Congratulations on your recognition in the Welsh Poetry Competition!

hi Steve, for no real reason other than ambling through the lanes of the internet I hav had a relaxing time looking at your costal views paintings .Night view 1 being my favourite. I think I will retire within the sound of the sea... both tonight and in old age. toodle pip. Win

Hi! Thanks for commenting on Mapping. I know what you mean about some of the phrases but I was trying to make what is a cliche when applied to the landscape something new when applied to a human body. That was the idea anyway. But I may think of an alternative.

I love your sermons... in a patriarchally received way :)

Thanks for your comments on my HD poem. I agree with what you say. As so often, I rushed to put the poem on. Have turned breath into breathe, which is what it was meant to be. I think my problem is that my poems jump into my head then right onto the page without me thinking much about them! Nice to get such a lot of caring feedback! xx

Steve, thank you for the comments on my poem 'the daylight comes with me' - appreciate you taking the time to consider it closely. I see your point and I did think about the repitition of 'charm' at the time but, as is my tendency, I thought 'fuck it' and left it as it was!! Lazyitis.

thanks again
John

:-)

thanks very much for your considered response to my comment. It's really very informative. :-)

Janet.x

Hi Steve,
Thanks for your suggestions on re-writing my recent blog - I read it through, briefly, and liked some of your ideas, but when I looked again for it - it had disappeared. If you have a copy, I'd appreciate it, if that's possible?
Talk soon,
Cx

Night rain over rochdale is really great - I love little poems like this. x

Thank you so much for your input Steve...
Yeah, I chose 'In the darkness of night' for the dual meaning...
When I wrote this, my inspiration came from a past dream and a current situation...
Will look at it again... I appreciate your time.

Francine x

Hey up Steve,
Thank for all of your encouraging critique and edit advice, I think thatsa great improvement.

Great to hear from u.
Many Thanks
Gus

Hey Steve I read Circle last night, loved the rhythm of it, it really rattles along towards the end, Images coming thick and fast... liked it lots... shoeless said tho that I would have to quick to comment on it as you take stuff off pretty quick too... as I said last night tho... I am Sloooooooow lol

...howdo steve..many thanks for the comments on 'my father'..it was written in couplets, all ending on different words to those seen here. I'd copied it from 'word' and every time I tried to paste it into the 'blog' area the lines came out 'double spaced', in the end I moved all the lines about until they were more compact, pressed all the buttons and it suddenly 'pasted' in as you see it..so I left it alone !!..nevertheless it was very astute of you to realise it doesn't look right....I will take in your ideas, not having aired my poems much until now...thanks...chris.

Steve many many thanks for taking the time to read my poetry, your suggestions demonstrate a great deal of experience which I am lacking and I will be editing along the the lines of your suggestions very soon
Thank you so much.
Augusta x

Hi steve, thanks for your comments on The Feminine Beauty. The way you have restructured the poem is something i have been trying to achieve. Thats exactly the way i like to structure the poems i often write, but, have had no training and forming the structure thus is something that i can now try to employ. Thank you for your help. Be well blue.

MIke
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Hi Steve. thanks for reading and commenting on Oil and Cheese / Chalk and Water. Win

Hi Steve, thank you for your kind comments and reflections on my poem Oyster. If I can get to the next meeting at Hebden, I might try your suggestion, maybe it will help elimate the grain of sand. thanks again, hope all's well with you, Deb x

Hi steve...Yes i wish to perform! More than anything! Do you have some info for me please? And would you mind if i tagged along with you some time?....Yosh(shane)

Hi Steve,
Thanks for looking in on "The Gift." Seamus Heaney eh? Now I know you're winding me up!
Enjoyed your "Soliloquy". It has a surreal, semi-comatose, opiate induced feel of drifting off - which I hope is what you intended. I liked the repeat at the end; adds both emphasis and rhythm.
Regards,
A.E.

you know i like your work , sometimes i find it too hard to comment directly though .

Just enjoyed "Matese", Steve.

i think your right a poem is never finished thanks for the comment the other day it really helped me, the new version is now posted if your interested, im liking your poetry, its great work and i enjoyed them thoughroughly, chris.

Hi Steve
great stuff last night. Interesting as ever that when performed the poems mean more / different things. For example for the first time your poem, Hearthside and its repetitive ending made sense. Speak to me AS the oak tree hollows. I see now (lazy reader I guess) Winston

Thanks Steve

Sheepish wry smile back to you too!
:~}
Regards
Gus

heeeeeey, thanks so much for taking the time to feedback me. much much much appreciated, especially from someone who's words i like! i like lou reed, both the man and the poym! sally xx

Hi Steve
Thank you... it's taken from a book I'm attempting to write.

A little different from Thursday evening at Freed Up
AnywayThanks again
Gus

Hi Steve,
Thanks for your comment.
I like your poem 'The old lie,' very timely.
Interesting question. I like to think I would have spoken out for Rosa, but suspect I may have sat quietly. You have to be there to know.
I believe things have changed for the better and bigotry is not tolerated in the same way now. I suspect if it weren't for people like Rosa then Obama would not be where he is today. I have my fingers crossed for him for Tuesday.

Hi Steve

Thanks for the thought prevoking comments

Cheers
Gus

HI, Steve

Thank you for the lovely comment!

Appreciated, Zuzanna

Hi Steve, thanks for your comments - I do love your art work and if you don't mind I will keep in touch with you by email?

Magi

Hey Steve, thanks for the encouraging comment, it's funny because I like to think that I don't care what people think, but it is cool to get positive feedback :)
I am very much enjoying reading the works you are posting, your words and images enrich this site... cheers

Steve, your art work is stunning - thank you for sharing it with us.
xxx

Hey steve

Welcome to the site. Fantastic poems. I love the way they suggest a deeper, more complex meaning to what is written...intriguing.

Thanks for the thoughtful comment you put on my blog.

Have fun in the land of poetry and prose.

Mel
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nothing to say is also a great poem
I love the imagey please put some more up!

I really like the way you have used the words in this poem, they give the poem a beautiful ryhthm i feel.

One of my favourite lines is 'Once her glad eyes traced masses, now a tooth retraces dynastic clashes'.

I just imagine this great woman of her time, like Joan Arc, an iconic female figure.

I think it a wonderful, powerful poem, and well thought out.

Well done

Hi Steve, nice poem. welcome

Hello Steve

Welcome to 'W.O.L.'World of passion in poetry.
From your Biography shows that you are creative and artistic Soul. It is good to have you here.

The poem of yours it is very well written,
mysterious and thought provoking.

Thank you for sharing your love for writing.

Zuzanna