Glad you liked "Filey", Yvonne. Next time I catch you there you can have a lick of my lolly.

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Thanks for your thoughts on "Filey", Harry. I have to confess it's a little more down-beat than I paint it.

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Thanks for your thoughts on "Filey", Ian. The first time we went there in the in-law's caravan some 30 years ago, we decided to go the week after Easter. We thought it would be packed for Easter week. When we got there it was shut.

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That's really made my day, you saying that! Glad you are enjoying my work : )

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thanks for commenting on 'in the belly of the whale' Cynthia - it approaches Isobels brilliant conceptual introduction at a slightly different angle - but hopefully carries the spirit of the topic
cheers
Ian

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thanks for your kind comments on 'in the belly of the whale' rachel - i'm so pleased that you picked up on the title - which just dropped into my mind as i wrote it ( the original title was to be 'the lonely call of mankind' but i was so pleased when a lightbulb went on and that title surfaced (whoops, mixed metaphor there - but you know what I mean). I love your 52 hertz effort as well by the way - very image rich and loving the quasi-religious angle to it. I love poetry that tells a story in a more oblique way, using image and suggestion rather than direct reporting - and yours ticks all the right boxes on that score - well done :-)
Ian

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thanks for commenting on 'in the belly of the whale' isobel - i'm quite pleased with it as there are a lot of subtle references in there - including the title. I was interested in the discussion going on at the moment about forced deadlines and topics - I love the challenge - and as your conceptual intro was already fully formed i thought i'd go for a less obvious slant on it. no doubt this would dissapoint whale lovers everywhere :-)
Ian

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thanks for commenting on 'noticed' John - I know what you mean about life/wife/knife/strife - but like to think you can be creative with adjacent words to give them a bit more of a unique slant - hopefully that worked. Glad you enjoyed it
Ian

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thanks once again for your comments on 'noticed' Yvonne - I'm glad you like the 'flag' words earlier in the poem - I had an exchange of views with Harry on this - I wrote them in early because this man lived like a ghost when he was alive - he was a ghost when he died. So you got it spot on regarding what I intended. Very perceptive as always :-)
Ian

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Hey Harry,

Just really glad that you and Yvonne enjoyed the evening. Hopefully we'll have many more good nights to come.

Best of

from me - and the two ladies in charge.

Chris

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

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As ever Cynthia you are way too kind. I think I saw somewhere on WOL that you had a good reading. Congrats!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hello Cynthia
Why thank you kind lady for your comment on an idea. It gave me an idea which I may share with others when it matures .... and the vodka wears off.

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Hi Cynthia,

You were up late commenting on poems! Thanks for your comment on 'The Poem Fails' ~ That's an impressive back catalogue you've got. I'll start reading and commenting soon.

Very best wishes~ Jonnie

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Thanks for your comment Cynthia - I'm glad you liked it! Sorry I missed your spot at Sale - let me know when you're on again - not been there in ages. x

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Thanks for your comments on Lonely Whale Alex. It's probably one of my more thoughtful pieces - the theme is an inspiring one for me - I think the feeling that you are on different wave lengths to the rest of the world is probably quite a common one.

Glad to hear you were there to cheer the boys home. It clashed with just about everything for me - and I can't bear the logistics of large crowds!

Take care. x

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I will not print your profile photo off!
I will not print your profile photo off!
I will not print your profile photo off!

Why?

Because Mrs Wilde does'nt believe
I need it to cover a 'stain'above my bed-
you do,dont you?

S.W.

Comment is about Katy Megan (poet profile)

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Hi Lynn thanks for checking out my last poem and your kind words, I always value your opinion

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Thanks for your comment on 'noticed' Katy - just been reading your 'back catalogue' - how have I not noticed your wonderful poems before? They are quite simply STUNNING! I love reading the female perspective on love, lust and romance - some of your poems are genuinly spine tingling. Keep on keeping on Katy :-)
Ian

Comment is about Katy Megan (poet profile)

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Sitting in that chair - - - no chance

I could fall under your poetic spell too.

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I think I should have you as my therapist!

Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)

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Thank you for your comment Ian, I love your poem noticed btw!

Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)

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Hi Lyn,

Thanks for your comment on For A Second I Forgot. The feedback is appreciated. Did you see the discussion on 'political' poetry on the message boards? Some people are not so happy with it. I think yours is both entertaining and moving. Good job I keep up with the news from England! I just noticed you have a poem called Tiramisu. As I'm in Italy, I'm going to read that next.

Very best wishes.~Jonnie

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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Hmmm. Now there's a thought.

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

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Thanks v much. I'm new to the site, but I'm keen to improve and get my poems out there.

Comment is about Mike Morris (poet profile)

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We all know folks like the Perfects! Are you new to Write Out Loud? I like all the samples and it's a rare thing I like a football poem!

