hi cynthia. thanks for all of your comments on my work.
regarding comment thread on kealan's omniscient poem:
we were discussing giants and mountains and the loneliness at the peaks of thought...i saw an image on film it was a comedy, could have been from that wonderful tv show monkey, or perhaps monty python cant remember. there's a guru man right at the top of a peak beyond the clouds. another spends his whole life trying to reach him. when he gets there hes overawed by the simplicity of the little man who seems rather annoyed that his isolation has been broken and scuttles off somewhere muttering. The other man sits where he had sat and surveys all. after a minute he shrugs and says, 'is that it?'

i liked this its kind of similar to reaching your own peak and wondering why you bothered to go there at all and spoil the quiet knowledge that some other mind can do that for us with a neccessity for solitude. im a very social person i love company i grew up with a large extended family and isolation is deathly to me. faith in the collective subconscious whilst very real to me is somewhat frustration when the minds i know i share dont even know what im talking about.
i am continually alone in my thoughts. i greatly appreciate the chance for poetry to connect and have made some great friends here through a shared appreciations for words and a quest for truth.
i think my despair is existential...so im fucked really :)

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yes cynthia i agree that poetry is beautiful as it expresses the thoughts or ideas we hold within our sub conscious and to hear them expressed by another with the skill for writing that kealan possesses, is exciting. to feel that connection with another on a whole other level of communication not like the everyday is a wonder. sometime i feel i have more in common with celebrity musicians and singers than I do real friends even as they are brave enough to convey deep emotion. No theres not a thing known as original thought would be soft to think so...but i discussed this haiku with kealan and hes forgotten (like we do) im glad its impacted in his thoughts.
lonely at the top...when the majority of poeple dont understand you and ridicule you ostricise you or suggest your 'near' original thoughts are crazy because they're 'unique' or because you enjoy being different and stimulating minds from the outside of society...well its lonely. I dont know where all these kindred spirits are as its very rare to meet any one in real life, not through print but in person that truley connects. ive met one and hes dead now...perhaps fleeting moments of beauty are just not enough for me. want to exist on another plane. have thought sometimes the world would be nicer if none of us could talk(babel and all that) just commune in sign and in wriiten word...nice and peaceful.

Comment is about Third Person Omniscient (blog)

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Hi There Miss Lucy... Welcome to WOL. Winston

Comment is about MissLucy (poet profile)

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Hi Rona, welcome to WOL . Looking forward so seeing some of your words on the site. Winston

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AkaRA UkaRA MaKarA Peace 4 YOUR/OUR/HOUR; after HOUR, CrysTaL showerED, honeY suffuseD day/Z xXx

Comment is about GorY JaxonorY aLlerGorieZ (blog)

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Hi Isobel,
I'm not entirely sure why, but this brings to mind the kind of lyrics that George Michael writes - a good thing in my book. It conjures up the sweet and sour comfort that sometimes comes from old memories and the stark objectivity that time and distance bring. A good write - as usual.

Regards,
A.E. x

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Hi Chris,
Really enjoyed this listen. You are a very assured and accomplished performer and the sentiments you express re our vacuous society hit the bullseye repeatedly. Sounds good too - wish I could do it lke that! "Don't stop 'til you get enough!"

Regards,
A.E.

Comment is about GorY JaxonorY aLlerGorieZ (blog)

Original item by Chris Jam

Hi Louise,

Just read your profile poems (recommended by a friend as you don't seem to post much on the main blog.) "Daisychain Summer" is a wonderful piece of work, steeped in both vulnerability and a refreshing honesty about past mistakes. It made me feel sad for the sexually exploited, but happy in the knoiwledge that the years bring experience, and through that wisdom. It should be required reading for all fourteen year old girls.

Regards,
A.E.

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Thank you A.E., really very touched by your comments. Much appreciated and very glad you enjoyed. Nash

Comment is about Damned Chemistry (blog)

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Hi Nash,

I really enjoyed this read. Most of us will surely relate to the pain and anguish of unrequited love - especially first love, in that storm of adolescent confusion and hormone white-out. Even looking back from the distance of years, there is still something sad and so bittersweet about it.

