thanks for your comments on death mask,your eptiaph inspired it .. it is about more than the mask of course , and i wonder that maybe everyone does lose their identity , isnt that what death is ?

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Just popped on to say hi Lynn-hope you and family and Ben are well-going down to Porthcawl in the the morning-so I,m pc-less for a week-no tears now!catch you at weekend-your week goes well-best of em-Stef-xx

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Well done Rachel. Very much looking forward to reading or hearing the winning poems

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just popping by to thank you for your pragmatism. I'd rather be known as someone who writes quirky poems that twist a knife than someone seeking attention and sympathy. You were spot on.

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Thank you Winston :) x

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My dearie-Foxlips-you will be pleased to know I have just hung my fat balls up in a tree-on the hend of a fifteen foot bamboo pole(ouch!)for me dicky birds as well as me brown nuts-reason being some feevin fingy or whatever removed(1kg overnight-the whole bleedin lot-as well as slicing the netting on me bleedin fatballs and runnin orf wivem-so now they are 'ooked hup to a dead big height-so if some nut burglar or feevin fing tries to rob em-they are gona need yooj ladders and bramble cutters to steal a cupla quidsworth of me balls/nuts-wiv u bein a nornerfollyjist can I have a pat on me yed for inishitiv-fanx if yoo doo-Oh! I,m proper vexed!-Stefe'gggrrran-xx

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Hi Ann,
Thanks for your kind comments about 'It started in the jungle', hallucinations whilst detoxing were hard to capture in a way that made any sense at all, so you were right to not be able to I guess! Many congratulations on your second place in the 'Freedom' competition, well deserved for the poem in question. Mx

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Wow Isobel! I'm so sorry you didn't get a placing in the slam. If you need some moral support you know where i am.
Most importantly...did you enjoy the experience? :-)

love Janet.xx

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Congratulations! Win x

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tee hee, thanks Anniepoos! It was a lovely night, big W.O.L. contingent, everyone was brill and lovely and I couldn't get to sleep last night cos I couldn't stop grinning! :)
xxx

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So the drinks are on you Rachel! Well done - couldn't happen to a nicer poet! What poem did you do? And, more importantly, have you got a hangover this morning! Much love Anniepooxxxxxxxx

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Félicitations, Rachel !!!!!
Quel honneur...

You are on a roll : )
xxx

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Hi Luv your poems :) I'm ok ta hope you are well too tc JL oh like the bike btw

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Thanks Winston. Please get in touch when you're about. I'm organising a slam for the 29th November if you're interested. It's on the calendar.

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Hi Hayden, Welcome to WOL. Maybe see you in Leeds sometime, :-) Winston (Admin)

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Hi Jean,long time passes,trust life is treating you kindly...more of my poetry for classification.be safe.Marc x

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Hiya Laura, like your biog, yeah you didnt bottle it you did a top performance, glad you loved doing it and enjoyed the night, you're more than welcome anytime Jeff X

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Good Luck Tonight! Have the most fab SLAM ever!Sorry I won't be there to cheer you on but I'll be rooting for you from a distance and the vibes should carry. Go, Isobel, Go! Love Moxy xxx

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Wishing you an absolutely marvellous SLAM tonight! Have fun -- you'll wow Ms Duffy for sure! Sorry not to be there to support you in person but I'll be sending my thoughts/vibes/fluences your way! Moxy xxx

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Wecome to WOL. I like your sample poem; powerful, descriptive and thought provoking.

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Hi! How you doing? I like your audio, and the link to your blog, esp like Home, Wedding Nights and Beggeress. Good stuff! x

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Thanks for your kind comment on Currawong, Cynthia. This one has sat around for a couple of years, marinating, as they do sometimes ...

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Hi Ann, thanks for your comment on Currawong. You're right, the second verse is a little different from the rest, more about the family we stayed with when we were out in Australia two years ago.

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I'm delighted that you connected totally with the feelings of isolation that I felt Greg. My poem 'Coming Home' that I posted yonks back was about coming back from Australia. I also wrote one about Sydney Opera House on the same theme. Could you imagine how those people who were stuck there for life must have felt back in the days when they got a one way ticket?
Thanks for the good wishes re slam. Both my pieces are definitely performance - one needs to be watched as well as listened to. I will post them though - once I've had chance to record them. Wish I could quell the rising nerves!
Isobel xx

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Hi Nigel, Welcome to Wol. Enjoy. Winston (Admin New Members)

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Alright Jeff

What a great night last night! I totally enjoyed it, and was buzzing like mad afterwards :D Everyone's pieces were just dandy, and I would love to come along to the next one and do another bit if you'll have me :)

Catchya soon chuck, Laura x

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Thanks Dave, for your comments on 'down among the mad' - I always appreciate feedback. I, too, am not sure about the 'slightly sinister so sick' line - may well change it - bit too much susurration.
Cx

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I also meant to say, good luck to you and Rachel in the Lennon slam tomorrow. Wish I could be there. I look forward to seeing the odd Lennon poem on the site next week, maybe.

