Hi Ray, sorry for having so long to answer your 'graffiti' post. Agree there were a couple of weeks when nothing much appeared, for what my opinion may be worth! The last few days have produced a lot of good stuff it seems to me. Chris Armstrong - Vautaw - Charlottle Peters Rock - Chris Hubbard - Jon Stainsby, as usual great. I think you have a very high standard, as set by your work. Not many people have such a plentiful fount of inspiration, or the ability to turn quite mundane sights/happenings, (the drunken man) into something intelligent, well composed , interesting and often moving. I loved the robin Haiku, small but perfect. Keep up your own good work!
By the way what has happened to Benu? I can't 'get' him anymore, so he has either left or crossed me off!
Keep your pecker up! No hidden meaning, I hasten to say!!!!!


Jennifer

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Hi Ray good to see your still here and reading and writing. Thanks as ever for your comments. I detect a kind gentility within you that makes me feel a happiness.

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Thanks Ray for your comment re "Then 19". Your Generosity of Spirit is most welcome.

Tommy

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Hi Ray Thanks for comment on my Freemo poem. It's Poem of the week on Monday so there will be a little feature. In case I didn't send you it before here's a link to my journal:
https://thehighwindowpress.com/category/poetry/

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Hi Ray!

Hope you have a good year! Really loved The INN- to be really nitpicking, 'barman' in the second last verse seems out of context as this is presumably the Roundheads versus Royalists period, and it would have been a tavern/Inn. Wouldn't 'landlord' be better, as barman is a more modern word?

If you tell me to mind my own business or get lost or something coarser, it's quite OK! Anyway really great poem as one expects from you.

Jennifer

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( Tommy takes Ray's coat from off of his shoulders and ushers him towards the bar while winking at Wolf)

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Thanks, Ray. Sometimes people need to bask in the little things and not fret over the big ones.

Little things like scents of lavender and smiles in the cold.?

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Hi Ray glad you liked my Waldorf Salad poem. We'll soon be stablemates at D & W as it's in 'Reel to Reel' the book they are publishing for me in February. David

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Cheers Ray re 'Nietzsche Declared' I was telling Dave (Wolfgar) 'A poem is never finished, only abandoned.Paul Valery' malarky. Tommy

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Thank you for your continued support Ray..?

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The gravitas of an "ah-ha" moment can never be overshadowed by forethought and analysis of a bigger picture. Sometimes it's the little things that bring the most smiles to the most faces.

Thanks for reading and commenting, Ray. Your well-read responses bring back the hope that all is not lost in the poetry world, and even the best can be modern.

I also hope you'll keep reading, and writing since you weave quite the tapestry with your own words my friend.?

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ah...gotchya Ray

Tommy

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sorry, did not mean to offend.
maybe my humor was misplaced or misunderstood.
that's all it was, Humor.

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'Austerity':
'Loyalty' Ray? I'm not getting your point here.
Tommy

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Thank you for your comments on The Dance Ray..?

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how are things in the Pool?

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thanks for commenting on 'a sting in the tail' Ray - glad you liked it mate :-)

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Ray thank you for those very kind words on Jake's Place.

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Hi Ray. Thanks for taking the time to comment on "The Bricky Pond".

Cheers Kevin

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Ray as with Keith's comment I appreciate your thinking about the verse "Persephone".
Tommy

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thanks for the kind comments on 'Above The Light Of The Morning Star' Ray - something a bit different from me and I'm pleased you picked up on the themes
Ian

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Hi, thanks for commenting "I hope the sleep function is working". Your comments and feedback are always appreciated. I wrote it when arriving into bed a few hours after my husband, as I often do, as the dead of night is the only really poetry oppportunity for me. How poetry fits into couples' lives could be an interesting discussion thread...

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thanks for commenting on 'Sister Magdalena' Ray - been meaning to write this one for a while - about 50 years to be precise. Glad you liked it
Ian

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Glad you stopped by Ray, thanks.?

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Thanks Ray, glad you liked it ?

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thanks so much for your kind comments on 'Under August Skies' Ray - apologies for the late response as I have been away on holiday - I'm really pleased you liked it
Ian

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Thank you ray for commenting on "Piano Man". Always appreciated!?

