Thanks for taking the trouble to comment on "The Racism One-Step". It was written in response to the idea that racism is a one-way street with one lot always the victim and one lot always the guilty party. I must mention of the penultimate verse in your poem Place De L'Eglise. It was beautifully done and would, imho, have been ideally suited to close your poem.
And now...I will leave you in silence....

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Hi Anthony, I see that Simon Armitage has announced his itinerary for his south-west walk, and will be calling in at the Plough arts centre in Great Torrington, which I believe is your neck of the woods, on Tuesday September 3. Will you be going along, by any chance? http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=38194

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Hello Nigel,

I told you a few weeks ago that I have a risque but not very risque poem. It's titled "I Have the Right to Write." It's on my profile page.

Thanks,
Shirley

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Hi M.C.

I told you a few weeks ago that I had written a not so great poem telling people where they can kiss me. It's titled "I Have the right to Write."
Not a great poem but it express's my opinion.

Thanks,

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Cy re ''Assignation'' you seem to be grasping here : ''This is very unusual, and very effective. IMO, the precise repetitions and small variations give a real feeling of fascination, almost voyeurism, and passing 'insignificance', like the movements of a crowd''. . .but, I love to be gripped by a mind...and I agree with you, but, I would add ''captivated''. Tommy

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cheers Laura
please that you liked 'the Jesus Gene' and 'Daniel...' two very different emotions - although both query the existence of 'god' I suppose :-(
thanks for commenting - much appreciated
Ian

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thanks for the comments on 'Daniel....' Isobel.
Yes - a very disturbing and emotive topic - I wasn't sure whether it was an appropriate subject - but the news report made me so angry and helpless that I felt I needed to get something down as a statement - not sure if it's too morbid or frivolous - but it was written with good intentions
Ian

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One voice
many conversations
speech investigator
extraordinary tweets.

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Harry - thanks for your comments on "The Racism One-Step" - written as a riposte to those who seem to think that racism only exists when the finger can be pointed at "whitey". Sorry for the delay in this reply but I have just returned from a long weekend in my old home county of Devon and a delightful stay in a small family-run hotel overlooking Lyme Bay -a million miles in some ways from modern London - my home for the past fifty-odd years.
Confucious - he say: Change is as good as rest!

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Mike
thanks for stopping by and commenting on 'Alien Feelings' - glad you liked it.
CTUSM - now there was a band - The Only Living Boy In New Cross - post punk classic :-)
Ian

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Thank you Anne :-)

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Hi Ann, yes I have been around before, but by some ill clicking and amnesia I can't get into my other account any longer. X

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Hi Crabb - welcome to WOL. I like your profile page poems - hope to see some of your work on the blog section soon. Have you passed this way before? I gather from Steve's comment that you have - if so, welcome back!

Apologies - I think in my welcome message to you I said it would be good if you could put some poems on your profile page - I was "round-robinning" a message to somebody who hadn't got any poems on their page. I can see that you have poems on your page :)

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Hi Poetry Jack - a very warm welcome to WOL. Hope you are enjoying the site. Hope you might put some of your poems on the blogs soon. Mind you, you sound very busy - you may not have time :)

Apologies - I think in my welcome message to you I said it would be good if you could put some poems on your profile page - I was "round-robinning" a message to somebody who hadn't got any poems on their page. I can see that you have poems on your page :)

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Hiya I have no idea where my comment has gone I did edit it as I saw a spelling mistake then clicked off so I can only think I must of deleted then or something.
Anyway I basically said sometimes making love without the build up can be just as good as with xxxx

Rich

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Keep working on that collage -one day it'll all make sense (we hope!) Probably find out that the secret of life is 42 so that'll make my poem 'numbers' way out! thanks for looking in -Steve

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Thanks for the comments N.

Much appreciated

K.E.D.

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Thanks for your comment on my poem Mike. It's more of a live performance piece really - it needs an audience - but I'm glad it made you smile :)

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Thanks Francine, Appreciated lots as ever xxx

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Hi Ian

Thank you for your great comment on my poem. Much appreciated :-)

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Hi Harry,

Thank you for commenting on my poem. Cacophony felt right for me at the time, I was laying in the sun in the garden and all these noises seemed to be growing and working together in a bid to shatter the peace! Ha ha Maybe I could have used a different word

Kath :-)

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thanks for the kind and supportive comments on 'Alien Feelings' Isobel - much appreciated - and I couldn't resist adding a tongue in cheek response to your edited response :-)
Ian

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Thanks for your kind and supportive comments regarding 'alien feelings' Francine - I do try to include provocative images to tie up with the words and this one fell into my lap - Harry thinks that Alien is cuddly - me, I think its rather disturbing :-)

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Hey Harry - no problem with the comments regarding 'Alien feelings' - I did throw the picture in to try and muddy the waters to what is, basically, a love song with sci-fi imagery. So in a way I was asking for it :-) I do like to combine image with the poetry though - I suppose its my art background coming through - I do try to chose evocative pictures - and if you think that alien looks cuddly (or anything other than disturbing)I think you need to see someone about it :-)

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Hi Katy

I hadn't seen Collier's Lilith. Impressive. And the original is just up the road in Southport - may take a look.

