I can't believe it goes through the post. I had to send mine Parcel Force as it weighted in excess of 28lbs. Hope your results are clear.
End of season? it's excruciating. Oh for the placidity of those seasons of mid-table mediocrity.
Comment is about WHAT KIND OF STOOL AM I? (blog)
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A huge thank you from Andy and myself for all your support on Saturday - - - Saturday Happenings finished with a flourish!
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<Deleted User> (6895)
Sun 10th Apr 2016 11:51
Now then! who is a clever lady? Love,love,loved this.
P&S
Comment is about Haiku: Sunset beach (blog)
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A massive thank you to all the poets that came to the Art Gallery on Saturday and made the open mic such a successful event that everyone enjoyed.
Comment is about Write Out Loud at Stockport art gallery tonight (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Just posted mine yesterday John. Not a good time to do it this end of the season. Squeaky bum time. Man Utd this afternoon too.
Comment is about WHAT KIND OF STOOL AM I? (blog)
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Never, Helen! How could you be a has-been poet while composing an excellent rhyme like this one?
Mind you, I think we all have those moments where we are dissatisfied with our own work, or can't quite produce the work we wish to. Goes with the territory, I guess.
I enjoyed, it's definitely a poem lots of us can relate to.
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Sun 10th Apr 2016 09:54
interesting, imaginative and enjoyable.
Comment is about Keeper of The Heads (blog)
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Good points, Rose, ha ha.
Thank you for your comments, appreciated.
Comment is about Panama fallout (blog)
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Sun 10th Apr 2016 00:52
my sainted Aunt Fanny!
you've had your teeth sunk into this theme for some time now Lynn.
Goodo for you!
Shame it wasn't Camerons posterior,and bigger the shame that you are not a Rottweiler-haha! Rose C.
Comment is about Panama fallout (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Amazing imagery in these poems. I also like that they seem written from a deep well of experience of care work. The work is anchored in specific, realistic details but goes far beyond this.
Comment is about Helen Sheppard (poet profile)
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Great energy, observation and word play in these poems which work well as text and are fantastically good when performed.
Comment is about Wendy Young (poet profile)
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Wonderful and beyond my capability to add anything useful to what's been said.!
Yours with humility.
Ray
Comment is about Arrested Development Haiku (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
What I like here is the symbolism of the moon with the feminine principle, as adopted by certain religions. I agree with Wolfie on the last line. Inspired writing and riveting.
Ray
Comment is about still life (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
thanks david. i was thinking about calling this 'mary' if that helps.
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I enjoyed this too, Lorna, good one.
Comment is about The Little folk (blog)
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Thanks Martin - I hoped you could...!!
Tommy :)) back at ya xx
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Sat 9th Apr 2016 12:03
Very Beatrix Potter Lorna.We loved it!
Our regards.
Patricia and Stefan.
Comment is about The Little folk (blog)
Original item by Lorna Spies
Thanks all. Harry, you're forgiven. I think in the latter years maybe a reduction of one or two cholesterol points is slightly pedantic - etc. On with the cream slices. My mum lived to 96 and looked forward to my weekly visit with an apple turnover - she never turned over a new leaf.
Mark: a nursery rhyme of sorts : good advice.
Helen: thanks so much for that. The last thing you need is sanctimonious advice. My wife has rheumatoid arthritis, and no one seems to know that that stays in the blood stream and moves its forces wherever it will.
I think people often have a sense of denial in facing the facts of these unmentionable diseases. It takes a lot to cope with an inevitability of any kind and is life changing.
As far as education is concerned - that is quite different from commercial propaganda, and is its poor relation, I fear.
Comment is about TYPE 2 DIABETES (blog)
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Hey Jen...love Dead flowers...beautifully expressed
Comment is about Dead Flowers (blog)
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so well put Stu. Nice one
Comment is about Haiku: Having cats in Spring (blog)
Original item by Stuart Buck
great poem as Steve says the two voices work really well opposing each with the internal turmoil.
Comment is about When The Light Dies And Darkness Thrives (blog)
Original item by Poetryum
Some great lines here, Laura. Well done, very enjoyable haiku.
Comment is about Arrested Development Haiku (blog)
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Thank you Jemima and Steve for your comments, both of which made me smile. Much appreciated.
Comment is about Haiku: Tax corruption (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Thank you Patricio. Unfortunately, the current lot in power keep giving us more reasons to be angry.
Mind you, I do find I have to switch off from it sometimes or I'd go mad...
