Thank you so much steph for your feedback...the thing is with me i have very little knowledge regarding poetry i have never studied it and i only own one book titled < national year of reading 2008..a poem for every day of the year> but it is something i enjoy doing and it all comes fresh from my head so no influence from anywhere just my own original stuff. i do not understand the pros and cons of poetry language so i suppose i am doing ok so far ? i am going to put a blog on now it is one i wrote away back in the eighties around the band aid time.. appreciate feedback on it thanks...lv berniexx

hi steph ive just read larisas..the sea..and really enjoyed it as i love the sea myself and it was so discriptive and well thought out...when you say about mine..lifes puzzle...we can only get better does that mean it is not good. dont realy know where the thought came from when i do my poems they come into my head and then are done very quickly it all seems to just flow through my mind. when i wrote cheeky monkey i did it whilst my friend was in the shower ! no more paint brushes for me for a while so no fear of me bringing one onto he sight ha ha! would appreciate another comment from you regards my poem so i understand what you mean..thanks lv herbedaceous !xx

Thanks Stefan - but I think you are either being altogether too kind or more likely just taking the P*ss ! - either way, don't tell me or it'll just spoil the illusion !

hi steph thats me back again. iv'e been sooooooo... busy lately. have been doing some house painting and decided i'd better crawl out of the woodwork and put pen to paper .my latest blog entry was done at 5.30 AM when i was sitting in the kitchen with a brew wondering why the hell I couldn't get to sleep..not sure where it came from well I guess out of my head of course ..amazing what you can write in the early hours ha ha ..probably doesn't make sense ..will appreciate your comment with you being such a superb writer..xx bernadette

I know what you say is true, but life ain't like that sometimes. Thank you so very much for saying it though. xxxx

Hi, Stefan! Thank you very much for reading my poem "The Sea" and for your kind comment. I value it. With warmest wishes, Larisa

what a wonderfully strangled comment from the ever colourful zany vaults of B.TuMbEr! there,s always his Sun...fank evvens! gercha!

Posted your poem dreamboat - hope you like it! The audio is quite nice - no shouting! Well, actually I do shout something! But only very quietly! Anyway, I don't think I can possibly top Byrne Tumber's offer! WHat a lucky boy you are this morning! ;-) xxxxxx

de rigueur from another planet
welcome to our whole
just strap on a strap on
and we'll play some Rachmaninov

p.s I have now to check on the stage on which TS died...;-)

thanks Stefan, watched some you tube vids today with TS on it! but they could have been my thoughs in the Lake District...the Snake Pass...North Wales...the...

Hi and thanks for stuff about two of your fave poems. The Seigfried Sassoon one was so moving, and always so true, death just pops up and takes who he feels like taking. But the other one, The Hill was my fave. So beautiful - I wish I could write something like that. Heavenly. I've started buying llots of second hand poetry books online and I've ordered a Rupert Brooke book. And . . on a more cheerful note - I've just got a three CD set of eighties disco hits!!! That'll keep me going for It's Sunday so . . for years to come I should think! And I just wrote a sweet poem 4 you too. (Don't get too excited - it ain't a rude one!) So you are obviously in my good books - for how long - you decide as they say! Love youxxxxxx

Mmmm, another Sunday with no dancin'! But you turn yer bleedin' nose up at my taste in music! Shall I meet you on Bredon Hill and we'll do a gavotte or something? A little gentle waltzing? Anyway, sleep tighteepoo! your own Simone xx

Watched Room at the Top on youtube last night (in 12 nine minute bits!) Great film, though lawrence H's accent was pants. As for Simone, she was indeed lovely and very touching (just like wot I am!!! (Or do I mean very touchy!)) Poor her! But in the end, maybe it was more - poor him! Anyhow, thanks for inspiring me to see it. I'd better read the book now! I liked "This Sporting Life", similar thing only with rugby, I seem to remember! have a lovely day. How is your painting progressing? I did a three day life drawing class last week. Really enjoyed it. I'll leave you in peace for a few days now. ;-) xxxxxxxx

One begs one's pardon, Mr. Wilde, but one wonders who are you calling a commoner? Could you possibly be referring to moi?! Spiffing jolly hockey sticks, and one thought twas the other way around!! ;-))

Hi Stef, I am well thanks now that WOL is back, I was getting withdrawal symptoms there! Hope you are well too xx

Hi Stefan, thank ye kindly form comments on 'Banjo on the wall' mate. I may add some audio files soon, a bit of a tickly cough is delaying that, lol. cya :)

G'day honeybun! I thought nob had a k in it! (re your last comment to me.) Silly sausage! (Or are you a silly assuage?) Off to dunk meself in the bath now! Danke xxxxxxxxxx

Hi Stef - thanks for comments on my german boy. But as I don't understand german you may have said "What a load of crap". Never mind eh! And I'm not quite old enough for him to have been a member of Hitler Youth! Ta anyway! P.S. Are you growing a beard? Or a moustache?xxxx

Just read your answer on Reverie, Stef. Now I am called Ann again...
Or perhaps I should take it as a compliment!! hee hee xx

Hi Stef, thanks for all comments and for the links, had a little listen to Sunday Miscelleny, sounds really good and will dip in again when have more time,also Luna the Orca whale sounds good, will try that. Loved the Ken Dodd tongue twister, didn't seem quite so funny until I tried to say it out loud! Oh, and by the way, what's all this about a fancy woman??!!! Lol, Love Lynn xxx

Hi, Stefan! I've written a new poem "The language of flowers" which was inspired by your poem. You haven't sent any comment and I am sitting here now and crying.

