Fuck this shit indeed. ?

Very worthwhile reads you have collected, and your sample lends itself to catching attention and holding it like a candle.

Comment is about Eden Louise (poet profile)

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Hello AMC, you are most welcome. Keep in touch -xx mgs

Comment is about AM Cash (poet profile)

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Hi Jeroth, Thanks for stopping by onto my page. Thanks also for the like. I'm starting to read your poem and I got interested on it. Waiting for more from you... -mgs

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I welcome your change in your name I applaud your survival hello I am patrick

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Martin sir
well said sir
re your comments etc
re my work etc
yours etc
Tommy etc.

Ps etc.

Tommy ;- )
x

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

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Thanks for commenting on the 'amerikkkan trilogy v 2.0) glad you liked 'no.3' - I've posted each part previously as stand alone poems - but thought I'd repost the lot as the music version.
Thanks for taking the time to comment
Peace & Love
Ian

Comment is about 220August (poet profile)

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Thanks for the kind comments on 'the trilogy' Martin - I've been away a while - somewhere dark - but now I'm back so thought I would post this as one piece (having previously posted each individual poem). to get me started again. Hope you are keeping well mate - hope to see you somewhere soon
Peace & Love
Ian

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

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Thank you! My name means Noble it is Arabic.

Comment is about Saniya (poet profile)

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Howdy Ray

Soz for the delay - got caught up on stuff and stuff!

Thanks so much for your note on my Valentine poem ? Much appreciated!

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

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Hey Raj

Thanks so much for your note on my Valentine poem ? maybe I'll do that haha ?

Comment is about Chakraj (poet profile)

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Hi Tom
thanks for comment on Ted Crow, I re-read recently (evidently) and found it more personally Hughes at the second pass. I hope all going well at the Northampton Review, I thought the first issue worked very well.
Dom.

Comment is about Tom Harding (poet profile)

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hanks so much for your recent comments on my poems.
Much appreciated.

Hannah

Comment is about 220August (poet profile)

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Hi Martin . Thanks for commenting on The Totter from Toulouse. I'm glad you thought it resembled Edward Lear, as that was what i was aiming for. I was feeling low when i wrote it, so i did it to cheer myself up.

Cheers Kevin

Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)

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Stu many thanks for comment on Ted Crow & I'll keep an eye out for this Max Porter. Dom

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https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=49241

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hello Tommy,

I apologise for copying your hair style but I have saved a fortune by not going to the Barbers. However, what I have relinquished on my head I have cultivated on my face.

Cheers
Keith

Comment is about Tommy Carroll (poet profile)

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Keith your comment is appreciated now stop copying my hair style.

Yours etc

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

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Dream of Dreams

Make the time
connect with smiles
ideas move on
towards your vision

awaken to relive
dream of dreams
you always kept
secret till today.

Comment is about Nicola Hulme (poet profile)

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Thankyou Keith, i certainly will. Donovan

Comment is about donovan wilson (poet profile)

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Hi Stephanie

I am fairly new to this site and only belatedly found out that every time I post an entry on the blog it replaces the previous entry, though all previous entries are held in the archive. I only mention this because I notice you posted quite a number yesterday but only the latest is visible, though when I opened it up I had access to the others.

Hope you don't think I'm interfering but as I do like your stuff it would be good for others to see it also.

Regards

Brian

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A workshop this Saturday, plus a call for submissions:

Creative Writing Workshop (Manchester, 24 February), and Call for Creative Work (Translating Chronic Pain, AHRC Research Network)

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Emerging from the AHRC Research Network Translating Chronic Pain, I wanted to share news on two medical humanities activities that may be of interest to your staff or students.

FREE CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP in Manchester: CHRONIC PAIN AND ‘FLASH’ ILLNESS WRITING. on Saturday 24 February, 11 am -1pm, at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation.. information is available at the project website, at http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/translatingpain/workshop/. To enroll please email s.wasson@lancaster.ac.uk. The twitter post on the workshop is here: https://twitter.com/TranslatingPain/status/949301111973965830

CALL FOR CREATIVE WORK: I invite ‘flash’ short-form creative writing around chronic pain, i.e. short works (5-150 words) of prose, poetry, optionally alongside artwork or comic/sequential art. The call for creative work and project manifesto is available at http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/translatingpain/creative-manifesto/
Call for Creative Work: Creative Manifesto

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

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Hi Ray

Reading poetry, some word or phrase triggers a memory or idea and then I scribble down a splurge of words, not thinking much in the early stage, just let the thoughts flow with minimal interference from the conscious mind. The rational shaping of the initial inspiration comes later, if that makes sense.

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Ah, lol. Ok

Comment is about Marc Hawkins (poet profile)

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Belated Birthday greetings Ray and ditto thanks. ??

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

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ta muchly for the invite Marc but Asda and Tesco are beckoning!

might catch you later?






Rose ?

Comment is about Marc Hawkins (poet profile)

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Good stuff Eve, and welcome to WOL! X?

