At a garage where I park to eat a sandwich after visiting my mum in hospital I see rabbits bounding about in the next field as the sun sets. Brilliant pay-off line here, Ann. It's neat and really works
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Hey Isobel! You look great! (Can't see the shoes though - hope they were bright red!)x
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PS, Its not about blaming them, most often is the case that many were indoctrinated with the same bulshit when they were younger. It's about stopping it continuing in our children. Wouldn't it be nice if for once, a politician would stand up and instead of giving us verbal about what he or she is going to do, they would actually ask; What do you want me to do to make this world work for you? There would be perhaps a whole race of peoples saying, Stop feeding us the bulshit that perpetuates a system that doesn't work. And give back belief in oneself to our children. We might then stand a chance to get along with one another. And mold a society that cares.
xxx
The Buck Stops Here!
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Hi Melanie! I have just read all the work you have placed in here. I have to say that in many ways I know the places you have been, where you have come from and where you are now. I don't talk of those places much. But I hear everything you say and yes, it has brought back somethings I try not to think of. I grew up very fast around the age of 6/7. Damned tough watching your fellow siblings getting the belt, especially when one was only two years of age when paraded in the bedroom and having her knickers pulled down. I feel what your feeling even now at the age of 43. Its sad to feel the fire on your person because mental ill health re visits over and over again the abuse and torment one went through when we were children. Big boys don't cry they used to say. So I joined the army, and got myself a whole new set of abuses to worry about in the world. Still, at least when I ventured Africa and the Middle East, I had a weapon to give me a chance to defend myself with. But what do children have to defend themselves with? In the main, nothing. You know what's even more heartbreaking, I thought I was the only one who had endured what I had endured when I was younger, but the military is full of people with the same experiences. I feel for you, I hope you can find within yourself, somewhere that is a sanctuary with all the beauty and peace that you are.
Mike
xxx
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That's a clever comparison Charlene, stirs a few thoughts....
Best wishes,Dave
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Happy days captured, despite the touch of jealousy I think. Those tiny hands seem so delicate,but can still do a lot of damage at times, hehe. We do enjoy a little regression into childhood when playing with our tiny tots, and are perhaps more accepted as playmates than by the teenagers... ;)
Best wishes, Dave
PS - I have a pic of me in a wig of a similar shade of red...
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But what is the box? Very thought-provoking, Ray, and well-written
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Thanks for commenting Melanie, Cate, Izz, Ray, Philipos and John.
It's a profound moment when a person realises that they have probably done their best work. What do they do about it? Denial, anger, keep trying - or accept that there is a rhythm to life?
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Man ! I love the hair - excellent. Your response to Dry well received and accurate.Thanks for the comments on other works - hope they brought a smile.
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Thanks for your thoughts on Mi Firstest Poems, A.
I well remember the pain of lovers' balls - as I peddled home from a girlfriend's house having copped a feel but nothing more!
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Nice one, Dave.
I poach the forms a lot of Kipling and Betjeman, then feel a complete amateur when I compare what I've come up with to their original.
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Hi Melanie - thank you so much for your comments on 'I Miss You' - and my apologies for making you cry! Hugs, Dave
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Philipos
Fri 11th Mar 2011 20:33
Dave - sometimes we can be overtaken by our poems and our poetry writing - we seem aloof sometimes to the outside world which is the price we pay - the feel good factor coming from writing a winner is incalculable - I'm well with you on this
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omg i had th feeling all day i cnt seem to write tday bt then i wrote two bt im not impressed by them at all lol innit xx
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My wifes request :( To all the female world I apologise!! Normally I remember "Gentlemen raise the seat".
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wow! i watched it on you tube i was drawn in all the way xx
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i cried my eyes out hun very moving..i still haven't sobbing for christs sake..damn u sad poem xx
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Fri 11th Mar 2011 19:17
thanks for the comments & No - it's not rude. It really is time you had a shag Ann - you're seeing Percy Filth round every corner :D
(nice peter)
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Fri 11th Mar 2011 19:12
Hi - thing is, he wrote 12 or 13 - the first is a bit technical cos he was gathering botanical data about the plants & its full of references cos that was his Phd thesis. The last 2 are a bit shite cos he's talking about stuff that don juan never taught him (really) - the second book "A separate reality" & onwards are the best IMHO & the first (teachings of don juan) is good also, once you know what you're getting. just my 2 cents :)
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Great, John. Loved "Filled wi' arrant pap" and thankst/ angst is a fine rhyme.
