Hi Cynthia thanks for the kind cooment on the 'rope trick'.

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Hi Isobel, thank you for the welcome, very kind and very much appreciated. Yes, you did make me smile, and have a little chuckle, but I promise I wont use it as an excuse ;) Hope you like what you read, and thank you again :D

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Hi TJ - thanks for your comment on Touch and Go - I'm glad I managed to raise a smile but hope I give you no excuses for wild behaviour whilst travelling in Spain ;))

Welcome to WOL - I look forward to reading your work!

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Would that last comment be meant for yourself Cynthia ;?)

Thanks for your comment on Touch and Go - I didn't realise it was just as bad in cold climates - having to wear a leotard - the thought of it - was it a question of touch and stay? I think we are very spoilt in England - there are a lot of gentlemen around - and you don't realise it until you live elsewhere.

Meanwhile, I'm hoping you can make it to the November Tudor, which is 14th November. There's a bed at my house for you and a rumbustious welcome awaiting :) xx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Would you kindly explain what you meant by my 'lethal weapon'. I'm really keen to know.

Comment is about Barrie Singleton (poet profile)

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Your poetry fills me with the same wonder that I feel when I look up into the stars - perceptionally close and intellectually distant - a surround of mystery - but soul filling.

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What ho, MC!
Glad you liked "Today's Wedding". I see a lot of them (and funerals) as verger at Selby Abbey. I often wonder how they'll turn out - the weddings, that is. (The funerals are more predictable).

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Hello Dave,
I hope you are keeping well.
Thanks for your thoughts on "Today's Wedding". Yes, i suppose the custom of taking the man's name is in decline. That rather reassures me as I have 2 daughters, and unless they choose to stay "Coopeys" I am "The Last of The ...."

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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Thanks for your comment on my Stuff of Life poem Barrie - that's a personal favourite of mine and I'm amazed you happened upon it.

I'm glad to hear that we are both on the same page when it comes to the important components of life :)

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Thanks for your comment about "Lonesome Rail".
Always appreciated from yourself with a track
record of your own!
The song will get a month's promotion through
November on www.ukcountryradio.com.

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Lovely to see you back! I remember you vividly from my early years on WOL. Sadly Janet Ramsden/Suzie Dent is no longer with us, but I remember the fun we all had. x

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Apologies Francine - I went a bit flippant, probably embarrassed by not really understanding. Now that you ask: not sure if I WANT to be a Philistine. . . it's a sort of default state, on occasion. Anyway - changing the subject - Your logo (do we say avatar now?) is in a class of its own. Formidable!

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Merci à toi aussi, je suis très contente que t'as lu mon poème 'Today is Full Moon' et écouté ma musique! Et la fille près de la tour Eiffel est très sympa! :)

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It took me forever and a day to get to the bottom of your page!

Thanks for popping in, and welcome back! It's been a while, huh?
Nice to see familiar faces reappear!

So, explain to me what you mean by wanting to be a Philistine...

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Hi Harry- re ''Wandering expositions''April 2013 your advice: 'Why don`t you fix line eleven?' would then remove/fix the point of the preceding line, it being a stand alone conjunction ''where'' where the word where is indeed a stand alone conjunction! Tommy :)
as in -

''...There are stand alone conjunctions
in hope that it amazes
where
in solitude it functions
in contrived schematic phrases...''

This allows for the humorous play on the isolated nature of the conjunction ''where''

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

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Thank you Cynthia, and for pointing out my typos. My brain has been misbehaving of late.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Greetings Cynthia: Thanks for your comment on I USED TO DANCE. Word-weeding is a process that assumes inferior words and I don't want to be so judgmental. http://writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=39137
J. Otis

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Hi Izzy

I never went away. just been dormant. jealously reading uploads on W.O.L from some very clever contributors xx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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cheers Ian for the info on 'Sporting Life'wow! but hey! what a fantastic film and what fantastic acting by Messrs Roberts and Harris!read the bio on Rachel Roberts,but stand by with the kleenex-tragic!take care matey and keep those great poems rolling off the production line(pretty please!)xx

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Cynthia hi, I had forgotten your post re'Blackened berries' from yesterday. The edit was minimal, but more was envisaged-but the un-used edits where forgotten. I have an increasing problem with memory- I hope this is due only to medication. I know this will sound pretentious- I was intrigued by the individuals Rumi and Shams both Persian poets ('amongst' other things)referenced in work by Philip Glass in 'Monsters of Grace'. I'm now getting 'off' subject. Thanks for your interest.
Tommy ps the track in reference is: 'Like this'
pps the line that sparked it all off-''When Shams comes back from Tabriz,
he'll put his head around the edge
of the door to surprise us.
Like this.''
ppps I'll now attempt to address the missing edits.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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This is worth another read (of HRMLW), but then again Michelle, I warrant that you would say that etc. Tommy

Comment is about Michelle Madsen (poet profile)

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HI Is ta for the comment re 'Blackened berries'. :)

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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cheers CBT for you comment re 'Blackened berries' :)

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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HI my five-fingered-friend- happy shake hands to you re 'Blackened Berries.:)

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Hi Jane- ta for your comment re 'Liverpool Tate'. I think you hit it on the head- nail that is. :)

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Ged- If your in Kensington/Old Swan-i'll buy you a pint for your to-the-point critique on 'Blackened Berries' Tommy:)

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Hi Laura- I think middle-eastern- and get carried away myself (re Blackened Berries)I appreciate the emotional effort you have invested here. :)

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Hi Ian, a big thanks for comments on'Blackened berries'. :)

Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)

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Thank you for this comment, Charles, and best wishes with your own stirring work.

