Mr Owen, I have revised extensively. Since you were so kind to 'criticise' before, would you take a quick peek to see if I have improved it? Or not? A simple yes or no will suffice. I do not wish to be a nuisance.

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Hi Anthony - Got that Billy Ramsell book through in the post from Amazon... My brother has nicked it off me until my birthday soon, so I'll let you know what I think then (but am looking forward to it)

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Good Morning Cynthia

Thank you so much for comment regarding To FarTed It was undertaken as an excercise to enable me to write sensible structure about a subject that was faintly light and frothy... to ward off writers block mmmm.

Take up the pen and write about the first thing you see, taste smell ...or hear...A good excerciae.

Once again many thanks

Gusxx

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Thank you Anne

you are fartoo kind and long suffering...

Thanks again
Gusxx

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Hola Andy! Thank you for your generous comment on Cutting and Serving. The piece appeared, as is, when I was working on something else. It was almost hallucinogenic -- I could (unnervingly) see it! Love your Cleopatra piece especially -- eyelashes as oars is brilliant!

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Thank you Cynthia - cooo coooo! xx

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wow, that's the nicest (poetry-related) thing anyone has ever said to me!! Thanks!! xx

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It makes my day when I log in and find a new blog entry from you.

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hello you :)thanks for commenting on my poem ... I wonder if it will be another eight months before i write anything else ? not that it matters eh :) suns out no snow now


punctuation is for cissies :)

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Dearest Isobel

How lovely you are, how sweet and endearing to confess to being targeted by my Phartesque - ( A description for the high blown or windy tales of intrepid endeavour)

To mess with your mind and convince you that there was indeed a subliminal and subtle message would be demanding just a little from both your razor sharp repartee and feminine intuition.. No, I am overjoyed that you rollick and roll so as to speak to my good old ‘Toilet Humour’, toilet humour at its best no less what an accolade.

I thank you as always, lovely legs.

Hope to see you soon.

Gusxxx

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No, we are not!

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Hey Ann, thanks, X

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What's this 'hi F' business?!
You know my name Monsieur Winston ; )
Thank you for reading and commenting on my somewhat overly
dramatic piece 'Is it not enough...'

Re: Your poem 'The Secret Life of Woods'
Beautiful, and the comparison in the last verse is what made it so special.

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No need to take that tone of voice!! ;-)

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Thank you, Kealan, you mighty fine marvel of a poet! Your comments are always generous and your insights both astute and warmly welcomed.

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Cynthia, huge thanks for your -- as always -- magnanimous, perceptive, generous and very kind comments. You're a fantastic poet yourself and I always feel very privileged when I hear from you. xxx

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Hello Alison, just saying thanks for your comment on 'Angry mouth', if i manage to add more to it will let you know,Donna.

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Hey Winston i read your comment, maybe there is something in the air!? Thanks X

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Hello again, i actually like bats, its more to do with what would happen if you were stood in the way of bats that were disturbed.Hoenestly don't want to give them a bad rep..There might be some influence from the vampire films i,ve been watching lately aswell!! haha,
thanks, Donna X

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Cynthia, thanks for taking the time again to read another one of my works. "Absolution" is very symbolic and that's why it's hard "to get". Each reference has to do with someone in my family. It was very cathartic to write...just like so much poetry is! I very much appreciate your comments.

Thanks again,
Lisa

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Thanks for commenting on Rock. Actually it didn't have anything to do with the painting Win. I was trying to put another photo on but it wouldn't obey! So as I love this one I put it on. I had just been sitting on my favourite rock on the beach and the texture of it inspired me. And I was trying to use the feelings of strength and happiness of moments like that, and the memory of them, to get through the bad bits. And to know the bad bits of life are the less important bits! ;-)

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thanks for the considered comments winston, Just getting my head in gear again after a long hard winter

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I love univocalisms. There's something about that 'one vowel' restriction which leads to the poem veering off in weird directions. Tom O'Connor defending Gordon Brown from a baying mob is such a good image...

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Thank you for your comment about 'Cling Film', Cynthia. Muchly appreciated.

I've had a quick scan through your stuff. And I likey very much. The one above captures a moment brilliantly.

