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Hi Edwyna, Welcome to WOL . Hope to see you at Butterflies at some point. Winston

Comment is about Edwyna Beaumont (poet profile)

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My favourite Eddie Waring line has to be his chortle ... "ee, a bit of argie-bargie going on" whenever a full-scale punch-up broke out.

Comment is about The Beautiful Game (blog)

I disagree about the romance of British road names, John. The days of cultural imperialism are over! I think it's all to do with the associations they evoke. The A19 means something to me because I spent a year driving along it every working day between York and Selby. And north of York it took you towards the North York Moors, and further on, up to the north-east. It's true I'm a southerner who finds the north very alluring. On the whole. Down south, someone's written a book about the A303. I must look it up on Amazon at once ...

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?!?

Comment is about Louise Coulson at the Tudor House, Wigan January 2011 (photo)

You've changed one of your froms to a to,in the third verse of your audio - it sounds a lot better like that.

A lovely restful piece John - good to see that you can do serious/thoughtful as well as hilarious...

Comment is about No Better Ending (blog)

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You should have told him that Abba doo, doo, doo, Come on Eileen and most of the shit that DJs play is gay too - though I appreciate that the word should not be used in that context.

Getting him back in verse is much more stylish though - you should post the poem to that lovely shirt of his.

A fun read. x

Comment is about Quoting Mikey Wong: "Poetry Is Gay" (blog)

Original item by Gemma Lees

Naughty but nice - I love a lighthearted fun read. I bet this would perform well too - if you know what I mean!

Comment is about Incucumbent (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

An enjoyable read - even though I'm a northern woman that hates sport and embraces crypticism occasionally.

For my sins I can remember Eddie Waring - the phrase 'up and under, up and under' comes to mind.

My dad was staunchly union. We lived in Orrell and had one of the finest union sides around at the time. One of the big London teams once bemoaned the fact that they had been beaten by 'a layby off the M6'... oh the glory days!

Comment is about The Beautiful Game (blog)

I don't think bonfires are blokey at all. They can be girly too! My friend and I had a fab bonfire last year - we burnt a whole caravan (on purpose I hasten to add). Haven't had so much fun in ages!

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Thank you Val, I had to Google them, most kind!

Cheers JC, I didn't Google 'dactyls', despite having no idea, as you kindly explained - I seem to be stuck in that rut atm, drives me insane at times, I'll call it the 'terror dactyls'.

Your comments are enjoyed and appreciated.

Comment is about Engendered Resolution! (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

Did it involve Darren Thomas and a biro? I saw that by chance yesterday - I promise I havn't been up all night scouring WOL!

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

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Hi Ann,

re photo captions; I did post one for a pic in the "gallery" section. I'll buy you a pasty if you can find it! ;)

Regards,

A.E. X

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Hello Anthony.
Thanks for your comments on "No Better Ending". Glad you liked it. There is something wonderfully evocative about wood-smoke.
As for the gripped us = eucalyptus rhyme: the eucalyptus was genuine (I really was burning it); it was the "gripped us" rhyme which needed a bit of knocking in!

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

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Thanks for your thoughts on "No Better Ending". You're right about how evocative wood-smoke (and smudge fires) are.

Comment is about John Embley (poet profile)

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Thanks, gents.Interesting that it's just gents - and southerners too.I've had certain poems only women have commented upon so I guess it's only fair.I take your point about the crypticism, Greg.

Comment is about The Beautiful Game (blog)

Thanks for your thoughts on "No Better Ending".
I know what you mean about inserting "the A19". I always envy the Americans who can get away with introducing San Fransisco or New York or Chattanooga or Route 66 in a song and it's cool. Not the same romance about Doncaster or the A19.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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Wotcha Foxy.
Glad you enjoyed "No Better Ending". There's something magical (and blokey) about a fire.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Thanks for the comments on Costa Coffee, Richard. I hope you got those coffees for the Japanese kids on expenses otherwise you'd need a mortgage!

Comment is about C Richard Miles (poet profile)

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Enjoyed the rhymes, nice poem. trundles/ London and goggles/ joggers maybe stretching things! slobbers/joggers?

Comment is about Traffic Thoughts (blog)

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Loved the poem, John. Took a group of Japanese kids to Starbucks the other day - brings it all back! (Don't tell my sister though - she works at Costa Coffee in Skipton!)

Comment is about Costa Coffee (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

A very mischevious take on the Murdoch theme Anthony...

I found it a very chaotic dis-jointed piece but that is no doubt the effect you were going for...

Love the toilet humour you managed to get in at the end - you know what a fan I am that. I was a tad surprised you didn't manage to get 'ball busting' in anywhere though.

Rebekah Brooks has been much maligned. She is a wonderful person and you don't even have to ask Pete Crompton to know that - just ask her mum...

;-) xx

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Original item by Anthony Emmerson

You tell him Gemma. Good poem.XX

Comment is about Quoting Mikey Wong: "Poetry Is Gay" (blog)

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Hi John,

(gripped us = eucalyptus) only YOU mate!

Loved this. The scent of woodsmoke is one of my favourites - so much a conjurer of memories. Small is beautiful!

Regards,

A.E.

Comment is about No Better Ending (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Ray,

"a British male who refers to Soccer deserves

a whipping with minimal mercy"

Couldn't have put it better. Soft, southern, nancy-boy, mud-wrestling, middle-class b******s.

Nice one - and an entertaining read!

Regards,

A.E.

Comment is about The Beautiful Game (blog)

Hi Gemma,

I liked this a lot, and can really identify with where you're coming from . . . but . . .
Who are you calling a poet? Want to make something of it do you?

:)

Regards,

A.E.

