Thanks, Steve.

Comment is about THE CARABINER BRACES (blog)

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brilliant - and slinging Bernard Manning in for a bit of comic controversy is genius. All the best Ray. Col.

Comment is about NOT NICE TO SEE YOU (blog)

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Thanks Brian,Stu,and Johnfor your liking. I think Manning was a clever comic in his genre, which was basically designed to cheer people up, without too much pyscho analysis. The goal posts moved dramatically. His type was well represented on THE COMEDIANS, a TV prog of the 70s. His wit was ruthlessly across the board , sparing no-one, not possible today as there is more self and group consciousness to be respected, making humour a very monitored function with a less inclusive aspect, not necessarily a good thing. etc etc. He had great timing for sure.
John: that is a sleazy move I agree; some humour dates, and whole plotlines were written with "victims" in mind - but the world was a simpler place. A lot of humour was a way of overcoming integration problems, but to add to that we have the whole naughty postcard syndrome , the result of so much repression inherited I think from former generations. Quick rewind John on the old VHS of memory!! By the way Stu, would you really have remembered Bernard Matthews? Bootiful.

Thanks for the ticks, David and Anya.

Ray

Comment is about NOT NICE TO SEE YOU (blog)

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'counts out the sorrows of no-one he knows'. I love that line! Lovely work. ?

Comment is about Wilfully Blind (blog)

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Splendid!

Comment is about THE CARABINER BRACES (blog)

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Thanks, Isobel. I know you're not able to spend time on the site much these days, so thanks for taking the trouble. They were rare days at the Marsden poetry jam, with you and your sisters often the entertainment highlight. Always good fun!

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I'm assuming Dan's dad was widowed or divorced...you didn't make it clear in the poem Hugh. Wouldn't want to condone bigamy would we?

Comment is about Clever Heather (blog)

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Left me breathless and desperate for the happy ending which eventually came. Wonderful poem Cynthia.

Also made me think about the efforts currently being made to halt the spread of diphtheria amongst the displaced Rohingya people in Bangladesh. And the growing number of people who are against vaccinations and spread spurious claims on social media. Sadly some of these childhood diseases are now on the increase again.

Colin.

Comment is about Choking (blog)

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So is there a sequel to this?

Comment is about Walls (blog)

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Thanks Douglas! I appreciate the comment?

Comment is about You should Know (blog)

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Margaret thanks Tommy.
;- )

Comment is about Lilly Love (poet profile)

Original item by Lilly Love

Hello Cynthia,

Really liked the poem, the difference between the terrible fear of losing her, and not finding any help to save her, and the beautiful calm day.

Jennifer

Comment is about Choking (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

The World of poetry has yet another Collage poem entering the W O L atmosphere!

Comment is about March 2018 Collage Poem: Changes (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

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

Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)

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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)

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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)

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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)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

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)

Original item by Greg Freeman

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)

Original item by Mike Bartram

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)

Original item by Lilly Love

Mmmm...

Comment is about Broken Bottles (blog)

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Thx for appreciating it.

Comment is about Nocturne/Julia Caroline/Translation in Amharic/Alem Hailu/በምሽት (blog)

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amazing 10/10. whoever wrote this is a freaking pro

Comment is about Broken Bottles (blog)

Original item by Brooke

lovely poem!

Comment is about Brooke (poet profile)

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Butterflys needs to land, need cocoons and are stronger in groups..

Comment is about butterfly (blog)

Original item by Lilly Love

Cheers sir.

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

Original item by Martin Elder

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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Love this but it's depressing x

Comment is about Elbow Yard (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

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)

Original item by Nick

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)

Original item by Alem Hailu G/Kristos

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

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

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)

Original item by Maggie Waker

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

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)

Original item by John Coopey

Bit early...

Comment is about Foolishness (blog)

Original item by Wordsmith

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)

Original item by ray pool

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)

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