mmmm....Lynn Dye?...Lynn Dye?....oh yes! its you with the bunionless foot! lol! clarify trojan horse m'dear? catch you later lovely mater...SW.xx

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Thanks Stef, but please take the above with a huge pinch of salt - don't think I've ever had one that was really that bad!! xxx

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Oh, Ann, so sorry about Gemma, many commiserations from me too. xxxxx

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I,m convinced that you will know how sorry I sincerely am about Gemma-knowing how much she meant to you-please accept my condolences.Am I right in assuming you found a nice resting place for her? the consolation is that she isnt suffering anymore and of course she will never be forgotten by us.Commiserations Ann.Stef-xx

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who are you looking at?

haha I enjoyed this very much, :)

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so colourful Michael
so cool
so clean
...and what, pray Michael
colour are your pupils ?

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curry gives Tony redeye but he loves it at the Great Big WOL weekend

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'transforming an
ancient passion
into a smudge.'

I see it as not being able to clearly express yourself as before due to partial memory loss.

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Really enjoyed your poems David, I recently read "Your Cahir" but I can't remember where, it will intrigue me until I unearth the memory...

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Hi Andy
Thanks for your comment about my poem "Autumn Comes" funnily enough when we had a frost prior to the snowfall I began a piece about Winter... so watch this space perhaps! ;) xXx

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No, I've been sitting in the bath thinking. Thanks all.

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just re-reading this Kath and was thinking of a title.. How about 'Raindrops' or 'Inside your World'???? x

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And then the net result will be beautiful or not beautiful - lyrical or non lyrical - depending on the eye or the vision of the reader.

I don't suppose it matters much so long as the artist enjoys and values what he has created though. There are plenty of great works of art that I don't like. Everything - poetry, art, religion is just about belief and opinion.

I am waxing a bit today. Forgive me. Some poetry sets me off like that.

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I like this one too. One to inspire all with hope, I think. Whenever I'm feeling ugly and old I will reflect on my invisible aura and take heart. Not so good for those who are unloved though...

I enjoyed your poems.

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For the non-hip-hop heads to bite in rapping is to copy.

"Mine's" in Souwf Lundun vernacular is just personal possessions pluralised.

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Thank you for your encouragement with 'The Truce' - not sure I could cope with a menage a troise as Anton suggests too dodgy by half

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Thank you for commenting on 'feeding the Birds' Andy - much appreciated

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Thanks Isobel I have written a few around this subject, I'll post a couple the others up.

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This deserves a few readings Mark. I love the ideas in this and the conclusion about being 'beauty-filled' rather than beautiful is a marvellous play on words and ideas.

I would agree that people who love and are loved look different. The love and the happiness and confidence that they get from that love uplifts them in some way. I've had the piss taken out of me for saying it - but you really have to feel good inside to project that onto the outside - not that your poem is too concerned with looks - I understand that much. x

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i think the three i could's at the end of the piece are lovely in particular, but enjoyed the full piece!

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its really nice

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Hi Snowfox... Glad you liked 'Seat 58A Coach D'. Thanks for looking in. Win X

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I'm always wary of commenting on yours in case I've misinterpreted them. I'll risk it this time.

I like this. It is life affirming. Something I can identify with. The love of parent for child - child for parent is unquestionable, constant (for the lucky ones anyway)- that is why I love this simple exploration of that.

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Hi Winston - thank you for reading and commenting on Passing Clouds - much appreciated

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Really liked this one Peter, see you in the new year hopefully. Win X

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yes, an interesting piece Ray. Keep posting. Win

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Mark, I agree. Totally unatural but necessary I guess in this age, I awake to the tune of the happy toymaker each morning! Winston

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a lovely little read Ann. Very gentle, Win X

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I enjoyed this Tommy - fav: (from a strangers mouth)your deepest love for me-

struggled though with 'I burn with a silencing ache'. Wondered if 'silenced' might flow better

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enjoyed this Tommy. Perceptive Perspective. Win X

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Nice gentle feel to this - my fav:
When blackthorn blossomed and the sea was soft.

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I thought you'd run out of poems to write ? eh?

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I sympathise... but you should invest in one of those things that gradually fills the room with light. Also, why people choose to wake themselves up with sudden loud bleeping alarm clocks is just as much of a mystery...

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Some lovely bitter-sweet images there Ann!

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Thanks Steve

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Hi Cyn - I'm sorry, I can't remember. I just had a quick look back & none ring any bells on that score. I did post one called "when we met" but that was about a dream, and not the missus (and it said so in the poem). We've been married nine years in January & she's called Yuree. thanks. all the best. B

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Season's greetings to you too. I've passed your comment on to the techies who are the ones who deserve the praise - nothing to do with me guv.
Paul

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@Cynthia: thank you, maybe an explanation is needed.

@Francine: I would be interested in your interpretation of the line.

@Philipos: Thank you for the comments. :o)

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Thank you for paying me a visit and for your lovely comment Cynthia. My latest offering was one our priest commissioned for the Christmas eve mass - it was so difficult hitting the right mark - not too controversial but not too pious. I decided to post it cos it is a memory of how I saw 2010 out. I'm not sure it fits on this site though, which is why I disabled comments.
It is far too long since we met! I will try to pay a visit to Sale at the end of Jan - that is always a very good night. I was sorry to miss your guest spot recently - I would like to have been there. Hope you and Stan had a good Christmas - it is lovely to hear from you. xx

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Very clever, short, sharp and ironically shafted on quite a serious subject for some people.

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Isobel, I'm so glad we have personally met. I like your work so much; I always anticipate the words and ideas because you write with great feeling and equal emotive skill. Higher praise I cannot give.

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Re- instantaneous thinking and blogging, Ann. I can't do it, because I don't have the immediate imagination and the corresponding well of words that just seem to spill out of a fascinating mind, like yours. I have some, of course; I used to keep originals forever, to make sure I hadn't lost the 'first-flavour spice' in the finished piece, but not much now. You will never run out of ideas, never. Meeting you was one of the highlights of my year.

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Hi Tommy - I really liked the freeze-framed activity of all this and take on board the comments of others - how about as a suggestion in stanza 1 - turning 'distant wait' into distant eye - just a thought but hey it's your poem

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I love this!
I think it is your best.

Fabulous line...
'transforming an
ancient passion
into a smudge.'

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I really enjoyed reading all the imaginative job-descriptions given to normally mundane wintry items but which you present to our attention in a different way - well done

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Hi Cynthia - thank you very much indeed for troubling to comment on Dusk Patrol, The Truce and Christmas Cameos - I certainly agree about spacing on the latter - will try to work the lower case idea subject to memory which you suggested on Dusk Patrol - and in answer to your question about canals in the Sale area - I haven't visited there yet but aren't canals just a gift for painting a picture with the pen - also I would love to see some of your scenic poems on screen - thanks again for giving me such encouragement you're a star

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I love the positive and creative change of perspective at the end...

xxxxx

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Very lyrical and musical, a gentle veneer over dark ideas 'its cerebral obliterating duster'. The passion of moonlight never dies; although, if just written, the moon is on the wane. I presume the 'nearly moon' is just 'almost full' whether going or coming. Or have I missed a major point? Quite possibly. I really do like this poem, Tommy.

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Hi Andy, Re Hulme idea. ok thats great. A good subject worthy of a retrospective project, I will cogitate and see what happens. Keep me posted. Win X

yes that is my current email address (winstonplowes@googlemail.com)

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