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Hi Isobel, glad you liked Currawong, the product of a three-week trip to Oz, mostly staying with friends, two years ago. Interesting what you say about the isolation: I was struck by what an Australian tourist said to me up in northern Queensland, how she envied us being able to pop over to Madrid or Rome on easyJet when for them it's an eight-hour flight to Indonesia. As a consequence she'd never been outside Australia. PS Good on yer for spotting "desert". It was meant, inasmuch as any of the words in my poems are meant!

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Hi Win, thanks for commenting on 'Congruence.'
I'm enjoying writing the short poems for now. I was kind of hoping that i had done writing about flowers for a while :-)

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Hi Cynthia, thanks for commenting on 'Congruence.'
I originally wrote it in traditional haiku then changed my mind. I had a few different slants on how best to present it and your idea is very similar to one of them.
i.e. enjoying the rain
feel the pain
Narcissus

I'll take on board your interpretation and see if anyone else comments similarly :-)

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Hi Dave. how are you? 'Inside Out' is unknown to me. I don't have a telly! Win x

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dpwJS1-uYM&feature=related
Just take this longing from my tongue
all the lonely things my hands have done.
Let me see your beauty broken down
like you would do for one you love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlRanftUqO4
The idea for the book was inspired by this Jeffrey Lewis song. Each poem is inspired by a Leonard Cohen song. Unstained copies are available.

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Thanks for comment on Mannequin.

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Thanks for comment on Mannequin.
Mrs C needn't worry. It isn't autobiographical.
(Well - mostly)

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Thanks for comment on Mannequin.
Did you see Hebden Bridge on Inside Out last week?
Dave

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Hi Lucy.
Thanks for comment on Mannequin.
Your 'Peat's silent secret' poem is very sad. Saddleworth I guess.
Welcome to WOL.

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Thanks for comment on Freedom poem. I got in trouble for it as I stupidly omitted the acknowledgements first time round. Hope it's all sorted now though and I have learned from it.
Dave

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ahhh!!! now its my turn to be hembarrassed! re hortum- just doin pooem in reply to your grave graveyard poem-boo hoo!!Sniff sniff Steff Steff-xx

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Hi Darling-as promised,I have read your poemson Andys blog(The wind-beautiful beautiful wording...Freedom-wow! what a lot of work in that poem...Rzhepick-I did comment before on this poem-it is indeed wonderful!)keep it up our Odessa Lady-very much enjoyed all your very hard work for which I thank you-big kisses for all that-XXXXXXXX!!

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Good evening Alain-your reading and evaluation of 'Times four'and the space poem, means a lot-I am sincerly grateful-Stefan.

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Hi gorgeous-ok-thanks for the Andy N. info-will do and get back to you-much love-Stefan-xx

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Good afto' shoppingchops-sorry re the kerfuffle on 'Times four'indeed you can be Autumn(if you please-and how you do just that dearie)cos you have adorable flakey gold and brown freckles-or are they liver spots(jest-HONEST!)Stef-xxps-the deleted pooem was only a dry run so to speak and went on by mistake-sorwee!

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Hi alain, thanks for commenting on ghazal - more explanation on the blog itself. Win x

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hi Steven Thanks for the comment on ghazal. This is a very mimimised version of the ghazal having only 4 sylables per line. It still has all the other qualifying factors for the classical form however. Because of this is looks and sounds very different and much more is left to the readers interpretation.

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Hi Isobel, thanks for commenting on Ghazal. It has given me a boost and better still hopefully a leg up for the ghazal too, Win xx

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Thanks for your support Steve. Sorry you can't make it but the more people I have there in spirit, the better!
I LOVE your pub poem. I'd have been gutted if the Original Oak had been demolished - one less bowling green didn't quite hit me the same LOL. I loved the historical allusions in yours. It makes you realise how impermanent we really are - which is sad but so true. I'm glad you shared it with me.
Great that you can make the Tudor. I'll be doing both my slam pieces cos I have one sister who can't make it too and she wants to hear them live.
See you there. x

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Good morning star of Odessa! yes I will be more than pleased to read your poems-but can you explain what the freedom(site?)is,and I will gladly have a look-love to you-Stefan-xx-xx

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wow Rach! you knew Joan Rutherford-thought I spotted you in Ms Marples-were you cast as the loose woman? lol-keep scrubbing! Grandad Wildey-xx ps(later on)ah it was Magaret Rutherford I was 'tinkin of-DOH!

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Good Morning Ann from soggy soggy Rhondda-thank you for pointing out my poem repeat-I was 'arf asleep at the time(and as per usual)thank you for the comment-which went off into the wild blue yonder with said deletion-sorry about that-it was very kind nevertheless.Yes the image I used is lovely-reminds me of the Ladies on WOLLY-now who could they be?....I suppose I could say you for starters but I w.....oh go on then lovelychops!-Stef-xx ps-could you resend the comment?preferably in Swahili?

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