Many thanks Andy for the comment on "Sphinx round the corner". I like your poems, in particular "Ticket to ride". I find it really beautiful.
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tony sheridan
Mon 18th Mar 2013 18:23
Hi Hugh. I am English but I will still have to say " Great poem! " Take care, Tony.
Comment is about Six nations sensational win for Wales (blog)
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I like the concept of hidden manipulation ...
that there is some power over which we are
powerless.
Not so much Who you? as Who them?
Comment is about THE YOU, THAT SUITS THEM (blog)
So brutal...so strange - but then again
England made a change - times ten.
(Or so I read in a pre-match report)
Serves 'em right if they'd been thirty-nought!
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Write Out Loud A Marble Ascent
Now on News and Features
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As we write
Creative collage poetry
Stockport Art Gallery
Prospers with credit.
Comment is about Write Out Loud Stockport's protest and collage anthology (article)
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If I may use words I found elsewhere(?) - "you've not lost it"!
"This is somehow suggestive
Of a milk chocolate digestive;
Dunk it in and let it soak
But pull it out before it's broke!"
....................................
How do you do keep it up (the consistent inspiration, of course)?
Comment is about 50 Shades of Earl Grey (blog)
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<Deleted User> (6315)
Mon 18th Mar 2013 13:29
Oh now I think is is great work. :)
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<Deleted User> (6315)
Mon 18th Mar 2013 13:14
Oh dear me JOHN!!....phew..shall never look at my teapot in the same way again..and I do so enjoy a cup of steaming, hot, earl grey! (with sugar)
Comment is about 50 Shades of Earl Grey (blog)
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tony sheridan
Mon 18th Mar 2013 12:08
Love this. Well done! Take care, Tony.
Comment is about Blue Lights, No Siren (blog)
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tony sheridan
Mon 18th Mar 2013 11:58
I like this! Have you read Roadside Picnic?
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<Deleted User> (10987)
Mon 18th Mar 2013 09:39
Excellent poem but not sure that Burnden Park in 1946 was "the first major disaster in football in Britain". Check out what happened at Ibrox on 5 April 1902.
Of course this is not to diminish the significance of the Burnden disaster.
Comment is about Burnden Disaster 1946 (blog)
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Hi John, keep posting, would like to read more.
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sounds good. you too young to be able to look back with regret yet even if youre not sure about it...!
Comment is about Fireflies in Glass Jars (blog)
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hope to see some more of your writing soon, barbi x
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Hell John - I nearly lost my cup of coffee when I read this! (My bladder ain't what it used to be)- seriously funny.
Ian
Comment is about 50 Shades of Earl Grey (blog)
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You've not lost it, MC.
Faithful rhythm throughout. I appreciate the skill in managing the accent.
And dead easy to propagate - just shove a spade through them a few times.
Comment is about THE PRIMROSE - a reprint (blog)
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We're simply the best - better than all the rest!
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Quite a tender piece Isobel.Sparse,but effective.
'All the buttons that you never sewed back on ,nest'
Great line.nice idea for a poem x
Cheers for comments too! The child in question is my cute granddaughter x
Comment is about A day in the life of... an old coat (blog)
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I think you may be being a bit harsh there Kenneth. I’d agree that Sean’s responses are hard at times to get your head round – that’s possibly because he didn’t get the opportunity to put them into writing himself, break them down for the less academic mind to grasp more easily. It’s hard reading an interview such as this with no knowledge of the writer’s work. I think you’d need to read it to understand where he is coming from.
To me it seems that Sean is primarily an artist and then a page poet, so I think it would be hard to criticise him for not engaging as a performer. I imagine the T.S. Eliot prize would be designed for more ground breaking types of poetry that you couldn’t necessarily ‘get’ on first, second, or third reading ;)
I have enjoyed the interview for the discussion it has created as much as the insight into how another poet works. The poetry world is a big one – I think there has to be a place for the intensely academic as well as the entertainers and those who present more immediately accessible work.
Comment is about The Write Out Loud interview: Sean Borodale (article)
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Kenneth Eaton-Dykes
Sun 17th Mar 2013 00:47
I like most people on this site make contributions up to my level of competence,and in doing so, learn by way of sharing and appreciation of fellow bloggers works.
In short, have a bit of fun on a wonderfully encourageing social scene, culminating with local monthly, eagerly looked forward to, wonderfully entertaining,open mike gigs.made rich with amateur Poets deserving as much
recognition as your over sophisticated Sean Borodales, whose answers on being interviewed confuse the normal brain by inviting an interpretation of something only he understands. In other words he (from an entertaining point of view) would be a miserable flop at an open mike event.
