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Laura Taylor

Thu 22nd Jun 2017 13:29

Oof - SEARING! Bang bang bang go your bullets. I am a fan of poems that punch holes. Great poem.

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Laura Taylor

Thu 22nd Jun 2017 13:26

This is pretty much my own relationship, how it developed. I can't help but love this poem. So gentle and beautiful. You have a real raw talent at capturing and expressing these feelings - comes no doubt from your peaceful and equal inner soul.

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Laura Taylor

Thu 22nd Jun 2017 13:15

Yep, proper enjoyed this Martin - good one!

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Laura Taylor

Thu 22nd Jun 2017 13:10

A cracker this. I wrote something similar myself a few years ago. Funny innit? It's over before it's begun, and you think - did I do it all??

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Thu 22nd Jun 2017 08:30

this is excellent Robert, every line makes a big impact. Thanks for posting. Colin

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Thu 22nd Jun 2017 08:27

I was wondering what the title reminded me of and Stu's comment prompted the memory of Sham 69's Hurry Up Harry and the chorus line of 'We're going down the pub' although your female narrator doesn't sound like an old punk to me.

In fact I'm not sure what she sounds like - part Polish, part Welsh, part Asian, part Royal? I bet they drive a Chelsea tractor though with spray-on mud for the return journey back to town. Great stuff. The opposite to the Slugshaws perhaps? Col.

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Thu 22nd Jun 2017 08:13

you are more than welcome Louis ?

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keith jeffries

Wed 21st Jun 2017 20:53

Hello Ray, this is an irresistible invitation to an English landscape. Thank you. Keith

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Stu Buck

Wed 21st Jun 2017 20:22

awesome martin. on my way to my partners house we pass several of these large chain pubs and you have captured the scene, with all its positivity AND desperation, quite brilliantly. clever.

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Stu Buck

Wed 21st Jun 2017 20:11

half man half biscuit meets john otway.

in the best possible way

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New Shoes

Wed 21st Jun 2017 19:49

Thanks for the positive out look graham, it's appreciated.

Colin thanks for your post. Who would have thought shoes to be a fairly accurate metaphor for change.

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Stu Buck

Wed 21st Jun 2017 19:25

i like the interplay of 'fear of heights' and 'some in high places'. i tend to stay away from anything political or to do with current events, just a personal preference, but i do like this and it does seem to keep its emotions in sway, so as to not appear overly 'reactionary'. good stuff and surely indicative of its quality that it will be performed at fundraisers.

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Wed 21st Jun 2017 19:11

I finished this wanting to shout 'more, more' so sorry Cynthia I have to disagree with you on the length! ?

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Michaela Sheldon

Wed 21st Jun 2017 18:52

Summer lovin!!!!

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karen izod

Wed 21st Jun 2017 16:42

unfortunately can't make either of those dates, but best of luck with it, and with the fundraising, and will keep an eye out on your ccpress site. Karen

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keith jeffries

Wed 21st Jun 2017 16:24

Micaela, Thank you for this. The first and last stanzas are very fitting indeed. Keith

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Linda Cosgriff

Wed 21st Jun 2017 16:03

That was hilarious! I'm sad to say, lovely as they are, Stockport WOL meetings are nowhere near as interesting.

Do you have more stories?

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Linda Cosgriff

Wed 21st Jun 2017 15:58

Hi Harry.

Thanks for your comment on my blog.

I love your bio! What an interesting life you've lived. I confess to being a little envious (okay, a lot) that you read on a bill with Roger McGough. He's my favourite poet.

To counter my lack of distinction in that area, I can tell you that I had a one-act play make its debut at The Everyman in the eighties. Yes, it was a student piece, performed by students, and appeared for one night only; but no one can take that away from me ?

Going to check out your poetry now x

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steve pottinger

Wed 21st Jun 2017 15:54

What I really like about this poem is the way it avoids ranting and railing, but just quietly and cleverly makes its point by reminding the reader that following advice could lead any of us into an impossible position. Nice work.

It's worth taking heed of the adage "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all'. Maybe the heat has made some people forget that.

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Linda Cosgriff

Wed 21st Jun 2017 15:53

Thanks, Harry!

No quotes, because my boys never do forget my birthday. It's why I let them visit ?

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M.C. Newberry

Wed 21st Jun 2017 15:26

Those of a certain belief and creed
Scatter their promises like wind-blown seed,
It's said you reap what you shall sow,
Best though to avoid what you'd rather not grow!

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Laura Taylor

Wed 21st Jun 2017 15:23

*slow hand clap*

Well done Rick. Showing what a strong community is made of there. Did you miss the bit about this being performed at fundraisers too?

And you speak of dishonouring. The irony.

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M.C. Newberry

Wed 21st Jun 2017 15:14

Joyful stuff.
To be in the company of sun and friends,
The happy memory never ends!

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Rick Gammon

Wed 21st Jun 2017 15:14

This is a 'leave' comment:

This piece of doggerel is quite the worst I've read in many a month - it fails to meet even the low entry requirement for doggerel.

Frankly it is drivel and, I feel, dishonouring to the deceased.

I think there's nowt to be gained by sticking around.
So, with thanks to the kind people I've met here, for their encouragements, this is my 'adieu'.

Cheers everyone
Rick.

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M.C. Newberry

Wed 21st Jun 2017 15:05

Thanks, Cynthia and Tom. There's no doubt that there's
more to come about who did what - or didn't...from what
I'm reading in the latest reports about the disaster at
Grenfell Tower.

