Good morning Elaine-very appreciative of your comments on 'Trials of..'and agree with your views.Sincerly hope you are in better health now than the opposite being mentioned in your earlier biography-thank you-Stefan.

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Original item by Elaine

Blissful...mmm. Another insomniac here...agree with Darren, this could almost be used as a sleep aide!

Lovely :)

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Original item by Shoeless Carole

Wow. Hugely evocative - I could almost feel the heat in the air. I found that second verse/stanza/thing really sensual and erotic - as it is supposed to be really. Really like the story-like quality to it. Sad note to end on.

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The more I read this the more I find myself relaxing. It has a 'meditational' feel and quality about it. :^)

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Original item by Shoeless Carole

Really enjoyed this poem, Ray, and its Rabelaisian glow. I hope it doesn't mark me down as a dirty old man to say the lines I liked best were "How at night we poured /ourselves into each other / to the rhythm of crickets."

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Hi Anne
Thanks for your comment on my poem. I too am returning to the poetry scene after a period of absence and am catching up again.
Regards Yolande

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thankyou for your comment Dave. We do all have masked front in place and you have gone straight to the heart of the matter in that only certain people i.e extensions of trust, are allowed behind the mask.
Regards Yolande

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Thankyou for your comment Dave. We do all have masked front in place and you have gone straight to the heart of the matter in that only certain people i.e extensions of trust, are allowed behind the mask.
Regards Yolande

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Original item by Yolande

Beautiful poem.

Comment is about ONE MORE FROST (blog)

Hey! I just spotted this cos I was reading your latest poem, I wasn't on WOL when this one appeared. I think it's utterly fab! And I agree it would be great as a performance piece too. x

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Original item by Yolande

Thanks for commenting on my space poem. Very much appreciated.x

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Original item by Elaine

Thanks Andy for commenting on my space effort. Much appreciated.x

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Original item by Andy N

Thanks for commenting on my space poem. If I added another line it would have to begin with the letter S or D. Otherwise my capital letters at the beginning of each wouldn't spell 'space' :-)
Get it? xx

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Original item by Laura Taylor

Thanks for commenting on my Space poem. Very much appreciated.x

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for comments everyone :-)

Laura - if I added a sixth line it would have to begin with either the letter S or the letter D to keep within the theme. Can you see why now? :-)

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Lovely, Ann. Like Janet, I too would love to have the words also to savour and enjoy in a different way. x

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

No worries Elaine. What I'd have said was you do seem to be good at picking up on obscure things in other people's poems. Thanks again

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Original item by Elaine

I think perhaps "still" at the start of the final line of verse 1, when read out, gives emphasis to the sense of stillness. It is a deeply sad poem but so very, well, yes, as Cynthia says, haunting. I also like the line "the march of long men".

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Dave, sorry for the mistaken "decline" - hope you got the message. Never used it before. Still getting used to the site. The other day I found I had accidentally excluded some people -doh!

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Original item by Dave Bradley

If only - being at times an insomniac, this would indeed be blissful! You conjure this moment up so well.

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Original item by Shoeless Carole

I like this a lot Yolande. Masks are intriguing. The idea of progression through the day works well. The repetition of 'trust' in the last 3 verses stands out too. Key isn't it. I guess we'll have WOL masks and open mic masks and goodness knows what

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Original item by Yolande

Thinking about what you might be saying here - is mankind trying to unify through the net but, as in god's response to the Tower of Babel, because it is questionable as to the purpose or wisdom behind it, is doomed to failure? Very loaded title I felt.

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Yes, Dave, you are right it was a long shot but hey why not? It was simply the caverns reference that had me thinking of the Kubla Khan caverns!! Glad you lked the "On the nature of.." Wondered if it was a bit too much on the gloomy side but then I do love a good wallow! Is your similarish poem on your blog? I'll check it out now - I hope it is. Thanks for your support.

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Andy, many thanks for your supportive comments on "Post Past". I must look into the world of publishing and comps...! x

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Many thanks Cynthia re: your encouraging comments on "Post Past". Lovely to hear from you.

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Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks for your support of mi brackets in Post Past! Glad you enjoyed it. x

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Original item by Laura Taylor

Very atmospheric.

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I think I have already explained. Rzhishevska is my surname . So, I've decided to call my funny short poems not 'limericks' but 'rzhepicks'. Isn't it nice?

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Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Sorry Dave - with all those W's I just couldn't help it. I'm not the only one drifting off-subject here though, M'Lud...

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Original item by Dave Bradley

win win situation. Win

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Um, actually this wasn't about WOL or WOLites at all but according to reception theory in which I've now been instructed (thank you) it's what people receive that matters.
The fact that it was written about the World Wide Web is neither here nor there.

Banksy's comments are getting more and more enigmatic. How did Michael Palin aka Pilate get in here?

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Oooo - lovely!

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Original item by Shoeless Carole

A Woler is a mint poet with an ole in the middle - or I guess it could be the head, depending on the poet.

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Oi! - who are you called a woler??
(I'll whip out me thesaurus if yer not careful)

Comment is about Rebuilding the Tower of Babel? (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

I would just get up and leave...
But, I would probably have the last word. ; )

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Original item by Dave Carr

That would have to be the Tudor then!

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Original item by Dave Carr

A blind man unknowingly wanders into a dyke's bar, settles down with his beer & shouts out
"anyone wanna hear a blonde joke?"
Sure mister, says one, but, before you do, you'd better know that the blonde to your left is a wrestler, the blonde to your right is a construction worker and the blonde who just served you also works on the dock... now, do you wanna tell us that joke ?
Nah, he says.
Oh? and why ever not then ?
Cos I don't want to explain it three times. :)

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Original item by Dave Carr

Actually I was thinking of winos, wasters and wankers - not necessarily in that order. I am far too nice a person to cast such aspersions on my fellow wolers though...

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Original item by Dave Bradley

I like this, Dave... it's wicked, wild, and worldly.
Now I want to write a poem using...

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Two blondes walked into a Hotel... you'd think one of them would've seen it :)

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Original item by Dave Carr

A groundhog walked into a bar and said "Ouch!" "Ouch!" "Ouch!"......

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Original item by Dave Carr

Isobel - wot about Ho Ho Ho ??

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Welease Wodewick !!

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Yeah - para - bet it's all that wacky backy - if you've got too much, just mail me some :)

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Original item by Laura Taylor

Thanks Cyn (when I grow up)
all the best. B. xx

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Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I like the optimistic ending!
(Better than Rotten Ratfaced Rascals Riting Rubbish!)

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Who you callin a whore then? Weirdos yes - they are a plenty - I could probably add some lines to this - tee hee...

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Empty Space - thank-you.
;)
xxx

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Original item by Shoeless Carole

really enjoyed this geoffrey... ideal this time for me...

one little thing which i maybe wrong is on the last line of the first stanza 'Still it is voiceless', you may want to reconsider 'it is still voiceless' but it is stirring stuff either way..

top one..

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you are defo on a good role, Janet here.. one of my favourites so far on this space theme... x

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