You give me the creeps, Nicky-girl. Only this week I stood chopping veggies for tea,and asked myself, 'I wonder how Nicky is making out?" Maybe it was the humdrum job, and thinking of all the work you must have to do before finding time for WOL, like my daughter's mad routines with three kids. I have been off-line quite a bit these past few months , but intend to dig in again by the end of October. Blame the Great British Sports Summer! It really has been a privilege to be able to share via armchair in so many athletic events - I'm much more savvy than ever before. I know everyone did not have such an opportunity.
Thanks so much for contacting me.

Love, Cynthia

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Hi Nicky (a little more presumptious than "Hello Nichola" but you will have to excuse me) -
I do appreciate your positive remarks about my
latest post. Poetry/verse is all things to all
people, but I subscribe to trying to leave them
with something they can enjoy and, hopefully, want to remember.
I have been reading your own profile poem "Stuff"...how very true! It led me to
paraphrase the first line of a favourite Gershwin song...
"It's very clear, our stuff is here to stay"!!
:-)
Best wishes.

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Hello Nicki,

Re: Angels, a learned Anglican bishop once gave an erudite talk which left a lasting impression on me. He said, 'a sense of Mysticism, Spirituality & Prayer' is hard-wired into everyone.

Of course, he promoted his own brand as being the preferred choice, but it left me with hope for others & especially secular people such as myself.

It didn't stop me from buying interesting books on such topics though which are always fascinating philosophical routes to explore. I guess it comes down to what's in the heart. Good luck on your journey of discovery.

CHEERS. P.

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Hi Nicki, many thanks for your comments on The Reckoning. Always grand to receive positive feedback - helps the writer's block a bunch.

I thought your poem about Angels was quite inventive & wondered what the stimulus was. The subject of many books of course, religious and secular.

Anyway great to have someone like you on WOL.

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Hi Nicky, 'Ireland with Betjeman', thanks for commenting - gave me an opportunity to peruse your 'Stuff' clever use of its many meanings.

CHEERS.

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Hi Nicky
Please don't think I'm avoiding you. I sit with my back to the computer, so don't see that someone may be wanting to chat.
I have to go out in 15 min's to a WOL Gig at Marsden.
If you email me on
stephen.mellor4@googlemail.com

I'll get back to you, and we can 'chat'
It's really great having the chance to talk again

xx Steve xx

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re '...and thus it goes.'

I think you are close here.

Tommy

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Nicky, this is just plain spooky! I was thinking of you on the weekend, and told myself: Find a few minutes to contact Nichola just in case she still pops onsite occasionally. I am fine generally; had a close call with an appendectomy in late January but recovered remarkably, and am still spitting fireballs at everybody - about everything (just spitball-size - no dragon stuff). How are you doing with your enlarged family? Your work will be so welcome when you are able to share with us again. Never give up jotting things down, even on envelopes. Just keep them jammed in a clear plastic bag if necessary, for future reference; they will be valuable fodder for your skill. Enough from me. Love always.

Cynthia

P.S. I love the picture too. What do you think - a coveted persona? Like so many of us women? Interesting thought!

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Hi Nicky - I so agree with your recent comments on the blogging issue. I do hope you find time to write more poetry and post it on here. I hate anything elitist with all my heart! My love to your baby, I hope she's OK. Love to you too. Ann xx

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Hi Nicky

Delighted to hear about Kara Fe. Congratulations. Well done. x

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Bonjour Nicky !
Félicitations pour la naissance de Kara Fé - née le 4 juillet en plus ! Contente que tu es revenue : )

xxx

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Hi Nicky.. Thanks for looking at ';-P'. Brilliant view of it I thought, There are lots of lines in there that suggest your interpretation, more so at the end. Thx Win x

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good comment on discursive apathy this morning. and good luck with this baby! xx