Umbrella? Are you kidding? I think the thunderously shouting stormwind would have blown it inside out!!
By the way, I think you deserve a pat on the back too for all your kindly doggy walking and institution visiting. Benji (snuggled up beside me) says thanks for the kisses. xxx

Hey! Don't pop those cloggs yet Steffie - we've got to dance round the kitchen to Limp Biscuit yet! And SHALAMAR!!! But I spect you think THAT would be a fate worse than . . . xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

dig the coolness
of alan vega
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBcI5oGjffU

Hi Stef, thank you for all kind comments. Yes, it was very hard losing Max, sorry to hear about Pepe, how long ago did you have him? Yes, you are right, Max was a border collie, that's my fave pic of him. Regarding Charlie, we only had him 4 days so not sure I deserve a pat on the back for that! Got him last Saturday and swapped him for Benji on Tuesday. Certainly hope someone can sort him out. Do you have any pets now Stef? Thanks again for everything, love, Lynn xxx

Gosh (in true girly grammar school stylee) that'll keep me busy!! xxxxx

Thank you sweetheart for kind comments. Liked your recent poems but they are very sad :-( xx

Thanks for offer of help, Stef, regarding piccie but I hope to manage once I get the photo uploaded from camera! We are all fine thanks, hope you and yours are too. xx

Evening, Stefan, without trunks hey, lol, note to self, behave woman, who's reading this!! Doggeridoo lol, should have called Benji Bruce perhaps? Taking a while to sort a piccie out, will get there soon...Love, Lynn xxx

LOL - if as you assert I am the popular one Stefan, how is it in your scenario that the naked lady is with you and not me - sob :)

What was that about microphones Stefan - can you not here me at the back? ;)

Hehe, cheers mate - I think my tonsils are still nestling back there Stefan, but try to avoid rattling them too much ;) Perchance my vocal cords are the fittest muscles I have these days, lol.

Thanks Stefan for your kind observations upon 'Poetic Imagery' - it is one I dug out to record the audio on with a view to using it soon :) Best wishes, Dave

Hi, Stefan! It looks as you were the only one who wanted to listen to my singing Russian romances in English. So, I would like to hear your comment. With warmest wishes, Larisa

Doggerdoo, ha ha, now there's a thought! Do you know what it is yet?? His name was Angelo but somehow can't imagine calling that out across the park, so he's now Benji. (Didn't think of Rolf!!) Lol. Yes, will have to post picture. Love, Lynn xx

Hi Stef, I just read your comment to Geraldine, and had a good giggle. My other half can normally guess when I am reading a comment from you!! (Don't know why, lol.) Yes, we have our fourth rescue dog now (not all at once of course!) We usually have big breeds but now got a little tiddler, think he is an Australian terrier, colouring and face-shape a bit like Ann's picture of the fox. Love, Lynn xx

Hi Stephie boy hope you had a lovely break away . My friend says hi to you she is just making some stovies a scottish version of tata hash ..yum yum. We enjoyed your scottish / sassenach banter you funny wee man ha ha ! lol..when get chance will read your postings and give comments .. boy you work so fast with your poetry I can't keep up with you ! x x

stefan thanks for your kind and funny comment's , we all have to laugh at life of we go bonkers

Hi Stef I'm back but only briefly.. my friend from scotland is down for a visit till end of the week so busy busy time .. I have just wrote something a few minutes ago and am posting it after this message..don't miss me too much my little my little stephiepie love from Herbedacious xx

Hello Stefan, thank you for your help.
Jayne.

hey jarreman-that groove yoove laid on me-gonna make with the shell-likes after sun-up porridge time-if it aint ring-a-ding-you better hit route 66-so buzz awhile-coppin the zee,s.....dreamin-frisco style....white rabbits an all that shit...........

hey boss here's crazy beat poetry site - these tracks taken from a rare US vinyl record - daddio

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/09/vintage_beatnik.html

Hi Stef, sorry I've been so quiet, you are quite right, I see I didn't answer your lovely message of last night properly either!! I could just imagine you pointing at Tony Hadley and singing a-ha-ha, lol, wonder if he's had that happen before!! Glad you enjoyed your weekend anyway, this site is never the same without you! Very busy this end the last few days with rescuing a new dog, I feel some poems coming soon... Lotsa Love, Lynn xx

Aw Stef, what a lovely welcome home!Thanks (sincerely)
xxx

It did - it gave me a great laugh!! You always make me laugh!! I must remember to shout out the last line of every poem audio from now on! Tee hee! Honestly!! Love you lots (as you know - really - don't you!) Have a good run - imagine I'm chasing you in that awful lime green neglogee! I mean neglIGEE! Mrs Typo - c'est moi! Back to the dusting! xx

Hi Steffie - hope you had a LOVELY WEEKEND (oops! pressed the wrong THING!) Damn these new fangled computers! (Or these doddery old fingers!! ;-)) Thanks for kind comments on my last two (poems, not fingers!) The childhood one is based on snapshots of a family's life, things you just get to hear about and observe. Living in a village you often get to know about poeple you've never even spoken to. You don't have to be a gossip (I'm not, I don't think) but things filter through. I hope she'll be OK. Also, the fox - yes, she was lovely! I'm not going to be around much for a few days as my daughter is coming to stay (hooray!) Gemma says purr purr and thank you for all the kisses - and so do I. xx P.S. A lovely song 4 U. But it is sad. Now I'm crying too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmjmp0XEUxA

Hi, Stefan! Thank you very much for your comment on my "Life experience" But...you know what? I am going to sing my Russian romances I've translated into English. Just wait.

Hi Stefan, trust you had a nice weekend away, good to have you back.
You asked about Billie Davis, yes, I remember Tell Him but not much else about her. I think the gay tennis player is Billie Jean King, though that seems to be more in answer to Ann! Yes, I do like Angel of the Morning, how did you guess, lol. Been so long now you've probably forgotten asking!! ha ha.
Thank you for commenting on "Friendship", on Thursday I had one of those days where everything I said came out wrong!! Warmest wishes as always, Lynn xxx

Hmmm Billy Davis - I thought she was a gay tennis player - or was that Steve Davis ;-) But I remember that song sung by someone else in a kind of melodramatic way. (I don't mean I remember it in a melodramatic way! God! Shut up Ann!)Back to youtube later on then! Have a beautiful day xx

All I can advise you is - Never do a Tango with an Eskimo!! (Stef's revenge - poor old Foxglove has to youtube Helen Shapiro!! "Tell Him" I like - not sure about Twenty Tiny Fingers! I'm sure they'd tickle!! xx

Alma Cogan? How did we get from falling off a mountain to Alma Cogan? She was me dad's fave! AND Helen Shapiro!! xx

Ta for kind comments on Loves Parachute. Sorry you picked up on the most negative line - maybe I should have put "love is a leap of faith"? My geography is crap (as you know). But keep safe from dangerous men with guns - a lady worries you know. And oop north is all the same to me! Much like St Ives is to you! xx

Go back to sleep for goodness sake! Or I'll come round and beat you over the head with me lemon yellow mules (and you don't often get donkeys in yellow!!) TTFN - Dreamboat ;-)

I like this one very much ...DIRT POOR... it is so thought provoking and cleverly written ..xx

Hi Steph. I have read the comments on my last two blog entries and have posted reply on my own page. I think somehow that I have done it wrong . If I receive comments on my blog entries do I then reply by going onto the poets own page. will be grateful of your help on this one ...thanks x x

me Mr typo king?....marilyn...not mailyn! yours sizzingly-SLEFTAN-lol!

