Hi Steven thank you for your kind and understanding comment on my blog ..'someday soon..who knows ..maybe...best wishes ..Bernadette xx
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Hello L
Thanks for your comments on Pit and Pendulum.
I didn't realise that I ran on "saw inside" to make it sound like "saw rinside". Just a laziness of pronunciation on my part, I expect.
Do you find regional variations in English hard to understand or are you OK with these differences?
I worked in Scotland some time ago at a factory where there were a lot of Polish workers. They could not understand me but could understand perfectly the locals (from Glasgow) whom I could not understand!
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Laura
Thanks for your comments on Pit.
How did you know my other fetish was armpit farting?
Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)
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'Scuse my manners - thanks for your comment on my space pome.
Cislunar. Remember what it is now? ;)
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re kissed , yes you are right , and this month is the first month i am beginning to see how to link ideas together in a poem ... watch this space i guess , :)
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Right, I'll get on the site and check it out. Thanks for liking the Wolf Man on my FB wall.
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Hi Greg Oz was brilliant in every way: People, Scenery, food and as for the weather - what a pain to go from 36 degrees in Brisbane to the 'big freeze' here! Managed to get one poem, too, and working on another one.
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Hi Philip, good to see you on here! The lennon poems are now up on the Beatles Story website, think they're attached to the press release about the competition. Thanks again,
Rach
x
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Hiya Dave, the poems are up on The Beatles Story site think they're attached to the press release about the competition. As for the oem of the month thang, you deserve it, I bloody love that poem! :)
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Hi Rachel Just remembered that thanks to your good offices I'm 'poem of the month'. Thanks for that and for your kind introduction. By the way still haven't seen your prize winning poem yet.
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...thanks Andy...I get up and sing my songs here and there...not used to reading poems though,possibly best just read in silence!...cheers.
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..hello Ann...yes, it is off-balance, but this is a girl who says what she wants, how and where, all the previous lines mean nothing..
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Hi Bernadette, Thanks for your kind comment on my blog
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Hi Laura,
Thx for the comment on my latest poem. You make really interesting points about youth holding as it does the pinnacle of beauty.
This begs the question; why it is that most of us as we get older alter our sights?
It would be easy to say we do this on the basis of what is an achievable target. Whilst there maybe some truth in that, I wouldn't generally buy into that cynical option.
I honestly think that there is more to being human, more to love and how the physical side of things ties everything together for most of us. Afterall, we could all be the lech..but so few are.
I think there is something very human and more decent than we would imagine about most of us...connecting with someone and it being right is a huge thing for most of us I think.
I think that is the reason we alter our sights when it comes to the opposite sex...wanting to connect and obtain meaning on a deeper level.
Feel free to have any debate on the poem page...Its great to see and really interesting...also liked the interesting angle in reference to differing sexual orientation and the angle from youth as well.
Thx for your insight and thoughts...
My Best
Chris
Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)
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Hi Andy,
Thx for the comment on my latest poem.
The line you mentioned was my favourite in the writing looking back...
Thx mate
Chris
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Hey Isobel,
Thx for the kind feedback on my latest poem...appreciated.
The debate is really interesting and something of real interest.
The poem took a very long time to write...maybe longer than anything I have previously written...be that a good or bad thing.
My Best
Chris
Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)
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Thx for the feedback on my latest poem John....glad you like it.
My Best
Chris
Comment is about John Darwin (poet profile)
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Hehe - read your poem, and afraid to say I'm the worst boy-racer I know, and road rage is an integral part of my driving experience. I once terrified some dickhead who was trying to bully his way past me on a single lane road, by winding my window down as he drew close and screaming obscenities at him. He pulled back and behaved after that, heh ;D
I would quite happily put a bullet in Clarkson's head though.
Ah now - you know what happens when two women share the same working and living space don't you? Yep - PMT x 2!
