Welcome to WOL Anna.

Comment is about Anna McCrory (poet profile)

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Hi, dear Lynn! Thank you so much for the comment on "Two souls". And....please,
do let me know if you notice some mistakes.

With love and respect, Larisa

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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Hello mut - nice to see your slobbery face again. Has anyone managed to house train you yet? xx

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

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thanks for the version of 'they cut into the hill' - am well impressed with that, must admit.. you took it in a very different way to me but I love it...

I'm off next week - will text you later in the week to see when you are free for a pop in as this piece is probably going to be one of a series of poems!

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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Hi Ann, thank you so much for your truly lovely comments on "Empty". Touched me deeply. xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Hi Isobel, thank you so much for your kind comments on "Empty". I have written a few that started off in free verse, and then they ended up rhyming here and there. May have another go at it soon! Thanks again. x

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia, thank you so much for your very kind comments on "Empty". Your support means so much. x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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The Gift...
- Ha! beat yer to it ! :)

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi - The Gift - Oh I dunno - round ere it's Quetzalcoatl this & Quetzalcoatl that. I don't normally ever write poems about writing poems, but I thought I would make an exception here.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Nosing towards America - joking apart, I dont think you or I or anyone else can help this - some poems just ARE working towards a punchline, but you have to hope to hold the reader's interest until the end - then WHAM!
Other poems, the crucial "feature" can be elsewhere & some are just lyrical all the way through with no punchline at all.
just my 2 cents xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Hi Lynn - thanks for commenting on 'How To Mend A Broken Heart' :) Best Wishes, Dave

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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I think I'm feeling a little too Fragile for these silly comments - but I'll Relay them to someone who's a little Closer to the Edge.
Yes - a great band in their day but IMHO had done their best stuff by Fragile - CloseTTE had good parts but was defo getting a bit pompous by then. Call it Fate - call it Synchronicity, call it Cobblers - but Fragile is on my deck right now - one of my favouritest albums ever. Saw them twice at the Apollo.
In your case, did you ever like Focus as well then ? - still my all-time favourite band: I play one or the other or both almost every day - sad, isn't it - but for me, music never really got any better - although I do like all sorts of other stuff as well, these are at the top of tree. xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Thanks Thom, much appreciated.
As to the meaning - I asked a (very bright, highly literary) friend to read it and asked her if she got the meaning, she said 'I'm not sure; it could be a steamy but illicit romance, or possibly your recent visit to the dentist'.
Take your pick :)
Cx

Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

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Dear Cynthia, thank you for your encouraging comments, it was a bit of a bad experience to be honest, but I sit on the fence really, I don't think you need to go to church to have faith anyway :)x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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hey john...abdul was rather disapointed today to discover that you are 'man' and either potentially my boyfriend or an unsuitable match for him. in my feeble attempts to invite him to wigan, where you could meet him and do me a big favour of interpreting for me, i think i managed to convince him that you are in love with him and would like to make beautiful poetry with him :) please provide appropriate turkish phrase that means stuff john, stuff poetry,stuff wigan, stuff conversation, lets go back to my place and fuck while the weathers good :)

oh and what is turkish for 'unlimited free car wash' just so he understands the transaction. ;)

Comment is about John Darwin (poet profile)

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"passengers" - Yes, well spotted, that's dear ole Gordon & Yes, also - a great description of his "managing" the economy :)
you win a biscuit of your choice - maybe a fig roll? or a kitkat?
BTW - do you know the diffrunce between a northern lass and a kitkat??
Yep - you only get four fingers in a kitkat

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Thank you dear Lynn for the comment on "Her Name Was Love". I respect and value your comments. They really help me and inspire. Every time I reread my poem I make some changes. I think today I made about 20 corrections in this poem. When nobody writes the comments I lose interest to this or other poem and don't look at it anymore. I think it happens with everyone. So, I would like to tell you once more: Thank you so much! With love and warmest wishes, Larisa

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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Hi Cyn - "black eyed susan" - maybe have another look, if you feel like it ?

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi again, yeah BObs playon but he's on at the november gig thurs 4 November, be good to see if you're coming on 7 october too, gonna be a good night, cheers Jeff X

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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They cut into the hill
Like detectives chasing down
A cold blooded killer
On the run

Thrusting into bush and tree
Across moonlight before the wind
At the furthest edge
Of a deserted train station

They cut into the past with a dagger
Across the evening colours of the sky,
Reddening with light

Warning all to run away

Pictures of their bombs still scar my memory


Even though

I wasn’t there

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

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Thanks Winston!

Comment is about Cliff Yates (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia, thanks for all them kind comments on my poems.
Let's run away together and live in the mountains!

