Sorry, Laura, thought Al Andalus was a typo!By appendages I meant that at the end of every verse but one the last line is a lot longer. If that's deliberate then fine but why miss one verse out?!

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Ello lovely :)

Thank you re moura encantada. Yes, it does sound very songlike doesn't it? Kinda in keeping with the mouras themselves and their siren songs :)

Oh, and I had to google quite a lot too ;)

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Hi Laura - many thanx for feedback on The Hospice Cat - I should keep a pet really but next door's Labs got into my garden yesterday ripped up established fruit bushes and generally turned the place into a devastation zone - so pleased I don't - owner at work all day of course

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Aw, thanks Andy, much appreciated and have a fab christmas
Rach
xx

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Hi Win

You've flummoxed me there - I suspect you know far more about the Metaphysical poets than I do. That said, I would turn first to George Herbert, who was such a big influence on Vaughan. Vaughan seems to me to be a little flowery and extravagant, Herbert more economical, compact and precise, and thus more intense. But what do I know? For sheer compacting of thought, Herbert's 'Prayer' must be hard to beat. You could write a thesis on each 2 or 3 word combination in it, such as 'Angel's age' "Christian plummet' 'a kinde of tune' etc. The thinking in it is very dense (in the best sense of the word) and yet he manages to make it remarkably poetic as well. A desert island poem for me.

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Dave, you have posted something in the discussions section about Andrew Marvell ! Never heard of him till spent a day in Hull in a very nice square near a very nice church. Performed in the shadow of a statue all day which was of.... yes, Andrew Marvell. Looked him up since but struggle to connect with his work. Big fan of other met' poets e.g. Vaughan. can you recommend something? Win x

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Thanks for your comments on 'Fresh' which just seemed to run off the end of the pen

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Our little book was a great start, but it was just the start of things, x

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Dear M . You are too kind. your own style is something special and rare. never compromise the truth

Win X

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Thanks for the comment on Synechdoche.
Dave

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Thanks for your spandagulous comment on Synechdoche. Have a good Christmas.
Dave

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Hi Greg,
Thanks for your generous comment on Synechdoche.
Dave

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... and for 'Jesus', too!

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Hi David. Thank you so much for your kind words about 'At Cromer.' I appreciate it.

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I love the Iris poem you wrote, it reads like both a painting and a poem at the same time.

Would you be interested in sharing it at one of my OpenMind events?

A poem like that would really make my birthday event special in January.

I've read a few of your pieces and would definitely like to offer you a longer guest slot at one of the later events of the year (we're getting pretty full up in terms of headliners/guest artists).

Email me on ushiku.crisafulli@googlemail.com and I can give you more details about the different dates and see when suits you best.

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Hiya Gus, lolling at the thought of your chin and nose tissue balaclava, thanks for the kind comment on my latest one,
Rachel
xx

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Happy Winter Solstice Annie :) My next door neighbour just brought me in some (pretend)fir garland...how appropriate is that?
Thanks for comenting on my the latest,
love
Rach
xxx

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Thanks John,Have a brill solstice x

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Thanks for your Christmas wishes, Ann, and the same to you! You're never alone on WOL, are you ... I've really enjoyed my year and a bit here. Greg x

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Thanks for your best wishes about my mum, Isobel. I did feel helpless on that Saturday, but you're right, she does have some very good neighbours. We go down to fetch her up for Christmas tomorrow. We will have a houseful which will hopefully blur any tensions! Hope you have a very good Christmas yourself. Greg x

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Hi Alan;

Regarding 'Percy' - thanks Alan.. I've never met him sadly and won't now in this lifetime, but glad you liked it... means a lot to me...

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Re; Hospice Cat Dave, absolutely -animals are so much more aware than we think - saved people from earthquakes too - many thanks for the kind words

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Hi Alan - thanks for your comments on Hospice Cat - I think all animals have greater insight than we give them credit for although I choose not to have one myself - from the little I know of catspeak Prrrp is a kind of 'job done - I'm off' statement - I happen to know there is a group called Pets for Theraphy which aids cancer patients - thanks again

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I hope your mum is managing ok Greg - hopefully the neighbours will all rally. This snow is something else. I would have to bloody work at the only school in Wigan that stays open...

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Hello Isobel. Ta for comments on This Virtual Life. I almost feel as if I've let you down after all that speculation on the subject of the poem!

