Hi Cynthia

Thank you so much for your comments on my poems. I will admit I had a tear in my eye when I read them. It has really given me a well needed confidence boost for my writing, as I'm struggling a bit at the mo! x

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Thanks for your comment on "The City" Cynthia. Your point were very much appreciated as your pointer was accurate.

Thanks again

- Josh

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Hiiiii Cynth :)

Ta very much for reading and making a note on Beghilos - thought you might like that ;D

Take care

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Thank you for your recent comment Cynthia - your words are very encouraging and kindly received.

I hope you are well, what you have been up to recently?

Take Care xx

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Thank you Cynthia! I love your poem The Parting btw : )

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great profile painting Cynthia

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Thank you Cynthia for your kind and thoughtful comments. I've no idea whether I'm going through a phase of writing better stuff - that's for others to say - but, if I am, it's not to do with workshops because I don't attend. Hope to run into you one day.

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Thanks Cynthia. Made some changes to make it more direct, like you said. Needed another pair of eyes on it, so thanks!

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Good Morning Cynthia

As ever your critique is bang 'on the money'...but try as I might I feel the tinge of purple is never the less integral.

I've performed this poem both ways to the middle and just feel that the over adjectivised version suits my ear....rather than the page...wherein you are correct.

Anyway, as always Cynthia so good to hear from you.

Hope to see you soon.
love
Gus xx

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thanks for commenting on 'in the belly of the whale' Cynthia - it approaches Isobels brilliant conceptual introduction at a slightly different angle - but hopefully carries the spirit of the topic
cheers
Ian

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As ever Cynthia you are way too kind. I think I saw somewhere on WOL that you had a good reading. Congrats!

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Hello Cynthia
Why thank you kind lady for your comment on an idea. It gave me an idea which I may share with others when it matures .... and the vodka wears off.

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Hi Cynthia,

You were up late commenting on poems! Thanks for your comment on 'The Poem Fails' ~ That's an impressive back catalogue you've got. I'll start reading and commenting soon.

Very best wishes~ Jonnie

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Thanks for your comment Cynthia - I'm glad you liked it! Sorry I missed your spot at Sale - let me know when you're on again - not been there in ages. x

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Hi Cynthia, thanks for the feedback on 'Verbdrift'. The funny thing is, it was originally more free-flowing, written in blank verse with no stanzas, but I tried to rein it in a bit when typing it out - by re-structuring it - editing the odd line and adding a new one.

Perhaps I should have left it how it was, or else put more care into the structure and meter in an effort to improve it like I was intending. Again, cheers for the comment and the encouragement! Much appreciated. David.

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Hi- re ''How do women escape?'' the blood spilt was a reference to the violence already suffered by the woman. If I could have gone back in time I would have drew a question mark- to act as an interrogative- in the blood. Then I may have been up for an Arts Council grant. Tommy

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hello Cynthia,
Thanks for your thoughts on "Michael Seen Flora".
Of course, it isn't really a poem at all. It's a piece of prose I wrote and chopped up into little lines.

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Thank you Cynthia! What a lovely thing to say :)

Glad you enjoyed it. I noticed that your brilliant poem Dreamfooter was in BoMP - was delighted to see it in there, remember loving that poem when you first put it up

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Thanks Cynthia for generous comment on my photographer poem.

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Hi Cynthia,
Aromatic smile - a moment, a smell of anticipation , a taste of adrenaline , the flush of your cheeks and the sweat of your brow, conjours an intoxicating cocktail of imaginations.

I tried to use personal experience and expectation.

Thanks for taking the time to read my ' stuff '
Mike

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Thank you so much Cynthia for commenting on my latest offering. Clever is not a brush I am painted with very often! :)

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Thank you Cynthia for your comment on No Man's an Island, I used to work with elderly people a number of years ago.
Hazel

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hey, many thanks for your comments on my latest, always appreciated for the thought you consistently put into them. Sorry to have missed your slot at WOL Sale, I've been nursing a knee injury and not got out much.

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Hello Cynthia - thanks for your measured comments on my "little old lady" poem.

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Hi Cynthia,

Thank you for the feedback on my last poem, very much appreciated. I have left a comment on the poetry blog.

P.S

I apologise for the delay in my reply; health has been a little questionable of late.

Best

Chris

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Thanks for your comments on 'Citizen's Lament'
and I will remove the first 'or' as you suggested.

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Hi Cynthia, thx for popping by and commenting on my poem Never- Win x

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I was referencing those guilty (convicted or otherwise). Those playing no part in acts of pedophilia are not being referred to.

''extremes are never valid because they lack the potential argument of persuasion.'' I think 'extremity' depends upon your position in any argument. Is it extreme to want that ALL poverty be removed?