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Hi, thanks for your comment on International Bake-off (Brexit? Don't get me started...) It was only for fun, glad you liked the rhymes.

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Thanks for your comments on Painter's Paradox Ray. It's about human nature, and the way that the nature of others can be corrupted by others, and conversely how being with others can create something bigger than the whole . Really appreciate you taking the time to read it.?

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Thank you for your feedback on 'The language of Trees' yes indeedy! Trees are wise!

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Thank you for commenting on The Book, Ray.

I had very similar thoughts myself.
The TV screen is a distraction.
It does not draw me in the way a book does. The concentration needed to read, I believe is the secret to its ability to soothe and calm the inner self.
Excuse the rant.

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thanks for your comments on "corner man".
i think we all are afraid of ending up there,
of being the Corner Man.

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Hi Ray
Thank you so much for your comment on my poem Wild Heart.
Very encouraging.

Hannah

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thanks for the comment on 'blown it' Ray - been away so apologies for late reply - glad you liked it - back to normal service ;-)
Ian

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Hi Ray

Thanks once again for the positive comments - just to let you know, The Same Old Dance is made up.

It came from a writing exercise using the picture that I have posted with the poem (The Dance by Paula Rego).
The exercise was to look at the picture and imagine the world that it exists in the picture and then write down 6 laws that operate within the world/picture. Then I had to write a monologue speaking as an inhabitant of the world, but not refer directly to the laws.

Cheers

DJB

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Hi Ray

a quick early morning hello - thanks for taking the trouble to read my stuff and commenting from time to time.

Cheers

D

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Absolutely no need to apologise, Ray!

I did not take offence at all - I totally understood your response to 'Counting Sleep'. After all, Edna is an Aussie icon - some even say, a 'queen' - Ha-Ha!

Your comments and compliments are always welcome and gratefully received.

Best.
Frances.

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thanks for commenting on 'sunset over lupset' Ray - to quote an old and poor joke 'nostalgia ain't what it used to be' ? as always you offer an insightful analysis and add your own flourishes and thoughts - that capture what I was 'after' perfectly. Thanks again for taking the time to comment - it's appreciated
Ian

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Ray "Backwards glancing" nods in your direction. Tommy

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Hi Ray thanks so much for your comment on my poem The New Love.
I look forward to reading more of yours.

Hannah

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Thanks for the comments on 'Killing the Piano' Ray, I'm glad you liked it. That one always strikes a chord (pun intended!) with people who play or who grew up with a piano around the house. It's one of those little tragedies of the modern world, I think.

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thanks for the comments on 'pub quiz theory' Ray - just one more piece of modern living that I've come to despie - in my day it used to be called cheating - now if it gets you gold you do it - rather than take your natural place in the world.
Ian ?

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Hi Ray - thanks for y'note on Charity. Aye, it was the faux jolliness combined with Big Brother - got to me a bit! ? I'm a socialist - that comes out in almost everything I write ? Thanks again!

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Hi Ray
Thank you for your comments on my poem 'Moonlight Sonata.'
Always a pleasure to hear from you and your encouraging remarks.

Hannah

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thanks for commenting on 'Elbow Yard' Ray - once again you have my sentiments and undercurrents nailed - you really are very perceptive. I'm, hopefully, moving way from this period of grieving - and this felt like a full stop - before moving on. I really appreciate you taking the time to analyse and comment - it is very much appreciated

Ian

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Hi Ray Glad you liked my Washing poem!

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Ray - your mention of Reggie Kray on Jonathan Humble's
latest poem took me back to the 1960s and a pal of those
days in the East End who, as a young DC, nicked Ronnie Kray when Nipper Read's team brought those brothers to
justice. I'm happy to say that although he retired early
and took another direction in life, that pal also made good
elsewhere.
Cheers,
MC

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Hi Ray
Thanks so much for the compliments and suggestion on Art Museum, i thought the same thing too and probably will change it!

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Many thanks for your kind comments on 'Sacred Path' Ray - you are insightful as to the nature of the poem as I have just lost my best friend in the last month or so - and this was my way of honouring him without being too over sentimental (I hope). Thanks for taking the time to comment mate
Ian

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Hello Ray, Thank you so much for your comment on my new poem.
Much appreciated.

Hannah

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