Hi Ross, great to meet you at the Puzzle Poets on Monday, and to find someone who was such an immediate fan of Trainspotters! Keep in touch, Greg

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Hi Ross

Comments are disabled for the POTM you have chosen so this is the only place it's possible to say what a good choice. Thanks for finding it and Happy New Year

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Hebden was a bit of a one off for me - had the offer of a lift - am more of a Lancashire lass. The structure of a poem is always less important to me than the message and the imagery - mine are sometimes criticised for it. I find that when you are performing a poem, the structure isn't as important cos you know how you want to read it. There are a lot of serious poets on here though who do study the form. Still - it is easier to invent new structure, than it is fresh imagery or imagination, so there is hope for us yet. Perhaps we will be able to hear you in Wigan one day...Take care for now.

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Mind, Isobel? How could I mind such a kind comment? I remember Hebden Bridge - unfortunately not able to make it this month - double-booked with family excursion to NMM Pictureville Cinema instead! Obviously I'm going to have to look at this whole issue of line breaks - Graham's are not the first comments - it has been said in workshops as well about other poems of mine. A redraft of 'Queen Pin' is in order some time, once she's out of the public eye, perhaps. Thanks again, Isobel - hope to see you again some time.

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Congratulations cobber on your Poem of the Month. Nice to see someone win it who I have actually met (Hebden Bridge briefly). There is much truth about long term relationships in your poem. Would agree with Graham that the line breaks are odd but like the interesting imagery and think that the poem is well executed. Hope you don't mind me commenting here.

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