Thanks Francine, Appreciated lots as ever xxx
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Hi Ian
Thank you for your great comment on my poem. Much appreciated :-)
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Hi Harry,
Thank you for commenting on my poem. Cacophony felt right for me at the time, I was laying in the sun in the garden and all these noises seemed to be growing and working together in a bid to shatter the peace! Ha ha Maybe I could have used a different word
Kath :-)
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thanks for the kind and supportive comments on 'Alien Feelings' Isobel - much appreciated - and I couldn't resist adding a tongue in cheek response to your edited response :-)
Ian
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Thanks for your kind and supportive comments regarding 'alien feelings' Francine - I do try to include provocative images to tie up with the words and this one fell into my lap - Harry thinks that Alien is cuddly - me, I think its rather disturbing :-)
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Hey Harry - no problem with the comments regarding 'Alien feelings' - I did throw the picture in to try and muddy the waters to what is, basically, a love song with sci-fi imagery. So in a way I was asking for it :-) I do like to combine image with the poetry though - I suppose its my art background coming through - I do try to chose evocative pictures - and if you think that alien looks cuddly (or anything other than disturbing)I think you need to see someone about it :-)
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Hi Katy
I hadn't seen Collier's Lilith. Impressive. And the original is just up the road in Southport - may take a look.
Coincidentally I've been re-reading George Macdonald's enigmatic 'Lilith'. The Victorians seem to have been fascinated by her. Have you run across it?
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Hello Shirley,
Glad you liked "The Rhymes They Are A-Changin'" and that it made you smile.
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Thanks for your comments on "The Rhymes They Are A-Changin'", Harry. I bet you take some frightening.
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Hello MC,
Glad you enjoyed "The Rhymes They Are A-Changin'".
Again, another one I wrote for Bob Dylan which he never used!
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Hello, Izzy,
Thankyou for commenting on "The Rhymes They Are A-Changin'". It's only when I came to write this I realised what a clever and unusual rhyming scheme (aaabab) Dylan used. And harmonically, the penultimate line is a cliffhanger of the dominant chord, its 7th, its 6th and then the dominant again, all complimenting the single note melody.
Not just a hat-rack, that Dylan.
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Thankyou for your thoughts on "The Rhymes They Are A-Changin'", Francine. I suspect it may not be my last parody!
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Thank you for your comment Jane, glad you enjoyed!
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Hi Dave, my Lilith is a recurrent theme of the first wife of Adam in the bible and also the prostitute, and the vampire that runs through some of my work in this collection to try and make my work more accessible by using characterisation that a reader can identify with more easily. Who knows whether it actually works or not!! It is also very personal and I have collier's Lilith on the wall of my bedroom which inspires me as I write : ) thanks for your comments on my work, really appreciate them, Katy
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Hi Dave - thanks for the comments on the sound/audio stuff I've been doing with a pal of mine here in St Ives. I think it might be my way forward. I seem to have stopped writing poems these days - and I miss it! But been writing some songs and now this more experimental stuff has come along. I'm wondering about putting it here on WOL. Might be fun - and bring me back into the fold!
Hope all is well with you! :)
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Hi Ann
It's been a long time since you posted. Has the house move accounted for all your creative energy? Perhaps you are posting elsewhere. The one piece I accessed via FB was remarkable.
Dave
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Thanks Marksy, I like yours too. Your profile poem is a cracker.
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Thank you :-)
'and Morecambe weeps' - lpvely even in it's heavy sadness x
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Loving your stuff Dave - makes you think, which is the whole point of this, isn't it?
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Nigel so sorry to have missed your comment! When is the next WOL meeting I could bring some copies then?
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Hi Harry - glad you like my praise poem :) I think it will be a good one to warm up an audience...
You are right about how we react differently - and there are just no female flashers. In fact I'd love to set loose an army of them on the London Underground, just as an experiment - all shapes, ages and sizes - I'd love to see the expressions on men's faces. I'm guessing that no-one would feel threatened or alarmed by it though...
Take care - hope to see you soon. x
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Hello Harry,
My "Footle Poems" are not great, but thank you for your nice comments. Footle poems are supposed to rhyme but who says a person has to follow the rules. Write what makes you feel good.
Thanks again,
Shirley
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Hello M.C.
Thank you so much for your encouragement. I do like this short story, "So Very Alone." I have an even longer version which is a little more descriptive.
