Spot on Tony, melancholia is what I wished to achieve ?
T.

Comment is about Tony Hill (poet profile)

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Thank you HayzTee
your spelling drives me crazy
but I think that it is mainly
that thing on your lip
that pains me.
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Comment is about HayzTee (poet profile)

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Thank you for the welcome and kind words Vautaw! ?

Comment is about SNW87 (poet profile)

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Welcome to WOL. I’m enjoying your poetry already. Write on! ?

Comment is about SNW87 (poet profile)

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No objection.

Comment is about Stephen Gospage (poet profile)

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Si
to sigh
I will try
now goodbye!

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Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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thanks.
the Gospage
according to Stephen!

well it sounded like that to me.

Comment is about Stephen Gospage (poet profile)

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thanks for your comments on
"when someone dies"
it put a lot into it
it took a lot out of me.

Comment is about Brooke (poet profile)

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Abdul.

Thank you for your recent comment on one of my latest poems. I appreciate the time you spent reading it and forming your comment. May I may also say that I admire your work enormously and hope to see more of it. I respect and value your work. Continue writing and when the pen runs dry go to immediately to the ink well.
Best wishes
Keith

Comment is about Abdul Ahmad (poet profile)

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Cheers Sophie for your like of my work ?

Comment is about Sophie H (poet profile)

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it's okay
these will get better
someday.


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Comment is about julie callaghan (poet profile)

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are you kin to Brigette? hahaha

Comment is about J.D. Bardo (poet profile)

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Hi Lasse, thank you so much for the comment on Rooftop Reverie and the likes too. I could steal your bio word for word and it would be accurate for me. I don't know how I've missed your poems, but I'll set some time aside this weekend to correct that. Cheers, Tom.

Comment is about Lasse Krey (poet profile)

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Don't electrocute yourself.
Wear rubber gloves
while writing!
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Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

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love your name. ?

Comment is about MARIA ELENA (poet profile)

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Very, very, very, atmospheric. No pressure at all. ?

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

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I used it first. It must be catching. Oh no, don't say that...

Good word, though, and good poem.

Comment is about Stephen Gospage (poet profile)

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Looks interesting. ?

https://payrollheaven.com

Comment is about Poetry Crowd translation wiki project beta (group profile)

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You used the same term, "Atmospheric"
that the other guy used.
Is this a new thing?
Is it caused by Global Warming?
As I think about it,
My pressure is rising.
?

Comment is about Stephen Gospage (poet profile)

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Thanks Kimberly
for the comment and
for not wearing a mask!
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Comment is about kimberly (poet profile)

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Atmospheric?

I guess that means I'm under a lot of pressure!

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Comment is about Stephen W Atkinson (poet profile)

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Stunning poetry you have shared here Shehariah. From one survivor to another, writing is the most healing ointment I have found to help us and others. Write on! ~ V

Comment is about Shehariah (poet profile)

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wear a seat belt.
don't spill the beans
and don't spill the poems.

Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

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I couldn't agree more Dan. There are millions of websites where we can post our poetry, but we tend to gravitate towards a place of connection, community, family. WOL is home. ?

Comment is about Vautaw (poet profile)

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I agree Tom. I hope we can have a big WOL family reunion some day!

Comment is about Vautaw (poet profile)

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D, the sign reads, “DANGER Do Not Climb on Kissing Rocks”. I have always been a bit of a rebel. ?

Comment is about Vautaw (poet profile)

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Right back at you V. We're all lucky to have found each other (and the words we share) right here. ?

Comment is about Vautaw (poet profile)

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It's the electricity
of all this poetry
somehow surrounding me
and toying with my gravity!

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

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Welcome John! I’m enjoying your poetry already. Write on! ~V

Comment is about JOHN F B TUCKER (poet profile)

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why is your hair on end?

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Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

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what does that sign say?
Danger...
I cannot read the rest.

Comment is about Vautaw (poet profile)

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Ok, starting today, I’m checking my homepage every time I sign in, instead of just the blogs!

Thank you my beautiful poetry friends for taking your precious time to comment. I love the WOL community. It’s so cool to connect with poets from all over the world. Nigel, Tom, Fred, Paul, D, Philipos, Leon, John, Adam, Flavia, Robert, Dan, and Stephen... I cherish you all. Write on! ~V

Comment is about Vautaw (poet profile)

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Thanks for your fascinating memories and views on the Falklands war. This is a really interesting article https://www.theoldie.co.uk/blog/my-return-to-the-falklands. I'm assuming that you knew this movie was being made?

Comment is about mentalelf. Philk. (poet profile)

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Thank you for your comment on "The Nature of Man"
I do not know who you are
but I will accept your compliment
because I like compliments.
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Comment is about Shifa Maqba (poet profile)

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I agree but..
now that it has infected our President
it's a whole new story.

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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Hello my friend, thank you for stopping by and liking two of my recent pieces.. It's been a while since you posted a blog on here. I hope you are well and are still writing or at least still playing some music.. I had another listen to your audio gift again today and it felt so pleasant to hear as way back when you uploaded it I was in a different head space with my grief and my mind was full of noise. Thanks again for your support and kindness.. take care. Be well. Emer?