Whose "Mailyn Manson" then! Mr Typo King! And re rangy - you didn't get it did you?? (or should I say gig you!) Your starter for ten. Ten groats that is! xx You silly sausage!

Hmmm . . . I thought you'd start cross questioning me on the subject of typos and . .er . .rangy? ;-) xx
PS I meant randy! You silly sausage!xxxxxxxx

Are you feeling rangy this morning? Have a lovely day anyhow! Mr GazingIntoTheMiddleDistance! xx

What grade of sand paper do you prefer? Ok,Ok, I meant nice shiny sparkly armour! And a lovely plume on your helmet! xx

Longman Dictionary of the English Language - "rangy /raynji/adj of an animal - long limbed and long bodied" yours truly ex-grammar school girlie x Foxglove Wanderers 22 - Wilderness Rangers 0

yes - the pumpkin was pulled 200yards up the road from where I left it and so as placed 'pon the infernal double custards has been towed away... mice are so f'kin stupid , no matter how much I tried to tell 'em that the kerbs were not skirting boards... they still lost their teeth and I lost the pumpkin... I only TDA'd it from outside cindrella's ball so I could go ram raid a chemist ... now of course both her and that cow of a fairy godmother are blaming me for f'king up the prince charming routine with slipper of the yard

hope this will be cheap enough... i have now franchised reply and my well Hang Seng poetry to the Mandy Warhol Beijing poetry factory for mass produced fondlings in all UK pound shoppes

Mr. Dapper - now there's a profile pic... and a 100 comments from the ladies t'boot. I just I don't know where I'm going wrong, must be the blue...

Comment = good. I liked the sword but I was beginning to wonder if that was a sword in your scabbard or were you just pleased to see me!! Tehe! ;-) No, I can see from your expresssion you are pondering on your next ode! (And if you are hungry - it might be an ode-oureater!) xxxx

Hey - Mr Handsome - what happened to YOU? xx

i dont know stef...i look like medusa in the morning.

I see I'm back in my one man tent then! ;-) xsniffx

Ta Stef (Falling in Love by Surprise) for your kind comments! x

A three man tent? ;-)

Thank you for the comments stefan!
marianne

Good evening Stefan,

I'm still here,
No need to worry,
I'm going nowhere
In a hurry.
Only to work
And back again,
Ain't life sometimes
Just a pain!!

Catch you tomorrow, Sweet Dreams xxx

Well, maybe I wanted her left foot as well! Why aren't you watching Stevie Wonder at Glasto? I know - shall we go next year? I have a two man tent - all I'll need now is . . . another man! sleep tighteepoo! xxxxxxxxxxxx

Brian Auger Trinity? Wow, I wanted Julie's eyebrows!!!

Grrrrrrrr. . . Mr Snagglepus! Julie Driscoll and . .er . . dunno mate! F x

But as I know you're colour blind, you'll never get it!! xx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji2ma2mfyhU
"You haven't Done Nothin" - baby! xx

All I have to say is . . . "shoodoowup, hey hey hey, shoodoowup, oh oh oh!" xxxx

Hi Stefan, thank you for your kind comments on "Vacancy". I did indeed enjoy Tosh (take two)Thanks. Perhaps I should reverse the coin and write one about customers! Cheers xxx

I must be going blind - only just seen your good wishes of yesterday morning, well timed of you actually as it was my birthday! Um...no, I don't THINK I was drunk!! Cheers xx

Hi Stef - thanks for your kind comments on Slumber - hope you have your jimjams on! Sleep well, love and peace and all that stuff to you. xx

Too late, Stefan, but I only changed 3 lines. I like your suggestions, made me chuckle, did you not get the double meaning of They Ride Together though?
Your painting looks really good - could do with seeing if full size though... xx

Oh bum, this is what I get for loosely basing these poems on my unpublished novel!!! The background is that he never really makes any serious money until after they marry when his talent is at last fully recognised. Her father doesn't approve of the match and writes her off completely. So what I didn't make clear enough is that they are both insisting on paying! In the poems though,this couple have only met a handful of times for between 20 seconds and 3 minutes, yet I have them snogging on meeting and shagging by sunset, yet this is too tame??!! I was tempted to ask what is wrong with "smiling", couldn't you imagine the rest? But now I concede it's too tame, Mr. hard task master,so going to do a bit of a re-write.
Thanks for all comments, as always.xxx

Waiting for the popcorn AND the heart and other nameless piece to be checked??!! Get a grip, Mr. Wilde, our couple can't wait much longer!!! Luv Lynn xx

Teeth . . . mmm . . . do you have any? xxxxxx

Hi Stefan, thanks for amusing comments on "Just like an Angel", I've almost finished the next, but should I wait till you have bought the popcorn?!! Lol,Love Lynn xx

a groat, a sixpence or ten pee
it really don't matter to me
I love yer to bits
it's seventy pence
and the kisses and love bites are . . . free!
but the pinch of salt is extra! x

About half a groat should do it! But it will have to be a genuine groat! I accept no substitutes! x

Spots indeed! They are freckles! I am a very freckly person. You could even say that I was freckless! Or do I mean freckmore? Too much SUN! x

Hi Stefan, thanks for the welcome back. It's been so long, I'm thinking maybe everyone's forgotten the angel on horseback, and might not make sense of the follow-ups!!

