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Laura Taylor

Tue 17th Jan 2012 10:07

Hello chuck - just read your updated grumpy-arsed profile :D

What does tend to happen on WOL - to EVERYONE on here - is that you get most of your comments in the first 48 hours of putting it up. I think this is because there are a certain amount of regular readers/posters/contributors, and they will be the people who see it and comment. You may get the odd delayed comment, but it happens to everyone.

Here's a big tip though - because your monthly entries 'stack up' in weblinks at the bottom of your most recent blog, I find it much better to just put one up at a time, and then leave it a week before putting another up. I've not read them yet, but I see already that you put up five yesterday. People will only see the last one you put up, and not everyone will be arsed enough to backtrack to the previous ones.

There y'are, don't say I never do owt for ya! ;p

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jane wilcock

Mon 16th Jan 2012 22:22

Thanks for commenting on Christmas 2012, your thoughts are much appreciated. Like you I sometimes find I miss a few weeks and then catch up with the reading. Best Wishes, Jane

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Laura Taylor

Mon 16th Jan 2012 13:32

Howdy Cynthia - yeh, I ended up looking it up as I could have sworn it was breech! Well, technically, in my case, it should be 'rear' as she did actually come out arse first :D

Thank you re the comp :) Chuffed to be placed :)

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Mon 16th Jan 2012 12:31

Laura, that word 'breech/breach' is hilarious. I've seen both used, and I paused over which one to use myself. Yours means 'rear' and mine means 'break'; but yours is better. I could not find verification of either in my resource books. I'm glad your poem was included in the winners.

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Ann Foxglove

Mon 16th Jan 2012 11:55

Hi Chris - welcome back. Two really lovely poems you've got here! x

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 16th Jan 2012 03:18

Thank you for commenting on my most recent blog.
signed
A Devonian!

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 16th Jan 2012 03:14

You certainly get to grips with a variety of
subjects and if I could put a finger on just one...but best to leave it at that!
Cheers and keep lifting our spirits in 2012.

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 16th Jan 2012 03:09

A word of thanks for your comments, past and
current.
I trust you will continue to make the most of
retirement!

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winston plowes

Sun 15th Jan 2012 20:12

Hi Ann, Well done with your comp winning poem. Win

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winston plowes

Sun 15th Jan 2012 20:10

Hi Kealan. Well done with your WOL comp winning piece. Win

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SPACEGHOST

Sun 15th Jan 2012 17:07

thanks mate for what you said
it all matters and is important
much love
happy new year

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Graham Sherwood

Sun 15th Jan 2012 15:38

Well done for the competition win Ann.

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Dave D Poet Rhumour

Sun 15th Jan 2012 15:16

Hi Larisa - thank you so much for your kind comments on 'Wish To Enthrall' :) Glad you like it...
Best wishes, Dave

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Rachel Bond

Sat 14th Jan 2012 22:09

cheeky bugger! but true my arse will no doubt bore me soon. thanks for the pic i think we did well in creating that 'innocent' look. innocent yet possibly on acid, bit like alice ;)

x

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Ann Foxglove

Sat 14th Jan 2012 18:58

Yes, I do miss my mum! Thanks for commenting! xx

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Shirley Smothers

Sat 14th Jan 2012 17:58

Hello Dave. Thank you so much for your kind comments on my poem "Starved to Death, for Jovonie"
The sad truth is this four year old child died of starvation on Christmas day. Even sadder there are probably a million more like this.
Thanks again,

Shirley

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Matt

Sat 14th Jan 2012 11:43

Hi dave it was great to meat you there. hope to c u there again soon

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Rachel Bond

Sat 14th Jan 2012 10:14

c.l.i.t. good word that :)

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Ann Foxglove

Sat 14th Jan 2012 07:12

A warm welcome to WOL David - I hope you enjoy exploring the site and look forward to seeing more of your work.

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Ann Foxglove

Sat 14th Jan 2012 07:09

A very warm welcome to WOL Oldlancsman! I look forward seeing more of your work to more too!!

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Fri 13th Jan 2012 12:42

Hi Lynn
we are glad the doggy problem
seems to have been resolved.xx

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Fri 13th Jan 2012 12:41

Thank you Tomas
for comments on our blog.

P&S

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Dave D Poet Rhumour

Fri 13th Jan 2012 10:57

Hi Tomas - many thanks for your comments on 'All The Love In The World' - much appreciated. Like you I have a preference rhyming forms of poetry. :) Best wishes, Dave

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Mike Hilton

Fri 13th Jan 2012 10:18

I enjoyed it Laura everyone made me feel welcome with lots of energy and smiling faces or was it moons?
Some great readings, makes me want to write more and hopefully get as good as you guys.

Got stopped on the way home at border control in Westhoughton. They said they it was because there had been an uprising in Wigan.
But I explained that they had got their wires crossed.

IT WAS A FULL MOON RISING !

You have to park your bike somewhere !

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Laura Taylor

Fri 13th Jan 2012 09:52

Eh up Mike! Great to meet you last night :) 'Fraid you picked possibly the quietest night ever in the Tudor to come along!! Still n all, there was some quality poetry, and it's nice to get the chance to read more than you expected to. Hope to see you again there chuck :)

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Dave Bradley

Fri 13th Jan 2012 08:40

Hi Matthew. Good to meet you at the Tudor last night. Have you run across the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins? I think you might like it. Pied Beauty may be a good place to start.

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Hazel

Wed 11th Jan 2012 20:17

Thanks for the comment on Faded Firelight

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Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

Wed 11th Jan 2012 16:45

"Dont mind the bats, Ill bring my cats" so innocent, yet so obscure... loved the poem, great roll to it!!!

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Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

Wed 11th Jan 2012 16:43

Love the poem to the biro!!!