I for one subscribe to the values proffered by James Connolly:
''...’Tis passing strange, yet I declare
Such statements give me mirth,
For our demands most moderate are,
We only want the earth.'' Tommy

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she COMES from there.

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Hi Cynthia - thanks for your nice comments on my Minnow poem :)

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Cynthia
thanks for taking the time to comment on 'Copernicus....' really pleased that you liked it. I like to dip into structured form now and again and Rondeaus are not as popular as some, so like the challenge.
thanks once again
Ian

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Hi Cynthia: I took another pass at Skin Deep. Check to see if it makes more sense to you now.
J. Otis

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Hi Cynthia

Many thanks for your critique...I was very mindful whilst writing this short sketch that it was musical ...almost visual..

once again many thanks

Gus x

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Thanks for the tip Cynthia, going to go through that list now.

By the way, have your read any Anna Kavan?

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Hello Cynthia, thank you for your kind words on Submission.
You pose a question about tenses.

The beginning and end are in the future tense as the death has not happened. It is a commentary of how I think I would feel if something were to happen and its effect.
The central piece is reminiscence of the components of a relationship.

I'm sorry if it feels confusing but I never usually explain my work too much. My ending I feel is more profound, prophetic even.

Many thanks once again for your views, always appreciated.

very best regards,

Graham

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Hello Cynthia,
Thankyou for commenting on "Hotel Fawlty Towers". Glad you liked it.

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Hi Cynthia I'm glad you're keeping up with the postcards. I did worry in this one that I might come across as a bit dismissive of 'ancient wisdom' - however, the context is ironic. It is after all tragic that civilizations that have roots going deep into ancient philosophies couldn't do better than murder each other for decades. Even BUddhism in SRi Lanka can be quite militant and bloodthirsty. I suppose also there is the ironic contrast between the bluntness of the Customs sign - which I must say was really disconcerting (even though I've never touched an illicit drug in my life!) and the labyrinthine complecity of the philosophy of the Indian subcontinent.

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Cynthia
thanks for your recent comments on my poem 'Vermin'. Interested in your suggestion to change the 'tossed in the air' wording, as my intention was to keep each line to 8 syllables - I'm never sure whether words like 'tossed' count as one or two - in my yorkshire diallect when read aloud it's definitely only one :-)
I'm new to the WOL community, so not sure on the etiquette for responding etc - thought best to comment on your profile page rather than on the blog entry. Anyway - went and read some of your work on your profile page - liking it - particularly like the blog post this evening - thanks once again
Ian

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Well spotted, Cynthia, trouble is I keep re-ordering them each time I do a new one. When I get around to it I'll have to retitle them on this site too. I must say WOL is great in enabling you to post a poem and an appropriate image - which can then be re-posted on Face Book. Technology is really great these days! Didn't have all that in 1975 either!

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Hi Cynthia Thanks so much for the encouragement re my 'postcard'. I wasn't sure if they be of any intetrested to others. I've done about 18 so far and have really enjoyed using a form that is very short, but enables you to use some quirky little memory, but then open up a pathway to something bigger. THemes are also beginning to link them up as well. I'll keep you informed!

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Hi Cynthia Thanks for the comms on the two postcard poems. You were spot on with 'Rouen' That's where the English burned Joan of Arc. I've been getting a bit addicted to these little poems. They usually start of with some little memory that has been at the back of my mind for years, but then open up other themes which link up with others in the series. I've done 15 so far. Not sure where it will end. Maybe 20? Maybe more!

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Hi Cynthia thanks for your comment on Robert Burns, I like a lot of he's work.
Hazel

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Hi Cynthia,
Thanks for the comments on Paxos. The 'He' is the stick insect... he was awkward and not at all graceful and therefore seemed naturally a male!

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Thank you kindly, Cynthia, for your encouragement and assessment of my poem on cigarette haze. I am grateful to you and much inspired to seek furthering my ventures into poetry. May you have a continued happy new year.

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I love your poetry, you say you read widely, I wonder what are those writers you read, could you cite some please?

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Hi Cynthia good to hear from you again. I haven't been that active on WOL for a while! Anyway I'm glad you liked my poem about Herbie Nicholls.

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Hello Cynthia!

There is a WOL do in Sale on the 18th December. What say to this? We can come to see you there and maybe read too. How does this sound?

xx

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Hi Cynthia, 'The Liaison', much appreciated your views on this & I did as you suggested. Many thanks.

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Hi Cynthia

Thanks for your feedback - it was right shoulder only because of where I was sitting on the plane at the time! Glad you enjoyed

Katy

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Thank you Cynthia for such a warming response to my poem. Hope you are well x

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