Re - ZZZZZ. Brrring ! Wake up Mr Darwin and post us more poems. Win x

re:letter to a genius. i love the language and the words. would love more of a clue what it's about. am i a simpleton? louise x

ps. not seen you for ages

thanks for your comment johnny

Thank you John for your kind comment, Particularly glad we share an affection for the word Arse, it's a favourite of mine too. I say it quite a lot! x

Hi John

Hmmm... yes he/she I think its a lot better.

Win

Hi John, More on Decree Absolute. Thanks for your interest. I have removed one letter from my piece. Can anyone spot which one? I think it makes a huge difference. Win

Hi John
Re photo on Decree Absolute. Yes... well spotted I have been working out! Win

'Aikers'; was one of my nicknames at school....although I always preferred 'Knackers'.

: )

Glad you liked my last offering.....yours are always amongst the most percipient of views.

God, that sounded poncy, didn't it!

Respect!

: )

Jx

thanks johnny, your more than welcome to a hit :)

All you have to do is - edit that poem and add the tag WOLOP.nov in the tag bit at the bottom and then press update. Easy innit? x

yea i know wat ya mean my problems are of a more smoked nature but same boat really, jese me freinds back home call me kealo haha coincidence!

Hi John,

It's nice to know that something you've written has moved another person.

Thx for the feedback it is appreciated.

Chris

Dear John, (I get alot of those letters too!) thanks for your kind observation on my last offering. I can see from 'she left her coat behind' that you and I are sometimes pursuing the capture of a similar sentiment. You do it very well.

Many thanks for your encouragement.

Kind regards

Jx

Hi John, Thanks for commenting on Pin-up Vietnam. You have to work to weedle out the content in it. Win

Hi there, Thankyou so much for your comments on my latest blog entry, more detailed comments left on blog page. Winston

Glad you changed your pic John - that last one really wasn't you...

Hi John, thanks for your comments on The Silver Surfer poem. I have been fascinated by this characters tortured soul and immense power for some years. Ireally tried to get a good rhythm in this piece so glad you picked that out. A saxon poem...now that would be different indeed. Winston

Only joshing John. Hope your travel was ok this time.
Nerves are a bummer, as I know only too well, but I like your 'performance' au natural so to speak. It's got a nice roll to it that may be spoilt by amplification.

Hi John

thanks for taking the time to read and make comment

steve x

No need to apologise John. I seem to remember you saying that red shoes frightened you... Other rhyming words spring to my mind - pity, great great pity...

Hi John, i just want to say thanks for your comments on some of my poems. Going to be off-line for a while, things to do, people to see etc.... :-)

Love reading your poetry and hope it will long continue for you.

Janet.x

'Tumescent'. Brilliant!

Still haven't a clue what it's about...but the wordsmithery is admirable.

: )

Jx

Hi John, John here. (I was in the Estate agents recently and out of the five people in the office, four of them were called John. When I told them I had an appointment with John they all groaned). When I was 10, many years ago, John was the most popular name for boys, I don't think it's even in the top 20 now. Funny how names will end up dating you. In 20 years time 'clairvoyant hoaxsters' will be closing their eyes and touching their temples and saying' is anybody here missing a John?' and a whole bunch of blue-rinsers will start waving their arms about. : )

Anyway, that's not why I called....in fact I've completely forgotten why I did pop in...oh yes, couldn't 'copulant', which we both agree isn't really a word (although it does have minor usage in fertility sciences when discussing the fusion of gametes) become 'corpulent'?

I rather like the idea of a corpulent brillianteened quiff.

JMHO
: )

Jx
PS I was born in the North and now live in the south, we may have crossed on the journey.

Hi John
Good to meet you at Hebden, and thanks for taking the time to comment.
I try to at least acknowledge the wrongs that I have been complicit in. I wish I had the guts to do more.
I was 19 when I went to SA, which I think is equivalent to a mental age of about 12 in todays children.

Thanks for the comments! It is a lovely thing to go mad isn't it?....!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7aIdw-drtM

için ne zaman kalp .. seyahat..
debz : )

Hi John!
Actually, French was my first language with my mother until I started school...
I teach French and I am working on a Master's Degree in French/International Relations - graduate in May : )

I have always loved language/communication - also studied Italian and Spanish.

