I don't think we can ever be "wrong" with our own poems Isobel. Do what you want to do. Go girl! xx

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I agree with everything you say about humanity Chris. However, I do think that very many people in this world are sad because they are alone and cannot find that mate in body and soul for whatever reason. In that respect animals have one up on us - though I wouldn't want to have the attendant lack of consciousness.

I am not at all offended by your comments. I have been very frank about your poetry and appreciate honesty so long as its sole intent is not to insult.

In order for that last line to cause any kind of reaction comical or otherwise, the rest of the poem had to be authentic - and I guess to me it was. Those are characteristics that I look for in a friend or partner.
Was I wrong to be flippant at the end? Was I wrong to seek to entertain? That is a matter of individual opinion. I am glad that the poem has made us both think at any rate. xx

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I think this is marvellous, Ray, high-spirited and exhilarating! Greg

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Very moving Lisa. Interesting structure - you have obviously taken a great deal of care over this and it shows.

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Hi Chrishave just looked up an online dictionary to check whether the word 'whimsicality' exists. It does (thought so). I wanted to say that this has got lots of it! Very enjoyable.

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Thanks for your comments folks. I'm sorry if the ending was a shock or disappointment for you. It was meant to be....
I have a wicked sense of humour and sometimes like to get up to a little mischief. Perhaps my sense of humour isn't always in line with others... I don't regret that ending though or have any intention of changing it. I don't consider it naff - just mischevious.

I do appreciate beautiful minds - I wouldn't have been able to write 99% of this poem otherwise. I also appreciate laughter. I'm really not taking the piss out of Stephen Hawking. I could just as easily be that beautiful mind that isn't desired physically by someone else.

If you wanted to look at the poem on a more serious level, Chris - you could see it as the human tragedy. In the animal kingdom, creatures, on the whole, just mate. Chemistry and the need to find someone attractive doesn't enter into it. How much happier would humans be if it were the same for us?

If you wanted to discuss it in relation to the two sexes, I would say that on the whole, the beautiful mind is far more important to a woman than it is to a man. That might spiral us into a totally different subject area though and this comment would never end.

Thanks to all for commenting. I do appreciate honesty.

Isobel x

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I like the poem but felt that the last line threw it all away, for me. It reminds me of how a poem of mine H.D. originally ended on a sort of joking throwaway, and I changed it in the end cos everyone felt I'd cheapened the whole thing. And ultimately I agreed with them. But as you say, it was meant to be a funny poem really. (Yours I mean!) xx

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indeed, my father's shop is the kind that eats people's days without them noticing and it was a fabulous place in which to grow up, my own word-forest. I like your work, many of the samples made me smile and/or think.

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Really nice poem Chris. A bit like a male version of my Bike poem! And your last poem was about a bus - is there a theme developing here?

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Hi Ian, thank you for your kind words on "not gone and not forgotten"
"DID" is indeed a wonderful poem and "gibberish" brought a smile to my face as it is a subject dear to my heart.

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Thanks Ann, I passed your comments on to Sympathetic Sybil and her reply was as follows: What? Is this a dead bothered face? You mean to say you stirred me from my lemon-sucking reverie to tell me that? Stop trying to make me smile - get your filthy hands off me..." I didn't catch the rest, to be fair, because I was being arrested for molestation, but it sounded like pretty strong stuff.

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Hi Andy, just wanted to say thanks for reading my latest. I';m glad you liked it.:-)

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Hi Winston, thanks for taking the time to comment on my latest, glad you liked it.

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Thank you very much cynth that means a lot.

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I love this!
So true too... Reminds me of my father who was an artist, mainly a sculptor : )

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You are GOOD, Kealan Coady. Your love of language and your provoking intellect are a marvellous combination; plus a fine ear for cadence.

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Of course, I get the humour. But what's the latest on literary types trying to make 'street talk', 'black dialect' etc. a separate, critical language choice for writing and teaching? Anybody up to speed?

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A beautiful haiku, Dave, capturing the idea of the beauty foreseen in any material by the artist, who must see it before working it into art.
BTW: 'caressed'has only one 'r'.

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Hi Win,
thanks for your comment on my Hyacinths poem. Much appreciated.

Janet.x

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I love this Isobel. For me it needs no elaboration whatsoever. I think you captured something special in your poem and undoubtedly priceless.

Janet.x

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Thanks for commenting on my Hyacinths poem. Much appreciated.

Janet.x

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I was enchanted - captivated by the power of your words and ideas - until the last line! And then, I was shocked. And I reacted: Why did this inspired concept have to centre on a 'man' relationship? For me, the final line was the repetition 'Some people have beautiful minds'- echoing a universal theme.

