Hello John

Many moons since last we met, but really chuffed you enjoyed Fatty McL. I do value your thoughts.
My writing seems to have slowed (far too content with life) and am now living in Leicestershire with little chance to haunt the poetry world that exists a little further north.

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I should imagine the big G is fed up of meeting people by now.

He might though spare an extra minute for you, having the same initials as his lad.

Cheers KED

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It's never too late, John ! Thanks.

(Getting a grip).

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Hi J.C. Thanks for your kind comment, much appreciated.

Next time your in Brid. order the coffee close your eyes and play Cliff Richards Summer Holiday (ugh) into the earpiece, from that new fangled portable music thingy-ma jig in your pocket

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Hi John
You caught the spirit, as usual.
Long time no-see, but am currently living in Scotland with new partner, and it was on the way back up north that the pheasant/quail met its end

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Hello John

Thanks for your comments on "Martha Street"

Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks also for reminding me about Gerry Rafferty. Am now about to search for my old Stealers Wheel LPs!

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Thanks for reading & commenting on 'nice try!' - I shall make sure the graffiti is removed ;-)!! Xx

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thanks very much for commenting on Black Christmas - really pleased that you liked it. As always, an insightful response, no mother would ever want her son down the pits - but, in an age when the stigma of the dole shamed hard working men from going on it, the mines were often the only alternative to earn a living - as many of my classmates found. Luckily, I didn't need to. Apologies for not responding sooner - I really must get my act together in 2016. Cheers
Ian

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hello Mr.Coopey
I found your sample ''Ikea'' hilarious
It pictures the struggles most of us have while building up an IKEA shelve or other products of the same company.

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your comment on 'Don't Pay The Poets' - succinct as always John

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Hi John. Thanks for the comment on Ye Old Protection Spell-you old rascal!

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Thanks John, I am delighted that this poem has appealed as it new ground for me. I tried simplicity and directness with a sort of unhealthy glow and desperation.
You have inadvertently picked on one of my favourite poems as a comparison. I am over the moon!!

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grrr

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John thank you for your comment on The Black Men.
I thought it would be you that got it. Time THFC had a haka I think!

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Hi John. Thank your for your comment on 'Daddy' and for taking your time to read it. Very much appreciated :)

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Evening John and thanks for reading and your comments on Camera Man and other work - very much appreciated. I personally could not have taken that picture and would have picked him up and covered him but I wanted to get over my thoughts on trying to understand the actions of the camera man and his reasons. As I said in my response to David Moore I was so unsure whether to blog as does that not put me in the same vein as the camera man?

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Good Morning John,

Many thanks for the comment on "...And Along Came Jeremy". Refreshing to hear you say that you like the poem even if you don't entirely agree with the opinion expressed within.

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I was thinking about 'did' and 'does' again, as you pointed out in 'Upon the winds of change'. You have an excellent point about space-filling, like 'the' and 'an' etc. I have reworked many prior poems eschewing those very words, and achieving better poetry, I think. Some years back it was a fellow WOLer who took me seriously to task, and greatly assisted my 'work'. I really appreciated his interest and suggestions.

In the example given, I did debate their use. As well as stretching a correct metre (thank the gods) I wanted the emphasis of command inherent in the verbal mood. And the prior poets did not hesitate to use them. So - there they are. I don't think I could go through all the brain strain necessary to alter them. Many thanks for your comments.

'contracted to complain' was delightful.

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Hey JC,

Just wanted to thank you for your comments on my work. It is nice to know that you enjoy it.

Much appreciated :)

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Thank you for your kind comment Mr. Coopey on Bitter Wish.

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John.
Thank you for you kind comments on 'Mist on the Menai'. I am still giggling to myself about your trainspotting story. Cracker! (Maybe not for you at the time though).
Great bit of improvisation with the polythene bag though, and travelling through the Bangor tunnel will never be the same for me.
I did write a piece last year called 'In Llanfairpwllgwyngyll'. If you do read it I hope it gives you good memories and not nightmares!
Thank you.

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Thanks John. Words of wisdom indeed. Keep looking on the bright side, while we're still top side of the geraniums

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God knows what rubbish is rattling around my head JC.

Bad state of affairs about Jimmy Greaves eh?

I think the Europa is a bit Mickey Mouse at best of times. Why the hell can't we get a top four spot??

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Hello John,
thanks for your comments on petrichor. I'm not too sniffy at my age either.
Let's hope we keep the Hurrycane! Another season etc etc!

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Thanks for the comment on 'Crow' John. I love the personification and animality crossovers. I didn't know the charm of finches, but there are some great ones around. I may pinch this one in the future!

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thanks for the comment on @ménage A Trois' John - glad you got to see the eclipse - there was a hazy cloud across it here - which made viewing it a little easier from behind the woollen hat pulled down over my eyes - Yorkshire adaptability you see
cheers
Ian

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Thanks John. I hope they still do and you don't have to revert to any other substances!

