Yvonne- I will not tell you that the foto is not of my living-room; nor is the previous semi-colon appropriate or not otherwise; but that one was.

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Ah I see my newly acquired yorkshire accent has fooled you.
Fancy coming to Donny without letting me know - I'd have got out my best teacup and saucer. You'd still have had to have a mug as I've only got 1 cup as you will have noticed from my poem's title - 'A Cup'
Ref. Askern pond yes you're right except it was taken with a wide angle lens off the far west of Brittany. The view would have been much nicer if that silly woman hadn't got in the way at the last minute.

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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thank-you Cynthia. I went to sea at 17, so when I muse on this I write very quickly and these are the images I find..also religion and time are man-made ideas.. so I dismiss them in order to think clearly.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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By the way....
....is that Askern pond behind you in the photo?

Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)

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I didn't know you were Mancunienne; I thought you were a Doncastrienne.
Incidentally, I was in Donny today. What I don't understand is why is it whenever I go in they let all the prisoners out for the day?

Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)

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Hi again, Chris, I have just updated my poem and altered several lines. :o) Thanks again.

Comment is about Chris Co (poet profile)

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Many thanks Ann. I'm looking forward to participating.

Mike

Comment is about Michael Lewin (poet profile)

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Hi Michael - welcome to WOL. I hope you will enjoy becoming part of the site.

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Zethembiso, thanks for your recent comment on 'tv' lyrics. i mentioned the band as i think its a great song. i quite often put song lyrics on to encourage them as a form of poetry, but i must admit its usually when i cant think of my own :p

a friend of mine taught me some swahili once, he was from nairobi. sadly my memory is terrible..i remember 'jumbo' but not sure how to spell it, but better still he showed me the african way to handshake! ;0

we painted big sheets with africa/uk designs for the church where we worked together in the cafe and played a lot of african music cds, it was definately evocative of an african way and certainly brightened up our dull grey english church :)

beautiful,
thanks again x

Comment is about zethembiso mkhize (poet profile)

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Thank you for your comments on "Surreal" Cynthia. I just needed to get my thoughts down, and here seemed to be as good a place as any.

I know what you mean about having to study and work hard to attain a certain level of sympathy as that did not come so naturally to me either.

Thanks again.

- Josh

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Brendan, I'd definitely be up for coming up and attempting to justify naming myself after my city of birth...

Comment is about Gary From Leeds (poet profile)

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Thanks Cynthia for comments on my Housel Bay Hotel poem - I have made a few changes (tho not to the audio - too lazy!) Changed the title too. Ta for the advice. xx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi Tommy, thank you for your comments on The Tory Press and the Loony Left, much appreciated. :o)

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

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Hi Chris, thank you for your kind comments on The Tory Press and the Loony Left, especially for your time taken with suggestions for helping the sonic lines. I am still considering these, and will probably change some of them; another pair of eyes can only be a good thing, so thanks again.

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Thanks for the words about my latest song post. I suppose the tune might be most accurately described as "based upon a theme by
Kingsley Mellanby". He was sending me music on
tape and I heard something in one sample that
resulted in the tune used for "When You Walked
Into My Life".
Thanks also for the response about your school
song. Writing for a school and a new generation is indeed a noble endeavour!

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Be nice to see you at Wicked Words if you plan on coming back to Leeds at any point.

Comment is about Gary From Leeds (poet profile)

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Antony, I don't know how I could measure up to the review comments made on this extended profile, but if you have some small confidence in me, I shall try. Is there a time limit involved? Please send me a copy of your latest collection, and I'll have a run-through. If I find my reactions too shallow, and/or my ability to express my thoughts too narrow, I will discontinue.

My address is via email.

Comment is about Antony Owen (poet profile)

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Sounds like a great idea - maybe you could tell us a bit more about it? It's something I've considered having a go at myself.