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So i did! Sorry about that :-)

I'll remove it now, thanks. :-)

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Hi Andy, thanks again for your comment on my Hyacinths poem.
A book? Well maybe a self published one in time. I don't think i have enough to put into one yet. :-)
Good luck with yours.
Janet.x

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Beautiful legs too!...

Well done, a thought provoking read.

Augusta xx

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You realy should try a little more sex Anne ...aid doing nothing you are starting to go green.

you know what they say... iIf you don't use it... you'll lose it... believe me ... right now I know the feeing...

Thank you for all of your support on my blog.

Augusta xx

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Aint this the truth??
Cate xx

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Lovely in its simplicity Dave.
Cate xx

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This is good, Isobel, especially the "Ears with sense enough.." verse.Not so keen on the following verse, Souls and all that, too abstract. As the sense of smell is an important element of attraction maybe you should have a verse devoted to that. But I'm being sniffy.

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Good morning Winston-thanks very much for observations on 'Sun Killer' your comments are very helpful and inspiring-best regards-Stef.

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agree with win here. love in particular 'i'm sick of your half-lid, opaque,
questioning eyes.'

Probably my favourite piece off yours so far. Keep em coming

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i get told i've got a beauitful mind but ruin it with dirty ideas! lol

Excellent stuff! Well judged and well wrote piece.. Really enjoyed it

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Isobel.......................................................................
You changed it! You reworked my favourite parts too!
Hmmm...
Je ne sais pas... J'aimais tellement l'autre version... C'était si romantique.
Au moins tu as laissé ces lignes là:

'Insight to the full, fatal spectrum
of a person’s heart
the nuance to a gossamer thread'

xxx

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something unusual about this Kathryn, twisted (in a nice way) Liked :-) win

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You're observant Win. It must be the encounter recorded at John 4.14. Jesus talking to a Samaritan woman, who as a Jewish man he would have been expected to ignore. And she was on her sixth partner, too. It's an intriguing incident, but not why I used the picture. Like so many of Stephen's works it has beautiful lines and 'speaks'

Thanks for comment #2 - appreciated and mutual, even when I don't get round to commenting

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More seriously, a thoughtful. brief contribution, You often wield a gentle pen dave. Appreciated. Win

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In your picture, Dave
Jesus said "The water that...
droped off the bottom

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But can you fancy just any beautiful mind? What attracts me to a person is a complicated thing. I think chemistry was invented to torture us all. So often we are attracted to the wrong people. Finding a person with the right mind and chemistry who is also available is like finding a needle in a haystack.

ps - this was supposed to be a comedy piece but I liked the same bit you did Rachel - I should probably have put more effort into improving the other stanzas.

Did you know that there is actually a knot called a blood knot? I researched it on google...

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hey...i master crafted single handedly the greatest sculpture know to man today....

I will soon be posting poem about it and pic (its that good) so watch out!

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i really like this..but I only fancy people with beautiful minds.

'the nuance to a gossamer thread
ears with sense enough to hear the tear that doesnt drop
twisted in its own blood knot'

the visceral quality of the pretensions of our emotions belie all the wonderful words you weave in your web Is. lovely poem. blood knot. love it. its like a twist of earthy primitivism with the gory loveliness of the body. I may steal it for the name of another musical escapade :)

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oh another language indeed..goes with the territory of being an old git!

Fun read!

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I really enjoyed the rhythm to this Ann. Dunno why but it reminded me of Sleepy Hollow!

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i believe you expressed it very well which you shouldn't have really..which just goes to show what power a super little one like this has

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Hi Andy, by the Power of the Sonic Screwdriver the nits can be vanquished. But -- if they're not treated -- it doesn't 'alf make the Dalek's itchy and they don't have sufficient reach with their suction cup and whisk, so they end up rubbing their tubs against tree trunks, just like bears do. Doesn't do the trees much good, either. Love your poems -- especially 'Animals in the bags'!

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Very atmospheric -- and somewhat spooky! And, yes, does a linguist really have anything to say -- only the means with which to say it. Fab!

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Dear Dermot, I don't think Sympathetic Sybil looks at all sympathetic. She looks snooty, has a mouth like she's just sucked a dozen lemons and her gooseberry eyes look mean. I could never tell her my troubles. Can you make her smile for April's issue? Actually, now I come to think about it she looks a bit like you. Could you be related? If so, forget I spoke!!

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Really good Dave! Simple and true, and a nice picture to enjoy as well. xx

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Good Poem Ann, being inside the claustrophobic old house was almost as bad as going outside..Donna

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That is an incredibly powerful sample poem Alison. It really hits you and is so simply yet beautifully expressed. I look forward to reading more of your work.

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Hey,
Brief encounters made me smile..
Thanks for your thought on my very short poem.
I used to live near Manchester for afew years, in a little town called Hyde. Thanks again, Donna.

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