Hi Stu, thank for reading the monster poems! In fairness, you look quite young from your avatar, it was Swamp Thing, Godzilla then Dracula but you can have a sticker for trying.

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Welcome to WOL, Vanna. And you must feel free to express yourself in making comments upon other person's works also. Sharing is a big deal on this site.

Feeling confident enough to accept advice/constructive criticism is a sure sign of a sincere writer. And you never have to take it, just consider it.

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ji haa aakash bhai................ bas thoda bhut likh lete h

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Bahut khub Gaurav CA ki padhai k sath sath kavita likhne ka b sauk farmate hai kya aap

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Hi Becky Tommy

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Hello Helen. Thank you for reading and commenting on 'The 19th Floor'. Your comment took me by complete surprise and brought a tiny watery drop to my eye. x

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Mr B. Thank you for taking the time to read and comment. The fact that you took the time to highlight a piece of 'The 19th Floor' means that I may now have to buy a bigger hat! Thank you and much appreciated.

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Evening Martin. Thank you so much for your positive comments on 'The 19th Floor'. Feeling quite please with meself.

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Hello Andy. Thanks for reading and commenting on the 'The 19th Floor'. Much appreciated and chuffed to bits you enjoyed it.

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Hi Daz, thanks for your kind comment on 'kick arse steam-punk fucking wonder woman', I appreciate it. It was a fun one to write ;)

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Hi Harry, thanks for taking the time to read and comment on 'End of Innocence', I appreciate it.

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Hi Harry,

Thanks again for your comments on 'Belief'.

Perhaps some of the poems that I have blogged are a tad personal for the full meaning to be clear. Problem is I become quite attached to them :)
As for wishing me luck with performing - thank you! I love the forms and I feel comfortable writing them. Challenging but rewarding.

Helen :)

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Yes, and the monstrous appartment blocks that Stalin built also have a bit of Disney about hem too.

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Behat Umda.

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Hi Andy. Thanks for reading and your comments, once again x.

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Thank you Martin for reading and your lovely comment. Much appreciated.

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Thanks again for reading Dazzer.

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Hi M.C. Thanks for your interest in my poem 'The Gift'. The poem is really just a personal poem about my relationship with the old man (my grandfather).

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Hi Daniel

Glad you liked my Mass poem!

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Your comment on 'Truncheon for Luncheon' was appreciated M.C.
The reluctance of the NUM to call a proper ballot. The formation of the new NUM (Nottinghamshire Union of Mineworkers), overzealous Policing coupled with a lack of direction by Commanders. The refusal to compromise and see the bigger picture between the Government, Scargill and Thatcher all added to the 'Battle of Orgreave'.
I hope I was able to pen my effort with an open minded approach to the incident. Thank you.

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Hi Martin.
Thanks for the kind words on 'Truncheon for Luncheon'. Glad to be back. Writers block and life in general got in the way mate. Still performing locally a couple of times per month. Vespa running like a scene from Quadrophenia... so I've no excuses not to venture North West! Guitar and Verse or a WOL gig.
Hope to meet you at one soon. Will catch up on your poetry. :)

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Shit! The fact that I have already been blessed/cursed with an addictive personality is not going to do me any favours. Oh well. Bring it on I say lol ;) x

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Hi Cynthia Thanks for comment on 'Going to Mass'.

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Haha Harry, your comment made me laugh. Just don't get started on a Rondeau Redouble. A form I am yet to attempt successfully! That requires more perseverance than I seem to possess :)

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Thank you for your lovely comment Daz. The night was great and my nerves were frazzled by the end but being in good supportive company certainly helps.

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thanks for the comments, cynthia over my short little poem. This one is a short little poem this wrote for a friend to prove a point really but pleased as always you liked it.

life is good otherwise. you know me plodding along (: (Into running writing workshops more than reading but i may pop up again somewhere).

hope your ok in reverse (:

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thanks for the comments, laura over my short little poem. This one is a short little poem this wrote for a friend to prove a point really but pleased you liked it. must admit i'm getting more and more into short short short poems nowadays so hopefully will be more to follow in this style soon.

hope you and bob are rocking and hope to see you both soon xx

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thanks for the comments, tommy over my short little poem. this one is a short little poem this wrote for a friend to prove a point really but pleased you liked it.

thanks again.

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Thanks dude,for being a very very nice man! x

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Hello Helen, i now see my last comment may have been a bit patronising; i aplogise.

