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Lynn Dye

Wed 25th May 2016 19:32

Well put, Trevor, nice sentiments.

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Chrissy Reeves

Wed 25th May 2016 19:18

Such a pretty poem. It makes me smile. Thanks Lynn.

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Lynn Dye

Wed 25th May 2016 19:15

Good work, good title and so agree.

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ken eaton-dykes

Wed 25th May 2016 17:30

Digging for gas makes for better euthenics than culling the human population back into to some sort of natural balance.

A decision that might have to be taken one day?

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Lynn Dye

Wed 25th May 2016 14:56

Thank you, Harry :o)

Rob - thanks for comment. It was really a fictional tale of a one sided relationship, but I expect it's how women in that situation would see it. x

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dorinda macdowell

Wed 25th May 2016 13:01

Love it Nigel!!!

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Stu Buck

Wed 25th May 2016 12:52

thanks everyone, i really appreciate the positive comments.

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Tim Ellis

Wed 25th May 2016 10:41

Tommy, it's no surprise that of the 7 councillors who supported the application, 6 were Tory and one was independent. There was one Tory who went against the party line and voted no though, and the other 3 no votes were labour, liberal and independent.

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Graham Sherwood

Wed 25th May 2016 10:21

I wonder from an environmental point of view (whilst trying not to be inflammatory) how the two methods of extracting both coal and gas compare with each other.

Whilst our friends in the north (understandably) decry the demise of coal mining, they do not seem to welcome the new technologies. Is that because fracking doesn't employ the large numbers of men coal mining did?

I admit to having limited knowledge of fracking but it is hard to understand that it would have a greater impact (ie slag heaps etc) than coal mining did. Isn't fracking largely invisible?

Howsoever things turn out, I still praise the tenet of the poem, but as I said before, the Vikings left some good after they eventually left for home.

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Lynn Hamilton

Wed 25th May 2016 08:50

Thank you elP.

Lynn x

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elPintor

Wed 25th May 2016 02:54

That's a great profile, Zakiya..not many can boast such a rhythmic introduction..

I'll be looking for more from you,

elPintor

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Lynn Hamilton

Wed 25th May 2016 00:23

Thanks Mr Lens. We all need a touch of germoline every now and again!

Lynn x

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elPintor

Wed 25th May 2016 00:20

Ha!

It isn't mobile-friendly at all, huh? One can lose a lot in that pause..

Cool one, Lynn,

elP

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Tue 24th May 2016 22:41

"there but for the grace" will always sum up the appreciation of how lucky we are not having to walk in their shoes.

well written Martin.

Rose.x

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Harry O'Neill

Tue 24th May 2016 22:20

Suki,

I like the `extras` in stanza two best (the aftercare and the magic carpet rides being `free`.

(plus the dolphins rodeo-riding the keepers)

Keep `em comin`

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Harry O'Neill

Tue 24th May 2016 22:08


Delightful rhymed account of an old tale.

(What some of those mean old Scots will do just to get out of paying child support)

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Harry O'Neill

Tue 24th May 2016 21:42

Ian,
Probably a true account of the minds of the majority as
we approach the big vote.

The problem is that those two last little stanzas (with which you have ended so succinctly) sound so chillingly final.

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Weekend jobs

Tue 24th May 2016 21:41

hahaha .. this is a hilarious poem.

See if you can add some common interview questions and answers in www.myweekendjobs.com/blog/93-top-15-most-common-interview-questions-and-answers.html, in your next one, so that the job seekers find it fun while preparing ... :) ... All the best ...

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Various

Tue 24th May 2016 21:22

And lo it came to pass... bastards. Thank you for this very insightful poem.

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Tommy Carroll

Tue 24th May 2016 19:57

What political party voted which way?