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Thanks for your comments, Ann.Spittly, stubbly = rough draft poems? That was the idea anyhow! Difficult deciding how much to tell people.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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only if i get to hear the Darwinian Drawl... x

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cheers Steve, I am hoping to witness the Garside step-away tonight

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And so a litany of thanksgiving arise, Cynthia. My gratitude for your support and interaction. Mys suspicion is that paginated poetry like everything classical shall endure the test of time. Cheers, Frederick

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Hey Ann, thanks for your kind words of comment on 'Cry Petey...'. You are much appreciated.

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Thanks for your comments on Colliers and Kids.
I too thoroughly enjoyed the Tudor.

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Hi Cynthia Thanks again for your kind comments. I didn't know whether the traditional rhyme and metre would put people off, but I thought I needn't it to go with the very formal title - sounds a bit like John Milton! I bet he wouldn't have been as laid back as me about it all. Have now got two delightful little Muslim grandsons as well!

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Greg - thanks for commenting on the poem Plagiarism. I will contact you separately re: JJJ who like Johnny Walker is still going strong at 94 - who knows their paths may have crossed in bamboo glades - amazing the things you learn from talking to the regulars at Wetherspoons where he still pitches up for a daily pint or maybe two despite still driving to and from home

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Thank you for the supporting comments on Timewise Ann - guess you get the eeriness where you live out in Cornwall eh - good to see your paw prints out here in Surrey though and thanks again

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Thank you so much for your comments on my Primroses and Tadpoles poem. I always appreciate your kind and considered comments! Stay well, and if I don't get the chance to pass this way again, as it were (your profile page!), have a good christmas! ;-)

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Thanks David for your comment on my poem 'Song of the Sunflower.' Your feedback is much appreciated. I shall move that poem to the blog area and put up another 'sampler' in its stead. Will be reading you again soon. Cheers, Frederick

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Thank you for the comment on 'Timewise' Greg much appreciated and hope you're coping with all this snow where you are

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Hi Larisa - no problem - good to hear from you again. I've not been on here much lately! I always read your poems though when I see them.

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Hi Winston - thanks for the feedback on 'When' very much appreciated - gave me the chance to check the 'Dreaming of Dad' ghazal- lovely - has any of your bardsmanship rubbed off on the little one - time alone will tell I suppose

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Thanks for commenting on Nets, Ann. It was written about three years ago, when I had difficulty coming to terms with the journey my mother was setting out on.

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Thanks for commenting on Nets, Isobel. It was written about three years ago, at the start of a journey for my mum. The snow has stopped me going down to Sussex to see her today, meals on wheels have cancelled, and I've had to ask good neighbours to look in on her to make sure she's ok.

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Hi Isobel, Thanks for your very kind comments on Ghazal(there) I feel like I am on a roll with them, It's true that you can get so tied up in conforming to the criteria that you end up with just a bunch of 'forced phrases' and not a 'poem' I would love to see those lights. Win X (snowed in today)

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Ann, thanks for commenting on my last blog entry. Never knew you could get the lights in Cornwall. You are very lucky to see them, see if you can dig out the poem, I am a big fan of the lights. Yes, a while ago I couldn't write a ghazal at all for some reason. But as ever with these things time changes everything. Win X. P,S, snowed in!

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Hi there Greg, Glad you liked my last blog, Ghazal (There). I think thats my fav sher also, Win

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Hi there, Glad you liked my last blog, Ghazal (There). Notice I have used the word 'I' as a takkhalus this time as we chatted about recently. Win x

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No, it's not Scarborough, John; the much balmier region of Hastings! We know Scarborough very well, though; my father-in-law hails from there, and my wife speaks very fondly of her childhood holidays and Peasholm Park.

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thanks for your message and no problem ;-)
my back is far from up no fear everyone is entitled to a set of beliefs so long as it means something to them, just so long as they are of the understanding that others are not open books to be recruited to the same school of thought being as individualism is like evolution/mutation. me dark naahhhh.... um well maybe quite a bit lol

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Hi Alan devilishly decent of you to comment on my poems Mad Festive Dog and Consumed - read your Saturn which reminds me of an out of body experience there must a niche market out there somewhere for your work - thanx again

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LOL - when I saw your profile pic and a comment I thought the devil had come to give me a good roasting! What a pleasant surprise to read it. I am delighted by what you had to say. I really wasn't wanting to come across as preachy and am relieved I didn't - we all have to reach our own conclusions or those conclusions are worthless. I'm just delighted to be able to get my meaning across to even one atheist without putting backs up.
Your poetry is very dark indeed - tried some of the links but got nowhere. Will take another look on WOL.
Isobel x

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hey up! izzys in the building! repeat after me-fuckoff Wilde-but don,t forget the xxxx,s!

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