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winston plowes

Wed 17th Feb 2010 11:42

Hi steve
Was in the curry house in slawit last week ! Win

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Steve Nash

Wed 17th Feb 2010 11:42

Hi Ann, thanks for the welcome and the comments. I love "the dray" gorgeous imagery. I Look forward to reading more.
Cheers
Steve

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Steve Nash

Wed 17th Feb 2010 11:39

Thanks Winston, looking forward to being a part of this. I'm not too far from you actually - having moved to Slaithwaite a few months back (perhaps not the wisest of decisions when a full-time student in York but it is gorgeous up there)
Cheers

Steve

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Wed 17th Feb 2010 11:22

You are such a brave poet Mia... shocking images .. I wonder If I sleep like that ... ??

Wonderful
This one for the fridge this week... its my POW.

WeLL Done
Augusta Xx

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Wed 17th Feb 2010 11:08

Hello Jeff
Many thanks you so much for your continuing support and critique of my work, I refer to your comments on the 'Loney Edge Of Time' Iam so very lucky to have such a devoted fan.
Augusta xx

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winston plowes

Wed 17th Feb 2010 11:01

Liked this Mr Garter... loved the title. Win

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winston plowes

Wed 17th Feb 2010 10:56

Liked the odd observations in this Mr Garter... Just shows that nothing is as weird and maybe as sad as real life. Win

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John Aikman

Wed 17th Feb 2010 10:39

My wife was only trimming my ear hairs last night....she's trying to stop me turning into a hobbit. She's always on about it...but we've been together over 30 years now...a bit of mutual grooming never did any harm methinks. She started out squeezing my spots and it ends up with trimming your ears...there's a poem in there somewhere!

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Jx

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Isobel

Wed 17th Feb 2010 10:20

Love it, love it, love it.

Very subtly done.

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David Cooke

Wed 17th Feb 2010 10:01

Hi Greg Unfortunately, unlike all those others, I completely dried up for 20 years + was worn down by the daily grind of running a Modern Languages department in an appalling comprehensive school for all those years. Still, no doubt it was good for the soul, and at least I have been getting quite a few poems together over the last 18 months. It's funny how things turn out. I suppose at the end of the day, if you've got something to say it will come out in the end.

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Greg Freeman

Wed 17th Feb 2010 09:40

Alice Oswald, Don Paterson, Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy and many, many others ... I didn't realise you were in such exalted company until I Googled the list of Gregory award winners over the years, David! Thanks for your comments on The Tide and the Light. I was inspired to put it up by reading your The Tide, and noticing the similarities in title and subject matter. Greg

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Dave Bradley

Wed 17th Feb 2010 09:30

Enjoyed this Kathryn. Yum! What a pity Cadburys has been taken over by that nasty American company

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David Cooke

Tue 16th Feb 2010 22:33

Hi Greg Glad you like the old banger poem. I wrote it in memory of my grandfather who didn't get his first car until he was about 70! At the back of my mind I'd also like to do another one about this clapped-out old 2CV my wife and I had back in the 70s when we we met up in France. Unfortunately, it's just a vague idea and so far nothing has ever come together.

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 22:06

Hi Beulah, I would like to join but I am not very good at joining things, I dropped out of face book a while ago after I found my details published on Google as a result. Thank you for your kind blog though ;-))luv TC XX

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 21:59

Hello Annipoo.. reminds me of St Just and Sennan Cove, we used to take the kids there many moons ago, we were broke but happy then ;-)TC X.....
PS I have the Zen Book now ha ha...

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 21:52

Hi Steve. A big Welcome to WOL. Looking forward to more contributions. Winston

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 21:50

As so it goes.. the pain of human relationship's and exsistence on this plane... well scripted in this poem.
TC

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 21:41

Short but dark Kathryn, with a sad antomsphere too.... I liked the line 'In Cimmerian shade' even though I had to look it up ;-)TC X

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Dave Carr

Tue 16th Feb 2010 20:26

I read your sestina via the link. Great stuff. Inspired me to post one too. Dave

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 19:52

There should be no apology with this - great one to post on Valentine's day! Why bother with hearts and flowers when you can have a good hard shag? lol :-)

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 19:30

Thank you for your witty comment , I
also watch birds by the way.

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 19:29

Excellent stuff! :-)

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 19:21

Buggers indeed! I like that you let it go and look to the positive though, and enjoyed following the shift and progression of your feelings though this poem.

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 19:02

I know just what you mean about quality control. I think that every time I open my mouth, let alone what I've put in writing. Your 'One of Us Was Right to Leave' feels like it very much comes from the heart and is very powerful.

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 18:38

Hi - a great poem - cats can definitely love. when our 18 yr black devon rex slowly but painlessly died a year ago & he looked into your eyes, there was an exchange "of some sort" going on

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Ann Foxglove

Tue 16th Feb 2010 18:36

Gedowta here!

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 18:32

Why can't my cat be like yours? He's a psycho, and only loves me when he wants feeding :-) Maybe he'll have chilled out by 18 years old though (he's only 2 and a bit).

I love the way the lines 'Slender as a sliver of paper' and 'Light as a leaf in autumn' trip off the tongue.

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 18:16

Wow Cynthia! I was just eating strawberries and cream when I read this, had to put my bowl down :-)

I think 'cunt' fits in perfectly. It's used in the right context for the poem and anyway, what else is there that can be both sexy and sexually assertive as this poem is? 'Front bum'? 'Twopence'? 'Quim'? Haha - I think not.

I like to see any writer taking a risk with language or imagery because like Isobel says, when someone does do something that shakes things up a bit, you do have to applaud them for their bravery.

