I have been in touch with Caroline Riley from the Healthy Waterways Trust to see if she can come down on Monday.

I am still waiting for a reply to see if she can make it.

Putting a poem together about the theme for the night Rivers called The False Claim.

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

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hanks sian. you got the point behind this poem about poor Stefan spot on. thank so, so much for your thoughts here. hope to see you put more on here soon x

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Hello Sad Poet,

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you are enjoying the site and we're really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by other WOL-ers too.

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Hello Celin,

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you are enjoying the site and we're really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by other WOL-ers too.

It would be great if you could upload a picture of yourself, it’s really good to see what our fellow poets look like.

Have a good look around, there’s always lots going on and if you have the time to make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free to do so, it’s often the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.
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Comment is about Celin (poet profile)

Original item by Celin

Hello John, delayed response on H.2.0. due to medical matters but now walking around again. Waterways are certainly places to reminisce eh? How is your writing these days?

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Thanks Daniel for your comment on my offering "Multi Coloured Change" It is much appreciated. Always glad to get comments from fellow poets. Cheers.

Comment is about Daniel Dwyran (poet profile)

Original item by Daniel Dwyran

Hi John Thanks for comments on Ali poem.

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Thanks for reading my poem and for commenting.
The last line is meant to be puzzled over.
By it I mean we spend all our time worrying about things that don't might whilst destroying the world and not giving that a second thought

Comment is about Noetic-fret! (poet profile)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Oh, and yes, I always do my homework ;)

And yes - about time that that family is now being treated as caring parents rather than abusers!!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi M.C. and thanks for comments on my Ali poem. I think Ali's response to his call up was entirely honorable, though, because, like Elvis, he would have been given celebrity status and have had a pretty cushy time doing exhibition bouts and signing autographs. As it was he had the full force of the establishment lined up against him and was lucky to have ever resumed his career. Whatever about all that he sure was a charismatic character.

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I like your sample poem Cathy; pithy.

Comment is about CathyLCrabb (poet profile)

Original item by CathyLCrabb

Hello Ad Astra,

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you are enjoying the site and we're really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by other WOL-ers too.

It would be great if you could upload a picture of yourself, it’s really good to see what our fellow poets look like.

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I've noticed that you've already posted several pieces on the blog page. Just a word of caution, only the lastest one posted will remain open on the blog for people to read. The previous ones will have to be searched for. It's always best to stagger your entries or else post a link to another site where you store your archived work etc.

very best regards,

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Hello Paul,

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you are enjoying the site and we're really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by other WOL-ers too.

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Comment is about Pauliegreg (poet profile)

Original item by Pauliegreg

No problem Anthony

Comment is about Alexandra K. Parapadakis (poet profile)

Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

Thank you for reading my poem AND responding. I really appreciate all comments and feedback

Comment is about Alexandra K. Parapadakis (poet profile)

Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis

Hey Cynthia - thank you for all of your considered comments - always appreciated :)

Mmm, well, I'm wondering why so much is being made of the race/heritage/culture aspect, and nowhere near as much attention (if any) is being focussed on the fact that the Council had contracts with one or more taxi firms who were known to be involved. There were two formal police operations, Chard and Czar, in 2010 and 2011, and although taxi licences were revoked in some cases, these firms continued to be used by the Council. The taxi drivers were in constant contact with the children. Names were supposedly not taken, no one knew which driver would be collecting etc. Shaun Wright was head of Children's Services slap bang in the middle of the time period of the report. What does it tell us that he still refuses to resign or take any responsibility at all?

Read Section 8 of the report about the taxi stuff - in fact, read the whole thing. Eye-opening. Gut-wrenching.

Add all of that to the total incompetence, moral bankruptcy and, in my opinion, criminal behaviour of the South Yorkshire Police (architects of Battle of Orgreave and Hillsborough) and you end up with continuing trafficking of children for sex, their evidence destroyed, their complaints turned into 'No Crime', and thousands of lives and futures destroyed.

Did you know that a senior CID person claimed that a 12 year old girl had "100% consensual sex" with at least 5 men? This is a person employed to uphold the law, with the legal age of consent being 16. What they are saying is illegal. She CANNOT give consent under the law. Anything else is classed as rape.

Sorry for epic post - there's so much involved here, and I am utterly incensed and distressed by it.

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Hello Michael,

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you are enjoying the site and we're really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by other WOL-ers too.

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Comment is about Michael Dennis 'The Black Cab Poet' (poet profile)

Original item by Michael Dennis 'The Black Cab Poet'

Thanks for your comment on my poem Laura - forget who I've thanked and who I haven't! x

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

hi shirley - anne; thanks for the comment on my poem for stefan. wasn't thinking about that when i wrote it, but i think you are right. it does make you wonder considering what has come to light since. glad you liked it.

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Original item by Shirley-Anne Kennedy

Hello Jeremiah

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you are enjoying the site and we're really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by other WOL-ers too.

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Hello Anthony

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you are enjoying the site and we're really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by other WOL-ers too.

Its good to see that you've already uploaded a picture of yourself, it’s really good to see what our fellow poets look like.

Have a good look around, there’s always lots going on and if you have the time to make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free to do so, it’s often the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.
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Comment is about Anthony Kasazkaja (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Kasazkaja

Thanks for your note, Laura. I knew the poem 'Wishes' might irritate some persons greatly; and also, that somebody would know exactly what I meant.

It was written after much thought, years of thought, until one day, it just slipped through my pen, complete, exactly what I wanted to say.

