Post by M.C. Newberry 25th of April 2013

"If you are so resistant towards a POV seeking an analogy with attitudes to other equally appalling crimes, then I will be happy to oblige your request not to post comment on your contributions...as not worth my time."

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So you are going to continue? Minus the Blakelock reference that you have already made? Take a long walk off a short pier

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I know you are the resident WOL troll, but please never post on my blog again. I have asked, almost politely.

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Hello MC,
Glad you liked "Ray-Bans". Your recollection made me realise they've been about quite some time!
And also thankyou for your kind thoughts on "A Toast to Craig and Hannah".

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I have spent a pleasant morning listening to a few of your audios. Wow! You are talented and I am jealous! Your song "You Smiled" has a 60's retro sound, which I really like. Keep writing and making music. I love your voice.

Shirley

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Hi. M.C.
Thanks for the encouragement. My poem "My Poetry" makes me seem a little thinner skinned than I am. I wrote a short not great poem telling people where they can kiss me. I may post it later.
You also write music! I'm jealous, not really. You're multi- talented. Is it possible to post your song here?

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Wotcha MC,
Thanks for commenting on "One Wheel...". The irony is it happened as we were slowing down for a roundabout. We shouldn't have been there. We should have turned off onto the M69 4 miles earlier but it was at a standstill so we gave it a miss. If it hadn't been we would have taken it and the wheel would have come off while we were doing 60mph. Somebody was watching over us that day.

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Many thanks for your kind comments on "House of the Rising Damp". A true-ish story!

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Glad you enjoyed "As Sure As God's In Gloucester", MC. I'd never been until a few weeks ago and was very impressed, particularly with its history and architecture. The £3 walking tour of the city was excellent value.
Re the tombs of former monarchs, Edward 11 is buried there, of course, along with Robert, the eldest son of William the Conqueror.

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Hi M C, thank you for your comment on Symphony of the Elements. Thank you for pointing out the apostrophes, I am totally useless when it comes to punctuation.
Hazel

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Hi MC

I've been over doing the not doing anything lately
need to find something less demanding.This comment has really taken it out of me zzzzzz
Appreciate your appreciation.

Ken

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What ho, the Old Devonian! I think Torbay outshines Filey in just about every aspect I can think of!

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The child within is too easily lost. We forget how to simply accept and tend to over analyse our lives.
Listen to a distant sound of thunder
and imagine ......
I love my grandchildren.
Josh, the little boy in the pic shouted to me, "Look grandad I'm catching the rain!"
What could I say? ... NOTHING !! ....So I stepped outside, into his world and tried to catch the rain.
Thank you for reading and commenting.
Pete the Bus Driving Poet.

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Cheers for the comments on The Writing Class, MC; allusions to Betjeman muchly appreciated too - I'm beginning to think that structured, formal verse is most definitely frowned on by today's poetic community (someone recently commented that no rhymed poetry stands a chance of winning comps or being published) so comparison with someone of his stature stands as no small compliment.

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Thanks for your kind words

Richard

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Glad you enjoyed, "I Had A Bream", MC.

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Many thanks for your thoughts on "Dick".
I am just enormously thankful that the call to resist Nazism fell on the last previous generation and not ours.

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Hello MC,
Glad you liked "Michael Seen Flora". A true story as my mother told it. She had no doubts.

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Thanks for your thoughts, MC, on "Has Anybody Seen My Little Sarah". Difficult times for dads as their daughters grow up!

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Hello M.C.,
Thank you for your kind comments of my poem "Jimmy Rockford". My poem will fade from memory in a few days but your poem "Dambuster" has been read by thousands of people. You have every right to be proud. I also corrected the spelling error. I would never make it as a full time writer. LOL!


Thanks,
Shirley

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Hello MC,
Thanks for your thoughts on "My Biggest Fan". More than one way to kill a cat!