Hmmmm, good job I take everything you say with a gynormous pinch of salt! (Pass the Saxa!) xx

No, I didn't have time to count the lines - took me long enough to read the blinkin' poem! ;-) Just off out now!!

Thanks for kind wishes regarding holiday, Stefan. Would be difficult to come up with something too strong for me! Lol. Catch you soonish xxx

Good evening, Stefan, see you are blogging well tonight and making up for yesterday's traffic jam! Oh, don't you just love grandchildren, we have 6, all gorgeous. I'd like to take up painting too, how is yours going? Enjoy rest of weekend, I am off to Corfu tomorrow for a fortnight, but hopefully may be logging in now and again while away . Love Lynn xx

Hi, Stefan! I was waiting for your reply on my jokes. And now I am happy you have excepted them. Thank you very much for your comment. With love, Larisa

Good evening, Stefan. What, no blogs today?! Lol. Once more most grateful for kind comments, think I will be trying many more non rhyming from now on, though perhaps not in the Angel story. Thanks again. L x

Hi Stefan, thanks for your very kind comments on "Arillas". Take care of the cowboy outfit - you will be needing it soon, the horse can't be stabled much longer!! Warm regards Lynn xx

Hey S!
Mary Bell is a real person, my eye caught something on the net somewhere yesterday and hey presto... She served 12 years but when she came out she was given a new name etc and hidden and went on to have a child of her own.The two boys she killed were no more than babies really. I have a sort of sick fascination with killers i suppose! Neilson being very intriguing lol xx

Wild like the flower -

(imagining your smile is as golden as sunshine...)

Thanks for views on 'except ourselves' Stef,

Michelle

Good evening, Stefan, thanks for kind comments once more. Yes, there are certainly a lot of good poems on this site, I'm just loving it! Your "Sixties to Sixties girl" is just lovely. Warm regards, Lynn x

Hi again Stefan, thanks for your kind comments. Particularly love A Building of Togetherness. Warm regards Lynn x

Hi Stefan, Good to see you back, hope you enjoyed your break, and are well. I am fine thanks :) x

Hi and thank you and you're welcome and oh no not beer, maybe liquor and ... hmmm anyway... xx

Thanks for kind comments. And welcome back.

Thank you Stefan for compliments on "I thought of you". I really enjoyed
"Immortal Intensity" too. Hope you enjoy your tour of the east coast! Best wishes, Lynn

Good evening Mr.Wilde, lol, yes enjoying the lovely weather thanks,hope you are too. Warm regards, Lynn

Hi Stefan, I think the winning numbers for this weekend have already been published... Have a great weekend :)

A touch of great minds you mean Stefan? Best wishes, Dave

Stefan - Posted a reply just now in the "latest 10 members" discussion thread. Winston

Cheers Stefan - Age Concern said the bulbs still need lecky tho' - can you pedal the generator for us a while?

Can't afford sunglasses Stefan - nor a new bulb either ;)

Well Stefan, the 'how' was simply years of dedicated practise - Fran was born some 17 years after her mum and I were wed :)

LOL - That pic with my middle daughter was as you might imagine originally intended for family hysterics only. But as the little horns in the hairpiece might reflect aspects of my personality....

No Stefan, I never pour the good stuff away! lol

Hehe - I thought that pic might amuse you Stefan.

Hi Stefan,
Here i am, thanking you again. There was no creme brulee, it just rhymed and was apt enough. ( in my head i cook REALLY well ;-) )
keep well x

you are most welcome Lynn.And shall I with great pleasure be reading on of more! many thanks-Stefan.

Hi Stefan, bad manners? Never!!
So grateful for your compliments on "Angel on Horseback". Thank you.

Hi Stefan, thank you so much for the kind comments on my work. Just read "night walk" and love that too!

Hi Stefan

Re your recent discussion thread comments (also posted there)

To try and answer your points

1) There are no plans to show more than the last 10 new members details.

2) Yes, absolutely... my coments after each new members name are usually just a summary (Or sometimes a direct copy) of their own profile details. The thinking being that this is a place where anyone can QUICKLY get a snapshot of what the last 10 new members are all about. Hopefully this will help in welcoming new members and make it more likely that others will look and make comments on their profile / blogs.

Do you think it works in this way?

Winston

LOL - probably more due to my tripping over my beard ;)

Ha ha ha, not been called that for years!!

Hi, Stefan! Thanks for your comment "I am on diet" Actually it is not about me. It was written just for fun.
With warmest wishes, Larisa

Ha ha ha toys! i'm a good gir, i am!! Who's Ann Summers? I know an Ann Foxglove...... lol

( No offence meant Ann, thought this would appeal toy our humour :-) )

re-renewal of old pikky of Granny/wife and me and Skip the patterdale girl makes three-by order of the woman who has been chained to my sink for fourty seven years and thinks -SHE- is the boss! yeah rite! while I humour her,she continues her kitchenly extistance-hehe..but they really are my two favourite girls-the human 'one' I gave her first,an engagement ring-then a wedding ring-she gave me suffe-ring!haha-rock on Granny Greypants!well it is better than the one of me scratchin' me codpiece!-cop for these me owd duck!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hehe - careful now Stefan, I fall over easily enough without my head swelling, lol Best wishes, Dave

I did wonder Stefan - Ann commented a little earlier and I've responded to her

Thank you Stefan, for your kind comment.

Hi Stefan - thanks for your comments on 'The seas of angst & hope' - it was inspired to a large degree by reading Ann Foxgloves 'Withdrawal' Best wishes, Dave

Yer only jealous! Blimey, we see enough piccies of your ugly mush on 'ere. (Darling! ;-)) xxxxxxx

Hi, Stefan! Lots of thanks for your comment on "Friendship" and for kisses.
With warmest wishes, Larisa

Hi! Gonna change my poets profile later. Something for you to look forward to (LOL!) xx

wot i wrote earlier on discussion page. so i guess they're on their way! "Why don't you just have done with it and have an "Elitist Best Poems - took me ages" section where you can all put your perfectly handcrafted concoctions for our delectation and let the rest of us poem-addicts carry on writing and letting rip to our hearts content in our bit. I just feel offended by this idea that if you write more than one poem a week (or you're only happy with one poem a week) all that you do write must be of poor quality. Not so, IMO. xxxx"

Hi Mr Wilde - many thanks for kind comments on Withdrawal and my reading. Glad you find listening to my voice such a moving experience! x

Hi, Stefan! Thanks for the comments. You were certainly kidding, feeding me with compliments that sounded like fragments of gentleman's judgments.lol

Hi Stefan - 11am - many thanks. B

Thank you, Stefan!

