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Sun 14th Jul 2013 15:17

Nigel, this is The Stone Tape Theory I was telling you about last Monday:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Tape

'The Stone Tape Theory is a paranormal hypothesis that was proposed in the 1970s as a possible explanation for ghosts. It speculates that inanimate materials can absorb some form of energy from living beings; the hypothesis speculates that this "recording" happens especially during moments of high tension or during intense moments of someone's life. This stored energy can be released, resulting in a display of the recorded activity. According to this hypothesis, ghosts are not spirits but simply non-interactive recordings similar to a movie.'

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Fri 12th Jul 2013 15:43

O.K John

Tweet hashtag start
fast or slow
creative poetic tone
pressing words on
must twitter off
see you soon!

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Thu 11th Jul 2013 19:45

I think we need to get more Tweets from Stockport members, first. It's pretty easy. Open a Twitter account. Compose a poetic Tweet. Add the hashtag @heatonstwaiku to your offering. Send the Tweet. It goes to the Heatons Twaiku Twitter account, where I retweet it to all the followers.

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Thu 11th Jul 2013 15:30

Should we send details to News and Features
about the Heaton Arts Trail?

This might open up more poems going on Twitter from Write Out Loud members.

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Sun 30th Jun 2013 00:01

We wait with baited breath...!

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Fri 28th Jun 2013 16:46

I am putting together a poem to promote the Heatons Art Trail called Clues of Curiosity - -
thats all I can tell you at this stage!

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Wed 19th Jun 2013 13:15

Dorinda I liked your two poems on signs
then I saw this and I thought of you - - -

I never wanted to believe that my Dad was stealing from his job as a road worker,
but when I got home all the signs were there!

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Tue 11th Jun 2013 15:59

Well, the Gallery has absolutely CONFIRMED our meeting on the 17th, so additional June meetings are now unnecessary. The same start time, 7 PM.

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Tue 11th Jun 2013 14:01

Will leave it John will be seeing you tomorrow night and we can catch up then and see if anyone wants to come out another night from Write Out Loud.

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Mon 10th Jun 2013 20:17

I could be there for 8.45?

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Mon 10th Jun 2013 15:51

Anyone going to the Elizabethan for a drink - -
oh yes a chat about the Heaton Arts as well.

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Fri 31st May 2013 16:40

Maybe Just Maybe

Strings of blue
Singing so low.

Now I have
Heard grim news.

That our meeting
Will not be.

On high note
To recharge onwards.

Explore new locations
Maybe Heaton Moor?

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Wed 15th May 2013 13:10

Slight Drawback

Heaton Arts
lady designer
foreign translation
Julian explains
blue trousers
golfer gear
political split
why not!
french poem
ohh lala
doctor ambushed
badly beaten
varied selection
fine poetry
only one
slight drawback
no time
collage poem.

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Thu 9th May 2013 19:12

Nigel, I have done that. It will be £18.05 including postage and packing.

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Thu 9th May 2013 15:51

Can you order five for me John

Thanks

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Fri 3rd May 2013 23:57

Nigel, how many copies of the anthology do you want?

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Mon 29th Apr 2013 15:57

Good luck everyone
with the theme
of a good
old political rant
Tories too right
Labour hard left
stuck in middle
miss a turn
till you make
up your mind
on second thoughts
you May not!

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Thu 21st Mar 2013 13:07

i agree with nigel.. a review would be nice. i'll do on my blog too

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Mon 18th Mar 2013 16:33

Write Out Loud A Marble Ascent

Now on News and Features

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Thu 14th Mar 2013 15:42

Well done John on the new book A Marble Ascent
putting all our collage poems into one collection!

Could do with a book review from the W.O.L news desk!

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Sat 9th Mar 2013 12:36

sounds interesting over the blue cat guys.. keep us informed

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Tue 5th Mar 2013 15:31

The Blue Cat would be a purrrrfect choice for such an event hope it opens soon.

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Mon 4th Mar 2013 19:28

I am going to do such a book anyway, but we would need to sell an awful lot of them! The Blue Cat in Heaton Moor may be doing poetry events when it reopens. Of course, it would be a bit of a trek for most people and an 'open' venue.

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Mon 4th Mar 2013 10:10

Just an idea for finding funds for the Art Gallery.

