that's very sad about your partner dying. my kick-start was similar but not as dramatic - we parted amicably as she wanted babies & I didn't - but it took me 2 yrs to get over it & was my one & only true "broken heart". I started writing some time later, still with a broken heart. I've since been very happily married these last 8 yrs but I still have the urge to write & I feel I've written better stuff since - so I wouldn't give up on it or assume that if you are happy your creativity will necessarily die. only my 2 cents :) B

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Good morning Kath and family,happy Easter.This is a very poignant and deep poem,obviously personal yet despite that,it is beautifully, excellently composed.Best regards Kath. Stefan-x

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Hi there, thanks so much for your comments on my 'War is ..' poem - glad you liked it.
Cx

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Hello Alison

Thank you for you comment... Dilly dancing...seems to have pleased people... it must conjure happy and pleasing images. Good for them!

Now, your reference to Terry Pratchet... has me at a loss... but ...hey ho...

Once again many thanks

Augusta xx

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In heaven maybe? ;-) xx

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi again - a "dangerous" idea just came to me - why dont you send me what you think of as your best couple of poems & I'll see if (to me) they are as good/better than coromandel. we'd both have to agree in advance that you & I might not like the answers though? B

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Hi Ann- I was going to ask this same question generally in "discussions" but I thought it might get too convoluted, plus, I was already pretty sure I knew the likely outcome - a hundred different opinions. Your ideas basically mirror my own, but it is difficult to know what to do. I've been published in a few printed chapbooks, comps & online, but often the editors dont publish the stuff that I sent as my best but usually one I threw in as an afterthought. I dont think it is a vanity to want to be published, to me it is more about some form of communication. The same thing also happens to the acknowledged masters - the Mona Lisa was not generally well-regarded when he painted it, but Leonardo saw it as his masterpiece as it's the only painting he took with him wherever he went. Now, we all recognise it as a true masterpiece. Without wishing to pile on the compliments, you are doing very well writing stuff like Coromandel if you are new to this - I dont think there is much that anyone on here could teach you about writing. but do YOU think coromandel is amongst your best stuff?? One of my best poems just popped into my head whilst I was driving - I pulled to the side of the road & scribbled it down ona bit of paper in about 30 seconds - it wrote itself really, all I had to do was record it - it was as if I hadn't really written it at all. anyway, thanks for answering my question that I am not alone in trying to tackle this mystery of what other people perceive as "the good stuff". all the best. B

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I can relate to this, ' to be separate from myself so i can think '. I have to wait for those feelings to pass, cause it always does. It makes me think about something i heard 'don't put yourself down, theres plenty of other people willing to do that for you '. Donna x

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Thanks Tommy, I haven't had much computer time recently but will have a mess around with said poem... thanks for taking the time to have a think, it's appreciated. I think you're going to win the Easter Egg at this rate, it will probably be a Cadbury's Buttons one bought cheap from sainsbury's tomorrow and I will tell you how it tasted! :)
x

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Just dipped in and read yours, Augusta ... and feel ashamed to call mine poetry!

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Original item by Alison Smiles

This one made me laugh - I love Ann's finely balanced comment sticking up for the female population! Do you really have 5 sheds John? What on earth do you get up to in them? If you get chance you should check out Pete Crompton's profile. He posted a poem about his garden shed not long ago - telling us what I suspect you get up to... and I'm taking it that's a red hot poker, you are man handling there...

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Original item by John Coopey

But a literary heritage does.... one absorbs different influences from different genres as one goes along, and this poem could almost be in the classical vein if you took out the line "my voice is that of a washing machine gurgling"...yep your youthful face could really have written this.

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Original item by Max Wallis

Are you being suggestive, Isobel?! I have "performed" this once and it didn't go down well. It was in a library, which didn't help, and there were tuts from some in the audience, abhorred at the vulgarity. Anyway, at present there's no sound on my computer!Thanks for the comments.

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Very succinct, John, brevity's the soul of wit, and all that.

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Good Evening Alison

Rare and wonderful words...


Despite her huge and scary bosom

Augusta xx

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Original item by Alison Smiles

Great observational piece...

...an 'Instant' hit.

