The range and choice of 'items' and memories you pick out here is so vivid Peter. good job. hope to see you soon. Win x

Comment is about Setting fire to a hundred and one things of love (blog)

really appreciate comments on'Shell'-cheers-Stef.

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Original item by Marianne Daniels

Oh Peter...

The imagery and eradication of loves past by fire made me tremble.Were I to follow suit... the plume of fire would be seen on Google Earth... and close several airports for weeks....


What a superb piece... just loved the pants off it!!Well doneLook forward to meeting up with you soon, give me a ring.

Gus x

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I also think this works very well. "roots and worms and skulls and crowns / and roman glass and buried urns of bones, / patterned crockery and unexploded bombs": there's a real music to this. Words have been chosen very carefully for their sound in juxtaposition to each other. I like the idea that near the bottom is Harold's eye. A reminder that England's history could have been so different!

Comment is about stratigraphy (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I have to respectfully disagree with Graham. I feel the jumble beneath our feet does reflect very well the jumble beneath our conscious minds and love the idea of 'heart' at the bottom of it all. Really enjoyed.

Comment is about stratigraphy (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Very enjoyable. So much for the diet. Would, no doubt, perform well in your inimitable style.

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Original item by John Coopey

WOW! Re Hebden Bridge station! That is so amazing, as I copied it months and months ago! Next tome I go there I'll have to get someone to take a photo of me standing there with my rucksack on my back, looking up the track! Wow! xx

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Hi Ann, Yes, It is Hebden Bridge Station! Not the normal sort of passenger you get waiting for the Leeds train! Win x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thank you for your kind observations on my 're-mix'. I am happier with it and I think it stands up (so to speak) as a poem. It is a bit odd plagiarising ones self but oddly satisfying. I might try it again in a different form, I've already got the first line of a sonnet there! Or perhaps I should move on and find something else to write about? : )

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Hi Win! I've just changed my profile pic and used an image I've had on my computer for ages. Now that I've been to Hebden Bridge station I can see that this painting does look exactly like it. Although I suppose lots of stations used to look like that. What do you think? xx

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How did you guess! Do you think the painting is HB? I found the image ages ago and copied it onto my computer, but I never took a note of where it was or who the artist was. But now I've been there, it does look just like it. xx

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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Thanks for your comments on Colours, Isobel. It does feel like a lifetime, but I'd like to think we have one more colour change in us to come!

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Original item by Isobel

Love the new profile pic, Ann! Your going-home outfit after Hebden Bridge?

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Ann, thanks for your comments on 'Brimming' :) Best wishes, Dave

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I agree with Ann's sentiments, you go further into rather than violently look for a desperate escape as in Plath's "Burning the letters". Both I like. Very touching. well done.

and thanks for your comment..hee hee!

Comment is about Setting fire to a hundred and one things of love (blog)

good stuff, pete.. nice to see you posting again! enjoyed this as always - i particularly liked the change of pace in the last line too

Comment is about Setting fire to a hundred and one things of love (blog)

nice one lyn. Need to look at that link again as it worked on my pc.. wonder why it didn't work here! x

Comment is about Space (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

you ain't the only one there m8 with pink trousers! lol

Comment is about Pink (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Are you happy with this now John? I hope so. I think it's really good. Some of the images are beautiful indeed. The last three lines make it quite haunting, there's almost a sense of horror as if something like incest has taken place. Just my interpretation here. xx

Comment is about Sometimes (extended rhyming mix) (blog)

Original item by John Aikman

Hope you're feeling in the pink today Dave! (Maybe gold lame trousers?) x

Comment is about Pink (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

I like the thought process of this, Lynn...
Just let your mind explore the possibilities
: )

Comment is about Space (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Ooh... I really like this, John...
'draw starsigns'
'a hundred moonshards'
'to paint your skin in shattered galaxies'

No regrets though...

Comment is about Sometimes (extended rhyming mix) (blog)

Original item by John Aikman

So now we know what your limit is... ; )

Comment is about Pink (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Lots to praise in this and should perform well. I particularly liked the ending in which the lost lover's attention to detail is only brought into focus by your own attention to detail. A nice touch that works well on the page, and would also finish a performance effectively

Comment is about Setting fire to a hundred and one things of love (blog)

Two corny for words :)

Comment is about Hallux Valgus (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Thank you Cynthia. I must have been about 14 when I played a mome rath on our class's performance of the Jabberwocky on the school stage. It was quite fun outgrabing!

