Mmmm better than being down in a sewer - on the end of a skewer! (Oooer, sounds like we're back in Dogshite Alley!) bye bye my pet (rattus) xx
P.S. Carol Ann who? I bet she took longer to write her though! I'm the fastest poet in town! xx

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hah yeh...at the same time my mum was trying to deafen herself to the sounds of next doors piano practice...its a sign! of what i dont know but sign nevertheless

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Cynthia, thanks very much for your comments on St Leonard's, although I think you really have been too kind. Thomas Hardy? On the other hand, you have made my day. Greg

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hey Is. nice to see you at volunteers gig. werent they great. should have come and danced with me at the front. i like to find my place right next to the speaker x

oh yeh and that poem was great admin x

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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hi. im at bolton uni fine art. its as incestuous there as it is here...how come we ve never met?

Comment is about ian leslie (poet profile)

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Thanks petal.
Cx

Comment is about Shoeless Carole (poet profile)

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Hi Colin,
"G-string in the wrong place" is v.funny! We always look where we shouldn't,don't we because we know we shouldn't! Haha!

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Hi Ann - i've already left this comment somewhere, but I screwed up. Yes - both Foal & Botany are very good indeed, but for me Coromandel has it all - perfect. B

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Hello, fair faced friend and wondrous poet! Thank you for your comments. You cheer me up so often and so well I've decided to make you a saint. There you are. How about that, then?

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Hello Cynthia! Thank you for your very kind comment on 'How I...'. t's like a bouncy castle -- one of those inflatable fun things you can leap around on. The bacteria love it and are willing to pay £2 for an hour on it. Any more and they rupture their cell membranes, which is sometimes useful for me but not desirable for them! The mardi gras is a bit like 'dress down Fridays and, again, they are willing to pay for the fun of dressing up. xx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Not weird at all Cynthia...
I lOVE your comment on my poem 'Is it not enough...'
I can see it...

Merci : )
Francine x

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Hello Alison, I just thought that I ought to apologise for my (now I think about it) inappropriate comments about Anniversary. Your reply hit me like a brick and I've felt pretty shitty since. So please accept my sincere apologies and ineptness for not reading the work properly. Graham

Comment is about Alison Smiles (poet profile)

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Thankyou for commenting on my poem.. time for me to read some of your work now.

Comment is about Kealan Coady (poet profile)

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Thank you for your generous review of "Cassie". She is very dear to me. I'm glad you enjoyed reading it.

Lisa

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Mr Owen, I appreciated your gracious comment on Old Woman Waiting for a Bus I. What I would like as well is your input of any kind on the poem itself, or its second version.

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John, just to say belatedly how nice it was to meet you at Hebden Bridge the other week. I wanted to look again at some of the poems you read out that night, but they don't seem to be available ... I did admire them. Greg

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Isobel, you are such a supporter. Thanks much. One is almost a 'story', and the other is almost 'abstract'. I've gained some 'reputation' for the former; but I'm really interested in honing other skills as well, just for fun. I actually prefer reading straightforward poems usually, but it's fun to puzzle sometimes, - operative word - SOMETIMES.

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Jane, what an excellent comment on 'Old Woman Waiting ...' I see exactly what you mean about really personal intrusion. I also will consider the idea of 'diffidence' although I don't see how the word works in 'Denying symbols diffidence.' Thanks for your contribution.

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Thanks Dave for the comment on my Nightjar villanelle.
I got wrong some of the alternate endings in each stanza but put them right in the mp3 (or vice versa) but you're right that I take a few liberties coaxing in the repeating lines for new contexts!
I write this after we beat Arsenal midweek but before we lose to Chelsea this afternoon!

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Merci beaucoup Isobel pour tes commentaires sur mon poème
'Is it not enough...'
J'apprécie le fait que tu es toujours honnête et généreuse...
Cela m'a fait du bien de l'écrire ; )

xxx

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Thank you for your comments on my blog post. Really appreciated,

Alison

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Cheers Max and well done on the Uni offer too, Dad is a true story.
x

Comment is about Max Wallis (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia,thanks for the comment on the Lucy poem,sorry it's taken me so long to reply by the way. I just really wanted to put 'oer'...don't know why.
x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi Tomas, yep, you got it absolutely spot on, thanks very much for commenting
x

Comment is about Tomás Ó Cárthaigh (poet profile)

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Greg, thanks for your kind comments. People are telling me the first two verses are the best, which is a surprise as matters pastoral is not summat I'd usually write about. More angles opening up!

