Hi Anthony - thank you for your kind comments on my voice! Maybe I could do those voiceovers for the M&S food commercials they used to have - " mmmm broccoli" - with lots of practice I might be able to make it sound sexy! (Maybe not!!) ;-) (And hey!"a voluptuous vixen, both feisty and foxy" - are you talkin' about me? Just jokin'! It's a good line tho, might add it to my poet's profile! LOL!)

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Hi Anthony, thanks for the input on my last scribbling, theres a word I invented in there and a spelling! but yes we need to keep the worship a secret dunwe? hoping you ok.

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I love this photo - reading poetry whilst the Howcroft burns ... at least you're not fiddling.
Cx

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Thanks for commenting Anthony. And for the (?)compliment. Too young? I'm in my 50s but do remember Michael Miles and Hughie Green, the TV titans of their era. Strange, looking back, what we were gripped by.

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Yes, Many great lines in this Andy...

'like listening to a row of dominos
crashing down in totally
the wrong order.'

'trying to give the impression
of Greek goddesses'

'they will return to everyday life
like a pair of overstuffed vampires,'

And the ending too : )

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Anticipation...
Love these last two verses Cate:

'Within my hands
I hold the key
The future
All that is to be'

'I slowly open
Up my eyes
The world in waiting
Gently sighs..'

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Hi Alison,

Clever, crafted - and a little cruel! Brings the tale right up to date.

Regards,
A.E.

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Hi Gus,

A worthy intro to the theme. You're right of course - you can't win the cake - but this might take the biscuit!

Regards,
A.E.

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Hi Nash,

Simple profundity - just so long as you don't confuse it with the chamber pot! :-)

Regards,
A.E.

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Hi Marianne,

You juggle words, sounds and meanings seamlessly. Particularly liked:

"the one that smiles in the stretch of the sleeve"

"she is a folly of seasons"

and others previuosly mentioned. I would still love to hear an audio of your reading, as I'm never convinced I'm hearing it as you intend it. Go on, treat us all!

Regards,
A.E.

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Hi Ann,

Can't add much to previous comments unfortunately; except to say that I loved your conclusion (and you already know I love the voice - move over Ms Lumley!)

Regards,
A.E.

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Hi Cate,

got here late so I can't add much I'm afraid. Liked the reference to Blake and the partial enjambment though!
Will she/won't she? She's a woman - of course she will! ;-)

Regards,
A.E.

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Hi Steven,

You certainly "felt the dark side" with this one. Uncle Darth would be proud.

Near my roots in the Peak District there is a village called Hope. I would love to move there; not because it's a wonderful place to live, (it probably is) but simply to be able to open a conversation with the words "I live in Hope."

Regards,
A.E.

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Hi Dave,

I'm sad I got to this after it had been ably dissected! Maybe she should have "taken the money." But I suspect you are way too young for that particular reference!

Regards,
A.E.

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Hi Andy,

Loved "a row of dominos crashing down in totally the wrong order." By the way, you don't happen to have their address by any chance? ;-)

Regards,
A.E.

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Hi Cynthia,

I want to comment on this but I have to admit you have me completely flummoxed. Mind you, that's not too difficult. I will return later, when I feel sure all your mysteries will be revealed.

Regards,
A.E.

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Hi Val,

Sounds like Zeus had a pretty good idea when he gave a woman a mystery box - and told her not to open it! I'll bet it was shaped like a shoebox too! Like giving a bloke a copy of The Sun and telling him not to look at page three! We are soooo predictable . . .

Best regards,
A.E.

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Liked this one, I can picture the scene now (Isn't that what we are all trying to do with words?) Ah yes. Win

P.S. My school bus trips were nothing like this!

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"witness at Christmas" - clever!
Personally I'm a dyslexic/Agnostic. Stay up most nights just wondering if there really is a dog . . .

Regards,
A.E.

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Hi Nash,

You highlight a cruel trick here; that at that age you have all the desire, but none of the knowledge. Maybe it will come to me soon . . .

Regards,
A.E.

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Great read Ray.
Love your train of thought - and there's much to think about here. Neat conclusion too.

Regards,
A.E.

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Thank to all that have commented .... I'm so sorry to have bin away and unable to respond to you all individually .... but that s muh life at the mo... jest hectic....



Once again many many thanks

Gus

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I guess he was after a donation of some kind. Mmmmmmmmmm nice job...
I so envy you that one.... LOL LOL LOL xx

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Ta for the Pandora words. It's always easier to blame the gods rather than Man, I find.