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M.C. Newberry

Tue 24th May 2016 19:30

Harry - thanks for your (as always) thoughtful and
considered comments.
I certainly worry about the speed with which uncontrolled migration (bringing its baggage with it)
is likely to affect the slowly matured social stability
and national identity of this small island nation that
has given so many lives in the cause of freedom.
It would be a painful irony if that freedom was merely
the excuse for many to leave (abandon) their own lands
rather than work towards their success. But then the
EU by its nature serves to stifle individual lands and
their ambitions in the "greater cause" of political
unification - something which, in all fairness - it has
always proclaimed to be its aim.
It has never been our way to be ruled from without -
and decisions by committee in such circumstances
are not "our bag", least of all when decisions are so
tightly regulated and widely influential within its own
ranks. We have the history: brave outward looking
explorers, traders, merchant venturers et al that
took our name around the world. Are we now to be stifled within the strait-jacket of a mediocrity of
nations that happen to be close geographically yet
miles distant in so many other ways, prevented from
setting out our own stall before the world at large -
free from the constraint of an inward looking political
entity led by a Franco-German alliance still harbouring its age-old ambitions for continental domination?
We can do much better if we hold our nerve - as our
forebears did in other braver days that saw us so
successful far beyond these shores...especially now
that progress is largely artificial/mechanical, not in
need of the rising numbers of unemployed human
hands across the EU.

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Robert Mann

Tue 24th May 2016 17:12

Lynn - thank you for clearing that up. I always wondered what a woman wanted. Nice writing.
Rob x

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Tim Ellis

Tue 24th May 2016 15:07

Indeed Ian. One of the 4 North Yorkshire Councillors who sensibly voted against fracking yesterday was in fact a Tory. It's getting harder just to trust a certain party to do what is right, you have to do the research yourself and work it out.

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Martin Elder

Tue 24th May 2016 14:53

Wow what a story Rick and excellently written. I love the way its intertwined with the dog.
Nice one

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Harry O'Neill

Tue 24th May 2016 14:52

Stu,
The body of the poem (and the title) express perfectly the release of the pent up frustration of what your comment says.

For me, the `dash home` in the first line, and the `I ask you` in the last suggest some need of an explanation to an individual for some sort of offence caused.

Without this I think that the poem works superbly as a stand alone raw expression of the sheer emotional feel of the state of mind you talk about in your comment.


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Harry O'Neill

Tue 24th May 2016 13:48


Very female Lynne.

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Harry O'Neill

Tue 24th May 2016 13:46

Pat,
I`m struck by the way the rhyme pushes itself into that long line.

But that picture (size-wise) seems to bully the rest of the poem to death.

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Tim Ellis

Tue 24th May 2016 13:35

Indeed Greg - I was watching the decision on a live internet stream last night as I couldn't get to County Hall again. It was a terrible decision, but rest assured that anti-frackers here in Yorkshire are planning our next move as we speak. Thanks for your encouraging comments the rest of you. I have just posted my response to last night's decision on the WriteOutLoud blog. (In sonnet form, of course!)

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Tim Ellis

Tue 24th May 2016 13:26

My reaction to the disgraceful decision by 7 of the 11 North Yorkshire County Council Planning Committee members to approve fracking at Kirby Misperton in Ryedale.

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Harry O'Neill

Tue 24th May 2016 13:18

Jon,
What a movingly lovely (and loving) poem.

I liked that first introductory stanza...particularly:

` Mid afternoon melts in through the curtains
Through the half open window`

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Harry O'Neill

Tue 24th May 2016 13:10

M.C.
Brexit are very wise to steer away from the economy (they will get a hiding on that score)

Immigration is (or could be) their strong point.

However, Mercel encouraged immigration into Germany because her aging population needed them to provide enough workers, replacement consumers and tax payers
to provide for itself...as does our own aging population.
Mercel is no fool - nor are we. While this situation lasts there will have to be immigration of some sort.

I think your main point is German hegemony in Europe...
which could be a real danger. However, it would seem that Britain`s presence (with France) as part of what would be a sort of controlling economic triumvirate in Europe is by far the best option to prevent that.

To our shame, twice has America been needed to come in and decide the domestic ills of Europe. (with Russia hovering menacingly at the edge)











The point is, however, is the economic fact that prospering nation enjoy
their prosperity by having fewer children (causing a dearth
of workers to service their ongoing prosperity..and also a
shortage of consumers to consume...and pay enough tax to
fund the pensions of the beneficiaries of prosperity...and also their own eventual pension requirements.)

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John Coopey

Tue 24th May 2016 13:01

Harry, you're the coolest Old Git I know.

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Harry O'Neill

Tue 24th May 2016 11:56

Tim,
Just been through all those lovely and wild Yorkshire wolds and moors. It doesn`t seem safe to leave all those fractures in the rocks beneath them.

I passed the Spar...where UCCAT were having some sort of a union meeting.