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Tom Doolan

Wed 21st Jun 2017 13:26

Hi M.C. - A very acute reflection on a tragic episode. Highlighting the very different psyche that divides our two nations. Tom :)

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Tom Doolan

Wed 21st Jun 2017 12:47

Nice work Martin - I raise my glass to you - cheers :)

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Tom Doolan

Wed 21st Jun 2017 12:44

Hi Cynthia - It's a very contrived piece. My earlier offering of "Flaming June" was a little premature. At least the good weather is finally upon us. Thanks for feedback. :)

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Michaela Sheldon

Wed 21st Jun 2017 12:35

Thanks all! Haha I love making mundane problems more intense then they need to be ?

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John Darwin

Wed 21st Jun 2017 12:12

I have a poem in this anthology, great cause

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Wed 21st Jun 2017 10:52

All out blazing enthusiasm of youth - what's not to love. Really delightful the last two lines, in the innocence of 'talking to the sun'. And it's roughly structured, just like a kid's erratic thoughts. Much enjoyed.

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Wed 21st Jun 2017 10:46

Delightful salute to sheer youth, and the bitter-sweet 'halters' of age.

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keith jeffries

Wed 21st Jun 2017 10:19

To the Lancashire County Palatine Tourist Bard. Thank you for your comment. To respond to your staement one would probably need to take each politician on his or her own merits. I do not accept that all started out as philanthropists as there are far too many opportunists and self seekers to name. It is a profession which attracts many who thirst for personal acclaim and can find no other way of achieving this. More importantly those who clamour for such office are not required to possess any qualifications yet feel that they have some inherit right to determine the nation´s future. It is an interesting subject, which I am sure, will be an ongoing debate for many years to come. Thank you again for your comment. Keith

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Wed 21st Jun 2017 10:11

Very clever, and deft.

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Wed 21st Jun 2017 10:02

Terrific, just fab! - in every way -concept, vocab, structure, title .... length - etc.

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Martin Elder

Wed 21st Jun 2017 09:46

This is such a telling poem Karen. I love these lines

and words taken hostage
crammed into cages
are testing their teeth
on ragged promises
until swollen with anger

I think they are the most telling of all particularly with politician's sound bites.
As David says great stuff as ever

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Martin Elder

Wed 21st Jun 2017 09:42

A great poem this one Michaela. I can relate to this. Why is it the bladder kicks in at the most inconvenient times?

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Martin Elder

Wed 21st Jun 2017 09:39

Well said, nice one

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Martin Elder

Wed 21st Jun 2017 09:35

Great imagery here Tom. Where I lived as a lad there weren't many hills to go up, but none the less there was a sense of freedom going out cycling at a young age even if I only had three gears not like now when I have twenty two!
Great poem

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Martin Elder

Wed 21st Jun 2017 09:22

Hi iesha
great use of colour here, love the juxtaposition of blue and black and that line ' a cave I buried myself in'
fabulous

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Wed 21st Jun 2017 08:36

well said Wendy! Keep posting!


Much love.



Rose ?

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Wed 21st Jun 2017 08:34

I really like these three lines Louise because they stand out as perhaps illusory when followed so swiftly by 'And face the preachers scorn' -

I want to taste the rainbow,
To ride a unicorn,
To talk to Jesus freely.

all the best
Colin

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Wed 21st Jun 2017 08:27

you really have excelled yourself here Raj.
Your exposure's of love and all that goes with it gets better and better.

I am almost in a state of gasping anticipation for the next
one.

Which I'm sure will further enhance my adoration's of all that you offer with great kindness and truth.

as always,with love


Rose ?

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Wed 21st Jun 2017 08:26

clever title and reinvention - welcome back Mr Shoes

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Louise Hogg

Wed 21st Jun 2017 07:23

Cynthia, the 'it' could be the mental pain but it refers to the symptoms of psychosis, to auditory hallucinations. Thanks for your positive comments.

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Mark Mr T Thompson

Wed 21st Jun 2017 07:19

Thanks Martin. I think the horrors were very real for me as I had lived on the top floor of a smaller block (12th floor).

Karen I will definitely get it recorded, but if any in London want to hear the piece I will be performing it first at two events to raise funds in support of victims... One at the Rutland Arms in Hammersmith on the 4th of July (featuring alongside Anthony Anaxagorou, Kat François, Joelle Taylor And Deanna Rodger!), the other my own night Lipped Ink where I host and the featured poet is Sophia Walker.

https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/eventview.php?eventID=14186&datetime=2017-07-07T00:00

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Martin Elder

Tue 20th Jun 2017 23:01

This has great timing and rhythm to it as well as a marvellous sense of the horrors of what has happened.
fantastic POTW richly deserved
Congratulations Mark

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David R Mellor

Tue 20th Jun 2017 22:07

Thank You Karen for your lovely comment, the poem was heartfelt , thanks

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M.C. Newberry

Tue 20th Jun 2017 21:29

I recall intervening in the abuse of an Asian bus conductor
by three Afro-Caribbean youths and finding myself
accused of being racist by the small ethnic crowd that had
gathered to pass judgement according to their ill-informed
prejudices instead of preserving the peace. That's one
type of behaviour that has barely changed in my adult lifetime.

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M.C. Newberry

Tue 20th Jun 2017 20:57

Grand! Brings back memories of my mid-teen fights with
Bowden Hill above the Wiltshire village of Lacock, vowing
not to dismount from my Raleigh Lenton Sports until I'd
reached home a couple of turns beyond the church on its
crest. No pub there!! But the challenge was the thing
when you're fourteen and fit for anything.
The days come back with every remembered turn of the
toe-clipped platform pedals I had fitted to the Williams
chainset driving a Cyclo Benelux derailleur. Yorkie Brian Robinson was leading the UK Cinderella charge in Continental
cycle racing - and I still see his name in magazine articles six decades later! What a hero...then and now.




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