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Nicky, I nearly croaked when I saw your message. How could you have known I've been thinking of you so much! I fully intended to make contact today - meant to last week but got caught up with children. I'm so glad all is well. The final stages of pregnancy are very trying (sort of coupled with 'O Lord! It's going to start all over again. When will I ever be ME!'). I am only empathising through my daughter's triple births. I had 'two for one', and chose not to risk another egg-set of possibly three; the chance factor was very high. Write as you can, for it's marvellous therapy for damn near everything. Carry a pad and pencil everywhere, especially in the bath (presuming you might actually get the odd one.) I'm being silly now.
Lots of love,
Cynthia

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Nicky, I was thinking of you today, and wondering how your pregnancy was progressing. Perhaps you have already given birth. Happy Easter to you, in whatever sense you most identify - even if it's purely the rebirth of springtime and blackbirds.

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Hi Nicky,
thanks for commenting on 'Zebrina.'
I do enjoy writing poems like this one. Can it be described as allegorical?

Janet.x

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Hi Nichola, Im fine thanks. Im still posting occassionaly, but like to log on to see whats happening up here. You have to sift through tons of blogs however these days to find peeps you know you like, to comment on. Its impossible to comment on them all so Im a lot more selective than I used to be!!! Nice to see you back hope everything is going well with the baby.
Cate xx

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Not much has happened in my world Nicky - I'm not pregnant or anything... but tomorrow is another day!

xx

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Hi Nicky, I've just read Crisis in the Skies and I think it's fab. It's right up my street, I like the humour, the story, the structure - very good. Quite Blakeish but with a cheerful ending! Why the minimalist profile? I know you do much much more than just write.

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Hi Nicky - thanks for taking the time to read and make comment

the original title was, - 'for a firend'

steve x

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Thanks for the kind words...
Glad you enjoyed my writing.

Daniel.

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NICKY, as a Wiganer, I can quite believe Bolton is littered with discarded nether-garments! Ta for your comments on my brassiere poem. Come to the BARDS and perform your stuff.

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Thank you Nicky ... Not quite a siren but yes I believe she had an agenda... but hey ho!...whataway2go!

Gus xx

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Hi Nicky - many thanks for your kind comments on 'After' :)

I can readily identify with the thinking behind 'stuff' - we have so many reminders daily of how essential 'stuff' is - not so many reminders of how vast numbers of folk around the world have no stuff at all.....

Best wishes, Dave

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Thanks Nicky - I shaved them specially.

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Gest, hope to catch up with you at an event. I ran a charity called 'Toxteth Learning' for mainly immigrants and Refugees ,and the poem was also for them -they are not the bogey man.Steve Smith

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Hi Nicky
I simply couldn't resist ;-))
But it is good
Speak soon
xx Steve xx

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Hi Nicky, ta for the navigation tips! Jo :)

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Hi Nicky, just want to say thankyou for your encouragement and fantastic comments on my poetry. I'm going to be off-line for a short while.

Love your latest poems by the way. The performance virgin is just great! :-)
Janet.x

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thanks for commenting on 'for silence' nicky.. bit off a odd one that one as it sort off wrote itself.. don't know where it came from literally!

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Thank you so much Nicky for your lovely comments on my poem
'Out of the darkness...'
Made my day : )

Have been so busy and overwhelmed lately...
Never enough time to get caught up on the blogs here!

Moi x

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No worries Nicky, glad I could help, look forward to revised version. Surprised you've been reprimanded for colourful language, seen and heard far worse lol, hope to see you soon - in detention for the poor spelling! Jeff X

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Thanks Nicki, for your comments on my poem `Why`, I am pleased you liked it.
Enjoyed the poems from your group on Sunday,also your debut at the Howcroft.

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Hi Nicky,

Thanks so much for your comment on "A Day in the Life". And am flattered by your suggestion to have it as commentary to a film clip.
I hope you have no need to work away these days.
Take care
x

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Go on Nicks, you tell em.

