Ha!
Thanks for comments.
I raise my helmet in salutation.
Comment is about Logic (blog)
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I haven't had any spam. I find that I can no longer send messages on the site though. It says there is an error - error 19 if I remember correctly, which isn't a given...
Comment is about Spam, spam, spam, spam!! (blog)
Clever play on words and poignant. I think brevity works well in poems of this nature. x
Comment is about 9/11 (blog)
Well I suppose I should be offended on behalf of all non knicker wearing females with a cleavage... but I will suspend my offensive and congratulate you on a very witty pastiche! x
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Wed 5th Oct 2011 18:46
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Wed 5th Oct 2011 18:39
HaHa - I usually do "come" indoors Kealan, apart from once on a beach, once on the top deck of a bus...erm... once in a bus shelter, a few times out walking - the oddest was probably once in the snug bar of an open pub = bit risky that one :)
Oh, and once in the visiting room of the psychiatric unit in Carlisle hospital (no - I'm not kidding, called The Glades, or something) :D (doggy style)
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Nice one Chris, very respectful and poignant, Jeff
Comment is about 9/11 (blog)
Awww thanks for your comments folks - glad to hear your son liked it Stella. I like to write some light hearted stuff that can connect with a non poet audience also.
The poem was written 6 months ago,inspired by daughter coming home from school after a sex education lesson at school. It shocked me to hear that Wigan was one of the worst places in Europe for the complaint...
My favourite part is the pop at China for its human rights abuse. Beneath the humour there is actually a lot of anger, which I do feel when I perform it.Peace to all ;-) x
Comment is about Chlamydia (blog)
Original item by Isobel
A sad reflection. I'm sure a lot of people can relate to this. The secrets are intriguing. Dave
Comment is about Old Shoe Box (blog)
Original item by Lynn Dye
I'm not offended. All t'best from Dave
But EBB poor lass will be turnin' in t' grave.
Comment is about How do I love thee? (blog)
Original item by Julian Jordon
You are the image of her. Then there's the dance, sing and enter twine test. Which I am qualified to
carry out....luckily...
Comment is about Goddess...homage to Dylan Thomas (blog)
Original item by Emlyn
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Wed 5th Oct 2011 17:33
would like to know what makes one..could bottle it.. :)
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Wed 5th Oct 2011 17:24
Oh such a sad one...but hit a chord with me :)
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Wed 5th Oct 2011 17:20
Works really well Chris..like the word links you use and it must have taken ages to do the last bit for I know when I did mine (brown crickets) it took forever lol..
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Wed 5th Oct 2011 17:18
Ha! such sweet thoughts held within Julian :)
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Wed 5th Oct 2011 15:56
Oh I def want to see this performed live Isobel... :D just played it to my youngest lad who thought is was brill .. (although he said it was slightly rude) he is 21!
Comment is about Chlamydia (blog)
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Wed 5th Oct 2011 15:45
Heh, heh...dunno if I am laughing at your write or Isobels comment!..
Made me smile thanks :)
Comment is about Logic (blog)
Original item by Dave Carr
Risque, but very well written. Oddly for me the funniest parts are the lateral references to the motorways, which I found unexpected and hilarious.
I am very defiantly against defending cities against humour!
Liverpool is a great place, but it has its problems like anywhere else. I could go on all day about the great things (so many of them).
But one of the bad things is, that as a city that has taken a lot of real hard knocks; its people sometimes get into a siege mentality, and feel a need to defend the city. Become defenders of the city.
Truth is the city does not need defending; least not from light-hearted banter.
I was once hammered by someone on this very site who said don't critisise my city; simply because I wrote a light-hearted article. That person got banned for making abusive comments which was a pity. Critically they did not ask/understanding that Liverpool was my city too, and I was merely pointing out the good and the bad (the true picture via satire).
I also saw one person pulled off a poetry stage/night very abruptly in Liverpool. I know the reason that happened was because they supposedly offended the compare's sensibilities concerning Liverpool girls as mentioned in a poem Welsh poem. It was a terrible thing to see- not acceptable.
Free speech is key to poetry, without it, it is severely limited. Besides Wigan, Liverpool, London, Bognor Regis, etc, they'll all still be standing afterward as will the people- just fine banter or no banter.
My Best
Chris
Comment is about Chlamydia (blog)
Original item by Isobel
Gert didn't know when she was well off!!
Enjoyed this, John, and I even heard of fizzog in the south... x
Comment is about "Widening the Circle of Friends" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Ive seen this performed several times Isobel and it never fails to make me laugh! Its not only funny but very very clever in its composition and rhyming patterns.
I have many Liverpool and Skemersdale friends and without exception their wicked sense of humour and warmth of character enable them to be able to take a poke at themselves {so to speak} without taking the knock!!
Good job you put it up now cos with Gadaffis head being somewhat out of the picture your gonna have to change that line!!
Cate xx
Comment is about Chlamydia (blog)
Original item by Isobel
Hi Cate, Thankyou for adding such a nice comment to my poem 'Autism' You are right of course. but what about a kiss from a child who has very mild (Possibly undiagnosed) Autism or from an Autistic adult or if that kiss is desired or not by someone. Only saying this to illustrate that this is such a big topic and more widespread than most think.
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Te he he.... I think Gert got what Gert deserved!! Greatly enjoyed reading this John. And Ive heard of fizzog so it must be a Northern term rather than a Yorkshire one.
Cant have them over there claiming all the good slang!!
Cate xx
Comment is about "Widening the Circle of Friends" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
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Wed 5th Oct 2011 14:04
Hi Isobel, Thx for adding those samples. Win x
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Original item by Isobel
Ah yes, although cycling helmet hair is vedry different to motobike helmet hair! lol, Room for everything on these pages including this little chortle.
