Is this your first haiku, Ann? I think it's really good, but so sad - hope you find one soon!!! Well done xx

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Dave, Can you tag this poem with Ghazal please. Cheers Win x

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I just posted it - I am really pleased with it. Thanks for your help! xx

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Hey Ann. no, thank you, there were 11 syllables in the 2nd line of the penultimate sher(couplet). 'Hour' does realy have 1 but I hear 2 ! Win

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Ann, Re Ghazal (just before dawn) there are supposed to be 10 syllables in each line. But I have counted 'hour' as having two. Struggled to decide how many there were in hour, maybe normally one but in yorkshire two! Win

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I enjoyed this too, Steven, good poem.

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Original item by Steven Kenny

I have only just read this, Ray, and must say that I enjoy practically all of your work, so I agree with Ann and hope you will come back and post again soon.

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:-)

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thanks ann, getting there now. A ghazal can have as many sylablles per line as you like. But needs the same number of sylables in EVERY line. win

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hey Isobel,

I said what I said about that poem because of the poem..nowt else. It IS a fantastic poem...simple as!

I would have said exactly the same to a stranger....I guess that affords a certain integrity.

Please only comment on the odd poem of mine that you are really into...no need for us to do mutual pats on backs Hehe.

Good writing...

Chris

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Oh poor Winston! I do hope all your woes are soom melted away! I'm a happy bunny now (or a happy mole) cos my coal has arrived. And the snow is melting! I might put a ghazalish poem on tomorrow. But I don't think it has the right number of syllables. But it has the right feel I hope. xx

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Hi Ann,

Thx for the kind comment/feedback on Starstuff.

I missed it somehow with it being the end of the month HeHe

Anyway appreciated.

Chris

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

inspiring laughter wins hands down every time in my beano! ta big guy-S/W

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Ann, thanks for your kind words. I'm taking a break from WOL for at least a month, then I'll see. I overreacted re my poem but I think I was looking for the excuse. I use another poetry site and I'm gonna concentraye on that for a while. In contrast to WOL that site suffers from too few punters, though the standard of writing and criticism is higher, in general. There is just so much on WOL!There is more pressure on my time at the moment so summat has to give.Perhaps see you next year. Again, thanks.

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You are right. I stand corrected.

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What a sad ending Janet - I was getting carried with all the joy of Christmas, waiting for the turkey and roasted chestnuts and then bang - you hit us!
Curds and whey would be a fine dish - I imagine it's a lot worse than that - food for thought indeed. x

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Hi Cynthia. Sure this has become coloured and colourful since I last looked. Its fantastic. You have managed to do something with the text poster that noone else has managed. You have not just done it though (that would be quite easy), you have done it brilliantly. My fav bit is the barely legible essence in space. Win x :-)

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Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

well I am struggling on the frozen canal. Water run out. burst pipe, blocked chimney. ice on the inside of my windows, You have got it easy in your burrow! Mr grumpy :-(

P.S. Nice poem... i suppose,
well actually, very nice. harumph

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

No offence mate but why do men still have this ancient idea that women want to marry them? Soooo old hat!

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What is it with you and moths? Actually I think we are both interested in them (just from a different angle) A bit different this one, liked a silver tongue through my jaw, a pendulum,. I have had 2 words in my head lately which fit with these, weirdness to be continued lol. Win

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Eh up Houston - awww, a credit! ;D Cheers me dear - am still thrilled that two poems have now sprung into life, influenced by Jeff's genius. I'd love to know if there's more out there - I bet there are. I might have a gander on t'net and see if there's any kind of forum or whatnot.

Anyhoo - you've created a little piece of brilliance to add to this world - I think you should celebrate tonight with a nice jug o'porter ;)

x

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Thank you for the feedback Stefan, it is most thought provoking and I will certainly bear it in mind.

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if I invest(string)in your literary adventure-how does 75/40 sound in my favour? if I don,t see you before I die,remember this old saying of mine handed down by my four fathers-look after loose women! must go(not permanently I hasten to add)gotta boil on me kettle-xx(just in case you are a trick cyclist..)

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Hi Val... A real issue for many. nicely expressed. Win x

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Original item by Valerie Cook

Hmm . yes, this has a philosophical quality. Liked. Win x

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Hi Dave, Interesting Ghazal style poem this. The differences between this and a classical Urdu ghazal are only important if they are important to you (For me it satisfies 4 of the 8 criteria)I like it. It has an interesting refrain and comments.

I think generally modern ghazal writters have largely moved away from the traditional subjucts of lost love etc so no prob there. In fact if it is to survive I think that this diversification is essential. Win

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Cynthia, thanks for the comments on In My Dreams You're Alive. I have left some more on the blog page. Glad you liked, Win X

maybe required reading for British poets, Who live in Yorkshire, on a boat, etc. lol

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Hi Laura, thanks for the comments on In My Dreams You're Alive. I have left some more on the blog page. Glad you liked, Win X

Yes, I would like to think JM would approve,

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Hi Ann, thanks for the comments on In My Dreams You're Alive. I have left some more on the blog page. Glad you liked, Win X

Actually thats my fav bit too for the way it flows nicely. Not sure how I managed that though :-)

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Hi Dave, thanks for the comments on In My Dreams You're Alive. I have left some more on the blog page. Glad you liked, Win X

Perhaps your comments are right. All these things good and bad are part of life and like it or not make us who we are, its just what we do with them that counts.

