Hi Cynthia - thanks for the comment on 'Perfect Place'. It's one of my favourites - if you are at Poetica on Wednesday coming when I am chairing - I'll tell you a funny story about it which I won't repeat on here... thanks again - x

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na thats pretty much it. The longing for change and the helplessness of akcnowledging it's failing to happen.

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Love it. Identify with so many things.

Feeling like its ok to be me, no matter what I've talked about, no matter what life threw at me.

And, "counting the steps

From the door to my car" mmmm yeah controlling the little things...

xXx

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Me too. Bugger culture, that's what I say! Excellent yarn.
I did some work in Hungary a while ago where they have carp for Xmas dinner. They also keep it in the bath from mid December onwards. Every now and then they hit it with a stick to "purge" it as it is an earthy fish, which distresses the fish and causes it to, well, purge.
Thoroughly enjoyed this, L.

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Yeah it's funny what people perceive when they see you in however innocent an act!

Think I expressed a similar thing at SW last Tuesday with the poem I shared, "Singular" shame really that with awareness comes loss of innocence in many ways!

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Dear Cynthia. I did blog 'Love is' once before, early last year, but got cold feet and deleted it within a few hours and before anyone had commented.

I enjoyed writing it, but I don't think it hangs together as a poem...it's more a collection of nice ideas.

You know, I've only just realised this moment that...

'Love starts with a smile
and becomes a wildflower
tucked behind your ear.'

is a Haiku. Blimey!

Winston, are you watching?

:-)

Thank you for your kind comments.

Jx

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thanks to all who commented.. one of my fav pieces this one and something i do return to certainly every now and then... x

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Hi Isobel;

Glad you like 'Perfect Place' - it's a bit of a oldie that one but its suited to the time of the life and links in well to 'Before the Curtains Open' (which is a lot newer)...

I'll prob read it at W.O.L. Bolton next month.. x

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Hi Alan - thanks for the comment on 'Perfect Place'.. It is a revised older piece, but one that still carries a lot of personal impact for me - glad you like it! it just goes to show i am turning into a a right soppy bugger! Thanks again for commenting.. See you soon i hope!

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Ha Ha Ha very funny.Well done.

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Enjoyed this Jane. Well done

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Hi Greg, Thanks for your comment on 'The Mackerel', also thanks for leading me to your work. I love your nod in the direction of John Lennon. To our generation he was William Brown grown up and brought to life!

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Anna, can you post me a link to the poem a day for a month project please cant seem to find it? Win

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Enjoyed this very much

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The feel is like freedom costs so much and rewards you so little. But that could just be me. Lol.

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Yup, suicide with the aid of a couple of intoxicated pyromaniacs. :-)

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Not quite sure it was too happy as they both didn't seem to reach their o's. Neither did the truck driver for that matter. Such a waste of effort on their part. It seems only your poetry gave justice to their misadventure.

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Thanks Cynthia for jumping into that poem about fading memories. I know I am not the easiest poet to read and I usually take the flack for that but I am deeply appreciative of your tenacity in grappling with the poem. Yes, it could be rain and it could be water pouring and splashing from an industrial tap. The simmering is the interaction with spending time in the baking sun and the splashing water that cooks and simmers 'memories' per se as they travel downward (with the help of gravity) and instead of pooling and puddling trickles away, thus fading off.... that can be a relief (ergo 'joy') or it can be a tragic reality of aging in an often uncaring world. Of course there is much room for interpretation as I aim not to tightly word my poems so as to restrict readers to an intended meaning. I am only too happy with a reader's construction from the verses as they work themselves into an individualised awareness and realisation. Again, thank you.

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Thanks Jane for your read and comment. The curious thing about "joy" in this poem stems from two things, the first - it is an inversion that allows stark contrast to the tone and feel of the poem, and second - there is a maudlin tragic joy, a sort of fool's consolation vaguely alluded to but not emphatically espoused by the poem. I am quite pleased that you picked up on that seeming contradiction. Whether intended or not, it allows for the reader to make their own conclusion.

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hi Lynn-thanks love,for commenting on 'having to accept'you are always very kind. my best to you-Stef.xx

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Caw blimey! Nice looking bird.

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'evenin young Lady-thank you for nice comment on'half related' very kind as usual and always very nice to see you aboard!-love-Stef.xx

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Thanks Win. My first venture into cyber espionage!

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Hello Foxy,
Seems I've been a bit heavy-handed with my bloggin'.
I don't think the site firewalls and stuff could cope with my formula! It kept telling me my posting had failed so I just kept sending it!
Anyway, the sums add up!

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it's all Greek to me :D

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I have it on good authority that the FBI always go round in pairs...

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I agree with Isobel. It's not just imagery, musics the same. Changes our mood, that is. The latest lovers for me are war dead and the first in a golden age.

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a lovely inspiring poem for all poets!

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Hi Jane, thanks for the comment. It was written for every day... every day we are apart :-) Win.

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tieded up for you by admin john... lol. Win

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He's a kamikazzi poet - he's out to destroy us! HELP!!!

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Your unusual use of symbols seems to have played havok with the site software! lol. John, What have you done to WOL! Win

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Greg - thank you for your generous comments on Urban Fox - much appreciated

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I can hear your voice ripping through this piece but it would be nice to have an audio attached to it if you do that sort of thing, Win.

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Gemma, great impact with this really 'Mancy' poem. "depression clings to the buildings" and "And I cry like it hurts when I feel all alone" are lines composed of simple words to give a shakingly powerful read. Thankyou for posting, Win x

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Hi Gemma. Saying I'm glad you've continued with the mental health theme may not be appropriate as no doubt you wish things were otherwise. But they have been very good poems saying things that need saying, demanding understanding and empathy from the reader. Thank you.

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Look John, it was a pretty good poem but . . . THREE times? Waz goin on???

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Oi! I thought I left a comment! Ain't you speakin' to me?

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Oh my word! What have I done here?

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kisses

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not better, just different, eh?
thank you. let's get a place by the sea.

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Beauty will not be pinned down. If you read anything with a reaction, whatever that is, perhaps you have experienced beauty? thanks, Isobel, for sharing all your thoughts. Your comment on Altered States was hilariouT

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Not better, David, just different.

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Found a lot to identify with in this. Like Rachel - never skipped away from therapist's office. I went for about 3 years - still have mixed feelings about how useful it was. I daresay several peeps that know me would say - it was a waste of time. :)
The line that 'got' me the most was: And I cry like it hurts when I feel all alone
It's a bleak line, but sums up the poem for me ... the pain and the looking for an answer. Difficult emotions to get down on paper - well done.
Cx

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id love to read your 'rebuttle' so to speak. i have to say it's taken a long time to write, i've been going for 12 months!

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i like this poem gemma its really well written, the rhythm of it carries you through. its bleak and hopeful at the same time. although not my experience of therapy at all, ive never skipped out of the office. maybe ill write a therapy poem also, ive been stuck for material so thanks for a bit of inspiration :)

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Evokes the hustle and bustle of Bury Market fantastically. Years since I've been there ... really miss the north - nothing like that down here.
Good poem, well done.
Cx

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I've had to flick back and forth a few times to see the difference between these two poems. The ending to the poppies one brings in the idea of our own mortality in a lovely gentle way. I feel like I want to switch the first verse with the other poem though. It's like the first verses have got mixed up.

Lovely flow to it. The exercise illustrates nicely how just a couple of words can so change the sense of a poem. x

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