As for lesbians being happier? I'd say that depends on the relationship ;)
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http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=4799
This was a funny rant - I think there's a lot of truth in it though. x
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Discussion on the page never works. You say one thing and people read another. I was generalising - there are exceptions to every rule and a zillion grey areas inbetween. Men and women are fundamentally different though - perhaps that is part of the attraction - it often leads to sadness though. I once wrote a poem called 'I wish I was Gay' I might post you a link to it. I think lesbians probably have a greater chance of happiness than most - though you may rap my knuckles for saying that and I may have offended in some way I'm not yet aware of.
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I appreciate your response Isobel, thank you. I'm not wanting to have an aggressive type of argument, more just to talk through a few issues I had.
I don't believe for a second that you ARE homophobic. It was the generalising that I picked up on. I still think you are doing it, but I don't think pushing this point will get us anywhere right now. I will say that the definition of emotional satisfaction will be dependent on a number of factors, not just what sex you are.
I wasn't looking for other explanations - I was asking you questions. Perhaps I could have worded it differently, maybe it doesn't work on the page.
Anyhow, thanks again for your comments
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Laura - I am sorry if I have caused you any offence. I am absolutely 100% not homophobic - bring my kids up to be totally accepting of everybody. I only mentioned the issue of sexual desire within homosexuals cos you brought the subject up initially. My original point was that men bond less than women emotionally - have less need for emotional satisfaction - especially over the long haul of marriage. I presumed this might be down to the fact that males may be biologically driven to scatter their seeds. You countered this by saying that this could not apply to homosexuals. I presumed you were looking for other explanations for why homosexuals didn't settle with one partner for life... I have not claimed anything I've said to be absolute truth. It is just me - feeling my way through what I see around me - the evidence of what I see around me....
I am not making any moral judgements on the life styles of anybody - male or female, heterosexual or homosexual.
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It was the generalisation, based on the stereotype of gay people, that I found offensive.
Fair enough if you wish to agree to disagree, but I would welcome more debate with you on this. If you don't, that's your shout :)
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I don't understand why you find anything I say offensive. You would only do so if you think changing partners more frequently is derogatory. I wasn't saying that it was. I don't give a fig how often people change partners or how much fun they pack into one small life - in fact I often wish I had lived a bit more before having children...
I just think that having children for many people, not all, alters the way they are able to behave. Possibly we will not agree on this one and we will just have to live in disagreement :)
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Eh up - didn't wanna keep derailing Chris's poem.
I take issue with a number of your statements on there as they are massive generalisations. I believe I can say this to you without you thinking this is any kind of personal attack. It isn't, it is merely a response, a debate, a very different set of understandings, attitudes and opinions.
In order of your points, I believe you can try and rule people of an age out, but you never ever know when someone of that age WILL attract you. Whether you act on it is another matter, but to say it will never happen is kinda painting yourself into a corner.
I think the women's lib to which you refer relates to radical feminism crossed with french feminism. Which is to say that both were useful, and necessary, but both are deeply flawed in their setting in stone what it is to 'be' a woman. Women are continually 'becoming', through their own ages and through history. And this of course does not even acknowledge transgendered people.
Re homosexuals, 'they' change partners more often? I'm not sure where to start with this, as I admit to being more than a little offended by it. It's another massive generalisation, of lesbians, of gay men, of the whole spectrum of queerness (and I use that term in a reclamatory manner, as it relates to queer theory), both about the frequency of partners, and about children (both having and the staying together for). Plus I think you have premised it on the 'scene' population only.
There's more to say on this, and I would love to discuss it further with you, in person sometime, over a few pints. I really don't wanna cause you any offence by what I've written here, as already stated, but felt I had to say something. Can't keep quiet on issues such as this.
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Tom, Actually John Hollander once produced a Ghazal about ghazals. Its called Ghazal on Ghazal. I will email it to you as am not sure its out there on the web and there may be copyright issues, H
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Now then John - I reckon miserabilism is a word, yeh. If it sounds right, it is right, imo. ;)
I like the boozing and the days of lying on the couch watching shite on the telly. Not James Bond films though, hate them. I quite like fairy lights too. The rest of it can get stuffed.
