I'll try to catch up on some more of your work.

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thanks for the comments on 'Down In The Hole' Harry - you raise some good questions and I, like many others, don't have the answers. I think there is a 'new' industrial revolution in the electronics and power industry - and this has pushed honest hard working industry out - that's not necessarily a bad thing I suppose - but I rail at the way it was done with the mines and steel (and the docks to some extent) these were community industries with little to replace them when they were demolished. I really appreciate your continued support and comments Harry
thanks very much
Ian

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

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thanks for commenting on 'Down In The Hole' Ray - yes - a lot of the story is based on family and friends who did work down the pit and were affected by Thatcher's disregard for community in her pursuit of unsound economics. I lived right at the centre of the Yorkshire coal fields and a lot of my friends and relatives worked the mines. Thankfully my parents pushed me so that I didn't have to - and I'm thankful for it
Ian

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

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thanks again for the kind comments on 'Down In The Hole' Cynthia - thankfully my parents took the view 'no son of mine will work down the pit' although a lot of my friends and relatives did - so it's part false persona and partly a homage to some of the stories they told me. I really appreciate you taking the time to comment - cheers
Ian

PS - just noticed you also commented on 'Forsaking Auld Lan Syne' I really must visit these pages more - I'm blooming hopeless - thanks once again for these additional nice comments
Ian

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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aythangyow Ray - I will take a gander on the i-diddly-i-player when I get a quiet few mo's - thanks for the heads up.

I remember as a child I used to get very excited when a particular female singer came on stage and sang Sweet Georgia Brown. Bizarre but true. And later in life I worked on the stage door at the Grand Theatre and occasionally ran errands to the Leeds City Varieties although I never actually got to see any performances there. Altogether now:

Come, come, come and make eyes at me
Down at the Old Bull and Bush
Laa la la la la....

I fear some of our international readers will not have a clue what we're talking about Ray!

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

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Hey L, welcome to WOL!

You manage to pack a lot of content into such small poems! Love what you've added so far and I look forward to your future posts.

Thanks for sharing.

Stu.

Comment is about Myescape (poet profile)

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Hi myescape,

The first 5 are my early work, excluding Ink which was the first bit of writing I've done in the current years. It's also one which I'm happiest with, you should check it out and let me know what you think.

Thanks for taking the time to read them!

Stu.

Comment is about Stuart Bright (poet profile)

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How many of the poems on your page are works from your younger self?

Comment is about Stuart Bright (poet profile)

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Hi Steve , thanks so much for going forward on the technical issue for me. I do take the point about the certificate thing being on my computer. It is a random thing, and seems to home in on WOL only by law of averages. I use the site more than any other; funnily enough it also happened on a youtube link from an email last night. Apparently it might an adware thing. I'll keep my eye on it and won't let it deter me !

regards Ray

Comment is about steve pottinger (poet profile)

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News Flash!

Where is The Heart of Stockport has a small display in Stockport Library this week.

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

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Both my poems I shared tonight were written tonight.. no sleep and dark coffee are to thank lol

Comment is about Myescape (poet profile)

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What can you write about? Unless of course the line of biography is less a disclaimer than a poem?

Comment is about Jane Doe (poet profile)

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just a quick thank you for your constructive and pertinent observations last night on Fox Tor Mire David.(Send) You know how it is, I burrowed into it today and made quite a few alterations which I think have improved the poem.

Yours in humility, Ray !

Comment is about David Andrew (poet profile)

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Thank you for the comments on my pieces. Looking forward to reading yours!

Comment is about Juan Pablo Lynch (poet profile)

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Welcome to WOL. I look forward to reading more of your work. But I'm short on time today. Catch up with you again soon.

Terrific bio. I really want to absorb 'Celtic Memory'.

Comment is about Chris Hubbard (poet profile)

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Wow, Love it, remind me of Eminem lyrics...this is quite inspirational

Comment is about Piper Mandle (poet profile)

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Thanks for the compliment. I appreciate it!

Comment is about Reginald Mcintosh (poet profile)

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Hi Alex - thank you for your note on Kaleidoscope ? Glad you enjoyed it ?

Comment is about Alex Smith (poet profile)

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Such a positive hopeful poem...thanks

Comment is about Chakraj (poet profile)

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Poetry and Drama are excellent bedfellows. The combined interests will enable you to read aloud your own words to test their best usage for the effect you want, even if just to yourself.

Comment is about Claire (poet profile)

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Welcome to WOL. I do like your photo, assuming it's you, with its aura of cheeky friendliness and humour.

Comment is about Randall Eckstein (poet profile)

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Nice one I'd forgotten that line, may use it in something else

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

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Hi Nicola

Glad you liked the poems
Thanks

More importantly glad you like Kate Tempest. she is in another realm. I can also recommend Harry Baker performing his poem about numbers.
See you soon

Martin

Comment is about Nicola Hulme (poet profile)

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hello Ralfy! and welcome to WoL. So glad you liked my sample poem and very generous of you to say so. Your writing is intriguing and I look forward to reading more. I would suggest just post one or two poems a day (or less) rather than be tempted to swamp the site with a whole ton of work. It's just they tend to get gobbled up by the system and it's harder for people to notice them. Lots of excellent writers here on WoL and it's a great place to learn if you take the time to interact and read what's out there.

all the best
Col

Comment is about Rafael (poet profile)

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It's terrific to have you back in the North. And active.

Comment is about Steve O'Connor (poet profile)

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Hi Martin,

Fabulous poems as ever last night, well done.

I had to write and say Kate Tempest - wow! Thank-you so much for pointing me in her direction. I'm watching her perform at The Royal Court and am blown away.

Yet again I'm reminded of how high the bar is!

