Hi Michelle, thanks for commenting on dismantled. The violin string but is my favourite too. I'm not to sure what this one means, sometimes they become clearer to me with time, thanks again x

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Thankyou for your comment much appreciated ,we all have to hope peace will come some day .Not in my life time but have hope for the next generation .it is a very cruel world and things have to change .We must all write things down and leave a thread because if we don't who will listen Regards Wendy .

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Hi Eric thankyou for your comment having seen so much hatred in this world and having four boys and two girls numerous grandchildren my hope is we all find peace good luck with your poems and keep writing. Wendy

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Hi MC, my thanks for commenting on 'Exposure' - and congratulations on winning out against the powers that be. :) Best wishes, Dave

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Hahaha, I have many more I could have put in my samples, I have a whole facebook page for my pieces as well, I think I have around 150+ but I think there are only a few I would care enough about to put in my samples :P maybe I'll get around to sorting through those soon and posting them here

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the walk alone, lost love, patience. Lovely poem :-)

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Hi M.C. I very much appreciate your feedback on 'Reasonable Behaviour'-putting a smile on somebody's face puts a smile on my face. Ledger

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Many thanks, Fries, for your kind comments on "Ikea". As you will have heard from my atrocious audio I do not sing it quite as well as Dusty Springfield's original!

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hello Mr.Coopey
I found your sample ''Ikea'' hilarious
It pictures the struggles most of us have while building up an IKEA shelve or other products of the same company.

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went great Nigel on Saturday. had a really good laugh, as it got wrapped quickly - i ended up doing two poems for them, hopefully both will go live next week. will be sharing them on here for that defo and will be mentioning it at stockport when i am there next.

also - i sent two poems over to Rachel last night, one of which needed some major ish rewriting from but i am hopeful at least one will be accepted. yeah, it was a really good workshop (I came away in total after redrafting last night - 9 poems).

hope you enjoyed your dizzy blonde (:

See you soon

andy

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Hope your interview went O.K

Had a great day out on Saturday

Will send Rachel a poem for the launch on November 14th

Went out Monday night to a pub called The Puss in Boots

and had a dizzy blonde not as tasty as my black pussy!

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Hmm interesting take on that one!

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Thank you for your comments Cynthia ! X

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You are more than welcome Wendy, and once again, apologies for the train wreck. You made a very fine point. I've been the woman who says no, and wasn't heard, so it's painfully close to my heart.

Take care, Laura.

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Hi Amanda. Pleased that 'Satan Is A Wanker' brought a smile to your world. Ledger

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Thankyou Laura for showing support and understanding Wendy .

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Hi Ian - thanks for the response about "We are the Dead"
on my profile page. I didn't assume it was about you...
more an "Ode to Opportunities Missed When Alive" from
my own POV.
The sweep of those is such that most of us are content/
sentenced to settle for less, relishing simpler things.
When I mentioned "response" in my opening line, it was
meant that the extent of the comprehensive content
was something of a challenge in that wider context and
might obtain comment(s) accordingly...nothing more.
By the way - I like "Bard Company" as a title. It reminds
me of "Bad Company" - a Western from some years ago
about youth falling prey to the same.
Good to note your busy future performance schedule.
Cheers

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MC - I think you may have fallen into the trap that one or two others did about 'We Are The Dead'. It wasn't written about me and it wasn't looking for a reaction - it was written about a friend who passed away recently - and I felt he hadn't fulfilled his amazing talents as a musician, partly because he let those other things take over his life. Thanks for commenting
Ian

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yassssssssssssssss I love it

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Hello! Thanks for reading, kind comments and tge appreciation! How have you been

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Open-Plan: If only we knew eh? I bet there are a few Hendersons and Amys on WOL.

Look forward to your posts.

Graham

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Hi Cynthia

Thank you for your comments on By Proxy and taking the time to post my my profile. I think there was a technical issue as it was a 'read only' blog. x

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I really enjoyed, do enjoy 'The Cucumber Plot'. It deserves many readings.

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Hi Cynthia
Pleased you enjoyed 'Penalised'
I'm currently living in Scotland, and quickly have become tired of hearing Nicola Sturgeon whingeing about everything.
Penalised is a sort of follow-up to 'Nic' (2 poems back)
Reduced quantity of writing anything close to sensible dictates my reduction in post, but I hope you are fit and well, and maybe we'll bump into each other at some future event.

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weirdly enough i was reading 'the great event' in the book of longing yesterday. it contains one of my favourite lines in any poem (even though its a lyric i suppose).

'What a sigh of relief, as the senile robins become bright red again,'

just great!

(i assume you meant the cohen poem and not the beatles reference but either is acceptable!)

as for talented, its subjective!

have a great all hallows. im dressing my daughter up as a witch (we have a black kitten now) and sending her out for sweets while i watch the exorcist.

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happy october
https://youtu.be/rIHFLrjzgbA

a season i can usually embrace more freely has sort of snuck up on me this year. home of thanksgiving, my birthdate, halloween, and sometimes two full moons.

just wanted to remind you that you're an extremely talented human being and that I'm excited to see you churning out so many entries.

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I cannot defend any reason why we go to war especially sending young men to death in Argentina, Margaret Thatcher had a lot to answer for the destruction and condition she left this country in the same as Cameron is doing at the moment, however on the face of it just one question - if we had the same choice to face again would we go in to the Falklands and do the same again? Of course we would. The bad state of war is sadly an ultimate draw.

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Hi Ray,
Thanks for your feedback on The Rhyme Of The Ancient Partygoer-it is one of those where I started off with the idea for its ending and then had to create the lines to get there. It is, indeed, just a story.

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Hi Amanda. Thanks for dropping onto The Rhyme Of The Ancient Partygoer and giving feedback.

