Hi Tom, sorry to hear about your little cat. Mine died quite a long time ago now, but the snowdrops still come up every year to remind me.deb x

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..and Thank you. Fran

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Hello Fran. welcome to WOL. Thanks for the poems. ook forward to more. Winston

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May I follow the others and welcome you to the site. Hope you find some things you like here.
Win

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Hi Ann, thanks muchly for your comment on Brain racing. I;m not really sure why i even blogged it really, just a spewing of my thoughts at the time, sometimes it just feels that way, you know? x

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Hi Cynthia, many thanks again for your comment. I do seem to be preoccupied by death these days, although i can't say i'm scared of it or anything. It's just what lands on the paper i suppose! x

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Hi Dave, thanks for commenting, i have never actually been to Yosemite but i would like to! The poem came from a thing on my google page, one of those 'thousand places to see before you die thingys'. The pic was very provoking for me. You lucky bugger, having been there!! x

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Thanks for taking the time to read my poem 'Pulling a Sickie' Dave! I will look forward to reading more of your work :-)

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Thanks for taking the time to make suggestions on my mouse poem Ann! I shall take your comments on board.

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Hi Beula, thanks for taking the time to comment on If I Could. I was trying to make the point that everyone has the right to make their own choices in life whether they be right or wrong. Its so easy to try to protect those you love, but in the end you cant live their lives for them.
Cate xx

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Hi Anthony, thanks for your lovely comment on If I could. Much appreciated.
Cate xx

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Hi Winston, many thanks for your lovely comment on If I could. Much appreciated.
Cate xx

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Hi Rachel, sos Ive only just got round to thanking you for your lovely comment on my last poem... Ive had a horrid bug which has laid me up for the last few days. How amazing that you wrote your poem when you did.. like you say great minds!!!!! Although truth to tell theres nothing really new, just our own interpretation of how we see things. Sometimes something we read of others inspires us to write in a similar vein. I know this happened to me with the first poem I ever put up here called "My Little red haired laddie" {still one of my favourites} A poet called Nabila, dont think you ll remember her, shes left the site now, wrote a beautiful poem called "Green Eyes" about a family gene in Afghanistan which produced green eyes. It got me thinking about hereditary, and my little grandsons red hair which came from celtic ancestors generations ago and inspired my favourite poem! Sos I cant say yours did cos I hadnt seen it!! {My psychic link doesnt run to telepathy!!! lol}
Cate xx

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Chris

The Chaviad music is by Clint Mansell. It is a remix of a track called 'Requiem for a Dream', which is used in the cult movie of the same name. He has composed a lot of Hollywood film scores, but this is his best.

A remarkable piece!

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Hi there,
Just heard 'Chaviad' on the poetry jukebox - absolutely loved it. Very inventive.
Can you tell me what the music you used is, please? I recognise it but can't place it.
Cx

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Hi Rachel, I have a problem with poem titles too. I sometimes don't hit on the right one for several years! I assumed with Protection Poem that it was an undercover job, so to speak, ie that you'd sent it off somewhere with another title and were disguising it here, as discussed recently on a thread. It's a long time since my kids were that age, but I can still identify with that fierce feeling. Good luck with the competitions and magazines. After a year with the comps I decided that mags were a better bet in view of the odds, publishing between 25-50 poems an issue, as opposed to 1st,2nd,3rd, and possibly ending up with nothing in print. There is the chance of cash with the competitions though, I agree! Greg

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Hi M. That little fella is a cooling koala! Apparently there is some resemblance between him and I although I am at a loss to see it. See you soon. Win (Koala) XXX

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Hello Ann, how lovely of you to visit my page. Thank you for your lovely comments. I've just been reading your work and it's gorgeous! You have such a range from the wry to the pastoral, and all with a clarity and energy and lilt. Magnificent!

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Oh my goodness win, who is the little fella in the bucket?? That has lifted my sleepy spirits immensely this morning!! x

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Huge thanks, Beulah, for your enthusiasm and very kind comments. Yes, it's asemic verse -- fun to choose the individual faces in a crowd and then avoid them! And I love your poems. Powerful, song-like, sinuous!

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Hi Rach - yea, I got the point of your Elvis poem, but I'm sure you don't really look like him first thing in the morning. You shouldn't go to bed wearing the skin tight white leather trouser suite covered in rhinetstones! That's where you've come a cropper! Not sure who I look like when I get up - try not to look!

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Hello Greg, thanks very much for commenting on my recentest blogs (oops, made up a word again)I'm very glad you enjoyed them, I will be thinking more about titles as it's something I have a bit of an issue with unless they jump at me, if you know what I mean. As for the young Elvis, God yes, he was absolutely something else.
Thanks again for taking the time to read and comment,
Rachel
xxx

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Thank you ndy, for reading and commenting on my recent blog. Very glad you enjoyed it.
Rachel :)
x

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Hi jane, many thanks for commenting on my recent blog. Glad you liked it,
Rachel
xxx

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Hi Isobel, thanks for the comment. I'm playing catchup (a la Henry Kelly)with comments cos I have had scant computer time recently since Chris discovered Facebook (insert rolly eyed smiley here.) Very glad you enjoyed the poem.Rachelxxx

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Hiya Cate. Thank you for the comment on my protection poem. I wrote this at christmas and when I read your beautiful 'If I Could' it reminded me of it, so I went and found it in my notebook. I love that they are on the same theme....maybe we are on the same wavelength as Janet said earlier in the month. Glad you enjoyed it, I really loved yours.
Rachel
xxx

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Hi Andy,

thanks for reading and making comment

steve x

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Hi JF, nice little poem, sounds like a good plan. welcome to the site.