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Hi Lynn - thanks for the kind comment about "So Broken Hearted" (demo version). I admire the singer Marcie Summers (from Bristol) immensely and she can be found singing on my latest post "When You Walked Into My Life". Back to SBH for a moment: the commercially released recording has just spent 8 weeks ina country DJs' list/chart across Europe and Australia. One day I may even be big in Albania!! :-)
Finally, I totally agree with the comments applauding "Teardrops In My Coffee". A great song-title
and a lyric that is worth someone's tune!

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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Glad you liked 'you won't batter anymore', greg. A minor hitch with the cd is i cant sing and cant play.

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... And while we're on the subject of selby chippies - mr c's on finkle street displays the name of the boat that caught your fish! That's traceability! 'course it's probably the ho chi minh from the mekong delta. But glad you liked 'you won't batter anymore'.

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Hello lynn. Glad you liked 'you won't batter anymore'. A classic by bluddy helly!

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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'Turn in his gravy'? Ha ha, very good. I see i've got competition!

Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)

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Thank you so much, Yvonne for the feedback on my poems. I agree with you reg;"Grief Stricken" and have decided to amend accordingly. Many thanks. xxx

Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)

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Lynn,
Thank you so much for your comment on "Surreal". It is, in fact, very true. The reason why it is more of a rant than anything else was because I needed to get my thoughts on the event penned down or typed up.
Thank you

- Josh

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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What ho! MC.
Glad you liked "You Won't Batter Anymore". Even the great Buddy can be improved on!
I think you're right about the repetitons in "Together" being overdone bu my own preference is to retain the 4-phrase chorus line after each verse but dispense with the final "envoie".
We (that's Richard, my co-writer and I) wanted something very simple lyically and musically for the kids, and also strong in Christian ethic but without being "god-y"

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

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Hello Yvonne,
Glad you liked "Together". We recorded it in school on Wednesday (its world premiere!) and I posted it the same day (I think).
We (that's Richard and myself) wanted something simple musically and lyrically for the kids; also, something Christian in tone(together/caring for others/strong helping weak etc) but not "god-y".
Anyway, the kids seem to like it.

Comment is about Yvonne Brunton (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia
Thaks a million for your review on The Blooding. I was going to ask if you would consider reviewing my 2nd collection, The Dreaded Boy by Pighog Press?

I'm happy to send you a copy if you wish and I'd be very grateful.

Thanks
Ant

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Your poetry makes me smile...great stuff, Attila

Comment is about Attila the Stockbroker (poet profile)

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Hi Tommy,
Thanks for your comment on 'Kitchen - Made'. I am just waiting for someone to order one as well,now!

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia,
Thanks for you comments on Kitchen - Made. I see what you mean about the last line It would be punchier but it leaves me with a missing rhyme and perhaps the possessive 'my' reinforces the volte face. XX

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Thank you Laura for your great comment. I was asked had I been on stage when I was younger, but have always been a bit shy because of my deafness.
Hazel

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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Thank you Lynn for your comment on Bird in a Cage.
Hazel

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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Hi Greg, sounds like I missed a good night. Next time maybe!

CHEERS. P.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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Hello Phillip. Thanks for the comments on As It Is. Much appreciated. It's really just an ironic commentary on a religious text.Is that a Wigan kit you're wearing? Can we have your manager?
A Villa Fan

Comment is about Phillip Kelly (poet profile)

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Eh, and cheeky - I bloody well don't laugh at the bosses jokes! ;p He doesn't know any, for a start!

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

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David, thanks very much for your encouraging words on Hope Cross. Kind of you to say my writing is going "from strength to strength" - my walking certainly isn't! Keep us posted with your launch/publication date.

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Hi Philip, welcome to WOL and thank you so much for your kind comments on Impossibility. I think it is always interesting for a writer to hear others' thoughts and interpretations on their poems, so thanks again.
I just read your profile and poems, and am much impressed, I like "Fishing for Fellas". Keep writing and posting!

Comment is about Phillip Kelly (poet profile)

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...PPS Also I just wanted to be the 9,000th visit to your site.

