Hi Ann. Was your poetic guide Daljit Nagra, who wrote Look! We are Coming to Dover? I'm a great admirer. Or have I got the wrong end of the stick yet again, and it was a different Daljit? Sounds like a good course, anyway

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Thanks for your comments on my poems - you are such a great supporter and reader of poetry on here - WOL is lucky to have you. Both the poems were fast writes - I have to be feeling angry or miserable to write like that so thankfully, I don't do many. Normally I agonise over poetry and there is tons of stuff I don't post. Good to see you at Salford - hope to have more time to chat next time - there's always too much poetry at these things LOL x

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Just wrote a really long comment which didn't update - how annoying is that? Will post this to see if it is working.

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Hi Isobel Thanks for the comment on Chemo & glad you liked it. It's about my father-in-law. He certainly is a character and seems pleased that I've now made him world famous by putting him on the net!

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Thank you so much Cynthia for your encouraging and helpul comments, I really appreciate every single word you wrote.

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Goooooood morning bazzing (very nice)Lady-the chat prob is my fault not yours-whence sorted,yea verily wilst I letteth thee knoweth-until then dear 'eart-adieu! in other words-terrar-Mr Wildechops-xx(B-xx)

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Hi Tomas thank you for your lovely comment on my blog ..as yet untitled..i really must put a title on this one...i lived in fife scotland near dumfermline for 32 yrs and my son and daughter are both scottish. my son lives in ireland with his irish wife and my daughter and myself live in manchester where i originate from.. Best wishes..Bernadette

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Once more reading your grandma poem makes me smile :-)

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Another rhyming poet like myself! Bravo!

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"As yet Untitled" is a lovely rhyming poem.

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The rat race of humanity is an emotional Desert indeed as showed in your poem "Desert".

Throw an eye over some of my stuff when you get the chance...

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Hi - I just could not find any poems in the others - they were still almost unbelievable for me & I wrote at the time, of one of them, that it actually seemed to be more real than real life & that one is really capable of logical thought processes within a dream - just like in real life, only here you can do whatever you like. That was the tragedy of this dream - that I could have asked any question & been given the answer (hence the title) but I couldn't think of a single thing to ask - what a waste. all the best. B

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Thank you so much cynthia on your kind comments on my..alphabet lover.. im so glad you liked it . and thank you for your comment regarding the ooh la la 's and wondering if it was a child or an adult . i re-read it and can see what you mean by it could be either but never realised this when i wrote it...it is actually an adult but could equally be a child so i guess i did better than i realised on this one ! best regards bernadette x x

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thank you for your comment on my ..alphabet lover.. glad you enjoyed it..best wishes bernadette

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Just read The Name Game Hard act to follow Might as well just give up hahah

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Hi Dave, thank you for your comments on "Being a Veggie". It's ages since I tried soya beans, and yes, they didn't do much good for me neither! I see that Cynthia thinks you should add a verse from your own perspective, and we could make it a WOL community effort. Sounds good to me, ball in your court maybe? Thanks Dave, Warm regards, Lynn

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Hi Cynthia, thank you for your comments on "Being a Veggie". When I wrote it I kept adding bits, to make all the points I wanted to, and then ended up wondering if it was too long! I agree it would be good to open it for discussion though, with others adding their twopennorth. Thanks again Cynthia. x

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Hi - "the guy with all the answers" - Thanks for the v kind comments. This is an amalgam of 2 lucid dreams I had (my previous poem was the first) - although I had been trying for years, they came out of the blue. I've only ever had 5 or 6 in total. I wrote them all down, but I dont think the others have much poetic potential. all the best. B

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Hi Greg I thought you had disappeared! Glad you like Chemo. It's about my father-in-law. He is a bit of a character. I showed him the poem yesterday and said I'd make him famous by putting it on the net. I'll have to get it taken somewhere so that he can have a properly printed copy. I'll look at your new posting when I get a minute to read it properly.

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glad you like the two lighthouse pieces, cynthia... more story based certainly than i have done before, but that's probably because they were basicially true (you know the person who fell in the bog!).

thanks again x

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Hi - thanks for the comments - I'll post another one of the "lucid dreaming" ones. B

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Thank you for your comment, Louise! I feel so bad that at launch party I didn't have time to speak with all that lovely people. ... well, I hope - next time. X

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Oh, you are such a lovely. I will, of course carry on beating myself up for it, it's as natural as breathing, BUT, me and one of my older sisters last night, and me and my younger sister earlier today spoke about this exact thing. You can't put a true value on big families can you, teaches you stuff you don't know you've learnt till you need it.
Thanks Isobel
xxx

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Been thinking about Jelly Babies and the comment you left on my profile. I don't think we should beat ourselves up too much about the things we don't do. Our gift to them is their siblings. That's how they learn to share, stand up for themselves, understand and accept they are not the centre of the universe - great lessons for later life - I don't think they need jam on it... xx

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Hi Cynthia - thanks for comment on my Emily Dickinson poem. I am very intrigued by the article you mention. Is there any way I can get hold of it? I have only recently discovered her and she is my new obsession! xx

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Thanks for your comment Alain - am delighted that you liked my poem. I keep waiting for you to bring some of your gigs up North - be doing! x

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Hi,Cynthia! I am glad to meet you here in Write Out Loud, enjoyed reading your poems and happy to know that you enjoyed reading my poem "I Learn And Study English". Your comment on this poem really inspires me and gives inspiration to write more and better. It is much appreciated and highly valued.
With warmest wishes,
Larisa

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The poem is purposefully evocative and endeavours to cross the state of being mentally ‘lost’ and ‘abandoned’ and also sewing to that the sense of feeling to that part of a dream that cannot be quite brought to mind in the morning but is remembered in brief coloured moments that tantalise and flash .past your ‘minds eye’ for the briefest of moments, never to return.

