Good Evening Cynthia

As always you are on the red button!


Yes, I felt the piece, The Last Ferry was just a little overloaded and would as most pieces often do benefit from edit and rewrite.

Once again and as always many thanks for reading and comments

Gus

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Hiya Cynthia,

Thanks so much for the comment. To be honest I have tinkered with Eating Mango so many times I am beginning to get quite fed up of it!
The picture was the only one I could find on google that sort of fitted. I also think the tender age of the girl would start folk to a wondering! The story is a made up one and I do not think the facts are correct in any way but I tried to create that feeling of 'difference.'

again many thanks for reading and your time..appreciated :)

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Glad you liked "The Charge of the Light Brigade", Cynthia. Re its length - I think I got carried away by my dislike for the electricians!

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Hello Cynthia. Glad you liked "Charity Marathon Row".

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Hi Cynthia,

thanks for the kind comments on my previous two poems. your comments are always welcome and pleasing to read! you're right freda does provide great feedback, i think it's great when somebody takes time to provide such well thought out comments on something i've written.

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Thank you Cynthia for your comments on Friends.

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Annoying? You? Can't think why that might be!!

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Thank you Cynthia for your comments on my poem Serendipity. I have tweaked it a bit since then. Best wishes, Lynn

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Hi Cynthia! good to hear from you. Glad you liked 'Tuesday' sorry the ambiguity is confusing. Its partly because the situation the poem refers to is confusing and I felt that needed to come over-I dint intend to confuse readers or listeners. That uncertainty is tangible and could be a good thing maybe..? Im glad you like it. I love that you feel it has an electric feel. I love getting your feedback. you are so supportive. Thank you. I will be back to you to read your work here. would love to get to sale and chat to you. :o) em

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Alright Cynthia?
Yeah i did see the documentary, purely out of boredom and a liking for Sue Perkins though. I'm not too fussed on the guy's private life, i only care about his work. I get a lot more out of it. Also thank you for commenting on my stamina, i try my hardest :).
As for the idea of drawing the reader into the writer's ideas, I've always found it more effective to write something that is true to myself and that pleases me. If other people relate to it or enjoy it that's grand, if they don't no point losing sleep over it right?

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Hi Cynthia, thanks for your comments on Holiday Romance.

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Hi Cynthia. Thank you for your comments on my poem "In Times of Trouble". As I wrote this poem I thought of my relationship with my children, and also that of my relationship with God. Nice catch.

Thanks again
Shirley

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Hi Cynthia, again belatedly, many thanks for your comments on 'Night Sights'. This born out of being around in the early hours with an organisation helping young drunks. Not intended to be a prize winner, more a diary entry. Kind of you comment though. Much appreciated.

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Thanks Cynthia

I'll see to it right away.

Glad you liked it

Ken. x'x

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Hi Cynthia,

Many thanks for your perceptive comments on "the process." You were spot on with your analysis. I just wanted to highlight what it is we are actually doing when we write something for others to read. It's mind blowing when broken down into its component parts. Maybe it's just as well we haven't mastered direct thought tranfer!

Regards,
A.E.

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Many thanks for the kind comments on my poem 'Famous Scenes'!

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Hi Cynthia, thank you for your kind comments on Woman in the Mirror. Yes, just a bit of fun! Glad you enjoyed.

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Hi Cynthia
thanks for your comment. The Magus, yes it's complex , but a wonderful read, I've just started it again after many years.

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Hi Cynthia, Thanks for your comments on An Inside Story.

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Hi Cynthia
'And...'
Thanks, as ever.
You're spot on with the personal element
It's amazing what can be transmitted in whispers

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Thanks for your comments on Poundshops!

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What a lovely reply to my On the other side poem Cynthia, ta very much. My madness is demanding attention, my hormones are dancing!

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Dear 'Nut Case' Thankyou so much for your generous comments, glad you liked Quaver. As usual I find it hard to write anything more than half a page and only once I think have I actually required a second! Actualy you are not a nut case at all Cynthia. You are a poet and as such your imaginings are perfectly normal. Win x

P.S. Have posted up a slightly edited version after your comment.

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Cynthia:
One of the magical elements of reading poetry is you get to bark up whatever tree appeals to you. What you imagine is as valid as anything I intended. Thanks for your comment.
J. Otis

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Hi Cynthia, thanks very much for your comments on Song of the Ofsted Inspectors. Always morale-boosting to see you looking in. As for Plato, well ... I have to confess that I dropped out of philosophy after one year at uni. Maybe it's time I gave him another look. Greg

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Hi Cynthia, 'Not Guilty as Charged'. Much appreciate the comments. A lot of ground covered in a relatively short space here and, the 'i' in my first stanza supposedly represents the detached observer over aeons of time. CHEERS.

