Thanks for your thoughts on "No Better Ending".
I know what you mean about inserting "the A19". I always envy the Americans who can get away with introducing San Fransisco or New York or Chattanooga or Route 66 in a song and it's cool. Not the same romance about Doncaster or the A19.

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Wotcha Foxy.
Glad you enjoyed "No Better Ending". There's something magical (and blokey) about a fire.

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Thanks for the comments on Costa Coffee, Richard. I hope you got those coffees for the Japanese kids on expenses otherwise you'd need a mortgage!

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Enjoyed the rhymes, nice poem. trundles/ London and goggles/ joggers maybe stretching things! slobbers/joggers?

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Loved the poem, John. Took a group of Japanese kids to Starbucks the other day - brings it all back! (Don't tell my sister though - she works at Costa Coffee in Skipton!)

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A very mischevious take on the Murdoch theme Anthony...

I found it a very chaotic dis-jointed piece but that is no doubt the effect you were going for...

Love the toilet humour you managed to get in at the end - you know what a fan I am that. I was a tad surprised you didn't manage to get 'ball busting' in anywhere though.

Rebekah Brooks has been much maligned. She is a wonderful person and you don't even have to ask Pete Crompton to know that - just ask her mum...

;-) xx

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Original item by Anthony Emmerson

You tell him Gemma. Good poem.XX

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Original item by Gemma Lees

Hi John,

(gripped us = eucalyptus) only YOU mate!

Loved this. The scent of woodsmoke is one of my favourites - so much a conjurer of memories. Small is beautiful!

Regards,

A.E.

Comment is about No Better Ending (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Hi Ray,

"a British male who refers to Soccer deserves

a whipping with minimal mercy"

Couldn't have put it better. Soft, southern, nancy-boy, mud-wrestling, middle-class b******s.

Nice one - and an entertaining read!

Regards,

A.E.

Comment is about The Beautiful Game (blog)

Hi Gemma,

I liked this a lot, and can really identify with where you're coming from . . . but . . .
Who are you calling a poet? Want to make something of it do you?

:)

Regards,

A.E.

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

Original item by Gemma Lees

I went to a school that played hockey rather than rugby; I thought that wasn't so bad, closer to football, although when we tried to introduce the concept of overlapping full backs one was sent off for straying over the halfway line. You're absolutely right on the class thing, although the Murdoch-inflated wages for players makes the game seem not quite so beautiful at the highest level these days. This is a different kind of poem to those you have recently blogged, Ray: a bit more accessible for the football-watching classes. Some of your recent ones I have regarded as like cryptic crosswords; and I never touch those! Reflection on me rather than you, of course. Greg

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my printer ran out of ink months ago, but i'm glad i ordered some last night because this poem i want to print and read and read again. it's just beautiful Tommy.

Comment is about The Nearly Moon (revised draft) (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Silhouttes of people against a pale sky...
memories that stand out against so much that fades..and

" my wasted, wanting,
thinking breath"

all combine to create a sigh on a page.
really liked this one Tommy.
Deb

Comment is about Memories make sense (blog)

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Scarlet ribbons, beautiful thoughts can feel the warmth from that fire now, grest stuff Laura, hope to see ya soon Jeff X

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she has got lovely hair though..

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Nothing can equal a fire outside for the;
"call, to charm, to enchant.."
lovely evocative poem Laura, made me wish I'd been there. Now you've taught me something too this week, I had no idea that djembe meant that and as you say it really does define it's purpose. Debx

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I really like this..the images dance on the walls of my mind and the influence of Poe oozes through the gaps between..beautiful and eerie..i could hear Evanescence in my head while i read it too.. lovely, Marianne.x

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Hello Ann of Cornwall : ) thank you for your kind comments on Svātantrya. I've been away from the site for a while but am happy to see you're still here being so prolific..your love of language shines through all your work..seems to flow from you like a spring : )xx

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hola Laura : ) thank you for reading Svātantrya and your kind comments on it...you summed up the person it was about very accurately;
"doesn't need to flaunt, or abuse.....just IS."
they left an imprint on my memory like people like that seem to do...
thanks again Laura xx

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Yes!!!

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Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Very kind of you to say so, Stella.

Concerning the "they" you mention... well... I'm so gald that you do not agree with them. May their ears turn into arseholes and shit all over their shoulders (old Arab curse! :-) Or, as I said once in a poem called "Captive Phoenix:

Fuck the rules, I say.
They aren't really rules anyway.
Some fossilised turds
carve their ossified words
into pseudo-granite structures
which —
at any conjuncture
of history's golden chain —
t h e y
decide should be
the
only
umbrella
in the rain.

Indeed! ;-)

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As a first timer at taking part in ANY sort of public event let alone poetry reading I would like to thank all the "All round nice folk and jolly good eggs" for making me welcome and putting me at ease on the 26th June 2011 . As Gemma says, a relaxed and friendly atmosphere with nice people, specially for an open mic 59yr old performance virgin who had never even thought of writing a poem up to 4 months ago. Now I am smitten. Looking forward to the next meet.
Thanks everybody.
Pete Slater.

Review is about Write Out Loud - Middleton on 24 Jul 2011 (event)

Hi
@Val I take the point Val and see what you mean but for me the final verse is, well, the finality of lost love and the sweet memories that linger even many years later.

