I think you're probably just a much nicer person than me - I get grumpier the older I get :)

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Fabulous. Every word and image is a jewel - breath-taking diction and mood. The final stanza is wonderful.

PLEASE REPOST IT TOMORROW FOR THE WEEKEND. IT WILL JUST DISAPPEAR AT MIDNIGHT! MARCH 31, YES?

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enjoying Time Team is like having a wank whilst wearing boxing gloves - it promises so much but delivers so F***ing little (spurt !)

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I've eaten a few - but I prefers em raw :)

Comment is about A man after my own heart (blog)

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I hope you can still access WOL from your teeny tiny cell in the Tower of London Mr B! :)

Comment is about Question 17 (blog)

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I'm surprised at all youse lefty libertines actually filling-in the god-damn thing.
mine accidentally fell in the bin - oops, butterfingers !

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Thanks for the comments - only me up on me soapbox as usual :) [colosseum]

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Lovely lovely poem Marianne!

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Hi laura I'v tried uploading audio files but the file format i've got is not supported on this site i'm sorry about that. and i'm no tech head so don't know ware to start to reformat them. Thanks Ian..... ps hopefuly this will be sorted out in the next few weeks, my song writing partner and i are investing in some recording gear so we can get are songs on to cd then i should be able to upload them. Or if you know of easier way let me know and i'll be happy to give it a go.... Cheers....

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Wow - unusual - I love the juxtaposition between moon and stone. The 'twisting creatures', the 'pitted rough hewn chunk'...SO evocative...can feel it in my mental hand, can see the creatures squirming. 'translucent with fact, with lies' - some fantastic lines in this

Comment is about Anish and the Moon (blog)

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Hehe - I actually collect these in work.

Well they come in very handy!! :D

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Thanks for all the comments, folks - and thanks for not giving the game away, Dave! All credit to my wife who posted a FB thread about this first: that's what prompted me to write it.

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A-WOL indeed!

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Liked it, Greg.
Reminds me of Alice's Restaurant Giving my hippie past away now) - "Kid, have you rehabilitated yourself?"

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thanks - That's on Rhodes, that is :)

Comment is about Melanie Coady (poet profile)

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I'm afraid the man in the pic is not me.
By the way, are you a vegetarian?

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Ha - a fun poem Greg - I like it. I hate to confess but I haven't filled the damn thing in yet - you have reminded me...
Most of my family read it wrong and sent it in a week before they should have... I thought I was the clever one for putting it to one side... x

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I'd agree with Julian - what a brilliant poem!

I think that modern schools have gone a long way to making children not feel thick. (One of my sisters used to be sent out gardening whilst everyone else worked towards the 11+) It's going to be hard to help such kids with all the funding cuts ahead of us though.

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great idea, Greg. Good fun. There is answer - it can be googled (like almost anything it seems) but I'm not putting it down as it's more fun to play with the possibilities.

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This is superb Gemma. And there is nothing finer than someone - a writer - who has something to say, and knows exactly how to say it. You are a magical poet.

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Hi Ann, thanks for your comments on Don't live in shadows cast, They mean a lot and inspire me to keep on writing THANHS. Ian..

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Hi Ann, thanks for your comments on Don't live in shadows cast, They mean a lot and inspire me to keep on writing THANHS. Ian..

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Hi Melanie,
thanks for your comment on Don't live in shadows cast, They mean a lot and inspire me to keep on writing THANHS. Ian..

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Just to add to Ann's suggestion, it was probably: are you now, or have your ever been, a poet?

First class, Greg. Question 17 as the new Catch-22. Ah, no, question 17 as the $65,000 question (for thos who remember that).

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lmao I love this!!

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ha ha ha xx

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aw lovely hun xx

Comment is about And what will be then? (blog)

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Have got rid of the oxymoron, 97% and barely there, have moved translucent into where interspliced once was. Thank you for the help in redrafting it, and the encouragement :).

Second Anish poem on here:

http://mostlynocturnalscribbler.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/the-myth-of-adam/

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lol xx hmm is the man in the pic the steak?! lol

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brilliant hun xx well written

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ha ha ha brilliant hun xx

Comment is about A man after my own heart (blog)

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im ans them all in my head lol xx

Comment is about Question 17 (blog)

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Nah! The question was "Are you a poet?" (Not getting at you here by the way!!;) I wonder why they want to know what kind of central heating I have? (Answer - none.) I mean, really, there aren't many questions, but why do they need to know that?

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I am sure that was dug from somewhere deep and it rings of truth and sadness, yes, even love.

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Thanks for visiting, reading and responding to my poems Melanie. You are most appreciated.

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This is just for fun! I'm sure you can all think of loads of other, more interesting questions. At Graham's wise suggestion I've removed the front cover of our census form that I had illustrated this with!

Comment is about Question 17 (blog)

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I sense danger here?

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I'll show you.

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Enjoyed this tremendously Rebecca. You must try and change 97% and interspliced, they don't fit into what is a lovely almost ethereal piece of work.

Comment is about Anish and the Moon (blog)

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Excellent, Gemma. Another poem which helps the reader to tune in to what someone else has been facing. I liked the T-shirt too!

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Er - tell me John - what are vegetarians supposed to do on this day? (I suspect I shall regret asking this question!)

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Hi Dave - interesting to read about how you write, and that feeling that the ideas or the language at least, might evaporate before you can get it down. I often get ideas while out walking, sometimes a whole poem seems to appear. Then . . . disappear!

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I love this, Gemma!
A great poem that highlights what a child goes through and feels when affected with a learning disabilty. It is so important for children to know that they are unique and valued. A child reading this poem would feel hopeful and inspired.

I am moved by your understanding and care to write about such things.
xxx

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Hi Melanie, thanks for your comments on 'No Jobs For A Man' - and my apologies once again for the tears! Hugs, Dave

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Dave
Glad you like Ken Dodd....

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Val
Glad you liked Ken Dodd....

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Rachel
Glad you liked Ken Dodd....
I think this site needs more culture like this.

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It took me a dozen attempts to make the audio so I don't think I could do it live, although better than his dog!

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M
Glad you liked Ken Dodd....
John

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