laura...just watching mock the week...has anybody ever told you that you are like Jo Caulfield?

er i think she likes poetry.

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"Oh, I'm just waiting for Mr Right"
- Ann - you might be better with Mr Right-now !!

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Thanks Elaine - much appreciated. B
(leaves on the line)

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Hi Val - I hope we will still be seeing you at Butterflies in Bolton - have missed you the last couple of times I went to the Howcroft. I like the new venue - I always found the Howcroft a bit too bright - like an operating theatre. The welcome was always lovely there and a good atmosphere - though Sunday isn't a great night to have anything on. They will have to get more seating in Butterflies if it takes off though - or maybe I'll start taking my mum's shooting stick...heating also!
I can't make the first one but hope to see you there at some point.
Isobel x

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Thanks for your comment on my latest. Am looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow - and since I've got something new to read will probably enjoy it more. I read somewhere that Petrova will be there too - it looks set to be a great night! See you there. x

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Many thanks for useful and kind comments

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Hello John

As promised I have re read your poetry postings and find them all delightful… why indeed would I not.

Under the Wire - is my most favourite, in a class of its own..

‘Lost’ Ghazal - Once again superb in it crafted simplicity…. I’m not a great fan of this style of poetry, something missing I feel ?

Liken to fine china that clunks rather than pinging..

As to the slightly more erotic, the pretty ‘Triolet’ is, I think very well crafted and observed, however I would have been unhappy including the words ‘alleviate’ and ‘stress’, in my humble opinion I find them angular and jarring in a poem which outlines a ritual so secret and special.. I would, had it been my poem, chosen to replace it with a new line altogether utilising the word ‘press ‘or ‘less’

Sometimes (Extended Rhyming Mix) - is my favourite in this genre wonderful lovely echoing imagery, beautiful mood paintings within all of the lines.

I also have a feeling that you yearn to write more erotica but are perhaps self limiting by your intellectual inhibitions , what I mean is, that you perhaps try to completely smother the sometimes absurd, gaudy, and gratuitous nature of the subject by overworking cleverly constructed subtleties. Instead of be as intellectually timorous perhaps, dare I say, a more hands on approach…

…boom boom

Enjoy being ribald and risqué.

I have enjoyed my jaunt through your recent poetry postings, thank the Lord you are not as prolific as one or two on this site.

Many thanks and well done all of your work is superb.

Augusta xx

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Hi Elaine - many thanks for your kind comments on Sargasso Remembered - I do appreciate your getting in touch

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Hello Ann - thanks very much for your comments on the Leaving of Liverpool and Muntjak always great to get your feedback and much appreciated - yes and especially sad about the expectant deer x

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oh so! you intend to gad about-whats new there then! as to walking the southwest way-that wouldnt be in the direction of the cliffs edge would it? hee hee...getting up hills?why walk up them when you can walk down them?..tee hee take two(stop me if I get too funny)and as for liking to be free spirited-you are a dead big lot more free spirited than Queen Freespirit herself-thats so easy to see in all your vastly-vastly-vastly improving poetry.The consolation,for the want of putting it better regarding Gems is that she is no longer suffering-and that thought you, as I do, with 'me little golden Yorkieboy (Pepe) must cling to-ok? and yes when the youth of spring takes your hand,be assured the cobwebs once more will dissipate-you have my word on it! enjoy your day Ann-if I dont see you before Christmas-all the Georgey(best)love-Stef.xx

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Good morning Ann-clear the decks for action shipmate-I,m about to give you a waffling broadside!

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good morning Dave from relentlessly rained on Rhondda-given the option of staring at the ceiling or popping a couple of kipping tablets,I know which I would opt for.As for me two bottles of laudanum a night does the trick(lol!)or better still reading my own poo-etry! haha! wifey gave me a dig in the ribs by the way for overlooking your regards to her(as in 'one' poem)she r.s.v.p's hers to you and we both keep you in mind-as to your mind being 'foggied' from the 'tabs-blimey! I would not like to observe its capabilities-'unfoggied' your poetry is as good as your kindness-sorry for waffling(yet again)but its important to me to think of other people beside myself-many thanks Mr D-catch you later-our regards-P&S.Wilde-xx(not from me...(wifeyfeatures)

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'lo Elaine :)

Thank you re 'childhood'. Bang on :)

I am deffo going tomorrow night now - visitor isn't landing in Liverpool til Friday night now, so see you tomorrow our kid! Looking forward to it :)

Laura xx

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hi laura. are u going tudor poetry this month? havent made my mind up thought you might swing it (no puns intended ;0)...better mention poetry incase im told off for abusing the comments thread...er do you like poetry?

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good early Wednesday morning Dave-I,m a bit bog eyed after five hour drive 'tut Rhondda-and into the usual downpour(no bricklaying for the daughter tomorrow!)always thinking of you health struggle-so my fingers will stay crossed-Stef.

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Hi Ann-you suggested I keep going? I need to in order to catch up with you! in twenty years! oh don,t start mopsing-keep up the needy momentum(for everyones sake) love-Stef.xx ps-wheres that new rescue kitten then?

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Me again, Foxy.
We might look a little chavvy supping mouclade from a cup. It's a spicy, curry-like, dish of mussels. But for you, Foxy, I'd sup it out of a cup.

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Thanks for your appraisal of "Bigotry" Cynthia. I intended there to be a villanelle (which I've had to change slightly to make it more coherent in the final quatrain) with a prosaic stanza of the same length as the villanelle (19 lines). Within which to compare and contrast the two and, as you probably have guessed, to denounce bigots soley biased to either vein. I think it needs editing but there are quite a few things to it that I definitely want to keep as well. I'll try to get around them but it sometimes takes me a while to think how to get around a certain obstacle.

