Thank you so much for commenting on my POTW and your continued support! I do appreciate it!?

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Thank you so much for commenting on my POTW and for your continued support! I do appreciate it!?

Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)

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Thank you so much for commenting on my POTW. I do appreciate it!?

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

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Thank you so much for commenting on my POTW. It is appreciated!?

Comment is about Wendy Higson (poet profile)

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Thank you so much for commenting on my POTW. I do appreciate it!?

Comment is about DESMOND CHILDS (poet profile)

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MCN many thanks for reading Jake's Place. It is a lovely part of our Isle.

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

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Ray thank you for those very kind words on Jake's Place.

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

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Thank you Miss Crowshaw.
you are always there
to give kind words & praise.

Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)

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Thanks for your like on Insanity Comes Calling Part Two Keith.

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

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Hello Martin, thank you for your comment on my SIX WORD STORY. I myself feel too much of peoples pain, sometimes I wish I could turn it off. Sorry it took so long to thank you. I have been lax with getting back to comments.

Thank You
Shirley

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

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Thank you Taylor also for the comment on my poem WINTER. Someone asked how I came up with this. I think it's because I have been watching a lot of scary movies, LOL! it is the season.

Thank you also for your comment on my poem BROKEN EGG SHELLs, I have been lax about responding to my comments.

Thank you,
Shirley

Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)

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Hello Taylor, thank you for the comment on my poem SHIRLEY. I just keep trying and going.

Thanks,
Shirley

Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)

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Hello M.C., thank you for your comment on my poem SHIRLEY. I do keep plugging along. As Dory the fish from from FINDING NEMO, "Just keep swimming."

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

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Those first 4 lines grab the throat and pour some gin of inspiration down it. Great sample and rhyme.?

Comment is about Eric James (poet profile)

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Thank you Avishek ?

Comment is about AVISHEK GHOSH (poet profile)

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Not many people nowadays use 'thee' in their poetry, but you made it work pretty well. Whole piece is good.?

Comment is about Katlego Maake Jr (poet profile)

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Thank you for commenting on Lies Keith. I particularly enjoyed you likening lies to rain everyone gets wet. Very apt..Taylor ?

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

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Hi everyone! - Someone wrote a while ago about Work Town who were asking for submissions. I cannot recall who it was, so am asking whoever it was if it's a "reputable" organisation? (I must be getting more suspicious in my old age hey!) Thanks! - Dorinda x

ps: Nigel - Next time we're filming I'll bring the eyeliner!!! x

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

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Count me in Dorinda!

Needs more make up Nigel

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Hi Mae, thank you for liking Sat Here Thinking...I found your bio fascinating... Taylor?

Comment is about Mae Foreman (poet profile)

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thanks for reading my poem.
I wish i was
a Registered anything...
unfortunately they do not register poets
if they did I would probably not get a tag
for pedigree.

Comment is about Shanice Matos (poet profile)

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Hi All! Just heard that our filming didn't quite work out as planned, but there is a offer to go again and read our own work. I have replied to Ant to say I would love to! Anyone else interested? - Dorinda x

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Big Sal, Thank you so much for the kind words! Also, I checked out your profile and I must admit, rhyming poetry scares the heck out of me! There is nothing wrong with it, but it is certainly difficult to do it well. Sometimes I challenge myself to write a rhyming poem, but I usually end up trashing it. Good on you for trying to bring it back, though! ?

Comment is about Daryl Sznyter (poet profile)

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The sample is an example of how a poem could be taken literally or metaphorically and still come out powerfully woven. Well done on it.?

Comment is about Shanice Matos (poet profile)

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Thanks Christine. I enjoyed your poem. I will go and visit those woods if I’m ever up that way. I’ve written quite a bit about trees and woodland myself. Some nonfiction and song lyrics as well as a couple of poems. I like to sit in the woods to write.

