Thanks for the link Ann - yes it did go on a bit - I guess sometimes you just have to be there! It is good to see old traditions being kept alive though. So much of our culture is now influenced by American TV.
I had a good bank holiday anyway - for once made a trip South that didn't involve painful traffic jams each way. Perhaps the bad weather put people off travelling!
Hope you had a good one. x

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I'm sorry for not giving you more notice about the new rules for WOLOP Cynthia - I just suddenly realised that there wouldn't be enough voters to run it properly this month. I would hate any effort you have gone to, to go to waste, though. Let me have the list of worthy poems you have already compiled and I will add them to the list for May - that way, they get to be highlighted and possibly chosen. Let me know about good May ones as you go along, then you don't have to trawl through at the end. I so wish we had another 50 site members like you - you have an enthusiasm and the commitment that I adore.
Isobel x

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Hi I hope 'On The Front' makes some kind of sense. I didn't realise it was such hard going! I like 'A Time That Glowed' a lot. The title for a start is intriguing and it's full of telling detail. The final couplet is very strong. Yes, great about he book and the fact I can draw a line under stuff that's been knocking around so long.

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thank you for your comment I suppose "seed of death" means all these things rolled in one. The poem is started as an answer to my friend , who is younger than me. But it can be interpreted differently

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thanx, Cynthia! yes, the picture is mine. I like to dance and meet lots of people who are ( whatever you call it - spiritual, new age, or gaia...Thank you for your comment! X

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"asparagus" Hi Cyn - and many thanks. No - I missed J-Lo on TV; she's lovely, but about as bright as a cheese sandwich though, but I'd forgive her that ;)

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thanks Cyn - "the glossies" = it's one of those with which I am quite pleased but most dont seem to "get it". B

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howya cynth, thanks for the comments again, i enjoy the fact you always question them, it gives me a chance to describe the content clearly, as reguards to decidious embracement, the general theme is the alienation of new begginings, decidious implys that every welcome eventually decays, i know that sounds horribly emo but i refuse to censor myself on the grounds of stereotype. I feel anguish belonged to the poet long before the emo and therefore we have the right to convey it without generalisation.

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Sorry that May Day celebrations have passed you by this year Isobel. Here in Aggie we have our Giant Bolster Pageant. I've given you a link but it does go on a bit!! xx http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDrpsDTS3qY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v4yKUqFwls

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Jane, thanks you for your comments on 'happiness' x hoping you read it when needed!! thanx for spotting my sp's xx !! :0-(

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Hi Martin... Hope you enjoy looking round this website. Looking forward to seeing more from you. Winston

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Hi Tim. Well done in your 'come back' to performing. look forward to seeing more of your writing. Hope you enjoy exploring the WOL site. Winston

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Re: 'Cramping My Style'
I finally got to hear it Isobel!
I see what you mean now - kudos to John for making it sound so amazing.

xxx

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Ah, I see it now, Greg. I wonder if anyone else would spot that allusion without the explanation!It adds weight to the poem as well.

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thanks Cynthia for your comments they are much appreciated.

Dan

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Oh Cynthia

Tongue swirling, how lovely.

Your comments and reply to my poetry are equally as tongue swirling.

Thank you so much for your very much appreciated support.


Augusta xx

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Glad you approved of A Time that Glowed, Win. I was anxiously awaiting the reaction of true northerners like yourself!

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Well, Stapleton can jolly well bog off then!! ;-)

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good to see you backand commenting A.E. Win

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Ta for your kind words, Ann. There was a pop song many moons ago that had a fade-out which included the lines "Keep on dreaming!" Wish I could remember who sang it.Maybe it'll come to me. * I prefer the romance of the north to the south. Mind you, I know there are plenty of windswept moors in the west country as well!

*Remembered it. Never Had a Dream Come True, Stevie Wonder

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and you call that an excuse?? you'll never make Poet Laureate at this rate :)

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Durr - now I feels a proper ijit.
I'll go & stand in the corner of the class where I belong.
No - I never did read it, but it certainly makes sense & your poem even more vibrant. Well done ! Your next mission - if you decide to accept it - is to write a limerick about Seaborgium - and no, I've not just invented it ! B

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Hi Ann - MORE INFO - great poem - & I'm not just saying that because.....
BTW - nothing wrong with a little "doggy style" anyway if you get my drift :) Also - phosphorus for a hound of the baskervilles might have a certain "logic" anyway, because (pardon me if you know already) phosphorus glows in the dark - hence the name - so that'd be decidedly spooky at night seeing just 2 eyes bounding across the moors towards you !! I think that would certainly get MY attention :0

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Thanks for commenting on Phosphorous Cynthia. No, no sex with the dog!! I think the hound (dog indeed!) symbolises the man. And phosphorous a passion that can burn.

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Hi Cynthia It's starts off just being about a stroll along the sea front at Cleethorpes and walking past the corny illuminations, but it ends up being about my loss of religious faith. I was brought up as an Irish Catholic. I hope that makes some sense.

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Thanks for laughing-with. For your next imagining: 'Lunch with the man I never met'?

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Dad brought a tear to my eye. So tender and so true. It's tragic and hilarious and brilliant. Thank you.

