Good afto' shoppingchops-sorry re the kerfuffle on 'Times four'indeed you can be Autumn(if you please-and how you do just that dearie)cos you have adorable flakey gold and brown freckles-or are they liver spots(jest-HONEST!)Stef-xxps-the deleted pooem was only a dry run so to speak and went on by mistake-sorwee!

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...and enjoyed this little one too. Win x
Was toying with something myself last night where each section ended in a flower name. there could be an expansion here for you too e.g

love the bride
nowhere to hide
carnation

(Although obviouslt not suggesting these actual words) lol

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Hi alain, thanks for commenting on ghazal - more explanation on the blog itself. Win x

Comment is about Alain English (poet profile)

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hi Steven Thanks for the comment on ghazal. This is a very mimimised version of the ghazal having only 4 sylables per line. It still has all the other qualifying factors for the classical form however. Because of this is looks and sounds very different and much more is left to the readers interpretation.

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I don't think you'll be a mystery Ann. They'll just google WOL and all will be revealed.

Comment is about epitaph (blog)

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Hi Isobel, thanks for commenting on Ghazal. It has given me a boost and better still hopefully a leg up for the ghazal too, Win xx

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Well it certainly doesn't highlight the bright side of life but it is certainly consistent.
I enjoyed reading at any rate :-)

Comment is about The Afflicted (blog)

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Thanks Janet - in a funny kind of way I envisaged this as my grave stone, my epitaph anyway! Must be the time of year, lots of gloomy pomes on here lately! xx

Comment is about epitaph (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

A very sad reflection of many grave stones Ann. Well put across in this poem.x

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I think a lot of people can relate to this piece - it's weird the kind of attractions that can strike you. Well put, though.

Comment is about Mannequin (blog)

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Good stuff, Miss Lucy.

Comment is about Rise and Fall (blog)

Original item by MissLucy

Brilliant - spot on poem, very full of truth. Got a title for it?

Comment is about The Afflicted (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Good piece - and moving now that summer is over.

Well done!

Comment is about Autumn Fen (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

Thanks for your support Steve. Sorry you can't make it but the more people I have there in spirit, the better!
I LOVE your pub poem. I'd have been gutted if the Original Oak had been demolished - one less bowling green didn't quite hit me the same LOL. I loved the historical allusions in yours. It makes you realise how impermanent we really are - which is sad but so true. I'm glad you shared it with me.
Great that you can make the Tudor. I'll be doing both my slam pieces cos I have one sister who can't make it too and she wants to hear them live.
See you there. x

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Good morning star of Odessa! yes I will be more than pleased to read your poems-but can you explain what the freedom(site?)is,and I will gladly have a look-love to you-Stefan-xx-xx

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wow Rach! you knew Joan Rutherford-thought I spotted you in Ms Marples-were you cast as the loose woman? lol-keep scrubbing! Grandad Wildey-xx ps(later on)ah it was Magaret Rutherford I was 'tinkin of-DOH!

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Good Morning Ann from soggy soggy Rhondda-thank you for pointing out my poem repeat-I was 'arf asleep at the time(and as per usual)thank you for the comment-which went off into the wild blue yonder with said deletion-sorry about that-it was very kind nevertheless.Yes the image I used is lovely-reminds me of the Ladies on WOLLY-now who could they be?....I suppose I could say you for starters but I w.....oh go on then lovelychops!-Stef-xx ps-could you resend the comment?preferably in Swahili?

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Hi Isobel, Good luck with the Lennon slam on Saturday - Soz I can't get along as I'm working but I'll be thinking of you, Go get 'em girl!I hope to get along to Wigan next Thursday so you can tell me all about it then (and buy me a drink of course if you win!)Take care, Stevexxxxx

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Good piece Dave. I also liked the symbolism in this, great rhythm too.

Comment is about Black Dog (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Isobel,Really liked this, how you brought the pub to life and also you and your son, different generations sat there thinking. I also have a pub poem spurned on from the past - it was called the Peel in Bradford which we used to go in all the time 20 years ago but when I went to my mate's recording studio last year I saw it had been demolished. Becky (my girlfriend)and Bernie (my best mate) mentioned in the poem have since died, hence the Roman loves at the end. Hope you like itxx
I’m stood by the remnants of the Peel pub
A few bricks now
Demolished to make way
For a grander scheme
I remember the good times in there
Wednesday nights
Spin the Wheel
Me, Becky, Bernie and Bradshaw
Getting pissed
Singing karaoke
Also Bernie’s 21st
A bright, sunny day
Sat around in the beer garden
All of us young
Full of hope
But the Peel’s erased now
Gone for good
Just two piles of saved bricks for another building
And some broken bricks in the ground
My memories are with those bricks and I wonder whose else’s are in there too?
Dig three feet down, they’ll be Saxon pottery
Further still, Roman loves

Comment is about The Original Oak (blog)

Original item by Isobel

This is a great idea Dave. Perhaps you should propose it as the next WOL competition. A four line poem with each line being stolen from a well known book or piece of music. Full acknowledgements being provided of course. I'd certainly have a go if it happened.