Comment is about Hallux Valgus (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Thanks for those comments Freda and Cynthia. Very kind. I think the form is called an Italian Sonnet. I don't want to take any credit for it. I suppose cyberspace can be any colour you like.. as long as it's black.

Comment is about The net (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

good poem Dave,awful subject eh-poor kids subjected to bullying and having to face it on a daily basis-terrible-fortunately a lot of schools seem to be doing well in eradicating it-but obviously it rears its ugly head in a lot of other quarters-very poignant poem Dave. very nice to see you back-handsome image and all! best to you-Stefan.

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Original item by Dave Dunn

Didn't see the station. Really enjoyed that weekend though - even though there were some things I'd like to see done differently next time. Had awful come down after it - wish there was another one planned already - to look forward to.
Cx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Actually, it looks just like Hebden Bridge Station!

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

So you do! Ignore it and it'll probably go away. Just be careful sitting down. Or in high winds.
xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Er - oh yes! So I have! I hope it's not like the start of the Quatermass Experiment! I seem to have some kind of bird's nesting box on my head too!

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Erm - you seem to have some kind of bright green growth on your bustle! Hope it clears up soon
xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I liked this too Pete. It seemed like at the very end, when all was burning and it was too late, the lost lover took life again. There she was! I loved the last, almost throwaway, line. I'd love to hear you perform this.

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Thanks Ann, nice of you to miss me - I've not been quite so active on line recently, but I will try to play 'catch up' :) Best wishes as ever, Dave

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I liked this a lot Dave. I expect most of us remember our first day at school! I am always puzzled when people refer to schooldays as "the best days of your life." School holidays maybe! xx

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Original item by Dave Dunn

Glad to see you are around again! You were missed! xx

Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Thanks Graham. I guess I was delving down into the earth as an archaeologist might do. A description of that mishmash of things and their respective meanings - or maybe they have no meaning at all? It WAS a list really, but I hoped that the language and the images would carry it through. xx

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Yes - I like the line Janet liked, in particular - the idea that someone can be encapsulated in a smell of a perfume bottle. I like the way you manage to also express the missed eroticism of that person - very your style.
I liked the description of the photos curling up also.
Good to see you back posting! x

Comment is about Setting fire to a hundred and one things of love (blog)

This is clever. Your blogs have different streams of comments. No end to the cleverness of Wol. I commented on your last poem again by mistake.
Freda

Comment is about november robin (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Colourful Robin! A Christmassy theme. I agree about cat owners. I bet some others who are not would find 'Amber' unhygeinic to say the least.

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Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Lynn,you forgot the word'beautiful'in between the last two words-good read-Stef-xx

Comment is about Space (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

hope all is well with you Dave-best regards to you and yours as always-Stef.

Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)

Original item by Dave Dunn

Good evening Lynn-when you stop tripping the light fantastic with your new tootsies,I would like to thank you for commenting on 'Misted over' ta twinkle toes-Stef-xx

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

Original item by Lynn Dye

I really liked this until it descended into a litany of cliches and metaphors at the end. It's almost as if you ran out of words Georgina?

Comment is about Circumstances. (blog)

Ann, a lovely idea that I felt was all mixed up. At times it seemed that it was listing eras and items etc.
For me a closer correlation between the what and the when would have made it more powerful. Super idea though.

Comment is about stratigraphy (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hello Cynthia, nice to hear from you. I don't have a name for this structure (or even know if there is one) as it was really inspired by music strangely. Also my first poem inspired by a dream. I admit it really is a leap of faith to both write and read. Definitely out of MY comfort zone. Regards, Graham

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I think this is terrific, rhythm well in control and rhyme scheme innovative. I'm a bit in awe, actually a lot in awe of your strong structure. Funny how we envisage cyberspace as black. Surely it is not....is it?

Comment is about The net (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Sometimes thinking is the best way to travel. It's certainly reduces one's carbon footprint! Very nice.

Comment is about Space (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Thank you so much, dear Lynn for your kind comment on "Don't Ask Me My Age!" With warmest wishes, Larisa

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