... And so it goes on.
Cheers Chris
Tommy

re 'Insult to Injury'
posted January 2012

Chris we`re aiming for Chester on Thursday...hope to see you and Nat there!

Chris,
Just struggled up through a fug of antibiotic mist
to let you know that I sent you a couple of e mails
about our dreaded lurgy, but they both came back.

Have a good night at the spoke, We`ll see you anon.

Chris,
Thanks for the comment on my poem & recitation although you didn't have to get up so early for that!
Enjoyed your poems at the Tudor.
Dave

Hi Chris, was it you who performed at the Ring O Bells a couple of week back. Trying to track down for Norman Warrick.
Katie

Chris,
got the glasses okay this morning.

Thanks heaps (I`ll see you both at the next
Spoke)

Thanks again

Chris, I`ve tried again with (I hope) the number you gave.

But I`m a complete ignoramus at this internet stuff..(I think I didn`t do the capital C.)

I WAS A BIT PUZZLED BECAUSE THERE WAS STILL THE WRONG NUMBER IN BLUE ON THE (FAVOURITES?)
PANEL WHEN I DONE THE SECOND ONE

SORRY FOR THE HASSLE.

Chris,
You`ve made me a happy man. I`ve sent you an e mail about the glasses.

I`m sorry about leaving early, it was important
(I told Ian beforehand)

The heads getting better (slowly)...The brain went ages ago.

Thanks for your concern.

Chris,
Sorry I missed your Christmas do (not home in time) Still recovering. When recovered then back to the fray.

Love to Natalie and Glynis

Thanks for your comment on 'Scifi so good' Chris - pleased with the comparison with Spike Milligan - a bloody genius - less so with Stanly Unwin (lol) even though, he too, was a British eccentric genius - but he used to get on my nerves :-)
cheers
Ian

Chris,
Congratulations on your new venue to you and Glenys and Natalie.

And what an enjoyable night to start it all off with.

Well done!

Chris - I do hope this finds you in improved health. It is no sin to look after number one when it comes to personal well-being!! I enjoy reasoned and polite differences of opinion, recalling a friend from long ago who held the view that "argument is for the vain; discussion is for gain."

Just to reassure you - I don't think there were any hecklers as such, at the last Tudor.

There was one lady talking very loudly in the corridor, seemingly unaware there was a poetry night going on right next to her - and there was a very drunk local standing by the gents. I'm not sure if he was meaning to shout encouragement or whether he was just very drunk and shouting for the hell of it. That's a bit of an occupational hazard of performing at the Tudor - for me it's part of the whole charm of it - no month is ever the same :))

Howdy again Chris

Aye, Merry Hell are playing Wallasey this Sunday chuck. I don't think I'll be going along as will be having a late one Saturday supporting John the Baptist in Wigan. Will be needing me kip before work on Monday :) I know Bob would love to see y'all there though :)

You are bang on re John Smith. I was absolutely gutted when he died. For me, that really was the end of a genuine Labour party. It's been a sham ever since - not for the working class in the slightest, it's in name only. For 'New' Labour read 'Blue' Labour.

Aye, thanks for respecting my views, and you know that I always have time for yours, because I know that you do actually sit and think these things through, you do actually research stuff, and you form your opinions based on that research and thinking. I get so bloody tired of people regurgitating nonsense all the time!

Take good care anyway - hopefully see you and Nat soon

Laura

Chris
thanks for the comments on 'fields of carbon & blood' and 'the beast' - much appreciated - enjoyed your reading at the tudor and 'i'll be back' so will have a chat with you later
cheers
Ian

I forgot to add that I very much enjoyed 'Nothing Left' as you might expect from one who has voted the same way in 11 successive general elections.

Many thanks for your kind thoughts on my prose piece, Schadenfreude.

Chris - thank you for your considered comments on my post "Thatcher - In Passing" - both content and style. The "Sick Man Of Europe" tag remains with those of us old enough to know those times and the seemingly endless days of confrontation and strikes are still strong in the memory, with one industry after another slowly dying from within; and from without, as newly emerging economies offered competition we couldn't hope to match. We had to change, adapt or die. Go back a couple of centuries...to the glory days of our famous stage and mail coaches - eventually faced with oblivion as the various railway companies - with parliamentary backing - arrived to offer mass public transport. What, do you suppose, happened to the huge numbers of people reliant on the coaching trade? Was the PM of the day rubbished and were there efforts to bring the country to a stand still? Inevitably, as so often happens in progress, the mighty railways saw their own days numbered with the growing freedom of the private motor car and then the motorway. I ask - did they "destroy" this country or even parts of it - or were they necessary to secure the place of the country in the modern world? Ironically, the railways via the TSV/Eurostar, have since regained some new relevance/importance. Maybe, in time, our industries may also achieve some resurgence. What goes around, comes around. In the meantime, we should continue doing what we do best - invent, create, co-operate and sell! Cheers.

Aye will do mate, if I ever get to finishing it ;)

And yeh, read your epic ;D

Dear Chris,
thanks for the comment and will see you on Tuesday.Forgot how to use the Facebook to put this poem up.'Spirits New Haven' is a fine poem.
Best Steve

Thank you Chris for your comment on THE NEED. I am an accidental poet and have only been writing for 2 years. Having no idea of the structure of poetry as such, I simply write. It is encouraging to have other opinions, especially if you enjoyed what you read.It's also good to leave a reader wondering, it exercises the mind.
Thank you.

Waffle on, Chris! That was most satisfying & mind-ordering. Many conversations aren't, & pale in comparison. Thanks a million, Chris.

Hi Chris Thanks for kind comment on my Dubai 'postcard'. I started doing them as a bit of fun as they enabled me to capture all sorts of fleeting memories, but also play around with ideas that interest me.

Thanks for your message, rather lengthy and still appreciated.

I still would like to find out how the second version (reading) went. I have not altered my original post for the very reasons you have stated in your prompt response.

It is my hope that my approaching you for a sounding board reflects a value for your opinion and thought process on the poem, rather than seeking to be swayed by every breath of a suggestion, hinted or otherwise.

Again, my gratitude for your interaction and kind words.

Cheers.

The key of currency
is 'changing of hands,'
a baton passed on,
in constant motion;
that binds together
all parties involved.

A fresh, crisp bill
is a bright-eyed virgin
between your fingers,
whose anticipation
and epic journey
are yet to unfold.


How does this read?
I've incorporated your much welcome suggestions.
You are greatly appreciated.
Cheers, Frederick

Hi Chris. I really like your poems. I enjoy the narrative and admire the use of rhyme [never trite]. Most of all I like the sincerity. John.

Hello Chris,
Glad you liked "Samantha Louise...".
The kids (they're both in their 20's now) made me up a collage for Christmas of old photos of us when they were little and a few of my poems about them. This was one of them.
I got some of that man-dust stuck in my eye.

Hi Chris, I haven't seen much work from you in recent months but my guess is that's my fault. I have become a dad again for the third time and I have been busy tending to my baby daughter who is now some 3 months old.

Thank you for the comment on Out of Darkness. Yes it is to do with disability, without elaborating too much, the disability I thought of is Autism. And its effect on people who suffer this. However, I am not happy with the referral to a clowns status in her enlightenment but, as a poem that I thought would be a little different, I am happy with it I suppose, but then, all we poets can be our own worst critic.

Happy New Year to you!

Stay well.

Mike

Chris,
A merry Christmas and a happy new year to you,
Glenys, and Natalie, from me and Yvonne...Hope the venues go from strength to strength in 2113.

Hi Chris, I really enjoyed listening to ABC and
Yesterdays post, very poignant.
regards Paul.