Isobel, thanks so much for your comments on "Pre-SocialMedia Times". No doubt our virtual lives are here to stay, but it's nice to pretend that the technology hasn't even been invented yet, and to focus instead on the person/loved ones right in front of us...at least every once in a while :)

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Agreed :) And sounds like the social media craze is about the same in England as it is here.

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And thanks so much for your comment on "Pre-SocialMedia". I'm a big fan of your work, so the compliment means even more coming from you.

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thanks for your recent comments on 'Aldgate Tube Station' and 'Afraid Of The Dark' Harry - very perceptive in both cases.
The Aldgate station one was prompted by 2 articles in the Independent, one about the construction of the station over plague pits and the other about the ebola outbreak - it seemed too macabre a possibility not to try and tie the 2 events up.
As for 'afraid Of the dark' I was starting to doubt the subtlety, or not, of the device I was using to get the story (and twist) across - you have restored my faith in the use of subtle devices :-)
cheers
Ian

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Thank you for the nice comment on 'Scoliosis' :-)
On the topic of 'Pre-Social Media times' I think the extent to which social media dominates our lives is definitely dependent on our location and it's culture. Yet I think it has greatly effected the majority of western societies! I live in England :-)

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Haha Tommy, yeah who knows what a night out with the two of us could end up looking like. Sorry to hear about the epilepsy, but glad you now know what the issue is. Yes, for me it's type 1 diabetes...almost impossible to get the insulin dose just right every time because there are so many factors involved. Again, loved how you captured the out-of-control feeling.

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Glad to hear someone else can relate to "Pre-SocialMedia" :) In what part of the world do you live? I'm curious if perhaps this issue is more pronounced in certain geographic locations than others.

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Re "It" hmm haha touché

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Candice, you have it sussed. In my case epilepsy (a recent development) along with several types of dysphasia. But I am quite the "bonvivaunt" at social gatherings. Low blood sugar...diabetes? I could imagine us together on a night out (or shopping in Tesco's) and having simultaneous equations!

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Chris we`re aiming for Chester on Thursday...hope to see you and Nat there!

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Hi,

thank you for the last post you have given me. I have been mulling it over, digesting it. Yes in many ways I think the same way as you do. But, I do fail to understand why the complete unfairness of our collective existence in this realm.

At least you understand the frustrations. Yet, you had the courage to voice your thoughts. My supposition is that many feel the same way as you and I, but are still fearful, both of themselves and the world in which they live.

You are brave Mister Newberry. I hope you can imbue that upon others, in some way, so they too, can explore freedoms of conversation.

Your comments were well received. Keep going blue.

Best wishes from Mike

x

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Thank you Ian for commenting on all things green, my recent post.

My guess is you have been there yourself. Anyways, if you have not, then you have most certainly inspired me to keep writing.

Thank you

mike

x

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Hello Crystal ,
Yes the counter records the number of times someone has looked at your page.

Regards,

Graham

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thanks for commenting on 'weird sisters' Martin - enjoyed doing that one, something a bit different :-)
Ian

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Thank you Marc, appreciate your note on my poem for my friend.

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Hello again Crystal. Just a short message to let you know about the way the blog pages work.
Only the most recent entry will be shown on the blog page, all previous ones will be archived. So if you put several on in one go, only the last one will remain visible without sorting through the older ones.
Basically if you are looking for comments, it is usual for the most recent one to be seen more easily and attract comments, the older ones less so.
I hope this helps!

very best regards, and welcome once again.

Graham

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Isobel, thankyou for your comment on Orange County. It's much appreciated :D x

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Hello Gus, thanks so much for your comment on Orange County! It's much appreciated, I'm glad you could see the tones in the poem! Orange, peach, ginger! :D x

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ANDY! Thanks for your comment on Mania. Your kind words always encourage me. I really appreciate it. x

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Sorry that wasn't so short was it?

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Hello Harry, just a short thank you for bothering to comment on Faith.

I always hesitate to reply to comments, after all we in effect ask for them by posting our work here on WOL.

I'm also often intrigued by the fact that readers always seem to assume some biographical significance in others' work or belief systems. Similarly to delve into those is an even more intriguing issue.

Suffice to say that let every man have his own level of faith. Mine is rooted closer to home in the skin and bones of my family and friends.

It's always good to receive a comment from yourself Harry. I truly respect your comments around the WOL estate.

very best regards,

Graham

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really enjoyed the poetry on the healthywatertrust site guys. proud to have some poems on there

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An eternity of debt. Ouch. Somewhere between the crunch of the earth under heavy boots and the soaked frame: the familiar lot, the right elements I think. I almost made that: an eternity of doubt. Best wishes,Dom.

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HI Dominic glad you liked the poem. An 'adit' is the opposite of an 'exit'. So it's just a hole in the ground which I am seeing as a way in and not a way out.

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Hiya mate, great to have you back on the site!!

Keep on writing mate, and hope to see u soon, Jeffarama!!

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Thanks for your comments on run boys run Daniel glad you enjoyed it. I see you been trying some performing. Go for it. I have tried a bit myself.I have found it difficult at first but will keep plugging away.

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Dazzer. Good to see you back.
Loved the Costa Coffee the first time around. Very clever. Deansgate Bridge is very poignant and moving. Keep them coming. DD

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Cate. Thank you very much for your kind words on Another Grey Day. Pleased you liked it ;)Appreciated.

