Hi Greg

I only started supporting Everton in Autumn 1983 when my son decided he wanted to. Things were dismal then - it was before the great days of the mid 80s.

The game I particularly remember is the last of the 1987 season when we already had the title in the bag, beating Tottenham 1-0. The atmosphere in the stadium was fairly flat considering the achievement. You could cut the complacency with a knife - a lesson if there ever was one about sitting on your laurels in a competitive context.

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There's memory for you! I had a sneaking feeling I had the wrong month. What about you? Have you got one game that sticks out, when everything seemed aligned, somehow? I think it's got to be when you were a kid, before you realised there were other things in life. And I don't fancy our chances at Goodison: it's just lucky the title isn't resting on it!

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Excellent and I take your point (mostly). But justice is not solely a moral issue - it is also prudential within the context of a given society. If whatever the members of that society conceive as justice does not come about, then there are often adverse consequences. Alienation, cynicism, vigilantism etcetera.

It would be interesting to see what Chris Co made of this, after a recent inconclusive discussion on Steve Regan's Facebook page.

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Good luck!

Comment is about the great fallacy (blog)

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John, you're quite right to mention Wembley the following year! Funnily enough I associate Waterloo Sunset with that one, a more melancholy ditty ...

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Thanks for your comments on Janis, Lynn. She was a bit special.

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Going to the GreenRoom tonight, in Manchester, with this themed work on Justice'. Performance will dictate its reception - the manner of reading propelling the words in the sense desired....I HOPE.

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Thanks for taking the trouble to comment on the November 1966 fragment, Ann, even though you're a not a football fan! I think great pop records help to frame a moment, and if it wasn't for the song I don't think I would remember it. (I guess you could extend the poem and turn it into something else. I've just Googled and discovered it was the month that John and Yoko first met).

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Thank you, dear Lynn. xx

Comment is about Where To Escape? (blog)

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Enjoyed this, Larisa. xx

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Thanks for comment on Dreamland, Dave. I hadn't intended it for the competition, but only realised after posting it that it would probably fit. x

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Read this a while back and liked it Ann but didn't have time to comment properly - my life a bit busy at the moment.

I like the delicate plant imagery in here. I find it touching and sad - I like poetry that moves me in some way - don't give me nature - give me emotions! You've obviously hit the mark for many. We are are all somewhere in this life chain - marching towards the inevitable - a touching reminder of that - let's hope we all have those kind hands when push comes to shove. xx

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Enjoyed reading your poem, Mike. It's really beautiful. With warmest wishes, Larisa

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Nice haiku Ann. I also enjoyed it. Best wishes,Larisa

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Yes -- it was prompted by a tiny little gravestone I spotted in the local churchyard, two brothers killed within weeks of each other just before Christmas -- well overgrown, and neglected.
Thanks for the kind comment -- my first!

Comment is about Fruits of the Narrow Seam (blog)

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Brilliant, absolutely captivating, i always love reading ur stuff, its fresh and original. excellent stuff as always.

Comment is about Alabaster (blog)

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Enjoyed this Ann, but won't say more as it seems daft to make the comment longer then the poem. Whoops, just did.

Comment is about fascinators (blog)

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There is nothing more fetching than the vulnerability of the poet exposed. There is something about an open wound that I love. Far more interesting than mere scar tissue...

Comment is about Stronghold lost (blog)

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I like the questions you raise Dave. The exercise of free will is hard for so many of us - dictated to by the needs of those around us. Are our choices really choices - or just a number available to us out of a zillion that aren't...
Very philosophical for this time of the day...

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Very moving John. I'm not normally a fan of 'love lost' poetry but you express yourself so well. I guess sometimes love found is never really lost. x

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Nice stuff, Terry - kept expecting it to carry on a little bit but it's still very clever.. A

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like the fact here, Kealan that the content of the poem is shorter than the title.. clever..

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beauitful stuff, love it john, no quite sure where you have placed the like by itself on the 2nd stanza however, but still really enjoyed it.. good to see you blogging again..

Comment is about Alabaster (blog)

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Enjoyed this Lynn - good fun. It should perform well.

Comment is about Dreamland (blog)

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I like what you're saying Paulyn. Everyone deserves respect and we should always 'look behind'. The structure is interesting. I'm not sure it matters whether it's poetry or not as it does work well for what you want to say, with so much passion.