Thank you,Stefan!

Ta for comments on burglarised odes: I live in the Riviera of the Southern Hemisphere, i.e. northern Tasmania - so come over and see me sometime. Love MG 1003

Thanks for the feedback on last months poems Stefan, means a lot, helps a lot and is kind, im happy you enjoy reading

the picture there with those loved ones is amazing! that should be on canvas print, framed and on the wall, its lovely, the picture itself is worthy of a poem x

Take heart mon brave!xxxx

Just to show you we are all nuts here in St Agnes. But I expect you won't be able to see it and there'll be lots of Grrrrrrrrrring going on!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDrpsDTS3qY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v4yKUqFwls (It goes on a bit tooooo!!!) Anyway, this is what I'll be doing today - only watching tho! Sometimes I drum. Little Drummer Girl, that's me! xx

may the road rise up to meet you
may the wind be always at your back
may the sun shine warm upon your face
may the rains fall softly upon your fields
until we meet again
may god hold you in the palm of his hand. x

pot calling kettle! pot calling kettle! Hrmmmphxxxxxxxxxxxxx
PS had best nights sleep EVER!

Didn't mean Lawrence of Arabia! I meant Rudolf Valentino!!! (Or was it Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer?) ;-) xxxx

wot's a doxolgy? Is it like a doxy crossed with an oxymoron? signed C.A. Duffy esq xx

Good morning honeybun. Another lovely day!! Take care up those dodgy ladders my friend or I'll be sending those Health & Safety people round! love you lots xx

If I complied with the coded message below,I would never walk again! nor would you know WHO! hee...hee.. Stefee-ee-xxxxxxxxxx

£ *zw% az! =zz

I don't remember FIFI falling off any wall? I think I'd better stop writing in code befoe it gets so annoying that YOU fall off the wall! (Fifi!) xxxxxxxxxxxx

Tehe!! You must have cracked the code. But what does & stand for. In my code you spelt TIT!! Haha!! xx

No need to take that tone of voice!! ;-)

3£ ?=%$ *zw% az! hz=?

Good day squire (curmudgeonly or otherwise!) Forgot to tell you I saw the first swallow swooping around down here in sunny Cornwall on Sunday, and yesterday heard the first CUCKOO! Have a lovely day - I'm popping down t'museum. A bit of stuff to do. Hope you slept peacefully. much love xx

Isn't it about time you did some work anyway? Shouldn't you be laying paving slabs or digging trenches or something? In stead of all this lazing about. Me too!!! I must drag myself away! But it is a wrench - I love to talk to you. Feel free to delete that last bit honeybun! xx

Not very good at satire are you? Of course I know who she blimmin' is. Honestly!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Mmmm better than being down in a sewer - on the end of a skewer! (Oooer, sounds like we're back in Dogshite Alley!) bye bye my pet (rattus) xx P.S. Carol Ann who? I bet she took longer to write hers though! I'm the fastest poet in town! As you know! xx

European Female is my fave. And Strange Little Girl (cos I am one!! Strange old girl more like, as you well know!) love'ya! xx Always the sun is nice too.

Yes the link is in blue - and it IS in blue. Have you ever considered you might be colour blind? I don't know, I was only trying to be helpful!! Love you to pieces! Good night xx

They DO work - it must be YOU! Now there's a surprise!!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

No it ain't (as we say in Brixton where I wiz borned! But I 've added another one too.

Oh my gawd! I don't know why it doesn't worK! I'll put it on the Dance Round the Kitchen blog - it'll work there - why I ken not (Ken Knot? Wasn't he our wicket keeper many moons ago? Little chap!) But it's the softest sweetest Stranglers song so you prob won't like. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sadly, yes, Spike is still amongst the dearly departed. And the feeling of evil walking in is the hair standing up on the back of your neck in the anticipation of pain. Thanks for reading "Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice" and commenting. It is much appreciated from someone so wildeaboutwomen!

Lisa

Are you dancin'? Cos I'm askin'! Pity you've got two left feet!! xx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCYf2pBdZvg

my fave stranglers thingy

Actuellement, the original version (not on youtube) is nearly 20 years old. ;-)(Unlike yours truly!) (Get it On - or Get 'em Off in the unexpurgated version!!) It reminds me of being in a tent at Bignor Roman Villa. (That's not a football team!) Happy days! xxxx

Hi there is better than eff off! aw ta,Angel..(ahem)...Mr wilde.

Hi there! xxxx

Many thanks for your kind comments. I get anxious whenever I send one of my poems out into the real world!

Its happened again Ann! emails are going into my 'Spam'-?? whats that about?-love-Stefan-xxxx

Good morning Ann and & tiggywinkle.Have I 'eck snuffed you out!since I put my email adress on my profile,all things not wonderful have been happening in my mailbox i.e. emails going into 'Spam'-?????do you think I should delete it? I thought you had done it,but did,nt dare say in case you would have been offended.No way or reason have I got for falling out with you.I,ll check further and report back,my Lady! lots of love-Stefan-xx-ps. wonder if there is any magic way of replacing lost comments?

Why have you exterminated me? What did I do? Thought we were friends.

Hi Stefan,
Many thanks for reading and commenting once more :-)
I have actually put a lot of the past behind me, just every now and again bits creep out in various forms. I have to say you are a better person than me to be able to tend to the gravestone of an abuser!!!
Regards and well wishes:-)

Hi Stefan,
Glad the emotion came across well enough for you to comment. And no, the middle one is my eldest brother, i amm to his right, in the grey t-shirt!!!! ;-) (i do look rather boy like though lol)

Howdy doody!
Thank you for asking after my daughter, she is much better now, starting to look like she's on the right side of things.

