Hi Isobel,
it's a shame to waste energy and our thoughts on the things which worry us.
It's better to be open and honest as possible to be able to live free with a clear mind knowing what we know to be true and real.
Time will tell is all very well but it's now which counts down seconds, minutes turn into hours, hours into days, then weeks, months, years and into infinity.....

Like this Isobel. I like it a lot!
Janet.x

Comment is about Lay It Down (blog)

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There is a purity and nobility about this poem, Isobel, which is refreshing.

Paradoxically, however, it is so often the impure and the ignoble elements of humanity which make life interesting!

Comment is about Lay It Down (blog)

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I love the last few lines in particular, Isobel.. I really enjoyed it!

Comment is about Lay It Down (blog)

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Bonkers.. I think I have decided you are bonkers, Antonionioni but I like this!

Comment is about Find the deep meaning, and tell me what it is (blog)

This poem wasn't really about time - that was just one element - but thanks for reading - I appreciate your comments.
Isobel x

Comment is about Lay It Down (blog)

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I'm there when you need me mate x

Comment is about UNTITLED..(personal) (blog)

Hi Louise, nice to see you and great performance in the slam, well done getting bronze! see ya soon Jeff X

Comment is about Louise Fazackerley (poet profile)

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Hi Gemma, well done at the slam, great stuff as ever, hope the sunburn has cooled off!! Glad you enjoyed 'Old Trout'! Jeff X

Comment is about Gemma Lees (poet profile)

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Hi Chris, great to meet you at Sale and see you in action, obviously congrats on the slam, like your stuff and the way you perform it, cheers see you soon, Jeff

Comment is about Chris Jam (poet profile)

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So right Izo... Life is too short to stuff a mushroom...
'Grasp yer 'tunities'...

as my dear old Gran used to say when she was sober.
Cheers
Gus x

Gus X

Comment is about Lay It Down (blog)

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Photos by Seamus Kelly (except the one of Seamus by Maggie). If you would like a copy of the larger file please email me at mail@shaysart.co.uk

Comment is about Winston Plowes performs at The Hole in the Wall - June 2009 (photo)

I like rhymes, alliteration etc so I like this. My fave bit is 'Computer tutors? Completely useless!' ... and they are!

But I'm not at all good with riddles, if this is a riddle?

Good to meet you at the Tudor, Wigan, a few weeks ago, Antonionioni.

Comment is about Find the deep meaning, and tell me what it is (blog)

Hi Deborah - i can picture you reading this poem - i like it - it's succinct - I almost feel that performed it would become almost mantra-like if each line once read was read again to maximise the quiet impact of the words and their internal rhythm

steve x

Comment is about Oyster (blog)

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Downstairs at the Monticello
I sip a fine Sonoma Valley Chardonnay
and read P. D. James.

like the rhythm of these lines very much Jeremy

Comment is about READING P. D. JAMES IN SAN FRANCISCO (article)

This is beautiful! Thats all that needs to be said!

Comment is about Melting Ice-Cream (blog)

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oops, sorry Gus, I really didn't mean it was you, it just popped into my head cos i was thinking of transport..wasn't thinking of much really..just sillyness..no offence intended. : ((

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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Thanks Gus, I have edited it. xx Buttercup

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This is a simply stunning poem Deborah.

Stunning!!

Augusta.

Comment is about Oyster (blog)

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I have read this poem with great difficulty, liken to running naked thrugh a series of cryptic crossword clues. The imagery is startling and jagged and almost scarey dream mode. Yur words are carefully chosen and then thrown together in a tapastry of mood and colour not unlike a painting by Braque Enjoyed the experience but could not follow the plot.
Well Done

Gus

Comment is about Girl (blog)

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Hi Gus.. Mal is a well known wasp sucker I feel. Though if he was low, he was consistently low. If you dont give yourself any room for improvement then you're snookered I guess. Not sure never been a judge? Win

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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THanx 4 those precious and inspiring words...
you are very kind.

great 2 C U on Monday... Whats with Mal didn't like the wasp he was sucking???

Gus

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Yes - I agree Francine - interesting and insightful

Comment is about Talking (blog)

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Thanks for your comment Win - yes I enjoyed Bolton too - some great poetry and lovely to catch up with everyone.
No doubt see you around.
Isobel x

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Interesting...
There is some truth to this... unfortunately...

Comment is about Talking (blog)

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Love this Deborah... beautifully written : )

Comment is about Oyster (blog)

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this is a great poem x a subject that I can relate to.

