No apologies needed Dorinda, I found Roger ?
Your brain still runs rings around mine xxx

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

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I really enjoyed "Left Behind".
Powerful and vivid.

Comment is about Karen Ankers (poet profile)

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I'll try to do some catching up on your work too, Karen. Welcome to WOL.

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Stu, I had been anticipating your 'visit' to Sale for months. I'm sure glad I didn't miss it.

Re 'Four Trees and A Girl'. If it is possible to have a 'favourite' of one's own work, this might be mine. Or not. I often read it just for myself because it makes me feel so good deep inside.

I find this element of detachment making it possible to read my own poems objectively very intriguing. And it certainly isn't self-love. Or arrogance. If a poem of mine doesn't reach that level of separation, I lose it. Or set it aside for more consideration. Usually the latter, because I value the power of a 'first idea'.

Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)

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I so appreciate your comments.

Thanks for the WOL/Sale support.

Having nothing in common but titles by alphabetical 'C', those poems gave me a challenge to veer off from a 'theme', letting each poem carry its own weight, totally. Maybe that was the extra impetus, desperation!

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

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Hello Chante, Welcome to Write Out Loud. I too consider myself to be an Ambivert ? I enjoyed reading your sample piece and hope to read/listen to more of your work soon. Emer

Comment is about Chante Pearce (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia,

Yes that was me! Thank you for your feedback on my work - it really is much appreciated!

Neil

Comment is about Neil Robertson (poet profile)

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Andy, I'll try to get to read more of your work. I did enjoy 'Milestone' very much. And I bet you would be a star reader of your own work. Failing CSE English means nothing.

Comment is about Andy Smyth (poet profile)

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Welcome to WOL, Jeffrey. You will enjoy being here. I think everyday life is the only inspiration, our human commonality.It is the stuff of poetry.

Comment is about Jeffrey McGehee (poet profile)

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Are you the gentleman I met this week in WOL, Sale?

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, then you aren't, obviously.

Comment is about Neil Robertson (poet profile)

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"..Abandon hope all ye who enter here" ;- ) Tommy

Comment is about Maxine (poet profile)

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Ta Raj on 'Sin'. Your comment is most welcome. Tommy

Comment is about Chakraj (poet profile)

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Loved your poem Nicola
and this is what I think - - -

Hammy for a Mammy in Law
that's o.k - - -

because the fish was off
- - - but don't tell a soul

Comment is about Nicola Hulme (poet profile)

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Hello Andrea, your humility is refreshing. I've been writing for thirty odd years and i'm still not sure i'm a poet yet. Still, the only way to achieve that aim is, as you suggest, to keep at it, and one day hopefully you will be.
Your rhetorical question in the Samples section above about 'a Pound of makeup on the face and not an ounce of happiness' is well put. Keep at it. Good luck.
Travis.

Comment is about Andrea_22 (poet profile)

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Hello Jeffrey, Some good philosophical verse. Thanks. Keith

Comment is about Jeffrey McGehee (poet profile)

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Great start brother?.
Such a lovely poem❤.
I hope to see you with another amazing poem.

Comment is about shashank (poet profile)

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Hello Cybil. I'm glad to see that you liked, 'My Father's Green Eyes.' Welcome to Write Out Loud, I hope you stay and share some more of your written pieces. I look forward to reading a lot of your blog entries in the near future.??

Comment is about Cybil Shah (poet profile)

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thanks martin, i really enjoyed listening to your work again. i will definitely check out both those dates and keep in contact!

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

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Hi Stu
It was great to catch up with you last night. your poetry was fantastic as usual. As I mentioned last night it is worth attending Marsden Jazz festival in October. Julian will be publishing it no doubt closer to the time. Also around the same time is the Chorlton literary festival which is around the same time and will also be on the WOL web site nearer the time. Both of these events get packed so they are good places to get known. All the best with the book. I look forward to more posts. Hope to see you again soon
Cheers
Martin

Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia
Was really good to see you last night. You were on fire with your poetry last night. aside from the fact it was fabulous poetry as always, your delivery was fantastic. I would have told you but you were gone before I could do so. Great night
see you soon
Martin

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Thanks Keith. I appreciate the support. I read through a few of yours and one that caught me in particular was:

Shell Shock
Wednesday 12th April 2017 7:06 pm

I spent 15 years in the service and did 5 tours in the desert. It choked me up and was exceptionally well written. Thank you for such moving words.

Comment is about Larry Smith (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia,

Thanks for your positive comments about my poems which makes a change from the usual indifference (of editors). I started to read a few of your poems - bit too soon to make any sensible observations.

John S

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia,
Just wanted to say how lovely it was to meet you tonight. I have long admired your work and to hear it read was just super. I especially enjoyed the final piece, what a wonderful structure and use of language.
I look forward to many more nights of wordsmithery, and thanks for making me feel so welcome.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi Cait,

Welcome to WOL! Thanks for checking out my blog.

Looking forward to having a read through your entries ?

Comment is about Cait Abbott (poet profile)

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Larry, As a new writier you do so from your inner self which is where we love, suffer pain and despair. Write on my good friend. I would like to read more. Thank you. Keith

Comment is about Larry Smith (poet profile)

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Hello Harry, hank you for your comment on the poem Here for a while. What you say is interesting and poses some questions. In nature we see cycles of events which focus on birth, death and resurrection. The seasons bear witness to this. It is no coincidence that Easter is celebrated in Spring a time of new birth and life in the world about us. A thought which inspires hope. Thank you for this. Keith

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

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Loved 'Sometimes', it reminds me of a poem I wrote called 'Wardrobe Mistress' - similar subject.
I liked the slow build up and the 'beautiful' pay-off.
I'll keep reading - catching up with your words...

