And why not! Ha, great stuff and very saucy! Good stuff, only one thing, only my opinion but it might have read better (for me anyway) if the longer lines were chopped up, but its your poem and theyre your stockings! Jeff

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Hi Kealon, fine writing as always, matter of fact as it is in this situation, love the last stanza, Jeff

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Hi Steve, hope you're well, not see you for a while. Anyway, am just catching up and glad I read this. Great writing, such a true story (unfortunately) but I think you've described it with such accuracy, description and feeling, nice one Jeff

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Alcohol, so much to answer for, brilliant Dave, great work, cheers Jeff

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Hi Greg, as an angler I could well identify with this, can feel the struggle and eternal hope we have! nice one, cheers Jeff

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Hi Dave, just catching up, really enjoyed this very tongue in cheek look at bog roll! cheers jeff

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Lovely poem Rachel, really enjoyed it. I had the sunrise in my latest poem but in a bit of a different context! Best wishes Jeff

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Original item by Rachel McGladdery

Enjoyed this Ann. Good use of language for playful effect

Comment is about marriage tense (blog)

Original item by Ann Foxglove

Good evening Rodney.Thank you for comments on my poem-The cord severed.-all duly noted and most certainly considered-or as my old teacher would write in school reports(and I,m sure you know whats coming)must try harder! cheers-Stefan.

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A blast!

Comment is about Midnight wind (blog)

I like the way the ending seems to bring a blissful conclusion.

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Hi Cynthia

thanks again for reading and considered comment

steve x

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Hi Ann

thanks for taking the time to read and make comment on my work

steve x

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i like this, well done x

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This is adorable Ann!
I can so relate to the tenses... Made me smile : )

Francine x

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Hi Stef - really impressed that you read my poem so thoughtfully! I guess "brethren" sounds religious to me, like monks etc, and I felt that the swans would be like comrades battling against the elements as they flew all those miles. Also, re the ending of the poem, I wanted to have the play on words as in "swan's down" and "swans down", the first being short for "swan is down" and "swans down" being their soft featherinesses. And I quite like the way it lightens the mood - I think the poor old swan is taking himself a bit too seriously! Maybe he is a drama-queen swan! Don't know really! ;-)

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Hi again Ann-I wiil no doubt be anticipating a green wellied kick up the !.Due to the fact I need to ask you would'bretheren' be a better word in place of 'comrades'-that word seems a little war-like in what essentially is a(forgive the pun)featherlight poem.Also the last word seems too jokey in a moment of soft sadness.Are you putting the welly on?lol! 99*9%beautifully composed.-Stefan

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I like the physical structure of the poem mirroring the hourglass shape. And then the change of tense from present to past as the dropping sand becomes static, contained within the bottom globe; the hour has passed, and is, as commonly understood, never retrievable.

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hi rodney - it's chris who attended your group at the westy a while back here - liking this last verse...

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Original item by Rodney Wood

A fascinating one, Mike. An 'insight' into the paranoid schizophrenic which leads us to question just who is blind and what is madness...
Very original - love the thought processes. I also envy you your creative spell - it takes me so long to write anything half decent. x

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Hi Kathryn. I agree with all these comments, a really good poem, subtle, seemingly simple, very deep and affecting. xx

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i loved this. you have an exceptional writing style - strong voice but yet with a lingering vulnerability.
I agree with francine.
x

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thank you francine.

I would like to say that i really do appreciate the feedback that all of you leave. thank you x

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This is very poetic Kathryn.
I love your choice of words and how they make such an impact...
The title 'Hourglass' and the reference to time...

These words are profound:
'the emptiness echoes the sorrow
while the outside tells it's lies'

The last line is shocking, yet it conveys awareness and a sense of healing...
'She was me and her life was mine.'

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Fantastic Peter!
I wish you had done an audio on this one.

I love these lines...

'I SAW HIS LAUGH PAINT ON YOUR SMILE
AND YOU LEFT ME COLD AND TWISTED'

'I SUNG A SONG
I LEARNED FROM YOU
BUT THE NOTES BROUGHT PAIN
LIKE MISSING YOU
SO I DOWNED ANOTHER
AND LIVED A HAZY HOUR'

xxxxx

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C'est magnifique Peter!
Comme d'habitude ; )

xxxxx

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You are writing some very different ones lately Mike!

I really like this one...
Hmmm...
'I play your game as you try and analyze my gift,
The psychiatrist – plain as day confused about this charm,
I’m not so blind as cannot see - you see,'

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Original item by Noetic-fret!

I LOVE this Dave!

Many can relate to this I think ; )
Funny... and so true!

