Hi Elaine, thanx so much for your comments about my work, I try to keep it simple and it#s from the heart and that seems to be what people like, poets or audience.

I should be posting a new one soon, but also look forward to reading more of your work, really like the first two. Hope to see you soon (on the stage?) Jeff X

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Isobel, Many thanks for your welcoming message on this my first venture onto this site! I very much enjoyed seeing you at the last Open Mic night at the Tudor - we were sat right by you at the end of the table! Hoping to see you again on the 14th.

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Hi Jeff, Many thanks for your comments on my poems. And many more thanks for all your help and encouragement. You are a true champion of poetry and a champion person to know!

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Good evening Dave.Thank you very much for comments on 'lingering in shadows'-best regards to you-Stef.

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Good Afternoon David
Whilst the tricky nture of the subject can be harrowing i think I have given it a slightly different slant.
I thank you for commenting but in particular for reading. The subject matter whilst unpalatable to many has taken a different outcome and slant to that implied by many other poems of similar ilk.

The poem is a completely different in construction to my standard ‘typical’ and yes it is haunting but moreover it is a construction of woven memories and fleeting images, if I was only able to capture odours and taste and include them within this poem they to would have been included.
The description of the odour and taste would have been superfluous within this poem… a ‘you would have to have been there moment’.

Once again many thanks.

Augusta xx

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Hi Ann
It is very kind of you to believe this one of my better poems... however I think there are others which are much better. Nonethe less it is so kind of you to say so


I thank you so very, very much for commenting but in particular reading. The subject matter whilst unpalatable to many has taken a different outcome and slant to that implied by many other poems of similar ilk.

The poem is a completely different in construction to my standard ‘typical’ and yes it is haunting but moreover it is a construction of woven memories and fleeting images, if I was only able to capture odours and taste and include them within this poem they to would have been included.
The description of the odour and taste would have been superfluous within this poem… a ‘you would have to have been there moment’.

Once again many thanks.

Augusta xx

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Hi Ann. Thanks for your kind words on my poems.

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Hi Lynn - thank you muchly for commenting on 'Dreams Of Great Men'.
Best wishes, Dave

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Don't worry Ann, the final and definitive list will be blogged on 1st Oct with an invitation to vote and your bullet will be in there with the others.

More like a rocket wasn't it.

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I'm still not on your list Dave. It doesn't matter, as I'm not innit to winnit (I'm sure none of us are) but I have been good and tagged myself! x

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Andy, thank you for all your feedback and takin the time to read thru my words, hoping to see you on the circuit soon, what gigs have you? Peter.

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Nice stuff, Elaine... I love the quote 'let the words speak for themselves' x

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you might be right - but maybe it's just because one leg is behind the other ?
if you desperately need to ponder some more, here's a link to it http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/05/04/arts/04hopp_CA2.600.jpg

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Hi Chris, thanks for commenting on "Empty". Sorry to hear about your friends's daughter's baby. I hope our poems manage to help a little xx

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Hi Ann :) Thank for your thoughts on my ghostly ponderings. Yes dolphins & wales were an interest for me since before my teens - i would have liked to work with dolphins but swim like an anchor, lol. Best wishes, Dave

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Message for Maria - never mind about when you're fourteen - you're great already! And thank you for reading my poem! ;-)

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Hi Isobel - thanks for your thoughts on my ghostly musings, I like to think a little off the field and see if it brings a fresh perspective now and then :) Best wishes, Dave

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Thanks for your comments on my daughter's poem Winston. I don't think the site lends itself that well to kids - there is a lot of adult content and some very serious poetry also. She is growing up fast though... I'm quite sure she'll be on here one day. x

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You are an excellent poet James - you express yourself so well. I hope that WOL works for you. x

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Hello Elaine - I enjoyed your poetry. Welcome to WOL - hopefully I will get to hear you one day - you seem local enough - I would describe myself as equi distant to those 2 cities. If you are looking for venues, do try out the Tudor in Wigan, 2nd Thursday of every month. x

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Hi Elaine, welcome to WOL! really enjoyed these two different styles of poems, the first a day most people can identify with and very well described; the second a beautifully written poem of love, look forward to reading more Jeff X

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Thanks for the welcome both! Ann, I've had a browse and really like your stuff! The bat poem's very neat indeed - great imagery. Anyway...cheers.

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Welcome to WOL James. I really like your poems.

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Hi Winston, thank you for your comments. Just getting the hang of the site now!

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Hi there Linda, welcome to the site. Hopr you like what you find here. Winston :-)

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hi michael.
good to hear of your new event at fuel bar...dunno if you remember me from the NW heat of the BBC slam...anyhow just wondering if there is an open floor section on Oct 4th?

