thanks for stopping by and commenting on 'the red regret of Thomas' Tommy - as you say, more to it than just religious imagery

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

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Thanks for taking the time etc, and yes this time I really mean 'the time'
Hey'up Dave was done a while ago, and then I decided that I should show some balance, and the next two (making up the Trilogy) came along quite close together. The Church was obviously the next target, but Michael Grove? Is Michael Gove a real person?? Surely not! He can't be can he?

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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I wasn't protesting, at all. I was confused, and then thought I'd guessed at what lay beneath your cryptic comment.

I'm shit at darts and I can't knit. Pool, but only if I can smoke inside the pub.

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

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Congratulations on your success in the York Mix 2014 competition, Andy.

Comment is about Andy Hickmott (poet profile)

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Tommy - think you may have misunderstood 'Environmental Intercourse'. It's satire.

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

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Thanks John.

Your comment is much appreciated. when my donkey dies you can have it for nothing,

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Thanks M.C. A much appreciated comment

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

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Thank you M.C. Newberry for your eloquent observations and comments on Vernal Equinox. I wrestle with notions of judgmental assumptions, thumbs up or down opinions and whether we know anything about perfection. Its all weather to me anymore; I either dress appropriately for it or stay inside.
J. Otis‽

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

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Whut? Whaddaya mean?

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

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Hi Harry, could you check your email. Both myself and Kemal Houghton have been trying to contact you. I have sent photographs of yourself taken at the spoke - very good ones, I think you'll like and also details of Chester Poets. Kemal, I think wanted to speak to you about the possibility of going on his radio show with your poetry.

Hope all is well...love to you and Yvonne from me and my better looking half :)

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

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I am a simple non academic soul, although I have attended 3 Univesities, I don't hold with much academic thought now. I write my straight from the heart [simplistic] poetry because I feel the need to express myself this way. I do not feel obligated to any political movement, although I consider myself well left of centre. I have a particular hatred of the tories and what they are doing to ruin the country with their targetting of the poor, oblivious of all the harm they are doing. I try not to bear grudges but then I am human and can get upset when attacked by people who should know better. I try to be true to myself which isn't always easy in this lying cheating world. I do the best I can in spite of indifference and rejection but then I believe I am a non=conformist and have been most of my life with all the pain that incurs.

Comment is about joe ranter (poet profile)

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Dave, Barnsley is the cultural soul of Yorkshire. (Many would say, "Arsoul"). The dialect is almost unintelligible and I say so as someone who lived there for 11 years. I went to an Open Mic in Thurgoland some weeks ago. Kes meets Deliverance.

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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Harry I feel you've outed me as a closet Coprophile In the nicest possible way.
I'm so relieved.

Takes one to know one.

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

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Thank you for commenting John. Barnsley eh? Somewhere I've never been.

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Thanks for your very kind comment Greg. I do hope we meet one day

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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Thanks for commenting Harry. Always appreciated

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

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Dear Arsehole, you holy mother of shit.........I'm up your creek, without a paddle.......I've been up there, a few times Holy arsehole, I love you..................All hail dear arsehole, all hail holy arsehole,all hail dear arsehole!

Comment is about joe ranter (poet profile)

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Hello Nichola, and welcome to WOL. I'm really looking forward to reading some of your work. You'll find WOL a friendly place where fellow poets are only to happy to give constructive feedback to your work. It often helps if you give some to others too. Creative flux as it were.
Anyway we're glad you've joined us, and welcome again,

very best regards

Graham

Comment is about Nichola Charalambou (poet profile)

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Hello Neil,
Thanks for the funny comment you left for my "Two Line Horror(ible)Story", LOL!
I got this idea when my 20 year old son told me the game "Bloody Mary" one he never had the nerve to play.
Thanks
Shirley

Comment is about Neil West (poet profile)

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Hi Neil.Glad you like 'de-friend'Please feel free to use it.Cheers.x

Comment is about Neil West (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia Thanks for comments on 'Casablanca', especially for spotting the dodgy apostrophe! 'Casa Branca' in line 3 is corect because I'm referring to the original name.'Casa Blanca' is the hispanicised form that we all now use in the West and goes back to the Spanish protectorate.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hello Andrew and welcome to Write Out Loud. I’m really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by fellow WOL-ers on the site. 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 the site, 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.
Any problems, please ask. There’s always someone who’ll get back to you. It’s a friendly place, so welcome once again.

Graham Sherwood

Comment is about Andrew Lawson (poet profile)

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Thank you! I absolutely like that some expressions got your attention! I know my words are simple because English is not my mother language but I know that my thoughts are complicated enough! Thank you for understanding what I wanted to say! Will keep writting if you keep reading!

Comment is about David Blake (poet profile)

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Thank you for passing by my humble profile! Please read my 'Death Wish' on the blogs wall! will be highly appreciated to hear your comments on it!

Comment is about David Blake (poet profile)

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Ian - no worries. I know a little of Tony Benn, but enough to know just how strong he was as a political personality - certainly someone not afraid to speak their mind. I can imagine him being a hero to many, not least to those of a poetic voice.

