BTW - for what it's worth - who do you think would be most likely to be picked-up & widely published on WOL?
(IMHO) - John Aikman & Ray Miller.
Why? because they follow the rules. All supremely well-crafted, clever, well-thought-out. But has any of theirs ever caused me to shed a tear ? No. Because that's not what the establishment are looking for. So how DO the Hugo Williams & John Burnsides of this world do it ? Genius, yes, but also a lot - a real lot - of Luck, that's all. just my 2c. xx

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Win
Thanks for the comments on Ah Yes, I Remember It Well. I used to play rugby in the distant past and it's a truism that the older I get the better I was.

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Thanks for your c omments on 70m Dash. It is autobiographical although what I've neglected to say is that I was Champion of the Slow Bike Race for 5 years running.

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Hi - no way has it been down hill since, but (for me) Coromandel was so outstanding that it's a hard act to follow.
What are Queen remembered for?
Bohhemian Rhapsody.
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights.
Doesn't mean that they haven't both done some awesome stuff since... but you see what I mean? Besides, you might send off Coromandel & get zilch, but for ME it's world-class. That's the thing with poetry (and many other artforms) that it's such a personal thing. When I've sent stuff off it's nearly always the poem that I added in as an afterthought that gets published, never my "good stuff". All you can do is your best. xx B

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Thanks for commenting so thoughtfully on 'Respect', Izz. Yes it's hard to concentrate for a long time at an open mic evening, which is why the Bards formula works imo. Two breaks (not one) and the compere (Steve) saying something constructive after each person. This is usually a mix of the humorous and thoughtful and kind of helps the poem to settle in the mind.

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PS - for what it's worth - in Coromandel you wrote one of my favourite poems of all time - up there with Robert Frost, Hugo Williams, John Burnside, Mervyn Peake, etc - pretty good company, I think you'd have to agree ?

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HaHa - unfortunately, that's the way it goes... you post one of your best & it gets no attention ! Me & Isobel have discussed this phenomenon at length. For my part, I didn't see the prog - and, charming as the poem is, I think it would have far more meaning (for me anyway) if I had.
And I like polish bears but I feel no great affinity for them like you do (it's cats I love - every last man-jack of em).
Some of what I consider to be my very best stuff has not attracted even one single comment. Hmph ! (stamps feet)xx.

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On the naughty step. = good theme/title for a poem?

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Hi Greg - so glad you "are" poem of the month! Always like your stuff! Happy New Year! xx

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I like your lyrics, Lisa - including the chorus, where I think any tune should repeat for the first and third, and second and fourth lines (as in "Once in Royal David's City", e.g.).

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Cheers, Win, and a very happy new year to you too! Greg

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thanks Ann for comments on 'revelations/blackpool.

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Hi Greg, well done with your POTM. and happy new year. Win X

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Congratulations Greg, on Poem of the month!
'Dance On' is expressed in a sad, matter of fact way, leaving the reader enough to empathise, yet wanting to know more...

Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year Ann, and thanks for your comments on my New Year Wishes poem. Hopefully I will be around more again now, but it's nice to be missed sometimes :) Cheers, Dave

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You are v. naughty! x
...Cynthia started it, O foxy one :)

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Yay! More 'Happy New Years' etc. etc.

Yes, I will continue in my quest to write something 'joyfully erotic' one day. It is 'a long felt want'...as they say. I will rely upon you to tell me if I ever succeed (I mean that).

Your obedient servant and fervent admirer...well, err, ummm....me!

:-)

Jxxx

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Sat 1st Jan 2011 16:11


A special Spanish word for greetings as in The New Year

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there was a competition??

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Hi Isobel - thanks for commenting on New Year Wishes - all the best to you and yours for 2011,
Dave

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Happy New Year you old dog. Will you be learning any new tricks this year, jumping through any new hoops? Is your New Year's resolution to stop writing erotic poetry or is that still the Holy Grail?
Big hugs and kisses. xx

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I'm impressed - I tinker about for ages with mine (poems).
What I was trying to say was that it was funny you should be inspired to write about Pandora weeks after the competition and not during. I was just pulling your leg really - as I'm sure you like to pull mine! x

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Hey Cyn - Winterwalk - (only my 2 cents!!) - I wouldn't fiddle with it - this poem is just about perfect as it is - "girlhood" included. IMHO, if you fiddle too much you can sometimes get a technically "better" work (maybe) but you often lose it's flow, it's soul, it's heart, and this one is so strong at that, that it'd be a real shame. Absolute perfection doesn't exist & for me, this is the best poem I've seen on WOL in a very very long time. all the best. B

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Isobel-''Hmph - will you be tagging this with Pandora's Box then?
I like the poem - shame you didn't post it back then - I guess that might have been too conformist for you...
Are you into deep posh gravelly voices then? xx''
@Isobel: I posted the poem within 1 hour of writing it.

