Hello *waves back* :)

How's tricks? Is the poetry scene treating you well??

I haven't been doing much open mic these last few months, I've just been too bloody busy! Going to try and go along this month. I miss it.

Hope you are well x

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Hi Harry,

Thank you for your comment. It's nice to be back. I hope to stick around this time.

I really appreciate your encouragement. I know formal isn't to everyone's taste but I am pleased that you approve.

Take care.

Helen :)

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Hey Craig, you're in Portsmouth? Me too. Do you go to Tongues and Grooves?

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Aaargh! Will amend, thank you for pointing that one out. Hope you had a lovely Easter break x

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Thanks for your kind words on 'Morning Mass' Ray. Very much appreciated. DB.

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Hi Lynn,
Thank you for your comments. The Evil Tree is the latest one that I've done. I'm starting to get more of an idea of what I want to write, but still figuring out this whole poetry thing.

I'll look out for your new poem.

Matt

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Hi Matt, thank you for your comments on my profile, regarding my poems, and I am glad you like 'Uncertainty'. I've decided to post another which could be a sequel, although hopefully, it could read as a stand alone poem too.

I like your work, especially The Evil Tree. Welcome to Write Out Loud, and please keep writing and sharing.

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Hi Ronnie

Many thanks for your note on Mothering Sunday :)

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Thanks for y'note on Consequence Stu :)

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It all Happened on Saturday at Stockport Art Gallery - - -

Andy started the show don't you know
John the film director making that camera roll
Linda reading Liverpool poetry work-shop coming up
Maggie using expressive words for positive poems
Meshach arrived to give us pure gold
Nigel had orders not to be naughty!

We were joined by a fine band of experienced poets who made it a worthwhile event through and through!

There will be a W O L work-shop on April 9th 10.30-12 .30 also at the Art Gallery.

Followed by an open mic in the afternoon at 3.30-4-30.

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wifey very much enjoyed 'mythology' and quite agrees, huge lessons to be learnt that are often ignored.

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Hey Lynne,

I really like your poems. The one about the young lovers was ace (19 year old lad and 25 year old girl). I'm very much learning the trade, so that's all for now

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Hiya Louise, took your advice and signed up to this. Cheers for your help, see you soon. Matt X

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Hi Cynthia, thank you for your comments on my profile, and for missing me!

I agree that there are a lot of good poems on WOL, also that we can never be 'all things to all men'. We are all different and appreciate varying things, but the main thing is to respect those differences, as I'm sure you agree.

I like 'Girl in a lake' very much, and I'm honoured you like 'Teardrops in my Coffee'.

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Hi Laura. Had a good sleep and thought more on Born Again. Hope I didn't come on too strong with my comment! I've made a nip and tuck, and I hope you might like it now. I feel it is more visually satisfying even though could upset the trads. x

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Hi Wendy
Welcome to WOL. Love your samples, particularly 'Feel like' I bet that goes down a storm live.

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Hi Pauline - I'm on now!! Beautiful writing! xxxxx

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Welcome to WOL. You've made a huge impact on the Northern poetry scene already. Very impressive.

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Thanks Stu for your comment on Mother Nature the flower seller. I was quite surprised at the plethora of response. I was thinking of the lady in a Christmas Carol with the little waifs - it does seem be an enduring image.
Hope you're keeping up with all your responsibilities and getting lots of joy. !

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'Holly and red berries' are symbols of the 'crown of thorns and the droplets of blood upon the face of Jesus' in the Passion Story of Eastertide. Considering the week, maybe your dream is not so unusual. Perhaps some memory twigged in your mind, even from childhood, especially a ghastly image. Or you're still fighting emotional ideas about the Story you can't yet confront rationally. Maybe never.

That'll be £1000, please. HAHA. I have more crust than bread. I'm part joking and part serious about the comments though. I read Freud's 'Dreams' many years ago; I thought I'd found a treasure in an old second-hand bookshop. But - after several attempts to 'understand the great thinker' I just pitched it. Some of it made some sense, and some of it seemed just like hogwash. I was totally disillusioned in its reputation. So, I'll never know whether I wasn't smart enough to understand, or smart enough to toss it out. Conundrum!

I love having you as a friend. The freedom!

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Welcome to WOL. There must have been a lot of talent bubbling away for years just beneath the surface, a talent for acute observations, and a way with words, in whatever job you were in.

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Lynn, I've missed you! Thanks for commenting on the 'poo' poem.

I don't log on daily, sometimes only twice a week, and then I do try to catch-up with reading Poetry Blogs, and making comments if I wish. I must look like a comment-hog sometimes, but I have to do it when I can. So I tell myself - don't worry about it - just enjoy your couple of hours. There are some fine poems on WOL these days, and many fine poets who have not returned after a short 'relationship' with the site. It is impossible to be 'all things to all men', yes?

I like 'Teardrops in my Coffee'.

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Indeed..... :)

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Your welcome

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Thanks so much for your comment on Synaethesia I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Xx

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Thanks so much for your comment on Synaethesia - I'm so pleased you liked it xx

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Thank you all.

