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thanks for always stopping by
for taking the time...
appreciate your comments.

I always know best d

Sometimes I disagree just for the sake of it.

Po

Oh! Indeed you do have Stephen.

keep writing.... and reading... and posting

Po

You can talk to yourself
but I've learned
to not expect an intelligent reply.

wink!

Hi Po
Rhyme? is something of an auto-biographical account of my beginnings in writing some 12 years ago (very late starter), after the death of my first wife. It also highlights some of the snobbery that still survives in the literary world.
I truly appreciate your thoughts.
Pretty much the best I can offer anyone (after I've read a poem) is to press the 'Like' button. I never think that I have a platform from which to critique

New poem in demand n in wait.....come on bn too long...write n post it soon.
Do

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Hi Jane

I love to go back over other poets stuff.

I find I spend more time reading others poems here than I do writing.
It is a great way to learn the way others put stuff together, and learn new ways to write rhyme and prose.

You may find that you like an individuals style or their topics.

Keep writing AND reading.

Po

Dear Po,

Loved the poem Cocoon simply loved it and play of words.
Truly enjoyed reading it and looking forward to reading all your wonderful poems in the near future.😃

The 'Duchess'
the trouble and strife
the wife
she who must be obeyed.

who is the Duchess?

MC Thank you so much for this old friend.

The late great Michael Bentine had a very interesting life

He was in RAF and had so many experiences of a similar ilk.

At breakfast he would see the guys who would not return that day... their faces turned in to skulls.

That is truly the stuff of nightmares. Sad but true.

Also.. Air vice marshal Sir Hugh (Lord) Dowding had some very interesting sessions with Sir Winston Churchill
and a medium called Victoria Helen McCrae Duncan.

She was the last person to be imprisoned under the British Witchcraft Act of 1735.

She was a very interesting person, Her life story is an amazing read.

Hi Po (not meant to mean hypo! 😉) - it's good to know
there is a nucleus of folk on WOL who can use welcome
levity to lift the spirits when it's needed. You are one.
By the way, in view of your interests in such things, have you looked up the online references to the late Air Vice Marshal Sir Victor Goddard, a man of action and believer
in spiritual things. He had a number of experiences that
supported his belief in matters beyond our comprehension
and wrote books which included his accounts. A famous
example is the death of a close friend when he was the
only witness and was later astounded to have a medium
tell him things only HE (Goddard) could have known of his friend's passing. He was also witness to a "slip in time" incident when flying over Scotland before WW2 and
seeing, through a break in a storm cloud, an air field
with 'planes that hadn't been invented and ground-crew
wearing apparel that hadn't been adopted at that time.
An extraordinary man who lived an extraordinary life.
Good luck!
MC

With huge thanks to Vautaw for recording "Out of his reach"

I am looking to our next sojourn together.

Po

Costa Lot has a background noise of a coffee shop.

I have converted my caravan in to a recording studio.

I have set up my keyboard and video camera with a separate mic to get cleaner sound recordings.

I have started to experiment with some new software which is quite a steep learning curve.

Both video and sound software and another version of PhotoShop.

Plus 'Crazy Talk' all of which I have great plans for this year Do.

Po

Po I am eagerly looking forward to your poem out of reach - the audio version.

the new audio of yours is also good. if you could choose a silent background while recording, it will be good.

anyways a great effort.
btw where is your studio and what it is all about?

Thanks for the really nice comments!!!

Thank You for taking the time to read my work and making me feel welcome here, i haven't uploaded everything yet so there will be more soon...

Po,

Thanks for the nice compliments on my poems. Extremely appreciated!

-Les

You must like puns
they're so much fun
a comedian
you are surely one!

Ha thanks! The picture is of my first anthology, "Playing in the Dark After Rain" released Jan. 2016.


The picture I put up yesterday was of Stephen King.😂

Do I am so excited about the idea to get a women to narrate the poem 'Out of his reach'

I will post a request for some help in that endeavour.

It is going to lose the impact if I read it myself.

Po

The list of poets I follow is growing longer as I find 'new poets' that are just starting out and some long time members of the great and good here at WOL.

Reading other poets musings (and recordings) is a great way to pass away a cold rainy day... or evening when their is nothing to watch on old brain sapping box.

There is some great talent here, I enjoy reading the comments sometimes more than the actually poem they refer to.

I spend more time reading than writing and posting here that's for certain.

Thank you to each and every poster here on my profile,
especially the new members.

Po

Dear Ghaz Thank you for commenting on my first audio link. I posted my 'sample' 'cocooned' because of your kind request.
I thought it would be a good place to start, I am pleased you enjoyed it....

Lots more audio to follow Do now I have the studio set up.

Po

Thank you DC
I love the 2 CV

Great to know you dropped in, Thank you

Po

I am finding solace in your words Big Guy.

We need to understand the power we have as poets Right Here... Right Now!

If my car needed repair I would go to the garage
If I have toothache I go to the dentist

If I need help with my up and coming poetic musings and 'getting out there' I seek advice from poets and artists that have already done it, who can speak from experience.


We must never be afraid to ask for help.

Colluding with other poets can only be a good thing.

Sadly I feel some fear that their stuff will be drowned, or diluted sinking into obscurity whilst the other partner gains all the glory.

In any relationship it must be give and take. 'Just giving or just taking' will not ultimately help either party.

Dear Po, your poem who am i as a reply to my comment is quite interesting and good. Post it on your blog but change the last two lines with something else.
I got the clue, so don't worry. I love your poems and that is what is more important.

HI Po Thanks for comment on my 2CV!

Hey Po,

i just heard your audio. It is good. I was happy to listen to the audio of my favourite poem of yours. So happy to hear the audio of your poem.

Waiting for more....for outta reach poem also....better you have a woman read that poem for you or may be both, for the male n female lines....😃

Let's hope it's not just a vanity press.

And beware of the slimy, scummy offers to publish for a 'nominal fee' which usually adds up to at least $2,000 minimum, plus a professional copyedit which is $1,200 at the cheapest I could find.

Small-time authors need to help each other more if they are to be successful. It's this holding the cards against chests that keeps lids shut tight and doors slammed.

The more we help each other, the bigger this community will become, and we may actually carve out a market all our own instead of piggybacking off just straight literature or books in general.

Here's to your first book.🎊