Hi - thanks for your comments Elaine (ammonites, etc)
all the best. B

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or is the cycle always complete

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Hi Dave. This trip was a couple of years ago. This year (Sept) I am doing something called the Raid Alpine which is tough. Thanks for googlizing. In the world of pro cycling the olympic title has not been as highly regarded as in other sports. Glad you liked the poem. Win x

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Hi Rachel, Interesting writing. Welcome to WOL. Winston

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thank you Dave xx

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thank you Anthony. just a brief return for now I think because of this ‘story.’ I’m somewhat caught up in it and others like it right now and needed to express some part of it all. thank you for your kind words. I hope you are well: )

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Thanks Anthony - any words from the master much appreciated. B

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Hello Greg. Thanks for the tip re correct way to allow dead goldfish to mature prior to consuming. I shall certainly bear it in mind for next time.

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Hi Alan

Welcome to WOL . Looking forward to seeing your samples.

Winston

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Mornin chuck

Re cycle haiku - there's a question mark because although we've got to the end of the poem, we haven't got to the end of the cycle. It questions the notion of being complete, because the cycle cannot be so :)

You weirdo, having a clean teen bedroom ;p

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Arthur Haynes, eh?
I knew him before he wrote all them manuals.

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Mr Pew ?(pugh)... I dunno - you young 'uns - no proper education. Hmph ! (clue - Charlie Drake)

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ah - dylan Thomas - I see - you're way ahead of me there. Seriously - I've nothing against the Welsh - just a bit of a laugh :D
and churches - I'm not mad keen, but pretty ones like Cartmel Priory are a revelaton. I much prefer old mosques & minarets for some indefinable reason - I dont really know why, as I have no particular like or dislike of islam

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you crack me up Ann- whaddya mean you dont know what's going on ?it's just me, in church, behind two old biddies gossiping & putting the world to rights - that's all. xx B

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Ahh - Dear Old Dicky - not an actor, of course, but an actorrrr!
I can t take it seriously (sorry) puts me too much in mind of the tellings by William J. MacGoonigal (fast fwd to 2.00 )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etSGpgXyrPg

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hi Greg.new one on me re Dr.Winston'
o'Boogie(top name!)ta.

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Hi David - many thanks for your supportive comments on Reliquary, I'm pleased it worked for you at least.

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Hi Ann - many thanks for both of your supportive comments on Reliquary - I'm pleased it worked for you at least. x

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Hi Isobel - re: Reliquary - do appreciate your commenting. x

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Hi Laura

Thanks for commenting on No Point; Point. I hope all is well over there

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Thanks for your comment on BITCH. I use the term bitch because I think sometimes when women act the way they choose instead of conforming to what's expected they are labelled a bitch and basically if that makes me a bitch then yeah well thats what I am. However thats other peoples perception of the word not mine! Hope that helps.

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Thanks Cynthia, as ever your comments are appreciated xXx

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Hi Cynthia, Re: Rain on PVC - your comments and insight into a fairly unusual poetical theme much appreciated - this really did begin life as raindrops on a pvc coat and then developed a journey all of its own as highlighted in the final stanza

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In answer to your question, Cynthia, see my previous comment below. I first wrote it last summer but wasn't really satisfied with it. I did some tweaks to it last week - one line and a couple of odd words - and suddenly I thought it was ok at last.

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Greg, just for my own benefit, is your last poem a sonnet? Or am I getting wonky?

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Thanks Dave, it's one of my darker pieces, thought it was about time I put one up! ;) xXx

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Hi Greg

I've been on Merseyside since 1974, glad to be exiled from Harrow - there's no pull to return.

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Thanks very much, Isobel, for your comments on the Betjeman poem. I had been wrestling with it for some time before I posted it, so I was surprised and pleased that you and others thought it was ok.

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Glad you liked the Betjeman poem, John. I've just read A Shropshire Lad - not a typical Betjeman at all. It's got a very interesting rhythm, just like the one that Anthony picked as his favourite.

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Thanks for your comments on the Betjeman poem, Dave. I'm amazed, though. I hadn't got you down as an old Harrovian.

