Hiya Francine ;)
I love French - it is a most beautiful language - I love the sounds & the energy - such raw passion - but I do not speak a word of it & have failed to learn due mon dylexette penchant - yet my mispent youth was spent buying lots French punk rock records by bands like Jaques Higelin, Telephone, and the mighty Metal Urbain... it was the flow of this beautiful language and the sound of the musique - maybe for me... much like you do not need to speak French to enjoy the art - so here is a link to Historie Connective by Metal Urbain - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OY2eBbZQD4
a lot of this stuff came out of France on a label called New Rose in the 70's - I used to chop logs to get the money to buy them..
and like i say...
F'ck Poetry -
Let's dance !!!
x


ps. sorry that this does not rhyme ;)

Francine, thank you very much for your kind comments on Melancholium. They are very much appreciated. Graham.

le poetry top posture radique a la alan vega
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBcI5oGjffU

Thanks for reading and thanks for the comments, it is much appreciated. I have left a slightly longer comment on the poem itself as to interpretation.
Cx

Thank you Francine, for your comments and the warm welcome back xxx

Thanks for your comment Francine. I'm glad it made you think, even if it wasn't the most up beat of poems. What you said hit the nail on the head for me. To the gift the world nothing is very depressing indeed. x

Thank you for your comment on my latest;-) Love the new picci looks like you could do some damage with those lips ha ha luv TC XX

Merci Francine

Thank you so much for your perceptive and encouraging comments re: Katie

Hope u R well.

XXx

About time too - you know that Eiffel Tower does nothing for you! Those lips look wicked - I won't ask where they've been...

Francine!! Heeey!! Lol how are you??? Yeah ive been real busy with my music!! I was on bbc introducing with sean mcginty on radio lancs a couple weeks ago....im gettin back on my poetry now tho ive been neglecting it....and i really shudnt....because poetry is where it all started for me.....how the hell are you???? I aint spoke to you for ages?? Xxx

Lovely to hear from you too ...ya little minx of passion.... it's the hot weather we are having here... it never fails to bring me out... in hives usually... but there ya go.

Hope u r well!

XXXX

Thanks for your comment Francine. It aint brilliant poetry but sometimes it's nice to share things that have touched you with friends. xx

Hi Francine, i'm sorry, i forgot to thank you for your lovely comment on my poem 'In Denial.'
Yes it is a reflective poem.

Janet.x

thank you Francine, Vous êtes très aimable, comme toujours, mais je pense que d'autres ici me comprenne bien. J'ai peut-être de repartir bientôt. Je veux juste qu'ils me demandent, pas accuser... soupir..Deb xx

Je m'appelle Facteur de Protection Solaire Vingt!. xxx

Thanks for commenting on my posts from 07/08 - I'm pleased to see you getting up to date lol
P

Merci Francine, un jour, nous danserons sur les Champs-Élysées à nos pieds nus : )

Hi Francine. Re 'It only ends once' Your comment was the last thing I read befor going to bed last night. Lovely thanks.

Hi Francine, thanks:-)

Merci. Il y'a plus sur la poeme.
Cx

Thank you Francine x

Salut ma copine...
Thanks as ever for your comments and support. xx

whoopee do - many thanx

x

;)

Hi Francine,

Thanks for visiting "Neil" and your comments. I'm glad his story touched you. I think we need to consider these things occasionally, if only to remind us that we're human.

Regards,
A.E.

Hi Francine, Thanks for your comments on 'Play Me' - much appreciated! Glad you liked it.
Cx

Thanks, as always Francine, for your comments - they are much appreciated.
Cx

Francine, thanks for your kind comments on Gloria.

Thank you Francine. I'm glad you like x

Hi Francine,

Good to hear from you - and thanks for your comments, they are always welcome. I guess it will take me a while to fit in and find my feet again - but right now it feels like I've never been away!

Best regards,
A.E. x

Thank you Francine for your comment. : )

Thank you for your comment on my poem! I'm glad you enjoyed the 'greenness of it' :) I've written a book too - www.zionlights.co.uk - check it out if you like the sound of it! :)

Thanks for you comment on my latest Francine - yes I can imagine you writing and empathising with the emotions in the poem. It was a strange one for me - not sad, just wistful.

Hi Francine, thanx for your comment on Joe Strummer sings, my tribute to Joe & co, good to hear you have a love of music to inspire you, was a nice surprise to get a comment on an older poem - need to write a few new ones - too busy arranging gigs! Anyway all good hope you're well, best wishes Jeff X

Glad you enjoyed it Francine - yes I was totally delighted with what he did - made it sound better than the original!

Hi Francine! Thanks for your comment on The Dancer! Glad you enjoyed it!

PS I really like 'is it not enough...' a lovely poem succinct and honest! :-)

Hello Francine

You make me laugh too... in the light that the whole province of farting is a 'Man' thing...have you noticed that only Women have commented...

Weird or what?

Gus xx

Hello Francine, thank you for your super comments. I do love your beautiful poems about the heart and the fragile etiquette of love. xx

Thanks for your comments, on St Leonard's, Francine. I'm not at all godly, but coincidentally the last two poems I've posted have had a religious theme.

