Thanks for your observations and ideas Laura - very much appreciated.

Yes it was a typo typo - i must have been wearing my bifocals upside down.

cheers Mike

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And are'nt your arms aching Dave-
holding that book up all this time?
Haha tee-hee and terrar.xx

Comment is about The Raceless Man (blog)

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Heres two easily pleased old duffers
saying(typing)nice one Dunn's lad.xx

Comment is about The Raceless Man (blog)

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The iron lady will never rust.
She served her country with a magnificent lust. Watching the news her friends frequently catch her,
The first female prime minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher.

Your powerful poem inspired me to put pen to verse,thankyou.

Comment is about LITTLE OLD LADY (blog)

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Hi John, just listened to and enjoyed your Karma poem,Excellent observations as always, regards Paul.

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Hi Carmine.

Like your fact based story telling styled themes.
Skillfully put together.

Ken.

Comment is about (Benito Mussolini) (blog)

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'jewelled in the ruby bulbed
beat of the bath tub'
love this line cb.

Comment is about Grazed (blog)

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you're very complicated, I'm trying to understand your past life .

Comment is about Grazed (blog)

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Many thanks Cathy TTFN X

Comment is about Italian Travellers (blog)

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Hello! I enjoyed this and can hear you in it Carmine. X

Comment is about Italian Travellers (blog)

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Mikhail, thanks a lot for the comment, glad you liked the website stuff. I hope to keep adding more as life goes on...

Comment is about Mikhail Smith (poet profile)

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Hi Roy, thanks very much for the comment .. I've made quite a few edits since I uploaded it .. must stop tinkering with them! .. chris.

Comment is about Roy Chetham (poet profile)

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thanks hugh, some people prefer my coffin to the singing !!

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Hi Mick, thanx for comment, hope you can make Tyldesley gig, be great to meet you, cheers Jeff

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Yes, I enjoyed this too.

Comment is about “Darling! Are you in the bath?” (blog)

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Thanks. The photo is of the Chaitin volcano in Chile, which erupted in spectacular fashion as you can see :-)

Comment is about Thunder (blog)

.. I've got a prescription for some now, so what you're saying is, you recommend it. ok you've talked me into trying it , or should I carry on coffin ??

Comment is about Prednisolone---It works for me. (blog)

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Hello MC .. may I possibly, that is, draw your attention to “Darling! Are you in the bath?” .. or as my father would say "Nyet!! Mikhail!!"

Comment is about GET HAPPY! (blog)

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To the glass half-full brigade...
(With acknowledgement)
Laugh and the world laughs with you,
Cry - and you cry alone.
Or so I heard tell; now there's WOL...
Home from home for a moan and a groan!
:-)

Comment is about GET HAPPY! (blog)

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Prednisolone can ease chest conjestion and will give a quick relief, but as any other steroid be aware of side effects and not to be used for any period of time.
Take care Hugh, flutter your wings again and keep putting a smile on our face with your poetic gems !!

Comment is about Prednisolone---It works for me. (blog)

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Love this. Take care, Tony.

Comment is about Crescent Moon (blog)

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Hi Jade. I like your poems. More please. Take care, Tony.

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i don't think it would be much use for me either Dave. It's often been said that "I couldn't find my a**e with both hands."

Where do themes like these come from?

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about How can a blind person use the NHS bowel cancer screening kit? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Oh, thank you, Isobel. Do you put your dresses on back to front and inside out, too?

Comment is about Backward (blog)

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Just shows how attentive I've been recently! : )

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Hear! Hear! I was thinking it was just me.
There is a lot of dark stuff about but I suppose it just reflects the same proportion found in all entertainment media?

Comment is about GET HAPPY! (blog)

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Very moving. I like this poem, but then I would, wouldn't I?

Comment is about Backward (blog)

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Hi John, Glad you liked the website, It's only been around for about 10 months ;-) Win X

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

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Hi Jade, Glad you liked the site and the WCW tribute. Quite a suprise when I found that a recording existed of WCW reading his own poem. Win

Comment is about Jade (poet profile)

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Brilliant. I can see how a gig by The Legendary Boomtown Rats might be exclusive and intimate.

