Hugely enjoyable
No pun intended.

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Original item by Julian Jordon

Console yourself, John...Some happy otter is
snuggling up to her boy-friend singing:

Fallink in luv aken
belly vull of vish
Darlink vot you vish
...I can`t `elp it.

By the way: The size of the bloody thing! What is it - an embarrassed shark? (blushing because you`re holding it)

Comment is about Vertav Alle Ze Vishiz Gon? (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hello John, re; Chattering of Twites, I'm here in the UK (Woking) when soon after hearing their unmistakable sound (which had everybody peering into the tree)I got home and switched on the telly and was astonished to hear the same sound albeit I did not get a good visual because of the dark. I am a member of a wildlife group and will run it by someone if I get the chance. We are getting some unusual birds here though having seen cormorants in canals etc. We also have quite a variety of hawks. Appreciate your comment and sorry to hear about your fish stocks.

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Original item by John Coopey

Very humorous Harry and of course sad that John lost all that fish. Good to see you in muse mode again.

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I hope it works for you, you Old Dog!

Comment is about MAKE YOUR MIND UP = a lyric (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Aaaw! loved that, laughed out loud! I think I know someone like that? luv him x

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Original item by Greg Freeman

Very clever. Very good. Pacey trochaic rhythm.
It seems to speed up in the telling in the middle. Intentional or me being stupid? I like the circularity of it. It "puts it to bed", literally.
I bet you know the one word I'm unsure about....??

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Original item by M.C. Newberry

Bastard otter! Bastard mink.
Ate up all my carp, I fink!

Comment is about Vertav Alle Ze Vishiz Gon? (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Your Lovin keeps me sane! I like it xx

Comment is about CRAZY WORLD - a song lyric (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

i didn't listen to the song? It's woderful, my favourite of all so far xx

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Original item by M.C. Newberry

Beautiful! I hope it's not unrequited x

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Original item by M.C. Newberry

Christmas time! we do reminisce? missed love ones,I'm glad it's not cynical x

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Original item by M.C. Newberry

Ah, St Etty Light Vessel Automatic! Bring it on!

Comment is about great north diver audio (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Dear Mr Stockbroker. superb stuff, bang on the money (sorry). Exactly right. Dont know if you saw Ed Balls on Question Time twisting and squirming trying to run with the capitalist fox and hunt with the tented hounds? Pathetic really. well done Benjamin Zephaniah for pointing out clearly that people are fed up with exactly what Mr Stockbroker's song says.
Superb.

Comment is about Roy Harper and the politics of poetry (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

You think I am making it up?
Thanks for comments. Bit of fun. I adore doing daily dodgy doggerel.

Comment is about Spam, spam, spam, spam... (blog)

Original item by Julian Jordon

By request, typos:

Besides it(apostrophe)s a sure way to stop their glances rude

Tortured souls who firsthand had their live's robbed (don't need that apostrophe)

They stood, as prisons more then a century (should that be 'than'?)

It(apostrophe)s enough to make survivors go insane

The sad thing is it(apostrophe)s still hushed up not open

See ya next week!

Comment is about slave labour for the church 2oth century style (blog)

Dear Dear Dearest Laura
Your comments are very much appreciated.
I wish I were a seducated as you :-)) I shall now go and look at Blake, and then contemplate my navel
Steve

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Original item by Laura Taylor

Too right, I got the shit!

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Charlotte - that's incredibly short-sighted of you to say the least. Do you think we should all just shut up and accept it then? Take one up the arse because 'it's all been said before'?!

We have voices, pens - if no one says anything at all, then you deserve to lose your grant money, your housing benefit, to pay more tax on that poetry book you just brought out. Lose your vote as well eh? Might as well, counts for nothing? Lucky that you do actually have the vote mind, given you're a woman. If other women and men hadn't fought bloody hard for years, you wouldn't have any say whatsoever.

If this seems a fierce response, it's because it is. Political apathy boils my piss quite honestly.

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Original item by Greg Freeman

Of course, John,Think of that happy little otter, lying on it`s back, scratching it`s belly contentedly, and offering up happy little otter prayers of thanks to it`s little otter god.

Share, man, share, after all you got the shit.

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Hello Chris,

Been reading your work in admiration - you have an exceptional gift.

Marianne

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Original item by chris stevenson

Getting sick of political poetry...write something new, guys. We know. Life isn't fair. The government consists of horrible people etc. etc.

Heard it.

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Original item by Greg Freeman

There's still some typos ;p Never mind me, I'm a terrible pedant.

Okay, I understand re the phrasing now. Thanks :) Not that you have to explain anything to anyone, but it did seem different to the rest of the poem.