It`s good to hear a protest poem with something really solid to test it`s teeth on)

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Various

Tue 24th May 2016 11:49

Thanks all... David... yes I did comment before.. I think it was regarding the mindset of young people... romanticising the idea of war. Not grasping the enormity, but how this is normal for young. So many reasons for this.

Thank you for the lack of opportunity... remarks. You immediately took me back to my fathers childhood...

When Grandma was left with seven mouths... The eldest, Ernie, joined the Coldstreamers as a boy soldier and sent all his money home... as he progressed... if getting wounded at Dunkirk, North Africa... Italy and Normandy (Cean) is progress! he sent every penny home which paid for his other brothers to get trades eventually.

Later when he was older and broken his brothers cared for him and his family in return never forgetting the great things he did.

Sadly Ernies one attempt at entrepreneurship failed, he had a box of brand new barrettes under his bed in Italy which he planned to make a profit from selling them to local hoods in Hull, but whilst wounded some joker nicked em....

He retired to raise canaries. Wounded forever in so many ways.

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Harry O'Neill

Tue 24th May 2016 11:48

Congratulations John,
(I`m that cool dude, second from the right)

And for Pete`s sake, keep away from bloody parachutes!

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Greg Freeman

Tue 24th May 2016 10:25

I see North Yorkshire county council have now given the go-ahead to this, Tim, - despite all the protests http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/23/north-yorkshire-council-backs-first-uk-fracking-tests-for-five-years

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Corr Lens

Tue 24th May 2016 08:30

I agree and dig the poem. But should we really be so careful? Isn't there harm in holding back as well?

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Corr Lens

Tue 24th May 2016 08:28

rings of kids but could defiantly mean something to anyone. Dig it.

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Richard

Tue 24th May 2016 01:01

Oh how I miss our poetry meetings in Leigh happy happy days and wow seems so long ago now m8. Your poems always make me feel calm. Speak soon

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Ian Whiteley

Mon 23rd May 2016 23:59

This is really very good Stuart - although I'm bloody hopeless at coming on here and making comments I really do enjoy reading your stuff - well done mate

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Ian Whiteley

Mon 23rd May 2016 23:38

thanks for the kind comments on 'Bayonet In The Shed' MC - wow - Kipling you say (hopefully the poet not the baker) thanks for the kind compliment - what with you and your Kipling and Stu referencing Billy Bragg - don't know whether to go old school or protest/punk. It's lined up to be rattled out as a song on my next CD - will have to decide quickly which direction to take it - thanks once again
Ian

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Ian Whiteley

Mon 23rd May 2016 23:34

thanks for the kind and supportive comments re 'The Bayonet In The Shed' Stu - pleased you liked it - and very pleased indeed you referenced one of my all time favourite artists, Billy Bragg. It is lined up to be recorded on my next CD - just working on the style - but a Billy Bragg style - hmmmm
Ian

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Ian Whiteley

Mon 23rd May 2016 23:32

Thanks so much for the comments and Like - I appreciate it
Ian

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Lynn Dye

Mon 23rd May 2016 22:37

Thank you for your lovely comments, Rose, Phil, Stef and Patricia.

Phil - fortunately, no, it's not autobiographical.

Lynn xxx

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John Coopey

Mon 23rd May 2016 19:32

People tell you that the hardest bit is leaning over the edge. Well, there's a surprise! You've no bloody option once you've done that. Nobody comes back up!

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Various

Mon 23rd May 2016 18:49

Thank you Alexandra and Laura... not really a pome more the rantings and homage of a sad fanboy.

Music does define us in so many ways though.
Without Joe Strummer would I understand the Sandinista.

Without the power of music would those of us have turned up to throw rocks and hate at the National Front?

How would I drive a hundred miles with only my own mind for company!

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 23rd May 2016 17:31

Music to my ears!! -
"Donation up cos you came down
A high rise block in the middle of town.
Folk like you will rarely lag
To help fill up that Red Cross bag!"
Well done sir!

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Becky Sowray

Mon 23rd May 2016 17:04

thanks both, means a lot :D

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Laura Taylor

Mon 23rd May 2016 15:50

My kind of poem! Nice one and well done Tim.

Graham - you need to get out more. I am surrounded by protest poetry every time I gig.

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Laura Taylor

Mon 23rd May 2016 15:44

Hello you! :)

Clever poem this, killer ending. I'm so pleased you're here :)

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