Thank you so much everyone for your comments.

Thomas, strange you should mention musical chairs, I wrote one at the weekend called Musical Beds!

Lol, Isobel, we did go bed shopping too, as it happens, but didn't make quite such a spectacle of ourselves!

Bed hopping, Julian? Perhaps I should rename that poem! lol.

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Hi Dave, (John Doe) so many of these characters around and some actually began life with promising upbringings. Who knows where the decline began? Thanks for commenting.

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Ha - do you dare me to post Chlamydia? That should grab attention. I should do it before they kill Gadaffi - if they haven't already done so - I'm a bit behind on the news...

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cheers for the info re Fanbox.
will look in later

ta Dave

P&S.

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Lynn,
try this for a laugh-
on youtube type in these exact words
-don,t tease the dog-

its absolutely hilarious!

(try and get Benji to copy it)

Trish'n'Stef.xx

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Beds hopping?

Comment is about The Cuddle Chair (blog)

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So you're claiming all that swivelling was an accident? Remind me not to follow you when you go bed shopping...

Comment is about The Cuddle Chair (blog)

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Oh - I've come out in goosebumps John! It would be nice to think that there could still be that connection.

A tender, poignant poem Ann. xx

Comment is about earth (blog)

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Hi Lynn, thank you for your comments, they are much appreciated. It pointed me towards your work too, I like the political awareness in your writing, especially When the World Stood Still. makes you wonder if things run better when there is no government!

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I'm glad you liked John Doe, Ann, thanks for saying so.

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Four years ago I was working in Stockton, travelling up on Mondays and staying till Friday.
One Monday I woke up because I couldn't get the song "Moonlight and Roses" out of my head. So I thought, "I might as well set off early, have a coffee at a service station near Stockton".
When I got to the service station it was shut so I carried on to work.
Later that day I found out that there'd been a big accident just before the service station at just the time I would normally have been passing it.
"Moonlight and Roses" was my mother's favourite song.

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Excellent sentiments, Neil, and very well written. Appreciated this very much.

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Cheers P&S, I'll certainly try and post more here again, had a rather dodgy broadband connection for some time now, so I'm way behind on many sites.

Have you tried Fanbox.com? You can get paid for blogging there...

Best wishes, Dave

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hopefully see you at the Tudor?..x

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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Ever played musical chairs Lynn? I think you'd win every time.
Anyway, you do with this poem.

Comment is about The Cuddle Chair (blog)

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thanks Ann!! NOT ironic, just bloody careless!

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good ter see you bloggin again Mr.D

how come Terry Bull
Arfur Guinness
Stan Down
Pat Mehedwithanironbar
or Marge Herine
did,nt get a mention?

not to mention a million others.

well done Dunn as in Dave.
best to you from us two too-P&S Wilde'uns

Comment is about Harry Stottal (blog)

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oh Lynn,Lynn,Lynn!
yer attit again!

my gast has never been more flabbered!
I bet thats the chair I bought from DFS

only on the belief of it being interest free-
-yeah rite!

the one described in the brochure as
a bleedin great sack of spine misshaping
polysterene balls.

but to my delight
I found a pair of knee length bloomers
slightly clean(lol)

which I later sold to Arfur Kneegusset
on th'antiques roadshow.
he looks gorgeous innem..haha!

could that be the same chair one wonders?

in the meantime,I shall pray for your Soul
-I said-Soul! lol!

have a nice day me dux.

