Hi Cynthia Thanks for comment on my Jeffrey Hudson poem. I actually posted it a bit too early - it was driving me mad - and have I hope smoothed out some of the rough edges.

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"She dream-footed lightly"...awe what a lovely way to put it :) You've got some interesting take-me-away-deep-into-your-characters type of poems here. Looking forward to perusing more of your work. By the way, I left a response to your question on my "Don't Put Me in Your Box"...thanks again for your comment :)

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Have read your samples and am just...i mean i like how you let it flow: i love your writtings

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Hi Cynthia

don't worry, i am not offended - it's a love poem, as i sculpt with words, the poem becomes the final line, which is a testament to Marianne, and how i feel about her

i can't carve from marble, so i attempt to translate how i feel into words - in the midst of life, which is of course, finite

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Thank you, Cynthia, for the kind words in appreciation of my poem STAGNANT and my poetry in general.

I have not spent much time reading other's poetry on this site until now. I especially connected to your poem 'The Dream-footer' in your samples; very natural imagery, absolutely pleasing, especially when reading it while listening to Chopin. The gypsy almost seemed to metaphorically be like that violet in the last stanza. Big, and perhaps a natural beauty about it no one else cares to notice.

I plan on going through each and every lovely bit of writing you have to offer.

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Hi Cynthia
Thanks for your comments about a short walk. It was based on a walk I went on with my wife and friends around the coast of Anglesey in North Wales in the spring. It's a good point about Baroness, I like the way that word has turned out there even though I had previously thought about changing it.
Thanks again

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Hi Cynthia, thank you very much for your kind comments on 'Unwanted Gifts', much appreciated.

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Hi Cynthia, thank you for your comment and your suggestion. It is truly appreciated

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Hi Cynthia Passeig is Catalan for Spanish PAsseo or Avenue. This weird and wonderful house is on the PAsseig de Gracia. THanks again for kind comments!

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Cynthia, thank you for for comment on "My Lips..." I'm delighted to know that you enjoyed it felt my words.

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Thank you

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It's me again
Tripe
What would you think to me lowering the line 'The fabric of her town had perished' onto the following three lines. I think I'm going to do that anyway. The fabric of the town perishing is perhaps more accurately lined with the description of the state of the arcades and mansions
My tongue-in-cheek attempt? The town that I grew up in (a vibrant wool town) is truly dying - the arcades, either empty or full of tat, and the 'mansions' left, in many cases to crumble away, but a lady that I was passing 5 minutes with at Hosp. ultrasound dept could only comment on the fact that the tripe stall had shut. It perhaps highlights how we each see the changes that have come about in the time that we have spent on this planet.
I wish I could write, and therefore explain what was in my head at any one specific time

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Hi Cynthia
Forgotten
As ever I truly appreciate your looking and commenting on the poem
I agree with you about stanza 5. The idea that I wanted to write something like this, came from a couple of sources
Firstly - the results of the MEP elections, where many people (definitely not me) in the North of England voted UKIP because they see themselves as those described in St.5.
Second - hearing our Southern countrified cousins complaining about the impact on the environment of airport extensions; fracking etc, (both, I accept, perhaps objectionable examples) without them really understanding that the areas north of The Wash have been the dirty engine room of the country for centuries, and the impact that this had on generation after generation
Probably not quite the explanation of what was in my mind when I wrote Forgotten, but I was really trying to write the second half of the poem to describe what I know to be in the mind of many people (perhaps a generation or two younger than me) in my little patch of the world - Forgotten and displaced
Wish I had an answer

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Have responded to your kind comment about Touchstone on my wall. Thanks again. P.x

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thanks for the kind comments on 'slamming flies' Cynthia - I am trying to write a selection of war poems in first person differing styles. it seems to make them more real - thanks for commenting
Ian

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Hi Cynthia
Thanks for the thought - which I will seriously consider
I have buggered about with that last line for the last 2 days, and I'm still not 100% sure
I think I wanted to make 'and the tripe stall had shut' as a comparison between the major physical changes to the town, and what, to many, would seem incosequential. This is my reason (perhaps unclear) for leaving a line between the last 2 lines, as if an afterthought.
But I shall keep considering
Maybe if I get over to Sale again I will be able to let you know which way I've jumped

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Hi Cynthia Thanks for the comment on Coltrane! I might try to do a few more. Already got one for SOnny Rollins.

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Thank you for the kind comment on the Woman of Hoy, Cynthia. People grumble about things and there's much wrong with the world, but something like that is much less likely now and that's progress!

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Cynthia
nothing gets past you eh? 'the vegetable man' is an old poem of mine, that I've revisited and tweaked a bit - and - YES - good spot - despite it sitting around for years I hadn't noticed the repeat descriptive eyes - so I've made a change to make it a bit less clumsy and a little more horror/comedy (I hope) - let me know what you think - and thanks so much for continuing to support and feedback - I appreciate it :-)
Ian

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Cynthia, belated thanks for your comments on my little first world war poem. The notes from the munitions girls was something that I hadn't come across before.

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Thank you Cynth for your considered comment on Wayward :)

There's a story behind it. A friend of mine takes amazing photographs, that scream ideas and possibilities at me, and so I decided to write about one of them with a view to writing about more of them.

Anyway, if you check my previous poem, Framed, that's the photo I was trying to write about. For nearly two solid weeks I wrote, and what I found was that I had TOO MANY ideas which I simply could not contain. I ended up with two epic rambling pieces of, well, crap. I really didn't like them. So I forced myself to condense using haiku. I'm still not very happy about the result and intend to come back to it at some point and do it real justice.

