Thank you Isobel.

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Yes Isobel...thank you.

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Isobel, many thanks for reading Melancholium. Hope you have a great inspiring holiday. Graham

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Thanks for the comments on 'Chaos'. The title is from an interest in Chaos Theory - and some 'poetic licence' taken in applying it (loosely!)to human relationships;and the picture is of a fractal - interpret as you will ;)
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Hello isobel


many thanks for your well thought through critique... you are getting warmer.. you have to wait and read the book ....one day...

Hope you are well hope to see you soon

Gus xx

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Hi - (sleepers) I've got to admit - there's nothing like a good night's kip -"la petit morte" as francine would doubtless?? say. I like the clip as he says that heaven lies (not in the big expensive things in life), but the things that are hardly anything at all - a song, a kiss, a party etc. x

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Aw Ta Isobel....I've had a lovely welcome back from you lot. xxx

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Hi Isobel just copied you in...

xxx


Thanks you ladies... I wouldn't dare do a follow up...but I know a a poet who may??

Perhaps it may be offered as a lemon drizzle prize subject..


LADIES OF A CERTAIN AGE

I'm sure Isobel and Francine could arrange that... I'll send the cake overseas if it comes to it... Whatya think ???

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Hi Isobel, thanks for your comment, re- poetry-love affair.
Thing is, that is exactly what it has been for me. Turbulent, traumatic at times, beautiful and downright sexy at others. I don't think you saw my more raunchy ones. I have a very good sense of humour but it tends to come across as sarcasm when i attempt it in poetry.

I've finally, finally decided that the poetry performance scene isn't for me and so my time on here is over.(for good this time) :-)
I wish you well, it suits you and i know you still get a great buzz from it. That's gone out of it for me, as has the inclination to write any more.

See ya, love Janet.xx

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BTW - I'm glad to hear you're fine & maybe I was falling into the trap of thinking "this is what you write, so this is what you are or believe". Big mistake ! And trudging round the Asda aisles alone - no - luckily for me - at that time - I'd long since learned to let go of regrets. xx

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Aye - all's well that ends well.
this says it all for me -
"I would never UNWISH that now cos to do so would be to unwish its consequences - my children". That's my point - if you would not unwish it, then in my book its not a regret - just musings. besides, its only my take on things, not gospel. xx

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Hi - great poem Isobel & you are so right about our struggles in life fuelling our art. My life has been very shitty in parts, (and probably, like many people, I seriously thought of ending it) - but still, not anything like as hard as yours, but I have been lucky in finding a "trick" to banish all regrets. For me, having a regret is a wishing that your life had been otherwise, (is that what you mean ?) - which (for me) is a negative view and unattainable anyway. There's nothing wrong with capitalising on our troubles & turning them into art, but (for me) to have regrets is to dwell on the past - to "agree" to be a victim of what may very well have been intolerable at the time. But that is in the past & by "agreeing" to hold onto our regrets (to "indulge" in them) - one cannot help but be (at least partly) governed & defined by them.
I know I sound like a vicar here - and I'm not at all religious - but if you Wanted to let go of your regrets - as I did - you can simply let go of them - not forget them, but deny them their hold over you. I haven't forgotten my troubles, but they no longer affect or define who I am. If your definition of Regrets is different than mine, then maybe your use of them to build your art is a good thing for you - an exorcising of your ghosts - but for me they would no longer be defined as regrets, just memories. It does sound as if I just like hearing the sound of my own voice here!
Sermon over :)

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Hi Isobel,
Re: the comment..
Read in French.
Pensé en Anglais.
Dave

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Ouais !
Finalement... C'est toi : )

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yoo hoo. Nice smile! Sorry but I been away for a bit, just catchin up on here. Good happy pic of izzy

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Hurray !! the Ostrich has gone ;-)
Love your new picci ;-)
XXXX

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Thank you
Billy is also a great reader of his own poetry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=56Iq3PbSWZY