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Thank you so much . It was a good evening. so nice to see some more new faces. You were of course in good form as always. Hope to see you next month

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Martin, I really enjoyed your readings at Sale last Tuesday.

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I'm spent. You?

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thanks for the comments, always very helpful.

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Hi Ian-many thanks for your feedback on Bobby The Bonehead Bouncer. Ledger

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The Morning Train

Catching the right one is what I have to do
but if everyone I ask frowns then keeps shaking head
must be on the train that has the mystery trip!

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Cheers Ray, re 'I stood and stared'. It was during one of my moments of contemplation, and, catching my reflection as I stared out of the window. I do have the original mirror on the original wall and the original foto too. ;-) Tommy

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Hi Ray, thanks for your comments on Bobby The Bonehead Bouncer-a poem written in anger but given that comic book approach as a piss take of that breed. As a working musician I've no doubt you've seen more than your fair share of their thuggery!

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More tissues needed, Nigel
For a few stray tears
Because
Of your
Kind words.....

(trying to write 'Nigel-style:
Can't do it!!!
It's yours
And yours alone...!...)

D.

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Thanks Mark for comments on The Miner....
Glad you liked the style - it's a challenge to keep to simple rhyme but hopefully it has an impact.

cheers. Ray

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thanks for comments Stu about The Miner... I enjoyed doing this one and researched the location for accuracy. You get a real feel of life in the raw in that part of the world, albeit now a surfer's and walkers world.
Glad you enjoyed it. Ray

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lovely intro jim, good to see you found your way here...this cyber tramping is easier on the pocket!! daz

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Hello Tim - many thanks for the reference to the Wikipedia/IPCC entry relating to climate change.
Prevention is always better than cure and I hope that
cross border efforts to reduce any deleterious effects
on the climate will contribute to the future health of
the precious environment - who wouldn't?
The IPCC is a "scientific intergovernmental body" (under
the auspices of the UN) and has worked towards being
less likely to be interfered with politically (as was noted
with the Bush Administration in the USA a while back).
That has to be a good thing.
I noted the uniformity of the usage - from its members
and contributors - of words "like "deforestation" for
example. My mention of the report that MORE trees
than ever were now to be found on Earth goes towards
negating the effects of an oft-stated cause of global
warming - hurrah! There is also the recommendation
(from 2010) that the IPCC modify itself with the caveat
that it did not do its own research but relied upon
reports from lists of researchers prepared by governments and participating organisations.
Ultimately tho', it makes total sense for the world to
understand the harmful downside of human activity
on our planet and limit it at every opportunity, but
there also has to be an acknowledgement of the part
solar activity plays in this scenario. That is no minor
"supporting" part but a leading role in producing a
healthy profitable run of "Life on Earth".

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Hi MC
Thanks for taking the time to comment on Penalised.
I am an Englishman living in Scotland, and got (and still getting) tired of listening (local TV) to the moans. Apart from anything else, Oz scored 5 tries to 3, which I've always believed was what rugby was supposed to be about.

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Hi Ian, back again for further comment . The poem you wrote certainly engendered a lot of discussion. You have pointed out a very good point about singer songwriters getting paid but not a poet. This is obviously a right liberty. I am a muso but choose not to sing - as I find the average offering full of bile and remorse and self pity and all the negatives of life. Why pay to hear that? I find also a lot of poetry hard to listen to back to back in open mike because of distractions - soda siphons, etc.
If there is money to be made, yes hand it out. Personally I don't expect to make money but that's not an opinion that's a fact. Cheers for now!!

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thanks for your, as usual, insightful comments on 'Don't Pay The Poets' MC - I think you're pretty close to the mark in what you say - and as I perform on pretty much the same circuit as Laura - let me tell you, it is prevalent to pay musicians, but not poets, even on the same bill. So these are cases where you've paid your dues, done the open mics and someone wants to put you on and present your words. Showing my hand here, but I never turn the gigs down - but the more it's given for free the more it's expected. Still, it is REALLY nice when you do get paid and certainly gives a lift to your self esteem
cheers
Ian

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thanks for your kind and insightful comments on 'Don't Pay The Poets' Ray - very interesting points you make - and I would never expect a poet to be paid for an open mic spot - because, generally, they are performances with/between peers - so all equal. Where the problem lies is in landlords and promoters putting events on where some of the performers get paid - but rarely the poet - even though they put just as much into the performance. As an example - if I use the same words and put a guitar around my neck, I'm likely to get paid. If I just use the words it's, somehow, different. An interesting topic, really enjoyed reading yours (and everyone's) take on it
cheers
Ian

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thanks for your kind and insightful comments on 'Don't Pay The Poets' John - my comments weren't directed at Open Micers - more so at Landlords and Promoters who throw poets onto a bill with other acts and pay everyone BUT the poets because, as Laura comments, they don't hold the same 'value' even thought hey are entertaining just the same. I get quite a few odd payments here and there and it's always nice to be recognised as 'valuable'. None of us do it for the money - but put a guitar around my neck and let me use the same words and - hey presto - the money appears.
On another note - I was hoping to be at Sale this mon th to see Gerry.P - unfortunately Steve Earle decided to play Manchester on the same night - but I'll be back (that's not a threat)
Ian

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I LOL at your succinct comment on 'Don't Pay The Poets' Cynthia - so much else being written but you nailed it in one :-) hope you are keeping well
Ian

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thanks for the kind comments on 'Don't Pay the Poets' Laura - of course I knew you'd 'get it', particularly after our chat ;-). That being said, I've been paid a couple of times recently - so maybe there's a light at the end of the metaphor
Ian

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thanks for your kind comments on 'Don't Pay The Poets' Anna - I'm so pleased you liked it
Ian

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