Comment is about Anne Maney (poet profile)

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John - re: Full Contact - my face and body would tell you that you are absolutely correct :-)

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Izzy Old Fruity!
Nice to see you again last Sunday, and with Cate too - the stuff of which dreams are made! (Well, my dreams, anyway).
Thankyou for your thoughts on "Wtf?". I agree entirely about flogging to death words at the extreme of our vocabulary.
I suppose the F word has been replaced by the N word in terms of offensiveness. Perhaps that's because the elephant in the room for our grandparents was sex whereas for us it's race.
What's next for our grandkids?

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Hello MC,
Many thanks for your thoughts on "For These", Said The Father. My own thoughts are that, anthropologically speaking, we haven't come so very far. Indeed the dinosaurs didn't get so far in the millions of years they were around; it's expecting a bit much to think we can move on much in a few thousand.
With regard to "Wtf?", despite the tongue-in-cheek ending I really do think the word is worked to death. Isobel's quite right when she asks if we dilute the usage of words at the extremes of our vocabulary, how to you then express extremes?

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

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Thanks for that Dorinda

The only thing we missed was the collage poem
maybe next time.

Like the photo Maggie and you got a mention well done.

The Road

On a road
no signs seen
following the person
marching in front.

We ask him
wait a minute
are we going
the right way?

He turns around
saying to us
who of you
made me leader?

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

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Hello there - and thank you for commenting on the
posts about mental health - result of Tom Doolan's
poem "1 in 4".
The subject is always emotive - from various
points of view - especially as the suffering
takes many forms and claims many victims. Talking
- or in this medium: posting - can be very therapeutic. The exchange of information and
support is always a positive thing.
Keep writing!

Comment is about Dean Carroll (poet profile)

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thnq mam...i will follow ur advice and soon i will be available in blog section

Comment is about SATYAJIT BEHERA (poet profile)

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thanks for your kind comments regarding the cuckoo waltz poem MC - sorry i'm a bit late in responding - I'm getting a bit behind due to other commitments at the moment - so in catch up mode with the thank you's - anyway, very kind of you - cheers
Ian

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thanks for the supportive comments re 'the cuckoo waltz' Dave - my favourite comedians of all time - just ahead of Morecambe & Wise :-)
Ian

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thanks for your kind comments regarding the cuckoo waltz poem Steve - totally agree with you about the Chaplin/L&H comparison - sorry i'm a bit late in responding - I'm getting a bit behind due to other commitments at the moment - so in catch up mode with the thank you's - anyway, very kind of you - cheers
Ian

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thanks for your kind comments regarding the winterfylleth & graffiti poems John - sorry i'm a bit late in responding - I'm getting a bit behind due to other commitments at the moment - so in catch up mode with the thank you's - anyway, very kind of you - cheers
Ian

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thanks for your kind comments regarding the winterfylleth poem Andy - sorry i'm a bit late in responding - I'm getting a bit behind due to other commitments at the moment - so in catch up mode with the thank you's - anyway, very kind of you - cheers
Ian

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thanks for your kind comments regarding the winterfylleth poem Laura - sorry i'm a bit late in responding - I'm getting a bit behind due to other commitments at the moment - so in catch up mode with the thank you's - anyway, very kind of you - cheers
Ian

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thanks for your kind comments regarding the winterfylleth poem Starfish - sorry i'm a bit late in responding - I'm getting a bit behind due to other commitments at the moment - so in catch up mode with the thank you's - anyway, very kind of you - cheers
Ian

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thanks for your kind comments regarding the winterfylleth poem David - sorry i'm a bit late in responding - I'm getting a bit behind due to other commitments at the moment - so in catch up mode with the thank you's - anyway, very kind of you - cheers
Ian

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thanks for your kind comments regarding the winterfyllth poem Harry - sorry i'm a bit late in responding - I'm getting a bit behind due to other commitments at the moment - so in catch up mode with the thank you's - anyway, very kind of you - cheers
Ian

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thanks for your kind comments regarding the JCC poem - sorry i'm a bit late in responding - I'm getting a bit behind due to other commitments at the moment - so in catch up mode with the thank you's - anyway, very kind of you - cheers
Ian

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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Thanks Ann

Comment is about Paul Hawkins (poet profile)

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hello mate , welcome to the site ,
and thanks for your comment ,
ive not been into slayer for long really but have been a fan of necro for a while and he is influenced by them .
plus ill bill has done a song dedicated to slayer where he says their album names in order and i liked the flow
i liked the idea of all their song tittles in order making a long dark poem
anyway mate enjoy the site !

Comment is about Dean Carroll (poet profile)

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Yes - I realised the 'contentment' word was wrong as soon as I'd posted it. I don't think many poets are contented - we all think too much for that.

The closest we can get to contentment is perhaps the lack of abject misery :) I've been there a couple of times in my life - enough to value this lack of contentment phase perhaps :)

Intrepid - moi? I like the idea...

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Thanks for your comment Isobel, I am not often content -always troubled by.."and no-one will remember/just what made you", to quote you.I am basically optimistic until I start to think...oops!Anyway,not as intrepid as yourself.

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Ha!! Copyrighting :D They'd be proper chuffed about that eh?! ;D

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