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Hi James. Welcome aboard. To a large extent I also agree with you philosophy in your biog section. Hope you enjoy the site. Winston

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Hi Fraser Welcome to WOl. Hope you enjoy contributing to the site. Winston

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Hi There Elaine. Great stuff. Living where you do means you are ideally placed to attend so many open mic events. Have a look at the gig guide. Hope you enjoy WOL. Winston

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Hi Carol, Liked your Hepburn sample. Welcome to WOL Hope you enjoy exploring the site. Winston (Admin)

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thanks for the comment, ann.. wasn't the most straightforward piece to write that one (has took a few weeks and a few drafts and at one point nearly became two separate pieces (let you guess for yourself which bits) but glad you liked it... Andy N xx

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Hi Isobel; - glad you like my 'bite the bullet' - has took a few drafts and weeks to get to the bottom of this piece.. at one point - it nearly became two poems (i am sure you can work out which bits for yourself) but pleased you like it! (do have a few lil edits I want to make to it still but wanted to get it on here then emailed to Dave tonight) x

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Hello Winston, i'm sorry if this is the wrong place to be asking. I want you to remove my profile from the website. There isn't a problem. I am highly unlikely to perform at the events so it is surplus to my requirements. Thank you for your kindness.

Jayne

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thank you for your comment and would like to say love your poems thought full and provoking especialy "If I am strong" sometimes I think we can appear to be too strong afraid to show our vulnerable side xx

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Welcome to WOL Anna.

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Hi, dear Lynn! Thank you so much for the comment on "Two souls". And....please,
do let me know if you notice some mistakes.

With love and respect, Larisa

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Hello mut - nice to see your slobbery face again. Has anyone managed to house train you yet? xx

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thanks for the version of 'they cut into the hill' - am well impressed with that, must admit.. you took it in a very different way to me but I love it...

I'm off next week - will text you later in the week to see when you are free for a pop in as this piece is probably going to be one of a series of poems!

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Hi Ann, thank you so much for your truly lovely comments on "Empty". Touched me deeply. xx

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Hi Isobel, thank you so much for your kind comments on "Empty". I have written a few that started off in free verse, and then they ended up rhyming here and there. May have another go at it soon! Thanks again. x

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Hi Cynthia, thank you so much for your very kind comments on "Empty". Your support means so much. x

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The Gift...
- Ha! beat yer to it ! :)

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Hi - The Gift - Oh I dunno - round ere it's Quetzalcoatl this & Quetzalcoatl that. I don't normally ever write poems about writing poems, but I thought I would make an exception here.

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Nosing towards America - joking apart, I dont think you or I or anyone else can help this - some poems just ARE working towards a punchline, but you have to hope to hold the reader's interest until the end - then WHAM!
Other poems, the crucial "feature" can be elsewhere & some are just lyrical all the way through with no punchline at all.
just my 2 cents xx

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Hi Lynn - thanks for commenting on 'How To Mend A Broken Heart' :) Best Wishes, Dave

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I think I'm feeling a little too Fragile for these silly comments - but I'll Relay them to someone who's a little Closer to the Edge.
Yes - a great band in their day but IMHO had done their best stuff by Fragile - CloseTTE had good parts but was defo getting a bit pompous by then. Call it Fate - call it Synchronicity, call it Cobblers - but Fragile is on my deck right now - one of my favouritest albums ever. Saw them twice at the Apollo.
In your case, did you ever like Focus as well then ? - still my all-time favourite band: I play one or the other or both almost every day - sad, isn't it - but for me, music never really got any better - although I do like all sorts of other stuff as well, these are at the top of tree. xx

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Thanks Thom, much appreciated.
As to the meaning - I asked a (very bright, highly literary) friend to read it and asked her if she got the meaning, she said 'I'm not sure; it could be a steamy but illicit romance, or possibly your recent visit to the dentist'.
Take your pick :)
Cx

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Dear Cynthia, thank you for your encouraging comments, it was a bit of a bad experience to be honest, but I sit on the fence really, I don't think you need to go to church to have faith anyway :)x

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hey john...abdul was rather disapointed today to discover that you are 'man' and either potentially my boyfriend or an unsuitable match for him. in my feeble attempts to invite him to wigan, where you could meet him and do me a big favour of interpreting for me, i think i managed to convince him that you are in love with him and would like to make beautiful poetry with him :) please provide appropriate turkish phrase that means stuff john, stuff poetry,stuff wigan, stuff conversation, lets go back to my place and fuck while the weathers good :)

oh and what is turkish for 'unlimited free car wash' just so he understands the transaction. ;)

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"passengers" - Yes, well spotted, that's dear ole Gordon & Yes, also - a great description of his "managing" the economy :)
you win a biscuit of your choice - maybe a fig roll? or a kitkat?
BTW - do you know the diffrunce between a northern lass and a kitkat??
Yep - you only get four fingers in a kitkat

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