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Mae Foreman

Mon 7th Jan 2019 13:35

Thank you Alan! I feel very strongly about this particular idea, I really mean it. Surviving is not enough.Thank you again ?

And by the way, fellow poets,I'm happy to announce that H.G. grew a pair and took control after all! I won't go into details but H.G. is already well into doing the brave thing! I thought I should tell you since the story seemed to touch some of you.

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Mae Foreman

Mon 7th Jan 2019 13:31

A Freudian slip! I got it! ?? Took me a while too! I do misspel a lot! I'm glad you liked it! To tell you the truth, Mother Goose Rhymes aren't a thing of my culture; not in that way at least... So it's all sort of foreign to me. But I always wanted to write one some day. I don't know if I succeded...Anyway, thanks again! I'm correcting the first line, thank you for bringing it to my attention!

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Big Sal

Mon 7th Jan 2019 12:47

Nice near rhymes.?

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Greg Freeman

Mon 7th Jan 2019 11:46

Congratulations on the continuing success of The High Window, David, and your personal productivity as a poet - and thanks for keeping in touch with Write Out Loud. I look forward to your new collection - and to visiting Grimsby and checking out Freeman Street some day. Greg Freeman (no relation)

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Richard

Mon 7th Jan 2019 10:52

Thank you all for your kind comments!
I wrote this about 5 years ago and found it last week when flicking through my poetry book.
Blackpool from St Anne's to Fleetwood holds more than a special place in my heart.
I hope to live there in the next year or so if things go to plan ?

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John Coopey

Mon 7th Jan 2019 10:36

I missed this, Kev. Maybe you’ve done it at Well Spoken but I haven’t been for a month or two.
Hope to make it on a Thursday.
Brilliant.

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Mon 7th Jan 2019 10:04

She sure will hear you, and will never give up...nice poem...welcome to WOL!!

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Julian (Admin)

Mon 7th Jan 2019 09:59

A fascinating interview with a much-published poet who offers us a view of the worlds of writing and publishing that providing the less experienced of us some valuable insights; and a poem that catches the zeitgeist, offering political and poetical insights of its own. Thank you, David, and your anonymous interviewer.

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Mon 7th Jan 2019 07:47

My bits are tight with no wobbles
except when I visit Salford
and walk on the Weatherfield cobbles

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Bindu Trigunayak

Mon 7th Jan 2019 05:16

So nice of you Maam..You are so much loving and a beautiful soul..?
I cant imagine how one can be so insensitive or pretending like lost his senses..very pathetic..

I'm keeping patience ..lets hope God will do good for me..

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Mon 7th Jan 2019 04:07

Optimistic end.....faith, trust, hope and prayers always?

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Mon 7th Jan 2019 04:05

It sure happens....what you see is what you get?

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Mon 7th Jan 2019 01:43

Beautiful sentiment Jon...we can only hope?

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Mon 7th Jan 2019 01:41

Eloquent and profound as always Keith. ?

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Mon 7th Jan 2019 01:36

Sad but true...well said dk.

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Mon 7th Jan 2019 01:34

Inspirational expression...Excellent!

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Mon 7th Jan 2019 01:31

Eloquent!

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Big Sal

Mon 7th Jan 2019 00:18

Emotions incarnate.?

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Taylor Crowshaw

Sun 6th Jan 2019 23:03

Thank you M.C. much appreciated comment.
Like it a lot Trevor..

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eve nortley

Sun 6th Jan 2019 22:49

Thank you Trevor and Po for the comments, I feel humbled by the feedback. Believe the storm is building - our love and compassion for others will win through....and as the Dalai Lama says this is what we need to make it through life, love and compassion. keep writing and keep believing....another world is possible.

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raypool

Sun 6th Jan 2019 21:22

Hi Martin. You put me in illustrious company, but I know how you mean, with the setting and the characters. Many thanks, and a happy new year to you too.

Ray

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Sun 6th Jan 2019 20:24

Mark - I lived in Hayes Middx for half my life and often travelled from home to Hounslow via the Heathrow perimeter road. On one occasion around 1975 as I turned onto the road Concorde took off and the sight of it almost overhead took my breath away.

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John Coopey

Sun 6th Jan 2019 19:20

Thanks MC. The women of the North have other attributes. They are strong enough to pull a plough and can floor a horse with one punch. So if that’s what you want.....

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Big Sal

Sun 6th Jan 2019 18:59

Best of luck with your books.

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Big Sal

Sun 6th Jan 2019 18:57

Lead by example, learn by compassion.?

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lisa donohoe

Sun 6th Jan 2019 18:54

D.knap I sincerely apologize. My spelling is at most wrong, dyslexia can be a burden at times but I do not mean to offend with wrong grammer..

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Big Sal

Sun 6th Jan 2019 18:54

Such a succint and beautifully woven rhythm. Well done, Eve. Like I said, each of your pieces is imbued with that extra 'oomph' most lack nowadays.

