Very resonant CBT. Three of my eight grandchildren were premature, two just over a pound in weight, another was three pounds. Those first weeks are living hell.
Comment is about Choking (blog)
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Cynthia poetry is what you say it is, it does not have to rhyme nor make sense- North American natives' chant wordlessly to summon up thier gods. Tommy xx
ps keep up your excellent work. TC
Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)
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Thank you Stu. I was aiming at that, and you summed it up. Tommy xx
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<Deleted User> (18980)
Tue 20th Mar 2018 11:25
Mmmm A poem about poetry...it's sort of incestuous isn't it?
Comment is about poetic succession (blog)
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I rather like those programmes recently cobbled together like “It Was Alright in the 80’s”. Full of racism and sexism. I don’t consider myself either But neither am I into denial. We laughed at them. We made jokes ourselves then we wouldn’t now.
But what I really like is the hypocrisy of the TV companies. By fetching on a few observers who feign shock/horror at the sexism/racism/ableism/ageism the TV company can show it all again in a back door way.
Of course, if no-one watched it, it would die a death.
Comment is about NOT NICE TO SEE YOU (blog)
Original item by ray pool
lovely stuff cynthia. couldnt help but think of maya angelou's 'still i rise' when reading! i was utterly transported by this, you paint such wonderful images
Comment is about The Dive (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
bernard manning
doesnt he do the turkeys?
Comment is about NOT NICE TO SEE YOU (blog)
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hilarious ray. such a vibrant mind!
Comment is about NOT NICE TO SEE YOU (blog)
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quite right keith, were a bloody marvellous lot us poet types.
Comment is about The World Day of Poetry (blog)
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lovely stuff tommy, very delicate and warm
Comment is about Shoes (blog)
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Hi there Alex,
Congratulations on winning PotW! Nice work.
Cheers,
Suki
Comment is about 'St Matthew and the Beatles' by Alex W is Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week (article)
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Tue 20th Mar 2018 08:28
I wasn't a Doddy fan, and I wasn't impressed by his tax evasion...but he did stay loyal to his home town, unlike most other Liverpudlians whose accents grow stronger the further away they live.
Comment is about The Squire of Knotty Ash (blog)
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Tue 20th Mar 2018 08:14
I like the poem, and not wishing to put a dampener on things, butterflies are not as purposeless as you suggest. Their purpose is to further their species, therefore their whole life is dedicated to feeding, finding a suitable site, and laying eggs.
Comment is about butterfly (blog)
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Tue 20th Mar 2018 08:01
Thx for appreciating it.
Comment is about Nocturne/Julia Caroline/Translation in Amharic/Alem Hailu/በምሽት (blog)
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Tue 20th Mar 2018 04:55
amazing 10/10. whoever wrote this is a freaking pro
Comment is about Broken Bottles (blog)
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Tue 20th Mar 2018 04:01
Nicola Beckett
Tue 20th Mar 2018 02:57
Butterflys needs to land, need cocoons and are stronger in groups..
Comment is about butterfly (blog)
Original item by Lilly Love
Mon 19th Mar 2018 22:10
Early bird catches the worm
like an early hot summer sunrise
as it begins to burn
my mind on fire
inspiration my desire
not to destroy or conquer
not to tear apart nature
but photosynthesis
on the theme of matter.
Comment is about Foolishness (blog)
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The April theme is 'Threads'
Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)
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Nicola Beckett
Mon 19th Mar 2018 20:28
<Deleted User> (18980)
Mon 19th Mar 2018 18:47
Blimey Keith, am I really all that? I thought I just scribbled a few social observaions! Lol
Comment is about The World Day of Poetry (blog)
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Artur, beautiful words full of expectancy. Thank you. Keith
Comment is about Being Naive (blog)
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Nick, fantastic. Thanks. Keith
Comment is about Myths and Wishful Thinking. (blog)
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<Deleted User> (18980)
Mon 19th Mar 2018 16:37
I love all these thee's and thou's...takes my back to the 17th century
Comment is about Nocturne/Julia Caroline/Translation in Amharic/Alem Hailu/በምሽት (blog)
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Hello everyone! - my apologies, I won't be there this evening - still battling with the remainder of that flipping chest infection.....have a great evening....and please would you let me know the theme for next time?........thanks, Dorinda x
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Please please please
read this out
tonight at the Art Gallery
Your poem has everything in it to describe last weekend
N
Comment is about Resurrected (blog)
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New meeting date only for this month
back to normal for April!
The theme for tonight will be to encourage a new generation of poets on - - -
World Poetry Day Wednesday 21st March
Three Stockport schools will be coming to the Art Gallery to celebrate with their own selection of poetry
1PM - 3PM
We have been asked to help set up a workshop and give a short reading on the day.