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi - "bite the bullet" - thanks for the comments Dave.
all the best. B

Comment is about Dave Carr (poet profile)

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Hi Cliff, welcome to WOL hope you enjoy contributing to our site. Winston

Comment is about Cliff Yates (poet profile)

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P.S. Say whoo to the owl! Win x

Comment is about Rebecca Audra Smith (poet profile)

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Hi Rebecca, Welcome back. This site is richer for your work. Keep writing and post some of your poems on here and in the blog section if you can.

Comment is about Rebecca Audra Smith (poet profile)

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You are a wise old buzzard. Perhaps their husbandry wasn't industrious enough - or they wouldn't have been blasted to planet Mars... I'm not at all that heartless - just realistic. xx

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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Hi Dave, Thanks for your Gaudi comments. Of course I will have a good look at the cathedral. Win

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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hi again. I have also been to the Salvador Dali museum in Fugueras. I was actually at the 1992 European juggling convention in nearby Banyoles and this was the last time i went to Barcelona! Win x

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia, thank-you for reading and commenting on 'Velvet' - always appreciate it. I think the lid got nailed down some while back, I just can't seem to help scratching at the lining every now & then.
Are you going on the Hebden weekend? I'm really hoping to actually meet you one of these days! :)
Cx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Cassa Batllo explanation on blog entry. X

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Cassa Batllo explanation on blog entry. X

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Good Morning lovely Lady! hey! you don,t need me to show you how to write-you do very well by yourself to be sure-see you later-lotsa love-Stef-xx(M-xx)

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

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Goodnight O'Lady of Odessa! see you in the morning-have a peaceful night-Stef-xx(M-xx)

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

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I'm not so liberated that I don't keep checking my emails a zillion times a day though! Still - it is a good exercise to clear the decks ever so once in a while...
You also made me realise that I spelt Spartacus wrong - I shall correct it immediately. Thanks for your comment.xx

Comment is about Dave Carr (poet profile)

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haha! you funny Lady,Larisa! 'hi' is fine-or anything you prefer for that matter-thank you for your kind comments-as always-very nice to hear from you again-have a peaceful evening-going to read your latest poem now-lots of love to you-Stefan-xx(M-xx)

Comment is about Larisa Rzhepishevska (poet profile)

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Many thanks for your encouraging words Cynthia,

It seem my 'pink and pretties' are getting as much comment as my poetry which really wasn't the objective, however don't let that stop you... wash day is Mondays.Thank you so much for your comments and for taking the time to read.

Augusta xx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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May thanks for your encouraging words David ,

It seem my 'pink and pretties' are getting as much comment as my poetry which really wasn't the objective, however don't let that stop you... wash day is Mondays.

Thank you so much for your comments and for taking the time to read.

Augusta xx

Comment is about David Mac (poet profile)

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May thanks for your encouraging words Andy ,It seem my 'pink and pretties' are getting as much comment as my poetry which really wasn't the objective, however don't let that stop you... wash day is Mondays.

Thank you so much for your comments and for taking the time to read.

Augusta xx

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

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Hello Win, apologies for tardiness -- you were very kind about a dab of odd music I posted: thank you. I wanted to say how much I loved your gently powerful ghazal for Pakistan. You have such a lovely lyrical voice, all your work is touched by a shiver of magic. Moxy xx

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

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Thanks for your comment Marianne. You should go ahead and try it - it's amazingly liberating - all the old crap we hang on to...

Comment is about Marianne Daniels (poet profile)

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Hi Dave... A very warm welcom to Write out Loud. Hope you enjoy exploring the site. Winston (New Members)

Comment is about David Mac (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia - Thanks for your comment. My husband's a builder - so perhaps I should just get him to whistle at me on a daily basis! Or just start tossing my hair again with a bit more panache...! Kate

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Thanks for yours! Kids a bit older now ... so harder to get away with. Your poem has made me want to go and eat .... some cake! K x

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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Hi Kate, just love your Sunday Morning TV - brings back memories of when my kids were young, lol. x

Comment is about Kate Tym (poet profile)

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Thanks for your warm comments Ann. That sounds mega what you've been through too. Yes, we all find our creative and exploratative ways through these things! Good luck with yours too. Emma x

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Ooooh you cheeky monkey - let's see a photo of you first!
- I dont think you'd want to see me in suspenders & stockings :)

Comment is about Kate Tym (poet profile)

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Hi Cate, yep, I realised you realised (this is sounding funny, isn't it?) it was Middle English but I did a bad explanation of why I used it! There are connections and connotations that seem to have been weakened over the years but the power of the original (aided by the spelling) seems somehow as vivid. Thank you again xx

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

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Hello Cate, thank you so very much for your comment and for staying with the poem. I decided to use Middle English phrases with contemporary English in an attempt to capture the connection the language used to have with mystery, otherness. And I really like your Biting the Bullet piece, too -- it is powerfully musical and haunting. Moxy xx

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

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Thanks 4 commenting "My body". Yes, i wanted to write something different, especially after all these things about socks and vodka :-). Will correct commas - as usually, I was not proofreading X

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

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