Thanks for your kind comments on my songs M.C.
I enjoy pottering around in the folk scene ( got bitten by the bug in Manchester as a teenager) - now Doncaster has to put up with me!
I'm impressed with your letter to the Times being published . I fire the odd one off to the Telegraph but no luck so far.
Yvonne XX
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Thanks for the comment about "Paper Chase". I used to buy the broadsheets, then none at all, followed by the occasional purchase of the D.E. - with its free TV magazine on Saturday (and its campaign agin' an overbearing EU). The London Evening Standard is now FREE here in town - so that makes up most of my current newspaper reading these days. I was telling Yvonne B. that I once had a letter published in The Times (THOSE were the glory days!) challenging noted pundit and author Bernard Levin about his use of the term "agent provocateur". Nowadays, it's more likely to be a moan printed in a local "freebie" letter page!!
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I've just been listening to your two songs. Delightful, especially "Kushagarnie" which has a timeless feel to it. Both are most appealingly sung. You are obviously a gifted lady with much to offer. Well done, you! I enjoy folk - The Watersons/Martin Carthy and the Fishermen's Friends...to mention some; and,of course, Country from the USA. They go to the heart of what it is to be human - with all its trials, tribulations and happiness.
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Hi Yvonne - thanks for taking the trouble to
comment on "Paper Chase". I understand your
liking for the Daily Telegraph...a sane and
sensible "read" for those seeking one step up
in the search for information. I once had the
satisfaction of having a letter published in
The Times, challenging noted columnist and
broadcaster Bernard Levin about his use of the
term "agent provocateur". Those were the days!
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Thanks for taking a moment to read 'The Long and Dusty Road' MC. I worked on this for a long time and my breakthrough moment was verse 5 so I then went back and re worked things in that style hence the structure. Think I've done my usual trick and posted the poem before I've done meddling with it . .
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Oh John, you can put a shilling in my slot any day.XX
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I look forward to your work shared on WOL. That's a very impressive profile.
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sounds interesting over the blue cat guys.. keep us informed
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Thanks John
it's actually a Rondeau - based upon the concept that the sun doesn't actually rise - the earth tilts :-) good old Copernicus eh?
Ian
PS - sorry - posted this on the blog first - forgot it doesn't go to you direct - what a numpty :-(
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Hello Yvonne,
Glad you liked "WonderBale".
The Gallaghers based their version on mine, you know.
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Hello Steve,
Glad you liked "WonderBale". He certainly on fire at the moment.
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Hello MC,
Glad you liked "WonderBale" The boy's certainly mustard at the moment!
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Hello Harry,
Many thanks for your thoughts on "WonderBale".
I'm afraid I agree that 4th spot is a bit remote now for either Liverpool or Everton. It seems a 3-way fight for 3rd and 4th between us, Arsenal and Chelsea.
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The Dusty road of life needs some more work yet Yvonne but thanks for reading. Best wishes, Steve
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Hi Allison. lots for taking a moment to read 'the long and dusty road' Got stuck on this for a long time but my breakthrough moment was the verse you mentioned :
'I’ll breathe my last in a side road, a by road
An end of the line quiet road'
Still not completely happy with this but thanks for your comments,
Best wishes, Steve
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That's spooky - I was just going in to leave a comment on your profile when it disappeared!
I was going to say that the Tudor isn't about any one person - no venue is. There are a number of regulars who make it cosy and it manages to attract new people. I think the stage and sound system help - it really has a professional set up but with an intimate feel to it.
I'm sorry that you've taken yourself off but understand. On line sites aren't everyone's thing. Still hope to see you at the Tudor though!
And I like the idea of being a tiger! LOL xx
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"Fridge Full Of Muddy Water"? Priceless!
On the subject of things found in canals...have you ever thought of one about a serial killer?
Call it "Johnny, dismember me"!