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Yes just a teaspoon to a pint of vodka

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thanks for the comment on 'Dexteram Patris' John - yes I also have that vague feeling of looking at my father in the mirror when I shave - I think it's a universal human gliche

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glad you liked 'Art Attack' John - it wasn't easy to write it and get the right balance of sentiment and righteous anger I must admit - but I hope that the language was respectful and powerful - thanks for commenting - Ian

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Merry Christmas John.
Level pegging with the Arse at Christmas ain't soooo bad!
I wonder what 2015 will hold.
I just hope we can keep hold of Harry Kane and not lose him.

Best wishes for a good Christmas to you and yours.

Come on you Spurs!!

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thanks for the kind comments on 'a wee dram' John - I am, literally, a recent convert - went to Edinburgh - have drunk Jack Daniels as a guilty pleasure for years - very infrequently - tried the Scottish , expensive stuff - delicious - gone and bought a bottle for Christmas and started it already - I appreciate the comments and will raise a glass and toast you for it - possibly more than once - Ian

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Thanks for your kind, supportive and always humorous comments on 'Philae' John - that Listerine chapel line had me gargling with laughter ;-)

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Lovely work John - I've been bit engrossed in trying to make a name performing - it's working I've got a 1 hour plus show in the Liverpool Comedy festival this month. Onwards and upwards to all the poets out there that love their work to be read.

I'll be doing a bit more reading on here now.

Cheers mate.

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Hello John, delayed response on H.2.0. due to medical matters but now walking around again. Waterways are certainly places to reminisce eh? How is your writing these days?

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Hi John Thanks for comments on Ali poem.

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Thanks for liking my stones JC :)) x

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Hello J.C. Thanks for the comment on "Foot In Mouth". Enjoyed your response. It reminded me of another view -that soccer is a game for gentlemen played by hooligans and rugby is a game for hooligans played by gentlemen.
Ho-ho.

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Hi JC - both you and your "Ode To Roy" get mentioned by name in the printed copy of my
(slightly edited)letter in today's Sunday Express.
Even more relevant after last night's result. :-)
You might want to check it out for the scrapbook!

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JC - in his article I've highlighted in my most
recent post, resident Sunday Express poet
Martin Newell asks:
"Where are the poets to write humorous or nonsense
verse to amuse us in the manner that Hilaire Belloc, Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll or Spike
Milligan once did? Their modern counterparts
possibly exist but are highly unlikely to surface
in our colourless world, where any levity would
automatically disqualify them from winning funding."
Your situation seems worthy of inclusion in that category and worth promoting. My own
pension-funded efforts have just produced a
CD of verse which I've called "Poetry To Please" (sneaky, eh?). The fun from hereon is
to get copies out there, and at the very least
have something to pass on when I pop my clogs.
I am a believer in "you have to speculate to
accumulate" - in whatever endeavour and that
sometimes means self-financing and self-
promotion, no matter what the expectations.
Life can surprise us once in a while.
My emailed reply to Mr Newell's article cites
your wickedly funny "Ode To Roy" as an example
of what is being written...hope you don't mind.

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Babestation John??? Does that get your creative juices flowing then? ;-)

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thanks for commenting on 'home by christmas' John - I think you're right about the hiccup and Harry has also commented on it - so made a slight change and appears to work much better = thanks for the feedback - invaluable as always

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Hello John,

Thank you for your comments on my Brevette Poems (Second Edition). The original one was a writing challenge. M.C. Newberry suggested the fourth poem. I don't write as much as I used to but I keep trying.

Thanks,
Shirley

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Hi there J C, light of my darkness. Time flies when you're having fun they say so I guess it's been dragging for me as the mundane minutiae of daily life make ever more calls upon my time. Time I retired methinks ( oh no that means more grandchildren sitting!!)
I must sharpen my biro, muster my words with sharp threats to put them back in the dictionary if they don't behave, push the cat off my lap, drag myself away from the cosy log fire and work out how to switch the laptop on.
xx

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thanks for commenting on 'the red regret of thomas' john - in answer to your question: because he/she is a heartless, angry bastard! :-)

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Thanks John.

Your comment is much appreciated. when my donkey dies you can have it for nothing,

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Thank you for commenting John. Barnsley eh? Somewhere I've never been.

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Hello John,
Thank you for your comments on my "99 Word Horror Story".
I came up with this while trying to sleep. So I got out of bed and wrote this charming little tale. Amazing what the mind can come up with.

Thanks
Shirley

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Thanks for the chuckle on "The Galmpton Robin"
By the way, the comment on your post about "RLS"
from "Moriam" seems to appear everywhere else on
WOL posts, including "The Galmpton Robin" I put it down to a crafty way of advertising another
poetry site. Flattery is always a sure-fire way
of "selling" something.

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you're very kind john - the story about the name in it is totally true - I have no idea where it came from - I looked up both words to see if it made any sense - and it kinda does. spooky. I was thinking 'the ghost of tom joad' (springsteen) when I hear it in my head - I'm a massive fan of 'the boss' and he's just released an electric version of that track on his new album - which is great - but I prefer the haunting acoustic original.

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