Hey, would be great to see you at the Wigan WOL! It's next Thursday, at the Tudorhouse pub - erm, I think it's not far from the bus station. I'm not a local though so not the best person to ask.

If you're on facecrack, btw, WOL have a page on there, as well as the Tudor event. Just search on there for Wigan WOL and it'll come up :)

Comment is about slave labour for the church 2oth century style (blog)

2 stories:
Last Saturday I went with my trailer to a local stables to bag up some horse muck. When I got there there was 8 bags of the stuff already bagged in the driveway. I loaded them in my trailer. As I was about to drive off a van arrived. I realised as I was driving away that I must have been taking the muck he had bagged earlier! I drove home thinking smugly, "God is good".
The next day I noticed piles of scales beside my garden pond and was horrified to see that 70 of my 80 fish were gone - some koi carp worth hundreds of £s. I had been losing them over a period of a fornight and not noticing. I reckoned it must have been an otter or a mink.
So:-
I lost a thousand pounds worth of fish and gained 8 bags of shit.
Yes - God has a sense of humour!

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Excellent. we must make a fuss.

Comment is about What has been Happening (blog)

Original item by Chris Lawrence

Ha! You've changed it! :D hehehe

Anyhow, topped sounds better ;)

Comment is about On The Light of a Match (blog)

Topped....Topped Sugar Topped tumbler LOL xx

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Original item by Laura Taylor

Oh God...Laura ha ha ha ha ha...no need for sorries..for you m'dear are priceless...now I can't read this without laughing!!!

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Ahhh interesting re the original title! And you are a mare, aren't you? Teasing us with a bloody made-up god! :D Ace!

Comment is about Hope (blog)

Sorry. Got to 'rimmed' and thought filth. Sorry
:(

Comment is about On The Light of a Match (blog)

Aha - right from the start I was thinking of the Magdalene laundries - and then I get to the end and it's stated.

I liked this, but I THINK it may perform better than it reads, as there doesn't seem to be a definite flow as such and that may well come out when you read it yourself - sometimes these things do.

There's some unusual placing of words, like 'harm did' and 'glances rude'. Is there a reason why you arranged them like that?

There are a number of typos in this - worth going through again and fixing...'lives's robbed' is one, and there's a capital E in 'Its Enough to make survivors go insane'. You might have a reason for that too but I can't see any significance.

It's a story that needed telling so nice one for that. I remember watching the film The Magdalene Sisters and just being ripped in two by it. Actually sobbing. I believe that the reality was in fact MUCH worse than depicted in the film - which is horrifying.

Comment is about slave labour for the church 2oth century style (blog)

Hi Mariane, I just couldn't help joining in. Win x

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Original item by Marianne Daniels

delightful! x

Comment is about On The Light of a Match (blog)

Thanks for your comments on The Clackety-Clack, Gareth. Congratulations again on Weyfarers; I've tried them two or three times without success.

Comment is about Gareth Writer-Davies (poet profile)

Original item by Gareth Writer-Davies

Thanks for the advice Greg; bit new to this.....

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Really good - enjoyed the plaintive tones.

Comment is about great north diver audio (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

This is good stuff! Wonderful vibe within a tight structure.

Comment is about Glamorous Exercises (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Cheers Steve (pardon the pun) Yes a little memory that popped into my head and brought a smile..


Rach..yes ta..xx

Nick..some memories are made to last don't you think?..

Comment is about On The Light of a Match (blog)

yes i know, this is based on a man who died on life of grime, you remember that. xxx

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Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER

thany yes mother nature is the boss oh yes xxx

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Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER

Emotive! but things wont change, untill we start caring! x

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Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER

Absolutely!cataclysm, Mother Nature Rules!x

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Original item by NICK ARMBRISTER

I'm glad you found me? I'm going to read your poems xx

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Original item by Nick Coleman

there was a young lady from Senegal
who thought she would like to have a ball
so she sent out a nude picture
to see who would hitch her
but thanks to Julian she got now't at all

Comment is about Spam, spam, spam, spam… (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks... it was just a bit of fun.

Comment is about out spammed (blog)

Original item by Peter Asher

great stuff Peter. Actually I like spam (As in the "meat"). Win

Comment is about out spammed (blog)

Original item by Peter Asher

surprising poem - can't say why I like it so much - elderflower lemonade memories

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There was a young lad from Senegal
who dream't up a way to spam em all
he would request your account
and a certain amount
but never banked on Michael or Paul.

Comment is about Spam, spam, spam, spam… (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

... commas, full stops... what's that then?
thanks Coopey (geoff)

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

like :)

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