Interesting poems Anna, your imagery is really effective. I'd be hard pressed to pick a favourite but Norfolk Sunk appeals to me, the structure of it really reinforces the still and/ or lifeless atmosphere.

- Josh

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hi Ann - many thanks for the comments about "with hindsight". It's strange really though - I wrote all of these poems over the last 15 yrs & posted some of the ones which I thought were my best stuff - with very often little or no comment. Then by chance I posted a few on a totally different tack which were much simpler, easy to understand & these seemed to be better accepted, though IMHO they are not my "best" stuff. do you ever find the same? The one of yours which I included on my site - Coromandel - is sublime but didn't get any more comments than many lesser works by others. I've been aware of this quandary for many years - to the extent that I even wrote a poem on the subject.... but still, it's a mystery. Is it that others just don't "get it" or is it that some of us like Rossini & some like Abba - I just don't know. All I do know for sure is that it is wonderful when someone else does "get it" as we intended. all the best. B

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Thank you for your wonderful comments on Lemon Pips. As a newish poet, with no background in poetry, I am often flummoxed when one particular poem seems to reach people, then another does not. To me, I can never tell which it will be. This, of course, is a problem if I ever intend to send poems off (hopefully) to either a competition or a publisher. Will I one day know which of my poems works? Is this just me or does it apply to everyone? Or should I just hold to what I think are the better ones. I am often gobsmacked by the reaction to certain poems which, for me, took little work. Or should I say concious work. It is a puzzle! But thank you again for your input which I always value!

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Hi Cyn - "Dreams" - thanks for the comments. it's based on a true story & the crux is that if you want something badly enough, you can sometimes make your dreams come true & the narrator is just telling that tale. B

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Thanks for your allusion to Aristotle - who the hell was he? He sounds profound - I shall have to do some research! LOL

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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John, try leavin a message on his profile, im sure his email was 'woodenhorse@tiscali.co.uk'
hoping all is well with you, been too long

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Thanks for your comment on my latest Cynthia. Yes, I had a lot of fun with allusion - the discussion thread also! You are probably right about it being too stretched out. Perhaps I tried to cover too many areas - the youth of today could make an entirely separate poem - and I am beginning to sound old!

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Hello Coopey! Who 'he'?

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Thank you for your comments on various things much appreciated ;-) Went to see Bad Company last night at MEN Arena they were brilliant !!! As for marrying you ha ha I probably already did a few times ;-)) heh heh
luv TC XX

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Thank you for reading Lemon Pips. Yeah, I don't think she's mad, just a little eccentric and doesn't expect too much from the world. A gentle soul!

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Thank you Beulah for reading and commenting so nicely on
my poem 'Alone'...
I am glad it made you smile... I think we can all relate to it ; )

Francine x

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Hi 'A.E'

First of all, many thanks for your comments. Secondly, where have you been? This site needs those Salmons who swim against the tide of mutual gratification. We don't want a site full of 'suckers' - we need the odd 'blower' too. Now get your boney linguistic ass back on here and do some mother f**%$£g blowin'!

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Thank You John .. Thank you for recognising a style reminisent of Longfellow... Were it only one % as good... still I try... thank you for your remarks about my legs... perhaps you could show us yours...??

Augusta x

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia - thanks for the comments - it's much appreciated. all the best. B

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hey, i,m glad someone likes my character in 'Space dust', as she is sweet and mis-understood, haha. Thanks x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Kealan, I find it unreal that no one else has commented on As the Moon Prevails. Would you consider reposting it into April's lot?

Comment is about Kealan Coady (poet profile)

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Hi Ann - you be a daffodil if you want, but they dont do a lot, now do they? whereas monkeys on the other hand stuff their faces all day, pee all over their cellmates, have copious sex - often with other species; oh, hang on a minute, maybe I was thinking of jodie & ken there.

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Hi Beulah,hope you are keeping well-thanks for comment,non-critical,or critical.Either is welcome and neccessary of course! on 'Becoming Bonaparte' thank you-my best regards.Stefan-x

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John, yes "guarantee full well" I recognise. Ta for your comments on the funeral poem. It were nerve-wracking but the red wine and Valium saw me through.

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Interesting insight on 'sleep dust', why do you think she is bad luck? Thanks Winston

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Thanks for commenting on latest Cross Cultural Poetry project.
The point of the project is not the translation per se but to understand and appreciate the problems, particularly concerning cultural differences, the translation process throws up. That's why I asked Fatima to provide notes on the translation process.

I think your idea about an audio version of the poem is a good one and I'll try wherever possible to get one in future.

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Ta for reading Poet's Death. Actually I wrote this a few weeks ago, just popped into my head, don't know why. I expect I'll be found slumped over my computer keyboard making my last blogg entry on WOL (as opposed to a blogg exit - sorry bad taste Elvis joke!)xx

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Rachel try leaving out completely ''an obscenity of frog spawn'' and add a 'd' to ''an'' and-
''The frog had gone,

and in it’s place

gazing blandly up

with a thousand jelly eyes.

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

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Anne Thank you so much you are very kind... I've tried to get a Longfellow feel to my poem... so consequently it needs to be beneath instead of Neath... Yes that would be lovely lets go Dilly Dancing on Friday...

