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Tom Harding

Sat 6th Aug 2011 21:23

hi ann, i like the economy of words in this. A very nice observation.

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Dave Bradley

Sat 6th Aug 2011 21:01

Brilliant news Ann. Great opportunity to recruit for an open mic night?

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Ann Foxglove

Sat 6th Aug 2011 20:58

Your poems have really changed! I liked them then - and I like them now. Very much!x

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Sat 6th Aug 2011 20:19

In fact we have had 3 more members this week. So Phil you could be the 104th of 2011 if you like?

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Sat 6th Aug 2011 20:17

Hi Phil, welcome to our pages. and thanks for commenting here and there. To join WOL fully you will need to create a poets profile. Look forward to seeing yours. Winston

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Tom Harding

Sat 6th Aug 2011 18:01

thanks all.

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David Cooke

Sat 6th Aug 2011 18:00

Hi Ann Thanks for feedback on the Hockney trees. Still tinkering with it really and have now posted slightly different version. I don't usually write to order - never thought I could - but was asked to do something for Ferens Gallery in Hull where this painting is now on display.

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Nash

Sat 6th Aug 2011 18:00

thanks Tom!

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Tom Harding

Sat 6th Aug 2011 17:50

this is another good poem. i agree with the others, i like the way it spreads out and then focuses in again. good stuff.

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Tom Harding

Sat 6th Aug 2011 17:46

i like the simplicity of both the ideas and the imagery... reminds me of Japanese poets like basho.

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Ann Foxglove

Sat 6th Aug 2011 17:22

Very moving, in a gentle kindly quiet way. A friendly way I suppose. I was touched by it anyway.

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Ann Foxglove

Sat 6th Aug 2011 17:20

I really like this, very atmospheric, and a creepy photo too (the angel, not you!) I almost feel you've said it all in the first three verses though. They make it cryptic, which I like. (You could tag it "ghosts" you know!)

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Chris Co

Sat 6th Aug 2011 17:07

Is there a slight influence here of 'restrained' eastern/non western culture?

Maybe.

'The miles melt between us' certainly has an echo of the east to my mind; the mostly between the lines sentiments also are of that nature.

Understated- but not confined.

P.S

I like the units of sound in each line/stanza.

I almost forgot to say...I like the poem.

My Best

Chris

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nick armbrister

Sat 6th Aug 2011 16:41

thanx for the comments Jules. yes they do, dont they, all to easily forget. Crowden is near Tintwhistle, think in Derbyshire. i can get there from where i live but cant give road names tho:/. google it, also theres a stunning song by Kirsty Maccoll called the Manchester Rambler. she collaborated with Ewan Maccall. check it out.

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Shirley Smothers

Sat 6th Aug 2011 16:28

I like this poem. I like the fact that you are not blaming other for your problems.
I have often fallen into this pattern of behavior.
But with my poems it helps me to realize that most of my problems are caused and can be cured by myself.
Your poems are very good.

Shirley

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Nash

Sat 6th Aug 2011 16:01

Thanks Ann x

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<Deleted User> (8730)

Sat 6th Aug 2011 15:48

Too true.....

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Sat 6th Aug 2011 15:46

People forget too easily what others have done for them

People is my favourite...

Where is Crowden?

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Sat 6th Aug 2011 15:44

Very nice picture, apprropriate picture, good poem. Life is all about self belief......

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Sat 6th Aug 2011 15:22

Excellent. says a lot in a few words. I will read it again later.

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Sat 6th Aug 2011 14:17

I've read and listened to your poems and enjoyed them immensely; the voice really puts meat on the already flavored bone. As you suggest I would like to put my stuff on audio; I have the equipment but not the nohow. I would appreciate any help you can give me.My e-mail is:
tommcdonald@hotmail.com
Thanks John. Tom Mc D.

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Ann Foxglove

Sat 6th Aug 2011 07:34

Hey, I too have a a piece of grit in my eye! What a tender lovely REAL poem. Beautiful!!! And I agree with Ray's comment that the poem spreads out like a tree.

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Ann Foxglove

Sat 6th Aug 2011 07:29

Tee hee!

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Fri 5th Aug 2011 19:32

I like the basic message in this. My 'advisors' are always telling me: don't be so personal that you block the universal experience. Maybe that is true here too - perhaps a little aesthetic distance is needed. It's not easy.

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Fri 5th Aug 2011 19:23

Hi, Indigo,

My bio doesn't have much to quote from. There are interesting reactions in the 'Comments' of various poems, if you care to look, some quite complimentary. I'm looking forward to next week.

