Hi, thanks for your comment on 'fourteen years'.
I have to add that i really enjoyed reading 'the balloon'. It reminded me of my kids and fun times! x

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Hello Dave - thanks for paying me a visit. Yes - I would agree with you that religions probably do more good than ill and like you I am a humanist. Just wanted to write a poem looking at exactly what divides us in life and that is what came out - powerful stuff... I wish you a speedy recovery from your operation and also happiness in your new home. xx

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Good morning Kealan.No mention of Russian missile imports in your comments,or possible kick-off of third world war? Respect to your views nevertheless.Just a figurehead,not the whole ship type poem.There was the Monroe enigma too.Shame we could,nt keep the old cars running here,like they do in Cuba-these modern cars are untouchable when anything goes wrong-then its big wallet time!-Stef.

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Good fucking morning Rachel.Thanks a fucking lot for the fucking com-fucking-ments!You slay me!Thank the Saints for peeps like you! enjoy your day chuck.-Stefanxx

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Hiya David, I loved reading your samples and adored 'Visiting' in particular. I quite honestly can't get the
'were ponderous chunks
of granite, notched
carelessly for fingers'
line out of my head. Beautiful.
Can I have your head when you've finished with it please?
Rachel
x

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Thanks for the comment on 'For You', I know, it makes me so sad that they grow up so fast....I watched a programme on telly once, years ago about putting children in tupperware to keep em fresh....hmmm maybe a pretty Cath Kidson one? ;)
Rachel
xxx

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Hi, thanks for your comment on 'fourteen years'. I have to say tho i have never painted my front door that much lol x

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What's it all about is a great introduction to your thinking - I'm inclined to respect all true religions as each are seeking a path that ought to benefit their communities. I remain a humanist myself though, so brotherly love is something I like to encourage in the interests of all. Best wishes, Dave

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Hi Emma,
Thanks for your comment on 'fourteen years'. Glad you liked it!

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Evening Emma-Ta for F/time commentsI,m sure you will enjoy your time on here-best regards-Stef.

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Soft and gentle?
actually i prefer Sure :-)

Only joking, new year, new look.
Might try a different one but still smiling. Thanks.xx

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Hi Gus - thanks for commenting on Botany. I didn't really want to say microscope so much as magnifying glass but it didn't fit! I wanted to describe a sort of Victorian botanist identifying the flower. What else could he use? A note pad maybe?

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Glad u liked A Thousand Oceans Andy

Despite it's title and references to all things undulating... the subject matter is illicit sexual lust.... What have you bin doin on the sea front at Blackpool mmmmm

Thanks again
Gus

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Ya little tinker.... you only have to ask..God I can feel my sap risin as I speak...

Gusxx

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Nice to see another Rhythm 'n' Rhymer, Dorinda.
Keep posting
(You're not the only one in the world to "enjoy" the Festive Domestic Season!)

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Hi again Rachel.You a grumpy mum?
as much as I am a poet! haha-rest well tonight.Sithi'thoon!-Stefx

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Evening Rach-aw welcome to the soppy club! don,t the bowsers just break your heart?.nuff said.thanks for comment-Stefanx

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Hi Andy,
Thanks for your comment on 'Rainbow Bright' - I can't believe I maintained concentration long enough for that poem! It certaily is longer than my usual 10/15 liners!
Catch ya soon, Cat x

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Thank you for lovely comments. I really enjoy finding the images to go with the poems, I feel it's part of it. xx

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

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Thanks Dave.for the kind comment on my poem, it's much appreciated.....she tells me she's NEVER having any children but we'll see eh? They're very wise at 6 aren't they?
Rachel
xxx

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Oh My Word! I have only just spotted the person in the grass on your photo....that is amazing!
Rach
xxx

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Hi David... well,look what happens. you go away for a weekend and everything goes on without you. lol. Offical welcome to WOL from me and yes, you seem to be finding your way around the site. there are lots of aspects to it and it takes time. have fun exploring and leaving comments etc. Thanks for being an active member already. Win

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To be honest, I was disappointed with Candelabrum, a scruffy little mag without even a contents list. I only mentioned it to flesh out my thin CV. Unlike yours!

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Hi Greg Glad you like Dylan and Coltrane. I've tuned in and out of Dylan over the decades. I tend to have fanatical phases and get him out of my system until I play catch-up again a few years later, although judging by his last couple of offerings I think we've had the best of him. Stereogram was the first poem I wrote after my 'sabbatical' which lasted for more than 20 years. It's about Dylan but it's also sort of about me. I've always loved the blues since I was a kid got into jazz in my very early 20s. I've written the odd jazz inspired poem every now and then. I've had a collection of poems sat in a drawer all the years I stopped writing. Slow Blues is probably now the final title, but it refers to the mood of the poems. There are lots of poems in memory of my father + the poems examined my lapsed Catholicism. The Coltrane poem will be in it, though. I'll post a couple more from my first collection. One on Charlie Parker and a little one on Miles. BY the way well done for getting into Candelabrum. I sent him some stuff over a year ago and the so and so never even got back to me!

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Hi David

All your poems are of exceptional quality, but I was particularly interested in the ones about Dylan and Coltrane. OK, the Dylan had a wider feel, but I wonder if your forthcoming collection Slow Blues features more poems with musical themes. It's something that interests me. I was playing some early Dylan the other day and he sounded as fresh as ever. The later Dylan sounds more like Tom Waits. Nothing wrong with that, though. Greg

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I see. That branch of my family were from Callington and Duloe. I explored tin-mines when we used to go camping in Cornwall, I found a piskie..

