Aye up Ray - so pleased that you liked and took the time to comment on 'Splendid Is The Flower' I seem to be getting a bit reflective in my old age - glad you 'got it'
Cheers
Ian

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Thanks for the kind comment kimafia.

I'm enjoying your stuff - 'Dance' works - can you make a longer poem?

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Busted again..! x

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I don't use this site, very often, as it does not have the capacity to give me positive feedback when I want it !! Another 'irritation' is the advertising of USA sites !! Most of us have neither the money or desire to travel to the USA purely for some poetry performance !! Why don't they form their own 'Write Out Loud' !! They have no place on a British site. Whose was this cockamaney idea in the first place ???

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profile poems are great.. will have to have a look at the rest defo but excelent.. x

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Hey Stu - been away for a bit - you know life stuff .....!! Thanks for reading & commenting on SeaDreams - I'm so pleased you liked it!! :)) xx

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Thanks Helen for taking the time to read & comment on SeaReams - I'm glad you liked it xx

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Hello Joshua,

Just a word of advice. you seem to have posted a poem on the Discussion section of the site instead of the Blog section.

If you would like others to read and comment on your work it would be more visible on the Blog section.

The discussion section is typically where a more general topic is aired and given a good old throw around.

very best regards, and keep posting!

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Thanks for the in comments regarding 'Head In Hands' Ray - I really appreciate you taking the time to comment and am pleased that you like this rather sombre effort - cheers
Ian

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Thanks, once again, for the kind comments on 'Head In Hands' Tommy - I admit to be poorly read and hadn't heard of 'The Mezzanine' but having looked it up I can see where you're coming from with regards to the tone of this piece. I'm pleased it resonated with you - cheers mate
Ian

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Thanks Harry

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Lovely poem 'sleepless ....' and thank you for welcoming me to WOL.

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cheers for the great comments laura. i thought being a chef would dull me to my love of food but now im out of the kitchens i find my love has grown again. i cook fresh food every day for us, its a labour of love. on tuesday im booking the hotel for our stay in liverpool. dead excited!

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Helloooo :) and thank you for y'note on Mothering Sunday. You'd think once they're gone, you'd be done with it all, but it seems not. At least, not yet, anyway.

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Dorinda, our computer is finally up and running again, after nearly a month. Not that I was capable of being on line. I had eye surgery the very next Tuesday after the Stockport event (emergency sort of) and the rest is almost a blur (no pun intended). I am fine, mending well, and amazed at the increased beauty of colour all around me, literally shocked at the shades of my wardrobe, and the brilliance of the pictures and artwork hanging on my walls. I won't have to buy new clothes or paint walls for ten years! My other eye is also scheduled in the near future, so I will have dual clear vision, cataract-free. Yippee!

Like your good self, I am blessed. I knew you were a kindred spirit.

I'm sure Martin will lug Stan's glove around to Sale this May. He's a really nice person, isn't he? And a good writer.

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Thanks chicken! Am ridiculously excited about it haha :D

Ooo you called yourself a southerner!! There's no going back after that you know :p

Thanks so much xx

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Hey hun, just read your update. Congrats on the book. I will buy it! Wish I could be at your launch but us southerners don't venture to anywhere north of Brum lol x

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Having noted your comments, I had a look through for "Retriever". Made me bark with laughter.

Also enjoyed your "lost shoe" poem (spelling mistakes and all). Reminded me of moving to a new area at age 13 (Dad's fault) and starting a new school where I knew absolutely no-one. Spent all morning on the loo before Dad dropped me off at school. I didn't lose my shoe, but it pretty much felt like I had. God. Memories of growing up, so painful, yet, now, quite inspirational as far as verse goes (it was still Dad's fault).

My poem - "Fragment of a tree" has the same sentiment but not the impact of yours, so well done my man, Enjoyed it. Wrote mine yonks ago, so not trying to steal your thunder or dig up those carefully hidden bones...


I feel the sting of your harsh rebuke
I sense your annoyance and dripping disapproval
Rather than rudely sticking out my tongue
And legging it, I stand to face the music

I adopt what I think is my best plaintive, hang-dog, expression
Slowly lower my eyes and dip my head in shame
Whatever I think, I can’t argue too much
We both know who wears the trousers around here

Understand who is the master, who takes the lead
Who puts the roof over our head, dinner on the plate
But I do feel, for once, you’ve been a bit short-sighted
You probably should have seen this coming

I don’t think I should really take all of the blame
After all, we’ve been here before
And when you lobbed that gnarled fragment of a tree
Right into the middle of the slowly meandering river

Let’s face it, you were always going to get wet
When I lovingly brought it back,
Dropped it expectantly at your feet
And vigorously shook off the excesses of the river.

Cheers,

A

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Too true mate. I have to go to the Dentist tomorrow at 10:00 am for a filling, then have an interview at 14:00 for a Local Government Authority in which I have to give a 15 minutes (timed, then told to stop) Powerpoint presentation on how to digitise Local Government... Then on to the 1 hour F2F interview.

I am looking forward to the Dentist.

But if I can (and I don't know if I can yet), perform a meaningless PP presentation for 15 mins in front of a stern faced panel trying to stay awake, then why should a 2 minute Poem/verse/made-up-crappy-thing present a problem? Who knows. Tell you tomorrow!

Andy

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I think that the country are with you on that one Sian. ;-))

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Well what can I say... From near relegation to winning a premier league title within 12 months. Fairytale ending. :)

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Re S#n right, correct and bloody hope so. Love in perpetuity Tommy (ahem)

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thanks for the kind comment on 'sun bleached bones' Helen - a sorry chapter in this countries law and order - I appreciate you taking the time to comment
Ian

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thanks for the comments on the 'Sun' *spits* piece Tommy - it's a worthless rag and should be shut down - and their petulant decision not to cover the hearing outcome should be the final nail in their sorry coffin
Ian

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Nigel, you are too kind, but thank-you for the vote of confidence.

