Steve,
the profusion of anti-springtime words in this :(Coarse, comic,cracked,fallacies,glaze?, moaning, grim, etc; etc;) make me wonder if the `Lyre` ending the second stanza is mis-spelt.

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TOMMY,(I noted this before bronchitis no2 hit)

So you won`t give the pope the Falklands back as an enthronement gesture.

But think what poetry would lose if it lost the word (and speculation)of `Limbo`.

(Your last four lines would be a very moving conclusion to a poem about those one hundred and fifty-odd thousand British womb-dwellers who were clinically and chemically `induced` into eternity last year)

But no sweat - our pensions are safe - we are replacing them down here with all those little foreign womb -dwellers who managed to `make it` and grew up to immigrate here and work for us.

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so found a fun thing on the internet that translated the poem into gangsta rap :)


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Thursdizzle 13th January 2011 7:16 pm (first posted Wednesdizzle 12th January 2011 11:53 pm)
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Ouch

That was a funky-ass big-ass house

Came down up tha sky

And up in tha end it fell on me

Just mah sparkly Nikes ta show

I straight-up done been so wicked

A lil' hoe now is bustin

I be a gangsta yo, but y'all knew dat n' mah sparkly shoes,

Clickin her heels n' feelin fine

Biatch be thinkin I be dead yo, but

In dis invisibilitizzle of middle age

I be enjoyin tha privacy

And tha pleasure of knowing

I don’t need sparkly shoes

Because there is 'no place' like homie

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Original item by Shoeless Carole

Thank you for your comments - the poem is based on the photograph itself taken by an SS Soldier, which had 'The last jew in Vinnitsa' scrawled on the back.

It is believed that the town of Vinnitsa, of some 28,000 people (mostly Jewish) was completely eradicated by the Nazi's in the summer of 1941.

The man knelt infront of the mass grave is believed to be the very last of those executed, which I felt was a very powerful and desperately horrifying image, hence the inspiration for the poem.

Thank you again for your comments.

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an interview with me from a few years back with Tony Stringfellow of Wolverhampton Radio and The Poetry Train

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Totally in awe of this amazing man,,,to say I wish I had been there with you is trite..I sooooo wish I had been there lol xxx

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Aye..agree sadly..

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Aye Chris..far too many folk I know are being adversely affected...a great poem.. :)

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Thanks very much Nick.
David

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Beautiful - just beautiful. I love the same lines Jonboy chose - they are so startlingly original.

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Amazing piece Marianne-lots of depth and delicious description;'If I could pierce that needle point of the moon fixed in your eye,or chocolate fold my hair,through your mane,moor wild,could I come iwth you,into the night?'
Stunning.

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Original item by Marianne Daniels

horses and chocolate :)

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Thanks for interesting comment on 'She'. I'm a girl and u probably be right, be stuck on my roundabout forever ! x

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Skillfully graphic, Very moving,

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To the point and unwavering Chris! Sentiments I entirely agree with-'what we need now is a soft pastel re-focus on aspiration'
Thing is,I can actually imagine this lot saying that!Great poem mate!

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To the point, Chris. I was in a waiting room this afternoon and picked up The Times - not something I'd normally read. Page 8 has a graph (source IFS) which shows how changes since 2010 have adversely affected different sections of society from the poorest to the richest. To be fair, the richest line was worst on the graph, but only by a little. Almost as badly affected were the poorest in society - far worse than the middle class. Every government minister should have a copy of that graph (and your poem!) on their wall but that's too much to hope for.

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I love communicating with people via poetry too Cynthia - that's what I love about live performance and about this site.

I suppose Dave is just highlighting the danger of when we start to lose sight of other people's worth - when it all becomes about ourselves and our own egos. That's when we stop listening and we stop hearing what others have to say.

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You very much bring the horror of the holocaust to life with your poem, Simon.

I'd agree with Dave that this is a very powerful poem.

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OH you lucky girl! I so wish I could have been there with you. I can imagine it now - you, me and Alvin on the front row, lapping it all up :)

I love your review Francine. It's positively exploding with excitement and happiness.

Laura, you'll have to buy a book and appreciate him - he's brill - I think one of Carol Ann Duffy's favourite poets too. He is just so clever and dry and very, very, funny.

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Francine, this is the kind of website that honours honest, personal freedom to share such special experiences. You go, Girl!

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Very appropriate lines, Dave, to be well-considered by us all.

I please myself, writing for no one else; but, the thrill of being read, and appreciated, is unparalleled. It's the reader's connection with my personal thoughts that leaves me breathless: I have expressed something 'worthy' of sharing. I'm too proud to push myself on anyone. So - why can't words and people coexist?

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Well it might deter me this weekend as we are currently lying a foot deep under the white stuff here, and more heavy snow forecast tomorrow. It's being in Yorkshire that does it. In the Pennines. In the snow. Brr!

