missed that in the pm i sent the other day, but thanks Nigel for posting her email address.
I have actually just wrote Boat Story II (which i will read out next month) so will get all three of my poetry over to her asap
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Good idea John
caroline.riley@healthywaterwaystrust.org.uk
just put Stockport W O L River Mersey
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Nigel
Might be an idea if you posted her email address on here.
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Carloline Riley has sent me an e-mail saying how much she enjoyed last week.
She also said anyone in the group who wants her to use their poem can e-mail it to her.
I have asked for details of the website our poems might go on.
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Just got word Caroline is coming down on Monday night!
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I have been in touch with Caroline Riley from the Healthy Waterways Trust to see if she can come down on Monday.
I am still waiting for a reply to see if she can make it.
Putting a poem together about the theme for the night Rivers called The False Claim.
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Liverpool gained a great deal of its wealth from those two trades in the 18th century, especially the slave trade:
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/europe/liverpool.aspx
"It would be wrong to attribute all of Liverpool's success to the slave trade, but it was undoubtedly the backbone of the town's prosperity. Historian, David Richardson suggests that slaving and related trades may have occupied a third and possibly a half of Liverpool's shipping activity in the period 1750 to 1807."
As a city, Manchester does not really have the same taint.
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I like your poem John called Artery
on the second line you talk of the slave trade
then again later in tea and men.
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A joy to see
Now we want
All members to
Come next Monday
The theme being
Job number one
Mine was easy
Making tea for
My dear Mother
Too sweet or
Too strong then
Early to bed
Hit the sack
Instead of getting
If you know
What I mean!
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Here are my 9 little poems for Heatons Twaiku
May do some more 2moro but here are some to get you going
http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=43470
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Remember that the Heatons Arts Trail is running this weekend. If you want to tweet a poem celebrating the works, remember to include @heatonstwaiku in the header. My account will be notified and I will retweet your poem to followers of the heatonstwaiku account.
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I hope the weather holds for the Heaton Moor Arts Trail this weekend!
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Thanks for telling everyone know about the Heaton Arts Trail John.Maggie you missed a good night it was pure gold!Cheers for the mini poetry Andy N and good luck with the play.Doing a short poem about my first job calling it Play Safe!
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Grit is it;
it is grit.
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Woops! - found the theme; it's "grit"...
OK OK I shall go away and stop causing trouble....
Dorinda
x
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Hello there! - I thought I'd sent a message yesterday, but I cannot see it here, so I'm re-sending! Just got back from two lovely weeks in France, and I cannot find what the theme is for our next meeting (that has nothing whatsoever to do with the vin rouge!!!) - so if someone could let me know, I'd be grateful.....
Thanks, and see you next week - Dorinda x
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really enjoyed last monday guys. really made me smile. the really short poems suited everybody.
already looking forward to july's.
see you all soon.
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Hi Andy N
It will be good to see you
The theme for the night is willpower
When craving starts
Try to resist
Send strong messages
To your brain.
I must not
I must not
I must not
I must not.
In the end
Temptation wins battle
Willpower looses control
Feeling guilty maybe.
But even if
Strict diet dies
That chocolate bar
Tastes so divine.
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see you all on Monday as will defo be there unless something goes wrong in the meantime.
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Julian, the format for WOL main site is back to normal now! - thank you!
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And thanks from me because I want to enter it, too!
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John, thank you - it worked! - Dorinda
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Dorinda
There is no submission form. You need to pay the submission fee via the competition's Paypal account and email your poems to the email address given. You will probably need to create a Paypal account.
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Hello everyone! - I could do with some help, please! - tried to enter the Women's Anthology comp entitled "Furies" (shown on Write Out Loud site), but all I could find was the bit for payment - could not find a submissions form! I was quite disappointed as I had tailored two entries specifically for this comp! If any of you 'hi-tech guys' can help, I'd be very grateful!
Yours in puzzlement........Dorinda x
ps: do be patient with me: I will be 70 this year - senility gallops on at an alarming rate!
D x
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Collage Mixture
Red nostrils
energetic blow.
Winter blue
leaves nature.
Sunset mountains
birdsong written.
Summer kisses
troubled dreams.
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hope you all had a good christmas. sorry for the quietness. had a lot on really but my schedule is a lot more manageable now so should be able to start coming down more in the new year.
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I would just like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and I am looking forward to the first get together in 2014.
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Hello Stockport WOL! - I've just seen info about an award - "Unsung Hero" - and Julian is one of the people nominated. I'll be voting for him of course! - just thought I'd mention this! Dorinda x
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Conflict
Laugh at your enemy
while he questions why
strike hard at vulnerability
defence lines opened up.
Forceful intent follows through
pretence no longer needed
the sword of laughter
shines steel of red.
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T o s e n s e t h e u n k n o w n m a k e s
m y s e a r c h f o r i t e v e n b e t t e r.
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Words to picture
Sentence to scene
Seasons to create
Art of make-believe.
