Laura, just noticed your profile total. Are you having a party for your 30,000?

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f*****g brilliant response as they say in our house. Cheers Laura x

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Hiya Helen

Many thanks for your note on my 'medley' :D Haha - eh, it's taken 5 years to get to that point! You should have seen me for the first two years - a quivering nauseous wreck haha ;)

I've only done one gig down south so far and that was at a festie. It's a bit far to travel really and I'm not famous enough to get paid top (or even middle, sometimes bottom) dollar for performing ;) And I'm deffo not organised enough to sort out my own mini tour like a mate of mine just has. But anytime you're up North, gis a shout lass :)

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Your shadow has and is most welcome.

Comment is about Katy Megan (poet profile)

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Absolutely agree - city centre horticultural haven!

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Yes the Bluecoat. The rear garden quite lovely in this weather.

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Hi Tommy. Thanks for the welcome. If you mean the Bluecoat volunteer Agnes then yes I know her, she's a lovely lady.

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Hi Ruthie, welcome. As an aside do you know Agnes? Tommy

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Hi Cynthia,

Thank you for your recent comments on my poems. I admire your work very much, in fact a line in one of your poems really inspired me to write a poem on a similar (or perhaps not so) subject.

I really appreciate your take on things.

Helen x

p.s. the poem in question was 'Six Fifteen on a Rainy Evening' something about the curve of a thigh ;)

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Thanks for your comments on Teeny Tiny Heart and good catch on "stumble".
J. OtisPowell‽ (with interrobang)

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Laura, thank you for taking the time to read and comment on M-e-n-U. It is very much appreciated

Graham

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shadows from the past just keep trying to pop up now and then!

Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)

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Hi Chloe
Welcome to WOL! Thank you for your comment on my poem, much appreciated : )

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a 'skit' Harry - surely you realise this is no mere skit ;-) this is an ancient and forgotten language. There was much more but I cut it significantly - and I keep being tempted to go back and right further chapters. Oh My Crow - what have I done?????
Thanks for your kind comments again - always a pleasure for me to know I've piqued your interest
Ian

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thanks for your kind comments Rachel - I love Crows too - hence the name of my music recording project ;-) you don't suppose there could be some hidden message in that ancient text do you?...surely not....
Ian

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It would be more like 'Scumbag College' Cynthia (Young One's reference). I'm waiting for someone to identify the root language of 'Crow Tongue' it is based on a very specific form - but has been manipulated. Intrigue eh? Thanks so much for your kind comments again - I appreciate them greatly
Ian x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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What, exactly, has disappointed you? I've no idea. Have I been dozing?

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

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Ah yes, and how the seasons have changed me!
Hope you are well Tommy, glad to see you are still on WOL : )

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Almost 3 years to the day

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Thanks Corr for reading and actually liking my work ! I meant to thank you earlier, but new manager, female, insecure and rather mannish. Hates me ;) Numbers are what I work with, menopausal women scare me more :0
Love your work, you have a down to earth quality about you and don't seem to pat yourself too much. Nor whine incessantly. Nor whinny

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Hi Steve, thanks so much for commenting on Song for Imar, I really appreciate it x

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Hi Cynthia, thanks for reading and commenting on End of Innocence x

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Hey Laura, thanks for reading and commenting on Song for Imar, love the idea of the 'perfume of the survivor'.

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Thanks for commenting on Song For Imar, I appreciate it x

Comment is about Zach Dafoe (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia. Thank you for your comments on OATS. YES. In response to your query, the change in tempo was deliberate.

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Cynthia, many thanks for commenting on 'Murder Mile'. Best wishes, Greg

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Harry, you're right, the Wiki entry on Aldo Mori is fascinating - the fact that he was trying to broker a power-sharing deal with the Communists, which neither the Americans nor the Russians were keen on. Amazing what you can stumble upon down a back street. Greg

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Hi Cynthia - apologies for my tardiness in replying to your comments on 'song of the wandering' - I've been absent (without leave) for a couple of weeks - and spent little time close to my PC. Thanks so much for your (usual) insightful comments - it is a sad subject which does require careful consideration before approaching - I'm glad you think it worked - if it hadn't it could be seen as opportunistic or morbid - neither of which, I hope, are true.