Comment is about old shoes (poet profile)

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I am breathing...
barely.
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Comment is about julie callaghan (poet profile)

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??? i see what you did there paul.

Comment is about khanyie komane (poet profile)

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glad you enjoyed the whimsy...
did you put ketchup on it?
?

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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is a Biku
like a Haiku?
just wandering!

wink.

Comment is about Wandering Biku (poet profile)

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Thanks for your comment on "Mother Inez".

(you don't look too happy in your photo.
did someone shoot your dog?)

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Comment is about Clyde McCulley (poet profile)

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Hi dk - here's some good wishes for your ongoing participation in
embellishing our quality of life on WOL with your contributions.
At our stage of life there's the onus
Of treating each day as a bonus! ?

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

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I'm enjoy this life
the pleasure of living,
on exiting soon
I have my misgivings!
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(enjoyed your rhyme M.C.---thanks for that!)

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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Hi Jon
Thankyou for your comment after my poem "Memorial Day In Moscow" - that's much appreciated.
Quite by chance, this poem is going to be published in the next edition of 'Poetry Plus - The Magazine' so it will reach an even wider audience.
Richard

Comment is about Jon Darby (poet profile)

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Thanks Ray.... If I hear "We are Sailing" ever on the radio I throw it out the window... same goes for "Don't Cry For Me Argentina".

I have a hate from those days... The BBC. They announced we would attack Goose Green and the Argie moved 1000 more men into positions, same with their ordinance, their bombs were not going off, loads of ships were hit including mine and the bomb failed to explode, they were fucking up the timing on the detonator. The fucking BBC actually announced that... next thing you know Brit ships were blowing up all over the shop.

My other piece of anger is Colonel "H" Jones 2 Para (VC). He shouldn't have been there, he was "Sunray", Battalion commander, his place was safe back with his maps and radios and tea. Instead he took it upon himself to assault Argy machine gun positions across very open ground, I've seen it, and eighteen of his men and him got killed. "Sunray is down" over the radio left two Para headless, the one man with the whole battles cape in his head played the hero, lost and left his Battalion leaderless, he went against military doctrine and training. Had he lived he should have been court martialled! I was told by a 2 para combat medic he had two British rounds in his back. Someone had sense.

Fortunately Major Chris Keeble was his number two, ex SAS and a brilliant soldier, he was able to get a picture, put things back together and won in the end.

The other thing no one ever mentions is the Argentinians were disgraceful, they literally shit everywhere, in Stanly they shit in drawers, cabinets, wardrobes, in all their positions in the field, it took ages to clean up that filth. I don't know why but they did it.

Everyone thought the Argy pilots were real heroes, they couldn't fly at full speed couldn't manoeuvre, they were so low on fuel if they got caught up in heavy manoeuvring to dodge missiles and aa fire, they would run out of fuel on the way home, this made our Harriers look far better than they were! In fact it was two Harrier pilots told me that. Everyone respected them because despite that, and their heavy loses they just kept coming.Amazing courage.

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

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Thank you Greg for your comment on my bio poem Aye, Wingate. And yes, 'Johnnie's cafe' , which had been a fixture in the village since the early 50's ( sadly closed around 10 yr ago) still had all the original 50's decor: wooden seats, counter, fixtures etc. So Beamish museum bought it & are rebuilding it in the new 1950's village. But, sadly, the way things are going they might not have the money to complete it. And, as you say, if you visit these days it's more like a ghost town ?

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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Hi Greg thank you so much for your comments. Things come to mind, I do suffer still, always will apparently.
One thing I have held onto is my hatred of the BBC. They reported and told the Argentinians we were getting ready to assualt Goose Green, so The Argie reinforced Goose Green With 1000 more men, our lads were outnumbered 3 to 1.
Then many of their bombs were not exploding they hit my ship and the bombs didn't explode, they had the detonators set wrong... the fucking BBC reported this! Consequently our ships started blowing up what seemed everywhere. Bastards.
I know a lot of lads who if the BBC embedded someone with them they'd find themselves with a bullet in the back during the next action.
There was a sadness... we were fighting kids with three months training who'd been given a gun, canon fodder for our well trained professionals. We all felt an admiration for their airforce...so brave with low survival chances. They didn't have the fuel to "dog fight" or make much manoeuvring and only had five minutes over target or they would splash down in the Atlantic getting home. But they still came, their limitation of speed made our Harriers look far better than they were. I got that from a couple of Harrier pilots I was drinking with.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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Fascinated by your Profile poem, 'Aye, Wingate', Stephen, and the revelation that a little part of your village was taken and rebuilt at Beamish, the museum close to the Angel of the North, which I visited recently. I found Beamish very interesting, but also a somewhat eerie, spooky place - a place deserving a poem or two of its own.

Comment is about Stephen W Atkinson (poet profile)

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nothing like being
in old clothes
comfortable in
your own
skin.

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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Hot sauce is made from
the green Jalapeno,
the Mexican thrives
esta muy bueno!

Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

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