Tommy glad you see it that way.

Comment is about Chakraj (poet profile)

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Thanks Ruth

Just working on another poem called The French Connection

Oh la la
paint splashing
messy mess
head stuck
up his
oh la la
steel ladders

found two days later

Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)

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Chrystel
I think it is difficult for your latest verse "Out of my head!" to be liked but an attempt to reread delivers something. Tommy

Comment is about Chrystel Roberts (poet profile)

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Raj your comments on "We've each got different partners now..." is most welcome and points a literary "think" that I appreciate.

Tommy

Comment is about Chakraj (poet profile)

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Martin you have it "We've each got different partners now..." sorted.

Tommy

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

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'inspired to write Aspirations of a refugee'...

You're welcome!

Comment is about hugh (poet profile)

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Hello Dk,

I get that same feeling when I see old punks still donning the trappings of their youth. My comment on your poem was not meant as a criticism on content - it was an attempt to start a discussion regarding revolutions and behavior.

I do know who Howdy Doody is, Buffalo Bob! This one is Charlie McCarthy.

D

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

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the poem was just about
how some people do not change,
live in the past
right down to the same clothes etc.

Woodstock is the little yellow bird in Charley Brown-
wink.

PEACE.

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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The poem was just about how
some people do not change
that's all.
thanks for the flower though.
I wear it proudly.
?

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

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Your very welcome chrystal. It was a plesure to read x

Comment is about Lysa d (poet profile)

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Hey Lysa,

Thank you for the lovely comment regarding 'why i like Poets'. Much appreciated.

Chrystel

Comment is about Lysa d (poet profile)

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d.k.,

Thank you for your wise and well thought out comment.

Keith

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

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the Jewish state is the ONLY Democracy
in the Middle East.
All the other country's are run by dictators, kings, or religious fanatics.
I'm on the side of Democracy.

Comment is about Ray (poet profile)

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people who use children
to fight their wars for them,
strapping explosives to their chests
are not Freedom Fighters.

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

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‘stay on higher ground'

I hear you Raj. Thanks for the sage advice!

Keep smiling

Comment is about Chakraj (poet profile)

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Enjoyed Reading your 'When the devil smiles' poem in the Autumn Edition of Printed words. You have a talent for turning a random news story into a totally different creative piece.

Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)

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Jeremiad - clever....

Comment is about Ray (poet profile)

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Hi JC - my email told me there were two comments today-02/09/19- on your old blog "Old, Racist and Thick". When I logged on to read them, I discovered that your entry of that title had been removed and
that only GS's comment was visible to read. No attribution to the
moderator involved and the time lapse between posting your blog
and the two comments referred to only serves to beg the question
why now?

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Thank you Martin for your comment at my poetry "Partition: Nightmarish Verity" It was the largest mass exodus in the history. Loots, Riots, rape and so many mass inhuman activities, bloodshed happened in India and Pakistan. If we talk about figures the loss of life was approx. ranging between 2lakhs to 20 million. Hindus and Sikh moved to India while Muslims escaped to Pakistan for safety. Even though seven decades has passed yet the bitterness is still there between two nations.
Even if I try I can't share the horror of partition in poetry. I so wished if this poetry was fictional but unfortunately it was not so.

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

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Hi chrystel, just wanted to say that the reason I said I would try and live up to the line, "Poets see the beauty of the glass," is because, not only is it a truly beautiful sentiment, but also a really keen philosophical insight. I read that and thought, "Now there is something that would genuinely be worth trying to do, not worrying about whether my glass is half full or half empty, but just appreciating how beautiful it is to have a glass at all."

Just wonderful writing.

J. x

Comment is about Chrystel Roberts (poet profile)

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Hallelujah! - so to speak - for someone who uses 'intuit' as casually as 'hear' or 'speak'. It is a SPLENDID word, not given nearly enough credence. IMO, of course.

Comment is about Adam Rabinowitz (poet profile)

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Hey Raj,

‘A wonderful tribute to our tribe of scribes'

It's a wonderful tribe, Raj. I meant it in all sincerity, when I said ‘I can be me'.

Comment is about Chakraj (poet profile)

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Hi Jason,

Saying that you shall endeavour to live up to the line ‘Poets see the beauty of the glass' is one of the highest compliments anyone has paid my work.

Thank you. It means a lot to me.

Comment is about Jason Bayliss (poet profile)

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Hi Tommy,

‘Why the rhyme or the rhythm?'

You're absolutely right. No need for either. That's the beauty of poetry ‘no finicky rules'!

I appreciate your feedback, Tommy

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

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Hi Mae,

I appreciate your comment on ‘Three Empty Words'.

Thank YOU!

Comment is about Mae Foreman (poet profile)

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Thank you for the warm welcome, Cynthia.

I already feel at home among WoLers.