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Aww.. that is really sad... I love Swans.... lovely poem too Annipoo
TC XX

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Original item by Ann Foxglove

GOOOOOD morning Mikey boy-top work again.deep but still relatable even to a thick bastard like moi-its meaning has,nt gone into the wild blue.Also Mr. R.Radio of Souls gets better with every reading-I am slowly being converted to Robinsinism.Until you fail(thats about the time that hell freezes over,if I remeber rightly)I shall remain one of many fans.Do well-do good but do it often-yours jealously-Blue.(jeez! thats a moniker I aint heard in yonks!-old ones are the best ones-cheers Mikey.

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i'm glad you mentioned your wife at the end off this phil, otherwise i think she would have killed you - lol. lot off lovely images here, m8... nice one

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enjoyed this, dave.. the use off 'recalculating' is a nice touch certainly, but i must admit i would have being tempted to at least try to see what it is like minus it.. even why, i loved the diary like entries and the way you scattered them all over the piece... i did a piece like that in my blog last year called 'ditched it' where i did it month by month, but yours is very different for the way it jumps all round the place.. good one m8

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Original item by Dave Bradley

a lovely girl I was seeing many years ago, when asked what really turned her on, asked me to tie her up & rape her - but I had to do it like I really meant it - she wasn't going to submit. I thought, well, OK, whatever turns you on, but I'm not at all sure this is going to do anything for me. I was wrong - it was one of the best things ever - for both of us judging by her reactions both during & after. - just my 3 cents worth. B

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Hey, thanks for the kind words. I enjoyed reading your poems too, particularly the one about Chruchhill, I really liked the rhythm. I have just uploaded another poem and an audio clip if you want to check them out.
Cheers,
Rich

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Re Your comments on the audio on 'On Seeing A Boy's Face'Glad you liked it Ann. I have used it before (as has garside if I remember rightly) It is derived form an onlne piece of software that converts text to speach. You may need to spell words differently to get the voice to pronounce the words as you want them however and alter gaps and pauses etc. I used it here because I felt the faltering awkwardness and non human remoteness of this voice reflected the difficult subject I was writting about. It is a voice without empathy or opinion. Win

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Thanks to all for your feedback.

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really well paced that m8... i am well impressed.. i bet it took you a while to write that (and i can relate to the content totally)

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Absolutely love the image and relationship with the 'midnight wind' as a friend in your piece here Ant. Winston

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Bit off a curio certainly.. It's not what you are writing nowadays certainly.. Reminds me of your stuff from a few years back, but certainly as Janet says it does have a eerie, almost surreal feel to it which is very different.. be interested in seeing how it develops..

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Mike you poems are quite spooky, I heard Niburu was a rogue planet on a very Large Eliptical orbit, that close passes Earth every so many thousands of years and causes Chaos....an Extinction level event. The question is do they really walk among us?TC

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Original item by Noetic-fret!

Hi Rachel ;-) Thanks for taking the time to comment on my latest poem..... much appreciated ;-)
luv TC X

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Hi Cynthia I could not be happier with your succinct appraisal of my latest offering.Thank you ;-) TC X

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good stuff, i think this is quite a complex poem but the last line brings back down to earth.. good technique - nice one

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Cynthia, it absolutely made my day to read your comment on my poem 'Tear drop' - thank you so much for taking that time and for being so kind - I was just so in need of such a lovely boost as well!

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Powerful and so full of reality in moments which seem like hours and can go on for years if left to rot and fester, all for the sake of asking the question if we dare.

I love the ending. Fabulous poem.
Janet.x

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Original item by Kealan Coady

This is quite different to your usual style Antonionioni.
I like it.
Enjoyed the rhythmic quality and the whish and whoosh rustle and swoop which gave it an eerie feel.

Janet.x

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and it's really not his fault if you get the wrong idea. He's just being a nice guy. :-)

Comment is about What I'm Allowed to Do (or should be able to) (blog)

Good morning Rachel and kiddlywinks?Thanks for comments re We Who Have Won.Do I need to return this leaf I have taken out of your book?Keep on inspiring me-but no sharing of royalties!lol!-Enjoy your day O versedly perfect one.Off to tape 'me bonny lass of a programme-when the boat comes in!lots of love-Stefanx

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Good for you, I'm sure you are speaking on behalf of nice men everywhere. xx

Comment is about What I'm Allowed to Do (or should be able to) (blog)

tee hee, your comment made me giggle. I'd imagine it'd chafe if you were tempted! One day I'll tell you about the epilator fiasco!Thank you for cheering me up.
Love
Rachel
xxx

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