My mentioning that i disliked the colour you used was merely an afterthought really, it hadn't occured to me why but now it's explained it makes sense.:-)
The me inside is a personal poem and is something i battle with daily but it's getting easier-yay!
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
All the best
Kath x

Thanks for your comment Stefan, and Happy Easter to you too, Donna.

Hi Stefan Glad you like the poem and are a fan of the 'Wolf Man'. Smokestack Lightnin' has got to be one of the best tracks of all time ( along with Killing Floor, My Baby Caught The Train, Wang Dang Doodle & God Knows how many more!) I'd like to do something on Muddy Waters and John Lee as well - kind of blues Trilogy. Will have to wait for the inspiration to come. I must say YouTube is an amazing invention. You can bring so many heroes back to life.

I love soppy ole gits Stefan I in no doubt that one day your grandchildren will write a poem or series of novels about your Scrotum...

Thanks again.
Augusta xx

Hi Stef, thanks so much for reading and commenting, hugely appreciated. I have thrown the cheese away unfortunately, but you really wouldn't have wanted it, I could save you some earwax (I use it instead of patum peperium and no-one's noticed yet!)

Ey up Lad, I've been gazing at my navel...(it's full of cheesy gunk) Ok, a blog it is...since you asked so very nicely :)
Rach
xxx

Hi -again and Thank you - again! You were right about it being personal, it's very much a therapeutic piece for me, as it is directed at , not men in general, but at my 'father'. I'm not telling you that to shock but so you can see whats said between the lines, so to speak.
Anyhoo, i'm gabbling now,even though i'm reasoning that away to myself 'cos..... bugger, doing it again.
Thanks for your well wishes to my fam, v. kind of you.
I'll go now ;-)

thank you for your kind words, stefan. They are much appreciated :)

Hi thanks for what you said, it's really sweet of you:-))I don't really like fruit cake.

Hi Stefan,
Glad you liked my latest twaddle!!
Pleased to meet you - both. I am not just crazy, i'm totally batshit, so they tell me! ;-)

Hi,
You are right, she is a monkey but she's fab too. Thanks for your comment x

Good evening Ann,and T.C.-thanks for your concern,yes I,m fine,with you two wonderful people/poets in this world,how could I not be!Been up to my eyes in building work-Ann,you don,t have a life? never dare say that again!you can have mine anytime!(BIG DEAL)ha! love you precious girly-ta again T.C.-steffykinsxx(one for T.C.x)

hi, thanks for reading my lastest splurge. Glad you liked it.

Hi, thank you for your fab comment on 'Dead Wasp'.Much appreciated x

Yes indeed... i have had concerns re: some of my output that has appeared here and there [most often only momentarily] may catch the eye of the G men and consequently getting whisked off in pretty much the same way as Judas Priest to the United Striates in some form of poetic show trial - such poems as "Terrorist Y-fronts", "The Anglo-Arabic Air Marshalls Phrase book" and somewhat closer to home the epic "I'm Mandy Fly Me" -they really aren't serving suggestions, but I'd suppose I'd probably have to say..." honest it's a fair cop gov "

hi stefan, many thanks for terming my variant workages as being 'inspirational' - i think i'm tickled pink by that yet hope i don't inspire too many to be too like me 'cos in reality i'm sure that in certain parts i'm somewhat more than a bit of a pain in the arts and so now i'm all in a quandry re: inspiration vs. responsibility innit gov

thanks for that boss... got a light?... i'm damn near chewin my 'kin face off sittin here rubbing these two sticks together ;)

Hi Stef, thanks for your comment on 'There to Here.'
You were well out but yo made me laugh. I like people who make me laugh and laugh with me. :-)

Janet.x

Aw cheeers you sweetie. It's about my Grandad's old boats (ones that he sailed on, not owned lol)they are the unlikely names of Flower Class Corvettes which were really tiny. I get a kind of proud underdog lump in my throat when I think about the havoc they wreaked for such ickle boats. Thanks for the comment. Much 'preciated as always
Rach
xxx

hi Stefan - ariadne - glad you liked it thx. B

Righto Stefan I'll post something on the blues just for you!

Hi Stefan THanks for the comment on the jazz poems. Glad you liked them even though you're not so crazy about the music. Maybe I'll convert you yet. Do you like the blues? I've done a couple on that as well.

Hi, Thanks for commenting on 'bedtime'. No, i don't always win, wish i did lol

Stef, are you really in Blackpool? I live about 15 miles away! We should meet up, I would love to meet your lovely wife....you could eat chips!
Rach
xxx

Hi Stefan,
No nookie in this one i'm afraid, well, there is a hint at it i suppose, but, well, never mind, maybe the next one!
Thanks for your comment!

Thanks for the lovely comment Stef. Right now I am a grumpy mummy more than anything....time of the year/month/life.I need spring to spring before I turn into something freezedried.
Cheers
rach
xxx

Ahh, I can't tell you the meaning of life and love cos the online dicshunary said 'page not responding' BUT if it helps,the couch was motorised and I was skidding along the road on my bare bottom, serves me right I suppose for letting Mr.Rachel fit winged wheels to everything in the house with casters....you should see the piano go!Any road up, sorry to disappoint but I'm not bisexual, in fact at this time in the morning with me tatty dressing gown on and my hair stuck up and my face yet to fall back into place (think a pickled creature pressing it's snout against the specimen jar)I'm non-sexual...like Gloria Hunniford. Why does commenting on your page always make me go a bit surreal???
Happy February,Steffikins, I love February (it's nearly my birthday)
xxx

flum·mox (flmks)
tr.v. flum·moxed, flum·mox·ing, flum·mox·es Informal
To confuse; perplex.
probably dialectical in origin.
(source some online dicshunary)
See, I told you I was bilingual. :)
happy sunday
Rach
x

You're most welcome, Mr Wilde. MOST welcome........ (trap door opens and you fall into a pool of crocodiles...)

Hello Stefan, thanks for the very funny comment on the poo poem, Chris laughed his socks off (he's on the loo again) but I'll spare everyone the experience.
Rach
xxx

Oh Stefanywefany, the leaf is yours, you gilded it beautifully,
Racheroonie
x

I don't share Russkies, Terry's Chocolate Oranges or important information, no, never!

