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Lynn Dye

Sun 4th Jul 2010 17:30

Lol, thanks to All.
On reflection I decided the first two lines of verse 4 didn't scan well, so I have re-written these, which actually now makes him not such a multi-lingual clever dick!!! (or a language teacher, hee hee!)
Free verse version to follow...
xx

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Sun 4th Jul 2010 17:29

The heather and the fluttering safety flags make a good contrast to an otherwise somber and threatening vista. I think the contrast is well defined, an atmospheric and chillingly brooding piece of work. The purpling heather in the North Yorkshire moors are beautiful in late summer.
TCX

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Lynn Dye

Sun 4th Jul 2010 17:21

I like purpling the hillside, but then what do I know? Lol. Good poem again, Ann x

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Lynn Dye

Sun 4th Jul 2010 17:16

Hi Ann, thanks for comments on "Flesh". I often do put in the odd humorous comment, so the "too hot to handle" line was intentional, but if any of the rest sounded comical then it wasn't intended! I shall post a free verse version as well.
Lol, love your comment on him being a language teacher! My REAL guy is the one who started to snore in "Warm Embrace", so this guy could be anything really, though I did say French AFTER A FASHION! Lol, Lynn xx

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Sun 4th Jul 2010 17:12

reminds me of a shop we have next door to our chippy-a flesh n sexshop! tee...hee..SW

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Graham Sherwood

Sun 4th Jul 2010 16:18

To me this is a jumbo pack of descriptives too tightly crammed to be be savoured. Dancing streets, restless bedrooms, crowded queues, tousled beds etc. Too much too quickly. it sometimes sounds like a list.

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Graham Sherwood

Sun 4th Jul 2010 16:13

There are so many good and bad things about this Ann.
I think that you have diluted your killer last line by using it twice before. I hate the thought of heather "purpling" but love the chaos of waves. I think "if you were there you wouldn't last long" is clumsy but really like the woolly grey sky and the thought of staring down the raging ocean. As always Ann thoughtful stuff.

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Isobel

Sun 4th Jul 2010 16:05

Hello Cynthia - an epic it is - that was the feeling I got from it before I read your comment. Your telling of this story is much like an that of an age old tale. It feels more like prose/story than poem to me but that is not a criticism - my latest was a bit like that. Your voice is very passionate and I like that - humanity and love survives amidst all the chaos and horror.

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Sun 4th Jul 2010 15:15

I am going to be brave and leave a comment, bearing in mind I don't know the rules of poetry etc, but I am not very good with long poems, bearing this in mind, unless they really flow, but I loved the dancing streets, I loved politics scissored flags, restless bedrooms is brilliant, I love that, I think there are a lot of good ideas, perhaps it should be slightly condensed, somehow, I don't know how, and I don't follow any rules, but am just trying to add a helpful comment, I hope, x

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Ann Foxglove

Sun 4th Jul 2010 14:46

Blimey, if it's not Vaughan Williams or Marilyn Manson it's just not good enough! No pleasing some people! Just kick those size 5 cloggs off and go for it! x ;-)

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Jeff Dawson

Sun 4th Jul 2010 14:44

Blimey Lynn, something for every occasion it says on your profile, this is romantic and sensual for a sunday morning! Great stuff.

Thanks for comment on 'Our Father' - I had to keep changing the words as the nightmare got worse! ha, best wishes Jeff X

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Greg Freeman

Sun 4th Jul 2010 13:56

Thanks very much for your suggestions, Cynthia. You're right, it is a bit shambolic, as is most of my poetry, but the trouble is, it's meant to be a sonnet, and so removing lines 6 and 7 would put me in breach of the trades descriptions act!

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Sun 4th Jul 2010 13:43

Being a man of the cloth(ears) I find this quite,quite disgraceful,especially being a holy day-shocking! shocking! please write some more-ASAP! OOO! I,m overcome with emulsion-or something similar-ha!red 'ot! (HISSS)TEFAN-XXX

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Ray Miller

Sun 4th Jul 2010 13:18

Ann. Ta for your comments on Anything Goes. It's one of my Leonard Cohen impressions.