You are blatantly a rock star. One of the biggest on here, if I may be so bold. It's clear to see and shouting itself out loud :)

Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)

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thanks for the comments on 'all that is left' David - pleased that you liked it - he was a hero, of sorts, for me.
also pleased you liked the videos - I enjoyed the wakefield piece - it's special performing something on the streets where you were born (not literally - ha)and to your 'neighbours' - I also enjoyed the 'with backing' tracks - the dormant rock star in me coming out at long last :-)

Comment is about David Blake (poet profile)

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thanks for the kind comments on 'silverback inn' Cynthia - very observant of you - the switch from first person is deliberate -an acknowledgement that if we ignore the warning signs, those old men could be us - thanks once again

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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thanks for the comment on 'silverback inn' Dave - yes it's dark - but written as observed - human nature is all to often dark :-(

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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Thanks for your kind words on 'Rain/Sun/Rain' Jeremy. I find your sample poem intriguing. Looking forward to reading more of your work.

Comment is about jeremy young (poet profile)

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And thanks for the kind words on my latest. Means a lot :)

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Checked your stuff on Youtube, thanks for the link. Really quite impressive, actually! Especially 'The Westgate Run' on the Wakefield Word Walk.

Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)

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Hi Jeff, I hope you are well. I was amazed to realise that it was 2009 when we last talked!! Time must move differently in the poetry dimension! Only through browsing around have I twigged there is a poetry event at the Brooklyn. I have worked in Farnworth on and off now for the best part of 20 years and used to enjoy a cheeky pub lunch there on a Friday! Hopefully, I can come along on the 20th April, I have never performed my poetry in front of an audience before but perhaps now is the time to give it a go!

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

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Hi Dave, I hope you are well. The workshop was fab, I had a group of 12 gifted and talented young writers who soaked up the stimulus and ran with the themes. They took some ideas away to develop over the next week but I hope to share some of their writing next week with you of you're interested!

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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Hello John,
Thank you for your comments on my "99 Word Horror Story".
I came up with this while trying to sleep. So I got out of bed and wrote this charming little tale. Amazing what the mind can come up with.

Thanks
Shirley

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Thanks for your comment on 'A Room, Midnight' Cynthia. I don't have a definite theory on its topic, only that I was trying to express the sense of a sinister ceremony of some kind taking place. Not one of my cheerier pieces, certainly!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hello Michael and welcome to Write Out Loud. I’m really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by fellow WOL-ers on the site. 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 the site, there’s lots going on and if you have the time 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.
Any problems, please ask. There’s always someone who’ll get back to you. It’s a friendly place, so welcome once again.

Graham Sherwood

Comment is about Michael Hill (poet profile)

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Hello Anu and welcome to Write Out Loud. I’m really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by fellow WOL-ers on the site. 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 the site, there’s lots going on and if you have the time 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.
Any problems, please ask. There’s always someone who’ll get back to you. It’s a friendly place, so welcome once again.

Graham Sherwood

Comment is about Anu Cheeran (poet profile)

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Hello Jeremy and welcome to Write Out Loud. I’m really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by fellow WOL-ers on the site. 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 the site, there’s lots going on and if you have the time 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.
Any problems, please ask. There’s always someone who’ll get back to you. It’s a friendly place, so welcome once again.

Graham Sherwood

Comment is about jeremy young (poet profile)

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Hello Edward and welcome to Write Out Loud. I’m really looking forward to reading some of your work. I know that you will be warmly welcomed by fellow WOL-ers on the site. 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 the site, there’s lots going on and if you have the time 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.
Any problems, please ask. There’s always someone who’ll get back to you. It’s a friendly place, so welcome once again.
Graham Sherwood

Comment is about Edward Hughes (poet profile)

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There was an empty bottle found near to his body and paw prints leading to the cat flap on the back door.

Not a ghost of a chance of proving it said P.C Birdbrain.

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

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Hello there - many thanks for taking the trouble
to comment (and kindly) on "Global Warming".
It's a bit like Christianity with me...not too
sure but prepared to be convinced!!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Thanks for your comment M.C.

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

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Thanks Cynthia going to read it out tonight
at Stockport W O L

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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K- ''Philosophy made difficult'' Tommy

Comment is about Karin (poet profile)

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Cheers CBT ;)

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi Dave,

Thank you for your advice about the poetry workshop, I do want to do something observational that will have the children thinking more about the language they are using. We'll see...

I hope you don't mind, I have shared your 3d printer poem with our technician and a product designer we work with, touching and hilarious, it left me really in the mood for that good pint of beer!

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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no problem MC - I think you may have misunderstood - I'm not warning you off - don't mind the banter to be honest - it's just the books on conspiracies I'm staying away from - the next 2 kennedy tomes will definitely be 'all fact..no conspiracy' :-)

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

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Julian, the format for WOL main site is back to normal now! - thank you!

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

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thanks for the kind comments on 'the perfect alibi' MC and the update on JFK. I'm having a breather from all things Kennedy at the moment as I gorged myself way too much over the anniversary with books and TV. I've got the biog 'an unfinished life' by Robert dallek and 'one minute to midnight' by Michael dobbs to read next - I'm staying away from conspiracy theories for a while because, to be honest, I think most are just sensationalist nonsense :-)

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

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thanks for the comment, laura over my take this bill poem. glad you like it. let's just say some of my friends have expensive drinks tastes but not thankfully when it is my round - lol.

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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