Comment is about Karen Ankers (poet profile)

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Heya Cynth

Agreed. I stopped shaving pits and legs a long time ago, initially as a private rebellion, then not so private. My body, my rules.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Many thanks, MC.
I sang and played "Sammy B Goode" at our village coffee morning on Saturday for the old ladies. We passed a cup round and they kindly gave £80! I had to kiss a few of them for that though!

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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I can imagine 'It's bothering me...' would be a very effective performance piece. It would certainly speak to many.

Comment is about ian winter (poet profile)

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I hope you're working on a victory stanza JC

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Hi JC - got your update about the TCT on my profile page.
And, as a great man once used to declare: Action this day!

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Teenagers.

And females not so young either. The saddest sight I ever saw on a tram was a young girl/teen putting on make-up until her whole face looked like an audition for clown-school, a full paste job with a clear outline that completed the mask effect.

I'm sure she thought she was much prettier. And she looked ghastly. Actually ugly. Sometimes I HATE the 'beauty business'; the deliberate exploitation of youthful vulnerability and the degradation of charming, natural beauty.

And those perfume commercials! I almost growl at the TV, wanting to throw a heavy pot through the screen. They are obnoxious!

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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Poetry is most certainly in your blood as I can see from your latest offering The Bleeding Hour and also Greener Grass, The Fight and The Past, Present and Future. You write from deep within and from that place comes some beautiful verse. Thank you. Keith

Comment is about old shoes (poet profile)

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Hello Raj, thanks for the comment on Mushroom Picking. The mushrooms were huge, bigger than in any shop. Thanks again. Keith

Comment is about Chakraj (poet profile)

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Hello MC,
Sorry I only just saw your comment on my song Sammy Be Goode and the issue you have in accessing my Just Giving page via FaceBook.
I don't want to seem presumptuous but if you would like to make a small donation to the Teenage Cancer Trust I have attached a link to their webpage where you can do so directly rather than needing a FaceBook page to access my JustGiving one.
Many thanks,
John

https://www.teenagecancertrust.org/support-us/donate?gclid=CJHjxc7NqNMCFfYy0wodTVUFqw

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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Hi Daz, thanks for your comment and message. Please never under estimate your poetry. I have just read Hey Hipster and it is really good. You are right about conformity as it is nothing more than a form of conditioning which robs people of their very inner being. Keep writing mate. I love it. Keith

Comment is about dazzer (poet profile)

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Hi Keith, thanks for
the comments on my poems. I often wonder if anyone actually reads anything I write. I'm interested in your comment about conformity in your profile, one of my relations served in the army until he was about 40 and has only just really found his own voice. Ive enjoyed reading your poems especially a mountain journey. Daz

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

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MC, thank you for your comments on the content on the poem A Frontier of Contrast. It makes for some interesting reading. I agree with your use of the word indolent as this can apply to most Latin countries as I well know having lived in Spain for many years. There can be no doubt that California is an economic giant which will always attract wealth but what it has invested in its pristine beauty it lacks in culture. America is highly multicultural which cannot be said of its southern neighbours who are more monochrome in their complexion. America has no cohesive culture but a dynamism to succeed; to create wealth. Yet when the wealth has been created they are stymied in their search of culture. Thank you again for you comments which I value. Keith

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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Very impressive website Maria!

Comment is about MARIA TOSTI (poet profile)

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Hello Keith! Thanks for your comment and for taking the time to read my poem. I read your poem in your profile and I really liked it. I saw you write a lot. It is a good thing!

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

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thanks for commenting on ;'this book is bound in leather...' MC - as always you are spot on with your observation of it's meaning and nuance - I appreciate you taking the time to post
Ian

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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thanx for commenting on 'this book is bound in leather...' Cynthia - you make a very good point about line lengths and I will look to edit this piece into a better 'construct' because I feel you are right
Ian

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi Cynth

No way! Actual rules?! I am so moving to Canada. I was stuck on a bus between two offenders at the weekend, could barely breathe. It ruined my journey.

Why would anyone even attempt to put nail varnish on whilst on a journey?!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hello Maria, I have so enjoyed reading your Biography and the poem To the Boundaries of the Soul. so much of what you have written speaks to me and to which I can relate. Your words, The Soul is our true abode............so very true and also inspiration which comes from inside with insistence. Thank you for these. Keith

Comment is about MARIA TOSTI (poet profile)

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Hello Keith, thank you for showing interest in this poem. not many people like to read about scriptures, spirituality or God. thank u for your lovely comment.
-ghazala l.

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

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Martin, thank you for commenting on my poem Shell Shock. Despite ten years in HM Forces the poem was inspired a World War One veteran who I knew as a boy. He survived the Battle of the Somme. Thank you again. Keith

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

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Looking forward to reading your recently published work, Stu..

All the best to you,

elP

Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)

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Chris, in your biography you say the ´the past is always present ´. For many this may seem an off the cuff remark but in reality is is an essential ingredient of our existence. Thank you. Keith

Comment is about Chris Armstrong (poet profile)

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John, I shall make every effort to keep up with your posts. They are powerful. 'History Lesson' is really superb.

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