Hi Andy,
Thanks for your comment on 'Rainbow Bright' - I can't believe I maintained concentration long enough for that poem! It certaily is longer than my usual 10/15 liners!
Catch ya soon, Cat x

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Thank you for lovely comments. I really enjoy finding the images to go with the poems, I feel it's part of it. xx

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Thanks Dave.for the kind comment on my poem, it's much appreciated.....she tells me she's NEVER having any children but we'll see eh? They're very wise at 6 aren't they?
Rachel
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Oh My Word! I have only just spotted the person in the grass on your photo....that is amazing!
Rach
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Hi David... well,look what happens. you go away for a weekend and everything goes on without you. lol. Offical welcome to WOL from me and yes, you seem to be finding your way around the site. there are lots of aspects to it and it takes time. have fun exploring and leaving comments etc. Thanks for being an active member already. Win

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To be honest, I was disappointed with Candelabrum, a scruffy little mag without even a contents list. I only mentioned it to flesh out my thin CV. Unlike yours!

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Hi Greg Glad you like Dylan and Coltrane. I've tuned in and out of Dylan over the decades. I tend to have fanatical phases and get him out of my system until I play catch-up again a few years later, although judging by his last couple of offerings I think we've had the best of him. Stereogram was the first poem I wrote after my 'sabbatical' which lasted for more than 20 years. It's about Dylan but it's also sort of about me. I've always loved the blues since I was a kid got into jazz in my very early 20s. I've written the odd jazz inspired poem every now and then. I've had a collection of poems sat in a drawer all the years I stopped writing. Slow Blues is probably now the final title, but it refers to the mood of the poems. There are lots of poems in memory of my father + the poems examined my lapsed Catholicism. The Coltrane poem will be in it, though. I'll post a couple more from my first collection. One on Charlie Parker and a little one on Miles. BY the way well done for getting into Candelabrum. I sent him some stuff over a year ago and the so and so never even got back to me!

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Hi David

All your poems are of exceptional quality, but I was particularly interested in the ones about Dylan and Coltrane. OK, the Dylan had a wider feel, but I wonder if your forthcoming collection Slow Blues features more poems with musical themes. It's something that interests me. I was playing some early Dylan the other day and he sounded as fresh as ever. The later Dylan sounds more like Tom Waits. Nothing wrong with that, though. Greg

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I see. That branch of my family were from Callington and Duloe. I explored tin-mines when we used to go camping in Cornwall, I found a piskie..

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Hi again Anne, are you from Cornwall? that's weird..have been tracing my family tree and my maternal grandfathers'family are all from Cornwall, going back a long way. Sea-people. : )

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Hi Dave, thank you for your kind and thoughtful comments on my poem Spinerette. You are right, it isn't in the word book but it is real,she is real,to me. She comes from Cornwall or Brittany but as both people's are connected originally she must be from both. She is not a spider-woman but has qualities of a spinneret,(which a spider does possess) being that she draws out my feelings and emotions like silk.thanks again : ) Debz xx

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My new persona is the mud maid from the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall. More photos of her if you google mud maid, I think. I love her! xx

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Hi Ann.. Indeed it is a buttery man lol.win

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Thanksfor keeping an eye on my toast Dave. I do like real butter, and real ale and salt. Is eating all this ok if I also eat lots of fruit and vege? I hope so!lol

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Hi Anne, Happy Imbolc..slightly belated : ))
Thank you for your kind comments on Spinerette. You are correct, spiders are possessed of spinneret's, but the one in my poem although being posessed of some of the attributes of these fascinating little organs, is not one of them. She is someone who draws out silk in her own way...I think she is from Cornwall..or Brittany...a Celt of the ancient race of which the two countries are connected. Thanks again,Debz xx

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hi Ann. Thanks for lookin at my toast! Where is the sculpture in your new profile pic... its amazing!

