Hi Cynthia - (When Man Has Gone) I am not sure why I arrived at a ten-toed foot other than to demonstrate an alternative form - I have responded in some depth on this and really appreciate your views. Thanks for commenting in such depth x

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Hi Jeff, thanks for your comments on 'No Job For A Man' - something had to come out of watching the entire re-run of 'When The Boat Comes In', hehe.

Best wishes, Dave

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Hi Fatima
Your work is ever-wonderful and you seem to be really going place with it since we first met you at the Wigan slam all that time ago.
Keep on doing what you are doing, and inspiring us all.

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"Somewhere the Sun" I feel expresses in a different way what I was going on about in JUNK.
I really like it-"the poets leapt like tigers/or wanted to" is great and funny : )
I'm in North Herts and am looking for more open mic opportunities-anything doing in Beds?

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Thanks for your comments on JUNK
Judging by the time of your posting, perhaps it was more than connecting with you! : D

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Hey Marianne, i'm glad you liked 'I am Whale'x

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ta Kool Koadys Kid for comments on 'Late revelations.mucho appreciated.x

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HaHa - it's a poem about you & your damn fox - was the foxglove not a clue enough?
a fox's words stole my heart = coromandel.
summer's almost here ? - you said it first ;)

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Hi Cynthia - many thanks for commenting on Ireland with Betjeman - I did wonder how this might be perceived and who Emily really was especially in the light of some recent revelations that it may have been the late (?) Duchess of Devonshire from highest nobility in the land x

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Hi Cynthia

Thanks as ever for your kind comments on Routine is Death. I'm staying in the Rhondda at the moment and the driving on the dangerous hill roads round here contributed to the chain of thought. Curious what starts a poem isn't it.

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Thanks !
(I have no idea what the offside rule is :D )

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hey laura...its nearly monday! will see you for bunfly recording debriefing sesh. ill bring my violin.
louise coulson mentioned getting heads together to organise the reading tents for imploding festival. havent written anymore of the childrens stuff so maybe we could have a chat about that.
see you then x

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Hi Melanie - glad you enjoyed When Man Has Gone - thanks for taking the time to read it x

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Ha - and what has now happened to Haven - is nothing safe on your profile?

Funnily enough I read it today but was too short on time to comment. I was going to come back and say that it obviously wasn't autobiographical. Anyone with a decent knowledge of Barbara Cartland (as the teenage moi was) would know that her books would never have entertained the union of a male farm-hand with a monied female. Far more likely for an ordinary girl to find a french/italian count or some english nobleman and be swept off her feet - into a four poster bed - not a hay stack.

I enjoyed the poem - though I needed to revisit to comment on style. I did wonder whether such a woman really existed. She seemed too happy and contented in her little bubble - not lonely at all. xx

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Hi Rebecca many thanks for commenting on When Man Has Gone which me the chance to visit your site and indeed enjoy your work - best regards

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hello Tim, my thanks go out to you for your kind comments on 'Stars Would Gladly Cast Their Gleam' - much appreciated :) Best wishes, Dave

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Hi Anthony, thanks for your comments on my pyrenean poem. My ride was 3 years ago now. Going for the Alps however in Sept. Yes, those col names are very poetic in their own right arn't they, Win x

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Thanks for your comments on the Uncertain Narcissist-very spiffing : )

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Hi David. Yes, thanks very much for your recent comments on the Betjeman poem and Touch Wood. Fair enough, if he's not your cup of tea. I was quite taken aback by the amount of affection he engenders. Of course, I feel a great bond because of his love of trains. Sometimes I find it difficult to write about anything else but railways!

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I've just been catching up with your recent poems. (All very good and hope you've seen my posts.) I was inspired to put my latest on after reading your recent railway poems.

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Re: Jacob's Ladder as you so correctly infer is the link between this world and the next as well as a colloquial term for the rope ladder on the side of a ship - your comments always appreciated kind sir.

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Oh yes now i see. Please excuse, i had the wrong specs on. How the heck did you get up there?
...and is that as a young person with...is that red hair i see?
and how big is that mug? :-)

Where was it taken? I've never seen that chair before.

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You must know my views on catharsis by now Anthony…
I do write the occasional autobiographically inspired piece – though my pride would stop me from going to the outer limits. I think women are more inclined to give vent to their emotions in this way and I don’t see it as a bad thing. Catharsis only gets a bad name when the needle gets stuck and we fail to look beyond ourselves. Our own blood and tears are but a drop in the ocean when you take a look around.

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OK, I'll 'fess up! If there wasn't that "little bit" of "us" in our writing it would all be much the same I suspect. That doesn't mean though that we write all our "characters" and scenarios from first-hand experience. Isn't that what imagination's for? ( although I wouldn't have minded being George Best for a while!)

" . . . a heart, a strong mind and a very sensitive soul."

I nearly fell off my "big chair"! Does The Pope know this- I should be in for Sainthood!