Cynthia - thank you for your critique You are so right….

I edit and edit and edit again and whilst I encourage all to do this…

I must sometimes get it down and out to be critiqued or it would be put away and never see the light of day, so many of my poems sleep in closed files neatly marked ‘Works in Progress’.

Once again many thanks
Augusta xx.

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Hi Larisa, thank you so much for your kind comments on "Being a Veggie". All Best Wishes, Love, Lynn xx

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Good Morning Jean Lucy,
I am so pleased that my words struck a chord with you.

I have read your profile with interest and great incredulity... having looked at your profile pic I am very much of the opinion that you have an oil painting in the attic. I am going for a bath in asses milk as soon as I have finished writing.
Once more so many thanks for reading and commenting.

Augusta xx

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Thank You so much Andy for your enthusiastic comments the plantif reprise at the end of the stanza is to replicate the echo of the plea carrying over the Ocean.

once more many thanks for your encouragement it is very much appreciated.

Augusta xx

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Hi jean Lucy. Re artist block - try local life drawing classes. I started like that - went to life drawing classes and found it inspirational ( though now i don't go there). Best of luck! Thanx for reading my poems. X

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Thanx 4 comment on "Beauty in boots" :-). I know it's unpolished - I've written it the way it came :-) just was in the mood for a bit of writing after the event. X

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Hi, dear Jean Lucy! Thank you very much for your comment on my poem "I Would Come Back". With warmest wishes, Larisa

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..Wahay!!!! You bloomin got it! yes, it's absolutely the massaging away of guilt...nice to know it's been read and found agreeable at different levels though! (Must be a mum of 4 thing ;) )

Rach
xxx

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Hi Berny-just popped on to say hi-hope you and the cutey pie on pik are keeping ok-catch you soon-Stef-xx

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But let me not compare thee,with Pauls secretary!! cheers oh jammer of greengage-lorra luv,luv! Steffers-xx(B-xx)

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Points noted ie the Starman poem Much appreciated - the 'heaven' is purely emotional btw

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But on the other hand Lynn-I hope you are not the kind of Lady who tucks her skirt in her drawers-when shes donkey-stoning the front door step-OH! I mean to say!! all that cellulite-urgh! Mr SW-xx(B-xx)

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Good evening Jean-Lucy-was your first 11-18 posting in blank verse? ha! dont worry-you will get the hang of it-as the Bishop said to....no,better not!-thanks Jean-Stef-xx

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er.....scuse me girly! where did you get 'extolling' from? if you are dead posh..our friendship could be called into question! hee...hee..ah! yes coincidence re prom walking...forgot to tell you-it was in a very posh seaside location..might be a little too posh-even for you-it was in a very classy place called B******OL-dont want to give too much away-otherwise all the riff-raff will be here in flat capped droves-ferrets and all.The 'peace and tranquility' garden had a bronze statue in it-supposedly of Les Dawson-ha! looked more like Tessie'o'Shea! he worked a lot in Blackpool eh Lynn.....DOH!-Stef-xx(B-xx)

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Good evening to you Greg.I think your comment on my milarkey poem'Word for lost' is the first comment that I have had from you(?)nevertheless it shall be accepted with great gratitude-very kind of you Greg-hope you are well-thanks-Stefan.

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I knew it! I'm an IDIOT.
- not at all !!
but it WAS a gift - if you give a kid matches... :)

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Thanks Greg, I have, on your suggestion tried doing what you said and liked the result lots...though I think I'll stick with negates (although I love the idea of sweetness tying in with the jammy theme)just because I like the shape of it in my mouth when I read it for some reason, the definite articles are definitely better gone!
Cheers
Rach
x

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Thanks Cynthia, I really appreciated the comment, I did mess around with spacing more than usual this time, I had put it on facebook and looking at it, there were loads of line spacings that just didn't make sense...so I changed them before putting them on here, I need to watch that I think.
Rachel
x

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Thanks for the comment on Jelly Babies :)
Bramble jelly is dead easy, the recipe is pimps, just berries (I used about 3 lbs)normal sugar and the juice of 2 lemons, it did involve some yakky straining through a sieve though to get rid of pips and the odd caterpillar :)

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Thank you Andy for your comment, I did some changes as you recommended, Do you think it sounds better, now?

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Thanks you so much for the comments on my poem Woman of the Flowing Hair :)

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Thanks Cynthia for your comments on my poem Woman of the Flowing Hair Much appreciated

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Thanks Andy luv your work btw

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