Hi There Polina, Welcome to Write Out Loud. Hope you enjoy the site, Winston

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Hi Ann 'Half-Light', crepuscular eh - a new word for me - Half-Light always has a special meaning to ex-service folk who traditionally rouse from rest in expectation of an enemy attack x

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Thanks for your interest in Touch Wood, Cynthia. The title was a writing group homework. I came across the story of the whipping yew while away for a couple of days on the Welsh borders. We found the actual tree, and could see how it had been used. The thought of people being left there all night was horrible. As I wrote the poem it dawned on me that the fellow was innocent of the crime for which he was being punished, but maybe guilty of other, unconfessed misdeeds that had been preying on his mind for a long time. Whether the burden was lifted - or whether he was still alive, or sane at the end of it - I don't know!

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hi Melanie

thanks for comments on The Devine curse. I'm really grateful for your feed back and all your comments, they are fuelling my passion for writing more than ever. Never thought i'd get so much out of a web site that i only singed up for to shut my mate up . I'm really glad i did. Thanks xxx

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HaHa-thanks, but No, no shaman round ere folks - thanks for comments & compliments.

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Thanks for your comments on The Uncertain Narcissist-it was a bit of a departure for me! : )

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Hi Cynthia - thanks for commenting on Half-Light - you mentioned re-reading books which is something i very seldom do - are you working on a magnus opus with your reading or just for enjoyment? x

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Hi Ann - thank you for commenting on Half Light - perhaps we share an odd side that likes peering into the dark x

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Hello Anthony!
Thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment on
'Berry Bridge'... It is a very special poem that was written for and influenced by someone very dear to me...
(I had deleted all of my other poems from 2010 in a fit of anger and sadness).

The Berry Bridge is a real place... but can also be any other place you so desire ; )

Hmmm... My secrets...?
I am extremely optimistic.
I am confident.
I am driven. : )

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hi laura, thanks for your feedback on the list.
I've removed the poem as I don't like to catalogue all my work..just give it an airing and get some feedback. its not often i have a piece that i think is finished.
i am bitter and my poems are all streaked with ascerbicity (good word!) Anyway i have a place i go to to write good poems, from the heart so to speak, but its so heavy i fear its morbid outpourings. hence writing more cerebral stuff that allows a dispassionate view. its just this writing lacks depth and seems to be mainly of interest only to myself.
anyway i might rework the other poem but will be more likely to just write something else. maybe this time from the spleen and really get the bile flowing.
i respect your opinion so thanks again x

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Hi Fergus.. Like the phenomenon of the unruly child. I rarely adopt a snobish position but have I think caught myself doing this under these circumstances. Looking forward to seeing more. Win

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Hi Fergus, sorry for the delay. Welcome to WOL. Hope you enjoy interacting with the site. Winston

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The way things are going Greg you may not have to wait that long! Very hectic here at the moment but will get to your latest offerings in due course.

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Thank you for commenting on Half Light Greg but isn't John Clare the one who got banged up for being nutty - spare a thought - but your encouragement very much appreciated

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David, I'm not sure what I was on when I commented on Chalk this morning. Too fresh from reading the paper, I suppose. Like you,I love the idea of the Med emptying and refilling. I've always wanted to see the world with the plug pulled out and the oceans emptied for a few hours. Just to see what it looked like.

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Thank you for commenting on 'Jehovah' Melanie and 'The Colours' - do appreciate your taking the time xx

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Thank you for commenting on 'Jehovah' Cynthia - do appreciate your taking the time to say so and for spotting the typo

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Dave another great poem - I think I know exactly what you mean when enraptured by environment - this happens to me a lot particularly when in the fens - great stuff

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no wrys guys..love yer works xx

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baby, baby, baby,
thank you,
thank you,
thank you!
x

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Hi Melanie You've made my day. I thought this poem might be a bit obscure and the lines about the Mediterranean evaporating are probably the obscurest BUT they are also my favourite!

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PS JUst see you've been busily posting and have three I've not read. I'll get back when I can give them they attention they deserves. Also, just discovered that Steve Black on WOL lives up the road from my Mum in Reading and he can join us at Poet's Cafe for the legendary launch. NOw back to repricing my stock and the business of earning a living!

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Hi Greg I've been wrting this over the last few days but started thinking about it before the disaster struck Japan. Someone passed on to me a link about this bloke's work. Until I saw it I thought 'pavement artists' just knocked out pictures of the Mona Lisa, but now some of them do these big industrial 3-D jobs. I thought this bloke's stuff was amazing at first, but then thought at the end of the day they're not really any more amazing than what 'really' happens. I did think this poem might be a bit obscure (which I was I mentioned the artist), but just wanted to see what feedback I might get. I can't keep writing the same old stuff about my family history! The obscurest image (and my favourite) is the bit in the middle about the Mediterranean. It's been on a constantly changing cycle between sea and desert for millions and millions of years. Slowly evaporates and then gradually refills when the waters flow back in from the Atlantic. Mindblowing stuff. That's why they have all these incredible salt mines on some of the isalnds and the bones of tiny elephants that got stranded as the desert gradually got inundated. Blimey, this is a long post!!

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hi Ann, been reading your stuff. i like the way your eyes see things and look deep, fixated upon the vision. do you write as you walk or just rush home quick and get it down?
I enjoy your poetry because it's true, and nothing like mine.

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Hi A. thanks for the observations re 100 ways to fold a serviette. A jigsaw with pieces missing. I like that. It is an inherant feature of the ghazal style but in this case without the song. Win x

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Hi Martin-good luck with your WOL venture(fellow Mancunian originally)cheers.