Augusta xx

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Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

And how does one start even...

An amusing read Ray and some very inventive rhymes! It would be good to have sound attached - I can imagine you performing well...

John - i love your little ditty - nothing weak about it!

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Hi Cate

Druids are on the whire side of the night...these wee little beastie demons... were deadly, evil and whilst red in colour they were black hearted and satanic.


Hope you sleep well after all that.

Thank you so much for all of your wonderful comments.

Augusta xx

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Interesting poems Anna, your imagery is really effective. I'd be hard pressed to pick a favourite but Norfolk Sunk appeals to me, the structure of it really reinforces the still and/ or lifeless atmosphere.

- Josh

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I don't think age really comes into it. If you can write then you can write. I am almost twenty-one, I've collected many experiences. But thank you all the same on the comment about my youthful face :)

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Original item by Max Wallis

hi Ann - many thanks for the comments about "with hindsight". It's strange really though - I wrote all of these poems over the last 15 yrs & posted some of the ones which I thought were my best stuff - with very often little or no comment. Then by chance I posted a few on a totally different tack which were much simpler, easy to understand & these seemed to be better accepted, though IMHO they are not my "best" stuff. do you ever find the same? The one of yours which I included on my site - Coromandel - is sublime but didn't get any more comments than many lesser works by others. I've been aware of this quandary for many years - to the extent that I even wrote a poem on the subject.... but still, it's a mystery. Is it that others just don't "get it" or is it that some of us like Rossini & some like Abba - I just don't know. All I do know for sure is that it is wonderful when someone else does "get it" as we intended. all the best. B

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I like it too - the line Cate quoted is superb. It is a quirky piece - it has echoes of something but I can't think what. An enjoyable read.

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Original item by Max Wallis

So do I. There are some lovely lines in this . I particularly like "I will not crush the stars into lanterns to light your darkness" This is a very mature piece of writing from someone so young looking... I look forward to reading some more
Cate xx

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Original item by Max Wallis

Thank you for your wonderful comments on Lemon Pips. As a newish poet, with no background in poetry, I am often flummoxed when one particular poem seems to reach people, then another does not. To me, I can never tell which it will be. This, of course, is a problem if I ever intend to send poems off (hopefully) to either a competition or a publisher. Will I one day know which of my poems works? Is this just me or does it apply to everyone? Or should I just hold to what I think are the better ones. I am often gobsmacked by the reaction to certain poems which, for me, took little work. Or should I say concious work. It is a puzzle! But thank you again for your input which I always value!

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Hi Cynthia-lovely poem re a particular level of poverty-but with great respect,I partly agree with Winston,but from personal experience I could easily advise you on a much deeper level,ie-weeks on end-not days without food-blocked up toilets-doors hanging off-mental and sexual abuse-watching parents near killing each other-literally having to boil grass to have something to eat-on occasions also having to walk tens of miles to relatives,to get food.the list goes on-and believe me,much deeper! bit different from hand washing clothes etc? And of course there are the even much poorer people,who would make my past life seem like luxury! poverty is? mmmmmmm good question.Absolutely no disrespect to you dear Lady,but I was only pointing out to you my view,having unfortunately lived it.But in its self,a beautiful poem,as yours always tend to be.Thank you-Stefan-x

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Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I don't think infused coffee beans have made it down to Cornwall yet! I actually liked the first verse best. Do critics ever add anything to a poem? Except their opinion of course! xx

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Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Cyn - "Dreams" - thanks for the comments. it's based on a true story & the crux is that if you want something badly enough, you can sometimes make your dreams come true & the narrator is just telling that tale. B

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Thanks for your allusion to Aristotle - who the hell was he? He sounds profound - I shall have to do some research! LOL

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John, try leavin a message on his profile, im sure his email was 'woodenhorse@tiscali.co.uk'
hoping all is well with you, been too long

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I like the caustic humour in this. Some people will swallow anything but no-one will ever pull synthetic wool over your eyes Cynthia! A most original analogy. Critics to opinionated, yet not always clued up individuals. I like it - though I found the first 3 lines an odd introduction - not sure I fully got that bit.