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Enjoyed. How long have you lived? is a good way to put the question, implying that job and death are synonymous.
I thought "She has tourettes." would suffice, the hilarity kind of goes without saying, you fuckin' bastard you. It's squeaking, not squeeking.
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Your 'bird dream' sounds fantastic. I have never experienced any kind of transmutation or transmogrification, never had the conscious desire to (or unconscious, either, I guess); so, maybe, therein lies the difference. I've had lots of incidences with birds, animals and insects as though we 'talked' the same language, 'eye contact', all when wide awake.
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Enjoyed this a lot, Dave, though I could have done without the penultimate verse. I have such a poem myself, what friends refer to as "the Kate Moss poem". I don't think I'll ever write one that is as popular with an audience, which is a bit sad. But then, I've just been asked to do a support slot at a John Cooper-Clarke gig - my hero! So Whoooo!
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I can identify with this too! I used to love my Alfie poem - still do, though I don't ever perform it now. I always thought nothing could compare - but in the end, you move on. Now when I look at it, I think it is naive and doesn't work on the page. With performance poetry, you just have to hear it live to get the electricity and the emotion. Us poets are really mad - we attach far too much significance to the written/spoken word - but we are all rather wonderful too. I'm glad I've discovered other people even madder than me. I love the poem - there is so much to identify with. x
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I agree with John. It came over very powerfully when you read last night Chris. This is a clever social comment and a poignant condemnation of the justice system in our country.
Cate xx
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Philipos
Fri 11th Mar 2011 16:49
Hi Ann - re: SOUTH EAST LONDON TRIO and Scent of a Maiden - really do appreciate your kind comments on both of these xx
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This is something all us poets can relate to in some way or another. Writers block can just hit out of the blue and you can seize up for weeks, months and sometimes years. You just need something to kick start you again to get back up in the saddle again.
I really like the idea behind this Dave.
Cate xx
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Philipos
Fri 11th Mar 2011 16:46
Hi Anthony - re: SOUTH EAST LONDON TRIO - much obliged for the supportive comments
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Philipos
Fri 11th Mar 2011 16:44
Hi Dave, Re; SOUTH EAST LONDON TRIO - much obliged for the supportive comments
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Philipos
Fri 11th Mar 2011 16:43
Hi Melanie re: SOUTH EAST LONDON TRIO - much obliged for the supportive comments x
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Hi Ray
I think I can see what you're trying to say in this about dependence on medication instead of facing up to reality.Are you saying the character in question is using the system manipulatively though? Enjoyed the last verse especially "the world outside is full of knocks,better off inside a box".
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brilliant hun i really enjoyed it,quite sad,reminded me of an experience of my own..nurses,pills..etc etc..xx
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Hi Melanie, thanks for commenting on my latest effort "100 ways to fold a Serviette" I have added a bit more explanation on the blog entry page if you are interested. Glad you liked. Win
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Hi Ann, thanks for looking in on 100 Ways to Fold a Serviette. Full explanation on blog entry page. Win X
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omg im still laughin k lol xx fukin brill as always xx
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david hnstly hun im th exact same..i dnt knw nethn abt writing poetry or style r nethn lol i literaly just write it th way it is in my head,i dnt think abt how im writing r nethn like dt it comes out th way it cme's out darlin xx
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That I would like to see!
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shit man, there's some really hot lines in this. real good.
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hey Red, cheers for the comments on my stuff lately. i myself don't really give comments or feedback coz i don't really know enough to talk about things. i do enjoy what i've read of yours. you got that spontaneous feel to yours and i really like that when i read poetry, as most of my own poems come out raw and stabbing out, bleeding for the daylight, and i don't have nothing to do with it. x
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Fri 11th Mar 2011 12:49
Hello Dave, Thanks for your comment on 'Reasonable Behaviour'-I am now enjoying discovering your work. Ledger.
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ah stefan sweety soppiness comes from the heart not from age my dear..im def a soppy git lol...i look forward to reading more xx i would love to meet some people that are on here at poetry nights but alas i live in waterford so not so easy lol..im def planning a trip to manchester soon as my bro kealan lives in bolton with my mam at the minute,so when i do go over ill head to the poetry nights that go on in wigan etc xx
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Ann Foxglove
Sat 12th Mar 2011 07:35
Thanks Greg - it is the time of baby rabbits already! They are so SMALL! It often happens when I'm out walking that I end up following one simply cos they are going the same way as me, and they always think I'm doing it on purpose! Good that they are wary of course. x
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