Once again many thanks.

Augusta xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Welcme to the site Max... interesting stuff already! Winston

Comment is about Max Wallis (poet profile)

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Thanks ever for your comment on Old Flame Cynthia, you got it spot on about the voices and the choice of 'improper'. Cheers, Thom

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Happy April Fool's Day to you, too! Hope you play lots of tricks and don't get fooled yourself. xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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LOL
Well then how would you suggest making the point perhaps a bit clearer?

Tu me fais toujours rire... et en plus je t'adore ; )
xxx

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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What a wonderful way to interpret this - thank you!!

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Re:Poem 'Alone'
'Well jeez Gus... the girls get it ; )

'Saw the reflection' can be both his and hers - an understanding/connection of their souls...

'Felt the connection
As he glanced right through'... Too intense so is afraid to acknowledge the connection...

It was written to be interpreted as either only her perception or a shared perception...

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia - thanks for the kind & constructive comments - "laying on of hands" & I agree that it would work as well without the added words & I only told it as I saw it. I do generally agree with the maxim to cut it to the bare essentials, but here the guy is stepping out into the post-coital sunshine & breeze & these were his sentiments in that scenario, but you do have a valid point. BTW Cyn - I wouldn't feel too sorry for the woman - Scarlett Johansson - I just thought that the image fitted the words. B

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi Ann - "laying on of hands" - thanks for your kind comments. all the best. B

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Thank you for your kind comments on "I Thought White Was Beautiful" - and I got a kick out of your story!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi john.. gave a nod to The George and Dragon on Monday as I passed on my bicycle (Twice)Win :-)

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Merci toi pour tes commentaires sur mon poème 'Alone'...
Tu me connais assez bien, alors tu sais ce que je veux dire
la plupart du temps ; )

xxx

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Thank you so much for your very astute observation Cynthia... I left it as 'Saw the reflection' and not 'Saw his reflection' so that you could interpret both ways, even though my thoughts were very much on his reflection...
a meeting of souls - the connection of their souls.
What did you mean by you didn't think the poem really needed it? Knowing whose reflection, or the entire stanza?

Your comments are always greatly appreciated : )
Francine x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Ann
She puts me in the shed!

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Beulah
Many thanks for commenting on "Greavsie and Me". I think that's what they call "Damning with faint praise"! Anyway, better that you commented than not at all.
I took the opportunity to look at your page and enjoyed your entries but was surprised that your poetry has such a theme of sadness in it. Judging by your picture you seem too young to court sadness.
Keep posting.

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Thank you very much for your kind words about the poetry. I write a piece of creative work every day at http://somethingeveryday.tumblr.comif you are at all interested in reading more of my stuff. Max

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hello Ann, I am glad to be back too!
I emailed my friend who does taxidermy and she said she'd be happy for me to give you the link to pictures of her work..but it's on facebook and I don't know if that'd be useful to you or not. Let me know and I'll comment the link to you.
x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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I'm glad you're enjoying experimenting with different poetic styles, Cynthia. I mostly write in free verse myself, but try to place it within some sort of informal rhythmic/aural structure if I can. I enjoy trying more formal poems occasionally. Last summer and autumn I wrote a few sonnets in fairly quick succession, as though it was something I had to get out of my system! I find the formality of it, the ten beats and the rhyme, pushes you in directions you had not expected to go, although I don't pretend to get the stresses right. That's a step too far for me. And it's always good to have a rhyming dictionary to hand! Greg

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Glad you found the links useful, Ann. I suppose it would be a long trek for the newspaper boy, up to your row of cottages! As it happens, there is no mention of either award in the print version of today's paper - just yards of politics and other stuff. Greg x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Congrats on making the shortlist on the Hippocrates Prize - does it entitle you to any special medical procedures?

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Hi Rach - thanks for commenting on my bat! Glad you're back amongst us. xxxx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

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Hi John - thanks for commenting on Le Weekend. I thought your Two Bar Headache was immensley powerful.

Comment is about John Darwin (poet profile)

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Thank you so much for your comments on "I Thought White Was Beautiful". I always thought of it as written in metaphor but I like your interpretation of it being written in allegory is much more accurate. I very much appreciate your insight.

Lisa

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Thanks for this Kealan.
I had the idea of starting a Discussion on this to see what we all really think about each other.
I suspect I'm not the only one who harbours dark thoughts!

Comment is about Kealan Coady (poet profile)

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Thanks for commenting on "I Thought White Was Beautiful". It was an excerise in metaphor. So glad you liked it.

Lisa

Comment is about Kealan Coady (poet profile)

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Hiya Tommy, I am admitting defeat over "obscenity of frogspawn" I will put in another word when I can think of one, it's been mentioned a few times and as such, in the spirit of accepting feedback it's gotta go....any ideas? (The winner will win an Easter Egg which I will eat for them.)
Thanks for commentingx

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

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Hello Andy, thanks for your kind words on First to Depart. It's not as personal as it might appear. There's much of me in there- particularly the obsessional behaviour!- but it's mostly about how my father mourned the loss of my mother, with a bit of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads thrown in.

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