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Marianne, I'm pretty sure I've shared this before, but - I used to haunt cemeteries everywhere, loitered in graveyards. Somehow, they are a visible bridge to the former lives of others, not gloomy at all. Like - they hold the greatest secrets we yearn to know, laughing rather kindly as we pound our breasts! I've had an extraordinary experience I might share sometime, when I'm brave enough.

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Love the imagery especially the stanza,"gravy brown brits" prowling in,really well written piece.

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Glorious - just plain glorious. Made my pulse race. I'm with Rachel. What do men see in horses, I wonder. Maybe - wishful thinking?

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Great article and interview!

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Ahoy there, MC.
Luckily my pond (and house) is protected by a floodbank to keep the river and us separate.

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hee hee cats too Rachel! x

Thank you for reading x

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yeah I have! Am a big fan of Philip Glass and they are excellent films!! Yes yes!

Thank you for the comments, I have been writing alot recently and have found myself seeking now, as you so well observed Cynthia, an intense desire to be more clearly understood even though the motive behind what I am writing is still dream-like. I want to always push so your appreciating comments are very encouraging. Thank you.

(hee hee youboob)

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Heehee - what an enthusiastic write up! :D You're bubbling over Francine! Glad you enjoyed it anyway. I've never heard of him.

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Hehe Cynthia :D Aye, I get a wee bit carried away with it meself ;)And I'd agree with you, for sure.

Of course, we also have to add in the 'I' to the 'eye' to the 'real eye/s', just to put yet another spin on it! This is the kind of thing that I think about whilst lying down and doing 'nothing' (one of my most treasured 'activities'). And it's why I'm never, ever, bored :D

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Really atmospheric and dark piece this. You know what it reminded me of? Have you ever seen the trilogy of films by Godfrey Reggio, Koyaanisqatsi,
Powaqqatsi, and Naqoyqatsi?

This reminds of me the second one, Powaqqatsi. Would recommend you watch them actually, reckon they're right up your street :) Can get them all on youboob.

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Original item by Marianne Daniels

Wow. The most powerful new poem I've read in a long time. Almost any words feel too glib. If only a few million young people in warlike nations could read this.

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Original item by Simon Austin

Recycled Prophesies is my favourite one, too! -
I am really looking forward to seeing the anthology next month!

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'chocolate fold my hair through your mane' what about us girls and horses eh? :)

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good poe mariane, lovely imagery as you always invoke. i like the 'thread' throughout, the 'muscle of silver' specifically and the contrast of worlds from the 'fields of industry' to the veined palm.

thanks x

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and the same to you Larisa!!

Lovely poem.xx

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blown away-with the greatest of PLEASURE!!xx

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I would like to congratulate with this day all my dear friends on this site and to express my love to everyone here, to thank everyone for the comments. You've become my dearest and nearest. Happy World Poetry Day! And ....thank you so much for giving me a chance to be with you in one team. Love, hugs and kisses.
With warmest wishes,
Larisa

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Cheers Dave re 'Is' :o)

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I find a different 'sophistication' in your work, perhaps an intense desire to be more clearly understood as you personally cipher your own world. Your diction is, as always, just superb.

I'm probably way off base. My brain seems to be exploding with meanings probably never meant. I feel like a helpless robot wired to 'receive'- it's very weird.

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Original item by Marianne Daniels

The mystery of 'eye' is as old as humanity. All mythology and ancient wisdoms focus on its 'meaning': what is 'real' as perceived by the physical 'eye', and 'realized' by the 'inner eye' of understanding/realization. It's a marvel to consider, as deeply as you can go in your own thinking, to feel the searching power of other kinship minds. An unparalleled journey. IMO, almost every major idea boils right back to this main conceptual conundrum.

Yeah, yeah - I'm done. I get carried away.

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Original item by Laura Taylor

The Twilight Cave

Trust is broken
by jealous eyes
as the bat
wings flap to
fly back home
from your cave
into her arms.

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Original item by Katy Megan

I think it more likely that they came to their senses. Have a good time

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Many thanks Cynthia and Dave

I've been fascinated with the 'art imitating life' idea behind life modelling/all art tbh, and have been putting together lines for this for a while now. I love how it's all just representation, but that the representation itself is a real thing. We use real things/tools to recreate the tool we use for art. How one perspective is completely different from another, but that everything feeds into everything else.

I've also been looking for a place to juxtapose 'realise' with 'real eyes' for bloody ages too now, since I had a little epiphany about them one late night, soaked in smoke and merlot ;D So am made up about that ha :D

When you 'realise' - you see with 'real eyes'.
Very simple, but quite wow, to me, anyway!

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i agree with nigel.. a review would be nice. i'll do on my blog too

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a good un also here guys. recycled memories is my favourite bit (did i write that? lol)

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my favourite one of these so far, must admit. i agree with meshach it's worth having this as a collage book of poems.

look forward to volume 2 in the future too

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am away for a few days but i know my copy has arrived in the post. well looking forward to seeing this

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Incidentally, does the rogue comma on the Stones album sleeve make it racist?

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