Wotcha, MC. Just realised how remiss of me not to pass on my thnks for the comments you made on 1962 (I really do remember rolling around the carpet while my dad shouted at me to keep quiet), Le Pere Fouettard and Walford.
Hope you had a good Christmas and the New Year's been good so far.

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

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Hi there Lynn and Colin
and the asbo doggy,biting Benji
or should that be asbow-wow doggy?)

No way is he like that!
you did the right thing Lynn
contacting the police
since what seems petty
sometimes escalates into something more serious

The community coppers are quite good
at dealing with incidents like this
and I think a little more able
to keep a regular eye on things.

Very pleased Colin is on the mend.

I took part in our town clean up team
last Sunday.Had a good laugh
with all the Lady volunteers.
And considering the manky drizzly day
we got a lot of council shrubbery beds
tidied up-trimming tree branches and shrubs,
de-littering etc.
and finished off by power washing stonework etc.

Felt great afterwards-
but very very sweaty!

Hope the doggy situ is resolved.
let us know.


Love to all.

Stef and Tricia.xxx

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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Hi MC, Thank you for your comment 'I'm looking up at the stars'. Yes you are right about the last stanza.
I was going to leave it out. When you are new to poetry all feedback helps thanks.

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

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yes tommy i have thought about that and i agree, its really why i continue to post or write at all. however i also believe in the field of dreams...'build and they will come' only in this case instead of building a big baseball park i clear out my old poems to make way for the new. fresh ideas. in art i work sequentially, ideas build change and develop. with writing i like to write as if ive never written anything before. which is why some read like that. i like to write with different 'voices' from different perspectives and let styles work together. i have my own genres.

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

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Thanks, any advice you or anyone else can give me would be welcome. Sometimes you think your work looks or sounds alright but infact it might be shite!

Comment is about Mike Hilton (poet profile)

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Hiya RM and thanks for the great comment on me latest..and yeah I have changed it to dithering..I know..I know..just don't like ing words LOL..

Comment is about Richie Muster (poet profile)

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My own fault for being too ambiguous within my writes..so I have yet again changed the last verse to add a few more clue lol..now I am done with it..shelved!!! Thanks for your time Izz. x

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Hiya Mike and Welcome to WOL... :)

Thanks for the comment on my latest I have edited it yet again as I tend to be a tad too ambiguous at times..

Liked the stuff you have put up so far, think I like the Big House the best :) Enjoy the site it is a friendly palce and once you get used to navigating it you can join in all sorts of stuff..like the discussion on arses etc..

Comment is about Mike Hilton (poet profile)

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HI Greg Glad you liked The Wren Boy. I've had a little creative ripple recently and also posted another one you might like to have a gander at - Last Orders.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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It is a he (updated again) my lad, my youngest lol x

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Cheers for your time Nick..I think the first draft was just too ambiguous..I tend to do that..sighs.. lol :)

Comment is about Nick Coleman (poet profile)

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Yes there is a story behind the write Dave and I have just given it a major edit after waking with inspiration? (hmm) lol Cheers for you comment.

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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Cheers Izz..funnily enough I woke up with an edit going round in my head and have just changed a whole verse and the titile!....ha ha ha, yes I saw some sights.. ;)

Ps this is a true story!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Hi again Isobel Thanks for comments on The Wren Boy. Glad you liked my 'spiders'!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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enjoyed 'noir'. might experiment with this style meself...

Comment is about SimonW (poet profile)

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Hi Isobel Glad you didn't think I was giving a lecture or teaching you how to suck eggs! I'll check out your other poem. I've actually made a small change to the first couple of stanzas so that it's a bit less 'chopped up'. I'm also putting on another one I've been working on which goes back to some distant memories of a Christmas holiday I spent in Ireland when I was 7 or 8.

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Isobel
Thanks for your comment. It seems by your writing you see the world the way you want to and I admire that quality in a poet. Look within. Look beyond. Look out! Happy New Year to you too.
J. Otis

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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'new me.' sometimes i read back old poems and they have become that. outdated thinking, old thought processes. i like to clear em out and start again with a fresh page hoping for inspiration. thanks for asking x

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

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Isobel
Very kind of you to comment.
I have to admit though that my nickname at one of my previous employers was 'Teflon', because when any shit came flying, I made sure it didn't stick to me
Be good

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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I know exactly what you mean about chopped up prose. A lot of modern stuff is just that - with no thought to structure. Mine vary. Sometimes I can pay a lot of attention to structure but if I am telling a story it can become prosy. If it is something I want to perform, then I write it the way I will read it. I may post one that I've written recently in Iambic pentameter - I wrote it for a Christmas charity poetry anthology. It's about the local venue I attend - but also about what many performance poets have in common. No need to comment on it - it may be a bit old fashioned and not your cup of tea. It shows my version of Iambic Pentameter though.
It is good that we all have different approaches - it makes us question what we do and think things through. Thanks for having taken a look at mine - and having found some rythm in it :)

Comment is about David Cooke (poet profile)