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Thank you for your comment re my compering Cynthia - I was very touched. If I could be anything in life, I would be a comedienne - you need an awful lot of confidence and talent to do that though. It has taken me many years to reach the stage where I can compere. Who knows? Perhaps one day, when I'm in a wheelchair, I'll be knocking Peter Kaye off the stage! xx

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there was a series in the 70's - The Lovers - & his girlfriend (paula wilcox) used to refer to anything like sex as "Percy Filth"

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PS, Its not about blaming them, most often is the case that many were indoctrinated with the same bulshit when they were younger. It's about stopping it continuing in our children. Wouldn't it be nice if for once, a politician would stand up and instead of giving us verbal about what he or she is going to do, they would actually ask; What do you want me to do to make this world work for you? There would be perhaps a whole race of peoples saying, Stop feeding us the bulshit that perpetuates a system that doesn't work. And give back belief in oneself to our children. We might then stand a chance to get along with one another. And mold a society that cares.

xxx

The Buck Stops Here!

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Hi Melanie! I have just read all the work you have placed in here. I have to say that in many ways I know the places you have been, where you have come from and where you are now. I don't talk of those places much. But I hear everything you say and yes, it has brought back somethings I try not to think of. I grew up very fast around the age of 6/7. Damned tough watching your fellow siblings getting the belt, especially when one was only two years of age when paraded in the bedroom and having her knickers pulled down. I feel what your feeling even now at the age of 43. Its sad to feel the fire on your person because mental ill health re visits over and over again the abuse and torment one went through when we were children. Big boys don't cry they used to say. So I joined the army, and got myself a whole new set of abuses to worry about in the world. Still, at least when I ventured Africa and the Middle East, I had a weapon to give me a chance to defend myself with. But what do children have to defend themselves with? In the main, nothing. You know what's even more heartbreaking, I thought I was the only one who had endured what I had endured when I was younger, but the military is full of people with the same experiences. I feel for you, I hope you can find within yourself, somewhere that is a sanctuary with all the beauty and peace that you are.

Mike

xxx

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Are you laughin' at me?

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Man ! I love the hair - excellent. Your response to Dry well received and accurate.Thanks for the comments on other works - hope they brought a smile.

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Thanks for your thoughts on Mi Firstest Poems, A.
I well remember the pain of lovers' balls - as I peddled home from a girlfriend's house having copped a feel but nothing more!

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Hi Melanie - thank you so much for your comments on 'I Miss You' - and my apologies for making you cry! Hugs, Dave

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wow! i watched it on you tube i was drawn in all the way xx

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thanks for the comments & No - it's not rude. It really is time you had a shag Ann - you're seeing Percy Filth round every corner :D
(nice peter)

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Hi - thing is, he wrote 12 or 13 - the first is a bit technical cos he was gathering botanical data about the plants & its full of references cos that was his Phd thesis. The last 2 are a bit shite cos he's talking about stuff that don juan never taught him (really) - the second book "A separate reality" & onwards are the best IMHO & the first (teachings of don juan) is good also, once you know what you're getting. just my 2 cents :)

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Your 'bird dream' sounds fantastic. I have never experienced any kind of transmutation or transmogrification, never had the conscious desire to (or unconscious, either, I guess); so, maybe, therein lies the difference. I've had lots of incidences with birds, animals and insects as though we 'talked' the same language, 'eye contact', all when wide awake.

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Hi Ann - re: SOUTH EAST LONDON TRIO and Scent of a Maiden - really do appreciate your kind comments on both of these xx

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Hi Anthony - re: SOUTH EAST LONDON TRIO - much obliged for the supportive comments

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Hi Dave, Re; SOUTH EAST LONDON TRIO - much obliged for the supportive comments

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Hi Melanie re: SOUTH EAST LONDON TRIO - much obliged for the supportive comments x

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Hi Melanie, thanks for commenting on my latest effort "100 ways to fold a Serviette" I have added a bit more explanation on the blog entry page if you are interested. Glad you liked. Win

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Hi Ann, thanks for looking in on 100 Ways to Fold a Serviette. Full explanation on blog entry page. Win X

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david hnstly hun im th exact same..i dnt knw nethn abt writing poetry or style r nethn lol i literaly just write it th way it is in my head,i dnt think abt how im writing r nethn like dt it comes out th way it cme's out darlin xx

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That I would like to see!

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hey Red, cheers for the comments on my stuff lately. i myself don't really give comments or feedback coz i don't really know enough to talk about things. i do enjoy what i've read of yours. you got that spontaneous feel to yours and i really like that when i read poetry, as most of my own poems come out raw and stabbing out, bleeding for the daylight, and i don't have nothing to do with it. x

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Hello Dave, Thanks for your comment on 'Reasonable Behaviour'-I am now enjoying discovering your work. Ledger.

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ah stefan sweety soppiness comes from the heart not from age my dear..im def a soppy git lol...i look forward to reading more xx i would love to meet some people that are on here at poetry nights but alas i live in waterford so not so easy lol..im def planning a trip to manchester soon as my bro kealan lives in bolton with my mam at the minute,so when i do go over ill head to the poetry nights that go on in wigan etc xx

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good afternoon Melanie-hope you are well young lady.sorry for late reply re'unloved'(was on four hour droning drive-then a long steam in the pit!)my word! you are not supposed to get soppy till you are as old as me-lol!.But sincerely sorry if it hit a raw nerve.I really do hope your time on here is enjoyable for you-I really do! be kind to yourself in the meantime-lotsa love-Old Mizryguts.cya ltr.xx

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