Did you show this one to me at Sale or read it out? It rings a bell... Has a wistful feel that I like!

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Original item by Phil Golding

Thanks for the info. I am sure I will be able to get along at some point
Winston

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Absolutely perfect! Well done - ten out of ten (P.S I'm an English teacher!!) Oh you get a smiley too.

If we follow certain rules when writing, we can transform the poem into something that is more readable and publishable.

Comment is about Future Wishes (blog)

Original item by Phil Golding

Hi Nabila
Thanks for your kind comments. I took onboard your suggestions and reworked the poem.

Comment is about Future Wishes (blog)

Original item by Phil Golding

Beautiful poem, drew me in, love the last line esp. and the imagery of nature throughout

note: think if decide not to use punctuation,be consistent throughout, so avoid capitals too, otherwise they suggest the start of a new sentence.If use any punctuation,do so consistently throughout.eg
The rest of your structure rejoins you at this point

To find that future you’d planned, not so clear, a blend, changed

is one eg where it is a syntactically one sentence

Nabila
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Original item by Phil Golding

There is more information about this and a little bit of the Albert Poets' history on Nina Boyd's website - www.ninaboyd.com

Comment is about Disappointment For The Albert Poets! (article)

Albert Poets restarting in the Albert itself (by Huddersfield main library) in February 2009.
As usual the second Thursday of the month - 8pm - free.

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very pleased to make your virtual Acquaintance Abi

steve : )

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Original item by Abi

You're a sick puppy Alex... but we love ya ;)

Comment is about Absolute filth - not for the old or infirm (blog)

Original item by alex iamb

Thanks all. Clarissa, my poem seems to have worked, albeit belatedly; we are experiencing freezing temperatures today and everything is covered in a blanket of frost.

Comment is about Have yourselves a jolly little Christmas poem (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

I'm sure you won't!

Comment is about Walking the Dog (blog)

Original item by Malpoet

That's the trouble with this site ... everybody wants to be the one who has the last word ... hope I never get like that!
Cx

Comment is about Walking the Dog (blog)

Original item by Malpoet

Yes II am completely refractive. Six weeks plastered should do it though.

Comment is about Walking the Dog (blog)

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Sandwich? - I thought it was all about the refractive angle!
Cx

Comment is about Walking the Dog (blog)

Original item by Malpoet

Thanks guys.

Yeah I remember 42, that was a fantastic sandwich.

Know what I mean?

Comment is about Walking the Dog (blog)

Original item by Malpoet

It's definitely 42! ... and I really mean that.
Cx

Comment is about Walking the Dog (blog)

Original item by Malpoet

Very good - I really identified with this. From your poetry and your comments on mine, I would suspect we're both emerging from the same painful place?!!
Cx

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Hey Dermot, Id love to have a white christmas, its a real bummer, to never have one.Im not sure who is to blame, for no snow, in texas.Or where ever you are.Im sure the mafia may put them on a list soon, if they know your upset! hope you had a nice non white christmas!

Comment is about Have yourselves a jolly little Christmas poem (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

HI Melissa, this is wonderful. You know the walls come down, and go up, and come down.Regrets are what people that are alive have.If only we could turn the clock back, and change some things, but then what other things may change?Would we like it? I hope you had a nice christmas, and that you are doing ok. I enjoyed the poem very much. Remember, we all have a past and we learnd from it, we all have a future and thats wonderful!

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Love it!!

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Original item by Malpoet

You're too modest DG, you should be at the top of the list!

Comment is about Have yourselves a jolly little Christmas poem (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

Thanks Janet,
But my list of people to kill doesn't actually include myself - it's such a long list that it will keep me too busy to even contemplate adding my own name to it.

Hope you had a lovely Christmas and all the best for the New Year

Comment is about Have yourselves a jolly little Christmas poem (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

Read this through a few times and found it really touching,brave and honest!

Comment is about Christmas Day 1994 (article)

I was half hoping for a second when I started reading it, m8 - you were going to mention it was a pantomime you were in, but it isn't.. Good stuff thou!

Comment is about Panto ranto (blog)

I think this is lovely, although if I am honest I would consider splitting it up into stanzas as I think a little pause here and there will improve it no end! Like I said, i really like it thou!

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I really can relate to this piece. It is a reflection of moments of my own life. Thank you for posting it. :)

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Interesting piece.

Comment is about JOHN PILGER WITH LAUGHS (blog)

Original item by Rodney Wood

Sorry about spoiling your illusions about reading snowmen .... guess tonight is not the best night to tell you about Father Christmas then?
Hope you have a good 'un too.
Cx

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Original item by Gus Jonsson

Happy Christmas to you too.
Cx

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Please don't hang yourself Dermot, the death poetry just wouldn't be the same without you.

