Haha. Thanks Janet. Drunk is more helpful for me.

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Hi Alan,
And welcome to WOL. Lots to enjoy and identify with in your samples. Particularly liked "Dell Boy" and "Inside Out" - especially as I have two cats! Hope you have fun and get to know the people here - they are a friendly bunch and very helpful. Look forward to reading more of your work.
Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Alan McKean (poet profile)

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Hi Malpoet,
it plays at right speed on mine too.
Yep we all need a touch of spice in the drudge of our day.
The portia peels spuds line is a bit of a tongue twister for me. Certainly if i were reading it out loud, i'd have to be sober. :-)
Janet.x

Comment is about Boring (blog)

Original item by Malpoet

I've read this several times and i relate to it in many ways but i also find it just a tad confusing in some parts. Maybe that's the thread running through it, i'm not sure. :-)

I do like it.
Janet.x

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Aye. It's a hard life when work takes you travelling across the globe. ha ha.

Sorry. couldn't resist the little quip.
I've often wondered why people (me included) call writings of poetry etc.. is work.
Something we're supposed to enjoy.
Whatever happened to the happy work-force?

Love the theme and oddly enough, your attitude to it. A little at odds with mundane necessity. :-)

Janet.x

Comment is about Another working week (blog)

Loved it! Especially the line about finding boxfuls of e-mails to be similar to minefields!
Your frustration "shines" through!

Comment is about Another working week (blog)

Very nice Antonionioni...
I can totally relate to this...
At times you don't know what and where
to begin...

Comment is about Another working week (blog)

thanks Anthony,
trouble is anyone employed by the nhs who attempts to whistle blow or protest in any useful way against such abuses, now runs the risk of being victimised. According to bbc 4 'Today' this morning, if Jackie Smith gets her way, anyone who dissents in any way against what this government is doing runs a serious risk of being branded an enemy of the state !

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

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Hi Antonionioni,
Ah the futility of modern working life and wage slavery - a worthy theme. When viewed in the context of wider fulfillment and happiness just how important is it? Not very I would hazard a guess. We are all becoming the automata of corporate interests and fast losing our individual identities. Perhaps poetry may save us, we certainly need some new ideas. Noble sentiments, well expressed.
Regards,
A.E.

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likin the orbs

Comment is about After Russia turned off the gas, poets at Write Out Loud Hebden Bridge, Jan 2009. (photo)

an amazing collection of poems.!
an amazing profile piccy

we salute you.

Comment is about Steve Regan (poet profile)

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Hi Anthony,
George Clooney. He's ok i guess. Brad Pitt does nothing for me at all. Johnny Depp however is another matter altogether. Phew!

Thanks for your lovely observations on my Mandolin poem. I had the same thought about the Rod Stewart connotations but i do love that song anyway. I wrote the poem while listening to a meditation cd and the mandolin was part of the instrumentals.

Janet.x

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Thanks Anthony

Your work is good and very diverse. I will continue to follow it.

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Hi Gus,
Thanks for your fulsome praise of "The Watercress Girl". Entirely undeserved really, it's just a piece of Victorian Gothic fantasy, but I hope entertaining. I, like others have mentioned, like your "lips" logos too! Your missing has a "Music Hall/Variety Theatre" quality to it - I can easily imagine some old time song and dance man tip-tapping his way through it with cane and straw hat, complete with suggestive winks and gestures! Max Miller etc . . . now there's an idea for your next performance . . . ;-)
Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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Hi Malpoet,
And thanks for your comments on "The Watercress Girl". Your feedback is most welcome. I took a stroll through your stuff and particularly enjoyed "Bobbing and Peering" - I have also found that the issue of prostitution is such a fertile source of material for poetry, I guess it's the concept that we are able to "buy" comfort from those who perhaps most need it theirselves. Also liked "Dad", althogh found it a little uncomfortable as it is close to my own experience of a relationship (or lack of) with my own late father. The ending sums it up perfectly, "Shame I never knew you. I am curious now you are dead." More power to your pen Sir!
Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Malpoet (poet profile)