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Thanks Isobel for your kind comments on "Flesh", glad you like the re-write. To be honest, I wondered about the 6th stanza myself, and couldn't decide whether to keep it in or not. It's always true people will think differently but I value your opinion, thanks again. xx

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Hi Isobel, thank you for commenting on "Flesh". Before I joined WOL I had only ever written rhyming poetry, but I have recently dabbled with free verse - in "Arillas" and "Warm Embrace" for instance, yet sometimes I have to actually change verses because they ended up rhyming anyway!! I actually think rhyming works better with comical poems, but free verse is probably better with the romantic. Thanks for advice anyway, always welcome, and I shall give it more of a try. xx

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Hi IzDo you know when you call me

'A Naughty Boy'

I tingle from head to foot...

Thank you for your critique and hope to c u soon.xxx

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Hi Iz

You've said that you'll be parking WOLOP until blogs are run on a different basis (though someone else could take it over). That could mean it may not resurrect. It hasn't lasted long but while it did it brought a lot of pleasure and interest (and a lot of work for you). It shouldn't end without someone thanking you. So...um...thank you.

Makes you think - there's lots of people do stuff for WOL on a voluntary basis. Does anyone ever thank them?

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ThanksIsobel - re Love to the Blood and Bone. x

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Hi Isobel
thanks so much for your lovely comment on 'Summer's Eve.'
You are right in the sense of it being a gentle letting go. It's about letting go of Spring and the last stanza is about the ashes of Spring being used as hope for the Summer by nurturing/protecting the roots of a rose. Positive continuous existence :-)

Janet.x

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Isobel, your comments are excellent; but the challenge of Sapphic is to write in very structured 'feet'; the pattern can't be broken. So one's 'freedom' is dramatically curtailed. The first 3 lines had to be:
/, // /,, /, /,
and the last line:
/,, //

Good words kept twisting and turning on me, mocking me. I refused to be beaten; this is an effort.

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Good luck with the World Cup Haiku - don't think they're absolute purists, they've used my 5/5/7s at least.
cheers, Marvin

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hi Isobel - thanks so much for reading and commenting on "It Only Ends Once". your comments made me feel I have created a nice place to visit on a day when i feel abandoned. :-) Its a 'settling' poem i feel. Win x

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Hi Isobel, thanks for your comment...
and give up poetry? I can't do that, it won't leave me alone :-)

I don't think the subject of the poem is in denial, hence the question mark in the title. I think the subject of the poem is fully aware.

Janet.x
ps I don't think i'll be on here again until the move has taken place. Just tried to blog a poem but there was no space to place my entry :-)
Such is life!x

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dear Emmu, How do you volumise your lashes? Win :-o

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Hi Izz

We noticed last night
that your rear red light
(not the one on the right)
has given up the fight

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Hi there,
Thanks for your comments on 'Whisper' - I was trying for a wordplay on wisp/whisper/whisker, and it's the nearest I've got to a sonnet yet - but not sure it quite works ... hey ho! :)
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I'm being stalked - in "real time!"
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I see you are preparing to bury your head back into the sand heh heh...

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Am touched you noticed - yes - had a slight trim and lost the glasses...

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There's something different about you...is it the hair?

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Just sticking my beak in about the Liverpool poetry thingy - how about reading The Quality of Love? It's a beautiful poem!

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Well Ann - now you mention it - he does have nice hands...

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Oh Isobel - you have turned into an emu! Does this mean that your ideal man is in fact Rod Hull? xx

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No,it's just one straight 4-min read for all contestants, Isobel. That's because it is a comp, not a slam, so there is no slam-off! Great, glad you're coming.

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Hi Isobel,

thanks for leaving a comment on that blog posting I did. I'm gonna leave a comment on it - as soon as I find the blasted article I was discussing.

I wanted, also, to urge you to take part in the free-to-enter poetry competition we are holding in Liverpool on Wednesday. Here are the details, m'dear ...