His talents only appealing to the ones who can't see he's got no clothes on
Comment is about The Write Out Loud interview: Sean Borodale (article)
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Thanks Larisa. Glad it gives you pleasure.
Comment is about THE PRIMROSE - a reprint (blog)
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The questions were excellent. Don't understand any of the responses though, c'est la vie
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Beautiful poem! Love it.
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Lovely snap shot John. Is this about a child? I get the warmth of protectiveness in all that icy wind. x
Comment is about Bucket Of Memories (blog)
Yes - insomnia is a definite curse. Long gone are the days when I could sleep a solid 8 hours though - you are very lucky Larisa!
At least I now have a good excuse for my deteriorating memory and irritibility :) x
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Hello MC .. thank-you for your comment .. I wrote the poem about ten years ago which puts the events back even further, which is all a bit disturbing.
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Agree about getting the rhythm right. Kids love that. They also love to be scared a little when they know they are in safe hands!! And the lesson with its final word is well meant.
Comment is about The Macabre Castle (blog)
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A bleak but compelling evocation of why it's so often true that "you can't go back". The hunting habit we have of trying to locate old familiar things is recognisable. I especially liked the opening two lines...and could imagine A.E. Housman leaning over your shoulder.
Comment is about Marbury (blog)
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I bet your otter's thrilled to bits,
Now you've cancelled his benefits!
:-)
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<Deleted User> (9882)
Sat 16th Mar 2013 15:46
<Deleted User> (9882)
Sat 16th Mar 2013 15:44
Oh!clever!x
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<Deleted User> (9882)
Sat 16th Mar 2013 15:42
Thanks for your comment on my poem Rachel. I'm guessing us girls all have plenty of coats in the wardrobe. x
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Thanks for your comment on my latest poem John. I think it's one of those themes many people can identify with.
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This Award is ageist.
Comment is about Foyle 2013 awards offer big chance to young poets (article)
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You can find more of my poetry including some videos by searching on SUBACCHI+POET
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<Deleted User> (6895)
Fri 15th Mar 2013 20:33
Oh that damned Walter-
He has a lot to answer for!
Excellent poem.xx
Comment is about From Virginia (blog)
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like this isobel.
Comment is about A day in the life of... an old coat (blog)
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It may be tricky to follow in Sean's footsteps at times, but the interview is engrossing, as you say, Julian. It stretches the boundaries. I like the ideas behind Notes for an Atlas, and the poetry of topography. I'll try and track it down.
Comment is about The Write Out Loud interview: Sean Borodale (article)
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What an absolutely fascinating interview, Frances! It's like earwigging the sort of erudite conversation I imagine I once wished I could hold; a conversation that draws me in wanting to be a member of this club whose bouncers would spot me a mile off. I love the way his replies inspire me to step to the side of my tramlines to try to view them anew.
Thank you.
Comment is about The Write Out Loud interview: Sean Borodale (article)
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That is really good. We all used to be someone else.
Comment is about A day in the life of... an old coat (blog)
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Thank you for your welcome to an over-ripe ranter with delusions of whatever, from the northern reaches of manky [manchester]
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Thanks everyone - you are all very kind. Part of the reason I don't write much any more is that I can't see the value in what I write. I think maybe I've become too good at critique and my own worst enemy :)
Yes - there are layers to this. I often find old poems I've read out at venues in my coat pockets. The words and the more outrageous clothes remind me of the time back then - it's nostalgia and sadness and wistfulness all wrapped up in one - plus the fear of growing old.
(Just in case anyone doesn't know it, after pains are what women get for a while after the birth of the second child. They are like mini contractions - a nasty dull ache)
Thanks again. x
Comment is about A day in the life of... an old coat (blog)
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There's a strong meaning in this poem, the shed skin and ghosts of issues, and it's also very well-crafted, Isobel. Worth the wait for a new one from you! Greg
Comment is about A day in the life of... an old coat (blog)
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Good to see you're back John - and your front ;)
Thanks for your comment on my poem. You need to start liking funny poetry and I need to remember how to write it :)
Look forward to reading more of yours. x
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Yes, quite wistful... and lovely in its expression with the allegory of the old coat. I love your style!
xx
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David Blake
Mon 18th Mar 2013 21:20
I like this a lot. Short lines capture the quick movement from one sight to the next, as if there's so much to take in all at once. I particularly like Gaugin's touch 'kissing' the buildings. Nice work! - David
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