Comment is about eve nortley (poet profile)

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Welcome to WOL, Maki. I admire your honesty. Thinking is essential to poetry, so you are off to a great beginning. And writing definitely helps to 'sort things out'. You may find a 'free style' is a good way to start, without being hassled with rhyme. But, maybe, you actually enjoy that challenge. Whichever, always read over what you've written and ask yourself, 'What is here that I can say with fewer words, better ones?' I think that was the best advice I ever got. And I try to practise it always. So - have a thesaurus handy, the writer's best friend. And use it. Broaden your 'well of words' every day. Your mind can express only as much as your words allow. They are your 'tool' for building ideas for your own eyes and for others to share.

And a pure 'love of writing' is a wonderful thing - very demanding, but so rewarding.

Comment is about Maki (poet profile)

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Welcome to WOL, Saniya. That is a lovely name. Does it have a special history, or is it a delightful new way to be just 'you'?

Comment is about Saniya (poet profile)

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Thank you for the comment Keith!

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Comment is about J R Harris (poet profile)

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Jim I could write an absolute tome
About things experienced in monochrome
But this would be infinitely duller
Than telling things in technicolour

Comment is about J R Harris (poet profile)

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David,

Congratulations on a worthy accolade to a flourishing poet. You deserve the honour. Keith

Comment is about David T Jones (poet profile)

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Hello Nyanjiru, Welcome to Write out Loud. I particularly enjoyed the poem you offered as a sample. It was so well crafted. I like your use of the word roam as it is very appropriate. Thank you for this. Keith

Comment is about Nyanjiru Wambugu (poet profile)

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Thank you so much for the like on 'Dieback', so glad it brought me here, to read your lovely words...

Loved what I've read so far - especially 'Waterbirth' reminded me of a short piece I wrote when my daughter was born - a long time ago.

Hope you don't mind if I share it with you:

The Moment of Birth
-------------------------

My Darling One you are so new
helpless - yet so strong!

You didn't really need the Doctor
guiding you along...

Now I know how every mother feels
at the moment of birth.

You caused such pain, such draining
of strength, yet

when you finally arrived in just a second
all that had gone before
was completely forgotten

and I held you to my breast - now calm
then gently with my fore finger...
caressed your tiny arm.

Frances Macaulay Forde - 1976

Comment is about Carol Falaki (poet profile)

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Love the honesty of your bio. Welcome to WOL. I'll try to catch up with more of your work. I do think your background of personal writing really shows in both confidence and style.

Comment is about Gabrielle Renee' (poet profile)

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Hi Karen. Thank you for the comment on Restless Souls; I try to practice intonation and inject gravitas on audio readings; I feel rather lightweight in the acting stakes, but there sometimes is a sweet spot , maybe this was it! I hope to see you Monday. I have a rough copy of my new pamphlet too.

Ray x

Comment is about karen izod (poet profile)

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hello Ray

just listened to your latest audio piece - restless souls, beautifully read to go with the mood. Like the new photo too!

Karen

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

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very cool sample Brooke-it rocks!








Rose ?

Comment is about Brooke Valdivia (poet profile)

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Thankyou for your coments I make . I feel so sorry for all who have to put up with the lies and the deciet that is thrown back at people when knowing the truth . One day you never know . kind Regards Wendy X

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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Your sample kicks ass. Very revealing and experience driven, which I know could be hard to post publicly. Keep it up. I look forward to reading more ?

- Nick

Comment is about Brooke Valdivia (poet profile)

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HI John. Following your reply to my comment of yesterday I agree about rewriting older poems - there can be a fresh approach; I find it always hard to know which angle to come from to get an idea across. I feel it helps if "philosophizing" about life to take an object and use that to hang ideas on, as it's easier to grasp a metaphor . Does that make sense? Great list of published poems I see !

All the best. Ray

Comment is about john short (poet profile)

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Thank you for your comments M.C Newberry

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i am here for you

Comment is about Becky (poet profile)

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As a singer, writer, and poet, you may enjoy a song called, "Orange", by an American artist named Sadistik. Either way, great samples you have here.

Comment is about Fay Roberts (poet profile)

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Thanks, Manisha, for your comment on 'Worthless Women'.

And I say 'Welcome' too. You will enjoy this site. I'll try to catch up with more of your work.

I'm curious. What do you actually mean 'decipher my work if you can!'? I'm not sure whether to think uncertainty or arrogance? But, I allow, it's an interesting conundrum.

Comment is about MANISHA SAINI (poet profile)

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I quite enjoy your recorded performances and poetry, you truly stand out.

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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Hi Pauline. That's a nice surprise that you enjoyed Amateur Musicians. I work in a band with these guys, and boy do they take it seriously!

Thanks for stopping by.

Ray

Comment is about pauline sewards (poet profile)

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Amateur musicians - well crafted, economic and absolutely nails the subject

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

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Hello Sarah, a quick few words to say how much I like your biography. For some reason it has made an impact on me. Perhaps because I hold these things dear as well. Thank you. Keith

Comment is about Sarah Mae (poet profile)

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Thank you for your message. I look forward to reading your writing.

Hannah

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