Comment is about Quoting Mikey Wong: "Poetry Is Gay" (blog)

Original item by Gemma Lees

I went to a school that played hockey rather than rugby; I thought that wasn't so bad, closer to football, although when we tried to introduce the concept of overlapping full backs one was sent off for straying over the halfway line. You're absolutely right on the class thing, although the Murdoch-inflated wages for players makes the game seem not quite so beautiful at the highest level these days. This is a different kind of poem to those you have recently blogged, Ray: a bit more accessible for the football-watching classes. Some of your recent ones I have regarded as like cryptic crosswords; and I never touch those! Reflection on me rather than you, of course. Greg

Comment is about The Beautiful Game (blog)

my printer ran out of ink months ago, but i'm glad i ordered some last night because this poem i want to print and read and read again. it's just beautiful Tommy.

Comment is about The Nearly Moon (revised draft) (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Silhouttes of people against a pale sky...
memories that stand out against so much that fades..and

" my wasted, wanting,
thinking breath"

all combine to create a sigh on a page.
really liked this one Tommy.
Deb

Comment is about Memories make sense (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Scarlet ribbons, beautiful thoughts can feel the warmth from that fire now, grest stuff Laura, hope to see ya soon Jeff X

Comment is about Scarlet Ribbons (blog)

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she has got lovely hair though..

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Nothing can equal a fire outside for the;
"call, to charm, to enchant.."
lovely evocative poem Laura, made me wish I'd been there. Now you've taught me something too this week, I had no idea that djembe meant that and as you say it really does define it's purpose. Debx

Comment is about Scarlet Ribbons (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

I really like this..the images dance on the walls of my mind and the influence of Poe oozes through the gaps between..beautiful and eerie..i could hear Evanescence in my head while i read it too.. lovely, Marianne.x

Comment is about Poe (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Hello Ann of Cornwall : ) thank you for your kind comments on Svātantrya. I've been away from the site for a while but am happy to see you're still here being so prolific..your love of language shines through all your work..seems to flow from you like a spring : )xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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hola Laura : ) thank you for reading Svātantrya and your kind comments on it...you summed up the person it was about very accurately;
"doesn't need to flaunt, or abuse.....just IS."
they left an imprint on my memory like people like that seem to do...
thanks again Laura xx

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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Yes!!!

Comment is about (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Very kind of you to say so, Stella.

Concerning the "they" you mention... well... I'm so gald that you do not agree with them. May their ears turn into arseholes and shit all over their shoulders (old Arab curse! :-) Or, as I said once in a poem called "Captive Phoenix:

Fuck the rules, I say.
They aren't really rules anyway.
Some fossilised turds
carve their ossified words
into pseudo-granite structures
which —
at any conjuncture
of history's golden chain —
t h e y
decide should be
the
only
umbrella
in the rain.

Indeed! ;-)

Comment is about Quivering Quill (blog)

Original item by Alan Morrison

As a first timer at taking part in ANY sort of public event let alone poetry reading I would like to thank all the "All round nice folk and jolly good eggs" for making me welcome and putting me at ease on the 26th June 2011 . As Gemma says, a relaxed and friendly atmosphere with nice people, specially for an open mic 59yr old performance virgin who had never even thought of writing a poem up to 4 months ago. Now I am smitten. Looking forward to the next meet.
Thanks everybody.
Pete Slater.

Review is about Write Out Loud - Middleton on 24 Jul 2011 (event)

Hi
@Val I take the point Val and see what you mean but for me the final verse is, well, the finality of lost love and the sweet memories that linger even many years later.

@Banksy Thanks for the comment and I understand perfectly what you mean. That's a rare thing and a memory to treasure, as I do too.

There is an anthology of my work now available to download for free at www.writersout.com/node/1836

Best to you both.

Comment is about lenka (blog)

Original item by Steven Dark

No one could ever accuse you of not being bold...
It's nice to know how creative one can be in getting their point across ; )

Comment is about (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Er ... well said. I think

Comment is about (blog)

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Its a rather lean time for magical word forms for me :) which cannot be helped just yet. I need someone to bounce off of, as I feed on creativity. Sadly there is little around me to inspire such great works. I lurk among the pages of this site searching for, craving for brilliance, till now and then it spears me like chard of glass. I like your words and thank you for showing them.

Comment is about Woven Threads of Life (blog)

Original item by Paul Letch

love it - and I love the last verse also, but maybe because it's personal for me - I once had a girl - the only girl who I could go to sleep holding & we'd wake still in each other's arms - it was perfection. B

Comment is about lenka (blog)

Original item by Steven Dark

Oh, wow - I can almost smell that smoke from here - a cracking image - I might try it myself to get away from the road noise of the A690 ... (as long as it doesn't herald my last gasp!)

Comment is about No Better Ending (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I've never been in love like I was when I was 10 or 11.
Adult love is still great, but back then it was all-consuming - and we'd never even held hands. Ah well.
marvellous stuff Harry. B

Comment is about The Infinite Sadness of Time Passing (blog)

love it Kealan. B

Comment is about Nocturne (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

they say (who they are I am not sure) that poets should not write about writing.

I do not agree.

Your sonnet is full of life and colour and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it out loud too..

Comment is about Quivering Quill (blog)

Original item by Alan Morrison

Marvellous - with a capital M - deserves a title though IMHO. B

Comment is about Hurt (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

And I am also well chuffed for your success Dave although it comes as no surprise..Drinks on you on Monday then?. :)

Comment is about Dave Costello wins Welsh Poetry Competition (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

love it John - is the last verse a metaphor for our last gasp ? - if it is, it works very well along with the first verse. B

Comment is about No Better Ending (blog)

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