Hi Andy,
Thanks for your comment on 'Rainbow Bright' - I can't believe I maintained concentration long enough for that poem! It certaily is longer than my usual 10/15 liners!
Catch ya soon, Cat x

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I liked this one K- man, I liked the ticker tape rain it reminded me of watching a parade but not joining in :(

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Missed this before, like it a lot. xx

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Kenny, this is very good, read it aloud to Mark and we both thought so. I really like it, mate xx

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Lovely - as Ann says - one that all mothers can identify with. I dread the day my 9 year old shrinks from public affection - I am so used to throwing my arms round her whenever but I know that day is fast approaching...

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Thank you for lovely comments. I really enjoy finding the images to go with the poems, I feel it's part of it. xx

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I wasconvinced I had commented on this already...I must be going mad! I loved it.Even though the human drama was gripping the images that have stayed in my head are the amazing flower images, the chicory flowers, the fire lilies and the daisies not seeing a thing. Really lovely.Delicate!
Rachel
x

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Thanks Dave.for the kind comment on my poem, it's much appreciated.....she tells me she's NEVER having any children but we'll see eh? They're very wise at 6 aren't they?
Rachel
xxx

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Not only did I think the poems were beautiful and beautifully read too but you have one of my favourite pictures there of all time. I love the way the pics you choose are always so completely fitting.perfect.
Rach
xxx

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Awww,lovely...bring on the spring!
Rach
xxx

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Oh My Word! I have only just spotted the person in the grass on your photo....that is amazing!
Rach
xxx

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Hi Winston
Thanks for your comment on my poem, it's much appreciated. I do feel that Hourglass is already as it should be but it is good to know that you saw enough in it to pay it more attention! thanks.

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Ta Stef - happy Imbolc to you and your good lady. xx

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Hi David... well,look what happens. you go away for a weekend and everything goes on without you. lol. Offical welcome to WOL from me and yes, you seem to be finding your way around the site. there are lots of aspects to it and it takes time. have fun exploring and leaving comments etc. Thanks for being an active member already. Win

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It's 22.38
and I'm late late late
I'm meeting a pigeon
for a date date date
up the Eifel Tower
and I've brought him a flower
there's a tear in my eye
cos he's lost his pigeon-power.
I used to love him so
how the sparks did flow
but now he's just
a no-show-Joe!

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To be honest, I was disappointed with Candelabrum, a scruffy little mag without even a contents list. I only mentioned it to flesh out my thin CV. Unlike yours!

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Hi Greg Glad you like Dylan and Coltrane. I've tuned in and out of Dylan over the decades. I tend to have fanatical phases and get him out of my system until I play catch-up again a few years later, although judging by his last couple of offerings I think we've had the best of him. Stereogram was the first poem I wrote after my 'sabbatical' which lasted for more than 20 years. It's about Dylan but it's also sort of about me. I've always loved the blues since I was a kid got into jazz in my very early 20s. I've written the odd jazz inspired poem every now and then. I've had a collection of poems sat in a drawer all the years I stopped writing. Slow Blues is probably now the final title, but it refers to the mood of the poems. There are lots of poems in memory of my father + the poems examined my lapsed Catholicism. The Coltrane poem will be in it, though. I'll post a couple more from my first collection. One on Charlie Parker and a little one on Miles. BY the way well done for getting into Candelabrum. I sent him some stuff over a year ago and the so and so never even got back to me!

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Hi David

All your poems are of exceptional quality, but I was particularly interested in the ones about Dylan and Coltrane. OK, the Dylan had a wider feel, but I wonder if your forthcoming collection Slow Blues features more poems with musical themes. It's something that interests me. I was playing some early Dylan the other day and he sounded as fresh as ever. The later Dylan sounds more like Tom Waits. Nothing wrong with that, though. Greg

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I see. That branch of my family were from Callington and Duloe. I explored tin-mines when we used to go camping in Cornwall, I found a piskie..

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Hi again Anne, are you from Cornwall? that's weird..have been tracing my family tree and my maternal grandfathers'family are all from Cornwall, going back a long way. Sea-people. : )

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Hi Dave, thank you for your kind and thoughtful comments on my poem Spinerette. You are right, it isn't in the word book but it is real,she is real,to me. She comes from Cornwall or Brittany but as both people's are connected originally she must be from both. She is not a spider-woman but has qualities of a spinneret,(which a spider does possess) being that she draws out my feelings and emotions like silk.thanks again : ) Debz xx

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"he that dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose."
Anne Bronte
I love this one Anne. I send you a briar hedge to stop such people stealing your precious wildflowers.Some can charm the blossom from the trees and then just crush it underfoot.Some just never see the lovely columbines in the shade.Hope you get happy bees and warm sunshine in your rare garden once the sun returns.Debz x

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My new persona is the mud maid from the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall. More photos of her if you google mud maid, I think. I love her! xx

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Hi Ann.. Indeed it is a buttery man lol.win

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Hi Dave . Liked this one. A great subject...I like these places but intend to stay above ground for some time yet. win

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Thanksfor keeping an eye on my toast Dave. I do like real butter, and real ale and salt. Is eating all this ok if I also eat lots of fruit and vege? I hope so!lol

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Hi Anne, Happy Imbolc..slightly belated : ))
Thank you for your kind comments on Spinerette. You are correct, spiders are possessed of spinneret's, but the one in my poem although being posessed of some of the attributes of these fascinating little organs, is not one of them. She is someone who draws out silk in her own way...I think she is from Cornwall..or Brittany...a Celt of the ancient race of which the two countries are connected. Thanks again,Debz xx

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hi Ann. Thanks for lookin at my toast! Where is the sculpture in your new profile pic... its amazing!