Thanks for your comment on 'angry mouth' Francine,X

Hiagain Francine. since you looked, I have changed all the it's to them's since you looked. Much better I think. win :-)

Hi Francine, thanks for commenting upon the woods poem. the last bit is the bit I am most happy with myself. Win x

Aw thanks very much for listening Francine, glad you enjoyed it (and the 80s music)
xxx

Thanks for your comments on 'In the afternoon'
Cx

thankyou for your comments on my poem Francine,

Lol. I can identify with 'overly dramatic' too. ;-)
Cx

I like your profile poem Francine. To me it is saying that time allows us to put things in perspective which I would partly agree with. It is also supposed to heal though I think some scars lurk there forever. x

Standing before him
she bared her soul

looking deep into the reflection
Feeling the connection

He saw right through her

Leaving her to stand alone


How dya like dem apples ... xxxx

...Right ...Mmmmmm


xxxx

Hi Francine - thanks for making comment on 'the old Lie'

steve x

Hello Francine,

Yes I agree whoe heartedly ... if you see a protruding bum and the most enormous pair of bollocks... well you just have to laugh... but

the sadness is never far away.

Augusta xx

Sante - with the most acute of accents. xx

Thanks for your beautiful comment on my Hyacinths poem Francine.
It really is very kind of you :-)

Janet.x

Hi Francine, thanks again for your latest comment.

Francine, thanks for reading and commenting on 'my little me'. Much appreciated.

Thank you Francine so much for your comments to Culver Cliff... it was written as a memory to my own Mother and Father.. Unchained Melody first time around - Jimmy Young in the 50's...
Once again many thanks xx

Merci Francine, comme toujours.Il y a une brève explication sur la poésie!
Cx

Thanks for comment on 'Love Conquers All' (and for 'getting' the title Francine. I had to read some of yours through 'the sieve of my hands' as dear Carol Ann would say. I think I am getting old!

Hi Francine, thanks for your lovely comment on If I could. Much appreciated.
Cate xx

Hi Francine

thanks for reading and making comment

steve x

Francine, firstly thank you for your comment :)
Secondly, do you live in France? I spend all my summer over there, it's such a lovely place; very inspiring!
And lastly, I really like your poems, they're very open and inviting and create such a beautiful portrayal of hope and love. Thanks for sharing x

Hi Francine,
thanks for your comment on 'There to Here.' and for taking time to write the bits which appealed to you the most.

Janet.x

Hi Francine, hope your well, thanks for the comments on the poem, first coherent words I've written in months. Good to be posting again, looks like I've a fair bit to catch up on. Take care, nicky xx

Thought I'd better not hi-jack the photo thread talking about large erections LOL. You'll have to tell me more about your obsession with the Eiffel Tower - I will psychoanalyse you! Then you can tell me why I like naughty shoes!

It's a good job you agree with me!!
or you would be in a lot of trouble heh heh ;-) X

As ever and always my little silver knees.... better with light on xxxx

Thanks again
Gus x

Bonne après-midi, mon ami. Merci beaucoup pour vos joli commentaires sur mon poème Spinerette. Vous êtes très gentil.
: )) Deborah xx

Nope - I'm sorry Francine but this photo won't do. Although it brings back some nostalgia cos this is how I was first introduced to you back in May 09, I prefer the laughing, mischevious Francine complete with orange beret and red lippie! Put her back! xx

Just wanted to say that i enjoyed reading 'Change'. It certainly struck a chord with me!! Very good x

Hi Francine thank you for your comments on 'In remembrance of Mr Golightly' yes it is sad, what is even sadder is it is based upon a real person.
Luv TC XX

Hi Francine,
thankyou for your comment on my latest poem, numb dumb belle.
They're always so encouraging and very welcome too.
Bless you.
Janet.x

hi,
thank you for appreciating my poetry and leaving comment. I am ????

will speak/write soon. Thanks again.

thank you for your comment

Wow Francine.
Great new pic.
Fabulous darling!

Janet.x

Love the new piccie! I knew you were extrovert but hadn't realised you were quite so out there... and I envy you the ability to wear orange - I always look ill in it but love it as a colour. Perhaps I should go for a red beret? Approve of the lippie also! Hope you do make it to England one day - am sure we'd have a lorra lorra fun - if I could padlock the kids somewhere for a couple of days... xxx

Hi Francine
Thankyou for the nice comment, it's much appreciated.
The degree sign - assuming you use Word - if you go to the 'Insert' on the top line, then drop down to the 'Symbol' and click on that, you will see a vast array of symbols; accents; fractions; all sorts of weird and wonderful things

Hopefully I've helped a little - shout back if there's anything else I can do (very limited I'm afraid)
Again, thanks
Steve

Hi Francine,
thanks for your comment on my poem about Miles Platting.
Hanging around, standing my ground is common among many peoples. The places don't always have a choice. They are either demolished or in this case, regenerated. :-)

Janet.x

Merci Francine, that's it, I've run out of French for today, my head's full of Uni stuff..blaagh..sorry. Thank you for your kind comments on Villtur Augu. Debz xx

Thank you Francine. : )

Hi Francine

Thank you for commenting. Much appreciated as ever. Learning about Huntington's Chorea has indeed put things into perspective - the challenges that some people have in life! Hope to read more of yours in the New Year, which I do usually like - sorry that I don't always comment, time on the computer is often rushed.

Happy Christmas to you and yours

Hi Francine, you're one of the few poets left who make comments on the work i do. I want to thank you for that. Regarding the last entry Once Upon the Darkness; a lot has gone unsaid over the years. My earliest memories are not good. Not good at all, and though i try to forgive an awful lot of abuse that happened back then, its damned difficult. If i wasnt being hit by parents or locked in the pantry, it was the teachers and pupils at Darnhill primary that humiliated. I have lots to spiel on about. The reasons i say so much, is because i wouldnt want my worst enemy to go through the trauma i go through on a daily basis. Dont get me wrong, there is love in my heart, and smiles too, but in my quietest moments i am so forlorn about all that happened to me, as man and boy. I wish you a very merry christmas, and hope that if i just reach one reader who can promote the rights of children and who can spread the word, then i have achieved my goal. You're obviously someone who cares in society, and i thank you for that. Many turn away, not wishing to express the courage it truly takes, to open up to all the worlds ills.