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Hi Moira, Thanks for sending in the photo for your profile pic. Winston

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Thank you Melanie. I'm glad it was good reading for ya. I just put up a link to my site if you wanna see me reading them on video. Got some new poems on the profile too. Ain't really been paying attention to this site for ages. I got the notification of your comment by e-mail and now my relationship with it is rekindled. Thanks for that :)

P.S Loved 'Bastards'. I know how you feel on that one. It's nice to use poetry as therapy.

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Hi Banksy - i think so!

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Thanks very much for your comment on the Betjeman poem, Anthony. Very heartening. I don't pretend to be an expert on him, so I had to check out the one you mentioned. Admired the whimsical rhapsodising about places like Kenton and Perivale. The glorification or transformation of the ordinary. Marvellous rhythm, as you say.

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Hi Ann, you're right about the lovers statue, that's at St Pancras as well, far bigger than the Betjeman, and very tacky. It's also on the upper concourse, passed by almost no one apart from those on their way to the Betjeman bar (including me, occasionally). I don't know Paddington, must check it out sometime. Betjeman certainly loved Cornwall!

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Ey up , Monkey. Thanks for commenting on I Dreamt You Were Little Again. I really did have the dream and it was a sad one.

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Ann, thanks for commenting on I Dreamed You Were Little Again. The kids seem to provide me with a fair bit of inspiration recently.
I find it quite cathartic to wite about it. It does seem to genarate a lot of power from such a simple structure.

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Thanks for your comment on Betjeman at St Pancras, Cynthia. It certainly is a sonnet, although I don't think Betjeman went in for them much himself. I just feel a little sorry for the statue, which seems rather lonely and forgotten where it is.

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Just enjoyed "One Step Behind", Sian.

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many thanks - are you back then ??

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Hi - glad you like the book - I've got a copy right here. Like you said - there's some hilarious stuff, stuff that had me crying my eyes out, etc etc. if nothing else, CC is a superb storyteller - & all the books intertwine. Like I said, I had to read all 3 times over, just to piece everything together & get a proper understanding. I know it does sound corny, but these books radically changed my life, help govern the way I live my life, run my business, deal with people - everything. It's almost a religious zeal except it's not a religion & there's no "lessons to be learned". Somehow I just changed the way I did things as I agreed with him that there is ultimately only one "right way" to live & that is Impeccably. If you dont know yet what I'm yacking about, you will later. I first started to read these ~25 yrs ago & never changed my opinion since. all the best. B

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Hi Anthony

Thanks for your comments on Teenage Kicks. You posted that as I was writing my post :)

For sure we should learn from it - I think I managed to help my own daughter through her difficult years by remembering how rapidly my own moods changed at that time. Hormones definitely play a part. My lass went from being a kind, generous, honest caring child to a lunatic overnight - one who stole, lied constantly, wouldn't wash etc. We got through it much faster than others I know, and by 16 she was sane again :D I really do believe that that period is one of actual madness. Wouldn't go back if you paid me!

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Ha ha! Good thing I changed the line, "in dreams I strum the sculptures..." from, "in dreams straddle sculptures..." Also thought of "caress the sculptures" but didn't like where either idea might wander!

Cheers for your comments :) x

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Hello Jeff, thanks for your comments on "Gallery"

With regard to why we want to touch I think it is basically because we are sensual creatures, personally for me, the more senses I can get involved in an experience the better I like it.

Certainly in education if you hear, see & do something you remember more of it, rather than just read about something or if you're told something.

Anyway, that's my theory on why we want to touch :) x

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Hi Laura, yeah museums & galleries, though I love them drive me bananas.

There's a place called Yorkshire Sculpture Park, which is divine; there are huge monoliths reclining in fields and, being open to the elements, you can get your mits all over them - it's heaven!

Thanks for your comments, always appreciated :) x

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Thanks Marianne.

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Hi Melanie - glad you were able to comment on The Colours - thank you x

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Elaine, thank you for your comment on 'Silence' poem, I may record it, just need to plug the mic into this machine.

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always a pleasure to hear your ideas Cynthia, thanks for the feedback/comment on the 'Silence' poem, I think you know the poem better than me! One day i'll work out what its about!!! Pete.

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Ann, thanks for feedback on the 'Silence' poem, I have re-read it an d may put it down on MP3, thank you for taking time to read and feed back to me. Pete.

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