Hi Ian, Thanks for your poem above, some lines leapt into life there - a great read. All the best, Paul

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Thanks Phil - Some great lines in the poem above! Paul

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Thanks Elaine, I enjoyed your featured poem. Paul

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Hello Nigel, I'm watching you

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On "Remote Console"

"when things are fine"
there is no need for a heart
and therefore no need to express a heart

..I enjoyed this, des mannay, and will be looking at more of your work


elPintor

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Hi Val, glad you liked my Jutland poem, hope you can come and see us soon at the Socialist Club, next get together is Tues 21 June, 7.30, hope you're good :-)

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Hi Valerie, thanks for reading my poem Fine. Very kind. I love your poem Good Mother.

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Hi Harry, thanks for the comment on Bullet Holes in Backyards. I really enjoyed your recollections, it's fascinating to hear which small details about profound events are remembered, and even more so when those memories are triggered unexpectedly. Thanks for sharing. T.

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Thankyou for your comment on my Assumptions poem. It means more to me than anyone could know that somebody gets something, whatever that something is, from a topic so close to my heart. I am hoping to write more on topics similar to this to raise awareness and understanding in a positive way!

Thankyou again for your comment Michelle,
Take care

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Val,I am glad that you enjoyed reading my poem,"to be Dauntless." Thank you . :)
Solasta.

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aye up Simon - nice to see you on here - now get blogging some poetry mate - Ian

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thanks for commenting on 'Xenophobe' Lynn - I'm pleased that you liked it :-)
Ian

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thanks for the kind and supportive comment on 'Xenophobe' Phil - glad you liked it mate
Ian

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Hahaa - aww, cheers Ste! Nice to see you around, even if you don't have a bloody profile for me to reply to on!! Thanks mate - don't be a stranger eh?

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We write apparently because life has much to be written than side!,

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thanks for commenting on 'between a rock and a hard place' Harry - yes those final 2 lines are quite blunt and chilling - and I fear the outcome may be equally so

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thanks for the comments on 'between a rock and a hard place Tim' I'm liking the new profile pic - very angry :-)

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Glad you liked Raring to Go talking about that - - -
you must come to our next meet up at Stockport W O L
on Monday June 13th the theme is War and Peace.

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Having just sent you a message John, I see you haven't posted on the blog yet.
The best way is to write your work on a word document and the cut and paste it into the blog via "add blog entry" from the top of the home page. You will have to sign in first.

Regards,

Graham

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Hello and thank you for stopping by and taking the time to comment on one of my writings. You are very welcome here. I read your work, it's quite dark but very interesting. Hmmm.

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Love it Nigel!!!

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That's a great profile, Zakiya..not many can boast such a rhythmic introduction..

I'll be looking for more from you,

elPintor

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thanks for the kind comments on 'Bayonet In The Shed' MC - wow - Kipling you say (hopefully the poet not the baker) thanks for the kind compliment - what with you and your Kipling and Stu referencing Billy Bragg - don't know whether to go old school or protest/punk. It's lined up to be rattled out as a song on my next CD - will have to decide quickly which direction to take it - thanks once again
Ian

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thanks for the kind and supportive comments re 'The Bayonet In The Shed' Stu - pleased you liked it - and very pleased indeed you referenced one of my all time favourite artists, Billy Bragg. It is lined up to be recorded on my next CD - just working on the style - but a Billy Bragg style - hmmmm
Ian

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These are all my own original pieces. I never intended for the world or even a small gathering of people on the Internet to see them, but here they are for safe keeping at the very least.

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Hey Stuart, thanks very much for reading and commenting on 'King and Queen of the Quad'. Much appreciated :)

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Thank you. :)

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Wow, this is beautiful and powerful. Love it!

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Thanks for your comment Lynn, really appreciate it :)

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Abandoned

Left alone
without my
snug friend.

Woven mates
finger fitted
nail gripper.

Now apart
missing twin
please reunite.

If not
another pair
on display.

Will replace
lost gloves
separated forever.

Dedicated to dorinda and the lost glove

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Thanks for you comment on "Marriage of Convenience". I'm glad you spotted the strength at the end. I hope to gain more of that as I share my words.

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Hey MC, thanks for taking the time to read and comment on my, The dog who died. Very kind. Ronnie

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hello. your sample poem is excellent. i look forward to reading more.