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Hi Paul,
Thanks for posting this. It's an intriguing foray into the detached mind of the terrorist's technician. The one thing that I feel is missing here is that we learn nothing of his motivation; the only fanaticism evident is that for his work/craft. Can someone really be so far away from the consequences of their deeds purely to satisfy a need for exactness and precision? I would liked to have looked a little deeper to find some evidence of what drives him.
Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about An Expert (blog)

Hi Stuart,
This poem drips with futility and sorrow. You describe the atmosphere and situation all too clearly, with the meaningless and ineffective bureaucracy and paper-thin resources which are struggling to make a difference to damaged and fragile souls who deserve and need more. One thing came across very starkly - the absence of any kind of love or affection, something that I guess most of the kids have never experienced. Instead we put them in a zoo and label them. What has our society come to, when this is all the remedy we can think of? A raw and touching piece of writing.
Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Home (blog)

Original item by Stuart A. Paterson

yea thankyou winston I guess I was trying to get across the idea of being alive but dead without the person I love!

Comment is about endless living death without you! (blog)

Original item by Daniel Hooks

Interesting piece Paul,
the same could be said about writing a poem and the effects of others opinions on it.
I like the end where it implies, ' I don't really care what they think.'

Janet.x

Comment is about An Expert (blog)

Hello Gus, thank you for your comments on my Sky Iron in this new equinox. I hope your Spring thus far is sunny and blossoming. Deb x

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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Hooray for the return of head butting pandas. It gets bloody boring on here at times. I bite people occasionally, but it's not a lot of fun really. You are needed.

Comment is about Malpoet (poet profile)

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Greetings! The instant message box was teflon coated and my words slid off it like water off a Offa. It wouldn't let me respond -- so you just had a Wonderwall of green-ink. Hello there! How are you? Ever so pleased you're keeping the tone effervescent and anarchic and paterphysic and prancey. Joy to your world, oh Honoured Malpoet!

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Hi Jeff

Thanks for your comment about Different Dad. Also thanks for putting on a great night at Bolton. Myself and Maggie had a really good time and I see that you are planning another already for May so well done.

Cheers
Seamus

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Original item by Jeffarama!

Why Thank you kindly Mal...the lips thing is a bit of a fetish ...lovely mouths....pretty lips ... and sexy shoes ....grief I'm begining to shake again.....

Thanks again
Gus

Comment is about Malpoet (poet profile)

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I often yearn for that kind of brevity. Very strong impact. As with lots of good poetry there are many questions raised in a few words, but passion and feeling come through and one is left wondering about the nature of the relationship with the friend.

Comment is about incoming (blog)

Original item by garside

Steve, in just a few lines you convey so many powerful themes and symbols. Great poetry. Some heavenly thing was surely upon you when you wrote / re-wrote it.

Comment is about incoming (blog)

Original item by garside

No don't shut up - your points are very helpful! Thank you for taking the time to read and disect.

Comment is about Steve O'Connor (poet profile)

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Hi Rod, never read any Coltrane but enjoyed this! cheers Jeff

Comment is about In praise of imbalance (blog)

Original item by Rod Whitworth

Brilliant Pete and I'm sure just reading it will help those who suffer. So respectfully performed too last Sunday, well done mate

Comment is about finding the strength to leave (blog)

No neither will I Pete, but then again even more of them probably don't understand me - I struggle at times!

Another good piece of work mate!

Comment is about Amateur female psychologist (blog)

Hi Enily, like your open mind thoughts here, like writing with an open piece of paper, scary but good if you can do it! Quick typo - it's there not their in this case, but really enjoyed the escapism cheers Jeff X

Comment is about a thought somewhere in england, 2009 (blog)

Yes Pete, 15 minutes of me is more than enough for anyone!!!!!!