Comment is about Janey Colbourne (poet profile)

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thanks for the kind comments on 'Bevin Boy' Stu - apologies it's taken so long for me to respond - been off the site for a couple of weeks pursuing music projects - back now :-) I appreciate you taking the time to comment
Ian

Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)

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thanks for commenting on 'Bevin Boy' Trevor - I appreciate it - and apologies for the slow reply - been up to my neck in music project work and not on the internet
Ian

Comment is about Trevor Alexander (poet profile)

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thanks for the kind comments on 'Bevin Boy' Keith - once again I must apologise for taking so long to respond - I've been off the internet doing some music projects - I appreciate your continued supportive comments
Ian

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

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thanks for the comment on 'Bevin Boy' Becky - and congratulations on your poem of the week - sorry it's taken me a while to respond - I've been absent from the site for a couple of weeks
Ian

Comment is about Becky Who (poet profile)

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I don't know if I should have, but your sample 'Mistress' made me chuckle a bit.

Great pieces collected so far.?

Comment is about Amy McAllister (poet profile)

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Thanks for reading and commenting on 'The Language of Trees'.......... I kid you not in Settle go up constitutional hill to the ancient woodland and there is a talking tree

Comment is about Janey Colbourne (poet profile)

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Thank you so much for your kind comments on 'The Language of Trees' Christine x

Comment is about Mae Foreman (poet profile)

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Many thanks on commenting on 'The language of Trees'
Christine x?

Comment is about hugh (poet profile)

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Thank you for your comments on Koi Pond.

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Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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The golden eiderdown line is excellent. Whole sample piece is great.?

Comment is about Denice Jaunzens (poet profile)

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Where there's a pub
there's beer and grub
don't drink too much
or you'll get clubbed
Contain yourself
it's best because
you could end up
with just a nub!

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

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John is right Becky, the talented need to keep at it.?

Comment is about Becky Who (poet profile)

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Thanks for your words John. I always look forward to reading your work and I love your sample poems which are good reflection of what you write. I totally understand what you mean about a dreary Manchester sky as I live in the area myself.
Keep writing and posting my friend
all the best
Martin

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Hello Becky. I had to write to tell you just how much I admire and like "There's a poem". The music of the poem is wonderful and the rhythm and metre are perfect. We all need to read between the lines of people's lives: not many adults escape unscathed and I certainly need to listen more closely both to what people say and what they don't say.


somewhere in your wine-soaked words
A heart-felt message can be heard

Best wishes. Keep writing, you are talented.


John E Marks

Comment is about Becky Who (poet profile)

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Thank you very much for your always encouraging comments on my poetry. It is very much appeciated Martin. I have now read your sample poems "and all that's been cold is warm". Thank you, again, from my heart.

John E Marks

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

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Dear M.C. Thank you for taking the time to read my long long message! I do value well founded criticism, hence my message! And I hope I find a profession that offers me insights into the human condition too, it's ultimately what fascinates me the most. I guess that's where you get all your inspiration and, mind you, that is what I meant by "experience" . I hope my words didn't sound too much of an angry outburst! I'm not used to expressing my personal views, out loud, in English, unsolicitedly, and I hope I didn't scare you! Thank you for all the advice! I love your work and I hope I manage to write again something that you'll like! ?

P.S. I think kindness, the simplest thing, can be a lifebuoy when you're stuck in the quagmire of cynicism.

Mae

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

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Your biography itself deserves an award.?

Comment is about Elaine Speakman (poet profile)

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Hello Mae - thank you for your messages on my page.
Remember some wise words: cynicism is the last resort of
idealism - and take comfort from them. Age (and I have that in abundance) should see us benefit in this life in
unexpected ways and these are always to be welcomed.
That said, youth has the advantage of an open mind and
the hoped-for years to profit accordingly. My working life
was spent in public service and allowed me many insights
into the human condition, its strengths and its frailties.
Now, in retirement, I can enjoy embracing the best of
both whilst not being too quick to be impressed by what
modern life and its values have to offer.
Be content in your own skin and above all, be kind (especially to yourself) when possible. I firmly believe
the latter to have the most value in our existence, whilst
being ready to recognise cant and cruelty - and reproach
them accordingly. Well-founded criticism always has its
place.
Good luck with your WOL poems!
MC