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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Laura I know you avoid 'correspondence' and like to be evasive and on the whole don't give a damn about practically everything... but you are quickly becoming my favorite person in the world.
So keep it up and 'rage, rage against the dying of the light'.
Tommy
PS I also know you giggle at the bosses jokes.
A-hem.

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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Thanks for the comments on Tea Party it is a biographical snippet of the mad hatter world my mind sometimes inhabits with the dark chaos echoed in Carrol's Alice. I don't know the Jefferson song but love early genesis and yes and the feel of the way they are written crept in to my delight.

Your poetry styles are amazing in texture, scope and design. Brilliantly crafted. I am really enjoying reading them.

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

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John
I really love. "Ikea" (your poem not the shop I hasten to add!)

You write brilliant poetry it is so well structured, paced and crafted, and this is absolutely hilarious.

I was looking around for a poetry group and stumbled upon write aloud and yours was the first poem I read and thus I joined.

You are a bard in its truest sense.

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Oh Lynn
I do like "Teardrops in your Coffee" it's such a vivid picture of total despair and loss : the fragility and preciousness of love, so beautiful but so easily broken(China cup), the pain a sharp cutting knife, the emptiness and loss of identity (the plastic rose), being unwanted even by the waitress.
Your use of colour is clever and effective: her existence mirrored into the grey rainy, nothing outside the window an uncoloured world of misery in sharp opposition to the "cheerful " gingham tablecloth inside evocative of picnics and happy times but even then this becomes emotionally dark-coloured blue the colour that broke her heart.
Brilliant

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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and then the final line is very effective......

""This impossibility of me and you.""

as u built up the entire poem wiv interrogatives....exploring .....searching for the possibility of union of love ......wiv hope......the questioning creates sense of she is just overthinking .....and that she trying to argue herself out......and almost......confirm/accept to herself that she can love this person..

but then


it ends so bluntly and wiv assurance of the impossibilty........

which ends the besotted style abruptly and comes crashing down to earth

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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i love the poem IMPOSSIBILTY.........it was great to read........and it is similar to many of my poems....that i not yet uploaded but are in writers journal..........the ABAB rhyme sheme creates effective rhythm and flow to create that besotted lovey dovey emotive atmosphere......the large amount of interrogatives creates sense of unknown......of mystery........and what ifs.....interestingly.......she could either be questioing her own feelings ........for her lover.............or could be questioning her lover directly ( in which case i would seriously consider writing a response poem from perspective of her love !!!!! )

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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Hello MC. Thanks for commenting on my poem "Nontraditional Haiku about my poem".
I have actually found my poem on other websites but have always been credited. Isobel asked if perhaps it was am extract? But this poem is a short one and posted word for word.
Thank you
Shirley

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

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Hi Richard. Thanks for commenting on my poem "Nontraditional Haiku about my Poem".
I like to write poetry but I have no illusions of being a poet. This is why I was so surprised. I have found this poem on other websites but have always been credited. I posted a poem prior to this one titled "Haiku about my Stolen Poem", about the same subject.
Thank you
Shirley

Comment is about C Richard Miles (poet profile)

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'' Hot as hell, black as pitch and sweet as a woman's kiss''...Coffee! Hi ya Katy-
Tommy

Comment is about Katy Megan (poet profile)

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And your comment made me laugh too! I understand now - didn't realise you were from America.

Accents really affect so many things, syllable counts being just one of them. Part of my job involves teaching phonics to primary school children, who are struggling with reading. The accent of our region can make it difficult at times - for example - 'air' as in hair is pronounced more like 'er' as in her. It's great fun trying to get them to give me correct examples. I think there can be no substitute for just sitting down and reading with kids. All the theory in the world can't replace the value of that.

I'm glad to hear that all your experiences of this site are positive :) x

Comment is about Shirley Smothers (poet profile)

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Thanks for the comment on Anna Dacie. I thought I would keep the lines short and to the point.

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