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Hi Cynthia, thanks for comments on moules, Well I wish I could say there was some deep and complex double meaning, but this one just appeared in my head and went straight down on the page whilst on a train trip recently. Win x

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Hi Val, thanks for commenting on Moules. Actually I love them too and hope I havn't put you off them lol, Win x

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Hi Ann. Thanks for your comment on Moules. This one just heppened when I was on a train journey recently. Re flume, I was thinking initially of the log flume, you know, the fun fair ride thing and those ,moules sliding down their against their will! Win x

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Hi Marianne, thanks for your commentsw on Moules. I have gone all embarassed now ;-) This one just heppened when I was on a train journey recently. Toodle pip. Win x

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I do need more time to read again, but first quick reaction is 'very interesting' with some great lines. Catch you later.

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So much that I think is good about this Dave. I can really identify with it, especially the 'say what you feel' stanza. Am not so sure about the third from last though - doesn't seem to flow as well as the others. Still a great poem overall, though

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Not flooded out, but snowed in? The 'dismals' do have their charm though, as you have aptly demonstrated. I always enjoy your empathy with the natural world around you. But I would never have thought a mole 'unambitious'. And I think you should stop talking about being 'old'; you'll soon convince us irrevocably.

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi there Ann, yes we have about 4 inches of snow but as we live on a main road out to the M62 it is well gritted and clear. So is the motorway. Amazingly you can now look at the camera views of moroway junctions online, showing the state of the road 4 mins ago. Even so we decided not to go to manchester last night. Its heavy there too, and the side roads become difficult. Ow! all this chatter and no poetry-speak in it. I will get told off. Keep warm. We are in mid winter, moonwise, and the moon of Ice emerges from the sun's glow on Sunday afternoon so I don't think it will get warmer yet.

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Yes, I know the earth's core is hot (although has anyone been there to find out? Maybe Prof. Challenger). The point I was making was that EVEN at the earth's core my bones would STILL be cold as loneliness. You See? xxxx

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Sympathy, Ann. Liked this. The centre of the earth is apparently hotter than the surface of the sun so you and your moles will fry I'm afraid (Sorry, just read Bill Bryson's Short History of Nearly Everything and so am full of that sort of information)

Thanks for troubling with Where Are You. Bit of an inaccessible one really. x

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Like this a lot, especially 'dispel all grief with our repetitious toil.' I must say this time of year gets to me. Thank God November's out of the way. I don't know what it's like in Cornwall but if the weather continues like this, I'm going to hibernate. Bring on the moles! (They don't hibernate, do they?).

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Good morning Freda. Just to let you know that the calenders came safe and sound and they are lovely! Have you got lots of snow where you are? I am getting a bit fed up with it! x

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I was very impressed by this poem Ray, but decided to come back to it as I wanted to read it again. Often, I expect, this happens with longer poems, people want to give them a bit more time and sometimes we forget to come back. I did come back and now I feel bad for not commenting before. I really don't think we should ever take it personally if a poem we consider to be a good one doesn't get many comments, I really think it's down to luck, who's looking, are they in a rush, how many other poems have been put on today. I also think that, certainly speaking for myself, I don't feel qualified to do a proper critque on a poem, but it's often easier to just make a comment about a poem when the subject is one we can identify with, and we can just say "Yes" I know what you mean!" Or "Poor you - hope you feel better soon!" A thoughful more cerebral poem may appear too "clever" for some of us on here to comment on. I think you are one of the best poets on the site, for what my opinion is worth. Please carry on posting. xxxx

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Yeh! Roll on death! ;-) (Got cabin fever - living on tins and toast like a little old lady*, no one but a geriatric cat to talk to, haven't been out for a walk for a week! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!) *Which of course I am! Or a medium sized one!

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks Greg and Francis. Yes, Eric Von Danicken has a lot to answer for! ;-)

Comment is about tunguska (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Andy, thanks for your appreciation of Snow on the Pass. To be honest, I've been surprised - although pleased - at how people have reacted to it. Maybe it's the weather ...

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thank you JLT-re the possible depletion in my stock of thumbs-but for the moment thats the only respectful thing I can put up-when they eventually run out-thats the time to look away! oeer missis! Mr.Wilde-xx

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sommerwear! haha-now theres my brand of humour-ta Greg for a brill poem and good laugh-Mr.W.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

A direct hit, Ann!

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Again I like it and very interesting. There seem to be quite a few of 'us' doing celestial stuff at the mo.

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