Hi Andy - thanks for your comment, glad you enjoyed it. I am trying not to comment too much on any of the other Pandora poems, as I want to include my thoughts in the end summary. I also didn't want to be influenced by other's thoughts whilst writing. I have enjoyed yours though and am so glad that you took part. What has been great about this competition is the community spirit I feel in the air. Great poets getting together to have some fun. It's not every day things like that happen...

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Hi Andy - sorry I couldn't chat. Was in middle of trying to sort out audio on my poem. I hate rushing poetry - too many loose ends, things I don't really like. Ended up changing it and then it didn't tie up to the recording. It won't seem to take the new recording though. Blast and double blast - that will teach me to rush things...

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Thank you, dear Lynn for your comments.
With warmest wishes, Larisa

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Hello Dave, many thanks for your kind comments on both the Pandora thing and my previous stuff. Just read your Haiku. Love the middle line especially.

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Re your comment on Pandora's Box -you are getting me worried Andy!

The competition is just a bit of fun - not to be taken too seriously. I am fascinated by how one theme can be developed so differently by so many. All of the poems reflect beautifully the personalities and stlyes of the poets. How does one compare apples and pears? The more I think about it, the less I want to be the judge...

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Can,t do Dave-you see I,m a member of rage concern-haha(and that-IS-a joke.But I am a trick cyclist(shh!)heading your way-where are you? all I can see is an empty crisp bag and a half full(half empty-positivity there-haha!)bottle of Navy rum.Are you lying down-in another darkened room-lol! cheers funster-Stef.

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hi steve...just got your message about mc ing at liverpoetry. yes id be happy to do that if the offer is still there...x

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Thanks Isobel for commenting on 'The Angry Man' - I'm currently baffling him with polite responses, lol.

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Gershon Thomas, thank you. People rarely take time to read and you have, despite all else, my stories proceeded from there. I have no regrets, the pen is mightier than the sword, more power to the muscle

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Who said that! haha(re you computerising in the shade)Good morning Dave and family.Enjoy your day.Have you been onto age concern for free lightbulbs? hee..hee..catch you later pater-Stefan.

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My Brother, My friend, what a blessing to have met and fellowshipped with you.
My heart weeps for the pain inflicted upon yours and so many others by our people of South Africa.
“umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu”(a person is a person through other persons)
& I am that person because of you my brother.

"When The Power of Love, Overcomes The Love of Power...Then The World Will Know Peace" Jimi Hendrix

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Hi Isobel, P.Box-I've copied this to you just to make sure you see it. B
Hi - thanks to all for your comments & just to answer some in order:
if Chris thinks this was a dig at Isobel I can say 100% that it was not a dig at anyone - Isobel & I had had some good-natured banter, but as far as I can see, that was all. Same for Isobel herself & her brother TC (I didn't know BTW) - there was no "motivation" - it was just a poem which almost wrote itself, as many do. The catalyst for the poem was Gropecuntelane - a common street name right across the UK as frequented by prostitutes until most got renamed for "decency's sake". One remains in Southwark & one of the newspapers - Guardian, I think - had a picture of the nameplate still on the wall down some backstreet by a block of flats a while back & the name stuck in my mind - can't think why.
Nash - the mighty Nash - got it right -it's a love poem & it says so in the last 2 lines.
Just to reiterate - I've no axe to grind with anyone - dedicating a recent poem to Isobel was just for a laugh - nothing sinister - and I'd hoped it would be seen as such. TTFN. B.

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Hi Dave - yes, I can see your point entirely - I suppose I'm just writing about something that has a "spark" for me & hopefully some others "get it" as well. But if it's not to everyone's taste, that's to be expected. I only dedicated the poem to Isobel as we had had some banter going on, but nothing more sinister. all the best. B

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Bienvenue à WOL Josh...
Thank you so much for your lovely comment on my poem
'Is it not enough...'
Writing it was quite cathartic ; )

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where are you Dave? someone has put sunglasses on the camera! lol!Stef.

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Hi - Banksy - Pandora's Box -
Nash - the mighty Nash - got it right -it's a love poem. sorry to piss on your chips if you wanted first go at this theme, but I'll look forward to seeing your own. all the best. B

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Hi Dave - "St johns in the Vale" = a lovely place to camp as I have done many times (despite the midges !) I cant think of a better place to be on a summers evening than outside the pub Kings Arms ? just up the road with a pint or three of what-you-fancy. I'm glad you liked the poem. As for other subject matter - well, as it says in my bio I like to write about all sorts - Nazis, paedos, death, perversion, love, corny stuff, cliched stuff, nature, etc etc. For me, it doesn't always have to be the nice stuff to be able to gain a degree of satisfaction in writing or reading the darker stuff as well. Some folks like Hello magazine & others like Pepys. Just my 2 cents. all the best. B

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(Re Pandora) Gus! Pasties aren't nasty! How very dare you! (Speaking as an inhabitant of Kurnow.) But I wondered that too. All Greek to me! And I like your poem.

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ah Dave! you had to practice? and heres me thinking it being highly likely you were a natural born lover-oh no can,t be-thats me! lol lovely picture-keep yer grubby mitts of it! cheers big fella-and the lovely Fran and all(including Uncle Tom Cobbley)-Stefan.

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Hi Ann - liking your new photo :) Best wishes
Dave

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Hi Cynthia

Well it seemed a good idea... took it out , dusted it off, a little reworking...

Just some encouragement ... can't win me own cake now can I.

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Clearly, Ann! Damn work!