Have a good christmas and all the best for the new year

Mike

x

Thank you Francine.

love the poem 'change' :)

Thankyou for your lovely comment.
I really enjoyed reading your poem (:

Hi, thanks for the comment on my poem! And good luck with the Spanish... Thom

thank you my friend F, for your lovely comment on Bedouin.Debz xx

mercie bueaucop ma cherie por tes mots - ils m'ont frappe/ dans le cour.
Steve

Thanks for the comment on my poem

Thanks Francine appreciate your spot on appraisal ;-) I am back now to the land of the Living ;-))TC XX(you messing with my head bad girl heh heh??)

Hi Francine

Thank you, as ever for your generous comment on a possibly inconsequential offering. I continue to enjoy yours even when I don't comment - often being stuck for something to say other than "I like that"

hi Francine, thank you for your kind comments on Drifting, debz xx

Merci Francine, pour tes mots amiables, ils sont appréciés.
Cx

Hi Francine,
Thanks for the comments on the news 'reunion' report. Yes, it was a special evening.

Best wishes,
Ron S.

Hi Francine, Thanks for looking at Social Algebra Alphabet. You are right it doesn't really add up! lol. Win

Francine! thanks for all of this.........................you take so much time and effort to read all our scribbles.............brill love!
x

Thank you for your comment on 'Human' glad you like it. I like your work. TAKEN is so simple but full of imagery and passion. Well done.I like the way you layed out the piece too.Take care. Emma.

Hi Francine, thanks for your comment.
and yes, all is well with me now. I feel almost human again. :-)

Janet.x

Thank you for all your comments and kind words. It means the world to me that you liked my writing.

Hi Francine, I tried to chat but it is not working grrr drat drat.... Thank you for your comment, it really seems to make it worthwhile when people take the time to comment, you always have that unsure feeling till a couple of comments come in !! I have been a bit verbose again haven't I drat..... I wrote that quite a long time ago though. Well I am off to sleep now night night luv TC X

Hi Francine, your comments are noted. [and pleased to boot! : ) ]

Hi Francine always good to hear your comments, helpful too to have encouragement particularly as I thought I had written a real dud here and yet maybe not. Sian X

You just 'Tag along... Francine - tag Gus Jonsson Goup with what ever poem ya fancy tagging an... yer there...Gusxx

Hi Francine I am happy you liked my first poem, thank you, I often tend to the metaphysical, it moves me thus ;-) Time has always fascinated me I suppose in the same way one would be fascinated by a venomous snake eh? , A Poem such as your 'Change' evoke dormant thought processes which are always hovering just below the surface.

Wow you are a regular commenter Francine. Thank you for your words about my website. Its more about creativity than marketing. There's room for both.
I like your 'concrete poem' with the words spread over the page. I couldn't work out how to do that on this site. Clever stuff.

Thanks for your comment Francine. Yes - you can probably see where I'm coming from. It is a very emotional one for me - not sure how easily I will find it to perform without choking up. I was inspired to write it by reading Gus's recent one called Going Home. I would like to record it - just need to buy myself a decent mike and learn how to do it. Don't want to keep paying out for the privilege... Hope you are well. x

What can I say to you taht hasn't been said before ...you little yankee doddle frenchette femme... Thank you so much for your lovely lovely words

Gusxxxx

Sorry Francine, I just always think feelthy when I read poetry.

Aha.. I see now. Well... This poem is written from the view of a father who's daughter has just been to stay for a while and has now gone back to her mum's home. (nest) leaving the reminder of one of her ginger hairs trapped in the car in which she travelled home. This reminds the dad of his (temporary loss). Those who know me, know that this is my own personal situation. However these days the dip in emotion I feel after her visits is a lot less than in the past. Hope this helps. Win x

Malheureusement - je n'ai plus dix-sept ans!
Cx

Hi Francine, Thanks for reading my last one. OOps typo corrected, thanks.

Two definitions may help -
1) Choke - noun: a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine. An esential part of a cars starting process.
2) Choke - verb: breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion.

Win

thank you Francine, for your lovely comments. I hope you are well over there and not missing Paris too much. i got some more almond croissants today reduced from the co-op. one of these days i'll buy one in your home city. instead : ) thanks again, debz xx

You are so much a romantic Francine...


Do something think something romantic every day....it's like sunshine for the mind.


Thank you once again

Augusta xx,

Thanks for your comment Francine - I can flop for another month now... Take care and try not to work too hard. Moi x

Hi Francine
Invitation, beau, exotique et sensuel, qui est moi.

Merci de votre admiration en tant que toujours.

Baisers million et un sous votre oreiller.

GUS xx

Thanks so much for your wonderful comment on 'Siren', Francine. Made my day.x

Hi Francine - thanks for your kind comments on 'After' - it was my entry for one of those weekly challenges to write a poem using a phrase (After the love) which stirred my thinking a little. Best wishes, Dave

Thanks Francine, for your comments on open-mic virgin, enjoyed putting the disproportionate thoughts into words immensely, hope it performs well for my second attempt. lol. Take care, Nicky x

Hi Francine,
just want to say thanks for your wonderful encouragement and comments on my poetry.
I'm going to be off-line for a short while so i wish you well with your poetry too,

Janet.x

Hello Francine,
Thank you for reading 'Charlie', my absence from the site of late was due to a recent 'difficulty'...

We all endure them at times, with that difficulty for the most part , gone, I can resume. ...
Finding myself able to step once again into the circle of fire we all consumed by, poetry.

