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Don Matthews

Sat 26th Oct 2019 13:04

She's rolling her eyes again.....

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Tom Doolan

Sat 26th Oct 2019 09:37

Hi Brian - What a barking good idea lol. T?

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Tom Doolan

Sat 26th Oct 2019 09:35

Hi Ian - Long time no hear. Hope you are well. I am still working at GA from time to time . T ?

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Allyzone Spoken Word

Sat 26th Oct 2019 07:02

Thank you for reading my work, Robert.

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victoriavautaw@gmail.com

Sat 26th Oct 2019 02:15

I love this poem so much John. I feel the same way about music. It indeed enlivens poetry. Your words create a sweet symphony. ?

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John Coopey

Sat 26th Oct 2019 00:18

Thanks, Don.

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Don Matthews

Fri 25th Oct 2019 23:59

Last comment/rhyme so clever Ruth.......

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Ruth O'Reilly

Fri 25th Oct 2019 23:51

Nigel really? Well we've had a lot of rain tonight so guess you were dancing starkers then.

Of every clothing item
A human
May be stripped
Lest we'll
Not be frightened
Of words we're
Still equipped

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Ruth O'Reilly

Fri 25th Oct 2019 23:46

I think you and Thalia is a fling that's going to stay secret only you and everyone else at WOL knows about it....she doesn't have some Hercules of a husband hiding does she?

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Don Matthews

Fri 25th Oct 2019 23:42

I've had a little fling
Spiritual that is
With my sweet Muse Thalia
They're bonding she and his

(Hello Thale, we got an admirer?.....)

Ruth, my star sign's Aquarius. Having a fling in November gonna give us future problems?

What's your star sign pet?

She's just rolling her eyes Ruth....

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Don Matthews

Fri 25th Oct 2019 23:17

Clever Ruth.....

Philipos - Thalia is keen on your fishing idea. They don't have lakes on Mt Olympus so it's all new to her. Just have to caution her about the byting electric eels....

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Don Matthews

Fri 25th Oct 2019 23:11

Interesting Emilia. I think there's more to this than meets the eye......

Some people think Lewis Carroll was high on drugs but I read he just had a highly imaginative mind.

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Ruth O'Reilly

Fri 25th Oct 2019 22:59

Those electric eels byte at your reel!

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Philip Stevens

Fri 25th Oct 2019 22:53

Vautaw & Desmond thank you for the like

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Don Matthews

Fri 25th Oct 2019 22:38

Brian - I'm beginning to lean more to the prosaic side in my latter years of poetic journey and feel your last comment has a better poetic feel than your original. To me. A sorta recent Coopey-style feel......

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Don Matthews

Fri 25th Oct 2019 22:29

Sheesh there John, UK seems shot
Going down the gurgler, wot?
Stanzas, rhyme. you've done me proud
Now THIS is poetry on Write Out Loud

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John Coopey

Fri 25th Oct 2019 21:31

Winners are grinners, Brian.

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<Deleted User> (18980)

Fri 25th Oct 2019 21:25

At least you can still laugh John

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<Deleted User> (18980)

Fri 25th Oct 2019 21:23

Hugh, your comment is better poetry than the original poem.

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Fred Nicholson

Fri 25th Oct 2019 20:49

I whole heartedly thank you Keith.

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Hugh

Fri 25th Oct 2019 20:26

The clocks go back on Sunday,an extra hour in bed.
But shorter days and colder nights,winter lies ahead!
Three yellow weather warnings have been issued by the met.
A 24 hour deluge of rain we are about to get.
Floods are expected due to leaf blocked drains,
A dark and dismal cloudy sky over the U.K. reigns.

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Philipos

Fri 25th Oct 2019 18:46

Thought fairies - so unpredictable - here one minute and scarpered the next. What's so irritating is when they don't come back at all having allowed something to chase them off. P. ?

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Fri 25th Oct 2019 16:31

Yes, I know. I really do rely on a high degree of tolerance among WOLers. I am grateful.

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<Deleted User> (18980)

Fri 25th Oct 2019 14:25

I'm thinking of changing my name to Brian Fido.

Comment is about A Dog Named Doolan (blog)

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Ian Parker

Fri 25th Oct 2019 13:48

A masterpiece Tom - you've captured the essence of Doolan beautifully.

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Emilia Callahan

Fri 25th Oct 2019 13:42

Thanks, Don and Ruth! Ruth, yes, there is a quote by one of my favorite poets (Rudy Francisco) that goes something along the lines of "I tell myself every hour can be happy hour as long as I'm on this side of the ground". Overall I know this isn't my best work (I've been struggling recently - I think it's because I try to write poetry only around 5 am or so, but that's ok, it's all a part of the process.

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John Coopey

Fri 25th Oct 2019 12:59

Part 2 after the commercial break.

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Fri 25th Oct 2019 12:59

It'll be automated by then Graham. And I'm old enough to know the CS &N track.

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d.knape

Fri 25th Oct 2019 12:10

Do not give in
keep a Stiff
upper lip.