Best regards

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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glad you made it through your youth
and your grandad dad.
so many burdens for you
and yet
here you are on WOL
your own good fortune.

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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Hi Keith, no I'm not flaming, it was then and not now now. ?

Hi Jason, I think 'moving on' and scorch-marks says it .

Hi Ruth, I think the 'positive spin' echos Kieth's point, not wrong just behind my shoulder as I turn away.

Thank you all xxx

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

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Hi Keith, no I'm not flaming, it was then and not now now. ?

Hi Jason, I think 'moving on' and scorch-marks says it .

Hi Ruth, I think the 'positive spin' echos Kieth's point, not wrong just behind my shoulder as I turn away.

Thank you all xxx

Comment is about Jason Bayliss (poet profile)

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Hi Keith, no I'm not flaming, it was then and not now now. ?

Hi Jason, I think 'moving on' and scorch-marks says it .

Hi Ruth, I think the 'positive spin' echos Kieth's point, not wrong just behind my shoulder as I turn away.

Thank you all xxx

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

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No, you are not crazy
just of a different bent,
a life that is poetical
enjoy the Difference!

?

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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Ruth what was the photo please??

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

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Adam:
Ref who cares, anyway?
by Chrystel Roberts

ps. I think that I may have missed some of the finer points made by Don, Adam and Graham. Apologies if I have.

Comment is about Adam Rabinowitz (poet profile)

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Ref who cares, anyway?
by Chrystel Roberts

ps. I think that I may have missed some of the finer points made by Don, Adam and Graham. Apologies if I have.

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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Welcome to WOL, Crystel.

Comment is about Chrystel Roberts (poet profile)

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Apparently Adolph visited the UK at one time pre-war. Sod he was his Luftwaffe planes bombed houses in our street. I was under the stairs with Mum - I didn't have a clue what was going on but Mum was having sniffy words with someone called God. The body never forgets these events - I still startle at the sound of a car back firing or the like. P. ?

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Hey Adam,

There was no need for you to apologize!

I appreciate all comments made about my work- the good, the bad and the ugly, lol.

Constructive criticism motivates one to step up their game, so to speak. I certainly do not take it as a personal affront.

Glad you liked Three Empty Words.

Please continue to comment, and feel free to give an honest opinion - it's what I EXPECT of you.

Comment is about Adam Rabinowitz (poet profile)

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Cynthia...
Your writing is remarkable...
Thank you for sharing.

And yes...balance....and self-challenging....and playful....

You intuit quite a bit.
Empath much.

Thanks for being here.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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not me.
i did not throw that bag of Cheetos.
whose side are you on?

do you have "Cheetos" in Oz?

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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Toad in hole
will soon grow old
as he sits in sun
a "Whole Toad In One"

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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you are the only one who mentioned "Goed"
personally I thought that was the best part!
hahaha

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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Thanks for that Lightbox message, Phil. Yes, little Kayla was marvellous. I have two lovely pictures of her which I have put on our Facebook site - maybe I should post them here, too. Her dad said it would be all right. There were 21 floor readers, plus Pete the featured poet and Rodney the compere. And thanks for your comment on my Three Kings poem. That was a pub where myself and fellow former newspaper colleagues met once a month from March 2013 until earlier this year. It changed hands, lost its rhinoceros, and we have moved to a pub a few staggers away, across the road. It's not the same - our pints often slide off the table and crash on the floor. Although maybe the subject of the poem has something to do with that ... that has never occurred to me before ...

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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What is the point that Don, Adam and Graham are hoping to achieve with their negative simplicity?
Am i losing something?
I appreciate the points from Ruth.

Surely Chrystel has a valid point.
Why the negativity folks?

Tommy

psps. I think that I may have missed some of the finer points made by Don, Adam and Graham. Apologies if I have.
tc

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

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Love the picture on your bio - the sheer physics of it!

I presume, by extension, that you might like to keep 'things in balance'? Probably all things?

Or you are just plain playful, self-challenging!

Comment is about Adam Rabinowitz (poet profile)

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Appreciate the comment, Graham

Comment is about Graham Sherwood (poet profile)

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Weird interpretation, Don? lol

Someone I know, once said: As long as we allow convention to govern us we will never make progress!

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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Hey Adam,

lol I chose the number twelve because that's two six-packs of my favourite beverage!

Comment is about Adam Rabinowitz (poet profile)

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Ha ha Poet Don!

Kinda expected you to say that, too!

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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Thank you Crystal for commenting on Foreshore - so appreciated. P. ?

Comment is about Chrystel Roberts (poet profile)

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Greg - I really enjoyed the Light House event, such a pleasant atmosphere - could you please let me have an idea of the numbers in attendance - I usually like to keep a note of these in my project book. Thought the African kid and family was simply fab. Blessings. P. ?

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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