HI Dominic Glad you like MIles in Paris and explored the music on YOutube - some great stuff there! David

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thanks for your continued encouragement and kind comments Harry (Remember Scarborough)I'm having a blast writing these war poems, and it's driving me into new forms such as the Ballade Royal for this one (!) really appreciate you finding the time to comment - hope you're keeping well - all the best
Ian

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Hi Cynthia Glad you liked my Miles poem!

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Thank you Cynthia.

I'll cover my ignorance by saying I did it phonetically. Ha Ha.

Sadly, I've got to a stage in life when I briefly blank out completely and can't spell the easiest of words.

After eight and a half decades, one has to allow for the occasional lapse in concentration

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ty Daniel I actually wrote this basic poem many years ago ....... nothing changes does it :(

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Thanks Daniel

Much appreciated. Been writing about babies a lot recently. (I used to be one you know)

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Hi Daniel Glad you liked the Miles poem. It's Jeanne MOreau on the album cover. Really atmospheric music with plenty of night time street scenes. All very cinema noir.

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HI Tommy. Glad you liked MIles in PAris.

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Haha I like the sly intellect in the 'black-out' work. Very...well you know who I mean. As I say, clever. And good work too. Tommy

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sorry to hear you were feeling a little under the weather Cynthia - I think it's the actual weather that's to blame - way too humid - I'm more a Viking than a Roman I'm afraid - hope our paths cross again soon

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Hello, thank you very much!

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Hi Alexandra Welcome. Tommy

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Martin - So glad you commented on 'Flip-flops and Bottle Tops'. It was a challenge to think what the children who live in conditions of fear would play with. Many thanks.

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Harry - Cheers for your kind appraisal on 'Flip-flops and Bottle Tops'. Glad you appreciated the second to last stanza.
I did chop and change it about before posting it then went back to my first thoughts. If you had not have commented I would have always been thinking 'what if'? Thank you.

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Hi Ged. Thanks for your kind comment.

J.C.has no special significance. To me, he was just a jumped up voice hearing delusional joiner, all be it with a nice disposition, sort of Nigel Farrago in his day, but with a more novel approach, that he'd find difficult to put across

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hi Cynthia

apologies for the lateness in responding - i guess that is one of my hopes for the poem - though i feel that a change of title is needed as 'everything' is not good enough

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Ian, I enjoyed seeing you again too. That evening I suddenly felt very weird, and decided to leave without ceremony. Walking home seemed to clear my head, so I'm not sure what happened. That first hour I was not able to hear very well, and was blaming a fuzzy microphone; but maybe not. Who knows.

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Thank you Daniel, for taking the time to read and comment on my work. It is a poem about a traumatic loss, and the storms that pummelled the coastline. I spend as much time as I can on the coast, it is my biggest muse. :)ps I am not sure where I should comment back when there is a comment on a poem. Is this the done way. :)

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Laura i will invite you to a BBQ only if you have smoldering embers in your hair. As for your comment on 'Astronomer...' of course you are so correct x

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'Drift'..Drift! I get your drift x

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thanks again Laura - just seen your nice comments on 'white feather' - I think more CO's in the world would mean less or no wars ;-) really enjoying getting into these war story characters - it's been enlightening and a great challenge. Just posted a balade royal - Chaucer - watch out! lol

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thanks for the comments on White Feather MC - I know what you mean about CO's - but, if I'm honest, I feel there would be a lot less, or no wars, if the world was full of CO's and not war-mongers - cheers
Ian

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Thanks for your very complimentary comments on white feather Cynthia - it means a lot - good to see you last night, an enjoyable evening I thought :-)
cheers
Ian

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thanks for the comments on Craiglockhart Daniel - now recorded it as a very up tempo punky song - really suits those fast rhythm repeats - posted it to my FB page - cheers

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thanks for the comments on Craiglockhart Lynn - now recorded it as a very up tempo punky song - really suits those fast rhythm repeats - posted it to my FB page - cheers

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thanks for the comments on Craiglockhart Laura - now recorded it as a very up tempo punky song - really suits those fast rhythm repeats - posted it to my FB page - cheers

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Bel - Thank you very much for your very kind words and appreciating my blog profile.
Wales is the land of song and as you said in your biography - a captivating landscape.

As stated by Briony Goffin you have some great projects and songs on your web link.

www.belblue.co.uk

Welcome.

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Hello Cynthia, thanks for pointing me towards 'flashback'. The last verse is a blinder. Because you omit punctuation the lines, or so it seems to me, can be read in different ways depending on where one places the emphasis. For instance, i read

...scribbling on ancient canvases
modernity...

as if you meant 'scribbling [modernity] on ancient canvases' which i don't think was your intention. It works either way though. It's a winner.