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Ah, I've been told I'm a bit musical in my poetry Martin : )

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thanks for commenting on 'A Pointy Reckoning' Laura - glad you 'got it'. The title is not mine - it's a quote from 'The Crucible' I just nicked it cos it sorta fitted
Ian

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Harry - you are so right in your comments about 'A Pointy Reckoning' - when I dug the old photo out I was astounded that we'd had to 'black up' a blonde girl because our school had no ethnic children - not so long ago and yet so far away

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Just following up on OCD and your comments. Interesting and struck a chord that you touched to equal up - uncannily the same with me. My mum used to encourage to "touch wood" an old superstition. I carried this into various contingencies, and even in my fifties I still kept touching the gear stick in my car (sometimes unconsciously) ! All I can say is that it gave a sense of comfort in some way. Now we have a microphone of course to touch. We all need these touch sensors anyway. What a mess !!

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Hi

Just read through your work and enjoyed very much. Then I read your sample which.... well!

Hope your words enjoy their new home.

Lynn x

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Morning Phil

Yep, just read the addition to Granddad - spot on, well worth revisiting it for the edit. So poignantly observed. My nan stopped with my grandad, though he was a total bastard to her. That's what women did back then, eh?

Oh and hey - nice to meet a fellow Thatcher hater haha :D Tis a shame you're in Hull otherwise I'd have said come to the book launch.

God, the gig was amazing, I'm glad I've managed to do justice to it with my review :) No, he didn't do that one - but I will look for your poem.

The trick with performing is to practice til you're sick of it, til your mouth knows it. Take your paper up with you so you can read from it if you need to. And always take a nice deep breath before starting. Remember that no one wants you to fuck up, they only want to support you. Open mics are wonderfully supportive places cos everyone knows how terrifying it is. It gets easier the more times you do it, honestly. I spent the first two years of performing wanting to evacuate from every orifice all day beforehand :D It's a massive buzz though. And that's why we keep doing it to ourselves!

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Cor blimey Chris, you're going back some there aren't you, with Cadence?! Haha! That must have been 2012! I seem to remember at the time I was suffering from a terrible chest infection, and there was a real danger of accidentally gobbing on the front row haha :D

Have a look at Jeff's new WOL venue - Bolton Socialist Club. It's a cracking little club, with some most excellent Fentiman's ginger beer :)

Anyway, no worries, beautiful poem and thoroughly deserving!

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Hi Laura .. thank you for your encouraging comment on 'Tourdion' .. last time I heard you was at the 'Cadence Cafe' which now seems to have disappeared .. have to save these open mics ! .... chris.

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...
.. but you have the most important job of all ..
.. he may sit opposite you in a café, go
home and write ten poems, but you will
never know, he’ll never see you again ..
or on train in Paris he’ll catch a glimpse
of your eyes, return to his small appartement
on Le rue Payenne … find a canvas and paint
a masterpiece for you, but you’ll never know.
.. or that musician playing guitar outside
le theatre will watch you stroll by, he’ll
compose the most beautiful song for you
.. but you will never hear it .. you were born
to this .. without you .. the muse .. there
can never be any poetry …


......

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I loved your write up of Linton. I wish I could have been there. I was at Southall fighting with fascists when Blair Peach was murdered. And I have always loved Reggea Fi Peach. I have a poem on here I posted on the Anniversary. sadly not many remember now. Did LKJ do Fi Peach?

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Thank you for reading "my Granddad". I've added a verse that rounds it off. As for performing... I try but sadly my knees knock so hard the words vibrate.

I'm glad you commented because I've discovered your collection. I'm an old punk and Thatcher hater unrepentant. Also with a love for Linton kwezi.

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... thanks for reading 'Tourdion' Steve .. and thank-you for the comment .. best wishes .. chris.

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Howdo Stuart ... thanks very much for your comment on 'Tourdion' .. all the best .. chris.

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Hi Ken .. thanks for your kind comment on ‘Tourdion’ .. … cheers .. best wishes .. chris.

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Hi Cynthia
You may recall we met at the recent sixties themed event in Stockport; our daughter ran you and your husband to the station as it was chucking it down with rain! Your husband dropped one of his gloves in her car, and I have kept it safely for you, but since I'm not planning to visit Sale WOL in the immediate future, I cannot personally pass it back to you. However, if you'd like to let me have your address (is this allowed on WOL site?), I will gladly post it back to you. I'm just glad it's not freezing cold or his tiny hand would indeed be frozen! Thanks - Dorinda (WOL Stockport)

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Hi there. Thank you for stopping by and reading two of my writings. I'm glad that you liked them.

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Thanks for liking Snail intelligence Vicki. A bit of nonsense but as long as it makes you think, that's okay !.

Ray x

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