It is clear from your writing that you are moved by emotion, romance, with a sprinkling of pazazz...

Augusta x

Hi Francine
That's what I hoped for. Sequel from you?
I had to stop myself. I was beginning to sound like a real boring old f**t.

Hi Francine Thank You for your very kind comment

.The final line is to emphasis just how young Paul was....and also to act as an indicator regarding the maternal maturity of Shirley.

As A love story and a love story alone perhaps the 'Final lines would not be suited... but this is not quite as romantic a story as you first believe...

Any way my little French American biscuit of love.... Thanks again

XXXGus

Hi Francine

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

steve x

Mwa..XXXXX

Hi Francine, Thanks for reading CAFFCASS survivor.

Salut Francine,
Pendant un jour toutes ces histoires seront jointes ensemble.

J'espère que vous achetez le livre ou observez le film.

Merci de vos beaux commentaires en tant que toujours.

Gusxx

Hi there, Thanks for your comment. You've not been around much/posting much lately ....hope you're well?
Cx

Hi Francine, thank you for your comment on my poem 'the daylight comes with me' and also your previous kind comments. I like the emotion in your poems very much. I am also interested in your writing in two languages - I assume French is your mother tongue? I am a Turkish speaker and love using that language for poetry too. It is nothing like my English writing, it could even be quite good!

cheers
John

Je vous adore trop ma petite grenouille.

Beaucoup de mercis et de baisers.

Gusxx

merci mon ami .. muah muah.. : ) sorry Francine.. i had croissants for breakfast 2 days in a row..mmmm almond ones, reduced in tescos...lucky day..

Hi Francine

thanks once again for taking the time to read and make comment ; )

steve x

Greetings Francine, thanks for the comment on Eer Olives Pumps. Yes she did really talk like that.... its Lancashire dialect. Its kind of dying out now with the closure of the mines and mills, but some of the older generation still use it.
Cate xx

Hi Fancine

thanks once again for reading and commenting

steve x

Bonjour Francine

Je n'ai pas su que j'étais allé.

Toutefois je me suis senti très déprimé récemment, espoir de se sentir meilleur bientôt.

Amez-vous des millions mon petit tadpole.

Gusxx

Bonjour Francine, thank you for your kind words on my poem Porous. I hope all is well for you over the water, : )) Deb xx

Hi Francine,
Many thanks for your coments on "Beyond the Equinox." I hoped it would have a certain duality of resonance about it, which you obviously found. I'm never happy with the way my voice sounds to others, it can be quite uncomfortable listening to oneself so I'm pleased that I sound OK to you!
Regards,
A.E.

Merci Francine, tu est tres gentile...am i confusing languages again?.. i am tired from walking the hills of Hebdonia..deb xx

thanks once again for reading and making comment Francine

steve x

Your poems are so sad and clever and beautiful, do you perform them anwhere?

Hi Francine, thanks for your comment. I like happy endings too. That one small gesture made a world a difference to my day. Even though i only have the pound from the trolley left to my name until next pay day. :-)

Janet.x

Hi Francine - Re 'Lets all make one big poem' well done for keeping the thig back on track (or trying to) who knows! Win x

Hi Francine. Thanks as ever for commenting - you really are one of the most appreciative people on WOL

thanks francine, think we all pay our weekly , monthly or yearly dues for it.x

You know one of the nice things about comments is reading other people's stuff, like your's and I enjoyed their emotional intensity. I'm sure you know Raymond Carver's late fragment "and what did you want?/to call myself beloved, to feel myself/beloved on the earth."

Hi Francine, many thanks for your thoughtful comments on my poem For Whom The Wheel Turns. I would agree with you that the concience has its own way of "pay back" but I would like to think that for those who have no conscience, there is a higher order, a sort of cosmic "equalising" which applies to all things. This was what the poem was about .
Cate xx

Hi francine, thank you for your comment. I'm sorry if I made you cry.

Take care.x

Hi Francine, Re Haiku Drinks

If you really canot resist in your nocturnal habits, either 1) Use the three products mentioned here 2) Look up Paul on poeticpartners.com 3) Both of these.
Cheers, (and not with Bavaria Regular) Winston x

So... you think I'm insane do you?.....

...how maddening..

Gusxx

Thank you for your kind comments Francine, much appreciated. I'm not sure that the IM system was working correctly just now, but then I seem to get hassles with msn too, lol. Catch you another time perhaps :) Best wishes, Dave

Thanks Francine for your comments on "Pitiful Poets"
Bernie

Hello Francine
Thanks for reading and commenting on Deal Gone Down
I suppose this is as personal as it gets, but very cathartic
x Steve M x

Hi Francine
I visited Canton Ohio last year, staying with a local couple. I spent a week in a school (5 to 14) discussing life in the UK and poetry. It was wonderful. All being well, I'll be back for a week in the next 6 months.
Amish life - I have a friend (now) who owns a farm/B&B in Walnut Creek. His anticedents were Amish, so I was fortunate to have a good guide around the Amish region, also being able to meet and chat with quite a few Amish. All of them seemed so content with life. What would I give?
Thanks for the interest. I'm always here
Steve M. :-)))

Thank-you for reading and commenting on 'Important'
Cx

Thanks for your comment on my latest Francine - not a brilliant poem - just a snapshot of my thoughts at a given time.

Hi Francine
Glad you enjoyed 'Touch Love'.
I'm afraid I'm a sentimental old sod. The poem is how I felt when I first met my wife, and perhaps how I would like to feel were I ever fortunate enough to go through the experience again.
Thanks again
Steve

Thanks for your comment on Tanka. Yes, I think few people understand what it is apart from E.Dowd. Cynthia challenged me to write in a more formal style but I am not sure she anticipated anything quite so daft - she hasn't commented. Very hard to write about affairs of the heart with structure.