I like the freshness of ideas here, the way you express them - simply and with humour. But I have to sdmit I did feel a little sad and wistful after reading it and reminiscing - which is exactly what a poem should do I guess - make one FEEL.

Best regards,
A.E.

Comment is about Damned Chemistry (blog)

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Well said Isobel-I second that-despite only being an old wordsmithing' duffer-lots love Kath-Stef-xx

Comment is about no title (blog)

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Thank you so much Larisa.

Terry, you are too kind! You really should give it a go - I have seen one of yours that was very good!!

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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Agree with your discursive apathy comment. We all write dross! (Well, I know I do!)Up with dross I say! I'm off for a while - can't stand the heat in this particular kitchen. Take good care! x

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You ARE a poet Kath and you CAN express yourself very well. x

Comment is about no title (blog)

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i love the image off 'kiss your pillow'... in particular but enjoyed the full piece! x

Comment is about You'll. (blog)

Hi Anthony - just read this. It is a wonderful poem. And thanks for your kind words, much needed. xx

Comment is about Edge (blog)

Original item by Anthony Emmerson

Please don't Ann; not on my, or indeed anyone's account. I meant what I said. No one should ever feel thay have to quit because of the words/actions of others. We all add our own colour to this place, and it would certainly be a lot less colourful without you around. Love your new pic by the way, reminds me of something I once wrote ...
Take care of yourself,
Best regards,
A.E. X (and Albert, of course X);-)

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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I believe....we're fcuked Stefan, yes...a little economist (Marx) told me...!

Comment is about Cassandra's Complaint (blog)

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thanks Ann x

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Hi Ann - thanks for the very kind comments for both of the last 2 poems. B

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Hi Nash - thanks for the very kind comments for both of the last 2 poems. B

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This is beautiful, Kealan. I know you know these thoughts aren't 'new thoughts' at all, but have been the insights of thinking people since people began. But it takes fresh voices for each generation to express them. I'm not sure what Rachel means by 'lonely at the top'. There are many kindred spirits circling the peaks. What is really exciting is finding them - especially through shared poetry.

Comment is about Third Person Omniscient (blog)

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FYI I store the ammo inside the very large Cannon I pack heh heh XX

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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I am still trying to be brave enough to write something myself and Lynn's poems are very inspirational. Very topical, from her heart and with lots of wit.

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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This is another good one...again it's simple and very well-controlled. The repetition adds to the devotional mood of the piece - like a prayer or a chant.

Comment is about So Lay Me Down. (blog)

This is nice - really tight, spare, and controlled. There isn't an extraneous word.

Comment is about Another. (blog)

Another vote here for that line about being 'like thunder self-harming', but the whole poem is great and, for someone who's never seen purple, you do a very good job of describing it. This reminds me of, I think, Appolinaire's poems about the different personalities of various letters.

Comment is about PURPLE (blog)

Original item by Dominic Berry

Hi Isobel, re the song, you are right i don't remember it but i get the humour now i know what you mean.
As for the Tudor, it's unlikely to be honest, but ta for asking.

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Thanks Chris, don't worry, I'm a big boy now! Cheers

Comment is about SHIT ON YOUR SHOES (a love poem) (blog)

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wow, your comment on the discussion strand was great. And thanks for your kind words too. Me, I'm thinking of quitting for a while. xxxxx

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

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Thanks Chris! Extremely thoughtful and helpful.

This is an old performance piece I used to do in a former life as a drunk cabaret act, donned in tux and doused in whiskey, smoking like a trooper and as it happens those lines worked BUT ONLY in that guise. I'll definitely play around with your suggestions.

Thanks again!

