Cheers Travis - much appreciated.

'You' is a girl, as it so often is. But I kind of liked the idea that the relationship could be a bit ambiguous. Does this work, in your opinion? Do I need to be more definite about this?

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Who is the 'you' in the poem The Hill Runners?

The poem generally is compelling but the last line in Street View is excellent.

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Hello Mal, it's good to heartily welcome a quality poet from my own neck of the woods. Knowing as I do, some of your earlier work, I look forward to further treats.

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Fencing in Vermin - a delicate consideration of possibilities - and hopelessness. We're all at it.. fencing out the ice.. fencing in the hope.. less

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Hi Cynthia

In that poem I'm trying to get inside the head of a bird - which I can't really do - but I suppose it's my poem and my rules and I have to use my imagination! Female pheasants don't have the bright colours of the male, so that makes them 'drab' in my book. Again, I may be wrong, but I suspect that pheasants don't fall in love like humans and that their sex is pretty functional. THough to befair, it probably also is for some humans.

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Emma-Jane, now that you are back, please stay with us,

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Merry Christmas, Ann. We look forward to having you back in 1215. Like Graham, I think of you lots.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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i like your writing...very straight with no drama i see.... i can relate to how you write :)

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Harry,
Another comment before I've had time to thank you for the first one.
Thank you so much for your wonderful critique(s) of My Bullet.
I tried to play down the glory side of war as you percieved, in a way that Wilfred Owen and others have done and examine the after effects.
(hence the references to Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade, which I undestand he wrote as Poet Laureate)
I am honoured that you enjoyed it and that you must have read it more than once.
We do say shuffeling where I come from.
I read this poem at our poetry evening in Wigan last month, along with a poem by Leslie Coulson (Who Made The Law?) It was a respectful evening at The Old Courts, as The Tudor closed down. If you get the chance come up to our new venue. It would be good to meet up again.
Best wishes and thanks again
Dave

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Hi Lynn, thanks for your comment. :)

On the topic of another dog, I think that will wait a little while - we might decide to move again early next year, so it would make sense to postpone acquiring another woofer until then.

The idea of being a little way outside of town appeals, not 'out in the sticks' again, but just far enough to make dog walks a rural path rather than pounding pavements, hehe.

Keep smiling :) Dave

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Hello Dave, sorry for the delay in answering, but thank you for your kind comments on 'Doggy Walk'.

How is the warming towards another dog going, or do you have one yet? x

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"Ere you...in the EU!"
JP...
Thanks for taking the trouble to comment. You
will have no doubt about my view of that
bottomless pit across the Channel.
Keep persevering! Good humour and an ability to
indulge in some self-deprecation can be in
short supply amongst some of the serious posts.

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Hello. Annie! Thank you for your kind words. xx

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Hi Steve-cheers for liking my I.D...x

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Hi Steve-cheers for liking my I.D...x

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thanks so much for your kind comments on 'Arroyo' David - really pleased you liked it. I'm trying to concentrate a bit more on form and style following the WW1 stuff - so hopefully it should take me in some interesting directions :-) hope you are well and lining up a great Christmas - take care mate - Ian

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Great to see you on here Judi - with some lovely stuff! xx

Comment is about Judi Strega (poet profile)

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Hi. In response to your invitation to help re your work, I would avoid stock phrases such as "beating heart" and "soar with the wings etc". Avoid at all costs (joke) and you will find a truer voice. Tommy

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glad you liked 'arroyo' MC - I found the focus on the picture and tight form requirements lead to a very descriptive piece - there's little room for excess fat on this terza rima form - thanks once again for your continued supportive comments

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thanks for the kind comments on 'arroyo' Martin - the focus on the picture and the strict rhyme pattern really helps in getting a descriptive, tight set of stanzas - glad you liked it

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thanks for the kind comments on 'last orders' Cynthia - that poem is short but sweet - just like your good self ;-)

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thanks for the comment on 'last orders' Dave - hopefully we can lay those ghosts to rest at the old courts - hope to see you there in a couple of weeks time for the Xmas soiree (?)

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thanks for the kind comments on 'last orders' Isobel - yes, we're all going to be a little sadder for the Tudor's passing :-( good luck with the panto........he's behind you!!!!!

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thanks for the comment on last orders Andy - I believe I'll be seeing you on the 7th for 'only obeying orders' (?) look forward to that

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Thank you for giving me regular feedback which will surely help to improve !
Preeti

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Hello Tom,
Read a couple of pieces on you blog, very impressive indeed. Good to have you here.

