Thanks for your kind comments on 'To Love In Vein' Starfish - I'm pleased that you liked it :-)
Ian

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Fireball XL% eh? I liked Stingray - "Aqua...Aqua Marina..." ;-)
Ian

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Thanks for commenting on 'sci-fi' so good Harry, pleased that you liked it. Not sure I 'get' the full meaning behind your last comment - is Leonard a reference to Mr. Nimoy and no idea about the other 2 characters you mention - give us a clue :-)
Ian

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Thanks for the comment on 'sci-fi so good' Laura - glad you liked it :-)

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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Thanks for your comment on 'Scifi so good' Chris - pleased with the comparison with Spike Milligan - a bloody genius - less so with Stanly Unwin (lol) even though, he too, was a British eccentric genius - but he used to get on my nerves :-)
cheers
Ian

Comment is about Chris Co (poet profile)

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I really like this. It is unusual and enjoyable to read.

Starfish

Comment is about To Love In Vein (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

ace!x

Comment is about But, alas, we never do (blog)

Original item by CathyLCrabb

Thank you Julie!

Comment is about Beatitude (blog)

Original item by Gareth Glyn Roberts

You have a point Ann, indeed. Difficult though, in that she is Adrian Mitchell's daughter, which makes her particularly interesting insofar as she may have 'inherited' some of his skills as poet, playwright and activist.
There must be more to this story if anyone wants to research and write it, and pass to Greg for possible inclusion. I would but...

John, I hope you can back up your accusations with evidence :-)

Comment is about Poet's daughter takes over as editor of literary magazine Ambit (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

very good!

Comment is about Beatitude (blog)

Original item by Gareth Glyn Roberts

Hi Freda, glad you saw the review! I think the Puzzle Hall Inn is a smashing venue. My drastic attack of hay fever even cleared up during the evening, so you can't ssy fairer than that. Hope to see you at Marsden in October. After all, it's only just over the next hill, or two!

Comment is about Freda Davis (poet profile)

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Thanks for your kind words Harry, I will have a look at your poems shortly!

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

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I was a Fireball XL5 man, myself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VQNCYjswJA

Comment is about Sci-Fi So Good (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Hello MC,
Glad you liked "Lending". It does seem starnge to me that Angela Merkel (who is, after all, wanting to give Greece some money) is villified for doing so!
Re your piece on Mauretania, it makes sobering reading for anyone of a liberal disposition. You add a challenging perspective which we should all consider before undergoing our usual self-flagellation on all matters racial.

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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Hello Steve,
Thankyou for your kind comments on "Lending".
You're absolutely right about Grease.

Comment is about Steve Higgins (poet profile)

Original item by Steve Higgins

Hello Kath,
Thankyou for your kind comments on "Lending".
I think your son is showing early signs of writing talent!

Comment is about Kath Hewitt (poet profile)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

Oh dear - is anyone beyond these shores ever liable for their own behaviour - or will it always be the fault of others? especially the long-gone colonialists - that much maligned group who are the butt of today's historical revisionists. As for any "implied racism" - here's another sample that probably fits into that fashionable mindset. Read on...
*"Scots 'tried to set up Nazi alliance'" (headline).
From records released into the public domain, it transpires that in WW2, Scottish nationalists sought an alliance with the Nazis via the German legation in Dublin and had proposed that, among other things... Scotland be spared German bombing....and...during the impending attack on England, certain Republicans and some war material be sent to Scotland from Ireland to take advantage of the general panic in England to proclaim a Scottish republic...and that Germany call an 'International Congress of Liberation' at which Scotland should be represented.
This, like the saga in Mauritania (sic), is a matter of public record but there are some out there who would undoubtedly leap aboard the racism bandwagon at any mention of it...but to what purpose and what end?
(*Public Record Office files - reported in the Daily Telegraph on the 9th May 2001).

Comment is about AUGUST 2007 (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

This is, for me the best poem I've seen on here for a while. I love everything about it except for the word "sloshing" - for some reason it seems to jar with the rest. It is all lovely imagery though - and the phrase "the last radio" conjours up so much. Perhaps on a very still winter night you might hear the last shipping forcast?

