Hello Keith, fantastic autumn poem on Poetry Plus. Really enjoyed the beautiful language. I started WOL in 2017, and most of us have come on a great deal since then, I think. Found a poem new to me today. Titles, by John Richardson, whom I didn't know.It's not in the least pedantic. even though he was a Victorian poet, andvery amusing. Keep up the good work.


All the best, Jennifer

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Thanks Keith, Elizabeth, Stephen G, Stephen A, Holden and Leon for the likes. Glad you liked it!

Jennifer

Comment is about The Witching Hour (blog)

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The door’s open tonight, Brenda,

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That’s right, Stephen. At Moscow, Coe and Ovett won each other’s events.
The Coe-Ovett thing was an athletics version of The Beatles-Rolling Stones thing of the 60’s.
And thanks for the Like, Brenda and Aisha.

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Hi Jennifer. Yes, you are correct in your seasonal surmise. SAD. Spent Setember in Florence once upon a time. So much more light. Here in the North of England it is 04.32pm and nearly dark. I take succor in the fact that we are all subject to "l'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle" Duarante degli Alighier.

All good wishes

John

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Thanks very much, love is a really difficult emotion to capture.

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Your poem brought back so many wonderful moments, John. I saw Sebastian Coe break the world mile record in Brussels in the early 1980s. As you say, he just seemed to flow, without effort. In the end, it was odd that he won his two Olympic golds at the 1500m rather than 800m, which was his best event.

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Not all that cheerful, I admit, John. But we have to cover all parts of life's rich tapestry, I suppose. Milk, no sugar.

And thanks for the likes: Nigel, Hugh, Jordyn, Stephen, Holden and Pete.

Comment is about Geese (blog)

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There' a time and place for everything.
For that poem...
maybe not!
?
(what are those people doing? Waiting to eat?)

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you're also good at
Responses!
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Thanks, Ray. My original which I decided not to post had three other verses. But I thought they were weak. Also I tried to capture the sense of banging our heads on a brick wall by repeating the same message.
I have since decided that the 5th line of this is also too weak. I am minded to replace it with “This future is ours” rather than “This issue is shared”.

Comment is about IF WE ONLY HAD TIME (blog)

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Seems to me too, that often more attention is paid to the perpetrator, awful childhood, broken home, jailed, unemployed etc., than to the victim and their families. Thanks also for the likes and kind comments on my stuff!

Jennifer

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Simply beautiful. Loved 'the hem of night is chasing us'. Also although it is about death, it isn't sad or gloomy, but the love and affection in it comes out in spite of the topic. Quite an achievment.

Jennifer

Comment is about Under The Old Whale Bones (blog)

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Wonderful grass roots humour! Still chuckling!

Jennifer

Comment is about Mi Mam's Take On Contraception (blog)

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Agree, so very evocative. Decidedly sinister in a few well-chosen words. You never disappoint.

Jennifer

Comment is about HUNTER'S MOON (blog)

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Lovely play on words, and enjoyed the old, (not to me) joke.
Found ,by experience, that it is even more difficult to be, in particular, a mother in law. Keep up the goodwork, Jennifer

Comment is about IN LAWS (blog)

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Fantastic, as always, Ray! So simple and could refer to so many other instances in life when we have to do the same.

Jennfer

Comment is about GRACE (blog)

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Great read, and a nice turnaround that the spider is trapped in his own web. 'To vaporize my mind with elation', describes so well being in love, and the last two verses are touching.

Jennifer

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Somehow gather you don't like autumn?!! Hope you feel a little less depressed later on. Here in Italy there is so much more sun, even in winter that the weather rarely gets one down. Beautifully written anyway, really describes how you feel.
Try to think more like Betjemann's Church Mouse!

Jennifer

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Warning !!

Beware Vera the vampire has gone out to play,
On Halloween her favourite day.
She's looking for blood to put on her toast,
Sometimes in disguise dressed up as a ghost

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It sounds too daft to be true, but my dad actually did come up with the same excuse to explain his drinking.
He liked a Guinness, and my mam couldn't stand the stuff.