It's a big car Francine.. front or back... But yer a good girl and yer mum will be pleased yer a front seat babe

xxx

Hello Francine
Thankyou for your comment on Second Chance - you picked up exactly what I intended when I wrote the poem - the vulnerability most people feel when contemplating how far to let someone get close to us.
Regards Yolande

J'aime le vôtre trop Francine.

Si vous me montrez le vôtre je te montrerai le mien !

Amour et baisers.
Gus xx

Hi there,
Thanks for reading and commenting on Shhh - glad you liked it.
:-)
Cx

thanks for comments on my poem .

Thanks for your recent comments.
I value each and every one.

Janet.x

Hi Francine,

thanks for commenting on The Blood Onion. To me the new version is far better too... only made so by the help of others comments.
Winston

Thanks for your comment on my new poem. I like Elusive - reminds me of my rabbits.

Thank you Toi for always being so supportive - now you know what an angry woman from the North of England sounds like...
xx

Thank you so much for all your support and encouragement. I really appreciate you taking the time to read all my works.It really helps.

Francine, I had a terrible time with my first poem from Word Processor to Blog. (I may re-post it because it isn't how I wanted it) What I do now is: copy the poem from my processor page over to the designated space on WOL, hit EDIT, do any spacing/line/word adjustments I see immediately and then I hit UPDATE ENTRY and go to the top for BLOG. I THINK that's what I do. It seems to be working. Good luck. I really love your BIO.

Hi Francine - thanks for commenting about 'Become a little sage' - your mention of Lennon prompted me to look out and post a tribute to John written last year - best wishes, Dave

Hi there,
Thanks for reading and commenting on 'Manchester Rain'. I've taken your suggestions on board and re-worked it a little.
No - I haven't posted much - have been a bit lacking in inspiration!
Thanks again,
Cx

Hi Francine, thank you for sharing my poem, I am pleased you liked it. Nothing is more beautiful than love? I think in your work it is true. Your writing has a wonderful dreamlike quality to the language and structure. I must admit I find it very difficult to write about beautiful things,perhaps because you have to work so much harder to find the right words to do them justice?

Hi Francine,
Thanks for thinking of me. I think of my friends on poetry site at least once a day. Been busy looking at homes. Trying to find one I can afford, is not easy, they say they have all these deals, but its alot of hot air.It was about 105 degrees here today, very normal for texas in july, but it did not make it feel any better to know its normal.No poetry these days, nothing of inspiration going on, plus to busy to let my mind wonder.Trying to keep 3 teenagers safe, tough job, and Im stuck with it.I was up last night at 2 am, beating on doors and yelling, like a nutter, because, the phone was ringing and music was playing, all very normal for them, but I had my fill of it.Ah, well do take care xx clarissa

Thank you Francine
Re Voices ...Hey where's this new poem of yours... bin waiting..with baited breath.

Gus xx

I loved "J'Taime" . Would you like to translate any of my poems?

Hi Francine

Thanks again for positive comments. You are allowed to make negative ones too (honest) - aka 'constructive criticism'.

Dave

Hi Francine, many thanks for your comments on both of my last poems. They were both so different, I really appreciate you taking the time to read and underatand them.
Regards Cate xx

Ooo er Francine - fess up - can we put that poise and power down to Gus or might there be another???

And also for the kind comment on the latest. I'll shut up for a while now, but the site is interesting isn't it. We are all, in one way or another reaching out

Francine
Thank you for your very kind comment on 'Kneeling'.

I've read all your poems now and like them - the later ones a great deal. Something seemed to happen around 1st May. From "If you want me" onwards, the poems seem to have more poise and power. You seem to be more confident with the words you are handling. What happened - or am I mistaken?

Dave

Thanks for that Francine.... I will change it asap.
...Do u fancy a ... goodnight drink... ? ??
...press you to a hot latte...

Thanks again
Gus XX

Hi all,

Thanks very much for taking the time to read my poem – moment and making comment it makes me smile to know that I can mess about with words and achieve : )

A little of Robert Lowell John – high praise indeed : )

Thankyou for your encouragement and kind comments and accepting my opinions which you very graciously accepted as my honesty.
I often refrain from negative comment but it is good to receive feedback and i'm sure you know by now that i never do it to offend.

Thanks for your comment to my first real attempt at reviews too, to be honest i thought it was a bit too long but i didn't want to leave anyone out. :-)

Janet.x

thank you Francine.. : ) deb x

Hi Francine

thanks v much for reading and making comment on - Give me a house

steve x

Thanks for your lovely comment Francine. Yes I do seem to be turning into a ranting performance poet LOL x Rants never transfer to paper as well (unless your nam'e Pete) so I did wonder about the wisdom of posting this one. When I get a bit more time I might try to write something more serious - if I still can...
Isobel x

Hi Francine - thanks again for reading and making comment

steve x

I'm kind of wondering whether I should be worrying about more effective positioning Francine - maybe I need to find myself a mentor also! LOLx I liked your poem any which way - but then I'm not fussy about syllabic structure either...

Salut Francine,
J'ai dû obtenir mon amour de la vie de quelqu'un.

Il y a juste une chance peut-être…

Jaillissez qui est une autre histoire, pour un autre jour.

Aimez-vous des millions
GUS X

Many thanks for reading and commenting Francine.

Thanks for your little comment on my updated profile, it's appreciated.