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Original item by Paulyn Lloyd

Beautiful evocation.

I hope all is well and if not wish the best.

Chris

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Original item by Noetic-fret!

last act of pure self indulgence...a pic of me complete with halo.

if you like looking at pics here please consider taking on role as editor/curator.
Contact Julian Jordan.

Nighty Night,
Rachel x

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Hi John, thanks for comment on Dreamland, I only realised after posting it that it could be seen as escapism. Yes, waking up at the wrong moment is such a nuisance, lol.

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I like this, John, and the sentiments. x

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I'm really stumped with this one Ray - haven't got a clue. I will look forward to seeing whether anyone else does though! x

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I know all about dandelions they're one storey high in my garden but seriously a lot to take in with your poem - some things I can relate to with the title and others only by a stretch of the imagination - some religions believe there were pilots and planes back then - according to some interpretations such as Ezekiel and the alien abduction theory but other relgions do as well - what your poem does though with its in depth views is make us think. You certainly do that and well done.

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'Are you sure you just didn't want to get 'somnambulant' out of your poetical 'system' where it's been buzzing around for ages? :)' - you might well be right there!

That, and I've been lacking in sleep the last few months, it feels as if I live my life in 'somnabulance'.

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I like the 2nd verse, surprising and original, but I think you could do without the first verse and wouldn't parasol be better than sun umbrella?
parasol/ crouch my brow

'course it would, they're like hand in glove.

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Hi, dear Stefan! Thank you so much for the comment. Much appreciate it. Hugs and warmest wishes, Larisa xxx

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Hi Larisa-with this poem I get a great feeling of being able to almost breathe in the great outdoors-lovely! lotsa love as always-Stef.xx

Comment is about Escape (blog)

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I like the sentiments, John, though there can't have been many who've referred to her as an angel.

Comment is about Janis (blog)

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really like this poem about the hardships of the miners and their familys and the injustice of those times being a wiganer growing up in a town where pits were the livelihood of the ordinary man and women,not forgetting the pit brow lasses well written ...Chris :-) x

Comment is about Fruits of the Narrow Seam (blog)

Original item by John Embley

love it Kealan - you've been on the waccy baccy again, aintcha ?? :)

[when you're stuff is good, it's world-class IMHO]

Comment is about Populous (blog)

Original item by Kealan Coady

thanks win & philipos - just another silly one I'm afraid. B (pammy)

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

I liked the construction and content in this from the doubts expressed in verse 1 to the optimism of success in the last line - nice one

Comment is about For Frankie if I lose you (blog)

Original item by Mike S.

I like this - the question what the hell is wrong with me seems somehow to make the rest of the poem also seem like a question, and leaves the reader puzzling.

Comment is about The riot of spring (blog)

Original item by Dali

Hey, Jules. Out of all the readings that I have had, I would say, maybe three or four were real, and the rest was a waste of time and money. Beware the ones at county fairs.

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ta very much nice to visit again :)

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Hi Jean Lucy-love your new photo! nice to see you back.lotsa love-Stef.xx

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Hello Lynn.
This happens to me too.
Just when it gets interesting my sub-conscious censor steps in and, hey presto, I wake up!

Comment is about Dreamland (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Hello Greg
Thanks for the comments on Big Issue and Sobibor. Mogadishu=Big Issue - a bit of a stretch, though, eh?
I did Sobibor after the story of the conviction of John Demjanjuk. It seemed to me that morality's an easy commodity when we're safely coccooned.

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Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks for the comments, Cynthia, on Big Issue. He really does say it like that!

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LOL Isobel, you would think so, wouldn't you?! Obviously not all my dreams are like this, but there have been the odd nights!

Thanks for comment and thanks Chris for yours :-)
xx

Comment is about Dreamland (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

HI Isobel
Thanks for comments. I wrote the song for a mate who after a messy divorce lost faith in all women. I've just sorted out a utube page (DEVINEHAZE) so me and my co/singer song writer can get our songs out there. There's a video up and more coming soon (don't think this one will make on to utube its more a busker song)
Many thanks for intrest and Comments.

Ian....

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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A very beautiful description of phases of emotions so many of us must go through, each in our own ways. But that 'still small voice' capped it for me -- I listened, and heard my Mum again -- thanks.
John

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