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 18:01

Hi there Ann, thank you for taking the time to read and comment on my poem,I'm totally new to the site and I don't know what I'm supposed to do, I just keep flipping about from page to page reading - is that the jist of it? I love 'where can I find a man who can dance?' I can picture the opals and the graceful swooping and closeness...I can also picture the swarfega men, I own one myself and he's not a fan of dancing :-) x

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David Cooke

Tue 16th Feb 2010 17:21

Hi Cynthia Thanks again for the comments. We used to spend all the long summer holidays on my grandfather's farm in Ireland. I use to love going up in the hay and spent hours up there reading. I just wish I had the time to do some now!

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Tue 16th Feb 2010 17:18

This is very good. I found a little confusion in the centre following the use of the period after '....breath'. I tried to pick up the flow of meaning again, and found it veered into other reflections which is fine, just a bit jammed perhaps. Maybe a break of stanza would assist the separation of natural causes and people causes. The last seven lines are an excellent closure.

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Tue 16th Feb 2010 17:06

The ending is exceptional.

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Antony Owen

Tue 16th Feb 2010 12:25

This made my memories of cornwall tangible again - our little getaway in porthtowan.

Good control of images the beautiful, the kitsch and the sense of a spiritual home, a sweet indulgence for sure.

Did you get the book?

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 12:09

"Was she tied up an gagging for it at the time?"

- you really do have a one-track mind..... = a perfect woman :)

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David Cooke

Tue 16th Feb 2010 11:52

Hi Ann Will do, although it's a bit of a slow process at the moment. Still, until recently I hadn't done anything for twenty years and just had all the old stuff lying in a drawer. I need to stop working!

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 11:39

Cheers Rach,re 'woodsboy'-inspired by two of my 'clambering grandys'
regards to you and your 'littlies'-Stefanoxx

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Ann Foxglove

Tue 16th Feb 2010 11:35

Hi again! I hope you'll let me know when your book comes out. I'd like to buy a copy (well, that's one sold anyway!)

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 11:08

Hi John, thanks for looking at and commenting on my 'Metal Tiger Roars in' poem, and from a different angle too.
Although i don't take kindly to abrupt, harsh critique, i do appreciate and value the considered approach and comment on the structure and technical merits. I've only very recently started to practice with meter based on Stephen Fry's book i have to add. Most of my poetry is written after quiet meditation so i feel it is more spiritually guided. Even that appears flawed because the human element naturally takes over when writing the piece.

I see what you mean about the ending of the poem. I believe that even a tiger would have some vulnerability when injured, literally or in the metaphorical sense. :-)

Thanks again, I needed a comment like yours to spur me on. I worked hard on it and it's the longest piece i've ever written so good to know it didn't go lame.

Janet.x
ps. I like your bio, i can relate to some of it.

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 10:50

In full agreement with the other comments here. Gorgeous stuff

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Rachel McGladdery

Tue 16th Feb 2010 10:43

Ohhh, she is beautiful. I tried to put up a picture of my Ronan on her poem but it's too big and I need to wait for one of my children to do the necessary technical stuff!
Lovely,
Rach
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Tue 16th Feb 2010 10:42

Isobel, I must have missed the ads you mention about shoes and flats etc...
I wouldn't expect to see that either on a poetry website unless it became necessary in order to keep the site up and running and even then, i would imagine some sort of payment to advertize them would be put in place.
I for one, hope that never happens here but sites have to move with the times and when they aren't paying for themselves, something has to be done.

Sorry, i'm rambling i know. :-)

I do think it's a good idea for gig-organizers to get the word out in blogs. Some of the new poets on site might not have got around to the gig-guide yet.
It seemed to work for the Buskin' for Beer' gigs last year. I believe they had good turn outs. Perhaps partly due to the extensive ads in various places.

It's good to know what's going on in the Southern communities too.

Janet.x

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Rachel McGladdery

Tue 16th Feb 2010 10:41

Thanks for the comment Ann,I was feeling rather bleak too when I posted it up(Big Birthday Blues) but now I've embraced the whole thing and am feeling much brighter...and the sun's just come out too!
Cheeers
Rachel
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Rachel McGladdery

Tue 16th Feb 2010 10:35

Thanks Andy, yes, I used to live in Fleetwood, I miss it actually....a bit....sometimes!
Rach
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Rachel McGladdery

Tue 16th Feb 2010 10:34

Thanks Isobel, I like Wigan actually, you're never that far from greenery are you?
Cheeeeeers,
Rachel
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Tue 16th Feb 2010 10:32

Hi Steve, wow I love both pieces here and your blog is fantastic. I'd love to see and hear stage play performed live.x

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 10:28

See you've been reading the papers' again Ant? :-)
Do you still write a sonnet a day?

Janet.x

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Tue 16th Feb 2010 10:24

I can smell the fish and the sea from here. Pity Fleetwood always seems so grey. I like how you picked up on the 'red' sweaters to warm it up a bit. I don't know if that was intentional but i saw red in the geraniums. :-)

Janet.x

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David Cooke

Tue 16th Feb 2010 10:03

Dear Ann Again thanks for your kind comment on the poems. You were very quick. I only put them on before just before your response! I've also checked out your own Cornish Holiday poem and enjoyed it very much. I recognize lots of those details from when we took our kids off to holiday homes.

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Rachel McGladdery

Tue 16th Feb 2010 09:39

Actually, I escaped a couple of years ago.Where I live now is Chocolate Box pretty but sometimes you need a bit of bleak don't you? I miss it sometimes.
Cheers for the comments,
Rach
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Isobel

Tue 16th Feb 2010 09:12

It sounds like a delightful place to live LOL - I'd love to see what you might write about Wigan - we don't even have the sea air to freshen things up!
As ever, fresh and interesting imagery in here.
Isobel x

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