Be great to have you at the Bards this Monday 12 December, John. You'll get TWO slots to read /perform (four mins each slot, but we're not too strict about timings). It's at the Magazine pub, Magazine, New Brighton CH45 1HP, starts 8pm. There will be free butties and mince pies in honour of Christmas. The New Brighton Bards is on the second Monday of each month. Our sister club in central Liverpool, THE LIVER BARDS, is on the third Monday of each month. Both events are listed in WOL's gig guide. Be great to see ye. All the best

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Nick Lowe: 'The Bowi' ep - cracking!

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Thanks for your comments on 'My Turntable', Laura. I know what you mean - you can't beat a good 7incher [the records I mean]. Whenever I play 'Gloria' by Them I turn into Tigger.

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Thank you for reading Two Minutes Nick. I was lucky enough not to lose anyone in either of the Great Wars?? However, when I see those poor sods dropping seconds after going over the top, it makes me feel so angry. Hope you're finding the site useful and friendly too. No pretensions, just put up your work and see what people think.

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Hi isobel, thank you for commenting on my work. not many do so all comments are appreciated. I took not of the input and thought about shortening the last serious effort, but on reflection wanted to keep it as a story as i feel that all is relevant.

i dunno if you know the film 'The Hill' Starring Sean Connery. They are in a glasshouse (military prison) battling a sadistic guard.

The last line in the poem refers to that guard, who in the film is called Williams, and i suppose we all have our Williams to battle.

thank you once again

may you and yours have a top christmas

best wishes

mike

x

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Hey dave, thank you for commenting on my work. it means a lot as i have been fragile of late.

stay well and keep posting your work.

best wishes

mike

x

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Hello Steve,
Is there a New Brighton Bards on this Monday? I plan to come over from York if there is, so can I book a slot?

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Hiya RM, thanks for taking a look at a few of my poems..not sure to be honest which one I like the very best but the death doesn't do automated doors I like as do I Singapore..thanks again for looking am chuffed you find some ok. :o)

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Thanks for teh comment Laura.
x

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Hi Richie, thanks for your comment, you're right, I've changed that line on Impossibility now.

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Thank you and bless to Richard. Glad you enjoyed the performance at Black Drop. Keep i touch

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Hi Cynthia, appreciate your further generous comment on 'Passing Clouds'. Hadn't heard from you in a while - been anywhere good?

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haha - many thanks martin & much appreciated the comments. all the best. B (kissing gate)

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Hiya Lynn
re: 'Impossibility'; some of the stanzas work really well even though they don't scan. [p'raps 8 beats to each line?] However I did trip several times over,
'Soon we expect to meet again,
I wonder will it be with a kiss?'

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It is wonderful..light, sweet and airy..when home-made the bought stuff does not hold a candle to it..served in a very thin glass tumbler, sugared and put into the fridge to cool it's magical..ok ok perhaps I am gushing a little too much but I do like it!

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Hi Larisa - cheers for your kindly comments. And by the way - 'SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER, SPRING': lucky whoever to have someone feel that way about them. A simple, spare, well-crafted poem that says it all and more.

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Hi Tom,Re family circle , Thanks fo that. Yes it is an unusual one and it was born through a very specific experience. Wasn't sure therefore if it would stand alone without more indepth knowlege of its origins. Glad you liked the 'mono slabic' H

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You can always edit your poem. You won't lose the comments if you just go to edit.

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Thanks for your words on Woodlice. Yes, you are very right about title - a last minute change that I regret.

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Like your Owl poem, so accurate of them. I see our barn owls most evenings as I walk across to feed the cows

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aww ta Laura for the comments on the colour of love..and see ya tomorrow :o)) whoop!! Guest Poet that you are!!!...

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Thanks Ann for the comment on colours of love hey lady that is an ace profile pic!! :o)

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Thankyou for you kind comment on colour of love Lynn..x

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Hello Laura - thanks for pointing out my error in the tag line of "Be Grateful". I will
probably wait a while and enter it nearer to the competition completion date...with the tag line suitably amended!

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Hello chuck

Just a note to say that your piece 'Be Grateful' isn't quite tagged correctly if you want it going in the competition.

At the moment, it is tagged 'WOL,com' and it should be tagged 'WOL comp' or it won't appear in the tagged list :)

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Haha!! 'rise to stardom' indeed! :D What are you like?! Anyhow, ta for the note on me review chap, appreciate it :)

REALLY wish I could have made the performance on Monday, totally gutted that I missed it. Am massively proud of Bob and all the people involved in the group :) I actually really like the song as well!!