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John
just seen your latest blog - which prompted me to go back a few and read some of he earlier ones. have to say that I really like your style and prose - a good mix of heady topics covered in a thought provoking way. Being a newbie I'm still finding my way and tend only to check back on earlier work if i really like a blog posting - so BIG thumbs up for 'the daily mail....' and a great back catologue to boot.
Cheers
Ian
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darren thomas
Wed 6th Mar 2013 20:32
Hi Rachel - thanks for your recent comments.
I'm enjoying your narratives. Always unpredictable. Always fascinating.
dt
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Hi Greg Glad you liked my trees, or I suppose they're still Hockney's! Looking forward to meeting up at Jan & Donall's gig. Should be a good night.
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Thanks for the comment on Sexy at Sixty Dave..
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The Blue Cat would be a purrrrfect choice for such an event hope it opens soon.
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I express my respect to Write Out Loud
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Thank you very much, we very much loved being part of the event.
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David Andrew and I enjoyed your pieces at More Poetry last night. More, please!
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I am going to do such a book anyway, but we would need to sell an awful lot of them! The Blue Cat in Heaton Moor may be doing poetry events when it reopens. Of course, it would be a bit of a trek for most people and an 'open' venue.
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Its a bike rack haha. I think it was in Settle on a camping trip.
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Just an idea for finding funds for the Art Gallery.
What does everyone think of putting all our collage poems together in a book which John wants to do but the money go to keep our club going on a Monday night - - - just a thought.
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Kenneth Eaton-Dykes
Mon 4th Mar 2013 10:10
Thanks Martin.
Is that a bike rack or a zimmer frame supporting you. It looks a nice place where ever you are
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hi Dave
Thank you for your comments - will look at re-drafting that line too!
Katy
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I have to agree - awesome photo!
And whoever took it is ace ; )
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Hi Dan - love your work. Hope you are enjoying the site!
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Hi Graham - a very warm welcome to WOL. I enjoyed the wonderful density of the imagery in these poems. It would be lovely to see some posted in the blogs section - poems there seem to get read by more people, and hopefully appreciated too.
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Dave
many thanks for your kind comments regarding ' A Step Towards Winter' - much appreciated
cheers
Ian
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Hi Harry
many thanks for your kind comments on 'Step Towards Winter' - it means a lot when other poets recognise the intricacies of structured verse. I really appreciate your comments.
Cheers
Ian
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Well we poets don't have to be shrinking violets do we? And we can tag our material.
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Thanks Greg I have always tried to include the natural world in my work.
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Just wanted to say how much I like these two beautifully-observed poems, Graham. Your experience as a former countryside officer, I guess. You don't waste your words; your language is very exact. I like that.
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Thank you for your comment! I was really wary about posting it! : )
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darren thomas
Fri 1st Mar 2013 12:00
Thanks for your recent comments Laura. Your profile pic is ace. [:^[-)
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Just as long as there is some lead in your pencil, Johnny boy!
What's this about my disappearing from WOL ? That's the second time that's happened recently.
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Ah, there you are, Bonny.
I'd not been able to get at you for a couple of weeks.
Many thanks for your kind comments on "Frowns of Silence".
What I want to know is this: what were we boys doing at school when they taught you girls such classics as "If you don't know, I'm not telling you." and "Just imagine; when we're married we can do this every night".
Woodwork, I expect.
Who would want to learn such deadly lifeskills when you could be making a pencil case instead?
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Thank you kindly for your much welcome comment on my poem.
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Hello MC,
Glad you liked my rip-off of a Simon and Garfunkel classic. I once heard someone do, "Fridge Full of Muddy Water" about a canal walk.
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Hello Dave.
Glad you liked "Frowns of Silence".
Where do women hear the phrase. "If you don't know I'm not telling you"?
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Now then, harry.
many thanks for your advice on "Frowns of Silence". I take it you've endured more than your fair share of Coventry!
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Ian Whiteley
Mon 11th Mar 2013 14:42
Yvonne
sincere thanks for your kind comments on 'Copernicus....' I really appreciate your continued feedback.
Cheers
Ian
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