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Hi Nicky - well, you weren't wrong about finding where to go for what on the site. I just sent you a message but it ended up coming through on my profile..... Oh well, sure I'll get up to speed one day. Jo :)

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Dear Nicky, Thanks for your message the other day. Sorry I've not replied sooner...or in verse! : )I do think you were a bit quick off the mark though when you replied so robustly to my dislike of opaque gobbledy gook. I am a great fan of the skilfully crafted metaphor and similie, I abhor the platitudinous use of cliche and delight in euphonious assonance and articulate intonation...I don't even mind having to 'work' at understanding a poem...I am quite happy to do so if it fulfills any of the criteria above. What I can't be arsed to do is work out what someone's lumpen dissonance and cliched claptrap is trying to communicate or capture. If something is badly written then it sure as hell needs to be funny for me to give it the time of day.What I can't understand is why my opinions make you want to jump to defend the sensitivities of others?No matter. Here's to some more robust jousting in the future and thanks for the poem...I will treasure it. : )Jx

PS. I love the poem!

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Hiya Nicky, yeah great to meet you too, you're doing some great and valuable work there.

Thanks for comments on the poems, I tried to pick two that would be appropriate for Che, Aziza and Kinda and it was lovely to meet them too, great performances that takes some doing!

I'm usually working thursdays but if I'm off anytime I will come down to help out with your project, see you soon Jeff X

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How good are you to wack a poem out so quickly like that? Maybe I confused ironing for irony - you were ironing something out....
It was good to meet you and yours last night - a great evening.

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Hi Nicky - yes i like the image very much

steve x

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Nicky, going back briefly to Falling Stars, I finally have decided to say something reference your much-appreciated comment. The final stanza wasn't a return to a belief/faith system on the narrator's part; it was a realization that any belief system of someone else must be respected, and never belittled. Thoughtlessness is no excuse, ever.

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Hi Nicky, I've just read the feature about the Howcroft event - how fantastic - I'm really sorry I can't be there now. I hope it's a massive success, what amazing people.

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Hi Nicky

thanks for taking the time to read and make comment on my work

what's your profile pic?

steve x

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Thanks Nicky - I read all your stuff..it's so tender...
Steve Smith

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Tommy x

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Thanx for your comment on my poem, mucho appreciated.

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Hi Nicky,
Thank-you for reading and commenting on 'Growing Up' and 'One Touch of Nature' - glad you liked them.
I'm not sure I can offer any advice about going up tempo - I write in a very haphazard way, and the more I try and force things - the less I seem to be able to set down on paper. Just keep writing, is the only thing I'd advise anyone.
Cx

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Hi Nicky, sorry I have been quiet lately but I've been busy with work after idling the summer away, I only get a small window of opportunity to stealth surf WOL at the mo!

Thank you for your thoughtful comments. I would like to share one of my favourite poems that I first read as a teenager and I think it was the first poem that made me stop and think. It is by Yevtushenko. I suppose, consciously or otherwise, it has influenced my own ideas to some extent.

Lies

Lying to the young is wrong.
Proving to them that lies are true is wrong.
Telling them
that God’s in his heaven
and all’s well with the world
is wrong.
They know what you mean.
They are people too.
Tell them the difficulties
can’t be counted,
and let them see
not only
what will be
but see
with clarity
these present times.
Say obstacles exist they must encounter,
sorrow comes,
hardship happens.
The hell with it.
Who never knew
the price of happiness
will not be happy.
Forgive no error
you recognize,
it will repeat itself,
a hundredfold
and afterward
our pupils
will not forgive in us
what we forgave.

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At the risk of beating 'pearl/purl to death: My mother always said 'pearls are for tears'. I understood it was an ancient idea believed by many in the British Isles. Do you know of any such connection in folk lore, myth or fable?
So knitting is a similar idea to 'the tapestry of life'. Good poems do make the reader think a lot.

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Hi nicky.....i am an appauling speller lol.....i wont shout at u im not that nasty......lol....thanks for ur comment....it really messed with my head writing that poem....i was scared the universe wud cave in hahaha.....thanx again.xx

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