LIVERpoetry is to host the Grand Liverpool Poetry Competition next week on Wednesday, 9th June.

The competition has a top prize of £100 and is free to enter; and with prizes of £30 and £20 for the second and third runners-up respectively, it could be well worth your while digging out your best poems and taking them along!

Your poem can be on any theme, but each performance may be no longer than four minutes. Your time will begin when you start to speak, and points will be deducted if you exceed the four minute performance time. Judging will be on both the quality of the poem and the performance given.

A maximum of 25 poets can enter the competition, and spaces will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please arrive before 7.30pm and wait at the desk to register in the Upper Room of the Pilgrim pub on Pilgrim Street, Liverpool, LH1 9HB. Arrive in good time because once 25 poets have registered, the list will be closed.

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Hi - I mean to send you this before your email, but sent it to myself instead....durr.
Hi - Isobel - I agree that the chemistry has to be there - if it's not, then it's just not & you are wasting your time. I think internet dating etc can work if you're prepared to give it a go, play safe & look out for nutters & (for girls) the "quick shag brigade" - it worked for me - but you have to decide what works for you.
Chris - you are sooooo right! As long as the chemistry is there and you LIKE this person, you can work on the other stuff - none of us is perfect & to expect that is going to end in disappoinment. Also - dont give up on them at the first major hurdle; try & hang on in there - just staying together counts for a LOT - it's as if the more you give, the more you get back. And both have to be able to say sorry. I've known several other girls in my life who (had I been a bit more mature) might have been "the one". X

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Woops = just realised that I posted this on Banksy's profile - meant to post it on yours :)

Butting in on a private conversation here - hope that's ok. I think, for women in particular, we're led to believe that there is a 'someone' out there who is the 'right one', and all we've got to do is find him, prove that the glass slipper fits, and then hang on like grim death.
There's no 'right one', there's merely a choice of compromises to be made.
One of my favourite authors - Ann Tyler wrote in her novel 'A Patchwork Planet' (and I'm para-phrasing) ... after so many years to-gether, the other person sort of becomes the right person.
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Hi - do you want another 2 cents??
most of what you say I agree with -I was in the same position that all the "sane" girls are already married etc. But if you perceive yourself as a Strong woman, dont you think that that can easily come across as "bolshie" & put off the "nice guys"? You've set yourself a prettty tall bar there -you're looking for "very special" -aren't we all? I'd be tempted to go for someone you fancy who treats you right & work on the rest later, as most women can twist their man round their little finger anyway & mould them to their needs (me included). sorry if it sounds like a lecture, but I'm just talking sincerely from my own experiences. X

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my problem is that sometimes I make what are (to me) obvious jokes & people think I'm being serious ! It's the same with those defences of yours (and a lot of girls are the same BTW) - if you come across too "hard" you might put off the guys you want to reach & only the cocky idiots have a thick enough skin to take your banter - and they might not be what you're looking for. Only my 2 cents - it's not gospel, just my opinion as having "been there" myself quite a bit.

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BTW - bitter & twisted = I WAS only joking !!

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I'd pray for you to win the lottery too - only I'm not much of a believer. I don't know how I got to be so lucky this time round, but I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. I think that first you have to believe that such a thing (love) IS possible after all. X

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Hi, Isobel! Thank you for your nice comments on my jokes. With warmest wishes, Larisa

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Thanks Isobel, left a fuller comment on the poem.
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Yeh Isobel - our crayon chewer was Gwyn Price! Why on earth do I remember that! Maybe if we'd eaten crayons or stuffed them up our noses we'd be remembered for all time too.

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Salut toi !
Eh bien tu vois...
Tu m'as inspiré d'écrire un poème aujourd'hui ; )
Merci beaucoup pour les beaux mots...

xxx

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Hi Isobel
Thank you for your generous comments on my Jackie challenge. I think i kinda like being distinctive enough to be recognized lol
thanks again x

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