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*crackle* Houston - we have a problem. It's called christmas. There's a secondary issue called 'enforced happiness' to deal with too. It's a SNAFU alright. Over and out. *crackle*
A christmas ghazal? Owww! Am giving my head a little rest before the next one, heh ;) I was thinking about writing a ghazal about how hard it is to write a ghazal, but my brain melted at that point.
Nice profile pic btw. I do love your boat :)
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Cheers for comment on the Lament Ann. Don't know about you, but I only have to hear that phrase 'are you all set for christmas' and I cringe. Humbug. Although I do like the excuse it gives me for buying expensive booze ;)
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Re Triolets - I hear that they are very like Pantoums! I liked yours but as a form I find them a bit irritating. ;-)
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<Deleted User> (7212)
Wed 8th Dec 2010 21:23
I've been twice to Hull - which was about two times too many
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Philipos
Wed 8th Dec 2010 20:44
Hi Dave - many thanks for the comments - was especially pleased to get through the first hurdle attempt
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Philipos
Wed 8th Dec 2010 20:36
Thank you for the positive feedback - how do I tag my Ghazal please
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Thanks for your comments on Gaspers.
What fabulous ingredient do they put in fags which makes people stand in all kinds of shite to smoke?
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Wed 8th Dec 2010 19:26
Hi Mark, Welcome to our web site, hope you find something of interedt here, Winston (Admin)
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Yeah, but did you like it?
Triolets are basically a bit easier than a Villanelle..wot I find fiendishly difficult...easier than a ghazal too if you can find a 'killer couplet' to start off with...after that they nearly write themselves, what with the repetition etc. I found this link very helpful. Have a go...if they are anything like your ghazals you will dazzle us!
http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/triolet.htm
:-)
Jx
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Hey Laura,
Thx for comments on my moderate man (rant).
Glad you liked the sentiments and spirit.
My Best
Chris
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Hi Isobel,
Thx for the feedback and proper thoughts on both my last two poems...very kind.
The Starstuff one is a little more me and closer to my heart..but the rant can have its place too Hehe
It seemed to go down quite well at the Tudor...worked with the Bohemian atmosphere LOL
My Best
Chris
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Hi Steve,
Glad you liked the moderate man rant.
Hope to se ya soon...that meal remember.
Chris
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Hi Marianne,
Thx for the feedback on my moderate man poem...glad you approve of the spirit Hehe
My Best
Chris
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thanks Lynn,
for your comment on 'hope through a telescope' always appreciated :) x
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Thanks for the comments on Gaspers, John. I don't smoke myself (or drink, or eat meat) so pleasures are at a premium.
I do enjoy, though, trying to cause accidents on the motorway.
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Thanks for your comments on Gaspers.
I don't actually smoke, although in my younger days I have smoked anything combustible.
Nevertheless I admire the hardiness of those who brave the elements for a drag - they must be good those fags!
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<Deleted User> (6895)
Wed 8th Dec 2010 17:43
your comments on 'obligation'very much appreciated Lynn-thanks love.x
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Glad you liked the Triolet. I found this very helpful..
http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/triolet.htm
If you can find a good opening two lines of 8 syllables each that don't rhyme...then you've written half the poem to start with!
Good fun!
:-)
jx
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Ah, he has added it to the list now!
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Wed 8th Dec 2010 11:27
Hi Lynn,
Added Shoeless to the list - thanks
P
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Hi Carole. Have you not tagged your excellent space poem with "Space"? As I cannot see it in Paul's list for voting. All the Best, Lynn x
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Bernadette Herbertson
Sat 11th Dec 2010 00:33
Hi Dave thank you for your kind comment on my blog 'someday soon..who knows..maybe. I will look up the blog entries that you have suggested for me when i get chance and am sure I will find them interesting. thank you ..bernadettexx
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