Hi Greg, This one is really impressive & very enjoyable: real lived experience, substantial, sustained, and technically adroit. I think you should put it in your showcase samples. Your stuff is getting better and better.

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thanks for your comment on Untitled - you bastard. How did you know it was about you really ;)

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Thanks for your comment on "Untitled - you bastard".

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Thanks for your comment on "Untitled - you bastard".

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Thanks for your comment on "Untitled - you bastard".

Comment is about Alison Smiles (poet profile)

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Well, I'm dead jealous cos I don't know how to get smiley faces (or grumpy faces) on my blogs! How'd'you do it Crackling? And let's hope it's a smiley one next time!

Comment is about Fed Up (blog)

Original item by Crackling

I seem to remember that this advice is Banksy's answer to everything!

Comment is about PMT (blog)

Original item by Alison Smiles

This is so sad and beautiful, Larisa, it flows really well, just love it. xx

Comment is about My Foolish Heart (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

a good shag'll see you right ;)

Comment is about PMT (blog)

Original item by Alison Smiles

Good poem, Thomas, I enjoyed this.

Comment is about Broken-down Place (blog)

Original item by Tom

How family relationships should be. Mines extended. It resounds.

Comment is about Invictus (blog)

Original item by Joshua Van-Cook

The last line is a perfect line.

Comment is about Made Me Feel (Like Marilyn Monroe). (blog)

Beautiful soft imagery. I am jealous.

Comment is about field boundaries (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

X. Will correct the latest poem. Thanx!!! (BTW it's Helena's gallery launch in Chorlton on 10th)

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

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Hi Rachel I'm Really flattered that you chose 'My Chair' as poem of the month. Thanks!

Comment is about Rachel McGladdery (poet profile)

Original item by Rachel McGladdery

That's okay, I understand and I wouldn't want anyone missing out on a read of your poem just because it looks like you've got a lot of feedback :) And that makes a lot of sense, it does feel more in character ^^

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Thanks for your kind comments, Ann, Dave and Heather.

Comment is about Concrete Thinking (blog)

Thanks for your comment on "Untitled - you bastard". I should have said that this poem is a homage to, and a pastiche of, one by Dermot Glennon called "Untitled" which is far more disturbing than my poor effort and could be regarded as his 'signature poem'. So it's just a bit of fun that anyone who has seen Dermot perform will understand and hopefully have a laugh. I performed it last night and Dermot got it right away but it took the rest of the group about a third of the poem before it dawned on them what it was about and it did cause some merriment.

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Hi Greg - I was reminded of your meeting with Carol Ann Duffy yesterday. I was in St Ives and I saw Helen Dunmore - I was brave enough to say "Excuse me, are you Helen Dunmore?" and she said she was. I told her that I love her poetry (which I do). Then afterwards I thought "Oh dear, she might think I don't like her novels!" (I do!) But it was rather nice to say hello to her. Afterwards, I seemed to keep seeing her all around St Ives, but pretended not to have spotted her in case she thought I was stalking her!

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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The 'acorn' philosophy rules!

Comment is about Innit (blog)

Original item by Crackling

This is good, Josh. It is a huge theme which you have tackled head on, with some very cogent ideas and superb vocabulary. I like the format too, with its unobtrusive rhyme scheme. Just being picky...did you try to get the rhyme pattern of the Stanza 1 into Stanzas 2 and 3, but it just wouldn't co-operate? If so,I know the feeling!

Comment is about Invictus (blog)

Original item by Joshua Van-Cook

I like this, John. I'm not always sure where it's going, but I seem to feel where it's at, if that makes any sense. There are some novel and engaging images. Perhaps all the loose pieces come together with your final two lines, like pulling fish into a net.

Comment is about Fog at Sea (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

This is really good, Thomas, completely absorbing the reader to share the pathos of the emotional desert. Such a sad, and so common, situation. I would include the same .... after the second 'admit' also. I did wonder why you introduced a subplot with 'long after they've gone'. I can't really place the antecedent of 'they'; to what or to whom the pronoun refers. IMO, I think 'The image lingers on' is very emotive in itself. All comments made with great respect for your skill.

Comment is about Broken-down Place (blog)

Original item by Tom

Heather,thanks for your input. I don't respond to all comments only because they take so much time, and tend to make any given poem look like it has a lot 'reader feedback' when it doesn't. In "Midnight Gardens" I used 'assignation' to define the type of man; I knew 'affair' was a better 'fit', but it didn't suit him; so I went with 'character clue'.