;)

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Who was it who wrote that all writing is autobiographical, in that through our writing we reveal ourselves?

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Thanks for paying me a visit Anthony - what doesn't kill us certainly makes us stronger :) Am working hard on doing more performance/funny stuff - though I fear my latest may be too blue to post on WOL. Co-incidentally, it also bigs up Wigan - the best place to perform in the whole North West, from my experience. We don't take ourselves 'too' seriously up here, which makes for an entertaining evening. You will have to revisit your roots one day. xx

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hiya Andy :)
thankyou for your comment on 'driftwood faces' much appreciated!
catch you later
Rach x

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thanks lynn for your lovely comment on The edges of sadness :)
ive been having a break its nice to come back and post :) x

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Wise guy huh?
I suppose you think that's funny?
Typical from a North-South divided male! :-)

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Hi Isobel,

Thanks for looking in on "alpha et omega", and, as always, for your comments - never drivel! As always it is in no way autobiographical; you should know by now that I seldom do that kind of stuff.You are right in that it's "generic"; hopefully anyway. Most, if not all, have been in "those" situations, and I wanted to write something universal. There was no conscious link between the first and second "couples", although I can see how it might seem that way. I'm pleased you found your own interpretation. I did try to shift the focus by using second-person he/she in alpha, and third person they in omega. Not sure if that worked.

I'm glad your compering stint went well; the challenges we set for ourselves make us stronger and more confident, and it looks like you were appreciated.

So, now you're "a performance poet living in Wigan" - don't sell yourself short! ;-)

Regards,
A.E.

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ps can you not park your rear end on that chair in your new profile pic... it would add something i'm sure :-)

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Hi, thanks for comment.
Although the poem was posted a little tongue in cheek, i was being serious with regards to the punctuation :-)

Thanks again, 'tis appreciated.x

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Hi Elaine Re 100 ways to fold a serviette. Glad to see that mycarefully chosen words are appreciated. You are very kind. Glad you liked it. Win x

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thanks Isobel : ) I was worried it was just affecting my computer this morning so i mentioned it to Julian..then got carried away imagining : ) deb x

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: ) I love hares too and am hoping it would outrun that mean wolverine. Thanks Anthony and I must apologise for dropping your 'h' in my earlier comment,i have added it now. Deb :)

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hey Jeff :)
thanks for your comment on 'vintage Heart'
yes would love to join you at one of your nights soon :) x x x

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I more-than-fancied her myself, but was already hitched anyway. Thinking afterwards, I was ashamed to say that I thought I'd love to jump her bones, but, would I want to be seen out with her ? No - and that's the shameful part and I would not normally think of myself as the shallow type, but I guess this showed my true colours ?
(god goes walkabout)

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Hi Melanie
Thanks so much for taking time to read the poems I've posted so far, you're very kind.
I'm really glad you liked them.
Amy x

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Hi Elaine
thanks so much for taking the time to read my poem, i'm happy you liked it.
It's actually one of those poems I've worked on for a LONG time, and seem to finally have it tweaked to where I wanted it.
Am going to set aside some time to explore your writing now...
Amy x

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Thanks for your comments Laura on "Twisting Knives" - it's one of my darker pieces, thought I'd put one up, I have one or two (ha ha) as you can imagine! But at least it has hope at the end...

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Thanks Anthony and incidentally< what would you prune? ;)x

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thank you Elaine for your kind comments on Ward 11.
: ) I was just reading your Moon poem. I love the imagery,frail ancestral bone riddles with holes. I often stare at the moon(probably unwisely)but now will have your images in mind and see it in a new 'light' Did you see the perigree moon 2 nights ago? It was a lovely pale saffron colour. thanks again, Deb x

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Hi Greg - re; Mal De Mer - tis true I was a merchant seaman in my youth - thanks for commenting

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Thanks for your comment on the Betjeman poem, Elaine. I really like your Moon - the way you dissect it.

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Some lovely pieces on your profile David, especially liked "Black Night Thing" and "somewhere the Sun"

Liked "Stay with me till morning" too. Wasn't keen on "The Bluest Blues" but then you can't please every one ;) I'm going to have to pop back and have a look at more of your pieces... x

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Wow Elaine, thanks for your comments I thought I was been rather self indulgent, glad it came across. Win XX

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Hi Elaine,
Thanks as always for the kind comments.

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Hi Isobel, Many thanks for the comments on my 'flood' poem.

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Hi Cynthia. Many thanks for the kind comments on my poem. In response to your question - it was 50/50. The majority of the poem came out quickly but several lines took a long time to finish. I'm not sure I ever got it right.

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Hi Elaine, thanks for the feedback on "Twisting Knives", much appreciated.

With regard to "When nothing expected..." it's deliberate, "nothing's" is too neat & proper & I wanted this piece to be anything but that. Also the line is more like nothing ever than simply nothing is.

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