Comment is about note to self (blog)

He sounds cool, bit of an exhibitionist! Well put together Seamus, hope he doesn't get arrested! cheers Jeff

Comment is about Different Dad (blog)

Original item by Seamus Kelly

Another amazing effort!!! Probably better for a performance this one though. 60 odd thousand, you seem to like that number, wasn't it in White Goods?

Comment is about 64,000 - cradle to grave (blog)

Brilliant Pete and a fantastic live effort. I have to agree although I did enjoy the skiing!! Ha!

Comment is about Nintendo (blog)

This is beautiful Pete, your use of the English language amazes me, see ya soon Jeff

Comment is about wish I could sculpt you (blog)

Thanks Gus, but I don't believe I have achieved those heights.

Comment is about Boring (blog)

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Reminds me Mal of a poem I wrote called 'Doing Things' In fact your poem is so good it could be one of mine!
Loved it
PS voice over was fine
Gus

Comment is about Boring (blog)

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Hi Daniel. Really felt the desparation and internal pain in this. the locked lock, the photo in the mind you cant ignore, liked the idea of the prison that is the wierwolf / zombie body. Not sure about the title. Thanks for posting this one. Winston

Comment is about endless living death without you! (blog)

Original item by Daniel Hooks

Thank you Mike for your comments and experience regarding ORMS, this will be an ongoing study for me. June

Comment is about A Simple Case of Child Hate (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Great image, diddymen and the Bluebell girls performing together.

Comment is about Boring (blog)

Original item by Malpoet

Tops! Very moving, enuff said.
Mike
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Comment is about Loose Ends (blog)

Original item by sian howell

Hello Janet, Steve, Jane and Michael. Thank you so much for your comments. In answer to your question, yes, Oysters can be cooked on the Barbeque and they're delicious. Here in Japan they love Oysters and the festival I attended was by the seaside, and there was a rock band playing too :)). Thank you again for taking the time to read my effort.

Comment is about Oysters (blog)

Original item by Belinda

right speed on mine too , i saw the diddymen and the bluebell girls when i was young , very young

Comment is about Boring (blog)

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Thanks Steve. I am a demented diddyman, but the clip plays at the right speed on my computer. Don't know what is happeining I'm afraid.

Comment is about Boring (blog)

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This is a difficult piece to comment on. While I understand the pain this refers too, i can also understand the suicide, who feels guilt or shame, or despair, or perhaps the infinity of depression circling his/her life. I been there on one or more occasions. I dont know the full history of the experience you refer to. But if the protagonist can gain help, life can get better. Life can improve, as for those who feel the hurt, forgiveness is a brave and strong virtue not often realized. It may seem life piece - meal. But the society we now live in affects all, and some lash out, some try to opt out. Many conform and lose something of themselves. Top poem though bro, thought provoking, sincere, and with depth and pain. Nice one.
Mike

Comment is about HOW DARE YOU (blog)

Malcolm, that's a lovely, sly poem, but are you aware that your audio clip is running fast? Makes you sound like a demented Diddyman. That's a shame because I just know you'll read the above really well. Can you re-load your MP3 or whatever?

Comment is about Boring (blog)

Original item by Malpoet

Beachside tucker is cool. Havent been able to do it much but the few occasions I have, have been memorable. Never tried oysters though.
Mike
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Comment is about Oysters (blog)

Original item by Belinda

Hi Belinda,
Oysters. Yuck!!!
Horrible slimy things. How anyone can call them aphrodisiacs i honestly don't know. Prefer the champagne myself. :-)

Have i read this wrong only i never heard of oysters being cooked before.
Nice imagery and love the scents of cut grass and the barbecue charcoal adds a touch of warmth on what feels like a cool day beside the sea. :-)

Janet.x

Comment is about Oysters (blog)

Original item by Belinda

no edit button , so i changed it back :)

Comment is about Steve Regan (poet profile)

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