Comment is about Freedom (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Not so much a found poem as stolen?

Comment is about Freedom (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Enjoyed a lot, Dave, especially the opening 4 lines. Bit of a shame about espresso.

Comment is about Mannequin (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Hi Lucy - I really like this.. You are defo getting back..

One lil suggestion which you may or may not wish to do is on Stanza 6 is the reference to Nephew... This gives people a lot of clues perhaps if you remove this reference - would it encourage people to build the picture more for themselves etc???

Either way, top stuff.. I really enjoyed this! x

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Original item by MissLucy

You must hire someone to do menial tasks for you till then. My nails are pretty short at the mo. Ooh, getting excited for it now...train rides, big city...I may pop! :)
xxx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Oh we must have a drink or several. getting quite excited now but I still wish I could write two new poems before Saturday. See you soon x

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I had a dream a long time ago about two black dogs. The memory of it stayed with me a long time and got no real answers to its meaning either. Ah well..

Love this poem Dave.x

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Comical and rhythmic as ever Mr. Carr. I can imagine you performing this as i've had the pleasure before.
(of seeing you perform that is) oh dear that sounds even worse. I'll buzz off before i get myself into more trouble :-)

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Original item by Dave Carr

Went well at the Tudor - people seemed to think it was funny - no sympathy for poor Mrs. C

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great stuff Dave. Win x

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Brilliant! love the ending especially-cheers-Stefan

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Original item by Ushiku Crisafulli

ha! very clever Dave-I know the feeling-having been out with a few dummies myself-now I,ve settled for a real doll-only prob..she has an inflated ego! that sometimes lets her down-ta Dave-Stef

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Good evening Larisa(and McCoy!)thank you lovely Lady for commenting on my plane poem-actually you inspired me with your plane poem which is excellent!-much love-Stef-xx

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

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Hello Greg
Thanks for your thoughts on Borders. I spend a lot of time working away from home (well, not at the minute!) and I'd regularly go into a Borders after work and spend the evening reading a book, note where I'd got to, and continue the next night. I reckon I owe them a few hundred quid in lost sales.

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Evening Lynn and all-ta for reading chocky poem-Stef-xx

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Good evening Berni and Ben-although sad-I was glad to write a little poem for Felix-hope it gets easier for you soon-thinking of you-Stef-xx-xx

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All in all a hotch potch of poachings but I like it!
What is the other hand doing Dave? I'm just curious following Alvin's recent revelations. Maybe the ship is a metaphor - an ironic one.
You've missed the deadline for the Freedom thing so I'm expecting a disqualification. Haven't you heard there is a new sheriff in town - and he's real mean!

Comment is about Freedom (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

great work :)

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Original item by Dave Carr

Dave - great and imaginative poem working on all levels for me - Would go well to music I think
I must check out your other work.
Philipos.

Comment is about Mannequin (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Haha! I like this..! Sometimes you get more sense out of inanimate objects! :)

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Hi Iz - ta for having a look at Scrabble! Not quite sure how it can work on here. Will each word be new and self contained or like real scrabble where they all link up? I think I'd need visual aids for that!! Good luck for Saturday!! Hope your nails hold out! xx

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An yes. Was it me that set you off with my dali drivel? This is much better and I am working on a new one also, X

Comment is about The Persistent Memoir (blog)

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oi! Gladderbags! wot yew doin lookin all flippin glam n gorjuss! wit-woo-Mr jealous-xx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

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eww! stringy marmalade is for old people-I love Snickers cos they rhyme with knickers-and not for their medicinal properties!(yeh rite!)oojit-xx-xx ps-its the pubes getting stuck in me teef I also henjoy-mmm!

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

been thinking about Dali

Comment is about The Persistent Memoir (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Maybe just a teeny hint of intent?

Comment is about The Persistent Memoir (blog)

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A metaphysical moment indeed! Of course it is. It is a lovely, sincere poem, Ann, resonating with thinking people. The last line is superb. Anyone who grows older with all mental faculties intact must have such searching thoughts about the meaning of life. Organized religion capitallizes on this human bent, forcing set ideas into our psyches from babyhood, often leaving little space for us to develop thinking for ourselves. Since 'eternity is but a moment', surely it might be 'this moment'. So, I figure, eternity is exactly what you make it, moment by moment.

Comment is about dust (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks, Jeff :) x

Comment is about Freedom Competition Poem (blog)

Original item by MissLucy

Hi Fran: just enjoyed your clever metre-and-rhyme poems. David.

Comment is about Fran Isherwood (poet profile)

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Good job you commented on Skinhead, I noticed a typo and fixed it. Thanks for noticing and for being as ever spot on

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