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Happy New Year...

:-)

Jxxx

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hi andy, just wanted to thank you for the title suggestion. to be honest i rarely give any thought to titles, i just tend to write whatever comes into my head and if it comes with a title then ....
i am flattered, and a little surprised that anyone would bother to read my stuff in the first instance , never mind re - read!
kath x

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Hiya Isobel :)
Glad you liked 'perfect line'
thanks for your kind comment,
Wishing you an amazing 2011

Rach x

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Rodney, I'm a tad confused by your latest post on my site. You open with: 'I don't know' you don't know what Rod? And following: '...overshadowed...' would you explain please?
Thanx
Tommy
:o)

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hiya Andy
thanks for your comments and suggestions on 'perfect Line'
Happy 2011 X

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blimey Dave! you have been through the wars! we will keep fingers crossed for your good recovery and improving health in the coming New Year-to which I raise glass for you and yours-thank you Sir-Stef.

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Hi Dave, thanks for you comments on Seat '58A coach D' people forced together in a small space on a train from all backgrounds got to be a fascinating area for poety I think. glad you liked. Win x

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Hi again Ann-like many animal lovers we all know what a difficult period it must be for you-I really am with you in your sorrow.You did her proud in the way you laid her to rest-a very kindly way of thanking her for all her lovely companionship-of course if and when you might think of getting another pet I,m sure you will consider one from a sanctuary-but as you mention it most certainly would be disrespectful to do so too soon.I will be thinking of you and return my best wishes and love wholeheartedly-thank you for all your wonderful poetry in 2010-Stefan.xx

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nice to see you back young man! hope thou art coping-best to you Dave-Stef.

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Yes, I was imagining some great big equine wooden beastie - an unwanted chrissie present! For the woman who has everything! Sorry about the horsething! Sounds scary! Happy New Year if I don't get round to it! xx

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@Winston: Thank you for your comment on 'Daughter...'. :o)

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@Isobel: Thank you for your comment on 'Daughter...'. You have the poem summed up. Please do not feel unsure re ANY of my poems nor any comment of mine. :o)

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@Cynthia: Thank you for your comment on 'Nearly Moon'. The grammar IS the very thing at issue here. Words encroach, words displace and they do so awkwardly. As you read it the flow of the poem IS jarred as is my 'thinking'. My 'thinking' interferes with my emotions. I'm glad you have noted this Cynthia. :o) PS I will do a version just for you.

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Of course, poetry of a religious leaning fits on this site! Why wouldn't it? Poets are thinking creatures, mostly. Just ignore those who aren't. The duck-billed platypus reminds us that God didn't always make perfection. Although, God knows :) that creature may be perfection after all, and we are the uncompleted version. I said once to a friend that homosexuals may be the refining form of human life and he nearly fainted.

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PS. Love the description of your grandfather's hands too... Prompts me to write about one of my earliest childhood memories, also a visit to a grandparent, thanks for the inspiration.

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I think it must have been poem of the month then as I have read it before. Thanks for helping me remember :)

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@Cynthia: The 'nearly' is a representation of both the partial physical obliteration by cloud and the diminution by reflection and the feelings that are encroached with the need to formulate a representation -literally-.

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ah and heres me thinking someone had dumped a bloody great wooden mare on yer doorstep!-I.T?..wotsat then-lol! Stef.xx

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mmmm....Lynn Dye?...Lynn Dye?....oh yes! its you with the bunionless foot! lol! clarify trojan horse m'dear? catch you later lovely mater...SW.xx

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Oh, Ann, so sorry about Gemma, many commiserations from me too. xxxxx

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I,m convinced that you will know how sorry I sincerely am about Gemma-knowing how much she meant to you-please accept my condolences.Am I right in assuming you found a nice resting place for her? the consolation is that she isnt suffering anymore and of course she will never be forgotten by us.Commiserations Ann.Stef-xx

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'transforming an
ancient passion
into a smudge.'

I see it as not being able to clearly express yourself as before due to partial memory loss.

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Really enjoyed your poems David, I recently read "Your Cahir" but I can't remember where, it will intrigue me until I unearth the memory...

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Hi Andy
Thanks for your comment about my poem "Autumn Comes" funnily enough when we had a frost prior to the snowfall I began a piece about Winter... so watch this space perhaps! ;) xXx

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Thank you for your encouragement with 'The Truce' - not sure I could cope with a menage a troise as Anton suggests too dodgy by half

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Thank you for commenting on 'feeding the Birds' Andy - much appreciated

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