Isobel, the cupboard so offered was Elaine's. I was the guest in her house. My variety of teas extends to ten (I was quite shocked when I realized this, lying in bed and counting them off on my fingers...what WOULD I have done if I had possessed more teas than fingers! :) Happy New Year.

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Thanks Andy - nice when something written creates a physical response, let's me know I'm on the right track ;) x

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Hi Isobel - glad you liked my Penguin poems... I wrote them just for a laugh really and thought it had been a while since I posted anything silly online, so henceforth... Hope to see you at Guitars and Verse (even though I am cold ridden)

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Hi Tom, thanks for looking in on Sappho, there is a bit more explanation on the blog entry now, if it makes any sense, and yes this does seem of a similar style to the NMH one although it comes from a different source. err... my head. H X

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What Gus likes must be good. He has good taste! Thanks very much for dropping by and commenting on Sappho, Win x

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LOL. Gabrielle blow your horn.

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thank for your comments on 'dirty rag'. see you soon x

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Hi John, nice to see and hear you last night. This is that poem we were talking over.

http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=17656

It will be interesting to see what you make of it,

Win

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Hi Iso, lengthy comments on all sorts of rubbish left for you on the 'Sappho' blog entry. Win XXX

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Howdy Elaine

Blimey - thank you for all your recent comments! Yeh, you read right - am fiercely passionate about life. We don't know what's coming up, what's around the corner, the struggles awaiting us, so each single minute of each day MATTERS.

Are you going the Tudor next week? Not sure if I am or not yet, have overseas visitors for the week. Might drag them along!

Laura x

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Hi Ann - thank you commenting on The Haunting - I did tweak one of the words as you suggested plus others - much obliged for your help

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Hi There, thanks for commenting on the Offal poem. It has undergone major surgery! (see blog entry)

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Hi There, thanks for commenting on the Offal poem. It has undergone major surgery! (see blog entry)

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Hi Ann, thanks for such a close reading on Sappho. glad you feel its an improvrment. It's not a piece with a great deal of hidden meaning, it's just what you make of it I think. In fact "a very hot, steamy and sexually charged christmas dinner" is pretty close to what was on my mind. Ooh HOT! Sappho was one of the 9 ancient Greek lyric poets from Lesbos and for some is also pretty hot and for others an iconic figure. She has a prettty interesting life story and there is a painting in the man chester gallery which is my fav painting in there. see it here -

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/sappho.htm

Win X

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Thanks for taking another peek at my poetry Elaine - much appreciated. No idea what I'll read next Thursday - I've not written anything decent in ages. It may have to be summat ancient LOL. I enjoyed trying to fathom out your latest! xx

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Re; your further comments on The Hard Seat Isobel - absolutely I couldn't agree more - great to get the help with fine-tuning too

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Happy New Year you! I completely mis-read Cynthia's poem then - for some reason I thought the tea cupboard was hers. Imagined you stopping off on the way to your Hebden experience. I shall definitely have to partake of this hobbit hole experience LOL. Look forward to catching up with you at the Tudor next week - hopefully.
xx

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Hi, Isobel. Since the tea cupboard Cynthia refers to so beautifully is mine and since it appeals to you - you must come and see my hobbit hole sometime!!!! Love your new pic - it's really beautiful, such a cheering lovely smile. Happy New Year! x

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Hi Isobel - many thanks for commenting on The Hard Seat - yes the experience was certainly for me an instant cure for trivial suffering - and a long-term wondering about how people struggle through their lives that way

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No that makes perfect sense. One of my Mum's Favourites is 'Not Waving But Drowning' and she was mortified when she recently heard a recording in the poets own voice!

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Hi John - was very flattered by your kind comments on The Hard Seat and will wait to see if there are any other valid comments before tinkering with it but I have already earmarked one or two of your suggestions for improvement - very much obliged

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Thx for the comment on the latest Dave- insightful and appreciated.

I was thinking about this idea/poem in the wider context rather than simply the personal.

On which note; maybe you could detail that biblical story and reference over that pint we mentioned.

Chris

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Thx for the feedback Andy- appreciated.

The lip service comment...yea it is one of those where you can open your mouth and heart simultaneously and wish you had done neither.