Mind you, there's too much salt in tinned russkies, I find, Stef. Fresh Russkies are better. I had two this evening. Slurp.

Hi Stefan, thanks for your comments. Its been a slow trudge to say the least. I know that there are those that dont agree with a lot of work i have done, but thankfully there are those who still make the effort to read and write comments. i just cannae understand it blue, i feel as if i been cursed for some time. anyways, before i go crying into my coffee, i need to ask, is the you in the respirater carrying the gat? i like your work by the way, problems with internet restrict me from making comments on most works i like. i keep having to rewrite the comments because my internet keeps kicking me off. Keep posting and writing. i enjoy your work, and need the input on mine.

thanks blue

mike

RE - looking for line contributions for Haiti poem? anyone? Maybe start a new thread in the discussions area. More likely to succeed I feel. Win x

Mr. W. correction made.

Hi Stefan,
re-my contribution to your suggestion of a compilation poem for Haiti....
The problem with ventures like this is that you didn't really ask for any kind of format so the verses would be difficult to arrange in some semblance of order.

I decided to insert some hope into it because of a news reel i saw yesterday where a lady has been found beneath the rubble and actually came out singing.

Winston tried to assemble something of a poem from the Yule blog in discussions. Take a look at it, it might give you some idea.
As for advice on poetry, don't ask me. I write it but need help too in the editing out of needless words and the odd phrase. :-)

Janet.x

Hi Stefan. Thanks a lot for your encouragement and kind comments.
I like your stuff and I am working my way through your back catalogue.
Kind regards Neil

comments or nay,I have my own captive audience-they are called-relatives! haha!Mr.W.

Well hello there ship-matey.
Just a flying visit tonight.
Couple of poems i wanted to comment on. Up early tomorrow.
Stay happy,
Janet.x

Thank you so much for that yummy comment ...i only have to think about chocolate and I go dizzy ...mmmm
Augusta xx

Hi Stefano, nice to hear from you. Thanks for dropping into my profile. Just updated it with some poems i wrote last year.

Off to watch some catch-up tv for a change. Might be back on later.
Janet.x

Thanks for the feedback,
I'm so pleased you like it.

Good evening the loveliest Francine.re my comments,your work deserves nothing less,I can assure you.always look forward to reading it.Thank you again Stefanx

..hello Stefan..thanks for your comment..I wasn't expecting to have to analyse it, but I suspect the words were a sudden assessment of things as I turned from 59 to 60 in Nov'09..I think any strength it has lies in my anger at wasting so many years...c.

I knew what you meant. ha ha.
The name doesn't get me anywhere, my brother tried it in one of Harry's chippys. No free meals there then.
I'm not quite ready for meals on wheels by the way. Rupert jim jams indeed. I prefer Andy Pandy's. :-)
Remember that one too do you?

Nighty nighty Stefan friend.
Janet.x

HI J.R-chip-harry ramsden(big chippy empire owner-gerrit?)oh please yourself!you live in wigan?from the frying pan into the fire-lol! keep well Mrs Ramsden-now get those Rupert jimjams on and up the wooden hill-you are too old to be up at this time-i,ll report you to age concertina.night night lovely girl-see thee on the morrow-Stefanx

Hi Stefan,
Chip on my shoulder? Me? Never! Honest.

No i'm not related to Harry Ramsden. Although i did work in Salford and Swinton for about 13 years, i've always lived in Wigan area and still do.

Janet.x

hi Chris-always more than welcome.Poets like your good self,are the pit-props of this site.best regards top man-Stefan

Awww, cheers Stefan. They were so in love, two nights before he died, they slept in the same bed for the first time in weeks (he was sooo poorly), I say slept, they just lay there holding hands and one of the last lucid things he ever said was to my grandma, he turned to her, shook their hands together like a goal celebration or something and said "Looks like we won" bloody hell, I really have made myself cry now! Bloody cheap whisky!
Glad you liked it
Rach
x

blimey Janet love,I did,nt realise you were that jurassic! haha! but,oh go on then,I,ll still talk to you-lol-Mr.Wilde(to you!)

Hi Stefan, thanks for your comment. Glad your wife likes it too.
Aye. I'm sorry to disappoint you but i was browt up on a ceowncil estate. Gud owl'd fashunned grub 'n fotched up fert speyk gradely n be polite tp strangers etc.... :-)

Janet.x

Thank you for the comment on "Timeline". I wrote that poem just after the inauguration. I recently submitted it to a contest (ok to be prev. shared in this one), and updated it for a year after the fact. While I was re-writing, I decided to change the arrangement a bit. It works better than before. It is close to feeling "finished" now.

no probs Stefan : )

Good evening lovely Janet-you are-always-more than welcome!-snowed in? its near up to my....thingies(make your own interpretation-lol! loadsa love Stefx

Hi Stefan,
thanks for your lovely comment on my latest poem. Are you snowed in where you live?

Janet.x

Thank you so much. I'm glad you liked them. I agree with you. Poetry should be accessible. Sometimes, a rare word adds interest and texture; other times, it is only a stumbling block in the trail of thought.

you have me confused Ste! (again) : )

Lovely to find you here. I like your words.

thanks for your comment Stefan , I have bloody lost it now as I re submitted the poem after considering a point , bugger

That's very kind of you , I appreciate your comments.

yaye! Janets back in town! lovely smile and all! do I remember Edward woodwood? he would if he could but he can,t-cos he,s gone to meet Russell Hunter in the topshop.poor 'ole lonely!-not a bad singer was Eddie.very good prog-the state of Anthony Valentine now though!-Doh! i,ve given my age away-lol! keep well kiddo-Stef

Hi Stefan,
thanks for your comment and lovely welcome back. As for the poem, i can't believe i did it again but it was blogged too soon. I decided it needs some more work and i don't like the title.

Janet.x

ps the light bulb image in your new pic reminds me of Callum. Do you remember that tv series?

hi Chris-you are very welcome re feedback.most deservedly-love -all-your brilliant work.re gigs,highly likely(bolton)re 'sharing' pint-no way! sharing women-now thats a different matter.keep the poems coming,please! my best regards to you and yours as always.good luck for 2/10-Stefan

Dearest mult-imaged Izz-what you must understand is,i am a one digit keyboard tapper-blame my beautiful though poor eyes for missing the right keys-'etc',etc,,£etc-'lol'-%-shaken not s'turd=$ STeFan^(xxxxxxx'')=?