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Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

Wed 11th Jan 2012 16:42

That every land is a merry land, and let our own lands be the same...

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Hazel

Wed 11th Jan 2012 16:30

MC thank you for your input. I do tend to change verses round or lines that I wrote ages ago.

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Hazel

Wed 11th Jan 2012 15:18

Hello MC 'I'm looking up at the stars', I changed the last one not sure if it works though.

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Laura Taylor

Wed 11th Jan 2012 12:37

Hola Cynth!

Hey thanks for your note on Tigerella :)

My daughter was born breech, but I was cut so didn't rip (ouch!!). I still tease her for being awkward and coming out arse first into the world hehe :D Fifteen-odd students and a top consultant at the business end...you have no shame after that!

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Jeff Dawson

Wed 11th Jan 2012 12:20

Hi Laura, thanx for your comment on Seven Billion Reasons, great feedback, yes I still ponder over it and if I think hard it still blows my mind. I wanted to build up a crescendo in the poem with the numbers throughout reducing to one. Yes I dont think we appreciate it enough, anyway glad you liked it, hope to see you soon, WOL on Sunday! X

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Graham Sherwood

Wed 11th Jan 2012 12:20

Hello Cynthia, thank you for taking the time to comment on Falling. You've been away too long.

regards,

Graham

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Marianne Louise Daniels

Wed 11th Jan 2012 10:35

Thanks Chris, I love all things Schiele - such a beautiful soul and creator. The story around his mistress, Wally, breaks my heart. There is a collection of his letters that I have been trying to get hold of for a while.

Have you ever heard of a band called "Rachel's" (another favourite)? They put together a whole album for him. Beautiful music. Here is a snippet (if this link works)

http://youtu.be/hfqg_Pt2Pzg

Take care.

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chris stevenson

Wed 11th Jan 2012 09:57

... perfect for your excellent writing ..Egon Schiele,died at 28,couple of days after his wife..very sad.

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Rachel Bond

Wed 11th Jan 2012 01:07

poeticide is a good word. i keep the ones that are important. some get deletisized.the genre thing is really to say i have a distance from a lot of my subjects but make them personal. some turn out to be something i want to keep personal. sometimes i write for me. sometimes for others, but i agree that nascent maturity allows for me to see that sometimes what i write is an elaborate escape and sometimes i like to keep it real.

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tommyfazz@yahoo.com

Wed 11th Jan 2012 01:05

cheers J.

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Tue 10th Jan 2012 22:44

Hi Laura - thanks for your positive feedback on How Not To Receive A Compliment. Glad you liked it. x

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Isobel

Tue 10th Jan 2012 22:32

Welcome to WOL Mike! I read your bio a few days ago and the reference to the spirit level made me smile - there has to be a poem in there somewhere :)

Just turn up at the Tudor - everyone gets to perform on the night. We don't have guest slots, so have a little more time to play with than other venues - which is just as well, since it can get busy sometimes.

The venue is run by John Togher but Louise Coulson will be filling in for him over the next couple of months cos he's just had a new addition to the family :) Look forward to seeing you on Thursday. x

(And yes - teenagers can be a trial at times - like when you have to clean a house full of puke up in the early hours of a New Year...)

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Mike Hilton

Tue 10th Jan 2012 20:46

Hi Isobel,as I'm a virgin to write out loud and the protocol of comments, blogs and electronic discussions. I've only just read your stuff i.e. Made of Love. Brilliant! I've got a 14 year old just like that. I wonder if our parents thought the same about us at that age?

I was thinking of coming to the Tudor on thursday cos I want to learn more about different styles etc. If so, whats the protocol? Do you just turn up with your stuff and put your name down for reading or do you have to contact anyone first?

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John Coopey

Tue 10th Jan 2012 19:59

Many thanks for you snort over Father and Son. I too have snorted when someone was sat on my face!

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John Coopey

Tue 10th Jan 2012 19:57

What ho, Isobel? Many thanks for your comments on Father and Son and Walford. I am unsure of the causality between Father and Son and the discussion I started on Better Looking Poets which was turned Feudianly by Rachel and you into a bum fantasy. If I have planted pleasing thoughts into your heads then, in the words of the hymn, "my living has not been in vain".
Unlike Father and Son (which was genuine marriage guidance counselling) Walford was pure whimsy.

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John Coopey

Tue 10th Jan 2012 19:46

Hello AE. Thanks for your thoughts on Father and Son. Perhaps I should have entered it in the "Joyeux" competition. The idea of those ladies sitting on my face is extremely uplifting.

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John Coopey

Tue 10th Jan 2012 19:44

Hello Jane. Not seen you on here for a while. Noce to see you back. Thanks for your comments on 1962. I think you seem to weathered the years a bit better than me!

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John Coopey

Tue 10th Jan 2012 19:42

Hello Dave. Thanks for your thoughts on 1962 and Walford - a bit differnt from each other in tone. My memory of the Missile Crisis was that the world out there suddenly mattered to me in a life-and-death way. Walford is my usual nonsense!

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John Coopey

Tue 10th Jan 2012 19:35

Hello Nick. Thanks for your thoughts on 1962. I think you must have been one of the "bigger boys" to be able to remember Suez - I'd have been 4.

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John Coopey

Tue 10th Jan 2012 19:32

Thanks for your thoughts on 1962, Tom. It was the first time I was given an inkling that world "things" affected me, disturbingly in a life-or-death way - not something would would want a 10 year old kid to have to front up.

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John Coopey

Tue 10th Jan 2012 19:30

Thanks for your thoughts, Greg, on 1962. I would have been 10 at the time and it was a realisation that the world beyond school and home and family was very big and not a place for me to play in; and that those stories they said on the news affected me.

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