hi Laura,

It is indeed that tempestuous bitch MaryJane!! if you know her well enough, you ought to know her old friend mr white too!! anxiety ridden is very apt! thanx for commenting xx

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Is this some sort of family reunion? lol. Win

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Hello there.

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Areet Mart!! Heh - what a surprise to see you here! ;D

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Hi Martin, Welcome to WOL. Hope you enhoy the site. Winston

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Thanks for your comment Alan - I've left a response on my poem - it was massive LOL - wouldn't want to clutter your profile with it! x

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Hi Isobel. Thanks for your comments on my escape! Close, with the last one but the meaning doesn't matter too much to me in this one. Its more the collection of words. Oops, missed the title off, added in now Win x

This is an interesting title Escape / ecsaping / escapism.

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Hello Simon - good to see you on WOL with your two stonking starter poems - thought 'standard issue' perhaps a cliche in 'Noir' but the rest was super and a refreshing read from our norm - well done

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Re: totally selfish, free of kids - a PIPE DREAM OPIUM FILTERED!

P.S. That's a phrase out of my latest poem. Taking it to the Greenroom this month. Maybe the last gig held there; art cult cuts and all that.

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Val, thank you for your comments on 'Don't Go' The middle two lines you said could stand on their own were separate poems I combined, so your right, for a while they were standing on their own.

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Aww thanks for worrying about me. I'm fine - still sane, despite mixing with so many poets...

The tone of my last one was a bit sad and wistful - mementos bring that out - the thought that everything in life is so impermanent and the only things that endure are our memories.

Untitled was about world/people weariness - inspired by someone else but applicable to myself at times also.

Am touched that you've taken the time to read. Glad to see you bobbing in and out of the site as well. xx

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Hi Isobel,

How are things with you - well I hope?

I found your last poem - "Memento" - very sad and wistful. I'm never sure that I interpret your work as you intend; not that that is necessarily a bad thing. In fact, so was the previous "Untitled" one. I hope this is just me, and not a reflection of your present state of mind.

Regards,

A.E. X

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Hi again Cynthia I think I'll leave my naked lady a while now and maybe look at it again some time later. I actually posted this one almost immediately after writing it, so I probably need a bit more distance from it. Thanks anyway, though, for your very thoughtful and careful reading.

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thanks Dave :)

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Je trouve que c'est très bien exprimé... et moi je suis pareille ; )

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Hi Simon Thanks for your kind comments on La Nue Provencale & good to see you here on WOL. I recognize your Parakeets because Greg spoke highly of it to me a while ago. Greg knows a good poem when he sees one! If you're on Face Book and want to hook up I am

www.facebook.com/davidcookepoet

Will look again at Parakeets and will check out Noir when I can give them proper attention.

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Hi Isobel - I'm not sure why I appear in the Wigan WOL group, as I live in Surrey. Cheers, Simon

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Yes, you could well be right about that Greg. Who was it said 'Once a Catholic.... ?'

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This bird poem was written last May, Isobel, when there was more rain. There is a marked difference this year, with such a dry spell here in the Northwest. I hesitated to post it after such a recent 'bird poem'. I adore most birds, with even a grudging admiration for the magpies and feral pigeons.

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Ann, you are on the ball! They are two separate references, but obviously can be read together as a 'couple'. I changed it only recently too; now I must fix the ambiguity, but can't remember what I had before.

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Hi Cynthia I've had another look at La Nue Provencale and think that, hopefully, I've made it reflect better what you actually see in the image. The time sequence in the first stanza is now maybe a bit more straight forward. See what you reckon.

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Hi Greg - Thanks! I'm off to Lundy for a few days - so hopefully lots of looking out to sea for me! (Where's those sea sickness pills?) :)

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Hi Cynthia Thanks for the very considered response to my provencal lady. I'm thinking about your comments. I have slightly shifted my time frame to before the point we see in the photo which may have complicated it all a bit. By the way if you write a poem about a painting it's call 'ekphrastic' ( if that's how you spell it!). I suppose you can use it for photos as well. I thought the time sequence made sense. She wakes up early before the sun is up but then eventually gets up herself a bit later. I think, though, that I may have to tinker with the bit about the shutter. She probably opens it when the sun is much stronger than I suggest so 'seep' and 'premonition' might need changing. Maybe 'sweep' and 'summons' - but it's got to have the right sound/cadence. Btw my new collection 'In the Distance' is now available on Amazon if you fancy a signed copy!

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Have just noticed that you are a member of the Wigan WOL group - can't understand why you are not showing up in the group - it is saying there are only 3 members so far - I'm wondering if that is happening to other people. Hope to see you there some time anyway.

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Thanks for your comment on my poem Simon and welcome to WOL. I've enjoyed reading your poetry - it is very rich.

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Hi Greg and Julian. Thanks for your comments!

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Having just returned from a week's coach tour -thank you for commenting on Three Reflections Andy and glad you enjoyed them

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Most people on here are some kind of late starter in poetry, so you are in good company.
Your writing is superb, atmospheric, Simon. Parakeets invites you to read and re-read; perhaps an appropriate double-take on this exotic offering.

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The sense of place and atmosphere in 'Kemptown' is almost palpable. The repeated use of prepositions makes reading the extract like being led on a journey - and I'd like to know where it goes next. Great stuff.

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Hi Simon, good to see you on Write Out Loud at last! You know I admire Parakeets and Noir. Thanks for your comments on Touch Wood: don't think I've ever read that one out. Greg

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Hi Simon, welcome to Write Out Loud. Winston

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Hi Lynn - why why why I don't know - I don't give a stuff about William & Kate - but I've been in floods of tears all morning. I suppose it's memories of other times and other weddings, of hopes and just that something that brings us all together. (Still don't care much for the royal family though!)xx

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Hi Ann, thank you for your lovely comments on "Not for us". Fortunately, I only had to work 7 till 9, but yes poetry can be quite therapeutic, can't it?
xx

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Hey! I thought you were supposed to be hard at work today! Glad that you have some time off!!!!xx

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Ha - the kids are all watching it - I will take a peek at the important bit when the bride arrives - just to see if she gets the dress right. Am not really interested in what Posh Spice is wearing or Elton John for that matter. :)

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Not watching it on't telly then Izzie? Hope you have a good day off!xx

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Hello Lynn. Thanks for your comments on The Continuing Story of John the Hat

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Hello Val. Thanks for your comments on The Continuing Story of john the Hat

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I hope you are enjoying not being a question mark! I find using the photo option very liberating and imagination-pleasing! I am liking being a chough! Sometimes I like being a mud-maid - sometimes I like being me. x

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Hi Paula , Welcome to WOL. Winston

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Hi Patrick . Welcome to WOL. Hope you enjoy the site. Winston

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Hi Kieran Welcome to WOL, Good set at WOL Sale the other night. Keep rocking! Winston

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Wow! what a bio. Welcome to WOL.

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Freedup is on the 19, May. I must have misheard last night. I am in; see you there. Thanks for the encouragement to be part of this gig.

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That is the Picasso 'Aperitif' which I wrote about. Winston was in Sale last night, and he suggested it might be a good one. I'm a bit apprehensive - but it sort of suits. Not that I look anything like that, but still - it kinda suits.

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Hi Anna, Send your deets to thom@royaldaylight.co.uk and I'll post you the prize. It's been collecting dust on my bookcase for months... at least I hope that's where it is. Thom

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Hey! Great piccie!!! xx

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enjoyed your sample poem, Kat. Hope there is more to come x

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what nicer compliment could I ask for - you're too kind Cyn - but many thanks :)
(our lot)

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