It is wonderful to speak/read/write more than one language - would love to see you post something in Turkish... with translation of course.
: )

Hi john, thanks for your comments on 'Pearl Stitch', It is open to interpretation and it's been nice to see the different takes on it from murder, to an illicit love affair to the hiding of the knitting for fear of looking silly, haha.

The main thread, is a chilling thought, HE is death ( or representative of the death of something )suddenly, and the knitting is life, created and full of intricacies like that of the patterns, which is left unfinished or discarded.

Hope you still like it.
Nicky.

Hi John
Bugger. I'm always premature.

Have you ejaculated on a piano too?

Hi- It's a little belated but thanks so much for your comments on 'that cough' it's great to see how differently it's been interpreted and the impact it has.
Thanks
Cat x

Hi John,
Thanks for reading, and commenting on, 'Important', glad you liked it. Sorry it has taken me a while to reply to you - to paraphrase Lennon - my life has been happening whilst I was making other plans!
Hope you're well,
Cx

Thanks John, I will go and have a look, thinking about it I remember reading a piece called?? "a radio with guts" which was impressive.
Bernie

Hi John and thanks mate, I have heard of the guy and read a piece in the Independent recently but have never read his writing, may google him later.
Thanks Mate.
Bernie

Hi John, I didn't have a problem with the 2nd stanza. I just felt it was a different piece. I tend to write quickly also and the only problem I encounter is when I put a piece on public view,
sometimes my inspiration doesn't translate. It is funny that often the pieces I consider to be half decent don't receive any attention and the ones I think are just passable do. Still rate you as a writer.

Hi John,
thanks for your explanation of 'Hog.'
My ignorance of poets and where they come from is apparent. I do however enjoy reading the greats such as Dylan Thomas and many others.

I really found your comment interesting as to how you write and can relate to what you say. I too enjoy picking up the pen intuitively and sometimes almost with some urgency of the need to write something down. I also agree that it will be flawed because the ego comes in to play regardless of the natural flow.
Do you find that it is often when you attempt set out to write poetry deliberately that it appears weaker? Lacking in true inspiration from within?

Thanks again,
Janet.x

Hello John, with regard to your explanation of Hog, can I just say that when I comment on a piece of work, I never expect/recommend that the writer change it afterwards. I certainly wouldn't. However I appreciated the explanation and find that I agree with your comments about origin. I often feel that I have a sense of place with places more exotic than that of my own place of birth, but we get what we get don't we, a bit like families, you can't change them. thanks again.

Hello john
thanks for your lovely comment on my poem 'permiss my cry'
it's one of those that probably says too much about me!
:)

Hi John

thanks for your time and considered comment on the poem 'silence'

steve

Hi, Owl Feather secrets revealed! Have a look at the blog. Win

Hi John thanks for your comments mate.
Bernie

ps. The tenet ends 'for tomorrow we may die' - easy to make assumptions - there are thousands of famous quotes I've never heard of.

Far from it! LOL - Glad you liked my poem - it was Alfie you liked best last time - will get you loving them all one day - it's often all in the delivery. xx

Morning John
Just to let you know that I went to Huddersfield, as suggested. All being well, the bruises should be gone in a day or two.
I quite enjoyed it, but I don't know whether I am now more aware of my own inadequacies as a writer.
Thanks for the push though
Steve

Hi John, you smoothy
I'll spend the rest of the pm girding my loins.
'Work is shit' - So, you enjoy it as much as I did. I seceded from the union.
Steve

Hi John, thank you for your kind comments on my writing. I like your work too, it's deeply reflective and shows why work is shit for you, 'cos you should be doing this instead.But i guess it's sometimes the tension and shit that stirs the mud in the glass..i hope you find work that isn't so shitty soon. deb x

Hi John,
thanks for your comments.
Yes i do have my reflective moments. I quite enjoy the creativity it brings out.
Must be the beautiful full moon we just had. It had a definite affect on my emotions.

