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"now lads lets all be upstanding for Princess Anne....."

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These size 12 jeans must have shrunk in the wash....
Cate xx

Comment is about CAPTION THIS PIC! (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

In fact that is the best poem I have read today....

Comment is about NO SIMPLE LIFE (blog)

Very good, you should send that off somewhere important....

Comment is about NO SIMPLE LIFE (blog)

I am very impressed...

Comment is about Win Win Win Till Money Kills All (blog)

Original item by Noetic-fret!

Thanks very much Jeff and Deb - aye, cannae beat a proper big fire and the drums a-beating! You can keep all your fancy Glastonbury Arcadia stuff - I'm deliriously happy with the most important basics

Comment is about Scarlet Ribbons (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Hehe - liked this Ray

Comment is about The Beautiful Game (blog)

Aha - so this is where you replied!

Top tip of the day - if you reply on a profile, make it on the profile of the person you are replying to otherwise we won't get an email notification of your reply :)

The Tudor is one of my two favourite venues actually - love the atmosphere in there!

Comment is about Neil Fawcett (poet profile)

Original item by Neil Fawcett

Terrible misuse of the apostrophe in you're - should be your.

Apart from that - I like this. A racket of pang to conquer, and Curling into you like a terrible virus - great lines

Comment is about Keeping You Warm (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Just did another audio, not quite so flat!!

Comment is about whitechapel ladies (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks John (Whitechapel Ladies). I wrote another poem on this theme ages ago but too felt it a bit ott to post. But John, I will if you will! Maybe!

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

I wrote another poem on this theme ages ago but too felt it a bit ott to post. But John, I will if you will! Maybe!

Comment is about whitechapel ladies (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks people. I'm quite pleased to have some of my poems called cryptic. There's them as would say there just a load of bollocks.

Comment is about The Beautiful Game (blog)

emptiness and height - that's really very nice.

Comment is about Vapour Trail (blog)

Enjoyed this Ray.
I played both in earlier years and can offer the insight that rugby offers far more opportunities for us fatlads. I could go several matches without touching the ball.
Fatlads also had a special camaraderie - you had more in common with the fatlads in the other team (like a nice lean in the scrum and taking turns at feigning injury to give the lads a rest) than you did with your team-mates.

Comment is about The Beautiful Game (blog)

I like this Ann. A difficult subject to write about.
I did one from the viewpoint of the Ripper which is a bit strong and I haven't had the courage to submit it.
Good on yer!

Comment is about whitechapel ladies (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks Steff - first couple of lines of the audio are flat as a pancake! Such a long song to get ALL of it as best as I could. After the fifth take, I couldn't bear to do another one! It was inspired by going on a Jack the Ripper walk when I was up in London recently. They are such atmospheric back streets and alleys!

Comment is about whitechapel ladies (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Twas a good evening. Big thanks to you guys for your support and positive comments to a complete stranger. I am now completely sold on poetry. Cheers.
Hope to see you again.
Pete Slater.

Comment is about The Nearly Dead Poets at Write Out Loud, Middleton (photo)

Prinny'Anne....that reminds me is it tonight
we are having button mushrooms for tea?
Second pikky....I knew I should,nt have eaten
that last Snicker!-aythankyor!

Comment is about CAPTION THIS PIC! (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

or-
a flea and a fly in a flue
were imprisoned,what could they do?
said the flea "let us fly"
said the fly "let us flee(flea)
so they flew through a flaw in the flue

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you have been a lovely audience-blod guess you.
Mr. Wilde..x

Comment is about wind in the chimney (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Love everything about this poem Ann especially the fourth verse-lovely to see you back on form(as though you have ever been off it-(form I mean!)bestestest to you-Mr.W.x

Comment is about whitechapel ladies (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

worthy of a comment for such a lovely smile if nothing else Harry-very sad sentiment-if true I,m very sorry.Stef.

Comment is about Vapour Trail (blog)

Hi Cate - many thanks for your comments on Solitary - can see what you mean about Wordsworth - best regards

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

Original item by Cate

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

Original item by Cate

cheers Deb :o)

Comment is about Memories make sense (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

(sorry I murdered the song too!)

Comment is about whitechapel ladies (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for your comments on "No Better Ending".
Yes the audio wording is better - I'll remember it if I perform it.
As for me doing hilarious - Piggies wasn't meant to be hilarious, it was.....
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Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

I suppose the really obvious choice for number one might be:

"Her Royal Highness was eager to congratulate the winning crew, and their cox."

For number two, maybe:

"Writer's Block found to have obesity link."
- both due to a shortage of material.

Comment is about CAPTION THIS PIC! (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Sod it!

If she gets that zipper to zip, I'll eat everything she's eaten, including the hat...

Comment is about CAPTION THIS PIC! (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

No need to tie their kangaroos down - it looks like the cold water did that trick. Or maybe us poms have more to offer in the non aquatic sport department...