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Philipos

Fri 25th Oct 2019 11:57

Re; Brewing up - couldn't agree more M.C. There must a word out there that perfectly describes this mind boggling scenario - (something like conundrum). Will it ever come to a satisfactory conclusion for everyone. I think Writeoutloud helps us get it off our chest. I wonder if that word I might be thinking of could be 'Wrexit' or could even be 'Vexed it' Am sure someone will coin a suitable phrase one day. ?

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Graham Sherwood

Fri 25th Oct 2019 11:57

Hahaha!

one of my young grandsons was taken by his parents on last wekend's 'people's march' to support remain. They photographed him wearing a 'bollocks to Brexit teeshirt. When I asked him why he was a remoaner he said because daddy said I'd need someone to wipe my arse one day and English people wouldn't do it!

Crosby Stills and Nash come to mind!

Just about says it all I think.

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Hugh

Fri 25th Oct 2019 11:49

Update

Steve was murdered by his wife,
She's now in prison serving life.
Sonia who took Steve to health care,
Was the paramedic who worked there.

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John Coopey

Fri 25th Oct 2019 11:41

You still think we’re leaving, MC?

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 25th Oct 2019 11:00

To plagiarise the great Sammy Cahn.
(And to be "perfectly Frank".)
Time after time
I tell myself that I'm
So lucky to be leaving the EU
So lucky to be
On the way to being free
In the future when we start anew
I only know what I know.
The passing years will show
We made our hopes
So fresh - so new
And time after time
I tell myself that I'm
So lucky to be leaving the EU !

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 25th Oct 2019 10:52

How can I put this? You are "in the frame" for writing naughtily funny
lines that deserve a "sentence" of (ap)probation!!
May your wit continue to be trusty
And your zimmer device become rusty! ?

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 25th Oct 2019 10:44

"Seconds away!". Another knock-out from this dryly humorous source. ?

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raypool

Fri 25th Oct 2019 10:41

Well spotted John just so! Grey area. Jack was a bit of a lad more accurate but I used that for rhyming. Many once familiar idioms are disappearing from common language owing to the wide sweep of outside influence. I met a few likely incoherent some of them were..

Ray

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raypool

Fri 25th Oct 2019 10:33

Thanks John. It was a dig to be honest about frustration. Savvy?

Ray

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raypool

Fri 25th Oct 2019 10:30

Many thanks for opening up the poem and enjoying the spirit of it. A reading like that completes a circle. I started with the image of an ox cart! You may know mussorgsky. Pictures from an exhibition and the slow piece Biddloh. A rustic scene. Your quote is appropriate about Carneval and applies I suppose to pantomime too. Many barriers have been crossed in that genre especially cross gender concepts. A healthy counterpoint to stuffy victoriana.

Made my day!

Ray.

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Philipos

Fri 25th Oct 2019 09:23

Hi Don - Brewing Up. Certainly is politics and driving us absolutely potty with the different takes of MP input and delay. Politicians all seemed to have reached a new level of public disapproval - and it will take them a very long time to regain their street cred if they ever will. But I for sure, am not the lone voice in the wilderness. P ?

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 25th Oct 2019 09:11

Hi BK - I guess it comes down to how you hear it in your head.
But the songwriter in me can sing the words and they work for me in rhythm..
Cheers
MC

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Philipos

Fri 25th Oct 2019 09:07

You could put out a rod and catch a Baramundi or two so as to celebrate. Good to share the dialogue over the past year. ?

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New Shoes

Fri 25th Oct 2019 07:52

It's chicks with brick and blocks sir, ticks and tocks sir.
it's all a matter of time

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victoriavautaw@gmail.com

Fri 25th Oct 2019 07:48

Love this one Michael❣️

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victoriavautaw@gmail.com

Fri 25th Oct 2019 07:17

John, You are a poet’s poet. Your comments are a delightful education in poetry and humanity. Thank you my friend. ?❤️

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Philip Stevens

Fri 25th Oct 2019 05:14

There all just words Don
Better out than in
The cathartic WOL
Is my lottery win

Thank you for your words though
About my withering, rotting brain
Without your repetitive comments
My WOL experience wouldn't be the same

So to you and Thale
I take it that's your muse
I bid farewell an thank you for
Your feedback, on my monday morning blues

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Don Matthews

Fri 25th Oct 2019 00:13

Thanks for your comment on my profile re my comment on your 'Love Me'. I'm always looking for a chance to bring humour out (Thalia and I have bonded quite nicely - my Muse of Mirth). You need to get to know me though to know how to take me. Thalia wrings her hair out at times......

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Don Matthews

Thu 24th Oct 2019 23:54

Gosh, you're in a bad way Phil.

Thale is worried. She suggests perhaps you didn't listen to the stars and follow their guiding hand to the winning lottery ticket?

We're not cheering him up here are we Thale?

We're sorry to hear about you Phil
The gasses which seep from your pit
Your wearing-out brain and your withering head
You'll have to just get on with it

That should cheer him up......

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Don Matthews

Thu 24th Oct 2019 23:35

I see you and agree.

Rhythm (scan)'s essential
To make a rhyme top-notch
Just one word out of place and
You'll end up with a hotch -

- Potch

(Thalia says I'm improving but what's a potch?....they don't have them on Mt Olymp)

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branwell kent

Thu 24th Oct 2019 23:24

I could change the third line to "It's not because you're beautiful..."

but if I change the fourth line the rhythm won't work.

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