Janet. :-)

thanks to you all for your comments on this poem folks - i still need to end the last line and am thinking about it - the poem took about 15 mins to write the first draft and as such, you can tell this from the reading

many regards as always for taking the time to read and consider my poem(s) it means a lot thanks

steve x

Hi Francine - glad you like my poem, 'here'

regards

steve x

Thanks for your comment Francine - I thought there was some wit in there too but my family hated it - the raw vulnerability I think plus the sexual imagery perhaps - they are so Victorian.
Bye for now.
xx

Hi Francine

Merci de vos commentaires sur ' ; Gros noir Oven' ;. Vous êtes très très doux ! !

GUS X

Thanks for reading & commenting on 'Close' - glad you enjoyed it.
Cx

Dear Francine!!!
Thanks for reading the poem. xx

Hello Francine, thank you for your kind comments today. I hope all is well with you, deb xx

Hi Francine... I really appreciate you commenting on poems on here but I can't read half of them as my French is bobbins, sorry. I feel this is an English speaking site. What do you think? Win x

hello Francine, thank you for your kind comment on my last blog. I am glad I dusted it off and posted it now. : ) deb x

Thanks so much for your comments Francine, especially on 'Delicate' as I was a little unsure about it haha.
xx

Hi Francine, thanks for taking the time to read my blog outlet. It seems to help, when I write a bit, and then to have others that understand the feelings that we know we all have at some point. your a dear person, and I thank you, for being you! xx

Thanks for your comment Francine - it is such a relief to get positive feedback. Seem to have missed everyone tonight - that will teach me to do the ironing. Bonne Nuit x

You are so naughty... whatya mean I wonder what happens after.... phew...

and thank you also for your comments regards Passion...you;re very kind

Gusx

That you write so personally and powerfully, apparently to a specific lover, leads me to wonder how many you scared off before you found one who could take such an onslaught?
A poem there perhaps? (:o)

Thanks francine, you seem to understand me so well. Most of the time, I just need a pep talk, and your great. I am tired all the time, and I do try and laugh it off, but at times there is nothing funny. xx

thank you for reading and making comment on my work

steve

have a seductive way with most things Francine... just the way I am...

I loved Queen..Freddy Mercury...I shaved off my moustache when he died and have never regrown it... still wear the white kid skin cat suit.. and silver boots, but who doesn't
Once again Thanks for reading.
Gus xx

Yes - but my french isn't as good as yours - I have a dreadful problem with gender!
Isobel x

Le plus cher Francine,
Oui il serait merveilleux si nous pourrions tout choisir la manière que nous mourons.
Pour mourir dans mon sommeil, se reposant au soleil dans le bruit de la mer et des enfants riants.
C'est mon souhait.
Beaucoup de mercis de vos mots aimables.
Gus x

Awww - thanks for your lovely comment. Yes - I think we have definitely bonded. Such a shame you live so far away.
Isobel x

Thanks for your comment - yes indeed love is blind - and in my case, deaf and dumb.... (or more like death and dumb).

Only been going since Feb - returned from overseas in 2006 and had always planned to go but it took me some time to sort my life out.
Whereabouts in France are you from? I was a student in the Dordogne many moons ago.

Cheers Francine, but not the ones I'm on about.

Thanks for commenting on 'what's it all about?' Francine. I performed it last night at the Tudor. What a nightmare - realised half way through that I'd printed a draft copy off and it really threw me! A lesson learnt - always check your material. Do you ever make it to any of these venues? It is so nice to put faces to names - Shoeless and Christine Dawson were there last night - so good to have a chat with them.

Hello Francine,
Thank you for your lovely -- and very much appreciated -- comment. I am very well, just hectically busy. Hope all is fab with you.
Moxy xx

Hi Francine,

Mon baton de pain français préféré.

In answer to your request;

What I’m trying to say, albeit in a clumsy fashion, is that when poetry dwells on recent love match trauma, which is always extraordinary to the recipient but never the reader, the flow of words that make up the poem are often stilted creatively by the subconscious’s need to satisfy the instinct to heal by confessional expose and therefore the therapeutic nature of the:

(Oh no! not a another Love lost broken heart gone forever shagged someone else, came back and beat me up and then told me he was gay and my pet black whale was harpooned by a Japanese whaler dirty rotten bastard poem)

That category of poem, in my opinion, often becomes morose and predictable and as a consequence the reader, no matter how empathetic they may be, finds the poem creatively wearisome and repetitive. I hope this goes someway towards answering your request to clarify my critique.

I.E. Heard it all before, been there done it , bought the tee shirt.

I wrote a poem recently entitled
‘Enough With the Love Songs Already’ if you can’t find it, and in the event you may wish to read it I’ll send you it.

Gus xx

;)

Merci bien Francine !
Voilà ! have I succeeded in imitating Walt Whitman ? Only Walt knows, but he’s dead !
But the writing group of which I’m a member, Bank Street Writers, in Bolton, Lancashire is celebrating his 190th birthday. Bolton has strong connections with Walt Whitman.

Merci for commenting on my wonderful poem, I appreciate it

I think you may be right francine i dont know how the two concepts got intwined with each other lol...x

Hi Francine - thanks for taking time to read 'Sydney Opera House' - it wasn't an obvious one but you picked up on the important part. I might put a comment up to explain it - just in case anyone ever reads it...
Isobel x

Hi Francine Poems from the heart... love poems, unrequited...love lorn and lost somehow lose a certain quality in the creative sense, very often tell me that this is the poet's first venture or key into poetry...but this poem I think is head and shoulders above your recent postings... It's only my opinion.. hey what do I know ?

The other comment regarding ... 'an answer'
I believe was answered by your goodself, You didn't believe I did it all by guess work, or is that not what you said?.....you naughty french fancy.
X Gus X ( Kiss on both sides of cheek)

Francine, I really like To Be Free's clear sincerity.

