Hi John,
Yes! Work is shit! Have I heard you read this at the Tudor? So funny! I think you left a comment on one particular Tudor evening a while ago when I had also done a "Work" poem!
Seems we share a common thread! Haha!

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Ha ha!
Je préfère un verre de vin rouge...
sinon... lait de soja... je suis végétalienne ; )

Moi x

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A harpoon eh.. well thats a compliment and half so it is... Thank you ... I'm speechless...ish.
Thanks for reading 'Moby Kingsley'
Gus xx

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Hi Steve
Thanks for taking the time and chuckling re; 'Kingsley' By the way I totally agree withyou re MJ ...snivelling little shit. Full of Hokus Pokus Bubble Crap!

Gus

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have posted my poems for you to read, following your email :-)

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Hi Dave thanks for your kind email; I will respond shortly. Stay with us (not sure what has happened as I've not been reading much on here lately)....criticism is good - we are each other's readership for now and it helps build our poems with clearer direction. Of course, we choose to consider or ignore it- all depends on what you want. If you want to be published, then do take it on board, well most of it. It does hurt at first (lol) but we do have to develop an extra skin :-)

keepwriting , keep posting.

I am touched by the fact that you hold me in such high regard. Thank you.

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Please don't retire Dave - it is a great site once you learn to shrug off certain criticism. There are some great personalities on here and you can have fun. I find it very stimulating - perhaps that depends on how much you are in need of that - other areas of my life can be a bit tedious at times ! Lol - if I see you on line next time I will try to chat. I never saw Whats it all about as particularly offensive but it appears otherwise - you are always on a sticky wicket with religion I guess...
Isobel x

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Thanks for your comment Anthony. I see 'What's It All About' more as social comment than political poetry. If it is political then it is very soft political. The message is the need for equality, mutual respect, inclusion, compassion and dare I say it, the L word....I'm not sure if there is a political party out there capable of giving it us - that comes from within - if only you could extract it and dish it out like a vaccine - then we'd be living in paradise.
Isobel x

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Submissions still being accepted for MV.

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@andy n : yeah the performances came out very well and i'm sure there will be more to come ;)

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Hi Cate,
thanks for your recent comment on my poem'Syllabic nightmare.' I did add my response to the comment box beneath the poem but i like to thank the poeple personally too.

Janet.x

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Hi Winston,
just want to say thanks for your recent encouragement and comments. It means a lot to all of us when someone gives so much time.

Janet.x

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Hi Daniel,
just want to say thanks for your recent comment on one of my poems.

Janet.x

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Hi Anthony,
sorry i forgot to thankyou for your comment when i re-introduced my profile. It was a phase i was going through. :-)

Janet.x

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Hi Barrie,
thanks for your recent comment on my poem Daphne Demure. Yes i do seem to include some fraudian phrases in lots of my work. I think it must be something i did in a past life and it's coming out in this one too. :-)
Yes i do realize it was your little joke.

Janet.x

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Thamks for your recent comments chuck.
They're always appreciated.

Janet.x

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is this a hint off a new track you want to work on with me, woody?

the videos are tops but i would say that, wouldn't I? lol

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Hi Winston - thanks so much for commenting on my poem Inner Beast!

Just been reading your work - Two Cats is just wonderful and such fun! Especially the end, really made me laugh:

My cats have been ill
White coat investigators
Nothing found… £100

I can relate to that! Happened to my cat recently (except it was £180!)

Ax

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Hello, Natural Reign is beautiful :) You have a very special way with words x

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POEM: 'I wish I'd thought of that'

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Cate
thanks for taking the time to read and comment on my poem "Hanging loose". It is always encouraging to receive positive feedback.

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Hi, i removed my photo and profile and took up an alias for a short while. Didn't work though so decided to just be me. I can't seem to upload photos to wol, it just won't go in which means mithering poor Paul in admin to do it for me. :-)

Are you thinking of coming along to the Tudor any time soon?
Good luck with your musical stuff. Are you doing gigs?

Janet.x

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Hi Ros,
nice to see you here. I'll Look forward to reading what you write. :-)

Janet.x

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Hi Ctae, thanx for that, yes like getting it off my chest and will be reminding you of it when you start with the kids, Ha! Nice one, hope to see you soon, I'm bit behind so catch up with your latest poem soon, see ya Jeff X

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Although i used to get the M/boro train from Leeds, i got off before it reached it's destination. I have navigated thru it in an automobile a cupla times and stopped there once to go to that museum near a park with big black metal gates.
No,further west I be. In't North Yorkshire Dales. No city for miles and miles. lotsa sheepses and prettyness but not many shopses.Thing i made was cos of one of your lovely comments on my words. see ya, debz x

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Hi all,

Thanks very much for taking the time to read my poem – moment and making comment it makes me smile to know that I can mess about with words and achieve : )

A little of Robert Lowell John – high praise indeed : )

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Your just naughty so Naughty! Your poems make me laugh all the time. Your latest is great!I think we all need a "shaved brazilian". Would be cleaner, cooler, less mess, all around a better deal for all.Tell me, do men sport a "shaved Cuban"? My own sick joke, Im sure, as I giggle and wonder if anyone else would get it.? xx

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HI Aoife,
I like your poems, they have a raw sence of truth and life to them. nice work, keep it up, with love from Texas!