Thanks for sharing.

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

What could be more philosophical than hop-scotch? Or hip-hop for that matter?

Comment is about Twilbury Wist (poet profile)

Original item by Twilbury Wist

thanks for the comment over my Stefan Kiszko poem. Been a poem that has been dangling around in my head for years, daniel. delighted you enjoyed it. it's a case that should never be forgotten.

Comment is about Daniel Dwyran (poet profile)

Original item by Daniel Dwyran

thanks for the comment over my Stefan Kiszko poem. Been a poem that has been dangling around in my head for years. pleased you got what i was trying to say.

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Just goes to show Ken, you're crap at writing rubbish. ha! :)

Comment is about Shirley-Anne Kennedy (poet profile)

Original item by Shirley-Anne Kennedy

Liverpool gained a great deal of its wealth from those two trades in the 18th century, especially the slave trade:

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/europe/liverpool.aspx

"It would be wrong to attribute all of Liverpool's success to the slave trade, but it was undoubtedly the backbone of the town's prosperity. Historian, David Richardson suggests that slaving and related trades may have occupied a third and possibly a half of Liverpool's shipping activity in the period 1750 to 1807."

As a city, Manchester does not really have the same taint.

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

I like your poem John called Artery
on the second line you talk of the slave trade
then again later in tea and men.

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Thanks for liking my poem Cynthia. I think you and I are alike in how relationships can spark our poetry - I can remember the ones you wrote about you mother...

I'm not writing so much nowadays but love the feeling of being in touch with my poetry friends when I do! xx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks for your lovely comment on my poem Chris. Missed you at the Tudor last month - nice to see you in Asda though LOL! xx

Comment is about christine yates (poet profile)

Original item by christine yates

Hi Cynthia glad you like the Northern Soul poem!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hello Jolene

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you are enjoying the site and we're really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by other WOL-ers too.

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Comment is about Jolene94 (poet profile)

Original item by Jolene94

As always, thank you for your comments. They are very much appreciated. A philosopher? I don't think so - maybe more a hop scotch way of seeing the world ;-)

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Shirley-Anne

I wrote this deliberate piece of nonsense in a cynical frame of mind for which I apologise, to see what sort of reaction it would attract.
And comment-wise it's done better than my usual stuff. Where have I gone wrong? LOveryL.

Comment is about Shirley-Anne Kennedy (poet profile)

Original item by Shirley-Anne Kennedy

Hi Cynthia, I have responded to your kind comments regarding 'Bottoms Up' on my poetry site. Many thanks. P.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks for kind comment on Northern Soul poem, Daniel.

Comment is about Daniel Dwyran (poet profile)

Original item by Daniel Dwyran

Good to hear you are so active with your war
poem project/recordings. You are in good
company. My brother recently gave me a double
CD by "Show of Hands" with music and poems of
"The Great War", the latter read by Jim Carter
and his wife Imelda Staunton. The Sunday Express gave it a big thumbs up!

Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Hi Cynthia
You're absolutely right about 'look at me' it is about looking in a mirror. Thanks for your comments.
I really like your latest, 'blessed man' particularly in the first verse
'hail to the morning I'm not dead yet'.
It was good to chat on Tuesday. see you again next month.
Martin

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hello Biscuit,

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you are enjoying the site and we're really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by other WOL-ers too.

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Hello NB,

Welcome to Write Out Loud, we hope you are enjoying the site and we're really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by other WOL-ers too.

It would be good if you could upload a picture of yourself, it’s really good to see what our fellow poets look like.

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Comment is about New Beginnings (poet profile)

Original item by New Beginnings

Thank you so much Daniel for yours comments on 'Memory'
much appreciated

Comment is about Daniel Dwyran (poet profile)

Original item by Daniel Dwyran

Candice - you have a great body of poetic work. 'All I want to do is write' and 'T'hell with Haikus' have a great inner warmth when I read them. 'Thinking of me?' and 'Discontented Diabetic' show a completely different aspect. I really enjoy your writing.

Comment is about Candice Reineke (poet profile)

Original item by Candice Reineke

Cheers Chris, I agree and shrug sometimes, ta Tommy

Comment is about chris stevenson (poet profile)

Original item by chris stevenson

Hiya Alex, I'm here to say ta for the thanks on a work I did. I must read more stuff on this site as I am engulfed with writing and words. Cheers for your post. Tommy

Comment is about Quiet Comet (poet profile)

Original item by Quiet Comet

...and you Laura are the mistress to fortune, or something, anyway ta la! ;) for ''Hockey anyone?''

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

haha - a Milton/tenacious D mash-up eh? could be worse ;-) thanks for the comment on 'crooked road' mate
Ian

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Glad you liked the Northern Soul poem. Yes I've seen the recent docus which obviously helped me a lot. I used to dance to Tamla and stuff at the Top Ranks suite in Reading in the 60s when I was 14/15, but like you knew nothing about hat northern scene. There's quite a lot in my own ubringing that helps me identify with it. DOing a crap job all week and then getting away for the weekend.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Tommy .. thanks for commenting on 'there are no dead' .. I was thinking about how quickly a tragedy disappears from the news every day, and somewhere an unknown family still grieves ..

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Hey hey,
Awesome quotes from your profile.
Taking them in before proceeding with a very enjoyable read.

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Thank you MC Newberry for your lovely comment on "Nature" :)

I am so happy to be here to learn from all of you!

Preeti

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