Hello Izz, thanks for your support and feedback on recent works! Always good to hear your ideas on the ramblings......... :-)

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The subterranean salamanders could be a band!

thanks for your comment on 'Silence'

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Laura, hi, thanks for your comments on the 'silence' poem, yes you are right about 'nice' but hey the word is also for 'Nice' biscuits! which, when dunked are suprisingly good, you just gotta get the timing right!

thanks again, one day i'll work out what the poem was about! :-)

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Dave, is that Coniston in your pic? If not try the walk up the old man via coppermines valley, its a special place

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Dave, thanks for the feedback on the 'silence' poem, it seemed a popular one, I wonder wether to go into in more detail as theres hidden layers, I'm real happy you liked it, I know you have to endure all the ranting at Wigan, so I'm happy to show you this side of the coin, sorry that our chat was only brief at Tudor, you slipped the net and I missed your reading, hope to see you soon, Spotlight or Wigan hopefully. Now its warmign up I may get out a bit more. Peter.

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Hi Cate, thank you for your recent comment on the 'silence' poem, I'm hoping you can hear this read at Wigan next time you are there.

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Yes, Dave, I've heard that too, that Towton involved the greatest loss of life on an English battlefield. It's a pity there's not more there to commemorate it other than the single monument. I think the time lapse renders it safe to make a monologue.

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Perhaps, Isobel. Folks do refer to my "bastard poems".

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Cate
That tapping sound you hear on The Wars of the Roses is me hitting my mate (a Lank) on the head.

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Thanks as ever for commenting on Sausages, Cate. Unless I'm misreading other comments you're the only one who's got it, as it was indeed meant to be ironical. Oh well.

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Hi Steve - thanks for your comment. You are a trooper coming to the Tudor - testimony to just what a great venue it is! Thanks for doing the Jump poem for me - it is very original - amazing what we can make out of little experiences like that - though if I'd known it was a real life story originally, I probably wouldn't have chuckled quite so much! I won't be compering next month - so I shall be even more rat arsed - unless I draw the driving short straw.
Look forward to catching up. xx

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Thank you, Andy & Winston! :)
little bit later I'll add some more.

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An English repat. from Australia, I think the very first poem I read was MacKellar's "My Country," and the very latest your "Our Country", S'hi!

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Well now lad, Ahm thinkin theers enuf praties go round!
Anyways up, mine er red an if mi memry serves reet, thys r white.....
Cate xx

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Ey up Dave, thanks for the comment on Uncle Ned. It was a good night all round at the Tudor. I would agree that dialect poems are necessary to preserve a fast disappearing World.
Cate xx

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Hi there Anthony, long time no speak! Thanks for the comment on Uncle Ned. I enjoyed the links you sent me... thanks. I have an old vinal record of The Fivepenny Piece, a couple of The Oldham Tinkers. We used to sing quite a few of their songs in the bad old days so Im familiar with all their work.
I agree with you that our old dialect songs and poems should be treasured. I was doing some research a while back into the origins of our Lancashire dialect, and its quite fascinating. Most of our Lancashire dialect words come directly from the old Anglo Saxon, with a big input from old Viking.
Such a rich heritage should be preserved as much as possible and in as many ways as possible.
Cate xx

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Hi Dave, thanks for the comment on Uncle Ned. I really enjoyed yours too. Heres to many more nights like the last one at the Tudor!
Cate xx

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Hi Andy, thanks for the comment on Uncle Ned. Glad you enjoyed it.
Cate xx

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Hi Laura, thanks for the comment. Glad you enjoyed Uncle Ned
Cate xx

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Enjoyed all of your sample pieces, Kay but 'Nobodys Child' carried a particularly kick!

Look forward to seeing more! x

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I'm in the same boat as Winston here with this piece, Fergus.. Got a cracking title too which is always a good thing with poems I find too! lol

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enjoyed your sample poem, Polina - hope you put some more up..

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'absent friends' sounds heartbreaking :( maybe therepeutic.

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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My friends get dimmer!! Nicely written with a hint of optimism to end ?? Dave

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Thanks for your supportive comments, Andy. Much appreciated. x

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Thanks for your comments on "Moon". No, the small type was a typo - not intentional at all!! xxx

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Thanks for your positive comments on "Moon". xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Thanks for your comments on my poems Anthony.

Your profile picture, is it a sculpture from the Yorkshire Sculpture Park??