Comment is about Mae Foreman (poet profile)

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Dear M.C. Newberry, I was looking at our very short conversation in my profile and taking a second look at my response to your lovely comment on my poem "I can olerate Death" I realized that what I said was quite a humdrum thing to say! The truth is I'm not good at commenting,I'm not good with the literal things, I am also not very crafty with words, or precise, for that matter; sometimes I ask myself why I bother to write, and then I remember: It's cause I got things to say. I'm young, that may be obvious to you who from what I understand are very experienced but I've been places. Places a young person shouldn't pass by that early on and I've seen things. Things that most people see when the greater part of their life has passed things that a few lucky ones will never see. And yes, I got stuff to say. This I do. So thank you for your comment! appreciate it more than you know! And allow me to rephrase my response: Yes, death does intrude into our minds! But God damn it, at my last minute, right before He takes me away I still got the last say with my last words! If I manage to beat him with my words and with my actions he doesn't really have the last say. I'll fight him like hell and even if I lose I'll know that through my fight I will have showed much more power than the only one he hold over us! He only has the power to eliminate us but He can't shut our mouths or the mouths of the ones we leave behind. I urge whoever bothers to listen: Speak up! Write out Loud! because "scripta manent"! And If we have to go before our time, if we can't go in our own terms, if He tries His best to deprive us of the right to hold our heads high and humiliate us we can still go kicking and screaming! And our screams will not be pleas and whimpers and cries of cowardice! They will be glorious curses and triumphant battlecries! Death lasts only a second but our existence, if we are loved, if we have have loved, can last forever. So, since you quoted W.E.Henley I'd like to do so as well:

"It matters not how strait the gate,
how charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate
I am the captain of my soul!

P.S. Forgive my fixation. I'm new at exposing my work and any kind of feedback is much sought! And definately deserving something more than: "Live like there's no tomorrow!" True as it may be!

Thanx again!

Mae

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

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Hey Keith!

Thank you!? For standing up and for the "Gloria Gaynor" pun!(Not meant for an ex lover though but still, an honor!)

Mae

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

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Hi Becky! Thank you for your nice words about my poem! I like your sample as well!
And I, too, love the idea of expressing oneself in a language other than their native one! For the same reason I like learning foreign languages! So far I know English, French and Turkish plus my mother language! I think it's fascinating to be able to see the world through eyes other than you own, to be able to communicate directly with people fron entirely different cultures. And let's face it, English is "linua franca", a universal language! It brings people who know it together! Keep slamming!

Comment is about Becky Who (poet profile)

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What fun it was being filmed this morning! - I thoroughly enjoyed it............Dorinda x

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

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Hi, Mae, thanks for commenting my profile! In fact, English is my native tongue, but I live in France, so when I try to put my poetry "out there" it's harder to be fully understood. That's why I've appreciated this website as a place I can share with people who do understand English!

I do sometimes write poetry in French though, and I'm absolutely all for writing in languages other than mother tongue too. We use slam poetry in our English as Second Language programme and the students absolutely love it - some even say it's easier and more liberating to write in English than to write in their own language, as the "rules" seem less constraining!

I've read your sample poem and I think it's great, and even your biography is written very poetically. I look forward to exploring more of your work.

Comment is about Mae Foreman (poet profile)

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i had to scroll down so far, I fell off the page.

Luckily i had a safety belt on and was able to get back
on.

Is that dog a puppet? (time for a new photo.)

thanks for your continued support.
I think there must be something wrong with you.
but thank you anyway. I appreciate it.

Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)

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Thanks for the kind comments on my poem about Fred

I don't get o here very much anymore and often miss comments but i just saw yours

Thanks again

Ged

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