There are now four identical DG's? What is this - iRobot Burns?

Comment is about Dermot Glennon (poet profile)

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thanks winston for your comments , no its me i am not good with punctuation, and steve knows this :)

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Hi Winston,
thanks for your comment on my profile.
I do tend to have a 'different' perspective when reading poetry and comment as such.
Some unfortunately don't appreciate my seeing other than what was intended but surely it's precisely that which makes for a good poem?

Life is rich! It's often our outlook on it which is poor.
Love Janet.x

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Like the new picture.
Cx

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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THANKS ANDY, I TOOK A BIT OF A RISK REPEATING THE TITLE BUT IT SEEMS TO HAVE GOT A GOOD RESPONSE. WOULD APPRECIATE ANY COMMENTS AS TO IMPROVING MY TECHNIQUE

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

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The whip round for the bankers is such a good idea, the government have already organised one on our behalf on a non-voluntary basis.

Comment is about Rod Whitworth (poet profile)

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your poems are wonderfull to read
Anna xx

Comment is about Lenford White (poet profile)

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thanks for your comment -however I do not reallylike the word 'foreign' :)

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Yes, Katie, let's have more please!

If you ever get across to York and want to come to The Speakers' Corner, let me know (link is on my profile) - it's always good for us to welcome new people!

Comment is about Katie Sandham (poet profile)

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Loved "Norwich Graveyard" - it's what you kept back that made it so powerful. More please!

Comment is about Anna Percy (poet profile)

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I is a bit new to this site and was getting disheartend by the lack of clever,funny, clever stuff on display until I read this.
It's a cracker. - JB

Comment is about Laura King (The Poet Laura-eate) (poet profile)

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Hi Winston:

Just enjoyed TWO CATS - I hadn't seen that ryhme-form before, and I like it.

David

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Hi Daniel, Thanks for your coments The Exhibits. If you are like me, its impossible to force poems to come out of your head. I do find that the more I read the more creative spells I get. Beer also helps ! Stick with it, I am sure inspiration will come along. Winston

Comment is about Daniel Hooks (poet profile)

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Really enjoyed your poems, lovely slices of nostalgia - I grew up just across the water from you, have lots of relatives in the areas that you've written about, you conjure those scenes so evocatively!

Comment is about Kath Dodd (poet profile)

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thanks for your comment Winston my poem Is this madness is kind of a rap poem but not if you know what I mean. I will have to read some more of your work but I enjoyed your lastest blog entry. I am jealous of peoples abiltity to write as I am struggling to write anything coherrent at the moment. But I hopefully will get it together soon!

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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I think we should have a whip round on Sunday for the poor bankers and city types.
Welcome to the site Rod - it's about time!
:)

Comment is about Rod Whitworth (poet profile)

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I'm sure your performance version of 'two cats' was different. Either way they are great, I loved hearing it because it was a little leftfield and I love refreshing changes like that. You brought it to life with the reading.(at Hebden, hole in the wall)

always enjoy seeing what you are up to, and as always really appreciating your support, fantastic community here.

Heres to your wood burner and your solitary thoughts. Great to see the work with your daughter too, she will have a good poetic career i'm sure.

May make it to sale, though Laura has a gig straight after.

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Hi there,
Thanks for the comments on 'Confetti' - it's really nice to know someone is reading my scribbles! :-) It wasn't my wedding day btw, it was a fantasy about someone I didn't marry. My actual wedding day was quite different, nerve-wracking - and I wouldn't go through all that again! :-)
Cx

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Hi Anthony, thanks a lot for the comment, it's much appreciated. I've read your stuff and I'm very impressed with 'The Other Side of Kenneth', I felt a great sense of maturity within it. Good work!

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

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Hi Gus.
Thanks for taking a peek at "...not the only fruit." It's a very clumsy tongue-twister, but was great fun to construct. I guess writing something with that volume of rhymes is more akin to a crossword than poetry.
I really enjoyed the simple beauty of images in your "Yellow Dress" btw. Or was it beautiful simplicity? Probably both!
Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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Hi Daniel

Just read your poem, "Is this madness" can just imagine it being performed in a rap style with a great impact. What do you think? Winston

Comment is about Daniel Hooks (poet profile)

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I welcome any comments or criticisms of my work. Just don't ask me what 'Agnus Mater' is supposed to mean because I'm really not sure. I was drunk when I wrote it. The title is a reference to Agnus Dei - The Lamb of God. I just riffed on the idea of Jesus being a lamb and therefore Mary being a ewe.

Comment is about Simon Rennie (poet profile)

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Hi Daniel, Can you post your poem to write club now, please?

Comment is about Daniel Hooks (poet profile)

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Very different - your new photo - has sort of left me at a loss for words - which is unusual.
:-)
Cx

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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Hi David - thanks for taking the time to read my work

steve : )

Comment is about David Franks: Walkabouts Verse (poet profile)

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Just enjoyed "Matese", Steve.

