As ever thanks for your insightful comments Harry. I quite like the random rhymes, but i suppose it does make the poem a little less conventional.

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Ha ha. Thanks Harry.

I'll see you there?

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Thanks Harry - the whole thing rests on the idea of liminality. There was a moment when she was walking away into her new place, waving at me, and then I turned to my right and my dad was walking very slowly (with a stick) to the car, and me in the middle - it was very much a moment of threshold, of liminality. Dawn is liminal, a flame is liminal - just seemed to fall together once I'd focussed on that.

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No worries Harry. It would be intriguing to see where it goes next. I appreciate the straightforward, 'building blocks' approach to play-writing rather than crowding everything with context. The more ambiguity the more the audience has to think about, always a good thing!

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Thanks Harry

It's hard keeping healthy doing retirement. (Never get a day off)

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Your glasses Harry - I sent them via registered post. They should be with you today, but will need to be signed for. If you miss that/if nobody is in, you can pick them up from your sub post office or habe them re-delivered.

Best of

Chris

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Hi Harry,

I've checked my email, but nothing has come through. Not sure if you have the correct one or not, but just in case here it is;

Coaster.coey@googlemail.com

Best of

Chris

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thanks so much Harry - it was great to meet the man behind the myth at last :-) I really enjoyed myself and it seemed to go down OK - just a bit more sparse than I was expecting. I presume Dave's been in touch about your glasses (?) thanks very much for the supportive comments (as always). BTW - I loved your piece about the volatile relationship with the female union member - very amusing - Ta

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Hey Harry, you left your glasses behind at the the Spoke.

Natalie has hold of them for you. just let us know how you want to go about getting them back.

P.S

I didn't know about the fall - Best of & good health!

Chris

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Hi Harry

Very sorry to hear about your accident. Hope you are best to your sparkling best soon.

The competition idea is great. If someone had a go at running it I'd have a go and I'm sure others would too.

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Harry, thanks so much for commenting on Frank's poem. A happy new year to you.

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Hello and happy new year Harry!

Thank you as always for reading and commenting on "shoot the puppy".
I did angst over using this as a title but it was one of the main sentiments that kicked it all off.
The subject was left a little open for interpretation, I prefer that. I may qualify that on my own blog site at some stage.

I can see what you mean about the separation idea. But once the bread is on the water etc etc.

keep well and have good fortune for 2014.

Graham

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Thanks for commenting Harry. Interesting that introversion or extroversion might be seen as gender-related because really they aren't

Are you going to run a competition? No pressure

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Never mind Harry, it was money well spent, you'll look smart laid out in that new "Granny pulling"outfit.
(Top of the heap)

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Hi Harry

Being a couple of octogenarians, next time we move the earth, will be via the Sextons shovel.

Happy New Year.

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Harry
thanks so much for your kind and observant comments regarding 'Christmas Eve' - as always, your suggestions for changes are spot on the mark and I've edited accordingly. So glad you liked the poem - here's wishing you and yours a merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year
cheers
Ian

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Wishing you a Merry & spiritually satisfying Christmas Harry, all the very Best to you, Yvonne, family & friends. I'll pass on your warm words to Natalie & Glenys

Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year

See you on the other side of it lol

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Ahhh, I seeeee :)

Well thank you again Harry, means a lot to me, that.

Wishing you all the very best for christmas and next year - hopefully see you at a gathering at some point :) xxx

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Hi Harry
Thank you for your comments on 'White winter'.:) Hope you are doing well, have a nice a winter.

Best wishes
Ankita

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Good point you made on 'Do the best you can' Harry. I've replied on the blog but thanks for looking in,
Steve

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Hi Harry

Thank you for your note. Was it meant to go on Writing in Fire, though? I'm guessing cos you mentioned a deep breath being taken, and there is one at the start of that performance.

Have to say though, it wasn't for effect! We'd just legged it from the station to the Tudor, and no sooner had I got in there than I was due on stage, so was a bit out of puff :D

Anyway, thank you and I hope to see you in the new year :)

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Harry hello!
Can I thank you for the kind words on LUX. I always value your comments.

Have a peaceful Christmas

Graham

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thanks for the comments, harry on my little slip and poem.

i have now amended the little slip from teats to yeats but glad you liked it. it was kinda a fun piece for me.

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Hi Harry, thanx for note about port sunlight after you saw it recently, yes he went the extra mile for his workers cheers Jeff

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thanks again Harry - 'eclipse' sounds a bit to obvious - I was hoping 'trial & tribulation' might get a few folk scrambling for a dictionary or Wiki. This was another one I adapted from a short story I've written - and boy is THAT dark - way too much detail to put into a poem unfortunately.
I do enjoy it when you start to autopsy my stuff - I always think when I'm hitting 'post' - 'I wonder if Harry's going to get to the bottom of this one?' I suspect we're currently in an honourable 'score draw' position :-)
cheers again
Ian

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thanks for your kind comments on 'trial & tribulation' Harry - I always enjoy your little analysis pieces and i'm never sure whether i'm more pleased if you 'get it' or not - you seem pretty close to the mark on this one - but Dave Bradley looks like he's got rather too far inside my head this time :-)
Ian

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thanks for commenting on 'all hallows eve' harry - glad you liked it
Ian

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Hi Harry- re ''Wandering expositions''April 2013 your advice: 'Why don`t you fix line eleven?' would then remove/fix the point of the preceding line, it being a stand alone conjunction ''where'' where the word where is indeed a stand alone conjunction! Tommy :)
as in -

''...There are stand alone conjunctions
in hope that it amazes
where
in solitude it functions
in contrived schematic phrases...''

