thanks for your comments and my re-education Win ;-)

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Hi Winston, thanks for yours... just had website re-done - wasn't sure if pics were a bit twee - so glad you liked them! Love Nearly Nine... my memory is often re-seeded with little flashes of my children. What does IOHAT stand for? Kate

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thanks for the comment winston i wasnt too sure whether it was finished or not but i shall rest happy after your comment regards al

p.s im very sure that my write could provide the panacea for yours ;-)

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Cheers ears - title is a biblical reference, Matthew to be precise. Yeh - third verse could do with something else - now changed. Better, do you think? Which line was lyrical?

Tom x

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Morning Houston!

Erm, my ghazal...it's in the post ;D Seriously - I'm waiting for it to be born heh.

Thanks for your comment on 'childhood'. Well, the i-museum is effectively me...the building that houses me/I. A museum is a store for historical things, yes? So that small girl, who was hurt so badly, is still in there, hiding. It was a kind of continuation of the sample piece, which I wasn't sure about doing at first, but it seemed to fit, and I suppose becomes a motif. Louise Bourgeois made art connected to her mother all her life. I find that fascinating.

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Thanks for your lovely comment Win. I'm so glad that you could see the hope at the end - that is just what I wanted. I never want to be defined by my past - I really do want to move on. It was important for me to say that the inspiration came from other people - feeling the same feelings all over again, through other people's suffering. You seem to have crystalised my thought for me in fact. Someone I showed it to wanted me to change that ending for something more powerful - but I just couldn't. Now I see why. x

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Thanks Win!

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Thanks for the comments Win. I try to camouflage my singing by having a smart-looking bird like Rose by me!

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Many thanks, Winston... for your sojourn and kindly response to my poem, "Buttered." You are much appreciated. Cheers, Frederick

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Hi Winston, thanks for reading x

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Win
Thanks for the comments on Ah Yes, I Remember It Well. I used to play rugby in the distant past and it's a truism that the older I get the better I was.

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Cheers, Win, and a very happy new year to you too! Greg

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Sat 1st Jan 2011 16:11


A special Spanish word for greetings as in The New Year

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@Winston: Thank you for your comment on 'Daughter...'. :o)

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Hi Winston - thank you for reading and commenting on Passing Clouds - much appreciated

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Hi Win - Regarding the Hulme thing... I am not sure what is going to be going with this as we are trying to get people interested at the moment more than anything else, but certainly if it comes off - i would love you onboard...

Are you still on your googlemail address at the top????

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Thanks for your comments on 70m Dash, Win.
Bugger culture - that's what I say!

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Thx for the feedback on the ill room poem Win...appreciated.

Hope to see you at Hebdon when the weather improves.

Happy Christmas

Chris

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Hi Win

You've flummoxed me there - I suspect you know far more about the Metaphysical poets than I do. That said, I would turn first to George Herbert, who was such a big influence on Vaughan. Vaughan seems to me to be a little flowery and extravagant, Herbert more economical, compact and precise, and thus more intense. But what do I know? For sheer compacting of thought, Herbert's 'Prayer' must be hard to beat. You could write a thesis on each 2 or 3 word combination in it, such as 'Angel's age' "Christian plummet' 'a kinde of tune' etc. The thinking in it is very dense (in the best sense of the word) and yet he manages to make it remarkably poetic as well. A desert island poem for me.

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Hi Winston - thanks for the feedback on 'When' very much appreciated - gave me the chance to check the 'Dreaming of Dad' ghazal- lovely - has any of your bardsmanship rubbed off on the little one - time alone will tell I suppose

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Glad you arrived safely!

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Hi Win, belated thank you for lovely comments on my ghazal, not easy, are they, lol. x

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very early good morning Winston-thanks for comments on 'journey'- most grateful-Stefan

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*crackle* Houston - we have a problem. It's called christmas. There's a secondary issue called 'enforced happiness' to deal with too. It's a SNAFU alright. Over and out. *crackle*

A christmas ghazal? Owww! Am giving my head a little rest before the next one, heh ;) I was thinking about writing a ghazal about how hard it is to write a ghazal, but my brain melted at that point.

Nice profile pic btw. I do love your boat :)

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Thank you for the positive feedback - how do I tag my Ghazal please

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Thanks Win, for the info. Can't I invent a new sort of ghazal with rhymes at the end of each line? ;-) (But these rules and regulations are enough to give you - vertigo!) Great fun though! xx

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Hi Winston, thank you for sending me the link on ghazals, I shall have to give them another try! Cheers, Lynn x

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I've just posted my first triolet. It's a fun form too....and a little more forgiving than Ghazals, but the rhyme scheme is a little bugger to get right.

Thanks for your fabulous help on the ghazal stuff too.

:-)

jx

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Hi Win - just posted another ghazal - didn't come as naturally or mean as much as the first one, but I did try and rhyme! xx

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Ha, I saw it. I will be late to the Puzzle tonight as I am going to a cuts meeting. Jackie has postponed till friendlier weather so lots of Open Mic

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I've seen that fountain!