I appreciate your comments
thanks

Ian

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aye up Tommy - sorry - been absent (without leave) last couple of weeks - so only just seen your comment on 'song of the wandering' - aye - as you say, similarities with migrant voyages for centuries - and they will end up, if they survive, being taken advantage off in western towns and cities - as sure as night follows ay. thanks for your comments
Ian

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I really like 'Gossip' also, Chloe. Well done. The comparisons, one after the other, make a strong statement about this familiar subject.

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I take it mother looked on drink as a sort of Jekyll and Hyde juice, that makes Scoutmasters view their charges from a different prospective, and funnily enough, as a result of our evolvement to a more tolerant society is now un-shockingly taken for granted as part of their remit.

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Hi Harry

Thanks for your comment. I forgot to explain that the soldiers original distress from being badly wounded, was cruelly compounded with three hours of Victor Sylvester and his strict tempo dance recordings. And I might add the sweaty bodies jumping about to them on a candle-waxed dance floor, in times of great shortage, deodorants
being one, didn't help.

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Thank you, Mr Pool. It is always very special to have a poem acknowledged. I will try to follow up with a look at your work as well.

David Moore is very good, isn't he? A bit like a storm- battered ship trying to get fresh bearings, with much to say and a true talent to express it.

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Hi Cynthia. I just read Hurricane and was bowled over by the sheer impact and word wizardry - almost Dhaliesque if I may say! It reminds me of a poem by Ted Hughes about wind - different style but yours makes a great treat of imagery. Ray

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Thanks John. Words of wisdom indeed. Keep looking on the bright side, while we're still top side of the geraniums

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Portsmouth certainly seems to be a very vibrant place for poetry, Helen. I don't think I'm lined up as a guest poet at Guildford, but Maggie did enlist me to perform at a gig at the Rifle Club in Portsmouth in March. And I certainly hope to look in at Tongues & Grooves at some time in the future.

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Cynthia 50 shades of water :)

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I shall try to catch up on some more of your work. I was not very active on-line in April.

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Welcome to WOL. I'm sure you will enjoy this site. The management staff is excellent, and ready to help you.

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Thanks Tommy. That's spot on! Bloody technology.

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I'm a thief who steals the truth from your words


Well crafted Chloe!

Graham

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Wow I really like your poem! It is well thought out and always on point of the subject. I look forward to seeing more from you.

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In reply to your comment on 'My God' Mr TC, no need to think too hard. The soul destroying experience of internet dating, the isolation of technology and being subjected, as a child, to a host of spaghetti westerns where 'hey blondie' was god.

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Yes, I think it is a great venue and it was a very special night indeed. I think Maggie's response to your review is the most important and she was moved by it.
I performed at the recent Mayfly Festival of Arts at the Square Tower, it was on the last May bank holiday and there was a great atmosphere. I think the owners are very willing to support the arts here in Portsmouth and it was great to have artists, musicians and poets sharing a platform.
I hear that you are a featured poet at the next Guildford event? That should be good. Have you ever been to a Tongues and Grooves open mic night?

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Hi Helen, thanks for your kind words about Maggie's book launch write-up. It was quite an occasion that night, and a privilege to be there. Glad you felt that the words did the job. There was a sense that a whole community was involved, and felt that it had played its part. I'd never been to the Old Square Tower before; it's a wonderful venue. And outside you can watch all the ferries coming in and out. Greg

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Thanks for commenting on 'The Family' Harry, much appreciated. :)

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Raypool, thanks.

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Thank you Harry, I appreciate your opinion a lot -I really enjoyed your poems too!Hope to see you in June!
Steve Smith

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Though you call yourself "I am lost," you have nothing to lose by expressing any personal thoughts, and that is a great thing in itself. Treat your mind like a blank canvas and dot some I's and cross T's and you will surely find a format that suits you, and I'm sure people will accept that as a unique effort. Nobody can have all the answers, but I think inspiration is very close to desperation and there may be a clue there somewhere!
Happy writing!!

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Hi Greg,

Just thought I'd stop by to say hello. I was at Maggie Sawkin's book launch at the Square Tower. Your review of the evening was spot on. Such a powerful and emotional collection.

Helen :)

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