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Ta G A man of taste and forthrightness. :o) Tommy

Comment is about George Stanworth (poet profile)

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Hello George,
Glad you enjoyed "Your First Hut is the Cheapest" and "Ikea". As you may have noticed I don't write much that is "worthy" but I do have several rather irreverent song parodies posted on the site.

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Hello RM,
Glad you liked my latest contribution to the cultural and literary encyclopaedia of sheds entitled, "Your First Hut is the Cheapest".

Comment is about Richie Muster (poet profile)

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hello Yvonne,
Glad you liked "Your First Hut is the Cheapest". Sheds seem to provide me with a lot of my inspiration, perhaps because I spend a lot of time in them doing nothing.

Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)

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Hello Lynn,
Thanks for commenting on "Your First Hut is the Cheapest". As it happens, my first hut is nearly 30 years old and is still going strong.

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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Hello Ian,
Glad you liked "Your First Hut is the Cheapest".

Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)

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Hello Isobel,
Glad you liked "Your First Hut is the Cheapest".
I'm not much cop at "whole songs" because I'm not very melodically minded. The words come quite easily but I struggle with original tunes.
I did co-write a "serious" one for our village school which the kids do several times a year at various occasions (which is quite pleasing).

http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=29354

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hello Greg,
Glad you liked "Your First Hut is the Cheapest". My own favourite is PP Arnold's although Sheryl Crowe does a good one. Of course, nobody could have done them without the genius of Cat Stevens.

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Hello Tim,
Glad you liked "Your First Hut is the Cheapest". When I next get to PPP maybe I'll give it a go.

Comment is about Tim Ellis (poet profile)

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thanks for the comments and suggestions on 'noticed' Harry. The use of those 'eerie' words early on were deliberate, as I wanted to get across that this guy has lived the life of a ghost while he was alive - and wasn't noticed - it was only when he died that he became 'real'. You are, as usual, very perceptive and I totally get the idea that I could have built more tension at the end of the poem by using more neutral words early on and saving the sinister for later - so I guess I got caught between two stools of trying to get an eerie pay off against trying to get a subtle characterisation.
Thanks so much for taking the time to comment
much appreciated
Ian

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

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thanks for the comment on 'deadly nightshade' Yvonne - yes, I liked the single line ending, which turns it from what appears to be a love poem into something more sinister - nice that you picked that up
cheers
Ian

Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)

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thanks f your comments on 'that which autumn....' harry, the short story wot i rote is very image rich and touches more on the background of the characters - it always read to me as though it could be condensed into a narrative poem and i enjoyed the exercise - cheers
Ian

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Thanks for the comment on The Trainers poem, Ian. My wife thinks I was on something when I wrote that one - still you have to go where the muse takes you!

Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)

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Many thanks harry, i think the endings have become something of a trademark.

Marcus

Comment is about Marcus Cooke (poet profile)

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Thanks for commenting on my poem Yvonne. x

Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)

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Marcus,
I like the way your last lines (aptly) finish off your poems.


Keep `em comin`

Comment is about Marcus Cooke (poet profile)

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Chris,
Congratulations on your new venue to you and Glenys and Natalie.

And what an enjoyable night to start it all off with.

Well done!

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The child within is too easily lost. We forget how to simply accept and tend to over analyse our lives.
Listen to a distant sound of thunder
and imagine ......
I love my grandchildren.
Josh, the little boy in the pic shouted to me, "Look grandad I'm catching the rain!"
What could I say? ... NOTHING !! ....So I stepped outside, into his world and tried to catch the rain.
Thank you for reading and commenting.
Pete the Bus Driving Poet.

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

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Hello again Richard. My husband was the stay at home parent for two years. So he has seen the pro and con of at home parenting. Your poem "Mother's Autumn" speaks well of this.

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Thank you Shirley so pleased you liked it, and do you know its about a year old and so often people miss its very obvious meaning, you understood it perfectly.
No I cant paint for toffee so I didn't do the artwork but it is a great pic.
As a father who home-educated his son and was the house wife if you like, I have maybe a better understanding of motherhood than many men xx thanks

Comment is about Shirley Smothers (poet profile)

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Cheers for the comments on The Writing Class, MC; allusions to Betjeman muchly appreciated too - I'm beginning to think that structured, formal verse is most definitely frowned on by today's poetic community (someone recently commented that no rhymed poetry stands a chance of winning comps or being published) so comparison with someone of his stature stands as no small compliment.

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

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LOL - thank you Richard - I really enjoyed myself last night.

Performance poetry is all about hip action and don't let anyone tell you otherwise ;)

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Thanks Tina :-)

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Richard - thanks for the comment you left on "Dambuster". I look forward to reading your "Lancaster" poem in due course.

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Hi Isobel, thank you for your kind comments on perspective. I haven't written much lately, so greatly appreciated. I like your 52 Hertz idea, I shall have to get thinking! xx

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