HAHAHA-in capitals as it had to be Rach! oh! funny funny funny! you 'sleighed'me! i,ll go back to that when i,m blue,or black and blue if the queerhawk(lancashirian fo wife)catches me cosying up to Ladies trying to tickle my fancy-absolutely hilarious.you have kicked off my year brilliantly-can,t stop laughing-you have a brill sense of 'yuma'-thats American for.....Stefchops-ps re the security,you,ve been watching too much wallace and gromit(the wrong kex)

What do you mean will I do the same?
I have traced your collected works onto canvas and have embroidered all of December's blogs already, except the capitals cos I'm waiting for the gold thread to come off Ebay.
When they are finished and my fingers have healed I'm going to rent a hall and display them round the walls under pressure sensitive perspex, then, if anyone should attempt to touch them, my security system will spring to life and dye the whole thing purple. Clever eh?
Lols, have a good new year Stefan,
Rachel
x

wrong izz-my pref is unravelling(lingerie)while whistling down the wind my puckered version of arabesque-mmmmmmm-ps OH NO Ravel-ls? bolero,drives me f insane-plodding bullshit to scrawp about on ice to-give me a break-preferably not in the ice-tee-hee

my prob was Izzo,was that i had previously viewed your new pic fom a distance-since having made the mistake of trying to draw you nearer,i have now decided to revert back to my original descision-this only is poss,cos i,m inundated with an overwhelmingly choice of unstuck lipped 'wimmin-when you have parted yours(mm)come up and see me-as for my pic-notice the lightbulb of inspiration flashing above my potato head-me hard?constantly! i used to be a music teacher-lol!

thanks boss - glad 'his face' has raised a smile... kindestst regards to you and all & happy new year... R2$

Thanks for the comment Stefanomungus, much appreciated... I always put myself down by the way, it's very much a part of my naive charm. Others who know me may well disagree, they find it irritating, Pah! I say sorry a lot in Real Life too!
Cheeeeerz
rachel
xxx

Cheers lotsly for the comments Stefan, rest assured, there are several billion more poems that I didn't put as sample pieces because they are...erm....crap! :)
I have read some of yours and was totally blown away by In Full Realisation....it fair knocked me over, brilliant stuff.
Cheers
Rachel
x

Thank you Stefan...much!

ok-TC-ta for that-wifey says-woo-oo! have safe trip home,young 'un-Stef

hi Garside-you are more than deservedly welcome-all your work is a pleasure to read-thanks-Stef

Hi Stefan

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

steve x

taken very gracefully-as a man of your late years should-haha! be good bro'--Stefferama

hi Emma-thank you, for thanking me,for thanking you-does that make sense? lol! you are deservedly more than welcome lovely Lady-look forward to reading -lots-more of your work-Stef

Hi there Stefan, nice to meet you. Thank you for your comment on 'Human'. glad you like it. I wasnt getting good feed back for it-was being informed it was too general and was at a loss as to how to improve it. Thank you for restoring my faith in it. I love the way you have written your biography, its like a poem in itself. I love your piece on Relentless rain and the knock on effects it has on the world around us. Take care. Emma.

oh Janet! i think the 'welcome made' was by your good self to me-whats a Mobile Dongle when its at home then,with me being I.T illiterate? sounds like something of a 'protrusion! lol! don,t be away too long-the guys on here will miss you,love-be good!-Stef

Hi Stefan, just want to say thanks for making me feel welcome these last few days.
Mobile dongle has to go back to its rightful owner this weekend but i might be back soon.

Janet.x

Good afternnon lovely Janet,thanks so much for ongoing kindness-sincerly hope you are feeling bazzing-i,m off to read about Uncle Perce-best regards-Stef

Hi Stefan,
thanks for your lovely complimentary comments about my photo and comments etc..
You are indeed a charming and funny man.

Janet.x

Good morning and deep thanks Francine-tis all truth,but sadly does,nt make me perfect.there again we all and the World would have to be same,so we were all equals.very very kind comment.my gratitude-Stef

dear Cynthia,i really am sorry if i offended you-i can assure you it was not intentional.please do tell me what in particular offended you,and i will correct it if possible-i really do respect your kind help and comments-please don,t let us fall out-its not my style-yes,perhaps a bit too clowny?i await your reply,and apologise sincerely to you-thanks- stef

yeh-cheers chris-just to add-your poem about being Welsh-jeeeeeeez!! brilliant! along with all your other poems.re open mic meet-my reading is like my 'poetry'(for the want of a lesser word)is shite-but pint-wise,would love to meet you at a venue,i,ll hopefully spring a pleasant surprise on you,in the form of alcoholic homage! best regards- top man! stef

tho-mass,you speak my kinda language ya big lug-kisses on the bottomxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

'ah i ...ah well tha knows on't moo'er iz ah sane: ''ah wangle in mah wongle an it wah reet warrm'' tha knows!'

Thank's for the 'Rock On!' Stefan.
Glad you enjoyed my writing.

Thanks for your comments Stefan. I like to think that one of my best qualities is that I am still excitable, I mean some fifteen year olds arn't. You're right to say that the poem is about ageing, though I did not relaise this when i wrote it and would not have realised had you not pointed it out. It's the first poem I have ever directed towatds myself.All the best, Lenford

Thank Stefan For thy comments which sit al reet wi me.hope ta see ye soon.

Gus

you must be joshing,josh! up to scratch?add'infinite in quality'and you may be nearer the mark-cest magnifique! as they say in 'lanky shire'

Thanks for your comments on "Timelessness of love," Stefan. Glad it was up to scratch.
- Josh

hi again izzy-hope your gallivanting? went ok-me Don kwixsote? LOL! funny though,i do have a bowser called sancho panza-his previous owner helped man a tiger tank! keep well chuck-yours sincerely-man of la mancha

indeed you are beautiful isobel,in fact i would go as far as to say stunning! thank you for your welcome.i certainly will look at your postings gladly.and would love to have a bash at your comp.please reserve the last place for me-LOL!