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Fri 5th Aug 2011 16:10


respecting this poem
with a second reading-

I was wondering if 'no really'
inbetween "its okay(s)"
would give it a teensy bit more pitch.

there again
what do I know?

cheers Mr. R.

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Nash

Fri 5th Aug 2011 14:26

Thank you for the kind comments, Val

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Nash

Fri 5th Aug 2011 14:25

Cheers Ray

A stampsy was when your conker was dropped, the string broke, the knot came loose or fell to the ground for any reason - someone would shout stampsies and a barrage of feet would try to destroy the said conker - heartbreaking if you had a winning formula but slippery fingers

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Val Cook

Fri 5th Aug 2011 14:22

A wonderful poem full of tender moments and memories. Loved it Nash. Thanks.

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Fri 5th Aug 2011 13:43

Thank you for your insight on Mighty Love. M xx

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Ray Miller

Fri 5th Aug 2011 13:11

If I ever get close to a Bukowski stage my wife has orders to poison me. Homage or spoof or a bit of both? I enjoyed it anyhow, you've done it well.

act alone and in this manner - you've missed out "in"

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Ray Miller

Fri 5th Aug 2011 12:56

Enjoyed the poem, been there and done that myself. The poem kind of spreads like a tree itself, I guess. Ripples.
The sky grabbing the clouds and the two following lines, are lovely.Clown throwing sweets also. The capitalisation of Father and Brother seems a bit random.
What is a stampsy?

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Nash

Fri 5th Aug 2011 11:53

Thanks Laura - I should be working but this fell out instead...

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Nash

Fri 5th Aug 2011 11:49

Thanks Laura,

It's a long story but one full of dread and woe and a suddenly empty room :)

Maybe being longer in the tooth will help spur me on!

(Thank you though)

Nash

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John Togher

Fri 5th Aug 2011 11:42

I've been reading your book. Laura loaned it to me. Enjoying it!

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John Togher

Fri 5th Aug 2011 11:31

Oreet Neil,

Hope to see you at The Tudor again next week.

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Laura Taylor

Fri 5th Aug 2011 11:23

Heh - I used to be terrified of my toys waking up in the night when I was asleep, and doing horrible things to me. I liked them being there in the day - should have just turfed them all out of a night!

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John Togher

Fri 5th Aug 2011 11:17

If any member wishes to review the next event, you can do so here (you need to be logged in to submit):

http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/eventview.php?day=11&month=08&year=2011&eventID=696

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Laura Taylor

Fri 5th Aug 2011 11:17

This is beautiful, but I now appear to have a bit of grit in my eye.

I love how you move from the funeral and the memories, through to the hugely evocative lines about conkers (used to do ALL of that heh)...seventy niner, stampsys :) Ace.

Love it.

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Laura Taylor

Fri 5th Aug 2011 11:13

Howdy Nash

Just read your biog - ouch! Hope you do get up there again - I'm still fairly new to all this but bloody LOVING it :) Shame if you let that experience put you off any more

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John Darwin

Fri 5th Aug 2011 10:22

thanks for your comments mate, not been in the reading mood lately but I'll see you around before long.

John

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John Darwin

Fri 5th Aug 2011 10:20

Hello Bella, thanks for your comments on Dreaming in Turkish. I do sometimes dream in Turkish which is where the title came from although not all of the poem. Hope you are well

John x

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John Darwin

Fri 5th Aug 2011 10:19

Thanks Laura for your comments on Dreaming in Turkish, yes the cheap wine used to be thunderbird and is now 3 for 2 from Tesco :-)

John x

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John Darwin

Fri 5th Aug 2011 10:17

Thanks, Ann, gives me the shivers too, and the shakes :-)

John x

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Neil West

Fri 5th Aug 2011 10:15

Hi John, sorry it's taken me a while to get back to you. You're very kind but I'm only standing on the shoulders of taller poets. I enjoy your writing very much, a modern Marriott Edgar methinks!

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Nash

Fri 5th Aug 2011 09:01

love this!

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Nash

Fri 5th Aug 2011 08:50

gorgeous

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Nash

Fri 5th Aug 2011 08:42

Thanks Laura - read out loud is how it should be. but it's been so long...maybe one day

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Nash

Fri 5th Aug 2011 08:37

Thanks Jules

Tom, I think I've been on that ship too. It's on the Gloucester Rd in Bristol and has big yellow sign out front that says Massage. Not only was there no kissing, i didn't get a massage either

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Nash

Fri 5th Aug 2011 08:35

Thanks Jules, unfortunately I never got that opportunity but i know how lucky i was that i got to say goodbye at least

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