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If they had can't see them just using rubber bullets

Thanks for your comment

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Thatcher called Mandela 'that grubby little terrorist' She used the Malvinas war to bolster sagging popularity- hey she did ok for her class.

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Clement Attlee's achievements

Dates in office
26 July 1945 - 26 October 1951
Political party
Labour

Major acts

National Health Service Act 1946
Made healthcare free on the basis of citizenship and need rather than the payment of fees or insurance premiums

National Insurance Act 1946
Introduced social security, in which persons of working age had to pay a weekly contribution and in return were entitled to a wide range of benefits when they could no longer work

Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, Electricity Act 1947, Transport Act 1947
Nationalised the coal industry, electricity utilities, railways and long-distance haulage

Town and Country Planning Act 1947
Planning permission now required for land development; ownership alone no longer sufficient

Children Act 1948
Established a comprehensive childcare service, reforming services providing care to deprived and orphaned children

Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act 1948
Paid child-minders now registered and regulated; inspection regime in place to check their methods and facilities meet basic minimum standards

National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949
Allowed the creation of National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England and Wales, gave the public rights of way and access to open land

Interesting facts
Nationalised one fifth of the British economy.

Margaret Thatcher's achievements
Dates in office
4 May 1979 - 28 November 1990
Political party
Conservative

Major acts

Housing Act 1980
Gave security of tenure, and the right to buy homes, to tenants of local authorities and other bodies.
...that's all!

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...you may enjoy my latest!

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Glad you enjoyed "Here's My Tits...". A true story I thought I had forgotten until recent events brought back the memory.

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I can see this piece being re-visited as more and more comes to mind. It sprang from a bit of prose about nostalgia I am writing and my Mum wanted me to "Do a 'pome' about clogs'n'stuff." She hasn't seen it yet. Hard times but good times for me. Mill house with an outside toilet, a place of terror as a child.
Thanks for reading MC.

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Hi M.C,

Enjoyable back and forth on the politics that matter Margaret Thatcher.

In that regard I have left further comment upon 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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hello MC...thanks for the comment on my latest...rarely do I do political poetry..it bores me to distraction. One my face book page I actually put a comment about wanting to write about bears, then all the gumph happened and Mrs T was everywhere..but I must admit I do not mourn her passing. Again thanks for your comment. :)

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hey MC
thanks for the comment on 'old tyke blus' i'm thinking of putting it to a blues tune - so better be careful i don;t infringe any copyrights on the song you mention from your childhood
Ian

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

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Newburry You do speak the truth- pitty its out your arse. Carry on.

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Hi MC
Thank you once again for your advice and kind words. Much appreciated. Just glad you enjoyed reading.
Pete The Bus Driving Poet.

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do you mean this contribution?

I hope she became aware of her dying
I hope she became aware of her senility
I hope she died in pain
I hope she died in fear

Liverpool fans chanting When Maggie Thatcher Dies v Sunderland
http://youtu.be/37Cmzvt549Y

Liverpool fans pre-match away at Wigan 2013 Thatcher song
http://youtu.be/NtwavcblPzo

I hope she became aware of her dying
I hope she became aware of her senility
I hope she died in pain
I hope she died in fear

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Hya MC
Thank you for your obs on Shadows, noted about the rhyme. The problem is, I don't really think, I just write. When it's done ... it's done. Might have to start thinking though, hope it doesn't hurt TOO much. ;0)
Delightful is a delightful comment to make ... ta "Q" very much.
Cheers
Pete The Bus Driving Poet.

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Thx for the feedback on the 'Nothing Left' poem. We differ greatly politically...but I do appreciate some of your political points and have left a long windy comment on the poem's blog.

I wish I could write in a more laconic style outside of poetry - but prose writing is not my forte. Hope the explanation of my political feeling comes across and you can see why I feel as I do.

Ta muchly for reading and commenting.

Best

Chris

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It seems you have attracted a little impoliteness again, MC.
As we used to say in the mining industry, "Ignore it" (or words to that effect).
Keep posting.