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Hi Cate.
.
Many thanks for your Kind comment.
Much appreciated. Ken

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Morning Dan, if I may, I keep coming across your stuff as i browse around the web and every time i do it leaves little hooks in me, a sort of feeling that stays with me for a while. Quality.

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Daz, the technical chaps are snowed under with important systems stuff but tell me that if you can sign in using your old email + password ( there is a way of getting a reminder of your password if forgotten) you can then delete your old profile yourself. Give it a go.

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Caroline Riley has passed on her thanks to everyone who sent her poetry and hope you all like the website.

http://www.healthywaterwaytrust.org.uk/index.php/about/your-mersey

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Big praise indeed Aiane. Ta. Tommy

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thanks for your help graham, if they can delete the old dazzzer account i will be able to use that name again...good job ive not made my name yet :) thanks again for your help and encouraging words

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Hello Mike - having read your entry on my home
page, I found a report on MSN about promised
change(s) in the treatment of mental illness.
It featured a 24 year old woman who had suffered from degrees of depression since
12 -13 years of age. The saving grace of how
she was given help by one worker after her GP
seemed to have failed to put her forward for
talking therapy provided some light in a long dark tunnel for her.
Your own circumstances - also from a young age - exacerbated by your later experiences and a
failure of society to adequately accommodate your situation reads like something from Dickens or Dostoevsky! Your fortune seems to
be your family when material comforts remain scarce. Wealth comes in various forms and your gratitude for that blessing is touchingly
obvious. Life is an unpredictable adventure:
grossly unfair and cruel, amazing and glorious,
it gives and takes away without any apparent
sense or sign of fairness or justice. But it is STILL life and has to be met and greeted
with as much positivity as possible. The
alternative comes soon enough.
Love to live - and live to love! You may not
have had a proper crack of the whip in the
former but you have the chance to prove the
latter. Many never have that in their lives.
We are what we are but it's what we CAN be that propels us on through the vicissitudes of this journey through life.
Bon chance!

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Good to see you're back on here after your sign in problems Daz

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Hi, thank you for commenting on my poem entitled 'For My Family.'

Yes it is a plea. During my life from very small, the things i loved were often taken away from me. Later in life that too became apparent. It's as though I have had to forgo my heart just to live. In saying that, even since my time in the military life itself just took turn after turn after turn for the worst. My health has been poor ever since, and my existence on benefits and low pensions exacerbating the poverty with which I grew up, where I even had to go to school wearing plastic clown shoes at one point.

I have never been one to gather the materials that other's have and take for granted, material wealth that is. I am not even allowed to buy my own house because no one will insure me because of my conditions since service in the Gulf.

Where i sit now in a run down terraced house, with an adorable wife and two fantastic children; has in essence only come about with battle after battle after battle with ill health and conditions we all fear.

It's not so much as been a journey, it has been in getting to this point, an insult of an experience that defies my compassion and intellect. Now I am at a point with my wife and children that i fear may be taken away once and for all by my own ill health and for that, I have never had chance for my heart to rest, prosper and admire the very people in my life that has made the process worth it. It is as though I am to be deprived by none other than jealous gods.

That's how it feels. I don't see many of my comrades suffering so much. Whereas, ever since a child, the love i have felt for other's, has always been taken away.

Thank you for commenting. It means a lot as i don't get many comments for my work. This poem, should my demise happen sooner, rather than later, it is hoped, will find its way to my wifes hands. That's my hope

Mike

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thanks for the kind comments on 'funeral days' and the blog about the new CD MC - appreciate it

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thanks for the kind comments on 'blockhead' Martin - pleased that you liked it :-)

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thanks for the kind comments on 'blockhead' Andy - pleased that you liked it

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thanks for the kind comments on 'blockhead' Daniel - I'm in catch up mode again - I'm bloody useless at keeping up to date - cheers mate

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Dave - you mentioned t'other night you were on facebook - but there's bloody hundreds of you - can you friend me instead? there's less of me :-)

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thanks for the kind comment on 'kraken' Laura - sorry I've taken a while to get back to you - thought I'd responded, but obviously that was on facebook - so here's the WOL response :-) cheers

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Hi M.C. Thanks for your kind words

Everyone reacts differently during the old age period.
Men of note write memoirs, peasants write silly poems.

I know which I'd rather read.

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Two FREE creative writing workshops with Margaret Holbrook on Saturday 1st November and Saturday 22nd November between 2 and 4 PM.

email

john@screenstockport.co.uk

to confirm your place.

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You are joining a lot of people who find the same thing, Megan. Writing poetry is a good way to find your voice and say what you might not be able to express in other ways; if you can get out to an open-mic poetry event and share the poems, or just do so on this site, it is a way of having a conversation with other, friendly folks who might well appreciate your sharing your feelings with them.
Enjoy the site, and keep writing!

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ta Mart :)

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Thanks Harry and nice to hear from you again.
Don't know about you but when I get to the other side,
I hope they've got more fucking sense than in this dimension.

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Hi Daniel

Thanks for your nice comment. If your ever in town on the night, come and join in with us at the Ringers

Ken

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M.C. Thank you for your kind appraisal on 'Another Grey Day'. Nose and nasal hair as well. Glad you liked it. Very much appreciated.

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