Comment is about Cat Nap (blog)

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I've always wondered how Reflexologists treat the legless.
Not very well, I discovered when I turned up at The Holistic Therapy Clinic three parts pissed.

Comment is about How can a blind person use the NHS bowel cancer screening kit? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Yeah, a great read. I wouldn't pretend to join all the dots but
the feel of chicken pimpled plastic
will stay with me. Let's hope it's not infectious.

Comment is about Sick Day (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Absolutely brilliant !!!A gripping account of a few special moments.

Comment is about Ten Minutes (blog)

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Definitely a good one, Dave, speared in like a spotlight. But I don't see any appreciable difference from caring for an infant, except maybe the 'right little square' sample; but that's what small wooden sticks are for, as opposed to fingernails. I like a broad range of subject interest, reflecting the real world.

Comment is about How can a blind person use the NHS bowel cancer screening kit? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Maybe they need a copper from Chorley to come along and taser them. They'd have the sample without too much effort then :)

You do think some original themes up Dave. Love is a bit of bowel digging - nice one - and well excavated - I mean executed!

Comment is about How can a blind person use the NHS bowel cancer screening kit? (blog)

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Wow...strong stuff, even if I'm not familiar with The Boomtown Rats output (mitigation: I'm still stuck in the music of the fifties!). A detour from your usual path, JC, but worth following. My mother spent her last months in a nursing home suffering from the onset of Alzheimers, and I recall one man who, without warning, suddenly grabbed her arm - painfully - and wouldn't let go, driven by some mania that burned in his deranged stare. Scary. So much is hidden behind the closed doors of these place of detention from which there is no release "back into the community". A just cause for anger at their worst - and guilty relief at their best, perhaps. The downside of this age, when we wish to do the right thing but so often it becomes impossible.

Comment is about Cat Nap (blog)

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Hi Jade,

Welcome to WOL! Hope you enjoy it here - in all its diverse aspects!

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Jade (poet profile)

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Thankyou John, I'm enjoying reading your poems. x

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

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I love this...superb pic too..well done :)

Comment is about Thunder (blog)

'whispers cobweb the jaw' .. this is all really very good ...

Comment is about Sick Day (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

A great read, thank you for sharing this with us

Sean

Comment is about Sick Day (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Ohh, I am so sorry to hear that Neil. RIP Rosie.

Comment is about Neil Fawcett (poet profile)

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And I would add 'listen to Isobel'. She's the only voice of reason on here and offers wise counsel...

Good to have you on board.

:)

Jx

Comment is about Jade (poet profile)

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Cheers Laura. My dog died on Saturday, gutted.

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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Thanks for taking a peek at my poetry. You like the funny stuff. I do too - wish I could write more of it :)

I enjoyed reading yours. It's definitely the kind of poetry you have to think about deeply.

The only advice I would give you is to keep writing and also reading the work of others. The more you read the more you absorb and the more your own style develops. People tend to comment more on your work if you blog it - also if you comment on their work - though that isn't always guaranteed.

I'm glad you seem to be enjoying WOL.

Comment is about Jade (poet profile)

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Hi Katy. Thanks for your comments on The Last Bus Home. Two people who see each other. Same time, same bus. Both insecure? Take care, Tony.

Comment is about Katy Megan (poet profile)

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it has the makings of a good 'un. I'd drop the conjunctions, to tighten it, especially all those <as>.

I agree about finishing on penultimate verse, and you could try ending on the word <supper>.

Brows do seem doomed to be forever furrowed.

Comment is about FISHING FOR THOUGHTS (blog)

Original item by Mike Hilton

Keep on laying the truth down! Love it! Take care, Tony.

Comment is about Are you Listening ? (blog)

WOW! Take care, Tony.

Comment is about untitled (blog)

Love this. Take care, Tony.

Comment is about THE AWAKENING (blog)