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Hello MC,
Glad you liked,"Don't Think Twice..."
I myself was rather pleased with it technically although I always make the mistake of posting stuff as soon as I've written it - then decide there were lots of bits I could have improved.

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Hello MC,

Thank you for your nice comments on my poem "The One I Love". I wrote this for my husband. Of course my eyes are not as sparkly as the drawing, but the sentiment is there.

Thanks again,
Shirley

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hello MC,
"Who had a hand in it"... Very good.
I think it's open to a wide interpretation!

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Thanks for looking at 'pass the bread' MC
All the best, Steve

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What ho, MC.
Glad you liked Paint it beige.
Yes, I think I got a spelling wrong in'gauge'.

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Ahoy there, MC.
Luckily my pond (and house) is protected by a floodbank to keep the river and us separate.

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Ahoy there, shipmate,
Many thanks for your thoughts on Ollie the Otter and Fifty Shades of Earl Grey.
So far my wire cage has kept it out of the pond. I don't think it'll be going hungry though - it ate around 80 of them last year (some koi worth hundreds of pounds) and we live next door to the River Aire, so it's got alternative dining.
Fifty Shades was my rather flippant take on trying to be erotic!

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Hello MC .. thank-you for your comment .. I wrote the poem about ten years ago which puts the events back even further, which is all a bit disturbing.

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Thanks for the clarification. It was a reminder about the disaster on its anniversary, not the difference between then an now, time will always change things and the way they are dealt with or reported. I wanted readers to learn about it if they weren't aware like yourslf.

Indeed in addition to the disaster I expecially wanted to acknowledge in the poem, the war and the awful time the country had been through. Obviously the main thrust of the poem was the disaster and a hope that those who died may be remembered and will stand by that. The reasons it isn't really remembered were also suggested.

The decision made to play the game (as i understand it encouraged by the police) but I wasn't apportioning blame - no-one had ever dealt with a similar situation as this, none of us can say what we would have done. A sign of the times maybe, but surely that could not have been ignored on the day, no-one ccould have thought to just take that in their stride, who knows maybe the enormity of the tragedy was difficult to assess.

I appreciate what you're saying but was merely as a personal point of view and that of many Bolton fans hoping to raise awarenesst, I dont see any reason this cant be commemorated in the same breath as the others.

For the record, I never meant that this was a greater tragedy than the war or to be put above the bravery of those in the war. I fully acknowledge what the people of Britain did in those times. I wrote a poem 11.11 as such a tribute which was displayed in Hull Trinity Church as a remembrance tribute to those who lost their lives and those who fought, regards.

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I would normally like to thank someone for a comment on a poem but am unable to do with yours about my Burnden Disaster MC.

I found your comments very disappointing - you dont even comment on the poetry as WOL is intended. It is not meant to have a go, it is a tribute to those who died and to raise the awareness when other disasters are readily remembered.

I recognise the reasons for this entirely and in no way is this meant to detract from the bravery of those in the war. If there is any hope of any compassion in this world, what is wrong anyway with poeple recognising other peoples grief, why shouldn't Burnden be remembered. It wasn't written as a timely reminder! JD

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What ho, MC!
Glad you liked my "Dog's Bollocks".
I haven't seen the programme itself so I can only summise that this was some sort of breeding ritual to propagate a thoroughbred line.
Nevertheless she was definitely a good sport in my book!

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Thanks for your kind comments on my songs M.C.
I enjoy pottering around in the folk scene ( got bitten by the bug in Manchester as a teenager) - now Doncaster has to put up with me!
I'm impressed with your letter to the Times being published . I fire the odd one off to the Telegraph but no luck so far.
Yvonne XX

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Thanks for taking a moment to read 'The Long and Dusty Road' MC. I worked on this for a long time and my breakthrough moment was verse 5 so I then went back and re worked things in that style hence the structure. Think I've done my usual trick and posted the poem before I've done meddling with it . .

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