Hope to see you soon fella, take good care xx

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Aaah, 'Aperitif': I can still smell the perfumed whiff...who needs pictures when you've got words eh?

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Ah, 'Come Inside Now' - lucky lass [you? her? How about both?] Passion: wot a volcano, eh? And yes about food too - next only to 'the most fun you can have without laughing' [cheers Woody].

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Hello L
You should let us be the judge of that.
Anyway, I don't profess to speak or understand Italian to love the music of the language.

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Thanks for the comment on `Fairy` John.

I caused a bit of consternation at uni when I said I didn`t particularly like novels. (because they took too long to say what they had to say)

I still had to read the bloody things though!

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Thanks for the comment on `Fairy` John.

There was a famous raid in the south end years ago when the lodge raided St Ptricks and tried to lassoo a statue from the front.

It was great...they could have made a thriller out of it.

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Hi Isobel
6:30
You're right pretty much. The poem is the outcome of a specific buzz that was going round and round in my head that had caused a broken night's sleep.
Snow permitting, I'll see you on Thursday

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Hi, John! I am very sorry but.... can't post a Ukrainian poem here. The first reason: you won't understand me. The second reason: What's the use of it? But... any way, if you want it...I'll try. Tomorrow. OK?

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L
Thankyou for your thoughts on language you posted on my Profile page.
An idea - why don't you post one of your own poems in Ukrainian with an audio so we can hear the music of your language?

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Thanks for comment on the Stan Petrowski. Nope not me playing, tweaked an old recording I made with local hillbillies playing ( used to be a Christmas tradition down in the cowshed) George lost 2 fingers since but still plays a fair squeezebox

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Thanks Ann, for kind comment on the Stan Petrowski. Encouragement from WOLers has got me picking up the pen again.

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Hi Win
6:30
Nice of you to take the time to comment. Maybe 6:30 was a private consultation? But how private or personal?
I hope all is well at your end, although Hebden seems very up and down. Hopefully our paths will cross in the not-too-distant.

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Hi MC
As ever ...
6:30
If I'd wanted a 'comment' that understood what I was trying to get across, I couldn't have wanted anything better than yours.
It was originally written for a very specific (personal)reason, but I then realised that with a bit of editing, it covered all the bases you mentioned.

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Hello, John!
Thank you very much for the comment on "Glamour" Actually I don't speak here about people's pronunciation but about the etymology of some words. I remember quite well the words of professor Higgins in "My Fair Lady": The French they don't care what they do actually as long as they pronounce it properly; the Scots and the Irish leave you close to tears; there even are places where English completely disappears. In America they haven't used it for years. And...the main words: This is what the British population calls an elementary education. So, it's the question of education. I've heard many Americans, Australians and so on and understood that all depends on your culture, intelligence and education. You could be from not English speaking country but your English would be so good that no one ever guess where you've come from.
As to Ukrainian it is very soft language. As Italian it sounds like music. The sounds of proper English I love so much.

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Hi Matthew, Welcome aboard Write Out Loud. Hope you like what you find here. Keep posting. Winston

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'Town-Centre Streets' Ann, thank you for the kind comments. I revisited your profile. Oxley eh? I liked Foxglove too. Pleased you found a great place to celebrate the muse. Cheers.

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You'll have to introduce me to him then ;)

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Hello Laura.
Thanks for commenting on "Our Tom". He still lives in the village with his mum and dad, and it was only ever a joke that he seemed to spend as much time at our house as his own. I think he had a soft spot for my daughter which he wanted making hard!

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Thanks for your comments on "Our Tom", Isobel.
I read it to him and gave it to him framed for his 21st birthday. Apparently it's on his bedroom desk! There really wasn't any sadness at his leaving.
He's always been a smashing lad, a bit unlucky with the girls but he could make a fortune as a cruise ship gigolo - he has an attraction for women of a "certain age".

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hlo laura dearest, its wigan this thursday i see and not on my birthday at all, i might come then. see you there hopefully x

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Fifi, your comments on White Rose were absolutely spot on for me. I tried to get the feeling of peace into it.
Thanks for taking the time - appreciated

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Larkin, M.C.? Thank you - I'm blushing... :)

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Hi Lynn - thank you for your encouraging words! :)

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Hi Jeff, thanks for the welcome. Guitar and Verse was a great night, some really entertaining acts, thanks for organising.

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Hi Ann
Lovely, as ever, to get your thoughts. It's not difficult to understand the basis for the poem, but a small explanation
Ann died on the 1st August (5 years ago) which is Yorkshire Day (Yorkshire as you may know, from your school history lessons, is the white rose county

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