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Thanks for reading and commenting on 'Pelt'. Glad you liked it. I have just got back from a weekend away on 'The Dinosaur coast' In a village called Staithes(Near Whitby) I have also changed the pic on the blog entry to one of mine which shows the view from the holiday cottage 2 nights ago. A stunning place. As a lad we used to get gypsies selling pegs door to door. These were made of whittled sticks bound together with strips of metal cut from tins (they were pretty useless actually) Yes the word Pelt struck me as relating to both new skin and the rain and it's also a great word. Win x

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Hi Neil... Thanks for reading and commenting on 'Pelt'. Glad you liked it. Ihave just got back from a weekend away on 'The Dinosaur coast' In a village called Staithes(Near Whitby) I have also changed the pic on the blog entry to one of mine which shows the view from the holiday cottage 2 nights ago. A stunning place. Cheers Win

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Hi Rodney... Thanks for reading and commenting on 'Pelt'. Glad you liked it. Ihave just got back from a weekend away on 'The Dinosaur coast' In a village called Staithes(Near Whitby) I have also changed the pic on the blog entry to one of mine which shows the view from the holiday cottage 2 nights ago. A stunning place. win

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Hi Mandy Just found your Cow poem on the Features Page and really liked it. By a strange coincidence I have just set up my profile on this site and have also posted a poem about Cows. It's in my blog: Two Poems from the West of Ireland. Enjoy!

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Just saw your wonderful Cow poem, congrats on Poem of the Month. It is incredibly well observed, and you have truly made the cow a monumental creature. xx

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Good morning pickled Gloria-(no change there then)my horrendous queerhawk(i.e. wife)is so sorry you are not a trick cyclist,she would have loved to give you a ride on her bike-it is,nt fitted with bags of sugar as your CASTERED and not castored furniture seems to be.(thats a ner-ner to your usual poor spelling) lol!good job i,m here to check up on yew- yours,in a nutshell,effinSteffinxx pee-ess-nearly your birfday? not sixty already!(chorkles)

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An early morning ps. you told me you were bilingual-for jeez sake,tell me not you are bisexual! if so,I just happened to have a photo of the wife handy-in all her lovely grotesqueness!Stefalaf.

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Hi Andy-re 'letter'poem-you threw another light on it-and welcome it was-cheers-Stef.

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Evening R.M.-having now learned the meaning of flummox-can you just spare a further few moments and tell me the meaning of-life/love/and the meaning of poems were your arse is hanging off the couch!back to the sanatorium-Stef

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Are you having a rest? Hope to hear from you again soon Nells. xx

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Welcome to WOL. What very good poems! I especially liked Visiting. Hope you enjoy WOL. It seems to be a bit quiet at the moment, has fits and starts! Maybe try a blogg in Feb? (Not tonight or it will disappear into January only to be found by those searching for a good poem to read!

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Hi Val,
thanks for your comment on Mr. Skoulikaris and i think you're probably right. I've decided that i will edit the ending. I just hate the thought of 'fate' or 'death' as it were in this instance to be the ending so i might look for other ways around that. :-)

Are you back home now?
Janet.x

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Hi Rodney,
thanks for reading and commenting on my poem Mr. Skoulikaris.
Incidentally, i feel you are probably right about soulmate not being quite right so duly editing.

Janet.x

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Excellent point about 'knowledge as a tranquilizer' and clearly explained. Thanks.

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Hi Val
Your far, far too kind, but I thank you anyway. Pleased you enjoyed it.
Steve

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Incorrect Chris... for Onne is kissing and I am 'surprised'.

Do you perform your work?
If so, where could I catch this?

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Thank you Isobel for your comment on my poem 'untitled'.

