ay up lass!how are you keeping Bernadette? nice to see you on again-I,m nicking off to kip-catch you in the morning? best regards-Stef-xx

Comment is about bernadette herbertson (poet profile)

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Hey Andy, appreiciate your comment,thx.

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

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Hi Alison

Thanks for your kind comments. I was trying to write a sonnet but am easily distracted. I bought the anthology staying alive (and being alive) which you mentioned and am enjoying the variety. I like Alden Nowlan’s poetry. Nowlan said “I think you have to risk sentimentality…because after all sentimentality is very close to the things that genuinely move people” and for what it’s worth I agree.

Comment is about Alison Smiles (poet profile)

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Like The Empress of Blandings
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/Hog-Calling-Woman-Makes-Pig-Noises-To-Win-Contest-In-US/Video/200808215076222?lid=VIDEO_15076222_HogCallingWomanMakesPigNoisesToWinContestInUS&lpos=searchresults
Strangely interesting

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia
The poem was more concerned with how I feel about poetry. Good writing turns me on. I like poetry that has mystery and surprise, when not everything is spelled out. I do think of the brain as an erogenous zone. The person taking their clothes off could be male or female. I had no one in mind. I am interested in your use of the term physical arena suggesting romance as a wrestling match-the grapple of love.
Thanks for your interest

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi Ann

Thanks for commenting. Luke Ch 15 is pretty much it - Jesus told lots of stories and this is one. Stories bypass deficiencies in knowledge and engage the emotions, will and imagination directly - or not, as the case may be (-:

Comment is about The Running Father (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Thank you Si -you sound strangely familiar! (Hope it IS you! I've missed you!)

Comment is about leavetaking (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I echo what Stefan has t'say here...
i.e. ~ and me too Miss Foxy !
; )
...magnificent heart felt poem & good to hear your recorded words ~

makes it easier for me to read y'words now I know how's y'do it innit

x

Comment is about leavetaking (blog)

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You'll be sayin' "Annie I'm not your daddy" next! (You aren't are you?? xxx

Comment is about he moves through the fair (blog)

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I hoped the gallopers might smell but wasn't sure if it should be diesel or oil (are they the same??)(or manure??) I LOVE all those smells! coolannxx

Comment is about he moves through the fair (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

What starts as initially intriguing, ends up in emptiness, sadness,
and ultimately profound loneliness.
You have conveyed that well in this poem, Thomas.

Comment is about A Thousand Muses (blog)

Original item by Tom

Hi Dave - I just posted my fairground poem but somehow the wall of death didn't make it! I think I got a bit carried away! xx

Comment is about Sweet Nothings... (blog)

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Hehe - yes indeed- great spectator sport - good luck with the pen - great wall of words... :)

Comment is about Sweet Nothings... (blog)

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Hi Dave - have you ever seen the Wall of Death? It is so amazing! And the NOISE!! All those little old Indian motorbikes rattling around, whizzing right up to the top and nearly knocking yer 'ead off! Great! Has given me an idea for a poem atcherly.xxxx

Comment is about Sweet Nothings... (blog)

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Thank you Stef!Don't fly too far away! xxxx

Comment is about leavetaking (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Oooops! Please forgive me!!! xx

Comment is about Livery (blog)

A very interesting piece Dave - I will come back and read it again later. I know nothing of the bible, will this hold me back? (In understanding the poem, that is.) xx

Comment is about The Running Father (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

very performance based, rod.. i can certainly see you performing this one and think it is quite different from some of your other stuff have seen you do.

my favourite line is 'Emerges from cave of tacky tiaras and tiramisu,

discarded during hissy fits.'

nice stuff!

Comment is about My inner drag queen (blog)

Original item by Rod Tame

Hi again Dave-regarding your poor friend in Pakistan-there but for the grace of God eh Dave.Best the likes of the ordinary person here can do is donate-and keep these suffering people in our thoughts.catch you later Dave-Stef.

Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)

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Thanks Ann. Not only have I transformed what WAS a rather dull ceremony into something personal, quirky, amusing and moving, I've changed my name at the same time. That's talent, that is.

Comment is about Livery (blog)

Good morning Dave-sound words indeed-especially with thoughts of all the poor people of Pakistan struggling-while most of the world stands by-twiddling its thumbs-now if there was oil to be had...wow! what a rush there would be! but of course not belittling the efforts of people already there on the gound assisting-but it is such a vast area-the more help the better is what I mean.-thanks Dave-Stef.

Comment is about Rebel With A Cause (v2) (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Thank you my friend for those comments on 'Rebel', much appreciated - best wishes, Dave

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Beautiful poem Dave. If only everyone on our Land did something for todays' life to be better it would be the best deed.