Merry Christmas. Janet.x

Comment is about Have yourselves a jolly little Christmas poem (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

Aw, you lucky thing!!
I love pantomime but haven't been to one in years. Not the fancy dress kind anyway.

Merry Christmas Antonionioni,
love Janet.xx

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Actually, I do have a poem about snowmen flying, but that's not the Christmas one for 2008! I'll post it later! Have a great xmas, m8..

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Original item by Gus Jonsson

I have now edited that bit in order to clarify.

Comment is about New feature - What I Do That's New (article)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

Poetry fits into the subject area of English Literature (although we also welcome articles written in English by.......what do you mean by this?

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Original item by Dermot Glennon

With all respect, i think a subject like this has to be tackled with the greatest tact and it is not easy to do. Remember your readership /audience and convey anger or whatever it is in an indirect way that will leave them pondering over it for a long time afterwards. I think it's a great subject and relevant.

Comment is about Its only race man (blog)

Original item by Richard Brooks

Hi Andy. In your poem Prefect Place, liked your section -
I want to listen
To the cars parking
In the distance.
for some reason has a lovely vagueness for me
Winston

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Original item by Andy N

Thanks A.E. for your comments about Susto. I think we should adopt the word, I agree about the stength and meaning it carries. Unfortunately soul - loss is not commonly recognised as cause of....anything much in our culture..I read of it through Elena Avila. Best wishes, Deb

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Hi Sean I realy enjoyed the poem, it reminds me of something similar that happened to me. I wanted to tell you this on sun at the gypsies tent, but im a bit shy.

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Beautifully bleak.
Cx

Comment is about Congelati (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Agree with Paul.... to be a Jew....Jewish ..is a religion....albeit I have no right to be a jew by birth...Jewish off spring have exclusive ownership....my adoption to the faith would be adjudged.... by a rabbi after a long undertaking
of understanding the culture and the very tight bonds of tradition and religion.
OFTEN SAID OF ME
Yes, I Know Gus..... Church Of England ..but a nice boy...

Gus

Comment is about Its only race man (blog)

Original item by Richard Brooks

There is a story I heard (probably apocryphal, but who cares?) that Albert Einstein was filling in a form, there were the usual q's (name, age, etc.) followed by a blank space to put the answer in. The last question was Race: Einstein wrote 'Human Being'.
Largely with Paul re religion does not constitute race; and whilst I'm aware that the term 'race' is generally used to signify ethnicity - I'd like to point out that there is only one human race on this planet - homo sapiens sapiens - us!

And can I also recommend a poem called Half Caste by John Agard.

Cx

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Original item by Richard Brooks

Photographs by Mel Rees

Comment is about Rob Goodier at the Tudor House, Wigan December 2008 (photo)

The only problem I have with the poem is
equating "Jew" with race.

There seems to be a growing movement to include religion within race discrimination which, in my view, is totally erroneous.

The whole point of legislation to try to change views about race, sex and age is posited on the fact that people cannot do anything about their skin colour, ethnicity, sex or age.

This is not the case with religion.

No one is born a Jew, Christian, Moslem, Bhuddist etc. They chose the religion they follow.

I'm not arguing for religious intolerance, far from it, but, a belief system is significantly distinct from innate differences in people. As such, religious beliefs and, perhaps more importantly, practices can and should be challenged, not only by atheists, like myself, but by believers themselves.

Finally, I believe that if religion is included in such legislation then so should other hobbies such as train-spotting and stamp collecting (we need to be protected too!).

Comment is about Its only race man (blog)

Original item by Richard Brooks

some blokes get excited by cars but we only get excited by guitars. Enjoyed your poem.

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Keep jammin' 'em in Antonioni.

Err, excuse my ignorance here but you didn't really exhume your guitar from a grave did you?
Janet.x

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I'll avoid singing the blues for this one Richard.
This is a great come-back for you.
Great to see a poem of yours, even though i know it's probably short term, so to speak.

Love Janet.x

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Original item by Richard Brooks

Photos taken by David Andrew - for copies write David@writeoutloud.net .

Janet: if you read this, let me know your surname...

Comment is about Abi Idowu reads at Bolton Xmas Party, December 2008 (photo)

Deborah, your poem is both beautiful and sad. That empty feeling of longing that cannot be fullfilled is expressed so well here. The chill from your poem resonates right through me as I remember feeling this way.

Comment is about Congelati (blog)

Original item by Deborah Jordan Bailey

Go Richard go! Love the cutting last line, so true. I can see 'Skinny Man' spitting bars to this one and many a stand up comedian smiling to themselves. Definately one for the stage!!

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Original item by Richard Brooks

well no thanks, but do you really think you have to write every day? If I cant get the words out, it may mean I have nothing to say. Dont be so hard on yourself, you can take days off from poetry,its not written in blood that you must write.I agree with carol, you have just made history, with "verbal irrigation" lol!

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