Hi Laura, I think perhaps you are a little hard on yourself, but it is a good exercise to look back over our older poems and see if they can be improved. Personally I think you write very well in English, but we can all 'hone' our work better by returning to it after a while, Some of my poems have been 'tweaked' not just once, but several times over the years and I'm sure I will continue to do that :) Best wishes, Dave

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Hi Larisa - no problem - good to hear from you again. I've not been on here much lately! I always read your poems though when I see them.

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Hello L
Thanks for your comments on Pit and Pendulum.
I didn't realise that I ran on "saw inside" to make it sound like "saw rinside". Just a laziness of pronunciation on my part, I expect.
Do you find regional variations in English hard to understand or are you OK with these differences?
I worked in Scotland some time ago at a factory where there were a lot of Polish workers. They could not understand me but could understand perfectly the locals (from Glasgow) whom I could not understand!

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Just enjoyed your verses, Larisa.

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hi Laris :)
thanks for your lovely comment on my song lyrics,
peace and love to you
Rachael x

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Thanks for your lovely comment on my poem 'Charibdes Effect.'
Very much appreciated ;-)

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Thanks for your comments on Tales from the North Country. I have a suspicion that the cold weather we are having at the moment is nothing compared to winters you have seen.

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Thanks for the comment Larisa. Hope you like our mild snowfalls.
Freda

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Hi Larisa-just popped on to say good morning and hope you are well-love-Stef-xx

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My grandmother actually learned Russian in her 60's in order to be able to recite Pushkin to me as a child.

She said no westerner could ever understand the beauty of his phrasing and rhymes unless they understood Russian. My grandmother was a remarkable woman...I think she is the reason I try to write poetry to this day...and she's been dead these thirty years.

Thank you for the insight into writing in two languages. Fascinating.

Jx

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Hi - and many thanks for the comments - glad you liked it, I didn't know if anyone (except Laura) would. XX

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Hi Darling-as promised,I have read your poemson Andys blog(The wind-beautiful beautiful wording...Freedom-wow! what a lot of work in that poem...Rzhepick-I did comment before on this poem-it is indeed wonderful!)keep it up our Odessa Lady-very much enjoyed all your very hard work for which I thank you-big kisses for all that-XXXXXXXX!!

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Hi gorgeous-ok-thanks for the Andy N. info-will do and get back to you-much love-Stefan-xx

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Good morning star of Odessa! yes I will be more than pleased to read your poems-but can you explain what the freedom(site?)is,and I will gladly have a look-love to you-Stefan-xx-xx

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Good evening Larisa(and McCoy!)thank you lovely Lady for commenting on my plane poem-actually you inspired me with your plane poem which is excellent!-much love-Stef-xx

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Hi gorgeous Larisa-oh I love limericks! heres one of my favourites

a flea and a fly in a flue
were imprisoned
what could they do?
said the flea let us fly
said the fly let us flee,
so the flew through a flaw
in the flue.

hope you understand this one
you might not be familiar
with some of the words maybe
let me know-lots of love-Stef
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Privet Larissa! I balshoye spacibo! Don't think there's any Cyrillic script on this site. I'm glad you liked the poems. I wasn't sure whether to post them as I thought they might not be of much interest to anyone else. I actually put them up so that I could send them as a link on Face Book to poet I met whose parents are Saudi and Irish! If you're on FB we could hook up. My eldest son worked in Moscow for three years and has recently married a lovely Russian girl.I'm brushing up my Russian so that I can say something to his in-laws! I'd also like to read more Russian. I'm reading some Blok at the minute, 'Dvenatsat'. Poka!

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Larisa
Your writing comes straight from the heart. I am happy to know that you are enjoying the site.

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Good afternoon lovely Larisa-thank you for commenting on 'Solitary silhouette' sorry for late reply-I have been away-thank you so much-much love to you-Stef-xx

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Hi Larisa, thank you for all your lovely comments on my blogs. Your poems are beautiful too, keep posting! Love, Lynn xxx

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Hi Larisa - am having technical troubles tonight so I hope you get this message! Thanx for your comment. In case I can't comment on your poem underneath the poem, this is just to let you know that I read it and liked it!! x

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Good morning lovely Lady-no, I,m not from Scotland-but I sincerely wish I was! I just had a short holiday there-will speak to you soon-thank you-Stef-xx

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Good evening Larisa-thanks for your concern-I,ve had a few days in Scotland-I shall be catching up on your poems very soon-thank you again for regards-lots of love-Stef-xx

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thank you for your comment and would like to say love your poems thought full and provoking especialy "If I am strong" sometimes I think we can appear to be too strong afraid to show our vulnerable side xx

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Good Morning lovely Lady! hey! you don,t need me to show you how to write-you do very well by yourself to be sure-see you later-lotsa love-Stef-xx(M-xx)

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Goodnight O'Lady of Odessa! see you in the morning-have a peaceful night-Stef-xx(M-xx)

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haha! you funny Lady,Larisa! 'hi' is fine-or anything you prefer for that matter-thank you for your kind comments-as always-very nice to hear from you again-have a peaceful evening-going to read your latest poem now-lots of love to you-Stefan-xx(M-xx)

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Larisa - yes, the same sentiments exist in East Germany and no doubt other places that used to at least pretend to value equality and humanity over money money money. It's no exaggeration to say that a right wing capitalist with more money than he actually needs would rather see people die than lose an extra penny in tax if he could make that happen!