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Thanks very much for the comment John. It made me smile :)
x

Comment is about John Darwin (poet profile)

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Ann, thanks for your kind words. We happened to be camping in a forest last week when the election was announced, hence the politics.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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the girl who always knows exactly where to bury the hatchet

Comment is about Shoeless Carole (poet profile)

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Hello Rachel, thank you for commenting on Otis cries. That sound will take a long time to die away from my hearing I feel. Graham

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

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As one door closes another door opens. Hello you - good to see you back. There is so much flux and change on here of late and I am always sad to see people disappear. Familiarity is good - even if it is familiarity that disagrees with you now and again LOL. x

Comment is about Shoeless Carole (poet profile)

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they never did. just crisscrossed over the horizon and faded to nothing.

Comment is about Shoeless Carole (poet profile)

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hi kealan i have just listed 'Id rather fuck my dog....'its such a shame i dont have the audio version.

Comment is about Kealan Coady (poet profile)

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Louise, I was going to!Save me a place pretty please...I'll email you right now!
Cheers
x

Comment is about Louise Fazackerley (poet profile)

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hey! just noticed you online. don't know if you're interested but i've set up a performance poetry workshop with ben mellor on sunday afternoon 1pm til 3pm. we've got 2 places left. i'm going and so is isobel. fancy it? wigan town centre. £3. if you do- email me at thewigantalentfactory@live.co.uk

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

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yeah, dzien dobre, Bohdan. Witam z Write Out Loud. I love this piece, the whole idea of <in the midst of life, bang!>. Do you fancy getting involved in our cross-cultural work? If so, contact me offline: julian@writeoutloud.net

Comment is about Bohdan Piasecki (poet profile)

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Hello Again to you too

Yes this poem is very raw but takes a look at the dishonesty of pleasure taken... or does it??

Gusxx

Comment is about Lisa Milligan (poet profile)

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Hi lisa 'My Father's Belt

Came to me in a dream... really wierd...yes I do have many of his ways... mostly kindly .... I was trying to write from the side of the aggressor for a change...

Once again thanks for the comments.

Gus xx

Comment is about Lisa Milligan (poet profile)

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Hello Lisa
Thank you so much for taking the time to read A Soldier's Letter...

Most encouraging comments
once again many thanks

Gus x

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I'm not sure how to comment on the samples or if you've blogged 'Dad' but I bloody love it. Max xx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

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Thanks for the comment Cynthia; I was wondering what to do with that couplet -I think you are right- will amend.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Dziendobre - I like your profile poem. It is all the more powerful for its objectivity and odd detachment - and sad - very, very sad.

Comment is about Bohdan Piasecki (poet profile)

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Hi Winston! Thanks for you welcome message. I've now uploaded a sample poem (and the audio file was there all along). Enjoy!

Comment is about Bohdan Piasecki (poet profile)

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You have a strong poetic style. My favorite was dated 11/4/10. I liked the whole thing but my favorite lines were:

Feelings to emotions

Cant stop devotions.

Love the way you captured that - been there. Great job.

Lisa

Comment is about Marc Anthony (poet profile)

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Kealan, how did you use the word 'solice' as in 'a disgrace to solice' in your comment about Thomas' latest poem? I looked it up, and found nothing; yet 'solace' didn't seem quite right either. I know you love language; so I'm interested.

Comment is about Kealan Coady (poet profile)

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Cynthia, thank you for your kind comments on "Otis cries". The poem almost wrote itself and was a singularly defining moment for me as the deceased was a beloved next door neighbour. Thank you once again. Graham

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Interesting work mike. Hope you get something out of our site and keep on posting. Winston

Comment is about Mark Gillies (poet profile)

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HI Belinda! was lovely to meet you too, shame we didn't get to chat more in the cafe or pub afterwards due to dashing back to Chester. We will catch up next week! Thank you for commenting and Im glad you like it. I too agree with you. I would have liked to make the poem consistently abstract and will work on that. I will be sure to read your work and leave a comment. Take care. em xxx

Comment is about Belinda (poet profile)

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Thanks Pete and good spot; the cpastline is Mafia Island in Tanzania during my day job.

Comment is about Mark Gillies (poet profile)

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Hiya John, yes, that is my email below. Get in touch and we'll work something out.

Comment is about John Turner (poet profile)

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Welcome aboard, I like the 'memories / room ' metaphor especially 'memories are a room we dress together' the duality of this is great dress/decorate dress/clothes. Also the idea of a room as a stage to live out stages of life, the poem touches on some of my favourite emotions.

p.s is that the African coastline on your pic.>? Peter.

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