All the best

- Josh

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Thanks Greg. Not my usual barrel of laughs I'm afraid.

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Hi Cynthia - re Leaving of Liverpool - thanks for the suggestion and I have taken out the line you said which does give it a slightly sharper edge - obliged indeed

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Part of the firmament - you are a lovely - you can be the moon controlling all the tides...

What I was trying to say was that I don't really need catharsis any more. I've dealt with my past and put it behind me. That poem got written because I read two other poems on here - one that upset me and one that made me think. Would agree that poetry has lifted me, given me something other than drudgery to look forward to, stimulated the brain, introduced me to lots of fascinating people - and I'm not too bad at it on a good day - so it's made me proud of myself - which is very, very important. It hasn't done much to help keep my house clean though :(xx

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Thanks Laura, good advice - just do it! ;)

And someone once told me its better to ask forgiveness than seek permission...

The majority of the time that which we fear is groundless, only serving to restrict us.

Thanks for reminding me xXx

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Ta Cynthia for your comment on 'childhood' - much appreciated, as always :)

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Hi Andy, dropping pins eh?!
Sounds eerie and awesome at the same time. I'd like to perform some of my poetry but I'm not ready yet. Plan on going to the Tudor House tomorrow to listen, which will be my first time at a reading...

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glad you like 'Percy'... Its one of those pieces which I was a little nervous about sharing it originally as I thought would think it was too slushy or something.. clearly not and that means a lot tome..

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Hi Alan, thanks for commenting on 'My Head Hurts' :) I'm fond of adding a twist in the tail now and then...
Best wishes, Dave

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Thanks John for combing my work and then brushing up on the puns!

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Hey, thanks for your kind comments! Yes, I don't know what I was thinking, missing so many gag opportunities. I'll never make any fringe festivals (or should that be cringe festivals...?)

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'Ey up Laura.
Glad you liked Senior.

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Hello Cate.
Thanks for your thoughts on Senior. A teacher at school advised us to only write about what we knew about! Old age I know about.

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Thank you for thanking me John - but I am so old I can't remember what you are thanking me for now! ;-)

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yeah i felt that the dockers were returning to the hookers open arms from their stint on the sea ;-)

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'Ey up, Foxy.
Thanks for your comments on Senior. It's all autobiographical as you expected!

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Hi Alan - re: Leaving of Liverpool - not sure where you got the dockers from - the ladies were hookers or did I misunderstand what you were referring to - good to hear from you again though

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Re: Winter Walk. 'girlhood' it was and stays. I reviewed my thinking and decided what I have is what I wanted, for those same reasons which you so eloquently shared.

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Hi Andy and thanks for commenting on "Second Skin" incidentally, did you think it from a female perspective in spite of my comment to the contrary or before it? xXx

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Thanks for you comments Laura on "Second Skin" I liked the silk and branding lines too he he ;) x

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Thanks for your feedback Isobel & mud wrestling eh? Can I watch - lol! X

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Thanks Laura x (you & I poem)

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Hi Laura,
thanks very much for commenting on my childhood poem. I notice you wrote one too. Off to check it out now ;-)

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So good you commented twice :-)
(just joking) thanks for comment on my childhood poem. No chance of ever winning a comp but it's worth a shot just for the exercise ;-)

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Thanks for commenting so quickly on my childhood poem. Response beneath the entry :-)

Aren't the new profiles great!
You got a great portfolio here now with all your audios easy to find in one listing.

Janet.x

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Cheers for your comments on East Budleigh, Andy. I hope the tone isn't just sad, but is also about how we view the past, and yearn to preserve it in a certain way. I was interested that you linked it to the wartime death of your uncle in Burma. My father survived - lucky for me - after three years as a prisoner of the Japanese in Thailand. Greg

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Thankyou for your comments Cynthia, I really apprecaite you reading my work. x

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Morning Houston!

Erm, my ghazal...it's in the post ;D Seriously - I'm waiting for it to be born heh.

Thanks for your comment on 'childhood'. Well, the i-museum is effectively me...the building that houses me/I. A museum is a store for historical things, yes? So that small girl, who was hurt so badly, is still in there, hiding. It was a kind of continuation of the sample piece, which I wasn't sure about doing at first, but it seemed to fit, and I suppose becomes a motif. Louise Bourgeois made art connected to her mother all her life. I find that fascinating.

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Your comments on Sargasso Remembered much appreciated Andy and thank you for taking time to say so

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Aw thanks Isobel!
I'm made of strong stuff, those lovely life experiences (tongue in cheek but without resentment) have made me so.
I want to publish eventually so I certainly won't be disappearing. Life is far too interesting & I'm far to curious as to what's around the next corner ;) x

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Hi Anna, Saw you at Guitar and Verse the other night. What a random / fresh / confident / stumbling / brilliant spot you did. You were just yourself and that was more than enough. A breath of fresh air. more please. Win x

P.S. I will have to look up this poem a day thing, yes , sounds scary

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Hi yes, keep the end. in fact keep the whole thing. This seems a v cathartic poem for you . Win X

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Thanks for your lovely comment Win. I'm so glad that you could see the hope at the end - that is just what I wanted. I never want to be defined by my past - I really do want to move on. It was important for me to say that the inspiration came from other people - feeling the same feelings all over again, through other people's suffering. You seem to have crystalised my thought for me in fact. Someone I showed it to wanted me to change that ending for something more powerful - but I just couldn't. Now I see why. x

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