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Thu 4th Mar 2010 14:23

Yes, you're exactly right -- some people are profoundly irrepressible. You can attempt a vasectomy (or similar analogy) but they're going to bubble up anyway and follow their own path. You're spot on. Which is a relief since I'm delighted you like my mini poem!

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Danni Antagonist

Thu 4th Mar 2010 14:17

Hi Andy, thanks for the comment! We're off to Buxton Fringe this year, and I'll be doing a bit at edinburgh. that'll be the extent of the Northern tour at the moment. Suggestions?

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Danni Antagonist

Thu 4th Mar 2010 14:15

cheers Pete, the invasion begins! See you on the 17th (if not before, you know what these things are like!)

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Andy Humphrey

Thu 4th Mar 2010 14:04

Hi! Great to see some MK poets being tempted on to Write Out Loud. When are you guys gonna come and invade York then? :)

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Andy Humphrey

Thu 4th Mar 2010 13:58

Hi Fay, good to see you on here. I've admired your poems since the Milton Keynes days and I'm delighted you've made it onto this site. I look forward to reading some new samples when you get the chance to post a few more!

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Thu 4th Mar 2010 12:38

Nice knees heh heh I would like to kiss them ;-)) hows XXXX for a symbolic follow up ha ha..
Love TC XX

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Ann Foxglove

Thu 4th Mar 2010 12:29

Have I got second sight or have I got second sight! ;-)

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winston plowes

Thu 4th Mar 2010 12:17

You said - the two people meeting at the art gallery. That made me think of two people meeting for the first time after answering a lonely hearts ad. And realising they are not for each other. (Thats exactly what happened!). Win x

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winston plowes

Thu 4th Mar 2010 12:13

Hi Ann... Yes I believe this follows the same principle. and yes I do approve. great. The original version of The Glass Conch (My most recent blog) had the following symbols

Tired…

Shelling –

My neck needs your nuzzle >
My hips, your push ( )
My hands, your twist of spun sugar ~
My heart, your press of hot flowers}*{

Peel me as the light failsAnd as the tide departs, hushhh…

Win x

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Ann Foxglove

Thu 4th Mar 2010 09:29

Just "re-did" my Knee poem in the style of your poem with wiggly bits of punctuation - what was it called? Just off to have a little look! @~" or something! I don't think I've got the same wiggly lines on my keyboard! Hope you approve!

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Ann Foxglove

Thu 4th Mar 2010 09:23

I've been reading your stuff, I love On Mondays I Fall in Love. It's so beautiful. And the one about the fruti & Veg (Best Before End) and the two people meeting at the art gallery. That made me think of two people meeting for the first time after answering a lonely hearts ad. And realising they are not for each other. Something I tried many years ago, an experience never to be repeated!

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Ann Foxglove

Thu 4th Mar 2010 08:27

Thank you for your kind comments on the back of my knee!!

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Ann Foxglove

Thu 4th Mar 2010 08:22

Sounds great! Hope you weren't actually living with the pigs! Although they say pigs are very clean and tidy animals. Or is that badgers? (It's certainly not me! Not the tidy bit anyway! Maybe I could get someone to come and do my housework for free, just for the pleasure of my company! Very much doubt it!! ;-)) xxxx

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Andy N

Thu 4th Mar 2010 08:19

i agree with Cynthia.. Death does seem to be a common theme in your poetry. I write poems in this style sometimes myself like of a photograph or a moment (not always about Death however). I did enjoy this however and think the structure is pretty solid. Possibly would be tempted even if it is breaking your structure to give it's time for you to leave a separate to ram the point home.

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Andy N

Thu 4th Mar 2010 08:14

its sensual indeed but i love the subtle nature off it even more.. very welll wrote indeed

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winston plowes

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 23:35

Hi There Scion, Enjoyed reading 'for the fallen' tonight. winston

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John F Keane

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 21:48

There will never be peace in this world, friend. War burns too deeply in our blood.

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Ann Foxglove

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 21:37

Oh bugger! A friend tells me there IS a name for the back of the knee! Apparently it's called the poplateal fossa or something. Darn!

I must admit I prefer "derrière mes genoux" as Francine puts it!

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Deborah Jordan Bailey

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 21:33

I used to get mobbed in Hebden by black cats..crossing and uncrossing my path..i tried to forget if it was lucky or unlucky but one came to see me at the station yesterday..it weaved thru my legs and had a wee chat..then later in the day..all the trains went to pot..but my little cat was lovely too..hope Rhona is ok : ) Deb x (sorry this is a bit late, i've been lost in my dissertation lately)

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John F Keane

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 21:30

That is disturbing. It somewhat reminds me of Kafka's metamorphosis.

