Thanks Ann.
I wrote it by the freezer counter in Asda. It's quite chilly there but I have a nice warm mac.

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Original item by Dave Carr

That's ANOTHER reason then!! ;-)

Comment is about plug hole (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

You'd better not watch Lord of the Rings, Ann.

Comment is about plug hole (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Cute and enchanting in a slightly dirty old man kind of a way ;-)(not meaning to imply that you are a one of those of course!)

Comment is about Do Not Bend Forward... (blog)

Original item by Dave Carr

Good poem Dave. I like "bric a brac thoughts" very much.

Comment is about A bad night (blog)

Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Ann, yes indeed - Omaha beach, etc & yes, pips on the shoulders denote rank. thanks for the comments. B

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Ann.
I've not been active on the site for some time. Must do something about that!

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Cynthia
Thanks for your encouragement for the Funfair pieces, I really appreciate it. I don't agree this is my best work, it's light stuff, not meant for performance in the most part. I prefer the dark stuff or, at least, the different and pieces for performance.

And you think I'm shy - I can't think why you should think that.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

aw. Thanks Chris, Jon and ISO! :-) x

Comment is about About Jamaica (blog)

Original item by Raymond Antrobus

That's the trouble with spiders, they never tell you!

Comment is about plug hole (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I feel bad even commenting on this because it's such a personal poem but i was reduced to sadness and love it.

Comment is about The Colour of Death Is Gold (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Super, Ann. Clever and funny, full of clear sound and sight. Take Chris' advice.

Comment is about Watch out! There’s a Thesaurus About! (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

More to the point: Where is he going!

Comment is about plug hole (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi Cynthia - "the end of the road" thanks for the comments. B

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Hi Ann - "the end of the road" thanks for the comments. B

Comment is about Ann Foxglove (poet profile)

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ha ha. You have such a lovely way with words Gus. Funny and inoffensive yet real. :-)

Janet.x

Comment is about An Innocent Abroad ( A Soldier’s Letter to his Chaplain) (blog)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Enjoyed your performance of this at the Tudor John.
Reading it allows me to digest it better and catch the bits i missed (pardon the pun) :-)

I see all kinds of sights when sitting outside homes waiting for a fare. Often find myself wondering too.
Great observations,

Janet.x

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Photographs by Rachel Bond

Comment is about Eclectricity, Bolton March 2010 (photo)

Thanks for your comments on my funfair series, much appreciated

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

Original item by Gus Jonsson

Thanks for your comment on 'Flea Circus'. I'm afraid your observation misses the point of the poem i.e. it's the reaction of the audience rather than how the circus really works. Incidentally, there were mechanical flea circuses that didn't have any fleas at all

Comment is about Kealan Coady (poet profile)

Original item by Kealan Coady

Hi Ann,Enjoyed this,funny and gets the meaning across in a fun way!
Thanks for your comment on my poem also! x

Comment is about Watch out! There’s a Thesaurus About! (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

So THAT'S what happened to the dinosaurs! Tongue-tied and lost for words ... Good fun, Ann!

Comment is about Watch out! There’s a Thesaurus About! (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks for your comment on "Beauty". And I love your "Take Me". Lived it, loved it, lost it....!

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I had the idea for this as a children's poem, leaving the last bit blank so they could add their own words for "good" or whatever.

Comment is about Watch out! There’s a Thesaurus About! (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

I like your poem. I think it would sound very good read aloud. Simple language put to haunting good use.

Comment is about I'm Simple this way (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

I was gripped all the way through. (If I'm on a train and the lights are on, I always find myself wondering too.)

Comment is about Do You Ever Wonder? (blog)

Glad you worked out how to post! I love "my lynx instincts are alive." It seems your heart was very resiliant!

Comment is about Beauty (blog)

Original item by Lisa Milligan

I read it! It took me ages but I did!
I like this a lot, the atmosphere is good and I like how you think it's going to be about this killer and then the tables are turned, v.v. good.
I didn't like the title (ha Louise) don't know why, maybe it's too long for me? and i might think about the similes because there are a lot of them, just my thoughts- it's cool love anything in this vein :)

Comment is about Blood Ties (Part 1): Death in the Fog (blog)

Original item by Steven Kenny

Nice Senryu

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This is the second time you have surprised me...I love the lyrically feel to this poem... once again a suggestion ..it needs a further verse or two... If you were mine... I think you know what is missing... it is a wonderful love poem after all... make it complete.

Gusxx

Comment is about twine (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Some good raw imagery particularly the last line of S1 which stood out. Its good to see a writer envoke vivid yet thoughtful portrayals of language in a kind of narrative fashion.

