Hey - we are almost writing in real-time here.
I'm not saying that I am "right" (or wrong) or that I know better, only that -
1. - your poem is great.
2. - the comments were getting a little maudlin
so I thought I'd stir it up a bit... sorry.

still doesn't take anything away from your poem - as me & everyone else says - Marvellous

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Original item by Kath Hewitt

.... so I'll take that as a No then? :D

Comment is about Daddys girl (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

pretty damn good (if you'll allow me to comment ?)

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Original item by Isobel

Hi - re: Kath Hewitts poem, Daddy's Girl.
....yes, it was just good old-fashioned bad taste. But seriously, I was once told that if you can laugh at bad things, even really bad things - (Hitler, Pol Pot, paedos etc) - it takes away their power, diminishes them & brings them back down to a human scale where we can deal with them as we ought. Her poem is really great, but the flip side of the coin is that fear breeds fear, whereas if you can laugh at a tyrant it takes away their power over you. Many jewish comedians have jokes about the holocaust. Only my 2 cents. all the best. B

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Original item by Laura Taylor

Hi - Re your comments....
"Hi,
Thank you for you initial comment re Daddys girl.
If the offer of sweeties was supposed to be funny, it wasn't. I thought it was in pretty bad taste. If you meant something else by it, please explain. Kath".
....No, your right, it was just good old-fashioned bad taste. But seriously, I was once told that if you can laugh at bad things, even really bad things - (Hitler, Pol Pot, paedos etc) - it takes away their power, diminishes them & brings them back down to a human scale where we can deal with them as we ought. Your poem is great, but fear breeds fear, whereas if you can laugh at a tyrant it takes away their power over you. Many jewish comedians have jokes about the holocaust. Only my 2 cents. all the best. B

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Original item by Kath Hewitt

OH HAI THERE :3

just dropping by to say i think your poems are wonderful accessible and easy to relate to <3

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Original item by Gemma Lees

http://youtu.be/_IPM02OWNGI

is totally fab!! I've never heard of this woman. She's amazing! Thanks!

And . . . http://youtu.be/i476QDahPYM

Beautiful!

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Worth waiting for. Purple is my favourite colour

Comment is about Warning (blog)

Original item by Isobel

It was nice of you to take your chest of drawers out for a ride Dave,but why did you dump it in the tip once you were fulfilled?
I thought you were thinking of it's feelings by letting it have a day out?!

Missed you reading this at the Tudor. You'll have to give it another airing one day!

Comment is about I took my chest of drawers to Mull (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

It is indeed a pastiche. Thanks for the comment Dave. Flat satin sandals, moi? Never! xx

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Original item by Dave Carr

I love this! Did you read my mind?
I may end up wearing purple too one day just to be even more rebellious -one of my least favourite colours EVER.

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Original item by Isobel

Much better than satin sandals.
Nice pastiche.
Dave

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Original item by Isobel

When I grew old
I did turn purple

This bounces along merrily, Isobel. My sort of assonance.

Peer survival tally keeping for profit and pleasure. Like it.

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Original item by Isobel

Excellent poem Kath.xx

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Original item by Kath Hewitt

That's some incredible dancing on the vid! I'm not uncomfortable with her boobs - mine were like that for years til I put a bit of weight on, she's just got small norks is all. Unlike yours! ;p

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Said it on your blog, will say it here

RIGHT out of order Banksy. Not funny in the slightest, and sick as fuck.

Comment is about Daddys girl (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

Is. - Vintage Bond. Full bodied and tasty, strong and intoxicating...Orgasmic! thanks.

Laura - yes Louise is very much PHWOAR...watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q876pJ0tWE

LaLaLa Human Steps in Human Sex featuring topless Louise, kind of uncomfortable for me, she has boobs like a 12 yr old..
watch for her mastery of the full-body barrel jump, which looks like a horizontal pirouette into a single hand handstand over the male dancers shoulder (best to watch - writing about dance sucks really.)

Darren - a lot of men think they cant dance, yet rate themselves in bed - you cant have one without the other yet unfortunately most male dancers i know are gay...its a cruel world.

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Another great read. I always look forward to the vocabulary that you use. It always appears fluid and deliberate. Unlike MY dancing.

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Another fine piece of writing - and so true. You really do get more accepting of yourself, mind and body, as you get older. There's nowt more certain than we're all going to age - so get used to it, and learn to love it.

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Original item by Amy McCawley

Woo - I like this Dave. Like Isobel says, there are some really good poetic lines in here, and I am tickled by the idea of actually doing this! Would have even better if you'd taken photos of it in various places :D

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Original item by Dave Carr

Yeehaa! Vintage Bond indeed - pretty much exactly what I said to Bob last night about this poem!

