Glad you arrived safely!

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Oops - thanx for pointing me in right direction

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Really rather nice

Comment is about Surround me - London cries (blog)

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Lovely - reminds me of the Tudor last night - love bursting and blooming all over the place! It's nice to be reminded that it does exist!

I shall have to return at a later date to see if there is anything I can critique you on ;) - for now I just enjoyed reading it. xx

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Evening Lynn-thanks for hobbling to the puter and reading my pooims-to which thou hast yea and verily commentheth upon-fanx darlin! SW-xx

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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love the pace of this poem Marianne - it flits in and out of the light of the underwater

Comment is about Endgame (blog)

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Thanks ever so much for your kind words everyone.I'm kinda surprised at the praise, though this is about the seventh incarnation of this poem so it should have got better by now!

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This is so beautiful, Rachael, would love to buy a copy of your album xx

Comment is about Seasons left behind (blog)

Absolutely brilliant, Isobel. Thank you.

Comment is about Gaudete (blog)

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Je viens juste de l'écouter !
Que c'est magnifique et belle !
Merci !

Comment is about Gaudete (blog)

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Yes Emma, you've captured it well - the fascinations and contradictions...
I love part two, and the line 'I wish I could be famous enough to be made of plastic.'

Comment is about American Dream (blog)

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Ta Laura for the 'like' on Infinity Station... very much appreciated.

Comment is about Laura Taylor (poet profile)

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Ta Ann for the nice post on Infinity Station... glad you liked it.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Cheers for the nice words about Infinity Station. ...and yes when I look back on it that is what it's about... it was written in a bit of a rush.. I was trying to capture a moment and then riff off that so it's nice to find out what its about afterwards!

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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Hi John,

Thanks for the comment on my Infinity Station Poem...

I think you are right about the use of the word Phallic, that verse might need a bit of work I think coz the 'joke' of it doesn't quite work at the moment.

Comment is about John Aikman (poet profile)

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I also was struck by the metaphor of a pallbearer’s lung - gosh how did you come up with that one - well imagined piece I have to say

Comment is about Endgame (blog)

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Lovely. Lots of loose ends in the story to tease the imagination

Comment is about Riverside Inn (blog)

Hi Lynn - yes less is sometimes best eh - I agree - thanks for taking the trouble to read and comment on Botswana and good luck with the post op recovery and to Benji say prrrp for me

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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Thank you for your comments about 'At Cromer', Lynn!

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Thanks for the comments about 'At Cromer'.

Comment is about Marianne Daniels (poet profile)

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I think there's some remarkable lines here. Particularly like lines 2,3 and 4. The reference to Ophelia, too, creates the atmosphere of that nether region between two worlds, neither of them palatable. Morbidly romantic - wonderful! 'The move is yet.' and the four lines preceding just work, somehow.

Comment is about Endgame (blog)

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Can almost see her...

Loved this

Comment is about The way you walk (blog)

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Ahh, I read about this song thing and was totally intrigued by it. Am glad you went and really enjoyed it Ann - and a lovely poem came out of it too. I agree with your stance on the gender of the river too ;)

Comment is about Surround me - London cries (blog)

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Mmmm...some beautiful lines that stand out for me here...'auburn draped over the face bent to a book/and he leans to the face shaped by autumn.' As a ginge myself, I would like to thank you for championing one of us ;)

Made me feel like being wrapped in a big warm hug, this. Lovely.

Comment is about Riverside Inn (blog)

like jeff, i love that line too - so true sometimes.

Comment is about Education, my measure (blog)

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an incredible moving piece.

Comment is about The way you walk (blog)

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Hi again Ann, yes I love Cornwall, it's my favourite part of the country, yet we always seem to holiday abroad the last 15 years or so. Unfortuntely, we haven't visited my sister since she moved there, but hope to some time soon. Last time we met up at my other sister's, as she lives in Seaton. Longer ago we had holidays in Looe, Polperro and Carbis Bay.

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Enjoyed this a lot, Ann, I like the way you write fleetingly about your daughter and it moves on to London. I think the Thames should be feminine too ;) Good poem xx

Comment is about Surround me - London cries (blog)

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Beautiful and uplifting, Ray, enjoyed this very much. x

Comment is about Riverside Inn (blog)

Quite a stunning tribute, retrospective... poem...