Comment is about Banshee (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

I sure do appreciate your fine work, pushing the boundaries of language in sight and sound, and the relationships of ideas. Somehow it seems rude to call your skill 'craft', it is so finely honed to your genre.

Comment is about Banshee (blog)

Original item by Marianne Daniels

Nothing so calms the spirit as making haiku.
I have a tiny suggestion. Because 'sitting' is a verb and 'burning' is an adjective, would you consider putting 'burning' quite shockingly as 'Red sun burning sets', instead of both present participles at the beginning of the line? Sometimes, it's just such a freedom of word placement that puts poetry into the stratosphere.

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For readers it is so easy to fall into the trap of personallising a poem, as though we have the right to comment on psychological content. And yet, I continue.
This is a social poem which will strike home with many sons, and perhaps might raise the question of why 'proof' of love is actually necessary. Bird-watching together is no small thing. And many fathers don't want scars revealed for very private and valid reasons.
What exactly is 'all of this'?

All of which indicates a very compelling subject, and a well-constructed poem!

Comment is about Proof (blog)

Original item by Tom

Thanks Andy for your comment on my place, much appreciated.

Comment is about Andy N (poet profile)

Original item by Andy N

Thanks again Cynthia x

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Cynthia, thanks for your recent comments, really appreciate the feedback. I like your challenge for me to cut down my lengthy rant about not having anything to say (kind of self-defeating anyway I realise). I'll see what I can do... Thom

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Hi Greg I'll probably give Southa whirl at some stage. The North would be a good one for you to get into to because they have quite a high profile. I've done a review for them and have another one in the pipeline, but he just will not take any of my poems. He says he likes them and that they've 'nearly made it', but I don't think my stuff quite fits in with his ethos and he probably finds a lot of my stuff too 'intellectual' ! They also do a pamphlet competition, so if you've got about 20 you think are quite good it would be worth putting them in for that also. Even if you don't actually win it's good to get on the shortlist.

Comment is about Greg Freeman (poet profile)

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Photographs taken by Keith Ainsworth at 'Come Strut Your Stuff' at The Egg Cafe,
Newington, Liverpool.
1st Monday of every month -see gig guide for full details.

Comment is about Bombshell at the Egg Café, Liverpool March 2010 (photo)

As always Peter, such beautiful sentiments...
I think we can all relate to feeling this way with a missing loved one.

xxxxx

Comment is about one thing in particular (blog)

Very thought provoking...
I love your ironic use of the title too ; )

Comment is about LOVE CONQUERS ALL (blog)

Original item by Barrie Singleton

Isobel and I thank you so much for reading and commenting on our poem 'Unstoppable'...

I also prefer French wines... with corks ; )

Comment is about Winston Plowes (poet profile)

Original item by Winston Plowes

Well written Ann and raising a very valid point. The stats are frightening - anyone know UK ones - here are those for the USA - http://www.dogbitelaw.com/PAGES/statistics.html

Dogs can be a lot of fun and they often seem connected to people in spooky ways, but what would aliens make of the figures? If humanity ever manages to travel between the stars, what would we make of a race that tolerated these sort of attack and death stats from their little green pets?

Comment is about dogbo (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hi David. You should give South a go sometime. I found downloading the fiddly form and filling it in less bother than writing a covering letter. The only trouble is, sometimes they put in a reserve list, and you have to wait a little while longer before finding out whether you've made the cut. At the same time the sample poetry in The North, from five years ago in the Poetry Library, seems just my kind of thing, I must admit. Greg

Comment is about David Cooke (poet profile)

Original item by David Cooke

Owners get me when their evilly adjusted dogs come to attack my softy (female) Spaniel, that their sweet doggy has never acted like this before MMmmmmm let me think about that !!
TC XX

Comment is about dogbo (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

This is very funny, and so true!
Flows nicely when you read it too : )

Comment is about dogbo (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Hmm, yes Andy, see what you mean. Once it hits on a line, my brain doesn't seem to want to pause - and just ends up blurting the whole line out in one go......I'll watch for this in the future.....Jo

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What I can't stand is when dog owners tell me it is because I am scared of their dog that it is getting all snarly and growling. It is my fault. It never does it to anyone else. It can tell I don't like it. But I would like it if it wasn't trying to bite me! I love all animals, except monkeys which give me the creeps. Too human!

Comment is about dogbo (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Thanks Greg! My dad also made several K9s, among other Dr Who stuff. And many years previously, before the BBC, he helped make the poor whale in the Gregory Peck film of Moby Dick. It's nice to tell someone about him, now he's gone, so thank you. xx

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Hi Ann, was just going to say thanks for your kind words, but was diverted by the previous comment on your profile. I also loved Michael Bentine's flea circus as a kid. Your dad made a wonderful contribution to the exuberance of life. Greg

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