Comment is about Driven to the brink !! (blog)

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Thank you Steven. I changed the ending at the last minute, and I think it was better for it. Thanks too Steven A and Holden.

Comment is about The HARUSPEX (Granny Slugshaw) (blog)

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I love this sort of nonsense, with or without the d in pigeons.

Comment is about John banged a pan (blog)

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Those were the days, indeed, MC.
And thanks for the Likes, Holden, Pete and Stephen and Kevin.

Comment is about OVETT, CRAM AND COE (blog)

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Thank you very much Stephen & Jordyn, glad it gave you a Halloween vibe!
And for the likes Pete & John!

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We do indeed, John. Thank you for the comment, much appreciated! ?

Comment is about Ostracized (blog)

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There's a saying about there being a time and place for everything - and I have often thought that this should be a
source of comfort and hope in life. Too much emphasis is
placed upon expectations of great things from the young.
They only know what is discovered from books or is taught to
them. The creative ability is rare indeed, so rare that it is often
placed in the category of "gifted" or "genius".

Comment is about Talented & Gifted (blog)

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An onset of "the runs" in the best way possible! ? Those
were the days.

Comment is about OVETT, CRAM AND COE (blog)

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Personally I wish they'd just leave things on BST.

Comment is about Extra Hour (A Repost) (blog)

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Thanks for the likes
John
Jordyn
Stephen A
KIANA
Stephen G
Aisha
and
Your Royal Poetess.

Comment is about Virgin Craves Love Devil Craves Blood (blog)

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Do not believe you John can't be that short !

Comment is about Virgin Craves Love Devil Craves Blood (blog)

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We all face the reckoning, Holden. “Ostracon”, Stephen? It’s all Greek to me! Intriguing as ever, Holden.

Comment is about Ostracized (blog)

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After sitting through years of prizegiving ceremonies at grammar school at which I won nothing, my dad said to me “For Christ’s sake tell me what you’re good at and I’ll give a prize for it”.

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Blimey, Stephen! Cheer up. Have a cup to tea.

Comment is about Geese (blog)

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Thank you so much!

Comment is about (blog)

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short and to the point, just like my sex life (;

Comment is about Virgin Craves Love Devil Craves Blood (blog)

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Thank you so much, Stephen! ?

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Don’t ever give up , you have the strength

Comment is about twenty (blog)

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Each line of this crackled with energy. Chills! I'm left with an eerie feeling.
Well done.

-J

Comment is about The Blanket (blog)

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The hypnotic repetition is redolent of the mindset we are faced with - looking but not seeing, sort of thing. Clever twist indeed John.

Ray

Comment is about IF WE ONLY HAD TIME (blog)

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Thanks for reading and liking Holden.

Thanks Stephen A. I remember an old joke asking the difference between outlaws and inlaws, the answer being that outlaws are wanted. That was in the back of my mind!

Graham, I think there is often a sort of guardedness in mingling on the inlaw footing; sometimes a halo and a crucifix can help.
Glad you liked it !

I'm glad that worked for you Stephen G. It's that desire for a rhyming ending always has me trying.

Ray

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Thankyou, Stephen. The stakes are enormous but the obstacles huge.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59084086

Comment is about IF WE ONLY HAD TIME (blog)

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Thanks for your kind words, Jennifer. And you “took us there” with your ‘stalker’ poem ?

Comment is about Your Florida Preserve (blog)

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I can relate, Jennifer! Thanks for the note ?

Comment is about Not Everybody Likes Poetry (blog)

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This is simply brilliant, KJ. I didn't see that coming...

Comment is about The HARUSPEX (Granny Slugshaw) (blog)

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An unsettling poem if there ever was one, Stephen!

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Never was a truer line spoken than the last, Ray.

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Thanks, John. It would be great for the leaders to link arms and sing this. And also explain what they propose to do!

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Thanks, Holden. A fascinating poem and I learned a new word!

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"made me smile"
That's the whole idea!
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