thanks for your latest comments Jeff!

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Hi John, Thanks for commenting on "When Harry met Maisy" and "English Bond". Thought you might like the latter, you hit the nail on the head, lives are lost in the old mans pub, some want to be lost. Win

Comment is about John Darwin (poet profile)

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Hi Again Dave

Its a pleasure, this is a great site, you will find some fantastic poetry and some fantastic people. Win

Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)

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Hi Winston, many thanks for your greetings and kind comments :)

I look forward to getting to know yourself and your work - there is a rich vein of poetry to explore on this site, it should keep me busy for a while, hehe.

Best wishes

Dave

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aye! I'm there! Currently rehearsing my set! The way it is looking - it is going to be Andy N & friends rather than Andy N, but that's me! Never do things by half! See you there!

Comment is about Tomás Ó Cárthaigh (poet profile)

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Thank you for revisiting my poetry Tomas. I think we share a love of rhyme. My free verse ones are few and far between.
Isobel x

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Yes - I'd kind of guessed it wasn't your arse Anthony - it looked very much like an image you'd get on google - it was fun though. So the fool has hidden depths then? Just as well since I like to fool around a lot myself and it is a mask I often adopt...
Isobel x

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

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Ha!
Funny that you should say that listening to me reminds you of being back in school ; )

Merci de l'avoir écouté Jeff.

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

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Merci d'avoir aimé mon poème 'Je t'aime' : )

Comment is about Tomás Ó Cárthaigh (poet profile)

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Hi Andy, your over at the Poets Exress in Bandon, on Saturday, yes? I should see you there!!!

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

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"Impure Wool" is a rollicking good read!!!

Comment is about Barrie Singleton (poet profile)

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Love is indeed the roundabout that kees our lives spinning!!!

Comment is about Freda Davis (poet profile)

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"Not Like the Rest" is a poem that shows clearly the shortfalls with the care in the community approach, what a fanciful term for renaging on their responsibilities...

Comment is about Seamus Kelly (poet profile)

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"One Step Behind" is a nice poem, one of devotion. It makes one think what is the mnset of the narrator and the lace in the relationship they possess

Comment is about sian howell (poet profile)

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"Loss on Paper" is a lovely poem...

Comment is about Alison Mary Dunn (poet profile)

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I loved "Two Cats"

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Goin senile is an improvement... amybe it is if it hides what bothers you about what is wrong with the world...

If so, may we all go senile... quick!!! lol

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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just send stuff whenever you like i will reply within a week of each email :-)

TC

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Oh Anthony - never bow to pressure - unless it's to give me a better view. I rather liked your sphincter and you are anything but a fool.
Isobel x

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

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Hi Dave,
welcome to WOL Thanks for your comments on Pedro, its a bit of fun. As to your poem Excess Memories, it is stark, it is vivid and grim and hits home with a force. Brilliant. It is my type of poem in many ways. Thanks for posting, Win

Comment is about Dave Dunn (poet profile)

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I never saw it as sad - me trying to look serious for a change maybe. Glad to see you back and pulling everyone's leg. Would stop for a chat but Monday pms a nightmare for me - just bobbing in. Take care Winston
Isobel x

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Thanks for taking the time to read David. I think you read one of the few that I wrote in free rhyme - LOL! Like you, I do like to rhyme and found it hard breaking the habit. Free verse does gove you a lot of freedom over the language you use though which can't be a bad thing. Till we meet again.
Isobel x

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Hi Simon,
really nice to see you at Hebden. Twice in one week. Poor you. :-)
Just want to say how much i enjoyed your performance tonight and i didn't realize you knew me so well. (note the irony)

Janet.x

Comment is about Simon Rennie (poet profile)

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Hi David,
thankyou very much for the pictures. Can you find one with no shadows?
Thankyou for the offer to send a cd. It really is very kind of you.

I've been reading your poems here and enjoyed them. They feel light hearted and 'uses of summer' heartfelt. You should treat us to more soon. :-)

Janet.x

Comment is about David Andrew (poet profile)

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Hi Jeff

Thanks for commenting on Only Fond. I particularly liked 'Fighting On' of yours. Sounds like you are!

Dave

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

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Hi Val

thanks for commenting on Only Fond. I particularly liked 'Paradise' of yours

Dave

Comment is about Valerie Cook (poet profile)

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Thanks for your comment Jeff. Yes - it is a bit of a performance piece - don't think it comes across at all well on paper - in fact I think I might stop posting performance poems - I will always love performing them though! See you on Thursday.
Isobel x

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

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Awww thanks for your interest Dave - have hit a bit of a dry spell - think I am very tired and in need of a holiday. Also much of my poetry seems to be performance oriented - sounds great on a stage cos I like to ham it up - but not so good on paper. Where do you live? If you live commuting distance of Wigan you should try to make the Tudor - there are some great poets - and ones who don' t take themselves too seriously - such a fun night. Bye for now.
Isobel x

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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oops, mixing Italian with Spanish..

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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gracias Gus.. ..si.. Neruda.... suspiro ...

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Hi Dave, cheers, not sure Harvey Goldsmith has much to worry about yet! Thats convenient about the Crescent, have put you on the list, spread the word lets get a few in, cheers Jeff

Comment is about Dave Morgan (poet profile)

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Hi Steve,
your very smart, and thats not a quality easy to find in humans in this day and age. thanks. You know whats going on.Im glad that some person some place, knows whats going on.