This allows for the humorous play on the isolated nature of the conjunction ''where''

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thanks for your kind comments regarding the winterfyllth poem Harry - sorry i'm a bit late in responding - I'm getting a bit behind due to other commitments at the moment - so in catch up mode with the thank you's - anyway, very kind of you - cheers
Ian

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Hello Harry, obliged for your comments on 'The Magnificent Seven'. Woking really is an eternal Topsy-Turvy Town, always awash with builder's rubble etc. CHEERS.

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Harry Thanks for all your feedback, your critique really means a lot and is very valuable to me.

Thanks again

Ged

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Love this work.

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thanks for commenting on 'the scarecrow dreams of leaving' Harry - glad you liked it - must admit it's been playing on repeat in my head - so much so that I've revisited and extended it to cover all 4 seasons (see latest blog post) I'd be interested to see if you feel it is as effective in its extended form or whether better read as an individual piece - as always I appreciate your comments
Ian

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Now then Young Blood,
Glad you liked "The As Lives Longest..."
But to question my honesty! Really, harry!

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Thanks for reading "The Provider" Harry. Loved your comment mate, made me chuckle. Hope you liked what you read.
Cheers
Pete.

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Thanks Harry (Lavender man) - my voice is just not right for the song - it should be sung by Tom Waits really! I was trying to get across some sort of idea of addiction (for lavender read drugs/drink/sex) - failed miserably as the kind comments show :)

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Harry - delighted you found and enjoyed "Daddy Knew Johnny Cash".
I knew I was on to something when a pal of many
years - a published suthor of a book about the
origins of the Oxford Dictionary and a retired
lecturer in English at a Canadian university - told me how much he had enjoyed it. Just shows you never
quite know who - or where - your audience might be!!
Now -an annoyed P.s. - however much I have tried to make the above lines neat and tidy - they are
reproduced here like the product of some wayward sub-editor's untidy mind. Most aggravating.
Apologies!

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Thanks for listening to "Grumpy Summer" and your comments. I appreciate it. You highlighted the lines I rather like myself!

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hi harry - thanks for the comment regarding peterloo. it's a piece that means a lot to me and is still in flux a bit but pleased you liked it.

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Harry
added the following to you post on my blog 'totem' - wasn't sure you would revisit:

thanks Harry - and very good point - I've amended it from 'screaming' to 'calling' which softens it a bit
thanks for the feedback - much appreciated
Ian

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thanks Harry
I got the box set bought for me at Christmas, but I haven't had time to start watching it yet - too busy writing daft poems :-) looks like my sort of thing though - thanks for the explanation
Ian

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Thanks for commenting on 'sci-fi' so good Harry, pleased that you liked it. Not sure I 'get' the full meaning behind your last comment - is Leonard a reference to Mr. Nimoy and no idea about the other 2 characters you mention - give us a clue :-)
Ian

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Thanks for your kind words Harry, I will have a look at your poems shortly!

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Many frackin thanks for your frackin comments on Lord Frackin Howell, Harry.

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Harry - thanks for your comments on "The Racism One-Step" - written as a riposte to those who seem to think that racism only exists when the finger can be pointed at "whitey". Sorry for the delay in this reply but I have just returned from a long weekend in my old home county of Devon and a delightful stay in a small family-run hotel overlooking Lyme Bay -a million miles in some ways from modern London - my home for the past fifty-odd years.
Confucious - he say: Change is as good as rest!

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Hi Harry,

Thank you for commenting on my poem. Cacophony felt right for me at the time, I was laying in the sun in the garden and all these noises seemed to be growing and working together in a bid to shatter the peace! Ha ha Maybe I could have used a different word

Kath :-)

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Hey Harry - no problem with the comments regarding 'Alien feelings' - I did throw the picture in to try and muddy the waters to what is, basically, a love song with sci-fi imagery. So in a way I was asking for it :-) I do like to combine image with the poetry though - I suppose its my art background coming through - I do try to chose evocative pictures - and if you think that alien looks cuddly (or anything other than disturbing)I think you need to see someone about it :-)

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Thanks for your comments on "The Rhymes They Are A-Changin'", Harry. I bet you take some frightening.

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Hi Harry - glad you like my praise poem :) I think it will be a good one to warm up an audience...

You are right about how we react differently - and there are just no female flashers. In fact I'd love to set loose an army of them on the London Underground, just as an experiment - all shapes, ages and sizes - I'd love to see the expressions on men's faces. I'm guessing that no-one would feel threatened or alarmed by it though...

Take care - hope to see you soon. x

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Hello Harry,
My "Footle Poems" are not great, but thank you for your nice comments. Footle poems are supposed to rhyme but who says a person has to follow the rules. Write what makes you feel good.

Thanks again,
Shirley

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