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I've read this over and over again and each time i read, i see more.
Love the visuals, colours and scents in this one. It reminds me a little of 'The Secret Garden.'

Janet.x

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Thanks for reading and commenting on 'Pelt'. Glad you liked it. I have just got back from a weekend away on 'The Dinosaur coast' In a village called Staithes(Near Whitby) I have also changed the pic on the blog entry to one of mine which shows the view from the holiday cottage 2 nights ago. A stunning place. As a lad we used to get gypsies selling pegs door to door. These were made of whittled sticks bound together with strips of metal cut from tins (they were pretty useless actually) Yes the word Pelt struck me as relating to both new skin and the rain and it's also a great word. Win x

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Hi Neil... Thanks for reading and commenting on 'Pelt'. Glad you liked it. Ihave just got back from a weekend away on 'The Dinosaur coast' In a village called Staithes(Near Whitby) I have also changed the pic on the blog entry to one of mine which shows the view from the holiday cottage 2 nights ago. A stunning place. Cheers Win

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Hi Rodney... Thanks for reading and commenting on 'Pelt'. Glad you liked it. Ihave just got back from a weekend away on 'The Dinosaur coast' In a village called Staithes(Near Whitby) I have also changed the pic on the blog entry to one of mine which shows the view from the holiday cottage 2 nights ago. A stunning place. win

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Really lovely poem Dave. xx

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I loved this Rachel. Anything which makes us stop and really appreciate kids, or (especially) an individual child, is worth having, and this does it so well. One to keep in the scrapbook and show her when her own jungli is driving her mad in a few years time.

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I enjoyed the simplicity of this piece which for me reflects some of the things children represent in life.

I too want my 'shell' to be cremated because I believe the soul lives on, though it would be a shame to see cemetaries a thing of the past as I love to walk around them. They can be so very peaceful.
You paint a lovely picture here.

Janet.x

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hi Kath... absolutely loved this one. Just had a play with it and removed some words. Not because I thought it needed it but as a bit of an exercise to see how it looks. what do you think? I must find time to look at your others. Keep posting. Win x

rejected before she could give any cause.


needle highs surround her as the stale air hangs,
yesteryear music plays while
dust floats aimlessly in the sun.

emptiness echoes sorrow
while the outside tells it's lies
and people pass.

She came of age before her time,
to whispers of threat and promise.
too early for her to understand,
she kept it buried.


She was me and her life was mine.

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"When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.."
Christina Rosetti
I like your meandering thoughts Dave.I also like the idea of children playing around my grave. I used to play in graveyards, never really knew why but the headstones used to fascinate me. Some among the outer edges in long grass,uncared for,lonely,ancient and timeworn,sometimes surrounded with tiny unmarked headstones,others cold,intimidating marble with formal borders. Some were like stone coffins above the ground,the tops slightly open..I suspected vampires..Thank you for this thought provoking poem this morning Dave.Debz x

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HI Ann, hope you are well.
I love "Botany". It has a really Victorian romantic feel whilst at the same time feeling fresh and modern.
It is a metaphore, I feel, for a love affair and the angst it can bring. Hope you recite it some time and post it.
Regards Nells.

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Hi Mandy Just found your Cow poem on the Features Page and really liked it. By a strange coincidence I have just set up my profile on this site and have also posted a poem about Cows. It's in my blog: Two Poems from the West of Ireland. Enjoy!

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I like this Jeff.

On the last line I think the of should be off and I am not 100% sure the first line is correct also as I am guessing you are saying slowly you become more slurred..

Good stuff otherwise.

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Thanks for your comment on my Botany poem. I think it is a bit like this poem, both describing the delicacy of nature. You are feeling like a little butterfly and I am feeling like a little flower. Aaah! xx

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Ann, i really like this one, i was only thinking of bluebell fields the other day and how beautiful they are, this reminded me of that x

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Thank you, Ann x

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Excellent poem Rach, speaks to all mothers, esp nowadays! The child is beautifully described, really comes alive. xx

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A lovely poem Kath. Really beautiful! xx

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Good morning Mummy Rach-indeed this poem denotes what kind of Mummy you are-a very loving one-and on that denotation,I shall gerrnite! Stefzzzzzzzzz-xx

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Nylon Pylons

Oh! What an eye-sore
obscuring the countryside.
Reminds of a sight
I have always wanted to see.
Did someone turn the world around
to bring the Eiffel Tower to me?
and was it transported by train
through the Euro-tunnel?

Is the crackle and buzz I hear
electricity? or communication,
from an unknown source.
Or static as the robbers'
peel their nylon stocking masks
revealing lies upon their faces.

While a homing pigeon,
lost in chaos and confusion rests
upon a ledge, bridging a gap
between two worlds.

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Ah, how sweet of you Dermot.
Thankyou.

Janet.x

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Well I don't feel bad for either of them - I think the two twats deserved each other and are probably making each other very miserable as we speak...You and I are much better off without! Unless you are one of the twats of course... One never knows what angle a poem has been written from...

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So it wasn't always twat.... the same thing nearly happened to me once - but it wasn't a serious relationship and my friend bottled out of the doing the dirty before it went too far, realising that true friendship isn't worth risking. It was a horrible blow to my confidence though - at a time when my confidence was pretty zilch anyway. I feel for you/him. x

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