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Hi Cynthia, thanks for your comments on Climbing the Malverns. As always, you are very generous

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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interesting piece which i enjoyed, Josh although if i am honest i wasn't wild on the first line or two (could have being me however).

Double-check your spelling (which i am terrible at) also m8 - i am not sure what imossible is for example..

Comment is about Invictus (blog)

Original item by Joshua Van-Cook

am writing a piece about fog myself at the moment (although not at sea), so this is in my head at the moment also with lines like 'our vanishing life unfixed, unbridgeable, ebb, flow, neap, tide'

good stuff (am thinking you could have made this a bit longer however)

Comment is about Fog at Sea (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

This sounds like a lot of fun. What monologue are you reading? Just so I can imagine it...you should do a recording and slap a link up.

Comment is about Monologue Slam 13th September 2010 (blog)

Original item by Alain English

Lovely. Simple. Amusing. Definitely a plot. Me smiling.

Comment is about Limerick (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Ty Lynn for your kind comments I read your poem When the World Stood Still I thought exactly the same :) Really good x

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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Hi Ann, as you must have seen, I did post my idea of heaven, I agreed with you that it would include chocolate that is slimming and wine that is free, but you may also have noticed, I too thought that men being nice and polite may be stretching things too far!! Lol. Love, Lynn xx

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Good evening John-'Fog at sea'..brilliant! your work is a 'must read' without doubt-and very much intend to do so-hope your health improves and quickly-thank you John-best regards-Stef

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Lovely poem, Jean Lucy, like your style, will have to read through your other poems now. Best Wishes, Lynn x

Comment is about Magic Fields (blog)

Original item by jean lucy thompson

Hi Cynthia, thank you for your kind comments on "Cloud Eleven", it was inspired by Stefan's "Yessss!" I very much enjoyed your "Midnight Gardens" too, and have left a comment. xx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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I had to read this a couple of times, Cynthia, to get the drift, but I really like it. A little enigma can be a good thing, I am beginning to think!

Comment is about Midnight Gardens (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Ah, but Stef, I thought you and I were bezzy mates too!!
Bernie, thanks a lot, but didn't have to take me long as Stef gave me a lot of the ideas - just had to reverse some!!
Cynthia, thank you for your kind comments, have to give Stefan a lot of credit though for this one, (see his yesssss!) or at least for the original idea!

Comment is about Cloud Eleven! (blog)

Original item by Lynn Dye

Hi Andy, thank you so much for comments on "Jimmy", much appreciated, glad you liked it. :)

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

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Hi Alison and thanks; xx

Comment is about Alison Smiles (poet profile)

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I really like your poem 'Gone' Ann; its just like it is and I can also relate :)

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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hello Cynthia, glad you enjoyed 'rowan tree' thanks for the comments

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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thanks for the comments on rowan tree, i liked it when i wrote it laid on my back in a wood :)

Comment is about Louise Fazackerley (poet profile)

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I like this Tom - Like a glimpse of some sweet beach elsewhere - my fave line. Not sure if you need the last line? Later . . . oh, I think you removed the last line! Jolly good! ;-)

Comment is about Broken-down Place (blog)

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Hi Tom, many thanks for your kind comments on my German Boy poem.

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Thank you so much for your comment on my Josie poem - I think she is a heroine for our times!

Comment is about Cathy Bryant (poet profile)

Original item by Cathy Bryant

That's lovely!

Comment is about Josie my Bristolian Maid (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

like Ann, I identified, nicely done.

Comment is about Was This the Plan (blog)

Original item by jean lucy thompson

Oh yes, I love this. Such strange memories stay and keep on coming back despite their seeming insignificance. A great theme to explore in any art form I think, and executed excellently here. TB

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

I remember commenting on this one before...
This has to be one of my favourite poems of yours, Carole, because transience, renewal/rebirth can be applied to so many of life's experiences. This conveys such beauty and depth...

Comment is about Rowan Tree (blog)

Original item by Shoeless Carole

Hi Tomas, captures that feeling of regret very astutely. An excellent write and one many people will identify with. TB.

Comment is about I Was the Reluctant Lover (blog)

Original item by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

Hi Jean, many thanks for you comments on my recent poems. Very much appreciated. TB

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