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Nigel, the Arts Trail books have arrived. And look magnificent!
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Maggie I like your toast to the Queen of royal blue!
Dreadlock and John seem to share the same view
myself included.
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I have found the group on these pages again! and I have also made a comment on the Home page about Poetry Invite to the Palace. Thanks for everyone who helped me find my way back.
Maggie
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More on Thomas Chatterton:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Chatterton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Chatterton
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Cannery Row is a fantastic book. Although it is an 'old' book, it feels completely modern in its style and attitude.
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Great meeting this evening!
As promised, the books I have of John Steinbeck are:
The Grapes of Wrath
East of Eden
The Wayward Bus
The Red Pony
The Long Valley
Tortilla Flat
Cannery Row
Sweet Thursday
The Pearl
Travels with Charley...
D. x
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I like the sequel D
On the road
the leader decides
to reduce speed
but the followers
also slow down
they all think
must be a
speed camera ahead!
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Hi Nigel: "The Road" - a sequel - - -
You did
Said the marchers
'Cause you're first
Said he
It's a curse
Being first
I will walk behind thee
Therefore my walk will be
Quite indescribably
More relaxed, leisurely...
(with apologies from me, D)!...
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Thanks for that Dorinda
The only thing we missed was the collage poem
maybe next time.
Like the photo Maggie and you got a mention well done.
The Road
On a road
no signs seen
following the person
marching in front.
We ask him
wait a minute
are we going
the right way?
He turns around
saying to us
who of you
made me leader?
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Hi Maggie, John and Nigel
A palindrome is "a word or phrase that reads the same backwards as forwards, eg: madam".
William Ross Wallace 1819 - 1881 (Wallace was my Mum's maiden name so maybe I have some sort of illustrious ancestor?!) wrote "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Rules The World". I've just printed it off as it really is rather beautiful (and John, it rhymes!!!)
Last of all, Maggie, were you thinking of Slim Whitman (Country and Western singer - late 50's), as opposed to Walt Whitman (marvellous poet?) Slim Whitman's name popped into my head yestersday evening when I got home!
Enough! - great meeting last night - and see you next time!
Have a good month.........Dorinda
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Hi Maggie, John and Nigel
A palindrome is "a word or phrase that reads the same backwards as forwards, eg: madam".
William Ross Wallace 1819 - 1881 (Wallace was my Mum's maiden name so maybe I have some sort of illustrious ancestor?!) wrote "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Rules The World". I've just printed it off as it really is rather beautiful (and John, it rhymes!!!)
Last of all, Maggie, were you thinking of Slim Whitman (Country and Western singer - late 50's), as opposed to Walt Whitman (marvellous poet?) Slim Whitman's name popped into my head yestersday evening when I got home!
Enough! - great meeting last night - and see you next time!
Have a good month.........Dorinda
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You will be missed
Good luck on the Spoken Word Show
If they are all like this you will go down well!
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I should be able to attend next months WOL but if you get time, you could share those poems in tonight's session.
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Hi everyone, I wasn't able to attend last week and won't be able to attend tonight's WOL because of work and handball commitments. However, I have still been writing and preparing some stuff for a spoken word show next month. Here's a couple of pieces I'm been working on.
Mirror Distortion:
one time in drama class
I picked up a glass mirror
but it dropped on the floor
what a smashing performance
it was for me
my teacher thought it was groundbreaking
even though
the mirror appeared to be distorted
I soon realised
I was looking at it cross-eyed
how stupid am I
not to realise seeing two mirrors
in front of me
I only held one hand out for one
that's why the other one smashed
but fear not
this problem can be fixed
the broken pieces can be build up again
or used for a better means
what nice chandeliers
they'd make in the drama room
to make acts look more eloquent
Picture that. What a nice reflection
that would leave.
This next one is a palindrome style poem:
He said he did it
He didn’t
He did differently
He wonders beyond imagination
Floating ozone
Twisting hair
Volatile smoke, silver haze
Puffy clouds go coast to coast
Chicken burnt
Lingering numbness
Mind dumbing
What agenda
Answer question
Question marks
Stubborn nature
Flashing lights, switch off
Accept you if it is done
Done is it if you accept?
Off switch, lights flashing
Nature stubborn
Marks questioned
Question answered
Agenda what?
Dumbing mind
Numbness lingering
Burnt chicken
Coast to coast go clouds puffy
Haze silver, smoke volatile
Hair twisting
Ozone floating
Imagination beyond wonders
He Differently did he
Didn’t he it?
did he said he?!?!
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Thanks for the books A Harvest of Art John
Are you taking Christmas bookings yet for the next one?
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Art on art
hold that page
instant news breaking
read published tweets.
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John F Keane
Tue 14th Oct 2014 07:17
Two FREE creative writing workshops with Margaret Holbrook on Saturday 1st November and Saturday 22nd November between 2 and 4 PM.
email
john@screenstockport.co.uk
to confirm your place.
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