Nash

Comment is about SHIT ON YOUR SHOES (a love poem) (blog)

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Really nice to see you have re-appeared xx

Comment is about Kath Hewitt (poet profile)

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Sorry - that's my stupid sense of humour. Do you remember that song - not sure who sang it - probably Fred Estaire or someone ancient you won't remember. Anyway - it went 'I don't dance, so don't ask me, I don't dance, so don't ask me - then I don't remember the rest of the lyrics - as is my way...
You should come along with Louise or Sarah to the Tudor one Thursday. I'm sure you'd enjoy it even if you didn't perform. I'd like to meet you. It's on tomorrow, but that may be too short notice. Will hopefully meet one day.
Isobel x
ps There are lots of things I don't do, even when asked...compering for one! I keep thinking I ought to have a go and then I remember the last time I did it...
xx

Comment is about Kath Hewitt (poet profile)

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Hi, No, i don't dance. Why?

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

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Love it

Comment is about Estelle Zaire (poet profile)

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Do you dance?

Comment is about Kath Hewitt (poet profile)

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I love Sunday Morning TV!

Comment is about Kate Tym (poet profile)

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Hello Kathryn, have you started over again?

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They have gone to a a poem orientated planet in the 5th dimension of course... ha ha I thought you would have know that !!Love TC XX

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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Hi Kate, if only! as long as it wasn't chess club. Nash

Comment is about Damned Chemistry (blog)

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Ah lovely.I wish you'd had chemistry together and then you could have graduate to other things... some form of extra curricula activity me thinks. Kate

Comment is about Damned Chemistry (blog)

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Hi Steve - thanks for paying me a call. Don't think I can make it tonight. Don't like travelling on my own into Liverpool LOL - have also had a bit of a stressful week for one reason and another. Will definitely try next month - it's been too long! xx

ps You should send your audio poem to Paul. I remember hearing it at Leigh and they were all good. It would be good hear it again on Jukebox

Comment is about Steve Regan (poet profile)

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Thanks Rodney - almost ready to tread the boards once more. Thinking of an open mic here or there first for practice. So much to read on here it's difficult to know where to start!

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Thanks Cate...those were the days when unrequited love was fun, eh!

Comment is about Damned Chemistry (blog)

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Glad you liked my Horoscope. Like you I've come back to writing seriously. Not Slams but open mics in Guildford and reading. I look forward to seeing more of your poems.

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Thanks for comments about the Chinagrass music of Mamer. I volunteer at a local arts centre so get a chance to see lots of people, tonight for example I'm seeing martin Simpson.

Comment is about Cate (poet profile)

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Thank you dear Lynn. Your poems are very good. I like them all.

Comment is about What is the color of love? (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

Hi Isobel. I presume you got to hear the audio remixing of your poem at the exhibition in Wigan. I did a similar thing with John at Leigh Turnpike, but I couldn't get to the exhibition (it was only on for one night). John did send me an audo loop, however, and that sounded good. I will try to listen to "Cramp9ng My Style" on the features section. I have hardly delved into the features so far, but then again, we do live in a world of too much information.

NOW THEN! It's LIVERpoetry! tonight (WED 12 MAY) at the Pilgim pub, Pilgrim Street, central Liverpool L1 9HB. Open-mic. You came to the launch event (at a different venue) and it would be good to see you again soon.

I followed your comments on the state of this site with interest. The people who run it appear to be most reluctant to give LIVERpoetry any publicity in the news section. Hey ho, the petty politics of the poetry scene!

Comment is about Isobel (poet profile)

Original item by Isobel

Thanks for the welcome, Winston. It's a great site, I am really enjoying it!

Thanks for your lovely comments, Jonboy and Freda, much appreciated.

Comment is about Lynn Dye (poet profile)

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Hi, Lynn! Lots of thanks for your comment on "Ballad about the soldier" Thanks for understanding. You know, when I wrote it I was calm. But now, every time when I reread it, a shiver pierces through my body.
Your poems are really brave with intelligent thoughts. And I like the way you write. Very nice!
With warmest wishes, Larisa

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