Coincidentally I've been re-reading George Macdonald's enigmatic 'Lilith'. The Victorians seem to have been fascinated by her. Have you run across it?

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Hello Shirley,
Glad you liked "The Rhymes They Are A-Changin'" and that it made you smile.

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Thanks for your comments on "The Rhymes They Are A-Changin'", Harry. I bet you take some frightening.

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Hello MC,
Glad you enjoyed "The Rhymes They Are A-Changin'".
Again, another one I wrote for Bob Dylan which he never used!

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Hello, Izzy,
Thankyou for commenting on "The Rhymes They Are A-Changin'". It's only when I came to write this I realised what a clever and unusual rhyming scheme (aaabab) Dylan used. And harmonically, the penultimate line is a cliffhanger of the dominant chord, its 7th, its 6th and then the dominant again, all complimenting the single note melody.
Not just a hat-rack, that Dylan.

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Thankyou for your thoughts on "The Rhymes They Are A-Changin'", Francine. I suspect it may not be my last parody!

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Thank you for your comment Jane, glad you enjoyed!

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Hi Dave, my Lilith is a recurrent theme of the first wife of Adam in the bible and also the prostitute, and the vampire that runs through some of my work in this collection to try and make my work more accessible by using characterisation that a reader can identify with more easily. Who knows whether it actually works or not!! It is also very personal and I have collier's Lilith on the wall of my bedroom which inspires me as I write : ) thanks for your comments on my work, really appreciate them, Katy

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Hi Dave - thanks for the comments on the sound/audio stuff I've been doing with a pal of mine here in St Ives. I think it might be my way forward. I seem to have stopped writing poems these days - and I miss it! But been writing some songs and now this more experimental stuff has come along. I'm wondering about putting it here on WOL. Might be fun - and bring me back into the fold!

Hope all is well with you! :)

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Hi Ann

It's been a long time since you posted. Has the house move accounted for all your creative energy? Perhaps you are posting elsewhere. The one piece I accessed via FB was remarkable.

Dave

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Thanks Marksy, I like yours too. Your profile poem is a cracker.

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Thank you :-)

'and Morecambe weeps' - lpvely even in it's heavy sadness x

Comment is about Richard Alfred (poet profile)

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Loving your stuff Dave - makes you think, which is the whole point of this, isn't it?

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Nigel so sorry to have missed your comment! When is the next WOL meeting I could bring some copies then?

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Hi Harry - glad you like my praise poem :) I think it will be a good one to warm up an audience...

You are right about how we react differently - and there are just no female flashers. In fact I'd love to set loose an army of them on the London Underground, just as an experiment - all shapes, ages and sizes - I'd love to see the expressions on men's faces. I'm guessing that no-one would feel threatened or alarmed by it though...

Take care - hope to see you soon. x

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Hello Harry,
My "Footle Poems" are not great, but thank you for your nice comments. Footle poems are supposed to rhyme but who says a person has to follow the rules. Write what makes you feel good.

Thanks again,
Shirley

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Hello M.C.
Thank you so much for your encouragement. I do like this short story, "So Very Alone." I have an even longer version which is a little more descriptive.

Thanks,
Shirley

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

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Thanks for commenting on the flashers of old London town.

I'd agree with Graham - that's a lovely profile pic. x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Thanks for your comment on my poem Francine xx

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No problem Kath, I for sure like your poetry :)

Comment is about Kath Hewitt (poet profile)

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Some good Twaikus coming through, now. Just one thing - remember to follow HeatonsTwaiku, so you can see your own Tweeted works.

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

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What a great new profile photo Ann.

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Hi and thank you for your comment. :-)

Comment is about Richard Alfred (poet profile)

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Thanks Laura

Capitals are there because I'm too lazy to edit when I copy from word!

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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Thank you Cynthia

your poem held much resonance for me, so I did want you to read mine :)

Regards

Richard

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