Nic x

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

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A wonderful night again, thankyou Stockport WOL. For David and John, the poem we were trying to remember was "Adlestrop" by Edward Thomas (1878-1917). I had to find it or I would have been awake all night!

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

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Great comment on Which Rev, love it

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

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Thanks for comments on Which Rev

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Happy New Year to everyone.

Nigel, I love "Peace".

I struggled with this month's theme "Hangover", but I'm looking forward to hear everyone else's interpretations tonight.

Jenny is braving it and coming back for another session, so we must have done something right last time!
x

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

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Hi Cynthia Thanks for comment on Le Petit Parisien and I'll have a think about your suggestion.David

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Welcome Kenneth-enjoy!





Rose ?

Comment is about Kenneth James Keller (poet profile)

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Paul, thanks for reading this.
The detachment comes more from the clinical almost pasteurised way in which cremations are conducted and the inevitable way that public grieving is seen as a consequence of the scene.

Comment is about Paul Waring (poet profile)

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Welcome to WOL. You have made a good decision not to post too many poems all at once. We are a diverse 'bunch' but generally open-minded and supportive.

Cynthia

Comment is about Pheonix None (poet profile)

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There are different kinds of structure and numbering. Make a new pattern. Your acute rhyme and rhythm skills are highly admirable.

Comment is about Louis Audet (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia - well good for you! Thanks for remembering our chat on this and for updating me which was very thoughtful and appreciated. I've always held that poetry should be adaptable and this has proved that point. To flip the coin, I have sometimes read lines and immediately thought Noooooo that sounds terrible! Or a piece has fallen flat on its poetic arse with the wrong crowd. Or I have changed my choice of poem to read at the very last minute. Have to admit I have dropped performing these last few months. Maybe I will feel the need sometime again in the future. All the best, Colin

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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I bid you a warm welcome Stephen-enjoy!






Rose ?

Comment is about Stephen Jones (poet profile)

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I sensed Zen Hazel. I feel connected. Namaste.

Only yesterday I finished a little book on Mindfulness by Anna Black -- filled with beautiful, bite-sized practices.

I have watched Tara Brach before. I feel drawn towards her and her belief in radical acceptance is rather endearing.
When she mentions the 'awakening heart' my mind delves deep into my earlier classes on kundalini yoga where we worked on the awakening of the sleeping serpent within us (mula badha).

My journey continues Hazel and I'm in the final stages of completing my first book on managing smoking addiction through staying in the "now" and watching the cravings come and go. Wonderful.

I'm keen to know more about your mental health charity, MBSR and MBCT.

Love&Light
Raj

Comment is about Chakraj (poet profile)

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Thanks for taking the time to comment on Panic in the Paddock, its very much appreciated! It was the first time I tried writing in that style and I'm glad it came across well.

Cheers

Stu

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

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Hi Raj, I've been doing some kind of meditation with different degrees of commitment since I was 16. Then I lived in Nepal for a couple of years working as a volunteer and was surrounded by functioning Buddhist monasteries. I did a vipassana retreat and that started my mindfulness practice. When I came home I became involved with the Mindfulness Association at Samye Ling in Scotland and did the MBSR at Bangor University. I'm addicted to Tara Brach podcasts and videos. I am part of a local buddhist sangha but don't consider myself to be a practising buddhist. I'm lucky enough to teach secular mindfulness as part of my job with a mental health charity - so that anchors me at work and helps to wake me out of the trance. The difficult colleague in my poem was from a previous job - I still think of her with a mixture of love, amusement and sheer fear!

Comment is about Chakraj (poet profile)

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Hi Steve: thanks for you comment on World of Plastic. I'll have a go at this at WOL in Send. I did think it would be a sort of tongue twister, to be read in a fairly brisk manner; much obliged.

Ray

Comment is about steve pottinger (poet profile)

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Hi Hazel, my mother has that picture up in her kitchen and it reminded me of myself in old photos, although that kid would be a few years older than me. I was born in in 1953. Anyway, I posted it as a taster from my next book After Hours out in April from Cultured Llama.

Comment is about Hazel ettridge (poet profile)

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Hi Paul, my mother has that picture up in her kitchen and it reminded me of myself in old photos, although that kid would be a few years older than me. I was born in in 1953. Anyway, I posted it as a taster from my next book After Hours out in April from Cultured Llama.

Comment is about Paul Waring (poet profile)

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Hello Josie,
I've not read anything here on WOL that matches the starkness of your work. I hesitate to say I like it because plainly what you describe, i'm guessing, is acute frustration born of mental pain, and there's little to like in such a situation. That said, you compose your pieces beautifully, and you can certainly write. I hope you get your $900.

Travis.

Comment is about Josie Harris (poet profile)

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Thank you for your comment on SHARE M.C. It's nice to know you have taken the trouble to read and comment.

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

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I fucking love this sample. So well put. Definitely looking forward to more.

Comment is about Pheonix None (poet profile)

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Thankyou for the comments Hazel, they're very much appreciated!

Thanks again

Comment is about Hazel ettridge (poet profile)

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Hi Paul, firstly thankyou for your kind comments on 'the little voice', ive never had the nerve to let others read my writing and positive feedback is very rewarding! I have read some of your work and particularly enjoyed 'nostalgia' I like being able to see different perspectives from seemingly innoccuos objects. I think you might enjoy my poem 'ink' as I feel there are some similarities.

All the best

Comment is about Paul Waring (poet profile)

Original item by Paul Waring

Thanks for your feedback on 'the voice', its very much appreciated! By the looks of your sample work you are very talented, I think I'll be perusing your past works in the near future!
Thanks again

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Sorry I've been so long to 'tune in'. And welcome to WOL, (three months later).

Comment is about Stuart Bright (poet profile)

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