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Cynthia, thanks for the kind comments on my poems. The Egyptian thing is part of a spoof series I'm doing.I used to be a Psychiatric Nurse, despite this I have a good understanding of mental illness!There's another stiletto jab.

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I had an email today from Mr Blackburn . . . Bet you can't guess what it said . . .

(Bet you b****y can!)

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Pick away - tis a bone long overdue...

xx

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Isobel,

I have a bone to pick with you!

Regards,
A.E. x

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PS - I think the idea I was trying to communicate rather badly was that "I can't NOT write it" - because it's there (if you see what I mean). B

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Hi - thanks for the comments. I think I can honestly say that I generally (except P.Box) just write = ie not for myself or for anyone else - something sparks a beginning, then before I know it, it's finished (sometimes needs a little cropping or tidying-up).
I agree about the sex thing - it may seem a little surprising with some of the stuff I've posted, but some on WOL have made me squirm - I always try to write with honesty & integrity, but sometimes the subject matter doesn't always make for easy reading. I never write for effect or to shock, but I can see that it might come across like that sometimes - to me, there is no subject that I would not write about if the words/ideas were there. I can understand (see Dave Bradley's comment to me maybe) that some folks have boundaries that they would rather not cross, but for me, as long as it is done honestly, there's nothing taboo. Whether other folks "like" it or not is a different matter - and I'm not even sure that "like" is the right word anyway.
all the best. B

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Having thought about it some more, I think we are essentially in agreement over the meaning - you just have a different way of saying it.

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LOL - I wish you hadn't told me! I prefer my version to the idea of a forgetful girl, periodically emptying her box. I think we were in agreement over what should be the meaning of line 2 though...

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What I thought I meant (which may not be what the poem is about) is that Pandora got the troubles in her box from the world in the first place. When she periodically empties them out, she (being a forgetful girl) leaves the lid off and the world flows back in ready to marinate a stew of troubles for next time. Perhaps mysteriously morphing swine flu viruses into sub-prime mortgages or whatever. But if it means something else to someone else, good luck to 'em.

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Thank you everyone, for your comments. Yes I did take the photo Isobel,it represents Hope escaping the box.

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Love the simplicity of this Nash. Sometimes ideas/poems are so much better for that. They hit you more.

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Fairy tale atmosphere conjured up here Gus - a bit like Harry Potter for grown ups....

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Love the humour and your very unique way of looking at the subject!

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As I would expect from you - original and startling imagery. I'm presuming that pantry, prison and pill box stand for famine, crime and illness...you have such an unusual way of expressing yourself! Love the 'hope lingering on a hinge' but all in all a pessimistic ending, since it is perceived as being asphyxiating and evil...

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Av changed my mind - can't resist reading and commenting. Love your take on the theme - I would wouldn't I? You express yourself a lot more gently than me though - a lovely audio also. x

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Powerful stuff Kit. I like the way you have homed in on the before bit - as Ann says, the air of expectancy. We as the readers know just what is to be unleashed so this is the calm before the storm... You capture the fear of disobedience very well - one I can identify with LOL
I like the last verse best - it's gentle and sad.

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To me the second line says that everything that came out of the box in the myth, was already there in the world. The twist is that all those things filled the box, not visa versa.The last line for me is more puzzling. Are you saying that everything is cyclical, war, famine, sorrow - so we will be always searching for answers and looking for that key?
A successful Haiku in that it made me think and it isn't obvious.

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Modern day Pandoras! A lot different to the myth Andy but I bet they reek a lot of damage on the male populace - a very different take!

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Very true to the myth Val - unusually so - it is good to have someone keep us grounded - as Cynthia says.
Did you take that photo - it doesn't look like a google pic - I'm so loving the variety of ideas!

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Another interesting take. Are you ranting against man/woman's frailty within the universe vis a vis the Gods/God?

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You're back with a bang Anthony - and a great sense of fun about your work! Keep 'em coming...

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I like the thinking behind this - similar to mine in some ways, but we apply the blame differently.

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oooo - this is a dark one! Most people home in on the hope - you've done the opposite - LOL!
As Cynthia says, an interesting take.

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An interesting 'take' on the theme, Kenny. Perhaps it could be tighter and therefore 'stronger'. Sometimes repetition weakens great points; it's a dicey tool.

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Your language is a joy as it dresses your interesting ideas, your varied poetical devices effective. Check 'the little green men........wander' no 's'.

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I'm in complete fog. What I finally decided is too ridiculous, but - based on "'her' box" - maybe the female body opening to sexual intercourse and the resultant birth of a baby which personifies all things new/begun again? Do help me out here.

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