Comment is about Tom Phillips (poet profile)

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I understood the concept of your poem but I don't know who robbie burns is.....But it is very lovely, your poem

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Ann how are you? Be good to read something new from you. I hope you're well.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Good to see you

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Hi Cynthia Thanks for comments on the red kites. I'll have a think about your suggestions, although I wrote this quite a while back and don't know if I can face tinkering around with it. I did have a regular dream for ages that I could fly and really missed it when it stopped. I posted it here so that I could post it on anintersting FB page called Birds and Poetry.

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Hello all

As you know, we are thinking about making a poetic contribution to an anti smoking campaign in Heaton Norris. Aside from the obvious health issues, there is also the problem of people tossing dimps out of upstairs windows of high rise flats.

Here is the email by Naomi Whitman, the Creative Media Centre Project Manager:


'We’re still in very early stages of the project at the moment and are looking at a co-comission model with a group of residents. I think we’re also going to do some work around a research model to really understand what piece of work will best fulfil the health agenda for reducing smoking - we want it to be pretty hard hitting and thought provoking!

'I love the sound of the kinds of work you do, perhaps a meet up to explore further, as well as for other ventures might be helpful?'


So, please feel free to post your proposals and ideas.

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yvw Winston yes you do have to take risks otherwise how would we progress :) great work and interesting profile Mines pretty dull haha

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Hi Jean, thx for reading and commenting on my poem 'Preen' funny, looking back it marked quite a change in my life about a year ago. Sometimes you have to take a risk in life :-)

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Hello Isobel.

Not surprised you can't make out the friend's friends friend poem.
I came over all Winston Plowes and decided to try something experimental but unlike Win used to do, I didn't explain it, but just waited to see if there was any comment or interest in it.

So first of all thanks.

I can't imagine that you will have enough time on your hands to try this but it is quite simple.

First pick a friend of your Facebook page and write down their last entry. Next pick one of their friends from their page and do the same thing. Keep doing this for seven friends or so (it's really interesting what comes up).

Then rearrange the lines into some sort of prose.

Sorry for the confusion.

Graham

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Welcome back wanderer...

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Waiting for Nancy is one of the very few pieces that I've read which I honestly wanted to read because of its sheer down-to-earth reporting like quality, humour and the inputs about the cats.
Great job!

Comment is about Gray Nicholls (poet profile)

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Hi again tim.These two blogged poems,are of a very unusual style of writing,and deserve more than just a quick browse.

But,from that quick browse,I detect my return to read them at length(chores permitting)will prove ever so fruitful.

Until then-keep your quill busy!x

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I was in that place known only to us male artists - elated by the birth of a brainchild!

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I was in that place known only to us male artists - elated by the birth of a brainchild!

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I was in that place known only to us male artists - elated by the birth of a brainchild!

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

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thanks nigel for your comment on my beyond the conscious poem.

was a quickie really but i am proud of this.

thanks again

Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)

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Ah! you got me there Ian. I'm not as in the know about all these forms as yourself. It's a good tribute to somewhere I never knew but read a lot about.

I hope your new home does you all justice!

regards,

Graham

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I agree with your further comment on 'Philae' Cynthia - if a scientist were to argue a distant comet denies the existence of God simply because it is a remnant of some 'big bang' my question would be 'who, or what, created the big bang' ;-)
that said - I am pretty agnostic - so I would only be playing devil's (who he) advocate ;-)

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Steve,
Hope you were flying higher than that plane tonight!

That play was quite an accomplishment.

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Thank you, again :)

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

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Hi Stephen Thanks for comment on poem and glad you liked it!

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here's my poem from linda's prompt which i did a version of last monday

http://writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=45506

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Thanks for coming to the play and glad you enjoyed the night -seriously impressed with your achievments!
Steve Smith
for the plane home tonight!

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thanks so much for your kind comments on 'Elephant's Graveyard' Andy - it was a deep topic generated by looking at Richard's amazing photo - I'm finding the exercise of looking beyond the obvious in his photo's very enlightening - would never have gone near the Ganesha myth otherwise - cheers

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thanks once again for your kind comments on 'Elephant's Graveyard' Cynthia - it was a deep topic generated by looking at Richard's amazing photo - I'm finding the exercise of looking beyond the obvious in his photo's very enlightening - would never have gone near the Ganesha myth otherwise - I like your assessment of me - it sort of resonates with my own life view of 'soul of a poet in the body of a brickie' ;-)cheers

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