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Hi Fatima,

'What Is It' is my poem and was published on line by 'Writers for Calais Refugees' on 26 October 2015.

The poem says it all.

Thank you for liking it.

David

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Big big day for the Foxes! Sian you will HAVE to write a piece about today. Every football supporter in the land and beyond will be cheering you on. What an amazing event in prospect. Come on you Foxes!! Tommy

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I can't say thank you enough for your kind words on Three Word Admission. I really appreciate the feedback.

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It's been a delight browsing through your work. I'm impressed at the large body of poetry and can't wait for more. Thanks for contributing!

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I love that you have a profile as a reader. It's good to have you!

-Thomas

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Hi greg

I knew Adrian very well, first met him at streates coffee bar, I use to go round on a sunday and have tea with him and joyce, he was a wealth of knowledge, in fact introduced me to the joys raymond chandler. Adrian stayed in my parents house after a cnd march, when we were in london. In his painting christ entrance to liverpool I'm next to arthur dooley near the front. I participated in his happenings at the hope hall. We nearly caught up in Cookham Berks, he had come down for a poetry reading, I was rehearsing my big band in a church in cookham, he I believed went to the wrong church. Oh yes, it's me on the saatchi site, I've always dipped the brush, Adrian did have one of mine,
fondest regards

mike weinblatt, jm weinblatt, lord shosti o'kovitch and once was mike vincent

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I think we got our wires crossed there sweetness :~) Tommy

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Hi Peter, can you check your WOL emails, please? Just click on Inbox at the top of this page. Many thanks, Greg

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Thanks but please - - -

Only when the ink goes dry
dare you ever consider that sin
there is no corner to hide
for someone with your poetic talent!

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Hello

I am a student studying the refugee crisis and I have read a poem I believe that you have written called "What is it". Will you please share your views on the influx of refugees into Europe?

Thank you very much

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Sian, I, along with millions of other football supporters of various teams, welcome this transformation of Leicester without vast sums of capital who have enthralled a nation. Tommy :~)

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Hi Tommy

Thanks for taking the time to comment on my page. I'm new! But...do you actually like us foxes or are you just being polite lol

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@ Dominic James .... of course, my pleasure, with appropriate credit of course :)

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Come on you Foxes! ;~) Tommy

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Well said. How did you guess that was my real wish ; )

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Indeed. Thank you Martin. I really love your poem He's not the one, so thoughtful and poignant.

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Hi Harry

After being chaste for thirty years, didn't realize she'd gone off the boil and couldn't appreciate that these days introductions via smart phone and email displaying excited genitalia are the norm. (sad)

And many thanks for your comment.

Ken

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Thanks Lynn for commenting on Her Scent on Silk. I posted a while back but then, like you, I took a little break from WOL :) x

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Martin - thanks for 'Rosemary', which has inspired my latest haiku 'Salivating'. Nice one mate.
Rob

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Hi MC,
Sorry for delay in answering.

I acknowledge the EU is far from perfect, but I am of the mind that we would have to deal with them anyway, and we may be better off trying to change things from within rather than being outside with no say at all.

Yes, you are right I did mean safer financially. The problem as I see it is that we do not have all the industries we once had, and much of what is left is foreign owned. Our energy companies and utilities and most of our rail network are owned by EU countries.

Half our exports go to EU, and if we will still want to deal with them we would still have to abide by their rules. They are likely to slap import duties on our goods if we are no longer part of the EU.

While we may be paying them billions we get some of this back, and some have even argued that we get back more than we contribute. There seems to be no way of knowing for sure.

To be honest I am more concerned with Theresa May wanting to take us out of the ECHR but that is a separate subject.

Of course I don't know what the outcome of the vote will be but I do tend to believe that floating voters who are still unsure in June will either not vote at all or vote for the status quo, as better the devil you know.

However, we shall see.

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Thanks for taking the time to comment on the Shakespeare sonnet Martin - been out of circulation for a bit - but back on the horse again - so maybe see you soon somewhere (?) glad you liked it
Ian

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Thanks for the kind and appreciative comment on the Shakespeare sonnet Harry - glad you liked it mate
Ian

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Thanks for commenting on the Shakespeare poem Stu - yes I saw the documentary and it was a real eye-opener - I knew nothing about the curse or the fact his skull may be missing - suitably macabre - I love stuff like that :-) I really appreciate you taking the time to comment
cheers
Ian

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Hi Andy, thanks for your comments and for bravely delving a little way into my back catalogue. I'm sure there's enough material there for a whole conference!

I sometimes take my iPod to bed with me and more often than not out and about as it's a great way to jot down those odd lines that come without warning. Sometimes it only takes a line or two to make something a lot more but I know if it's not put down, especially at night, it will be gone forever.

Thanks for sharing your poem which I enjoyed. You don't need shades and a doughnut shirt to read your poems out loud but it helps me feel a little bit epic. I did my Retriever poem at my local P&P last night and it was hysterical, so much laughter. I think it was the first time I'd performed a poem rather than just read it out. What a buzz, I'm still smiling now. Go for it, what have you got to lose apart from your dignity and wtf about that eh?

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Nigel, I think I'll throw my pen away!

I love the perversity of having someone else's eyes! I hadn't taken the homework theme that literally. Excellent work.

I think I'd better sit silently in the corner again, at our next WOL meeting though!

I cant wait to hear what the others have come up with.

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