Comment is about Panama scandal and atrocities of government (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
what Alex Harvey do , he would certainly be menacing just by his presence. Nice one Laura
Comment is about Arrested Development Haiku (blog)
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Ray,
I like the secular snatch of un-redemptive word-play
(we`re all livin` on the fat farm these days)
If only I could give up cream slices! :)
Comment is about TYPE 2 DIABETES (blog)
Original item by ray pool
The legend himself!
Comment is about Julian Jordon, compere, Write Out Loud poetry jam (photo)
Laura,
I like the way that this properly executed Haiku form
allows the story to be told in a controlled manner. (and how
appropriate to both the form and the story that `arrested` is)...not to mention the humour...
Some night eh!...sounds like some of the nights we used to get at the old Liverpool Scene years ago.
Comment is about Arrested Development Haiku (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Mark - thanks for the 'like' on Anxious Audience. I suppose the button having been pressed has to have an alternative for those that change their minds, but I agree it seems sort of churlish.
Rob
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
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It's amazing how much contempt it's possible to squeeze into a haiku... ;-)
Comment is about Haiku: Tax corruption (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
"when I say butter I mean margarine..." Love that phrase!
Comment is about Chewing Gum (blog)
Original item by Peter Knaggs
Thanks guys. Really appreciate the comments.
Had a bit of fun writing that one. The pen seemed to enjoy it too :)
Comment is about The Pen (blog)
Original item by David Lindsay
There's something that we all should know -
Fast food will make us faster grow...
And if we can't make sense of that,
Recite: Fast food will make you fat!
Comment is about TYPE 2 DIABETES (blog)
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Cheers Wolfgar
I really like the discipline actually - it's nowhere near as mind-bogglingly difficult as a sestina or a ghazal. They melt my brain. I find it sends you into places you wouldn't normally go.
Comment is about Arrested Development Haiku (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
im bringing my beard and a tenner
Comment is about Put something in the bonnet? Steve Pottinger and other friendly faces in Chester (article)
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And Stuart Buck is coming along too! It's gonna be a whole gang of us! :D
Can't wait - it shall be a quadruple hoot :D
Comment is about Put something in the bonnet? Steve Pottinger and other friendly faces in Chester (article)
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So do I :D Ta very much Jonathan!
Comment is about Arrested Development Haiku (blog)
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Ah thank you Robert :) I haven't written haiku in too long, so thank YOU for the jogged elbow :)
And I wouldn't say you still had SO much to learn - from what I've read over the last couple of days, you're doing well alright!
Comment is about Arrested Development Haiku (blog)
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Laura - I am in awe, not only of your dedication to structure in each stanza, but also of the cadence and rhythm so expertly crafted. I still have so much to learn!
Rob
Comment is about Arrested Development Haiku (blog)
Original item by Laura Taylor
Phwoar - THIS is a line! Her velvet collisions dress the air.
Love it.
Comment is about The Moth (blog)
Original item by Simon Austin
NICE SYLLABLES! great.
Comment is about American poet Eric Berlin's 'Night Errand' wins National Poetry Competition (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Stately home
unexplained presence
teenage Queen
brutality disfigured.
What am I ?
The theme for Monday is put together a poem with a puzzle so the person listening can work out who or what it is about.
If you think of one bring it along with you and we shall try and solve the riddle!
On Saturday the 9th April there will be a Write Out Loud workshop at the Gallery at 10.30am to 12.30 followed by an open mic later at 3.30 to 4-30pm.
Comment is about Write Out Loud at Stockport art gallery tonight (article)
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really enjoyed this. its wonderfully gothic and sensual, and reminds me a lot of the hg wells story of the same name, in tone rather than content. taken metaphorically, as a poem about a woman in the throws of love, or literally as a description of a moths futility, its excellent and actually works both ways, a clever thing indeed. i am smitten. some great lines too. velvet collisions. lovely.
Comment is about The Moth (blog)
Original item by Simon Austin
Thu 7th Apr 2016 23:35
ha! put that in your offshore account D.C. and bloody well choke on it! nice bit of arse booting here,Lynn.Thank you.Jemima.
Comment is about Haiku: Tax corruption (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
Sorry to hear you've had a tough time of it. I read your Mothering Sunday poem and assume it is connected. If so, then I am so sorry :( x
Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)
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Lynn Dye
Sun 10th Apr 2016 12:07
Thank you so much Patricia and Stef for kind comments.
Incidentally, your last words must be right because I received 3 notifications that you liked my poem, ha ha! x
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