Anyhoo, I was complaining about it all to a mate, and then this poem popped out! Wrote itself! As I said to me mate, I think my muse is some kind of rabid donkey, who can never ever be controlled :D

PS - no, nowt to do with comics or Tokyo :)

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Really like the parting missed this somehow. Cool

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Cynthia
apologies for late reply - no problem regarding the Waterside - although it would have been good to see you again :-) it was a good night - Jeff Dawson was also on as a guest and we tend to compliment each other quite well. I also enjoyed all the open mic readings and the venue itself. it's one I will definitely be going back to soon, so hope to see you then

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Cynthia, many thanks for taking the trouble to comment favourably on my effort, which is encouraging. I'll try to produce more. I looked at one or two of yours, which would obviously be appreciated by many. I noted the theme of sensuality here and there.
If you are actually in Bermuda, it may interest you that a fellow student from 60 years ago, Valerie (now) Pacheco lives near Hamilton and she visits us in the UK occasionally. You might know her?
Best Wishes

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Thanks for the kind comment, Cynthia - you are always so positive. I've followed up with another. Not writing much at the moment but seem to have Hoy on the mind.

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re 'Philosophy made difficult #2' I did as you asked :)

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Thank you for your comments
Really appreciate them - I thought my words were falling into the lonely abyss!

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Hi Cynthia As ever your encouragement is greatly appreciated!

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Thanks for your comments Cynthia. The cry for help was cried before the addiction stole her life. Fame only cares as long as one is famous. Cheers
Pete.

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Sorry Cynthia - I didn't realise it was an internet only radio station - I'm embarrassed to admit, I didn't realise such things existed! Thanks for trying anyway - I do appreciate it!

Hope you are both keeping well.

Isobel xx

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Hi Cynthia, hope you're feeling better, yes I thought you might have been there so was a shame not to see you.

It went very well, great night and my set was well received from a nice crowd as I did some old stuff and a few from my new book.

Hope to see you around, take care :-)

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I thought the breaks were slightly, but reading back through your comment I see your actual point. No worries :) Thanks for the latest comment. You are very humbling!

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Cheers Cynthia for your latest comment. And the feedback is taken on board; I do agree the line breaks look a bit clumsy!

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thanks for your comments over my last few poems on here.

the ghost story is taking some thought as i am trying to write one a day throughout april, but it is getting there but by keeping them fairly short - i am tending to find they have more impact.

to answer your question over 'silhouetting in Wagner'. i picked up a story regarding Wagner been played in one of the camps fairly recently (a work of fiction), and i put silhouette in by accident in front of it (was going to put in something else) and it seemed to work.

thanks for the comments again x

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Howdy again - thank you again for your note on The Bitter Skald :)

Ooo just read your Nordic poem - most excellent and reverential! Almost feels like it should have a single hand drum accompanying it. But maybe that's just my drum obsession! :D

Great to hear from you, and on TWO poems at that! Thank you so much :)

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Hi Cynthia I'm glad that you're enjoying the poems! Better for you to be reading them than to have them stacked up on a shelf! I'll have a new collection out called 'A Murmuration' towards the end of 2015 from Two Rivers Press. I'll keep you posted!

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Hi Cynthia

thanks for commenting - apols for late reply

too little weight i suspect

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hello , thanks for the comment on my pancake day poem. yes i am well , i seem to do lots of things except write poetry ... must try harder.

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Hi Cynthia Thanks for comments on 'Casablanca', especially for spotting the dodgy apostrophe! 'Casa Branca' in line 3 is corect because I'm referring to the original name.'Casa Blanca' is the hispanicised form that we all now use in the West and goes back to the Spanish protectorate.

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thanks for the kind comments on 'silverback inn' Cynthia - very observant of you - the switch from first person is deliberate -an acknowledgement that if we ignore the warning signs, those old men could be us - thanks once again

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And thanks for the kind words on my latest. Means a lot :)

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Thanks for your comment on 'A Room, Midnight' Cynthia. I don't have a definite theory on its topic, only that I was trying to express the sense of a sinister ceremony of some kind taking place. Not one of my cheerier pieces, certainly!

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Hello there - many thanks for taking the trouble
to comment (and kindly) on "Global Warming".
It's a bit like Christianity with me...not too
sure but prepared to be convinced!!

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Thanks Cynthia going to read it out tonight
at Stockport W O L

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Cheers CBT ;)

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Hi Cynthia,

Thank you again for you appreciation of my work - it is really touching and inspiring to me. I feel I am splitting my voice at the moment - been writing a lot of stuff to send to competitions, magazine publications etc. which I am trying to be brave enough to allow a more personal stance with the reader, but am also still keen to explore word sounds and the architecture of this in more abstract work too.

Will we see you at Sale WOL next Tuesday? I will be reading and it would be lovely to hear you again.

Take care,

Marianne x

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Glad you enjoyed Surbiton Lagoon, Cynthia. I gathered a lot of material about it from a very chatty Facebook site that had been formed to celebrate its memory. We lived three streets away, and you could hear the noise from it very clearly every summer.

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Hi Cythia I hope you're feeling better and you konw what, I think you might have a point with 'ghostly' over 'spectral'. In some ways the former is more 'ordinary' perhaps but then the latter might be slightly more 'mannered'. However, as far as the harmony of sounds is concerned I think you are right. In fact, I never thought of it echoing the click of hooves on concrete, but now that you've mentioned it you are again right and as you say, the other clicks come later. In passing, I hope there is just enough of a hint of 'migration' but without overdoing it in our present climate. Apparently the hordes from the east were actually not that desperate to invade us on 1 January after all.

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Hi Cynthia, thank you for your very perceptive comment on "Unwanted." It was written in anger for someone I love.
Have a very happy New years Eve and all the best for next year.
Cate xx

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Hi Cynthia Glad you got the poems and sorry to hear that you've been unwell. Hope things pick up in the New ear and that you find some stuff in the book you like.

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