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Got to get in quick round here mate! (re Pandora)

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Thankyou so much for the comments Ann!!
Take care x

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Hi Cate, Thanks for your comments on ';-P'. Yes some people are conjoined with their phones arn't they... they are worshiped objects for us as are those blackberry things. Are we missing something here? are people more interesting / important?

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Oops I normaly call you Annipoo ha ha my wife's twin is called Anne so you see my fingers think they know how to spell better than me !! except the don't ha ha...TC XX

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haha again Dave-have at you! you funny cad and bubbly(metaphorical)boundah! how did an old bulldog chewing a wasp like you help give birth to such a lovely young Lady! haha!only jesting monsewer!if I was,nt-you would see a red laser dot-right where your old ticker is! (2nd jest)ta matey for fun comments and having a fun personality-even if it is horned!are your little tootsies cloven by any chance? ooer missis! best regards to you and family of course-Stefan.

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Good morning the Dunn household!
thank heaven you have not poured the good stuff away-keep it to celebrate my forthcoming Viking funeral-lol! take this as a hundred percent belief,your latest profile pic is NOT funny-its absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! do not remove-or you may join me in the last longboat to Valhalla! haha-lovely Dave! as are your comments-Stefan.

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Hi A - thanks for the welcome. I've been attempting to revise while at the same time writing insignificant essays - and WOL is more than an distraction if you don't completely divorce yourself from it. However, you can't 'fight the fight' standing on the academic terraces - you need to be in there - up to your scrotum in the mud of goal mouth incident. Blowing so hard that the pea in your whistle shoots a player right between the eyes - as it were.

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Greetings.
I would like to cordially invited you to an exciting Community lecture, entitled:
"The Power of the Elder". It will take place in south london on 22nd May 2010
at 7pm.
For details: http://www.eakan.co.uk/eAkan/Cimarron_Lectures.html
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Hi Anthony, thanks for nice comments on Heavy with Green. I wrote it about three weeks ago, and had a Larkiny feeling in my head, more April is the cruellest month I think. Didn't remember this poem that you gave me the link to until last Sunday when it was somewhere in the paper, as a neglected poem. I guess it's the time of year! Ann xx

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haha Dave! you did,nt tell me you were like that! so all my kisses were not wasted then-lol! Stef...er...no,better not-lol!

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hey Kath-your poetry makes up for the lack of creme brulee for sure!
-keep composing,not cooking the books-lol! my best regards to you as ever-Stefan-x

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Oooh Dave I like your new hair-do! xxx

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Hi, ta for your comment on Free time.;-)

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Hi thanks for commenting on Free time. ;-)

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HI Lynn-have just cycled over here-took off my bike clips and read
'Angel on horseback'

beautiful!

loved it all!
especially the lines

'she portrays a freedom
devoid of wedding bands'

excellent!

best regards.

Stefan.

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Thank you, Susan. Hope to bump into you soon at another gig.

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Good evening Lynn-thanks very much for kind comments on'night walk' I better be respectful and have good read of your work-forgive my bad manners-cheers-Stefan.

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Hello Ann
Just got your comment on my page about abandoning ship.
Please don't.
I haven't followed all the thread I commented on as I've had two problems. Firstly, I was in Scarborough on holiwags so I could only respond by mobile text and secondly, I've got worms computer virus kinds) so I haven't been able to log on when I got back home.
Anyway, I don't know all the thread, the heat etc. All I'd say is you seem a nice person and the site would be poorer without you.

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Hi Larisa, must say how much I enjoyed "Wreck of Hopes".
Thank you for your kind comments on my work too.

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Thanks K. I welcome your comments. I was deliberately confusing 'economic' prostitutes and 'intellectual' ones.
:o)

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Thanks for your comment. It is nice to be made to feel welcome as a new comer to the site.

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Hello Greg. Ta for the comments. I'm a fan of Camus.That Claret and Blue poem I posted a while back was originally called All That I Know Most Surely.

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Cate, thanks so much for your comments on Gloria.

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Anthony, thanks for comments on Gloria. I've done the odd homage to JCC, saw him perform a couple of weeks ago and he was brilliantly funny. On the other hand, saw him at The Big Chill last year and he was poor.

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Thankyou Cynthia Bluebell! much appreciated x

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Thanks again Banksy!

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Dave I have read several of your posts re Liverpool and kensington and commend you for your positive outlook in what is the most deprived area of the UK (HMG reports)and things change at the speed of decades! My reference to prostitutes (which I do not ridicule) and 'poetic prostitutes' of which I do. The first is a matter of fact: after a 'clean'-up' of the formally notorious area around Faulkner square and Anglican cathedral, Prostitution was 'moved' to Sheil Road and a 'blind-eye' taken by authorities. As I say I am not criticising women for this. The 'poetic prostitutes' and the verse in which it contains is one as you say written in 'poetic' language...tourists as commonly understood are not involved (lol). I will leave you to gather its meaning. ;0) I have lived in Kensington in various locations: Connaught road, Shiel road, Huntly road, Boaler st, West Derby road, and 4 other areas very close to Kensington most of my life in the Shiel road area. My ears prick up when Liverpudlians and pity are mentioned in the same phrase. A contemptible term invented by the media and repeated ad-nauseum. I hope any rereading of the poem is enhanced by the above post. Thank you for your time and comments. ps The area is being demolished, some decent houses and facilities may come of it.

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Good evening Lynn-many thanks for commenting on 'Liquid observance' Good luck with your desire to become published.Also I like your varied taste in poetry.I think it requires that variation without doubt-my gratitude to you-Stefan.

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