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Hi Isobel - thanks for commenting on the secret lives of woods.why is is you don't like nature poems. Maybe as I don't like political poems - I just can't explain why lol. Glad thisone struck a chord. Win x

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"cherubim & seraphim"
many thanks for the comments - I wrote the words, but it is a true story. B

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"cherubim & seraphim"
many thanks for the comments - I wrote the words, but it is a true story. B

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Hello Wunderpoet! Thank you for your comments re shoes! I'm honoured indeed to have provoked such a lot of thought and analysis. Yes, the piece isn't about children, either :D!

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Hello Cynthia, huge thanks again for the comment. Big Bang was written as part of a performance piece 7 years ago. I hadn't read John's blog when I posted it so it looks like serendipity!

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Hi John, thanks for commenting on the woods thing. Its growing on me. Win

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Thanks for reading and commenting on the wood poem Carole. good to see you on WOL again. and Hey... Shhh... I can hear those things too (but don't tell anyone). Win

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Hi Isobel, we've enabled more commenting than ever on the April issue, but it was always our intention to try and limit immediate comment and take on board more letters and emails, which is more in keeping with a magazine format.

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Hi Cynthia... let me try and elucidate - You know the feeling you get as a small child (Holding the hand of a parent) in a busy street maybe when everything is happening all around you in bigger / busier world you dont understand. You are just been guided along. Then for some reason you loose this contact. Everything suddenly gets turned up a notch and the child feels apart from not just the parent but from the whole world. the feeling in the poem is the same. You are in another world with all its rules and laws but can't connect, deafened and overwhelmed by its beauty and how it all works. Hope this rather waffling explanation helps. win x

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I think it is dreadful that you should keep disabling comments on features. As editor in chief you should take responsibility for it. How can I write nasty things about you, otherwise?

Ms Angry (from Tunbridge Wells)

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Hi Greg. Thanks for commenting on the woods poem. glad you liked. Maybe it could be a folkie type song? ! Win x

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Hi Ann, it was an experiment. The picture is a self portrait by a friend and I stared at it for a while and wrote 'portrait' so it is purely about what the image said to me rather than the person in the painting. He is painting something inspired by one of my poems, so it will probably be a big miserable mess :-) thanks for your interest!

John

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Hi Ann. glad you liked my latest offering and thought it was Ace, surely that should be Acer? (groan). Win

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thankyou for your comments on my poem :)

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thanks for the commments on my poem , you know i cant do long ones. so short is all they ever are :)

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thankyou lovely louise for the comments on my poetry . glad you like them

oh just read the fraud thing , really i dont write much , or often , just sometimes and i have no idea what i am doing.. it just sometimes happens is all i can say

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i like ruins best, the best. i like the daydream and the other world you portray. good stuff. ps. i used to think the girl in your profile pic was me- in a younger, different sort of life x

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you fraud! there you are, at the tudor, always telling me you like to watch, and here you are creating all this lovely stuff. i don't come on here enough- i missed your work before. and i love the stuff i've just read. more please. and if you want- i could team you up with a performer who could read out some of your work at my new night 'the papercut' that is, if we can't persuade you to get up urself. big love xxx

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Thank you, Andy, for your beautiful comment on my poem
'Is it not enough...'

What exactly do you mean by '...unless it is lost in translation a little - lol'

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Thank you, as always, for your fab comments. Your poems are gorgeous, fun, unique and energised. Always!

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Thank you for your kind comments on Mother Nature. It is an unpretentious little thing and I'm glad you liked it! xx

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Thank you so much. I take all your points to heart and will seriously study them. You must have spent considerable time. Just a point, my name is actually Cynthia. Christine Dawson is a great lady with whom you frequently chat. Easy mistake.

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hey johnniejohn
new poem apocolypse heart, as liked by marianne, is on the page and ready to go in book if u agree...its suitably intense.

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Hey, your comment is right in that 'gallery of thoughts' is something i wanted to use,your advice is appreciated. Donna

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Thanks so much for your note. You answered all my questions!

Lisa

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Hello you, too, lovely poet! I still have the poems we created following our WOL chat (was that about a year ago?) and yours has remained fresh, resonant, funky and fab. A free-verse tour-de-force! I remain a huge fan.

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