Comment is about The Radio (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

Ha! For a moment there Jonnie I thought you said John Donne had written a poem called "I wanna be seduced"! :)

Comment is about I wanna have sex with you ! (blog)

I like this a lot - subtle and just a bit haunting!

Comment is about INTERLUDE (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Nice poem - has a lot of energy! I like it being "on the park" too. Nice monkey in the photo too!

Comment is about Monkey on the park (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

I always enjoy your poems Marianne though sometimes I feel they are almost too thick with imagery. I'd love to see what you'd come up with if you had a go at being minimal.

Comment is about Rock pool (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

We used to do it too. I also used to chop up worms to feed to my tadpoles - still feel very bad about that. And elderly neighbours who encouraged me to tread on snails in their garden when I was only about five years old.

I think there's a sort of morbid curiosity in all of us that we hopefully suppress as we grow into adulthood. (Unless we're psychopaths of course!)

Comment is about August jam jars (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

What would you think of a Mauritanian writing poems about the increase in foodbanks in the UK, or our invasion of Iraq, or backing for Israel or the fact (recently reported) that we have the highest gap in Western Europe between rich and poor or the fact that there are thousands of slaves here too? Despite our wealth this country has made some very bad decisions and is neglecting some key issues. Mauritania doesn't have our wealth - it has never been prosperous since colonial times. Partly because of its poverty (partly shaped by the West) Mauritania has had weak, corrupt, unstable governments which haven't properly enforced the 1981 law or any subsequent ones.

Who to blame? The implications of the poem are that the Mauritanians are to blame. They undoubtedly are the cause of many of their own problems. But the West also carries responsibility for what is happening in the developing world and we have far more options than they do. And we are in no position to judge anyone else because of what we have done and what we tolerate or neglect.

Comment is about AUGUST 2007 (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Is the heading "Poet's daughter" a bit patronising? I guess she is her own person. Or have I suddenly gone politically-correct-bonkers? (Probably!)

Comment is about Poet's daughter takes over as editor of literary magazine Ambit (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hi Lettie - welcome to WOL. That's a great poem here on your profile page - maybe you'd like to put it on the blog section? I'm sure it would go down well with some of us on here :)

Comment is about Lettie Mckie (poet profile)

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There may have been previous attempts to criminalise slavery in this land but the latest was in August 2007 -it was even reported in the national press,such was its importance in this modern world. As for "implied racism" - what are we to make of a POV that believes that to report a fact of life in a non-white country constitutes racism rather than a pertinent observation that the latter exists elsewhere: for what can be more racist than to keep slaves of other ethnic origins (anywhere)in these modern times? Am I to assume that to report this racism in a non-white country constitutes racism?
Talk about "Alice Through The Looking Glass"!

Comment is about AUGUST 2007 (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

I don't like the implied racism in this. Yes Mauritania (note spelling) is a mess with a lot of illegal slavery, internal racism and anti-democratic activity. But the West has time and time again backed oppressive regimes and even toppled democratic ones in the developing world. Ask the people of Congo, Chile, Palestine or dozens of other places whether the white West has got it right when intervening in their country. Simple racial stereotyping is not only objectionable, it is an utterly inadequate way to consider the huge complexity of what has been going on in the modern world.

PS. Mauritania made slavery illegal in 1981 not 6 years ago. It has carried on, on a vast scale, as an illegal activity. One thing we can agree on is that it is utterly to be condemned.

Comment is about AUGUST 2007 (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Ian,
A good chuckle!

(But does Leonard know that Sheldon`s morphed
and kidnapped Penny?)

Comment is about Sci-Fi So Good (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Like the way this `runs`

Comment is about In The Farmyard (blog)

Original item by Tom Chapman

Timely noticed.

(But it`s funny how no-one notices the Poles or the Rumanians till they open their mouths)

Comment is about AUGUST 2007 (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Congratulations Dave, and to all who participated!

