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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Wed 27th Jan 2021 14:15

That will be really sad if WOL disappears. I've already made as much contribution as I feel is possible/reasonable for my circumstances. It wasn't a contribution for the past efforts as laudable as they may be, it was intended to support the future existence of the site.

Sometimes I get the feeling that every time I become a frequent consumer of something it fades unexpectedly out of existence.. I would feel guilty but previously it has only happened with chicken korma pouches, thai green curry soup, and other similar items that I have let my broken-heart try and forget.. never with poetry websites before.

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julie callaghan

Wed 27th Jan 2021 13:33

I await to be tracked and traced

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trevor homer

Wed 27th Jan 2021 13:19

Some words are made to fit each other. Very enjoyable Stephen.

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Wed 27th Jan 2021 13:12

We will have to wait and see if it goes viral.
Check it regularly.

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Wed 27th Jan 2021 13:04

Jo, the bloke, was an idiot miser
Such a shame for him he couldn't be wiser
By hoarding his pounds of course he'd be fat
You've got to use them to lose them
It's obvious, that.

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Brian Hodgkinson

Wed 27th Jan 2021 05:51

Poetic missiles on the loose ... bewm

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Brian Hodgkinson

Wed 27th Jan 2021 05:48

Excellent. Yes, it has a prophetic message. ?

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Brian Hodgkinson

Wed 27th Jan 2021 05:13

Yes, cuts to the quick. Liked!?

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Brian Hodgkinson

Wed 27th Jan 2021 05:10

Don't stop! Keep it up. Looking good.?

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Wed 27th Jan 2021 03:38

Thank you for commenting Brian,
I can't believe you are a dinosaur
Do you have a childhood toy near your mirror perhaps?

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Brian Hodgkinson

Wed 27th Jan 2021 03:10

I see one in the mirror every morning.
Thoughtful, and well written.

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Brian Hodgkinson

Tue 26th Jan 2021 23:59

Yes, you nailed it. ?

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Greg Freeman

Tue 26th Jan 2021 23:41

As I thought, Ray. I was away in Spain. Sounds like a good one to have missed ...

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Tue 26th Jan 2021 23:06

Lucky they who never need this wisdom, and lucky they who do and find your poem.

It is up to us who we allow to be near us and those who can't be trusted to treat us well are best kept far away where they can do whatever they please and no longer cause us any harm.

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Tue 26th Jan 2021 22:36

Thank you Sarah, you are also a beautiful soul ?

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Tue 26th Jan 2021 22:29

Thank you for commenting Stephen,
I'm giving you a frequent commenter award this time ?

Sometimes with big questions they themselves stay unanswered, or the answer uncertain, but many other truths are uncovered in the thought process.

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New Shoes

Tue 26th Jan 2021 22:24

Well, as you both may know, is a deep subject.

Aviva, with all these new parts I could be a new man, maybe better than I am. Only that I do surely understand for I have guarded an inch from many a hand. I guess it would go into the old saying of trust needing to be earned, this though, one must learn. Only sometimes an inch can be what a person really needs to get ahead in life. follow your heart and be happy for love will be your guiding light.

To Sir Paul: " The Answer my friend is blowing in the wind" .

"Dust in the wind"

"winds of change"

"the wind whispers Mary"

Great tunes to give a listen

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julie callaghan

Tue 26th Jan 2021 19:59

Love this, I remember reading The Shape of Trees. Congratulations on the book.

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Angel whisperer indigo child x

Tue 26th Jan 2021 19:48

Lovely and powerful xx?

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Angel whisperer indigo child x

Tue 26th Jan 2021 19:46

This is beautiful..You are a beautiful soul xx❤

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Brian Hodgkinson

Tue 26th Jan 2021 19:45

Thank you for your encouragement, Stephen. ?

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Stephen Atkinson

Tue 26th Jan 2021 19:33

Written with great style & execution ?

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Tom

Tue 26th Jan 2021 19:11

Brilliant Stephen! This really put a smile on my face. Yes, do share a link to your book.

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Stephen Atkinson

Tue 26th Jan 2021 18:49

A wonderfully woven, eloquent piece of poetic skill. Sublime ?

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Stephen Atkinson

Tue 26th Jan 2021 18:39

A wonderful poem
Written by thee...
Ano, sorry ?
I'll be checking that book out though, Mr G ?

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Tue 26th Jan 2021 18:34

I love it that none of that happens to me!
I'm obviously not adventurous enough for those sort of calamities.
Or maybe just not lucky enough for that sort of unluckiness.
But I thought the poem was amusing especially to list spousal unfaithfulness measure on measure with socks for Christmas and collapsing soufflé .

I also couldn't find a link to the new book is it findable online yet?

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John Coopey

Tue 26th Jan 2021 18:13

I have a relaxing tape of Norfolk dialect, Paul. I got it in the NHS for insomnia.
Stephen, this is my finest poem in French.
https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=103195

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Stephen Gospage

Tue 26th Jan 2021 18:05

I once shared an office with an Italian colleague who spoke the most extraordinary gutteral Belgian French. He sounded like a Gallic John Prescott. I remember that one day he came in with his arm in plaster and told me that his wife had just broken her leg. Not terribly logical, I know. It was rumoured that they were driving the car by...no, I don't believe it either.

