Australian Writers in Swanbourne, and the Peter Cowan Centre at ECU, Joondalup.

On the latter, and Glen Phillips, surprisingly enough Glen was the catalyst for my awakening to poetry way back in 1994, when I attended Glen's First Year Creative Writing class (I stayed at ECU for over seven years doing my Doctorate and followed his work for quite a while).

I'm aware of how important he is for the Perth poetry scene past and present, and it would be a real pleasure to re-make his acquaintance after so many years.

I will be in the UK for the summer this year, and hope to get to open mics via WOL as much as possible.

Cheers,

Chris

Hi Fances - many thanks for your note on 'revelations'.

Hi Frances

Thank you ever so much for taking the time to read through some of my earlier postings and for your thoughtful and encouraging comments. I am so grateful to you and so pleased that you enjoyed so many of my poems. For me, being relatively new to this site, it is such a lovely feeling when something you write is so well appreciated.

Once again Frances, many thanks for reading and commenting.... and for adding me to your list of favourites.

Paul

Hi again Frances

Glad you liked Last Orders. It'll be in my new book called After Hours (out in April, hopefully). It's actually about my father-in-law. He was different from my dad in many ways, but both Irish to the core. Here's a tiny little thing which brings them together. It's part of a longer sequence that has the same title as the book:

5 Fathers
　
If mine had survived
they might have had some sessions,
the union man,
　
the ganger, their red
and blue dissolving somehow
into shades of green.

Hi Frances Thanks for casting your eye over THW. Just back from three weeks' holiday but will check out your site as soon as I get a minute! David

Hi Frances just seen your message. I'm out of thecountry in Dubai. Glad you liked thepoems. I must update that profile. It's a bit out of date. You might like to check out thejournal i founded andnow co-edit. It's called the high window. If yougoogle it and add 'poetry'. It will come. Otherwise you mightendup eith double glazing. David