Janet.x

HI John - many thanks for your kind comments on 'Excess memories' - much appreciated

Best wishes

Hi John - cheers for commenting on Tramp Stamp. I haven't read it before but am going to at the next Freed Up - it fits the theme I think!

I LOVE work is shit - made me laugh out loud and especially 'listening to fat anne' - god it's boring to hear people drone about calories while stuffing their faces!

Ax

thanks for comment and thought you did a brill delivery on saturday. . work is shit in't it!!!

Hi John
This is my fav bit too -
Red, through.
Wet, through. Wringing
out the truth beneath
the veins and scar tissue.

Hi John - I have made some changes to ‘Blood Onion’, which you were so kind to leave a comment on recently. Could you please go to the blog entry and see if you think these changes are for the better or make sense to you.

Glad you like it, and the ending, yes it does have a similar feel to “She left her coat behind” which is no bad thing as you know I love that one of yours

Win x

I defy anyone to like the woman who left me with a very bad back after half an hour of her 'exercise' dvd. It was actually a torture DVD and as such - I decided to go all 'poetic' on her in a sort of evil vengeful way. I think I made my point clear.
She is pure evil, John YOU HAVE BEEN TRICKED.

'Bobby' struck a chord or two with me John - partly due to my own follicularly challenged experiences - a good read, perhaps more so at the mike :)

Best wishes

Thanx for the comment John.Definetely see you on Sat.

Hi John
thanks for your lovely message and kind words on thursday.
I thought your performance was great both at Freed up and the ape and apple. I particularly like 'she left her coat behind' it's always the little things that remind you of someone's presence/absence.
Cat :)

Hi John, Thanks for commenting on "When Harry met Maisy" and "English Bond". Thought you might like the latter, you hit the nail on the head, lives are lost in the old mans pub, some want to be lost. Win

John you brilliant thing, thankyou so much. Hope to catch another performance of yours soon! x

Good to meet you last night. Like your poetry very much, particularly Reykjavic.
Cx

Hi John, thanx for comment, great to hear Strummer is your hero, shame he was taken from us at 50.

As for the Alarm, I accept they will never be in the echelons with The Clash but I do like them, ever since I saw them supporting U2 at Salford Uni, the reminded me of the Clash the way they looked and I went to see them at the gallery the night after!

Theres lots of good stuff in their repertoire other than 68 guns and Spirit of 76 - New South Wales is sheer poetry! I admire Mike Peters for what he does, tireless (after 2 bouts of cancer) and every gig is like his first or last.

Well thats my case anyway, ha, cheers mate see you tomorrow at the Slam, Jeff

Hi John,
Yes! Work is shit! Have I heard you read this at the Tudor? So funny! I think you left a comment on one particular Tudor evening a while ago when I had also done a "Work" poem!
Seems we share a common thread! Haha!

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 : )

John, I am really pleased we have found a mutual appreciation in each others work. Keep posting. see you soon. Winston

Thanks for your comments John. Much appreciated. Really enjoyed 'Work Is Shit'. Reminds me of most jobs I have had.

Hi John. Enjoyed your stuff as always at the Octagon the other night. Gloriously miserable poetry!
Win

Got a good laugh from 'work is shit'

Love 'the day i was a guest on the book show'
These lines are quite witty ; )

'so post psychological evaluation
what do you do for relaxation
darling of the nation?
slip your hand in mine
and with sublime coordination
indulge me in some mutual understanding'

Hi John,
thanks for your comment on 'Anemone.'
Perhaps the reason you liked it is because it's unassuming with a delicate approach towards the changing landscape. A kind of gentle acceptance of growing up. It's based on a park i played in as a child where i still walk through. It always evokes a lovely memory even though some of the changes weren't welcome, at least it is still there for me and future generations too. :-) nostalgia. You just can't beat it.

Janet.x

Yo John, great stuff at the Octagon, great stuff last night, thanks for your comments, keep up the good work, good to have chat, maybe see you at a gig soon cheers Jeff

Brilliant set at the octagon the other night! Me and my friend loved you! Of course Work is shit was a particular fave x

i thoroughly enjoyed your work tonight- and look forward to hearing more :)

"Work is Shit" is a great poem. Says it all.

My sentiments exactly, only i don't have a cock.
love Janet.x