Hi Kate, for no apparent reason I have been looking at you poems on your site (I shouldbe doing my book keeping!. Loved the child drawn icons and loved 'Street drinker', a double whamey of a poem. thank you. Winston

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i like it but i want more...

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nicely simple/simply nice...don,t thank me-I,m only here for the beer.

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Tanks for your comment Dave, much appreciated

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Thanks for the comment Gus, I was slightly inspired by your intro on Sunday: 'You know when you go into a brothel...'

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Hi Laura, thanks (I think) for your comments on my prostitute poem.

As an ex-computer programmer I certainly have no problems with numbers neither am suffering from Low Latent Inhibition. I just like playing around with words and their placements.

The idea with 'Episodic' and putting it on it's own line is that it not only refers to viewing but also when one is in a pub one has 'episodes' of sitting, standing, going to bar, toilet etc; then maybe being involved in your own thoughts, conversations then occasionally becoming aware/viewing what's going on in pub.

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Thanks for your comments on the prostitute piece. It may well be that I unconsciously was echoing John's 'man' poem as I like it a lot. But what I actually had in mind were those jokes that begin with the cliché: 'A man went into a pub' or 'A parrot went into a pub' or 'An Irish man walked into a pub' etc - I thought I was playing around with that. I can't change it now as Banksy says he'd kill for those lines ;)

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Thanks for your comments. Although I was playing a little, it was an exercise in trying to take clichés and make them new/different.

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interesting slant on death never thought of it like that, food for thought thanks

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..hello Elaine..thanks...our first house had a paved corridor in the cellar which ran out under the road to a manhole where the coal must've been delivered...eerie...chris.

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Thanks for your kind comments on my prostitute poem and indeed for the inspiration you provided for it, mucho appreciated.

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chocolate always makes you feel better dont you see ??

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..hello Ann..thanks..it's about our first house (demolished) and the paved corridor in the cellar which ran out under the road to where the coal was delivered..spooky.

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Hi Cynthia

I like the first 7 lines very much - they paint a vivid picture. The last line/word doesn't work for me but I'm probably missing something

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ah dry your eyes sweet moon maiden interesting question raised as to whose who though

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This is really good, Emma, a feast of inventive imagery well-expressed with superb diction. Among so many great lines: 'Off centre like Wednesday'. The interaction of the mundane with the 'philosophical' always attracts my attention.

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thanks Dave...it's about our first house (demolished)..in the cellar a paved corridor ran out under the street to a manhole where the coal was delivered...eerie.

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I don't feel the originality in this one quite so much as the others, bits and bobs, yes, but too close to excessive 'pitter-patter' for me. I would tighten it up. I certainly don't think this is children's book material as I find the ending quite dark in a very adult way.

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Laura, I haven't looked at that paper in a couple of years now. But maybe I shall again. Who knows what I perceived that night? I just remember saying over and over: This is not possible, and then proving that it was. It seemed like some kind of esoteric insight, actually a bit scary because I don't know where it came from. Up to now I haven't shared this experience with anyone except my husband.

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Hi Burns, Welcome aboard. Look forward to seeing more of your work, Winston

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firstly might a i add woohoo :D

secondly not at all what i was expecting but an excellent addition to the trilogy thus far i wholeheartedly agree about the kids book comment

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hi Emma many thanks for your comments on in task glad you enjoyed it

p.s the last line is "bedding false mysteries" not bending but either one provokes thought :-)

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thanks Isobel for your comments on my puppy died

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thanks Cynthia for your comments on my puppy died

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thanks Cynathia for your comments on brown paper bag

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Thanks darlin :)

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That line you picked out in 13:35...will tell you more on Friday about it ;)

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agree with above comments, good un

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Hello Cynthia :)

Ha - yeh, I got a bit excited about my number crunching too :D Isn't that strange though, that now yours doesn't make sense? I take it you've tried approaching it from fresh, just to see if you could do it again?

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Dave - I am loving these tales. If you continue these, they'd make a cracking little book for kids I reckon.

Comment is about Beyond the Garden #3 (blog)

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Hi! thank you for commenting on my recent poem. I like this a lot. you start the piece on a sensory note of smell, this is powerful and relates the reader to the piece. Its open meanings are clever too.The last line is lovely-Histories bending false mysteries is a great notion. :o)

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Hi Ann thank you so much for you comment on my recent poem. Glad you liked it :o) I read Towards America and feel you paint a wonderful picture of Cornwall. A place I would love to visit, and even more so now. Thoughts of that brave little dog swimming towards America will stay with me. Like it a l lot. em

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A lovely poem Emma!

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Gosh Alan not even a snifter at Christmas then - impressive - glad you liked Canal-side By Cheese light - thanks

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Thanks for your comment on my last poem. I didn't really aim for obscurity but then it is about a very particular incident! Was so sorry to miss your reading last week at the Tudor. x

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well Al be ghazaled! is it painful? on a seriarse note I give this poem nine and a half out of five.gudden! my fine upstander.-cheers big ears-monsewerdubbleyew.

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John, this is brilliant. A much improved version. And indeed very much harder than it looks, to get such excellent rhyming structure.

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really nice neat poem-thanks-SW.

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ta ed mellowband for commentarios re my pooim-The bible....ta Squire-me.xx

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Really enjoyed this - such great fun.

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off centre gave me a smile which i still wear now such a great line i like this a lot

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Hmm, yes, and what will he see?! Very good follow-up poem. I agree with Laura - I bet these poems would be great read out and I think a young audience would be appreciative.

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Loved "the ovens of August", "our bumps in the bed", "yipping and yowling in cacophonous chorus" and "fair brows knit darkly". Such a great tale! A very enjoyable poem.

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Thank you Elaine x

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Laura. Thanks for your comments on Picnic.I'm a big Patti Smith fan as well.
http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=10439

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So sad but so sweetly put. My parents are facing this with their cat, as she is getting very frail. I think your poem will comfort them, it is so bitter-sweet.

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love this, its rhythm, imagery and style.
she dreams on tip toes... example of the way you make contradictory senses work. great
:)

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Very tempting idea! Thought provoking. It made me smile to read it.

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This had to be read out loud! And what a pleasure. I found a very soothing quality in the rhythm very like the sound of the tide. A very beautiful poem.

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ta kiddo for tee hee reply to my really funny and very clever comment on 'Maybe'-stand by I might think of another in six munfz-Mr bazzin Wilde.....mwoah!

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