You say writing more formal stuff poses problems in terms of performing. I'd say do what you normally do and get the sound of it right, on your own terms. I'd also say audiences, in my limited experience, generally respond well to formal pieces. Judging by your last few posts there seems to be a stronger emphasis on rhythm and rhyme, something i think audiences like, because it helps dispel the sense that poetry is esoteric and mysterious - my own work gives the lie to that idea.

Whatever you're writing, the fact is you are writing and that's the point, i suppose.

It took me thirty years of very intermittent gigging to reach a point where i can work without notes - i wish i'd started sooner.

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Helen,
Why did you start me off on Rondeau`s?


The best examples for giving the feel of the Rondeau form is the `Shadow Poetry` site. Now even I`m begining to get it.

(See what I mean about starting me off?)

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Hello John, thanks for your reply, and tentative explanation. I suppose it was slightly unfair to ask for clarification - it's poetry, after all.

What you did say though, describes quite uncomfortably the way i kind of feel myself.

Thanks for your kind comment on my work. Before we descend into a tasteless mutual appreciation, you have a distinct and compelling style of writing, which i like.

Take it easy.

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' “Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves''.... Here’s Tom with the weather.'...Bill Hicks

Let that weather change for you. Tommy

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Great to hear you've been practising 'out loud' - that's the only way anyone will hear you ;D Beware though - I am luring you towards a place that, once tasted, becomes hugely addictive ;)

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Thanks for the comment on 'Mist in the Menai'. Glad it brought back some good youthful memories for you. It is indeed a wonderful place.

I didn`t do it in quatrain stanzas as after I read it back, (having walked and witnessed this from Newborough Warren across to the mountains), the speed of the mist just captured a staccato type rhythm and was always the focal point... majestic and free. It didn't look right but it was just how it was.
Thanks again Harry. Much appreciated.

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John.
Thank you for you kind comments on 'Mist on the Menai'. I am still giggling to myself about your trainspotting story. Cracker! (Maybe not for you at the time though).
Great bit of improvisation with the polythene bag though, and travelling through the Bangor tunnel will never be the same for me.
I did write a piece last year called 'In Llanfairpwllgwyngyll'. If you do read it I hope it gives you good memories and not nightmares!
Thank you.

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M.C.
Your comment on 'Mist on the Menai' was very much appreciated especially with your background of poetry, songwriting and lyrics. Thank you. Glad you liked it.

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Welcome to WOL. I'm sure you will enjoy the site. Please take part whenever you can, with poems and comments.

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Koans come when you least expect them Laura. I was puzzling over the cult of celebrity actually and why/how people want to be "someone" on the world's stage, and how if they achieve some celebrity can they keep their selfness?

Me, I'm just happy to teach my sixteen-month old granddaughter to blow kisses.

Thank you for reading it Laura.

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One person's 'oddball' is another person's thinker. I prefer the latter. I operate on an honesty level that doesn't sit well with many people. I think that's why I found it so hard to 'fit in' for so many years. I LOVE how your mind works :)

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Laura, thanks so much for reading 'Moon Month', and making such an encouraging comment. The first motivation was, in fact, many months after the death of a very dear friend. But the idea gained much more richness as I gave the whole concept some really deep thought.

I don't consider myself bold at all, just trying for a little female honesty, never sure whether I'm an oddball, but relatively certain that I'm not.

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thanks for commenting on 'dragon's nest' Cynthia - yes - the perceived 'threat' of windfarms appear to be that they're unsightly and noisy - a glance below the soil or at the clouds may show us what the dirty alternative is ;-) appreciate you being so supportive
Ian

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Hi Andy. Thank you for your comments. Very much appreciated. x

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Hi Tommy. Thanks for the consideration but it was absolutely not necessary. I appreciate all comments, regardless. I only need to look at myself another 999 times to reach 2000 eh! xx

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Evening Tommy. Thank you for your comments on Colour Me In, which I just managed to read before the comment disappeared! Technology eh!

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Spell binding work.
Will continue to follow with anticipation.

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Thanks for the comment on "The Tory Highwayman" Tommy, much appreciated mate :)

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Hey thanks Cynthia.. looking forward to be a part of this amazing spectrum of imagination .. :)

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'Love to ink my emotions' is a superb phrase in English. I look forward to many examples. Welcome to WOL, Juhi. We are becoming wonderfully international.

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Cynthia revisit "Konnichiwa" were you'll find a recording that I've now placed. Tommy

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