Chris

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Hi Laura, Thx for the feedback on my latest- appreciated.

Words are great but I don't think they fix everything...sounds like you have felt the same way.

Chris

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Hi Isobel- thx for the feedback and thought on my latest.

I agree with what you were saying...made/makes sense.

Not always easy to try and explain different points when it is between the lines stuff.

Hope I didn't sound odd in trying to wrestle my own logic to the floor.

It was good to get some real thoughts going on the issue.

Chris

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Enjoyed your poetry samples, Louise.

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Thanks for taking the time to read and comment, much appreciated :-)

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Thanks for taking the time to read and comment, much appreciated :-)

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Thank you Dave - I think you are spot on with the assessment - much obliged for the encouragement

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Hi Isobel, thanx for comment, am doin poetry to music with Andy N, you never know might try this!

Look forward to seeing you thurs @ Guitar n Verse! Jeff X

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No probs - your poem inspired me in part to write a poem just. It's pretty rough so I'm not sure if it'll ever get finished or make it on here - like most of my stuff!

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Hi Alison, thanx for your nice comment about my poem, much appreciated. Not had chance to comment on WOL for a while so missed your work, will have a good look soon tho, best wishes Jeff X

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Many thanks, Winston... for your sojourn and kindly response to my poem, "Buttered." You are much appreciated. Cheers, Frederick

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Aye, Cynthia... and what a beautiful madness poetry is! Thanks for dropping in and responding to my poem, 'Buttered.'.

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Hi Andy,

Thank you for reading and commenting - yet again!
I seem to have been unable to write anything for a looong time, i think maybe this was a one off!!

:-)

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Hi Ann,

Thanks for reading and commenting again x

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Hi Winston, thanks for reading x

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hi isobel, thanks for reading yet again x

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Thanks Charlene! Did you hear the audio version at the top or just read it?

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"under the stars" - Thanks for the comments & I do agree that the explanation was unnecessary, but I wanted to say that this was indeed a real event & mirrored an earlier similar event - both of which were marvellous but very strange.

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"Liqueurs, madam" - thanks, yes, that was the general sentiment I had in mind "Oooh, you are awful......"

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Hi Cynthia - job done - I agree it does looks better - ta for troubling to comment - having said had trouble doing the amendments system playing up

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Hi Laura, I think perhaps you are a little hard on yourself, but it is a good exercise to look back over our older poems and see if they can be improved. Personally I think you write very well in English, but we can all 'hone' our work better by returning to it after a while, Some of my poems have been 'tweaked' not just once, but several times over the years and I'm sure I will continue to do that :) Best wishes, Dave

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Hi, my dearest Dave! Thank you so much for the comment on "Your Love". You know that I've decided to rewrite most of my poems. I think the time has come to do that. I came to the conclusion that a lot of my poems are very week. I mean not the ideas of the poems but the structure of them. So, as far as I have no inspiration today for writing new poems, I've decided to overlook my old ones. Am I right?
With love, hugs and warmest wishes,

Your ever friend,

Laura

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Thanks so much for your comments, David! There are a couple others that are lyrics too - if you have time, I'd appreciate it if you checked them out. "Bye Mommy" is one, "Though The Demons Are Waiting" is another and so is "Waves Crash". "Bye Mommy" is in pretty good shape, but the other two probably need work. The rest of my work is mainly free verse.

If not, that's OK too. In any case, thank you for taking the time to comment on "Broken Seashell". Happy New Year!!

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cropped the quiet room like you said it does work well i have made it into a song http://soundcloud.com/alienpoet/the-quiet-room-becomes-loneliness

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Thank you Ann for reading and responding to my poem, "Consumption." And you were right, it tasted quite good. Now all I need is someone bold enough to read it out loud so we can post it up on youtube or some other venue. Cheers! Frederick

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Thanks very much, Ann. And a very happy new year to you too x

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hi Lynn email your address to
rachaelvdunn@hotmail.co.uk
and I will send you a copy of Alpha Ghost :) x

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PPS - Ian Gant - (whose poetry I like very much) prompted a rather sarcastic/humorous? remark from me about Albert with his horses head handle. Have you read it recently? - this is genius for me (but I dont think he ever was made poet laureate)
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/albert-and-the-lion/

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