Hi - "Amen" poem - yes, I wrote that about 3 or 4 yrs ago, & when I came to post it I remembered the clip from Talking Heads & thought it was worth re-hashing for those who haven't seen it. all the best

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I worship at the altar - you've got CLASS written through you like a stick of rock ;)

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nice to meet you too, of all places on a barge, when i've lost my voice. just noticed the little red crosses you mentioned ha. hope you had fun, when's the poetry nights at the tudor again? xx

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Come to think of it, I can picture Dale Winton with one.

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"A pillar box red pvc shopping trolley"
Ha! - I bet she thought she looked "the mutts nuts" - (please tell me it WAS a woman)- I've actually seen blokes with those trollies before now, but red PVC!!

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Hi Larisa, I saw your query, but as you didn't seem to be logged in here I've emailed a reply to you :)

Best wishes, Dave

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Hi, Dave! Please, help! I am not sure what is correct: "And her life was a real tough" or " And her life was really a tough" or "Her life was real tough". Which one is correct or better?
With warmest wishes, Larisa

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Thank you Cynthia for your very kind comment on "No Matter" - I was afraid it might be too maudlin! Maybe I need a maudlinometer! Or maybe I don't!! xx

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Thank you Cynthia for your very flattering comments on my wonderful poem.

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Thank you so much Anne for those wonder words and observation I had hoped that the wisful lonely feeling had been strong enough to register.

I note that you are still writing as enthusiastically as ever ,

Long may it continue.

Once more, many thanks.

Augusta xx

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Thank you Rosalind for your very kind thoughts and wonderful comments I look forward to reading more of your poetry.

I am delighted that my poetry gives you goose bumps but I'm sure there are many other pleasures that produce that state of 'Tingle' dare I say even long stiffer goose bumps!!

Once again many thanks

Yours in pleasure.

Augusta xx

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Thanks for your comments on my wonderful poem 'Window box'.

Though I can assure you it is not a cut-up (wash yer mouth out) though I suppose it is a bit 'miserablist' school of poetry.

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Hi - Ol Blue Eyes - I must admit that before I wrote it, I had to look up the spelling. Apparently, Sindy was the UK's answer to the US Barbie doll, so even though Cindy is a "real" US name, over here the new doll was called Sindy. all the best B.

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Thanks for your comment on 'window box' and yes, thank goodness no gnomes or I'd have to blow them to pieces which is a very dangerous thing to do, or so I'm told.

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Hi Winston, thanks for commenting on 'Sweet Nothings' :)

Cheers, Dave

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My Irish great uncle Seamus Guinessberg ran a shop in Cork which like many Irish shops combined two businesses; plumbing and a bookshop. It was called Only Connect

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Thanks for your comment. You are right about my intention.
I enjoyed your Picasso poem. I have a copy of his The Burial of the Count of Orgaz & Other Poems which is interesting but a bit too surrealist for my taste. Good luck with your book launch

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I also have seen a proper wall of death :-)

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Hi Cyn - glad you liked it & thanks for the comments
(smoke & mirrors) all the best X

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Hi Cynthia , thanks for you picasso comments. I saw the doc and liked the matisse one even more, very interesting. a spray of words. Yes... that just about describes it I think :-)

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thanks for your comment on putting dad to bed...So glad you understood x

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That's a very serious mug shot you've got up there Steve - you look like something out of a police line up LOL
Thanks for paying my profile a visit. It was great meeting you at Wigan - I'm glad you enjoyed it. Glad someone agrees with me about serious v funny poetry also. Having said all that, I would like nothing more than to be able to write funny poetry - it is so hard to do well. The best tonic ever for me is laughter - it can lift me right out of any grumpy mood I might be in. If you can tap into the right market with good witty poetry you could probably make more money out of it than you could serious stuff...but then we probably start to stray into comedy rather than poetry...
Look forward to seeing you around on the scene. x

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Hi Andy, Glad you liked the Picasso one. for a fuller explanation please revisit orig blog entry. Win x

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Hi Ann, Glad you liked the Picasso one. for a fuller explanation please revisit orig blog entry. Win x

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For my answer on a virtual postard to the Picasso question please see orig blog entry. Win x

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Hi Dave, It was nice to chat to you the other night in Wigan and cheers for your good advice. Just read your poems above, poor old Derek, what a way to go! I really like 'Choker', I know what your mate means about graveyards, they are very powerful places. Hope to see you about soon, cheers Stevex

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Hi Isobel, It was good to see you the other night and hear more of your work, I especially like your use of song, it has inspired me! Thanks for your kind comments on the discussion page, I've just seen them. From my small experience at slams, I agree with you - serious is definitely the way to go or maybe mix them up a bit - one serious, one funny each round! Hope to see soon you when I am next across your way. Take care, Stevex

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Cynthia, just read your comment on my profile, thanks. You ask about this superficial situation, the Cynthia superficial sitaution sites sympathy from me, yes it happens to me too.