Thanks,
Shirley
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Thanks for commenting on the flashers of old London town.
I'd agree with Graham - that's a lovely profile pic. x
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Thanks for your comment on my poem Francine xx
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No problem Kath, I for sure like your poetry :)
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Some good Twaikus coming through, now. Just one thing - remember to follow HeatonsTwaiku, so you can see your own Tweeted works.
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What a great new profile photo Ann.
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Hi and thank you for your comment. :-)
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Thanks Laura
Capitals are there because I'm too lazy to edit when I copy from word!
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Thank you Cynthia
your poem held much resonance for me, so I did want you to read mine :)
Regards
Richard
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Yes, I'm a stubborn mare as you can probably guess! : )
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Thank you Dave, your comment has really given me a boost, Katy x
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Hi Cynthia
I have just blogged your poem The Parting on www.katypoetess.com and put in a link back to your profile here. Hope that's ok!
Katy
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and I'm not telling you where to hold a saddo's balls ;-)or did I misread your intention?
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Hi Laura - not quite sure how to do what you said - but if you go onto Soundcloud then the stuff I've been doing recently with Paul Healy is under the A4453528 account number. I think the last 4 things are me and him - previous stuff just by him. Hope you can find it!
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Hiya - found it! Ta :) What a great poem, and your voice sounds so good on the CD. Blimey though - you wrote a LOT of poems that year!! :D
You could maybe just send me the link to it. Right click on the URL of your soundcloud page, copy, then paste the link onto a message on my profile :)
Aye, thank you, all is grand with me. Great to see you experimenting with the music - look forward to hearing some!
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hello MC,
Thanks for your thoughts on "Morning Star". As a trainspotter in my juvenile days give me "Evening Star" any day.
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Hello Greg,
Many thanks for your thoughts on "Morning Star"; a find, indeed, in Harrogate!
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Hello Old Fruity,
Many thanks for your thoughts on "Morning Star".
I shall have to test the provenance of a Wigan pie. Cultural cuisine over here focuses on a Barnsley Kebab, 3 pork pies on a skewer.
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cheers John - I'm 'not just a hat-rack' eh? I have no idea what you're on (about)but you are quite correct - my rack is not just for hats
;-)
Ian
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thanks for commenting on 'the Jesus gene' Cynthia - much appreciated.
I do like a good read - mostly the 'wrong sort' of books such as Steven King, John Connolly, Terry Pratchett and other of their ilk.
I also read a lot of 'alternate theory' books - UFO's, aliens, ghosts and the supernatural - amazing where your mind can go when you have it stretched
I'm also a good (lapsed) catholic boy with a wide range of literary and poetic leanings - mix 'em all up and something like the Jesus Gene will emerge
thanks so much for your comments - much appreciated
Ian
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Cynthia
a typical Yorkshireman is..........
male and
comes from Yorkshire ;-)
as a friend of mine once said - he 'likes what he does and he does what he bloody well likes'
he seems 'dour' and 'unfeeling' yet has a heart of gold and a soft centre - carefully hidden beneath a hard veneer.
he looks like a brickie but has the heart of a poet
he is......YORKSHIRE :-)
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What is a 'typical Yorkshireman' then? Will you give me some clues?
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Well never come between a man and his sport, well I will make sure I see you when you do your spot with Jeff and I sure hope to see you at mine :)
Regards as ever
R
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Thanks Laura - Candle Game - blogged 2nd Feb 2010 - a blast from the past! I haven't been writing much poetry lately but doing some songs. A pal and I have done some quite experimental audio things - they are on Soundcloud. I don't know if there is a link I could do from WOL to Soundcloud like we can do with Youtube stuff. Must ask some friendly WOL boffin!
Hope all well with you! xx
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Hi Ann
John Togher gave me a copy of the CD you contributed to in 2008, the earworm experiment. Yours is the first poem on there.
I LOVED it! All the glass tinkling/bells, your beautiful voice over it. It sounded like an old folk song, with the lines about catching a man and beating him. It's called Candle Game, but I can't find it on your blogs. Absolutely beautiful, and haunting, fantastic!!
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Isobel
Tue 30th Jul 2013 08:07
Thanks for your comment on my poem Mike. It's more of a live performance piece really - it needs an audience - but I'm glad it made you smile :)
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