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Kristian Deidre Brown

Tue 26th Jan 2021 17:47

Jordyn, Aviva, Paul- thank you all so, so much for your kind words on Lucky Girl. They really mean the world to me!! ?

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John Coopey

Tue 26th Jan 2021 17:46

Our Gert, Stephen.

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M.C. Newberry

Tue 26th Jan 2021 17:41

A message that deserves due consideration..
By all means comment with informed intent
Discern what's written and what is meant!

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Stephen Gospage

Tue 26th Jan 2021 17:35

It's a big question and a good poem.

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John Coopey

Tue 26th Jan 2021 17:35

I have to say, MC, I prefer the sound of French.I can get by in speaking it but what comes back is high-speed gobbledygook.
Interestingly, I’ve heard it said that as we think French sounds sexy, the French think English does too. They should come to Barnsley. Even Doncastrians can’t understand them.

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Stephen Gospage

Tue 26th Jan 2021 17:33

Il faut vivre avec, John.

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M.C. Newberry

Tue 26th Jan 2021 17:21

Should I mention that immortal phrase "Ooh-la-la"? Why isn't it
"Ooh-le-la" or "Ooh-la-le"? .For sheer aural attraction, i prefer the
Italian language - almost musical in its intonation and arguably that
much more romantic. All that French masculin/feminine-y separation
seems sexist to me.

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Stephen Gospage

Tue 26th Jan 2021 17:06

I always felt a bit sorry for Yuric (!) Nice one.

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Stephen Gospage

Tue 26th Jan 2021 17:04

This a poem from a book of poems entitled "The Shape of the Trees", which I have just self-published. The title poem is also on WOL.

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Tue 26th Jan 2021 15:26

Nice bit of poetic licence with Yorick's name Ray!

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raypool

Tue 26th Jan 2021 15:10

Hi Greg. Time to spill the beans. The Nomad Theatre project a few years back in East Horsley. Put the cuffs on me.

Brian, I'm twisting on a spit, but thanks anyway.

Kimberly, it's not as bad as stand up comedy, but there was nothing funny in this . I feel for you.

Paul, It does take some balls to present your work, but if the audience likes you it's not hard work. That day was a baptism of fire; I don't think it would have made a difference who was reading frankly.
I rely on empathy so much and am willing to work for it, but have no day job....

Stephen , you picked a good one there. Wrong time wrong place.

Thanks for liking this, Julie, Aisha, Holden and New Shoes ...

Thanks all ! Ray

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Tue 26th Jan 2021 14:19

Thank you for commenting Moon.girl ?

Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem. ?

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Manju Ray

Tue 26th Jan 2021 12:49

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Chris Hubbard

Tue 26th Jan 2021 12:01


Hi Paul,

I'm pleased to know you enjoyed this humble offering.

I've been 'missing in action' recently, due to beginning a novel (yes, but I couldn't help myself!) .

After a while though, my poetic urges returned and would not be denied - and probably never will be.

Take care,

Chris

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Tom

Tue 26th Jan 2021 11:38

Thank you Paul, Holden and Keith for the likes and for reading ?

And thank you Keith, I'm honoured you'd share this with your friend. For me expressive and evocative photography is the art form most akin to poetry – and perhaps even more instantly transportive. It's a great source of inspiration too. As with the poets I like, when I find them, I often like everything they write; and the same with particular photographers.

I wish I managed to say it all slightly more pithily but my inner editor failed me on this one. ?

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julie callaghan

Tue 26th Jan 2021 11:17

Thanks for the generous comments and likes Brian and Paul, also thanks for the likes Aviva and Stephen A.

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Chris Hubbard

Tue 26th Jan 2021 10:52


My compliments and thanks to Aviva and Brian.

Like many UK expats here in Australia I am saddened beyond measure by the tragic effects of this awful virus.

Take care to everyone.

Chris

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Jason Bayliss

Tue 26th Jan 2021 09:11

To be honest Paul, he was a cantankerous old bugger, who lived much of his life like a car crash, but he was very funny and we all loved him, and for all his faults he had an honest soul. I don't have any problem with religion, people are free to think what they like, it's their life, and you never know, they might be right?
But I don't think so, I think the only way we live on after death is in the hearts and minds of others and in the DNA of our children. ❤

J. x

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Tue 26th Jan 2021 08:34

It will eventually reveal. With time it will be seen.?

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deanfraserofficial@yahoo.com

Tue 26th Jan 2021 08:23

Indeed, she was one inspirational woman. Easily explaining astro-physics in a way all could follow.

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Tue 26th Jan 2021 08:05

I see you asking for someone to lend you their feet
But it won't be a walk in the park for them
They'll actually be lending you a hand as well
And that's after lending their ears -
After you've borrowed their shoulder
And captured their eyes and mind
What's left I ask you?
Give someone an inch and they'll take a mile

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Tue 26th Jan 2021 07:50

I forgot to count how many breaths it took me to read this, but everything slowed down while I concentrated on your eloquent writing and I'm pretty sure that included breathing too. So I'll have less than the usual count of breaths today, by quite a few since I read this a few times just to admire the skill of it and catch how it begins once I already knew how it ends.
You capture a subject so completely in how you tell it, the surface and the depth are each caught so well.

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