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Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thanks for your comment on my latest Cynthia. Yes, I had a lot of fun with allusion - the discussion thread also! You are probably right about it being too stretched out. Perhaps I tried to cover too many areas - the youth of today could make an entirely separate poem - and I am beginning to sound old!

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Hello Coopey! Who 'he'?

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I can smell the coffee here Cynthia and it smells wonderful, hopefully it won't leave a bitter after taste. :-)

Jx

Comment is about Coffee and Critics (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Like this Marianne, tis clever. Donna

Comment is about Bird and Fish (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

A frank and compelling observation with clear, artful images; but mostly, it shows a universal truth that could be applied to almost anything, not just a 'menage a trois'. (no French marks available). Very good title.

Comment is about For the Notion of Emotion of Three in a Bed (blog)

Original item by Max Wallis

Once again - a show-stopper. I am in awe. You have expressed a very sensitive idea, and used sympathetic 'action' to illustrate your point, with superb vocabulary. It is imagination in the purest sense of 'showing truth', which will be new to someone. Interesting that you finally chose 'lemon pips' as the title, stressing the epitome of hope.

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The 10 O’ clock news with Fanny Inyeface…

Bee addict making bee-line for drugs white-lines dies in no time…

Suicidal Satsuma in high rise standoff…

Chernobyl Scientists deny Lakeland woman’s claim for compensation…

Details of Scottish Health Service’s patients self-removal of bum-boils announced…

Grim Reaper reflects on eviction notice after maintaining that flat is haunted with mutant Lakeside women...

Police deny that an undernourished officer and his oversized hat were solely responsible for their failure to discover valuable stolen piano. “The officer's behaviour was upright and in tune with Force policy" said Inspector Graham Sharp.

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Thank you for your comments on various things much appreciated ;-) Went to see Bad Company last night at MEN Arena they were brilliant !!! As for marrying you ha ha I probably already did a few times ;-)) heh heh
luv TC XX

Comment is about Beulah (poet profile)

Original item by Beulah

HI Winston - tis a good idea - the funds from the sale could go to the running of this site

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The world needs more Peggy's x

Comment is about lemon pips (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thank you for reading Lemon Pips. Yeah, I don't think she's mad, just a little eccentric and doesn't expect too much from the world. A gentle soul!

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Yeah, I don't think she's mad, just a little eccentric and doesn't expect too much from the world. A gentle soul!

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Dear Marge
When I was young and in my prime
I could not bend my c*ck
If I tried with both my hands -
'Twas like a stick of rock.
Now I'm in my 60's
This is true no longer
I find it bends in just one hand;
Am I getting stronger?

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mad peggy. lucky peggy. harmeless peggy. a calypsonian, stage name Crazy,had a hit in the caribbean once, called Madness Is Gladness. Not euphoria but gladness. so many look upon glad people as mad people. The mad people that I've come across have never been glad.

lovely descriptive sensitive work.
oh, eccentric peggy!

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thank you Beulah for reading and commenting so nicely on
my poem 'Alone'...
I am glad it made you smile... I think we can all relate to it ; )

Francine x

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The room is vast and tasteful
and of no time or fashion.
As curleques delight around your image true.
The frame as curled as the horns of exotic cattle.
Our hearts as soft as oranges and lemons
but twice as bitter.
Your bee-stung lips smile at me from the mirror.
The vast and tasteful mirror of no time or fashion.

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Sometimes it's quite soothing to pop into someone else's head, a made-up someone. My aim anyway!

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi 'A.E'

First of all, many thanks for your comments. Secondly, where have you been? This site needs those Salmons who swim against the tide of mutual gratification. We don't want a site full of 'suckers' - we need the odd 'blower' too. Now get your boney linguistic ass back on here and do some mother f**%$£g blowin'!

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Perhaps so, Augusta, but I just speak as I find.

Comment is about How Does Everybody Stop Having Sex? (blog)

She made a beeline for me

She was going to get it

Bee down

Buzz 999 on my Orange

daa daa daa daa daa daa

Spent the whole night in A&E

Ward 7 in the ‘Viccy’

Hope she makes it

Most times she’s a honey

But today in Glasgow she was a cow

I need more space

I need time to reflect and get back to my music

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