Hi Isobel,
Many thanks for your kind comments X

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Hiya Melanie, thanks for your brief visit! ;o)
Tommy

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Original item by Melanie Coady

Thanks, Isobel. The oddness of the rhyming scheme is probably the result of all the revisions.

Comment is about Frankley Beeches (blog)

Brilliant. My friend who I wrote a book with (posthumously) wrote a similar one. I am now best friends with his son. I will post it now. It is called Things I Remember.

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hello Christine - these poems are excellent. I write about mental health as a service user. I also write about nature as I have a qualification in Environmental Studies. At the moment, amazingly, I am writing love poems! Please get in touch if you want to know more

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No worries - I don't keep a tab :)) x

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Original item by Laura Taylor

Hi Greg, yes am afraid I am old enough! I was about 14, stood on the Great Lever End, Chelsea fans came in, it kicked off then I think there was fans on the pitch from both sides, chaos but great game, yeah those were the days mate!

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Having met your wife, I can say that she looks nothing like this vile picture you paint! Love the humour John - I imagine there must be women and men stuck with such partners and lurching towards death. What a cheery thought! You and Chris always manage to keep us entertained! x

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Love the macabre twist Kenney - I thought this performed well. x

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Original item by Steven Kenny

Yes I love both prior comments and would thoroughly agree with the quirkiness of using old language and very modern themes.
You are a master of stand up comedic poetry Chris. I so envy your ideas and ability to write this stuff - it is so entertaining, especially heard live.

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Original item by christine yates

Well done Chris! A very powerful poem delivered with a lot of power when I heard it perfomed. How lucky are we to live where we do? Something has to change for women elsewhere and we need to scream it from the rooftops. x

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Original item by christine yates

I like the humour in this Ray. I find the rhyming scheme a bit odd, but maybe that was your intention.

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I love the sound of the sea as it comes through into the cave, can smell the mustiness too - great, I do so love being transported - thanks John x

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Original item by John Coopey

Lovely line,

"Those that stand their ground,
hold up the lowering sky."

Fantstic image, well done x

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Original item by Tommy Carroll

Cheers Jeff & thanks for coming over to introduce yourself, there'll be a few more friendly faces to focus on next time I'm on that big stage ;) I was on cloud 27 all day Friday, kept grinning & feeling proud of myself, overall a great experience, good to hear other people too and meet people I'd read & enjoyed on here.
Have a fantastic weekend, see you soon,
Petrova.
xXx

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Hi Jeff. Can't believe you were at that Bolton v Chelsea match - surely you were too young?! I'm talking about the 1976-77 season when both teams were pushing for promotion. I do remember it being fairly lively at the ground - those were the days! I was living in York at the time and I recall even more clearly driving across on the M62, and how beautiful the snow on the tops looked in the January sunshine

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Very evocative and really really interesting. Any more where this came from?

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Original item by John Coopey

Nice one or six Dave love the line about the gaudy parrot, cheers for comment on Nat of the Wanderers, Boltons Dixie Dean! good to see you at wigan last night, cheers Jeff

Comment is about Beyond the Garden #6 (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

greetings Mr. Freeman-obliged to you for reading and commenting on'passenger'glad it came over rhythmic to you-cheers-SW.

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I like this one too, Ray, although I've always been more into music that football! I love the dad and son angle - probably because I've gone over it so often in my own stuff.

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Just spotted the title of this one and then got lured into the poem. It's brilliant, a real tour de force!

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Thanks for your comments. It is meant to say more about the natives than aliens but I'm not picky.

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Never thought I'd see John Coopey non-rhyming. This is good, John, very nice indeed.

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Original item by John Coopey

As a betting man, John, I can appreciate the wisdom here.

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Original item by John Coopey

(nana)
Thanks for comments.
So, Laura - do you still like yer meat doggy-style :D ?

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Stefan what a comment for another brill poem by Charlene are you a slam artist by the way Charlene????

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:) great poem

Comment is about Spiderman can (blog)

The only thing I'd say is that I wasn't sure about the line "focusing on this and that" which seemed to me a bit on the vague side. But I really liked the way you widened it out to encompass so much.

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Original item by David Cooke

Hi Greg Thanks for the feedback. This poem has really driven me bonkers, but loosening it up into quatrains has improved it a bit I hope. I don't mind it so much when it gets going, but I'm not entirely sure about the beginning.

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I'll second that! What a lot of raunchy material there was last night. I've never heard anything quite like it before...even at the Tudor!

Your house looks very tidy up there - I could do with you coming round to mine!

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Well done with your compèring début!

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Thanks for the comment on "Invisible" much appreciated xx

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You must have had a really happy childhood and so free and bossy with it, loved this poem it just brings back so many memories xx

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Thanks for your comment Cate much appreciated felt I had to do that poem after seeing the news and this lady in Afghanistan and her lover were caught and brought to justice!!

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Some wonderful rich imagery here Jane.... like Cynthia I had to revisit it to get the full effect of the content.
Cate xx

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Original item by jane wilcock

Its a cracking anti valentine John, and like Laura I enjoyed your rendition last night..... good job your wife wasnt there!!
Cate xx

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Beautiful Dave! Very uplifting and spiritual.
Cate xx

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Original item by Dave Bradley

I ll second that! A poem that tackles the most horrendous treatment of womankind with honesty.I thought you read it with great compassion and sincerity last night Chris, and your talents as a compere were very revealing! Well done!
Cate xx

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Original item by christine yates

very funny... great stuff. Win

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Marvellous Dave - this does seem like the natural conclusion - it seems complete now. all the best. B

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Dave, I think its a shame it may be the last, it has been an interesting journey. Still. he seems to have started to find himself and his path. Win

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Jane, I read this yesterday and needed to come back today. I have enjoyed your vision, much imagery and many specific lines. But, for me, I began to feel 'adjective fatigue', especially those that seemed contrived and much hyphenated. Always with respect for your talent. It's great to have you blogging again.

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Original item by jane wilcock

Right and wrong is often not clear-cut in life and role-modelling can be a dicey business. It is good to hear your thoughts.

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Greatly enjoyed. I understood it to be written from the man's voice, and not menacing as much over-eager for intercourse, making a couple's 'intimate' joke. I may be all wrong. But it doesn't matter, does it?

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Original item by Kath Hewitt

Good read, Ray, on a subject that never quite allows rationalization to let us off the hook. Dave's comment is hilarious. Where does he pick up his data?

Comment is about Frankley Beeches (blog)

Was great to meet you too Laura.
Enjoyed your pieces, trouble is I heard so many I can't remember them now, which sounds terrible, but with so much adrenalin in my system last night it's a wonder I could remember my own name - lol!
Have you blogged the pieces you read as I'd love to see them?
Much respect
Petrova
xXx

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Original item by Laura Taylor

Eh up - I had to rush off last night without saying goodbye to anyone, totally misjudged how much time I had left and ended up having to leg it for the train!

Anyhow, thanks for the beer and I'll get you one back next time chuck :)

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Original item by Isobel

Hehe - enjoyed this last night John :D

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Wish I hadn't read this on a hangover - feel a bit sick now :(

;)

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Original item by Steven Kenny

Loved this last night Chris - sent shivers through me

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