thanks for your kind comments on 'children of the glamned' MC - sorry it's taken a while to get back to you - holiday and then severe bout of food poisoning - so, once again, in catch up mode. Yes, I am certainly a child of the glam seventies - and most definitely written from the heart :-)

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Hi M.C.
Thanks for your comments on A short walk. It's based on a walk in April in Anglesey. One of many.
Best wishes
Martin

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Nice and dark - How i like it ha , ha
How are you Michael ? just wanted to say hello hope you are well mate i have not been on here as much but i have been working on old stuff .take care mate Eoin

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Hello Mahabir

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

ps. In order to enter the poem for the anthology you need to contact the link on the News page that are advertising the anthology. It is not directly linked to WOL.

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Hi Terry. Thank you very much for your kind comments on World Cup Widow. I took the opportunity to check your Web: poetrypoem.com/smallsteps You have some wonderful work on there. 'Trenches' has the ability to bring a tear to your eye and I could relate to 'Dartmoor - to make or break' with visions of military training and the Ten Tors. You have a great body of work there. Many of them would be good to see and share in your blog here. Great stuff.

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I would like this poem to be included in the coming anthology. How am I supposed to do this? Will someone guide please?

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Daniel, your kind comments brought me to your work. Good to see another rhyming poet. I really like The Place Where Only Dead Men Sleep. I think you caught the mood and the atmosphere well. Like the contrast between the Corporal and the Sergeant. Am going on to read more of yur work. Glad you came out tot the closet.

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By a strange coincidence one of my daughters has a few months left on a work placement in Bristol, so you never know I might well check it out! I've a vague idea of doing one of my jazz vignettes on Charlie Mingus. These little poems are like my version of finger exercises or practising my scales. They're quite fun to do and not too stressful. They are all approximately 70 syllables long, so you just need one insight or angle to do one. I did a similar set on cities I'd visited throughout my life and ended up with two dozen, then thought enough was enough!

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Harry. Thank you very much for your kind words on 'In Llanfairpwllgwyngyll'.
I find I can say it better after a quiet beer... followed by a couple of noisy ones.
Appreciated.

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David, thank you very much for your very kind words. I sincerely appreciate the link and I will follow that up in the near future.
(I confess to being a 'technophobe' and need to embrace social media).
On a different matter relating to your musical tastes, if you are ever in the West Country check out 'The Old Duke', King Street in Bristol. I feel you would love it.

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HI Tommy THanks for the comments. Yes, go back and play Song for My father. The whole album and, of course, the title track are classic.

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Hello Rollo

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.

If you haven’t already added a picture to your profile please try and do so. It’s good to see what our fellow poets look like.

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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Hello James

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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Hello Lisa

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

Comment is about Lisa Luxx (poet profile)

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Thank You Martin, happy to hear you like it.

R.C Morose.

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Hi Daniel Thanks for the encouragement! I am not as active as I used to be on WOL and mainly use it if I want to post a poem and a picture on my FB page. I'll catch up with yours when I can give them proper attention. If you want to link up on FB search www.facebook.com/davidcookepoet. Although that sounds a bit precious I had to do it that way as 'David Cooke's' are two a penny on FB! |Glad to make the acquaintance of musical poetry fan!

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Hi David
I have just spent a delightful half an hour going through your Blog and Poetry samples. I found Work Horses was all heart and a wonderful read. I found that your love of Jazz and the Blues came at you through every line in your poetic musical tributes.
It was 30 minutes very well spent... and one I will revisit. Most enjoyable.

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Hi Cynthia

don't worry, i am not offended - it's a love poem, as i sculpt with words, the poem becomes the final line, which is a testament to Marianne, and how i feel about her

i can't carve from marble, so i attempt to translate how i feel into words - in the midst of life, which is of course, finite

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi Daniel

Many thanks for your encouraging remarks.
And yes I'm doing what you suggest at the Ring'O'bells Middleton tonight Sunday 22nd.

Comment is about Daniel Dwyran (poet profile)

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wow it is filled with fantasy very good ....nice

Comment is about Twilbury Wist (poet profile)

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Hi Dave, thank you very much for your kind comments on my latest. Much appreciated.

Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)

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National Press items -
Glad to help the cause of poetry - especially verse - on WOL!
The letter before mine had me nodding in agreement
and to have the two printed about poetry was indeed a bonus for this occasional Sunday Express
reader.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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Hi Amy - welcome to the world of WOL - I should perhaps warn you now it is addictive! There is a lot of depth to the site and the years of archives, so you can definitely find some work to suit your tastes. best wishes, Dave

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Hi R.C.
I like the poet tree particularly
while investment jerks
buckle their belts
After raping a little more money
out of the badly beaten
mother earth

Good stuff

Comment is about R.C Morose (poet profile)

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Hi Daniel
Thanks for your comments on 'I want more',thats really encouraging. I really like 'The place where only dead men sleep' It has a real sense for me of what it must have been like. I can almost hear somebody singing 'it's a long way to tipperary'.
I can also relate to your comments in your profile about coming out as a wordsmith 'ready or not'
keep on keeping on.