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Sun 4th Jul 2010 13:17

By gum, Alison! This opens a new perspective on climbing for me. Like the earthiness.

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Ann Foxglove

Sun 4th Jul 2010 13:13

Hi - Just relocated to this poem- cos you updated your profile I guess - Think it is great, and it says it all - not sure about the Ken and Diedre photo though! But if you love someone, what the heck!

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Mia Darlone

Sun 4th Jul 2010 13:08

Thank you all for your comments, I'm sorry not to get back individually, I'll be more socialable on this site once my production is over and I've come up for air.

Mia x

PS Gus - I've gone brunette!

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Ann Foxglove

Sun 4th Jul 2010 12:22

Hope things have improved since May 18th Crackling - it must have been very traumatic for you!

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Ann Foxglove

Sun 4th Jul 2010 12:18

Wow! Latin, French and romance all at once! Is he a language teacher, your guy? x

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Ann Foxglove

Sun 4th Jul 2010 12:16

Hi Lynn - I just saw Isobel's comment on Flesh and your reply to her about rhyming etc. Funnily enough, you said that rhyming works better in an amusing poem. I think that with Flesh, the rhyme almost made it into an amusing poem, which was probably not what you intended! It would be interesting to see a second version in free verse and compare. x

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Isobel

Sun 4th Jul 2010 12:10

Yep - I hear what you are saying. I often start of a poem in free verse and then whittle away at it until it near as damn it rhymes - it must be the musician in us... or old habits dying hard LOL x

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Lynn Dye

Sun 4th Jul 2010 12:07

Hi Isobel, thank you for commenting on "Flesh". Before I joined WOL I had only ever written rhyming poetry, but I have recently dabbled with free verse - in "Arillas" and "Warm Embrace" for instance, yet sometimes I have to actually change verses because they ended up rhyming anyway!! I actually think rhyming works better with comical poems, but free verse is probably better with the romantic. Thanks for advice anyway, always welcome, and I shall give it more of a try. xx

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Sun 4th Jul 2010 11:45

I really like 'top-brass gleam in searing (summer) sun' and 'grave-sounding holy men'. The couplet at the end is also good. The driving 'beat' sometimes trips up and lessens the power of your words in this chosen form.

You encourage me to try a real sonnet also.

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Sun 4th Jul 2010 11:31

I'm with Graham all the way. Good piece, Ann. I'm beginning to think of your work as 'the Foxglove flair'.

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Isobel

Sun 4th Jul 2010 11:26

There are some nice ideas in here Lynn but some of the rhyme feels forced.
Have you ever tried writing in free verse? I found it really hard to do at first, cos like you, I like the musical feel of rhyme. Sometimes free verse does feel more natural though. x

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Sun 4th Jul 2010 11:17

I like the sentiment. Saying it has 'potential' sounds so snarky, but it is what I do think. I know the lack of 'form' is implicit with the Woolie's idea of harum-scarum goods for sale, but I still think it could be, as a poem, more organized to fully express your thought. I would drop lines 6 and 7 of the first stanza as an example. I don't see what they contribute to encapsulate your idea.

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Sun 4th Jul 2010 11:03

Yes, Graham, I did. Chris Co was very encouraging about it, but it just 'fizzled' before. I'm kind of keen to see if any newer WOLers have any comments. It was a marked departure in style, sort of epic in character. (I use the word 'epic' rather loosely!)

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Graham Sherwood

Sun 4th Jul 2010 10:35

Sorry I didn't see your comment before I posted!

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Graham Sherwood

Sun 4th Jul 2010 10:34

Have you posted this before Cynthia? Something is certainly reminiscent of this in my head?

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Sun 4th Jul 2010 10:31

When I read this in Sale last week I was appalled to find I had in my hand a 'very early' version. But who would know, except me. I'm done with revising now. War is big on everyone's minds, as always.