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Hello Bel

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

Thanks for already uploading a picture of yourself.

Have a good browse around, there’s lots going on and if you have the time to make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free. It’s the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.
There’s always someone who’ll help you out with a problem, so just ask and someone will get back to you. It’s a friendly place, so welcome once again.

Graham Sherwood

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Cheers DD for your appraisal of 'Tour De France' I feel like I'm at the back each time I read it :/ Tommy

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Ta Cy for the look-see at the 'Astronomer...' and appraise it. Tommy

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Thank you Isobel for appreciating my poem.

Nelly x

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Thank you for appreciating my poem.

Nelly x

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Thanks for telling everyone know about the Heaton Arts Trail John.Maggie you missed a good night it was pure gold!Cheers for the mini poetry Andy N and good luck with the play.Doing a short poem about my first job calling it Play Safe!

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Hi Daniel
thanks for comments on thirst for light: I hadn't thought of the canal angle, but you're right, actually this one recalls a sunny day on the Hungerford section of the Kennet & Avon. all the best,
Dom.

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Grit is it;
it is grit.

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Hi Cynthia Thanks for comment on my Jeffrey Hudson poem. I actually posted it a bit too early - it was driving me mad - and have I hope smoothed out some of the rough edges.

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Thank you, Graham, for your kind welcome message.
I am very pleased to be able to engage in a challenging poetic dialogue with the other WOL members.

Aprilia Zank

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Hello Aprilia

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

Thanks for already uploading a picture of yourself.

Have a good browse around, there’s lots going on and if you have the time to make some comments about the work of other poets please feel free. It’s the best way to get some constructive feedback about your own work too.
There’s always someone who’ll help you out with a problem, so just ask and someone will get back to you. It’s a friendly place, so welcome once again.

Graham Sherwood

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Thank you for commenting on "I want you now" Emma, I appreciate your thoughts :) I was a little unsure about sharing this particular piece as it was written specifically for my muse, but she was happy to share it. :)

Best wishes, Dave

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Of course - now that you mention it, I do recall
those electric clippers. But even more - the
click-click of the barber's scissors wielded
with such dexterity over a small boy's head in
the long-ago seaside town of my birth.

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Thank you Steve for appreciating my poem.
Nelly x

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Some great lines:
'sleep is for the stale'
'knee deep in the linen of our lives'

I like the frustration - it comes through!!

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Thanks for your comments on the red chair M.C.
I also realised after posting this that I had forgotten about the buzz of the electric cutters.
Cheers

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Hi James
Thank you sincerely for your very kind words.
I just want you to know that you have a wonderful blog of work.
Anyone who has ever been smitten by love should be able to relate to your work 'On the Influences of Love'... delete 'dime store' and insert 'poundshop' for the people of the UK.. but it is great as it is.

'The Slow Boy' is a beacon of hope for anyone, regardless of gender, with confidence and self-belief.
"It's amazing what that boy achieved
When he failed to listen, but believed...

I hope that somebody more articulate than I could read, comment and maybe analyse your poem 'A River' (after first reading your preface 'I thought to try something different').
It is indeed a most beautiful piece of work.

I am humbled that you like my stuff! Thank you.

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Woops! - found the theme; it's "grit"...
OK OK I shall go away and stop causing trouble....
Dorinda
x

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Thanks for the positive reinforcement Daniel; I think it is people like you that make something like this work.

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Hello there! - I thought I'd sent a message yesterday, but I cannot see it here, so I'm re-sending! Just got back from two lovely weeks in France, and I cannot find what the theme is for our next meeting (that has nothing whatsoever to do with the vin rouge!!!) - so if someone could let me know, I'd be grateful.....
Thanks, and see you next week - Dorinda x

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Like you, I have a family army connection.
My great-grandfather was a master gunner with
Queen Victoria's army - with service in China.
My father was a young officer in WW1 France and
the Italian Front, and was in uniform again on the home front in WW2.
A maternal uncle was killed in action in France
in 1916, and a first cousin once removed (an army lawyer) was shot down in front of his wife by the IRA during the original Anglo-Irish War back in
the early 1920s (the original Bloody Sunday).
My own brother served with the Royal Engineers in locations as diverse as Cyprus, Kenya and Borneo,
before retiring to become an instructor (later its
manager) of the ski centre in Aldershot prior to
final retirement.
The army in particular has a habit of connecting families, doesn't it?
Best wishes for your work on WOL and elsewhere.

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Thanks for that Daniel,
Yes I had forgotten about the combs dunked in what one can only presume to be some form of disinfectant.
As to the things that were only for the weekend, I can well remember when I had apparently reached adulthood a friend asking me to make purchases on his behalf, even though I didn't need a haircut !

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