Comment is about Superheroes slam, and the Wigan winner is… (article)

Original item by Julian Jordon

Cynthia- thank you for your very kind thoughts on this. I do try very hard to be honest and plain in a poem. I like to use poems about my family as snapshots so they know how deeply I think and feel about them. When I am on the computer and telling them to stop mithering me! XXXXXX

Comment is about Inter urinas et faeces nascimur (blog)

Original item by CathyLCrabb

Hello Nigel,

Thank you for your comments on my poem "I Have the Right to Write." LOL! I had fun writing this poem. My husband asks "Where should I kiss you?"
I tell him to behave. LOL!

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Hi John,

Thank you for your comments on my poem "I Have the Right to Write. LOL! My husband loves this poem and asks "Where should I kiss you?" I tell him to behave.

Thanks,
Shirley

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Hello Freda,

Thank you for your comments on my poem "I Have the Right to Write." I had fun writing this and I have gotten a few funny comments on this poem.

Thanks,
Shirley

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Hello MC,

Thank you for your comments on my poem "I Have the right to write." I had fun writing this and get a variety of comments.

Thanks
Shirley

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Original item by M.C. Newberry

This event is not running.

I have sent 2 emails to the organiser, the first was answered, saying that she would remove the ad. The 2nd, sent months later has had no reply.

I was in the venue on Wednesday, talking to staff who told me that they have no current regular spoken word events booked, & none expected until 2014. I was told that the organisers would be contacted & asked to remove the ad, but obviously, it's still here. So if you see any more advertised for Afflecs Palace, Oldham St. Manchester, prior to 2014 they're likely to be defunct too.

Review is about Poetry is Penniless on 5 Aug 2013 (event)

This gig is not on anymore.

Trying to find out if this gig was running, over the years, I have sent 2 emails to the organiser, with no reply.

I was in the venue; Night & Day, on Wednesday, talking to staff who told me that they have no current regular spoken word events booked.

Review is about Chanje Kunda and Cultureword presents Speakfreely on 4 Aug 2013 (event)

HI JULIAN

yes i mean wrapped in the patina.
the other is just a typo.
thanks for your comment!

Comment is about Sunshine Faggio (poet profile)

Original item by Sunshine Faggio

Poetry 24 have just published this effort as today's poem of the day :-)
http://poetry-24.blogspot.co.uk/
feel free to add a comment on there if you like it - or, in fact, if you don't :-)

Comment is about Daniel In The Hyena's Den (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Thanks guys. Aaron is delighted with your comments and would like me to pass on his 'thank you' to you all.


Francine, yes, you are right, it is the same thing and You are not wrong about the monkey ha ha

Comment is about Monkey on the park (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

Hello Cate,
Glad you enjoyed "Lord Frackin Howell".
On another front I have received from Isobel the prestigious 3rd prize from the 52 Hertz competition. I must say I was a little disappointed with the "inflateable" but have successfully adapted it for purpose.

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

Original item by Cate

Hello MC,
I very much appreciate your take on the North-South divide vis-a-vis 1066 and William the Frackin Conqueror.

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Many frackin thanks for your frackin comments on Lord Frackin Howell, Harry.

Comment is about Harry O`N eill (poet profile)

Original item by Harry O`N eill

Apologies, Greg. I did, of course, mean "Lord Howell".

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hello John,
Many thanks for your thoughts on "Lord Howell" and, once again, apologies for the stab at the accent.

Comment is about John Embley (poet profile)

Original item by John Embley

Many thanks for your kind thoughts on "The Rhymes They Are A-Changin'". One I wrote for Bob Dylan which he never used.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Dave,
We used to do this with empty beer-bottles and beer-mats in the square at Paxos in Greece.

I like the way the two lines:

`The range of our senses is limited.
There are sounds we cannot hear.`
(both line-stopped)

Plus the chill of those last two lines

Open it all to interpretation as a moral tale about ourselves in the present day.

It`s as `sweet` as the spoonful of sugar that made the medicine go down.

One of the things good poetry can do.

Comment is about August jam jars (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

haha!very humourous Larisa.x best regards.x

Comment is about Today Is Thursday! Hurray! (blog)

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