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Hi again, Isobel, Just checked out some of yours. Yes your lines are more 'end stopped' than mine, but within the lines your rhythms are quite complex and your sentences often flow over the line endings. I don't think what we're doing is that much different. I maybe just go for what looks like a more traditional looking form but let my speaking voice play against it. The line breaks give you the opportunity of giving added emphasis to certain words. THat's what I think I'm doing - but then who knows!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Hi Isobel Interesting comments. I don't really think I'm 'distorting' language in order to fit it into some unnatural scheme. Just a question of rhythm. If you read any kind of poetry from rap to Shakespeare you have to get a rhythm going that's different from normal speech or prose. The iambic beat is the natural rhythm of English poetry. My problem with lots of 'verse' these days is that it isn't verse at all just chopped up prose. I also don't mind the sentences flowing over the verse lines either, just adds a bit of interest. It's a bit like the difference between jazz and pop - a bit of syncopation!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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I hadn't realised it was iambic pentameter. I must say - I don't get it when people change the natural order of words/sentence structure to fit a classical structure of poetry. It seems a bit like the tail wagging the dog - like enjambement gone mad. I tend to think that a structure should fit to the words, not visa versa. That's just my opinion though - plenty do it. It might be a good subject for a discussion thread...

Comment is about David Cooke (poet profile)

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Hi Isobel glad you liked my 'bar' poem. Yes, he was certainly a character. The structure is more or les iambic pentameter & I try to get it sitting on the page so that it looks right for me, but of course you never know what other's will make of it. I also like reading my own stuff to an audience, so maybe I should start loading up some MP3s - although that is all a bit technological for me!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Just realised that it's because I have special priveledges!

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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Hello, my dearest friend! Thank you so much for your comment on " I Thank You". Very much appreciate it! But....please!!! If you have time let me know your opinion on my poem "Winter Kiss" . My e-mail is:
rzhepishevska@gmail.com With love and warmest wishes,
Larisa

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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Hi Nick Thanks for comment on the Supervielle. I like him,although I'm not a great fan of a lot of modern French poetry. I have taken a few liberties, but I try to produce something that sounds reasonable in English.

Comment is about Nick Coleman (poet profile)

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Many thanks for that lovely comment on the Thai Girl..a little fratting with the locals does no harm..well not much..if you are careful ;)

Comment is about Marc Anthony (poet profile)

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Hi N-f. After watching Wallander I think Sweden
would be the perfect place to confirm ones euthanasic, intentions.

Ken.

Comment is about Noetic-fret! (poet profile)

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Hi Isobel

Wish I could be so quality prolific like you.

Ken xx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Glad to have brought a smile to your face.

Ken x

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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Thankyou! 'Ship Containers' is one of my favourites too, I think (as much as as you can like your own work...). It is a very honest poem, I think, and for me its all about spaces and movement - about navigation, and its probably the only poem I've ever written than managed to pull off a good sense of movement and perspective...

I'm pretty loaded up on essay/portfolio work at the moment, but will have a good look through your poems when I have some spare time!

Comment is about Marianne Daniels (poet profile)

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thanks for your comments mike, i will write you a poem when i feel the inspiration.
keep writing x

Comment is about Noetic-fret! (poet profile)

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Thanks for taking a look at my poetry Gareth. Hope you had a good Christmas and all that.
Isobel x

Comment is about Gareth Writer-Davies (poet profile)

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Hi Winston, thank you for your kind comments on "Emma was her Eyes", much appreciated.

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Thanks for comment on Jonny's song.

Ian....

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Thank you Winston for your lovely comment. Glad that you enjoyed your experience at the Octagon. Anna

Comment is about The Octagon Theatre, Bolton (group profile)

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Hi Winston - many thanks for commenting on 'As 2012 Approaches' - I hope it does turn out to be a better year for us all! Dave

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Thanks for the comment on Janine...

Unfortunately, John, the operative word is `old`
(but I`m fightin`)

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Thanks Lynn,

Still catching up

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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Hi - My 12 days after Christmas poem is live on here now, Fifi.. http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=26422

Hope you had a better Christmas than the people in this poem! lol

Comment is about Fifi Fanshawe (poet profile)

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Exploring the synergy between performance and the page

Comment is about Flapjack Press (group profile)

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Thank you Dave for your kind comments on my latest. :)

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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Happy New Year Greg, Thanks for comment on Supervielle version. NOt a new year resolution, but I thought I ought to do a bit more with my French beforte I forget it all. Read some Supervielle recently because MOniza Alvi has brought sa selection via Bloodaxe and this was one she hadn't done.

EG - hello - I am butting in here. AF

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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Hey, I was just wondering how old you are. As a young poet with an anthology released, I find you inspirational :)

Comment is about Max Wallis (poet profile)

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cheers Mike- I am in deep self-consultation :o)

Comment is about Noetic-fret! (poet profile)

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Hi Lynn
glad you enjoyed your shopping trip.

Catch you tomorrow.

Lotsa Love

Patricia and Stef.xxx

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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thanks for the comment on my poem, Isobel - haven't thought of what you mentioned so will get it amended.

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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thanks for your comment over my poem, Marianne - glad you liked it..

Comment is about Marianne Daniels (poet profile)

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