What does everyone think of putting all our collage poems together in a book which John wants to do but the money go to keep our club going on a Monday night - - - just a thought.

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Tue 15th Jan 2013 12:29

Maggie wheelchair will travel
Good to see you
Notice put on lawn
No crumbs for you
New law passed through
States no feeding here!

Thanks for coming Gerald
Welcome to Stockport WOL

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Mon 17th Dec 2012 11:56

A big get well to Maggie
Hope you get a new spring in your step
So you can join us all in the Art Gallery
For the first meet in the year 2013 - - -

All the best for Christmas and new year

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Mon 10th Dec 2012 11:50

I have asked Santa or is that Julian in a long red coat with a funny white beard for some books to bring along for tonight!

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Tue 4th Dec 2012 15:59

If All Fails

Strictly come poetry
Marks out of
Well come on
This number needed
Nine plus one
Next new visitor
Add a spoonfull
Something very sweet
While slightly dozing
Tie them up
Politely ask if
They would like
To be released
Pen and paper
Sign membership form
Join the cause
Forget the terms
In small print
They are legal
Now at last
We have got
Write Out Loud
Up to ten.

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Sun 2nd Dec 2012 18:19

hi john - it started off as a general poem but sort of changed focus a little to talk about ours too. enjoyed the book too. good poem too nigel

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Tue 27th Nov 2012 15:32

Nine nine nine
I am ringing
This number now
Because running naked
In the pouring rain
Are the mad
Soaking wet poets
From Stockport WOL!

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dorinda macdowell

Mon 26th Nov 2012 07:00

Wahay!!! - thanks to people who are much more IT clued-up than me, I am finally up and running on our dear Stockport WOL site!!!
Thank you, John and Julian...........
I just love our group: let's make sure we keep it going!
Dorinda x

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Sat 24th Nov 2012 22:12

Andy

A luminous piece. Just one question - is the poem about just our own gallery or gallery closures in general?

I think we will press on with poetry at the next meeting. If it is our last four months at the gallery, let us bring our tenure to a glorious conclusion. And if not, let us continue our glorious ways...

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Sat 24th Nov 2012 20:33

Forgot to blog this before for you guys.. typically late - lol

If the art galleries shut

If the art galleries shut
It’s not just a case of where
Would all the pictures go?

Not just a case of where
Would all of the staff go
(even though there is precious
few of them left altogether now),

or drawing classes
not being able to draw
or sketch
anywhere else.

It’s more of a case
Of it the art galleries shut
Where would you
Be encouraged
To look at life
From a different angle.

Where would people
Be encouraged to think
Outside of the box
And look at Narnia
As more than a
Haunted woodland.

Lowry as more
Than a study of Salford
In matchstick men and women
In glass bubbles,

And Munch’s the Scream
More than a storm in a teacup
But rather than a two litre bottle.

Without that,
Where would the freedom
For expression be?

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Wed 21st Nov 2012 13:17

A Request For Extra Books

Where Is That Damn Pencil?

Two books wanted
Please please Julian
Two books wanted
For Linda too
Also for John
If I forget
You must remember
If you forget
I must remember
Then I can
Remind you to
Do what again
Oh yes that
While still registering
Inside brain cells
Write it out
On some paper - - -

Now where is that damn pencil!

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Mon 19th Nov 2012 12:14

Nice one John fingers crossed for the outcome

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Fri 16th Nov 2012 20:56

I have sent off the ebook to Peter Ashworth. Hopefully, it will guide his consultations towards the right decision.

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Fri 16th Nov 2012 19:16

Thank the gods for that! Thought we were stuck on seven forever.

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Fri 16th Nov 2012 17:00

After eight it is never too late - - -

The membership is growing

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Thu 15th Nov 2012 21:10

For the more radical:

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/stop-the-closure-of-stockport-art-gallery-and-war-memorial-during-the-week

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Thu 15th Nov 2012 21:04

Fantastic poem, Meshach. The ebook is growing...

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Thu 15th Nov 2012 20:59

This link is for contacting the council directly:

http://www.stockport.gov.uk/services/councildemocracy/yourcouncil/consultation/consultationengagementregister/museums

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Thu 15th Nov 2012 20:51

This is the online consultation document:

http://www.stockport.gov.uk/services/leisureculture/visitstockport/museumsandgalleries/consultationculturalandtouristattractions/

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