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Deborah Jordan Bailey

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 21:17

Hi Tom, sorry to hear about your little cat. Mine died quite a long time ago now, but the snowdrops still come up every year to remind me.deb x

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Deborah Jordan Bailey

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 21:14

I like wild and woolley, in fact I think you should grow it longer,shave one side above your ear and get some tattoos.. and then hide the scissors : ) Debz x

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Fran Isherwood

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 18:25

..and Thank you. Fran

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Wed 3rd Mar 2010 17:57

Hello Fran. welcome to WOL. Thanks for the poems. ook forward to more. Winston

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<Deleted User> (7075)

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 17:27

May I follow the others and welcome you to the site. Hope you find some things you like here.
Win

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Dave Bradley

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 13:50

Only just found this Ann and can't pass by without leaving a few words, inadequate though they be.

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kath hewitt

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 13:41

Hi Ann, thanks muchly for your comment on Brain racing. I;m not really sure why i even blogged it really, just a spewing of my thoughts at the time, sometimes it just feels that way, you know? x

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kath hewitt

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 13:39

Hi Cynthia, many thanks again for your comment. I do seem to be preoccupied by death these days, although i can't say i'm scared of it or anything. It's just what lands on the paper i suppose! x

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kath hewitt

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 13:36

Hi Dave, thanks for commenting, i have never actually been to Yosemite but i would like to! The poem came from a thing on my google page, one of those 'thousand places to see before you die thingys'. The pic was very provoking for me. You lucky bugger, having been there!! x

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Dave Bradley

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 13:31

Just come across this and like it. Yosemite is one of the most amazing places I've ever been

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Dave Bradley

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 13:27

Hi Cate. I've been away and only just found this. Can but agree with the others - terrific

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 13:01

I absolutely love this. It throbs with everything that makes poetry personal, powerful and fine art.

Do you always think like this, or do you foster a 'special poet's place' in your head?

'toeing' is unusual. I'm sure it's exactly what you wanted, but 'different'.

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 12:42

Very interesting, because it could be almost 'anything' that is recognized as the ultimate calling card. I did find 'terror' and 'resignation' in the same face quite challenging. But no more than 'fear' and 'joy', I suppose.
Death is a common theme in your poetry.

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 12:35

I enjoyed this conversational style. The poem has some marvellous, novel images and thought associations.

'Am i writing in a really abstract way?' Marianne, you have to be teasing.

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Wed 3rd Mar 2010 11:46

Thanks for taking the time to read my poem 'Pulling a Sickie' Dave! I will look forward to reading more of your work :-)

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Wed 3rd Mar 2010 10:13

Thanks for taking the time to make suggestions on my mouse poem Ann! I shall take your comments on board.

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winston plowes

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 09:56

Hi Ann.
You know when you get an idea for a theme and structure of a poem and it really works, well you have that here Ann. 1)The serpent theme. 2) The repetition in the first line 3)The undercurrent of sex?! 4) The punch line. I would be proud of this. If there is an improvement it may be in the 3rd and 4th lines of the first 3 stanzas which you might want to tweak. Nice Win :-)

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Ann Foxglove

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 08:15

Wait til you get to my age! ;-) Really liked the first verse. Then it got a bit difuse and complicated maybe! xx

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kath hewitt

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 03:53

I have to say that i'm not entirely sure what this is, other than me thinking how my mind is sometimes, i suppose, I don't know,anyway............:-)

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Francine

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 03:10

You capture the sentiments of longing well Mirna...
I think that many can relate to this - I know that I can.

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Francine

Wed 3rd Mar 2010 00:27

I totally agree with Cynthia that the first verse can stand alone as a poem.

The idea you have expressed takes my breath away : )

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winston plowes

Tue 2nd Mar 2010 23:44

Hi M... fantastic this one W X (One for Sorrow. Will there be a sequell?)

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Marianne Louise Daniels

Tue 2nd Mar 2010 23:16

thankyou!

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Graham Sherwood

Tue 2nd Mar 2010 23:14

It is really clever and very dense (in a good way) I think I may have said it before, in a Dylanesque way.

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Marianne Louise Daniels

Tue 2nd Mar 2010 23:12

Ha! thats ok. Am i writing in a really abstract way? I sometimes worry its too much but then i know exactly what I mean when i write and so i think "ahh, sod it!" However, this is not good if nobody can understand or get anything from it...

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Graham Sherwood

Tue 2nd Mar 2010 23:07

Marianne, reading your work intrigues me but I just can't decipher it well enough. It's like buying a posh new camera that has lots of cool functions that you don't know how to use. You know its good, but not really how good. Believe it or not this is a compliment but I don't get it?

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Tue 2nd Mar 2010 22:04

Francine Louis........ Thank you so much,I Am happy that you liked it :)

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Dave Bradley

Tue 2nd Mar 2010 21:20

Only just found this John. Cogent, punchy and something to always bear in mind. Well done

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Francine

Tue 2nd Mar 2010 21:16

Exquisite!
Beautiful images... especially the last verse.

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Isobel

Tue 2nd Mar 2010 21:15

If only I'd known that ladies - I've been messing about in the wrong place - will have to do a recky. A super poem Ann - totally original!

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