Comment is about garside (poet profile)

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thanks for the comments- what can i say? my poetry lecturer would scream in horror if he knew how little i revise and re-write nowadadys- very slap dash poet!!! love the calculator poem, what a novel idea!

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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into the void is a really good short poem and quite deep, who were you talking about, thanks for the comment the other day, its strange what inspires us, it was very constructive and most appreciated. the new edited version is now posted if your interested? chris

Comment is about Alison Mary Dunn (poet profile)

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i think your right a poem is never finished thanks for the comment the other day it really helped me, the new version is now posted if your interested, im liking your poetry, its great work and i enjoyed them thoughroughly, chris.

Comment is about garside (poet profile)

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im liking your poems very inventive, thanks for the comments the other day, it helped me with my second draft, you gave me a whole new angle to look at, its posted up now if your interested, keep the poetry coming, its great, chris.

Comment is about Rodney Wood (poet profile)

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Glad you approve - but Dear Jonny is, in fact, darling Larry.....:)
Cx

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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Please see latest blog - any more to your taste?
Cx

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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You're absolutely right - and I'm working on it... really I am! I am getting there. And should you ever meet me I don't think you'd find me maudlin at all, I'm writing that out. Though I didn't think One Touch of Nature was maudlin - I wrote it as a thank-you. And look where it got me when I started writing about shaving pu.....cats!
I do appreciate your comments and criticisms, and thank-you for reading them.
Cx

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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Hi Jordan... Not seen you in hebden since we moved to the upstairs room in the Hole in the wall, It's a great venue, it would be good to see you down there if you can make it. Winston

Comment is about Jordan (poet profile)

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Hello David.

Yes, I'm off work at the moment with an injured arm, so I've got far too much time to sit watching the birds in the garden. I've got a regular flock of long-tailed tits that visits my feeder, and there's a red kite hanging around Harrogate at the moment that keeps flying over my house. It'll get a poem written about it if it's not careful! See you at WW sometime soon?

Comment is about Tim Ellis (poet profile)

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Hey Winston. Thanks for reading and leaving some feedback. In answer to the question about 'pyronoia'; yes i would love to work with someone to have this (amongst a few others) animated. i can envisage a kind of anime style:see. the end of akira perhaps? Also can I say I really dig 'DECREE NI'SI' very dry. It purposefully slows the train of thought down from a normal reading speed, to a much more contemplative tempo. Liking it.
Matt

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Hi Winston.Thanks for your comments. It's actually about my grandmother dying. She was upstairs in our house. I was too young to handle it at the time and I went up the fields to sit with Willow instead.I love the sensitivity of horses ( but am also scared of some) and she seemed to understand.Sorry I rambled and it is unclear. Deb

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Hi Alison, i'm fine thankyou.
Thanks for your comment on " Nobody ever visits..." I tried to portray all the imagery and emotions mentioned in the comments received but placing personal experience of the subject matter to one side. Hopefully, i managed it.

Love, light and peace to you, hoping to see more from you soon. Janet.x

Comment is about Alison Mary Dunn (poet profile)

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Hey Andy. Pardon my ignorance but do you mean to tell me your real name is David Robilliard? If so, i have a question for you but not here. It's concerning my other work.
Thanks for all your comments by the way.
Love Janet.x

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

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Hi Gus, Thank you for your encouraging comments about my poem, I agree, I think I've turned a corner with my poetry. Belinda x

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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Being a fan of clever rhyme and lyricism, I have to say that I loved reading '...not the only fruit'. I bet it's especially good in performance - I could see you winning slams with that one - that's if you haven't done so already.
HT

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

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Tim,

Good evening. Welcome to WOL - bet birds of the world have their heads all tucked under their wings, just now

Comment is about Tim Ellis (poet profile)

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Great to see you getting out and into those gigs!
Good to non poetry audience
Hoping to see you soon
Joint compere somewhere sometime?

whaddd ya saaay

keep writing

Comment is about Jeffarama! (poet profile)

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left comment on Jaan

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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yeah u made it sound like u liked my poem...

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

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Hi Hun you are amazing I love the way you see life and your understanding of it fills my heart with a feeling of fire! My candle will always burn for you xx

Comment is about Richard Brooks (poet profile)

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Hi Gus
I will always co host if you need help with that

I am a fan of 'where do we go from here'
great poem mate

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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Two or three reads of my stuff Andy and yer hooked....ya old poem junkie!
See ya soon wid da pasties!
Gus

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

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Hi Steve - Cheers for the comments over 'Perfect Place' - I must admit it is probably my personal fav poem, so clearly you have good taste! I've only ever read it live about two or three times probably because of the serious and deeply nature off it! The girl I wrote it about ages ago seriously cried when she read it, so clearly I did something right with it.

If I can build up the courage - I could well read this out at Freed Up next time, even though it is not about parties! lol

Comment is about Steve O'Connor (poet profile)

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Just enjoyed your rhymes, Emma.

Comment is about Emma Roy- Williams (poet profile)

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