Comment is about Write Out Loud at Stockport art gallery tonight (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
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Mon 19th Mar 2018 07:32
Ken Again, negativity. Why assume all these adverse things will happen? As far as unity goes, we are closer to and more influenced by the U.S. and still will be trade deal or no trade deal.
Comment is about we'll hang your dirty money on our washing line, if you've any filthy lucre bring it here (blog)
Original item by ken eaton-dykes
Lovely, Cynthia. You had me right there in the deep waters with you, shouting “don’t panic!” ?
Comment is about The Dive (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Thanks for the comment Graham.
Political alignment is equally important as trade. And in my and many others opinion leaving the EU was a shattering retrograde step which brought political disunity with our European neighbours together with a devalued pound, high inflation, and substantial higher prices for food. It will take a generation to get back to the levels of prosperity we enjoyed in the common market.
As someone commented to me on an earlier blog regarding history.
People forgetful of past painful international historical events are doomed to repeat these same emotion driven reactionary cycles over and over again. To the detriment of international wellbeing.
Comment is about we'll hang your dirty money on our washing line, if you've any filthy lucre bring it here (blog)
Original item by ken eaton-dykes
I may well, Colin. My "Greatest Hits Vol III" is due out in 2026.
Comment is about NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY (blog)
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Sun 18th Mar 2018 22:42
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 18th Mar 2018 21:53
I thought Bernard Manning was funny...but that was probably because I am male, white, straight, anglican, not bald, not fat, not disabled etc etc
Comment is about NOT NICE TO SEE YOU (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Hi Col. I'm just going back over the comments on my back efforts, and sorry to say I missed yours here. Apologies. There is beauty and intrigue that comes with local names for sure; my favourite is the names of Cornish mines for example, but every town has some goodies. London indeed has some great ones! I bought a ceramic hedgehog and called him nameless. Don't ask me why, but it stuck.
I think my Mum was quite taken with the area, bless her.
Cheers, Ray
Comment is about THE HOG'S BACK, A REVELATION (blog)
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I can well understand the trepidation and the thrill of the dive Cynthia, as I overcame fear of the water at age 28, and did the top board at last. This is an unwinding poem, beginning, a bottom and a top, and takes us all the way spectacularly ! Nice and engaging.
Ray
Comment is about The Dive (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Yes, Ray, I suppose there are any number of secondary uses to which you can put these carabiners.
Comment is about THE CARABINER BRACES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
They would have been ok for a touch of the old millstone grit climbing too John ! Dare I say it.
Ray
Comment is about THE CARABINER BRACES (blog)
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Thanks Jennifer, it was lovely to get your comment. I totally agree if the verse had been put to music the extra repetition would have been effective. It will just have to mature at it is into a sort of cider with rosie!
Ray
Comment is about THE APPLE MAN (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thanks, Colin. Our Gert thinks quite rightly that I waste my time.
Comment is about THE CARABINER BRACES (blog)
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<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 18th Mar 2018 16:18
To answer your final question SB...you're only a pawn in one game...so play another game.
Comment is about Wanna crush you (blog)
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Sun 18th Mar 2018 14:11
what a wonderful title, format and flow. And such intimacy too. Super.
Comment is about Notes in the Margins of a Lover’s Poem (blog)
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<Deleted User> (18980)
Sun 18th Mar 2018 12:43
Try to be positive Ken or you'll worry yourself into an early grave!
Why assume Brexit won't be successful?
Comment is about we'll hang your dirty money on our washing line, if you've any filthy lucre bring it here (blog)
Original item by ken eaton-dykes
Many including me voted to join a market exchange, a simpler way of moving goods/services around Europe. Look what it became!
Alliances are fine, federations are not.
Comment is about we'll hang your dirty money on our washing line, if you've any filthy lucre bring it here (blog)
Original item by ken eaton-dykes
Hi Ray!
Loved the apple man. Would have liked the repetition in the other verses too, just to be interfering! Takes one back to a happy childhood in the country!
Jennifer
Comment is about THE APPLE MAN (blog)
Original item by ray pool
“Beige” you say, Kev. A man of some discernment. They’re on their way.
Comment is about THE CARABINER BRACES (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Can I order a pair John. Beige, I don't want to be too flash
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about THE CARABINER BRACES (blog)
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Nigel Astell
Tue 20th Mar 2018 14:38
The World of poetry has yet another Collage poem entering the W O L atmosphere!
Comment is about March 2018 Collage Poem: Changes (blog)
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