Comment is about Steve Regan (poet profile)

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Good to meet you last night. Like your poetry very much, particularly Reykjavic.
Cx

Comment is about John Darwin (poet profile)

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Hi Cate,
And thanks for taking the time to have a look at my scribblings - I really appreciate it and I'm pleased that you enjoyed them. I guess my remarks in the "Crimes against Poetry" thread were meant to be a little provocative - it's often a good way to get a discission going! :-) There are no absolutes in poetry, one person's taste is just that - very subjective. I hope there is room for every imaginable kind of poetry in the world, it would be a much poorer place without it.
I am very envious of your musical talent, something that I have none of unfortunately. You also write very well (some people are just such smarta***s!) I like the strength, determination and resolution you show in "What Do You See? . . . If I had to have one tiny quibble, it would be with the last four lines:

Listen.

I am coming.

Do you

See

Me?

Simply because it seems to be a mixture of the senses - listen/see rather than listen/hear - look/see. But it's minor and of no matter. I enjoyed your comments on the thread too - hope we can discuss more. Everyone has opinions and if we don't debate these things we don't learn. Great to hear from you.
Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

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Hi, Dave,
In many ways you are ahead of me in WOL site technicalities. I have appreciated your comments and will respond with some of my own work. I don't even have any SAMPLES up on my profile. Personal point though ... I had no idea what you meant by taking my 'hint'; I had no idea I suggested one.

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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Hi Marianne

thanks for taking the time to read and make comment on 'Nothing to say'

i like you work very much

steve x

Comment is about Marianne Daniels (poet profile)

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Hi Andy,

Thanks for your comment on 'Under The...'. All tips gratefully appreciated, and I agree that it needs a bit of tightening up!

Rachel

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

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Hi Gus, thanks for your comment on my poem The Body Builders Lament. Your acerbic wit always makes me chuckle!!
Cate xx

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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Hi Anthony, thanks for your comment on The Body Builders Lament..... Im sure your little beer belly is more attractive than a six pack to most women, judging by some of the comments Ive received!
Love your work. Ive been reading back on some of it and have sent some comments on past poems....... Good thread you put up even if I dont agree with some of your comments!!!! {Watch this space, you may get a mention in my next effort!!!!!!}
Regards Cate xx

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

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Hi Stevie, I read 'Our Dead Are Better Than Your Dead' and thought it was great, I thought it shared a lot of the style and sentiment of my own work, please have a look at 'The Mask of Unity' if you find the time, I would appreciate your thoughts. Am I reading too much into this or is there a nod towards Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori about your poem. I'm a great fan of Shelley so my poem is clearly a thinly veiled update of the sentiments expressed in 'The Mask of Anarchy'...

'And the little children, who
Round his feet played to and fro,
Thinking every tear a gem,
Had their brains knocked out by them'


a poem of particular significance for any student of history, of working class origin and living in the Greater Manchester area, and was originally written around the time of UN actions in Bosnia, Serbia, etc... but hasn't lost its relevance in more recent conflicts. To your credit though, I think your writing is more brave than mine.

Comment is about Stevie Turner (poet profile)

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Hi John, thanx for comment, great to hear Strummer is your hero, shame he was taken from us at 50.

As for the Alarm, I accept they will never be in the echelons with The Clash but I do like them, ever since I saw them supporting U2 at Salford Uni, the reminded me of the Clash the way they looked and I went to see them at the gallery the night after!

Theres lots of good stuff in their repertoire other than 68 guns and Spirit of 76 - New South Wales is sheer poetry! I admire Mike Peters for what he does, tireless (after 2 bouts of cancer) and every gig is like his first or last.

Well thats my case anyway, ha, cheers mate see you tomorrow at the Slam, Jeff

Comment is about John Darwin (poet profile)

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Hello Gus...thank you so much for your comments and encouragment...praise indeed coming from someone of your status...
Knowing you as I do if you say it you mean it..
Ros XX

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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Hi Anthony.. Thank you for your comments on Within Four Walls... glad I was able to surprise you.

I have visted Gt Torrington and seen the Plough Centre..I had the most delightful day out there loved it. Thanks again for your encouragement.
Ros x

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

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Hi Dave
Just saw your comment about blogs being removed at the end of the month. They aren't removed they are just put into the last months blogs i.e. if you click on Blogs on the menu and look to the right of the latest blog you'll see a list of months and your poem is in June's.
Paul

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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Cate

Could you enlighten me about things disappearing at the end of the month, please - I'm new, haven't noticed anything going and don't understand. Email if you don't want to clutter up this space. It's just mechanics so I'll probably delete it if you post it on mine once the penny has dropped.

Thank you

Dave x

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

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Greetings Dave, re your question on my wall, couldnt believe it! Put two poems up last night and they had gone this morning! I forgot all poems are removed at the end of each month! What a waste of time.... may post them again if I get the chance!
Cate xx

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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Thank so much Paul for taking the time to read, listen, and comment on 'Je t'aime' That is so nice that it returned you to a time of youthful immersion in love...
Indeed... Love is everywhere : )

Comment is about Paul Letch (poet profile)

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Hi Cate

Thanks for commenting on Light in a Wood. Agree with what you say - sometimes there are feelings which words can't capture - the ongoing challenge of poetry. When are we going to get something more from you?

Dave x

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia

thank you for your kind remarks on Light in a Wood. People have always written poems labelled 'spiritual' - John Donne, George Herbert, Gerard Manley Hopkins are three from mainstream British culture. But some experience seems to escape the labels, and that's what fascinates me. I take the hint about flooding the site. I do particularly connect with your poems. If there are pieces you'd like to share, do send

Dave

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