Comment is about Lines written in theTudor House on the 30th Anniversary of the death of John Lennon (blog)

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Thank you everyone :)

Isobel, are you speaking from experience? You are right anyway, I'd hate a bloke like that, and don't need to learn to adore the one I have.

Thanks Dave for picking up on my point - you'd think he'd recognise a baking tray!

Thank you Ray, glad you enjoyed. Yes, I did manage to get dinner myself the other night, so the incentive is there!

Ha ha Banksy, that is what my other half would say! You are both right, I'd be rubbish at anything like that. But maybe I could live without knowing, who can live without food? (That's my excuse anyway...) :)

Comment is about Oh, For A Modern Man! (blog)

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One of your best, Ray. I know I say that quite often but ... I particularly liked the stuff with the waitress. That really gave it life.

Comment is about Riverside Inn (blog)

what a pile of....what poetry is really all about..beautiful!

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Enjoyed this, Ann, though I thought London cries was better. You say it's a rough draft, maybe these lines could be more striking, more poetic:

I thought you might be humouring me

but you felt it too, no way was it a favour.

Comment is about Surround me - London cries (blog)

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Religion’s been hijacked.

But some people will nick anything if it’s not nailed down.

That made it worth the admission fee.

Comment is about Ravenous (blog)

Really enjoyed this Ray,'he leans to the face shaped by autumn' beautiful line,lightness throughout. :)

Comment is about Riverside Inn (blog)

I love your subtle rhymes and rythms. A delicate poem. Enjoyed!

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Many thanks for your kind words of comment Cynthia. I am pleased that you have seen in this poem (Bemused Rumination) what quite a few would be reviewers have not recognised. I am grateful and most appreciative for your input and time. Cheers, Frederick

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi Cynthia..your thoughtful 'comments' led me to you!

The word, from cuneiform onwards is surely the most transformative power our species possesses. Number and formulae may lie as 'artefact' without the word to acquit thier own power. No prophesy without word and the word in all its forms is prophesy. For the Toltecs the word is magic, giving us the power to create or destroy...your poem resounds with this acknowledgement,the word as our most omnipotent means of coherence across time.

Comment is about The Written Word (blog)

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Tut and I thought no one would ever suss the place - a rich source of cameo material though I might add - and since I have a latte there most days round noon -just say the word and we can meet up for a chat

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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when Delia has to give instructions on how to boil an egg...
BTW - I hope you're a whizz with the ole torque wrench & feeler gauges ?? ;)

Comment is about Oh, For A Modern Man! (blog)

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Sounds ... pardon the pun ... like a great day out, Ann. Wintry and wonderful

Comment is about Surround me - London cries (blog)

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Wet, fluid, flowing, curvaceous, deep, mysterious - deffo a female! If you are interested in the songs and the inspiration for the work (Susan Phillipsz's not mine!) there's a good site run by Artangel. And a video too.

Comment is about Surround me - London cries (blog)

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Very interesting stuff. Not had a day in London like this for years. One point, 'our mother Thames'? Of course, the river could be claimed for the female gender and this is, after all, a poem. Maybe Old Father Thames is a later inventions anyway?

Comment is about Surround me - London cries (blog)

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A rough draft really, to remember a fab day with my daughter exploring London and a wonderfully atmospheric sound installation. Loved it totally!

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http://vimeo.com/5456823

I think you could do a good version of this

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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If Bertrand Russell couldn’t convince you I’m certainly not going to try. I’m not that evangelical about my atheism. In fact some of my best friends are Christians. My Dad bought me the book for Christmas many years ago, not that we celebrated Christmas. He was like the pope of atheism. I believe it had something to do with being a bomb aimer in Lancasters during the Second World War not that he talked about it much. His older brother had been a Japanese prisoner of war and became a Methodist lay preacher on his return. They would have some wonderful discussions, warm never heated. My Dad had the last word at George’s funeral when he started the eulogy with the line- I hope George is quickly coming to terms with the lack of an afterlife.......

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