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Ann Foxglove

Sun 4th Jul 2010 09:58

I can honestly say I have never had a creamy whirl - but do you remember Jubblies?

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Rachel Bond

Sun 4th Jul 2010 00:11

i love this, especially;
'i ate the black
and my viens turned white,
the line of chalk between us
sometimes smeared.
it all reminds me of alice through the glass..lovely x

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Rachel Bond

Sun 4th Jul 2010 00:06

i like the way you describe the affection...but the ending made me cringe...maybe im just fed up of people batting their eyes and talking shit at me thinking it make them delicously unnattainable and unique yet they all do it thomas....im not impressed, short pauses annoy me. but i do like the way youve described that cascade of feeling. and its only my jaded opinion.

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Crackling

Sat 3rd Jul 2010 23:19

Gremlins Gorn or sleeping Winston.

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Isobel

Sat 3rd Jul 2010 22:35

Not even Country Life?

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Sat 3rd Jul 2010 22:32

Welcome Crackling to WOL. Here's hoping that we are all sorted now. apologies for any gremlins , winston(Admin)

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Isobel

Sat 3rd Jul 2010 22:32

Welcome to WOL Naomi. I often get mistaken for a footballer's WAG too. I think it has something to do with my neck...
We are very lucky to look like our profile pictures - very many people don't...

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Sat 3rd Jul 2010 22:26

Hi Naomi, really sorry for the delay in posting but Welcome to WOL and I hope you enjoy the site. You can always enter your poems as blogs which often generates more comments :-) Win

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Crackling

Sat 3rd Jul 2010 21:32

Thats my effing wife your torking abart :(

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Ann Foxglove

Sat 3rd Jul 2010 20:05

Sorry folks - don't suppose anyone will like this - but hey! xxxxxxx

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Ann Foxglove

Sat 3rd Jul 2010 19:49

Thanks all - figured less is more on the development of this idea. And I can't play chess either! Snakes and ladders anyone? xxxx

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Nash

Sat 3rd Jul 2010 17:19

Soon I hope, Banksy. Been living it up at Glastonbury and such. should be back in the swing shortly!

As for the cat - simple is more than often the best

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Rachel Bond

Sat 3rd Jul 2010 16:00

yeh get a load of mine. i make £100s off american and japanese tourists outside the bingo on the high street...i get extras for reading my shallow pond life poetry...oh if these comments werent about me then why dont you make your criticisms in person to those who annoy you instead in a direct and honest manner. its uninspiring to read so called poetry and comments that are just a dig at other people. yes, very deep kealan.

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Sat 3rd Jul 2010 12:31

I like all of this poem but for me the last two stanzas are superb.x

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Sat 3rd Jul 2010 12:28

I like the analogy in this one too.
Unusual subject matter. I haven't attempted chess, it requires a lot of patience waiting around for your opponent to make their next move which does nothing for me whatsoever :-)
Give me a good old game of draughts any day, it's simple, fun and requires little deep thought and concentration, just a few neat,crafty moves and you are away. mmmmm...
x

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Sat 3rd Jul 2010 12:18

wonderful poem...love the way you get swept up to as it gathers pace..very physical!
be well. Trk.x

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Sat 3rd Jul 2010 11:08

Hello to the Mighty Nash !
"only a cat" = a very simple poem, but glad you liked it. When are we seeing some more of yours ? B

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Isobel

Sat 3rd Jul 2010 11:07

I would agree with Graham on that one. On a chessboard I love the knight cos it can jump around, lurk in the background and take people by surprise. In real life, I would always opt for something more direct and straightforward, even if it were against me.

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Greg Freeman

Sat 3rd Jul 2010 10:59

This is a bit out of date now, because a lot of the old stores are no longer unoccupied. But I still miss Woolies!

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Dave D Poet Rhumour

Sat 3rd Jul 2010 09:35

Hi Ann - thanks for your kind comments on 'Excess memories :) As you say it probably isn't a typical example, though I do tend to go with the mood of the moment.

Best wishes, Dave

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