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Thank you so much Cate for your wonderful comments on our poem 'Unstoppable'... Isobel and I had so much fun working on this : )

Francine x

p.s. Ha ha hemisphere vs continent ; )

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Thank you Beulah for your interesting comments on our poem 'Unstoppable'... Isobel and I had so much fun with this one : )

Francine x

p.s. I am looking forward to summer too ; )

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Hi Andy, Thanks for your comment on Night terrors. I think to be honest the line 'somewhere was there' is more of an affirmation than anything else. Kind of like, the person isn't sure until the light starts to shift? I think?!
Either way, glad you enjoyed reading it. x

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Hi Alain, Great to see you the other week - good work brother. Maybe I see you again there on the 17th. If not Ill see you soon in any case. Cheers
P

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Hi Danni, great to see you in the East End the other week - good work.
See you soon hope Pete x

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Welcome to WOL, hope you enjoy the site. Hope to see some of your poems here soon.

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Hi Antony, yes I did get your book thanks. I thought I'd emailed you ages ago, maybe I imagined it! I've been too busy lately to give it the time it deserves, so I'm looking forward to reading it asap. xx

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Hi Ann did you get the book okay?

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Isobel, thank you so much for your lovely message regarding the un-named poem. Im so glad you like it. I love the title suggestions thank you and will pich to call it "shelved" I think. Thankyou!
take care ~~~ em ~~~

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By the way, such a gorgeous photograph. Makes my heart sing.

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Carol, thank you for the invitation to Facebook. I have declined only because I have declined everyone. I know extended acquaintances with some persons would be fabulous, but I have chosen, for now, not to be involved in this 'friendship channel'. I do 'chat' whenever I can.

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Hi Dave, love your sestina, and that word 'machino' is a stroke of genius!

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I spent half my school days walking back to school from a bus stop a mile further on. I blamed the road's potholes.
These days it takes a lot more than potholes.

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Didn't you mean to say - 'because' you were standing up, you had to stay on till Aberdeen...
That has to be the most amusing excuse for shooting past one's stop - I have only ever done that due to drunkenness.

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Thanks for the comment about Piggies.
I'm not admitting to it being entirely autobiographical, but I did do it on a train going to Edinburgh; it was only going to be a couple of verses long but I got carried away (and because I couldn't stand up, had to stop on till Aberdeen!).

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Thanks for commenting on Skysail. Glad you liked it x

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Thanks for your comment on my sonnet Jane. I see it as classical but not romantic. I guess we all bring our life experiences to the interpretation of poetry. I did read it too fast at the Howcroft - I was a bit on edge for some reason.

I very much enjoyed seeing you and your daughter perform together - I wonder if I'll ever get one of mine to do that - it must be so lovely. You should try making it over to the Tudor one day - I'm sure you'd enjoy it.
Hope to see you soon.Isobel x

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Hi Mab,
Loved "Beautiful Girl" with it's clotheses,toeses,roeses language! very funny and brilliant rhyming!

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Thank you so much for commenting on my windy poem! I have added a couple more verses. xx

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Thanks for the comment on the Clifford's Tower villanelle. I heard many years ago that there remains to this day an edict by the Jewish faith that any Jew passing York should avert their gaze - that's where I got the "turn their faces" idea from. I can't now verify it anywhere so it might be an urban myth - I rather hope not.

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Absolutely anyone with a WOL profile can vote Greg. There is another more official competition called Poem of the Month which you will find in features. In that one, only the previous winner can choose and they must do it from poems posted on poet profiles. If you are hoping to be in the running you need to update your profile regularly with your best work. The quality of the winning poetry is normally very high - take for instance this month's winner. However historically it does tend to go to poets who don't really use the site much and who don't blog.

I set WOLOP up so that we could celebrate the successes of more regular users, focussing just on blogs within a month. If you look back through my blogs you will see all the past results. It has only been going since October and I don't blog much, so it shouldn't be too onerous a task. I also like to use the summary as a roundup on events during the month and to have a bit of fun - which is what I love about this site.

I do hope you find the time to get involved, Greg. Thanks for asking the question also. I hope it may clear things up for others also.Isobel x
ps. feel free to delete this massive message once read - just wanted to be sure you got an answer.

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Thanks for the comment on Stamford Bridge.
It's interesting to think "What if..." we'd won at Hastings?
But then you think "Who's We?".
Probably not so many of us go back to Saxon forefathers. Our Gert says she's got some German in her, - or did she say that she'd like some? - I can't quite remember.
Anyway, thanks for reading.

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