Freedom...freedom ... freedom. It's so precious but how do we differeniate it from the mere will to please ourselves, which can, of course, lead to evil.

I can't remember the exact line, or the actual song, but Roddy Frame sang "it's been so hard to find the freedom in me". It is hard, for sure, but strive we must. Anyway, nice one Francine.

Thanks for reading and commenting on 'Muse...' - glad you like it.
Cx

Thanks, you're right walks in the countryside and beach are a great inspiration, particularly when they're empty.

Bonsoir Francine,
Merci.
Je n'ai aucune connaissance du sexe opposé, il est tout le travail de conjecture.
Aimez-vous des millions
Gus X

Hi Francine by way of explanation I have posted the reply that I sent to Moxy re the change of tenses ...

The senses and variations are a number of voices and blurring of images the book is just pure EVIL and must not be opened at any cost, hence the Title. He She They over time don't heed the warning and eventually open the book and sneak a peek they, he, she, are, will be, was in awe of these 'voices' which in turn herald their and many others undoing.

It's partly based on a book I once started Titled The Room, which is in turn based on a room within the house I grew up in.
The Kama Sutra would have been given away with Wheetie Bangs in comparison to this book..written by the Devil himself so he tells me..
Once again many thanks
GusX

Hello My Favorite French Chick
Thank you for your wonderful critique.
You make me 'Breathless with desire'...as well you know!!
Gus x

Thanks for reading and commenting frequently :) I value it greatly

Hi francine fanx 4 the comment! What does 'aussie' mean? Lol

Hey Francine, you would be most welcome to come and read / perform your poetry at the Bards of New Brighton. Our next meeting is on Monday, 11 May, at the Magazine pub, Magazine Brown, New Brighton, Wallasey, starting at 8pm. In the meantime, keep writing! SR,

Bonjour and Shukria (thank you) x

Hello Francine

Thanks for your kind words about my poem 'Party to it'.

Odd question - Your profile photo is a Lee Miller photograph, isn't it? It certainly looks like one.

Lee Miller's work really inspires me. She was amazing.

It riases my spirit to find a kindred one!
Thank you for your comments about "Love Book".
I too can relate to "Being Led Astray"

The Lost Poet
x

Re 'poet and his muse' thanks for the comments, not sure how to elaborate, can virility not be a feminine quality?'

Bonjour Francine! Love lives in your poems... and you Romance the profound. There's a stillness at their core which is astounding and delightful. Encore! Encore!

Francine I appreciate your comments on my poems,we appear to share the the same approach to poetry.It always feels good to get approval from a kindred spirit. Thanks x

Hi Francine,
What I was struggling to say was,

How well you are getting to know me... is that for better or worse...I wonder?

Do you know it does not really make alot of sense in English, well it did at the time.

I'll change the picture back ..just for you.
Gusx

Oh oui, ma Francine chérie,
Vous finissez par me connaître meilleur.

Est-ce que ce pour le plus mauvais j'est de la merveille ?

Merci de nouveau de vos commentaires merveilleux.
Gus x

Hello -

I enjoyed beach lover very much. I wish I was on a beach right now - damn you - you've made me yearn!

It made me smile. That's a talent in itself xx

J'essaye toujours mon meilleur

Beaucoup de mercis Francine,
L'extrait est d'un livre que j'écris. De nouveau., merci de vos mots aimables.
Gus : -) x

Hey francine,hope you're well? Thank you for your comment and your kind words on 'this aint a mans world' its true what you said 'women are still undermined' but who are the backbones of familys?
Who pick up the peices when dad dont wanna know any more?
Who explains to the child where his/her dad went?
Who goes out to work all day,comes home,cleans,cooks tea,sits down for a moment of peace,
only to be back on her feet again the next day to do it all again?
THE WOMAN,
thats why i wrote the poem because i see women doing all the work and men taking the credit...
It isnt right....
And thats why i say...
THIS AINT NO MANS WORLD!!...Lol...X

i was thirteen , with a letter from my french penfreind in my hands .... in a queue at school , the headmaster pounced on me and said 'WHAT'S THAT GIRL ?' 'a french letter sir' .... i was dragged by my arm and flung to the back of the queue for impertinence. and i didnt even know what a condom was :)

Salut Francine
Merci tellement du commentaire ' ; Ladies' nordique ; Je suis heureux il t'ai fait le sourire. Merci encore
Gus x
PS A French Letter is a Un condom pour son Do Dah.

thanks for your comments francine

Hi Francine, Thanks for your observations on "Where there's hope" and yes Hope had/has been extinguished. Winston

Merci!!!!
I'm glad you liked Assez :)

sorry, I tried tomakesense of it but please translate latter part of comment :)

I'm sorry about the 'chat' software. Our Tech people are looking for something better but as we're a bit strapped for cash we're limited in what we can get. If you see any 'chat' software you like (apart from Facebook & myspace) let us know
Paul

Hi Francine for your ongoing supportive comments which are much appreciated, I love your warmth and tenderness, it shines through in your work. Sian X

Thanks Francine. 'Sestina Lente' is a play on words, on the Latin proverb Festina Lente meaning 'hasten slowly', or I suppose, 'more haste less speed'.
I found the form of a Sestina difficult since it uses the same line endings repeatedly, but in a different order for each stanza. and the linking of several ideas into one made things even more complicated for me.
I wanted to link the act of writing poetry with the act of getting on with life in general, and the very physical act of making a backpacking trip, which in this instance, was the pilgrimage route from Le Puy in the Auvergne, to Santiago de Compostella in Galicia, which I did in 2001.

Sorry Francine, I did'nt mean to upset you...x
Take care & be happy.