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Welcome to WOL Martin. You'll get plenty of feedback here if you ask.

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Welcome to WOL Tim. Liked your samples and will keep an eye on your work.

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Hi Cynthia Thanks again for your comments. I've enjoyed your last couple of poems too. I appreciate the 'objective' style.

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Hi Ann - Edward - I dont think he's died. Calcium - I really dont know - it's just the feeel of the word - the shape of the word in your mouth. A bit like how some guys look really dapper in a bow tie & others just look a complete tw*t. And he does look like a chemistry teacher - dont you think? all the best. B

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Thanks for commenting recently on me poems John. Glad you like Shirley and Dolly. And Sandy Denny, "Who Knows Where The Time GOes" is one of the best songs ever. Re adding a bridge to Blackthorn - I would have added a bridge but I didn't manage to get planning permission! Tehe!

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Thanks for nice comments on Dark Moon. x

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Hi Cate Thanks for your kind comments about the poem. Glad you like it.

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Ann, thanks for your kind remarks on Analgesic. I'm not a smoker myself for 20 years. I do feel, though, that the focus on smoking has gone over the top. I think it's a form of displacement; we'd do far better to restrict the use of the motor car.Wine is the most wonderful thing in the world. Apart from football.

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Hi Kealan! Thanks for your comment on Scream, glad you appreciated it! I just hope Alan Moore doesn't sue me! :-)

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Of course you can Marianne! xx

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Yes - I am lucky that I don't put weight on easily, despite eating everything that's bad for me. I do have a definite marsh mallow bottom though - thankfully the pics on here never show that!
Re the male body - you and me both on that score! LOL

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Thanks for your kind and funny comments on Marshmallow. You always look very slender in your pics on here. As to writing about the male physique, I can't remember what one looks like! If you see what I mean!

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Hi Ann. Thanks for the advice. I managed to sort the format out. on that latest blog.Cheers. Your ever grateful nephew. Ken.x

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Hi Max - chapbooks - at the risk of boring you stiff with my opinions, I'll give it a shot anyway & hope you dont take offence. Excepting folks like eg JK Rowling, the average writer makes an annual income of £8K pa whereas the average pay for a Teacher of creative writing is around £40K pa - depressing yes? Poets BTW earn way way below that of the average writer. If you want some advice ?? here it is. My business turnover is ~ £1 million (which these days is not a lot) but we are just opening a new factory as well in the US & expanding out into Europe. We've been going 22 yrs. We work in an extremely small niche market which, to me at any rate, is the way to go these days. You dont want an enterprise where you have a lot of competition. I dont know what your other interests & strengths are, but I would think hard about what you are passionate or at least very knowledgeable about & do that. A guy who worked for me left to make handmade plastic chesspieces - er, no - the chinese can do that for 100th of the price. If you were talented & maybe doing them in solid gold... maybe a different matter. Another thing is that if you watch dragons den everyone thinks you need a bank/investor loan of £100K which is bollocks - I started off with nothing & built very slowly. The hard part is having the idea - it does not need to be a new invention, but you do need to specialize - and be aware that working for yourself is very hard work indeed, but can also pay way better than working for anyone else. for example - my brother in law prints & sells unique/arty Tshirts on the net from london & makes about £30K - not great but easy to do & not too shabby money-wise. I'm just trying to reiterate that publishing poetry is not the route to riches - unless you can maybe think of a unique way of doing it?? I hope I've not bored you too much. all the best. B

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Hi Ann. I didn't intend it to be in one great lump, just the way it turned out after pasting.Anyway it's nice to find I have a surviving relative.Great Aunts are very thin on the ground at my age. Ken.X

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ay lass, tha's reet - if we all had a good gawp every now an then t'world'd be a much better place. just off fer me tripe & whippets...

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Thanks for commenting Greg. The world has so many beautiful and/or characterful bridges. In just Britain, Clifton, Erskine, Severn, Ironbridge, Menai, Forth, Humber, Gateshead,Ribblehead, Tyne etc. plus practically any canal bridge and most small rural bridges. And that's just the UK. But the poem is about more than just stone/bricks. I really liked your St Leonards Church.

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dedicated catholic? im certainly not, i was comparing modern israeli imerialism to the foreign policy of the roman empire during jesus' time.

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Catch on quick don't I. Ken E.D.

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Interesting ideas in your poem about bridges, Dave. I like bridges; take lots of photographs of them. Which is your favourite bridge?

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Hi Ann - "Amongst Equals & For Now" - many thanks for your kind comments. The latter could indeed be a cat looking at a king - I never thought of that - but it was just me, on a first date, gawping. B

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I think your poem is really good. I esp like the last verse. To be able to write about this sort of subject in such a no-nonsense straight way makes it all the more touching. Hope your better health continues and hope to see more of your stuff on WOL.

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Thanx for your comment on 'Playing Polo'. It started as rant against 'what have you got' kind of thing. Combined with my secret dream that I am really a prince who was deposited with a poor family to protect me from assassins and that one day I will be offered the kingship of Norfolk, or some such, and have flunkies, groupies and be in the Beatles and so on...
;)

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