Okay ... so here's my edit .. er written 6 years later. What do you think?

The Poetess
It was the twelfth
Of the twelfth
and
11 days ago
She searched for
10 different ways
To say the same thing
Wrote 9 down
Pondered on 8
Chose the best 7
At 6 she thought she was complete
Then decided to use the first 1

In her pursuit to find
The perfect muse
Move away from the vacuous norm
She travelled
Sojourned many less-trodden shores
Met a rainbow of natives
With their golden pots of customs
Learnt popular forms of greetings
In various languages
Their clicks, whistles and phonetics
But only ever spoke in her mother tongue

Although inspired by
The smell of fresh, welcoming exotic fruit
A multi-dimensional array of intricate colours
The wind blowing her thick, jet black comb-twisted tresses
The swish and the swash of waves beating solid rocks
Luke warm coconut water sipped through a stripy straw
The sun casting shadows over weathered palm trees
The rhythmic motion of ebony biceps owned by pedlars massaging their patrons
Tepid salty water occasionally tapping the tips of her toes
She wrote nothing on her pad but, “When?”

© 2016 Teju Chosen. All right reserved.

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Good morning Mr&Mrs D...(and Benji D!)...;O)
we apologise for not getting back to you sooner,but we've been up to our scrawny necks in one thing and another (hundred).............;o)


and re doing the 'disappearing act' for a while,well that was due to a certain lady (no names mentioned Patricia) who was left in charges of the 'controls' with the purpose of updating our profile,and ended up pressing all the wrong keys!

so having gone into an embarrassing forced retirement from WOL,we decided to let the shame down for a while-

hahaha!

Now,with the Master of the house (yeah right) at the wheel,so to speak,things,your friends are back to normal-or as normal as they medicinally can be-LOL!


lorra lorra love-

Patricia and Stef....xxx

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Your bio is fabulous - especially 'on the tarmac' : waiting for take-off is prime poet's time - the suspension of thought and action - always with a tiny prayer tucked in there somewhere as the engines roar. I'll try to catch up with your work.

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Hey Jim, many thanks for your recent comment on my poem!

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I like a large banana with mine!

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Thanks, Ray. I'm really glad you enjoyed 13th floor. It's a true story, and one I really wanted to tell.

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For full protection
to your body
apply sun lotion.

Last weekend to see Where is The Heart of Stockport?

at Stockport Art Gallery today 10am to 5pm
tomorrow 11am to 5pm.

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Just read your sample - 13th floor. Not that you need praise, but I thought this was etched nay incised in words so vivid and direct that it was like a body blow. Certainly a wonderful read for me. Ray

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Hello there, Sheridan! - great to see you again! - do let me know when you are planning to bring your camera, so I can put on some makeup and make myself look half-decent! (no, Nigel, not 'indecent!!! - too late for that!!!) - Seriously, Sheridan, really lovely to see you again!
D
X

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Hey Demi...many thanks for your comment...i really appreciate it...i like your samples...are you gonna post some stuff too...very thoughtful and interesting

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Many thanks for your note on Inappropriate, Cynthia :) Glad you liked it.

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Hi Sheridan

good idea please bring your camera along on the next meet.

it was great to see you and your poem was well put together and read out in a true poetic voice.

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Many thanks to Alex and Adam for their kind comments above.

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Hey was lovely coming back tonight!
I have a camera and need to learn how to use it a bit more, who fancies some pictures next meet up? I can take some of the group and of individuals reading! Let me know x

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Hi Tommy, thanks for the compliment :-)

The photo was taken in my daughter's garden last summer, so no, haven't been anywhere that interesting lately! Lol.

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"Words after re-reading Shelley, The mask of anarchy"

I really like this!!

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Glad you liked Mendeleyev Cynthia.

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Hiya Lynn, you're looking good, been anywhere interesting? ;-) Tommy

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Once again Lynn-lovely to have you back!

All the best to all.

Patricia & Stef.xxx

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Hi Angela. Your 'Twilight' is captivating. You certainly have a great ability with words.

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good morning Wendy.No problems in replying whenever you like.With respect,you made me laugh this morning,when I saw your profile photo upside down.You haven't emigrated to Australia by any chance have you?
These little mistakes happen don't they Wendy.Take care love,and keep writing those lovely compassionate poems.
Thank you.Jemima.

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RE: re: moist air-Hi Cynthia.Firstly,let me put your mind at ease by assuring you that I would never consider you to be a rude person,in fact quite the opposite,kindly and helpful.With regards to the poem in question,it is fortunate that I didn't actually mention 'drops' had I done so,then I would certainly have agreed with your views.My intention was to induce an image of 'bedewing mist' building up on the window until it could no longer cling to the glass,and consequently started 'crying' down the pane.If you live/have lived in old property,I'm sure you would have 'experienced' seeing pools of condensation on the sill.Those gatherings of 'tears.' Hope this explanation is sufficient.Thank you.Jemima.

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Yup got it in one, however whom is the one? re ' Moving closer' Tommy

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Katy I'll try to recall the point in question :-) Tommy

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