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Gooooooood morning Larisa-how are you today? very well I hope! I,m going to see my Grandchildren today and have lots of fun! see you soon-my best regards and love to you and yours-Stefan-xxxx)M-xxx)

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Thanks Larisa - I look forward to some more fun on here with you. I'll try and give you the best jokes - but only if you do funny poems. If you do serious poems I'll make the most serious comments. (Of course I may miss some poems altogether, and in those cases I think I'll make no comment at all! x

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Hi Larisa - I can't resist making jokes. It's quite a risky thing to do but it's a good way of finding friends with a similar sense of humour!!

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Good morning lovely Odessa Lady! warm regards to you-and yours!hope you have a nice peacful day-see you soon Larisa-love-Stefan-xx(M-xx)

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Gooooooooooooooooooooooood morning Darling Larisa-aww you have such a wonderful voice on this audio-you are such a brave brave open hearted person-you read this very very well in my-HONEST-and sincere opinion-I really am sorry I did,nt read this before now-its beautiful! many many thanks to you Darling-lots of love to you-Stefan-xx(M-xx)ps-yes I have just noted that you sent this to me on thursday-I,m so sorry to have left it so long before reading-please forgive me.

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Goooooood morning Gorgeous Odessa girl Larisa-many many thanks for your kindness I sincerely hope you are feeling good on this lovely sunny day(assuming you are in England?)I am going to have another walk round your lovely city later in that link you sent-its fantastic! hope your lovely Grandson is keeping well-if you dont mind I shall drop by now and again to post my regards to you and yours-can you do some more songs in the future please? warm wishes to you and yours-Stefan-xx(M-xx)

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Goooooooooooooooood morning lovely Odessa Lady and lovely McCoy!xxxx

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Good morning Larisa-just saying that I hope you and yours and McCoy are all well-catch you later-Stef-xx(M-xx)

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Thank you so much dear Larisa for your lovely comments on "Jimmy". Love, Lynn xx

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Hi Larisa, thank you so much for your kind comments on "Being a Veggie". All Best Wishes, Love, Lynn xx

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Hi Larisa. JotSpeak is a new online community for spoken (and written word). It provides a platform for writers & (non-musical) performers. Just sign up on the main page - it's all free and they are planning to add premium content so that writers can ear a few pennies from their work. BTW I love your work :)

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Hi Larisa, I saw your query, but as you didn't seem to be logged in here I've emailed a reply to you :)

Best wishes, Dave

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Thank you my friend for those comments on 'Rebel', much appreciated - best wishes, Dave

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Hiya :) To answer your question Laura, I think you need to click on the words 'My Account' in the top right corner, then there will be a 'Blog Preferences' option to look at - I haven't used the facility before, but that seems to be where you can edit things.
Best wishes, Dave

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Hi Larissa - thank you for commenting on my Fishes poem. You are lucky to be warm!! Where I am it is very chilly! And I'm sure that you would be a lovely golden Angel Fish if you were in the aquarium! xx

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Good evening Larisa-I would be more than happy to help you,if I can-but,don,t forget to help me if you think anything in-MY-poetry needs correcting(don,t say all of it does-lol!)look forward to reading your forthcoming poems-Stefan-xx(M-xx)

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Thank you Larisa so much-I am looking forward very much to read your poem about your Father-Stef-xx(M-xx)

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Hi Larisa, thank you for your kind comment on "Seduction". I have commented on your last 3 blogs, I especially love "The Sea". All the Best, Lynn xx

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You will make me blush Larisa! Many thanks my friend :)

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Thank you so much for your very kind comments on my voice and poem - much appreciated my friend :) Best wishes, Dave

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Hi Larisa-sorry for late reply to your kind comments on my poem-Arisings-was due to a technical fault on the site-all ok now-and I appreciate your kindness-lots of love-Stef-xx

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A very good morning to you Larisa(and McCoy)hope you are both well.I am so grateful for your comments on 'Oneness' and am very pleased its given you some inspiration-look forward to your poem.thank you-Stefan-xx(McCoy-xx)

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