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TBH - they're all damn good (first 10 I reckon - read all 10 at least 3 times) apart from the last 2 which are Magical Passes & The Wheel of Time - both of which are like an afterthought, after the event & rather crappy IMHO.BTW - they used peyote/mescaline, datura, psilocybes & other stuff as well.
I've never had a huge dick dream - no need, if ya get my drift ;) B

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Mmmm - sort-of... it's also from a martial art I used to do a long time ago & for a long time called aikido, but haven't done it for years now. B

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Hi Melanie - thanks for taking the time and trouble to comment on Psalms x

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Hi Laura thanks for commenting on Psalms - no insensitivity intended just trying to take the heat out of a heavy topic and I do understand what you mean - I guess I'm having to overly deal with other people's disturbing stuff at the moment x

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Aye - was pretty incredible that dream.

I have always wanted to fly, btw, right from being a kid. I went on my first plane flight at the grand old age of 28, in a noisy ole propeller plane to Belfast, and wept with happiness and euphoria the entire time there and back *shame* :D

Still can't go on a plane without pressing nose to window on take off, and I'm one of those rare individuals who positively enjoy turbulence :)

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Hi There Polina, Welcome to Write Out Loud. Hope you enjoy the site, Winston

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Hi Ann 'Half-Light', crepuscular eh - a new word for me - Half-Light always has a special meaning to ex-service folk who traditionally rouse from rest in expectation of an enemy attack x

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Thanks for your interest in Touch Wood, Cynthia. The title was a writing group homework. I came across the story of the whipping yew while away for a couple of days on the Welsh borders. We found the actual tree, and could see how it had been used. The thought of people being left there all night was horrible. As I wrote the poem it dawned on me that the fellow was innocent of the crime for which he was being punished, but maybe guilty of other, unconfessed misdeeds that had been preying on his mind for a long time. Whether the burden was lifted - or whether he was still alive, or sane at the end of it - I don't know!

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hi Melanie

thanks for comments on The Devine curse. I'm really grateful for your feed back and all your comments, they are fuelling my passion for writing more than ever. Never thought i'd get so much out of a web site that i only singed up for to shut my mate up . I'm really glad i did. Thanks xxx

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HaHa-thanks, but No, no shaman round ere folks - thanks for comments & compliments.

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Thanks for your comments on The Uncertain Narcissist-it was a bit of a departure for me! : )

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Hi Cynthia - thanks for commenting on Half-Light - you mentioned re-reading books which is something i very seldom do - are you working on a magnus opus with your reading or just for enjoyment? x

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Hi Ann - thank you for commenting on Half Light - perhaps we share an odd side that likes peering into the dark x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Hello Anthony!
Thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment on
'Berry Bridge'... It is a very special poem that was written for and influenced by someone very dear to me...
(I had deleted all of my other poems from 2010 in a fit of anger and sadness).

The Berry Bridge is a real place... but can also be any other place you so desire ; )

Hmmm... My secrets...?
I am extremely optimistic.
I am confident.
I am driven. : )

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hi laura, thanks for your feedback on the list.
I've removed the poem as I don't like to catalogue all my work..just give it an airing and get some feedback. its not often i have a piece that i think is finished.
i am bitter and my poems are all streaked with ascerbicity (good word!) Anyway i have a place i go to to write good poems, from the heart so to speak, but its so heavy i fear its morbid outpourings. hence writing more cerebral stuff that allows a dispassionate view. its just this writing lacks depth and seems to be mainly of interest only to myself.
anyway i might rework the other poem but will be more likely to just write something else. maybe this time from the spleen and really get the bile flowing.
i respect your opinion so thanks again x

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Hi Fergus.. Like the phenomenon of the unruly child. I rarely adopt a snobish position but have I think caught myself doing this under these circumstances. Looking forward to seeing more. Win

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Hi Fergus, sorry for the delay. Welcome to WOL. Hope you enjoy interacting with the site. Winston

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The way things are going Greg you may not have to wait that long! Very hectic here at the moment but will get to your latest offerings in due course.

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Thank you for commenting on Half Light Greg but isn't John Clare the one who got banged up for being nutty - spare a thought - but your encouragement very much appreciated

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David, I'm not sure what I was on when I commented on Chalk this morning. Too fresh from reading the paper, I suppose. Like you,I love the idea of the Med emptying and refilling. I've always wanted to see the world with the plug pulled out and the oceans emptied for a few hours. Just to see what it looked like.

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Thank you for commenting on 'Jehovah' Melanie and 'The Colours' - do appreciate your taking the time xx

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Thank you for commenting on 'Jehovah' Cynthia - do appreciate your taking the time to say so and for spotting the typo

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