Hello Francine, thank you for your kind comments on Springtide. I love going to the beach too, reminding me we live in an island and surrounded by this breath of the sea. Thanks, Deb xx

Hi Francine, thank you for your comments on 'Free' it was quite liberating as a kick-back to a passionate but destructive relationship x

Thank-you for reading 'Solace', and for your kind comments.
Cx

Bonjour visage flirty,
J'aimerais penser que vous étiez juste comme vilain que moi.
Beaucoup de mercis
Gus X

Thanks for you comments on 'Confetti' - it was a never was/coulda been situation. Such is life!
I like a lot of your poetry - and loved your haikus.
Cx

Thank you Francine for your kind words to my work. The sadness and pain comes from my past, you should read my profile. (ha!)
Seriously 99% of my poetry comes from personal experiance. No wonder I'm single. (ha!)
I like your work also, it is 'direct', which is a good thing, as I can tend to get very 'deep and dark' at times. x

Hello, thank you for the comments on my poetry :) Very appreciated. I love your picture also, and will be taking some time to read your poetry, I really like 'what is love' :)

Hi francine thank you so much for your comment. Life in freestyle jus popped into my head i was walking home from work lol....It is about being a free spirit and living life completely uncensored,thank u again and being real and honest is all i ever aim to be so thanks for agknowlaging that,x

Thank you, Francine, for reading and commenting on my poem Hidden Garden. I sincerely appreciate your encouragement. JT

Where exactly in Paris did you leave your heart? I'll bring it back for you!

Salut Francine
Merci ainsi de la compréhension.
Je suis heureux également de découvrir que vous êtes un flirt.

GUS X

Thanks Francine - and I enjoyed your latest one, too - very touching, literally! PS: Are you a fan of Paris? You can hardly not be. I'm going there again in just over a month. A bientot...

Hi Francine,
thanks for taking time to read and comment on my poem, 'in mandolin winds.'
It really is very much appreciated.
Janet.x

Hi Francine

You know, in a weird way, writing about grim things gets it out and stops the depression, lol. I think I've spent too long being a goth ;)

I totally agree that our work achieves a good balance, but I do envy your abiility to capture the sensitive and subtle aspects of love and beauty.

I would love to be able to write poems that uplft and reaffirm in the way that yours do. for example, 'What is love?' how fresh, honest and ispiring! Your work reminds me of Eluard, who I think is amazing; are you familiar with his work?

You have inspired me to set myself a task. Within 7 days I have to write an uplifiting, positive poem; wish me luck :)

Take care Francine!

Sis x

Thank you Francine for your kind comments on 'Words'. I like 'Change' & 'Beyond'. Keep on expressing yourself. You think deeply and it shows.

Ally x

Hi Francine,
Merci tellement, vous sont très aimables.
Le respect le plus affectueux.

GUS x

eeee, thankyou francine! my french is a bit rubbish these days but does that say there is nothing more beautiful than love??
lovely stuff! sally xx

Thanks for your comment, Francine and thank you for taking the time to reading my work. Unfortunately most if it is sad or depressing, as I write more as a catharsis than as a craft. Happy times do not translate into poetry for me!

I can see from your work that we have obviously felt similar emotions as I can relate to your poetry from the heart. I enjoy reading your work and look forward to reading more.

Take care

Sister x

Francis, you know how the human heart works. I realise that after reading your poems, particularly the Loss of Innocence peom. I've left a comment on that. And thank you for your comments about my Love's Lost Courage poem.

sorry, there was meant to be a full stop after the word comments. : )

Hi Francine, thank you for your kind comments re the strange lines, they look like cursor curses to me. No idea how they got there, I can't actually see them from my end but I'll have another hunt, ta, Deb x

thanks for your comment francine , have we met anywhere ?

shoeless

HI Francine,
Thanks so much for reading my poems.Yes , for me to write a poem, is an outlet, be it from pain from the past, or now.Things I read in the news can get me all fired up, and I will do research, on the topic, and write.Chaos, was in part written in England, and even though, I think England is very pretty, Im not sure ill ever go back, it was difficult, and just to cold.I had cancer a year ago, and that put me in a bad mood.I have a bad habit, I cant keep my mouth shut, I say what I think, almost always.But for most of my life, I did not speak my mind, and that was not good.Poetry, is wonderful. I tend to always think that, what Im reading is a personal truth, for the writter. Very few of my poems are an act, or made up, or whatever it is that some call it on here. I deleted most of my poems from this site, so as to not offend others, and have not felt much like writting.
I have read your poems, and they are all very nice, your poem "when we are alone" is wonderful and shows a deep connection, and feeling of love for a special person. Thanks so much for taking your time to read my poems, and to write to me on here.

Thank-you for reading and commenting on 'A Poem'. Yes, it's true, but, as I think you seem to be finding, writing really helps.
You're producing some interesting work, I enjoy reading yours, je l'aime bien 'Je t'aime'.
Cx

Why thank you Francine...you are very kind.

Fondest
Gus

Hi Francine. you are treading a well worn path here when you talk of expressing yourself and emotions via poetry being liberating. It is only well worn because it is worthwhile so keep posting, we all have lots to say and our words can mean a great deal to others as well as ourselves.
Winston x

I really like the way you deliver your poems, Francine. They all come across a passionate and warm, painting pictures in my mind of love and emotions.

Keep posting
Andy x

Thank you, Francine.
I believe you are correct in your biography about writing as an outlet for emotions. I wonder if society might be a better place if standards of literacy amongst chidren were better, and that, as a result young people were more 'emotionally literate', better able to express themselves without resorting to violence or self-destructive behaviour ?