With warmest wishes,

Laura

Comment is about Rebel With A Cause (v2) (blog)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Nawty Ann, lol - I bet it is something I could have done without noticing also, hehe. But no doubt it is soon fixed and my dear friend will find my Rebel restored :)

Best wishes, Dave

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Hiya :) To answer your question Laura, I think you need to click on the words 'My Account' in the top right corner, then there will be a 'Blog Preferences' option to look at - I haven't used the facility before, but that seems to be where you can edit things.
Best wishes, Dave

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

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Hey Dave -I bet she did it on purpose!! (Just kiddin') ;-) Hope she manages to get you back! I suppose in theory it might be possible to exclude someone without knowing, and then think they'd stopped posting! xx

Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Hi Lynn - you can be a nice blue angel fish with black stripes in my aquarium! xx

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

clever stuff, ann.. i think we all should write a poem with Write Out Loud or W.O.L. in the first line - but i enjoyed this! x

Comment is about fishes (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi, Dave! I made an accidental mistake. Pressed "Exclude entries by Dave Dunn in the blogs. I wanted to write a comment on your "Rebel" and it suddenly disappeared, the I understood the mistake. What to do now?
With warmest wishes, Larisa

Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)

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Hi Rache - I hear that you've won summat - couldn't happen to a nicer poet!! Lots of love Anniepooxxxx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

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I think this is really good Dave, really good! Wasn't sure what was going on in the first verse, but felt pulled in to the whole scene. I like the way you've turned what could have been a rather dull ceremony into something personal, quirky, amusing and moving.

Comment is about Livery (blog)

ah rach, was only the drink making you feel bad. you were great and i was so pleased to meet you. your funny and lovely drunk, its ok xx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

this is excellent. patent roofs, of course they are like patent leather shiny in the rain, but also referring to material like felt and turf.
i would put and all the dead relatives on another line, but that s just to suit the way i read it.
I claw myself bloody is the perfect raw calling to the true emotion of being held by the corset bars and the turning in of frustrations behind the window of that repression xx smashing x

Comment is about Victoriana (blog)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Delighted to hear about your victory Rachel. Well done.

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Hi Dave, thanks for the comment on me poem...I am on computer rationing at the mo (school hols etc) so sorry it took me a while to reply. :)
I will put some new stuff on th'blog soonish
Thanks
Rach
x

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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Helllloooo Isobel! Aw, thanks for the comment on my profile and thanks for being so lovely and warm and supportive last night, even when I was probably being very drunk and annoying, you were brill and it was ace to see you again, now I (and more importantly Dazz and Lesley) know where the Tudor is, I will definitely visit Wigan more often,
See you soon,
loads of love
xxx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Thank you. :)
I have spent the day recovering from the effects of much too much wine and it's been one of those days when bits of the night before come back at you in flashes.... sorry to anyone I may have bored, dribbled on or generally over shared to! It was wonderful to see familiar faces and put the faces to names I only knew from here before. great to see you all, you're a lovely bunch. Well done to everyone organising and competing, what a belting night...or neet!
x

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Very clever and witty analogy, Ann. Not sure where my plaice would be but I'd try to fillet well! (groan, sorry about that.)

Comment is about fishes (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Félicitations Rachel...
C'était un plaisir de faire ta connaissance hier soir : )

xx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

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Let me be the first to offer my official congratulations. You are a top lady and very class act - you deserved to win. Lovely as ever to meet you. Look forward to seeing and hearing a lot more of you.
Isobel xx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

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hey rach, glad to meet you at the slam.
had a quick look at your samples here and i loved 'dad' beautifully sad and funny. love it xx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

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Hi Fatima, nice to meet you and I liked your performance, straight from the heart and powerful.

Comment is about Fatima AL Matar (poet profile)

Original item by Fatima AL Matar

Mullet is the most popular fish in the Black Sea. So... Welcome here to Odessa!

Comment is about fishes (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

What seeped through big Dave? hope it was,nt the Guinness-spilling precious beer is a blasphemy- against Saint Al Kerholl! ha! one gets ones drift-and one appreciates ones very good poem-ta DD!...have a smashing kip kiddo!-Stef.

Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Dunn

mull it - mullet... Doh !
I fell for that one - Hook, Line & Sinker.. you just reeled me in...nearly fell off me perch

Comment is about fishes (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Steven,
Feelings of isolation,mentally as well as physically leap out from this,but I like the short,brief way you've attempted to convey your inner turmoil here!

Comment is about When? (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Hi Ann,
Loved this little ditty!,especially the references to the piranhas and the giant octopus lying in wait!
Fascinating social order in that tank!

Comment is about fishes (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I thought you were a mullet Mr B?

Comment is about fishes (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

can I be a fish-finger?
fish-fingering fings?

Comment is about fishes (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Many thanks for your kind comment on my Fishes poem! xx

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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