Stef&fingy.xxxxxx

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andy - many thanks as always for reading and making comment x

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Hi Kealan - ta very for reading and making comment

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I like The Fall very much hence the title

thanks for taking the time to read and make comment on my poem

steve x

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This may or may not be the crux of the problem. In truth the veterans just don't know why they are suffering so much. But we know, from our own experiences that we were exposed to something sinister. For myself, because there are so many incidents that have pervaded my life, I just don't know the truth. Some of those incidents, have led me to trust no-one, including those in authority positions who sit on high making policy. Conspiracies are very real, they do exist! But in not knowing the full truth each veteran is left to fill in the blanks themselves. And that in essence is also a form of torture. Things have happened to me that I just cannot explain, and now I sit nursing a broken spirit and battered soul. One day we may be given the truth, but until then, the conjecture and supposition will continue. We need the truth, plain as day, to settle what is a quarrelsome undertaking of life. This may be the crux of the problem, it may not. I was going to remove this verse, and if you wish I will do that. Just never forget that all that is taken for granted by the majority, be only a dream for the veterans now suffering, who are asking so many questions but getting no answers. We served in faith, we are suffering now. We were treated unfairly, and the sorrow in each one shines like a bright ball of hurt that will never go away. On this day, it is their day, it is a day of celebration. Had things been a little different, perhaps I would be waving the flag I served too. But as controversial as this piece is, I shall let it stay, in recognition of the veterans who only want answers. Be well, and Good luck.

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Oh the fun in trying though Lynn!

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Enjoyed this, Kealan, good one.

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The photo makes me feel really hungry!

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You paint a lovely picture Lynn!

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ANY...are fine by us Aunty Lynn!

off for scoff,

later dude.

Buggerlugs and Trish.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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cool couplets
at th'end.

Comment is about The Agony of the Flame (blog)

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however melancholy you make it
I will gladly partake-

on one condition-it comes with-
chips! tea and a bleedin' big cake!

nice one Stell'Stef.xx

Comment is about Making Sushi (an oldish one tweaked) (blog)

Evenin Ma Dye
all ok?

love

Stef&Tricia.xx

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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Thanks for the YouTube info on Bert Williams, John -- amazed by the quality of the recording, and how fresh his material still feels today.
I reckon your little recording's up there with it though!

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Hi Ann, 'Reptillian' always a gift to stumble upon a surprise of nature as you did with the black lizard and I the grass snake so close. A real thrill and heart-warming at the same time. Thanks for the comments.

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Thanks for the comments on A Wonderful Opportunity. If you want to check it out Bert Williams is on YouTube with an audio of his (superior) original entiled Somebody Else Not Me.

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Very clever, John! -- Worthy of Marriott Edgar and Stanley Holloway -- I've got to admit, I'd never heard of Bert Williams, but I'm busy correcting that little hole in my archive. Now it'll only look like a string vest.

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Thanks :D x

Comment is about Itchy (blog)

Where all our inspirations go. When we can't think of what to write about we write about poetry (usally about not being able to write poetry!). Pope was no exception.

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Stunningly beautiful dear lady.. x

Comment is about For a Friend (blog)

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Christopher, I use other "stimulants", but,hey, whatever works for you!
Seriosly though, I enjoyed the poem; twice in fact. The first time I enjoyed the ride of the rhythm, the second the lyricism.
Keep posting.

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Ah aha ha ha ha...I asked for that didn't I?

Comment is about Making Sushi (an oldish one tweaked) (blog)

Stella, I have a plaice you might want to put your cold hands on.

Comment is about Making Sushi (an oldish one tweaked) (blog)

Thanks Dave. I suspect the reference to Our Gert in A Wonderful Opportunity gave its authorship away!
The real vintage though is Bert Williams's - worth checking out on You Tube.
Curiously he blacked up as a Minstrel despite the fact that he was, himself, black!

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hi Dave.

Thanks for the comment on my Chanel poem..some days are made for feeling good inside..

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Thanks Ann...it was a good day!..

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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I hope you returned home with more than half a car!

Thanks Isobel for finding my Chanel original :)

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Lynn, thanks so much for commenting on my Chanel poem..appreciated :)

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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read this a few times now..and I like it more each time... :)

Comment is about Itchy (blog)

Pleased I came across this..I have just enjoyed reading your other work too..

nice one :)

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Vintage Coopey. Should perform well!

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Enjoyed this Stella. I don't use Chanel myself, but the chocolate sounds nice. .

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Thankyou :) I have no idea why it changes as I write it separated. X

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