Comment is about Daniel Dwyran (poet profile)

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thank Dave sir this portal is acting good for writers like me .Here i can see other writers style of work .it some way helping to get new ideas....ok by sir

Comment is about Hari Das (poet profile)

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Thanks for your comments Katie, you are very kind :) Best wishes Dave

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Thanks Katie, you are very kind :) Best wishes Dave

Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)

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Your poetry is odd and unique the way you have no stanzas; truthful and panoramic. I can see the steps of your thought process, each line is like a step. Very inspirational, a voice of wisdom.

I adore your sample. The hole in the pocket reminds me of The Beatles Yellow Submarine when Ringo finds he has a hole in his pocket.

Cheers!

Comment is about Twilbury Wist (poet profile)

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Hi, Dave. Thank you for the inspirational words of advice.

Your sample poem is absolutely lovely. Great imagery.

Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)

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Thank you, Cynthia, for the kind words in appreciation of my poem STAGNANT and my poetry in general.

I have not spent much time reading other's poetry on this site until now. I especially connected to your poem 'The Dream-footer' in your samples; very natural imagery, absolutely pleasing, especially when reading it while listening to Chopin. The gypsy almost seemed to metaphorically be like that violet in the last stanza. Big, and perhaps a natural beauty about it no one else cares to notice.

I plan on going through each and every lovely bit of writing you have to offer.

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Hi Lynn
Thanks for the reply about World Cup Widow. I just wanted to put a different take on the World Cup and from a female perspective. Domestic Violence is dreadful and statistically it increases when England lose. Love is blind... and lets hope they win.

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Hi Cynthia
Thanks for your comments about a short walk. It was based on a walk I went on with my wife and friends around the coast of Anglesey in North Wales in the spring. It's a good point about Baroness, I like the way that word has turned out there even though I had previously thought about changing it.
Thanks again

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A belated welcome to WOL from me too. I hope the site proves to be a second home for you, with it's rich library of diverse poetry - and poetic voices. Best wishes, Dave

Comment is about Twilbury Wist (poet profile)

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And a belated welcome to WOL from me too. :)

I'm sure you will enjoy the wealth of poetry to be found here and we will hopefully encourage you further. Though some 48 years have passed now, I was once a teenage poet too, finding my voice in questioning the Vietnam war among other things...

Best wishes, Dave

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Welcome to WOL Hari, I hope you will enjoy sharing and reading poetry with all the diverse people here. Best wishes, Dave

Comment is about Hari Das (poet profile)

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HI Daniel, glad to see such topics being covered, I figure the medium of poetry should cover things that are often swept under the table, the lyrics of popular songs rarely manage to give victims an anthem they can adopt... Best wishes, Dave

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Hi Cynthia, thank you very much for your kind comments on 'Unwanted Gifts', much appreciated.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hello Dave,
Thank you very much for your comment on 'World Cup Widow' it was very much appreciated. Like yourself I also cannot see why any man would want to resort to any kind of violence after his team loses. Unfortunately the days of being humble in victory and gracious in defeat seem to get more rare.
Much appreciated.

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Hi Cynthia, thank you for your comment and your suggestion. It is truly appreciated

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Katie, I have been sliding over your entries because the use of such identifications as 'Pity-Poetry' usually indicates a very self-absorbed, immature dumping of personal angst best resolved in a diary until the critical urge passes, and a more reasoned need for sharing ideas emerges.

I was wrong. I will earnestly do some catch-up because you are definitely worth reading. I see we have two 'fav poets' in common. I NEVER go that route; that is, until recently.

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Hi Shirley-Anne
I too have family who served, like your Paternal Grandfather, (at that time) with the Manchester Regiment. In fact Wilfred Owen himself was commissioned in June 1916 and served with the 2nd Battalion in France.
Thank you for your very kind words about 'The Place were only Dead Men Sleep'.
Much appreciated.

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Thank you for the welcome, Graham. Appreciated :)

I did try to add a profile picture, a drawing rather than a photograph. Think I messed up somewhere because it seems to have disappeared into the ether and I have lost the ability to add another one.

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Aww... Ken, thank you.

I am sincere in adding you as a favourite. I enjoy your readings down at the Ringers. Your poetry is a delight, funny on the surface and poignant beneath.

Comment is about Shirley-Anne Kennedy (poet profile)

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Hello Shirley-Anne

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.

If you haven’t already added a picture to your profile please try and do so. It’s good to see what our fellow poets look like.

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

ps, it looks like you've made a great start.

Comment is about Shirley-Anne Kennedy (poet profile)

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Hi Shirley-Anne.

I'm delighted, amazed, and flattered to be a favourite profile choice.

Reading the excellent chuckle-worthy and equally profound Rochdale Pay Rise. I worry for the Kennedy future in the public sector. Consequential to your light hearted treatment of this emotive subject.

"Or" taken seriously as independant consultancy opinion.

Comment is about Shirley-Anne Kennedy (poet profile)

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LOVED the Place Where Only Dead Men Sleep. Excellent poem.

My paternal grandfather was at "Wipers" with the Manchester Regiment so I felt a connection with the poem straight away.

I particularly like the Corporal/Wipers, Sergeant Major/Ypres repetition.

Comment is about Daniel Dwyran (poet profile)

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Thank you, Daniel :)

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Hi Shirley-Anne
I love your take on the 'Ballad of the Rochdale Pay Rise'. It has great balance and found myself wanting to sing it as I read.
I found the closing words on 'Shadow Hunter' quite haunting and left me wanting more.
I really enjoyed both of these.

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