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Comment is about Marian (poet profile)

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Waiting for Nancy is one of the very few pieces that I've read which I honestly wanted to read because of its sheer down-to-earth reporting like quality, humour and the inputs about the cats.
Great job!

Comment is about Gray Nicholls (poet profile)

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Hi again tim.These two blogged poems,are of a very unusual style of writing,and deserve more than just a quick browse.

But,from that quick browse,I detect my return to read them at length(chores permitting)will prove ever so fruitful.

Until then-keep your quill busy!x

Comment is about Tim Wright (poet profile)

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I was in that place known only to us male artists - elated by the birth of a brainchild!

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

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I was in that place known only to us male artists - elated by the birth of a brainchild!

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

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I was in that place known only to us male artists - elated by the birth of a brainchild!

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

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thanks nigel for your comment on my beyond the conscious poem.

was a quickie really but i am proud of this.

thanks again

Comment is about Nigel Astell (poet profile)

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Ah! you got me there Ian. I'm not as in the know about all these forms as yourself. It's a good tribute to somewhere I never knew but read a lot about.

I hope your new home does you all justice!

regards,

Graham

Comment is about Ian Whiteley (poet profile)

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I agree with your further comment on 'Philae' Cynthia - if a scientist were to argue a distant comet denies the existence of God simply because it is a remnant of some 'big bang' my question would be 'who, or what, created the big bang' ;-)
that said - I am pretty agnostic - so I would only be playing devil's (who he) advocate ;-)

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Steve,
Hope you were flying higher than that plane tonight!

That play was quite an accomplishment.

Comment is about stephen smith (poet profile)

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Thank you, again :)

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

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Hi Stephen Thanks for comment on poem and glad you liked it!

Comment is about stephen smith (poet profile)

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here's my poem from linda's prompt which i did a version of last monday

http://writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=45506

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

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Thanks for coming to the play and glad you enjoyed the night -seriously impressed with your achievments!
Steve Smith
for the plane home tonight!

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

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thanks so much for your kind comments on 'Elephant's Graveyard' Andy - it was a deep topic generated by looking at Richard's amazing photo - I'm finding the exercise of looking beyond the obvious in his photo's very enlightening - would never have gone near the Ganesha myth otherwise - cheers

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

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thanks once again for your kind comments on 'Elephant's Graveyard' Cynthia - it was a deep topic generated by looking at Richard's amazing photo - I'm finding the exercise of looking beyond the obvious in his photo's very enlightening - would never have gone near the Ganesha myth otherwise - I like your assessment of me - it sort of resonates with my own life view of 'soul of a poet in the body of a brickie' ;-)cheers

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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thanks so much for your kind comments on 'Elephant's Graveyard' Martin - it was a deep topic generated by looking at Richard's amazing photo - I'm finding the exercise of looking beyond the obvious in his photo's very enlightening - would never have gone near the Ganesha myth otherwise - cheers

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

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Thanks for your kind, supportive and always humorous comments on 'Philae' John - that Listerine chapel line had me gargling with laughter ;-)

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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thanks for your continued supportive comments MC - in particular for 'Philae' I always enjoy reading your thoughts on these topics - sometimes we even agree :-) but I do appreciate opposite viewpoints just as much

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

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hey, thanks for the kind comments on 'Philae' Laura - yes, I know what you mean about the emotional mind-blowing nature of the achievement - still think I would have been more in awe of a scientist saying 'I've found a cure for ebola, AIDS and cancer, though ;-)

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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thanks so much for commenting on 'Philae' Cynthia - really pleased you liked it

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Steve,
We enjoyed your play very much last night. I was amazed at how much that part of Liverpool has changed....I hope you`re allowed to put it on back in Ireland.