I applaud the effort.?

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d.knape

Sun 6th Jan 2019 18:32



Sun 6th Jan 2019 04:46

thanks for your comment on the poem
Please Come See me.

you use the word pome.
intentional?

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 6th Jan 2019 18:19

Having failed to contribute to this theme, I don't think I could have
improved on this succinct and tasty blog.

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Kporho Raphael Oyeke

Sun 6th Jan 2019 18:10

@Poemagraphic
Thanks a lot.
Happy new year...

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 6th Jan 2019 18:04

Make your enemy worthy of your argument. There's no credit or
gain in picking a fight with an "easy" target, least of all someone
whose vulnerability is there to see and recognise.

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Kporho Raphael Oyeke

Sun 6th Jan 2019 18:01

@Douglas MacGowan
Thanks for the understanding and comment.

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 6th Jan 2019 17:57

How intriguing when you're older
That behaviour becomes bolder
Disregarding the odd cold shoulder
Or the primly outraged scolder!
But I've heard it said of the north
That its womenfolk love to hold forth!
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keith jeffries

Sun 6th Jan 2019 17:41

Dear All,

Thank you for your many comments on this poem. I wrote it this morning not long after climbing out of bed to greet another dreary day.

Keith

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 6th Jan 2019 17:23

This brings back a memory of my own.
TRUE -
I found a fiver at my feet
While walking slowly down our street
No one had seen it lying there
Except for me with downward stare
Slowly navigating between two sticks
And carefully acquired mobility tricks!
With considered care I leaned down -
And must have resembled a circus clown,
But my fingers stretched beyond my eyes
And finally seized the abandoned prize.
And whilst I sipped from victory's cup,
The best reward by far was standing up!!
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M.C. Newberry

Sun 6th Jan 2019 16:50

Ha-ha...a welcome bit of New Year levity to lift the spirits.
From what's written I have to suppose
Your bed rest suggests more than a doze!

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 6th Jan 2019 16:45

The link "more details" now leads to the publisher's site but with no previously provided information for submissions that I could locate.

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Alan Travis Braddock

Sun 6th Jan 2019 16:11

"Surviving is not good enough sweetheart." - that's a powerful and quotable line. Keep it with you,
Too many of us do just that, don't try to make a difference, anywhere.

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Alan Travis Braddock

Sun 6th Jan 2019 16:03

Gentle and persuasive; one is left with a question. Is the clue in the first line, is the missing 'g' a freudian slip? And I've forgotten what Mother Goose stands for.

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David Cooke

Sun 6th Jan 2019 15:50

Dear MC Thanks again for your encouraging comment.

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David Cooke

Sun 6th Jan 2019 15:47

Hi Ray Thanks for comment on my Freemo poem. It's Poem of the week on Monday so there will be a little feature. In case I didn't send you it before here's a link to my journal:
https://thehighwindowpress.com/category/poetry/

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John Coopey

Sun 6th Jan 2019 15:34

It’s York, Martin. But these are my hoes. You find your own possee.

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victoriavautaw@gmail.com

Sun 6th Jan 2019 15:32

You read my mind Don! This poem begs the question, "What do you do when you get writer's block?"

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Martin Elder

Sun 6th Jan 2019 15:23

Blimey where is this overs 60's club?

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Martin Elder

Sun 6th Jan 2019 15:17

There is a great music video by Moby that more or less says the same thing about technology. I like to believe, be it all optimistically that all that is with technology will turn full circle
Nice one

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Martin Elder

Sun 6th Jan 2019 15:14

I like to think there were ever there is potential for hope then there is the potential for something greater and better than there has been.

Nice one Jon

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Martin Elder

Sun 6th Jan 2019 15:10

Inertia is definitely the word for the season Keith, though never dull with poetry of this calibre.
Nice one my friend.

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Martin Elder

Sun 6th Jan 2019 14:55

This has elements of Treasure island in it for me and I cannot but expect to see Jim Hawkins and long John Silver present at the Admiral Benbow.
Great poem Ray
and a Happy New year too you

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Martin Elder

Sun 6th Jan 2019 14:52

Hi Cynthia
So good to see you posting again with an event so beautifully put.
Happy New Year too you. I hope we will catch up again in this coming year

Love

Martin

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Alan Travis Braddock

Sun 6th Jan 2019 14:49

Reminds me of the (true story) of the proprietor of an arcade, in Newcastle-on-Tyne, who cemented a line of new 1£ coins to the pavement of the street outside - making a trail to the arcade.
1) They disappeared the next day - but it was all in the local paper.
2) The Corporation sent him a bill for repairs to the pavement.
3) Don't ask me for any details, it was probably 30 years ago. But I saw it myself and so did the person who dug out the cash. No it wasn't me, I was working in an adjacent office.

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