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Hello Cynthia,
Glad you liked "Serendipity and Happenstance". I chose the very simple ballad form as it seemed to complement the subject matter nicely.

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Hi Cynthia, a belated thanks for your constructive comments on Bottoms Up. Sorry my response was so long coming. Hoping to get back into the swing of things with one or two hurdles out of the way. CHEERS.

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Hi Cynthia
Thanks for the comment, and I'm afraid I agree, the verbal cut is by far the most painful

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'girl in a lake' is a breathtaking read, almost literally so, altho i would do something about that last stanza - it seems so out of place, and 'folded her clothes over her mind' is too oblique to me.

and no, cynthia, i don't mind at all that you critique my work - that's why i put it up here. people who use this site simply to chat should go to myface

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Hiya, yes of course it was alright. What was it Abraham Lincoln said? 'You can please some of the people all of the time...' etc. I'm a bit distracted today. I don't mean to be terse.

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Hi Cynthia,

Many thanks for your comments. I was hoping it would be slightly longer, but the other lines I wrote really didn't work, so kept it short.

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Hi Cynthia Thanks for kind comms on my Ali poem. He's a great man! I did the poem ages ago, but thought it was nice to post it for his 70th birthday.

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Thanks for your note on I can Try Cynthia, appreciate it. You're right, it doesn't mean forgive, necessarily, as that may well be impossible in some circumstances, and the trying is hard enough in the first place. Thanks :)

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Thank you for reading my poem. I didn't think anyone would bother. I'm learning how to take the time myself to read other people's work. That is the way to learn. We have a lot in common. I feel honoured to have been alive at the same time as Picasso. A true genius. Less relevant my love of music is as broad as it is wide. And conversation if you're going to bother has to be stimulating. If you're not doing anything early September then we have a Literary Festival here in France. Ask away if you need further details. Best wishes Glyn

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good to catch up with you too C

thanks for your time x

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Thanks for commenting on Christmas 2012, your thoughts are much appreciated. Like you I sometimes find I miss a few weeks and then catch up with the reading. Best Wishes, Jane

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Howdy Cynthia - yeh, I ended up looking it up as I could have sworn it was breech! Well, technically, in my case, it should be 'rear' as she did actually come out arse first :D

Thank you re the comp :) Chuffed to be placed :)

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Hola Cynth!

Hey thanks for your note on Tigerella :)

My daughter was born breech, but I was cut so didn't rip (ouch!!). I still tease her for being awkward and coming out arse first into the world hehe :D Fifteen-odd students and a top consultant at the business end...you have no shame after that!

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Hello Cynthia, thank you for taking the time to comment on Falling. You've been away too long.

regards,

Graham

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Cheers, Cynthia, re: your comments on 'Poetry Is For Cowards'. I'm not married to this version, but it's an old one and I've grown used to it. I do however revisit old ones from time and try to improve on them; after all, for art to have any chance of becoming 'great' - not that I hold out any hope of that happening to me - artists should think in terms, not of finishing anything, but abandoning it when they can't find a way to improve it any further. After all, wasn't the Mona Lisa found at Leonardo's deathbed, with wet paint on it?

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Thanks so much guys! You are all so kind!(In Sleep)

Anthony and John - I was aiming for a degree of poignancy - wot r u like! ;)

Cynthia - no way! (Mother and son). And he is "gone" into that deep untroubled kind of sleep that young people seem to manage. And maybe that sleep symbolises the unreachableness of the man.

Ray - re last verse - I'd like to add something to imply that skin/flesh has a memory, as they say that water has. Not sure how, yet.

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Thank you for your lovely words, Cynthia. It is always a pleasure to hear from you!

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Hi Cynthia, 'Luminance', much appreciate your kind comments. Guess we seldom see bird's eyes at night, an owl's more often perhaps if lucky.

Did see the hedgehog though and picked the poor thing up from middle of the road and put it somewhere safer.

Glad to see you surfing WOL etc again after your busy spurts.

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Hi Cynthia, appreciate your further generous comment on 'Passing Clouds'. Hadn't heard from you in a while - been anywhere good?

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Aaah, 'Aperitif': I can still smell the perfumed whiff...who needs pictures when you've got words eh?

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Hi Cynthia,
Thanks for your positive comment on 'There's An App'
Dave

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Hi Cynthia 'Passing Clouds' very much appreciate your comments on this which have been used to modify the stanza in question. Have updated the blog also to provide more detail should you care to revisit at some time. CHEERS.

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Hi! Thanks for your comments on Dear Babs-love your profile pic!

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Hey, thanks Cynth for your note on Biblical Imbecility, glad you liked it :) Yeh, kind of what I was getting at,the lunatic interpretations of what is essentially a bulgy-eyed hysterical part of the whole - although have to say some of it's great! Was thrilled with the 4 horsemen!

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