This flows extraordinarily - it is like a dance itself, and erm, can I say PWHOAR re LLC?! ;)

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Vintage Bond, methinks. Love it, Rachel. Particularly like the bit Winston quoted - also that last verse - so powerful. You get the full picture and feeling of what the power of dance releases - pretty orgasmic I think!

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And out there on the wooden floors,
The sweat from their pores.
I'm writing a list
Of songs I can sing by myself.
Backstage with the modern dancers,
Who feel it, like I do.
Like I feel it, like I feel it.
Backstage with the modern dancers,
Getting ready to go on,
She showed me her spin,
With a beauty lit from within.


Gorgeous song :)

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I'm afraid not Isobel, I usually go straight for the culture page, funnies, and movies.... hahaha
Thanks for reading and commenting. I shall now hunt down your WW1 poem. Cheers.

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Original item by Isobel

Thank you Banksy.

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Hi Rachel

Brilliant that this piece is on here. After hearing it a Cadence fest I said it was powerful, I was wrong. It is more than that...

She took my breath up
In her pale hands
And threw it
Past the stars

loved that and the whole raw energy of her / the act of dance / and your interpretation with words. For another take (A more gentle one) on contemporary dance listen to the lyrics and song of this piece which I love by the Great Lake Swimmers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7zlCnVuhgU

good to have you back. X

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Louise LeCavalier was the priciple dancer with LaLaLaHuman Steps Contemporary Dance Co. from Montreal, Canada.

She is famous for her powerful dance performances and ambiguous gender, working with choreographer Edouard Lock on dance pieces that pushed the boundaries of androgynous aesthetic in dance during the 1980s.

She has danced with the likes of David Bowie and to music scores by My Bloody Valentine and Einsturzende Neubauten marking her one of the most influential contemporary dancers of our time.I saw her perform at DeMonfort Hall in 1992. I was blessed.

S/he's Great :)

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Cupboard love?

Comment is about I took my chest of drawers to Mull (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

an exceptional poem very well put together.

BTW - want some sweeties? ;)

Comment is about Daddys girl (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

Hi Hazel.As promised I have put a comment for you on my attic poem.To read,click on my name under 'Recent comments' on the right hand side of the blogs.Hope you like.Many thanksStef.x

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John - the last 2 verses had me laughing out loud ! - a real classic.
best laugh I've had in ages.
Long may your prong get arborious.
I salute you Sir :)

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Original item by John Coopey

Like it lots !
(did I hear mention of ye TomTom club Annie ?)

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This is a nice poem Indigo - a kind of 'the world is stage' sort of cameo with interesting brush strokes to surprise the reader.

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Original item by Ushiku Crisafulli

I liked the poignancy of this questson Amy and the poem - can't help with the answer though - guess we all voice the same question from time to time.

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Original item by Amy McCawley

This reads like a love story - is there a name for having a relationship with your chest of drawers I wonder? :)

Comment is about I took my chest of drawers to Mull (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

I really enjoyed reading this Indigo - David

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Original item by Ushiku Crisafulli

Can but agree with what everyone else has said, Kath. Please keep writing.

Comment is about Daddys girl (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

Excellent poem, Ann - I think Izz could be right about that last line though

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Not only did he read it at the last Tudor (very well as usual) he owned up to there being a factual basis for the poem. Somewhat elaborated on for sure, but something like it really happened, apparently. Whatever next.

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Original item by Dave Carr

Hi Dave

Thank you for your kind comment on Daddys girl, much appreciated.

K x

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Original item by Dave Carr

Hi John

Thank you for your comment re Daddys Girl, much appreciated

Kath

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Original item by John Coopey

Hi Andy

I haven't blogged this one before and I cant honestly say i havent written something similar lol tho i must have forgotten it!

Ta muchly x

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Original item by Andy N

Thanks Isobel
and Yes, I read it at the Tudor!
Dave

Comment is about I took my chest of drawers to Mull (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

I think this is exceptional. It deserves a wider audience than it will get here (no disrespect but it will probably be off the radar very soon)
Dave

Comment is about Daddys girl (blog)

Original item by Kath Hewitt

Do tell me I'm right in thinking you read this at the last Tudor!!! It does sound familiar and has your hallmark humour stamped on it.

Having said that, there are nice poetic touches in here that you find in serious poetry!

Love your descriptions of the sea and the shrieks of oystercatchers piercing the wind.

Comment is about I took my chest of drawers to Mull (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

or 'who knows when, our final time?'

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

who knows when it's our final time?

lovley imagery

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

Very funny John.
toilet humour indeed.
Should that be
"The rat will always be well hidden"
in the first verse
Best
Dave

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Original item by John Coopey