Comment is about Divorce (blog)

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Love how I am reading along going awww...
and then comes the ending!

Comment is about Despair (blog)

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Possibly a bit long to get to it's point, but I think the poem on the whole is lovely..

Would split the last line thou from 'but you, Vincent, you were a man'

to 'but you,
Vincent,
you were a man'

or something

Comment is about Vincent (blog)

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A great lyrical plea for poetic truth and human freedom, Stephen. Well done.

Comment is about Souvenir -(Persian Gulf 2001) (blog)

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beauitful!

Comment is about Fawn (blog)

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good stuff, Gem... Have you considered cutting out the last line? I am drawn to the fact if you remove it - you can sidestep the audience and that's always a favourite trick off mine..

Comment is about Constructive Criticism (blog)

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Lot of interesting points I could say as I think you took a lot off gambles with the language in places and the length of some of the stanzas, but good stuff! Nice One!

Comment is about Thousand Yard Stare (blog)

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I really liked this!
It reminded me of an exhibition I saw a few months back at the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester (my hat/my home). It is called Subversive Spaces and mainly deals with surrealism and the connections between female hysteria (as if there ever was such a thing!!) and the physicality of the home and furniture. A few photos featured a china doll being left in various positions in a house that left an atmosphere of abuse and it popped into my head when I read this....?? You should check it out online as there is still alot of information about it.
You are an exceptional writer!

Comment is about Delilah's Courage (blog)

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Hi Winston, i just want to thankyou for being so gracious, i've come to my senses now and hopefully i'll see you soon,
Janet Ramsden.x

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Hi Chris, just wanted to say many congratulations on your super win at the Bolton slam. You are a very worthy winner and i look forward to the next time you perform.

Janet Ramsden.

Comment is about Chris Jam (poet profile)

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Thank you for your comment on my poem, I am glad it connected. Poems are like pearls, the hurt becomes beauty for others to prize ..As yours has.
Steve Smith

Comment is about Oyster (blog)

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Hi Louise, just want to say well done for your efforts in the Bolton slam, i really enjoyed your very worthy performance.

See you soon, Janet.x

Comment is about Louise Fazackerley (poet profile)

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Hi Gemma, congratulations on coming runner up in the slam, you'll get that elusive one yet yo just wait and see. :-)

Janet Ramsden.x

Comment is about Gemma Lees (poet profile)

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Well done to Chris, a worthy winner.
Well done also to everyone who participated in the event to make it a brilliant night of poetry and entertainment.
Janet Ramsden.

Comment is about Chris Jam Wins Super Poet's Slam! (article)

Thanks for your comments John. Much appreciated. Really enjoyed 'Work Is Shit'. Reminds me of most jobs I have had.

Comment is about John Darwin (poet profile)

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I'm a fan of your work and glad to see you here after such a long time .

Comment is about Oyster (blog)

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Hi John. Enjoyed your stuff as always at the Octagon the other night. Gloriously miserable poetry!
Win

Comment is about John Darwin (poet profile)

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Hi... This is fantastic Isobel. Love the little tricks and loops it performs and surprises you with its turns and twists. Great to meet you in Bolton. Win xx

Comment is about You And Me Babe (blog)

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keep it close....i like this...evocative.. hmmm.. .deb

Comment is about Souvenir -(Persian Gulf 2001) (blog)

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I really like this Michael. A fragile bird has flown from an armoured shell..i hope the one you wrote it for reads it too.Deb x

Comment is about Love Poem (blog)

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Wow... hmmm...

'I did 20 yrs mate
20 yrs of a lie
sure I got it up, inserted it
but my feelings never got that boost
must come from being a caveman
or crowing the cockerels cocky roost
from a hilltop
men are number one
killing everything aren't we?'

Interesting perspective... a bit confused though...

Comment is about Scouting for Girls (blog)

Lovely!
So many great lines in this...

'With the innocence and naivety that summer
The girls made us jump through hoops
At the playing field
And any flash of fleshy we would gratefully scoop up
Just to see what they looked like
We pinched our knee skin together
And he told me that that is what a vagina looks like'

You seem to capture it so well... I remember the boys at this age ; )

Comment is about the long hot summer of 1976 (blog)

Very real... and profound...

Comment is about One shot at life (blog)

It is, however the people I write to / comment to do speak it and understand it... sorry...

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Merci pour l'explication Gemma...
et c'est vrai ce qu'il dit DG ; )

Comment is about Constructive Criticism (blog)

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