:-)

Jx

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S'me again! I've written another ghazal, more light hearted this time, but I didn't rhyme it. Toooo hard! Maybe next time. Won't post til tomorrow prob - but you know me- it might appear at any time!! xx

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Hi Win - hope you have thawed out by now! Lovely and sunny here! I did tag my poem a ghazal, but later it seemed to "untag" itself. I think maybe it happens if you edit a poem? Cos I'd added the extra two words. I think other's may have the same prob - yesterday there were more ghazals listed than there are today. It is a mystery!! xx

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Ta Win, ( my ghazal)- I never could count past ten - should have taken my slippers off! ;-) Your words are very very much appreciated. I do love the form, and I feel that poetic language is neccessary for it to really work. I love the yearning quality. I have now thought of several phrases to make more ghazals - just need to write them! Look forward to more of yours. I really thought your last poem was stupendous! xx

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I just posted it - I am really pleased with it. Thanks for your help! xx

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Oh poor Winston! I do hope all your woes are soom melted away! I'm a happy bunny now (or a happy mole) cos my coal has arrived. And the snow is melting! I might put a ghazalish poem on tomorrow. But I don't think it has the right number of syllables. But it has the right feel I hope. xx

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Eh up Houston - awww, a credit! ;D Cheers me dear - am still thrilled that two poems have now sprung into life, influenced by Jeff's genius. I'd love to know if there's more out there - I bet there are. I might have a gander on t'net and see if there's any kind of forum or whatnot.

Anyhoo - you've created a little piece of brilliance to add to this world - I think you should celebrate tonight with a nice jug o'porter ;)

x

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Thank you Winston, for reading and commenting so nicely on
'Passionate Fib'... and what a surprise it was that you dug through
the archives to read 'Alone'... : )

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Thanks for your comments on Snow on the Pass, Win. You're right, there is a real story attached to it, and the journey is Sheffield to Liverpool and back, across the Pennines. Always dodgy at this time of year. Greg

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Hi Winston. Weather permitting I will be there.

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Re the album - awww...yeh, that's my (our, actually, pass the sick bag ;)) favourite song on the album. There was so much in there that rang true to us. Has had me in tears a few times too.

I LOVE his voice. It's like when you're on your own, and you really let rip singing, and it doesn't matter if you don't hit every note perfectly - that's what he sounds like, and it breaks my heart.

Wow - another poem to come out of the album!! I can't WAIT to see what you write! That's brilliant :) :) I'm so glad you're liking it :)

x

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Thanks so much for commenting on the ghazal Win - I was really hoping you'd come along, as you seemed to be the only one writing them, and I really fancied having a go :)

Okay, in order of your points:

1. ta! hehe
2. thanks again - wanted to keep it as simple as I could, but more on that in a mo
3. yep - looked it all up
4. oh good - wasn't sure about the narrative aspect
5. ah now, there is SOME rhyme, but the info I looked up - some said yay, some said nay, so I dithered between the two. Can you just clarify - does it need rhyme, or not?
6. you know, I only found that part out about an hour ago whilst still looking for examples of it.
7. GAH! I counted and counted and counted. Hmmm...might change that to eyes instead of alleys then. Ta.
8. and 9. wahey! :D

re point 2 - I realise it isn't a part of the form, but as it seemed such a simple set of couplets, I built some ambiguity in there by not assigning gender to one of the two. Also kept capitals out of it, as I wanted it to be non-hierarchical...if it's going to be about love, well, isn't that integral? Anyhoo, just my little playing around with it :)

Thanks again, really appreciate you taking the time to read, comment constructively, and encourage. More later, as they say!

Laura x

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Hi Win;

Thanks for the comments over 'the other side' - it's one of those pieces which wrote themselves if you know what I mean but I like it, and yeah, I am particularly fond of the beginning too.. Thanks again! x

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Mornin Win

Oh yes, it's THE most complex album I've ever heard, musically and lyrically. And, even after obsessing over it for a year, I was STILL hearing things in it that I hadn't heard before.

They did an album before that one, but no more. Jeff M basically withdrew from the band and refused to tour the album, and pretty much had a breakdown. He's resurfaced from time to time, but not done anything like that again.

If you're interested in finding out more about the band's birth and dynamic (hugely interesting btw), there's a cracking little book by Kim Cooper on Amazon.

What I would say is...don't give up on it too early, and I hope you get as much out of it as I have.

:)

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Win, many thanks on recent comments, super to see you / interact again after my time away

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WOW! Re Hebden Bridge station! That is so amazing, as I copied it months and months ago! Next tome I go there I'll have to get someone to take a photo of me standing there with my rucksack on my back, looking up the track! Wow! xx

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Hi Win! I've just changed my profile pic and used an image I've had on my computer for ages. Now that I've been to Hebden Bridge station I can see that this painting does look exactly like it. Although I suppose lots of stations used to look like that. What do you think? xx

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Why thank you ;D

It's actually a Lush one - Mask of Magnaminty. Extremely WHOOF! Powerful stuff hehe. A scrub AND a facemask in one *cool*

You listened to Neutral Milk yet then? Would be interested to hear what you make of it :)

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Hello Win
Just re-read Walking Away from Platform 6 in Along the Iron Veins.
You are there on merit.

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Hi Win. Glad you caught sight of a kingfisher - on the Rochdale canal? It makes your day, doesn't it? I'm envious as I haven't seen one on my local canal for over a year now, although I suppose I don't go walking there as much as I used to do. On the subject of war memorials, they are so moving. You mention Burma - we went to the Allied cemetery at Kanchanaburi by the river Kwae - my dad survived 1942-45 as a POW of the Japanese - and it was the ages of the names on the stones that got me. Greg

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