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Hi again Anne, are you from Cornwall? that's weird..have been tracing my family tree and my maternal grandfathers'family are all from Cornwall, going back a long way. Sea-people. : )

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Hi Dave, thank you for your kind and thoughtful comments on my poem Spinerette. You are right, it isn't in the word book but it is real,she is real,to me. She comes from Cornwall or Brittany but as both people's are connected originally she must be from both. She is not a spider-woman but has qualities of a spinneret,(which a spider does possess) being that she draws out my feelings and emotions like silk.thanks again : ) Debz xx

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My new persona is the mud maid from the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall. More photos of her if you google mud maid, I think. I love her! xx

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Hi Ann.. Indeed it is a buttery man lol.win

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Thanksfor keeping an eye on my toast Dave. I do like real butter, and real ale and salt. Is eating all this ok if I also eat lots of fruit and vege? I hope so!lol

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Hi Anne, Happy Imbolc..slightly belated : ))
Thank you for your kind comments on Spinerette. You are correct, spiders are possessed of spinneret's, but the one in my poem although being posessed of some of the attributes of these fascinating little organs, is not one of them. She is someone who draws out silk in her own way...I think she is from Cornwall..or Brittany...a Celt of the ancient race of which the two countries are connected. Thanks again,Debz xx

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hi Ann. Thanks for lookin at my toast! Where is the sculpture in your new profile pic... its amazing!

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Thanks for reading and commenting on 'Pelt'. Glad you liked it. I have just got back from a weekend away on 'The Dinosaur coast' In a village called Staithes(Near Whitby) I have also changed the pic on the blog entry to one of mine which shows the view from the holiday cottage 2 nights ago. A stunning place. As a lad we used to get gypsies selling pegs door to door. These were made of whittled sticks bound together with strips of metal cut from tins (they were pretty useless actually) Yes the word Pelt struck me as relating to both new skin and the rain and it's also a great word. Win x

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Hi Neil... Thanks for reading and commenting on 'Pelt'. Glad you liked it. Ihave just got back from a weekend away on 'The Dinosaur coast' In a village called Staithes(Near Whitby) I have also changed the pic on the blog entry to one of mine which shows the view from the holiday cottage 2 nights ago. A stunning place. Cheers Win

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Hi Rodney... Thanks for reading and commenting on 'Pelt'. Glad you liked it. Ihave just got back from a weekend away on 'The Dinosaur coast' In a village called Staithes(Near Whitby) I have also changed the pic on the blog entry to one of mine which shows the view from the holiday cottage 2 nights ago. A stunning place. win

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Hi Mandy Just found your Cow poem on the Features Page and really liked it. By a strange coincidence I have just set up my profile on this site and have also posted a poem about Cows. It's in my blog: Two Poems from the West of Ireland. Enjoy!

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Just saw your wonderful Cow poem, congrats on Poem of the Month. It is incredibly well observed, and you have truly made the cow a monumental creature. xx

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Good morning pickled Gloria-(no change there then)my horrendous queerhawk(i.e. wife)is so sorry you are not a trick cyclist,she would have loved to give you a ride on her bike-it is,nt fitted with bags of sugar as your CASTERED and not castored furniture seems to be.(thats a ner-ner to your usual poor spelling) lol!good job i,m here to check up on yew- yours,in a nutshell,effinSteffinxx pee-ess-nearly your birfday? not sixty already!(chorkles)

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An early morning ps. you told me you were bilingual-for jeez sake,tell me not you are bisexual! if so,I just happened to have a photo of the wife handy-in all her lovely grotesqueness!Stefalaf.

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Hi Andy-re 'letter'poem-you threw another light on it-and welcome it was-cheers-Stef.

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Evening R.M.-having now learned the meaning of flummox-can you just spare a further few moments and tell me the meaning of-life/love/and the meaning of poems were your arse is hanging off the couch!back to the sanatorium-Stef

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Are you having a rest? Hope to hear from you again soon Nells. xx

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Welcome to WOL. What very good poems! I especially liked Visiting. Hope you enjoy WOL. It seems to be a bit quiet at the moment, has fits and starts! Maybe try a blogg in Feb? (Not tonight or it will disappear into January only to be found by those searching for a good poem to read!

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Hi Val,
thanks for your comment on Mr. Skoulikaris and i think you're probably right. I've decided that i will edit the ending. I just hate the thought of 'fate' or 'death' as it were in this instance to be the ending so i might look for other ways around that. :-)

Are you back home now?
Janet.x

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Hi Rodney,
thanks for reading and commenting on my poem Mr. Skoulikaris.
Incidentally, i feel you are probably right about soulmate not being quite right so duly editing.

Janet.x

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Excellent point about 'knowledge as a tranquilizer' and clearly explained. Thanks.

Comment is about Kealan Coady (poet profile)

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Hi Val
Your far, far too kind, but I thank you anyway. Pleased you enjoyed it.
Steve

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Incorrect Chris... for Onne is kissing and I am 'surprised'.

Do you perform your work?
If so, where could I catch this?

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Thank you Isobel for your comment on my poem 'untitled'.

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