@Banksy Thanks for the comment and I understand perfectly what you mean. That's a rare thing and a memory to treasure, as I do too.

There is an anthology of my work now available to download for free at www.writersout.com/node/1836

Best to you both.

Comment is about lenka (blog)

Original item by Steven Dark

No one could ever accuse you of not being bold...
It's nice to know how creative one can be in getting their point across ; )

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Er ... well said. I think

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Its a rather lean time for magical word forms for me :) which cannot be helped just yet. I need someone to bounce off of, as I feed on creativity. Sadly there is little around me to inspire such great works. I lurk among the pages of this site searching for, craving for brilliance, till now and then it spears me like chard of glass. I like your words and thank you for showing them.

Comment is about Woven Threads of Life (blog)

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love it - and I love the last verse also, but maybe because it's personal for me - I once had a girl - the only girl who I could go to sleep holding & we'd wake still in each other's arms - it was perfection. B

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Original item by Steven Dark

Oh, wow - I can almost smell that smoke from here - a cracking image - I might try it myself to get away from the road noise of the A690 ... (as long as it doesn't herald my last gasp!)

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I've never been in love like I was when I was 10 or 11.
Adult love is still great, but back then it was all-consuming - and we'd never even held hands. Ah well.
marvellous stuff Harry. B

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love it Kealan. B

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Original item by Kealan Coady

they say (who they are I am not sure) that poets should not write about writing.

I do not agree.

Your sonnet is full of life and colour and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it out loud too..

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Marvellous - with a capital M - deserves a title though IMHO. B

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And I am also well chuffed for your success Dave although it comes as no surprise..Drinks on you on Monday then?. :)

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Original item by Greg Freeman

love it John - is the last verse a metaphor for our last gasp ? - if it is, it works very well along with the first verse. B

Comment is about No Better Ending (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Yes they always have to have the last word don't they. Made me smile..

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

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This is so funny, yet true! (People who criticise things they know nothing about) This DJ Mikey Wong sounds like a kid talking nonsense - I'd write a poem about him to let him know - Wong is Wrong ; )

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

Original item by Gemma Lees

I love the sentiments in this. For me, it reads as life and afterlife.

Thank you for your comments on 'Walking around somewhere' - I enjoyed the process of writing it.

You haven't posted anything in quite a while!
Funny how people come and go on here...

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Original item by Paul Letch

Excellent! This is impressive!
So many great references to history woven in...

Some of my fave lines:

'the Holy Grail and silver
spoon the right to call the piper’s tune '

'the greedy madman’s
glinting eye the lonely orphan’s unheard cry'

'statistic key objective fact campaign coup and Kristallnacht'



(I could not access the audio on this for some reason)

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Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Thanks, Steve. It's not really worth the effort is it? No comments on the poem, the suggestions made on the poems of others are unwanted. I know, you know that it isn't to do with either the quality of my poem or my advice.The vast majority of folks on WOL aren't interested in constructive criticism.
I'll live with it or leave, I guess!It's only poems.
Football! There's no Villa fans looking forward to this season. Who do you support?

Comment is about Numb (blog)

The Knight and Great Protector.......there's a novel there somewhere i'm sure, Alan the Great!!

Thank you x

Comment is about Alan Morrison (poet profile)

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Hi John,

Thanks again for taking time out to comment on my latest. :-)

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Idyllic, John, except for the A19. But glad you mentioned it. Makes it an even better poem, somehow

Comment is about No Better Ending (blog)

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Very lyrical! (Don't set fire to the bird bath though!) :)

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I'm so thrilled for Dave, my nipples are exploding with pleasure. Come and hear him perform it and others at the LIVER BARDS on Monday from 8pm, at the Belvedere pub, Falkner Street, central Liverpool (5 mins walk from the Philharmonic Hall). Fantastico!

Comment is about Dave Costello wins Welsh Poetry Competition (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks Isobel, that's very generous of you.

Comment is about Dave Costello wins Welsh Poetry Competition (article)

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Hi Ann. "Field boundaries". Beautiful, melancholic, thoughtful, atmospheric a wonderfully crafted poem.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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could try edlets.com but I guess that's just stuff you have to pay for, so maybe no good.

Comment is about Jackie Hagan at Edinburgh Fringe Festival (blog)

Original item by Brink

Hi Laura. Yes it was my first night at The Tudor, I really enjoyed it, what a great pub.

Comment is about Neil Fawcett (poet profile)

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Congratulations Dave! I'm sure you deserved it. I loved your performance last time I heard you. Poetry that works on page and stage is special and you know it when you hear it. x

Comment is about Dave Costello wins Welsh Poetry Competition (article)

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Awww, well thank you darlin. I just HAD to write something about the place. And yeh - agree re the communication, but it's the actual punters who communicate, and they ARE different in many ways to a lot of the rest of society. That's one of the reasons I go as often as I can - to plug into that branch of humanity that holds the same beliefs, attitudes, values, morality even, as me. It's a place of peace, love, and unity...not something based on commercial gain, or hierarchy, or arbitrary illogical and dangerous laws...and we LOVE IT! :D

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