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Hi Val, thanks for the comment re Kids In Buckets. Its also our first go at an audio as I thought I should modernise! I am hoping to take some childrens poetry to the Edinburgh Fringe for Jenny to perform if I can find a venue, if you have any tips please let me know as I have no experience. Anyway the reason I am commenting is its good to hear from you, I have missed you and hope you had a great and poetically inspiring time in Australia. I hope to see you again, Jane

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Thanks for the comment on my purple cow!Much appreciated.
Rach
x

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Hi, don't worry about the chat thing, i'm sure it will be sorted, though i wouldn't be able to tell you how!x

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thanks for the cooment ann.

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tanks for the comment cynth wen i say knowledge is a tranquilizer i mean it is medication from the pain of not knowing. Also the reference to death of an embryo is the sub conscious anguish of a foetus from losing something attached by d.n.a.

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Both! (your comment on my dolphin poem). Someone was telling me yesterday about how they'd seen a pod of dolphins when they were on holiday in New Zealand. Some people were swimming with them, but my friend said she didn't think that was a good idea as it might upset the dolphins. I'm not sure if she meant upset in quite this way, but that's how I saw it. Poor unpaid councillors to the human race! xx

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Good afternoon Cynthia-(re my'letter' poem).As always,thank you for your observations and fair comments.Yes I see your point.The overall target I was aiming for was the sender being as you suggested uncertain,but also frustrated that the person he or she had written to had no knowledge of the senders desires and wantings.This little poem mentioned lines of meanderings(outside the actual poem itself)and by the tone of his/her wording,he/she hoped would hold some appeal maybe.Thank you again so much.As I have mentioned to you before,your comments are a very good inspirational measure,be they praise or criticism.I shall always look up to you and your wonderful work on this site.my very best regards. Stefanx.

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Wow - 'Take Me' is brilliant, love the repetition makes for a convincing argument. Great work!

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Hi Ann, great comment! Made me laugh. I agree about that line too - was just being lazy and not fixing it, I will have to think of something more self explanatory or something which at least makes sense! Cheers, Thom

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Hi there Ann thank you for your comment it really boosted me. I hope my experience on WOL will be as good as yours. Dana

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Hi Ann

Surprised that link hasn't worked - here it is again
http://www.bridgetstjohn.byethost33.com/biog2.htm

She's at St Austell April 2nd (tel 01726 879500) and Penzance April 3rd (tel 01736 365520)

Dolphins! If I wasn't married, there would be dolphin wallpaper in the bathroom. What marvellous creatures.

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Hi Dave - looked up the Bridget thingy but it was all in german and didn't seem to mention a tour. I am an idiot re computery things, have I done it wrong? Don't suppose she's touring Cornwall is she? lots of love ann xxx

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Wow!! Now you are talking REALLY spooky because it is my Birthday as well!!! I wrote that offshore 4 years ago on my Birthday!! Yes I agree it would flow easier I will change it.... thanks for the advice ;-))
Luv yer fellow Birthdayer lets PARTY on the 26th ha ha
TC XX

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Hi Ann

Thanks for the steer to Bridget St John - excellent. She is on tour, which you may have spotted -

http://www.bridgetstjohn.byethost33.com/biog2.htm

Have you ever run across Dory Previn?

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Hi Dave - Ta for another lovely comment. No, the production line is all my own. I think it's just that I've only been writing for a short while and all the ideas and images of my life are suddenly unleashed! I'm really enjoying it too! Just posted ANOTHER one. But you see, someone mentioned dolphins to me today and I just thought . . .

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Hi Cynthia,
thankyou for your comment on Mr. Skoulikaris. It really is appreciated and i've missed your input to my poems because you are always so helpful and encouraging at the same time.

Incidentally, i too would hope that the fisherman did not catch the dolphin. Maybe the fish that ate the worm was proverbially speaking 'the one that got away' and that fish fed the dolphin?
Continuous existence of some kind.

As for Darwin influencing the poem. Who knows what's possible?
Janet.x

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Evenin Maccers Inc.You flummox me?HA! what does flummox mean Aunty Rach? keep wellying on w.ol.-Stefchopsx

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