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ay up lass!how are you keeping Bernadette? nice to see you on again-I,m nicking off to kip-catch you in the morning? best regards-Stef-xx

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Hey Andy, appreiciate your comment,thx.

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Hi Alison

Thanks for your kind comments. I was trying to write a sonnet but am easily distracted. I bought the anthology staying alive (and being alive) which you mentioned and am enjoying the variety. I like Alden Nowlan’s poetry. Nowlan said “I think you have to risk sentimentality…because after all sentimentality is very close to the things that genuinely move people” and for what it’s worth I agree.

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Like The Empress of Blandings
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/Hog-Calling-Woman-Makes-Pig-Noises-To-Win-Contest-In-US/Video/200808215076222?lid=VIDEO_15076222_HogCallingWomanMakesPigNoisesToWinContestInUS&lpos=searchresults
Strangely interesting

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Hi Cynthia
The poem was more concerned with how I feel about poetry. Good writing turns me on. I like poetry that has mystery and surprise, when not everything is spelled out. I do think of the brain as an erogenous zone. The person taking their clothes off could be male or female. I had no one in mind. I am interested in your use of the term physical arena suggesting romance as a wrestling match-the grapple of love.
Thanks for your interest

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Hi again Dave-regarding your poor friend in Pakistan-there but for the grace of God eh Dave.Best the likes of the ordinary person here can do is donate-and keep these suffering people in our thoughts.catch you later Dave-Stef.

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Thank you my friend for those comments on 'Rebel', much appreciated - best wishes, Dave

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Nawty Ann, lol - I bet it is something I could have done without noticing also, hehe. But no doubt it is soon fixed and my dear friend will find my Rebel restored :)

Best wishes, Dave

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Hiya :) To answer your question Laura, I think you need to click on the words 'My Account' in the top right corner, then there will be a 'Blog Preferences' option to look at - I haven't used the facility before, but that seems to be where you can edit things.
Best wishes, Dave

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Hey Dave -I bet she did it on purpose!! (Just kiddin') ;-) Hope she manages to get you back! I suppose in theory it might be possible to exclude someone without knowing, and then think they'd stopped posting! xx

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Hi Lynn - you can be a nice blue angel fish with black stripes in my aquarium! xx

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Hi, Dave! I made an accidental mistake. Pressed "Exclude entries by Dave Dunn in the blogs. I wanted to write a comment on your "Rebel" and it suddenly disappeared, the I understood the mistake. What to do now?
With warmest wishes, Larisa

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Hi Rache - I hear that you've won summat - couldn't happen to a nicer poet!! Lots of love Anniepooxxxx

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ah rach, was only the drink making you feel bad. you were great and i was so pleased to meet you. your funny and lovely drunk, its ok xx

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Delighted to hear about your victory Rachel. Well done.

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Hi Dave, thanks for the comment on me poem...I am on computer rationing at the mo (school hols etc) so sorry it took me a while to reply. :)
I will put some new stuff on th'blog soonish
Thanks
Rach
x

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Helllloooo Isobel! Aw, thanks for the comment on my profile and thanks for being so lovely and warm and supportive last night, even when I was probably being very drunk and annoying, you were brill and it was ace to see you again, now I (and more importantly Dazz and Lesley) know where the Tudor is, I will definitely visit Wigan more often,
See you soon,
loads of love
xxx

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Thank you. :)
I have spent the day recovering from the effects of much too much wine and it's been one of those days when bits of the night before come back at you in flashes.... sorry to anyone I may have bored, dribbled on or generally over shared to! It was wonderful to see familiar faces and put the faces to names I only knew from here before. great to see you all, you're a lovely bunch. Well done to everyone organising and competing, what a belting night...or neet!
x

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Félicitations Rachel...
C'était un plaisir de faire ta connaissance hier soir : )

xx

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Let me be the first to offer my official congratulations. You are a top lady and very class act - you deserved to win. Lovely as ever to meet you. Look forward to seeing and hearing a lot more of you.
Isobel xx

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hey rach, glad to meet you at the slam.
had a quick look at your samples here and i loved 'dad' beautifully sad and funny. love it xx

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Hi Fatima, nice to meet you and I liked your performance, straight from the heart and powerful.

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