Incidentally just been looking at KRAX magazine. You might want to submit some of yours to this?
Win
Comment is about Logic (blog)
Original item by Dave Carr
Hi Ann,
transported to the Cornish coast for a while there!
'romantically cavorted
on the darkling tide.'
nice
Lovely poem
Comment is about beguiled by seals (blog)
Original item by Ann Foxglove
Hi Lynn, Thx for your kind comments on 'Autism' glad you liked it. There is a fuller explanation of its different parts on the blog page. Win
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And you be reading it on Monday at Stockport art gallery? If so, we can announce it so as to draw in an even greater crowd. see you there?
Comment is about I'm a finalist... (blog)
Original item by Linda Cosgriff
Brilliant, delighted but not surprised, Linda.
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Original item by Linda Cosgriff
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Wed 5th Oct 2011 12:36
Hi again, I have changed hats and am now in my WOL Admin guise! Your input to the site and its community is very much apreciated Isobel. Your blogs and comments especially so. Can I politely as you to put some samples back on your profile please. 3 maybe. I know it seems daft when your blogs are all on there but it would be nice for completeness. Win
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Hi Again Isobel. Thx for your considered comments on 'Autism' there is a fuller explanation on the blog page. It was nice to write something not grim for a change. The slightly odd aspects of this also apealled to my liking of experimantal poetry whilst suiting (hopefully) the subject. Your initial comment was spot on. Win
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Hi Greg, Thx for comments on 'Autism' there is a fuller explanation on the blog page. As to the last line there were nothing wrong with your suggestions. Please keep commenting as usual lol. Win
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Original item by Greg Freeman
Hello and thanks for your comments one and all. I am sorry my attendance on parade here has been a bit random on and off lately, I have been in hospital again (gall stones of all things, don't ask!) anyway yes, here I am.
I know what you mean, Harry, I wasn't entirely happy by the way it turned out, it just started from thinking about what my granny used to call "Shutting in time" when you go around fastening up all the doors and bank up the fire in the range so it'll still be in in the morning, and the people who were "out there". And the way we're all able to collectively ignore them, even me, who is actually concerned about such things... *Financial* comfort is dead wrong, though! If only!
Greg - we actually let the stove out during the heatwave, but it's back in again now, ticking away, since autumn seems to have returned to the Holme Valley with a vengeance today
Ann - thanks as usual for your comment. I am sorry not to have responsed to others in like kind, I am under quite a lot of time pressure at the moment, apart from anything else, and losing a week of my life to the NHS has not helped with the backlog!
Comment is about Shutting-In Time (blog)
Original item by STEVE RUDD
Hi,
I'm glad you're enjoying it!
How are you? Hope things are good? x
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Original item by Andy N
Ha, nice one Dave and thanx for your comment on It Just Aint gonna happen!, Elvis might be at the Reebok too if things carry on as they are! cheers Jeff
Comment is about Logic (blog)
Original item by Dave Carr
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Wed 5th Oct 2011 07:42
Hi Andreas. The words of that poem flow nicely.
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Original item by Andreas Grant
Tour de force, this, Isobel. I got a bit lost somewhere up the M6, but then, as a bloody southerner, I would.
PS I used to know a Scouser who went to uni with Harry Enfield in York. He bore a remarkable physical resemblance to those three characters on the wall.
Comment is about Chlamydia (blog)
Original item by Isobel
Hi Kath - am really enjoying your book.. Review to follow on my blog soon when I get time xx
Comment is about Kath Hewitt (poet profile)
Original item by Kath Hewitt
I suppose we all have a different sense of humour. A posh lady called Joy comes to the Tudor and regularly takes the piss out of Wiganers and we all laugh and woop it up. Her poems are witty and well thought out and Wiganers don't take themselves too seriously, much like many scousers I've met :)
As an aside, one of the funniest sketches I've seen was about Yorkshire Airlines - I must send it to John Coopey - the stewardesses splatted everyone with mushy peas and it only flew as far as Yorkshire... Alas Smith and Jones were also brilliant when they did that sketch taking the piss out of Northerners hating Southerners...
I think that if comedy gets too safe and too pc, it ceases to be funny.
Comment is about Chlamydia (blog)
Original item by Isobel
Good one, Dave - made me smile!
Just noticed your Papa Oscar Echo Mike, I think it's brilliant. x
Comment is about Logic (blog)
Original item by Dave Carr
Good one. And a poignant message. But I thought I saw Elvis in the crowd at Edgeley Park.
Dave
Comment is about It Just Ain't Gonna Happen!! (blog)
Original item by Jeffarama!
Nice one.
And fizzog. We had those in Chorley but I haven't heard it for a while.
Dave
Comment is about "Widening the Circle of Friends" (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
You're not fooling anyone - About time you posted that. Excellent!
I once knew a lady called Lydia....
Comment is about Chlamydia (blog)
Original item by Isobel
Hellooo... : )
I sent you an e-mail a while back - hope you got it and everything is good! (messaging doesn't seem to be working on here!)
xxx
Comment is about Kath Hewitt (poet profile)
Original item by Kath Hewitt
The more I read this, Marianne, the more I love it.
It has an elusive feel to it... as do many of your poems!
Really like 'moss feet and floaters'
Comment is about Silentium (blog)
Original item by Marianne Daniels
Francine
Wed 5th Oct 2011 19:55
Hello Stranger!
It's nice to re-read some of your older poems - Winston is correct that it completes the profile. I remember these poems too! 'Beautiful Minds' has to be one of my favourite - among so many!
p.s. Tu me fais rire avec ta BIO !
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