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Winston, thanks for your comment on The Parting. You solved one problem for me absolutely: I have dithered endlessly over 'my heartbeats measure the night' or 'my heartbeat measures the night'; I have spoken the line, sung the line, nearly dreamed the line ... and you're right ... you read what it should be. Thanks

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Well who's a big girl now then


Good luck! just enjoy the pant's off it...

see ya soon

Gus x

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Hi Rosalind, Go for it... we are a friendly group I hope you will find. Winston

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You're not still on holiday are you? Time for work.

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hi Jeff, thank you for your comments on Oyster.. when you getting to Heb? its not on next month tho, so I'm told. other x'iting stuff on instead. thanks again, deb x

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Hello Cate. Many thanks for your kind comments about the two recent pieces. I'm very glad you liked them and felt moved to comment. Graham.

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thank you Gus, for your kind comments on Blackwater. I was going to come down for the next WOL but Winston told me it isn't on in july. The poetry in the woods thing looks good on Saturday but is it going to rain i wonder? I was hoping to see you at the last WOL night i went to, April i think it was. I was carrying with me a small thing i made for you but it returned back up north again and now it sits on my desk. it will travel with me by train in August for the next meeting unless you are off travelling the world that month. thanks again, deb x

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Hi Andy, Thanks for reading and commenting on Father-like Son. Winston

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...howdo steve..many thanks for the comments on 'my father'..it was written in couplets, all ending on different words to those seen here. I'd copied it from 'word' and every time I tried to paste it into the 'blog' area the lines came out 'double spaced', in the end I moved all the lines about until they were more compact, pressed all the buttons and it suddenly 'pasted' in as you see it..so I left it alone !!..nevertheless it was very astute of you to realise it doesn't look right....I will take in your ideas, not having aired my poems much until now...thanks...chris.

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Merci pour tout ce que tu fais...
Je t'adore : )

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I appreciate your time reading
and commenting on my poetry Winston...

Merci : )

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Hi Andy,

Thanks for the comment on my poem. Really enjoyed 'Perfect Place'...very touching poem.

Rachel

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Hi Winston,

Thanks for your comment on my poem. I am also Glastonbury-bound this week for the first time.

I have to say I really enjoyed Decree Ni'si. Brutal and moving poem.

Rachel

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..hello Gus...or is it Sherlock ?...a few years ago I spent time researching the family tree and came across gr.gr.gr. grandparents who came from Cork and settled in Kelsall in 1835..the more I found out, the more poems I began to write about them, in this extract they're ghosts. Is writing style in the 'genes' do you think...very odd...although I'm pleased you spotted something. (I was born in Lytham)...cheers.. chris...(if you click on 'myspace' link at the top the first song 'Rosanna' is about them).

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..hello Winston....a few years ago I spent time researching the family tree and came across gr.gr.gr. grandparents who came from Cork and settled in Kelsall in 1835..the more I found out, the more poems I began to write about them, in this extract they're ghosts...yes, they do end up together....but in very, very strange way...if you click on 'myspace' link at the top, the first song 'Rosanna' is about them....thanks for the encouraging comment.....chris.

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Hi Winston,
'spragged to the floor' means to stretch the fabric to its limits and pin it down.

Sprags in real terms are the metal hooks used to pin tents to the ground for anchorage.
Thowt tha wud 'ave known that, you bein' a Yorkshire lad 'n all. :-)

Janet.x

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Thank You so much Winston for your in depth critique of my poem 'Love Me'.

I am amazed how long it takes me to write poetry by comparison to some other poets on this site, they seem to be so prolific... it's very intimidating ...one after the other.. but I hope to have another ready soon. Meanwhile many thanks once again.

Augusta x

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Hello Christine - didn't realise you had put a profile up - good on ya - i will enjoy listening to your read every month.
Isobel x

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Free range-break free!-Thought provoking and hard-hitting! Well done!

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Hi Winston, hope all's well in Heb, i imagine all the rhododendrons are out by the railway now and i'm missing them.. : ( thank for your comment on my last poem about the auntie with the lolly..nooo i didn't mean your rhymes were bad, i was just blaming you for inspiring me to write daft auntie poems.your spaghetti one was indeed a small masterpiece..Happy Solstice Sunday.deb xx

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hi Gus, thank you for your comments on the Traveller..not sure if you meant the blood/bite or a piece of steak...with a nice chianti... tptptp.. Happy Solstice weekend, deb xx

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Hello Cate, thank you for reading and sending your kind comments on my piece The Traveller. you never know you might like her to bite you..next time you need a blood test...Happy Solstice on Sunday..deb xx

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