I'm not going to bust a gut trying to think of a caption for the second photo. I'll let the fellas do that!

Comment is about CAPTION THIS PIC! (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Hmmm....naughty naughty Christopher!

Comment is about Incucumbent (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

Oh Anthony - you've even 'out- grossed' me there!

They do indeed look like deadly colonic cucumbers capable of e coli outbreak... Is there such a brand and do they hail from Germany or Spain?

Comment is about Incucumbent (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

Hi Francesca. Welcome to WOL. Hope you enjoy exploring all the different aspects of the site, Winston

Comment is about Francesca Beard (poet profile)

Original item by Francesca Beard

Your vapour trail has disappeared Harry!

Later . . . . ah, it has appeard! A rather dramatic ending here. Makes it sound quite funny but I don't know if it's meant to.

Comment is about Vapour Trail (blog)

Cor! Makes you wince just thinking about it! Nice bit of recycling - if they leave the plastic on you can still eat them later . . .

Now, how do I get that imasge out of my brain?

:)

Regards,

A.E.

(Now that would be worth paying to see!)

Comment is about Incucumbent (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

Hi Neil , A belated welcome to the site, good to see you are getting stuck in. Winston (Admin)

Comment is about Neil Fawcett (poet profile)

Original item by Neil Fawcett

Hi Edwyna, Welcome to WOL . Hope to see you at Butterflies at some point. Winston

Comment is about Edwyna Beaumont (poet profile)

Original item by Edwyna Beaumont

My favourite Eddie Waring line has to be his chortle ... "ee, a bit of argie-bargie going on" whenever a full-scale punch-up broke out.

Comment is about The Beautiful Game (blog)

I disagree about the romance of British road names, John. The days of cultural imperialism are over! I think it's all to do with the associations they evoke. The A19 means something to me because I spent a year driving along it every working day between York and Selby. And north of York it took you towards the North York Moors, and further on, up to the north-east. It's true I'm a southerner who finds the north very alluring. On the whole. Down south, someone's written a book about the A303. I must look it up on Amazon at once ...

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?!?

Comment is about Louise Coulson at the Tudor House, Wigan January 2011 (photo)

You've changed one of your froms to a to,in the third verse of your audio - it sounds a lot better like that.

A lovely restful piece John - good to see that you can do serious/thoughtful as well as hilarious...

Comment is about No Better Ending (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

You should have told him that Abba doo, doo, doo, Come on Eileen and most of the shit that DJs play is gay too - though I appreciate that the word should not be used in that context.

Getting him back in verse is much more stylish though - you should post the poem to that lovely shirt of his.

A fun read. x

Comment is about Quoting Mikey Wong: "Poetry Is Gay" (blog)

Original item by Gemma Lees

Naughty but nice - I love a lighthearted fun read. I bet this would perform well too - if you know what I mean!

Comment is about Incucumbent (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

An enjoyable read - even though I'm a northern woman that hates sport and embraces crypticism occasionally.

For my sins I can remember Eddie Waring - the phrase 'up and under, up and under' comes to mind.

My dad was staunchly union. We lived in Orrell and had one of the finest union sides around at the time. One of the big London teams once bemoaned the fact that they had been beaten by 'a layby off the M6'... oh the glory days!

Comment is about The Beautiful Game (blog)

I don't think bonfires are blokey at all. They can be girly too! My friend and I had a fab bonfire last year - we burnt a whole caravan (on purpose I hasten to add). Haven't had so much fun in ages!

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you Val, I had to Google them, most kind!

Cheers JC, I didn't Google 'dactyls', despite having no idea, as you kindly explained - I seem to be stuck in that rut atm, drives me insane at times, I'll call it the 'terror dactyls'.

Your comments are enjoyed and appreciated.

Comment is about Engendered Resolution! (blog)

Original item by Christopher Dawson

Did it involve Darren Thomas and a biro? I saw that by chance yesterday - I promise I havn't been up all night scouring WOL!

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Hi Ann,

re photo captions; I did post one for a pic in the "gallery" section. I'll buy you a pasty if you can find it! ;)

Regards,

A.E. X

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hello Anthony.
Thanks for your comments on "No Better Ending". Glad you liked it. There is something wonderfully evocative about wood-smoke.
As for the gripped us = eucalyptus rhyme: the eucalyptus was genuine (I really was burning it); it was the "gripped us" rhyme which needed a bit of knocking in!

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Thanks for your thoughts on "No Better Ending". You're right about how evocative wood-smoke (and smudge fires) are.

Comment is about John Embley (poet profile)

Original item by John Embley

Thanks, gents.Interesting that it's just gents - and southerners too.I've had certain poems only women have commented upon so I guess it's only fair.I take your point about the crypticism, Greg.

Comment is about The Beautiful Game (blog)