Comment is about stephen smith (poet profile)

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Re "So&so" The mildly infuriating 'So' at the start of a sentence. And then followed by the (almost) inevitable rising inflection. All of the BBC's radio #4&5&6 are being subject to a viral contagion of such annoyances.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Thank you so much for your encouraging comments on Validation. Having now read some of your work, I appreciate them even more.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Stuffing, cramming and tucking: I see a future in hotel work a possibility for you Amy. : )

Comment is about Amy McAllister (poet profile)

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Louise I have something to tell you...oh wait I gotta go as Scotland v England are on the field

Comment is about Louise Fazackerley (poet profile)

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I managed to lose your comment in my attempt to fiddle with changes to be made to my poem. Thank you once again. Truly, truly appreciated. And humbled

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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No way Cynthia, I'm just pleased that you like the poems I post. The audience for such things is pretty limited so your words of encouragement are appreciated. This is another one that will be in my new book next year, so I post the poem and a picture on WOL that I can then link to my FB page. THIs one is a kind of mini Chekhov play.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Thank you for your extremely kind comments and more importantly your words of encouragement and praise. I struggle: I always feel I could have done much better which borders on perfectionism. A wrong choice of word as I am nowhere near perfect and can never be!
Preeti

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Thanks for your support, Harry!
Steve Smith
Love your stuff, by the way!

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

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Thanks for your support, Harry!
Steve Smith

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

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"the manner of her going" is very vivid

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

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Steve

Looking forward to seeing your play tomorrow night.

Comment is about stephen smith (poet profile)

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Cynthia, thank you for taking the time to comment on the Koan.
Have you seriously never been out in moonlit rain?
You must surely have experienced a rain shower in sunlight, it's just the same thing but at night.
As for the koan, it is a wonderful way of thinking but writing less words.

thank you once again for commenting.

regards,

Graham

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Cynthia - about Graham's koan poem - one of the best-known examples of a koan is 'what is the sound of one hand clapping?'. It's meant to make the person think in different ways. In my last poem Jigsaw - that was going to be a koan initially, asking the question if a swing was a swing if you didn't see it swing.

It's good that you're puzzled - that's part of the point of them :)


Here's a link to an explanation of koans

http://www.karate.butsu.net/onzen/zenkoans_intro.html

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Cynthia I'm glad you liked the poem. I had in mind rural communities in times of war who are always at the mercy of roaming bands of soldiers scavenging for supplies and whatever else they fancy. There are languages where those words have got mixed up and I've been learning Modern Greek which has different body language for 'yes' and 'know'. There are also villages in Greece and elsewhere that have evolved very sophisticated whistling languages. The one in Greece evolved at the time of the Ottoman invasion - not that the poem is specifically about Greece. It could be any time and any place.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Thanks Laura -I think your talent would love the challenge of forms -I know you would find the tension of rhyme very stimulating - you have the images!
Steve Smith

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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Thanks Laura -I think your talent would love the challenge of forms -I know you would find the tension of rhyme very stimulating - you have the images!
Steve Smith

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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'the aftermath' is rich, isn't it? I look forward now to checking back on more of your work. You have a distinctive touch. I've been off-line with a defunct computer for weeks, and the new one is currently challenging with smaller and flatter keys.But I'm persevering.

Comment is about A.M. Clarke (poet profile)

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Hi Daniel
Thanks for your comments on Do it again. I hadn't thought about performing it. sounds like s good idea. I will give it a go.

Comment is about Daniel Dwyran (poet profile)

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That's a bit of a cryptic question, Tommy! But I can give you a straight answer. Not me, mate.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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thanks for the kind comments on 'wounded' M.C

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

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thanks for commenting on 'wounded' Harry

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

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Thanks for the write up John see everyone tonight.

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Hi Greg, was it you that commented upon a scene from Kubrick's 'Paths of glory'? Tommy

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Cynthia Your comment on the 'Burghers' is very encouraging. It's a poem from my new collection 'A Murmuration' scheduled for Autumn 2015. Watch this space! I am using the WOL site with its handy format of poem + picture to re-post poems from the forthcoming book onto my facebook page.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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This is good work. Excellent use of hyperbole in my opinion. I enjoy reading it. Thank you for sharing it. Keep it up.

Comment is about Alaska Anthony (poet profile)

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gday love. my names rhys, just made a profile myself i really liked this, ive got a friend that went through some rough times, id like to know if youre ok with me sending this to her?

Comment is about Spoken_Thoughts (poet profile)

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He's Not the One - Ha! I've been there and you've caught it so well. I really like it.

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

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Thank you, Martin. I appreciate your kind words.

Comment is about Judi Strega (poet profile)

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